Historical Collections. [A prospectus of the Collections as far as Volume II., second series, dated "1 August, 1814."] Broadside. [Coll. 2d series, II. 284, 285.]

[Circular Letter in relation to the Society, 1832.] 4to. 1 p.

The letter is dated at "Boston, 9th October, 1832," and signed by Josiah Quincy and five others, asking for aid in the purchase of a building.

Officers of the Massachusetts Historical Society, elected April 1, 1836. 16mo. 1 p.

[Circular, dated at Boston, June 18, 1844, containing Rules adopted at the April meeting.] 4to. 1 p.

[Circular Letter, dated at Boston, August 10, 1854, signed by John H. Clifford, Jared Sparks, and Ellis Ames, in regard to completing the Society's sets of Colonial and Provincial Laws, and House Journals 1715-1780.] 4to. pp. 3.

[Circular Letter, dated at Boston, May 23, 1857, and signed by William Brigham and George Livermore, asking for additional contributions to the Library.] 4to. 1 p.

[List of Resident Members. Oct.-Dec. (?), 1857.] Folio. 1 p.

Lists were printed similar to this at the following dates: June, 1864, June 15, 1871, January 12, 1877, September 1, 1879, January 1, 1883, April, 1884, April, 1887, January, 1891.

[Prospectus of the Proceedings for 1855-58, with a subscription heading, 1859.] 8vo. 1 p.

[Circular asking contributions to a Collection of Memorials of the War, signed by Richard Frothingham and six others, and dated at Boston, 8th August, 1861."] 4to. 1 p.

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[Circular Letter asking for photographs of members for preservation, signed by Charles Deane, Boston, February 15, 1865.] 12mo. Publications of the Massachusetts Historical Society. [Circular offering sets of the Collections for sale, as far as Vol. VII. of the 4th series, sets of Proceedings as far as Vol. V. (1863-64), with a table of contents, and the catalogues, 2 volumes. 1865.] 8vo. 1 p. [Circular offering the publications of the Society, 42 volumes, for sale, signed by Samuel A. Green, Boston, May 20, 1873.] 8vo. 1 p. [Honorary or Corresponding Members, February, 1882.] 8vo. pp. (2). [Circular asking for contributions from members of the Society, toward defraying the cost of a portrait of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, for the Massachusetts Historical Society, signed by Leverett Saltonstall and three others, a committee chosen for the purpose, Boston, April 17, 1885.] 4to. 1 p.

[Circular Letter asking for photographs of members for preservation, signed by F. E. Oliver, Boston, October 20, 1887.] 12mo. 1 p. This was reprinted, with a slight change, October 24, 1890. [Circular Letter to members of the Society in regard to the distribution of serial numbers of the Proceedings, signed by Edward J. Young, Alexander McKenzie, and Charles C. Smith, January 30, 1890.] 12mo. 1 p.

[Circular Letter to members of the Society asking for their photographs, by F. E. Oliver, October 24, 1890.] 12mo. 1 p. [Circular Invitation to all Resident, Corresponding, and Honorary Members to attend the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the formation of the Society, to be held January 24, 1891, dated January 1, 1891, and signed by Samuel A. Green, Edward J. Young, and Edward Bangs, the Committee of Arrangements.] 12mo. 1 p. A similar invitation to Societies was also issued.

MINOR PUBLICATIONS.

Historical Collections of the Indians in New England. Of their several nations, numbers, customs, manners, religion and government, before the English planted there. By Daniel Gookin, Gentle

man

Now first printed from the Original Manuscript. Boston,

1792. 8vo. pp. 89. [Coll. I. 141-229.]

Catalogue of Books in the Massachusetts Historical Library. Boston, 1796. 8vo. pp. 40.

Catalogue of the Books, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Manuscripts, &c. in the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, 1811. 8vo. pp. vi, (2), 96.

Bacon's Rebellion. [1813.] 8vo. pp. (2), 27–32, 9-56. [Coll. 2d series, I. 27-80.]

A second edition with many corrections and a prefatory note by Charles Deane was printed in the Proceedings (IX. 299-342) for August 9, 1866. It was also reprinted in Force's "Tracts and other Papers" (Washington, 1836), Vol. I. No. 11, under a different title.

Biographical Memoir of Rev. John Lothrop. By the Rev. John Lathrop, D.D. Boston, 1813. 8vo. pp. 18. [Coll. 2d series, I. 163178.]

Massachusetts Historical Society. Order of Services, 22 December, 1813, at King's Chapel, Boston, in Commemoration of the Landing of the Forefathers. 8vo. pp. 4.

Report to the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America. No titlepage. [1814.] 8vo. pp. 48. [Coll. 2d series, II. 1-48.]

A General History of New England, from the Discovery to 1680. By the Rev. William Hubbard, Minister of Ipswich, Mass. Cambridge, 1815. 8vo. pp. vi, (8), 7-676. [Coll. 2d series, V., VI.] The preface is signed by Abiel Holmes and Joseph McKean, Cambridge, 1815. An edition was published in 1848, edited by William Thaddeus Harris, and corrected from the original manuscript. See the same title below on this page. Annals of New-England. By Thomas Prince. Vol. II. Numb. I.[-III.] [1818.] 8vo. pp. (2), 96, (1). [Coll. 2d series, VII. after p. 188.] In 1826 an edition was published including Vols. I. and II. complete, edited by Nathan Hale; and in 1852 a third edition was published, edited by Samuel G. Drake, which consisted of thirty copies of the second edition of 1826, with a new titlepage, a list of original subscribers, and a memoir of the author, prefixed. The first edition of Vol. I. was printed in 1736, and that of Vol. II. in 1755.

Statistical Account of the Town of Middlebury, in the State of Vermont. Part First. By Frederick Hall. Boston, 1821. 8vo. pp. 38. [Coll. 2d series, IX. 123-158.]

Journal of Christopher Gist; who accompanied George Washington on his first visit to the French Commander of the Troops on the Ohio, 1753. Boston, 1836. [Coll. 3d series, V. 101-108.]

This appears in the Collections as above, and according to Sabin's "Dictionary of Books relating to America," was reprinted separately.

List of Portraits in the Hall of the Historical Society. No titlepage. [1838.] 8vo. pp. 285-291. [Coll. 3d series, VII. 285-291.] A General History of New England, from the Discovery to 1680. By the Rev. William Hubbard, Minister of Ipswich, Mass. Second edition, collated with the original MS. Boston, 1848. 8vo. pp. vi, (14), xvii, 768.

Leift Lion Gardener his relation of the Pequot Warres.

This "relation," with two letters preceding it, appears in the Collections (3d series, III.) for 1833, pp. 129-160, with a fac-simile of the autographs of Sir Henry Vane and Governor Winthrop. It was reprinted without the fac-simile, in "The History of the Wars of New-England," pp. 1–36, by Samuel

Penhallow (Cincinnati, 1859), after page 138. According to Sabin's "Dictionary of Books relating to America," it was printed separately with the letters, under the following title: A History of the Pequot War. By Lieut. Lion Gardiner. Cincinnati, 1860. 4to. pp. 36.

A True Relation of the most prosperous voyage made this present year, 1605, by Captain George Waymouth, in the Discovery of the Land of Virginia, Written by James Rosier, a gentleman employed in the Voyage. London, 1605. [Coll. 3d series, VIII. 125–157.]

This was communicated to the Society by Francis C. Gray, and printed from a transcript procured in England by Jared Sparks. The Relation, of which an abridgment may be found in "Pvrchas his Pilgrimes" (Vol. IV. pp. 1659-1667), was reprinted in the third volume of the publications of the Gorges Society (Portland, 1887), from a copy of the original in the John Carter Brown Library at Providence, with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Sweetser Burrage. The Narrative was reprinted from the Collections with the following title: [Rosier's Narrative of Waymouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine, in 1605. Complete. With remarks by George Prince (pp. 1-14), showing the river explored to have been the Georges River: together with a map of the same and the adjacent Islands. Bath, 1860.] No titlepage. 8vo. pp. 45. Map. [Coll. 3d series, VIII. 125–157.] Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, 1855. 8vo. pp. 15. [Proc. III. (1855–58), 1-31.]

This contains an account of the Annual Meeting, though not so full as that given in the volume of Proceedings. Memorial of the Massachusetts Historical Society [to the Legislature]. 4to. pp. 3. [Proc. III. (1855-58), 266-270.]

This was adopted at a meeting, February 11, 1858, and is signed by Robert C. Winthrop, President, and Chandler Robbins, Recording Secretary. The third page is a description of the Collections as far as 4th series, Vol. III.

Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

1858-1860.

Selected from the Records. Boston, 1859. 8vo. pp. (2), 21. [Proc. IV. (1858-60), 1-21.]

This is marked "Specimen " on the cover.

Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society in respect to the Memory of William Hickling Prescott, February 1, 1859. Boston, 1859. 8vo. pp. 53. [Proc. IV. (1858-60), 167-196, 198-205.]

Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, 1859. 8vo.

pp. 240.

This is marked "Specimen" on the cover, and makes a part of Vol. I.

Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Vol. I. A-L. Boston, 1859. Vol. II. M-Z. Boston, 1860. 8vo. pp. vi, (1), 732, and vi, (1), 651.

The preface to the first volume is signed by Chandler Robbins and Charles Deane, and is dated at Boston, September 17, 1859, while that of the second volume is dated March 29, 1860.

[Report of a Committee, June 14, 1860, on "Publishing papers read and proceedings had at its meetings," signed by James Savage, and dated at Boston, 10 May, 1860.] 4to. pp. 2.

Report of a Committee appointed by the Massachusetts Historical Society on Exchange of Prisoners during the American Revolutionary War. Presented Dec. 19, 1861. Boston, 1861. 8vo. pp. 26. [Proc. V. (1860–62), 325–346.]

Tribute of the Massachusetts Historical Society to the Memory of Josiah Quincy, July 14, 1864. Boston, 1864. 8vo. pp. 32. [Proc. VII. (1863-64), 377-405.]

Tribute of the Massachusetts Historical Society to the Memory of Edward Everett, January 30, 1865. Boston, 1865. 8vo. pp. 90. Portrait. [Proc. VIII. (1864–65), 101-170.] Tribute of the Massachusetts Historical Society to the Memory of George Livermore. Boston, 1866. 8vo. pp. 19. [Proc. VIII. (1864-65), 442-458.]

Tribute to Henry Hart Milman, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, London. [By Hon. Robert C. Winthrop and Hon. J. Lothrop Motley.] No titlepage. [1868.] 8vo. pp. 4. [Proc. X. (1867–69), 340-341, 344-346.]

[Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society upon receiving the bust of George Peabody, October 8, 1868.] 8vo. 1 p. [Proc. X. (1867-69), 341-342.]

[Proceedings of the Society, June 9, 1870.] No titlepage. 8vo. pp. 322-328. [Proc. XI. (1869-70), 322-328.]

This was reprinted without change of paging, and has a cover with title.

Tributes to the Memory of Hon. John Pendleton Kennedy. No titlepage. [1870.] 8vo. pp. 16. [Proc. XI. (1869-70), 354-369.] Tributes of the Massachusetts Historical Society to the Memory of Hon. David Sears and George Ticknor, LL.D., February 9, 1871. Boston, 1871. 8vo. pp. 24. [Proc. XII. (1871-73), 13-29.]