Christ church, Boston, signal light Cotton industries, 538.
on, 362.

Christmas sentiments, 18.
Citizenship and the schools, by
Charles A. Brinley, 541.
Clinton, Gov. George, death and
funeral of, 435.

Coal, price of in 1803, 297.
Cogswell, Dr., librarian of Astor
library, 151-55.

College, first attempt to found an
American college, by Wm. A.
Beardslee, 367; first periodical,
284.

Cousin," whether used in 16th
and 17th centuries for nephew or
niece, 184.

Crandall, W. I., an incident in the
life of Webster, 252.
Crown Point and Ticonderoga ex-
pedition, 1759, 395.
Curtain is the picture, 69.
Curtis, Wm. G., United States his-
torical exhibit at Madrid, 180.

FA

AIR in Rochester, 1841 or 2, 252;
Daniel Webster orator of, 253.
Fairfield County Historical Society,
meeting in March at Bridgeport,
paper on Connecticut's East India
Company, or the story of Wyo-
ming, 398

Fall River, cotton industries in, 538.
Farragut, Admiral, by Capt. A. T.
Mahan, noticed, 301; midshipman
on Essex. 1812, 438.
Federal Constitution procession in
N. Y., 330.

noticed, 191.

at

Colonial society of Massachusetts,
first stated meeting, paper on
historical work in Mass., by An-
drew McF. Davis, revival of the
Lady Mowlson scholarship
Harvard, the first of the sort in
this country, 1643, 403.
Colorado, by C. L. Norton, 271.
Columbian picture gallery, 14.
Columbian celebration of 1792, the
first in the United States, by E.
F. de Lancey, 1; originated in
N. Y., 1; first in Mass., 1792, 4.
Columbus, illuminated monument
in honor of, 5; description and
inscriptions on, 8, 9; dinner in
honor of, at Tammany Wigwam,
6; early works on, 12-13; oration
on, by Rev. E. Winchester, 1792,
13; ancient portrait, 14; birth-
place and early life, 16; in poetry,
by E. Lawrence, 72; letter on dis-
covery of America, 79.
Columbus, character of, 189; alle-
gorical drawing by, 267; facsimile
of. 268; discussed, 289; monu-
ment in Baltimore, 1792, 400;
searching for relics of, 409; cele-
bration in Baltimore, 1792, 527;
voyage in 1493. 188.

Commerce, revolutionary troubles
and, by J. A. Stevens, 243; world
of, 408.

Concord monument, hymn to, by
Emerson, 266.
Connecticut Historical Society, Feb-
ruary meeting, paper on descrip-
tion of treasures in its possession,
398; application to legislature for

appropriation, 398; tape printed

with Prof. Morse's first tele-
graphic message, and identical
flag that Gen. Butler raised over
New Orleans custom-house, 285;
$1,000 by the state annually for
compilation and publication of
documents, 530.
Connecticut, early medicine and
early medical men in, by G. W.
Russell, noticed, 79; East India
Company, or story of Wyoming,
398 Arnold s raid avenged, 393.
Connecticut Valley Historical Soci-
ety (Springfield), on payment of
$50 for life membership to society

history of first Presbyterian
church in Whitestown, Oneida
Co., N. Y., 535.
Daves, Edward G., Raleigh's new
fort in Virginia, 1585, 459.
Davis, A. McF., classified list of
historical societies in Massachu-
setts, 532.

Davis, Eugene, Blackhawk's fare-
well speech, 40.

Davis, R. H., defense of the Ala-
mo, 281-2.

Dawson, Sir J. W., Indian names,
183.

De

Dedham Historical Society, annual
meeting in March, election of
officers, reports. 403; Historical
Register, Vol. IV., 295.
Lancey house, afterwards
Fraunce's tavern, 10.
Delaware Historical Society, Feb-
ruary meeting, action on death of
ex-Chief Justice Joseph P. Com-
egys, 398.

Detroit, surrender of, by Gen.
Hull, 398.

Diodati, Count Jules, sketch of, with
portrait, by F. D. Thompson, 60.
Dix, Gen. John A., history of the
famous dispatch, "If any one at-
tempts to haul down the American
flag, shoot him on the spot," with
fac-simile, 194-5:

Dress worn in N. Y. city in 1789,

noticed, 191.
Fisheries, 420.

Fiske, Prof., on Gen. Charles Lee,
288, 393.

Fitchburg Historical Society, Janu-
ary meeting, pay for clothing from
colony of Mass. Bay, 1776. 288;
March meeting, old resident now
in Colorado, his recollections of
town in boyhood, war of 1812,
533-

Flag of truce at surrender of Gen.
Lee, 297;

Florida, along the Florida reef, by
C. F. Holder, noticed, 76.
Florida, South Florida Historical
and Archæological Society (Or-
lando), an effort to resuscitate it,
531.
Ford. W. C., a sketch of Sir Francis
Nicholson, 499.

Fort Ancient, 291.
Fort Pitt, 532.

Fort Harmer, signing treaty at, 291.
Fort Sumter, Major Anderson and,
196; fall of, 198.
Fountain-heads of American his-
tory, 388.

Farmington, Conn., resolutions of,

1774, 521.

France declares war with Great
Britain, 421.

Franklin, did he smoke, 69; ob-
jected to adoption of eagle as em-
blem of his country, 490; commis-
sion from congress, 532.
Franklin, B., Saml. Chase and
Charles Carroll, committee in 1776
to Canada, 532.

Fraunce's tavern, ro; view of, 13.
Frederick County Historical Society
(Frederick), March meeting, ex-
hibited the original commission
on parchment, given by congress
in 1776 to B. Franklin, Saml.
Chase, and Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, committee to go to
Canada, 532; organized, 287.
Free trade and sailors' rights. 436.
French officers gracefully yielded
supremacy of rank, 385.
French war and the Revolution, by
Wm. M. Sloane, noticed, 413; Rev-
olution, 446.

Freneau, Philip, his poems on Co-
lumbus, 12.

est son or daughter, letter from
John Brown was read, 533.
Constitutional convention, 1787,

327.
Constitution (frigate), launch of.
518; escape from the British, 518.
Continental army, officers of, 295.
Cornbury, Lord, 500.
Cornwallis surrendered Yorktown
Oct., 1781, 385.

ering America, 297.
Estrem, A., statesmanship of Wil-
liam H. Seward, noticed, 79.
Ex-Confederate Historical and Be-
nevolent Association, February
meeting at St. Louis, treasury in a
healthy condition, member depu-
ted to find the St. Louisan who
was with Jefferson Davis when he
was captured, 404.

of glass made by his firm, 297-
Gambrall, Rev. Dr., early Mary-
land, 183.
Gardiners of East Hampton, L. I.,

Georgia Historical Society, Febru-
ary_meeting, election of Gen.
H. R. Jackson, for president, re-
ports of officers, 398.
German Historical Society of Mary.
land, February (annual) meeting,
presented with a German book
printed in Philadelphia in 1705 (it
has eighty members), 401.
Giddings, H. A., the ride of Paul
Revere, 360.

Gladstone, W. E., an autograph
letter from, to Douglas Camp-
bell, October, 1892, 181.
Glass, price of window glass in 1797,

297.

Goblet made from head of the mace

used by royal governors of Vir-
ginia, 520.

Gordy, Wilbur F., a pathfinder in
American history, noticed, 544..
Grant, Allan. the cathedral of St.
John the Divine, 172.
Grape, the Scuppernong grape of
North Carolina. 462.
Grasse, Count de, assists Lafayette,
385; his fleet of twenty-eight ships
and six frigates, 386.
Great Britain, second war with,
419; France declares war with,
421; on international maritime
law, 425.

Green, Israel, first suggested the
name of A. Lincoln for President,
282.

Grenville, Sir Richard, expedition
to Virginia, 463; death, 464.
Griffin, Cyrus, president of con-
gress, sketch, 99.

HAKLUYT Society's early Ma-

ryland, by Rev. Dr. Gam-
brall, 183.

Halifax, log of a privateer of, 1757,

407.

Hamilton, Alexander, 90; engaged
to Betsey Schuyler, 91.
Hammond, Mrs. L. M., history of
Madison county. N. Y., 442-4.
Harford County Historical Society,
January meeting at Bel Air, dona-
tions by President Gilman, 401.
Harland, Marion, story of Mary
Washington, noticed, 76.
Harper's Ferry, John Brown's raid,
348; what support, 348.
Harrison, President, proclamation
on the death of ex-President
Hayes, 174.

Harrison, Mrs. President, memorial
to, 68-9.

Harrison, Richard, sketch of, 89.
Hayes, Rutherford B., President
Harrison's proclamation on the
death of, 174; Gov. McKinley's
proclamation on, 175; funeral of,

Holder, C. F., along the Florida
reef, noticed, 76.
Holland Land Company, title deeds,

etc., 291.

Holly song, the, 18.
Hopkins, Mark, address on, by Prof.
John Bascom, 401.

46

Hopkins, Mrs. T. E., reminiscences
of Rochester female seminary, 72.
Horse Shoe Robinson " [conclud-
ing chapter, continued from page
4681, 42.

Houston, Gen. Sam., 239-40.
Howard, Gen. O. O., the great com-
mander series, Gen. Taylor,
noticed, 192.

Huguenot Society of America, De-
cember meeting, letter read from
Hon. John Jay, 74; reception held,
74; lecture on the moon and plan-
ets, with views, by Prof. ƒ. K.
Rees, 74; badge presented to
every one present, by Mrs. Ander-
son, 74; on death of Martha J.
Lamb, 296.

Huguenots of New Jersey, 186.
Hull, Capt., of the Constitution, cap-
tures the Guerriere, Capt. Dacres,
with 267 prisoners, 439; voted the
freedom of city of New York,

439.

Hurlbut, John, journal of a colonial
soldier, diary of the expedition

against Crown Point and Ticon-

deroga in 1759, 395-

Hurst, T. M.. battle of Shiloh, 408.
Hyde Park Historical Society, Jan-
uary meeting. committee ap-
pointed on celebration of the 25th
anniversary of the town, in April,

401.

IM

MPRESSMENT of seamen, 246,
422, 436.

Indians, medals, 65-6; Hannah Dus-
tin's capture, 50.

Indian word of Missouri, 299; skele-
tons, 411.

Indians of New Jersey, Wm. Nelson,
290; names. by Dawson, 183;
Quinnipiac Indians, 530; Iroquois,
260; Wayne's treaty, 406.
Inglis, Rev. Charles, with portrait,
short sketch, 309.

Iowa Historical Society, board of
trustees of the Iowa historical col-
lection have decided to revive
their publication of annals of
Iowa, first number to be issued
in February. 399: printing press
curio, a funeral notice, 399; addi-
tion has been made to the Aldrich
collection, 399.

Iowa, Adams Co., pit discovered

with skeletons and tomahawks,
411; annals of, 399.

Iron, the first iron industry in
America, 66.

Iroquois Indians, 260
Irving, Leonard, do we know
George Washington? 222: his-
torical novel and American his-
tory, 338.

destroyed. 1622, 369.

Hepburn, Geo. G., a glance at the

age of Queen Elizabeth, 32.
Herkimer, Gen. Nicholas, monu-
ment, 291.

Heywood, James, and the British

soldier at battle of Lexington, 392.

ACKSON, Gen. Andrew, an inci-
dent in his career, 19; financial
policy, 543; life, by James Parton,
noticed, 542.

Jay, John, sketch and birthplace of,
87; residence on Broadway, N. Y.,

88.

Jay, Mr. and Mrs. John, as host and

hostess at dinners, 81; residence
in Paris, 85.

Jay, Mrs. John, list of names who
attended her dinners and socia-
bles, with sketches, 89.
Jefferson, letter of Luzerne to, 1781,
381.

Jefferson County Historical Society,
trying to erect a building, 290.
Johnston, H. P., Sergeant Lee's ex-
perience with Bushnell's subma-
rine torpedo in 1776, 262; N. Y.
after Revolution, 1783-9, 305.
Jumel, Madame, mansion, 178.

KANSAS

Historical Society,
eighth biennial report, 286;
endeavors to provide suitable
quarters, 400.
Kearsarge and the Alabama, cruise
and fight, 292.

Kemble, Fanny, obituary, 128.
Kennedy, John P., sketch of, his
works, wrote the fourth chapter
second volume of Virginians for
Thackeray, 48: how he came to
write Horse Shoe Robinson," 49.
King Hendrick, 68.
Kings College changed to Colum-
bia, May 1, 1784. 315.
King's Mountain, battle of, 43; Philip
Lindsay, 45.

LADIES Historical Society of

Washington, attention to Scan-
dinavian history and mythology,

286.

Lamar, L. Q. C., obituary, 188.
Lamb, Mrs. Martha J., sketch of,
by Daniel Van Pelt, portrait, 126;
resolutions on, by colonial dames
of America, 283, 292, 204, 296;
sketch, by E. W. Whittaker, 404;
as a literary worker, 409; earliest
successful literary effort, 540, 188.
Lander, E. T.. the great seal of the
United States, 471.

Lang, Andrew, Mary Stuart, 189.
Langdon, Wm. C., Old Catholics of
the Italian revolution, 73.
Langtry, Rev. J., history of the
Church in eastern Canada, no-
ticed, 77.
Lanier, Sidney, psalm of the West,

72.

La Tour and Acadia in the Suffolk
deeds, by . E. Allaben, 108.
La Tour, Charles, goes to Acadia,
1609, 110; lieutenant-general, 112;
Charnisay's intrigues against, 113;
commission revoked, ordered to
France, refused, 113; arrives at
Boston, 114; articles of agreement,
115; marries Charnisay's widow
to secure peace, 124; grant to, 119;
mentioned, 276-79.

La Tour, Lady, secures a fleet at
Boston to convey her and supplies
to Fort La Tour, 117; takes com-
mand of the fort and defeats Char-
nisay, 120; his perfidy, 120; death
of Lady La Tour, 121.
La Tour, grant from Sir Wm. Alex-
ander to Claude and Charles, 119.
La Tour, Claude, 110; goes over to
the English, 111; returns to French
allegiance, 112.

Lawrence, Eugene, Columbus in
poetry, 72.

Lee, Gen. Charles, Prof. John Fiske
on, 393; the soldier of fortune,
288.

Lee, Sergeant Ezra. experience
with Bushnell's submarine tor-
pedo in 1776, 262.

Lee. Gen. K. E., piece of white tow-
eling used as flag of truce at sur-
render of. 297-
Leisler, Jacob, executed for treason,
1601, 1.

Lewis, Morgan, 92.
Lexington, instantaneous duel at
battle of, 392: James Heywood
and the British soldier at, 392;
118th anniversary of battle, 534.
Lexington Historical Society, cele-
brated 118th anniversary of the
battle by services in the churches
on Sunday, April 16th, a ball on
the 18th, concert on 19th for school
children, oration by Hon. A. S.
Rowe, and poem, and public re-
ception, 534.

Libraries: Astor, by F. Saunders,
150; Congressional, by A. R. Spof-
ford, 492-8; Bancroft, 184.
Lincoln, A., expressions to Sickles
on the resolutions from N. Y., 199;
assassinated, 219; obsequies in
N. Y., 220; letter to his wife from
City Point, 174; first suggestion
for President, 282.

Lindsay, Philip, of Virginia, mor-

tally wounded at King's Moun-

91.

Livingston, Sarah Van Brugh, her
marriage to John Jay, 84.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 294.
Long distance rides, 183.
Longfellow, H. W., 189.
Long Island, moneys furnished by
Lewis Pintard to Am. officers and
prisoners on. 163; courtesies be-
tween residents and British
officers, 522 old houses in South-
hampton, Port Jefferson, and
Southold, 528.

Long Island Historical Society,
manuscripts of Wm. Gilmore
Simms in, 280.

Lotteries in Rhode Island, 537.
Louisiana Historical Association,
March meeting, election of officers,
531.

Lowe, Emanuel, leader in the Cary
Rebellion in N. C., 161.
Lowell (Mass.), old residents' histor-

ical association holds quarterly
meetings, at which sketches are
given of the lives of prominent
Citizens, 403.

Loyalists leave New York, 306.
Luzerne's letter to Jefferson, 1781,
382; fac-simile of, 384.

Martinique captured from the
French, 243.

Maryland, proposal to establish a
state historical museum in, 411;
capital removed from St. Mary's
to Annapolis, 504; first provision
for a free school, 505; early cur-
rency, 538 early Maryland, by
Rev. Dr. Gambrall, 183.
Maryland Historical Society, Feb-
ruary meeting, reports of officers,
besides papers read at successive
meetings, has issued 2 vols. of
state archives, 400; March meet-
ing, paper on Columbus monu-
ment erected in Baltimore, 1792,
400; presented with replica of
bronze work on monument to
Maryland line on battlefield of
Guilford Court-house, and oil por-
traits, has portraits of all its presi-
dents, 531; organization, 287.
Maryland Society of Colonial Wars,
organized in Baltimore in March,

Massachusetts Society of Sons of the
Am. Revolution, April meeting,
continuing the marking of historic
spots, etc., 534.
Massachusetts Historical Society,
organized 1790, 2: the first in
America, 2; by bequest of R. C.
Waterston receives $40,000, and
after his widow's death his books,
MSS., autographs, etc., 533.
Massachusetts Historical Society,
January stated meeting, notice of
death of Dr. F. E. Oliver, three
unpublished letters read, a paper
on voyage of Columbus in 1493,
and voyage of Cartier in 1534, by
Justin Winsor, instructions to
Capt. Henchman in May, 1676, 187.
February meeting, presented with
a silver watch once owned by
Cotton Mather and an original
miniature of Increase Mather, sent
by Mrs. Elizabeth A. B. Ellis, a
lineal descendant of Cotton
Mather, 402; Reminiscences of
Bishop Brooks, 402.

Mather, Cotton, silver watch once
owned by him, 402.

Mather, Increase, original miniature

of, 402.

Mayes, Wm. H., the struggle of
Texas for independence, 235.
McLean County, Ill., Historical
Society, March meeting at Bloom-
ington, several papers read, one
on Sports and Amusements of
the Pioncers," and another on
Experiences in Crossing the
Plains and in California in its
early Days," 399.
McKinley, William, proclamation
on the death

of ex-President
Hayes, portrait, 175.
Memorial Association of the Dis-
trict of Columbia preserving the
most noteworthy houses and
marking by tablets, etc., 530.

Mercer, H. C., the grave of Tam-
enend (Tammany), 255.
Mercer, Gen., at Princeton, by Chas.
D. Platt, 370; application and ap-
pointment as colonel, 410.
Mexico, first revolt against, 236.
Minisink Valley Historical Society,
March meeting at Port Jervis,
reading of a poem, addresses and
music, 405.

Mines, J. F., a tour around New
York, noticed, 80.
Minnesota Historical Society,
November meeting, valuable gifts
reported, steps for a fire-proof
building, 73; January meeting,
vol. vii. of collections issued,
memorial to legislature for $150,-
000 for building, 186; March meet-
ing, opening library on Sunday
discussed, the vol. on the Missis
sippi, noticed, 403.
Mississippi river and its source, by
Prof. J. V. Brower, noticed, 186.
Missouri, Indian word of, "wooden

canoe," 299.

Missouri Historical Society, pre-

sented with shackle once worn
by a slave at Lexington, Mo.,

404.

Mohawk valley, New Year's day in,
68.

Montana Historical Society, its vol-
umes, newspapers, diaries, letters,
MSS., Indian relics, 403.
Montreal, capture of, 243.
Monument to Columbus, 5: descrip-
tion and inscription on, 8, 9, 287,
400 Herkimer, 291, 405; Miles
Standish, 288; Confederate, 72;
Concord, 266; Bennington, 293.
Moore, Tom, probably wrote the
first poem composed in Buffalo,
but also the first poem which con-
tained the first allusion to Niag
ara, 536.

Moravian Historical Society, list of
members, headquarters are at
Nazareth in the old Ephrata
house, begun by George Whit-
field in 1740, the fourth volume
now in process of publication,

407.

Moreau, Gen., in America, 451.
Morris, Gouverneur, in Europe,

humorous description of his din-
ner in Paris with the poets, 54; in
London, 55 his brother, S. L.
Morris, a general in the British
army, 56; letter to Washington
about Pitt, 56; dines with Madame
de Staël and others, 57; Washing-
ton's letter to. 58; Minister to
France, 58; sympathy for French
king and queen, 50: plan for
their escape. 59; generosity to son
of Louis Philippe, 179.
Morse, Prof., tape of his first tele-
graphic message, 285.
Mound-builders of Ohio, etc., 71.
Moustier, Marquis de, French am-
bassador, in N. Y., 100; ball
given by, 106.
Mowlson, Lady, founder of a
scholarship at Harvard univer-
sity, 1643, the first "foundation"
of the sort in this country, and
amongst the oldest in the world,

189.

National History Company,

Nelson, Lord, fears trouble with the
American navy, 422.

Nelson, Wm., Indians of N. J., 290.
Newark Historical Society (Ohio)

has a likeness of Johanna Heck-
welder, the first white woman
born on Ohio soil, b. 1781, d. in
Bethlehem, Pa., 1868, 406.
Newburgh Historical Society, an-
nual meeting on March 1, election,
405.

New Century Historical Society of
Columbus, January meeting, 100th
anniversary of signing treaty at
Fort Harmer, 291; to celebrate
landing of Ohio pioneers, April 7,
1788, 536.

New England Historical Genealo-
gical Society, November meet-
ing, Prof. Fiske read a paper on
Charles Lee; January meeting,
election of officers, 288.
New France organized, 113.
New Haven Colony Historical So-
ciety, February meeting, paper
on Surrender of Detroit by Gen.
Hull, 398; March meeting, paper
by Capt. C. H. Townshend on
Quinnipiac Indians, 530; new
building, 530.

New Jersey, Huguenot families of,
J. C. Pumpelly, 186.
New Jersey Historical Society, Jan-
uary meeting, paper by Wm. Nel-
son on the Indians of New Jer-
sey," 290; election of officers, and
die for centennial medal for
society finished, 404.

Newport Historical Society, March
meeting, election of officers, a vol-
ume of deeds and wills prior to
1779 is being arranged, also de-
posited for use of public, private
alphabetical lists of births, mar-
riages and deaths, 537.

New Year's day in Mohawk valley,
68.
New York city, tour around, Felix
Oldboy (J. F. Mines), noticed, 80;
30ciety in early days of republic,
81 ministers and physicians, 93;
corner-stone of cathedral of St.
John the Divine laid, with view,
172 memorial history, noticed,
190: N. Y., by Gen. T. F. Roden-
bough, 193;. Lincoln obsequies,

220;
resolutions on war for the
Union sent to President, 199;
Seventh Regiment's departure for
Washington, 203; women of, their
work and patriotism, 205; a for-
eigner's views in 1861, 207; draft
riot, 212-16; letter from Gen.
Washington, in answer to address

sent him, day after e to

with fac-simile, 232-4; newspapers
in 1772, 246; City Hall, 295 after
the Revolution, 305; loyalists,
306; societies in, 313 emancipa-
tion of slaves, 314; restoration of
city government, 310; politics,
320; Chamber of Commerce, 312;
Federal Constitution procession,
330; freedom of city to Capt.
Hull. 439; Papists in, 501; price
of slaves in, 523-4.
New York Historical Society. De-
cember meeting. final paper on
Columbus in poetry, 72 January

meeting, annual reports, $350,000
for new building, additions, elec-
tion of officers, 186; April 8, 200th
anniversary of printing press in
N. Y., by Wm. Bradford, at Cot-
ton Exchange, Charles F. Lewis
delivered oration, tablet placed,
death of Benj. H. Field noticed,
534-5-

New York Genealogical and Bio-
graphical Society, January meet-
ing, paper on some Huguenot
families of New Jersey, by J. C.
Pumpelly, election of officers, 186.
N. Y. state fair in Rochester, 1841

or 2, 252.

Niagara and the poets, by F. H.
Severance, 535.
Nichols, Rev. Geo. W., miscellanies,
religious and personal, and ser-
mons, noticed, 192.
Nicholson, Sir Francis, sketch_of,
by W. C. Ford, 499; gov. of New
England 1688, 501; gov. of Vir-
ginia, 502, 508; gov. of Maryland,
1693, 504; removes capital from
St. Mary's to Annapolis, 504;
horsewhipped, 508; his abuse and
temper, 509-11; opinions of him,
511-12 gov. of Nova Scotia, 512;
gov. of South Carolina, 512.
Non-importation act passed, 424.
North Carolina, 459 Scuppernong
grape of, 462; monastery, by J. S.
Bassett. 131; gold in, 72.
North Carolina Historical Society,
October meeting, paper on Colum-
bus and the spirit of his age, by
Dr. Stephen B. Weeks, 72; selec-
tions from Sidney Lanier's psalm
to the West, by Prof. J. L. Arm-
strong, 72; paper on naming of
America, by J. A. Baldwin, 72;
paper on the fortunes and fate of
Columbus, by J. F. Shinn, 72;
December meeting, paper on first
discovery of gold in North Caro-
lina, by Mr. Shinn, 72; Dr. Weeks
on subscriptions to new Confeder-
ate monument and on work of the
Confederate press, 72.
Norton, Chas. Ledyard, the United
States in paragraphs-California,
61; Colorado, 271.
Norwegian prelates to ordain priests
for Greenland by order of Pope
Nicholas V. in 1448, 389.
Nova Scotia, Sir F. Nicholson gov-
ernor, 512.

Nova Scotia Historical Society, an-
nual meeting, February, election
of officers, reports, paper on the
log of a Halifax privateer in 1757,
read by Prof. MacMeehan, 407.

BITUARY, January: Bp. Phil-
lips Brooks, Gen. B. F. But-
ler, Gen. and ex-President R. B.
Hayes, Mrs. Frances Anne Kem-
ble, L. Q. C. Lamar, Mrs. Martha
J. Lamb, 188.

Ohio Archæological and Historical
Society, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff elect-
ed president to succeed the late
ex-President Hayes, decided to
have a celebration at Greenville in
1895. on Gen. Wayne's treaty with
the Indians, relics for the World's
Fair, 406, 536; 8th annual report,
on Fort Ancient, 291.
Old Colony Historical Society, Jan

uary meeting, paper by Rev. P.
W. Lyman on Shay's Rebellion,
additions, 288.

Oldest dwelling-house in N. Y., 284.
O'Leary, Dr. Charles, on experi-
ences of an army surgeon in the
rebellion, 537.

Oliver, Dr. F. E., death of, 187.
Oneida Historical Society, to erect
monument to Gen. Herkimer, 291;
February meeting, Herkimer
monument, 405; women elected
exempt from dues, 405.
Onondaga Historical Association,
January meeting, election of offi-
cers and directors, 290.
Oriskany, battle of, 291.
Our leading libraries: Congressional
library, by A. R. Spofford, 492-8;
Astor library, by F. Saunders,

544.

Peale, C. W., portrait painter, 275.
Pelletreau house in Southampton,
528.

Pennsylvania, early Welsh Quakers
in, by Dr. J. L. Levick, 536: the
constitution of 1776, by Dr. Stillé,
536.

Pennsylvania Historical Society,
March meeting, paper on early
Welsh Quakers, by Dr. J. L.
Levick; April meeting, the Penn-
sylvania constitution of 1776, by
Dr. Stillé, 536.
Persian and Arabic pæan, Ave Kai-
sar-i-Hind, 188.

Phelps and Gorham purchase, 294.
Philadelphia, oldest house in, 412.
Philippe, Louis, 50, 179.,
Philipse, Mary, one of Washington's
sweethearts, 177; married Capt.
Roger Morris, 178.
Phillipse bridge, battle of, 404.
Philosophy, 189.

Pintard, John, founder of historical
societies, and Tammany Society,
and its first sagamore, 1-3; first
suggested Columbian celebration,

1791, 2.
Pintard, Lewis, account of moneys
furnished by, to American officers;
prisoners of war on Long Island,
163.

Polignac, Duke of, 449.
Politics in New York, 320.
Port Royal taken, 111; surrendered
to the French, 111.
Potter, Rubin M., hymn of the
Alamo, in fac-simile, 242.
Prime, W. C., along New England
roads, noticed, 78.

Prisoners of war on Long Island,