PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN AID TO LOCAL HISTORY. George E. Francis. 274 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, OCTOBER 20, 1888. JOSEPH SARGENT, M.D.: Action of the Council on his Death. . 349 LA SALLE'S MONUMENT AT ROUEN. Hamilton B. Staples. FIRST COLLEGE BUILDING AT CAMBRIDGE. Andrew Mc Farland Davis . 469 NOTE. Reports of the annual meetings in October, 1887 and 1888, of the stated meeting in April, 1888, and of a special meeting of the Council on October 20, 1888, following the death of Dr. Joseph Sargent, with the papers presented at these meetings, make up the Fifth Volume, New Series, of the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. The Hon. George F. Hoar, elected as President in October, 1884, felt compelled by the pressure of other duties to lay down the office after three years of service, and was succeeded by Stephen Salisbury, A.M. In October, 1887, was inaugurated the plan of publishing an essay,-written by the member of the Council to whom was assigned the duty of preparing the semi-annual report,-as a separate paper and not as a part of the report itself. So we have herewith essays from Prof. Franklin B. Dexter, on the Estimates of Population in the American Colonies; from President Salisbury, on Early Books and Libraries; and from Rev. Dr. Edward E. Hale, on the Naval History of the Revolution. The contributions to this volume include papers by Rev. Grindal Reynolds, Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D.D., William B. Weeden, Reuben A. Guild, Andrew McFarland Davis, George H. Moore, Dr. George E. Francis, Robert Noxon Toppan, Rev. Dr. Andrew P. Peabody, Samuel Swett Green, J. Evarts Greene, Judge Hamilton B. Staples, and John M. Merriam. THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. WORCESTER, April 24, 1889. ERRATA. Page 47, line 7 from bottom, for Force's Tracts IV. 9 read IV. 5. Page 96, line 3 from top, for Page read Paige. Page 108, note 4, for 1812 read 1862. Page 161, line 16 from bottom, for John N. read John M. Page 180, line 6 from bottom, for December 24 read December 16. Page 417, line 5 from bottom, for Lewis read Sims. Page 490, note 4, for Vol. IV. read Vol. II. |