MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of the French Protestants, who settled at Oxford, in Massachusetts, A. D. MDCLXXXVI; with a sketch of the entire history of the Protestants of France. By Abiel Holmes. Cambridge, 1826. Svo, pp. iv, 84. Memoir presented to the Society, and afterwards published in Collections, third series, Vol. II. (2717 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vocabulary of the Massachusetts (or Natick) Indian language. By Josiah Cotton. Cambridge, 1829. Svo, pp. 112. Reprinted from the Collections, third series, Vol. 11. Some copies have original pagination, 147–257. (2718 Biographical notice of the late Hon. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Dudley Atkins Tyng. By John Lowell. [Boston, 1830.] Svo. pp. 17. From the Collections, third series, Vol. II. (2719 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Circular asking for aid in the purchase of a building. [Boston, 1832.] Svo, sheet. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (2720 Laws and regulations. Revised and reported by the standing committee, pursuant to a vote of the Society, April 25, 1833. Cambridge, 1833. Reprinted from Collections, third series, Vol. IV. Svo, pp. 8. (2721 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of Rev. John Allyn, D. D. By 8vo, pp. 8. No title-page. Reprinted from Collections, third series, Vol. v. (2722 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A briefe narration of the originall undertakings of the advancement of plantations into the parts of America. Especially showing the beginning, progress, and continuance of that of New England. Written by the Right Worshipfull Sir Ferdinando Gorges. London, 1658. Reprinted, Boston, 1837. Svo, pp. 45-73. Reprinted from Collections, third series, Vol. VI, pp. 45-73. (2723 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Historical sketch of Amherst, in the county of Hillsborough, N. II., from its first settlement to 1837. By John Farmer. Second edition. Concord, N. H., 1837. 8vo. pp. 52. Reprinted from Collections for 1814. (2724 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. List of portraits in the hall of the So ciety. [Boston, 1838.] 8vo, pp. 285-291. Reprinted from Collections, third series, Vol. VII. (2725 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Historical account of Massachusetts currency. By Joseph B. Felt. Boston, 1839. Svo, pp. 259. "Enlargement of two lectures delivered at the request of the Massachusetts Historical Society." (2726 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of the Hon. John Lowell. [By John Lowell.] Svo, pp. 160-169. No title-page. [Reprinted from the Proceedings, Vol. 11, April, 1840.] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Gleanings for New England history. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The New England Confederacy of MDCXLIII. Discourse before the Society, May 29, 1843, in celebration of the second centennial anniversary of that event. By John Quincy Adams. Boston, 1843. Svo, pp. 47. Reprinted from Collections, third series, Vol. IX. (2729 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Remarks on the early laws of Massachusetts Bay; with the code adopted in the year 1641, and called the Body of Liberties, now first printed. By Francis C. Gray. Svo, pp. 49. Boston, 1843. (2730 Reprinted from the Collections, third series, Vol VIII. Svo, pp. 6. No title-page. Communicated to the Society, September 26, 1844, and in July, 1855, printed in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, from which it was reprinted. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Rules adopted April, 1844. Sheet. (2731 (2732 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of James Grahame, LL. D., author of the History of the United States. Originally prepared for the Collections. By Josiah Quincy. Boston, 1845. Svo, pp. 51. Reprinted from Collections, third series, Vol. IX. (2733 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoirs of the Pilgrims at Leyden. By 8vo, pp. 35. Lithograph. From the Collections, third series, Vol. 1x. (2734 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of Gamaliel Bradford, M. D. 8vo, pp. 7. No title-page. (2735 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Notice of the life of Hon. Leverett Saltonstall. [By Benjamin Merrill.] [Boston, 1846.] Svo, pp. 9. No title-page. Reprinted from the Collections, third series, Vol. IX. (2736 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A general history of New England from Svo, pp. vi, (14), xvii, 7-768. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (2737 Memoir of Hon. John Davis, LL. D. First published in the Collections of the Society. By Convers Francis, D. D. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of William Lincoln. First published in the Collections of the Society. By Joseph Willard. Cambridge, Svo, pp. 13. (2740 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, and of Rev. Eliphalet Adams, of New London, Conn. By Miss F. M. Caulkins. Cambridge, 1849. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Act of incorporation and by-laws. [Boston.] 1853. 8vo. pp. 12. Reprinted from Collections, fourth series, Vol. II. (2743 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Circular letter asking for coöperation in the collection and preservation of copies of all the Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts which were printed from 1715 to 1780. Boston, 1854. Sheet. (2744 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The first Plymouth patent; granted June 1, 1621. Now first printed from the original manuscript. Edited by Charles Deane. Cambridge, 1854. 8vo, pp. 16, large paper. One hundred copies. Reprinted from Collections, fourth series, Vol. II. Four copies were printed on vellum, which Mr. Winsor says was the earliest instance of book printing on that material in the United States. One copy was printed on old paper. The vellum copies were given to friends by Mr. Deane: one to James Lenox, one to Edw. A. Crowninshield (sold at the Menzies' sale for $51), one to George Livermore (Libbie sale, $31), and one was retained by Mr. Deane. (2745 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D. By Nathaniel L. Frothingham. From the Collections of the Society, fourth series, Vol. II. Cambridge, 1854. Svo, pp. 28. (2746 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris. By N. L. Frothingham. From the Collections of the Society, fourth series, Vol. II. Cambridge, 1855. Svo, pp. 28. (2747 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memorials of the Whites. [Read by Lemuel Shattuck before the Society, October 31, 1850.] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Catalogue of the private library of Thomas Dowse, presented to the Society, July 30, 1856. Boston, 1856. Svo, pp. (2), 214. Twenty-five copies printed for private distribution. Same. Boston, 1870. 8vo, pp. (2), 214. A few remaining copies of the same sheets, with a new title-page. (2750 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. History of Plymouth Plantation. By William Bradford, the second governor of the colony. Edited, with notes, by Charles Deane. Now first printed from the original manuscript, for the Society. Boston, 1856. 8vo, pp. xix (1), 476. Fifty copies reprinted from Collections, fourth series, Vol. III, (2751 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memoir of the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, prepared for the Society, by Nathan Appleton. Boston, 1856. Svo, pp. 21. Reprinted from Proceedings, Vol. 111, and Collections, fourth series, Vol. IV. (2752 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Washington chair, presented to the Society by Benjamin R. Winthrop. [Boston, 1856.] 8vo. pp. 7. Plate. Reprinted from Proceedings, November, 1856. 2753 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Act of incorporation, with the additional acts and by-laws. Boston. 1857. Svo, pp. 19. Reprinted from Collections, fourth series, Vol. IV. (2751 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Bibliographical essay on Governor Hutchinson's historical publications. By Charles Deane, Square 16mo, pp. 39. Boston, 1857. 1755 Fifty copies printed. Reprinted from Proceedings, Vol. III, MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Report of the proceedings at the annual meeting of the Society. Address of R. C. Winthrop, and the remarks of E. Everett, with a description of the Dowse library. Boston, 1857. Svo, pp. 8. Reprinted from Proceedings, April, 1857. (2756 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A declaration of the affairs of the English people that first inhabited New England. By Phinehas Pratt. Edited, with notes, by Richard Frothingham, jr. Boston, 1858. Svo, pp. 20, (2757 One hundred copies reprinted from the Collections, fourth series, Vol. IV. Reprinted from the Collections, fourth series, Vol. IV. (2758 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Memorial [to the legislature against allowing the adoption of the name of New England Historical and Genealogical Society by the Historic-Genealogical Society]. February 8, 1858. [Boston, 1858.1 4to, pp. 3. (2759 Reprinted from Proceedings, February, 1858. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Speech of Josiah Quincy, delivered in February, 1858, before the committee of the Massachusetts legislature, to whom was referred the petition of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, for a change of their corporate name, and the remonstrance of the Massachusetts Historical Society. [Boston, 1858.] 8vo, pp. 8. No title-page, Reprinted from Proceedings, March, 1858. (2760 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Annual report of the treasurer, year ending April, 1859-April, 1877. [Boston, 1859-1877.] 8vo, 19 sheets. Same. April, 1878-March 31, 1885. [Boston, 1878-1885.] 7 pphs. 8vo. pphs. Svo. All but 1875 reprinted from Proceedings. (2761 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Naturalization in the American colonies. with more particular reference to Massachusetts. Paper read before the Society at the July meeting, 1859. By Joseph Willard. Boston, 1859. 5 8vo, pp. 30, Reprinted from Proceedings, July, 1859, (2762 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the Society in respect to the memory of William Hickling Prescott, February 1, 1859. Boston, 1859. 8vo, pp. 53. Reprinted from Proceedings, February, 1859. (2763 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings, 1858-1860. Selected from the records. Specimen. Boston, 1859. 8vo. pp. (1), 21. (2764 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Catalogue of the library of the Society. Boston, 1859, 1860. Svo, 2 vols. (2765 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Dowse Library. Proceedings of the Society relating to the donations from Thomas Dowse; with the eulogy by Edward Everett. Boston, 1859. Plate. Svo, pp. v, 80. Portraits. (2766 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Eulogy on Thomas Dowse, pronounced before the Society, 9th Dec., 1858. By Edward Everett. With the introductory address by R. C. Winthrop, and an appendix. Boston, 1859. 8vo. pp. 82. Portraits. Reprinted from Proceedings, December, 1858. (2767 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Paper read before the Society, January, 1859. By C. H. Warren. [Boston, 1859.] Svo, pp. 6. Reprinted from Proceedings, January, 1859. In regard to the origin of the uniform of the Continental Army." (2768 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings, 1791-1904. Second series, Vols. I-XVIII. Boston, 1859-1905. Svo, 38 vols. Vols. 1-XX. (2769 Vol. 1, comprising the years 1791-1835, and Vol. 11, 1835-1855, were issued in 1879 and 1880, respectively. Vol. III, 1855-1858, published in 1859. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Vol. I. 1791-1835. Boston, 1879. Svo, pp. li, 581. Portraits. Plates. Facsimiles. Contents: Introduction: "A selection from the Society's records, giving a connected history of its origin and early transactions; " Members; Officers; Lists of books for the historical library; List of books which Dr. Jeremy Belknap proposes to sell to the Society; Facsimile of handwriting of George R. Minot, 1799; Facsimile of the handwriting of James Sullivan, 1794; Plan of the Tontine Crescent in Boston, 1794; Laws and regulations of the Society, 1794; Facsimile of the handwriting of Jeremy Belknap, 1797; Facsimile of handwriting of Peter Thacher, 1795; Notice of Peleg Coffin; Communication "To the Societies for the Improvement of Arts and Manufactures in the United States of America from the Earl of Buchan," 1805; Account of the capture of the ship "Hope," by Captain Mugford, June, 1776; Facsimile of the handwriting of James Freeman: Facsimile of the handwriting of Dr. John Eliot; Facsimile of the handwriting of William Baylies, 1815; Notice of John Williams; Facsimile of handwriting of William Tudor, 1799; Memoir of Caleb Strong, by Henry Cabot Lodge; Memoir of Eben Parsons, by S. K. Lothrop; Notice of Rev. William Bentley, by C. C. Smith; Notice of Josiah Bartlett, by Richard Frothingham: Facsimile of handwriting of James Winthrop, 1795; Notice of Rev. Stephen Palmer, by Henry M. Dexter; Memoir of James Perkins, by C. C. Perkins ; Notice of Isaac Rand, by S. A. Green; Notice of Rev. John Bradford, by Wm. Newell; Notice of William Winthrop, by R. C. Winthrop, jr.; Notice of David Sewall, by Charles Deane; Notice of William Smith Shaw, by Charles C. Smith: Memoir of John Adams, by C. F. Adams; Memoir of Joseph Allen, by S. F. Haven; Notice of Rev. John Mellen, by William Newell; Notice of Aaron Dexter, by C. C. Smith; Notice of William Tudor, jr., by C. C. Smith; Notice of Elisha Clap, by J. M. Robbins; Memoir of Isaiah Thomas, by George Dexter; Notice of Dr. Redford Worcester. by Charles Deane: Report of a committee. 1796, to consider the resolve of the Legislature concerning the publication of a map of the |