the copy taken, in consequence of a grant from the General Court, Oct. 1682,* and therefore, strictly speaking, is publick property.

When the late Dr. Belknap began to compile his History of New Hampshire, my father borrowed the manuscript for his use; Gov. Hutchinson would not consent that it should be carried out of town, and one of my brothers copied such parts as the doctor conceived might be serviceable to him. This took up much time; during which Gov. Hutchinson was superseded by Gen. Gage, and went to Great Britain: probably neither he nor my father thought any thing of the book. It was thus innocently left in my father's hands. He kept it most carefully; as did my brother, the late Doct. John Eliot, after our father's death, until the institution of the Historical Society. It was then, as publick property, deposited in their archives.

By this means, the publick will be favoured with an edition of such parts of it as remain. As Doct. Oliver could supply the deficiencies from a copy taken by his father, it is to be regretted that his temper should so far overcome his judgment as to cause a refusal.

I am, Sir, respectfully,

Your obedient servant.
EPHRAIM ELIOT.

DEATHS IN THE SOCIETY WORSHIPPING AT KINGSCHAPEL, IN BOSTON.

From Jan. 1st, 1747, to Dec. 31st, 1775: 29 years.

UNDER 1 year 68 Males 57 Females 125 Total.

Between 1 and 5 5

59

10

12

50

12

109

24

See Vol. X. 1st Series, p. 187.

Infants baptized during the same period.

938 Males, 879 Females, 1817 Total.

Under 1 year

From Jan. 1st, 1788, to Dec. 31st, 1814: 27 years.

51 Males 49 Females 100 Total.

Infants baptized during the same period.

498 Males, 506 Females, 1004 Total.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONATIONS.

THE thanks of the Massachusetts Historical Society are presented for the following donations.

A. HOLMES, Corresponding Secretary.

Transactions of the Society for the promoting of useful arts in the State of New York, 3 vols. 8vo.; Charter and Bye-laws of the New York Dispensary; Memorial of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New York to the Legislature of that State; Syllabus of Medical Lectures delivered in said College of Physicians. By Dr. Francis.

Memorial of the New York Historical Society to the Legislature of New York; Dr. Spaulding's Inaugural Address; Hints towards promoting Health and Cleanliness in New York; MS. Sermons of the late Rev. Dr. Maclintock of Greenland, N. H.; MS. Sketches of Sermons preached at Cambridge by Rev. W. Brattle, Tu

tor Flynt, and others, from 1707 to 1710; MS. account of Rev. Jabez Fitch, by John Rogers; and a print of Archibald Robertson. By Rev. Timothy Alden.

Laws of Vermont, printed 1808, 2 vols.; Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, 1813; Laws passed by the Legislature of Vermont, 1813; Journal of the Council of Censors, 1813, 1814; Report of a Committee on the doings of the Canvassing Committee, 1813; Report of do. on the several branches of Vermont State Bank, 1813; Sermon delivered before the Legislature of Vermont, 1813, by Rev. Daniel Marsh.

By the Legislature of Vermont. The Massachusetts Manual, or Political and Historical Register and Almanack for 1814; Address of a Committee of Congregational Ministers and Churches in England to Ministers and Churches of the Congregational order. By Rev. Dr. Morse.

A Half Century Sermon by Rev. Ammi R. Robbins ; Fifteenth Annual Account of missionary labours, &c. of Missionary Society of Connecticut.

By Rev. Dr. McClure. Rev. Dr. Parish's Sermon before the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America, 1814. By that Society. Catalogue of Books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, vol. II. part I.

By the Directors of the Library Company.

Extracts from the Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1814; Rules of the Philadelphia Dispensary for the medical relief of the Poor; Report, the Sixth, of the Bible Society of Philadelphia. By Ebenezer Hazard, Esq. Holmes's Address before the American Antiquarian Society in Boston, 1814; Memoir of Cambridge Port, By the Author. Map of Plymouth Harbour; Swedish Sea Letter, 1658; Commission from Sir Edmund Andros, 1687. By Mr. Samuel Davis. Pagitt's Christianography, or the Description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the world,

1814.

not subject to the Pope, London, 1674; Sundry pamphlets bound in 1 vol. parchment, viz. God's Promise to the Plantations, by J. Cotton, 1686; I. Mather's Relation of the Troubles which have happened in New England by reason of the Indians, from 1614 to 1675; Byfield's Account of the late Revolution in New England, 1689; The People's right to Election or Alteration of Government in Connecticut, 1689; J. Eliot's Harmony of the Gospels. By Caleb Gannett, Esq.

Rev. Professor McKean's Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. John B. Wight in East Sudbury, 1815; do. at the Ordination of Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham in Boston, 1815; do. on the death of Dr. John Warren, 1815; Continuation of Goldsmith and Wood's History of England, from the peace of Amiens to that of Ghent, 1815. By the Author.

Rev. Samuel Cary's Address to the Merrimack Humane Society, 1806; Sermon at the ordination of the Author; do. on the National Fast, 1813; do. Artillery Election, 1814; do. at Brattle Street Church, and Thursday Lecture, 1814; Review of "The Grounds of Christianity examined;" Cheever's Sermon on General Election, Mass. 1712; Wadsworth's do. 1716; Colman's do. 1723; Sewall's do. 1724; Cutler's do. on General Election, Connect. 1717.

By Rev. Samuel Cary. Xenophon's History of the affairs of Greece, transl. by John Newman, London, 1685. By Mr. Thomas B. Wait.

B. Whitwell's Oration on American Independence, Boston, 4 July, 181; do. Address to Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, 27 May, 1814; Burdick's Massachusetts Register, No. 1. Jan. 1814, and vol. 1. June, By Mr. Charles Callender.

1814.

J. Dickman's Dissertation on the Pathology of the Human Fluids, New York, 1814. By the Author. A History of the American War, published in Boston, 1781, 2 vols. By Henry Hill, Esq. Sundry Pamphlets. By Dr. Redford Webster. A Collection of Letters to and from various persons, on the revolutionary war, federal constitution, in MSS.