CONTENTS. ANNUAL MEETING, OCTOBER 24, 1906. SOME OF THE ROMAN REMAINS IN ENGLAND. Samuel S. Green. 57 ON THE ORIGIN OF THE CROSS SYMBOL. William H. Holmes... IDEAL NEWPORT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. William B. DID BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Fly His ELECTRICAL KITE BEFORE HE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1907. EARLY PRIVATE LIBRARIES IN NEW ENGLAND. Franklin B. SOME NOTES ON WITCHCRAFT. George L. Kittredge... ALMANACS or ROGER SHERMAN, 1750 to 1761. Victor H. Paltsits 213 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE FIRST BALLOONS. A. Lawrence ANNUAL MEETING, OCTOBER 16, 1907. PROCEEDINGS AT THE MEETING REPORT OF THE COUNCIL..... OBITUARIES.. REPORT OF THE TREASURER REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 279 296 299 301 309 323 GIVERS AND GIFTS 336 Channing Bowen .. THE LIBRARY OF THE SOCIETY. Charles H. Lincoln.... 362 365 367 403 NOTE. The eighteenth volume of the present series contains the records of the Proceedings of the Society October 24, 1906 to October 16, 1907 inclusive. The reports of the Council have been presented by Samuel S. Green, Samuel Utley and G. Stanley Hall. Papers and communications have been received from Samuel S. Green, William H. Holmes, William B. Weeden, A. Lawrence Rotch, Franklin B. Dexter, George L. Kittredge, Victor H. Paltsits, J. Franklin Jameson, Edward Channing, Andrew McF. Davis, Clarence W. Bowen, Charles A. Chase and Charles H. Lincoln. Obituary notices of the following deceased members appear in this volume: Babu Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, Rockwood Hoar, Albert S. Gatschet, Señor Justo Benitez, Señor Alfredo Chavero, George G. Benedict, Solomon Lincoln and John T. Doyle. COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. COUNCIL OF THE American Antiquarian Society ELECTED OCTOBER 16, 1907. President. vice-presidents. Council. SAMUEL SWETT GREEN, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. CHARLES AUGUSTUS CHASE, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. EDWARD LIVINGSTON DAVIS, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. GRANVILLE STANLEY HALL, LL.D., of Worcester, Mass. WILLIAM BABCOCK WEEDEN, A.M., of Providence, R. I. JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, Litt.D., of Portland, Me. CARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT, LL.D., of Worcester, Mass. EDMUND ARTHUR ENGLER, LL.D., of Worcester, Mass. ELIAS HARLOW RUSSELL of Worcester, Mass. SAMUEL UTLEY, LL.B., of Worcester, Mass. NATHANIEL PAINE, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. Secretary for foreign Correspondence. FRANKLIN BOWDITCH DEXTER, Litt.D., of New Haven, Conn. Secretary for Domestic Correspondence. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, LL.D., of Lincoln, Mass. Recording Secretary. ANDREW MCFARLAND DAVIS, A.M., of Cambridge, Mass. Treasurer. AUGUSTUS GEORGE BULLOCK, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. |