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 Societų

ELECTED OCTOBER 16, 1907.

President.

WALDO LINCOLN, A.B., of Worcester, Mass.

Vice-Presidents.

EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., of Roxbury, Mass.
SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN, LL.D., of Boston, Mass.

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.

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OTHER OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

ELECTED OCTOBER 16, 1907.

Committee of Publication.

GEORGE HENRY HAYNES, Ph.D., of Worcester, Mass.

FRANKLIN PIERCE RICE of Worcester, Mass.

CALEB BENJAMIN TILLINGHAST Litt. D., of Boston, Mass.
DELORAINE PENDRE COREY of Malden, Mass.

Auditors.

BENJAMIN THOMAS HILL, A.B., of Worcester, Mass.
HENRY ALEXANDER MARSH of Worcester, Mass.

Finance Committee.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON DAVIS, A.M., of Worcester, Mass.
WALDO LINCOLN, A.B., of Worcester, Mass.

FRANCIS HENSHAW DEWEY, A.M., of Worcester, Mass.

Library Committee.

NATHANIEL PAINE, A.M., of Worcester, Mass.
WALDO LINCOLN, A.B., of Worcester, Mass.
FRANKLIN PIERCE RICE of Worcester, Mass.

Biographer.

SAMUEL UTLEY, LL.B., of Worcester, Mass.

Librarian.

EDMUND MILLS BARTON of Worcester, Mass.

Assistants.

MRS. MARY ROBINSON REYNOLDS.

MISS MARY G. WHITCOMB.

MISS EMMA FORBES WAITE.

JAMES FROTHINGHAM HUNNEWELL, A.M., Boston, Mass.