Register of the Commissioned, Warrant and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps and others, to July 1, 1878. Washington: Government Printing House. 1878. [8vo. pp. 178.] The Boston Herald and its History. . . . Boston, Mass. 1878. [Fcp. 4to. pp. 93.] In Memoriam William Hickling DeCosta. Privately printed. Charlestown : 1878. [Sm. 4to. pp. 8.] General Conference of the Congregational Churches in Maine-fifty-second Anniversary. Maine Missionary Society, seventy-first Anniversary. Held with the High Street Church in Auburn, June 25, 26 and 27, 1878. Bangor: Ö. F. & W. H. Knowles, Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 144.] Ode on the Anniversary of the fifth half century of the Landing of Gov. John Endicott. By William W. Story. Delivered before the Essex Institute, at Salem, Sept. 1878. Salem: Printed at the Salem Press. 1878. [8vo. pp. 29.] Correspondence of Hartlit, Haak, Oldenburg and others of the founders of the Royal Society, with Gov. Winthrop of Connecticut, 1661-1672. With an introduction and notes by Robert C. Winthrop, LL.D., president of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Reprinted from the proceedings of the Society. Boston: Press of John Wilson & Son. 1878. [8vo. pp. 49.] A Semi-Centennial Discourse, delivered Sunday, March 24, 1878, commemorative of the organization of the Congregational Church, Newmarket, N. H. By Rev. Isaac C. White, pastor of the Church. Published by request. 1878. [8vo. pp. 17.] Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Volume VI. Edited and published by authority of the State, by E. P. Walton. Montpelier: Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland. 1878. [8vo. pp. 574.] Tribute to William Cullen Bryant. By Robert C. Waterston, at the Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, June 13, 1878. With an Appendix. Boston: Press of John Wilson & Son. 1878. [8vo. pp. 54.] Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library [of the] City of Boston. 1878. [8vo. pp. 66.] Kansas Horticultural Report for the Year 1878. Edited by the Secretary [G. C. Brackett]. Vol. VII. Published by the Society. [Seal.] Topeka, Kansas: George W. Martin, Kansas Publishing House. 1878. [8vo. pp. 357.] Triennial Catalogue and Directory of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 1878. Prepared by the Treasurer of the Society. Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers, 564 Washington Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 96+1.] I. O. O. F. History of Odd Fellowship in Maine. Published by Order of the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment. Portland, Me.: F. G. Rich & Co., Printers and Publishers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 356.] Central New York in the Revolution. An Address delivered Aug. 15th, 1878, at the Unveiling of a Monument in Commemoration of the Massacre at Cherry Valley, New York, in 1778. By Douglas Campbell. New York: F. J. Ficker, Law and Job Printers. [8vo. pp. 34.] List of the Society of Antiquaries of London, on the 6th of June, 1878. [Seal. 8vo. pp. 25+1.] Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, November 29, 1877, to February 14, 1878. [Seal.] London: Printed by Nichols & Sons, for the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House. [8vo. pp.48.] Diocese of Massachusetts. Eighty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the ConventionMDCCCLXXVIII. Boston: A. Williams & Co. 1878. [8vo. pp. 169.] Vol. VIII. No. 2, Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, founded Nov. 30, 1864. 1878. [Seal.] Edited by John L. Hayes. Boston Office, 11 Pemberton Square. 1878. [8vo. pp. 58.] Fifteenth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Boston Seamen's Friend Society. Presented May 29, 1878. Boston: Press of J. H. Barnard, 93 Federal Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 24.] Free Trade in Money the great and principal Cause of Fraud, Poverty and Ruin. Stringent Usury Laws the best defence of the people against Hard Times; an Answer to Jeremy Bentham by Hon. John Whipple, LL.D., of Rhode Island, in which are appended letters on the same subject from Nahum Capen to Hon. R. H. Gillet, and to the Hon. Edmund Burke; also other articles on the power of Interest, Weights and Measures, and the Usury Laws of the different States-to which is prefixed an introduction by Nahum Capen, LL.D., author of "Republic of the United States," The History of Democracy," &c. New York: American News Company. Boston: New England News Company. 1878. Copyright secured. [8vo. pp. 62.] 46 Notes on a Collection from the Ancient Cemetery at the Bay of Chacota, Peru. By John H. Blake. [From the Eleventh Annual Report of the Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology. Cambridge: 1878.] A Secret Chapter of Political History-the Electoral Commission. The truth concerning Samuel J. Tilden, President de jure, disclosed and stated against some false representations of his action, advice and conduct during the winter of 1876-77. [Sm. 8vo. pp. 23.] The Two Hundred and Fortieth Annual Record of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1877-78. Sermon by Rev. R. Laird Collier, D.D., of Boston, Mass. Boston: Press of Rockwell & Churchill, No. 39 Arch Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 103.] Massachusetts Legislature-the Committee on Federal Relations. Speech of President Eliot for aid in the preservation of the Old South Meeting-House. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 14.] Massachusetts Legislature-the Committee on Federal Relations. Speech of Hon. Wendell Phillips for aid in the preservation of the Old South Meeting-House. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 14.] The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. The Sixth Annual Report for the year 1877.. Submitted to the President of the University, May 25, 1878. Minneapolis: Johnson, Smith & Harrison. 1878. [8vo. pp. 225.] ... One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Annual Report, made Sept. 25th, 1878, to the Company of the Redwood Library and Athenæum, Newport, RI. Submitted to the Proprietors Wednesday, Sept. 27th, 1878. Newport: Printed by James Atkinson. 1878. [Svo. pp. 24.] DEATHS. ANDREWS, Gad, in Southington, Conn., Aug. 28, 1878, a. 75. He was born in Plymouth, Conn., the first child of Luman and Loly (Cowles) Andrews. He was a descendant in the seventh generation from John and Mary Andrews, among the first settlers of Farmington, Conn. He removed with his parents to Southington, in 1810, where he resided until his death. He filled many offices in the gift of the town, and was a member of the State Legislature. He was a farmer by occupation. His habits were literary, and he collected a library of over one thousand vols. His later years were almost wholly given to antiquarian researches. Of studious habits and a retiring disposition, he died, as he lived, among his books. The Southington, Conn., Weekly Phœnix, Sept. 6, 1878, contains a commemorative notice by the Rev. Heman R. Timlow. CHILD, Mrs. Elizabeth, in Boston, at her residence, 1 Hollis Street, Dec. 13, 1878, aged 97. She was the daughter of Paul Dudley and Anna (Mayo) Richards, of Boston, where she was born Aug. 18, 1781. She was a descendant in the sixth generation from Gov. Thomas Dudley, through Gov. Joseph, Hon. William,3 Elizabeth,* who m. Joseph Richards, and Paul Dudley Richards, her father (see REG. x. 339). She m. Richards Child, a merchant of this city, who died Nov. 28, 1840, leaving two children, both since deceased, namely, Elizabeth R. wife of Abel Ball, M.D. (ante, xxxi. 231), and Henry R. who died at Hillsboro', Ill., March 16, 1847, a. 30, leaving one son, Dudley Richards Child, now residing at Boston, the only living descendant of the subject of this obituary. "She was a woman of much intelligence and retained her mental faculties to the last, not only possessing vivid recollections of oldtime events, but taking an interest in current events which led her to keep fully informed concerning them."See obituary in the Boston Journal, Dec. 13, 1878, and Boston Evening Transcript same date. CURTIS, Miss Catharine Parker, at Jamaica Plain, Boston, June 26, 1878, aged 77. She was the eldest daughter of Joseph and Bethia Allen (Parker) Curtis, and was born May 13, 1801. By her death is severed one of the brightest links between the present and the past to those whose privilege it was to enjoy frequent intercourse with our departed friend. Her mind, always strong and clear, retained so many memories of the olden time and presented them in such entertaining forms to the younger generation, that she seemed the repository of local history. Living always in the house where she was born (and where also her father and grandfather were born), she cherished a deep attachment for ancient times and events, and her assistance in genealogical research was always eagerly sought. Her affections were peculiarly strong, and her sympathy never failing; in every way her death will be felt as leaving a sad vacancy. Some years since she prepared a careful genealogy of the Curtis family, which she has left in manu script form. She was a subscriber for the REGISTER from the year 1851 till her death, and always keenly enjoyed its contents, finding a never-failing source of entertainment in reviewing its early numbers as her favorite reading. She died in the same room where her mother and father had died, and where also her father's parents and grandparents died, an uncommon occurrence in our changing age. S. GODEY, Louis Antoine, in Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1878, a. 74. He was born in New York city, June 6, 1804. In early life he removed to Washington, but his stay there was short, and soon after he went to Philadelphia, which continued his residence for the rest of his life. In July, 1830, he issued the first number of the "Lady's Book," the second periodical published exclusively for women, the Ladies' Magazine,' established in Boston in 1828, being the first. In 1837, the Ladies' Magazine" was united to the Lady's Book," and Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, its editor, was associated with Mr. Godey in editing the latter periodical. Mr. Godey remained at the head of his magazine till Dec., 1877, when he sold it to the Godey Publishing Company. The " Lady's Book" has had a large circulation, and Mr. Godey realized a fortune from it. He was a philanthropic man, but was unostentatious in his charity. See the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Nov. 30, 1878, for fuller details. PAULDING, Rear Adm. Hiram, senior flag officer on the retired list of the U. S. Navy, died in Huntington, L. I., Oct. 20, 1878, a. 80. He was a son of John Paulding, the captor of André, was b. in Westchester county, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1797, and entered the Navy Sept. 1, 1811. He was engaged in MeDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, in 1814, and was the last surviving officer in that battle. He served under Com. Porter in his W. India cruise against pirates in 1823, and in 1857 suppressed Walker's expedition against Nicaragua. He was in command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1862 till the end of the war. In 1866 he was appointed governor of the Philadelphia Naval Asylum. WELLS, Rev. Eleazer Mather Porter, D.D., in Boston, Sunday, Dec. 1, 1878, a. 85. He was the eldest son of James A. Wells, and was born in Hartford, Ct., Aug. 4, 1793. He was licensed as a Congregational minister, March, 1823, and officiated at Plymouth, Mass. and Calais, Me. On the 7th of June, 1826, he was ordained as deacon, and June 21, 1827, as priest in the Episcopal Church, and after officiating some months in Gardiner, Me., he took charge of the House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders at Boston, six years (Dec. 27, 1827-34). In 1835 he established the School for Moral Discipline, in this city, and conducted it till 1843. In Dec., 1844, he became rector of St. Stephen's Church, and took charge of the City Mission in Boston, remaining in charge till his death. He was one of the pioneers of Odd Fellowship in Massachusetts, and a respected member of the Masonic fraterternity. He was chaplain of the Grand Lodge at his death, having held the office almost continuously from Aug., 1853. The late John H. Sheppard, A.M., his parishioner, paid a high tribute to his character in the REGISTER (ante, xvii. pp. 302-3). WILLIS, Hamilton, in Boston, Nov. 16, 1878, a. 60. He was a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sewall (May) Willis, and was b. in 1818. From 1837 to 1853 he was a stock broker. He contributed many articles of interest to the Boston press, especially to the Gazette and the Journal. He was esteemed by all his associates, and was a great admirer of Daniel Webster. His father was the oldest brother of the Hon. William Willis, author of the "History of Portland," Maine (ante, xxvii. pp. 1-8). ERRATA ET ADDENDA.-Page 26, line 35, after Feb. 5, 1665, add also land of Mary widow of Nathaniel Glover, May 28, 1659. Page 27, line 26, for Hannah Manners of Warren, read Hannah, b. 1660, d. Jan. 14, 1729, dau. of John, Jr., and Mary (Gates) Maynard, of Marlboro'. Page 28, 1. 21, after 1707, a ld He is thought to have been with his brother Ebenezer at Casco Bay (Falmouth) before finally settling at Milton. Page 28, 1. 26, for (Craft?) read Holbrook. Page 30, 1. 2. for Taher read Tabor. Page 31, 1. 29, for 1789 read 1749. Page 33, 1. 15, red-He m. Rebecca, dau. of Daniel and Abigail (Craft) Holbrook. She was b. at Roxbury, Feb. 9, 1699, &c. Page 33, 1.3 from bottom, after Dedham, read had by wife Susannah, dau. of Joseph and Susannah (Hartshorn) Beard, of Westminster, Mass., a son Charles, b. Newton, May 25, 1812, who by wife Joan F., dau. of Joseph Fullerton and Sylvia (Bingham) Hagar of Boston had at Cambridge, &c. Vol. xxxii. p. 426, 1. 7 from bottom, read have no significance. |