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Contents: The Capitol, Washington, by Joseph B. Varnum; Within the Capitol, by Charles Dickens, Arlington, Virginia, by Iza Duffus Hardy; Carpenters' hall, by Benson J. Lossing; The Cradock_house, Medford, by Samuel Adams Drake; Fraunces tavern, by William J. Davis; William and Mary College, by John Fiske; The Mission Dolores, San Francisco, by Lady Hardy; King's Chapel, Boston, by F. W. P. Greenwood; Some buildings in Havana, by Richard Davey; St. Michael's church, Charleston, by William Gilmore Simms; The Carlyle house, Alexandria; Independence hall, Philadelphia, by D. W. Belisle; The Castle of Chapultepec, by Thomas Unett Brocklehurst; Parliament buildings, Ottawa, by Lady Hardy; Mount Vernon, by Arthur Shadwell Martin; The Old Manse, Concord, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Jamestown tower, by Charles Frederick Stansbury; Nassau hall, Princeton; Castle Garden, New York, by Esther Singleton; Monticello, by Edward C. Mead; The William Penn house, Philadelphia, by John F. Watson; The Cathedral, Mexico, by Thomas Unett Brocklehurst; The Whipple house, Ipswich, by W. H. Downes; Fort Marion, St. Augustine, by Iza Duffus Hardy; St. Anne de Beaupré, Quebec, by Anna T. Sadlier; The Wadsworth Longfellow house, Portland, by Nathan Goold; Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, by Gulian C. Verplanck; The Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, by Lady Hardy; The National Washington monument, by Joseph B. Varnum; The Clarke Hancock house, Lexington; Castle St. Louis, Quebec, by J. M. Le Moine; Sunnyside, Tarrytown, by Benson J. Lossing; The Old Witch house, Salem, by Esther Singleton; Shrine of Guadalupe, by Thomas Unett Brocklehurst; Christ Church, Alexandria, by Bishop Meade; A glimpse at the houses of New Orleans, by Lady Hardy; The Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal, by Major A. C. Yate; The City hall, New York, by Arthur Shadwell Martin; The White House; The White House of the Confederacy, Richmond; The Old State house, Boston, by Edward G. Porter; The MorrisJumel house, New York; Fort Sumter, by Iza Duffus Hardy; Old Stone tower, Newport, by Benjamin J. Lossing; St. Paul's Chapel, New York, by Charles Hemstreet; Faneuil hall, Boston, by Edward G. Porter; Liberty enlightening the world, New York, by Esther Singleton.

Smith, Richard. A tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in 1769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey; ed., with a short history of the pioneer settlements, by Francis W. Halsey. N. Y., Scribner. (2), vii-x, xiii-lxxiii, 102 p. illus., plates, ports., maps, facsim. [339 Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Jan. 1907) 427-428; Nation, LXXXIV (Feb. 28, 1907) 204. Wilda, Johs.

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Amerika-Wanderungen Deutschen. I. In der Mitte des Kontinents. Berlin, Allgemeiner Verein f. deutsche Literatur. viii, 367 p. illus., [340

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Fiske, John, and John Bach McMaster. Modern development of the new world. Vol. XXIII of A history of all nations. Phila. and N. Y., Lea bros. 409 p. illus. [343

Modern development of the new world, by John Fiske, first pub. in 1902. Of the 1906 edition, pp. 366-390 are by John Bach McMaster, Dr. Fiske's work ends with the Ratification of the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States, 1899. Professor McMaster's work brings it down to the Peace of Portsmouth.

460 p.

Contents: Westward Ho!; The Slave power; The Civil war; The fight against corruption; Life, science, literature and art; British America and the Polar regions; Spanish America since its liberation; The ousting of Spain. Vol. XXIV is a "General index of A history of all nations from the earliest times." Garner, James Wilford. The history of the United States, bv James Wilford Garner, and Henry Cabot Lodge, with a historical review by John Bach McMaster. [Ed. de luxe.] Phila., Morris and co. 4 vols. illus., plates, ports., maps, facsims.

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Hay, John. Addresses of John Hay. N. Y., Century. vi, 353 p. port. [345

Contents: I. Franklin in France.-X. American diplomacy.-XII. William McKinley-XV. New Orleans. XVI. The Grand army of the republic. XVII. President Roosevelt.-XVIII. Edmund Clarence Stedman.-XIX. Lincoln's faith. -XX. The press and modern progress.-XXI. America's love of peace.-XXIII. Life in the White House in the time of Lincoln.-XXIV. Clarence King. 1

Lodge, Henry Cabot. A frontier town, and other essays. N. Y., Scribner. (4), 274 P.

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Contents: A frontier town.-Good citizenship. -The Senate of the United States.-History. -Samuel Adams.-Theodore Roosevelt.-Senator Hoar.-American history.-Certain principles of town government.-Franklin.-The United States at Algeciras.

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Apr. 1907)

701-702.

Worrell, John. A diamond in the rough; embracing anecdote, biography, romance and history. Indianapolis, Burford. 282 p. port. [348

Contains brief sketches of General Sam Houston, the Texan war of independence, New Har mony, Ind., Evangeline and the Acadians in the U. S., Civil war reminiscences, etc.

Textbooks, Outlines, Etc.

Bardeen, Charles William. Fundamental facts of American history; consisting of full answers to all the examinations in that subject given by the regents of the University of the state of New York,

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First published 1904. Elson, Henry William. School history of the United States. N. Y., London, Macmillan. xxviii, 467 p. illus., maps. [352 Gerson, Oscar. History primer, by Oscar Gerson and Melvin Hix. Phila. and N. Y., Hinds, Noble and Eldredge. v, 131, xiv p. illus. [353 King, William C. King's illustrated portfolio of our country. Springfield, Mass., W. C. King co. (2), 6 double plates, 5 col. double diagr., 43 x 46cm.

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Mowry, William Augustus. Essentials of United States history, by William A. Mowry and Blanche S. Mowry. N. Y., Boston, Silver. v-x, 378, 56 p. illus., [355 Pray, Kenneth Louis Moffatt, and W. F. Rocheleau. United States history. Kansas City, Roach. 3 v., illus., port., maps. (Home study historical series, ed. by C. H. Sylvester.)

[356

Vol. III pub. by Interstate school of correspondence, Chicago.

Smith, Margaret Mendenhall. Outlines of United States history. Denver, Colo. Herrick book and stationery co. 48 p.

[357 White, Henry Alexander. Beginner's history of the United States; stories of the men who made our country. N. Y., Cincinnati [etc.], Am. bk. co. 316 p. port., illus. [358 Woodburn, James Albert, and Thomas Francis Moran. American history and government; a text-book for grammar schools on the history and civil government of the United States. N. Y., Longmans. xix, 502, xxi-lxxxviii p. port., illus., plates, maps.

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Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XIII (Oct. 1907) 196-197.

Colonial History to 1763.

General.

Andrews, Charles M. Some neglected aspects of colonial history. N. J. HIST. SOC. PROC., 3rd ser. IV (Oct.) 1-18. [360 The Ark and Dove. MD. HIST. MAG., I. (Dec.) 352-354 [361

Entries in the Public record office, London, referring to the voyage of the Ark and Dove. 1633.

[362

Cheyney, Edward P. The England of our forefathers. AM. HIST. REV., XI (July) 769-778. Cordier, Louis i. e. Jules Anne Louis. Les compagnies à charte et la politique coloniale sous le ministère de Colbert. Paris, A. Rousseau. vii, 303, (1) p. [363

Contents: Première partie La politique coloniale avant 1664: Chap. I. Puissance coloniale des nations européennes au milieu du XVII. siècle. II. Etat général et caractères de la colonisation française au milieu du XVII. siècle. Deuxième partie-Colbert et les chartes de 1664: Chap. I. Arrivée de Colbert au pouvoir. II. Fondation de la compagnie des Indes occidentales et de la compagnie des Indes orientales. Troisième partie-La politique coloniale française depuis la fondation des deux grandes compagnies jusqu'en 1669: Chap. I. Indes orientales. II. Antilles et Afrique occidentale. Egerton, Hugh E. The transference of colonial power [in America] to the United Provinces and England. In The Cambridge modern history (Cambridge, Eng., University press). IV, 747-759 p.

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Ellis, George William, and John E. Morris. King Philip's war; based on the archives and records of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island and Connecticut and contemporary letters and accounts, with bioN. graphical and topographical notes. Y., Grafton press. xiii, 326 p. front., pls., fold. map. (The Grafton historical series, ed. by H. R. Stiles.) [365

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Apr. 1907) 696. Eno, Joel N. The Puritans and the Indian lands. MAG. OF HIST., IV (Nov.) 274-281. [366 Firth, C. H., and T. C. Lomas, comps. Notes on the diplomatic relations of England and France, 1603-1688. List of ambassadors from England to France and from France to England. Oxford, B. H. Blackwell. iv, 47 p.

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"The pamphlet will be of service to those I wishing to see in whose hands were the extensive negotiations about affairs in North America which took place during the period." Fitch, Albert Parker. The Pilgrim legacy. MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Jan.) 37-42. [368 Hale, Edward Everett. The foundations. OUTLOOK, LXXXIV (Sept. 15) 126-131. [369-370

Address at the tercentennial at Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 1.

"Reveals chiefly the interior life of the man, and the type of the religious thought and understanding of the Puritan days. The references to parish residents and the passing events of a century and a half ago may give genealogic and historic hints." [371

Ireland, William W. The life of Sir Henry Vane the younger, with a history of the events of his time. [1613-1662.] N. Y., Dutton. 1906. [London, Eveleigh Nash, 1905.]

XV, 513 p.

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Jan. 1907) 369-371; Nation, LXXXIV (Jan. 17, 1907) 59-60.

Kirkpatrick, F. A. Lectures on British
colonization and empire. First series.
(1600-1783.) With an introduction by H.
E. Egerton. London, John Murray. 114
p.
[372
Laut, Agnes C. Gamesters of the Wilder-
ness. The Hudson's Bay fur company
and the French raiders. 1670-1697. HAR-
PER'S, CXII (Apr.) 768-779.
[373
Lavell, Cecil F. The great duel with France.
CHAUT., XLIV (Sept.) 63-79. [374

3rd in a series on Imperial England. With special reference to the struggle for territory in America.

Licenses to pass from England beyond the
seas. [1631-1632.] GENEAL., XXIII
(July-Oct.) 32-38, 115-119.
[375

From the records of the Exchequer, King's
Remembrancer, No. 16.

Long, John D. The spirit of the Pilgrims.
OUTLOOK, LXXXIV (Oct. 20) 416-419.

[376 M'Culloh, Henry. Miscellaneous representations relative to our concerns in America. Submitted (in 1761) to the Earl of Bute by Henry M'Culloh. Now first printed from the original ms., with biographical and historical introduction by Wm. A. Shaw. London, G. Harding. xvi, 22 p.

[377

Muster-roll of Lt.-Col. Edmund Goffe's co. in the expedition against Port Royal in 1710. GENEAL. MAG., I (Mar.) 366-367. [378 Old South Leaflets. (166-173.) Early days in the old colonies. Boston, Directors of the Old South works, Old South meeting house.

Two Jacobite convicts. MD. HIST. MAG., I
(Dec.) 346-352.
[382

Letter from Donald McPherson, a young lad who was sent to Virginia in 1715. [Marylan, te 2d June, 1717.] Narrative of Alexander Stewart. [1747-1748.]

Virginia company of London. The records of the Virginia company of London; the Court book, from the manuscript in the Library of Congress; ed. with an introduction and bibliography, by Susan Myra Kingsbury. Preface by Herbert Levi Osgood. Washington, Gov. print. off. 2 v. 635; 611p. front., facsims. 30 x 231cm.

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At head of title: Library of Congress. The introduction and bibliography, v. 1, p. 11-206, also published separately, Washington, 1905.

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Jan. 1907) 424425; Nation, LXXXIV (Jan. 24, 1907) 84-85. Wade, Mrs. Mary Hazleton Blanchard. Old colony days: stories of the first settlers and how our country grew. Boston, Wilde. vii, 179 p. (Uncle Sam's oldtime stories.)

[384

French and Indian War. [Baldwin, Jeduthan.] Extracts from the diary of a Revolutionary patriot. Contributed by John H. Calef. JOUR. MIL. SER. INST., XXXIX (July-Aug.) 123130. [385

I. Journal kept by Capt. Jeduthan Baldwin while on the expedition against Crown Point, 1755-56. Chérot, Henri. La perte de l'Acadie et du Canada. ÉTUDES, CVIII (July 20) 250260. [386 D'après une nouvelle publication. Camille de Rochemonteix, Les Jésuites de la NouvelleFrance aux dix-huitième siècle.

Emerson, George Douglas. [379 The Niagara campaign of 1759. [Buffalo?] 39 p. pl., ports., plan. [387

Contents: The invention of ships by Sir
Walter Raleigh, 16
The settlement of

Jamestown by Capt. John Smith and others,

20

p.; New Netherland in 1460 by David Peterson de Vries, 20 p.; The New England confederation, 1643, 12 p.; Lord Baltimore's plantation in Maryland, 12 p.; Description_of Pennsylvania by William Penn, 16 p.; The Fundamental Constitution of Carolina, 1669, 24 p.; The rights of the colonists by Samuel Adams, 12 Introduction Old (list of South lectures, leaflets and essays, 1881-1906),

20 p.

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Report of the British Board of trade and plantations, November, 1702 N. Y. PUB. LIB. BUL., X (May) 271-278.

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Printed from a transcript, now in the N. Y. public library, probably made for the Earl of Bute about the middle of the eighteenth century. Rogers, John. Diary of Rev. John Rogers, 1748. OLD ELIOT, VII (Jan.) 15-20.

[381

Two papers, read before the Buffalo association, Society of colonial wars, April 27 and November 16, 1905.

Fitch, Jabez. The diary of Jabez Fitch, jr. [1757.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Jan., JulyOct.) 44-47, 187-188, 251-253. [388 The Gnadenhuetten massacres. A brief account of two historic tragedies. PA.GERMAN, VII (Jan.) 26-31.

Pa.

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I. Indian massacre, 1755, at Gnadenhuetten, Gridley, Luke. Luke Gridley's diary of 1757 while in service in the French and Indian war. Ed. for the Acorn club. [Hartford, Conn., Hartford press, Case, Lockwood and Brainard co.] (Acorn club. Pub. no. 10.)

64 P.

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Hardy, Constantine. Extracts from the journal of Constantine Hardy, in the Crown Point expedition of 1759. NEW ENG. HIST. AND GENEAL, REG., LX (July) 236-238. [391 Hervey, William. Journals of the Hon. William Hervey, in North America and Europe, from 1755 to 1814; with order books at Montreal, 1760-1763. With memoir and notes. Bury St. Edmund's, Paul and Mathew. lxxvi, 548 p. illus., plates, ports., map. 22 x 17cm. (Suffolk green book. no. XIV.) [392 Introduction signed: S. H. A. H. i. e. Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey.

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Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Apr. 1907) 689-690; Hist. pub. Canad., XI (1907) 56-57. Kelsey, Moses. Journal of Moses Kelsey. An officer in the Seven Years' war. [1757-1758.] Notes by Lucien Thompson. GRANITE STATE MAG., II (Aug.) 95-101. [393 Pitt, William, Ist earl of Chatham. Correspondence of William Pitt, when secretary of state, with colonial governors and military and naval commissioners in America; ed. under the auspices of the National society of the colonial dames of America, by Gertrude Selwyn Kimball. N. Y., London, Macmillan. vols. Vol. I. lxix, 445 P. Vol. II. xxiii, 502 p. port. [394

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Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XII (Apr. 1907) 663-666; Nation, LXXXIV (Mar. 14, 1907) 244-245; Pol. sci. quar., XXII (June, 1907) 326-328; Hist. pub. Canad., XI (1907) 52-55. Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. Pennsylvania: The German influence in its settlement and development. A narrative and critical history. Part XV. The Pennsylvania-German in the French and Indian war. PENN.-GERM. SOC. PROC., XV, 1-559. [395

Regional Colonial.

[Arranged geographically.]

Bodge, George Madison. Soldiers in King Philip's war; being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 16201677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip's war, and sketches of the principal officers, copies of ancient documents and records relating to the war, also lists of the Narraganset grantees of the united colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut; with an appendix. Third edition, with additional appendix containing corrections and new material. Boston, Printed for the author. xiii, (1), 502 p. maps. [396

The body of liberties: the liberties of the Massachusetts colonies in New England, 1641. Boston, Directors of Old South work. Old South meeting house. 20 p. (Old South leaflets.) [397 Noble, John. An incident in 1731 in the long dispute of Massachusetts and Rhode Island over their boundary line. MASS. HIST. SOC. PROC., ser. 2, XIX (Jan.) 2034. [398 A convenient highway. [Kittery] 1706. OLD ELIOT, VII (Apr.) 90.

[399 Petition of the inhabitants to the selectmen of Kittery.

Copy of a letter written from Wells 25 April, 1689, relating to an Indian attack on Saco and Cape Porpoise. With remarks by Henry W. Cunningham. COL. SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 127–130. [400 Documents relating to land controversies in Maine, 1736-1770. COL. SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 104-117. [401

1747.

Frost, Simon. Defence of frontiers. [Maine] Letter of Simon Frost to John Hill. OLD ELIOT, VII (Apr.) 66. [402 Garrisons and refuge. 1720, 1722. [Kittery, Maine.] OLD ELIOT, VII (Jan.) 3740. [403 Maine historical society. Waymouth tercentenary: an account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine, July 5, 1905. Portland, Me., [Nathan Goold, Libn.,] Maine hist. soc. 53 p. pls., ports.

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1745.

[405

An old-fashioned Eliot land lease.
OLD ELIOT, VII (Apr.) 96–99.
William Leighton to William Leighton, Jr.,
and John Crocker, Jr.

Sprague, John Francis. Sebastian Ralé [sic].
A Maine tragedy of the eighteenth cen-
tury. Boston, Mass., Heintzemann. 162
p. illus.
[406
Willis, J. L. M. Submission of Maine to
Massachusetts. Address to Kittery, Nov.
15, and grant to Kittery, Nov. 20, 1652.
OLD ELIOT, VII (Apr.) 53-64. [407
Allotment of seats in the Meeting-house,
Portsmouth, N. H., 1693. N. H. GENEAL.
REC., III (Apr.) 172–176.

[408

De Normandie, James. Manners, morals, and laws of the Piscataqua colony. MASS. HIST. SOC. PROC., Ser. 2, XIX (Mar.) 169-177. [409

Pike, John. Journal of Rev. John Pike. 1678-1709. N. H. GENEAL. REC., III (Jan., Apr.) 97-104, 145-153.

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Brewster, Jonathan. Jonathan Brewster's letter to Sarah, the widow of Love Brewster. [1656.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (July) 164-165. [412

Draper, Andrew S. The Mayflower: fore and aft. Forefather's address, Cooper Institute, New York city, 1905, in the popular lecture course of the Board of education, 23 p., in Addresses by Andrew S. Draper, Commissioner of education. Albany, N. Y. State educ. dept. IOI P. [413

Paine, John. Deacon John Paine's journal. [1695-1718.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (JulyOct.) 180-184, 227-231. [414 Plymouth colony deeds. [1654.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Apr.-Oct.) 72-75, 130-134,

200-204.

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Plymouth colony wills and inventories. [1647-1648] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Apr.Oct.) 84-87, 143-146, 207-210. [416 Plymouth First church records. [1676.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Oct.) 214-217. [417 The records of Wellfleet, formerly the north precinct of Eastham, Mass. [1734.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Jan.) 24-27. [418 The settlement of Joseph Ramsden's estate. [1674.] MAYFL. DESC., VIII (Jan.) 18– [419

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Transcribed from the original records by George Ernest Bowman.

Two Indian deeds to John Hurd of Boston
and Harwich. [1686, 1707.] MAYFL. DESC.,
VIII (Apr.) 111-115.
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Worth, Henry B. The Colonial church and
Nantucket. NANTUCKET HIST. ASSOC.,
PROC., XIIth, 26–31.
Andrews, Henry Franklin.

[421 List of free

men, Massachusetts Bay colony from 1630 to 1691, with the freemen's oath, the first paper printed in New England. [Exira, la.], Exira print. co. (33) p.

[421a Colman, Benjamin. Letter dated 15 May, 1747, written by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman of the Brattle Square church, Boston, to the Rev. Francis Foxcroft of the First church. COL. SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 352-353. [422 Cunningham, Henry W. Notice of Jonathan Remington. [1639/40-1700.] COL SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 28-29. [423 Essex county notarial records. 1697-1768. ESSEX INST. HIST. COLL., XLII (Apr.Oct.) 153-168, 245-256, 346–354. [424 Extracts from the notarial records of Samuel Tyley and Ezekiel Goldthwaite of Boston. [1730-1738, 1747-1752.] EsSEX INST. HIST. COLL., XLII (Apr.) 205213. [425

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To the Governor and Council of the province of Massachusetts Bay. Gurdon, Muriel (Sedley). Letter written at Assington, Suffolk, England, on 4 April, 1636, by Muriel (Sedley) Gurdon to the wife of Governor John Winthrop. COL. SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 202–203. [428 Hale, Robert. Journal of a voyage to Nova Scotia made in 1731 by Robert Hale of Beverly. ESSEX INST. HIST. COLL., XLII (July) 217-244. [429 Hobart, Jeremiah. Letter of Rev. Jeremiah Hobart to Rev. Increase Mather. [1686.] TOPSFIELD HIST. SOC. COLL., XI, 79-80.

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Relates to the trial of Samuel Gibson, of Cambridge, in 1685, for "frequenting the College contrary to law." Newspaper items relating to Essex county. [1743-1754.] ESSEX INST. HIST. COLL., XLII (Apr.-Oct.) 214-216, 340-345.

[434 Noble, John. A few notes on Admiralty jurisdiction in the Colony and in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. COL. SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 150-185. [435 Parker, Joseph. Letter written in 1648 or 1649 by Joseph Parker, one of the founders of Andover, Massachusetts, to the Rev. John Woodbridge, the first minister of that town, after his return to England in 1647. COL. SOC. MASS. PUB., VIII, 131-132. [436 Petition from the officers of the Essex Middle Regiment, July 6, 1696. ESSEX INST. HIST. COLL., XLII (Jan.) 85-86. [437

To ye Honable ye Leut Gour & Council.

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