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United States. ? Department of the

Interior.

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N. H. Forbes Library, Northampton. German Historical Society of the

District of Columbia. Good Government Association. Grand Army of the Republic.

Department of Massachusetts. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.



598 LIST OF DONORS.

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of Ohio. Historical and Scientific Society of

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Louis. I

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Phillips Exeter Academy. Princeton University. Publishers of the Somerville Journal. Redwood Library and Athenaeum,

Newport. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association

of Louisiana.

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Society of the Army of the Cum berland.

Society of Colonial Wars, Massachu setts.

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Natural History, England.



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Annapolis. University of California.

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Washington University State His torical Association.

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Aged Women. Wisconsin Historical Society. Woburn Public Library. Woman's Relief Corps, Department

of Massachusetts. Worcester Board of Trade. Worcester Public Library. Yale University. j

Alexander Abrahams. John Albree.

William Sumner Appleton. George B. Armstrong, Jr. James Newell Arnold. Jonathan Franklin Bancroft.

George W. Bates. James Phinney Baxter. Charles Currier Beale. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bicknell. John Bigelow. Carlotta Bozzolo ved. Ceradini. Edwin Howard Brigham. Francis Henry

Brown.

Cyrus Franklin B?rge. Winthrop Grant Bushneil. Andrew Carnegie. Charles Carroll Carpenter. Seth C. Cary. John Calvin Lawrence Clark. John Nelson Cole. Charles Allen Converse. Baldwin Coolidge. Deloraine Pendre Corey. Mrs.

Henry Colgate Cornish.

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Jordan. Walter S. Kerr.

George Kimball. Lincoln Newton Kinnicutt.

Joseph Kolsky. Mrs. Elizabeth Ferner Lane. William Coolidge Lane. Nathaniel Pitt Langford.

Wilford Jacob Litchfield.

George Emery Littlefield. Due de Loubat. John Jacob Loud.

William DeLoss Love. David W. Low.

William Henry Lyon. John Hildreth McCollom. John Bach McMaster. Leander Cornelius Manchester. John Joseph Mangan.

William Henry Morland. Charles William Noyes. Charles W. Paine. Victor Hugo Paltsits.

Stephen Denison Peet.



600 LIST OF DONORS.

Walter Perham.

Henry Goddard Pickering. Fred Smith Piper. George Eltweed Pomeroy.

Warren Augustus Reed.

Sidney Smith Rider. Mrs. Sara Tappan Doolittle (Law

rence) Robinson. Alfred Seelye Roe. Mrs. Emma (Savage) Rogers. Joseph George Rosengarten. Richard Middlecott Saltonstall. James Schouler.

William Barnas Sears. Jonathan Smith. Charles Steams.

Walter R. Steiner. *

Mrs. George Whitefield Stone.

Bellamy Storer. James

Terry. Reuben Gold Thwaites. Charles Wesley Tibbetts. Towne & Robie, Franklin Falls, N. H. John Henry Turner. Julius Herbert Tuttle. Ellis B. Usher.

Joseph Burbeen Walker. Horace Everett Ware. John Collins Warren. Charles Elmer Waterman.

Walter Kendall Watkins. William Babcock Weeden.

George Parker Winship. Edgar Yates. John Young.

And the following Resident Members : ?

Charles Francis Adams. Charles K. Bolton. Charles P. Bowditch. James M. Bugbee. Charles H. Dalton. Andrew McFarland Davis.

Henry G. Denny. Samuel A. Green. Edward H. Hall. Edward D. Harris.

Henry W. Haynes. William Lawrence.

Henry Cabot Lodge. Thomas Minns.

John T. Morse, Jr. Grenville H. Norcross. Charles Eliot Norton. Nathaniel Paine. Frederick W. Putnam. James Ford Rhodes. Franklin B. Sanborn. Samuel S. Shaw.

George Sheldon. Charles C. Smith.

Lindsay Swift. William R.

Thayer. Barrett Wendell.



INDEX.

A.

Adams, Brooks, A.B., 245, 421. Ap pointed on a Committee for the

preservation of the Old State House, Boston, 246.

Adams, Charles Francis, LL.D. (H. U.

1825), 86, 429, 465, 471, 472, 541.

Adams, Charles Francis, LL.D. (H. U.

1856), 1, 2, 5, 20, 22, 83, 84, 87, 118, 146, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 216, 228, 229, 232, 244, 245, 395, 420, 438, 477, 489, 490, 525, 534, 537, 550, 586. Announces the

resignation of Edward J. Young, as

Recording Secretary, 1. Submits a memorial to Congress for the

preservation of the frigate Consti

tution, 3. His tribute to John C. Palfrey, 22. Describes John Adams's book-plate, 84. Memoir of Theodore Lyman by,

147. Me moir of Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., by, 178. Re-elected President, 231. Remarks by, in unveiling a bust of James Savage, 232. Remarks by, in presenting a copy of Williams's "Rise and Fall of the Model Re

public," 253. Remarks by,

in an

nouncing the death of Carl Schurz, 395. Paper by, on Earl Granville and the attitude of Great Britain toward the United States, 453.

Paper by, on the centenary of the birth of Robert E. Lee, 550. Re

marks by, on Longfellow's histori cal poems, 573.

Adams, Miss Frances P. (first wife of R. C. Winthrop, Jr.), 184, 185.

Adams, John, LL.D., Pr?s, of the United States, description of the

book-plate devised by him, 84. William Duane's opinion of his ad

ministration, 371.

Adams, John Quincy, LL.D., Pr?s, of the United States, 86, 149, 204, 388,

389,525. His discussion with James

Savage on "Old and New Style," 237. His opinion of William

Duane, 259, 260. Declines to at tend the Commencement at Har vard College in 1833, 510.

Agassiz, Alexander, LL.D., 150, 166.

Agassiz, Louis, LL.D., his influence on Theodore Lyman, 153, 155.

Allen, Rev. Alexander V. G., D.D., x great merit of his Life of Jonathan

Edwards, 588.

Amory, Thomas C, A.M., his Life of James Sullivan, cited, 15 n., 19.

Amory, William, A.M., 212.

Amundsen, Capt. Roald, 438. Ando ver Phillips Academy, 181.

Andrews, Charles M., Ph.D., 557.

Anonymous Fund, 212, 225. In come of, 212.

Appleton, Hon. Nathan, LL.D., 209.

Appleton, Samuel, 209.

Appleton, Hon. William, 209.

Appleton, William S., A.M. (H. U. 1860 ), 202. Extracts from his will, 229 230.

Appleton, 'William S., A.B. (H. U.

1896), 230, 550. Letter from, in

regard to his father's collection of coins and medals, 420.

Appleton Fund, 209, 225. Income

of, 209, 223, 225.

Appomattox Campaign, paper on the, by Thomas L. Livermore, 87-112.

Strength of the opposing forces, 89, 109-112. Gen. Robert E. Lee's letter to the Confederate Secretary of War, 91. Situation of the forces at the opening of the campaign, 93. Lee's retreat known to Grant, 98.

Despatches relating to it, 98-104. Lee changes his plan of retreat, 106. Character of the campaign, 108. Grant's strategy, 109.

Armstrong, Gen. John, 344, 353. Astor, John Jacob, 293, 523.

76



602 INDEX.

Atkinson, J., bill of sale of a slave, 514.

Auchmuty, Robert, 536.

Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 324.

"Aurora," Philadelphia newspaper, 257, 258, 259, Inadequate support of, 263, 391-394.

Austin, Hon. James T., LL.D., 499, 505, 506, 507, 509.

?

Ayscough, Rev. Samuel, on the Letters of an American Farmer, 45.

B.

Bache, Benjamin F., founds the "Aurora" newspaper, 257.

Bache, Franklin, M.D., 341.

Bache, Hartman, 341, 378.

Bancroft, Hon. George, LL.D., 22, 432.

Barker, Hon. James M., LL.D., 202, 205.

Barlow, Gen. Francis C, 150.

Barnard, James M., AM., 248.

Bass, Alexander, bill of sale of two

negroes, 515.

Baxter, Hon. James P., Litt.D., elected a Corresponding Member, 534, 550.

Beacon, Joseph, dream of, 444.

Bemis, George, LL.B., 211.

Benham, Gen. Henry W., G. W. C. Lee's account of an interview with

him, 87.

Bernard, Sir Francis, Gov. of Mass., 536.

Bigelow, Hon. John, LL.D., 204. Letter from, relative to a statuette of Dr. Franklin, 27-31.

Bigelow, Melville M., LL.D., 83, 207.

Billings, John S., M.D., 558.

Billings, Robert C, 214.

Bingham, Robert, 203.

Bingham, Hon. William, 272.

Bishop, Abraham, letter to, from William Duane, 274-276. His cor

respondence with Denniston and

Cheetham, 274.

Blaine, Hon. James G., 175.

Blake, Hon. George, 506.

Bledsoe, William, Sheriff, bill of sale of a slave, 517.

Bloomfield, Gen. Joseph, 362.

Bolton, Charles K., A.B., 204. Ar>

pointed on a Committee to nomi nate officers, 87. Reads a paper on McCrady's opinion of General

Greene, 112. Boston Daily "Advocate," on the

honorary degree conferred on An drew Jackson, 507.

Boston Daily "Atlas," on the hon

orary degree conferred on Andrew

Jackson, 500, 501, 508. Boston Daily "Courier," on the hon


Jackson, 501, 502. Boston Daily "Globe," on the hon


Jackson, 501. Boston

" Mercantile Journal," on the

honorary degree conferred on An drew Jackson, 501.

Boston Public Library, 123, 124, 125, 127.

Bowditch, Charles P., A.M., 204. Elected a member of the Council, 232.

Bowditch, Henry P., LL.D., on Theodore Lyman's military career,

164. On his scientific pursuits, 166.

Bowditch, Nathaniel I., A.M., 209.

Bowdoin, James, LL.D., Gov. of Mass., 32.

Bradbury, Hon. James W., letter

from, descriptive of Longfellow's College life, 563.

Bradford, Alden, LL.D., his Life of Jonathan Mayhew characterized, 589.

Bradford, Gamaliel, A.B., 83, 590. Brattle St. Church, Boston, model of,

215.

Brayton, Hon. John S., LL.D., 205.

Breckenridge, Hon. John C, letter

from, to Gen. Robert E. Lee, 90. General Lee's reply, 91.

Bright, Rt. Hon. John, 475, 477.

Brooks, Hon. Preston S., his assault on Charles Sumner, 543.

Brown, Alexander, D.C.L., death of, 550.

Brown, Henry J., 558.

Bryant, Henry, M.D., 526, 528.

Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl

of, engraved portrait of, 395. Bunker's Hill, in Lancashire, England,

paper on, by D. H. Chamberlain, 474.

Burnett, G. B. and M. A., promis sory note for the hire of a slave, 520.

Burr, Aaron, as a rival to Jefferson, 275, 276. Mentioned, 291, 292, 297, 300, 301, 305.

Burrows, Charles W., 229.

Butler, Major-Gen. Benjamin F., 25, 171, 172, 173, 428, 491.

Butler, Pierce, letter from William Duane to, 271.



INDEX. 603

C.

Cabinet-Keeper. See Norcross, Gren ville H.

Cabot, Edward C, 530.

Cabot, J. Elliot, LL.D., 490. Memoir

of, by T. W. Higginson, 526-533. His birth and early life, 527. Visits Europe, 528. Enters the Harvard Law School, 529. Busi ness manager of the "Massachu setts Quarterly Review," 530. His later life, 531, 532. His death, 533.

Cabot, Mrs. J. Elliot (Elizabeth Dwight), 530, 531.

Calhoun, Hugh, 324.

Calhoun, Hon. John C, his speech on the Force Bill, 486.

Callender, James T., 278.

Cameron, Hon. Simon, 428.

Chamberlain, Hon. Daniel H., LL.D., paper by, on a third Bunker's Hill, 474. "A Word More on an Im

portant Topic," 477-489. Paper by, on the Stevens Catalogue Index, 556-559.

Chamberlain, Hon. Mellen, LL.D., 215. Memoir of, by Henry W.

Haynes, 119-146. His birth and ? education, 119. Enters the Cam

bridge Law School, and is admitted to the bar, 120. His marriage, ib.

Begins housekeeping at Chelsea, 121. Death of his wife, ib. Ap

pointed a Justice of the Municipal Court of Boston, 122. Is made Librarian of the Boston Public

Library, 123. Improvements made

by him, 124. His resignation, 125. His collection of autographs, 126. His note on a possible autograph of Shakespeare, 127. Elected a

member of the Historical Society, 128. His contributions to the

Proceedings, 129-139. His address on "John Adams, the Statesman of the American Revolution," 139.

His chapter on "The Revolution

Impending" in the Narrative and Critical History of America, 142. His collected Addresses and Essays,

143. Excellence of his style, 144. His death, 145. His History of

Chelsea, 146.

Channing, Edward, Ph.D. 207. Ap pointed on a Committee to publish a volume of Bowdoin and Temple Papers, 201. Presents a large mass of Jackson Papers relating to the history of Kansas, 590.

Charlotte A. L. Sibley Fund, 214, 225. Income of, 214, 221.

Chase, George B., A.M., 122.

Chelsea, Mass., 121, 122, 137.

Chipman, Ward, A.M., Judge of Su

Ereme

Court of New Brunswick, ;tter to, from Governor Went

worth, 559.

Choate, Hon. Ruf us, LL.D., anecdote

of, 241, 242.

Clarke, Samuel, naval officer at Phila

delphia, 381, 383.

Clay, Hon. Henry, Schurz's Life of, 396, 397.

Clay, Joseph, 346, 347, 524.

Clement, Edward Henry, Litt.D., 203. Elected a Resident Member, 22.

Clinton, Hon. George, 353.

Cobden, Richard, 475.

Cockburn, Sir Alexander, at the Geneva Conference, 473.

Coffin, Joshua, 573. Collections of the Society, new vol

ume to be prepared, 201. Cited, passim.

Constellation, frigate, used as a train

ing-ship, 2.

Constitution, frigate, memorial for the preservation of, 3-5, 86, 204.

Cook, F. S., bill of sale of a slave girl, 515.

Coolidge, Archibald Cary, Ph.D., 411.

Cooper, Thomas, M.D., trial of, 260.

Mentioned, 266.

Corresponding Secretary. See Haynes, Henry W.

Courtenay, Hon. William A., LL.D., 202, 557, 558. Volume of fac similes returned to,l.

Coxe, Tench, 277, 278.

Cradock, Miss Deborah (afterward Mrs. Robert Auchmuty), 536.

Craig, James, 291, 292.

Crane, Hon. W. Murray, LL.D., letter from Charles H. Dalton to, on

U. S. Postage Stamps, 6.

Crapo, Hon. William W., LL.D., 205.

Cr?vecceur, Hector St. John de, pho tograph of his house, 20. Paper on, by F. B. Sanborn, 32-83. His true name, 33. Comes to America, ib. Establishes himself on a farm in New York, 35. Is naturalized, 37. Visits Nantucket, 38, 39, 45. Describes the approach of winter, 41. Description of his farm at Pine Hill, New York, 43. Mar ried to Mehitable Tippet, 44. Sails for England, 46. Visits Boston, 52. Returns to New York, 59.



604 INDEX.

French consul in America, 63. Letter from, to Rev. Dr. Stiles, ib. Different editions of his Letters of an American Farmer, 64, 65, 66.

His interest in the progress of in

ventions, 68. Elected a non-resi dent member of the French Acad

emy, 74. His death, 78. His

character, 79. His opinions of Southern society, 81. Additional note on, by Mr. Sanborn; 582-586.

Cr?vec ur, Louis de, 43. Cr?vec ur, Marie de, letter from, 20. Cr?vec ur, Robert St. John de, 32,

79.

Crittendon, William, guaranteed bill of sale of a slave, 514.

Crocker, Uriel H., LL.B., 205. .

Cushing, Judge John, 535.

Cushing, Judge William, 535.

Cutter, William R., 146'.

D.

Dale, Eben, 209.

Dallas, Alexander J., 266, 277.

Dalton, Charles H., 204. Letter

from, to Hon. W. Murray Crane on United States Postage Stamps, 6. Letter to, from George A. Hibbard, 12.

Dana, Charles A., his opinion of Gen eral Grant's staff, 162.

Dane Law School, 120.

Danforth, Samuel, A.M., 535.

Dartmouth. College, 119, 143.

Davis, Andrew McFarland, A.M., 207, 245. Paper by, entitled "Jackson's LL.D. ? A Tempest in a Teapot," 490-512.

Davis, Hon. Horace, LL.D., 211.

Davis, Hon. Jefferson, 88, 90, 93, 101, 102.

Davis, Hon. John, LL.D. (H. U.

1781), 237, 505. Deane, Charles, LL.D., 2, 240, 559.

His estimate of James Savage as a writer and historical investigator, 237 244.

Dearborn, Gen. Henry, 305, 362. Letters from William Duane to, 321, 332, 334.

Deberdt, Dennis, 537.

Delesdernier, Emily, author of "Fannie St. John," 49, 54.

Dennie, Joseph, editor of the Port Folio, 269.

De Normandie, Rev. James, D.D., 5, 83. Appointed to write the me

moir of Edward J. Young, 426.

I Detroit, Bank of, 289,293. Paper on, | by Thomas Minns, 521.

Dexter, Franklin B., Litt. D., 64.

Dexter, George, A.M., 211.

Dexter, Rev. Henry M., D.D., 207.

Dexter, Rev. Morton, 207.

Dickerson, Hon. Mahlon, 278.

Diman, Rev. J. L., D.D., 423.

Dowse, Thomas, 202, 209. Dowse Fund, 209, 225. Income of,

209, 222. Dowse Library, description of the

room in the old building and the

new, 233.

Duane, William, correspondence of, communicated by Worthington C.

Ford, 257-394. His intimacy with Thomas Jefferson, 257. Seeks to obtain a government contract, 259. Letters from, to Jefferson, 260, 261, 264, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 284, 286, 291, 297, 299, 300. 303,

I 304, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312', 317, 338, 339, 342, 343, 345, 348, 349,

! 353, 359, 361, 368, 375, 376, 377, 381, 383, 384; to-, 260, 316; to James Madison, 263, 279, 280, 298, 308, 309, 320, 324, 330, 331, 333, 351,355,365,367; to Joseph Nan

crede, 268; to Pierce Butler, 271; to Abraham Bishop, 274; to

R. C. Weightman, 312; to Henry Dearborn, 321, 332, 334; to James

Monroe, 375; to Alden Partridge, 376; to William Lee, 384; to Joseph

Watson, 387; to John H. Eaton, 388; to-Templeman, 390. Circu lar to U. S. Senators asking support

of his application to print the

journals of the Senate, 280. Circu lar asking support for the

' ' Aurora,"

391. Letters to, from James Mad

ison, 281; from-, 286; from William Esenbeck, 306. His mili

tary career, 259. Opens business as a stationer and bookseller, 262, 263. Is desirous of contributing to a System of

Geography, 270. Char

acterizes Major William Jackson, 271-273. Proposes that the In dians should have a representative in Congress, 273. His opinion of

Aaron Burr, 275, 276. Makes

suggestions in view of a possible war with England, 304. His pe cuniary embarrassments, 318. His views as to the proper policy for the United States, 325-330. On a land

bank, 330, 331. On the employ ment of negroes in war, 373-375.



INDEX. 605

Dudley, Joseph, Gov. of Mass., no

satisfactory biography of, 588.

Dunning, William A., LL.D., 204, 432.

E.

Eaton, Gen. John H., letter to, from William Duane, 388.

Edwards, Rev. Jonathan, D.D., ex cellence of A. V. G. Allen's Life of, 588.

Eliot, Charles W., LL.D., 24, 165, 246.

Eliot, Rev. John, D.D. (H. U. 1772), 6, 23.

Eliot, Samuel, LL.D., 123.

Ellis, Rev. George E., D.D., 1, 195, 199, 200, 213, 241, 574.

Ellis Fund, 213, 225. Ellis House, 213, 225.

Emancipation Concert in the Music

Hall, Boston, paper on the, by Henry G. Pearson, 247-253.

Emerson, Ralph W., LL.D., 211, 250, 530, 531.

Endicott, William, A.M.,203. Elected a Resident Member, 84.

England, decline of, 351. Attitude

of, toward the United States during the Civil War, 454-474.

Erastus B. Bigelow Fund, 210, 225. Income of, 210, 221, 225.

Ernest, Col. Matthew, 287.

Erskine, David M., British minister to the United States, 323.

Erving, Langdon, LL.B., 150.

Esenbeck, William, letter from, to William Duane, 306.

Eustis, Hon. William, 350, 355, 362.

Everett, Hon. Alexander H., LL.D., 505, 506.

Everett, Miss Anna Sophia, gift from, 534.

Everett, Miss Relief (afterward Mrs.

Benjamin Vincent), 534.

Everett, Hon. William, LL.D., 232, 439, 489, 534, 586. Remarks by, on the lack of biographies of the eminent men of the provincial period, 587-590.

Ewell, Gen. Richard S., 87, 89, 104, 105.

F.

Fannin, Isham S., bill of sale of a

slave, 513.

Farmer, John, A.M., 125.

Fellowes, Cornelius, 52.

I Eellowes, Capt. Gustavus, 47. His

children, ib. Letter from, to St. John de Cr?vec ur, 48. Later

history of, 54.

I Felton, Cornelius C, LL.D., 183.

I Fiske, John, LL.D., 443.

Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond, his Life

of Lord Granville, 454 et seq. Fitzsimmons, Christopher, 324.

Ford, Worthington C., A.M., com

municates a large mass of letters written by William Duane, with an introductory note, 257.

Foster, Francis C., his collection of

postage stamps, 10.

Franklin, Benjamin, LL.D., statuette

of, by Jean Baptiste Nini, 29-31. Celebration at Philadelphia of the

anniversary of his birth, 246. Medal

designed by, 410.

Frazer, Addison, bill of sale of slave

children, 519.

Frazier, John, and others, legatees, bill of sale of a slave, 516.

Freeman, Rev. James, D.D., 2.

French, Charles E., 227, 228, 230.

Frothingham, Rev. Nathaniel L., D.D., 5.

Frothingham, Rev. Octavius B., 241.

Frothingham, Hon. Richard-, LL.D., 210.

G.

Gallatin, Hon. Albert, 55, 56, 335, 336, 337, 402. Letter from, to Thomas Jefferson, 258.

Gardette,-, 291.

Gardiner, Sir Christopher, Long fellow's ballad of, 578-580.

Gardner, W. P., 261.

Garnett, Richard, LL.D., death of, 245.

Garver, Rev. Austin S., his tribute to

Stephen Salisbury, 417. General Fund, 211, 225. Geneva Arbitration, 472-474.

Germany, visit of R. C. Winthrop, Jr., to, 193.

Gettemy, Charles F., 560, 561.

Giddes, James K., Sheriff, bill of sale of slaves, 519.

Gladstone, Rt. Hon. William E., 461, 466, 469, 471, 475. His Newcastle

speech, 465. His letter to Cyrus W. Field, 470 n.

Goodspeed, Charles E., 421, 490.

Goodwin, William W., D.C.L., 573.

Gore, Hon. Christopher, LL.D., 15 n.

Goss, Elbridge H., 560, 561.



606 INDEX.

Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., paper on, in the Appomattox Campaign, 87 112. Story that Lee's plan of retreat was disclosed to him by a

captured letter, 87, 88. Dis

credited, 89. His plans, 95. Dis covers Lee's change of plan, 106.

His strategy, 109. His staff, 159. Secretary of War ad interim, 431.

Granville, Granville G. L. Gower, Earl, and his connection with the atti tude of Great Britain toward the

United States, paper by the Presi dent on, 454-474. His political in

fluence, 455. His tact, 456, 457. Lord President of the Council, 459.

His private correspondence, 461. Throws light on the proposed rec

ognition of the Southern Confecj eracy, 463 et seq. On the Treaty of Washington, 471.

Graupner, Professor Gottlieb, 438. Great Britain, lack of military men

in, 332. Her position in 1814, 370. Her relation to the Civil War, paper by the President on, 454 474.

Green, Hon. Samuel A., LL.D., 1, 5, 21, 22> 83, 84, 201, 203, 204, 207, 208, 245, 395, 420, 438, 490, 534, 537, 560, 573, 587, 596 n. Reads a letter from Hon. John Bigelow on a Statuette of Franklin, 27. Presents his report as Librarian, 226. Re elected a Vice-President, 232, and

Librarian, ib. Appointed on a Committee for the preservation of the Old State House, Boston, 246. Makes a report on the Frank lin Celebration at Philadelphia, ib.

Remarks by, on a portrait of Mrs. M. A. (Faneuil) Jones, 409, and on a medal designed by Franklin, 410. Announces the death of Dr.

Young and Dr. Slafter, 421. Re

port for the committee on the pres ervation of the Old State House, ib. Announces the death of Alex ander Brown, 550. Reads a paper by Charles H. Hart on Revere's first ride, 560. Reads a note on a

singular mistake in connection with the name of Longfellow, 573.

Greene, Gen. Nathanael, examination of the criticisms on his command at the South, 112-118.

Greenleaf, Hon. Simon, LL.D., 509.

Greenough, William W., A.B., 123.

Gregg, Hon. Andrew, 298.

I Griswold, Stanley, 294. I Guild, Hon. Curtis, Jr., Gov. of Mass., I 421,438.

H.

Haeckel, Ernst H., 449.

Hale, Rev. Edward E.,D.D., 208, 474. On Arctic Explorations, 438.

Halifax, N.S., its importance as a naval station, 302, 357, 358.

Hail, Rev. Edward H., D.D., 534.

Hall, G. Stanley, LL.D., 205.

Hall, Hubert, 203. Hamilton Bank, Boston, 438.

Hammett, William, bill of sale of a

slave, 520.

Hampton, Col. Wade, 117.

Hancock, Hon. John, LL.D., James

Savage's dislike of, 240, 241, 244.

Hanotaux, Gabriel, 203.

Harris, Edward D., 211.

Harris, Henry, 211.

Harrison, Gen. William H., 360.

Hart, Albert B., LL.D., 5, 21, 118, 207,208,411,490, 590. Re-elected a member of the Council, 232. Presents a large number of docu ments relating to the domestic

slave-trade, 409, 512. Reads a

paper on the treason of Benedict

Arnold, 537.

Hart, Charles H., LL.B., paper by, on Paul Revere's First Ride, 560-563.

Harvard College, honorary degrees conferred by, 490, 491 et seq.

Hasty Pudding Club, 151. Theodore

Lyman's song for the, 152.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, at Bowdoin

College, 564.

Hav, Hon. John, LL.D., 202.

Haynes, Henry W., A.M., 5, 22, 201, 205, 395, 420, 421, 438, 490, 534, 550, 590. Elected Recording Sec

retary pro tern., 1. Communicates a memoir of Mellen Chamberlain, 87. Re-elected Corresponding Sec

retary, 232. Tribute to Edmund F. Slafter, 425. Note by, on an ob scure passage in Judge Sewall's

Diary, 453.

Heath, Major-Gen. William, 13,17,19. Heister, Gen. Joseph, 265.

Henderson, Col. William, 117.

Henry, Alexander, 305.

Hibbard, George A., letter from, to C. H. Dalton on United States

Postage Stamps, 12.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, LL.D., 5, 21, 208, 232, 245, 257, 537. Re-elected a member of the



INDEX. 607

Council, 232. Appointed to write a memoir of J. Elliot Cabot, 438.

Memoir of J. Elliot Cabot by, 526 533. Communicates a letter from James W. Bradbury relative to !

Longfellow's College days, 563.

Hill, Don Gleason, A.M., 231. Ap pointed on a Committee to ex amine the Library and Cabinet, 87.

Hill, William W., power of attorney to sell a slave, 514.

Hillard, Hon. George S., LL.D., his memoir of James Savage cited, 236, 238, 239, 241, 244.

Hoar, Hon. Ebenezer Rockwood, LL.D., 169, 172, 211.

Hoar, Hon. George F., LL.D., 205, 422.

Hodg?s, George C, A.B., 535.

Hodges, Major Harry F., 535 n.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, LL.D. (H.U. 1829), letter from, to Dr. William

Osier, 442.

Houdetot, Claude C. C, Comte de, 53.

Houdetot, Elizabeth F. S., Comtesse

de, 53, 58, 59.

Houdon, Jean Antoine, his head of

Washington, 8, 9, 10.

Howe, Mark Antony de Wolfe, A.M., elected a Resident Member, 438.

Howe, Sir William, 61, 332.

Hull, Gen. William, 287, 293, 355.

Humphreys, Gen. Andrew A., 163.

Humphrys, Joshua, naval construc

tor, 265.

Hunnewell, James F., A.M., 5, 203, 228, 231, 232, 245, 474. Ap pointed on a Committee to nomi nate officers, 87. Presents the Annual Report of the Council, 201.

Appointed on the Committee to examine the Treasurer's accounts,

587.^ Hutchinson, Thomas, Gov. of Mass.,

letters from, 535-537. Hutchinson Papers, claimed by the

State of Massachusetts, 23.

I.

Indians, American, William Duane

proposes that they should have a

representative in Congress, 273.

Ingersoil, Hon. Jared, LL.D., 266.

Irvine, C, 352.

J.

Jackson, Andrew, Pr?s, of the United

States, controversy growing out of

the conferring the degree of LL.D. on him by Harvard College, 490 512.

Jackson, Francis J., British min ister to the United States, 322, 323.

Jackson, Hon. John G., 290, 293, 525.

Jackson, Patrick T., 2d, gift of papers relating to the history of Kansas, from bis heirs, 590.

Jackson, Major William, William Duane's account of, 271-273, 384.

Jefferson, Thomas, Pr?s, of the United

States, 8. His relations with William

Duane, 257, 259. Letter to, from Albert Gallatin, 258. Letters to, from Duane, 260, 261, 264, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 284, 286, 291, 297, 299, 300, 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312, 317, 338, 339, 342, 343, 345, 348, 349, 353, 359, 361, 368, 375, 376, 377, 381, 383, 384.

His estimate of Duane, 259. His

alleged want of firmness and vigor, 275. Injurious reports circulated

against him, 282. Duane's advice to him, in 1809, 312-316.

John L. Sibley Fund, 214, 225. In come of, 214, 220, 225.

Johnson, Andrew, Pr?s, of the United

States, communication from James Schouler on his papers in the Li

brary of Congress, 427-437.

Johnson, Col. Richard M., 378.

Johnson, Samuel, LL.D., his influence on James Savage, 239.

Johnston, Alexander, LL.D., Judge Chamberlain's criticism of his His

tory of Connecticut, 130-132.

Jones, Charles Faneuil, 409.

Jones, Mrs. Mary Ann (Faneuil), portrait of, by Smibert, 409.

Jones, Miss Mary Ann, gifjb of a por trait of her grandmother, 409.

K.

Kansas, gift of papers relating to its

history, 590. Kennebec valley, Maine, St. John

de Cr?vec ur's description of the, 40.

Kidner, Rev. Reuben, prepares a sketch of the life of Rev. Dr.

Slafter, 591.

King, John C, bust of James Savage by, 232.

Kirkland, Mrs. John T. (Elizabeth Cabot), 204.

Kolsky, Joseph, 228.



608 INDEX.

L.

Lacretelle, Pierre Louis, 36. Land bank, William Duane's views

on the creation of a, 330, 331.

Langdon, Rev. Samuel, D.D., 5, 6.

Latham, Williams, A.M., 211.

Lathrop, Hon. John, LL.D., 202.

Lawrence, Abbott, A.M., 212.

Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William, D.D., 208, 587. Appointed to write the

memoir of Rev. Dr. Slafter, 438. Memoir of Dr. Slafter communi cated by, 591-596.

Lawrence Fund, 212, 225. Income

of, 212, 224, 225.

Lee, Gen. G. W. C, 88, 89. De scribes an interview with General

Benham, 87.

Lee, Henry, A.M., 205.

Lee, Gen. Robert E., letter from him

alleged to have been known to General Grant, 87, 88. Reasons for discrediting the story, 89 et seq.

Letter from him to the Confederate

Secretary of War, 91. Situation at the opening of the Appomattox Campaign, 93. General Grant's

plans, 95. Retreat of Lee's army known to Grant, 98. Reports re

ceived from General Sheridan, 101. Letters and despatches of General

Lee, 103, 104. Lee's change of

plan, 106. Grant's strategy, 109.

Centenary of his birth, 550-556. Service rendered

by him to the

whole country by his surrender at

Appomattox, 555.

Lee, William, 379. Letter from William Duane to, 384.

Leib, Hon. Michael, 277, 335, 366, 367, 368.

Leiper, Thomas, 346, 347.

Leonard, Mrs. Frederick S., 596 n.

Le Ray de Chaumont,-, 29.

Lewis, Gen. Morgan, 362, 372.

Lexington, Va., 551, 552. Librarian. See Green, Samuel A.

Lincoln, Hon. Levi, LL.D., Gov. of Mass., 496.

Lincoln, Waldo, A.B., appointed on the Committee to examine the

Library and Cabinet, 587.

Livermore, George, A.M., 209, 234.

Livermore, Thomas L., A.M., 5, 204, 525. Reads a paper on the Appo

mattox Campaign, 87. Re-elected a member of the Council, 232.

Appointed on the Committee to nominate officers, 587.

Lodge, Hon. Henry Cabot, LL.D., 86, 204. Letter relative to Rev. Samuel

Langdon, D.D., 5.

Logan, Hon. George, 277.

Longfellow, Henry W., LL.D., letter from James W. Bradbury relating to his college life, 563. Remarks

by C. E. Norton, 564. Paper by W. R. Thayer on his character as a*

National Poet, 564; by Bliss Perry on his career, 569; note by S. A.

Green on a singular mistake in

regard to him, 573. Criticism by the President of bis historical

poems, ib. His poem of Evange fine, 575 ; Miles Standish, 576 ; Sir Christopher Gardiner, 578 ; Paul Revere's Ride, 580.

Lord, Arthur, A.M., 575. Appointed on the Committee to nominate

officers, 87.

Lothrop, Rev. Samuel K., D.D., 185.

Lothrop, Thornton K., LL.B., ap

pointed on the House Committee, 245. Appointed on the Committee to nominate officers, 587.

Lowell, Rev. Charles, D.D., 2.

Lowell, Col. Charles R., 182.

Lowell, James Russell, D.C.L., his lines after a visit to Lord Granville, 456.

Lowell, Hon. John (H. U. 1843), 213. Lowell Fund, 213, 225. Income of,

213, 225.

Lyman, John Chester, M.D., 229.

Lyman, Gen. Theodore, 148, 149, 169.

Lyman, Hon. Theodore, LL.D., 87. Memoir of, by Charles F. Adams,

147-177. His. birth, 147. His

ancestry, 148. Enters Harvard Col

lege, 149. His college record, 150.

His Hasty Pudding song, 151. His marriage, 155. Comes under the influence of Louis Agassiz, 153.

His interest in natural science, ib. Goes to Europe, 156. Returns home on the outbreak of the Civil

War, 157. Enters the army, 158. His military services, 161-165. His scientific pursuits, 166, 167. His controversy with Wendell

Phillips, 168-170. Enters political life, 172. Elected to Congress, 174.

Defeated as a candidate for re

election, 175. His death, 177.

M.

McCleary, Samuel F., A.M., 423.

McClure, Rev. David, D.D., his Life of President Wheelock character

ized, 589.



INDEX. 609

McCrady, Edward, LL.D., paper by Charles K. Bolton on his Opinion of Gen. Nathanael Greene, 112-118.

McKean, Thomas; LL.D., Gov. of Pennsylvania, 305, 306.

McKenzie, Rev. Alexander, D.D., 534.

Appointed on a Committee to pub lish the Proceedings, 245.

McLaughlin, Andrew C, A.M., 203. Elected a Corresponding Member, 84.

Madison, James, Pr?s, of the United

States, 320, 323, 364. Letters to, from William Duane, 263, 279, 280, 298, 308, 309, 320, 324, 330, 331, 333, 351, 355, 365, 367; from, to

William Duane, 281.

Magdalena,-, 284, 285.

Manan, Rear Admiral Alfred T., his name transferred from the Corre

sponding list to the Honorary list, 535, 550.

Mann, Reuben, Sheriff, bill of sale of

slaves, 514.

Marion, Gen. Francis, 114, 115.

Mason, Miss Elizabeth (second wife of R. C. Winthrop, Jr.), 193.

Mason, Robert M., 193, 196, 200. Massachusetts Election in 1806, paper

on the, by Edward Stanwood, 12-19.

Massachusetts Historical Trust Fund, 209, 225. Income of, 209, 225, 245.

Massachusetts Infant Asylum, gift to, from Mr. and Mrs. Theodore

Lyman, 171.

Mather, Rev. Cotton, D.D., James

Savage's dislike of, 240, 242, 439. 1

And the Supernormal in New Eng land History, paper on, by J. P.

Quincy, 439-453. His Magnalia, 440. Barrett Wendell's Life of, 443. His unwillingness to jump at

conclusions, 444. His confidence in j

his own observations, 446. His ac

count of the Goodwin girl, 451.

Mather, Rev. Increase, D.D., 492.

Matteson, D. M., 559.

Matthews, Albert, A.B., 203. Elected a Resident Memfter, 530.

Mayhew, Rev. Jonathan, D.D., need of a more satisfactory Life of, 589.

Mead, Edwin D., 202, 421. Elected a Resident Member, 5. Appointed on a Committee for the preser vation of the Old State House,

Boston, 246.

Meade, Gen. George G., 107, 158, 161, 163.

Meetings of the Society, 1, 22, 84, 201, 245, 395, 420, 438, 490, 534, 550, 587. Annual Meeting, 201. Stated

meetings to be omitted during the

summer, 395.

Mendenhall, Thomas C, LL.D., re

signs membership, 438.

Merriam, George S., A.M., 208. Re

signs membership, 438.

Merriman, Rev. Daniel, D.D., his tribute to Stephen Salisbury, 416.

Merriman, Mrs. Helen B., 210.

Merriman, Roger B., Ph.D., 5. Ap pointed on the Committee to examine the Library and Cabinet, 587

Minns, Thomas, 2, 215, 227, 228.

Appointed on a Committee to examine the Treasurer's accounts, 87, 587. Paper by, on the Detroit

Bank, 521-525.

Minot, Hon. William, LL.D. (H. U.

1802), 211, 440.

Minot, William, LL.B. (H. U. 1836), 211.

Miranda, Francisco, his plans said to have been countenanced by Jef ferson and Madison, 282, 283.

Monroe, James, Pr?s, of the United

States, 364. Letter from William Duane to, 375.

Morris, Gouverneur, suit of, against William Duane, 309, 310.

Morse, John T., Jr., A.B., 205, 208.

Muhlenburg, Hon. F. A., political effects in Pennsylvania of his

death, 265.

Muhlenburg, Gen. John P. G., 277.

N.

Nancrede, Joseph, letter to, from William Duane, 368.

Nantucket, described by St. John de Cr?vec ur, 38, 39.

" National Intelligencer

" on the hon


Jackson, 502.

Negroes, William Duane's opinion of their employment in war, 373-375.

Neufville, Hyde de, French minister to the United States, 388.

New Bedford, Mass., return of the votes in, in 1806, 17.

" New York Times," on Judge Cham berlain's style, 144.

Nini, Jean Baptiste, statuette of Franklin by, 29-31.

Norcross, Grenville H., LL.B., 5, 22, 84, 245, 395, 420, 438, 490, 534,

77



610 INDEX.

550, 586. Presents his Report as I

Cabinet-Keeper, 228. Re-elected

Cabinet-Keeper, 232. Communi cates letters of Thomas Hutchin

son, 535.

Northcote, Sir Stafford (Earl - of

Iddesleigh), 572.

Norton, Charles E., D.C.L., 187, 208. Tribute by, to Carl Schurz, 402, 403.

Remarks by, on H. W. Longfellow, 564.

O.

Oliver, Andrew, Lieut.-Gov. of Mass., 535

Osler,*William, M.D., 443.

Otto, Louis Guillaume (husband of

Fanny de Cr?vec ur), 54, 66, 71, 73, 74, 75, 78.

P.

Paine, Nathaniel, A.M., 205, 395.

Appointed to write the memoir of

Stephen Salisbury, 22. Elected a member of the Council, 232. Me moir of Stephen Salisbury by, 412 419. ?

Paine, Robert Treat, A.M., 150.

Paine, Thomas, 279.

Palfrey, Francis W., A.M., 23.

Palfrey, John C.,AM., 202. Tribute

to, by Charles F. Adams, 22-27.

Palfrey, Hon. John G., LL.D., 22, 23.

Palmerston, Henry J. Temple, Vis

count, 400, 458, 459, 464, 465, 466, 468, 469.

Park, E. E., bill of sale of a slave, 512.

Parker, Miss Maria Antoinette, 215.

Parker, Hon. Francis E., LL.B., 186, 530.

Parker, Nathaniel, 289, 293, 521, 522, 523.

Parker, Rev. Theodore, 530, 531.

Parsons, Usher, M.D., his Life of Sir William Pepperrell characterized,

588.

Parton, James, LL.D., on the hon


Jackson, 503.

Partridge, Alden, - letter to, from

William Duane, 376.

Pattison, Gen. James, report by, on

the character and movements of St. John de Cr?vec ur, 584, 585.

Payson, Samuel R., 26.

Peabody, Rev. Andrew P., D.D., 424.

Peabody, George, 209.

Peabody Fund, 209, 225. Income

of, 210, 225.

Pearson, Henry G., A.B., 202. Ap pointed on a Committee to ex amine the Library and Cabinet, 87.

Paper by, on the Emancipation Concert, Boston, 247. Reads a

paper on the correspondence be tween the Duke of Argyll and Charles Sumner, 590.

Pepperrell, Sir William, need of a more satisfactory Life of, 588.

Perkins, Hon. Thomas H., 527.

Perry, Ann, agreement about negro children, 520.

Perry, B?ss, L.H.D., 202, 231. Ap pointed on a Committee to ex amine the Library and Cabinet, 87. Tribute to Carl Schurz by, 407-409.

Paper by, on Longfellow's career and reputation, 569.

Perry, Levi, deeds of gift of negroes, 516, 518.

Phillips, Wendell, A.M., 172, 428. His controversy with Theodore

Lyman, 168-170.

Pierce, Hon. Edward L., LL.D., bis Life of Charles Sumner char

acterized, 549 n.

Pierce, Rev. John, D.D., 204, 496, 498.

Pike, Gen. Zebuion M., 364.

Pinkney, Hon. William, minister to Great Britain, 324.

PUmpton, George A., 512.

Poletica, Pierre de, 343.

Porter, Gen. Fitz-John, 174.

Porter, O., bill of sale of a slave, 512, 513.

Postage Stamps, letter of C. H. Dal ton on, 6. Great variety of, 10.

Preble, Admiral George H. 84 n.

Proceedings of the Society. Serials

published, 83, 201, 395, 437, 537. New volume, 201. Cited, passim.

0

Quakers, St. John de Cr?veeeeur's

opinion of, 60, 62, 82.

Quincy, Edmund, A.M., 170, 499,511. Quincy, Hon. Josiah, LL.D. (H. U.

1790), Pr?s, of Harvard Coll., 166, 234, 236, 371, 493, 499, 504, 507, 509, 511, 524.

Quincy, Josiah P., A.M., paper by, on Cotton Mather and the Super normal in New England History, 439-453.

R.

Rand, Arnold A., elected a Resident

Member, 490.



INDEX 611

Randolph, John, 282, 310, 344.

Rawle, William, on the Constitution of the United States, 480.

Rawlins, Gen. John A., Chief of Staff to General Grant, 162, 163.

Recording Secretary. See Young, Edward J. ; Stan wood, Edward.

Reick, C. J., a medallist, 261.

Revere,. Col. Paul, paper on his First

Ride, by Charles H. Hart, 560-563.

Longfellow's poem of the Ride to

Concord, 580-582.

Rhodes, James Ford, LL.D., 5, 118, 203, 213. Letter to, relative to the Appomattox Campaign, 88.

Re-elected a Vice-President, 232. Reads a paper on "Negro-carpet bag Rule in South Carolina," 256.

Richard Frothingham Fund, 209, 225. Income of, 209, 222, 225.

Richet, Dr. Charles, 444.

Robbins, Rev. Chandler, D.D., 214, 429.

Robert Charles Billings Fund, 214, 225. Income of, 214, 224, 225.

Robert C. Winthrop Fund, 212, 225. Income of, 212, 225.

Rogers, Mrs. William B. (Emma Savage), 20, 232, 395.

Ropes, John C, LL.D., 164.

Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count, 76, 77.

Russell, George R., LL.D., 153.

Russell, John, Earl, 459, 462, 464, 468, 469, 471.

S.

Sabine, Hon. Lorenzo, A.M., 24.

Salem, Mass., toast relating to Andrew Jackson at a public din ner in 1833, 503.

Salisbury, Hon. Stephen, A.M., 202.

Memoir of, to be written by Na thaniel Paine, 22. Memoir of, 412 419. His birth and ancestry, 412.

His interest in archaeology, 413. His interest in Worcester, 414. President of the American Anti

quarian Society, 415. His interest in the Polytechnic Institute and the Museum of Art, 416. His gen erosity, 417. His social inclina

tions, 418.

Saltonstall, Leverett, A.M., 184.

Sanborn, Franklin B., A.M., 5, 6, 83, 203, 204, 208, 410, 411, 489, 537, 573, 590. Presents a photograph of the farm-house of St. John de' Cr?vec ur, 20. Paper by, on St.

I John de Cr?vec ur, 32-83. Ad ditional note on Cr?vec ur by, 582-586.

Sargent, Lucius M., A.M., his sketch of Gen. Theodore Lyman, 149 n.

Savage, Edward, his unfinished en

I graving entitled "Congress voting | Independence," 490.

Savage, Hon. James, LL.D., 20, 210. Remarks by C. F. Adams in un

veiling a bust of, 232T244. His

individuality as a presiding officer, 236. As a writer and historical

investigator, 237. A good hater, 240. Characteristic anecdotes of, 241. His intensity of feeling, 243,

His opinion of Cotton Mather, 242. 439.

Savage Fund, 210, 225. Income of, 210, 222, 225.

Schouler, James, LL.D., communica tion from, on President Johnson's

papers, 427-437.

Schurz, Hon. Carl, death of, 395. Tribute to, by the President, 395

402; by Charles E. Norton, 402, 403; by Moorfield Storey, 403-407; by Bliss Perry, 407-409.

Sears, Hon. David, A.M., 196, 209.

Sergeant, Hon. John, LL.D., 278. Se wall, Samuel, Chief-JusticeofMass.,

178. Note by H. W. Haynes,

on an obscure passage in his diary, 453. No Life of, 588.

Seward, Hon. William H., 435.

Shakespeare, William, supposed auto

graph of, in the Boston Public

Library, 127.

Shaw, Samuel S., LL.B.., 205. Elected a member of the Council, 232.

Sheldon, Hon. George, elected a

Resident Member, 395.

Sheridan, Gen. Philip, 94, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 106, 107, 108.

Sibley, Rev. John L., 203.

Silloway, Thomas W., 229.

Simmons, F. W., paints the portrait of Rev. Dr. Slafter, 534.

Slafter, Rev. Edmund F., D.D., 122, 208. Announcement of his death, 421. Tribute to, by Henry W.

Haynes, 425. Portrait of, painted by F. W. Simmons, 534. Memoir

of, by Reuben Kidner, communi cated by William Lawrence, 591 596. His birth and ancestry, 59 L

His education and ordination, 592, His interest in historical studies and investigations, 593. His mar

riage and death of his wife, 594.



612 INDEX.

His public bequests, ib. His per- !

sonal character, 595. His death, 596.

Slavery, documents relating to, com

municated by Albert B. Hart, 512 521.

Smibert, John, portraits by, given to the Society, 409.

Smith, Charles C, A.M., 5, 86, 146, 204, 245, 257, 421, 474, 557, 559, 586, 590. Communicates a letter from Henry Cabot Lodge relative to Samuel Langdon, 5. Appointed on a Committee to publish a vol ume of Bowdoin and Temple Papers, 201. Submits his Annual

Report as Treasurer, 209. Re elected as Treasurer, 232. Ap pointed on the Committee for pub lishing the Proceedings, and on the

House Committee, 245. Remarks

by, on the death of Edward J.

Young, 422.

Smith, Gold win, D.C.L., on the His torical Conception of the United States Constitution and Union, 480, 484, 487, 488.

Smith, Hon. Jonathan, A.B., 203. Elected a Resident Member, 534, 550.

Smith, Hon. Robert, 292, 334, 337.

Smith, Gen. Samuel, 292, 334.

Smith, Samuel Stanhope, LL.D., 301.

Smith, Sidney L., 228.

Smyth, Gen. Alexander, 362.

Snow, Rev. Herman, 448.

Spain, visit to, by R. C. Winthrop, Jr., 189.

Standish, Capt. Miles, Longfellow's poem on, 576-578.

Stanley, Hon. Edward, 188.

Stanton, Hon. Edwin M., 429, 430, 433, 434, 435.

Stanwood, Edward, Litt.D., 5, 203, 204, 208, 427, 489. Elected Re

cording Secretary, 2. Paper by, on the Massachusetts Election m

1806, 12-19. Re-elected Record

ing Secretary, 232. Appointed on a Committee to publish the Pro

ceedings, 245. Reads a paper on the Separation of Maine from

Massachusetts, 437.

Steele, John, 298.

Steigerwalt, Charles, his opinion of the Appleton Collection of coins and medals, 420.

Stetson, Rev. Caleb, 446.

Stevens, Benjamin F., his Catalogue Index of Manuscripts relating to

America, 556.

Stone, Mrs. George W., 438.

Storer, John H., LL.B., description of the Jackson token, 503 n.

Storey, Moorfield, A.M., 257, 535. Tribute to Carl Schurz by, 403-407. Memoir of Charles Sumner by, 538 549.

Story, Hon. Joseph, LL.D., 539.

Story, William W., D.C.L., 539.

Strong, Hon. Caleb, LL.D., Gov. of Mass., 13-19.

Stuart, Gilbert, his portraits of

Washington, 11.

Sturgis, Russell, 293, 521.

Sullivan, Hon. James, LL.D., Gov. of Mass., 15-19.

Sumner, Hon. Charles, LL.D., me moir of, by Moorfield Storey, 538 549. His birth, 538. His early? life and personal charm, 539. Be

ginning of his political career, 540. A leader of the Free Soil party, 541. Enters Congress, 542. Assaulted in the Senate chamber, 543. His contribution to the public service

during the Civil War, 544. Dis ^ cussion as to the wisdom of his

course, 545. As Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 546. His conflict with the admin istration of General Grant, 547.

His personal character, 548. Sources for his biography, 549.

Correspondence with the Duke of

Argyll, 590.

Sumter, Gen. Thomas, 113-117.

Supernormal, The, in New England History, paper on, by J. P. Quincy, 439-453.

Swift, Lindsay, A.B., 143. Elected a R?sident Member, 201.

Appointed on the Committee to examine the

Library and Cabinet, 587.

T.

Taft, Hon. Henry W.; A.M., 205.

Takawompbait, Daniel, an Indian, grave of, at Natick, 453.

T?te, John T., certifies to the freedom of a negro, 513.

Templeman,-, letter to, from William Duane, 390.

Tenterden, Charles S. Abbot, Baron, 473.

T?tard, Rev. Jean Pierre, 44.

Thayer, Nathaniel, A.M., 209.

Thayer, William R., A.M., 203, 208.

Paper by, on Longfellow our Na tional Poet, 564-569.



INDEX 613

Thomas L. Winthrop Fund, 214, 2?5. Thorndike, S. Lothrop, A.M., ap

pointed on a Committee to examine the Treasurer's accounts, 87. Ap

pointed on the House Committee, 245.

Tippet, Mehitable, marries St. John de Cr?vec ur, 44.

Tippet, Nicholas, 44.

Todd, S. O., 20, 58, 83.

Torres, Manuel, his financial views, 375. Mentioned, 383.

Townsend, Miss Mary P., 211. Treasurer. See Smith, Charles C.

Troy, Mass, (now Fall River), dupli cate return of the votes in, in 1806, 16.

Truxton, Com. Thomas, 291, 292.

Turner, Dr. Robert, 83.

Tytler, James, 269, 270.

U.

United States, William Duane's views as to the policy of the, 325-330.

Historical Conception of the United States Constitution and Union, 478-489.

Upham, William P., A.B., 202.

V.

Vapereau, Gustave, death of, 245.

Varick, Col. Richard, 537.

Vaux, Mme. Gu?rin de, letter from, to John Bigelow, 27.

Vernon, Admiral Edward, 228, 229. , Vice-Presidents. See Green, Samuel

A., and Rhodes, James F.

Victoria, Queen of England, 459, 464, 467, 468.

Victory, ship of the line, Nelson's flag ship, 4.

Voltaire, F. M. Arouet, Nini's statu ette of, 30, 31.

Votes of the Society. On the resig nation of Rev. Dr. Young as Re

cording Secretary, 2. With regard to the income of the Massachusetts

Historical Trust Fund, 245. To omit the meetings for July, August, and September, 395.

W.

Waddell, J. F., Judge of Probate, decree for binding out slave chil

dren, 519.

Walcut, Thomas, 233.

Walker, Rev. James, D.D., Pr?s, of Harvard College, 183, 184.

Wallace, Alfred R., LL.D., 446.

Walpole, Sir Spencer, his Life of Earl

Russell, cited, 454, 469 n.

Ward, Rev. Julius H., 126.

Warren, Hon. Winslow, LL.B., ap pointed on a Committee to publish a volume of Bowdoin and Temple Papers, 201. Note by, on a letter in the Winslow Papers, 559.

Washington, George, Pr?s, of the United States, Houdon's head of, 8, 9, 10. Stuart's portraits of, 11. Letter from, to St. John de Cr?ve c ur, 72.

Waters, Henry F., A.M., 129.

Waterston, Rev. Robert C, 205, 213, 214.

Waterston Fund, 213, 225. Income

of, 213, 225. Waterston Fund, No. 2, 214, 225.

Income of, 214, 225. Waterston Library, 213, 225. Cata

logue of, published, 83, 214.

Watson, Joseph, Mayor of Phila

delphia, letter to, from William

Duane, 387.

Watts, Miss Jenny C, 146.

Webster, Hon. Daniel, LL.D., his suit against Gen. Theodore Lyman, 149, 150. His speech in 1814 on the Conscription Bill, 481 et seq.

Weeden, William B., A.M., 525.

Weightman, R. C, letter from Wil liam Duane to, 312.

Weiss, Dr. J. A., 180.

Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 87, 90, 98, 99.

Welde, Rev. Thomas, 243.

Wells, Hon. David A., LL.D., 445.

Wendell, Barrett, A.M., 2, 52, 411.

427, 443. Appointed

on the Com mittee to nominate officers, 587.

Wentworth, Gov. John, 559.

West, Edward W., 228.

Westborough Reform School, 149 n., 156.

Weymouth, address by C. F. Adams

at, 576-578.

Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar, D.D., need of a satisfactory Life of, 589.

Whitmore, William H., A.M., 130.

Wilkinson, Gen. James, 287, 288, 289, 305, 354, 355.

Willard, Joseph, A.M., 2. William Amory Fund, 212, 225. In

come of, 212, 225. William Winthrop Fund, 210, 225.

Income of, 210, 223, 225.

Williams, David, writings of, 342.



614 INDEX.

Williams, James, bis "Rise and Fall of the Model Republic," character

ized, 253-256. His description of the descendant of the Puritans, 254, 255.

Winslow, Edward, 559.

Winsor, Justin, LL.D., 123, 129.

Winthrop, Hon. Beekman, LL.B., elected a Corresponding Member, 395.

Winthrop, John, Gov. of Mass., 243. James Savage's notes to bis History of New England, 240.

Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, LL.D., 1, 20, 32, 177, 179, 180, 233, 429, 548, 549 n., 574. His son's estimate of his character and opinions, 197.

Winthrop, Robert C, Jr., A.M., 87, 177, 202, 210, 212. Memoir of, by

Charles F. Adams, 178-200. His

birth, 179. His early education, 180. His visits to Europe, 181.

Enters Harvard College, ib. His

college life, 182. Enters a law

office, 184. His marriage, ib. Goes to Europe, 185. His travels, 186-192. His second marriage, 193. Goes again to Europe, ib.

His account of his closing years,

194-197. Chosen a Member of the Historical Society, 198. His occu

pations, 199. His death, 200.

Winthrop, Mrs. Robert C, Jr., 196 n., 227.

Winthrop, Hon. Thomas L., LL.D., 179 215.

Woodhull, Col. Jesse, 37.

Woodhull, John, 38.

Woodward, Judge Augustus B., 287, 293, 294, 295, 308, 522, 523, 525.

Y.

Yarwood, Henry, on the origin of the name of Bunker's Hill in Lanca

shire, 476.

Young, Rev. Alexander, D.D., his

testimony to the wit and wisdom of James Savage, 236, 238.

Young, Rev. Edward J., D.D., 202.

Resignation of, as Recording Sec

retary, 1. Vote recognizing the

great value of his services, 2. An nouncement of his death, 421. Tribute to, by Charles C. Smith, 422. Memoir of, to be written by

I James de Normandie, 426.

I Yrujo, Carlos Martinez de, 284, 285.



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