USA > Massachusetts > Index to the first twenty volumes of the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1791-1883 > Part 9
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91
Besse, Joseph, 18. 598 n. His 'Sufferings of the Quakers' cited, 18. 388 n.
Bessius, Rev. Martin, 17. 149.
Best, Judge, on slavery 7. 321.
Best, Capt. Ellis, 16. 210; 18. 84, 105 n., 107, 115.
Bestes, Peter, 2. 570.
Betham, Sir William, 13. 64.
Bethel, Robert, a refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266. Bethel, Slingsby, 4. 42.
Bethesda, Georgia Orphan-house, 19. 181, 181 n.
Bethune, Capt. Benjamin, 17. 217.
Bethune, George, 11. 392, 395.
Bettee, Sausuman, 2. 290 n.
Betty, Rev. Humfry, 2. 44Sn. ; 17. 255.
'Betty rs. Horton.' case of, 13. 200.
Beust, Friedrich Ferdinand von, 16. 438, 449.
Bevercotes, Samuel, of Gray's Inn, 12. 98, 99.
Beverley, Peter, 10. 30 n.
Beverley, Robert, 10. 29. His 'History of Virginia,' 1. 38. His ' History of Virginia ' quoted, 10. 25, 26.
Beverley, Eng., 12 318.
Beverly, Mass., 2. 6; 3. 295 ; 7. 476 ; 10. 475; 12. 394, 395, 400; 16. 11; 17. 366, 363; 18. 304. Origin of the name of, 12. 303.
'Beverly-Robinson ' house, 16. 366.
Bewick Company's map, 6. 30. Beyton, Samuel, 12. 108.
Bèze (Lat. Beza), Théodore de, 11. 430n .; 15. 244; 20. 95. Cited, II. 430, 458. Biard, Joseph, marriage of, 14. 151. Biard, Paul, 10. 91, 91 n., 92.
Bible, 6. 261, 310. A Latin, 1. 53. New Testament and Psalms in shorthand, I. 68. An ancient copy of. 1. 113. A French, 1. 475. Adam Winthrop's. 2. 277 n. Quarto copy of King James's, 2. 277 n. Some erroneous statements concerning the printing of, in this country, 2. 510, 511. Copy of one be- longing to Melanchthon exhibited, 3. 152. Petitions to Congress, 1790, for correet editions, 5. 105-107. Transla- tion of, into the Indian tongue, 12. 372- 374. Belonging to Increase Mather, 18. 363, 364.
Bibles and Biblical works belonging to G. Livermore, 10. 427-430, 454.
' Biblia Pauperum,' 10. 455.
'Bibliographia Americana,' prospectus of, 2 412, 413.
. Bibliotheea Americana,' vote to pur- chase a copy of, 1. 40.
' Bibliotheca Americana Nova,' donation of, 2. 339.
'Bibliotheca Saera,' 10. 448.
'Bibliotheca Americana l'rimordia,' 2. 24, 26; 20 274, 276, 278.
Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris, 20 33, 40. ' Bibliothèque Universelle,' 17. 310.
Bickford, Mrs. Elizabeth, 14. 150.
Bickford, John, Sen., 16. 265.
Bickford, Jolın, Jr., marriage of, 14 150.
46
INDEX OF THE PROCEEDINGS
. Bickford, Mary (Mrs. Crocket), 14 152. - Europe, 19. 433. Brussels carpet-loom, Bickmore, A. S., donation from, 10. 320. Biddle, -, II. 255. 19. 433. His description of his own inventive process, 19. 434. Number of Biddle, Hon. Charles, 20. 345. his patents, 19. 435. A candidate for Biddle, Charles J., donation from, 8. 254. Congress, 19. 435. President of the Biddle, Clement, his ' Philadelphia Direc- tory ' cited, 17. 205 n. Wool Manufacturers' Association, 19. 435, 436. His writings, 19. 436. Aca- demical and other lionors, 19. 436, 437. See also E. B. Bigelow Fund.
Biddle, Nicholas, LL.D., 5. 279; 13 43. Editor of the ' Portfolio,' 5. 204. And Miss Townsend, 5. 204. Distrusted by N. Appleton, 5. 284. And N. Appleton, 5. 287-280. Opposed to the resump- tion of specie payment in 1838, 5. 289, 200. His ' History of the Expedition under Lewis and Clark,' edited by Paul Allen, 13. 43.
BIDDLE, Hon. RICHARD, 8. 91, 93, 96; 12. 441. Nominated a Corresponding Mem- ber, 2. 40. Elected, 2. 41. Accepts membership, 2. 52. Owner of the por- trait of Sebastian Cabot, 2. 101 ; 8 91- 96. His ' Memoir of Sebastian Cabot,' 2. 40; 8. 93, 91.
Biden, -, goldsmith, 11. 202.
Biencourt, Charles de, 18. 92.
Big Kenawha, 3. 91.
Bigelow, -, innkeeper, 11. 25, 31.
Bigelow, Abijalı, letter from, to Dr. Har- ris. 2. 108 n. l'arcel for, 2. 126 n.
Bigelow, Abraham, 17. 157.
Bigelow, Abraham O., 19. 357.
Bigelow, Rev. Andrew, D.D., donations from, 2. 35; 5. 347.
Bigelow, Daniel, 1. 443; 19. 396.
BIGELOW, Hon. ERASTUS B., LL.D., 8 231 : 10 136, 485; 12. 250 ; 13. 2, 7, 12 ; 16 163; 17. 284, 285; 18. 25, 322, 409; 19. 207, 423, 444; 20. 108. Elected a Resident Member, 7. 348; 19. 437. Ae- eepts membership, 7. 373. Donations from, 6. 249 ; 8. 171 ; 9. 81 ; 10. 409 ; II. 501. Of committee to examine the Treasurer's accounts, 1866, 9. 82; II. 229; 12. 51. Of committee. on the 'Building,' II. 326. Vote of thanks to, 13. 9. Presents a copy of the ' Ameri- can Centenary,' 15. 162. Death of, 17. xviii ; 19 437; announced, 17. 282- 285. Resolution of the Society on the death of, 17. 285. Mr. Goddard ap- pointed to prepare a memoir of, 18. 67, 'Memoir of,' by D. A. Goddard, 19. 429-437. Birth and education, 19. 429. Seeks employment in Boston, 19. 429. Publishes a book on Stenography, 19. 429. Begins manufacturing, 19. 430. Moves to New York, 19. 430. Efforts for a professional education, 19. 430. Power-loom for weaving quilts, 19. 430. Panic of 1837, 19 431. Coach-lace looms, 19. 431. New quilt-loom, 19. 432. Carpet-looms, 19. 432. Visit to England, 19. 432. Position at Lowell, 19 432. The first Laneaster gingham mills, 19. 432, 433. Second visit to
BIGELOW, Hon. GEORGE T., LL.D., 6. 6; 15. 274; 16. 113, 176; 17. 61, 66; 19. 226. Elected a Resident Member, 4. 197. Accepts membership, 4. 226. lona- tions from, 4. 235; 5. 197, 440; 6. 1, 16, 17; II. 501. Of committee to decide concerning certain papers obtained in the war of 1860-1864, 6. 6. Motion of, IO. 341. One of a committee on the ' Hutchinson Papers,' II. 326. Letter from, on death of Gov. Clifford, 14 191. Death of, 16. xvi ; announced by Vice- President Adams, 16. 175. Vote of the Society on the death of, 16. 176. Mr. George B. Chase appointed to prepare a memoir of, 16. 176.
Bigelow, Mrs. George T., 17. 69. Gift from, 17. 51. Vote of thanks to, 17. 51. Bigelow, Henry, 17. 386, 405.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, M.D., 17. 405, 466. Gift from, 20. 45.
Bigelow, Horatio, 19 431. Donation from, 9. 66.
Bigelow, Jacob, d. 1800, the elder, 17. 386.
BIGELOW, JACOB, M.D., LL.D., d. 1879, 4. 429; 8. 132 ; 9. 360 ; 10. 483; 12. 25, 41; 13. 267 ; 17. 33-35, 40, 41, 66, 370 ; 20. 45, 249, 255. A member of the Anthology Club, 2. 388 n. Eleeted a Resident Member of the Society, 3. 270. The Society meets at his house, 4. 425. Donations from, 4. 430 ; 5. 223 ; 8. 480 ; 9. 467 ; 10. 80. Opinion expressed in the 'Sequel to the l'harmacopia,' 5. 391. His opinion of elder, in medicine, 5. 395. Incident relating to Major André, referred to by, 9. 465. Remarks by, 11. 158. Gives an account of his visit to San Francisco, 11. 326. Letter front, relating to the death of George Ticknor, 12. 23. His death, 16. xvi ; 17. 33, 466, Resolution of the Society on the death of, 17. 38. Tribute of Dr. Holmes to, 17. 40. Dr. Ellis appointed to write a memoir of, 17. 51. Auto- graph and portrait of, faces 17. 383. 'Memoir of,' by Dr. Ellis, 17. 383-467. Ancestry, 17. 385-387. Childhood, 17. 388. Harvard College, 17. 389-391. Residence at Worcester, 17. 393. At- tends medieal lectures at Cambridge, 17. 396. Enters a physician's office in Boston, 17. 396. Studies at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. 17. 398-400. Gains Boylston prizes, 17. 400, 401.
47
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Returns to Boston and begins to prac- tise medicine, 17. 401-405. Partnership with Dr. James Jackson, 17. 406-408. Botanical correspondenee, 17. 408, 412, 413, 416. Appointed professor of Ma- teria Medica, 17. 409. Delivers the Phi Beta Kappa poem, 17. 410. Report on the sea serpent, 17. 414-416. Tour to the White Mountains, 17. 415. Ap- pointed Rumford professor, 17. 417. Marriage, 17. 417, 420. Lectures as Rumford professor, 17. 419. His labors on the 'Pharmacopoeia of the United States,' 17. 424, 425. Of the eonimis- sion to visit New York in reference to the Asiatic cholera, 17. 425-427. Visit to Europe, 17. 427. 428. Various pub- lic services, 17. 427, 428. His agency in establishing Mount Auburn Ceme- tery, 17. 429-434. President and Trus- tee of the cemetery corporation, 17. 434-436, 440, 442. Presents the Sphinx, 17. 436, 437. His aecount of the Sphinx, 17. 438-440. His medical reforms, 17. 442-446. Memorial tributes to other physicians, 17. 447. Tribute to Dr. Jackson, 17. 447, 440. His labors in the cause of education, 17. 419-456. Membership and offices in the Amer- ican Academy of Arts and Seienees, 17. 456. Visit to California, 17. 461. Blindness and paralysis, 17. 462. Ilis remarks on completing his ninetieth year, 17. 463. His chiaraeter, 17. 463, 465. Ilis family, 17. 466. Funeral, 17. 466. Resolutions of the Medical Soci- ety, 17. 466. Letter from the physi- cians of Boston and vicinity on his eighty-ninth birthday, 17. 467. Lec- tures on botany and botanical studies, 17. 408-413. Publishies the 'Florula Bostoniensis,' 17. 408, 411. His Phi Beta Kappa poem, 17. 410. Inaugural address as Rumford professor, 17. 417, 418. His ' American Medical Botany,' 17. 420-423. His ' History of the Cem- etery of Mount Auburn,' 17. 431. 'Self- Limited Diseases,' 17. 442. 'Nature in Disease ' and ' Modern Inquiries,' 17. 443. His 'Report on Homeopathy,' 17. 445, 446. ' The Medical Profession and Quackery,' 17. 446. Other med- ical essays, 17. 447. His address, 'Limits of Education,' 17. 450-452. ' Classieal and Utilitarian Studies,' 17. 453-455. Communications to the Acad- emy's 'Memoirs,' 17. 456. 'Eolopoe- sis,' 17. 459, 460. Latin song at the Harvard College bicentennial, 17. 460. ' Χηνώδια,' 17. 461.
Bigelow, Rev. Jacob, d. 1816. 17. 386, 387, 417. Letter from Dr. Bigelow to, 17. 399, 400.
Bigelow, John, ancestor of Dr. Jacob Big- elow, d. 1703, 17. 385, 386.
BIGELOW, Hon. JOHN, 15. 198. Elected
a Corresponding Member, 13 425. Accepts membership, 14 1.
Bigelow, Jolin P., donations from, 2. 182, 237, 423.
Bigelow, Joseph, 13. 295.
Bigelow, Katharine (Mrs. Abbott Law- rence), 3. 81.
Bigelow, Mrs. Mary (Scollay), 17. 417, 442.
Bigelow, Mrs. Mary ( Warren), 17. 3:6.
Bigelow, Mercy ( Mrs. Garfield), 19. 86.
Bigelow, Richard, 17. 386.
Bigelow, Samuel, 17. 386.
Bigelow, Thaddeus B., 8. 456.
Bigelow, Thomas, 17. 386.
Bigelow, Hon. Timothy, 3. 81; 5. 360 n. Donation from, 2. 536.
Bigelow, Major Timothy, 12. 200; 15. 68, 75, 92, 95. 97, 99, 101, 102, 160.
Bigelow, William, 14. 350.
Bigelow, Mount, 15. 68.
Bigelow School, name of, 6. 32.
Bigger, R. A, recruiter for the Rebel Army, 5. 375.
Biglow, Daniel, 19. 377.
Bigot, Father James, 14. 124 n., 123 n.
Bigot, Father Vincent, 14 124 n.
BIGSBY, ROBERT, LL. D., 13. 266. Nomi- nated a Corresponding Member, 2. 469.
Elected, 2. 469. Letter from, 2. 478.
Death of, announced, 13. xviii, 99. Notice of, 13. 99, 100.
Bigsby, Robert, Registrar of Nottingham, 13. 99. Bilboa, 6. 352.
Bill, James, Jr., 12. 108.
Bill, Jonathan, 12. 108.
Bill, Richard, 4. 65; 18. 368-370, 378.
Bill of lading, of ancient date, 3. 27, 28, 28 п.
Bill of Rights, see Massachusetts and Virginia.
Bill of Rights Club, London, 11. 8.
Billeriea, Mass., 6. 349 ; 12. 394, 395. 397, 400; 16. 300; 18. 166; 19. 95, 325 n. ' History of,' 1. 254 n.
Billiard, P. R., Jesuit missionary, letter of, II. 317-319.
Billing, Richard, 11. 316.
Billings, -, innkeeper, 13. 250.
Billings, Frederick, 19 352 n.
Billings, Joseph, 7. 239.
Billings [Moses ?], Mcdford, 12. 108.
Billings, Richard. 11. 140.
Billings, Rev. Richard. d. 1748, 8. 30.
Billings, Samuel. 11. 307.
Billings, Capt Samuel, 15. 82.
Billingsley, Henry. 10. 408. Billini, Canon, 2. 118 n.
Bills of eredit, 3 149. Occasion of, in Massachusetts, 6. 428.
Bilson, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, II. 440. Binding authorized, 1. 352. Money paid . for, 2. 148 n., 367 n., 360. Papers and
48
INDEX OF THE PROCEEDINGS
pamphlets bound and lettered, 3. 159; | Bishop, Capt. Phanuel, at the Massachu- 7. 21.
Binding fund, 19. 290.
Bingham, J., donation from, 2. 243.
Binglain, William, statue of Franklin erected by, in Philadelphia, 3. 395 n. Bingham, Richards, & Co., Messrs., 17.422. Bingham family, 11. 229.
Binghamton, N. Y., 4. 99.
Bingley, George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron, 12. 417; 14. 235.
Bingley, Robert Benson, Lord, 12. 417; 14. 235.
Bingley, Robert Fox-Lane, 2d Baron, 12. 417.
Binney, Amos, contributes to purchase the Society's building, 1. 465 n.
Binney, Amos, M.D., 19. 336.
Binney, Capt. (Barnabas ?), 11. 140.
Binney, Charles J. F., donation from, 2. 423.
BINNEY, IIon. HORACE, LL.D., I. 439 ; 2. 156; 13. 62, 232; 14. 318; 18. 420. Elected an Honorary Member, 5. 199. Classmate of D. A. White, 5. 177 ; 6. 271. Letter from, to Hugh Blair Grigs- by, II. 224, 225. Death of, 14. xvi; announced, 14. 103. Tributes to, 14. 104-107. Mr. Winthrop's notice of, 14. 155.
Binney, Horace, Jr., 14. 105.
Binney, Jolin, 5. 427 n .; 11. 307.
Binney, Mrs. John, 5. 427 n.
Biographiers of the signers of the Dec- laration of Independence, list of, 15. 393.
Biography, uses of commercial, 3. 7, 8. Biorn, Northman, 10. 79, 80.
Birch, Rec. Thomas, D.D., 16. 210. His ' Life of Sir Robert Boyle,' 1. 33. Ilis 'Court and Times of James I.' cited, 13. 88, 91 n. His 'Court and Times of Charles I.' cited, 14. 376 n. His ' His- tory of the Royal Society' eited, 16. 211 n., 217 n., 221 n.
Birch, William, miniature of Washington by, II. 292.
Bird, -, tarern keeper, 19. 70, 71, 71 n. Bird, Thomas, 17. 144.
Bird Island, Boston Harbor, 20. 152.
Birden (Barden), Rev. Jolin, 8. 11, 20, 25. Birmingham, 3. 145.
Birth, Mr. Washington, 5. 282.
Bisbee, Samuel, 19. 259.
Bishop, Capt , 8. 371.
Bishop, Mr., 3. 338.
Bishop, Bridgett, alias Oliver, 20. 163, 289 n., 294, 311. At a meeting of witches, 5. 33.
Bishop, Edward, 20. 294 n., 313, 314.
Bishop, George, his . New England Judged ' cited, 6. 67 n. ; 14. 144 n .; 18. 396.
Bishop, Margaret (Mrs. Rogers), 5. 401, 496.
setts Convention in 1788, 3. 301.
Bishop, Hon. Robert R., 19. 356.
Bishop, Samuel, 8. 13, 22, 27; 10. 404, 408.
Bishop Seabury Mission, donation from, 7. 347.
Bismarck-Schönhausen, Carl Eduard Leo- pold Otto, Prince, 15. 816; 16. 439, 469; 20. 379. His intimacy with Mr. Motley, 16. 409-411.
Bixby, Samuel, Diary of, during the siege of Boston, 14. 285-298.
Black, Mr., 16. 302.
Black, Andrew, II. 140.
Black, David, 15. 360.
BLACK, Hon. HENRY, LL.D., 13. 266. Nominated a Corresponding Member,
2. 178. Elected, 2. 180. Accepts mem- bership, 2. 188. Death of, 13. xviii, 81. Black, James, 13. 81.
Black, James W., photographer, II. 128 n. Black, Jolın, a refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266.
Black, Capt. John, 15. 83.
Black, Moses, donation from, I. 81.
Black, William H., 8. 93-95.
Black Callerton, coal-mines of, 3. 362, 363.
Black Horse, 17. 203.
Black Point, Mass., 5. 36.
' Black Raven,' 2. 552.
Black River, 7. 326, 330, 334, 337.
Black Will, hanged, 3. 186, 187.
Blackburn, Jonathan B., painter, 12. 323, 324; 16. 38, 391; 19. 312. Sketch of, 16. 385. List of portraits by, 16. 386- 392, 474; 17. 93-05.
Blackleech, Jolin, 16. 221.
Blackler, S. R., 17. 135.
Blackler, Capt. William, 15. 85 n., 86.
Blackley, Capt., Marblehead, 4. 77.
Blackman, Rev. Benjamin, 8. 13, 22, 26.
Blackman, John, 17. 144.
Blackstone, Mrs. Elinor, II. 485.
Blackstone, Elizabeth (Mrs. Berry), 11. 485.
Blackstone (Blackston), John, 12. 359. The first white inhabitant of Boston, 12. 360. Sce Blackstone, Rev. William. Blackstone, Mrs. Lois ( Berry), II. 485.
Blackstone ( Blackston), Rer. William, 12. 350; 13. 79; 14. 315, 308 n., 373; 20. 64, 65. The first white inhabitant of Bos- ton; also called John Blackston, 12. 360. Deposition of Anne Pollard eon- cerning, 14. 184, 185. Sale of land to the town of Boston, and laying out of Boston Common, 14. 301, 302. Facts concerning his life and settlement in Boston, 16. 197-202, 204. A graduate of Emanuel College, 17. 340, 345, 348. Blackstone, Sir William, 6. 277; 17. 183n .; 19. 216; 20. 144, 153, 398. On slavery, 7. 817, 325. His ' Commentaries,' 3. 198, 387; 4. 29; 6. 42, 54; 7. 317, 325;
49
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
13. 216 ; 20. 145 n., 295 n., 301 n. Quo- tation from, 20. 145.
Blackstone Monument Association, dona- tion from the directors of, 3. 40.
Blackstone Street, Boston, Muss., 6. 30.
Blackwall, Antony, his 'Sacred Classics,' 6. 305.
Blackwell, Capt., 16. 107.
Blackwell, Rev. Mr., 17. 205.
Blackwood, Lieut., 8. 385, 389, 301.
Blackwood, Rer. Christopher, 17. 343.
' Blackwood's Magazine,' 14. 47; 16. 403, 436. Cited, 15. 370, 387. Bladensburg, Md., 19. 71.
BLAGDEN, Rev. GEORGE W., D.D., 4. 228, 286, 390; 5. 422 m. ; II. 341 n .; 12. 73; 13. 1; 17. 161; 19. 357. One of the twenty-six members in the heliotype frontispiece, 2. vii; 3 32 a. Donation from, 2. 123; 4. 235. Nominated a Resident Member, 2. 264. Elected, 2 266. Accepts membership, 2. 268. Present at ineetings of the Society, 2. 271, 285, 233, 201, 297, 303, 314, 326, 338, 362, 376, 383, 385, 389, 417, 421, 422, 430, 431, 441, 454, 456, 460, 470, 475, 486, 490, 493, 503, 513, 533, 539, 551, 552, 550, 571, 581, 592, 596, 606. President pro tempore, 2. 288, 375. Of committee to consider obtaining a copy of records of certain churches, 2. 312, 343. Report concerning the records of the Third Church, 2. 382-384. Of committee to address a memorial to the General Court concerning the ownership of certain papers, 2. 420, 420 n. Report concerning the papers, 2. 435, 436, 436 n .- 441 n. Of Standing Committee, 2. 528, 550; 10. 179: 11. 45, 243. Of committee to consider the matter of volumes to be sent to the Smithsonian Institution, 2. 574. Of committee to nominate officers, 4. 272 ; 12. 52. Letter from, to the Massachu- setts Historical Society, 4. 332-334. Remarks by, 5. 226. Letter from, on the Prince Library, 5. 407. Remarks in response to Mr. Livermore, 6. 78. Appointed to prepare a memoir of Rev. Wm. Jenks, D.D., 9. 374; 10. 105. Vote of thanks to, on retiring from the Standing Committee, 12. 81. His 'Me- moir of Dr. Jenks,' 10. 105-112.
Blaikie, Rev. Alexander, donation from, 5. 223. Blaine, IIon. James G., 19 240.
Blaineville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de, 14. 9.
Blair, Rev. Mr., 19. 71.
Blair, Hugh, 3 391.
Blair, Rev. James, Pres. William and Mary Coll., 15. 231; 17. 350.
Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem, 'The Grave,' I. 75.
Blair, Rev. Samuel, 17. 206.
Blair, William, 11. 393, 395. Blaithwait, William, 7. 485.
Blake, Cupt., 13. 61.
Blake, Mrs., children of, 8. 386.
Blake, Arthur W., 19. 357.
Blake, Benjamin, donation from, I. 146. Blake, Edward, 13. 422.
Blake, Capt. Edward, 15. 83.
Blake, Elijah, 17. 160.
Blake, Francis, 11. 49; 17. 394; 19. 166.
Blake, George, d. 1841, 6. 274; 10. 58; 19. 23, 23 2., 24, 39, 50, 160, 167, 160, 170, 173-178. His 'Masonic Eulogy on Washington,' 12. 157. His auto- graphi, faces 19. 169.
Blake, Lieut. George, 15. 83.
Blake, George B., 4. 100.
Blake, Harriette ()/rs. Mills), 19. 13. Letters to, from her husband, 19. 14-30. Blake, Henry, 3. 338.
Blake, James, 12. 52 ; 20. 213. A manu- seript copy of his ' Annals of Dorches- ter' presented, I. 270; 10. 164. His 'Annals of the Town of Dorchester' cited, 12. 300; 14 372 1.
Blake, Capt. John, II. 140.
Blake, Joseph, 19. 13, 164, 167, 169-171.
Blake, Joseph, Jr., 12. 66.
Blake, Lawrence, 15. 157.
Blake, Stanton, donation from, 15. 200.
Acknowledgments of the Society to, 15. 230.
Blake, Lieut. Steward. 15. 82 2., 83.
Blake, William, 12. 115.
Blake vs. Williams, 10. 62.
Blakelock, Corp. John, 14. 101.
Blakeney, Col. William, 18. 360, 373, 375, 376.
Blanchant, Elizabeth (JIrs. Randal), 14. 152.
Blaneliard, Caleb, 7. 220-232, 231, 235; 8. 367; II. 140.
Blanchard, Edward, 17. 427.
Blanchard, Lient. Jere, 15. 81.
Blanchard, Joshua, and wife, 7. 215, 247.
Blanchard, Mrs. Joshua, 7. 222, 216. Blanchard, Joshua P., 2. 206.
Blanchard, Nathaniel, 14. 142.
Blanchard, Rufus, donation from, 15. 8. Communication from, referred to the Recording Secretary, 14. 158.
Blanchard, Thomas, 17. 283.
Blanchard, Lieut. William, 15. 81.
Bland, Richard, 4. 137.
BLAND, Hon. THEODORIC, Chancellor of the State of Maryland, 10. 212. Nomi- nated a Corresponding Member, I. 400. Elected, 1. 407.
Blandford, Marquess of, see Marlborough, Duke of.
Blandford, Mass., 12. 404, 407. Origin of the name of, 12. 414. Blaney, Anna Heath, donation from, 10. 89.
- 4
-
50
INDEX OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Blank book, first donation to the Society, 3. 166, 167.
Blaskowitz, Charles, his plan of Ply- mouth, 1. 48.
Blatchiford, R. M., 16. 28 n.
Blayne, -, 16. 105.
Bleecker, Harmanus, 5. 260.
Blenkin, Canon, 20. 98.
Blenkin, Rev. George B., donation from, 2. 534.
Blennerhassett's Island, 10. 452, 453 ; 17. 189 n.
Blesser, -, his inn in Leacock town- ship, 17. 204, 204 n.
' Blessing of the Bay,' 20. 26.
Blew (Ballou?), Capt., 12. 426.
Bligh, Lieut., 8. 89.
Blight, John, 20. 10.
Blinman, Rev. Richard, 12. 397 ; 17. 343. Bliss, -, innkeeper, 11. 12, 31.
Bliss, -, naval officer and collector, 17. 208.
Bliss, Mr., 19. 214, 219.
Bliss, Rec. Daniel, 2. 392; 15. 397.
Bliss, Ifon. George, 16. 881; 19. 59; 20. 35. His 'Historical Memoir of the Western Railroad,' 16. 381.
Bliss, Jonathan, 15. 184, 397.
Bliss, Leonard, Jr., 8. 182. Donations from, 2. 39, 80. Letter from, 2. 114 n. Notice of, 2. 114 n. His .' History of Relioboth,' 2 114 n. ; 16. 199 n.
BLISS, Rev. PHILIP, LL.D., 12. 437; 16. 142. Nominated an Honorary Member,
2. 247. Elected, 2. 249. Accepts mem- bership, 2. 257. His death, 4. 20.
Bliss, Phoebe (Mrs. Wm. Emerson), 2. 302. Afterwards Mrs. Ezra Ripley, 2. 302.
Bliss, Porter C., 5. 171 ; 8 441; 11. 166. Proposition in regard to Indian lan- guages, 5. 84. Donations from, 6. 20; II. 144. 499.
Bliss, Capt. Samuel, 15. 77.
Bliss, Capt. Theodore, 15. 81.
Block, Maurice, his ' Dictionnaire de la Politique ' cited 16. 252 n.
Block Island, 10. 327.
Blodget, Mrs. M -- , 2. 174. Donations from, I. 97, 98.
Blodget, Samuel, donations from, I. 76. 88.
Blodget, William, luis map of Vermont, I. 11.
Blodgett, Mrs., Virginia, 2. 174.
Blodgett, William T., donation from, 10. 314.
Blogget, Lieut. James, 15. 84.
Blome, Richard, liis 'Cosmography,' 18. 429.
Blomfield, Rt. Rev. Charles James, D.D., Bishop of London. 3 39; 19. 115, 116. Has charge of the Fulham Library, 3 21n. Search made for Bradford's ' His- tory of Plymouth,' 3. 21-23. To receive
the thanks of the Society, 3. 39. To re- ceive a copy of the volume containing Bradford's . History,' 3. 91, 98.
Blomfield, Sir Lawrence, 20. 267.
Blood, -. , Groton, 14. 143.
' Bloody Tenent,' 3. 314.
Bloomfield, Lieut., II. 493.
Bloomfield, Robert, 16. 125.
Blosse, Martha ( Mrs. Knapp), 5. 493.
Blount, Sir Thomas P., his 'Censura Authorum,' 18. 429.
BLOUNT, Gor. WILLIAM, nominated a Corresponding Member, 1. 99. Elect- ed, I. 101. Membership declared for- feited, I. 106.
Blowers, Chief Justice Samson Salter, 15. 184, 397; 19. 145, 147, 148, 151, 152. A centenarian, 8. 440.
Blowers, Rer. Thomas, 8. 20.
Blucher, Gen. Gebhardt Lebreelit von, 11. 242.
Blue and buff uniform, origin of, 4. 140- 151.
Blue Hills, 7. 189, 191, 215, 216, 222, 245. 'Blue Laws of Connecticut,' copy of, pre- sented to the Society, 3. 133.
Blue ribbon in Washington's portrait, 4. 151-153.
Blunt, Edmund M., 18. 00 n. His ' Coast Pilot' cited, 18. 96 n.
Blunt, Edward, donation from, I. 112.
Blunt, John, presents donations to the Society, 2. 15, 72, 73, 73n., 74n., 79. Letter from, 2. 72.
Blunt, Rer. Jolin, 17. 156.
Blunt, Josepli, donation from, 2. 351.
Blurton Parsonage, deatlı of Elisha Hutchinson at, 3. 144 n.
Blyth, B., 20. 188.
Blythe, Capt. Samuel. 15. 188.
Boadicea, Queen, 19. 389.
Board of Customs, London, in the reign of George III., 4. 322-324.
Board of Emigration Commissioners, New York, see New York, etc.
Board of Internal Improvement estab- lished in Massachusetts, sce Massachu- setts Board, etc.
Board of Missions of the Protestant Epis- copal Church, donations from, II. 498. Board of Trade, Boston, see Boston Board, ete.
Board of Trade, English, see English! Board, etc.
Boardman, Andrew, 14. 224.
Boardinan, Mary ( Mrs. Crowninshield), 17. 356.
Boardman, Sherman, his 'Description of the County of Lichfield,' 1. 111.
Boardman, William, 11. 140.
Boats much resorted to in the early days of New England, 3. 371.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 8. 448. His ‘Pas- quino and Simona ' quoted. 5. 303, 394. Bochas, John, his 'Tragedies,' ete., 3. 283.
51
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Boekenbergius (Peter Cornelisson), 12. 186. Boeklı, August, 16. 315; 18. 181.
Boden, John, 14. 136.
Bodine, Samuel, 15. 157.
Bodleian Library, Orford, 1. 399 n. ; 9. 343; 12. 428; 18. 426 n., 428 n .; 19. 332, 333.
Bodley, Sir Thomas, 19. 332.
Bodmin, Eng., 10. 163. Association of ministers at, 2. 447 n., 443 n.
Bodwell, Sgt. Eliphialet, 6. 178; 15. 79 n.
'Body of Liberties,' Mass., 13. 458; 19. 301. Preserved in Vol. VIII. of the third series of Collections, 3. 189. Ex- traets from, on slavery, 3. 189-191.
Boeekh, August, see Bockh.
Boerhaave, llermann, 17. 39, 173.
Boeye, see Boye.
Bohemia, Md., 19. 180.
Bohemia Manor, Md., 13. 311.
Bohemian Brethren, Church of, 16. 213.
Bohn, Henry George, 18. 297.
Boies, John, 10. 129. Extract from a letter front, I. 90n. Donation from, I. 91.
Bois-le-Comte, Charles Joseph Edmond, Comte de, 17. 300.
Boit, Capt., donation from, I. 116.
Boit, Jolin, Jr., donation from, I. 116.
Boitard, L., 14. 169.
Boland, L. V., 12. 67.
Bolin, John, 12. 193.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 12. 273; 18. 63.
Bolivar y Ponte, Simon, 1. 372 n .; 18. 230. Bolivia, penetrated by the ' Alpha,' 7. 416. Bollan, William, 13. 377. Papers of, 2. 220 n. Tracts by, I. 6. His ' Epistle from Timoleon,' I. 18. His 'Importance of Cape Breton,' I. 20. His 'Free Briton's Memorial,' I. 37. Letter of, I. 200.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.