Hingham Town (part 5 of 9)

Memoir of Governor Andrew, with personal reminiscences, by Peleg W. Chandler, to which are added two hitherto unpublished Literary Discourses and the Valedictory Address. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1880. University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Bound volume, pp. 298.

The Eve of War. From Governor Andrew's Address to the Legislature of Massachusetts, Jan. 5, 1861. pp. 8. The Old South Leaflets, Second Series, 1884, No. 8.

In 1823 Miss Whiting left Hingham for Charlestown, Mass., where she established a private school, and where, in May, 1831, she became the founder of the Charlestown Female Seminary, a school in the interest of the Baptists, of which denomination she was a devoted and conscientious member. She died in Hingham, Aug. 22, 1853, aged 58 years and 6 months.

The Teacher's last Lesson ; a Memoir of Martha Whiting, late of the Charlestown Female Seminary. Consisting chiefly of Extracts from her Journal, interspersed with Reminiscences and suggestive Reflections, by Catharine N. Badger, an associate Teacher. 284 pp. 12mo, with portrait. Boston. Gould and Lincoln. 1855.

The Washingtonian Reform. An Address delivered before the Hingham Total Abstinence Society, June 16, 1844. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer.

A Review of the Tariff of 1846, in its effects upon the business and industry of the country, in a series of articles contributed to the Evening Transcript over the signature of " Profit and Loss," with a Table showing the annual amount of our foreign imports and exports for the last ten years. Boston. Redding and Company, 1855. Pamphlet.

Exports and Imports, as showing the Relative Advancement of Every Nation in Wealth, Strength, and Independence. [In a series of articles contributed to the Boston Transcript.] Printed by order of the committee of correspondence appointed under the resolutions of a meeting on the 15th of June, 1858, of the friends of protection to domestic industry. Philadelphia. 1859. Pamphlet.

A Discourse on Education, delivered before the Trustees of the Derby Academy, at Hingham, April 5, 1796. Also at the South Parish in Scituate. " Education forms the common mind." Published by desire. Boston. Printed by Manning and Loring. 1803.

John Beal of Hingham and One Line of His Descendants. Genealogical. Pamphlet, pp. 16. Boston. Wright and Potter, printers, No. 4 Spring Lane. 1867.

A Sermon delivered July 2, 1806, at the Ordination of Mr. Joseph Richardson, A.M., to the pastoral care of the Church and Congregation of the First Parish in Hingham. Boston. Printed by Hosea Sprague.

A brief family story. By Quincy Bicknell. Family Historian. From " The Bicknells and the Family Reunion at Weymouth, Massachusetts, September 22, 1880." pp. 26-36, inc. Boston. , New England Publishing Co., Printers. 1880.

Sketch By a Parishioner. See pp. 53-66, inc., in the pamphlet having upon its title-page " Reverend Calvin Lincoln. Sermon preached in the Old Meeting-House, Hiugham, Sunday, September 18, 1881. By Rev. Rufus P. Stebbins, D.D., also Services at the Funeral, and Sketch by a Parishioner."

Mr. Bicknell recently published a very full and carefully prepared history of John Tower, Senior, of Hingham, and his descendants. The work will furnish much valuable information concerning the families belonging to Hingham and Cohasset, as well as a complete record of those who bear the surname " Tower " throughout the United States ; and its value in an historical, genealogical way cannot be overestimated.

Mr. Binney was for two years pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hingham. He married here for his first wife, July 14, 1824, Caroline, daughter of Isaiah and Susa (Leavitt) Wilder. Some years ago he published a " Theological Compend," which has been translated into nearly every language by missionaries, and just before his decease, in 1878, he completed his last work, entitled " The People's Commentary." He was a native of Hull.

Historical Sketch of the Boston Society of Natural History, with a Notice of the Linnsean Society which preceded it. Published by the Society. 1880. Quarto, pp. 250, with Portraits.

Assumed Authority. A Review of Rev. Dr. Hedge's Address, entitled " Anti-Supernaturalism in the Pulpit." Boston. Walker, Wise, and Company. 1864. Pamphlet.

Our Duty in relation to Southern Slavery. A Discourse delivered at South Hingham, Jan. 29, 1860. Boston. Printed by Prentiss and Sawyer, No. 19 Water Street. 1860. Pamphlet. 8vo. pp. 16.

Fidelity and Usefulness. Life of William Burr, Dover, N. H. F. Baptist Printing establishment. Boston. D. Lothrop & Co. 1871. 208 pp. 12mo. cloth, with portrait.

A Family Prayer-book: containing Forms of morning and evening Prayers for a fortnight. "With those for Religious Societies and Individuals. Cambridge. Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. 1821.

My Friends and People. - It is equally the dictate of duty and inclination, in your Pastor, to dedicate to you the volume of prayers composed and selected for your benefit. As I have prepared it during the last month, amidst all the duties of my office, I must ask from you that candour on which I have so often relied. Accept it as a part of my ministerial labours, and as an expression of my earnest wish to advance the spirit of true devotion and pure Christianity.

" During the first year of his ministry (1821) he wrote a Family Prayer Book, intended for his people, which was afterwards published in Hingham. It soon went to a second edition, and the demand for it was so great that in 1833 he rewrote the whole work, made a large addition to it, and the first stereotype edition was published. Eighteen editions have been issued, many having 4,000 copies each. A wealthy merchant of Boston gave away 20,000 copies, for which he paid Mr. Brooks a liberal price."

A Discourse delivered in Cohasset, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1835. At the Interment of the Rev. Jacob Flint, Pastor of the First Church in that Town. Published by request of the hearers. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer. 1835.

Mr. Brooks also published a " History of Medford," " The Daily Monitor," and a large number of other books and pamphlets. " He was quite a voluminous writer."

In what Sense the Heart is Deceitful and Wicked. A Discourse from Jer. xvii. 9. By John Brown, A.M., Pastor of the Second Church in Hingham. Published at the General Request and Expense of his Parishioners. 12mo. pp. 22. "Boston. Printed by Fowle in Queen Street. 1754."

A Discourse delivered at the West-Church in Boston, Aug. 24, 1766, six weeks after the death of the Reverend Dr. Mayhew. By John Brown, A.M., Pastor of the Second Church in Hingham. " The Lord Reigneth."

King David. " None can stay his Hand, or say unto Him, What dost Thou ? " Prophet Daniel. Boston. Printed by R. and S. Draper, in Newbury-Street ; Edes and Gill in Queen-Street ; and T. and J. Fleet in Cornhill. 1766. A Discourse delivered on the Day of the Annual Provincial Thanksgiving, Dec. 6, 1770. By John Brown, A.M., Pastor of the Church in Cohasset. 12mo. pp. 15. Boston, New England. Printed by Thomas Fleet, MDCCLXXI.

Sermon at the Ordination and Installation of Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford as Pastor of the First Universalist Church in Hingham, Mass., Feb. 19, 1868. Published with services of the occasion. Boston. C. C. Roberts, Printer. 1870. 12mo. 71 pp. See John G. Adams.

Stephen G. Bulfhstch. A Good Old Age. A Sermon preached at the Church at Harrison Square, Dorchester, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 1862, on occasion of the decease of Mrs. Sarah Gushing, wife of Hon. Abel Cushing. Samuel P. Brown, Printer. Randolph Book Office. 1862.

" The lady whose decease occasioned this sermon was the daughter of Moses and Martha (Lincoln) Whiton, and was born in Hingham, Jan. 11, 1783. In 1811 she became the wife of Hon. Abel Cushing, who with their four sons, survives her. She died at her home in Dorchester, Jan. 27, 1862. This tribute to her worth is printed, by request of her family, for private distribution."

By Fearing Burr and George Lincoln, associates : - The Town of Hingham in the late Civil War, with sketches of its Soldiers and Sailors. Also the Address and other Exercises at the Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Published by order of the Town. 1876. 455 pp. 8vo.

Included in this volume are eighteen of the author's prominent discourses, one of which was preached to the First Corps of Cadets, Sunday, July 14, 1892, while in camp in Hingham.

Some of his published works as a minister, which have a local interest, are : - A Discourse delivered in the Chapel Church, Boston, before the Humane

The Divine Providence. A sermon preached in Hingham and Quincy 20th August, 1812, the day of the National Fast on account of the War with Great Britain. Boston. Printed by Joshua Belcher. 1812.

A Discourse addressed to the Plymouth and Norfolk Bible Society, at their First Annual Meeting in Hanover, 11 September, 1816. Published by request. Boston. Printed by John Eliot. 1816.

Catechisms for Children and Young Persons. In two parts: Part L, containing a Catechism for Children ; Part II., containing a Catechism for Young Persons. Boston. Printed by John Eliot. 1817. Pamphlet.

A Sermon preached in Hingham 17 December, 1817, at the Ordination of the Rev. Daniel Kimball, A.M., Preceptor of Derby Academy, as an Evangelist. Published by request. Boston. Printed by John Eliot. 1818.

A Discourse delivered before the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company in Boston, 1 June, 1818. Published by request of the Company. Boston. Printed by John Eliot. 1818.

A Discourse on Pastoral Duty, addressed to the Ministers of the Bay Association at their Meeting in Hingham, August 21, 1822. Published at the request of the Association. Boston. Published by Cummings and Hilliard. 1822.

The Agriculture and Rural Economy of France. Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland ; from personal observation. Boston, Mass. Arthur D. Phelps. 1848. 304 pp. 8vo. cloth.

" Ministers must make Full Proof of their Ministry." A sermon preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Brown, Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Hingham. By Ward Cotton, A.M., Pastor of the first Church of Christ in Hampton, in the Province of New Hampshire. " Published at the Desire and Expence of the Reverend Ministers and other Gentlemen who heard it." Col. iv. 17. " And say to Archippus, Take Heed to the Ministry which thou hast received in the Lord that thou fulfill it." 12mo. pp. 30. Boston. Printed for D. Gookin, over against the Old South Meeting- House. 1747.

True Faith makes the best Soldier. A Sermon Preached before the Ancient and Honourable Artillery- Company, on their Anniversary Meeting, for the Election of Officers, June 6, 1748. Boston. Printed for D. Henchman, in Cornhill. 1748.

Brotherly Love the Duty and Mark of Christians. A sermon at Medfield, Nov. 6, 1748, after the sitting of a Council there. 8vo. pp. 28. Boston. 1749.

Duty of Ministers to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God, a sermon at Braintree, Dec. 13, 1753, a day for Humiliation and Prayer for Divine Direction in the Choice of a Minister. 8vo. pp.20. Boston. 1754.

The Presence of God with his People, their only Safety and Happiness. Election Sermon, May 28, 1760. Text, 2 Chronicles xv. 1, 2. 8vo. pp. 37. Boston. 1760.

The Ministers of Christ should be careful that they do not in their ministry corrupt the word of God. Sermon preached in Scituate, April 20, 1763, at the ordination of Rev. Ebenezer Grosvenor. pp. 27. Boston. 1763.

The Duty of Christ's Ministers to be Spiritual Laborers. Sermon at Dorchester, April 29, 1774. A day set apart by the Church and Congregation there for Solemn Humiliation, pp. 28. Boston. 1775.

Oration delivered at the Celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Abington, Massachusetts, June 10, 1862, and published in connection with other exercises of the occasion. Boston. Wright and Potter. 1862.

Errors in Education. A Discourse delivered at the Anniversary of the Derby Academy in Hingham, May 21, 1828. Luke i. 66. "What manner of child shall this be." Published by request. Hingham. Farmer and Brown. 1828.

Doing before Believing. A Discourse delivered at the Anniversary of the Derby Academy, in Hingham, May 19, 1847. Published by request. New York. W. S. Dorr, Printer. 1847.

Ministers Men of like Passions with Others. From Acts xiv. 15. " We also are men of like passions with you." Preached at Barnstable, at the Ordination of the Rev. Joseph Green, 1725.

The Transcendent Glory of the Gospel. 2 Cor. iii. 10. " For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth." Preached at the Lecture in Hingham, 1728.

Zechariah's Vision of Christ's Martial Glory. Zech. i. 8. " I saw by night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom ; and behind him there were red horses, speckled, and white." Before the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company, 1728.

The Duty of People to Pray for and Praise their Rulers. Ps. lxxii. 15. " Prayer also shall be made for him continually, and daily shall he be praised." Lecture in Hingham, on occasion of the arrival of His Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esq., to his government, 1730.

Well-accomplished Soldiers a Glory to their King, and Defence to their Country. 2 Chron. xvii. 18. " And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand, ready prepared for war." Before several Military Companies in Hingham, 1738.

Ministers' Insufficiency for their Important and Difficult Work. 2 Cor. ii. 16. " To the one we are the savour of death unto death, and to the other the savour of life unto life ; and who is sufficient for these things." At Suffield, at the Ordination of the Rev. Ebenezer Gay, Jan. 1741-42.

The untimely Death of a Man of God lamented. 1 Kings xiii. 30. "And they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother." At the Funeral of the Rev. John Hancock, Braintree, 1744.

The Character and Work of a Good Ruler, and the Duty of an Obliged People. 2 Sam. xxi. 17. " Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel." An Election Sermon, 1745.

The true Spirit of a Gospel Minister. John i. 32. " And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him." At the Annual Convention in Boston, 1746.

The Alienation of Affections from Ministers. Gal. iv. 13, 14, 15, 16. " Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. And my temptation which was in the flesh ye despised not, nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. When is then the blessedness ye spake of? For I bear you record, that if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth ? " In Boston at the Ordination of the Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, 1747.

The Mystery of the Seven Stars in Christ's Right Hand. Rev. i. 16. " And he had in his right hand seven stars." In Scituate at the Ordination of the Rev. John [Jonathan] Dorby, 1751.

The Levite not to be forsaken. Deut. xii. 19. "Take heed to thyself, that thou forsake not the Levite, as long as thou livest upon the earth." In Yarmouth, at the Installment of the Rev. Grindall Rawson, 1755.

Natural Religion as distinguished from Revealed. Rom. ii. 14, 15. "For when the gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves," etc. At the Dudleian Lecture, 1759.

A beloved Disciple of Jesus Christ characterized. John xxi. 20. " The Disciple whom Jesus loved." On the decease of the Rev. Dr. Mayhew, of Boston, 1766.

St. John's VisioD of the Woman clothed with the Sun, etc. Rev. xii. 1-5. " And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars," etc. In Boston, on the decease of the Rev. Dr. Mayhew, 1766.

A Call from Macedonia. Acts xvi. 9, 10. "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night ; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the Gospel unto them." In Hingham, at the Ordination of the Rev. Caleb Gannett over a church in Nova Scotia, 1768.

The Devotions of God's People adjusted to the Dispensations of his Providence. Jer. xxxi. 7. " For thus saith the Lord, sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations : publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, and the remnant of Israel." Thanksgiving sermon, Hingham, 1770.

The Old Man's Calendar. A discourse delivered in Hingham, Aug. 26, 1781, the birth-day of the author. Joshua, xiv. 10. "And now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old." Boston. Printed by John Boyle in Marlborough Street, MDCCLXXXI.

This discourse has been twice reprinted, first at Salem, Mass., by John D. dishing and Brothers, in 1822 ; and again in Hingham by Jedidiah Farmer, in May, 1846. In a prefatory note to the edition published at Salem it is said that the Discourse " met with so much favor from the public, that it was reprinted not only in this country, but also in England and Holland, being translated into the Dutch language."

Copies of the Discourses of Dr. Gay are all scarce and desirable. No one of the number can be considered as being abundant. Though specimens of each have severally been examined in the preparation of the list, a complete series has been found but in two or three instances, and these in public institutions. The number of private individuals in possession of an unbroken collection must be very limited.

Society, 1843-44 ; editor of " The National Anti-Slavery Standard," New York, from 1844 to 1858 ; editorial writer on " The New York Tribune," 1858-62; managing-editor of "The New York Tribune," 1862-66 ; managing-editor of " The Chicago Tribune," 1868-71 ; on the editorial staff of " The New York Evening Post," 1872-74. Contributed articles and reviews to the " New York Critic," " New York Times," " London Spectator," " Atlantic Monthly," and other standard periodicals, chiefly of late years on historical subjects ; also to our local newspaper in 1842-43. Besides his anti-slavery speeches Mr. Gay delivered several lectures, among them one on Toussaint I/Ouverture, and one on Landscape Gardening. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island* June 25, 1888.

A church-yard Besprinkled o'er with green and countless graves And mossy tombs of unambitious pomp, Decaying into dust again. - R. Montgomery.

Hingham. Published for the Cemetery Fair, held Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1842. S. N. Dickinson, Printer, Washington Street, Boston. Contains Plan of the Burying Place sold by Joshua Tucker to persons therein named. (Copies are rare.)

During the winter, after the great fire of October, 1871, Mr. Gay acted with the Chicago Relief Committee and in the following spring wrote a report of their great work of the preceding six months, which with certain additions by another hand bringing it up to date, formed the octavo volume entitled, - Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of the disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire. Printed for the Chicago Aid and Relief Society, at the Riverside Press. 1874. A Popular History of the United States, from the first discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil War. Preceded by a sketch of the Pre-historic Period and the Age of the Mound- Builders. By William Cullen Bryant and Sydney Howard Gay. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1881. 4 vols. Royal octavo. Fully illustrated.

Mr. Gay was invited to undertake this work at the request of Mr. Bryant, who gave it the sanction of his name and his careful perusal before publication, besides contributing the " Introduction " to Vol. I. He died after the completion of Vol. II., and Mr. Gay became thereafter solely responsible for the book. He received able assistance from well-known writers whom he mentions in his " Preface " to Vol. II. and his " Introductory " to Vol. IV. ; but the authorship was mainly his, and he edited the whole.

James Madison. For the American Statesman Series, edited by John T. Morse, Jr. Boston. Houghton, Mifflin, and Company. New York. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1884.

Chapter on Amerigo Vespucci for Vol. II. (copyright 1886) of the Narrative and Critical History of America ; edited by Justin Winsor, Librarian of Harvard University, Corresponding Secretary Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin, and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1889. In seven volumes, royal octavo.

Mr. Gay wrote constantly for the press for nearly forty years. To this work he brought good judgment, delicate discrimination, and nice taste, giving a high literary quality to his articles not distinctively journalistic. The same conscientiousness which formed the manner decided the matter of his writings. Their moral purpose was the service he did for his day and generation. Debarred from pursuing his chosen profession, that of the law, from his unwillingness to take the oath supporting a Constitution which recognized slavery, he threw himself with enthusiasm, while still young, into the anti-slavery cause under the leadership of Garrison. The love of freedom and moral courage which induced this step directed his course later as managing editor of " The New York Tribune." Henry Wilson said of him, " The man deserved well of his country who kept ' The Tribune ' a war paper in spite of Greeley."

Mr. Gay came naturally by his radical turn of thought, by his independence, courage, strong moral convictions, and good fighting qualities ; for in his veins ran the blood of John Cotton and the Mathers, Nehemiah Walter and Ebenezer Gay, among the divines of Colonial New England, and Governor Bradford and James Otis among those who shaped her political fortunes.

He was born in Boston, Feb. 11, 1803. His father, Hon. Ebenezer Gay, moved to Hingham when Martin was very young, and many years of his life were spent in Hingham. He was distinguished as a chemist, and his reputation was established in Europe as well as in this country. The family have in their possession a genuine Etruscan vase which was presented to him by the Pope's librarian, Medici Spada. Dr. Gay died in Boston, May 15, 1850.

A Statement of the Claims of Charles T. Jackson to the Discovery of the Applicability of Sulphuric Ether to the Prevention of pain in Surgical Operations. Boston. Printed by David Clapp. 1847. Pamphlet. 29 pp. and an Appendix.

An Oration pronounced before the Republican Citizens of the Town of Hingham, in commemoration of American Independence, July 4, 1807. Boston. Printed by Hosea Sprague. 1807. (Copies are rare.)

Sermon at the Installation of Rev. Edward Augustus Horton as associate Pastor with Rev. Calvin Lincoln, of the First Parish in Hingham, April 25, 1877. Included in the pamphlet, "Services at the Installation." Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1877.

Born in Hingham, September 12, 1811, and attended the grammar school at Hingham Centre, James S. Lewis being at the time teacher. The course of action pursued by the young scholar foreshadowed the man. His only way to success was through personal effort. During one of the winters an evening school was established in the village, which he obtained the means to attend by manual labor between school hours and on Saturday afternoons. Determined on an education, he went to Troy, N. Y., and there entered the Rensselaer school, graduating in 1832. He remained in this institution as assistant professor of chemistry and natural science until 1836, when he was made professor of geology. The same year he was appointed assistant geologist for the survey of the second district of the State of New York, and in 1837 was made State geologist in charge of the fourth district. Retaining the title of State geologist, he was placed in charge of the palaeontological part of the work. His results have been embodied in five volumes, which were given to the public, 1847-79. His researches have been extended westward to the Rocky Mountains. Professor Hall also held the appointments of State geologist of Iowa in 1855 and of Wisconsin in 1857. The examination and description of the specimens collected for the government have been frequently assigned to him. In 1866 he was appointed director of the New York State Museum, which place, in addition to that of State geologist, he still holds. In connection with this office he has made each year in his annual reports valuable contributions to science.

He received the degree of A. M. from Union and that of LL.D. from Hamilton in 1863, and from McGill in 1884, and from Harvard in 1886. Professor Hall received the quinquennial grand prize of 11,000 awarded in 1884 by the Boston Society of Natural History. In 1856 he was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 1878 was one of the vice-presidents of the international congress of geologists held in Paris ; also at Bologna in 1881 and in Berlin in 1885. He was elected one of the fifty foreign members of the Geological Society of London in 1848, and in 1858 was awarded the Wollaston medal. In 1884 he was elected correspondent of the Academy of Sciences in Paris. He also is a member of many other scientific societies at home and abroad.

Report on the Geology of the Lake Superior Land District. By J. W. Foster and J. D. Whitney. Lower Silurian System. Chapter 9. pp. 140-151. Washington. 1851. 8vo. Upper Silurian and Devonian Series. Ibid. Chapter 10. pp. 152-166. Descriptions of New and Rare Species of Fossils from the Palaeozoic Series. Ibid. Chapter 13. pp. 203-231. Parallelism of the Palaeozoic Deposits of Europe and America. Ibid. Chapter 18. pp. 285-318.

United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (Emory). Geology and Palaeontology of the Boundary, pp. 103, 140. 20 plates. Washington. 1857. 4to. Also published in American Journal of Science, 2d Ser. See vol. 24. pp. 72-86. New Haven. 1857.

Geology of Iowa. General Reconnoissance. Chapter III. pp. 45, 46. Part II. Palaeontology of Iowa. Chapter VIII. pp. 473-724. 29 plates. Albany. 1858. 4to.

Contributions to the Palaeontology of Iowa, being descriptions of new species of Crinoidea and other fossils (supplement to Vol I., Part II. of the Geological Report of Iowa), pp. 1-92. 3 plates. Albany. 1859.

Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Wisconsin. Vol. I. James Hall and J. D. Whitney. Madison. 1862. 8vo. Chapter I. Physical Geography and General Geology, pp. 1-72. Chapter IX. Palaeontology of Wisconsin, pp. 425-448.

Geological Survey of Canada. Figures and Descriptions of Canadian Organic Remains. Decade II. Graptolites of the Quebec Group. 151 pages. 23 plates. Montreal. 1865. 8vo. and 4to.

Geological Survey of the State of Wisconsin, 1859-1863. Palaeontology. Part III. Organic Remains of the Niagara Group and Associated Limestones, pp. 1-94. 18 plates. Albany. 1871. 4to.

Descriptions of Silurian Fossils. James Hall and R. P. Whitfield. Ibid, pp. 65-161. Descriptions of Crinoidea from the Waverly Group. James Hall and R. P. Whitfield. Ibid. pp. 162-179.

United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King. Vol. IV. Ornithology and Palaeontology. Part II. Palaeontology. James Hall and R. P. Whitfield, pp. 199-302. 7 plates. Washington. 1877. 4to.

In addition to these volumes, more than two hundred and fifty scientific papers have been published in reports, transactions of societies, journals, and magazines by this distinguished author, - an amount of scientific labor believed to be unparalleled, if equalled, by any other American scientist. A vigorous constitution, long life, strict economy of time, and persistent effort have won for him a degree of success and worthy distinction, for the attaining of which every citizen of his native town will join in cordial congratulation.

The Reciprocal Duties of Pastor and People. Sermon delivered in the First Universalist Church, Hingham, Mass., March 10, 1867. Published by request. Boston. Printed by S. O. Thayer. 1867.

A Discourse delivered in the ancient Meeting-house of the First Congregational Society in Hingham, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 1850. Boston. William Crosby and H. P. Nichols. 1850.

A Sermon preached Oct. 24, 1787, at the Ordination of the Rev. Henry Ware to the Pastoral Care of the First Church in Hingham, including " the Charge, by the Rev. Mr. Brown, of Cohasset, and the Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Rev. Mr. Shute, of Hingham." Salem. Printed by Dabney and Cushing. 1788.

Christmas Sermon preached in the Congregational Church, Hingham Centre, Dec. 26, 1880. Text. Matthew ii. 9. " And lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was."

Services at the Installation of Rev. Edward Augustus Horton as Associate Pastor with Rev. Calvin Lincoln, of the First Parish in Hingbam, April 25, 1877. With sermon of Rev. Edward Everett Hale. Hingham. Published by the Parish, 1877.

Sermon before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, by Rev. Edward A. Horton of Hingham, June 2, 1879. " The Law of Fulfilment : " "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." Matt, v. 17. Published with the Anniversary Proceedings, and the Two Hundred and Forty-first annual record of the company. 1878-79.

Address of Rev. Edward A. Horton of the Second Church in Boston at the commemorative services of the First Parish in Hingham on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of The Building of its Meeting-House, Monday, Aug. 8, 1881. pp. 67 to 68, incl. Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1882.

Our Martyred President. Lessons from the Life of James A. Garfield. A sermon preached in the Second Church, Boston, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1881, by the Minister, Rev. Edward A. Horton.

Discourse delivered to the First Parish in Hingham on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the opening of its Meeting-house for Public Worship. Sunday, Jan. 8, 1882. By Rev. Edward Augustus Horton. With an Appendix. Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1882.

From Shore to Shore. A Sermon preached at the First Congregational (Unitarian) Church. Leominster, Feb. 27, 1870. By Edward A. Horton, Minister of the Society. Printed by request. Fitchburg. 1870.

Discourse preached at the Funeral Services of Captain Lucien A. Cook, Co. K Leominster Light Infantry. On Sunday, March 16, 1873, at Leominster, Mass. Printed at Fitchburg.

An Historical Address. Commemorating the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Dedication of the First Congregational Meeting-House, in Leominster. Delivered Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1873. By E. A. Horton, Pastor of the First Congregational (Unitarian) Society. Published by a vote of the Parish.

Seven Years in Leominster. A Sermon commemorating the termination of a seven years' Pastorate Oct. 1, 1875, over the Unitarian Church (First Parish) in Leominster, most affectionately dedicated to his former Parishioners, whose unfailing kindness the following tribute but partially recognizes. By E. A. Horton. Published by request.

View of Zion. A Sermon preached on the last Sabbath of his Pastoral Connection with the First Baptist Church and Society in Hingham, Mass. Published by request. Boston. J. Howe, Printer. 1850.

William A. Kenyon was a son of John Kingman. He died at South Hingham, Jan. 25, 1862, a?t. 44 years. The adopted name was sanctioned by legal enactment.

Of taking Heed to and Fulfilling the Ministry. Sermon preached in Plymouth, Nov. 2, 1720, at the Ordination of Rev. Joseph Stacy. [Preface by Rev. Ephraim Little.] pp. 32. Boston. 1720.

Narrative of the Capture, Suffering, and Escape of Captain Barnabas Lincoln and his crew, who were taken by a piratical schooner, December, 1821, off Key Largo, together with Facts illustrating the character of those piratical cruisers. Written by himself. Boston. Printed by Ezra Lincoln, No. 4 Suffolk Building, Congress Street. 1822. Pamphlet, pp. 40. (Scarce.)

Journal of a Treaty held in 1793 with the Indian Tribes northwest of the Ohio. Mass. Historical Collection Vol. V. 3d Series. Also same, Vol. IV. 1st Series ; and Vol. III. 2d Series.

Evils of Sectarianism. A Sermon preached at Fitchburg, Sunday April 9, 1843. Printed by request. Fitchburg. Published by Charles Shepley. 1843.

A Sermon preached in the Meeting-house of the First Parish in Hingham, Jan. 8, 1865, the Sunday after the Funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews Harding. Hingham. Blossom and Easterbrook. 1865. N. B. The deceased was an only daughter of the Pastor.

A Discourse on the Life and Character of Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett, D.D., delivered in the Meeting-house of the First Parish in Hingham, on Sunday, Sept. 3, 1871. Printed by request. Boston. 1871. Barker, Cotter & Co., Printers,

Discourse delivered to the First Parish in Hingham, Sept. 8, 1869, on the Re-opening of their Meeting-house, with an Appendix. Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1873.

The Pilgrims' Songs in the Wilderness. A book of Hymns. By George Lincoln, Jr. Published for the author, April, 1821. 16mo. pp. 32. Copies are rare.

A Genealogical Record of the Families of Hingham, beginning with the settlement of the town, Sept. 2, 1635. In two volumes. 8vo. (Volumes II. and III. of this History.)

The Town of Hingham in the late Civil War, with Sketches of its Soldiers and Sailors. Also the Address and other Exercises at the Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Published by order of the Town. 1876. 8vo. pp. 455.

A Sermon preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Nymphas Hatch to the Pastoral Care of the First Church and Society in Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard), Oct. 7, 1801. Boston. January, 1802.

A son of Enoch and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln. He was born in Hingham, May 15, 1749. After graduating at Harvard College, in 1772, he settled at Worcester, Mass., where he soon became distinguished as a lawyer and judge ; was later a member of Congress, acting Governor, etc. "A Farmer's Letters," written by him, and published in 1800 and 1801, were widely circulated, and busied the press of that period with efforts to answer their arguments. Addressed " To The People," and issued by numbers, with prefatory remarks, but without the author's name.

Solomon Lincoln, Jr. (born in Hingham, Feb. 28, 1804) was a son of Solomon, who died Dec. 21,1831. The "junior" therefore was discontinued after the last-named date. Mr. Lincoln was a man of large mental endowments, and a ready writer. For many years he made valuable contributions to the columns of our local newspaper, and during its earlier years was the real editor. His interest in this direction was maintained to the last of his life. He died Dec. 1, 1881.

As a historian and genealogist he was regarded as the highest authority. His numerous obituary notices, especially, bear testimony to a degree of biographical information possessed by few individuals.

An Oration delivered before the Citizens of Hingham, on the Fourth of July, 1826. By Solomon Lincoln, Jr. Hingham. Published by Caleb Gill, Jr., Crocker and Brewster, Printers. 1826.

History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass. By Solomon Lincoln, Jr. Hingham. Caleb Gill, Jr., and Farmer and Brown. 1827. (Long out of print and valuable.)

An Oration pronounced at Plymouth at the request of the Young Men of that town on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth Day of George Washington. Plymouth, Mass. Printed by Allen Danforth. 1832.

An Oration delivered before the Citizens of the town of Quincy, on the Fourth of July, 1835, the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer. 1835.

An Address delivered before the Citizens of the Town of Hingham, on the 28th of September, 1835, being the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer. 1835. Pamphlet. 63 pp. Supplement, with valuable Historical Notes, and an Appendix, containing the names of Committees, Marshals, and other particulars connected with the occasion. (Copies are rare.)

Notes of the Lincoln Families of Massachusetts, with some account of the Family of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States. Reprint from the Historical and Genealogical Register for October, 1865. Boston. David Clapp and Son, printers. Pamphlet.

Memoir of the Rev. Charles Brooks. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. [With portrait.] 1880. Cambridge. John Wilson and Son. University Press.

Oration delivered at the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the settlement of the Town of Hingham, Mass., Sept. 15, 1885. pp. 40 to 72, inclusive. Published with the Exercises of the occasion by the Committee of Arrangements. Hingham. 1885. 8vo. pp.134.

An Oration delivered at Hingham in compliance with the request of a number of the inhabitants, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 1800, the anniversary of the birth, and the day appointed by the Government of the United States for Public National Mourning for the death of the father of his country and friend of mankind, General George Washington. Bosten. Printed by John Russell. 1800. This oration was delivered in Derby Hall, and was addressed to " My much respected friends and fellow-townsmen." Pamphlet, pp. 22. 8vo. It contains three appropriate illustrations. (Scarce.)

Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Hingham, Mass., Sept. 15, 1885. Published by the Committee of Arrangements, pp. 76 to 82, inclusive.

Oration delivered in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Maiden, at the Dedication of the Converse Memorial Building, Oct. 1, 1885, with other Exercises. Boston. Alfred Mudge and Son, Printers, 24 Franklin Street. 1886. 8vo.

Speech on Silver Coinage, delivered in the House of Representatives by Hon. John D. Long of Massachusetts. Washington, D. C, March 27, 1886. Government Printing Office. 1886. 8vo. pp. 10.

Address on presentation of the portraits of ex-Speakers Sedgwick, Varnum, and Banks in the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C, Jan. 19, 1888. Published by order of Congress.

Young People's History of the United States. For chapters written by Hon. John D. Long, see John Adams, Rutherford Hayes, and Millard Filmore. 1888.

Address of Hon. John D. Long, President of the Republican State Convention of Massachusetts, at Tremont Temple, Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1888. Boston. Press of Emery and Hughes, 146 Oliver Street. Pamphlet. 8vo. pp. 15.

Address of Hon. John D. Long, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, M. C, at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Law and Order Society of the city of Philadelphia, held in the Academy of Music, Feb. 21, 1889.

Mr. Long has delivered a great number of addresses, orations, and speeches which are not included among the foregoing, besides being a frequent contributor to the psess upon topics of national interest, or of political or local importance.

Jerome Loring, son of Jonathan, was born in Hingham, Oct. 20, 1792, and graduated at Brown University in 1813. He taught in one of the schools at Hingham Centre for some years, about 1820, and afterwards went South, - Mr. Lincoln, in his History of Hingham, says to Delaware, - and died early. As a teacher, he was eminently successful, and greatly esteemed.

An Oration pronounced at Hingham, July 4, 1815, in Commemoration of American Independence. Boston. Printed by Rowe and Hooper at the Yankee Office. 1815. (Rare.)

Speech in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, March 20, 1839, upon the Bill granting further aid in the construction of the Western Railroad. Published by request of the Committee of the Stockholders of the Western Railroad. Boston. Printed by Ezra Lincoln. 1839.

A Sermon preached at Hingham, March 19, 1837, being the Sunday after the death of Mrs. Cecilia Brooks. Printed by request, not published. Hingham. Press of J. Farmer. 1837. A prefatory note states that " this sermon is not published. Its author and Mr. Brooks have consented, not without great hesitation, to the printing of a few copies."

The deceased was wife of the Rev. Charles Brooks, Pastor of the Third Congregational Society in Hingham. A brief sketch of her family history is appended. (Rare.)

Lowell, Nov. 30, 1843. Lowell as it was and as it is. pp. 234. 16mo. Lowell. 1845. God's Commandments and Man's Tradition. 1846. Ireland's Wants. A Sermon preached at Lowell, Feb. 21, 1847. The Gospel Narratives. Their Origin, Peculiarities, and Transmission.

Channing Church, Newton, Sunday, March 28, 1858. Traces of Picture Writing in the Bible. 1870. pp. 185. 12mo. Cloth. Grains of Gold. Compiled from Dr. Bartol's writings. Words of a Friend, on the Foundation, Difficulties, Helps, and Triumphs

" Charles Liston, or Self Denial. A Tale for Youth." Hingham. C. and E. B. Gill. 1834. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. 12mo. pp. 36. The author's name does not appear on the title-page. See notice in the " Hingham Gazette " of May 9, 1334.

A Discourse on Religious Education, at Derby Academy, Hingham, 1818. Inaugural Address delivered before the University in Cambridge, Aug. 10,

1819. Thoughts on True and False Religion, 1820. Address at the funeral of Levi Frisbie, 1822. Memoir of Levi Frisbie, 1823. Review of Trustees' Address, 1823. Speech before the Overseers of Harvard College, 1825, and others.

He edited the " Miscellaneous Writings of Charles Eliot," 1814 ; " The Poems of Mrs. Hemans," 1826 ; and " The General Repository and Review," 1812-13, four volumes in all. He was also connected with the " Select Journal of Foreign Periodical Literature," and a contributor to the i! Literary Miscellany," Cambridge, 1804-05, "Monthly Anthology," "Christian Disciple," "North American Review," and " Christian Examiner."

A Statement of Reasons for not believing the Doctrines of Trinitarians concerning the Nature of God, and the Person of Christ. 1833. First edition.

The thirteenth edition, with Additions and a Biographical Notice of the author was published, in 1882, by the American Unitarian Association.

In 1844 appeared the second and third volumes of this great work, " completing the important and laborious investigation which had occupied him for many years."

" With the exception of his volume ' Tracts on Christianity,' composed chiefly of the larger essays and discourses which had before appeared in a separate form, this was his last published book."

An abridged edition of " The Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels," in one volume, was published in 1880, by the American Unitarian Association. 12mo. cloth, pp. 584.

This work was pronounced " a magnificent monument of erudition, logic, and taste ; one of the noblest specimens of scholarship and elegance of composition to be found in our youthful literature." An edition was also published in London.

The Internal Evidence of the Genuineness of the Gospels ; in two parts. Part Second: Portions of an unfinished work. Boston. 1855. 8vo. Posthumous.

He was also the author of the well-known " Lines written after a Summer Shower," which have been pronounced among the most beautiful in the language, " and of several hymns, favorites in our churches, among which may be mentioned the hymn of resignation, beginning with the words, -

Address at the Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the building of the Meeting-house of the First Parish in Hingham, Monday, Aug. 8, 1881. See published volume Commemorative Services.

An Essay Tending to Promote Reformation, By a Brief Sermon Preached before His Excellency the Governour, the Honorable Council, & Representatives of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in N. E. On May 26, 1708, which was the Anniversary for election of Her Majesties Council of this province. By John Norton, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Hingham. Jer. xiii. 15, 16. Hear ye, and give ear be not proud ; for the Lord hath spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow oi death, and make it gross darkness. Jer. hi. 1, 7, 12. Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers ; yet return to me, saith the Lord. And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister saw it. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you : for I am merciful. Mai. hi. 7. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return ? Boston.

Extremely rare. Indeed, copies of this early election sermon are among those which are the most difficult to obtain, as not more than one or two issues are found in the libraries of Boston.

A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Reverend Henry Ware, D.D., A. A. S., late Hollis Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge ; pronounced in the First Church in Cambridge, Sept. 28, 1845, with an Appendix. Boston. Wm, Crosby and H. P. Nichols, January, 1846.

A Sketch of the Evils of Intemperance. A Discourse delivered before the First Parish in Hingham, on Thursday, April 8, 1830, the Day of Public Fast. Hingham. C. and E. B. Gill. 1830.

A Discourse addressed to the First Parish in Hingham on the Day of Fasting, April 5, 1810. Published at the request of the Hearers. Boston. Printed for Ebenezer French. 1810.

The American Reader. A Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking, wholly from American Authors. Designed for the Use of Schools, pp. 192. 12mo. Boston. 1811.

The Young Ladies' Selection of Elegant Extracts from the writings of Illustrious Females and some of the best Authors of the other sex. Designed for Academies and Schools. Boston. Printed by John Eliot, Jr. 1811. pp.204. 12mo. One edition only.

An Oration pronounced July 4, 1812, before the citizens of the County of Plymouth, on the Anniversary of American Independence. Boston. True and Rowe, Printers. (Delivered at Hanover, Mass.)

The Christian Patriot Encouraged. A Discourse delivered before the First Parish in Hingham, on Fast Day, April 8, 1813. Boston. Published by Joshua Belcher. 1813.

The Progress of Christianity retarded by its Friends. A Sermon delivered to the First Parish in Hingham, Lord's Day, Aug. 1, 1824. Part Second delivered Oct. 17, 1824. Two Sermons, one pamphlet. Published by request. Boston. J. P. Orcutt. 1824.

An Oration delivered in the South Parish in Weymouth, July 4, 1828, being the Fifty-second Anniversary of American Independence. Published by request of the Committee of Arrangements. Hingham. Press of Farmer and Brown. 1828.

A Sermon on Conversion, delivered to the First Parish in Hingham, Lord's Day, July 20, 1828. Published by request. Hingham. Caleb Gill, Jr. 1828.

The Christian Catechism, containing Answers in Scripture Language to many Important Questions ; with Prayers and Hymns for Sunday Schools. By a Friend to Youth. Hingham. Farmer and Brown, Printers. 1829. Small pamphlet.

A Discourse delivered at Dedham before Constellation Lodge at the Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A. L. 5820. Dedham. Printed by H. and W. H. Mann. 1820.

An Address delivered at the Consecration and Installation of Mount Zion Royal Arch Chapter, in Stoughton, Mass., August 22, A. L. 5821. Boston. True and Green. 1821.

A Sermon on the Manifestation of God ; delivered on Lord's Day, Dec. 8, 1822, in the First Parish in Hingham. Published by request. Boston. Printed by Ezra Lincoln. 1823.

Duty of Minister and People. A Sermon delivered March 6, 1836, to the First Parish in Hingham. Published by request. Hingham. Press of J. Farmer. 1836.

A Sermon preached in Hingham, Mass., May 14, 1841, the Day of the National Fast, occasioned by the Death of William Henry Harrison, President of the United States. Published by request. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. 1841.

Letter of Rev. Joseph Richardson, Pastor of the First Parish in Hingham, to his Parish, on the subject of Exchanges of Pulpit Services with the Ministers of the other Religious Societies in said town. The Reports of a Committee and the record of the votes of the First Parish thereon ; and a Correspondence with four of the other Religious Societies in said Town. Printed for the use of the First Parish. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. 1847.

Christian Obedience to Civil Government. A Sermon, preached in the First Parish Church, in Hingham, Feb. 2, 1851. Published by request. J. Farmer, Printer. 1851.

Address at the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Billerica, Massachusetts, May 29, 1855. Published in Proceedings of Jie occasion. 1855.

A Sermon, in Two Parts, delivered on the Sabbath, June 28, 1856. The close of the Fiftieth year of his Ministry, as Pastor of the First Church and Parish in Hingham. Published by request. Hingham. J. Farmer, Printer. 1856.

A Sermon, Feb. 1, 1863, on his Eighty -sixth Birthday, by the Senior Pastor of the First Parish in Hingham, Joseph Richardson. Joshua xiv. 1 0. " And now, lo, I am this day four score and five years old."

fifth year. In consequence of the failure of sight, at his request it was read to the congregation, in a very impressive manner, by the junior pastor, Rev. Calvin Lincoln.

Edward Richmond. Minister of Stoughton. A Sermon preached April 15, 1807, to the Scholars of Derby Academy in Hingham at a Lecture founded by Madam Derby. Boston. Printed by Munroe and Francis. 1807.

Chandler Robbins. "A sermon preached after the funeral of Noah Lincoln, who died in Boston July 31, 1856, aged eighty-four," with added " Genealogical and Biographical Notes." Boston. Printed by John Wilson and Son, 22 School Street. 1856. 8vo. pp. 49.

Eugene Fromentin, Painter and Writer, by M. Louis Gonse, editor of the " Gazette des Beaux Arts." Translation. Boston. James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. Small quarto, pp. 280, with illustrations.

Also the author of several short tales and poems published in " Harper's Magazine," the " Atlantic Monthly," " Lippincott's Magazine," and " Putnam's Magazine."

" Miss Seymour was long and favorably known as a teacher in Boston, and has written hymns and poems for various occasions, which entitle her to be numbered among the women poets of the century."

A Sermon preached to the Ancient and Honorable Company in Boston, New-England, June 1, 1767. Being the Anniversary of their Election of Officers. Boston, N. E. Printed and Sold by Edes and Gill in Queen-Street. MDCCLXVII.

A Sermon preached before his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esqr., Governor, His Honor Thomas Hutchinson, Esqr., Lieutenant-Governor, the Honourable His Majesty's Council, and the Honourable House of Representatives of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New England, May 25th, 1768. Being the Anniversary for the Election of His Majesty's Council for said Province. Boston, New-England. Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor, and the Honourable His Majesty's Council. MDCCLXVIII. (Very scarce.)

A Sermon delivered at the Meeting-house in the First Parish in Hingham, March 23, 1787, at the Interment of the Rev. Ebenezer Gay, D. D., Pastor of the First Church in Hingham, who died March 18, 1787. Numbers xxiii. 10. " Let me die the death of the Righteous, and let my last end be like his." Salem. Printed by Dabney and Cushing. MDCCLXXXVIII.

A Compendious and Plain Catechism, designed for the Benefit of the Rising Generation, and Recommended to the attentive Use of Heads of Families in the Education of their Children, as adapted to improve them in Piety and Virtue. Printed by Samuel Hall, No. 53 Cornhill, Boston. 1794. Addressed " to the Respectable Inhabitants of Hingham." Preface signed by Daniel Shute and Henry Ware.

Christian and Worldly Contentment. A Sermon delivered in the church of the Third Parish in Hingham on the Sunday following the Death of Mr. Thomas F. Whiton, June 9, 1872, by the Pastor. Printed for private distribution only. Hingham. Joseph Easterbrook. 1872.

Homoeopathy as we see it, as the public sees it, as allopathy sees and uses it. President's Address to the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society, April, 1884. Reprinted from the Society's Transactions. Boston. Franklin Press. Rand, Avery, and Company. 1885.

Address before the Plymouth District Medical Society, at the Annual Meeting, 1882. " The Relation of the Members of the Massachusetts Medical Society to Homoeopathy and the Homoeopaths." Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. CVII. No. 4.

The Genealogy of the Spragues in Hingham, arranged in Chronological order, to the Fourth Generation, counting from William Sprague, one of the first Planters in Massachusetts, who arrived at Naumekeag from England, in the year 1628. To which is prefixed a short account of the first settlement of this country before the arrival of the Old Charter in 1630. Hingham. Published by Hosea Sprague. 1828. Additions to the first edition: Ralph Sprague, in Charlestown in 1628, and his four sons, John, Richard, Phineas, and Samuel, and his daughter Mary. (Scarce.)

Son of Isaac and Mary (Burr) Sprague, was born in Hingham, Sept. 5, 1811. He early displayed a decided taste and talent for drawing, and attracted the notice of Audubon the naturalist, who availed himself of his services in the preparation of his great work.

Afterwards associated with Prof. Asa Gray, he furnished to a large extent the sketches for the numerous plates and wood-cuts which appear in his several botanical publications. Many of the plants selected as specimens for illustration were gathered in Hingham. In some instances not only were the drawings made, but the plates were cut by his own hands.

The plates illustrating the two large octavo volumes of " The Genera of the Plants of the United States " were all sketched from Nature by Mr. Sprague, and are models of neatness and scientific accuracy.

George B. Emerson, in his introduction to the third edition of his " Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts," illustrated with colored plates, says that the success of the edition, if it should succeed, would be at least as much due to the artistic skill and exquisite taste of his friend Isaac Sprague as to anything he himself had done.

The Genera of the Plants of the United States. Illustrated by Figures and Analyses from Nature by Isaac Sprague, member of the Boston Natural History Society. Superintended, and with Descriptions, &c, by Asa Gray, M.D. Two volumes. Royal 8vo. With numerous Plates. Boston. James Munroe and Company. New York and London. John Wiley. 1848.

Wild Flowers of America, with Fifty colored Plates from original Drawings by Isaac Sprague. Text by George L. Goodale, M.D., Professor of Botany in Harvard University. Boston. S. E. Cassino, Publisher. 1882. Large quarto, pp. 210.

Flowers of the Field and Forest, from original Water-color Drawings after Nature, by Isaac Sprague. Descriptive text by Rev. A. B. Hervey, with extracts from Longfellow, Lowell, Bryant, Emerson, and others. Boston. S. E. Cassino and D. Lothrop & Co. 1882. Large quarto, pp. 154.

Beautiful Wild Flowers of America, from original Water-color Drawings after Nature, by Isaac Sprague. Descriptive text by Rev. A. B. Hervey, with extracts from Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes, and others. Boston. S. E. Cassino, Publisher. 1882. pp. 156. Large quarto.

The Duty of Moral Reflection with particular reference to the Texas Question. A Sermon preached to the Third Congregational Society of Hingham, on Sunday, Nov. 16, 1845. Hingham. J. Farmer. 1845.

The Gospel applied to the Fugitive Slave Law. A Sermon preached to the Third Congregational Society of Hingham, on Sunday, March 2, 1851. Published by request. Boston. Wm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols. 1851.

Knowledge : Its Relation to the Progress of Mankind. An Address delivered at the Dedication of Loring Hall, in Hingham, Thursday, Oct. 14, 1852. Hingham. Published by Jedidiah Farmer. 1852.

The House of the Lord. A Sermon preached to the Third Congregational Society in Hingham, Sunday, Dec. 12, 1852, on re-opening their Meeting-house. Boston. Leonard C. Bowles. 1853. Printed by John Wilson and Son.

The Incarnation. A Sermon preached at the Ordination of Rev. Calvin S. Locke over the Unitarian Church and Society in West Dedham, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1854. With the Charge, Right Hand of Fellowship, and Address to the People. Boston. Crosby, Nichols, and Company. 1855.

The Preacher. A Sermon preached at the Ordination of Frederick Frothingham as Pastor of the Park Street Church in Portland, Me., April 9, 1856. Published by George R. Davis.

Rationalism in Religion, an Address delivered before the Alumni of the Theological School, Cambridge, July 19, 1853, and The Written Word, or the Christian Consciousness, an Address delivered before the Ministerial Conference in Bedford Street Chapel, May 28, 1855, were published in the " Christian Examiner."

A Lecture on the " Aim and Hope of Jesus," - being one of a course on " Christianity and Modern Thought," - delivered in the Hollis Street Church and King's Chapel, December, 1871. Published by the American Unitarian Association in a volume with the above title.

Reverend Calvin Lincoln. Sermon preached in the Old Meeting-house,. Hingham, Sunday, Sept. 18, 1881. Also Services at the Funeral, and Sketch by Quincy Bicknell, a Parishioner. Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1882.

In addition to his original works, Mr. Stoddard edited new editions of Griswold's Male and Female Poets of America, 1873 and 1874 ; The Bric-a-Brac, and Sans Souci Series, 1874 and 1875 ; A Century After, Picturesque Glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, 1876 ; and more recently a number of volumes relating to English literary history and memorabilia. He was more recently the literary editor of the " New York Mail and Express."

poems are, " A Hymn to the Beautiful ; " "A Household Dirge ; " " Leonatus ; " " The Burden of Unrest; " " Invocation to Sleep ; " " Spring ; " " Autumn ; " and " The Two Brides."

" The volume on which his fame will rest is his ' Poetical Works.' It contains some of the most beautiful lyrics and blankverse ever written in America, - some of the most beautiful written anywhere during the poet's lifetime."

A Discourse delivered on the anniversary of the Association of the First Parish in Hingham, auxiliary to the American Unitarian Association, July 8, 1832. Pamphlet, pp. 22. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. 1832.

The Continuance of Peace and increasing Prosperity a Source of Consolation and just Cause of Gratitude to the Inhabitants of the United States. A Sermon, delivered Feb. 19, 1795, being a day set apart by the President for Thanksgiving and Prayer through the United States. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1795.

A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of George Washington, Supreme Commander of the American Forces during the Revolutionary War ; First President, and late Lieutenant- General and Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States of America ; who departed this Life at Mount Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799, in the 68th Year of his Age. Delivered in Hingham, by Request of the Inhabitants, Jan. 6, 1800. " And Elijah went up into Heaven." 2 Kings ii. 11. "The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha." Ibid. 15. Printed by Samuel Hall, No. 53 Cornhill, Boston. 1800. /

A Sermon delivered Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1802, at the Interment of the Rev. Daniel Shute, D.D., senior Pastor of the Second Church in Hingham, who departed this Life Aug. 30, 1802, in the 81st year of his Age, and the 56th of his Ministry. Published by request of the Parish. Boston. Printed by E. Lincoln, Water Street. 1802.

The Service of God, as inculcated in the Bible, our reasonable Choice. A Sermon, delivered at Scituate, Oct. 31, 1804. Published by request. Boston. Printed by E. Lincoln, Water Street. 1804.

A Sermon delivered at Hingham, Lord's day, May 5, 1805. Occasioned by the Dissolution of his Pastoral Relation to the First Church of Christ in Hingham and Removal to the Office of Professor of Divinity in the University at Cambridge. Together with an Address from the Church on the occasion, and his Answer. The whole printed by the General Request of the Society. Boston. Printed by E. Lincoln, Water Street. 1805.

An Eulogy pronounced July 20, 1810, at the Interment of the Rev. Samuel Webber, D.D., President of Harvard University, who expired suddenly on the evening of July 17, in the fifty-first year of his age. Cambridge. Printed by Hollis and Metcalf. 1810.

A Sermon delivered before the Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts at their Annual Meeting in Boston, May 28, 1818. Boston. Printed by Wells and Lilly. 1818.

A Sermon delivered Oct. 12, 1820, at the Ordination of the Rev. William B. O. Peabody to the Pastoral Charge of the Third Congregational Church in Springfield. Springfield. A. G. Tannatt & Co., Printers. 1820.

A Sermon delivered Jan. 17, 1821, at the Ordination of the Rev. Charles Brooks to the Pastoral Charge of the Third Church and Parish in Hingham. Boston. Printed by Ezra Lincoln. 1821.

A Sermon delivered Dec. 13, 1821, at the Ordination of the Rev. William Ware to the Pastoral Charge of the First Congregational Church in New York, by his father, Henry Ware, D.D., Hollis Professor of Divinity in the University in Cambridge, Mass., together with the Charge and Right Hand of Fellowship. Published at the request of the Congregation by the Library and Tract Society of the First Congregational Church. 1821.

A Compendious and Plain Catechism, designed for the Benefit of the Rising Generation, and Recommended to the attentive Use of Heads of Families in the Education of their Children, as adapted to improve them in Piety and Virtue. Printed by Samuel Hall, No. 53 Cornhill, Boston. 1794. Addressed " to the Respectable Inhabitants of Hingham." Preface signed by Daniel Shute and Henry Ware.

The Vision of Liberty ; recited before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University, Aug. 27, 1824. Published by request. Boston. Oliver Everett, 13 Cornhill. 1824. In a brief prefatory note the author says that the poem is not a poetical invention, but is based on an experience given by an English lady who resided in Hingham about the year 1794. (A scarce pamphlet.)

On the Formation of Christian Character. Cambridge. 1831. 12mo. Numerous editions in America and Great Britain. One American edition with the Progress of the Christian Life in one volume. This work has had a wide circulation.

The Life of the Saviour. 1832. The seventh edition was published in 1884 by the American Unitarian Association, pp. 271. 12mo. Published also in London.

Memoirs of the Rev. Noah Worcester, D.D., with a Preface, Notes, and a concluding Chapter, by Samuel Worcester. Boston. James Munroe and Company. 1844. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. 155.

The Duty of promoting Christianity by the circulation of Books. Boston. James Munroe & Co. July, 1838. Printed for the American Unitarian Association.

A Sermon delivered at Dorchester, before the Evangelical Missionary Society in Massachusetts, at their Annual Meeting, June 7, 1820. Boston. Published by J. W. Burditt.

Outline of the Testimony of Scripture against the Trinity. Boston. Taken from an Address delivered in 1827, before the Unitarian Association of York County, Me.

The Law Of Honor. A Discourse occasioned by the recent Duel in Washington ; delivered March 4, 1838, in the Chapel of Harvard University, and in the West Church, Boston. Published by request. Cambridge. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Printers to the University. 1838.

The Faith once delivered to the Saints. Three Important Questions answered. Sober Thoughts on the State of the Times. Nature, Reality, and Power of Christian Faith. Thoughts for the New Year. How to Spend Holy Time.

Born in Hingham, 1795. Graduated at Harvard College 1813, and M.D. 1816. Became adjunct professor 1832, and professor, 1836, of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in Harvard College. Resigned 1858 ; died 1864.

Success in the Medical Profession, 8vo., 1851, and others of a more strictly professional character were issued prior and subsequently to this time. He gave occasional medical lectures and addresses, reports, &c, on Peace, Temperance, and incidental subjects.

He edited the " New England Medical Journal," and contributed to the " American Journal of Medical Science " and other periodicals, including the " North American Review," in which was published his Phi Beta Kappa Poem.

Letters of Lucius M. Piso, from Palmyra, to his Friend Marcus Curtius, at Rome. New York, 1837. 2 vols. 12mo. Also London. Zenobia, or the Fall of Palmyra, was the title afterwards adopted by the author, and under this name a number of editions were printed in New York and London. A historical romance.

Probus ; or Rome in the Third Century ; in Letters from Lucius M. Piso, from Rome, to Fausta, the Daughter of Gracchus, at Palmyra. New York. 1838. 2 vols. 12mo. A sequel to Zenobia. It was subsequently republished in London, also in New York as Aurelian ; or Rome in the the Third Century. Rome and the Early Christians. 1868. 8vo.

" These romances of Mr. Ware have passed through many editions in Great Britain, and have been translated into German and other languages on the continent."

" He published some occasional sermons and four numbers of a religious miscellany called ' The Unitarian ; ' contributed a Memoir of Nathaniel Bacon to Sparks's ' American Biography,' and papers to other standard periodicals. Delivered lectures on Art and Literary Topics, and edited the ' American Unitarian Biography ; ' also 'Memoirs of Individuals who have been distinguished by their Writings, Character, and Efforts in the Cause of Liberal Christianity.' " Boston. 1850. 2 vols. 12mo.

Remarks on the life and character of Joseph Andrews at the memorial meeting of the Boston Art Club, May 17, 1873. Published in connection with the Proceedings of the meeting.

Early Settlers of Hingharn, New England ; including extracts from the minutes of Daniel Gushing of Hingham, with a photograph of his manuscript. Printed for private distribution. Boston. Press of John Wilson and Son. 1865. Large quarto pamphlet. Only fifty copies published.

A Sermon delivered Sept. 16, 1821; occasioned by the death of Josiah Lane, Jun., in the nineteenth year of his age, who was drowned from on board the schooner " Ida." Boston. Printed by Ezra Lincoln. 1821.

Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. Perez Lincoln, Gloucester, Aug. 7, 1805. 8vo. pp. 30. Boston. 1805. The pamphlet also includes the Charge by Rev. Manasseh Cutler, D.D., and the Right Hand of Fellowship by Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D.

A Sermon delivered Jan. 1, 1800, at the Ordination of his Son, the Rev. Nicholas Bowes Whitney, to the care of the Second Church and Society in Hingham, as a Colleague Pastor with the Rev. Daniel Shute, D.D. Boston. Printed by Manning and Loring, near the Old South Meeting-house. 1800. The pamphlet also includes the Charge by Rev. David Barnes, D.D., of Scituate, and the Right Hand of Fellowship, by Rev. Henry Ware, of Hingham.

An Address delivered before the Sunday School of the First Parish, in Forest Sanctuary, Hingham, Aug. 25, 1840. Hingham. J. Farmer, Printer. Small pamphlet.

A Plea for Liberty of Conscience and Personal Freedom from Military Conscription. In Letters to Thomas Loring, Esqr. A place for every member in the body, and also in the body politic - and every member in its place. Hingham. Printed by J. Farmer. 1840. Small pamphlet. (Scarce.)

Collection of Hymns, adopted, while in manuscript, by the Third Congregational Society in Hingham. Boston. Leonard C. Bowles. 1830. Press of Minot Pratt, Hingham. Bound volume, pp. 360.

Rhetoric, or the principles of Elocution, by Samuel Willard, D.D., A. A.S. Boston. Leonard C. Bowles. 1830. Hingham. Press of Minot Pratt. Bound volume. lOmo. pp. 198.

The Early Religious Customs of New England. An Address delivered at the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the building of the Meeting-house in Hingham, Mass., Aug. 8, 1881. Cambridge. University Press. 1882.

Miscellaneous

" A Narrative of the Proceedings in the North Parish of Hingham, from the time of Rev. Dr. "Ware's leaving it to the Ordination of the Rev. Joseph Richardson over the First Church and Congregation, and of Mr. Henry Colman over the Third Church and Society in the North Parish. By an Inhabitant." pp. 85. 1807. Signed, Thomas Thaxter.

An Appendix of fifty pages follows, in reply to a pamphlet entitled " A Vindication," which the publication of the " Narrative " called out. This supplement has the signatures of Benj. Lincoln, Nathan Rice, Samuel Norton, Thomas Loring, Abner Lincoln, Levi Lincoln, Robert Thaxter, Jerom Cushing, and William Cushing. Printed at Salem by Joshua Cushing. (Copies are extremely rare.)

"A Vindication of the Proceedings of the First Church and Parish in Hingham in settling the Rev. Joseph Richardson, A.M., as their Gospel Minister." Signed, Jacob Beal, Isaac Cushing, M. Fearing, Joseph Basset, Seth Lincoln, Caleb Hobart, Jotham Lincoln, Jacob Leavitt, Hawkes Fearing, Laban Hersey, Solomon Jones, Charles Lincoln, Jedediah Lincoln, Solomon Lincoln, Duncan M'B. Thaxter, and James Stephenson, Committee, pp. 80. Printed at Boston. 1807.

This pamphlet was published in reply to the " Narrative of the Proceedings in the North Parish," which was issued the same year. Copies in good condition will be found, like specimens of the " Narrative," extremely rare.

Discourse delivered to the First Parish in Hingham, Sept. 8, 1869, on the Re-opening of their Meeting-house, by Rev. Calvin Lincoln, Sixth Pastor of the Parish, with an Appendix. Hingham. Published by the Parish, 1873.

The Appendix, which occupies the larger part of this publication, contains a great amount of valuable historical matter relating to the history of the meeting-house.

The Commemorative Services of the First Parish in Hingham on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Building of its Meeting-house, with the Address of Mr. Charles Eliot Norton, Monday, Aug. 8, 1881. 8vo. Cloth, pp. 169. Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1882.

Discourse delivered to the First Parish in Hingham on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Opening of its Meeting-House for Public Worship, Sunday, Jan. 8, 1882. By Rev. Edward Augustus Horton. With an Appendix. Hingham. Published by the Parish. 1882. Appendix includes Order of Services ; description of the Church in Hingham, England ; biographical sketch of Robert Peck ; and the articles comprising the Communion Service, when and by whom donated. 8vo. pp. 58.

Services at the Ordination and Installation of Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford as Pastor of the First Universalist Church in Hingham, Mass., Feb. 19, 1868. Sermons by Rev. John G. Adams and Rev. Olympia Brown. Printed at Boston. 1870. Contains Historical Sketch of the Society* 8vo. Cloth, pp. 71.

Jefferson Debating Society. The Inaugural Address of President Jefferson, Constitution and Rules of the Jefferson Debating Society, and the Names of the Members. Hiugham. Farmer and Brown, Printers. 1828. Small pamphlet, pp. 23.

Report made to the Stockholders of the Hingham Bank, July 2, 1 842, by a committee appointed to examine the state of the Bank, &c. Signed, Solomon Lincoln, William James, Edward P. Little, David Harding, Abraham H. Tower. Pamphlet. 8vo. pp. 16. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. 1842.

Derby Academy. Rules and Regulations established by the Trustees of the Derby Academy*; also the Deed of Lease and Release from Sarah Derby to the said Trustees. Also her Will and the Codicil thereto ; the Act of Incorporation ; and the Act for erecting the Derby School into an Academy. Also the professional Opinion of the Hon. John M. Williams. Hingham. J. Farmer, Printer. 1856. Pamphlet, pp. 36.

The Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Hingham, Sept. 28, 1835, containing the Address of Mr. Solomon Lincoln and valuable Historical Notes. Pamphlet, pp. 63. Hingham. Jedidiah Farmer. 1835.

The Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Hingham, Mass., Sept. 15, 1885, including Oration by Mr. Solomon Lincoln. 8vo. Cloth, pp. 134. Published by the Committee of Arrangements, and prepared for publication by Francis H. Lincoln. 1885.

Address delivered at the Dedication of the Hingham Public Library, July 5, 1869, by the Hon. Thomas Russell. With an Appendix. Hingham. Published by the Trustees of the Library. 1871. 8vo. pp. 37. Annual Reports of the Trustees to the Town of Hingham for the years . 1871, 1872, and 1873 ; Declaration of Trust by Hon. Albert Fearing on presenting an additional sum to the fund of ten thousand dollars ; By-laws of the Trustees ; Rules and Regulations for the use of the Library, and list of its officers. 1873. Hingham. Published by the Trustees. One pamphlet.

The foregoing are the only publications relating to the Public Library issued prior to 1885. Both of the editions were small. Copies had been given out in a limited way, and only such have been preserved. The remainder, and the larger portion, were lost in the burning of the building. These pamphlets are, and must continue to be rare.

Hingham Agricultural And Horticultural Society

This society was organized in 1858, and its first annual exhibition was held in the autumn of 1859. The first of the " Transactions " was published in 1861. The volume was compiled by Rev. E. Porter Dyer, and includes the History of the formation of the Society, By-laws, Reports of the various Committees at the Annual Exhibitions, and List of Members, from October, 1858, to March, 1861. 8vo. pp. 192. Boston. Wright and Potter, Printers. 1861.

The next issue bears date of 1868, giving the Transactions of the Society for 1867, with full Reports of the Committees on the Annual Exhibition of that year, also a list of " The Native Trees and Shrubs of Hingham," prepared by James S. Lewis and Fearing Burr.

The Introduction contains a brief history of the Society up to 1868. Prepared for publication by Solomon Lincoln. Hingham. Blossom and Easterbrook, Printers, pp. 95. This number has especial interest from the fact that it contains a Description of the new Hall, Exercises at the Dedication, Articles deposited under the corner-stone, etc.

During the time of the Civil War - 1861 to 1866 - the publication of the " Transactions " in pamphlet form was suspended. The Reports of Committees at the Annual Exhibitions, with the doings of the Society at the regular meetings for these years, were prepared for the press by the Secretary, Edmund Hersey, and will be found in the columns of our local newspaper.

The third number of the Transactions was issued in 1869 for the year 1868. Prepared for publication by Fearing Burr. pp. 101. Hingham. Blossom and Easterbrook, Printers. For 1869. Contains Dr. Thomas M. Brewer's paper on "The Value of Birds." Prepared for the press by Fearing Burr and George Lincoln, pp. 72. Hingham. Blossom and Easterbrook, Printers. 1870. For 1870. Contains list of members. Prepared for publication by Fearing Burr. pp. 65. Hingham. Blossom and Easterbrook, Printers. 1871. For 1871. Contains list of members. Prepared for the press by George Lincoln, pp. 85. Hingham. Blossom and Easterbrook, Printers. 1872. For 1872. Contains an Essay on " Education and Agriculture," read before the Society by Hosah G. Goodrich. Also list of members and the By-laws as amended in November, 1872. Prepared for the press by Solomon Lincoln, pp. 73. Hingham. Joseph Easterbrook, Printer. 1878. (Copies are rare.) For 1873. pp. 66. Hingham. Joseph Easterbrook, Printer. 1874. For 1874. Title-page illustrated for the first time by an engraving, - a gleaner bearing a sheaf upon her head. Hingham. Prepared for the press by George Lincoln, pp.63. Joseph Easterbrook, Printer. 1875. For 1875. Prepared for publication by Hosah G. Goodrich, pp. 55.

A new feature in the form of a " Centennial Department " was added to the attractions of the annual exhibition in September of this year, and a pamphlet entitled " Catalogue of Antique Articles shown in the Centennial Department at the eighteenth Annual Exhibition " was published by the Society. This was prepared for the press by George Lincoln. It is neatly printed on fine paper, and was intended more especially for distribution among those who were contributors, and was given as a substitute for the amount usually awarded in prizes or gratuities. The historian and antiquary will find the volume of peculiar

For 1877. Contains List of Members and reprint of the By-laws as amended March 22, 1875. Partially illustrated. Prepared for the press by Hosah G. Goodrich. Hingham. Joseph Easterbrook, Printer. 1878. pp. 68.

For 1879. Prepared for the press by Francis H. Lincoln, Corresponding Secretary of the Society. Hingham. Fred H. Miller, Printer. 1880. pp. 44.

For 1881. Contains abstracts from Lectures before the Society by George P. Chapin, Luther Stephenson, George Lincoln, Israel Whitcomb, Fearing Burr, and Melzar W. Clark. pp. 108. Fred H. Miller, Printer. 1882. Prepared for the press by Francis H. Lincoln, Corresponding Secretary of the Society.

For 1882. Contains Lectures before the Society by James E. Thomas, Jacob O. Sanborn, and Gustavus L. Simmons, M.D., of Sacramento, Cal. Prepared for the press by Francis H. Lincoln, Corresponding Secretary of the Society, pp. 88. Press of Alfred Mudge and Son, Boston. 1883.

For 1883. Contains Lectures by Edward T. Bouve on " The Oaks of Hingham," and Luther Stephenson on " Forests." Also a List of Members. Prepared for the press by William C. Bates, pp. 91. Press of Alfred Mudge and Son, Boston. 1884.

For 1884. Contains Lectures by Israel Whitcomb, Francis W. Brewer, George Lincoln, and J. H. Robbins. Prepared for the press by Francis H. Lincoln, Corresponding Secretary of the Society, pp. 97. Press of Alfred Mudge and Son, Boston. 1885.

For 1886. Contains Lectures by J. 0. Sanborn, on " The Value of Forests," and by Arthur W. Young on " Commercial Floriculture." Edited for the press of Fred H. Miller, by Marshall Cushing. pp. 86.

For 1887. Includes a Lecture by Edmund Hersey on "The Intelligent Use of Commercial Fertilisers." Edited for the press of Fred H. Miller, by Louis P. Nash. pp. 78.

For 1888. Contains Lectures by J. O. Sanborn on '' Home and its Surroundings," and Samuel L. Pratt on " The Importance of Agriculture." Also List of Members. Edited for the press of Fred H. Miller, by Louis P. Nash. pp. 100.

For 1889. Contains Lectures by M. B. Faxon on " Garden Vegetables," and by Starkes Whiton on " Poultry." Edited for the press of Fred H. Miller, by Louis P. Nash. pp. 92.

For 1891. Contains a Lecture by J. Quinsy Litchfield on "The Gypsy Moth." Edited for the press of Fred H. Miller, by J. Quinsy Litchfield, pp. 78.

Town Reports

1833. The first of the " Town Reports " was issued in 1833. At the Annual Meeting in March of this year it was voted, " To commit the Report of the Selectmen respecting the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town, the past year ; the Report of the Overseers of the Poor, in regard to Pauper Expenses ; the Report of the Trustees of the Hingham Poor and School Fund ; the Report of the Almshouse Building Committee, etc., to a Committee whose duty it shall be to examine the same, to classify and arrange the various receipts and expenditures of the last year, for all purposes, with an exhibit of the present Debt and resources of the Town." . . . Jedediah Lincoln, Solomon Lincoln, and Thomas Loring, were chosen to carry the vote of the town into effect. The pamphlet embraces 28 pages, and was printed in Hingham by Jedidiah Farmer. Copies in good condition are rare.

1844. Nothing further was published by the town until this year, when a small pamphlet of sixteen pages was printed, entitled " Contract and Specifications for building a Town Hall for the Inhabitants of the Town of Hingham," a.d. 1844. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. Signed Samuel G. Bayley, contractor ; James S. Lewis, John Leavitt, on the part of the town. The number of copies issued must have been small, and they are extremely rare, though now of little interest.

1849. For the year ending February 1. The Second of the Financial Reports of the Town was published this year. It was prepared for the press under the direction of Ned Cushing, Hosea J. Gardner, Oliver Cushing, and Solomon Lincoln, whose names are appended. In addition to the Financial Report, the Report of the School Committee; List of Town Property ; Proceedings of the Annual March meeting ; Highway Districts; Names of Streets, Lanes, Plains, and Bridges, and a list of Town Officers are embraced. pp. 47. Jedidiah Farmer, Printer. 1849. Rare and valuable.

1850. The Report of the School Committee is the only publication of the town for 1850. Made March 4. Henry Hersey, Chairman. J. Farmer, Printer, pp. 8.

1850-53. From 1850 to 1853, inclusive, the Report of the School Committee was published annually. Henry Hersey, Chairman. No financial report was issued for four years. Copies of these School Committee reports are scarce. In some instances they are more difficult to obtain than the Financial reports immediately preceding or following.

1854. Report of the Committee on the Financial Affairs of the Town for the year ending February 1, 1854, including the Report of the School Committee. Prepared by the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of the School Committee. J. Farmer, Printer, pp. 32.

Third, Report of the Committee chosen at the town meeting in April, 1855, to whom was referred the subject of the Schools, submitted at the Annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1856. J. Farmer, Printer, pp. 16.

1857. Report of the Selectmen on the Financial affairs of the Town for the year ending Feb. 2, 1857, including the report of the School Committee. First publication of marriages and deaths. Davis and Farmer, Printers, 18 Exchange Street, Boston, pp. 54.

1874. Financial and School Committee. Includes the names of Streets, Lanes, Plains, and Bridges as established by the Town May 7, 1827, and since that time ; also Schedule of the Town's property.

1875. Financial and School Committee. Copies of the Annual Report of the School Committee for 1875 and each subsequent year have been issued in separate pamphlets.

1876. The same. One pamphlet. Contains the number of polls and valuation of Real and Personal Estates from 1834 to 1875, inclusive. Also Report of the Committee on Hingham Water Works, together with the Report of William Wheeler, Engineer of the same. pp. 146. Joseph Easterbrook. Printer.

1880. The same. Includes the names of Streets, Lanes, and Bridges, Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and Auditor's Report for the year ending February 2. pp. 139. Fred H. Miller, Printer.

1884. The same, with the " Names of the Legal Voters of the Town of Hingham, as contained on the Voting-list for the Election in November, 1884."

1886. Financial and School Committee, with Course of Study pursued in the Public Schools. The births, marriages, and deaths in this number follow the proceedings at Town meetings, instead of the Town Clerk's Report, as heretofore given, and the Title page is illustrated for the first time with an engraving of the Town Seal. pp. 144.

1888. Same. With alphabetical list of persons qualified to vote in the November Election, as made out by the registrars, third of October, 1888. pp. 172.

1892. The same, with Names of the Legal Voters of the Town of Hingham as contained on the Voting-list for the Election in November, 1892, and Reports of Committees on Electric Lighting and Schoolhouses, pp. 234.

Copies of the early Town Reports are becoming scarce. This is especially true with regard to such as are in a good state of preservation. The Reports of our School Committee for the years 1850 to 1853, inclusive, seem to have been esteemed of little importance, and have not been generally preserved. Those for the year 1850 are particularly rare. A complete series of these publications, in good condition, is something which the possessor may well prize. Such collections, though found in the hands of some of our citizens, are limited in number, and are yearly becoming more difficult to obtain. Of their value it is unnecessary to speak. Our local historians and genealogists, however, find them almost indispensable as a convenient source for reference concerning the various proceedings of the town and the action of its committees during the past thirty or forty years.

Local Newspapers

The " Hingham Gazette " was the first newspaper printed in Hingham. It contained twenty columns, and was published weekly every Friday morning, at Loring's Building, corner of Main and South streets, now the site of Lincoln's Building, with the motto, " Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." Jedidiah Farmer and Simon Brown, under the firm of Farmer and Brown, were editors and proprietors. In their address to patrons they state that "the Gazette will be devoted to Political Intelligence, Literature, Religion, Agricultural and Scientific Improvements . . . Free from the political shackles of party feeling, its aim shall constantly be, Publick Good - not men nor measures." The first number was issued January 5, 1827.

1829. April 10. With this number the motto, " the Liberty of the Press and the Liberty of the People must stand or fall together," was substituted in place of the original. September 25th, notice was given that Simon Brown had transferred his interest in this paper to Jedidiah Farmer, who assumed the management, and was announced as publisher.

1835, October 2. An Extra was issued in the form of a "broadside," exclusively devoted to the Exercises connected with the celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the settlement of the town, on Monday, September 28th. Copies are scarce.

The first number of the "Hingham Patriot" appeared July 2, 1838, and from this time to Oct. 18, 1839, there were two weekly newspapers published in Hingham: the "Hingham Patriot," and the "Gospel Witness and Old Colony Reporter."

The " Hingham Patriot " was but the " Hingham Gazette " continued, with change of title, and enlarged columns. Jedidiah Farmer was publisher, and it was issued on Saturdays from Ford's Building.

In 1841, with the commencement of the volume in July, Jedidiah Farmer transferred his interest in the paper to William W. Wilder and John Gill, and the publication was continued by them under the firm of Wilder and Gill.

1843. Same as last year up to July, when the time of publication was changed to Friday evening. Styled "A Family Paper, devoted to Politics, Agriculture, Literature, and News."

1844. At the close of the volume in Juue, William W. Wilder retired. After omitting the issue of one week, John Gill became editor and publisher.

1847. Same as last year to the close of the volume in June. July 2 the paper was enlarged by the addition of another column to the page. New type throughout, and a new press with modern improvements, followed a change of proprietorship, J. Franklin Farmer becoming associate with John Gill.

1848. Published every Friday evening at Ford's Building, North Street. J. Franklin Farmer and John Gill, proprietors. John Gill, editor. At the close of the year, Mr. Gill withdrew from the paper in consequence of ill health, and Mr. Farmer not being disposed to assume the responsibility of publisher, it was suspended.

1850. With the commencement of this year, our local paper appeared under a double title and new management, - James H. Wilder being editor and proprietor ; Thomas D. Blossom and Albert Whiton, printers. Published Friday afternoons at Ford's Building.

1854. Paper enlarged. With the commencement of the year Mr. Clark retired. Joseph Easterbrook formed a connection with Mr. Blossom, and the firm of Blossom and Easterbrook became editors and proprietors. New type, and new press. Ford's Building. Issued Friday

1879. Mr. Easterbrook died on the 8th of May, and the paper was published for the proprietors by Fred H. Miller from May 9 until August 29, when he assumed the sole management.

1893. With the exception of the months of April, May, and June, 1838, and the year 1849, our local newspaper has been regularly printed from the time it was established, in January, 1827, to the present time, 1893, a total of more than sixty years, including an aggregate of 3,500 copies. Complete files are indeed rare. A bound series, in fine condition, was lost at the burning of the Public Library in 1879. Copies of volumes have from time to time been contributed by our citizens, and the set has been nearly restored. Four or five additional full collections are all that are now known to remain, and the loss of one must necessarily add value to the already limited and diminishing list. These volumes include a vast amount of facts pertaining to our town's history not to be found elsewhere, and they must increase in interest and importance with the progress of time.

Immediately following the withdrawal of the " Gazette" in March, 1838, appeared the " Gospel Witness and Old Colony Reporter." It was published weekly, on Fridays, from the old office in Ford's Building. The first number bears date of April 6, 1838. Thomas D. Blossom, proprietor. Albert A. Folsom, editor.

This paper was printed in the interest of the Old Colony Association of Universalists, and devoted to the welfare of the " cause of heavenly truth " in the territory over which this body held jurisdiction ; " a publication which the Association could properly call its own, the religious matter being of the character everywhere distinguished by the name of * Universalism.' "

A department of the newly established paper, bearing the title " Hingham Gazette," was devoted to town topics of intelligence and general interest. The " Gospel Witness " was published for one year and about six months, or until Oct. 18, 1839, when it was discontinued. Copies do not appear to have been generally preserved, and unbroken files are exceedingly rare.

Public Conveyances By Francis H. Lincoln

The avenues for transportation of people and merchandise from Hingham to the neighboring country have been two-fold. The boat by water and the beast by land have conveyed to the desired destination the inhabitants and the products of their industry. By water, first shallops, then the larger packets, and finally the steamboats ; by land, oxen, horses with the saddle and pillion, then wagons and stage-coaches, and finally the railroad, represent the evolution.

Public highways were established as increasing necessity for communication between towns required them. Other roads were made and streams bridged over by private enterprise when public works did not supply the need of short routes. These were the turnpike roads.

The establishment of stage lines for public travel came about gradually. In the early days the people travelled as they could ; then the more affluent neighbor's horse and chaise were borrowed or hired, until the increasing desire to go abroad demanded greater accommodation, and better roads made it possible to travel with heavier vehicles and larger loads.

In a work entitled " Wonder Working Providence of Sion's Saviour, in New-England," published in London, 1634, said to have been written by Capt. Edward Johnson, Hingham is described as " a place nothing inferiour to their Neighbours for situation, and the people have much profited themselves by transporting Timber, Planke and Mast for shipping to the Town of Boston, as also ceder and Pine-board to supply the wants of other townes, and also to remote parts, even as far as Barbadoes." Naturally, as the town was on the sea-coast and there were no roads, the earliest method of transportation for people and merchandise was by water. Rev. Peter Hobart, the first minister, came to Hingham by water, and landed where Ship Street now joins North Street, probably coming into the cove as far as the depth of water made it navigable. In considering the means of transportation, therefore, we take first in order the water routes.

It is of course very difficult to ascertain when the first vessels were in service as public conveyances ; in fact, it is doubtful if there were any regular lines of packets until the latter part of the last century.

There is an entry of money paid by the town to Sergt. Daniel Lincoln and Nathaniel Beal " for carrying soldiers to Boston " in 1671 ; but this service was probably performed with the private boats which the thrifty owners were willing to use for turning an " honest penny."

About the middle of the last century Capt. Andrew Todd was master of the sloop " Susanna," which was a packet, and in 1754 the " Sharp-pen " was here as a packet.

All the packets hereafter mentioned, except one, were sloopsof from 30 to 45 tons. In 1790 the " Hingham Packet," Capt. Jotham Lincoln, was the only regular packet running between Hingham and Boston. The " Lincoln " was soon afterwards built, probably in 1793 ; " Fairplay " in 1794 ; " Union " in 1797 ; "Harmony" in 1800, and "Friendship" in 1801, for Matthew Burr and others. All these were built in Hingham, and all by John Souther, except the " Hingham Packet," which was built by Joseph Bassett. In 1802 there were five or six packets running regularly, and in 1815 seven or eight.

In the early part of this century, when political party feelings ran to extremes, there were two lines of packets, known as the Republican and Federal lines.

Probably these packets did not run here at one time, as the " Traveller " was not built until 1805. She was commanded shortly afterwards by Capt. Elijah Whiton, and the " Liberty " closed her career about 1810. The " Experiment " was built at the " Lime Kiln," Weir River. The " Rapid " was built by Daniel Bassett, in 1811, for Caleb Sprague, and launched off Bassett' s Wharf. She was the first vessel built by Mr. Bassett. When Captain Sprague was asked what color she should be painted, he answered very forcibly, " True blue." Her captains were Caleb Sprague, Calvin Gardner, Isaiah Wkiton, and Nathaniel French. The "Washington" was built by John Souther, in 1812. Her captains were Wilson Whiton, Ezra Whiton, George Thaxter, and Peter Hersey. The " Brilliant " was built at Middletown, Conn., in 1820. Her captains were John Lincoln, Leavitt Lincoln, and Elijah Beal. The " Rapid " and " Brilliant " ran on the Republican line, and the "Traveller" and "Washington" on the Federal line. The " Escort " was built at Piermont, N. Y., in 1819. Her captains were Elijah Beal, William Beal, Alexander G. Rich and Alexander Olson.

Long after the names " Republican " and " Federal " had ceased to be the designations of the lines the " Washington " and " Escort " continued as packets. The " Washington " was broken up in October, 1872, and the " Escort," the last of the Hingham packets, was sold in November, 1881.

The packets were occasionally in the coasting trade, and made trips here and there as freights offered. For many years they were the favorite means of transportation to Boston. Passengers and freight came from the neighboring inland towns, as well as from Hingham, and competition was often very active. Representatives of the Republican and Federal lines would station themselves on Broad Bridge and solicit patronage from the wagons as they came into town with their passengers and merchandise from the neighboring towns.