THE TW EDITED BY TL. a.. THIS periodical is published quarterly, at No. 13 Bromfield Street, Boston, on the first day of January, April, July, and October, at $3 per annum. The design of the work is to gather up and place in a permanent form the scattered and decaying records of the domestic, civil, literary, religious and political life of the people of New England; to rescue from oblivion the illustrious deeds and virtues of our ancestors; to perpetuate their honored names, and to trace out and preserve the genealogy and pedigree of their families. To this end the REGISTER Contains: 1. Biographies, accompanied with steel engravings of distinguished men. 2. Genealogies of New England families. 3. Transcriptions of important papers from our church, town, county and court records; deeds, writs, wills, etc. 4. Historical memoranda, as from interleaved almanacs, family Bibles, old account books, etc. Inscriptions from ancient burial places, and from ancient coins. 6. Bibliography-especially of rare American books, pamphlets, sermons, etc. 7. Old ballads and poems, with illustrative notes. 8. Ancient private journals and letters throwing light upon American history. 9. Notices of new historical works, and others upon kindred and subsidiary topics. 10. Current events in the country-centennial celebrations, etc. 11. Proceedings of the meetings of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. 12. Necrology of members of the Society. Notes and Queries respecting curious historical and antiquarian questions; old buildings, music, costumes, coins, autographs, etc. 14. Deaths and marriages. The whole containing an original and varied mass of information, historical, archæological, genealogical and aesthetic, invaluable to the student of history, the man of letters, the lover of his country, and of the honored names of those who founded it. A carefully prepared index of names and subjects accompanies every volume. Subscribers, by leaving their present or back volumes at the rooms of the Society, can have them bound in cloth, uniform with the early volumes, at 63 cents per volume; or in goat back and corners, with marble paper sides, at 75 cts. per volume. The Rooms and Library of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. The rooms of the Historic-Genealogical Society, No. 13 Bromfield Street, are open daily from 10 A.M. to 1 o'clock; and from 3 o'clock P.M. to 5 o'clock. The Library now contains over 7,000 Volumes, and more than 20,000 Pamphlets, many of which are exceedingly rare and valuable. The collection of Town Histories is the most extensive in the country. Visitors are always cordially welcomed to the Rooms and to the use of the Library. PUBLISHED AT THE SOCIETY'S ROOMS, 17 BROMFIELD STREET. PRINTED BY DAVID CLAPP & SON. 1867. $3.00 per Annum. Postage Two Cents. NOTES AND QUERIES. Notes.-Mrs. Abigail Alden, 207; The Chester Emery Mine, 224; The Ancient Town of Bridgewater, Mass., 225; Rev. Thomas Stoughton, 249; Mrs. Jonathan Eastman, 251; Hugh Browne of Salem, 256; Early Settlement of Syracuse, N. Y., 256; The Force Library, 264; The North Gate of Dorchester, 273; Early Mills in New England, 270; Burial Grounds in Dorchester, 270; Alewives, 272; Wallingford, 278; The Madison Flute, 278. Queries.-A Singular Marriage Ceremony, 284; John Hancock, 284. Replies.-Marbury Family, 283; Hugh Peters, 284; Mrs. Miriam Hart, 284; Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, 284. CENTENNIAL AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS.-Aug. 22, 1866, Northboro', Mass. 221; Sept. 23, First Church at Boothbay, Me., 280; Jan. 1, 1867, Soldiers' Monument at Southboro', 282; Jan. 9, First Unitarian Church at Burlington, Vt., 282; Mar. 21, Somerville, Mass., 282; April 19, Soldiers' Monument at Concord, Mass., 282; April 21, Soldiers' Memorial at King's Chapel, Boston, 281; May 15, Mendon, Mass., 281. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Necrology.-Hon. Stephen Fairbanks, 291; Hon. Salma Hale, 292; Samuel Blake, 292. Proceedings.-March 6, 1867, Paper by Rev. Joseph Allen, D.D., 295; April 3, Paper by Hon. Charles Hudson, and Readings by Rev. Dorus Clarke and William R. Deane, 295. BOOK NOTICES.-Prendergast's Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, 296: Hobart's History of Abington, 299; Autobiography of Levi Hutchins, 299; Loring's Oration at Bolton, 300; Lyman's History of Easthampton, 300. TUTHILLS OF SOUTHOLD.-A general meeting of the descendants of HENRY and JOHN TUTHILL, early settlers of Southold, is proposed to be held at the village of Southold, L. I., on the 28th (twenty-eighth) of August next. JOHN DUNTON LETTERS FROM NEW ENGLAND.-The fourth volume of the Publications of the Prince Society has just been issued. It contains letters from New England, written in 1686, by the famous John Dunton, portions of which were printed in his Life and Errors, but equally interesting portions have never before been published. We learn that fifty copies were printed above those needed for members, a limited number of which can be had at EIGHT DOLLARS a copy, a small advance above the cost to members, by addressing the Treasurer of that Society, JEREMIAH COLBURN, Esq., 17 Bromfield Street, Boston. None of the previous volumes are for sale by the Society. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHES IN ENGLAND.-We invite attention to the advertisement of a London Genealogist and Herald, on the third page of our cover, addressed to Americans. The Publishing Committee have received credentials from several distinguished antiquaries and genealogists of London, who testify to the industry and perseverance, and to the eminent fitness and qualifications of the advertiser for genealogical and heraldic researches. For terms of service, which are very reasonable, and further information, application may be made at the Society's Rooms, 17 Bromfield Street. The writings of the Editor may always be had of SAMUEL G. DRAKE, A.M., 17 Bromfield Street, Boston. Payments for the Register should be made to WILLIAM B. TawNE, Treasurer. |