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dresses and speeches, 210; Mathew's
oratory and orators, 210; records of
governor and council of Vermont,
211; Curtis' life, character and his-
tory of William Cullen Bryant, 211;
Maryland documents, 1692-1800,
211; Bastian's culturlander des Al-
ten America, 212; Cornwell's his-
tory of St. John's great fire, 212;
Woodruff's scientific expedition,
212; Butterfield's system of punctu-
ation, 212; third book of records of
Southampton, L. I., 213; Rawle's
right flank at Gettysburg, 213;
memoranda of descendants of Amos
Morris of Conn., 213; Swinton's
condensed United States history,
213; Barnes' popular history, 214;
Smithsonian Institution annual re-
port, 1877, 214; Richardson's history
of our country, 214; Bliss' review of
Halifax fishery award, 215; Os-
good's Bryant among his country-
men, 215; artist-biographies-All-
ston, 215; Leggo's administration
of Earl of Dufferin, 216; John W.
Forney's progress, 216; Saturday
Magazine, 216.

April, Klinckowström's Comte de
Fersen et la Cour de France, 266;
Holland's William Dawes and his
ride with Paul Revere, 267 Cres-
son's diary of Caleb Cresson, 267;
Stone's history of Saratoga monu-
ment, 268; Butler's memorial sketch
of Evert A. Duyckinck, 68; Drake's
town of Roxbury (Mass.), 269;
King's handbook of Boston, 269;
Emerson's history of town of Doug-
las (Mass.), 269; Sharpes' Seymour
and vicinity, 270; Lodge's memoir
of Caleb Strong, 270; Francis' me-
moir of life of Rev. E. M. P. Wells,
270; Sharpe's record of the Sharpe
family, 271; genealogical record of
descendants of David Sage, 271
Thompson's history of Highland
County (Ohio), 271; Cheever's auto-
biography and memorial of Ichabod
Washburn, 271; Mowry's descend-
ants of Nathaniel Mowry of R. I.,
272; Mowry's Richard Mowry of
Uxbridge, Mass, 272; Holmes' John
Lothrop Motley, 272.

May, Margry's découvertes et
établissements des Francais dans
l'ouest, etc., 320; Reid's telegraph
in America, 321; Hittell's history
of San Francisco, 322; Bevier's Con-
federate First and Second Missouri
Brigades, 322; Putnam's sermons
preached in the church of first reli-
gious society in Roxbury, 323;
Bay's reminiscences of the bench
and bar of Missouri, 323; Hodge's
essays and reviews, 323; Freeman's
civilization and barbarism, 324;
Campbell's historical fallacies re-
garding colonial New York, 324:
Wager's address before Oneida Hist.
Soc., 324; Hurlburt's Father Mar-
quette at Mackinaw, 325; Pinkney's
Webster and Pinkney, 325; Bates'
life and charater of Willard Hall,
326; Hylton's bride of Gettysburg,
326 Trebor's as it may happen,
;
326; Longfellow's poems of places-
New England-Middle States, 327.

June, Woolsey's introduction to
study of international law, 381;
Reed's sketch of Hon. John Read,

381; handbook of Mount Desert,
(B. F. de Costa) 381; Barnes' one
term history, 382; Pike's new Puri-
tan, 382.

July, transactions of Literary and
Historical Society of Quebec, 458;
Deane's records of the president and
council of New Hampshire, 1679-
1688, 458; Longfellow's poems of
places-Southern States, 459; Wes-
ton's silver question, 459; Murray's
Father Tom and the Pope, 459; ín-
corporation, constitution, by-laws,
officers and members of Oneida Hist.
Soc., 460; Century Club Bryant
memorial meeting, 460; Kansas
City Hist. Soc., 460; Berard's his-
tory of United States, 460; Force's
early notice of Indians of Ohio, 461;
Flipper's colored cadet at West
Point, 462; four years with the
Ninety-eighth N. Y. Volunteers,
462; Slafter's pre-historic copper
implements, 463; celebration of
quarter-millenial anniversary of Re-
formed Protestant Dutch Church of
N. Y. City, 1623-1878, 463; Osgood's
Evert Augustus Duyckinck, 464;
Purdy's minutes of Medical Society
of N. Y., 1806-1878, 464; tribute to
olden time, 464; Longfellow's poems
of places-Western States, 464.

August, Jones' history of New
York during the revolution, 521;
Taylor's destruction and reconstruc-
tion, 522; Hill's Washington Irving,
524; Howgate's polar colonization,
524 Randolph's money and cur-
rency, 525; Welles' introduction to
history of Washington family, 526;
Bolles' financial administration of
Robert Morris, 526; Peet's Ameri-
can Antiquarian, vol. i., no. 3, 527;
Dexter's introduction to letters of
Christopher Columbus and Americus
Vespuccius, 528; history of Ely re-
union held at Lynne, Conn., 528;
Peet's American Antiquarian, 528.

September, Stone's report of
northern department of Rhode
Island Hist. Soc., 586; proceedings
Massachusetts Hist. Soc., 586; pub-
lications of Buffalo Hist. Soc., 586;
transactions of department of Amer-
ican history of Minnesota Hist. Soc.,
587; twenty-seventh annual report
of Chamber of Commerce of N. Y..
587; proceedings of Numismatic and
Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia,
588; Bandelier's distribution and
tenure of land among the ancient
Mexicans, 588; Reigart's history of
first United States flag and patriot-
ism of Betsy Ross, 589; Smith's his-
tory of Dartmouth College, 589;
Welles' pedigree and history of
Washington family, 591; Tilley's
genealogy of Tilley family, 591;
Titus' Charlton historical sketches,
591; Bandelier's art and mode of
warfare of ancient Mexicans, 592;
Barton's Genealogical sketch of Dr.
Artemas Bullard, 592; Forney's
memorial address, on Morton Mc-
Michael, 592; Brown's family record
of Silas Brown, 592; Felton's record
of remarkable events in Marlborough
and vicinity, 592.

October, collections of New York
Historical Society, 1875, 641 col-
lections of New York Historical So-

ciety, 1876, 642; Jones' Southern
Historical Society papers, vol. vii,
no. 8, 642; Rhode Island Historical
tracts, no. 4-William Coddington
in R. I. colonial affairs, 642; pro-
ceedings of American Antiquarian
Society, 643; Rhode Island Histor-
ical tracts-French settlement in K.
I., 643; proceedings of American
Antiquarian Society, 643; Sher-
man's selected speeches and reports
of finance and taxation, 644; Baird's
annual record of science, 1878, 644;
Steiger's educational directory, 645;
report of Librarian of Congress for
1878, 645; report of Librarian of
Congress on American archives,
645; Apponyi's libraries of Cali-
fornia, 645; Chapman and Lapham's
Edward Chapman, 646; Meyer's
map of Elizabethtown, N. J., 646;
Paine's family records, 646; How-
ell's lady of the Aroostook, 646;
Hayward's centennial gathering of
Hayward family, 647; Brownell's
genealogy of the Fields of Provi-
dence, R. I., 647; Walsh's dogs of
Great Britain, America, etc., 647;
Bishop's Detmold, 647; Todd's life
of Colonel Aaron Burr, 648; Hartt's
notes on manufacture of pottery
among savage races, 648; Drake's
chronological summary of battles of
the western armies of Confederate
States, 648; Lowell's story or two
from an old Dutch town, 648; Den-
ison's past and present Narragansett,
sea and shore, 648; Russell's lost
Champlain's astrolabe. 648.

November, Adams Life of Albert
Gallatin, 697; Writings of Albert
Gallatin, 697; Seeley's Life and
Times of Stein, 703.

December, Shea's life and epoch
of Hamilton, 763; Cullum's cam-
paign of the war of 1812-15, 764;
life and letters of George Ticknor,
765; Hawley's early chapters of
Cayuga history, 767; Van Laun's
French revolutionary epoch, 768:
Pringle Smith's address before South
Carolina Hist. Soc., 769; Wyman's
genealogies and estates of Charles-
town (Mass.), 769; Osgood's guide
books, 770; Contemperary Review,
July, 1879, 770; Revue des Deux
Mondes, 15 February, 1579, 771.
Little's coffee house, N. Y., 262.
Livingston, Robert R.-why did he
not sign the declaration? 694.
Livingston, William-parentage, 318.
Livingston house, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.,
visited by Washington, 160.
Localities, the lost, 203; Conewago
chapel, N. Y., 316; forest of Dean,
318, 455; Manor of maske, 318; Slote,
318.

Lockwood, James B.-skirmish at

Poundridge, Westchester, 1779, 685.
Lodge, Henry Cabot-memoir of Ca-
leb Strong, Mass., noticed, 270.
Long Island historical society-mem-
oirs of, noticed, 61.
Longevity in the colonies, 694.
Longfellow, Henry W.


poems of
places, noticed, 327, 459, 454.
Lossing, Benson J.-cyclopædia of
American history, announced, 327;
Charles Lee's plan, 450.
Lowell, Robert-story or two from an
old Dutch town, noticed, 648.

Machin, Thomas, Captain in Col.
Lamb's 2d regiment, N. Y. artillery
-journal of a march from Fort
Schuyler, expedition against the
Onondagas, 1779, 688.
Mackellar, Thomas-American prin-
ter, noticed, 79.
Macomb's dam, 449.
Madeira-red, 264.
Madison's night cap, 50.
Malone-Mellon and, 452.
Margry, Pierre-decouvertes et etablis-
sements des Francais dans l'ouest et
le sud de l'Amerique Septentrionale,
noticed, 320; an historical medal
639..

Maritime Provinces-Osgood's guide
to, noticed, 770.
Marine-our merchant, noticed, 77.
Market-Philadelphia fresh fish, 312.
Marlborough and vicinity-remarka-
ble events in, noticed, 592.
Marquette at Mackinaw and Chicago,
noticed, 325.

Marshall, O. H.-discovery of an as-
trolabe, 179.

Maryland documents, 1692-1800, no-
ticed, 211; the Howards of, Eliza-
beth A. Read, 239, 640.
Maske-manor of, 318.

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currency, 525.
Monmouth--battle of, 58, 204, 318;
Lee a traitor at, 265; described by
Dr. J. McHenry, by T. H. Mont-
gomery, 355.

Monongahela-516, 640.
Montgomery, Thomas H.-battle of
Monmouth, described by Dr. J.
McHenry, Sec. to Washington, 355.
Morehouse, Col.-tavern of, 160.
Morris, Amos-descendants of, no-
ticed, 213.

Morris, Gen. Lewis-letters to, no-
ticed, 641.

Morris, Robert-financial administra-
tion of, noticed, 526.

Mason, George C., Jr.-old stone mill Morris, Roger-house, Harlem, N. Y.,

at Newport, 541.

Masonic monthly, noticed, 68.
Massachusetts historical society-col-
lections of, noticed, 76; proceedings
of, noticed, 586; Vassal house, Cam-
bridge, 157; Charlton hist. sketch,
noticed, 591.

Massue, Vicomte de-French emigré
in N. Y., 262.
Matamoros-the prisoners of, a remi-

niscence of the Texas revolution,
by R. M. Potter, 273.
Mathew, Father-Lafayette and, 202.
Mathews, William-oratory and ora-

tors, 210,
Mayflower-the, 582.

M'Clellan, G. B.-ancestors of, 316.
McHenry, Dr. James-the battle of
Monmouth as described by 355, 696.
McHenry, J. Howard-a second How-
ard medal, 377-

McMichael, Morton-memorial address
on, noticed, 592.
McPheadres, 379.

Medal Cherokee, 55, 518; De Nes-
mond, 313, 639; second Howard,

377-

Medical-curiosity, 52; society, min-
utes of, noticed, 464.
Meigs, Col.-Judge Jones and, 637.
Mellon, Geo. Mellons, 452, 516.

Meredith, Samuel sketch of, by
Wharton Dickenson, 555.
Mexican republic-noticed, 79.
Mexicans-tenure of lands and cus-
toms with respect to inheritance
among the ancient, noticed, 588; art
of war of ancient, noticed, 592.
Meyer, Ernest L.-map of Elizabeth.
town, N. J., noticed, 646.
Middlesex genealogies-by T. B. Wy-

man, edited by H. H. Edes, an-
nounced, 327 noticed, 769.
Middle States-Osgood's guide to,
noticed, 770.

Militia-old time confidence in, 54.
Mill-old stone, at Newport, 541.
Miller house, at White Plains, N. Y.-
Washington's headquarters, 158.

Washington headquarters at, 157.
Motley, John Lothrop-memoir of,
noticed, 272.

Mount Desert, Maine-handbook of,
noticed, 381.

Mourning women-451, 696.
Mowry, Nathaniel-descendants of,
noticed, 272.

Mowry, William A.-descendants of
Nathaniel Mowry, of R. I., noticed,
272; ancestors and descendants of
Richard Mowry, of Uxbridge, Mass.,
noticed, 272.

Mowry, Richard-ancestors and des-
cendants of, noticed, 272.
Murray, John Fisher-Father Tom
and the pope, noticed, 459.
Muscipula-379, 585.

Narragansett-past and present, no-
ticed, 648.

National guardsman-noticed, 76.
National law-introduction to study
of, Theodore D. Woolsey, noticed,
381.

National salute-first, to flag of U. S.
after dec. of independence, 579.
Navigation-recherches sur les navi-
gations au moyen age, noticed, 63.
Nelson, William-the Dey house, N.
J., Washington's headquarters at
Nesmond, de-medal, 313, 639.
Preakness, 490; Erskine, 579.
Neuville, De la-316, 456, 694.
Newark coach-260.
Newburg-oration before Antiquarian
and Historical Society of, noticed,
77; Hasbrouck house, 160.
New England historical and genealo-

gical register, October-noticed, 74.
New England-hard money for, 50;
first generation of, 264; Osgood's
guide to, noticed, 770.

New Hampshire-record of president
and council of, noticed, 458; fish at
Hampton, 261.

New Jersey-Pompton headquarters,
Pompton, 89, 158; Elmar house,
Whitemarsh, 158; Ford house, Mor-
ristown, 158; Hopper house, Bergen

Co., 159 Rocky Hill, Somerset Co.,
160; Dey house, Preakness, 490;
Schuylers of, 514.

New London-Shaw house, 160.
Newport, R. I.-quarters occupied by
army under de Rochambeau, 1780-
1781, in, 425; French regiments
quartered in, 428; resolution of the
inhabitants of, 433; inscription over
monument to de Ternay in Trinity
Church yard, 436; fine arts in, 452;
Bannister's pictures at, 452; old
stone mill at, George C. Mason, Jr.,
541; the theatre in, 1761, 638.
Newspapers in Utica, N. Y., 56;
American, in 1789, 261.

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New Windsor-council of war held
at by Washington, 102.
New York-formation of the first con-
stitution of, J. A. Stevens, 51;
newspapers printed at Utica, 56;
Brinckerhoff's house, Fishkill vil-
lage, 158; Miller house, White
Plains, 158; Beverly Robinson's
house, Highlands, 159; Birdsall
house, Peekskill, 159; Hopper
house, Bergen County, 159; Smith
house, Haverstraw, 159; Tappan
headquarters, Tappan, 159; Has-
brouck house, Newburg, 160; More-
house tavern, Pawling, Dutchess
Co., 160; Van Brugh Livingston
house, Dobbs Ferry, 160; Van Cort-
landt house, Yonkers, 160; consti-
tutional deveolpment of the colony
of, 161; the Slote, 203, 318;
influence of American jurispru-
dence, Horatio Seymour, 217;
Rome-men, events, etc., of, 224;
Conewago chapel, 316; the empire
state, 376; Troy Tammany society,
379; ninety-eighth volunteers, no-
ticed, 462; Smith's clove, 515, 695;
Jones' history of, during the revo-
lution, noticed, 521; civil status of
the presbyterians in province of,
593; skirmish at Poundridge, West-
chester Co., 685; seventy-six stone
house at Tappan, 743.
New York City-genealogical and bio-
graphical record, noticed, 64; Wash-
ington's farewell to his officers at
Fraunce's tavern, 150, 160; Mortier
house, 157; Roger Morris house,
Harlem, 157; Day's tavern, Harlem,
160; Little's coffee house, 262;
Pearl street numbering, 378; Wash-
ington's spy in, 379; society li-
brary, 452 quarter-millenial an-
niversary of Reformed Protestant
Dutch Church of, noticed, 463; min-
utes of medical society of, noticed,
404; in 1809, reminiscence of the
firm of Archibald Gracie & Co., by
Charles King, 689; Gracie mansion,
690; chamber of commerce, lost
charter of, 693.

New York Historical Society-address
on life, character and history of
William Cullen Bryant, by George
William Curtis, noticed, 211; col-
lections of, series VIII., noticed,
641; series IX., noticed, 642.
Ninety-eighth N. Y. volunteers, no-
ticed, 462.

North America -no dynasty in, no-
ticed, 76; French discoveries in the
west and south of, noticed, 320.
North American review, noticed, 71.
North Carolina-description of Fay-
etteville, 1790, 48.

North, S. N. Dexter-constitutional

development of the colony of New
York, 161; Nicholas Herkimer, 580.
Notes-47, 152, 196, 259, 310, 376, 448,
511, 579, 636, 692, 756.
Notes January, metal objects from
Indian Tumuli in Georgía, 47; de-
scription of Fayetteville, N. C.,
1790. 48; the old Hessians, 49;
Madison's night cap, 50; right of
possession, 50; the emperor of the
Mississippi, 50; hard money for New
England, 50; letter of Major-Gen-
eral Heath, 51; one and insepar-
able, 52; a medical curiosity, 52;
a fact that would be doubted in our
day, 52; Sir Peter Warren, 52;
Walter Rutherfurd's toast, 53
Gladstone on American ox-tails, 53;
a dishonest skipper, 54; old time
confidence in the militia, 54; first
American editions of English clas-
sics, 54.

February, itinerary of General
Washington, commander-in-chief of
the armies of the United States, 152;
Washington' headquarters during
the revolution Vassall house,
157; Mortier house, 157; Roger
Morris house, 157; Miller house,
158 Ford house, 158; Pompton
headquarters, 158; Elmar house,
158; Ring's house at Chad's Ford,
158 Pott's house, 158; Colonel
Brinckerhoff's, 158; Hopper house,
159; Beverley Robinson house, 159;
Birdsall house, 159; Tappan head-
quarters, 159; Smith's house, 159;
Hasbrouck house, 160. Houses vis-
ited by Washington during the rev-
olution-Shaw house, 160; More-
house's tavern, 160; Cortlandt
house, 160; Rocky Hill, 160; Van
Brugh Livingston house, 160; Day's
tavern, 160; Fraunces tavern, 160.

March, Lafayette's lost mass, 196
a reminiscence of "Red Jacket,'
197; follow the drum, 198; the
American Darbies, 198; the foolish
Puritans, 199; Queenston prison-
ers, 199; customs of the Cherokees,
199; ducking a female scold, 200;
Jefferson's summary view, 200; un-
published journal of the Burgoyne
campaign, 200; a Jacksonian toast,
200; a medal to Cooper, 201; hum-
ble pie, 201.

April, Galloway's plan, 259; the
Newark coach, 1830, 260; another
fish story, 261; the first Boston
foundling, 261; Dun fish and cusk,
261; American newspapers, 1789,
261.

May, Arnold at Saratoga, 310;
John Cruger and the declaration of
1765, 311; the first great quarto
bible in America, 311; Franklin's
grave, 312; Philadelphia fresh fish
market, 312; Cape de Verd dollars,
312; elk meat, 312; first printing press
for the Cherokee Nation, 313; Ham-
ilton and Burr, 313.

June, the Empire State, 376;
epitaph of a soldier of the revolu
tion, 376; a second Howard medal,
377, André and Arnold, 378.

July, French Freemasons, 448;
Portraits of French officers, 448;
graveyard inscriptions in Alleghany
County, Pa., 449; Meredith Clymer,
449; Macomb's Dam, 449; Mr.

Lee's plan, 450; the split bush, a
sign for the godly, 450; Johnny
cake, 451; Rochambeau papers, 451.

August, General Sullivan in
Rhode Island, 1778, 511; so far
west, 511 Indian geographical
names Chillakothe, 512; John Jay
at a bull-fight, 512; Simon Girty
and the attack on Fort Henry, 1777,
513; Brownsville, Pa., epitaphs,
513; Wayne's burial place, 515.

September, first national salute
given to the flag of the United
States after the declaration of inde-
pendence, 579; Erskine, 579; Ni-
cholas Herkimer, 580; introduction
of camels in America, 581.

October, Tory ballads of the rev-
olution, 636; a positive denial, 637;
Judge Jones and Colonel Meigs,
637; a centenarian, 637; Louis Noel
Angibeau, 637.

November, General Sullivan in
Rhode Island, 1778, 642.

December, route of André, 756:
Gaines' universal register, 759; the
removal of Schuyler, 760.
Noticed-third sesion of the Interna-
tional Congress of Americanists, 520.
Numismatic-American and archæo-
logical society, noticed, 68; and an-
tiquarian society of Philadelphia,
noticed, 588.

Obituary-Rev. Leonard Woods, DD.,
president Bowdoin college, 328;
Gen. John Adams Dix, 383.
Old stone mill, Newport-George C.
Mason, Jr., 541.

Olden time-a tribute to, 464; corre-
spondence of, noticed, 74.
One and inseparable, 52.
Oneida Historical Society-mem. ad-

dress by D. E. Wagner on men,
events, lawyers, etc., of early Rome,
noticed, 324; address by Douglas
Campbell on colonial New York,
before the, noticed, 324; articles of
incorporation, noticed, 460.
Onondagas - expedition against the,

688.

Oratory and orators, noticed, 210.
Oregon-origin and meaning of the
name, J. Hammond Trumbull, 36.
Original Documents-The Treaty of

Peace, 1783; Correspondence be-
tween William Jay and John Quincy
Adams, 39; a Diplomatic Round
Robin, 44; Tabulated Statement of
Washington's Household Expenses,
1789, 91; the Washington Family of
Holland and Germany, 96; Council
of War held at New Windsor by
General Washington, June 12, 1781,
102; Letters of Washington (seven-
ty), now for the first time published,
1754 to 1780, 104; List of Washing-
ton's Letters printed in historical
and other periodicals, 149: Diary of
Commodore Edward Preble before
Tripoli, 1804, 182; the Papers of
Father Bruyas, Jesuit Missionary to
Canada, 1629 to 1690, 250; Letters
of Washington (nineteen) now for
the first time published, 1780, 496;
Personal Narrative of the Services
of Lieut. John Shreve, of the New
Jersey Line of the Continental
Army, 564; Journal of a March
from Fort Schuyler, Expedition
against the Onondagas, 17-9, by

Thomas Machin, Captain in Col.
Lamb's 2d Regiment N.Y. Artillery,
688; Arnold the traitor and André
the sufferer correspendence be-
tween Josiah Quincy, Jared Sparks
and Benjamin Tallmadge, 747-
Ornithology-American, noticed, 72.
Osgood, Samuel-life and its record
in this generation, an address, no-
ticed, 67; Bryant among his coun-
trymen, an oration before the Goethe
club, noticed, 215; life and writing
of Evert Augustus Duyckinck, no-
ticed, 464; guide books, noticed,

770.

Oughsaragoss, 515.

Our winter Eden, noticed, 75.
Ox-tails-used in America, 53.

Paine family records, noticed, 647.
Paine, H. D.-Paine family records,
noticed, 646.

Parton, James-follow the drum, 198;
the traditional and the real Wash-
ington, 465.

Pasquinade-ancient Boston, 315.
Pattison, Major Gen. James-official
letters of, noticed, 641.
Pawling, Dutchess County. N. Y.-
Morehouse tavern, 160.
Peabody Museum-eleventh annual
report of trustees of, noticed, 64.
Peace of 1783, 39.
Pearl street (N. Y.) numbering, 378.
Peekskill, N. Y.-Birdsall house, 159.
Peet, Stephen D.-American anti-
quarian, noticed, 68, 527, 528.
Pelletreau, Wm. S.-third book of

records of town of Southampton,
L. I., noticed, 213.
Pensioners, revolutionary, 263, 380,
Pennsylvania - patriotism of York
456.
ladies, 54; magazine of history
and biography, noticed, 77; Potts
house, Valley Forge, 158; Rings
house, Del. Co., 158; graveyard in-
scriptions in Alleghany Co., 449;
Pennypacker-reunion, noticed, 67.
Brownsville, epitaphs, 513.
Pepperrell, Sir William, sends fish to
Sir P. Warren, 261; coat of arms,

517.

Percy, lord-at Brandywine, 201.
Pettit's narrative, 263.
Philadelphia-barbarous customs at,
200; fresh fish market in, 312: nu-
mismatic and antiquarian society,
of, noticed, 588.
Picketing-what was, 760.
Pickpack, 638, 761.

Pike, James S.-New Puritan, New
England two hundred years ago,
noticed, 382.

Pinkney, William, Archbishop of
Maryland-Webster and Pinkney,
noticed, 325.

Pirates on Carolina coast, 1750, 54.
Poems of places-America, by H. W.

Longfellow, noticed, 327, 459, 464.
Polar colonization-memorial to con-
gress, noticed, 524.
Pollock-his portrait of Don Galvez,

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Portraits-Pollock's, of Den Galvez,
notice of,
203; of Washington

272, 82; Williams the painter, 263;
French officers, 448; Vespucci, 514.
Positive denial, 637.
Possession-right of, 50.

Potter, Elisha R.-French settlement
in colony of R. I., noticed, 643.
Potter, R. M.-prisoners of Mata-
moras, a reminiscence of the Texas
revolution. 273.

Pottery and porcelain, noticed, 62;
Manufacture of among savage races,
noticed, 648.

Potts house, Valley Forge, Penn.-
Washington's headquarters at, 158.
Poundridge, Westchester - the skir-

mish at, James B. Lockwood, 685.
Preble, Commodore Edward-diary of
before Tripoli, 1804, 182.
Preble, Rear Admiral George Henry
--communicates diary of Commo-
dore Edward Preble before Tripoli,
1804, 182; first national salute to the
flag of the U. S., 761
Presbyterians-civil status of in pro-
vince of New York, Charles W.
Baird, 593.

Prime, William C.-pottery and por-
celain, noticed, 62.

Printer-the American, noticed, 79.
Printing early American, noticed, 79.
Printing press-first, for the Chero-
kee nation, 313.

Progress-a mirror for men and wo-
men, noticed, 216.
Providence, R. I.-Quarters assigned
the army of de Rochambeau, 1782,
in, 430.

- Wyman's
Middlesex genealogies, 327; Loss-
ing's cyclopedia of American his-

Publications announced

tory, 327.
Purdy, Dr. A. E. M.-minutes of
medical society, noticed, 464.
Puritans-the foolish, 199; the new,
James S. Pike, noticed, 382.
Putnam, George-sermons preached
at Roxbury, noticed, 323.
-report of
Putnam, Frederick W.
twenty-sixth (Nashville) meeting of
association for advancement of sci-
ence, noticed, 63.

Quebec Historical Society-transac-
tion of, noticed, 458.
Queenston prisoners, 199.

Queries, 55, 201, 261. 313, 378, 451,
514, 581, 638, 693, 760.
Queries-January, the royal portraits
in the first Congress, 55; the col-
umbiad, 55; Cherokee medal, 55;
Captain Smith on the stage, 55;
Iowa and Sac mission press, 55; an-
cestors of Robert Fulton, 56; Greek
colony in Florida, 56; Lafayette's
expedition against Arnold, 56; news-
papers printed at Utica, N. Y., 56 ;
Monument to Captain Burrows of
Portland, Me.. 57.

February, (No Queries).

March, Lord Percy at Brandy-
wine, 201; old and new Christmas,
La-
201; the Clinton family, 202;
fayette and Father Mathew, 202;
the Quiden, 202; lost localities,
203; Samue! Dodge, 203; Andre's
remains, 203; Nathan Hale, 203;
Don Galvez, 203; the bell of inde-
pendence, 203; Gates' burial place,

204.

INDEX

April, Inwood-on-Hudson" vs.
"Tubby Hook," 261; French emi-
grés and New York coffee houses,
262; early American printing, 262;
De Bry's voyages, 262; Petit's nar-
rative, 263; Williams, the portrait
painter, 263; no more conventions,
263; revolutionary pensions, 263;
an author's name, 263; a French
history of the American revolution,
264; the first generation, 264; red
Madeira, 264; City Island, 264.

May, an historical medal, 313;
Colonel Brodhead's expedition of
1779, 315: ancient Boston pasqui-
nade, 315; Balcarres, 315; Gov-
ernor Geo. B. McClellan's ancestry,
316; De la Neuville, 316; Patrick
Henry, 316.

June, Pearl street (N. Y.) num-
bering, 378; a Minot, 378; Tam-
many Society in Troy, N. Y., 379:
Muscipula, 379; McPheadres, 379;
Washington's spy in New York, 379.
Mel-

July, mourning women, 451;
lon and Malone, 452; a cantsloper,
452; General Seth Pomeroy, 452;
New York Society Library, 452;
General Frazer's burial place, 452;
the fine arts in Newport, 452; the
Prince de Broglie, 453; André mon-
ument inscription, 453.

August, three old almanacs, 514;
portrait of Vespucci, 514; Valen-
tine and Dolly Derry, 514; Schuy-
lers of New Jersey, 514; Tilley
genealogy, 514; Robbins' regicides,
514 Smith's Clove, 515; Wayne's
burial place, see note; Oughsara-
goss, 515; the first French adven-
turers in 1776, 515; Croghan's jour-
nal of 1765, 515; Mellons, 516;
crackers, 516; parentage of John
Adams of the Connecticut line, 516;
Monongahela, 516; an old Rhode
Island book, 517.

September. Havre de Grace, 581;
the game of Boston, 581; the Tute-
los, 582; the Mayflower, 582: Vir-
gil's test of soils, 582; Holloway's
portrait of Washington engraved,
583; Rochambeau, 583.

October, the theatre in Newport.
1761, 638 Brady's leap, 638; the
André plot, 638; pickpack, 638; an
army duel, 638.

November, a lost chapter, 693;
first bank in America, 694; groan-
ing beer, 694; Viomenil's Cincinnati
certificate, 694; longevity in the
colonies, 694; Robert R. Living-
stone, 694.

December, Picketing, 760; Gerard,
the French plenipotentiary, 760
Irish element in the continental
army, 760.
Quiden-the, 202, 454, 583.

Randolph, Charles-money and cur-
rency, noticed, 525.

museum,

Rau, Charles-Smithsonian archæo-
logic collection of U. S. national
noticed, 75: Dighton
rock inscription, an opinion of a
Danish archæologist, 236.
Rawle. William Brooke-right flank at
Gettysburg, noticed, 213.
Read, Elizabeth A. Howards of

Maryland, 229.
Read, Hon. John-life of, by George
B. Reed, noticed, 381.

781

Reavis, L. W.-life and military ser-
vices of Gen. Harney, noticed, 78.
Red Jacket-a reminiscence of, 197.
Reed, George B.-life of Hon. John
Read, noticed, 381.

Reformed Protestant Dutch Church,
noticed, 463.

Reid, James D.-the telegraph in
America, noticed, 321.
Reigart, Col. J. Franklin-history of
first U. S. flag and patriotism of
Betsy Ross, noticed, 589.
Replies-57, 204, 264, 316, 379, 454,
517, 583, 639, 694, 761.
Replies - January. first linen and
calico printing in America, 57; pa-
rentage of Jacob Leisler, 57; battle
of Monmouth, 58; Sir Peter War-
ren, 60; a curious English coin, 60;
Voltaire and Lafayette. 60.

February (no Replies).

March, battle of Monmouth, 204;
metal objects from Indian tumuli,
206; stinking lingo Indians, 208;
Iowa Sac and mission press, 208.

April, Greek colony in Florida,
264 songs of the fathers, 265; the
battle of Monmouth, Lee a traitor,
265.

May, Gates' burial place, 316;
lost localities, Conewago chapel, N,
Y., 316; Lord Bellomont's coffin.
317; lost localities-manor of Maske,
Forest-of-Dean, the Slote, 318;
William Livingston, 318; battle of
Monmouth, 318; André's remains,
319.

June, the royal portraits in the
first congress, 379; revolutionary
pensioners, 380; the columbiad, 380;
Captain Smith on the stage, 380;
De Bry's voyages, 380; Van Cort-
landt, the royalist, 380; Col. Rob-
inson's letter to Arnold, 380.

July, De Bry's voyages, 454; an
author's name, 454; Andre's re-
mains, 454 Colonel Brodhead's
expedition of 1779, 454; Mrs. Hors-
manden, 454; Gotham, 454; the
Guiden, 454; lost localities, 455;
first great quarto Bible in America,
455; Inwod-on-Hudson vs. Tubby
Hook, 455; Lafayette an American
citizen, 455 revolutionary pension-
ers, 456; De la Neuville, 456; pa-
rentage of Jacob Leisler, 456.

August, Pepperell coat of arms,
517; Cherokee medal, 519; a cant-
sloper, 519; Greek colony in Florida,
520.

September, Johnny cake, 583;
Guiden, 583; Minot, 584; Musci-
pula, 585.

October, an historical medal, 639;
Monongahela, 640; revolutionary
pensioners, 640; Robbins' regicides,
640;
General Fraser's burial place,
640; Howards of Maryland, 640;
Rochambeau, 640.

November, De la Neuville, 694;
Smith's Clove 695; James McHenry,
696; an old Rhode Island book,
696; mourning women, 696.

December, Arnold not a free-
mason, 761; pickpack, 761; canni-
balism in North America, 761; An-
dré monument inscription, 761; first
national salute to the flag of the
United States, 761; the game of
Boston, 762; Johnny cake, 762;
Brodhead's expedition, 1779, 762.

Reprints of Rare Documents-Early
Proposal to Annex the Valley of the
Mississippi, 45: Washington's Fare-
well to his Officers at Fraunce's
Tavern, 150; Connecticut Elections
in the Colonial Days, from the New
York Mercury, March 22, 1767, 309;
List of French Officers who served

in the American Armies with Com-
missions prior to the Treaties made
between France and the Thirteen
United States, 364; New York in
1809, Reminiscence of the Firm of
Archibald Gracie & Co., by Charles
King, 689.

Republic-the Mexican, noticed, 79.
Review-contemporary, noticed, 69;
the North American, noticed, 71;
International, 80; the Saturday
magazine, noticed, 216; the Con-
temporary, July, 1879, noticed, 770 ;
des deux Mondes, Feb. 15, 1879,
noticed, 771.
Revolution

-

(seventy) letters of
Washington (nineteen) (see letters),
104; Washington's headquarters
during the, 157; houses visited by
Washington during the, 160; French
history of the American, 264; rem-
iniscence of the Texas, 273; epi-
taph of a soldier of the, 376; Tory
ballads of the, 636.
Revolutionary pensioners, 263, 380, 459
Revue des deux Mondes, 15 Feb.,
1879, noticed, 771.
Rhode Island-society of Cincinnati,
noticed, 66; the French in, John
Austin Stevens, 385; address of
general assembly to Rochambeau,
433; address of assembly to de Ter-
nay, 434 address of governor,
council and representatives, 435;
Gen. Sullivan in, 178, 511, 692; an
old book of, 517, 696; historical
tracts, 642, 643.
Rice, Allen Thorndike

North

American review, noticed, 71.
Richardson, Abby Sage-history of
our country, noticed, 214.
Rings house, Delaware County, Penn.
-Washington's headquarters, 158.
Robbins' regicides, 514, 640.
Robertson, R. S.-historical medal,
313; Havre de Grace, 581.
Robins, R. O.-Robbins' regicides,

514, 640.

Robinson, Col. Beverly, house at
Highland, N. Y.-Washington's
headquarters, 159; letter to Arnold,
380.

Robinson's epitome of literature, no-
ticed, 76.

Rochambeau-De Fersen,aid-de-camp
to, 300, 369, 437; officers of the
French army in America under, 423:
quarters occupied in Newport by
army under, 425; quarters in
Providence, 430; address of town of
Newport to, 433; replies to same,
433: address of general assembly of
R. I., 433; reply to same, 434 of
state of R. I., 435; reply to same,
435: papers, 451; pensions, 583, 640.
Rocky Hill, Somerset Co., N. J.-
visited by Washington, 160.
Roof, F. H.-old fort Van Rensselaer,
629 communicates journal of a
march from Fort Schuyler, 1779, by
Thomas Machin, captain in Col.
Lamb's ad regiment N. Y. artillery,
688.

Ross, Betsy-history of first U. S.
flag and patriotism of, noticed, 589.
Round robin-a diplomatic, 44.
Roxbury-town of, noticed, 269; ser-
mons preached in the church of first
religious society of, George Putnam,
noticed, 323.

Royal portraits in first congress, 55,

379.

Royalist-Van Cortlandt, the, 380.
Russell, A. J.-Champlain's lost as-
trolabe, noticed, 648.
Rutherford, Walter-his toast, 53.

Sage, David-record of the descend-
ants of, noticed, 271.

San Francisco-history of, noticed,

322.

Saratoga-the convention of, 231; his-
tory of monument association of,
noticed, 268; Arnold at, 310.
Saturday Magazine, noticed, 216.
Savarin, Brilliat-in New York, 262.
Schuyler, Fort-Capt. Thomas Ma-
chin's journal of a march from,
against the Onondagas, 688.
Schuyler, Gen. Philip-removal of, 760
Schuylers of New Jersey, 514.
Science-American association for ad-
vancement of, noticed, 63; and in-
dustry-annual record of for 1878,
noticed, 644.

Scold-ducking a female, 200.
Seeley, J. R.-life and times of Stein,
noticed, 703.

Seventy-six stone house-at Tappan,
7. A. Stevens, 743;
Seymour, Horatio-influence of New
York on American jurisprudence,

217.

Seymour and vicinity-historical col-
lections of, noticed, 270.

Sharpe, W.C.-Seymour and vicinity,
noticed, 270; record of Sharpe fam-
ily in England and America, no-
ticed, 271..

Sharpe family record, noticed, 271.
Shaw house, New London, Connecti-
cut-visited by Washington, 160.
Shea, George-life and epoch of Alex-
ander Hamilton, noticed, 763.
Sherman, John-selected speeches and
reports of finance and taxation, no-
ticed, 644.

Shreve, John, Lieut. of N. J. line of
continental army-personal narra-
tive of, 564.

Shreve, S. H.-communicates per-
sonal narrative of the services of
Lieut. John Shreve of the N. J
line of the continental army, with
preliminary and supplementary
note, 564.

Silver question, noticed, 459.
Skipper-a dishonest, 54.
Slafter, Edmund F.-prehistoric cop-
per implements, noticed, 463.
Slote, N. Y.-the, 203, 318.
Smith, Adam-wealth of nations, no-
ticed, 71.

Smith, Baxter Perry-historyof Dart-
mouth college, noticed, 589.
Smith, Capt. John-on the stage, 55,
380.

Smith, Clement F.-minot, 584.
Smith, J. J Pringle-address before

South Carolina Hist. Soc., noticed,
769.

Smith, Joshua Hett, house, Haver-
straw, N. Y.-Washington's head-
quarters, 159.

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311.

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn-the east
and the west, noticed, 74.
Starbuck, Alexander-history of Am.
whale fishery, noticed, 78.
Stebbins, Emma-memoir of Charlotte
Cushman, noticed, 64.
Steiger's educational directory, no-
ticed, 645.

Stein-life and times of, noticed, 703.
Stephens, A. H.-life of, noticed, 72.
Stevens, John Austin-birth of the

empire state, 1; Washington's head-
quarters, Pompton, N. J., 89;
French in Rhode Island, 385;
seventy-six stone house at Tappan,

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André, 739.

Stone, E. M.-report of librarian and
cabinet keeper northern department
of R. I. hist. soc'y, noticed, 586.
Stone, R. C.-topical course of study,
noticed, 67.

Stone, William L.-Saratoga monu-
ment association, noticed, 268;

Gates' burial place, 316; George
Clinton, 329.
Strong, Caleb-mem. of, noticed, 270.
Students' topical history, noticed, 73.
Sullivan, Edward-Gen. Sullivan in
R. I., 1778, 511.
Sullivan, Gen. John-in Rhode Island,
1778, 511, 692; justification of,
Thomas C. Amory, 550.

Sutor, J. H.-Cherokee customs, 199.
Swinton, William-Swinton's con-
densed United States History, no-
ticed, 213.

Tammany society in Troy, N.Y., 379.
Tappan, N. Y.-Washington's head-
quarters at, 189; seventy-six stone
house at, André prison, 743-
Tattnall, Josiah, Com.-life and ser-
vices, noticed, 77.

Taylor, Richard-destruction and re-
construction, noticed, 522.
Telegraph in America-James D.
Reid, noticed, 321.

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