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Nov. 15. Claudius B. Farnsworth. The Burial Grounds of Rhode Island.
29. Hon. Abraham Payne. The Separatists of Windham County, Ct.
Dec. 12. Zachariah Allen, LL. D. Advent, Location and Dis- persion of the Huguenot Settlers in Rhode Island.
20. Henry C. Dorr. Hindrances to the Early Growth and Development of Providence. (R. I. Hist. Tracts, 15.)
1882.
Jan. 24. Dr. Henry E. Turner. The Life and Services of Gov. Samuel Cranston. (See Nar. Hist. Reg. VII. 3, 4.)
Feb. 7. Hon. William P. Sheffield. Rhode Island Privateers and Privateersmen. (P.)
21. Amos Perry. A Movement to secure a Public Park in Providence on the Camping Ground of Count Rocham- bean's Army.
March 7. Reuben A. Guild, LL. D. The First Commencement of Rhode Island College at Warren, September, 1769. (R. I. Coll., Vol. VII.)
21. Prof. William Gammell. LL. D. Memorial Minute re- corded in honor of the late President Zachariah Allen, I.L. D).
21. William W. Hoppin. Tribute to the Memory of Presi- dent Allen.
21. Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D. D., LL. D., and others, on the same occasion. (See Memorial of Zachariah Allen, LL. D. )
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1882.
April 4. Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D. D., LL. D. William Wheelwright, the Great South American Benefactor.
18. Royal C. Taft. Some Notes on the Introduction of Woolen Manufacture into the United States. (P.)
Oct. 31. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. The Confederation Period of the Republic. (JJour .. Nov. 1.)
Nov 14. Rev. Daniel Goodwin. The Life of Rev. William Smith, D. D., of Scotland, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Wick- ford, and of Trinity Church, Newport.
21. Rev. George E. Ellis, D. D. The Origin and Method of History.
Dec. 12. Alexander Farnum. The Public Life and Political Ser- vices of Alexander Hamilton.
1883.
Jan. 23. William E. Foster. Stephen Hopkins. (R. I. Hist. Tracts, 19.)
Feb. 6. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. Early Votaries of Natural Science in Rhode Island. (Coll .. Vol. VII. )
20. Justin Winsor, LL. D. Historical Relations of Latitude and Longitude.
March 6. Edwin C. Lared, The Chicago Fire and its Relief Work.
20. Ex-Gov. Elisha Dyer. Sketch of the History of the Providence Fire Department. (MS.)
July 3. William M. Bailey. The Jacob Whitman Estate and Turk's Head. (MS.)
3, Henry T. Drowne. Sketch of the Life of Stephen Whit- ney Phenix. (P.)
Nov. 7. Prof. Asa Bird Gardiner, LL. D). The Rise and the Decline of the Society of the Cincinnati of France under Louis XVI.
Nov. 27. William B. Weeden. Indian Money as a Factor in New England Civilization. (See Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, 1884.)
Dec. 11. George C. Mason, Jr. Queen Anne, or Free Classic Architecture. (See Lippincott's Mag. Nov., '53.)
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1884.
Jan. 22. William E. Foster. Rhode Island Town Governments in the 17th Century. (See Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, Vol. IV.)
Feb. 5.
Prof John L. Lincoln, LL. D. The Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
19. J. Erastus Lester. The West Side of Providence : its Physical Features, and the Causes which led to its Settlement and Growth. (Jour.)
March 4. William S. Liscomb. Destruction of the Works of An- cient Art. (See Atlantic Monthly, 1885.)
18. Rev. William Elliot Griffis, D. D. Matthew Calbraith Perry, the Typical American Naval Officer. (P.)
April 15. William A. Mowry, Ph. D. The Supreme Moment in the History of North America : the Battle of Quebec, 1759.
July 1. Moses B. I. Goddard. The Construction and the Career of the First Ship "Ann and Hope," of Providence.
Oet. 7. Amos Perry. Some New England Almanacs. (P.) Nov. 18. Prof. Franklin B. Dexter. Ezra Stiles and his Diary.
Dec. 2. William Matthews, LL. D. William Wirt.
16. Hon. John H. Stiness. The Return of Roger Williams with the First Charter of the Colony in 1644. (P.) 16. Gen. Horatio Rogers. The Importance of the Charter of 1643-4. (P.)
16. Rev. Frederic Denison. Truth's Toil and Triumph. A Poem. (P.)
30. Dr. Charles H. Fisher. Numismatics as a Branch of History.
30. Charles Gorton. Illustrations of the same subject.
1885.
Jan. 27. Prof. Albert Harkness, LL. D. Athens in the Age of Pericles. Illustrated.
Feb. 10. Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. The Framers of the Constitu- tion of the United States. (Mag. Am. Hist, April, 1885.)
24. Rev. JJames M. Taylor. The Influence of the Crusades in European History.
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1885.
March 16. Rev. Carleton A. Staples. The Social and Religious Life of a New England Town ( Lexington, Muss .. ) 125 Years Ago.
24. Hon. Thomas Durfee, LL. D. The Transcendental Movement in New England.
April 21. Prof. Elisha B. Andrews, D. D. The Founding of the English State. ( Andover Review. )
Nov. 3. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. The Huguenots and the Edict of Nantes. (P.)
17. Miss Esther Bernon Carpenter. Huguenot Influence in Rhode Island. (Proc.)
Dec. 1. Amasa M. Eaton. The French Spoliation Claims and Rhode Island Claimants. (P.)
15. Prof. C. W. Ernst. The Services of Henry Wheaton in International Law and Diplomacy.
15. Hon. Abraham Payne. The Life and Character of Henry Wheaton.
29. George C. Mason, Jr. Apprenticeship and the Manual Training System. (Jour .. Dec. 30, 1885.)
1886.
Jan. 26. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. Town Names in Rhode Island. (Proc., 86-7.)
26. Edward Field, Jr. Fortifications In and Around Provi- dence.
Feb. 9. Rev. William F. B. Jackson. The Trial of Anne Hutchinson.
23. William Matthews, LL. D. The Battle of Waterloo, with illustrations.
March 9. James Burdick. Reminiscences of California in 1819. 23. Rev. James P. Root. The Public Service of Captain Arthur Fenner of Colonial Times. (P.)
23. Charles II. Denison. The History and Romance of the South County.
April G. Rev. James P. Root. The Home Life of Captain Ar- thur Fenner. (P.)
6. John A. Howland. The Date of Passing the Sentence of Banishment on Roger Williams. (Proc .. 1886-87 ) 3
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1886.
April 20. Rev. W. R. Bagnall. The Textile Industries of the United States prior to 1800.
July 6. John O. Austin. Some. Phases of Genealogical Study.
G. Rev. Crawford Nightingale. A Sketch of the Nightin- gale Family.
6. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. The Opening of the Grave of Rev. William Blackstone, May 6, 1886.
Oct. 5. Dr. Charles W. Parsons. Thomas Willett, the First Mayor of New York. (Mag. Am. Hist., March. 1887.)
5. Miss Esther Bernon Carpenter. What are the Willett Papers, and Where was the Home of Miantonomi? (Jour., Oct. 6, 1886.)
Nov. 2. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. The Life and Services of the late John R. Bartlett. (P.)
16. Hon. JJohn Winslow. The Trial of the Rhode Island Judges : an Episode Touching Currency and Consti- tutional Law. (P.)
30. Hon. John D. Washburn. The Unpublished Auto- biography of President Increase Mather, Reviewed in the Light of the Recent Commemoration of Har- vard University.
Dec. 11. Claudius B. Farnsworth. The Legislation of the Ro- man Emperors Respecting the Church.
28. Prof. Elisha B. Andrews, D. D. Sir Henry Maine on the Prospects of Popular Government. (See Baptist Re- view.)
1887.
Jan. 25. Dr. Franklin C. Clark. Progress of Sanitary Science in Rhode Island.
Frb. 8.
Rev. Samuel L. Caldwell, D. D. Modern Historians.
22. Reuben A. Guild, LL. D. Roger Williams : His Birth, Parentage and Education in the Light of Recent In- vestigations.
March 8. Ray Greene Huling. Samuel Hubbard, of Newport, 1610-1689. (P.)
22. Prof. Stephen F. Beckham. Petroleum in its Historical Relations to Modern Civilization.
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1887.
April 5. Ex-Gov. Elisha Dyer. Elijah Ormsbee's First Steam- boat, and David Grieve's First Screw Propeller. (MS.)
19. Rev. Thomas R. Slicer. The Emperor Julian and the Pagan Afterglow.
July
5. Ex-Gov. Elisha Dyer. Use of Steam Power in Rhode Island, from 1663 to 1781. (MS.)
Oct. 4. William D. Ely. The Date of the Settlement of War- wick Verified and Determined, with Notices of Samuel Gorton and Others. (P. and Proc.)
Nov. 1. Prof. Elisha B. Andrews, D. D. The Constitutional Convention of 1787. (P.)
15. Justin Winsor, LL. D. Diplomatic Wiles and Blunders connected with the Northeastern Boundary Contro- versy.
29. William B. Weeden. The Early African Slave Trade in New England. (See Proceedings Am. Antiq. Soc'y. Oct., 1887.)
Dec. 13. Howard W. Preston. The French Colonial Charters compared with the English.
27. William A. Mowry, Ph. D. Franklin's Diplomacy and its Results.
1888.
Jan. 27. Levi W. Russell. Forestry, with Special Reference to Rhode Island.
Feb. 7. Prof. Alpheus S. Packard, Ph. D., and Prof. Stephen F. Peckham. Advantages to be Derived from a Topo- graphical and Geological Survey of the State.
21. Gen. Horatio Rogers. The Diary of the Rev. John Comer, kept mostly at Newport in the early part of the last century.
March 6. Hon. JJames Phinney Baxter. Early Voyages to America. (P.)
20. James Burdick. The Mining Excitement on the Frazer River, and the Explorer's Return to his Rhode Island Home.
April 3. D. Berkeley Updike. The Burial Place of Mrs. Hannah Gardiner MeSparran near St. Margaret's Church, London, with a plat of the ground. (MS.)
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1888.
April 3. James II. Olney. The Life of Thomas Olney, an Early Proprietor of Providence. (See Olney Genealogy.)
17. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. Rhode Island Refus- ing the Constitution.
July 3. Henry T. Drowne. Sketch of the Society of the Cin- cinnati.
Oct. 2. Isaac P. Noyes. Weather Maps and the Weather Bureau. (P.)
30. Prof. William Gammell, LL. D. The Life of Rowland Gibson Hazard, LL. D. (P.)
30. Ezekiel G. Robinson, D. D. The Philosophical Writ- ings of Rowland Gibson Hazard, LL. D. (P.)
Nov. 13. William E. Foster. The Rhode Island Charter of 1663.
27. Prof. J. Franklin Jameson, Ph. D. The Records of the Virginia Company.
Dec. 11. Prof. Edward P. Smith, Ph. D., of Worcester. . The Movement for a Second Constitutional Convention in 1788. (See Essays in the Constitutional Hist. U. S.)
28. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D. The Naval History of the American Revolution. (See Am. Antiq. Soc. Proc.)
1889.
Jan. 22. William Warner Hoppin. Jr. The Peace Conference of 1861 at Washington.
Feb. 5. Hon. William P. Sheffield. The Early Settlement of Rhode Island and the Causes which led thereto.
19. Rev. Samuel Snelling. William Blackstone and His Times.
March 5. Ray Greene Huling. The Rhode Island Emigration to Nova Scotia. (P.)
19. Commander John R. Bartlett, U. S. Navy. The Physi- cal Geography of the Sea.
April 9. Gen. Horatio Rogers. Rev. Samuel L. Caldwell, D. D. Prof. John L. Lincoln, LL. D. Rev. James G. Vose, D. D. - (Jour., April 10.)
1 Commemoration of
President Gammell.
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1889.
April 16. Prof. John L. Lincoln, LL. D. The Historian Leopold von Ranke.
23. George Grafton Wilson, Ph. D. The Town Government of Providence, 1636-1700. (P.)
30. Hon. George M. Carpenter. .. Washington, the Fomaler of the Nation." (Jour., May 2, 1889, and MS. in Archives. )
May 14. Ilon. William Jones Hoppin, LL. D. Some Curiosities of Historic Portraiture.
July 2. Amos Perry. Origin, Early History, and a List of Lectures and Papers read before the Society. (Proc., 1889-90.)
Oct. 1. Dr. James O. Whitney. The Location of Peirce's Fight, March 26, 1676. (P.)
29. Prof. James M. Hoppin, D. D. .. An Old English Chronicle."
Nov. 12. Rev. George H. Clark, D. D. Oliver Cromwell.
26. Prof. J. Franklin Jameson, Ph. D. The Development of Historical Writing in Modern Europe.
Dec. 10. John C. Pegram. The United States Naval School and its Removal to Newport in 1861.
31. Amasa M. Eaton. The Legal Condition of Woman in Rhode Island. (Jour., Jan. 1. )
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