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The Dedication, dated C., August 10th, 1739, is?" To the Society of Young Men in Charlestown, who are United together for the Exercifes of Religion on the Lord's Day Evenings," etc.
FOWLE, Daniel. A | Total ECLIPSE of LIBERTY: | Being a true and faithful Account of the Ar- | raignment, and Examination of Daniel Foule | before the Honorable Hloufs of Reprefen- | tatives of the Prov- ince of the Massachusetts- | Bay in New-England, Octob. 24th, 1754,| barely on Sufpicion of his being concern'd in | Printing and Publifh- ing a l'amplilet, intitled, | The Monfter of Monfters. | Alfo his Im- prifonment and Sufferings, etc. Written by Himself. 16°. pp. 32. BOSTON, Printed in the Year 1755. [Another ed. 12º, Boston, 1775.] A PLAIN | NARRATIVE | Of the | Uncommon Sufferings, | and | remark- able Deliverance | of | Thomas Brown | Of Charlefiown, in New Eng- land; | who returned to his Father's IIoufe the Beginning of | Jan. 1760, after having been abfent three Years and | about eight Months : | etc. Sm. 8°. pp. 27. Fowle and Draper. Boston, 1760.
Born in C., 1740, he enlisted with Maj. Rogers's Rangers, and was a prisoner with the Indians or French most of the time named. The Brinley copy of this very rare little book (sold to the Library of Congress) brought $30.
DEVENS, Richard. A Comment on some passages in the Book of Job (A Poem). Sº. pp. 15. Boston, 1773. Another issue, A Paraphrase on some parts of the Book of Job. pp. 39. Boston, 1795. The author (C., 1749-1835) published two other works, pamphlets (in C.), now very rare (see Bib., pp. 36, 88), or, really four works; and not one only as stated in G. and E., p. 201.
[BADGER, Rev. Stephen. ] Address of a Minister to the Church under his Pastoral Care, in which it is inquired, " Whether a Church is obliged, or authorized " by the New Testament, to require public Confession of Misdemeanors, Passages Examined, "Objections answered - and the Negative Side of the Question (it is apprehended) conclusively es- tablished." 8º. pp. 41. Printed for and sold by E. Battelle, near the State-ITouse. Boston, 1781.
The author lived in C. (p. 136), was admitted to the church July 14, 1750, and was a missionary to the Natick Indians. (Other works sce Bib., p. 11.)
BUNKER HILL.
ADDRESS of the B. II. M. Ass'n to the Selectmen of the several towns in Mass. pp. 12 (see p. 27). An edition with an Address to the Citizens of C., dated C., Nov. 12, 1821, and signed by Jolin Harris, Chairman of the Selectmen.
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BIXBY, Sam! Diary, 1775, in Frothingham's Illustrations of the Siege of Boston and Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, March, 1876.
BRADFORD, Alden. Complete and Authentic History of the Battle of B. H. 8º. Boston, 1825.
This is another edition of " A Particular Account " by him (Bib., 1825).
BUNKER HILL, Battle of. A Full and Correct Account. pp. 8. Boston, 1825.
Companion to the Historical Paintings of the Battle of B. H. 24° size. pp. 24. Printed by B. True. Boston, 1807.
An explanation of several panoramas exhibited.
- Illustrated Almanac, with a List of Societies in C. and their officers. 12°, unpaged. Office of the B. H. Times, 1876.
BURNHAM, Maj. John. Recollections of the Revolutionary War from B. H. to Yorktown. 8º. pp. 16. (Soldier from Gloucester, 2 pp. on the battle.) [Gloucester, 1881.]
COLVILL, Rev. Mr. [Robert]. Poetical Works. 8º. pp. (8), 276. London, 1789.
On p. 121 is a poem "To the memory of Major Pitcairn, And his very gallant Fellow Officers and Soldiers, who fell in their Country's Caufe, in purfuit of Vic- tory, againft the Rebels, at Bunker's Hill, July [sic] 17, 1775." On pp. 183-190 is another poem, "To the Memory of Allan Malcolm, Esq .; of Lochore, Heir and Representative of the ancient Knights Baronets of Lochore, Captain in the 33d . Regiment of Foot, who was mortally wounded at the head of the Advanced Guard, in the moment of victory, over the Provincial Army, and Expired with many brave Gentlemen on the field of battle, before the walls of Charleftown." CRESSY, Noah. B. II. Battle, Monument, and Grand Celebration. A Poem. 12º. pp. 12. Portland, 1849. - The Battle and Monument of B. H. compared with the Agonies and Triumphs of the Cross. A Poem. 12°. pp. 24. Do., n. d.
COOLIDGE, Geo. A. Brochure of Bunker Hill. With (15) Heliotype Views (and 5 cuts). Oblong 12º (?). pp. 32. Printed covers. Pub- lished by Jas. R. Osgood & Co. Boston, [1875]. DREWE, Maj. Ed. (35th Reg. Foot). The Case of, Published by Himself. pp. 103. Exeter, 1782.
The Appendix contains notes of his bravery and services at B. H.
DRAMA. The Fall | of | British Tyranny: | or | American Liberty | Tri- umphant, | The First Campaign. | A Tragi-Comedy of Five Acts, | as lately planned | At the Royal Theatrum Pandemonium | at St. James's. | The Principal Place of Action in America, | Published ac- cording to Act of Parliament. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, in Second-street, near Arch-street, 1776. - The Same, 12º, pp. 71, reprinted by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, in Quecn-Street, Boston, New-England, n. d. - The Same, sm. 8°, pp. 66, Printed by J. Douglass MeDougall, on the West Side of the Great Bridge. n. d.
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In Act III., sc. 5 and 7, are references to the Battle of B. II. Like all early literature about the battle these three pamphlets are very rare. EMMONS, W. An Address commemorative of the Battle of B. H., June 17, 1775. 8°. pp. 16. Published for the Author by John Quincy Adams.
Boston, 1834.
" FRESH NEWS just arrived," a handbill (N. Y.) reprinted in Mag. of Am. History, March, 1885, p. 282.
GRIDLEY, Col. Richd, at B. II., and his Monument. D. T. V. Huntoon in Memorial Services, Canton, May 30, 1877. 8°. pp. 31. Boston, 1877. HASKELL, Caleb. Diary, May 5, 1773, to May 30, 1776. 8º. pp. 23. [pp. 6-7, notes on battle of B. H. ] Newburyport, 1881.
HOLMES, Dr. O. W. Grand-mother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle. Illus- trated, in colors, by H. W. Me Vicker. Sm. 4º. pp. 32. N. York, 1883. JOURNALS of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-75, Poughkeepsie, 1855. (pp. 58, 59, a short account of the battle by Sam. Ilaws, of Wrentham, Mass., who was not in it.)
LETTERS written at the time of the occupation of Boston by the British, 1775-6, communicated to the Essex Institute by Wm. P. Upham. 8°. pp. 90. Salem, 1876, and Coll's E. I., xiii., July. Several of the letters are from C.
LEVASSEUR, A. Lafayette en Amérique en 1824 et 1825, 2 vols. 16°. Paris, 1829 (Bib. p. 25). Translations were published iu N. York and Philadelphia, 1829, both in 2 vols.
MEMORIAL for Losses June 17, 1775 (Bib., p. 88), - should be " Ilouse Doc. 55, 1st Session, 23d Congress, 1834" (not " 55, Mass. Leg.").
NEWSPAPER articles. Several are reproduced in Moore's Diary of the Am. Revolution, I. 97, 102. - Boston Gazette article, June 19, 1775, is in Frothingham's Centennial. - Mass. Spy (Bib., p. 19), - should be " Worcester."
PAINTINGS. Précis Historique sur la Bataille de Bunkers-IIill, donné près Boston, dans le Massachuset, le 17 Juin 1775, pour servir d'explica- tion au premier des XIV. Tableaux représentant les Événements les plus memorable qui ont contribués à etablir l'indépendance des XIII. Provinces-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Sm. 4º. pp. 6. Lon- dres, 1786. - Lettre an Sujet de Deux Tableaux peints par le Colonel Trumbul, Americain. 12º. pp. 16. s a. et l.
PLAN of the Battle on B. II , etc. A broadside. London, Nov. 27, 1775. Rep. in Moore's Ballad Hist. (Bib. p. 16).
PUTNAM, D., on Gen. I. P. (Bib., p. 16), is in Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll. I. ROBINSON, M. M. Verses to a young lady on the death of her brother slain in the late engagement at Boston. London, 1776. SWETT, S. Notes to his Sketch of B. II. Battle. pp. 2.1. Boston, Dec., 1825. " MR. WEBSTER'S Address at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 [from the Origi-
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nal Manuscript]. pp. 15. Boston: J. N. Bradlee & Co., Daily Mail Office," with an Account of the Celebration. (The early date of the orator's work is printed in large figures.)
WARREN, Maj .- Gen. J. Memoir of, in the Boston Monthly Mag., II. 1, June, 1826, by the editor, Sam. L. Knapp. - A white marble bust of the Gen. in front of the W. Ins. Savings (p. 118) was by P. Stevenson (about 1866), and $200 were voted for it.
Americau Letters, Statements, etc. (See Bib., p. 19.)
BELKNAP, Dr. (Bib., p. 20). See also Belknap Papers, Mass. Hist. Soc., Ser. V. iii, 163, 166.
BRADFORD, J. (do.). See N. H. Provincial Papers, vii. 523.
BROWN, Dr. Geo., Letter, June 25. See " Evelyns in America," p. 171.
CHEEVER, David, do. from Watertown to Prov. Congress. N. H. Prov. Papers, vii. 521.
COMMITTEE of Safety, Account to Congress. See IIist. Mag., June, 1868. p. 371, and Analectic Mag., May, 1818. - Do. to England. See Ellis (1843), 131, and Dawson's Battles, i. 68.
EARLY NEWS of the battle. See N. II. Prov. Papers, vii. 520. ELLIOT, Rev. And., Letter. See Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc., 1878, p. 228.
FELLOWS, J. The Veil Removed. 16°. New York, 1843.
GREENE, Gen., to Gov. Cooke, R. I., in Sparks's MSS., vol. 48. HOLYOKE, Dr. Account (June 17, 1775). See Essex Ins. Coll. xiii. 212. OFFICERS in the Battle. List in the N. E. Iist .- Gen. Register, April, 1873, and an English list of Yankee officers, June, 1775, in do., July, 1874. ORDER of the earliest American accounts is given in the Mem. Hist. of America, VI. 184, where they are arranged by date instead of authors. SMITH, Isaac, from Salem, June 30, 1775. See Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., xvi. 291.
STARK, Col. John, to Cont. Congress. See N. II. Prov. Papers, vii. 322. THOMPSON, C. (in connection with Dr. D. Ramsay). N. Y. Ilist. Soc. Coll., 1878, p. 216.
WEBB, Lt. S. B. Original MS. of letter from Cambridge, Oct. 16, with vol. 1789 Brinley library sold N. Y. March, 1878.
Bunker Hill Monument Association ; Additions (Bib., p. 27).
BROADSIDE (large). Address to the Selectmen for a Day of Thanksgiv- ing, 1821. - Report, Address, and heading of a Subscription. Folio. pp. 3. 1829. - Certificate of Membership of the Ass". A sheet 31 x 23 inches, engraved, with a view of the battle and one of the monu- ment (1833?).
PROCEEDINGS published annually in Sº (continued from Bib., p. 28), 1880, pp. 45+ 1, address by IIon. F. W. Lincoln ; 1881, pp. 74, ad. dress by Hon. R. C. Winthrop ; 1882, pp. 46 + 1, address by IIon. F.
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W. Lincoln, visit of the French guests in Oct. (heliotype of the monu- ment in these three) ; 1883, pp. 53+ 1; 1881, pp. 42+ 1 (two with addresses by Hon. R. C. Winthrop); 1885, pp. 47, address by Hon. F. WV. Lincoln; 1886, pp. 49, address by Hon. Charles Devens; 1887, pp. 38 +(3), do. All these numbers contain portraits and notices of deceased officers, lists of members, annual accounts, and items of history.
MONUMENT. Views from (E. N. Moore), pp. 8, 1814. Stranger's Guide, a very small pamphlet, editions 1848, 1856, 1859, 1868, and to 1887.
BUNKER HILL ASSOCIATION. D. W. Lincoln's Oration, July 4, 1810, a 2d ed. with notes by the author.
TOWN, 1773-1817; CITY, 1817-73; WARDS OF BOSTON, 1873-87.
Addresses (see also Churches, Frothingham, Memorials).
BANKS, IIon. N. P. Emancipated Labor in Louisiana. An Address delivered at C. Nov. 1, 1864 (also Boston, Oct. 30). 8°. pp. 45. n. p., n. d.
BEECHER, Rev. Ed. Faith essential to a Complete Education. An Address delivered at the Anniversary of the C. Female Seminary, July 31, 1815. 8°. pp. 22. Boston, 1815.
BOUTWELL, Geo. S. An Address upon Secession, delivered at C. on the eve of Jan. 8, 1861. 8°. pp. 30. Ticknor & Fields. Boston, 1861.
LANGWORTHY, I. P. (D.D.). A Brief Historical Sketch of the Suffolk North Conference of Congregational Churches, 1861-86. 8º. pp. 12. Boston, 1887.
At its 25th anniversary, Oct. 13, 1886, in the meeting-house of the First Church at C., -a member of it.
TO THE WILIG VOTERS of the Fourth Congressional District, Mass., advocating the election of IIon. Benj. Thompson, of C. Signed by Jas. Dana, Luther V. Bell, John F. Chandler, Chas. L. Wilder. 8º. pp. 16. n. p., n. d. [1818?]
Annexation to Boston.
1851. " Brief Review" (Bib., p. 71) " by a Native of Boston," was by W. W. Wheildon. The 5th thousand edition (pp. 16) states that the vote in Boston in favor was 3333; against, was 1373; majority in favor, 1960. [C. vote was the largest ever yet given there, 2529. ] " Candid Review " (do. ) and " Fresh Suggestions " (1855, p. 72) were by John Quincy Adams Griffin, counsellor, formerly of Groton, then of C. An ed. of the latter was issued " Boston, 1851."
Besides the five articles and Act named, 1854-55 (pp. 71, 72) there werc, -
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ADDRESS to the Citizens of C. before Election Day, Oct. 2. 8°. pp. 16 [1854]. Signed by 141 citizens of C., representing various parties and interests, and many well-known men. It was in favor of annex- ation, and was written by IIon. Geo. W. Warren.
IMPORTANT Considerations. Folio broadside. [Signed by G. Wash- ington Warren.]
SUPREME Judicial Court, Middlesex ss., Oct. Term, 1854. " G. Wash- ington Warren, Petition for Mandamus, etc., vs. Mayor and Alder- men of the City of C." 4º. pp. 3. Also, " In the matter of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of C. on return of Writ of Man- damus. Respondent's Points and Authorities." 4º. pp. S. Same; Aldermen's Reply, Oct. 14, 1854. 4°. pp. 4.
COMMONWEALTHI of Mass., Suffolk ss. Writ (Oct. 5, 1854) ordering Mayor and Aldermen to certify returns of the votes cast in C. on annexation (the election was Monday, Oct. 2, 1851), which they had " neglected and refused " to do, " intending unlawfully to frus- trate and defeat and nullify the provisions of said Act."
ARGUMENT on the County Question, by Judge Warren, pp. 4; also with a letter from Hon. D. M. Fox, Mayor of Philadelphia, pp. 16. Boston, 1871.
Benevolent Institutions.
FREE DISPENSARY. Annual Reports, in 8º, the 15th in 1887. - INFANT SCHOOL, do., the 18th in 1887, with lists of officers, members, by- laws, etc. - WINCHESTER HOME, do .. the 21st in 1887. All these since 1880 were printed by Caleb Rand, C. - C. Young Men's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Annual Report at the 15th Anniversary, April 27, 1881 (first one in pamphlet). 16°. pp. 16. (See News- papers and Societies.)
Bridges.
CHARLES RIVER BRIDGE. Report of the Committee on Rules and Reg- ulations. Also a list of Subscribers' Names, and of the Directors. pp. 14. A Vote on Assessments, dated Boston, July 12, 1785. One leaf and three blank leaves. 18º size, no title, place, or date [prob- ably 1785]. - Report of Committee of the Last Legislature on, with Resolves, etc., Apr., 1837. Senate Doc., No. 3. Report dated Jan. 9th, 1838. 8º. pp. 17. Senate Doc., 22, Jan. 1840, on repairs of Warren Bridge. pp. 4. Do , 53, 1851, on both bridges, and 91, on widening draws, Mystic River. House Doc., 268, 1865, Act on C. R. and IF. bridges. Do., 60, 1867, reports of Draw-tenders, do. Speci- fications for Repairing and Repaving C. R. Bridge, for the City of Boston. pp. 16. 1875.
STATEMENT before the R. R. Com. as to the construction of the Boston and Maine R. Road Bridge over Charles River, by Jas. Hayward, Engineer of that work. pp. 15. Boston, 1849.
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BRIDGES. - CANAL. - LIBRARIES.
DERBY, E. H. Abstract of his Argument against the Bill for owners of land C. to W. Cambridge, to enter the Fitchburg R. R. with tracks, etc. 8º. pp. 7. [1852?]
REPORT of Special Commission on New Bridge to Charlestown, City of Boston, Doc. 105, (July) 1882. 8°. pp. 6. Two large plates ; viz., Elevation of proposed elevated Bridge, and Plan of same to- gether with that of proposed rebuilding of Warren Bridge, which latter plan was carried out in 1883-84.
REPORT of the Joint Special Committee on New Charlestown Bridge, City of Boston, Doc. 48, (March) 1882. With a Plan. 8º. pp. 3. PLANS and Estimates for a New Bridge to C., submitted by Wm. H. Whitmore of Ward 12. With a Plan. 8º. pp. 3. City of Bos- ton, Doc. 146, (Nov.) 1882.
REPORT on Proposition of T. Larkin Turner to construct a Tunnel from Boston to C. City of Boston, Doc. 144, (Nov.) 1881. 8°. pp. 3. Canal, Middlesex (Bib., p. 34).
MIDDLESEX CANAL. Rules, Regulations, and By-Laws, adopted by the Proprietors. pp. 19. Boston, 1804. - Reports on the Canal were made and printed. That of 1809, pp. 8, contains some ac- count of it from 1794; of 1810, pp. 14, an interesting one for that year, continued in 1811, pp. 15, and 1812, pp. 10, all by J. L. Sulli- van, who also wrote Remarks on the importance of Inland Naviga- tion from Boston by this Canal, pp. 22, 1813, and Letters in Answer to Inquiries about it, pp. 12, Boston, 1818, first published in the B. Daily Advertiser. - Report to the Board of Directors, by a Commit- tee, April, 1817, pp. 20. [Proposals by the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimac River, for the Sale of their Mill Power and Land at Lowell, pp. 18, Boston, 1826. Report of the Com. on the Subject of A New Canal to the same, pp. 20, do., 1810.]
Catalogues of Libraries.
CATALOGUE of the Charlestown Circulating Library (T. M. Baker's), No. 24 Main Street. Containing History, Biography, Voyages, Travels, Miscellanies, Magazines and Reviews, Novels, Tales, Ro- mances, and Plays. Price 12} cents. 8º. pp. 76. Boston, 1819. CHARLESTOWN Union Library, 1821-42. Catalogue n. d. 8º. pp. 31. (2,500 vols. in 1828.) (Bib., p. 50.)
- Public Library. Catalogue, Rules, etc., Sº, pp. 200, C., 1862; first Supplement to Aug. 1, 1863, pp. 12; second do., pp. 27, 1865. Cat., Oct. 1, 1862, to July 1, 1872, pp. 186, consolidating all Supplements. Cat. of the C. " Branch " of the Boston Public Library to May, 1880. Imp. 8°. pp. 4 + 395. Boston, 1880. (For all these see Bib.) Subsequent additions are shown in the Bulletins of the B. P. L.
MISHAWAM Literary Association. Catalogue and By-Laws, pp. 24, C., 1853; do., pp. 46, Boston, 1857. (See Bib., 1858, also.)
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PRATT, S. B. Catalogue of 100 Bibles, and parts of Bibles, with other Sacred Books and MSS. from his library exhibited at Berkeley St. Chh., Oct. 4, 1881. 8º, eight leaves printed on one side, tied by ribbon.
Mr. Pratt was for several years a resident of C., and a member of the Ist church. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Catalogues, quite numerous, are generally small fugitive tracts. In addition to those in Bib. are, First Church, 18°, pp. 16, C., 1881. - Harvard Ch., 1840, 46, 49, 1853, 54, 56, 1870, 73 (12º, pp. 12). - Winthrop Ch., 16°, pp. 32, 1854. - Universalist Ch., 24°, pp. 24, 1849 (Report, pp. 12, 1851).
Churches. First Church and Parish.
THE COMMEMORATION of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Church, Charlestown, Mass., November 12, 1882. 8º. pp. 60. [For the Contents, and a Historical Sketch, see p. 175.] Privately Printed, 1882.
The Young Men's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of the First Church and Congregation, Charlestown, Mass. Organized Jan. 1, 1852. Con- stitution and By-Laws. C .: Rooms, Basement of Church of the First Parish, Harvard Hill, 1852. 12º. pp. 24.
FIRST PARISHI Mementos, 1632-1886, by Mary D. Balfour. 16º. pp. 13. n. p. [Charlestown, 1886].
Universalist Church.
ARTICLES of Faith, Covenant, Form of Government, and Historical Sketch. 16° size. pp. 12. Boston, 1867. - Catalogue of Library. 24° size, pp. 24, 1819. - Report of Sab. School. pp. 12, 1851. - Fiftieth Anniversary of the S. School, May 11, 1879; prayer, poems, historical notes, 1806-79, etc. Sm. 4º. pp. 28. n. p.
TURNER, Rev. E. Minutes of Proceedings, Univ. Convention in Charl- ton, Mass., Sep., 1817, signed by him as Moderator. (Also Circular Letter by Streeter.) 8º. pp. S. n. t., p., or d.
BALLOU, Rev. H. Ser. at the Ordination of the Rev. John Samuel Thompson as Pastor of the 1st Univ. Soc. in C., Wed., July 11, 1827. 8º. pp. 16. Boston, 1827.
THOMPSON, Rev. J. S. The Pastoral Care; a Discourse, eve. of his Installation, July 11, 1827. 8°. pp. 16, no title. St. John's Church.
BY-LAWS. 12 Articles. 12º size. pp. 3, no title or date.
THE CONVERT of Massachusetts. Published by the Parish of St. John's Church, Charlestown, Mass. 16°. pp. 172. Wood-cut of the church. Gen. Prot. Epis. S. School Union, and Ch. Book Soc. N. York, 1860. Harvard Church. See Memorials (Walker, p. 276).
Winthrop Church. (See Bib., 1833-72.)
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ARTICLES of Faith and Covenant, with List of Members, 16°, pp. 30, Bos- ton, 1849, also Articles (12º?), pp. S, do., 1866. - Catalogue of Present Members, 8°, pp. 10, do., 1881. - Semi-Centennial Manual, with Historical Sketch and List of Members, Jan. 9, 1833, to Jan. 9, 1883, (12º?), pp. 77, Boston, 1883. With some copies was bound, Rev. A. S. Twombly, D.D., Semi-Centennial Discourse, History of the Winthrop Church for fifty years, preached Sunday, Jan. 7, 1883, (12°?), pp. 32, hf. title only [n. p., 1883].
The 50th anniversary of this church was also commemorated, Jan. 9, by a social meeting, P. M., and a large public meeting in the evening, when there were several addresses. Newspapers contain the printed accounts, some of them imperfect.
City Documents. (See Bib. 1847-73.)
REPORT of the City Treasurer, pp. 2, and a long folding leaf (100 copies), Dec. 22, 1848. Communication from the Mayor, Dec. 13, 1848, pp. 4. - Municipal Register for 1849, pp. 18.
Companies.
BRIEF STATEMENT of Facts as to the proposed extension of the C. Branch Rail Road to Fresh Pond. 8º. pp. 8. n. p. or d.
Convent. See Bib. for many titles.
A FEW CHAPTERS to Brother Jonathan, concerning " Infallability, &c."; or, Strictures on Nathan L. Rice's " Defence of Protestantism," &c., &c., &c. By Philemon Scank. 12º. pp. 145. Published for the Author, Louisville, Ky., 1835. Added is "THE URSULINE CON- VENT, A Poem," 1835, pp. 34, with a preface by the same author, and references to C. in the poem.
Entry in Bib., p. 58 (from a catalogue), corrected by the anthor's copy, in which is a MS. letter of the Archbishop of Baltimore, who says that the author of the "Chapters" was the Rev. Geo. A. M. Elder, President and Founder of St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Ky.
CORRY, Peter Mc. Mount Benedict; or The Violated Tomb. A Tale of the Charlestown Convent. 16°. pp. x + 239. Boston, 1871. Masonic. King Solomon's Lodge (chartered, 1783).
STILLMAN, Rev. Sam! Charity Considered, in a Sermon before the Society of Freemasons in C., June 24, 1785. pp. 19.
" 120 copies printed for the use of the Lodge [ King Solomon's] by Mr. Fleet, at sixpence each." (Records, 1867, p. 50; 1885, p. 74.) This pamphlet is now so rare that a copy is worth twenty times the original price.
KING SOLOMON'S Lodge, C. By-Laws, Records, List of Members, etc. pp. 196. Boston, 1885. An enlarged reissue of the book of 1867, with an account of the centennial of the Lodge.
The Rev. Sam! Parker, June 24, 1788, preached a sermon to the Lodge at the meeting-house, when there was an Episcopal service, and a copy was asked for the press, but the writer has not found it printed. Dr. Bartlett's dis-
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course, 1793 (Bib., p. 34), received a vote of thanks, and a copy was asked for publication ; this printed work is now very rare. His Oration, 1794 (Bib., p. 34), at the dedication of the monument on Breed's Hill was a Eulogy on Gen. Warren, of which the writer has not found a printed copy. R. W. M. John Soley, Jr.'s, address is printed with the Records of the Lodge (1867, pp. 56-57). June 24, 1845, there was a celebration with addresses on placing a model of the monument erected by the Lodge in 1794 in the present mon- ument ("Freemason's Monthly Mag.," Aug., 1845, and Records of the Lodge (ed. 1867), pp. 63-70).
JOSEPH WARREN Commandery, Knights Templars. By-Laws of the, revised May, 1880. 16° size. pp. 19. Boston, 1880. MONUMENT COUNCIL No. 35, Royal Arcanum. By-Laws of the. 12º. pp. 11. Charlestown, 1880.
McLean Asylum. See p. 85, and Bibliography. p. 48.
WYMAN, Morrill (M. D.). The Early History of the McLean Asylum for the Insane. A Criticism of the Report of the Mass. State Board of Health for 1877. (Reprinted from Boston Med. and Sur. Journal, Dec. 13, 1877.) Portrait of Dr. Rufus Wyman. 5 plans. 8º. pp. 15+ 1 + slip. Cambridge, 1877.
OAKES, Josiah, Sr. "Four Years wrongfully imprisoned in the MeLean Asylum, through an illegal Guardianship." 8º. Boston, 1850. Memorials and Lives. (For about eighty others see Bib.)
ADAMS, James. Sermon on, Nov. 28, 1880, in the Winthrop Ch., by Rev. A. S. Twombly, pastor. 8º. pp. 24. Boston, 1880. BALDWIN, Loammi. Sketch of his Life and Works, by Geo. L. Vose. Heliotype portrait. Sº. pp. 28. (200 copies privately printed.) Boston, 1883.
For an account of the house where he lived in C., see p. 97, and for his works, Bibliography, and Authors herein.
BALFOUR, Walter. Biographical Sketch of, by E. G. Brooks, D.D. 14 pages in the " Universalist Quarterly " for April, 1875.
BURRAGE, A. A. A Genealogical Ilistory of the Descendants of John Burrage, who settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1637. 8º. pp. 265. Boston, 1877.
CHAPIN, Edwin Hubbell (D.D.). In Memoriam. Services Jan. 2, 1881, in the First Universalist Ch., C., including a Sermon by Rev. Chas. F. Lee, and remarks by IIon. T. T. Sawyer. Portrait, wood- cut. 8º. pp. 25. Printed by Caleb Rand. Charlestown, 1881.
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