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17

NOVEMBER MEETING, 1882.

Minutes of the Tea Meetings in 1773, and other Papers relating

to the Town of Boston, communicated by SAMUEL A.

GREEN

Remarks by ROBERT C. WINTHROP, Jr., on William Winthrop

Account by EDWARD E. HALE of his Visit to Emmanuel Col-

lege, Cambridge, England

.

Description of the Cradock House in Medford, by THOMAS C.

AMORY

Original Notes of Mr. Webster's Speech at Marshfield, presented

by CHARLES C. SMITH

Letter of Sir Provo Wallis, communicated by GEORGE H.

PREBLE

Death of Mr. Old Tenor, communicated by CHARLES DEANE

Remarks by MELLEN CHAMBERLAIN on Paper Money in the

Province.

Memoir of the Hon. Seth Ames, by E. ROCKWOOD HOAR.

DECEMBER MEETING.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT on procuring a copy of the Map of
Sebastian Cabot, and on Sir Walter Raleigh

Letter of Governor Winthrop

Gifts to the Society

Papers of Oxenbridge Thacher, presented by Miss E. S. Quincy

JANUARY MEETING, 1883.

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43

45

46

Remarks by the PRESIDENT on the Raleigh Volume of Drawings

Account of Sir Christopher Gardiner, by CHARLES FRANCIS

ADAMS, Jr..

57

60

Paper on the Expedition under General Sullivan in 1779, by

THOMAS C. AMORY

88

FEBRUARY MEETING.

Remarks of the PRESIDENT, suggested by his recent Tour in

England and France

95

Farrer's Map of Virginia, communicated by JUSTIN WINSOR 102

Committee on Publication of the Sewall Correspondence.

Inquiry, by JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE, in regard to Persons

Burned or Gibbeted in Massachusetts

104

105

MARCH MEETING.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT announcing the Decease of the Hon.

Communication from ROBERT C. WINTHROP, Jr., on Early

Portrait Painters in Boston

113

Paper by ABNER C. GOODELL, Jr., on the Murder of Captain

Codman

122

Paper by ABNER C. GOODELL, Jr., on the Provincial Seals used

in Massachusetts

157

ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL, 1883.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT on the late John Richard Green,
and recent Gifts from Mrs. Richard Frothingham

Communication from CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Jr., on the

Printing of Old Manuscripts

Remarks of FRANCIS PARKMAN and CHARLES Deane
Remarks by the PRESIDENT in regard to an account of Doro-

Heliotype of Cotton Mather exhibited by JUSTIN WINSOR

Will of George Smith, communicated by CHARLES DEANE.

The Cannon-ball in Brattle Street Church deposited by ABBOTT

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199

199, 200

MAY MEETING.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT on presenting an Autograph Page

of Irving and a Letter of William Ellery

Committee to publish the Proceedings

Communication by HENRY M. DEXTER on the Printing of Old

201

204

Manuscripts.

204

Burial-ground Inscriptions prepared by SAMUEL A. GREEN

Paper by ABNER C. GOODELL, Jr., on the Charges against

Samuel Adams .

209

213

Remarks by MELLEN CHAMBERLAIN on the Character of Samuel

Adams

223

Memorials of Count Rumford exhibited by GEORGE E. ELLIS . 226

The Word "Ra'th," discussed by THOMAS W. HIGGINSON

Some Historical Tracts described by JUSTIN WINSOR.

Memoir of George B. Emerson, LL.D., by ROBERT C. WATER-

STON

232

JUNE MEETING.

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. 264

Remarks by the PRESIDENT, announcing the Death of Laboulaye 260

Resolution offered by GEORGE E. ELLIS, in regard to the Com-

memoration of Martin Luther

Communication by LUCIUS R. PAIGE respecting Marmaduke

Johnson

Announcement by FITCH EDWARD OLIVER of the Publication

of Hutchinson's Diary

265

268

Battle between the Boston and Berceau, communicated by ELLIS

AMES .

269

Paper relating to the White Kennett Library, by CHARLES

DEANE

274

280

Committee on publishing the Trumbull Papers

Communication by ABNER C. GOODELL, Jr., on the Trials of

the Witches in Massachusetts

SEPTEMBER MEETING.

Letter of PELEG W. CHANDLER about the Witch-trials

Remarks by ABNER C. GOODELL, Jr.

Remarks by WILLIAM EVERETT

Hon. John Pickering

Paper by ANDREW P. PEABODY on the Impeachment of the

Remarks by WILLIAM EVERETT

Colonial State Papers, communicated by CHARles Deane

327

331

332

OCTOBER MEETING.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT

342

Letter from Daniel Webster

343

Communication by GEORGE E. ELLIS, on the proposed Statue

NOVEMBER MEETING.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT on the Death of the Hon. Gusta-

vus Vasa Fox . .

Remarks by EDWARD J. YOUNG in reference to the Celebration

of the Birth of Martin Luther . .

The Greuze Portrait of Franklin, communicated by WILLIAM

W. GREENOUGH

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355

359

360

362

364

Memoir of George Ticknor, LL.D., by WILLIAM W. GREEN-

OUGH.

384

Letters of John Adams, presented by CHARLES FRANCIS AD-
AMS, Jr.
Address by the PRESIDENT at the Four Hundredth Anniversary
of the Birth of Luther, in Arlington Street Church
Commemorative Discourse by FREDERIC H. HEDGE

402

Map of the Carolina Coast, described by JOHN T. HASSAM

Memoir of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D., by CHARLES C.

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