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PROCEEDINGS OP THE

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

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Committee of Publication.

EDWARD J. YOUNG.

ALEXANDER McKENZIE.

CHARLES C. SMITH.

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PROCEEDINGS

taacjmsette Historical Storietj.

Second Series.?Vol. X.

1895, 1896.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. M.DCCC.XCVI.

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University Press :

John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE

Preface . v

List of Illustrations. xiii

Officers elected April 11, 1896. xv

Resident Members. xvi

Honorary and Corresponding Members. xviii

Members Deceased. xx

MARCH MEETING, 1895.

Extracts from the Will of George E. Ellis. 1

Remarks by Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., with regard to the

bequests of Dr. Ellis. 3

Remarks by the First Vice-President, on deaths among the

members. 6

Remarks by William S. Appleton, in presenting a roll of

members of the United States Senate for the first century 9

Remarks by Edwaijd L. Pierce, in communicating some ex

tracts from the diary of John Rowe. 11

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, in communicating copies of

papers relating to Samuel Skelton. 108

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viii CONTENTS.

ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL, 1895. PAGE

Paper by Edward L. Pierce, on The American Prisoners at

Dartmoor. 116

Report of the Council. 118

Report of the Librarian. 122

Report of the Cabinet-Keeper. 124

Report of the Treasurer. 126

Report of the Auditing Committee. 136

Report of the Committee to examine the Librar}7 and Cabinet . 136

Officers Elected. 137

MAY MEETING, 1895.

Remarks by John Lowell, on the death of Leverett

Saltonstall. 139

Remarks by Samuel E. Herrick, on the death of Hamilton

A.Hill. 140

Remarks by Octavius B. Frothingham, on the death of Lev

erett Saltonstall. 142

Remarks bjr Winslow Warren. 145

Remarks by Charles R. Codman. 146

Remarks by Edward L. Pierce, on the death of Hamilton A.

Hill. 147

Remarks by Gamaliel Bradford. 148

Report of the Committee on the bequests of George E. Ellis . 148

Notice of W. No?l Sainsbury, by A. C. Goodell, Jr. 159

Remarks by John T. Hassam, in communicating a list of con

fiscated estates in Boston. 162

Remarks by Henry F. Jenks, in communicating an unpub

lished letter of Mrs. Lucy Downing . 186

Remarks by Edward G. Porter, in communicating an account

of some memorial tablets at Acton. 188

Remarks bjT William Everett, in communicating a letter of

Capt. Nathaniel Saltonstall. 193

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CONTENTS. IX

PAGE

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, in communicating some notes

on the dates of Early Commencements at Harvard College 194

Memoir of George E. Ellis, by Octavius B. Frothingham . . 207

JUNE MEETING, 1895.

Paper on some Alleged Facts as to the Puritans, by Morton

Dexter.256

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, in communicating some notes

on Benjamin Tompson and his literary works . . . . 263

Remarks by A. C. Goodell, Jr., in communicating a list of

the Attorneys-General and Solicitors-General of Massa

chusetts .285

OCTOBER MEETING, 1895.

Remarks by the President, on the death of William W. Story 293 On the purchase of the Fenway lot. 295 On a sale of the Tremont Street estate. 297

Letters of Rev. George White field, communicated by Henry F. Jenks. 299

Remarks by John T. Hassam, in communicating some Dunster

Papers. 303

Memoir of Edward Bangs, by John Lowell. 311

NOVEMBER MEETING, 1895.

Remarks by the President, on the Membership of the Society 315

Paper by Justin Winsor, on the Earliest Printed Books con

nected with the aborigines of New England.327 Additional Notes on the Early Commencements at Harvard

College, communicated by Samuel A. Green .... 360

Remarks by John T. Hassam, in communicating some unpub

lished letters of William Hilton .360

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X CONTENTS.

DECEMBER MEETING, 1895. PAGE

Remarks on the death of Octavius B. Frothingham, by Edward

J. Young.363

Remarks by James F. Rhodes . . . . . . . . . 367

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, in communicating a manuscript

elegy on Fitz-John Winthrop by Benjamin Tompson . . 369

Remarks by William Everett, on the connection of the Adams

Family with Braintree and Quincy.371 Remarks by the President, in communicating a collection of

unpublished letters from John Quincy Adams to Thomas

Boylston Adams.374

Remarks by Charles C. Smith, in communicating Rev. Dr.

Pierce's notes on two anniversaries at Plymouth . . . 392

JANUARY MEETING, 1896.

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, in communicating a minute

on the death of Robert C. Winthrop by the Trustees of

the Peabody Education Fund.404

Remarks by Henry Lee, in communicating some letters of

Jonathan Sewall.407

Letters of George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, commu

nicated by Henry F. Jenks.427

Paper on the First Six Weeks of McClellan's Peninsular Cam

paign, by James F. Rhodes.430

Remarks by John C. Ropes.439

Remarks by T. Jefferson Coolidge.440

FEBRUARY MEETING, 1896.

Remarks by the President, in announcing the deaths of Wil

liam S. Shurtleff, Martin Brimmer, and William G. Russell 442

Remarks by George S. Merriam, on the death of William S.

Shurtleff. 447

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CONTENTS. Xi

Page

Remarks by William W. Goodwin, on the death of William

G. Russell.450

Remarks by Charles W. Eliot, on the death of Martin

Brimmer.451

Remarks by the President, in communicating an anecdote of

John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.454

Remarks by Charles C. Smith, in communicating some un

published letters of Mrs. Mehetabel Higginson .... 455

Remarks by Mellen Chamberlain, in communicating some

extracts from the diary of Samuel Holten.463

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, on the names of certain vil

lages in Massachusetts and New Hampshire . . . . 465

MARCH MEETING, 1896.

Remarks by William W. Goodwin, on the death of Benjamin M. Watson.468

Letter of Edward E. Hale.469

Remarks by Samuel A. Green, in communicating some papers

relating to Mather B}des, Jr.470

Paper by Edward L. Pierce, on Recollections as a Source of

History.473

Autobiographical Letter of William Chamberlin, communicated

by Albert B. Hart.491 Further Extracts from General Chamberlin's manuscripts,

communicated by Mellen Chamberlain.503

Memoir of Octavius B. Frothingham, by Josiah P. Quincy . 507

ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL, 1896.

Paper by Samuel A. Green, on an Early Book-Catalogue

printed in Boston.540

Remarks by A. C. Goodell, Jr., on a manuscript index to the

Early Colony Laws.547

Paper by Edward G. Porter, on the Demolition of the

McLean Asylum.548

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xii contents.

PAGE

Report of the Council. 552

Report of the Treasurer. 557

Report of the Auditing Committee. 567

Report of the Librarian. 568

Report of the Cabinet-Keeper. 569

Report of the Committee to examine the Library and Cabinet 571

Officers Elected. 572

Address by the President. 573

Memoir of Martin Brimmer, by Samuel Eliot. 586

List of Donors to the Library.597

Index.601

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LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Portrait of George E. Ellis.Frontispiece

Portrait of Edward Bangs.311

Portrait of Octavius B. Frothingham.507

Portrait of Martin Brimmer.586

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OFFICERS OP THE

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

Elected April 9, 1896.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, LL.D.Lincoln.

Wm-^xtxxbmt*.

JUSTIN WINSOR, LL.D.Cambridge. Hon. SAMUEL A. GREEN, LL.D.Boston.

Staorfrmg Secwtarg. Rev. EDWARD J. YOUNG, D.D..Waltham.

fiomsponbing Semtarg. HENRY W. HAYNES, A.M.Bost?n.

f?xtnmxtx.

CHARLES C SMITH, A.M.Boston.

librarian.

Hon. SAMUEL A. GREEN, LL.D.Boston.

Cabhtet-Jlttper. SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, A.M. ..Brookline.

?mnt?bz ammxtht of fyt ?mmeil.

ARTHUR LORD, A.B.Plymouth. EDWARD L. PIERCE, LL.D.Milton. THORNTON K. LOTHROP, LL.B.Boston. ABBOTT LAWRENCE LOWELL, LL.B.Boston. Hon. CHARLES R. CODMAN, LL.B.Cotuit.

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