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Queen's County in the Assembly-during the years 1819, 20, 21, '32, '38 and '40, and was a member of the Senate in 1823. He was Secretary of the English Legation under his father in 1825, and a leading member of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-first Congress, 1849, 1851. His Congressional career was marked by an event that created no little interest at the time. There was a deficiency in the revenue appropriations that compelled Mr. Meredith, then Secretary of the Treasury, to lay up many of our revenue cutters and discharge the crews. Howell Cobb, the Speaker of the House, and the whole democratic majority, were opposed to granting the desired relief. James G. King, knowing the necessity for a special appropriation, and feeling the injustice of withholding it, framed and introduced a bill for this purpose. He was strongly advised by Secretary Meredith that it would be impossible to pass it, but relying on the justice and good sense of the members, he laid his proposition before the House. His brother, John A. King, explained and supported it in a speech of remarkable ability and effect; and so great was the regard for the high character and uprightness of purpose of these two brothers, that despite an adverse majority and without the skilful engineering of parliamentary tacticians, the bill was passed, and has ever since been the law of the land. In the fall of 1855, he was elected Governor of New York, and discharged the duties of the office in an able manner to the year 1859, when he declined a re-nomination. His occupation through life (other than political) was that of a farmer, and to his farm on Long Island he retired, there to devote his leisure hours to the study of agriculture as a science, in which he was deeply interested, and in connection with Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of Dorchester, Mass., was one of the most active supporters of the United States Agricultural Society, and the United States Society of Pomology. He was also President of the New York State Agricultural Society. He was always identified with the prosperity of the village of Jamaica, where he resided, and its institutions. Gov. King had a fine open countenance, a commanding presence, a rich, sonorous voice, graceful gesticulation, and an impassioned earnestness of manner that seldom failed to carry conviction to the hearts of his auditors.

As a public man he seemed governed by a sense of justice; he had a strong desire to perform his duty. With his love of justice and of duty was conjoined a spirit of universal benevolence, an inflexible integrity, a sincerity and frankness that rendered dissimulation impossible. His private life was beautiful and attractive. He manifested in his daily walks the spirit of the Christian principles that he professed.

Ex-Governor King was attending the celebration given by the Young Men's Literary Union, at the Union Hall Academy, in Jamaica, on Thursday, July 4th, and after the programme of exercises had been concluded, he yielded to the expressed wish of the audience to make an address.

"My young friends,' said he, upon you will devolve the important duty of maintaining and strengthening the government of your country. Those like me, have nearly finished their work, and now look to you to carry forward your country to the great future that awaits her. Cultivate, always, a respect for religion and virtue. No people or country can prosper or become great without this. Let your prayer be, not only that those who hold the positions of power may be wise and discreet men, but whose ambition will be to labor for the honor and glory of the land.' After a few words complimentary to those who had taken part in the services of the day, he was observed to exhibit signs of illness and to lean on the speaker's stand for support. He attempted to rally and finish his address; he again faltered and staggered; was caught by some gentlemen on the platform, and was carried to the rear of the stage, where it was discovered that he had been stricken with paralysis. Doctors Barker and Hendrickson soon arrived and administered the usual remedies. He remained conscious for a short

time, and on Sunday afternoon he breathed his last."

He was admitted a corresponding member of the Society, July 13, 1859.

PROCEEDINGS.

Boston, Wednesday, May 1.-A stated meeting was held this afternoon, Rev. Washington Gilbert in the chair.

John H. Sheppard, the librarian, reported 72 volumes, 182 pamphlets, several manuscripts and a large number of newspapers as donations during the past month. Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the corresponding secretary, reported letters of acceptance from John P. Prendergast, of Dublin, Ireland, as a corresponding member, and from Charles Woolley of Waltham, and Lemuel Pope of Cambridge, as resident members.

Hon. John G. Metcalf, M.D., of Mendon, read a paper on the settlement of Mendon, of which town the 200th anniversary of its incorporation was to be celebrated on the 15th instant. In the paper was included a memoir of its first town clerk,

Col. William Crowpe. The following are some of the dates and facts given in the paper.

May 28, 1659, in answer to the petition of the town of Braintree, "in reference to their desire of a new plantation," liberty was granted by the General Court to seek out a place and to report “the names of such persons as will engage to carry on such a work," to the next General Court.

Nov. 12, 1659, the General Court gave liberty to Gregory Belcher," together with his neighbors," to settle with the petitioners from Braintree, "at the place where they could find it ungranted in this jurisdiction.'

Oct. 16, 1660. In answer to the petition of the inhabitants of Braintree, i. e. Gregory Belcher, James Penneman, Tho. Mekins, Moses Paine, Edmd. Quincey, Robert Twelves and Peter Brackett, the Court granted a Plantation of eight miles square, and for the encouragement of those who should settle there and to preserve the place from unnecessary waste, Capt. Daniel Gookin, Mr. William Parkes, Left. Roger Clap, Ephraim Child and William Stillson were appointed a committee of supervision. When this committee should, within three years, report the full number of persons, "with an able minister with them," then the Court would order them due bounds; and, in advance, appointed Major Humphrey Atherton, Left. Roger Clap, Capt. Eliazer Lusher and Dea. Parkes, or any three of them, " to make a valid act there," when this condition should be complied with.

Sept. 8, 1662. Moses Paine and Peter Brackett, two of the petitioners, obtained a deed of the territory from Auawasanauk, Quashoamiitt, Great John and Namsconont, Indian Chiefs, which was witnessed by John Eliott, Sen'r, John Eliott, Jr., and Daniel Weld, Senior. The Indians warranted the title good and that it was free from all incumbrances, from the foundation of the world to the day of sale.

May 12, 1670. Paine and Brackett assigned their rights under the deed to the Selectmen of Mendon, "for the use of said town."

May 5, 1662. "The Committee for Nipmugg" met at Dorchester, and made rules for conducting the settlement; and admitted the following persons to allotments of land there, who were ordered to be there "before the end of the 7th month, 1663-4.” viz.: John More, George Aldridge, Nathaniel Hareman, Alexander Plumbly, Mathias Puffer, John Woodland, Ferdinando Thayer, Daniel Lovett, John Harber, Josiah Chapin, Joseph Penniman, John Savill and John Gurney, of Braintree; and Goodman King, Sen'r, Walter Cook, William Holbrook, Joseph White, Goodman Thomson, Goodman Raynes, Goodman Bolter, Sen'r, Abraham Staples, Samuel Pratt and Thomas Bolter, of Weymouth.

May 15, 1667. The grant known as the settlement at Nipmugg or Netmock, and, afterwards, as the plantation of Quinshepauge, was incorporated by the name of Mendon. At the time of the incorporation others had removed there besides those whose names are before mentioned, and among those that of William Crowne must be one, as, at the first town meeting, June 7, 1667, he was chosen Chairman of the Selectmen and Town Clerk.

The first notice of William Crowne is found in a grant by Cromwell, of Nova Scotia, to Charles de Sainct Etienne, sieur de la Tour, baron d'Ecosse, Thomas Temple and Guillaume Crowne; which grant was dated Aug. 9, 1656.

Feb. 7, 1661. Col. Crowne was deputed by Gov. Endicott to appear before King Charles 2d, and answer the charges made against the Massachusetts Government, by the evil genius of the Colony, Randolph. How well he discharged this important duty may be learned from a letter, written by Lord Say and Seale, Lord Privy Counsellor to Charles 2d, to the Governor and Magistrates in Massachusetts, dated London, July 10, 1661.

During King Philip's war, which began in 1675, the inhabitants of Mendon abandoned the town and returned to Braintree and Weymouth. They did not return until 1680. By the Treaty of Breda, in the year 1667, Nova Scotia was surrendered back to the French; and, with the status ante bellum, St. Etienne, Temple and Crowne lost possession of the grant made by Cromwell. From a letter of Charles 2d to the Governor and Council of R I., it appears that Col. Crowne had petitioned the King for indemnity for losses sustained by the restoration of Nova Scotia. Crowne petitioned the King for a grant of "Philip's country" (the Indian war being ended and Philip killed) as a remuneration for his losses there. The " Merry Monarch" turned a deaf ear to the Town Clerk, and bestowed the coveted prize upon the Plymouth Colony.

The last heard of Col. Crowne, he being then in straitened circumstances, is found in a long letter of his to the General Court, dated July 10, 1682, setting forth the services he had done for the State and asking for pecuniary aid. The Court granted

him £15. At this time he was probably living in Boston, and, it is supposed, did not long survive the date of his petition.

Boston, June 5.-A stated meeting was held this afternoon, Rev. Edmund F. Slafter in the chair, and Samuel Burnham acting as recording secretary pro tempore. The librarian's report of donations during the preceding month was 20 volumes and 31 pamphlets.

The corresponding secretary reported the acceptance of E. Littell, of Brookline, as resident member.

The board of directors nominated three candidates for resident and one for corresponding membership, who were balloted for and elected.

Samuel Burnham read an original letter of President John Adams, which has never before been printed.

An ancient clock, belonging to the Moody family of Newbury, Mass., was presented to the Society in behalf of Mrs. Martha G. Wheelwright, and a Kris (sword) from the Phillipine Islands in behalf of Otto Countz.

Boston, July 3, 1867.-A quarterly meeting was held this afternoon. Ebenezer Alden, M.D., was called to the chair, and Bradford Kingman appointed recording secretary, pro tem.

The librarian sent in his report, showing that 11 volumes and 90 pamphlets had been presented to the Society since the last meeting.

The report of the corresponding secretary, also absent, showed that letters accepting membership had been received from Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, D.D., president of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., corresponding; and Rev. E. Porter Dyer, of Somerville, as resident.

William B. Trask, the historiographer, read biographical notices of the following deceased members: Lt. Col. James D. Graham, Hon. Abel Cushing, Theodore Dwight, Hon. Stephen Fairbanks, Solomon Piper, Hon. Salma Hale and Samuel Blake. The board of directors nominated one corresponding and five resident members, who were balloted for and elected.

Boston, August 7.- A stated meeting was held this afternoon, at the usual time and place, Rev. Washington Gilbert presiding, and Frederic Kidder acting as recording secretary.

In the absence of the librarian, J. Colburn, chairman of the library committee, reported as donations during the last month, I manuscript and 26 printed volumes, 43 pamphlets, and three photo-lithographs.

The corresponding secretary sent in his report, showing that J. O. Wetherbee, of Boston, and R. B. Caverley, of Lowell, had accepted their election as resident members, and Gen. John Meredith Read, Jr., of Albany, had accepted his election as a corresponding member.

The board of directors nominated four candidates for membership, one as corresponding and three as resident members, who were balloted for and elected.

Samuel G. Drake, A.M., author of the History of Boston, read a paper upon the Publishers and Booksellers of Boston in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. It comprised the A B and C's of his alphabetical list, beginning as follows: S. Adams, who, in 1762, printed "George Gooking's War and Heroic Poems." Thos. Adams, printer to the General Court of Mass.; Adams & Larkin, 1794, afterwards Adams & Nourse; John Allen, 1791 to 1815; Andrew Barclay, 1773, at the sign of the gilt Bible; E. Battelle, 1784, near the State House and in Marlborough street; Nathaniel Belknap, 1723, on Scarlet's wharf; Joseph Belknap, No. 8 Dock Square, 1794, subsequently Belknap & Hall; and Belknap & Young, office in State street. Caleb Bingham was a schoolmaster, minister and bookseller. He compiled several school books which had a wide circulation, and are still highly prized by those who know them. In 1789 his shop was at No. 44 Cornhill, a locality which he occupied for fifteen years or more. In 1802 he translated Chateaubriand's well known work called Atala.

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W. P. Blake, bookseller and publisher, 1793-5. In 1805 he kept a library at No. 3 School street. J. Blanchard, at the Bible and Crown in Dock Square, 1748-1752. Nicholas Boone, over against the brick meeting-house," 1701-1714. When the first successful newspaper* was started in Boston (which was also the first in America), in 1704, Boone was the publisher. From 1714 or earlier he was at the sign of the Bible in Cornhill, where he continued as late as 1729. A list of the works published by him would be of great interest.

The first newspaper in Boston was printed in 1690. Only one number was issued. See present volume page 180. VOL. XXI.

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Bowen & Norman, 1785, Marshall's lane; Nicholas Bowes, opposite the old brick meeting-house, 1769; John Boyle, an extensive publisher from 1773 to 1792, next door to the three doves" in Marlborough street; Joseph Browning, bookseller from 1683 to his death, 1691, "on the corner of Prison lane next the Town House." John Dunton says he was a Dutchman, and originally spelt his name Brunning. Thomas Bromfield, 1762 to 1769 in King street; Joseph Bumstead, printer and bookseller, 1791 in Union street. He was a dealer in second-hand books some thirty years or more, lastly on the spot now occupied by Messrs. Amos A. Lawrence & Co., Milk street; J. Bushel, at one time Green, Bushel & Allen, 1742 to 1749; Alfred Butler, lower end of King street near the Crown Coffee House, 1727-8; Nicholas Buttolph, bookseller and publisher, in Cornhill, 1719 to 1728.

S. Cabot, 1794. Duncan Campbell," over against the conduit and the dock head," 1693. Isaac Cazneau sold books near the Mill bridge, 1793; in 1795 he was in Marshall's lane. John Checkley, bookseller" at the sign of the Blue Gate, over against the west end of the town house," in 1723, and for many years afterwards. William T. Clapp sold books at the corner of Proctor's lane, in 1795. Four years later he was in Fish street. J. Condy, in 1785, in which year he issued "Fisher's Young Man's Best Companion." Nath'l Coverly published many works in Milk street to as late as 1823.

These are the names mentioned by Mr. Drake, with many more very curious particulars of some of the persons which cannot be given here. It is expected he will continue on with the alphabet at some future meeting, and that his account of the publishers, when completed, will be published. A list of the books printed in Boston and vicinity previous to 1800 would also be interesting and curious.

A letter was read at this meeting from Joseph L. Chester, Esq., of London, correcting some errors which have been perpetuated in the history of Rev. John Wheelwright, the founder of Exeter, N. H. This letter is published in the present number of the Register.

BOOK NOTICES.

The old Indian Chronicle; being a collection of exceeding rare Tracis, written and published in the time of King Philip's War, by persons residing in the country, to which are now added an Introduction and Notes. By SAMUEL G. DRAKE. Boston: Samuel A. Drake, No. 151 Washington Street. 1867. 4to. pp. 333.

In this exceedingly valuable and beautifully printed volume, we have an ably written introduction of 118 pages, unfolding with remarkable clearness the true causes which led to the celebrated war of King Philip, and the condition of the Indian tribes of New England at that eventful period. With the sharp and single eye of an experienced antiquary, Mr. Drake has most faithfully searched and examined every source of information, either in print or manuscript, that could shed the least glimmering ray of light upon this important subject; and has in these 118 curious and instructive pages, settled many historic questions and sharpened the reader's appetite for the rare and invaluable tracts which follow. These are:

1. "The present state of New England, with Respect to the Indian War." London, 1675. 2. "A Continuation of the state of New England, being a farther Account of the Indian War." London, 1676. 3. "A new and further Narrative of the state of New England." London, 1676. 4. "A true Account of the most considerable Occurrences, &c." London, 1676. 5. "The War of New England visibly ended, King Philip beheaded, etc." London, 1677. 6. "News from New England, being a true and last Account, &c." London, 1676. 7. "A farther brief and true Narration of the late Wars risen in New England." London, 1676.

These brief historic morceaux, here reprinted in the clearest type and on the fairest paper, from the very scarce and rudely executed original copies of the 17th century, are indispensable to every student of American history; and whoever has the pleasure of perusing them in this beautiful form, illustrated, as they are, with some very choice notes, a well executed map of the Nipmuck country, with unique cuts and typographical devices, will doubtless feel, as we ourselves do, most grateful to the

learned editor for this fresh contribution to the historic and bibliographical literature of America, and, in the words of Horace, add-SERUS IN COLUM REDEAS!

An Epic Poem.

By ROBERT B. 1866.

The Merrimac and its Incidents.
CAVERLY. Boston: Innes & Niles, Printers, 37 Cornhill.
pp. 80.

With Illustrations.

It is said that "verse sweetens toil," and we doubt not that many who tend the busy spindles which the "working river" of New England twirls will find their labors lightened by perusing this pleasant historical and descriptive sketch of scenes and incidents associated with the romantic stream on which they live. Thoreau, Tracy, Walker, Whittier have cast their garlands of praise upon the Merrimac; Mr. Caverly . brings another in the verse which Goldsmith used, and makes it evident that he not only loves the busy current, but that he has also carefully examined the history of those inhabiting its banks, even to the remotest times. The illustrations are quite characteristic and the notes are to the point.

Genealogy of a part of the Ripley Family. By H. W. RIPLEY, Har lem, N. Y. [1866]. 12mo. pp. 7.

A small edition of this pamphlet has been printed for circulation among the family to awaken an interest on the subject of its genealogy. Mr. Ripley writes us that he has had the early facts here printed in his possession for nearly fifty years. We are glad that he has put them beyond the danger of being lost. The copy in the library of the Historic-Genealogical Society has some manuscript editions and corrections by the author.

Glover Memorials and Genealogies. An Account of John Glover, of Dorchester, and his Descendants, with a brief sketch of some of the Glovers who first settled in New Jersey, Virginia and other places. By ANNA GLOVER. Boston: David Clapp & Son. 1867. 8vo. pp. 601.

Among the early settlers of Dorchester, was Mr. John Glover, whose family consisted, on his arrival, of himself, his wife and three children. He was son of Thomas and Margery (Deane) Glover, was in possession of large landed estates in Lancashire, a member in 1628 of the" Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England" and one of the £50 contributors thereto, and is spoken of by Edward Johnson as "a man strong for the truth, a plain, sincere and godly man, and of good abilities." He brought with him, we are informed, besides a large number of cattle, all the necessary implements and manual assistance for carrying on the business of tanning, He soon settled in Dorchester, and established there what is said to have been the first tannery in the Colony. A tract of 400 acres of land being likewise secured for a farm, he laid the foundation of an estate, a portion of which, with the homestead, has been retained in the family for eight generations, and on which as many as sixty children bearing the name have been born. Other estates were also acquired by him, including one in Boston, to which town he removed about 1650, and where he died in 1653, aged 53 years. Mr. Glover was chosen one of the Selectmen of Dorchester in 1636, and nearly every year afterwards during his residence in the town; was a Deputy to the General Court most of that time; was chosen Assistant the last two years of his life, and was appointed to many offices of trust and honor. He was a generous patron of Harvard University, then in its infancy, and besides other gifts left to it a legacy of “five pounds a year forever as a perpetual annuity for the aid of indigent students." This annuity, amounting to $16.67, has been annually paid from that time to the present by the Boston estate, which long since passed out of the family-the yearly payments amounting in the aggregate, as Miss Glover informs us, to more than $3,000. Such, in brief, was the worthy progenitor of a long line of descendants, who in numbers, in respectability, and in marriage relationships, will compare favorably with the other noted families of the puritan stock.

Of the five sons of John-of whom our author gives us a full account-viz., Thomas, Habackuk, John, Nathaniel and Pelatiah-the three first were born in England. Thomas returned there in early manhood, married and became a merchant in London, where he died in 1707, aged 80. Habackuk married the only daughter of the celebrated John Eliot, removed from Dorchester to Boston, and died there in 1693, aged 65. His descendants, as traced by Miss Glover, number 152. John grad

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