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C .- The Miscellaneous Papers consist of circulars, annual reports, special reports, annual addresses by Presidents of the Society and members of it, and commemorative and anniversary papers given at various times, from 1822 to 1889, inclusive. No chronological or classified list of these papers has yet been made. Most of these papers may, however, be found in the appended list. The last publica- tion of the Society classified as miscellaneous was an octavo volume of 40 pages, issued from the press in October, 1889, entitled "Early Voyages to America," by James Phinney Baxter, A. M. The Society's first publication was an octavo pamphlet of 8 pages, issued from the press soon after the first election of officers on the 19th of July, 1822. This is entitled "The Charter, Constitution and Circular of the Rhode Island Historical Society." It contains the names
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of the officers, then just elected, as follows : James Fenner, President ; Henry Bull, Theodore Foster, Vice-Presidents ; William R. Staples, Secretary ; JJohn Brown Francis, Treas- urer; W. R. Staples, Stephen Gould, Cabinet Keepers ; Job Durfee, Albert C. Greene, Samuel Eddy, Richard W. Greene, Philip Crapo, William E. Richmond, Christopher E. Robbins, William G. Goddard, William Aplin, Trustees.
Another circular, that was signed by James Fenner, Presi- dent, and William R. Staples, Secretary, and addressed to the people of the State, was issued early in September, 1822. The annual reports rendered by the Board of Trus- tees, July 19, 1836, and July 19, 1839, appeared each as an octavo pamphlet of 8 pages, and since that time annual reports, or summaries of them, have generally been printed in one or more of the journals of the day. Many miscel- laneous papers that have been brought out by associate or individual enterprise, appear without the imprint of the Society, though its cordial endorsement of them is in its records. The number of publications classed as miscel- laneous is probably half a hundred.
There are noted on the following list 343 different papers, read or written by 164 different persons at 314 different meetings, held in 45 different years, comprised within the period of the 56 years that elapsed from 1835 to 1889, in- clusive. About half of the 164 persons who have read papers have read each but one paper. One person read twelve papers, and several persons approximated that num- ber. Some of the many subjects discussed can hardly fail to attract attention. Judge Staples occupied two evenings in discussing before the Society the early laws of Rhode Island, before he printed his essay entitled, "The Code of 1647." Dr. Parsons pursued a similar course in regard to his " Indian Names of Places in Rhode Island." Messrs. Wilkins Updike, David Benediet, George Washington Greene, Samuel Greene Arnold, JJ. Lewis Diman and others, each read a paper that subsequently appeared as a
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chapter in a larger work. The Society's instrumentality in cultivating a taste for historical studies and in encourag- ing historical inquiry and research is beyond question. Several important works that were begun solely with the view of being read before the Society were subsequently elaborated and published.
The late Joseph J. Cooke, on being invited in 1873 to become a member of the Society, replied that he had read the reports and publications of the Society from boyhood up, and that no institution in the State had exerted so strong an influence on his character as this. He then be- came a member of the Society. He did something during his life to enrich its library, and had a clause in his will enabling it to come into possession of five thousand dollars' worth of books.
LECTURES AND PAPERS.
1835.
Nov. 18. John Howland. Personal Recollections and Anecdotes of Revolutionary Scenes and Events.
Dec. 11. Albert G. Greene. The Intercourse Between the Old and the New World Before the Time of Columbus.
16. Prof. Romeo Elton. The History of the Ethical Philos- ophy of the Greeks.
23. Hon. Francis Baylies. The Settlement and Early His- tory of Rhode Island.
30. Hon. Tristam Burges, LL. D. An Introduction to an Historic Account of the Mechanic Arts and Manu- factures of Rhode Island, with Biographical Notices.
1836.
Jan. 6. Ilon. Job Durfee, LL. D. The Narragansett Indians ; Their Nature, Subjugation and Extermination by the Whites.
9. Hon. Job Durfee, LL. D. The Narragansetts After the Pequot War. (See Durfee's Works.)
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1836.
Jan. 13. Rev. Charles W. Upham. A Biography of Sir George Downing.
20. Rev. David Benedict, D. D. Religious Sects and De- nominations, particularly those of our own State and Country.
27. Hon. Tristam Burges, LL. D. Sketch of Rhode Island Naval and Maritime Affairs.
Feb. 3. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. The Civil Polity and the Laws that were adopted in this Colony prior to the Charter of 1663.
10. Hon. John Pitman, LL. D. Sketches of Institutions and Events connected with Civil and Religious Liberty.
Aug. 5. Hon. John Pitman, LL. D. The Two Hundredth Anni- versary of the Settlement of Providence (observed con- jointy by the Society and the City of Providence).
Nov. 30. John Howland. Local Reminiscences of the Revolu- tionary Period.
Dec. 7. Rev. Thomas Robbins, D. D., of Rochester, Mass. The Middle Ages-The Varieties of the Human Race.
14. Joseph K. Angell. The Origin of Religious Liberty in Rhode Island.
21. Hon. Job Durfee, LL. D. The Ideas of the Narragansetts and Their Kindred in relation to the Supernatural.
28. William Sydney Walker. Inquiry respecting the Abo- riginal Inhabitants of America.
1837.
Jan. 4. Hon. Elisha R. Potter. The Settlement of the French Huguenots in New England. (See R. I. Hist. Truets, No. 5.)
11. Hon. Alexander HI. Everett, LL. D. The History of the American Constitution.
18. Hon. William Lincoln, of Worcester. The Expedition against Nova Scotia in 1755.
25. Hon. Tristam Burges, LL. D. The Maritime Affairs of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Planta- tions.
Feb. 1. Rev. Alexander Young, D. D., of Boston. The History of the Pequot War.
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1838.
July 19. fion. William R. Staples, LL. D. The History of the Rhode Island Historical Society. (See American Quarterly Register, Vol. XI.)
1844.
Nov. 20. Prof. William Gammell. Address at the Opening of the New Cabinet. (P.)
1846.
Jan. 6. Hon. Wilkins Updike. The Early History of Narra- gansett. (See Hist. Narragansett Church.)
1847.
Jan. 13. Hon. Job Durfee, LL.D. Annual Address-The Rhode Island Idea of Civil Government. (P.)
13. Sarah Helen Whitman. Tribute to Roger Williams- A Poem. Read by Albert G. Greene. (P.)
April 6. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. The Early Laws of Rhode Island. (See Code of 1647.)
1848.
Jan. 18. Hon. Rowland G. Hazard, LL. D. Annual Address- The Character and Writings of Chief Justice Durfee. (P.)
1849.
Feb. 1. Prof. George W. Greene. Annual Address-History and its Writers. (P.)
Oct. 2. William Wilkinson. Personal Recollections of Sulli- van's Expedition.
Nov. 2. Moses Brown. Account of the "Great Gale," Sept. 23, 1815. Read, with Comments, by Albert G. Greene. (P.)
1851.
Feb. 19. Hon. Elisha R. Potter. Annual Address-Scenes and Events in Rhode Island History. (P.) 1852. Feb. 16. Dr. Usher Parsons. Annual Address-The Battle of Inke Erie. (P.)
1853.
Jan. 17. Hon. Samuel G. Arnold. Annual Address-The Spirit of Rhode Island History. (P.)
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1855.
Feb. 6. Rev. Edward B. Hall, D. D. Annual Address-The Life and Times of John Howland. (P.)
April 12. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. Canonicus and Mian- touomi.
July 3. Rev. Charles C. Beaman. Notices of the Brothers and Sisters of Governor Hopkins and of Commodore Hopkins and of later members of their Family.
Nov. 2. Dr. Joseph Mauran. Notes on the Family of Roger Sherman, with Biographical Sketches of Doctors William Bowen and Pardon Bowen. of Providence.
Dec. 5. Dr. James H. Eldredge. . Topographical Notices of East Greenwich, with Medical Sketches. (MS.)
1856.
Feb. 6. Hon. William P. Sheffield. Early History of Block Island. (P.)
28. Hon. John R. Bartlett. Grades of Civilization among the North American Indians, with Special Notices of Semi-civilized Tribes along the Mexican Borders.
April 10. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. The Productive Industries of Providence in 1790-91. Illustrated by Statistics fur- nished Alexander Hamilton by the Providence Mechan- ics Association.
July 1. Albert G. Greene. An Address to the People of the State, in behalf of the Rhode Island Historical Society ..
1857.
Feb. 5. Rev. Charles C. Beaman. The First Settlement and Incorporation of the Town of Foster, with Biograph- ical Sketches of Theodore Foster, Dr. Solomon Drowne, Obadiah Fenner and others.
March 5. Prof. William Gummell, LL. D. The Loyalists of the American Revolution.
April 7. Dr. David King. The Early History of the Island of Rhode Island.
July 7. Dr. Usher Parsons. Indian Names of Places in Rhode Island. (P.)
Oct. 6. Dr. Usher Parsons. Testimony as to the Site of the Grave of Roger Williams. (See Allen's Memorial of' Roger Williams. )
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1857.
Nov. 5. Henry T. Beckwith. The History of Block Island. (I'.)
Dec. 2. Prof. James B. Angell, LL. D. German Emigration to America. (See N. A. Review, Jan., 1856.)
30. Dr. Edwin M. Snow. The Cholera in Providence in 1832, 1849 and 1854. (P.)
1858.
Feb. 2. Hon. Samuel G. Arnold. Dr. John Clarke and the Charter of 1663. (See Hist. R. I.)
March 10. Hon. Walter R. Danforth. Reminiscences of Provi- dence, especially of Weybosset and Westminster Streets.
April 6. Henry T. Beckwith. The Joseph Williams Place in Cranston.
May 5. Henry C. Dorr. Modern New York the Outgrowth of Colonial New York.
Aug. 11. Horatio Gates Jones. Ebenezer Kinnersley and his connection with Electricity.
1859.
March 3. George H. Moore, LL. D. The Treason of Major- General Charles Lee. (l'.)
9. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. Straw-braiding in America. (See Transactions R. I. Society Domestic Industry, 1858.)
May 4. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. The Census of 1774, and the Growth of Towns. (See R. I. 6th Registration Re- port, 1858.)
4. John A. Howland. Notes on the Minutes of the Com- mittee appointed to Act during the Recess of the General Assembly, 1775-76.
Nov. 3. Sidney S. Rider. The Great Storm of September 23, 1815.
Dec. 13. Henry H. Clements. Retrospect of Colonial History under the Stuarts.
1860.
Feb. 4. Amos Perry. Three-quarters of an Hour with Hum- boldt in the Sans-Souci Palace at Potsdam in June, 1853. (See R. I. Schoolmaster, March, 1860.)
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1860.
Feb. 21. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. Progress of Rhode Island History since the Formation of this Society. March 16. Benjamin Cowell. The Battle of Rhode Island, 1778.
May 18. Zachariah Allen, LL. D. Memorial of Roger Williams with Account of the Burial Place and Disinterment of his Remains. (P.)
Oct. 2. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. History of Motive Power in Providence.
25. Charles Blake. History of the Drama in Rhode Island. (See Hist. Prov. Stage.)
Nov. 30. Amos Perry. The Life and Writings of Dr. Albigence Waldo. (See Hist. Mag., April, 1861.)
1861.
Feb. 4. Zachariah Allen, LL. D. Lafayette's Visit to Provi- dence in 1824. (P'.)
Oct. 1. Sidney S. Rider. History of Paper Money in Rhode Island, 1710-1786. (See R. I. Hist. Tracts, 8.)
16. Rev. Joseph Banvard. The History of Pawtucket.
1862.
April 30. Rev. S. W. Coggeshall, D. D. Early History of the Methodists in Rhode Island.
Sept. Zachariah Allen, LL. D. The Present Crisis in our National Affairs.
Oct. 7. Dr. Usher Parsons. Rhode Island Indian Relics and Antiquities. (See Hist. Mag., Feb., 1863.)
1865.
Jan. 17. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. The French Encampment in Providence in 1782. (See Our French Allies. )
Nov. 28. Hon. Willium R. Staples, LL. D. The Congress of 1765. 28. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. The Providence of My Boyhood.
Dec. 27. Hon. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, L.L. D. North and South America. (P.) 1866.
May 1. John Howland. Meeting in a Boston Shipyard in rela- lation to Jay's Treaty, 1794. Written by Mr. How- land at the time of the Treaty. Read by Rev. Edwin M. Stone.
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1866.
Nov. 13. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. The Invasion of Canada, 1775, including Arnold's Expedition through the Wilderness of Maine and Canada to Quebec. (R. I. Coll., Vol. VI.)
Dec. 5. Prof. J. Lewis Diman, D. D. Sir Henry Vane, and his relations to Rhode Island.
1867.
Feb. 20. Prof. George W. Greene, LL. D. The Defence of the Delaware (1777), in which Rhode Island men took a prominent part. (See Life of Gen. N. Greene. )
March 1. Reuben A. Guild, LL. D. The Final Location of Rhode Island College. (See History of Brown University.) 7. Prof. George W. Greene, LL. D. The Importance of Historical Researches and Records.
April 9. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. Biographical Sketches of Col. Christopher Greene ; Maj. Simeon Thayer; Capt. Samuel Ward : Dr. Isaac Senter, and Col. John Top- ham.
May 7. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. The Debates in the Federal Congress of 1781-82 on the Collection of Revenue Duties ; The part taken in the discussion by the Rhode Island delegation and its consequences. Oct. 22. William R. Staples, LL. D. The Establishment of Civil Liberty in America.
1868.
Feb. 13. Col. Joseph S. Pitman. The Rhode Island Company in the Mexican War and General Scott's Batteries before the City of Mexico. (Jour., Feb. 14-68.)
April 14. Hon. John R. Bartlett. Pre-historic Man and his Early Appearance in Europe.
June 2. Amos Perry. The Citadel, Harbor and Ruins of Car- thage, illustrated with chart and diagrams.
Oct. 20. Amos Perry. Archeological Sketches of the Regency of Tunis. (See Carthage and Tunis.)
Dec. 8. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. Thomas A. Tefft, as a Mone- tarian.
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1869.
Feb. 9. Hon. William R. Staples, LL. D. The Liberty Tree of Providence. Read by Edwin M. Stone.
April 6. Hon. Thomas Durfee, LL. D. The Haunted Ruin. A Poem. (See Village Picnic, etc.)
June 1. Hon. Samuel G. Arnold. Our Honored Dead-Albert G. Greene, William R. Staples and Usher Parsons. (P.)
Oct. 12. Rev. Frederic Denison. The Aborigines of Westerly. A Poem.
Nov. 2. Prof. Romeo Elton, D. D. The Etymology and Philos- ophy of Surnames.
Dec. 17. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. Lord Bellomont and Father Rasle in 1699. (Mag. Am. Ilist., April, 1885.)
1870.
Feb. 1. Hon. Francis Brinley. The Life of Nathaniel Byfield, of Bristol.
23. Henry C. Dorr. Planting and Growth of Providence.
Dec. 20. Henry C. Dorr. Same subject.
1871.
Feb. 13. Hon. Francis Brinley. The Life of Matthew Craddock, the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company. March 19. Henry C. Dorr. The Planting and Growth of Provi- dence.
Nov. 8. Rev. Thomas T. Stone. D. D. Roger Williams, the Prophetic Legislator. (P.)
1872.
July 19. Prof. J. Lewis Diman, D.D. Introductory Address at the Semi-centennial Anniversary of this Society. (Proc.) 19. Zachariah Allen, LL. D., Acting President. Historical Address. (Proe.)
19. Henny C. Whitaker. The Charm of Story. A Poem. (Proc.)
Dec. 17. J. Erastus Lester. The Yosemite Valley. (P.) 1873. Feb. 11. Rev. Thomas T. Stone, D. D. George Fox. the Seer of the Inner Light. May 27. William A. Mowry, Ph. D. The Territorial Expansion of the United States.
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1874.
Jan. 9. Robert Sherman. The Rebellion of 1842. (See Jour. of Jan. 10-74.)
Feb. 3. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. The History of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction. (P. & Proc.)
24. Amos Perry. The Life of Solomon Drowne. From a Sketch by William Drowne. (MS.)
March 10. Rev. S. W. Coggeshall, D. D. The Coggeshall Family traced from the period of the Crusades, with a par- ticular account of Joshua Coggeshall, an eminent Quaker of Portsmouth, R. I.
17. William J. Miller. The Wampanoag Indians. (P.)
April 7. Amos Perry. The Rhode Island Society of the Cincin- nati. (Proc., 74-75.)
21. Henry C. Dorr. The Early Town Meetings of Provi- dence. (P.)
May 5. William A. Mowry, Ph. D. Who Invented the First Steamboat? (P.)
19. Hon. Samuel G. Arnold. Exploits of a Rhode Island Privateer (Capt. Simeon Potter). See Overland Monthly, April, 1874.
Oct. 6. Hon. Simon Henry Greene. A Brief Sketch of his Branch of the Greene Family, with a Notice of the Life and Character of the late John L. Hughes.
Nov. 10. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. Thomas A. Tefft, the Deviser of an International Currency. (See Stone's Life of 'Tefft.)
Dec. 8. Erastus Richardson. A Providence Plantation in Woon- socket and Vicinity. (See Hist. Woonsocket.)
1875.
Feb. 16. Dr. Henry E. Turner. The Importance of Collecting, Classifying and Arranging the Genealogical Statistics of the State. (Proc.)
March 2. Thomas C. Amory. The Military Movements in Rhode Island in 1778.
16. William J. Miller. Philip, the Wampanoag Chieftain. (P.)
April 6. Frank B. Butts. The Combat of the Merrimac with the Monitor, and the Wreck of the latter. (P.)
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1875. April 6. Richard M. Sherman. Account of Events that occurred on his Grandfather's farm on the day of the Battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778.
13. Zachariah Allen, LL. D. The Life and Services of Senator James Burrill. ( Proc. )
13. William Jones Hoppin, LL. D. A Biographical Sketch of Gov. William JJones. Read by the Secretary. (Proc.)
May 10. Hon. Abraham Payne. Reminiscences of the Providence Bar. (See Prov. Bar.)
June 21. Hon. Samuel G. Arnokl. Address as President of the Society at a Meeting at Mount Hope on the Bi- centenary of the Breaking Out of King Philip's War. (Jour., June 22.)
21. Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D. The Repulsive Charar- ter of King Philip. (Jour., June 22.)
21. Prof. J. Lewis Diman, D. D. Some of the Results of King Philip's War. (Jour., June 22.)
July 6. John A. Howland. The Election of a Negro as Warden of the Third Ward of Providence, reputed to be the first African elected by popular vote to a Civil Office in the United States. (MS. See Scrap Book, No. 1.)
Oct. 5. Hon. Henry L. Greene. The Original Settlers of War- wick. (MS.)
Nov. 9. Col. John Ward. The Life and Services of Col. Sam- nel Ward. (P.)
23. Prof. J. Lewis Diman, D. D. Religion in America during the last Century. (See N. A. Review, Jan .. 1876.)
30. Hon. Henry B. Anthony. Characteristics and Senti- ments of the Leading Men of the 36th Congress. (A. D. 1859-61.)
Dec. 21. Henry C. Dorr. The Town Records of Providence in the Seventeenth Century. (P.)
1876.
Jan. 10. Hon. Abraham Payne. Reminiscences of Rhode Island Lawyers. (Pror.)
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1876.
Jan. 18. Mrs. Caroline Gallup Read. Historical Sketch of the Family of Capt. John Gallup, slain in the Great Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675, with a Copy of Col. Sylvanus Reed's Orderly Book, 1778. Read by Vice- President Allen. (MS.)
Feb. 1. Rev. Carlton A. Staples. The Journal and Character of Rev. Enos Hitchcock, D. D., a chaplain in the Con- tinental Army.
15. George C. Mason. Nicholas Easton vs. The City of Newport. (Coll., Vol. VII.)
29. Hon. William P. Sheffield. The History of Block Island. (P.)
March 14. William J. Hoppin. LL. D. The Continental frigate Providence. (Proc.)
28. William J. Miller. The Wampanoag Indians. (P.)
April 4. Amos Perry. History of the Providence Marine So- ciety. (Proc.)
10. Zachariah Allen. LL. D. Bi-centenary of the Burning of Providence in 1676, and a Defence of the Rhode Island System of Treating the Indians. (P.)
Aug. 24. Hon. Samuel G. Arnold. Address on the 200th Ani- versary of the Death of King Philip at Mt. Hope.
24. William J. Miller. Facts and Incidents connected with the Death of Philip. (Proc.)
Oct.
3. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. General Sullivan's Brigade Orderly Book at Cambridge in 1775.
24. William A. Mowry, Ph. D. The Cherokee Indians. Nov. 21. Prof. J. Lewis Diman, D. D. The Relation of the Ottoman Empire to European Politics.
Dec. 5. Ilon. Samuel G. Arnold. Historical Sketch of Middle- town, R. I. (P.)
19. Col. John Ward. Life and Services of Gov. Samuel Ward. (P.)
1877.
Jan. 2. Rev. Edwin M. Stone. Rochambeau's Army. (See Our French Allies.)
30. Rev. Frederic Denison. Sketch of the Ilistory of Westerly. (See Ilist. Westerly. )
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1877.
Feb. 13. Hon. John R. Bartlett. Arctic Explorations.
27. Dr. Henry E. Turner. The Greenes of Warwick in Colonial History. (P.)
March 13. Hon. Abraham Payne. Reminiscences of the Dorr Re- bellion.
20. Hon. George A. Brayton, LL. D. The Early Career of Samuel Gorton. (P.)
27. Renben A. Guild, LL. D. History of the Library of Brown University.
April 10. Henry C. Dorr. The Ancient Highways of Provi- dence. (P.)
24. George C. Mason. Early Printing in Newport, and The Frigate General Greene. (Two papers.)
Oct. 16. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. Contributions History has Received from Certain Physical Sciences. (See Jour., Oct. 17.)
30. Col. Thomas W. Higginson. A Congressman (William Ellery) on Horseback.
Nov. 13. Prof. Albert Harkness, LL. D. Modern Philologieal Research and its Results.
27. Hon. Richard A. Wheeler. Historical Sketch of the Pequot Indians. (P.)
Dec. 11. Paul C. Sinding. The Religious Life and Customs that early prevailed in Europe.
19. Col. John Ward. The Continental Congress before the Declaration of Independence. (See Mag. Am. Ilist., April, 1878.)
1878.
Jan. 22. Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D. D., LL. D. The Incas of Peru, with illustrations.
Feb. 5. General Tevfik of Constantinople : Principles and Cus- toms in the Ottoman Empire. (P.)
19. Dr. Henry E. Turner. The Life and Services of William Coddington. (P.)
19. Charles Gorton. The Soapstone Quarries in Johnston. March 5. Hon. Abraham Payne. The Blue-Laws of Connecticut. 19. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. Three-hundredth Anniver- sary of the Birth of Dr. William Harvey.
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1878.
April 16. Dr. David King. Sketch of the Early History of New- port.
30. Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner, LL. D. The Rhode Island Line in the Continental Army, and its Society of Cin- cinnati. (P.)
Nov. 5. Thomas C. Amory. Some of the Ancient Historic Houses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
19. George C. Mason. Gilbert Stuart, the Painter. (See Life of Stuart.)
Dec. 3. Hon. John R. Bartlett. The Aryan Race, its Lan- guages, Literature and Migrations.
17. Henry C. Dorr. The Relations of the Providence Plan- tations with neighboring Tribes of Indians.
31. Prof. C. W. Ernst. Afghanistan and its War with Great Britain.
1879.
Jan. 28. Hon. Abraham Payne. The Life and Times of Jonathan Edwards.
Feb. 11. Col. John Ward. Siege of Harper's Ferry by Stone- wall Jackson, in 1862.
25. Dr. Henry E. Turner. Jeremiah Clarke and his De- scendants.
March 11. John Austin Stevens. The French in Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War. £ (See Mag. Am. Ilist .. July, 1879.)
May 20. Rev. George E. Ellis, D. D. The Present Indian Question with the United States Government. (See Ellis' " The Red Man and the White Man in North America.")
Oct. 10. Ilon. Isaac N. Arnold. Who led the American Troops to Victory in the Northern Campaign in 1777? (See Life of B. Arnold.)
Nov. 5. Gen. Horatio Rogers. La Corne St. Lue, the Leader of Burgoyne's Indians. ( Hadden's Journal. )
19. Prof. John L. Lincoln. Tucitus, the Historian.
Dec. 4. Zachariah Allen, LL. D. The Conditions of Life, Habits and Customs of the Indians, and their Treat- ment by the First Settlers. (P.)
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1879.
Dec. 16. Hon. William D. Brayton. The Oswego Expedition of 1783.
31. William B. Weeden. The Rise of Personal Property. (See Social Laws of Labor. )
1880.
Jan. 30. Albert R. Cooke. The Life and Services of Governor Nicholas Cooke.
Feb. 10. Reuben A. Guild, LL. D. The Life and Services of Chaplain Hezekiah Smith, D. D. (See Guild's Life of Smith.)
24. Dr. Henry E. Turner. The Settlers of Aquidneck, and their Agency in Promoting Liberal Ideas. (P.) March 9. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. Asylum and Extra- dition among Nations. (See Jour., March 10.)
23. Gen. James Grant Wilson. The Life and Public Ser- vices of Commodore Isaac Hull, and an Account of the frigate Constitution.
April 20. Hon. Abraham Payne. Presidential Elections.
May 4. Rev. David HI. Greer, D. D. Socialism : its Aims, Methods and Results.
Oct. 19. Sidney S. Rider. The Authorship of the first Civil Compact of the Providence Plantations.
Nov. 4. William A. Mowry, Ph. D. Our Possessions in Oregon. 16. Stephen B. Miller. The Settlement of the City of Hud- son, N. Y., by citizens of Providence.
Dec. 2. Col. John Ward. The Part taken by Rhode Island during the Period of the " Stamp Act."
28. Hon. Abraham Payne. Prudence Crandall and her School at Canterbury, Ct.
1881.
Jan. 26. William S. Liscomb. Loss and Recovery of the Works of the Greek and Latin Authors. (See Atlantic Monthly, 1881.)
Feb. 8. Prof. William Gammell. LL. D. The Monroe Doc- trine : its Origin and History. 22. Rowland Hazard. The Credit Mobilier in America. (P.) March 8. William P. Sheffield, Jr. The Narragansett Sachems. (P.)
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1881.
March 22. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. The Medical School, for- merly existing in Brown University, its Professors and Graduates. (R. I. Hist. Tracts, 12.)
April 2. Moses Coit Tyler, D. D. Traits of American Literature during the Period of the Revolution.
19. Zachariah Allen, LL.D. The Suffrage Movement in Rhode Island, which resulted in the Dorr War.
May 3. Rev. John C. Stockbridge, D. D. Reception in Eng- land of the News of the Defeat of Cornwallis at York- town, 1781. (Mag. Am. Hist.)
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