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ADDRESS 
 
 TO THB 
 
 MEMBERS 
 
 OE THE 
 
 Zmtxitm TLnticimxim ©octet? j 
 
 TOGETHER WITH THB 
 
 LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
 
 OF THE INSTITUTION, 
 
 LIST OF DONATIONS 
 
 TO THE SOCIETY 
 ^mCE THE LAST PUBLICATION 
 
 WORCESTER : PRINTED BY WILLIAM MANNIN(?. 
 
 Mi^RCH, 1819. 
 
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 American Antiquarian ^ociet^. 
 
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 Extract from the Jmirnal of the Subcouncil. 
 
 AT a Meeting of the Subcouncil of this Institution, at Worcester, Mas- 
 sachusetts, January 15t}j, 1819 — 
 
 Voted, That a Committee be chnsen to draft an Address to the Mem- 
 bers of this Society, giving a brief sketch of its ol)jecti«, its progress, and its 
 present state — and to solicit their aid in promoting the purposes of the In- 
 stitution. A Comniittee was chosen accordingly. 
 
 In Subcouncil, February \st, 1819. 
 
 The Committee above mentioned made a Report, which, being read, 
 Was accepted. It was then 
 
 Voted, That the Address be printed, together with the Laws and Regu- 
 lations of the Society, a List of the Officers for the current jear, and a 
 Statement of Donations since the last publication ; and that a copy be sent 
 to each' member. 
 
 Attest^ REJOICE NEWTOi^, Rec. Sec'ry. 
 
ADDRESS 
 
 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 
 
 0metican ^ntiquatian ^ocietp* 
 
 -^yaj^f/jjjt •-- 
 
 1 HERE having been a large accession of 
 Members of the American Antiq^uarian So- 
 ciety, since its objects were communicated, the 
 Government of this National Institution, residing 
 in Massachusetts, have judged it to be their duty 
 to address a summary account of its principles and 
 progress to all who have been elected. This meas- 
 ure is adopted with a confidence, that those Mem- 
 bers, if any, who may have become languid, will be 
 reanimated in its service — and that those who are un- 
 apprized of its views and concerns, will discharge 
 their duty with cheerful ardour, when they know 
 what service they can perform. 
 
 Our Institution, in all its objects and concerns, 
 is intended and considered as National^ although it 
 derives its charter and its national appellation from 
 the Legislature of Massachusetts, by an act passed 
 October 12, 1812. This local authority was re- 
 sorted to from doubts having been cxprcssecK 
 
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 whether Congress had the power to grant a charter 
 without the District of Cohimbia. Its Members 
 are selected from all parts of the Union. Its re- 
 spectability is inferred from its numbers, and from 
 "its comprising men of the first standing and intelli- 
 gence in the nation, and some of the first distinction 
 in other countries. Most other societies, although 
 of a benevolent and useful character, are necessarily- 
 limited in their views and duration. The objects 
 of this Institution are commensurate with the lapse of 
 time, and its benefits will be more and more accu- 
 mulating in the progression of ages. As the antiqui- 
 ties of our country, by various means, are rapidly 
 decreasing, an Institution whose business will be to 
 collect and preserve such as remain, and can be 
 obtained, must be viewed as highly important. 
 
 The chief objects of the inquiries and researches 
 of this Society, which cannot too soon arrest its at- 
 teation, will be American Antiquities, natural, arti- 
 ficial, and literary. As all things which in their na- 
 ture are durable, if preserved from casualty and the 
 ravages of time, in a course of years will be antique^ 
 it will also be an object of this Society to deposit, 
 from time to time, such modern productions, as 
 will, with accuracy, denote to those who succeed 
 us, the progress of literature, the arts, manners, 
 customs, and discoveries of the present age. 
 
 Thus, by an attention to these objects, which the 
 Society hope to promote by the exertion of its 
 Members residing in various sections of this vast 
 continent, the utility of the Institution will speedily 
 be realized, and may in time vie with similar instii- 
 
tutions ill Europe, which are now so justly cele- 
 brated. 
 
 Each individual of the Society, we persuade our- 
 selves, will imbibe a belief, that much of its reputa- 
 tion and usefulness depends on his individual ef- 
 forts. Members in our own country, particularly, 
 are not considered as honourary^ so far as to exempt 
 them from acting in the promotion of the honour 
 and prosperity of the Institution. All, we trust, 
 will feel an interest in collecting and forwarding to 
 the President, Vicepresidcnts, Counsellors, Secre- 
 taries, Librarian, or other Receiving Officers of the 
 Institution, such antiquities of our country, whether 
 of nature or of art, as may be portable, and which he 
 can obtain ; and authentick accounts of such as can- 
 not be transported ; with such articles of modern 
 date as are curious and interesting, and will tend to 
 aid the establishment. 
 
 It is requested that articles of Indian fabrication 
 may be accompanied with some account of the 
 place of its deposit, probable age, supposed use, 
 and any other matter which may elucidate its histo- 
 ry. Authentick accounts of Indian mounds, forti- 
 iications, and other monuments and remains, com- 
 municated by mail, or through the Receiving Offi- 
 cers, to either of the Secretaries, are particularly 
 desirable. Information of this kind, published un- 
 der the sanction of the Society, will prevent much 
 publick imposition, and seems appropriate to the 
 Institution. This request is particularly addressed 
 to Members residing in the Western States, where, 
 it is supposed, such remains are the most numerous 
 and perfect, A Committee for publication are now 
 
preparing, and will commit a volume to the press, 
 as soon as they can be furnished with sufficient orig- 
 inal materials for the purpose. 
 
 Although the Society is in its infancy, we are 
 happy to announce, that it is expanding into manly 
 growth, and, with due patronage and exertion, will 
 become pre-eminently useful. The Cabinet is not 
 yet extensive ; but the Members, we trust, will soon 
 make it highly respectable and useful, by their oc- 
 casional contributions. Funds are about to be pro- 
 cured, from tlie interest of which a Librarian and 
 Cabinet Keeper may be supported, whose business 
 shall be to attend to the property of the Society, 
 and to keep it in a state of Preservation. 
 
 The catalogue of our Books is already respecta- 
 ble. Our Library, of about 5,000 volumes, con- 
 sists principally of books printed in the three last 
 and present centuries. Some are of the fifteenth 
 century. Many of these are peculiarly valuable, 
 particularly American authors ; as by them we 
 learn the state of religion and literature at the peri- 
 od of their date. We have also files of the first 
 Newspapers published in British North America, 
 \vhich, probably, are the earliest printed in this 
 Western world. Also, some of the first periodical 
 works which appeared in Europe. Congress, and 
 a number of the State Legislatures, have passed 
 acts and resolves for furnishing the Society with a 
 copy of all their printed statutes, and such as here- 
 after shall be printed, together with their other 
 printed documents. These, so far as they have 
 been printed, have been deposited in the Library ;, 
 
This liberality, it may be presumed, will become 
 general. 
 
 Among the articles for this deposit, books of ev- 
 ery description, including- pamphlets and maga- 
 zines, especially those that were early printed, ei- 
 ther in South or North America ; files of newspa-- 
 pers of former times, or of the present day, are par- 
 ticularly desirable ; as are specimens, with written 
 accounts respecting them, of fossils, handicrafts of 
 the Aborigines, &c. manuscri'pts, ancient and mod- 
 ern, on interesting subjects, particularly those which 
 give accounts of remarkable events, discoveries, or 
 description of any part of the continent or islands in 
 the American seas, maps, charts, Sec* 
 
 With a view to the safety of the Library and 
 Cabinet, an inland situation has been preferred. 
 By the liberality of the President, a suitable building- 
 will speedily be erected in Worcester. A site suf- 
 ficiently spacious and commodious has been obtain- 
 ed, and the materials for building are nearly pre- 
 pared. 
 
 * There are but few who do not wisli llieir labours to be 
 preserved. Every author, every printer or publisher of a 
 book, or publick journal, (a) by sending a copy of each 
 of the works they write, print or publish, to the Library 
 of this Society, will have them recorded, and deposited in 
 the best place possible for security and preservation ; and, 
 this not being- a circulating library, they will remain for cen- 
 turies subject to the inspection of historians and scientifick 
 men, and be a source of high gratitication to Antiquaries of 
 succeeding ages. 
 
 (a) Files of Newspapers, Magazines, or other periodical works, can 
 be sent annually to Receiving Officers in the State where thej are pub- 
 lished, who will forward them to the place of deposit. 
 
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 . It may be thought superfluous to observe, that a 
 Society of this kind cannot be supported without 
 some permanent funds. The munificence of the 
 Founders has given a name and standing to our In- 
 stitution ; but further agency is necessary for its fu- 
 ture nourishment and support. Bodies of this cast, 
 however well formed and fashioned their structure, 
 require some inherent stamina^ or self -renovating 
 power, as the spring of perpetual life and action. 
 Donations, legacies, contributions, and royal patron- 
 age, are the support of those in Europe, and have rais- 
 ed them to a state of eminence. And it is not doubt- 
 ed that there are persons in this country, by whose 
 aid the American ANXiquARiAN Society will 
 be enabled to pursue those researches, so desirable, 
 into the antiquities of this New World, and to res- 
 cue them from the ravages of time, for the use and 
 improvement of the Historian, the Philosopher, and 
 all scientifick men of our country, of the present 
 age, and of posterity. 
 
 OLIVER FISKE, per order. 
 
LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 
 
 »4t a Meeting of the Americ AT:! ANTiq^UARiAN 
 Soc I E T Y, ho/den by adjournment at the Exchange 
 Coffee- House, in Boston^ on the third PFednesday 
 of January f 1815, 
 
 , ON the report of the Committee for revising the 
 Laws, 
 
 Voted, That the fundamental Laws contained 
 in ten articles, be and are hereby repealed ; and the 
 following substituted as the laws of the ^mCttC^n 
 
 ^ntiquatian ^ocieti?, viz. 
 
 Article L 
 There shall be a President and two Vicepresi- 
 dents. It shall be the duty of the President, and in 
 his absence of one of the Vicepresidents, to preside 
 in the meetings of the Society, and of the Council, 
 and to regulate their debates ; to call meetings of 
 the Council and Subcouncils, and extraordinary 
 meetings of the Society by advice of the Council, 
 or either of the Subcouncils. The President or 
 presiding officer, shall vote in Council, and in either 
 of the Subcouncils, and also have a casting vote. 
 The Vicepresidents shall, ex officio, be members of 
 the Council, and of each of the Subcouncils. If at 
 any meeting of the Society, the President or Vice- 
 presidents be absent, the oldest Counsellor present 
 2 
 
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 shall preside ; if no Counsellor be present, the old- 
 est member shall preside. 
 
 Article II. 
 
 Sec. 1. There shall be a Council, which shall be 
 composed of the two Subcouncils, and of the Coun- 
 sellors chosen for the several states, and for Plym- 
 outh and Maine ; any four of whom shall constitute 
 a quorum. The Council shall meet twice in every 
 year, one of which meetings shall be on the day- 
 next preceding the annual meeting of the Society in 
 October ; and when this shall be on Monday, the 
 meeting of the Council shall be on Saturday next 
 preceding. The other meeting shall be holden on 
 the Wednesday next preceding the last Thursday 
 in June, in Worcester. The hour and place of as- 
 sembling to be appointed by the Council. It shall 
 be the duty of the Counsellors to direct the Corre- 
 sponding Secretaries in the performance of their du- 
 ty ; to present to the Society such regulations and 
 by laws as shall be thought expedient; to receive 
 donations, and, with the President, to purchase, sell 
 or lease, for the benefit of the Society, real or per- 
 sonal estate ; to draw orders on the treasury for nec- 
 essary monies ; and in general to manage the pru- 
 dentials of the Society. 
 
 Sec. 2. There shall be five Counsellors residing 
 in the vicinity of the Library and Cabinet, consti- 
 tuting a Sub council, for managing the immediate 
 concerns of the Library and Cabinet, and also to 
 consult on measures for the benefit of the Institu- 
 tion. This Subcouncil shall meet once in every 
 month, at such time and place as they shall appoint, 
 '^'hree shall form a quorum. Once in every three 
 months they shall examine the Library and Cabinet, 
 ■ and critically inspect the condition of the articles 
 contained therein ; and shall report their proceed- 
 ings to the Council. 
 
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 Sec. 3. There shall be five Counsellors whose 
 residence shall be in Boston, or its vicinity, who 
 shall form another Subcouncil, and meet once in ev- 
 ery month, to consult and advise on the general 
 concerns of the Institution ; three of whom shall 
 form a quorum. They shall report their proceed- 
 ings to the Council. 
 
 Sec. 4, There shall be one Counsellor resident 
 in each of the United States, and one in Plymouth 
 Old Colony, and one in Maine, with a right to a 
 seat, and with power to act, in the meetings of the 
 Council. It shall be the duty of these as w^ell as of 
 the other Counselloi*s to receive communications 
 from members of the Society and others, and for- 
 ward them to the President. These Counsellors 
 are also to receive such communications to its mem- 
 bers as may be sent to their care by the officers of 
 the Society, and dispose of them as may be request- 
 ed. They are likewise to advise by letter to the 
 President, or one of the Corresponding Secretaries, 
 concerning any matters interesting to the Society ; 
 to use their efforts to gain information of the antiq-r 
 uities of the country, receive such articles as can 
 be obtained, and forward them to the President, or 
 one of the officers appointed to receive and forward 
 articles presented to the Society, 
 
 Aeticle III. 
 
 Sec. 1. There shall be one Recording Secretary, 
 one or more Assistant Recording Secretaries, and 
 three Corresponding Secretaries. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Recording Secretary shall be Keep- 
 er of the Seal, the Charter, and Records. It shall 
 be his duty to attend all the meetings of the Society 
 and Council ; and to make records of all their proceed- 
 ings ; and he shall keep on file all letters and pupers 
 respecting the Society, under the direction of th^ 
 Council. 
 
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 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding 
 Secretaries to receive and read all communications 
 made to the Society ; and to manage, under the 
 direction of the Council, or either of the Sub- 
 councils, all the correspondence of the Society, 
 They shall, in books provided for the purpose, keep 
 copies of all letters written for the Society ; and 
 shall file all letters and papers for the Society, to 
 them directed, and dehver over the same, with the 
 letter books, when filled, to the Librarian, under 
 the direction of the Council. 
 
 Article IV. 
 
 There shall be a Treasurer, who shall give such 
 security, as the President and Council shall require, 
 for the faithful performance of his trust. It shall be 
 his duty to call on the members and others for all 
 dues to the Society ; to receive and keep all monies 
 and evidences of property belonging to the Society ; 
 to pay out to the order of the President and Coun- 
 cil ; to keep a record of his receipts and payments, 
 exhibit the same, and settle with a Committee 
 which shall be annually appointed for this purpose : 
 And he shall put the money out to interest, under 
 the direction of the Council. 
 
 Article V, 
 
 There shall be a Librarian and Cabinet Keeper, 
 who shall give bonds to the satisfaction of the 
 President and Council for the faithful performance 
 of his trust. He shall receive and have in his cus- 
 tody all books, papers, and productions of nature 
 and art, the property of the Society. These he 
 shall arrange in classes, and register in a book, with 
 a proper description of each article, and the donor's 
 name, when the same shall be a present ; frequently 
 examine the whole, and keep the same in good or- 
 
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 der. No book or article shall ever, on any occa- 
 sion, be loaned or taken from the Library or Cabi- 
 net, except by vote of the Council ; and then the 
 loan of such article shall be recorded, and a receipt 
 given therefor by the borrower, to return the same 
 within four weeks, or pay a forfeiture, such as by a 
 vote of the Council shall be prescribed. No person 
 shall be permitted to enter or remain in the Libra- 
 ry, except in the presence of the Librarian or a 
 member of the Council. 
 
 Article VL 
 
 There shall be appointed by the Society from its 
 members, Officers, one or more in each of the Uni- 
 ted States, whose duty it shall be to Receive and 
 i'reserve articles presented to the Society, till he 
 can communicate to the President such information 
 concerning them as he shall obtain, with the names 
 of the persons presenting them, and to execute tlic 
 orders of the President respecting them. These 
 shall be called Receiving Officers. 
 
 Article VIL 
 
 There shall be annually two stated meetings of 
 the Society, viz. one in Boston, on the twenty third 
 day of October, the day on which Columbus first 
 discovered America ; and when the same shall fall 
 on Sunday, then the meeting shall be holden on the 
 Monday following. The other in Worcester, on 
 the last Thursday in June. At the annual meeting 
 in October shall be chosen, by ballot, all the offi- 
 cers of the Society, to serve during the year thence 
 following, and until others are chosen. At this 
 meeting a publick address shall be delivered by a 
 member appointed by the Society, or the Council, 
 unless when the Society shall otherwise deter- 
 mine. 
 
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 Article VIII. 
 
 A Committee of three members shall be chosen 
 annually, to be known by the name of the Commit- 
 tee of Nominations, to whom all nominations shall 
 be submitted, and if approved shall be by them 
 submitted to the Society, who shall proceed to bal- 
 lot ; and if the candidate obtains two thirds of the 
 votes given in, he shall be constituted a member. 
 Every new member shall be notified of his election 
 by a printed letter, signed by the Recording Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 Article IX. 
 
 Each member residing within the state of Mas- 
 sachusetts, shall annually pay to the Treasurer two 
 dollars towards a fund Jbr the contingent expenses 
 of the Society ; and any such member who shall 
 neglect to pay said annual tax, and shall suffer him- 
 self to be in arrear for three annual taxes, after hav- 
 ing been called upon by the Treasurer in person, 
 or by his written order, shall be considered as hav- 
 ing abdicated his interest in the Society, and no 
 longer a member,. 
 
 Article X. 
 
 All meetings of the Society, standing or special, 
 shall be notified by the Recording Secretary, under 
 the direction of the President and Council or one 
 of the Subcouncils, in one newspaper published in 
 Boston, and one in Worcester, fourteen days pre- 
 vious to the day of the meeting ; in which notifica- 
 tion, the hour and place of the meeting shall be de- 
 signated : but any neglect in this particular shall 
 not prevent a stated meeting, or annul its proceed- 
 ings. 
 
 Article XI. 
 
 In case of the death, resignation, incapacity, or 
 removal out of the state of Massachusetts, of either 
 
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 of the Secretaries, or the Treasurer, or Librariart, 
 the Council or either of the Subcouncils shall, take 
 charge of the official books, papers and effects, be- 
 longing to the vacated office, one or more of them 
 giving a receipt for the same ; which books, &c. 
 they may deliver to some member whom they maj 
 appoint to fill the office until the next meeting of 
 the Society, when there shall be a new choice. 
 
 Article XII, 
 
 No new law, or alteration of a standing law, shall 
 hereafter be made, until it has been submitted to 
 the Council, and by them proposed to the Society. 
 
 BY LAWS. 
 
 I. THE ballots for the election of officers, and 
 for the admission of members, shall be collected by 
 a committee chosen by nomination, who shall as- 
 sort and count the votes, and make report to the 
 presiding officer, and he shall declare the result to 
 the Society. 
 
 II. Every member who shall advance twenty 
 dollars to the funds, shall be excused paying the 
 annual tax of two dollars. 
 
 III. The Secretary shall record, in a book for 
 this purpose, the names of the members, and the 
 the times of their admission. 
 
 IV. Every officer chosen at a meeting in which 
 he was not present, shall be notified of his election 
 by the Recording Secretary. 
 
 V. Every member shall, by application to the 
 Recording Secretary, be furnished with a certificate 
 (or diploma) of his membership, to v/hich the Seal 
 
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 of the Society shall be affixed ; and it shall be sign- 
 ed by the President, and attested by the Recording 
 Secretary. 
 
 VI. The books in the Library shall be number- 
 ed, and marked with the words " American Anti- 
 quarian Society.^'' 
 
 VII. All books and other articles belonging to 
 the Society, shall be appraised, and the price of 
 each article shall be mentioned in the catalogue. 
 
 VIII. A correct copy of the catalogue of books 
 and other articles shall be made out by the Libra- 
 rian and Cabinet Keeper, or by a committee chosen 
 by the Society for this purpose, which copy shall 
 be kept by the President for the time being. And 
 as additions are made to the Library and Cabinet, 
 they shall be entered on the catalogue and on the 
 copy thereof. 
 
 IX. Every deed to which the common seal of 
 the Society is affixed, shall be passed and sealed in 
 Council, signed by the President, and attested by 
 the Recording Secretary. 
 
 X. There shall be a temporary place of deposit 
 in Boston, and in such other places as the Council 
 shall hereafter direct, for the convenience of those 
 who may be disposed to present to the Society any 
 articles for its Library or Cabinet. Every article 
 so deposited, shall, as soon after as circumstances 
 will permit, be forwarded to the Library and Cabi- 
 net in Worcester. 
 
LIST OF OFFICERS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 1819. 
 
 [Annual Meetings for tlie choice of OiScers :u-e holden in Boston on the 
 23ci day of December.] 
 
 PRESIDEN'T* 
 
 ISAIAH THOMAS, Esq. Worcester, Mass, 
 
 VICE PRESIDENTS. 
 
 .Rev. Aaron Bancroft, D. D, Worcester, 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Hon. Timothy Bigelow, Medford, do. 
 
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 . COUNSELLORS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, 
 
 Massachusetts. Hon. Edward H. Robbins, Rer. 
 William Bentley, Benjamin Russell, Esq. Hon. 
 James Winthrop, LL. D. Samuel J. Prescott, Esq. 
 Hon. Nathaniel Paine, Hon, Oliver Fiske, Hon. Levi 
 Lincoln, jun. Hon. Abijah Bigelow. — For the Old 
 Colony^ (Plymouth) Kilburn Whitman, Esq. — For 
 the District of Maine. Hon. George Thacher, Esq. 
 Vermont. Elijah Paine, LL. D. Williamston, 
 Neivhamp shire. His Excellency William Plum- 
 er, Epping. 
 
IS 
 
 Mhodeisland. Thomas Lloyd Halsey, Esq. Prov- 
 idence. 
 
 Connecticut. Benjamin Silliman, Prof. Yale Col- 
 lege, Newhaven. 
 
 Newyork, Hon. Stephen Van Renssalaer, Albany. 
 
 Newjcrsey. Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D. Profes- 
 sor, Princeton College. 
 
 Pennsylvania. Charles Caldwell, M. D. Philadel- 
 phia. — West of the Allegany. Rev. Timothy Al- 
 den, Pres. Allegany College, Meadville. 
 
 Maryland. John Leeds Bozman, Esq. Talbot 
 County. 
 
 District of Columbia. George Washington Parke 
 Custis^ Esq. 
 
 Firginia. Hon. Daniel Sheffey, Wythe County. 
 
 Northcarolina. Hon. William Gaston, Raleigh. 
 
 Soutlicarolina. Hon. Langdon Cheeves, Charles- 
 ton. 
 
 Georgia. Hugh McCall, Esq. Savannah. 
 - Kentucky, Alexander K. Marshall, Esq. Wash' 
 ington. 
 
 Ohio. Daniel Drake, M. D. Cincinnati, 
 Caleb Atwater, Esq. Circleville. 
 
 Tennessee. Moses Fiske, Esq. Hilham. 
 
 Louisiana. Hon, James Brown, Neworleans. 
 
 Alabama. Col. Silas Dinsmoor, St. Stephens. 
 
 Missouri Territory. His Excellency Willian^ 
 Clarke, St. Louis. 
 
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 CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 
 
 Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, D.D. Dorchester, 
 Mass. 
 
 Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D. Cambridge, Mass. 
 Samuel M. Burnside, Esq. Worcester^ do. 
 
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 RECORDING SECRETARIES. 
 
 Rejoice Newton, Esq. Worcester, Mass* 
 James C. Merrill, Esq. Boston, do. 
 
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 TREASURER. 
 
 Mr. Isaiah Thomas, jun. Boston, 
 
 LIBRARIAN AND CABINET KEEPER. 
 
 Samuel Jennison, Esq. Worcester, Mass. 
 
 ■vx/www 
 
 RECEIVING OFFICERS 
 
 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 
 
 The President, Vice Presidents, Counsellors, Sec- 
 retaries ; and also the following gentlemen in the 
 several States hereafter mentioned, viz. 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Isaiah Thomas, jun. Boston. 
 Old Colony. Nathaniel Spooner, Esq. Plymouth, 
 District of Maine. Oliver Bray, Esq. Portland. 
 
 Hon. Mark Langdon Hili, Phipps* 
 burgh. 
 Rhodeisland, William Wilkinson, Esq. and Sam- 
 uel W. Bridgham, Esq. Providence. 
 Connecticut. Rev. Thomas Robbins, Eastwindsor, 
 Newijork, Theodore R. Beck, M. D. Albany. 
 John W. Francis, M. D. Newyork. 
 Jonathan Goodhue, Esq. do. 
 Amasa Paine, Esq. Troy. 
 Newjersey. Abraham Clarke, M. D. Newark. 
 Pennsylvania. Mathew Carey, Esq. Philadelphia. 
 Judah Colt, Esq. Erie. 
 Rev. Francis Herron, Pittsburgh. 
 Roger Alden, Esq. Meadville. 
 
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 Maryland, Rev. James Inglis, D. D. Baltimore. 1 
 
 James Hugli M'Culloch, M. D. do. ' 
 
 Virginia. Rev. John H. Rice, Richmond. ■ 
 
 District of Columbia, Samuel Eliot, Esq, Washing- i 
 
 ton. 
 
 Kentuckij, John H. Farnham, Esq. Frankfort. I 
 
 Ohio, Hon. Paul Feariiis:, Marietta. \ 
 
 Dudlev H. Rliodcs, M. D. Zanesville. ; 
 
 Hon. David Smith, Columbus. 
 
 Nathaniel Guilford, Esq. Cincinnati, 
 
 Rev. Robert G. Wilson, Chillicothe. ' 
 
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 Tennessee. Rev. Gideon Blackburn, Nashville. \ 
 
 Rev. Daniel Sherman, Knoxville. i 
 
 John A. M 'Kinney, Esq. Rogersviilej I 
 
 Hawkins County. J 
 
 Louisiana, Mons. Sorrel, St. Mary, Attacapa. 
 
 X/WWW»y 
 
 COMftHTTEE OF NOMINATIONS. 
 
 The President. 
 
 Rev. William Jenks, Boston. 
 
 Rev. Charles LovtcU, do. 
 
 %/VW%'WV 
 
 COMMITTEE FOR PUBLISHING, 
 
 Rev. Aaron Bancroft, Worcester, Mass. 
 Rev. William Bentiey, Salem, do. 
 William Paine, M. D. Worcester, do. 
 
 %* A List of the Members will be given in the next publi- 
 cation of the Society. 
 
ARTICLES 
 PRESENTED 
 
 TO TlIK 
 
 AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, 
 SINCE THE LAST PUBLICATION. 
 
 [A Catalogue of the Library, &c. is now preparing for the Press.] 
 
 JV. B. Many of the Jlrticks were ■presented by Gcnthnun not mcni' 
 bers of this Institution, 
 
 J300iS.S. Valnc of Bookt. 
 
 Dots. Gts. 
 
 THE President. The remaining part of his Library, val- 
 ued at 1309 22 
 
 N. B. The former part presented by him to the Society, 
 was valued at 5312 dollars 50 cents — Total in Books, 
 (exclusive of other articles,) C(3'21 dollars 74 cents. 
 Among these books are, The Edinburg Encyclopedia, 
 New Edinburg Encyclopedia, Rees' New Cyclopedia ; 
 Journal des Si^^avans, 1665 to 1721 complete, in 75 vols. ; 
 New Annual Register from its commencement ; Copies 
 of very ancient Editions of the Bible, in various Lan- 
 guages, and ditFerent translations ; Calmet's great Dic- 
 tionary of the Bible ; Swift's, Fielding's, and many stand- 
 ard works; the periodical publications which first ap- 
 peared in Europe ; Magazines and other publick Jour- 
 nals (a great variety) of more modern date ; a large num- 
 ber of very ancient and scarce Books ; and a valuable 
 collection of authors of the last and present century. 
 
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 Hon. Oliver Kiske, Worcester. Munoz's History of the 
 
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 Rev. Dr. Jedidiah Morse, Charlestown, (Mass.) Com- 
 
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 Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft. Hopkins's Historical Memoirs 
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 Mr- Josiah Waters, of Boston. The Lord's Piayer in more 
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 Hon Daniel Webster, Boston, Camden's Britannia, 1695 ; 
 
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 Dr. David Hunt, Northampton, Mass, Felius. Sacrorum 
 
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 Hon Francis Blake, Worcester. Complete History of En- 
 gland. By various authors, with Engravings, 3 vols, 
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 Several Chmesc Pamphlets, Dutch Bible, &c. 11 Oft 
 
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 Rev. Francis Parkman, Bos.tOR. ** Emblemes and Hiero- 
 glyphikes of the Life of Man." Plates. London, 1634. 
 
 Mr. Isaiah Thomas, jun. Boston. . _ . 
 
 Edward D. Bangs, Esq. Worcester, Mass. Thirtytwo 
 Pamphlets on various subjects. ... 
 
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 phlets, printed by him. . . . ^ 
 
 Mr. William Hammatt, Boston. Totius Belgii Descriptio. 
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 4 
 
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 dia, printed 1649; 4 vols, folio, bound in 2. - - 12 00 
 
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 torical Description of Boston. ... 125 
 
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 Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philo- 
 sophical Society, Philadelphia. Transactions of the Com- 
 mittee. 3 Ot 
 
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 John Lothrop, Esq. Monody on the Death of Rev. John 
 L. Abbot; Address to King Solomon's Lodge; do. to 
 the Associated Instructors of Youth in Boston. 
 
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 ley to the Countess of Lincoln, from Boston, March 12, 
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 jects, the Governour and Co. late gone to Newengland, 
 dated on board the Arabella, April 7, 1630 ; and other 
 Tracts, by the Rev. John Allin and John Cotton. 
 
 N. Greenough, Esq. Abstract of the Bills of Mortality 
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 ton. Bill of Mortality for the town of Boston, for the 
 years 1817 and 18^0, 
 
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 ican Antiquities. By Gov. Sargent and Dr. Benj. S. 
 Barton. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Ingersoll. Sampwuttcahae Quinuppekompa- 
 uaenin ; Shephard's Sincere Convert, translated into 
 Indian, by the Rev. John Eliot, 1689. 
 
 William Stedman, Esq. Sewell's versification of Wash- t 
 ington's Farewel Address ; Prospectus of a National 
 Institution, &c. ; America known to the Ancients ; Har" 
 rington's Century Sermon, 
 
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 the Inauguration of the Officers of the College of Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons of the Western District of Newyork, 
 
 Kcv. Pres, Timothy Alden. Bills of Mortality for several 
 years, in Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Nathaniel Adams, Esq. Portsmouth, N H. Brief of the 
 case of the township of Bow, claimed by Massachusetts. 
 
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 i)r. Josiah Bartlett, Charlestown, Mass. His Oration on 
 the Death of General Warren. Presented by the Author. 
 Rev. Jona. Burr, Sandvvish, Mass. Three Sermons, Ike. 
 
 William Henshaw, Esq. Leicester. Downame's Abstract 
 
 of Duties commanded, &c. 
 Hon. Artemas Ward. His Speech in Congress on the bill 
 authorizing the President to raise 00,000 men for defence, 
 &c. 1814. 
 
 Hon. Richard Rush, Washington. His American Juris- 
 prudence, &c. Presented by the Author. 
 
 Mr. Isaac Mansfield, Billerica, Mass. Account of thefirst 
 Voyage of Sir Francis Drake to the West and East In- 
 dies. 
 
 Skmuel M. Burnside, Esq. Worcester. Sketches of the 
 History of Dartmouth College. 
 
 Hon David Dagget, Connecticut. Report of the Secretary 
 of the Treasury of the United States. 
 
 Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company, Boston. E* 
 lection Sermon, 1816. 
 
 Mr. William Bigelow, Boston. Gasperius Sicoppii, &c. 
 
 Mr. Horatio G. Locke, Boston. Description of the whole 
 . World. London, 1620. 
 
 Pliny Merrick, Esq. Mass. Trial of George Bowen, 
 for Murder. 
 
 Gentleman not known. Rules of the S. J. Court of Mas- 
 sachusetts, &c. 
 
 Rev. Luther Wright. His Century Sermon, delivered at 
 Medway, 1813. 
 
 Mr. John Farmer, Amherst, N. H. His Historical Me- 
 moir of Billerica, Mass. 
 
 Thomas Williams, Escj. Roxbnry, Mass. Conference held 
 in the County of York, Maine, by Gov. Shirley with 
 the Indians, 1742. 
 
 Rejoice Newton, Esq. Worcester, Mass. Speeches of Gov. 
 Hutchinson; and Answers of the Council and House oi 
 Representatives of Massachusetts, 
 
 Mr. Shubael Bell, Boston. Dumourier's Sketch of Inva- 
 sions, or Descents, on the Island of Greatbritain. 
 
 Dr. Jesse Torrcy, Newyork. His " Intellectual Torch." 
 
 Mr. Isa.ic P. Hearsey, Cambridge, Mass. Latin Grammar 
 in use in 169'?. 
 
 Mr. E A. Greenwood. Psaumes de David^ &c. set to 
 musick. 
 
 *«* The titles of all tlic Books presented to tlie Society- 
 are so numerous that they could not be inserted in thi.s. 
 List; but the wliole, both great and small, are miimtely 
 mcntioned in the Records, with the names of the Donor.i. 
 
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 NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. 
 
 Massachusetts Spy. Presented by the Publisher, Mr. WilHaiij 
 Manning. 
 
 Massachusetts Ccntincl, for many years past. By the Publisher, 
 Benjamin Russell, Esq. 
 
 New England Palladium. By the Publishers, Messrs. Young and 
 Minns. 
 
 Independent Chronicle. Presented by the late Publishers, Messrs. 
 Adams and Rhodes, and continued for some time by the present 
 Publishers, Messrs. Ballard and Wright, and lately by a Sub- 
 scriber. 
 
 National JEgls. By the Publisher, Mr. Henry Rogers. 
 
 New-England Galaxy. By the Publisher, Mr. Joseph T. Bucking- 
 ham. 
 
 Boston Intelligencer. By do. Mr. Wm. W. Clapp. 
 
 Rhodeisland American. By do. Mr. William G. Goddard. 
 
 Boston Weekly Messenger— National Register— Port Folio. By I. 
 T. Esq. a Subscriber. 
 
 Allegany Magazine. By the Editor. 
 
 Lady's Monthly Museum, published in London, 35 vols, and con- 
 tinued. Presented by I. T. Esq. a Subscriber. 
 
 Atheneum, or Spirit of the British Magazines. Presented by the 
 Publishers, Messrs. Man roe and Francis. 
 
 [Files, to be sent annually of several other publick Journals, are 
 promised.] 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Since the last Pviblication. 
 
 Gov. Winthrop Sargent's account of the Earthquakes experienced 
 in the States of Missisippi, Ohio, Louisiana, &c. from the first of 
 January to the first of April, 1812; together with the State of the 
 Thermometer and Barometer, the weather, &c. at Natchez, for 
 December, 1811. Presented by the Author. 
 
 Rev. President Timothy Alden, Allegany College. An original 
 Indian Deed of Land, 1603. 
 
 "William Sheldon, Esq. Jamaica. Some particulars respecting the 
 ancient State, and the Antiquities of the island of Jamaica, with 
 an account of some ancient Spanish Coins, lately dug up at St. 
 Jago de la Vega ; also an Account of the Caraibs, with two Draw- 
 ings. Written by William Sheldon, Esq. for the Am. Antiq. 
 Society, and presented by the Author. 
 
 Isaiah Thomar., Esq. A Copy of the Records of the town of Bos- 
 ton, beginning 1G.34 and ending 1660; a note book of Dr. 
 Cotton Mather, of Authors and Texts throughout the Bible ; 
 Daily Observations, by an Author of thel7th Century, not known. 
 
 Rosseter Cotton, Esq Plymouth, Mass. Seventy original Letters 
 written between the years 1G50 and 1712, by eminent ministers. 
 
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 chiefly to Rev. John Cotton, of Plymouth, Mk^s. ; 2 Sermons in 
 Indian and English, delivered in 1709 and 171G, by Josiah Cot- 
 ton, Esq to the Indians; 11 original Deeds of Land made by In- 
 dians in Plymouth County, and executed between the years 1665 
 and 171'2 ; Original Articles of the Philomusarian Club, (proba- 
 bly composed of Students in Harvard College, 1728,) signed and 
 sealed by Philemon kobbnis and nine others. [All the Letters 
 relate to the aflairs uf the Country at the time they were written.} 
 
 Col. John W. Lincoln, Worcester. Letters and other MS5. writ- 
 ten in Arabic and Greek, found on board a Barbary vessel taken 
 by a ship of war of the United States, in 1804. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Crocker, Boston. Collections of Moral Observa- 
 tions, &c. from Christian and Pagan Writers, by Rev. Samuel 
 Mather J Letter Book of the Rev. Cotton Mather, and his Ver- 
 sion of the Psalms; Journal of Rev. Increase Mather, President 
 of Harvard College, in 1685 ; 8 Sermons by Rev. John Cotton, of 
 Boston, and some Sermons, &c. by herself. 
 
 Rev. Charles Lowell, Boston. Heads of Sermons, principally by 
 Rev. Messrs. Symmes and Allen, of Chailestown, Mass. taken 
 when delivered ; beginning in 1649. 
 
 Moses Fiske, Esq. of Tennessee. Communication relating to the 
 primitive Inhabitants of Ameiica. 
 
 Isaiah Thomas Andrews. Persian MS. A Poem. A part of this 
 Poem has been translated by Sir Wm. Jones. 
 
 Isaac Goodwin, Esq. Sterling, Mass. Heads of Sermons taken in 
 and about Boston, 1690—1694. 
 
 Mr William Bond, Mass. Fac simile of the last letter of the late 
 Qi^een of France, written just before her execution ; Fac simile 
 of the last letter or declaration ot the late King of France. Done 
 by orderofth- present King of France. 
 
 William Goddard, Esq Providence. R. I. Genealogy of the fam- 
 ily of Gen. Charles Lee from the reign of King Edward I. curi- 
 ously delineated, with all the armorial bearings, on parchment. 
 
 Mr Shubael Bell, of Boston. Account of Events, &c. in Bcston, 
 which have not appeared in printed narratives, with a large sheet 
 Plan of the town 
 
 Dr George Bates, Bostonj Sir Wm Pepperell's original Journal 
 of the Expedition against Louisburg, in 1745 j Plan of Sir Wil- 
 liam's Estate and part of the town of Kittery. 
 
 Various Articles, for the Cabinet, Sec. 
 
 Since the last Lublication. 
 
 Rev. William Bentiey, Salem. Chart, Tg feet in length, of tlie 
 
 River St. Lawrence. 
 Rev Profejsor 1 imothy Alden. Several Specini<;r.s of Mineral", 
 
 Fossils, &c. ; Indian Deed, &r. 
 
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 By A Gentleman unknown. A 15 inch "Map of Newenglancf, 
 which being the firi^t that ever was yet cut, and being in some 
 places defective, made the other less exact, yet doeth it plainely 
 shew the situation of the country," &c. 
 Rev. Wm Nash, Westboylston, Mass. A large Indian stone Pes- 
 tle, ploughed up in new land. 
 Hon. Wm. PJllery, Newport, R. I, A pair of embroidered Gloves 
 
 made in the reign of William III. of England. 
 Dr. David Hunt, Northampton, Mass. Specimens of Minerals, 
 
 &c. ail the production of the old county of Hampshire. 
 Dr John Green, Worcester, Mass. An Indian Axe, do. Pestle, do. 
 Chisel, do. Gouge, all of stone; ploughed up many years ago, 
 in Worcester. 
 John Lothrop, Esq. Jawbone and Tusk of a wild Hog, dug up in 
 
 Georgetown. 
 Mrs Hannah Crocker, Boston. Half length likenesses (taken whea 
 living) of Rev. Rich. Mather, of Dorchester, Rev. Increase Cot- 
 ton, and Samuel Mather, of Bosto:i ; a small Chair, made in En- 
 gland in the reign of King James I. for Rich. Mather, afterwards 
 minister of Dorchester, Mass. 
 Benj. Rusiell, Esq. Boston. A piece of the Tent of Gen. Wash- 
 ington, used by him at Cambridge, in 1775 ; View of the Island 
 of St. Helena. 
 Miss Hannah Weld, Boston. Two small Chinese Idols j a Chinese 
 
 Razor and Padlock, &c. 
 Rev. Dr. Elijah Parish. An Indian Axe and Pestle, of stone. 
 James Wilson, Esq. Worcester. Specimens of Cloth, manufactur- 
 ed by the Indians of Sandwich Islands. 
 Mr. Robert Hewes. A Square of Crown Glass, supposed to be the 
 first made in the U. States, manufactured at Temple, N. H. 1782. 
 J^^IT' William Bigelow, Boston. Several Indian flint Arrow Heads; 
 
 an Indian Stone Axe, and several Indian Utensils of Stone. 
 Mr. Horatio G. Locke, Boston. An Indian Axe, of stone, from 
 Sandwih Islands ; several Arrow Heads of flint ; and other arti- 
 . cles from the N» W. Coast. 
 Hon. Stephen Sewall, Canada. Specimens of Minerals and Fossils, 
 
 the production of Canada. 
 Col Silas Dinsmoor, Alabama. An antique Axe, of stone, of the 
 Chocktaw nation; Oyster Shells, petrified, found 100 mlfs from 
 the sea ; two Teeth and the Spine of a Shark, petrified ; other 
 Animal Petrifactions found 20 miles from the sea; Fangs of the 
 large, and Rattles of the dwarf or ground rattlesnake ; Specimen 
 cf Stone for building, found on the Tombigbee river, &c. 
 Rev. President Horace Holley, Kentucky. Copy of an Inscription, 
 or chaiacters, on bricks, from the ruins of Babylon, brought to 
 Newyork, 1815; do. from a mosque in Basra. 
 Capt. Nathaniel Lecatt, at Batayia. Four Musket Balls, made of 
 Fossil, of a species not known j Specimens of Ore, &.c. ; a large 
 
SI 
 
 Spoen of wood, curiously carved. All frora the Coadiack IncHap3> 
 on the N. W. Coast. Brought to Boston by Capt. J. Gilchrist. 
 Rev R. Patterson Pittsburg, Penns His Map of Pittsburg and the 
 
 country adjacent, handsomely coloured and framed. 
 Hon. Mark L. Hill An Axe, found 13 inches under the ground 
 where formerly stood the fort built by Sir George Popliam ia 
 1607, in the District of Maine. 
 James Thompson, Esq. Natchez An Image, of stone, rudely 
 sculptured ; supposed to be a Dagon, made and worshipped by 
 the Indians of that country, in a tem.ple which, by tradition, exist- 
 ed many centuries ago ; two stone Axes, used centuries ago by 
 the Indians of Natchez. 
 
 John Andrews, Esq. Roxbury. A small brass Dial, from a house 
 in Boston, built in 1635. 
 
 Hon Judge William M. Richards, Newhampshire. A stone Pestle, 
 flint Arrow Head, and stone Gouge, ploughed up many years 
 since in Pelham, N. H. near Beaver river, and used by the In- 
 dians before the landing of our forefathers. 
 
 Thomas L. Halsey, Esq. Providence, R. I Twenty Specimens of An- 
 tiquities from the Ruins of the ancient cities of Pompeii and Her- 
 ciilaneum, brought from thence by Capt, Crcighton, in the U. S. 
 ship Washington. 
 
 JVIr. Amos Lawrence, Groton, Mass. An Indian Gouge of Stone,- 
 13^ inches in length, dug up in his field. 
 
 Rev. William Jenks. An Indian Pestle of stone, 20 inches iit 
 length, plouged up in a field in the District of Maine; an Iron 
 Axe, 12 inches in length, ploughed up in the District of Maine, 
 supposed to have been used by the first settlers. 
 
 By a Gentleman unknown. An Indian Gouge, of peculiar make, 
 and several Indian Utensils, all of stone 
 Dr. Daniel Stebbins, Northampton, Mass. Several Indian Arrow 
 Heads of flint, dug up in Northampton ; Specimens of Stone Coal 
 from Virginia, we^t of the Allegany, where it abounds; do. of 
 Limestone from the Susquehana- 
 
 Mr. James Wilson, jun. Indian large arrow head, of flint, from 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Abiel Holmes,Cambridge. Indian Arrow Heads of flint, 
 &c. 
 
 Master George Wright, Northampton, Mass. One large and one 
 small Indian Axe, 2 Indian Gouges, 2 Indian Tomahawks, 2 In- 
 dian Chisels; allofstonp; 34 Arrow and Spear Heads, made from 
 various kinds of flint ; found at various times and places, on the 
 borders of Connecticut river ; some small pieces of Lava Stone 
 Mosaick, and cement, from the Ruins of Herculaneum ; a large 
 Grinder, supposed of a sea C)lf. 
 
 Mr. Isaiah Thomas, jun. Boston. An Indi.m Dial, of stone, from 
 Dixmont, Disirict of Maine. 
 
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 Rodeiic M'Kenzie, Esq. Terrebonne, Lower Canada. Articles 
 from the North West, Pacifick Ocean, &c. viz. Wood to make fire 
 by friction ; Indian Implements of stone found at Terrebonne, 
 1810; Battle Axe of Deer Horn, from Newcaledonia ; two In- 
 dian Combs, from Rocky Mountains ; a Dish made of Watap ; 
 aMiquoin or Spoon from Rocky Mountains; Cabrie Horns, from 
 do.; Wristband, from the Western Coast; a Bridle ornament- 
 ed, from Fort Desprairies ; a Bracelet of Shells, from Fraser'sRiv- 
 er; an Indian Cap, from Columbia, beyond Rocky Mountains j 
 a Bag of Rushes to carry water, from do ; a Buffalo Powder Horn, 
 curiously wrought by an Indian ; a striped Blanket of Dog Hair, 
 from the Western Coast ; a Mat of Rushes, from the Western 
 Coast; a Bag of Network, (bark ;) an Indian Shield, from Newcale- 
 donia; a Quiver of Bow and Arrows, from do. ; a Net of Bark, or 
 Nettles, from M 'Kenzie's River ; a Net of Whalebone, from do.; 
 "White Calico, from the Western Ocean ; Yellow do. from do. 
 Striped do. from do. These were brought across the Continent An 
 Indian Shot Bag; apair ot Indian Bracelets; an Indian War Dress, 
 ornamented with Human Hair, from the North West ; Major 
 Rogers Manuscript Journals, at Michillimakinac, after the Con- 
 quest of Canada ; small Shells, from the VVestindies; Coins from 
 the Eastindies ; a pair of Northwest Indian Shoes, ornamented; 
 a white Beaver from Athabasca River; Petrifactions ot Fossils, 
 from Lake Superior ; Rocky Mountain Sheep Wool ; Petrifactions 
 from M'Kenz,ie'8 River ; Ore, from do. ; Arrow Heads, from do, ; 
 plain Indian Dress, from Newcaledonia, beyond Rocky Moun- 
 tains; Fossils, from M'Kenzie's River ; an Indian ornamented 
 Garter; a Blanket of Dog Hair, from Eraser's River, beyond 
 Rocky Mountains. 
 
 Corns, Medals, &c. 
 
 Presented to the Societj^ since the last Publication. 
 
 Hon. William EUery, Newport, R. I. A large Copper Medal in 
 Commemoration of the Independence of America, struck in 
 France, in 1782. 
 
 Isaiah Thomas, Esq. Worcester, Mass. A Dollar of Joseph Napo- 
 leon, of Spain, 1809 ; a Dollar of Spanish America, " De Zace- 
 tecas;" a Dollar of Portugal ; Half Crown ot William and Ma- 
 'ry,and other Coins, &c. &c. 
 
 Hon. Francis Blake, Worcester, Mass. A Dollar of the Revolu- 
 tionists in South America, " Provincias del Rio de la Plata— En 
 Union y Libcrtad." 
 
 Capt. Henry Bancroft, Worcester. One quarter of a Dollar, Jo- 
 seph Napoleon; 1 derai Frank, of Napoleon; one quarter do. Na- 
 poleon, 1st. Consul; 6 copper farthings, one of Charles Land 
 one of James I. 
 
 Mr. Perkins, Boston. Twenty four Copper Coins, Englisli, 
 
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 Mr. Charles Wheeler, Worcester. Series of Cents. 
 
 Jacob Williams Esq Burlington, Vermont- One hundred and 
 twentytwo Bills (paper money) issued by Congress during the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 William Henshavv, Esq. Leicester. Several Bills. 
 
 Miss Hannah Weld, Boston. Twenty Pieces of Copper Coin of 
 Europe and Asia ; 3 silver do of the Eastindies. 
 
 Mr. haiies S. Putnam, Worcester. Sixty pieces of Copper Coin, 
 ' f various nations. 
 
 Mr. Isaiah T homas Andrews One Silver Coin of Charles II. ; 2 
 German do. ; several Russian and British Copper do. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Parker, Boston. A large Copper Medal, with the like- 
 ness of Commodore Preble, on account of his bombarding Al- 
 giers. 
 
 A Lady, of Boston. Five Silver European Coins, and 20 Copper 
 do. of Europe and Asia. 
 
 Mr. Henry Sturgis, Boston. Two small pieces of Silver Co'n fromi 
 Java 
 
 Mr. John Tileston, Boston. One hundred and sixty pieces of Cop- 
 per Coin, of Europe, America, &c. 
 
 Hon. Timothy Bigelovv, Medford, Mass. Large Copper Medal of 
 Lord Wellington. 
 
 Master George Wright, Northampton, Mass. Twentyone pieces 
 r>f foreign and U. S. Copper Coin. 
 
 Dr. John Green, Worcester. Four small pieces of Constantinople, 
 Dutch, French, Chinese and American. 
 
 Hon. Levi Lincoln. A number of printed publick Documents. 
 
AOTwS AND RESOLVES 
 
 OF CONGRESS, AND OF SEVERAL STATES. 
 
 Congcegg of tl>e OnirctJ ^tatc0* 
 
 RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Rep- 
 resentatives of the United States of America, in Con- 
 gress assembled, That one copy of the piiblick jour- 
 nals of the Senate and of the House of Representa- 
 tives, and of the documents published under the or- 
 ders of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
 respectively, which have been, or shall be published 
 by virtue of a resolution of the Senate and House of 
 Representatives, passed at the last session of Con- 
 gress, be transmitted to the Executive of the Com- 
 monwealth of Massachusetts, for the use and bene- 
 fit of the American Antiquarian Society. 
 
 [Approved by the President, Dec. 1, 1814.] 
 
 'Common^ealtl) of ^a00acf)iis!ett0. 
 
 ORDERED, That the Secretary of the Com- 
 m on wealth, and the Clerks of the Senate and 
 House of Representatives, respectively, be author- 
 ized and directed to furnish the President of the 
 American Antiquarian Society, or his order, for the 
 use and benefit of said Society, with two copies of 
 each and all the publications, whether the same be 
 bound or unbound, the property of this Common- 
 wealth, which they may now have, or which they 
 may hereafter have, or which may be made hence- 
 forth by each branch of the Legislature ; provided 
 a sufiicient number be reserved, in all such cases, 
 for the use of the government. 
 
 [rr-sscd by the Lecridutm-e, Feb. 27, 1C15.] 
 
In the House of R( presentativcs, June 18, 181S. 
 
 WHEREAS the American Antiquarian Society 
 is desirous of collectinj^ and preserving in one place, 
 for the beneiit of future ages, copies of all the pub- 
 lick records of our common country, and also of 
 each of the United States, and has requested of the 
 Legislature of this State a cojjy of the Statute Laws 
 thereof, and of the Journals of the proceedings of the 
 Legislature — Thtrefore^ for the due encouragement 
 of the American Antiquarian Society, and to aid 
 that Society in the attainment of an object so im- 
 portant-— 
 
 RESOLVED, That a copy of the Statute Laws 
 and of the Journals of the proceedings of the Lcgis- 
 lature hereafter published, be granted to said Socie-* 
 t}', and that the Secretary of this State forward, from 
 time to time, to such person in the town of Boston, 
 as said Society may appoint, one copy of all such 
 Statutes and Journals as soon as convenient after 
 their publication ; and that he communicate to said 
 Society a copy of the foregoing Resolve. 
 
 Sent up for concurrence. 
 
 ' MATTHEW HARVEY, Speaker, 
 \\\ Senate, same day, read and concurred. 
 
 JON. HARVEY, President, 
 June 19, 1818, by the Governour approved. 
 
 WILLIAM PLUMER. 
 
 A true Copy : Attest, 
 
 SAM. SPARHAWK, Sec'nj. 
 
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 ^tatc of Connrcn'cut. 
 
 «xx.yxxxx9 AT a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, hold- 
 
 H L S " en at Newhaven in said State on the second Thursday of 
 
 X V October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
 
 cxxxxxxx'a 
 
 hundi'ed and seventeen. 
 
 WH EREAS the American Antiquarian Society, 
 by tlieir Corresponding Secretary, Samuel M. 
 Burnside, Esq. have communicated to this Assem- 
 bly, through his Excellency the Governour, a re- 
 quest to obtain copies of certain Records and Jour- 
 nals of the Legislature ; and this Assembly being 
 disposed, as far as may consist with the publick in- 
 terest, to afford aid to that respectable Institution : 
 
 RESOLVED, That the Secretary be, and he 
 is hereby authorized and directed, to transmit to the 
 Corresponding Secretary of said Society, a copy of 
 the present printed Code of this State, and a manu- 
 script copy of the Code of one thousand six hun- 
 dred and fifty. 
 
 And it is further Resolved, That the said Society 
 be permitted, by their Agent, during the pleasure 
 of this Assembly, to have free access to the records 
 and journals in the office of the Secretary, during 
 office hours, for the purpose of selecting and trans- 
 cribing any of the said Records and Journals for the 
 use of said Society. 
 
 The above is a true copy of record. In testi- 
 mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- 
 fixed the seal of said State, at the city of Newhaven, 
 the thirtieth day of October, in the year oi our Lord 
 one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. 
 
 THOMAS DAY, Sec'ry, 
 
%mz of louiiSiana* 
 
 AN ACT to accord to the American Antiquarian 
 Society, a copy of the Laws andJournals of this 
 State. 
 Sec. 1 . BE it enacted hy the Senate and House of 
 Jlepresentatives of the State of Louisiana^ in Gen- 
 eral Assembly convened, That the Governour of this 
 State be, and he is hereby authorized to procure 
 and to deliver to the American Antiquarian Socie- 
 ty, a copy of all the Acts of the Legislature of this 
 State, and the Journals of both Houses of the same. 
 Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the 
 Governour be, and he is hereby authorized to have 
 the said Acts and Journals well bound, and to draw 
 on the treasu r of this State for all expenses neces- 
 sary to give effect to this act. 
 
 MGRE. GUICHARD, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives* 
 
 N. MEmAM, 
 President of the Senate, 
 Approved March 3, 1818. 
 
 J AS. VILLERE, 
 
 Gove?'nour of the .State of L,oiiisiana, 
 
 — .o*o— 
 
 CommontDcaltf) of il^cntucfe^* 
 
 In the House of R,fepreseutatives, Jan. 29, 1818. 
 
 RESOLVED by the General Assembly of the 
 Commonwealth of Kentucky, That his Excellency 
 the acting Governour be requested to procure and 
 transmit to the American Antiquarian Societv, 
 at pul)lick expense, one copy of the Laws of 
 this Commonwealth, including the Acts of tlie 
 present session, and one copy of the journals of each 
 
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 brancli of the Legislature, and of the conventions 
 held for this Commonwealth, so far as the Journals 
 have been preserved from the fire that consumed 
 the capitol of this State in 1813, 
 Extract, See. 
 
 Attest, R. S. TODD. C. H. R. 
 
 In Senate, Jan. 3, 1818. 
 
 Tv. ice read and concurred in. 
 
 Approved by the Governour. 
 
 JOHN POPE, Sec'ry, 
 
 %xm Of Dclatnate* 
 
 Office of the Secretary of state. ) 
 Dover, Delaware, 12th Nov. 1818. \ 
 
 ON the sixth of February last, the Legislature of 
 this State adopted a Resolution, authorizing the 
 Governour to " transmit to the American Antiqua- 
 rian Society, one copy of all the Laws, and one copy 
 of all the Journals of the two Houses of the General 
 Assembly of the State of Delaware, so far as the 
 same can be obtained from any publick source 
 within* this State." 
 
 H. M. RIDGELY, See'ry. of State. 
 
 [The above is an extract from the Communica- 
 tion to Samuel M. Burnside, Esq. Corresponding 
 Secretary of the American Antiquarian Society, re- 
 siding in Worcester, Massachusetts.J 
 
 *^* All the States in the Union have been applied to, by 
 the Society, for favours of the like kind, and it is hoped they 
 will be granted. Some States have passed Laws for this pur- 
 pose, but official notice thereof has not been received b}' the 
 Society. 
 
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