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[Cut of Execution.]

The Confession and Dying Words of Samuel Frost, who is to be Executed this Day, October 31, 1793, for the Horrid Crime of Murder.

Printed and sold at Mr. Thomas's Printing office, in Worcester. Price 6 d. Also, a Poem on the Occasion. Price 3 d.

17 x 20.

[The execution took place where the Asylum for Chronic Insane now stands. A sermon was preached before the execution by Rev. Aaron Bancroft.]

1794.

[Cut of a Large Serpent.]

The following is copied from the Journal kept by Mr. Jacob M. Berriman, during his tour to the Westward of Fort Recovery. May 27, 1794. Suffield: Printed by Edward Gray.

103 x 18.

[An account of "the most terrible Monster which mans eyes ever beheld, &c., &c." Any persons doubting the truth of it were asked to call at Mr. Peck's Museum in Philadelphia, where the skin was presented and satisfy themselves.]

Great News. By this Morning's Mail. Hartford, January 20, 1794. 8 x 13.

[This is a communication received at Hartford and relates to an “express dispatched from Citizen Genet, at Philadelphia, to Citizen Hauterive, at New York," which states that The Duke of York is taken with his whole Army; Toulon is re-taken, with every Ship in the Harbour,” &c. The news is confirmed by a letter from Baltimore dated Jan. 3, 1794, to a gentleman in New York.]

To the Inhabitants of the Towns bordering upon and near to the River Merrimack. October 29, 1794. 91 x 14.

[This is in regard to locks and canals; calls for a voluntary contribution to assist in building them. Gives the names of a large committee appointed to receive subscriptions.]

Table exhibiting a plan for the reduction of the Six per cent. Stock of the United States, agreeably to the right reserved to the public in the Act making provision for the Debt of the United States. December 27th, 1794. 102 x 17.

1795.

Information for Immigrants to the New-England States. lished by Order of the Immigrant Society in Boston. Thomas Russell, President. Boston, October 27, 1795.

14 x 193.

Odes sung at the Feast of St. John, June 24, 1795. To a new tune. By a Brother. Another to tune, Rule Britannia and one to tune-Attick Fire. Each 5 x 9.

1796.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress Assembled. The address and Memorial of the people called Quakers.

Signed on behalf and by direction of a Meeting appointed to represent our religious Society, held in Philadelphia the 10th day of the Second Month 1796.

8 x 13. JOHN DRINKER, Clerk.

[The address is in relation to a Bill in contemplation for the establishment of a Militia throughout the United States, and the proposed exemption with respect to those who sincerely adhere to Gospel Conviction which is considered only nominal, and the noncompliance with the Bill will subject them to sufferings on account of their attachment to a principle which takes away the occasion for war, &c., &c.]

1797.

A letter. Signed, "A Friend to the Useful Arts" dated Philadelphia, January 31, 1797, in regard to duty on white cotton goods imported into this Country, hopes some measure will be found, however, to except those which are stained or printed in the United States, &c.

1798.

72 x 92.

General Orders. Head-Quarters, Roxbury, May 1, 1798. [Signed] WILLIAM DONNISON, Adjutant-General

8 x 133.

[In regard to the Militia. Ask that every individual will do his duty with alacrity, so that order may be maintained and discipline be established throughout the Militia of the State, &c., &c.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House of Represen-
tatives, February 12th 1798. On the Memorial of the
Delegates of the Towns of Templeton, Barre, Princeton &
others praying for a division of the County of Worcester.
Approved March 3 1798. [Signed] INCREASE SUMNER.

7 x 123.

General Washington's Letter, Declaring his Acceptance of the
Command of the Armies of the United States. July 17th,
1798. [Published for General Information.] 11 x 18.
Tax for the Year 1798. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Peleg Coin, Esquire, Treasurer and Receiver-General of
said Commonwealth. [Dated March 24, 1798. 13 x 16.
This is an Act to apportion and assess a Tax of one hundred and
thirty-three thousand, three hundred and eighty-one dollars, and fifty-
three cents, &c. It is addressed to the Selectmen and Assessors of the
Town of Worcester, whose proportion of the tax is $855.28.

1799.

To the Representatives of the Froemen of the United States of
America; in Co gross assembled: Memorial of Freemen of
the Conuty of Roland, and State of Vermont. [Dated]
January 1798.

In regard to the Alien and Sedition Arts

11 x 137.

Tax for the Year 17.3. (Dated) March 28th, 1799. 134 x 16.
The amount of tax for Worcester is the same as for the previous
year.

1800.

Proclamation by the President on the death of Washington.

Signed Jons ADAMS.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Rescive by the Legislature
providing for az Oration on Washington.

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Hymns. To be Sing on the 21 of Felity, 18000, in MiMetown:
The days posted by Congress to Manifest our grief for
me Dat. & G2 George Washington.

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A.

Aa, Van der, 138 n.

Abbot, George M.

50, 51.

INDEX.

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Abbot, Major Gilbert, 459.
Abercrombe, Capt. James, 459.
Achilles, 333, 341, 342.

Adair, James, 400 n, 402, 407 n.,
416 n.-418 n., 430 n., 432 n., 433,
ib. n., 435 n., 436 n., 438 n., 442
n., 451. Cited, 388 n., 394 n., 397
n., 399, 401 n., 402 n., 416, 420 n.,
430 n. His map of the Indian
Nations," 147 n. His 64
History
of the American Indians," 387
n., 399 n., 408 n., 410 n., 417 n.,
429 n., ib. cited, 417.

Adams & Nourse, printers, 506–509.
Adams, Charles Francis, elected
Secretary for Domestic Corres
pondence, 163. Of committee
to make application for permis-
sion to examine and copy Memo-
rials of American Loyalists now
in Record Office, London, 173.
Speaks of the Bush portraits, ib.
Adams, John, President of the

U. S., 13, 193, 480, 511, 516.
Adams, Samuel, 110. Advertise-
ment of the sale of the property
of, 109.

Adams, Gov. Samuel, 13, 184, 471,
477, 480, 489, 503. His letter to
Stephen Greenleaf, 110.

Addington, Isaac, 457, 459.
Adultery, punishment for, 6-8.
Eschylus, 128.

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Allen, John, printer, 458.
Allen, Joseph, 184.

Allouez, Claude de, 156 n.
American Anthropologist, cited,
156 n.

American Antiquarian Society, list
of Papers upon, chronologically
arranged, 43-45. Original "Laws
of the American Antiquarian So-
ciety" cited, 46. Directories in
possession of, 53. Lists of Givers
and Gifts to, 57-70, 236-250, 320-
332. Election of Officers of, 163,
164. Vote that a committee be
appointed to make application
for permission to examine and
copy the Memorials of American
Loyalists, etc.. 172. Presents
the remainder of its mineral col-
lection to the Worcester Poly-
technic Institute, 217. Book
plates of, 217, 218. Miss Harriet
E. Henshaw's bequest to, 228,
229.

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Contributes to " Massachu-
setts Soldiers and Sailors of the
Revolutionary War," 231, 232.
Facts relating to the projected
lottery to raise funds for, 306,
307. Value of newspapers in,
308. Relations with kindred so-
cieties, 315, 316. Collection of
amateur newspapers in posses-
sion of, 316-319. "Early Amer-
ican Broadsides" belonging to,
paper by Nathaniel Paine, 455-
516. Earliest printed Broadside
belonging to, 456.

American Gazette and Weekly In-
telligencer of the Island of St.
John," first newspaper printed on
Prince Edward Island, 308, 309.
American Historical Association,
errata in Annual report for 1895,
315.

American Loyalists, remarks upon
the pension papers of, now in
the Record Office, London, by
George F. Hoar, 169, 170. Fur-
ther remarks by Edward L.

Pierce, 171. Vote of the Society
that a committee be appointed to
make application for permission
to examine and copy the memo-
rials of, 172.

American Philosophical Society,
Transactions of, 422 n. Ib. cited,

422.

"American Pilgrims," 165, 167.
Ames, Levi, punishment of, 478.
Amherst, Jeffrey, Lord, 468, 475.
Amherst College, gift to the Socie-
ty,314.

Amory, Jonathan, 512.

Andrews, John, his "map,” 147 n.
Anne, Queen of England, 458.
Annual meeting of the Society,
Oct. 21, 1896, 159.

Anville, Jean-Baptiste B. d', 139.
Description of his map, 142 n.

Apelles, 340.

Appleton, Thomas, 219.

Appleton, William S., 8.
Archer, Gabriel, 446 n.
Artaphernes, 334.

Ashburton, Alexander Baring,
Lord, the Webster - Ashburton
treaty, 188.

Ashurst, Sir William, Lord Mayor
of London, 263.
"Association, or non-importation
agreement of 1774," 221. Letter
to George F. Hoar rel. to, by
Wilberforce Eames, 222-225.
"Astronomical Journal," 271, 273,
277, 282.

Athapascan Indiaus, 126, 142.
Atwater, Caleb, 401 n. Archæolo-
gical explorations by, 149. His
Description of the Antiquities
discovered in the State of Ohio
and other Western States," 156.
Auchmuty, Robert, his connection
with the Land Bank of 1740,"
119-122.

Auditors, see Smith, William A.,
and Bullock, A. George.
Austin, Benjamin, 480.
Austin, Jonathan W., 483.
Avery, John, 498, 501.

B.

Bache, Alexander D., 272.

Bacon, Francis, his " Essays," 81.
Bacon, Hickman, 166.

Baker, Christopher, 456.
Baldwin, C. E., 152.

Baldwin, Christopher C., 229, 319.
Letter to, from George Bancroft,
45, 46.

Ballou, Rev. Hosea, 181.
Bancroft, Rev. Aaron, 514.
Bancroft, George, 48, 173. His
letter to Christopher C. Baldwin,
45, 46. Appointed "Knight of
the Order of Merit," 279.
Bangs, Edward, his report to the
Sub-council, June 26, 1815, cited,

307.

Barnard, John, 513.
Barrett, John, 473.
Bartlett, John R., 260.
Barton, Miss Clara, 228.
Barton, Edmund M., 2, 160, 254.
Presents his Reports as Libra-
rian, 43-56, 217-235, 306-319.
Speaks of the Bush portraits,
173.

Barton, Ira M., 49, 56.
Bartram, John, 148.
Bartram, William, 391, 403 n., 431
His "Travels," 398 n., 412
n., 432 n. Ib. cited, 384 n., 387 n.,
389 n., 390 n., 392 n., 412.
Basil, 341.

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