James Benjamin Wilbur OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND 359 Charles Evans 377 A NEW AMERICAN CONSTITUTION William MacDonald 439 PROCEEDINGS ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, OCTOBER 19, 1921, AT THE HALL OF THE SOCIETY, WORCESTER HE annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society was held at Antiquarian Hall, Wednesday, October 19, 1921. The meeting was called to order at 10.45 a. m. by President Lincoln.. There were present the following members: Henry Herbert Edes, John McKinstry Merriam, William Eaton Foster, Francis Henshaw Dewey, William Trowbridge Forbes, George Henry Haynes, Charles Lemuel Nichols, Waldo Lincoln, Samuel Utley, Benjamin Thomas Hill, Clarence Saunders Brigham, Lincoln Newton Kinnicutt, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Herbert Putnam, Julius Herbert Tuttle, Charles Grenfill Washburn, Samuel Bayard Woodward, Wilfred Harold Munro, Henry Winchester Cunningham, Frank Farnum Dresser, Charles Evans, Homer Gage, Grenville Howland Norcross, Thomas Hovey Gage, John Whittemore Farwell, Leonard Wheeler, Alexander George McAdie, William Lawrence Clements, George Anthony Gaskill, Alfred Lawrence Aiken, John Henry Edmonds, Robert Kendall Shaw, William Roscoe Thayer, Merrick Lincoln, James Benjamin Wilbur. The call for the meeting was read by the Secretary. Upon motion by Mr. Edes it was voted that the reading of the records of the last meeting be dispensed with. The President then read the report of the Council; Dr. Woodward presented the printed report of the Treasurer; and Mr. Brigham read the report of the Librarian. Upon motion made by Mr. Edes it was voted that this report be accepted as the report of the Council and referred to the Committee of Publication. The President appointed Messrs. Edes, Tuttle and Homer Gage to collect, sort and count the ballots for President. The Committee reported that all ballots cast were for Waldo Lincoln and he was declared elected. The President appointed Messrs. Winship, McAdie and Munson to nominate other officers, who reported as follows: Vice-Presidents Arthur Prentice Rugg, LL.D., of Worcester, Mass. Clarence Winthrop Bowen, LL.D., of New York, N. Y. Councillors Samuel Utley, LL.B., of Worcester, Mass. Charles Grenfill Washburn, A.B., of Worcester, Mass. Francis Henshaw Dewey, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. Henry Winchester Cunningham, A.B. of Milton, Mass. George Parker Winship, Litt.D., of Dover, Mass. William Howard Taft, LL.D., of New Haven, Conn. George Hubbard Blakeslee, Ph.D., of Worcester, Mass. Henry Herbert Edes, A.M., of Cambridge, Mass. Clarence Saunders Brigham, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. James Benjamin Wilbur, of Manchester, Vt. Secretary for Foreign Correspondence Charles Lemuel Nichols, M.D., Litt.D., of Worcester Mass. Secretary for Domestic Correspondence Worthington Chauncey Ford, LL.D., of Cambridge, Mass. Recording Secretary Thomas Hovey Gage, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. Treasurer Samuel Bayard Woodward, M.D., of Worcester, Mass. Committee of Publication George Henry Haynes, Ph.D., of Worcester, Mass. Julius Herbert Tuttle, of Dedham, Mass. John Henry Edmonds, of Boston, Mass. Clarence Saunders Brigham, A.M., of Worcester, Mass. Auditors Benjamin Thomas Hill, A.B., of Worcester, Mass. Homer Gage, M.D., of Worcester, Mass. A ballot was thereupon taken and the nominees were declared elected. The Secretary was duly sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by Mr. Gaskill, a Justice of the Peace. The President appointed Messrs. Cunningham, Shaw and Edmonds a committee to collect and count the ballots for new members and this committee announced the election of the following: Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, of Indianapolis, Ind. George Foot Moore, of Cambridge, Mass. |