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JANUARY MEETING, 1908
Gifts from the Boston Athenæum and from the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania, of Books
Members Elected
Tribute to John Chandler Bancroft Davis, by WILLIAM WATSON
GOODWIN
Paper by ANDREW MCFARLAND DAVIS, on John Harvard's Life in
America, or Social and Political Life in New England in
1637-1638..
12
2
Remarks by CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON, on the Family of Gov-
ernor William Shirley
45
Remarks by HENRY HERBERT EDES, on Governor William Shirley's
Second Wife .
46
Paper by HENRY AINSWORTH PARKER, on the Reverend Ezekiel
Rogers
48.
FEBRUARY MEETING, 1908
Election of THOMAS MINNS as a Member of the Council
Remarks by HENRY AINSWORTH PARKER, on the Reverend Stephen
PAGE
Paper by SIMEON EBEN BALDWIN, on the Secession of Springfield
from Connecticut
Communication by ALBERT MATTHEWS, of Satirical Epitaphs on
Alexander Wedderburn and Governor Thomas Hutchinson,
1774
Exhibition by HENRY HERBERT EDES, of a Letter of Gouverneur Morris, dated 12 March, 1793 .
Communication by WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY FORD, of Washing-
ton's Ledger, 1754-1756
55
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888
MARCH MEETING, 1908
Member Elected
100
Note by GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE, on the Sandemanians
Paper by HORACE EVERETT WARE, on An Incident in Winthrop's
Voyage to New England
101
Remarks by GEORGE FOX TUCKER, on the Will of Governor Rich-
ard Bellingham
113
Communication by HENRY HERBERT EDES, of a paper on the
Old Boston Public Library, 1656–1747, by Michael Joseph
Canavan
Exhibition by FRANCIS HENRY LEE, of a Marriage Licence, dated
October, 1774 . .
Communication by HENRY HERBERT EDES, of the Inscription on a
Tablet in Memory of Major Simon Willard set in 1902 into
the wall of Canterbury Cathedral
APRIL MEETING, 1908
116
133
Committee to Nominate Officers appointed
135
Committee to Examine the Treasurer's Accounts appointed
Exhibition by DENISON ROGERS SLADE, of a Silhouette of Bishop
Paper by ANDREW MCFARLAND DAVIS, on Hints of Contemporary
Life in the Writings of Thomas Shepard
Remarks by JAMES KENDALL HOSMER . .
136
163
Communication by DENISON ROGERS SLADE, of the Marriage
Settlement between Josiah Willard and Hannah Clarke,
dated 9 March, 1725-26
Paper by HENRY AINSWORTH PARKER, on Bermuda Clergy in New
Communication by FRANCIS HENRY LEE, of an Indenture of Ap- prenticeship of James Taylor, dated 11 July, 1694
Remarks by HENRY HERBERT EDES
174
ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER, 1908
Tributes to Andrew Cunningham Wheelwright, Grover Cleveland, and Daniel Coit Gilman, by President LEFAVOUR
183
185
187
Annual Dinner.
188
DECEMBER MEETING, 1908
189
190
Tribute to Wolcott Gibbs, by President LEFAVOUR
Remarks by HENRY AINSWORTH PARKER, on the Quarterings of the
Children of Kiniard Russell of Strensham, England. . . . 190
Remarks by JAMES BOURNE AYER, on Harvard College and the
New England Company.
Paper by HORACE EVERETT WARE, on Winthrop's Course across
the Atlantic
Paper by JOHN TAGGARD BLODGETT, on the Political Theory of the
Mayflower Compact
Paper by HORACE DAVIS, on Dr. Benjamin Gott: a Family of
Doctors.
Communication by WILLIAM COOLIDGE LANE, on a Manuscript
Volume recently acquired by Harvard College Communication by HENRY HERBERT EDES, of an Agreement made by the Town and Church of Concord concerning Harvard College, dated 22 August, 1653
204
214
220
232
235
Exhibition by ALBERT MATTHEWS, of Photographs of Portraits by Sir Peter Lely of Sir Matthew and Lady Holworthy
FEBRUARY MEETING, 1909
Paper by JAMES KENDALL HOSMER, on the Debt of Massachusetts
to Thomas Hutchinson
Remarks by ANDREW MCFARLAND DAVIS
Remarks by WILLIAM TAGGARD PIPER, on Governor Hutchinson's
Field, Milton
Remarks by WILLIAM COOLIDGE LANE, on Governor Thomas Hutchinson and Harvard College.
Communication by CHARLES FRANK MASON, of a Parchment bear-
ing Land Grants made by Medfield, dated 14 January,
1655-56; of a Petition of Richard Norcross to the General
Court, dated 19 December, 1664; and of a Report of a Com-
mittee to investigate the Expenditures of the Treasurer of
Middlesex County, dated 16 August, 1667 . .
237
238
246
. 250
Remarks by ALBERT MATTHEWS, on a Washington Medal struck in
Paris in 1778, and on the Shakespearean Society of Boston,
1794
Remarks by HENRY HERBERT EDES, on Christopher Taylor.
MARCH MEETING, 1909
253
Paper by MORTON DEXTER, On Some Differences between Plymouth
and Jamestown
Communication by HENRY WINCHESTER CUNNINGHAM, on the
Diary of the Rev. Samuel Checkley, 1735.
Memoir of Stanley Cunningham, by LINDSAY SWIFT
Gift of Letters written to the Reverend Joseph Allen
Paper by MORRIS HICKY MORGAN, on the First Harvard Doctors of
Paper by CHARLES EDWARDS PARK, on Excommunication in
Colonial Churches
321
Paper by CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON, on Social Libraries in
Boston
332
Memoir of Francis Vergnies Balch, by CHARLES SEDGWICK
RACKEMANN.
339
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, 11 JUNE, 1909
Tribute to John Noble
ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER, 1909
Member Elected .
350
Election of THOMAS MINNS as a Member of the Council Communication by MORRIS HICKY MORGAN, of a Letter of Johann
Gottfried Eichhorn, dated 27 December, 1818
363
380
382
Paper by ALBERT MATTHEWS, on the Origin of the Name of Maine 366
Note on the Name of Mariana.
Paper by HORACE EVERETT WARE, on A Forgotten Prime Meridian
Report by HENRY HERBERT EDES, on the Inauguration of Abbott
Lawrence Lowell as President of Harvard College
Address of Salutation, by President LEFAVOUR, from this Society to
President Abbott Lawrence Lowell
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