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Dalton, Capt. James, 11. 140; 20. 123, 125.
Dalton, Sir James, 17. 94.
Dalton, John Call, M.D., 14. 9.
Dalton, Peter Roe, II. 140.
Dalton, Samuel, 16. 257, 261, 265, 266, 275.
Dalton, Hon. Tristram, I. 298, 347 n .; 3. 298; II. 19; 13. 225 ; 16. 475.
Dalton, William, 2. 267 n.
Dalton House, Water Street, Boston, view of, presented, 9. 252.
Daly, Hon. Charles P., donation fromn, 5. 372 ; 8. 76.
Dalzel, Andrew, his 'Græea Majora,' 19. 225.
Dam, Mrs. Easter, 14 152.
Dam, Elizabeth, 14. 137.
Dam, Deacon John, 14. 141 n .; 16. 265. Deatlı of, 14. 125.
Dam, John, Sen., 16. 265. Death of, 14. 141.
Dam, Pomfret, marriage of, 14. 152.
Dam, Samuel, death of, 14. 142.
Dam, Mrs. Sarah, 14. 152.
Dam, William, 14. 152.
Damell, Judge, 4. 101.
Damm, Abigail, 14. 150.
Damm, Martha, 14. 151.
Dammion, Lieut. Ebenezer, 15. 81.
Damon, Margaret ( Mrs. Rand), I. 368.
Dampier, Capt. William, 12. 425. Vote to purchase his collection of voyages, I. 118.
Dampierre, Auguste Henri Picot, Marquis de, 18. 72.
Dampville, Francois Christophe de Levi, Duc de, medal of, 11. 296.
Dana, -, 8. 383.
Dana, Mr., 19. 409.
Dana, Abby Fisher (Mrs. Ames), 19. 59; 20. 36.
Dana, Caleb, 20. 139.
Dana, E. T., a member of the Anthology Club, 2. 388 n.
Dana, Rev. Edmund, 2. 477.
Dana, Miss Elizabeth Ellery, 16. 156, 183. Letter from, to Mr. Deane, 16. 181. Donation from, 16. 307.
Dana, Ephraim, 14. 330.
Dana, Francis, LL D., d. 1811, 2. 397, 398, 403 ; 3. 195 ; 4. 287; 6. 359; 10. 275; 12. 246 ; 19. 147, 148, 150. Remarks at the Convention of 1788, 3. 297-299, 302; 6. 148, 150. His residence, 3. 372. His character, 7. 123-125. Letter of Jolin Adams concerning, 10. 208.
Dana, Mrs. Henrietta (Bridge), 19. 60.
Dana, Lieut. James, 14. 84, 85.
Dana, Rev. James, D.D., his ' Examina. tion of Edwards on Free Will,' I. 9. His funeral sermon on Pres. Stiles, I. 98; on Prof. Marsh, I. 167 ; 2. 509 n.
Dana, Prof. James D., 15. 318.
Dana, Mrs. Matilda ( Webber), 12. 263 n. Dana, Mehitable Bowen (MIrs. Bell), 7. 30.
Dana, Mrs. Rebeeea (Barrett), 5. 255.
Dana, Richard, Esq., d. 1772, 11. 140; 12 246, 247, 323; 13. 194; 19. 148, 149. Dana, Richard H., LL.D., d. 1879, 12. 28; 14. 47 ; 16. 191 ; 17. 35, 46 ; 20. 257. DANA, Hon. RICHARD IL., LL.D., d. 1832, 8. 99, 454, 456-458 ; 10. 415 n., 442 n. ; II. 352 ; 12. 41; 13. 346; 16. 156; 18. 62 ; 19. 230, 285, 287. Elected a Resident Member, 4. 123. Accepts membership, 4. 124. Donation from, 4. 309 ; 7. 115, 298 ; 8. 76, 79, 280 ; 9. 66. On the death of Hon. Josiah Quincy, 7. 398-405. Remarks on the death of E. Everett, 8. 152-154. Samuel Rogers's opinion of, 10. 439. Remarks by, 12. 246. Paper communicated by, 12. 247. Pays a trib- ute to Judge Bigelow, 16. 176. Death of, 19. xx. His death announced by the l'resident, 19. 195, 196. Resolution of the Society, 19. 197. Remarks on the death of, by Dr. Holmes, 19. 197-199. Remarks by Charles F. Adains, Jr., 19. 199-205. Colonel Lee speaks of, 19. 205. Tribute to, from W. Everett, 19. 206, 207. His ' Two Years before the Mast,' 19. 196, 198, 203, 206, 207. His 'To Cuba and Back,' 19. 199. His eulogy on Mr. Everett, 19. 199.
Dana, Hon. Samuel, d. 1835, 5. 255, 369 n .; 7. 80; 17. 113.
Dana, Rec. Samuel, 19. 60; 20. 36.
Dana, Dr. Samuel L., donations from, 2. 16.
Dana, Capt. William, 17. 178, 178n., 188 n. Dana, Mass., 16. 4.
Dana Hill, Cambridge, Mass., 3. 96, 372.
Dana-Hill public schools, 10. 445.
Danby, Thomas Osborne, Earl of, 16. 270.
Danckaerts, Jaspar, see Dankers, Jaspar. Dandalus, Francis, II. 415.
Dandridge, Mrs., 15. 304.
Dane, Hon. Joseph, 2. 10.
DANE, Hon. NATHAN, LL.D , 4. 346, 310 n .; IO. 188, 193, 372 ; 13. 456. Ilis death, I. xliii ; 2. 10. Nominated a Resident Member, 1. 416. Elected, 1. 418. Do- nation from, 1. 487. Question of his membership considered, 1. 503 n. Dr. Peabody to write a notice of, 1. 503 n. Memoir of, 2. 3, 6-10. Important posi- tions held by him, 2. 7, 8. Founds the Law Professorship at Harvard Univer- sity, and contributes to the erection of the Dane Law School. 2. 8; 10. 185, 186. His degree of LL.D., 2. 8. On
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naturalization, 4. 346, 347. ' A Moral and Political Survey of America,? 2. 9. His work entitled ' A General Abridg- ment and Digest of American Law,' 2. 9; 10. 184; 13. 453. Letter to Daniel Webster, claiming the authorship of the Ordinance of 1787, 10. 475-480. Dane, Hon. Nathaniel, 20. 312, 314.
Dane Law School, I. 275; 2. 8, 565, 566; 8. 69-72; 10. 186, 192, 193; 11. 323; 14. 177; 19. 339. The Library of, to receive a copy of the 'Collections ' of the Society, I. 275; 2. 69 n.
Daneau (Danaeus), Lambert, 11. 431 n.
Danford, Judge, see Danforth, Samuel. Danforth, Capt., 16. 854, 357, 360, 363.
Danforth, Mr., 16. 300 n.
Danforth, Lieut. Asa, 15. 82.
Danforth, Benjamin, 17. 158.
Danforth, Lieut. Elijah, 15. 81.
Danforth, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas, 19 96.
Danforth, Miss Elizabeth, gift from1, 19. 102.
Danforth, Rev. John, H.C. 1677, d. 1730, 8. 23, 27; 20. 213.
Danforth, Jonathan, d. 1682, 8. 23, 28.
Danforth, Capt. Jonathan, 15. 84; 19 95. Maps by, 1. 254 n.
Danforth, Mary ( Mrs. Bromfield), 18. 265. Danforth, Mary, gift from, 19. 102.
Danforth, Nicholas, 19. 95, 96.
Danforth, Samuel, H.C. 1671, 3. 318; 8. , 14, 16, 22, 27.
Danforth, Judge Samuel, II.C. 1715, d. 1777, 8. 351; 15. 90, 357 ; 18. 368-370, 376; 20. 9. Resigns his seat in the Council, 4. 222; 15. 357. Portrait of, given, 19 102.
Danforth, Samuel, M.D., d. 1827, 1. 422; II. 140. His character, 7. 180. His death, 7. 180 n. One of the censors of the Massachusetts Medical Society, 7. 183, 184.
Danforth, Rev. Samuel, HI.C. 1643, d. 1674, 4. 444 ; 8. 11, 16, 20, 25; 10. 44; 17. 142, 144 ; 18. 265: 19. 95. Let- ter from, to Rev. Cotton Mather, 2. 485. His College Thesis, 4. 444. Let- ter of, to Thomnas Danforth, 13. 305, 306. General Election Sermon of, 2. 293 n. His Almanac for 1649, 10. 325- 329.
Danforth, Rev. Samuel, H.C. 1683, d. 1727, Taunton, 8. 28; 10. 44, 162.
Danforth, Thomas, 15. 397. A refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266.
Danforth, Dep .- Gov. Thomas, d. 1699, 3. 320; 8. 40; II. 472; 13. 305; 18. 16; 19. 94-96; 20. 321, 322, 325. Inden- ture of, with John Davis and others, I. 201. Manuscript volume of his pa- pers presented, 1. 274. His accounts when treasurer and steward of Harvard College, 5. 157; 6. 338, 339, 344. Of
committee to act in England for Mas- sachusetts, 6. 71 n. Letter of, to Gov. Winthrop of Connecticut, 13. 235.
Danforth, Dr. Thomas, donation from, I. 190.
Danforthi family, remarks on, by Dr. Paige, 19. 95, 96.
D'Angelis, see Angelis, Pedro d'.
Dangerfield, Thomas, interviews with Charles II., 6. 67 n.
Daniel, Benjamin, killed by Indians, 14. 146.
Daniel, Gen. Beverly, 18. 284.
Daniel, Gabriel, his ' Milice française,' 4. 127, 128.
Daniel, John, Indian, 14. 145.
Daniel, Reuben, 8. 45.
Daniel, Thomas, 16. 257, 262, 264, 266, 272.
Daniell, Henry, 10 164.
Daniels, J. H., 15. 272.
Daniels, Lieut. Japhet, 15. 77.
Danielson, Major Nathaniel, 15. 84, 160.
Danielson, Samuel, donation from, 1. 76. Danielson, Col. Timothy, 15. 78, 85, 128,
160. The officers of his regiment, 15. 78, 78 n.
Danielsonville, see West Killingly, Conn. Danish Society of Northern Antiquarians, see Kongeligt Nordiske Oldskrift Sel- skab.
Dankers, Jaspar, 13. 309. Extracts from lis Journal, 13. 310, 311.
Dankers, Joseph, and Sluyter, Peter, ex- tract from their . Journal of a Voyage to New York,' 18. 321 n.
Dante Alighieri. 3. 378, 384 ; 16. 189; 18. 219, 354. Commemoration of the birth- day of, 8. 275-279.
Danvers, Dorothy, 12. 415.
Danvers, Eleanor (Lady Osborn), see Os- born.
Danvers, Mass., 8. 338, 348 ; 11. 156, 334 ; 12. 405, 407 ; 16. 6, 336; 17. 192 n., 273 ; 19. 7 ; 20. 148. Donation from, 2. 524. Origin of the name of, 12. 415. J. W. Hanson's 'History of,' cited, 16. 336. 'Account of the Centennial Celebra- tion in,' cited, 17. 369 n.
D'Anville, see Anville, Jean B. d'.
Dapper, Olfert, his 'Description de l'Afrique,' I. 146.
Darby, J., 11. 299. Donation, I. 25. 26.
Darby, William, his 'Geographical De- scription of the State of Louisiana,' etc., 2. 265, 265 n., 266.
Darc, Jeanne, 18. 201.
Darcy, Sir Conyers, Comptroller of the Household, 13. 101.
Dare, Virginia, 18. 80.
Darling, Goodman, accused of witchcraft, 5. 34.
Darling, Capt. Cassius, presents the rep- resentation of a Chinese Funeral and a Japanese Wedding, 3. 126. To receive the thanks of the Society, 3. 126.
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Dartmouth, William Legge, 2d Earl of, 3. 147, 232 ; 4. 23 ; 5. 361 ; 12. 45, 59; 13. 206; 14. 340-358; 15. 326-329, 331-334; 16. 72. Letters to, 1. 217. Letter to, from Gov. Hutchinson, 4. 215, 216. Letters of Gov. Hutchinson to him, 13. 164-166, 172. Letter from, to Gov. Hutchinson, approving his conduct in Boston, 13. 175. Letter of Isaac Royall to, 13. 179-182.
Dartmouth, William Legge, 4th Earl of, 13. 176.
Dartmouth, Mass., 7. 186, 208, 212, 215, 248, 249; 12. 394, 395, 399; 16. 280, 283 n., 284; 20. 230. Agreement of In- dians living at, 1. 122. Celebration of the settlenient of, 7. 474. Photographs of part of the records of, presented, 8. 280.
Dartmouth, ship, 12. 180.
Dartmouth College, 1. 444 ; 2. 204 ; 4 93; 5 7, 254, 255; 10 294, 410 : 11. 146; 12 15, 20; 14. 113. 115, 173-175; 16. 155; 17. 24; 18. 2, 172; 19. 174, 262, 350, 409 n., 436; 20. 48 n., 230, 336, 384. Charter of, 1 19. Seal of, 1. 84. The 'Collections' to be given to the Li- brary of, I. 165, 241 ; 2. 68 n., 69 n. Donations from, 5. 372 ; 7. 100; 8. 253, 480; 9 247. Difficulties between Pres- ident Wheelock and the trustees of, 6. 291.
Dartmouth College Case, document con- taining the history of, 6. 291.
Darwin, Charles, LL.D., extracts from letters of, 19. 311, 312.
Darwin, Erasmus, M.D., 19. 311, 312 n. His ' Botanic Garden,' I. 130.
Darwin, Robert W., M.D., 19 311.
Dashwood, Capt. Samuel, 11. 140; 16. 70. Dasset, Josepli, 8. 28.
D'Aubigné, see Merle d'Aubigné, J: H: Daugherty, Mrs. Lucinda, 15. 74.
'Daughters of Liberty,' 15. 390.
Daussy, M., letter from, 3. 264.
Daveis, Dr., son of Hon. C. S. Daveis, 3. 185.
DAVEIS, Hon. CHARLES S., 4. 93. Elect- ed a Corresponding Member, 3. 31. Ex- amines the coins found at Richmond Island, 3. 185, 186. His deatlı, 8. xvi. Notice of liis death, 8. 257.
Davenant, John, 17. 340.
Davenhill, W., London, 3. 139.
Davenport, Mrs., 7. 224.
Davenport, A. B., donation from, 2. 474. Davenport, Judge Addington, d. 1736, 8. 28; 12. 368; 14. 163, 167, 185; 17. 55. Davenport, Anthony, 12. 204.
Davenport, Rer. Christopher, D.D. (Fran- ciscus A. Santa Clara), 12. 191.
Davenport, Ebenezer, 8. 219, 220. Davenport, Francis, 12. 204.
Davenport, Henry, 17. 95, 96. Donation from, 2. 176.
Davenport, Rev. John, d. 1670, 4. 441 ; 10. 42, 406; 11. 201 ; 12. 191; 13. 343 ; 16. 212; 17. 130, 145, 343, 347, 348, 351 ; 20. 118,210. Memoirs of, by Cotton Matlier, 6. 407 n. His ' Questiones in sacra Thie- ologia,' in manuscript, exhibited, 12.212. Davenport, Rev. John, H.C. 1687, d. 1731, 8. 28.
Davenport, Mrs. Mehitable, 16. 336.
Davenport, Stephen, 7. 185, 252.
Davenport, Susan P. (Mrs. Burnliam), 16. 336.
Davenport, William W, donation from, 2. 176.
Davers, Capt. Thomas, letter of Secre- tary Burchett to, 12. 255. Letter to Mr. Seaford, 12. 256.
David, Indian, 17. 55.
David, Jacques Louis, 15. 10; 19. 59.
David, Pierre Jean, 19 57. Letter from, presenting a bust of Lafayette to thie United States Congress, 19. 58. Ilis statue of the Prince de Conde, 19 59. His bust of Washington, 19. 59.
Davids, Daniel, 15. 146.
Davids, Thaddeus (§- Co.), donation from, 5. 145.
Davidson, Gen. William, 18. 71.
Davie (Davy), Edmund, M.D., 8. 14, 16, 23, 27.
Davie, Humph., 20. 162 n.
Davie, Sir John, Burt., 8. 23, 28.
Davie, Gov. William R., ' Life of,' 2. 144 n. Quoted, 6. 164, 165.
Davies, James, 18. 82-85, 98 n., 105 n., 107, 110 n., 115, 116 n.
Davies, R. B., 6. 39.
Davies, Richard, 17. 144. (Robert ?), 18. 105 n.
Davies, Capt. Robert, 18. 83, 84, 89-91, 98 n., 105 n., 110, 115, 115 n.
Davies, Rev. Samuel, his 'State of Re- ligion among the Dissenters in Vir- ginia,' 1. 7. Ilis sermon on the death of George II., 1. 79.
Davies, Sylvanus, 6. 80.
Davies, Mrs. Thomas, 19. 217.
Davis, -, 17. 198, 198 n., 199.
Davis, -, 17. 245.
Davis, -, a Tory, 16. 158.
Davis, -, an ale-house keeper, 16 103.
Davis, Capt., 6. 71 n. Davis, Capt., 12. 422. Davis, Col., 10. 103.
Davis, Deacon (1788), 3 297.
Davis, Dr., Roxbury, 14. 297.
Davis, Major, 16. 108.
Davis, Miss, 19. 222.
Davis, Mr., 6. 97.
Davis, Mr., 7. 235.
Davis, Mrs. (Wendell), 11. 94.
Davis, Aaron, II. 140 ; 20. 7.
Davis, Barnabas, 20. 124.
Davis, Benjanıin, 7. 261; 8.374; 11. 392, 395.
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Davis, C. G., 4. 100.
Davis, Deacon Caleb, 3. 297 ; 11. 140 ; 13. 206; 16. 375.
Davis, Charles, 19. 170, 172, 177-179.
Davis, Adm. Charles 11., 13. 258 ; 19. 14; 20. 354. Donation from, 9. 357.
Davis, Mrs. Charles H1., 19. 14.
Davis, Charles H. S., M.D., donations from, 10. 144, 206, 314.
Davis, Hon. Daniel, Barnstable, Mr. Mel- len's funeral sermon on, I. 130, 421.
DAVIS, Hon. DANIEL, Portland, I. 62, 109, 121, 135, 158, 160 2., 169, 194, 196, 235; 13. 258 ; 16. 85; 19 177-179, 283, 284. Nominated a Resident Member, I. 31. Elected, I. 36. Accepts mem- bership, I. 40. Donation from, 1. 53. Resigns membership, 1. 493. Deatlı of, I. 493 n. Notice of, I. 500 n.
Davis, David, killed by Indians, 14. 131.
Davis, E. A., donations from, 4. 379.
Davis, Ebenezer, 17. 24.
Davis, Edward, 4. 63; II. 140. Dona- tions from, I. 26, 74, 137.
Davis, Edward, Jr., donations from, I. 112.
Davis, Elizabeth, donation from, I. 50.
Davis, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Sturgis), 7. 433.
Davis, George, 4. 101.
Davis, George Cabot, II. 96.
Davis, George . L. L., communications from, 2. 540, 541.
DAVIS, Hon. GEORGE T., 12. 8; 14. 206; 15. 310, 311, 313 ; 16. 33 n., 164. Elect- ed a Resident Member of the Society, 3. 270. Represents the Society at the Centennial of Bernardston, 6. 21, 249. Of Publishing Committee, 4. 19 ; 5. 153. Donations from, 7. 298; II. 9, 501. Of committee on increase of members, II. 112. Remarks by, II. 143, 484. Ceases to be a Resident Member, 12. 170. Elected a Corresponding Mem- ber, 12. 192. Accepts membership, 12. 211. Remarks on the death of, by Mr. Winthrop, 15 307. His life and char- acter, 15. 308-313. Tribute to,of George S. Hillard, 15. 309. Remarks on the death of, by Dr. Holmes, 15. 310; by William Amory, 15. 312. His memoir of I. P. Davis, 2. 605 ; II. 93-99. His paper on the ' St. Regis Bell,' II. 311- 321; 15. 307.
Davis, Isaac, donation from, I. 81. Davis, Isaac, LL.D., 19. 382.
DAVIS, ISAAC P., I. 192 n., 436, 415, 448, 451, 453, 456, 460, 464, 473, 475, 480, 482, 485, 487, 489, 490, 492, 494-497, 499, 500, 503, 504 ; 10. 370 ; 11. 93; 13. 110; 15. 307, 308, 387, 388; 17. 94. His death, I. xliii ; 2. 605 ; 3. 18. Nom- inated a Resident Member, I. 428. Elected, 1. 434. Of committee to col- Iect and count votes, I. 446, 448. Of committee to examine the Treasurer's
accounts, I. 452, 487, 488, 504. Added to the committee on new rooms, I. 454. Signs report of that committee, 1. 456n. Of committee to superintend removal to new roonis, I. 458 n. Of committee to execute indenture with Provident Institution for Savings, I. 460. Signs indenture, I. 461 n. Of committee to sell or lease the room in the Tontine Crescent, 1. 463. Presents report of the committee, I. 466. Motion of, I. 474. Donations from, 1. 475, 479 ; 2. 35, 89, 93, 102, 132, 147, 173, 175, 176, 182, 283, 322, 353, 354, 446, 450, 455, 457, 474, 432, 500. 517. Of committee to select pamphlets from the Athe- næum, 1.479. Letter of Theo. Dwight, Jr., to, I. 481 n. Of committee to have the walls of the room colored, I. 487. Elected Cabinet-Keeper, I. 489; 2. 3, 26, 40, 82, 103, 130, 192, 233, 251, 271, 313, 342, 370, 387, 426, 454, 488, 528. Of committee to lease the old room of the Society, 2. 1. Communicates let- ters and donations, 2. 1, 17, 23, 25, 38, 52, 57, 60, 67, 77, 252, 296, 422, 462, 467, 490. Of committee to examine the accounts of the Treasurer, 2. 2, 78, 82, 103, 128, 131, 147, 148, 191, 211, 234, 340, 384, 424, 425, 485, 487. Pres- ent at meetings of the Society, 2. 3, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 25, 28, 31, 32, 40, 46, 47, 51, 56, 60, 62, 65, 67, 72, 79, 83, 84, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 99, 100, 102, 104, 109, 112, 115, 117, 123, 129, 131, 132, 135, 137, 139, 142, 144, 146, 147, 149, 171, 172, 176-178, 181, 182, 185-188, 192, 212, 213, 216, 218, 220, 225, 233, 234, 238, 245, 247, 249, 251, 253, 256, 261, 264, 266, 285, 257, 291, 294, 297, 306, 307, 309, 314, 318, 320, 321, 324, 326, 328, 335, 338, 345, 349, 352, 356, 358, 360, 862-364, 370, 372, 374, 376-378, 380, 382, 383, 385, 411, 413, 414, 417, 419, 421, 422, 424, 426, 429-432, 443, 415, 450-452, 454-458, 460, 462, 468, 470, 473-475, 477-479, 483, 486, 489, 490, 493. 495, 498, 499, 503, 507, 511, 513, 525, 534, 536, 548, 552, 554, 559, 571, 573, 585, 592, 596, 599. Of com- mittee on application of the Natural History Society, I. 489. President pro tempore, I. 494. Of committee on a course of lectures, I. 498. Of commit- tee on lectures, 2. 31, 34 n., 78, 79 n., 114, 115, 292. Presents to the Society the case of matrices for type, the for- mer property of Dr. Franklin, 2. 38. His motion to present Mr. Felt with a copy of the Collections, 2. 40. Of Scrutinizing Committee, 2. 47, 51, 59, 64, 90, 91. Of committee concerning the presentation of the Collections, 2. 51. Communicates a letter from Rev. Chandler Robbins, 2. 52. Reports con-
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cerning Institutions to receive che vol- umes of the Collections, 2. 55, 56. Of committee on manuscripts and por- traits, 2. 62. Communicates a dona- tion of Audubon's plates, 2. 77. State- ment regarding the 'North American Review,' 2. 77. Report concerning the leasing of the room in Franklin Place, 2. 78. Of committee to aid the sale of the Collections, 2. 88, 89, 148. Mate- rial given in charge to him, 2. 93. Statement regarding a portrait of T. L. Winthrop, 2. 94. To serve on com- mittee to settle with the American Stationers' Company, 2. 104. Report of the settlement, 2. 111. Matter of non payment of the annual assessment of a member given in charge to, 2. 119, 120. Report concerning the sale of the Franklin Place estate, 2. 132-134. Of committee to consider the daily open- ing of the Library, 2. 134, 135. Report concerning the Library, 2. 135 n., 136n. Of committee to engage the further services of Mr. Snelling, 2. 141, 143. Report of the committee coneerning the Collections, 2. 170, 171. To search for the pen with which Gov. Hancoek signed the Declaration of Independ- ence, 2. 171. Report concerning the pen, 2. 174. Reports a lost manuscript, 2. 175. To act in the matter of lost books or manuscripts, 2. 180. To be reimbursed for freight on books, 2. 182. Statement regarding the volume of Speed, 2. 213. To have the portrait of Mr. F. C. Gray framed, 2. 217. To consider the matter of lending certain medallions, 2.222. To procure a frame for the plate of the old building, 2. 224. To engage the services of Judge Mitch- ell in the Library, 2. 251. Communi- cates a donation by J. B. Trott, 2. 252. Of committee to consider repair- ing the paintings belonging to the So- ciety, 2. 286. Of committee to make arrangements for the celebration of tlie first half-century of the incorporation of the Society, 2. 292. To procure a suitable frame for the portrait of the late Gov. Gore, 2. 306, 312. Reports a list of the subscribers for the purchase of the portrait of Gov. Gore, 2. 312, 312n. Of committee to aid Mr. Adams in his memoir of Mr. W. Tudor, 2. 318. Of committee to procure manuscripts and portraits, 2. 320. Of committee to consider the delivery of the Trumbull Papers to the State of Connecticut, 2. 323. To ascertain the facts in the business relating to Sullivan's ' History of Maine,' 2. 326, 327. Excused from serving on the committee of the Trum- bull Papers, 2. 346. To take charge of the disposal of certain plants, 2. 348.
Reads letter from Mr. J. F. Watson, 2. 356. Of committee to consider the removal of Mr. Taylor's portrait, 2. 366. Presents the manuscript papers of the Rev. Gideon Hawley, 2. 376. Of committee to procure a copy of the 'American Archives,' 2. 418. Report of the committee on Archives, 2. 420. Communicates a letter from the Rev. Peter Thacher to Lieut .- Gov. Cushing, 2. 422. Reads extraets front the Jour- nal of the late Oakes Angier, 2. 442. Presents a manuseript with memo- randa, 2. 462. Presents a copy of the Diary of Timothy Newell, 2. 467. Communicates a letter, dated 1777, written by Gen. Washington, 2. 490. Of committee to consider what, in the Collections, might be useful to the Bos- ton Society of Natural History, 2. 490. Of committee to draft a series of reso- lutions to the memory of the late Daniel Webster, 2. 502. To furnish a copy of the letter offering the Trum- bull Manuscripts to the Society, to the Publishing Committee of Vol. II., fourth series, 2. 525. Statement rc -. garding the picture of Washington crossing the Delaware, 2. 572. Of com- mittee to provide for the repair of the picture, 2. 573. His death announced, 2. 605 ; 3. 18; 11. 94-99. ' Memoir of,' by George T. Davis, 2. 605, 605 n. ; 3. 206. Letter to, containing the history of Dean Berkeley's clair, 3. 24, 25. Manuscripts presented to the Society through his interest, 3. 96, 97. Auto- graph and portrait of, face II. 94. Sketch of, by R. C. Winthrop, 11. 97. Lines to his memory, by George Lunt, II. 99. Communicates a donation from Mr. P. Wainwright, Jr., 2. 17.
Davis, Mrs. Isaac P'., donations from, 3. 24, 25; 10. 14. To receive a vote of thanks, 3. 25, 97. Manuscripts prc- sented by, to the Society, 3. 96, 97. Donation by,'of a miniature portrait of Daniel Webster, by Staigg, 9. 242. Donation by, of two daguerreotype miniatures of Gen. Washington and Mrs. Washington, 9. 243. Resolution of thanks to, 9. 243.
Davis, Col. J. Bancroft, request from, granted, 12. 140.
Davis, James, 4. 256, 257.
Davis, James C., 19. 357.
Davis, Hon. Jefferson, 16. 446. His Mes- sage of the 29th April, 1861, 6. 88, 82, 97.
Davis, John, d. 1657, 8. 12, 21, 25.
Davis, Jolin, 1704, 14. 139.
Davis, John, Boston, 1685, 12. 107.
Davis, John, Boston, selectman, 1765, 20. 7.
Davis, Capt. John, 15. 80.
Davis, Jolin, Dover, 16. 265.
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Davis, Ensign John, 16. 272. Killed by Indians, 14. 128 n.
Davis, Gov. John, d. 1854, 4. 411 ; 5. 277, 281; 10. 283 ; II. 49, 82; 17.5; 18. 284. Donations from, 2. 47, 123, 338, 352, 362, 376, 378, 382, 412, 413, 418, 423, 444, 457, 475, 483, 503, 508, 535, 547. Elected Governor of Massachusetts, II. 69.
DAVIS, Hon. JOHN, LL.D., President of the Society, d. 1847, I. 17 n., 35, 36, 49, 62, 102, 104-110, 113 n., 114n., 116- 118 n., 121, 124, 126, 127, 129, 132-136, 139, 140, 143, 144, 149, 150, 151 n., 156, 158, 163, 165, 169, 172, 186-188, 193, 195-200, 213. 214, 219, 220, 223, 225, 226, 230, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 243, 245, 249, 251-253, 257, 263, 266, 270, 272, 274, 277, 279, 281, 283, 284, 331, 334-337, 339, 345, 347, 348, 350, 371, 374-376, 378, 380, 384, 386, 387, 392, 396, 398, 407, 413, 417, 427. 433, 435- 437, 445, 446, 448, 450, 456, 464, 468, 475, 482, 485, 487, 490, 492 n., 495, 500, 503, 504 ; 3. 145; 4. 113, 227 ; 8. 96, 252, 286; II. 9 n., 94, 95. 98, 148, 466 n. ; 12. 7, 218, 434; 13. 230; 15. 256, 257, 265, 308, 397; 16. 129; 17. 17, 64, 94, 113, 136, 412, 416; 18. 282; 19. 108, 125, 169-174, 176, 177; 20. 172. His por- trait, I. xxxv. His death, I. xli ; 2 361, 361 n .; g. 153. Nominated a Resident Member, I. 22. Elected, I. 24. Donations from, 1. 40, 123, 131, 486, 488; 2. 78, 260, 288, 309, 346. Of committee to procure Journals of Con- gress and of the General Court, I. 49. Letter from, read, I. 97. Of commit- tee to solicit subscriptions for the Society, I. 104. Of committee on ine- morial to the General Court, I. 105, 107. Of committee to consider the ex- pediency of continuing the publication of the Collections, I. 107. Elected a member of the Standing Committee, I. 117, 125, 132, 140, 148, 157, 164, 170, 188, 193, 196, 206, 215, 221, 226, 231, 239, 245, 254, 264; 2. 62, 82. Of Publi- cation Committee, I. 120, 150, 196, 249, 259. To answer Mr. Sampson's ap- plication, 1. 121. To examine Dr. Morse's account respecting the map of the State, I. 125. Allowed to take from the Library a map of lands in Berkshire County, I. 125. Of com- mittee to draw rules for the use of the Library, I. 127. Of committee to raise money for printing the Collections, I. 133, 173, 213, 214. Of committee to acknowledge the gift of room in Ton- tine Crescent, I. 136. Of committee on sale of Gov. Sullivan's ' Land Titles,' I. 143, 144. Asked to prepare a memoir of M. Watson, I. 145. Of committee to examine the Treasurer's accounts, I.
149. Of committee on alteration of the Constitution of the Society, 1. 150. Of committee on a proposed museum, I. 151. Of committee on reprinting early volumes of the Collections, I. 165. Of committee to demand from Mr. Turell articles belonging to the Cabinet, I. 194. Requested to write memoirs of Mr. Coffin and Mr. Lothrop, I. 200. Extract from his Plymouth oration, correcting an error in his life of Cush- man, I. 217. President pro tempore, I. 223, 225, 234, 239, 257, 263 ; 2. 28, 31, 33, 40, 79, 94, 100, 186, 235, 237. Of committee on a celebration of the Ply- mouth landing anniversary, I. 223. Selected to deliver the address on that occasion, I. 234. Delivers the address, I. 225. Vote of thanks to, I. 236. The address printed in the Collections, I. 236. Vote offered by, I. 247 n. Of committee on Winthrop's Journal, I. 258. Appointed to prepare a memoir of Eben. Hazard, I. 266. Portrait of, faces 1. 272. Autograph, faces I. 272; 19 169. Of committee to thank Gov. Gore for his services as President, I. 272. Elected President, 1. 273, 279, 288, 335, 341, 350, 374. 380, 387, 398, 409, 418, 427, 445, 452, 467, 489. Presi- dent, I. 275, 334, 341, 384, 385, 424- 427, 437, 447, 456, 458 n., 460, 481, 483, 484, 487-489, 495, 499, 500, 504. Of committee to investigate title to land under the Society's room, I. 275. Of committee to ask for continuation of Hutchinson's History, I. 277, 286. To thank Mr. Duponceau for missing por- tions of Mourt's ' Relation,' I. 279. Of committee on celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of landing at Plymouth, I. 287. Of committee to represent the Society at the Plymouth celebration, I. 289. Reports for that committee, I. 334. Communicates let- ter from Mr. Tyng, 1. 336. Of com- mittee to aid in the publication of the continuation of Gov. Hutchinson's His- tory, 1. 388. Authorized to lend a vol- ume of manuscripts, 1. 340. Of com- mittee to revise the By-Laws, I. 349. Communication from the Paris Geo- graphical Society referred to, I. 349. Reports on this communication, I. 351. To write to the Geographical Society, I. 352. Of committee to consider a plan for indexing old town and church records, I. 377. Of committee on cele- bration of the battle of Bunker Hill, I. 381. Of committee on application to the General Court to print the early records of the Colony, I. 385. Mr. Savage's letter to, respecting the loss by fire in his office, 1. 393 n. Of com- mittee on communication from Rhode
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