Trade, 1761-2," printed as an appendix, "from copies procured at the Public Record office in London," show the condition of the colony at that time in regard to trade, manufactures, &c. Like previous volumes, a full index of subjects and names is given. Mr. Hoadly deserves great credit for the superior manner in which he brings out these volumes. The Early Records of Groton, Massachusetts, 1672-1707. Edited by SAMUEL A. GREEN, M.D. Groton: 1880. [8vo. pp. 201.] The town of Groton is fortunate in having a son like Dr. Green, who is interested in gathering up and preserving every incident in its early history, and rescuing from oblivion the memory of its founders, among whom we find the name of Benjamin Garfield, ancestor of Gen. James A. Garfield, president elect of the United States. His historical addresses, which have been noticed in the REGISTER (XXX. 483; xxxiv. 231), are replete with the lore of the past. The volume before us is a work of marvellous industry, though few who look upon its clear type and beautiful paper, will probably suspect it. Those, however, who have seen the tattered pages of the original record and pored over its perplexing hieroglyphics, portions of which are gone and others half obliterated, to which fantastic spelling adds other difficulties, can form some idea of the amount of labor which Dr. Green has bestowed upon the work. Portions of this book, under the titles of "Early Records of Groton" (xxxiii. 454), and "Early Land Grants of Groton "(xxxiv. 112), have been noticed in the REGISTER. These "records of the town of Groton are the earliest extant, and were probably the first made of any meeting held within its limits. They are copied from the only book of records kept during the Indian wars, and are now printed in accordance with a vote of the town. From the fact that the book was for a while preserved rolled up, it acquired the name of The Indian Roll.' It appears to have been lost at one time, but was subsequently found.' The copying and superintending the printing of this volume is entirely a labor of love. Washington Academy. Historical Address of the Hon. James Gibson at the Centennial Celebration, held at Salem, N. Y., on August 25-26, 1880. [Royal 8vo. pp. 25.] The one hundredth anniversary of this academy, located at Salem, Washington County, N. Y., was celebrated last August. The full proceedings are printed in the Salem Press, Sept. 3 and 10, 1880. The oration by the Hon. James Gibson is reprinted from the Press in the pamphlet before us. The town of Salem was settled between 1764 and 1770 by Scotch Irish, German Palatines and New England people. In 1780 there were three hundred families there. In that year a classical school was founded, which eleven years later was incorporated as as Washington Academy," whose centenary was observed on the above-named occasion. Mr. Gibson in his address gives an interesting narrative of the settlement of that part of New York state, and biographies of the principals of the academy and others connected with it, with glances at the state of society and of education there at different periods. The author of this address has prepared a full history of the academy, which he will publish if sufficient encouragement is given. We trust that he may be encouraged to do it. Suffolk Deeds, Liber I. Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch St. 1880. [8vo. pp. 827.] This volume has been printed by order of the Board of Aldermen of the city of Boston, acting as County Commissioners. The original, which has a value to the historical student as well as the conveyancer, had become so much dilapidated that the most prominent members of the Suffolk bar petitioned Feb. 10, 1879, that the volume be copied and printed verbatim, which has been done. The copy has been made by William B. Trask, Esq., than whom no more competent person could be found. Mr. Trask has superintended the printing. He has also indexed the work in a thorough manner, there being five separate indexes, filling 330 pages. John T. Hassam, Esq., to whom the public are more indebted than any other person for bringing this matter to the attention of the members of the bar and the board of aldermen, has rendered valuable assistance on the indexes and in other ways. The volume has been completed at so late a day, that a notice worthy of the book cannot be prepared in season for this number. We hope to do justice to it in our April issue. The Relation of the Fisheries to the Discovery and Settlement of North America. Delivered before the New Hampshire Historical Society, at Concord, June, 1880, and the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protection Society, at Boston, 1880. By CHARLES LEVI WOODBURY. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers. 1880. [8vo. pp. 26.] .... Mr. Woodbury is well known as a diligent student of New England history. This short essay is the result of his studies of some of the early European voyages of discovery to these shores, and particularly fishing voyages. He points out some interesting relations between the winter fisheries and settlements not hitherto noticed. He also touches upon many points relating to the period of discovery and colonization, that historical students will find worthy of their consideration. Our space will not allow us to indicate fully Mr. Woodbury's interesting views of the characters and events of the period upon which he writes. We commend this review to all who desire to see this great subject freshly and vigorously considered. We regard it as an earnest of what we may expect from his other historical researches. By Charles W. Tuttle, A.M., of Boston.] The Life of James A. Garfield. By CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN (War Correspondent Carleton "). With a Sketch of the Life of Chester A. Arthur. Illustrated. Boston: James H. Earle, Publisher. 1880. [12mo. pp. 364.] This book was written in haste in the early portion of the recent presidential campaign; and now that the subject is soon to be raised to the highest gift in American citizenship, a new interest surrounds it. Though written in haste, it is well done. The aptness of Mr. Coffin in collating incidents which are surrounded by things exciting interest, is shown in this work. The subject of this biography affords a fine field for research and writing, which makes the book one of great interest. The struggle of the parents, the youth of Garfield, his endeavors to secure education, his aptness in the class room as teacher, his patriotism and service in the war, and the breadth and culture displayed in Congress in dealing with the multitudinous questions which arise in the affairs of state, all of these open to a wide-awake author a richness of theme rarely surpassed. Mr. Coffin has done his work well; and in this brief notice we will not mention it as a mere campaign book, for it has proven itself more than that already, but speak of it as a foundation on which can be made a standard work among the biographies of those representing the best American life. [By the Rev. Aaron Titus, Jr., of Weymouth, Mass.] Reminiscences of Distinguished Men of Essex County. Communicated by Hon. NATHAN CROSBY, LL.D. From the Hist. Coll. Essex Inst., vol. xvii. part 2. Salem : Printed at the Salem Press. 1880. [8vo. pp. 29.] This paper was read before the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, on the 7th of April last (REGISTER, XXXiv. 318). It was again read on the 19th of the same month before the Essex Institute, and printed in their Collections, from which this reprint is made. 66 The Judge Crosby prefixes to his reminiscences some eloquent remarks upon the preeminence of Essex County in the history of this commonwealth. "She is," says he, our Mecca and our Antioch; our national birth-place and our christening." reminiscences relate chiefly to three eminent men of about the author's own age, viz. the Hon. Rufus Choate, the Hon. Caleb Cushing and the Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr., "born within a few miles of each other, Choate in 1799, Cushing in 1800, and Rantoul in 1805, of parents of about equal condition and position in society." Among the other celebrities with whom Judge Crosby was acquainted and has given interesting recollections here, are Garrison, the anti-slavery leader, Prescott, the historian, Whittier, the poet, Hawthorne, the novelist, Peabody, the benevolent banker, and Miss Hannah F. Gould, the poetess. Centennial Anniversary of the Independence of the State of Vermont and the Battle of Bennington, August 15 and 16, 1877. Westminster-Hubbardton-Windsor. Tuttle & Co., Rutland, Official Printers and Stationers to the State of Vermont. 1879. [8vo. pp. 232.] The services on the two days named in the title of this book were intended to commemorate the centenaries of two separate events in the history of Vermont; the first the independence of the state, and the second an important revolutionary battle fought on its soil. The true centenary of the independence of Vermont was Jan. 17, 1877, that being one hundred years from Jan. 17, 1777, when a convention of the people at Westminster declared Vermont to be "a separate, free and independent jurisdiction or state." It was thought best, however, to combine the two celebrations. The oration on Vermont day was by Daniel Roberts, Esq., of Burlington, and that on Bennington day by the Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, D.D., president of Dartmouth College. Both are worthy of the occasion that called them forth. Some of the most eminent men in the nation contributed to the interest of these two days, and their speeches and writings are printed with the above-named orations in this volume. The volume also contains a good account of the Battle of Bennington, by the venerable Hon. Hiland Hall, LL.D., and the proceedings at three local celebrations in 1877, namely, one in Westminster Jan. 15, the centenary of the declaration of independence by Vermont; another at Hubbardton July 7, the centenary of the battle of Hubbardton; and the last at Windsor July 8 and 9, the first day being the centenary of the adoption of the constitution of Vermont. Several fine engravings on steel embellish the volume. The celebration was a credit to the state, and the book is a fitting memorial of it. The Writings of Louis Hennepin, Recollect Franciscan Missionary. By Rev. EDWARD D. NEILL, President of Macalester College. [1880. 8vo. pp. 10.] The Rev. Mr. Neill, the author of this paper, which was read Sept. 6, 1880, at the monthly meeting of the Department of American History, Minnesota Historical Society, has done much by original research to elucidate the early history of our country. Mr. Neill here shows that Hennepin's first book, "The History of Louisiana," is a compilation from the writings of others with the interjection of exaggerations." In his "New Discovery gross falsehoods are pointed out. The authorship of this work has been doubted, but Mr. Neill gives reasons for believing it to be by Hennepin. "Recent doubts," he adds, can never shear him of his reputation as the author of the Nouvelle Découverte,' and nothing has been discovered to change the verdict of two centuries, that Louis Hennepin, Recollect Franciscan, was deficient in christian manhood." 66 Catalogue of the Choice and Extensive Law and Miscellaneous Library of the late .... An advertisement of this sale, to which we refer our readers for details, will be found on the cover of this REGISTER. The catalogue, which was prepared under the supervision of R. A. Brock, Esq., corresponding secretary and librarian of the Virginia Historical Society, and a personal friend of the late owner, exhibits care and lucid arrangement. It is a neatly printed book of 210 pages, and in the department of law particularly has special value, as presenting, possibly, a more complete bibliography of the "tortuous science" than has yet appeared, as the library contains many volumes which are said by those well informed, and whose dictum is authority, not to exist elsewhere. The late owner was a profound bibliopole as well as lawyer, and it was his uniform habit to annotate his books, which are thus well freighted with the wealth of his untiring investigations. Many of them are attractive also by reason of past associations, containing as they do memorials of distinguished ownership in England and America, autographs, book-plates, MS. notes, &c. Census of Seymour. 1880. Price 25 cts. Published by W. C. Sharpe, Seymour, Conn. [12mo. pp. 25.] This pamphlet contains the names of all the residents, male and female, of Seymour, Conn., June 1, 1880, as taken by Mr. Henry Bradley, the United States census enumerator for that town, but without the ages and other particulars. It will be useful to genealogists. The Family of Fuller. Some Royal, Noble, and Gentle Descents of the Kerry Branch. Compiled for his Descendants, by JAMES FRANKLIN FULLER, F.S.A. [Motto.] (Twenty copies only.) Printed at the Private Press of John Wilson, C. E., Ormond Road, Dublin. 1880. [Folio, 33 leaves unpaged.] The Jarvis Family; or The Descendants of the First Settlers of the Name in Massachusetts and Long Island, and those who have more recently Settled in Other Parts of the United States and British America. Collected and Compiled by GEORGE A. JARVIS of New York: GEORGE MURRAY JARVIS of Ottawa, Canada; WILLIAM JARVIS WETMORE of New York; assisted by ALFRED HARDING of Brooklyn, N. Y. Hartford Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. 1879. [8vo. pp. vii.+350+19. With blank Family Record, 4 leaves appended.] Peirce Genealogy, being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown in New England, who came from Norwich, Norfolk County, England; with Notes on the History of other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, etc. By FREDERICK CLIFTON PEIRCE, Esq. Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, No. 301 Main Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 278. Price $4.] .... Memoir of Col. Joshua Fry, sometime Professor in William and Mary College, Virginia, and Washington's Senior in Command of Virginia Forces, 1754, etc. etc.; with an Autobiography of his son, Rev. Henry Fry, and a Census of their Descendants. By Rev. P. SLAUGHTER, D.D., Author of " History of St. George's St. Mark's Parish,' Bristol Parish," etc. etc. [1880. 8vo. pp. Parish.' 112.] 29 66 "" 66 .... Lon Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and the Family of Knox. By the Rev. CHARLES .... Sharpe Genealogy and Miscellany. By W. C. SHARPE, Author of the "History of Seymour." Record Print, Seymour, Conn., 1880. [12mo. pp. 178; with portraits, fac-similes and coat-of-arms. Price $1.50, to be obtained of the author, Seymour, Conn.] Some Account of the Clayton Family of Thelwall, co. Chester; afterwards of St. Dominick's Abbey, Doneraile and Mallow, co. Cork. A Paper read before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Chester, 4th March, 1880. By J. PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A., &c. [Seal.] Liverpool: T. Brakell, Printer, 58 Dale Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 20.1 The Starkie Family of Pennington and Bedford, in the Parish of Leigh, co. Lan caster. Two Papers. By J. PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A. Leigh, Lancashire : 1880. (Not Published.) [8vo. pp. 18.] Contributions to the Genealogy of the Burbank and Burbanck Families in the United States. By G. T. RIDLON. Saco, Me.: From the Press of C. P. Pike. 1880. [8vo. pp. 56.] A Genealogy of the Littlehale Family in America from 1633 to 1680. Collated and Compiled by F. H. LITTLEHALE, of the Eighth Generation. Dallas, Texas: Bolles & Stevens, Mercantile Job Printers. 1880. [8vo. pp. 10.] .... A Memorial of a Respectable and Respected Family, and especially of Joshua Bicknell, Farmer, Representative, Senator, Judge and Eminent_Christian Citizen: "The Noblest Roman of them All." Boston, Mass.: New England Publishing Co., Printers. 1880. [8vo. pp. 32+xvi.] The Towne Memorial; Compiled from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Towne Manuscripts, Public and Family Records, for A. F. Towne, Esq., San Francisco, Cal. By EDWIN HUBBARD. Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. 1880. [8vo. 114+xvi.] .... We continue this quarter our notices of genealogical works recently published. The elegant work on the Fuller family, whose title heads our list, consists of thirty tables, giving the descent of the author's children from "royal, noble or gentle families for several hundred years. Among their ancestors may be named Charlemagne and Alfred the Great. Mr. Fuller has been very successful in tracing these descents, and has displayed them in a clear manner. The Jarvis genealogy is a neatly printed work of nearly four hundred pages, with numerous portraits and other illustrations. Among the distinguished persons of this name recorded here are-Edward Jarvis, M.D., the venerable president of the American Statistical Association; William Jarvis, U. S. Consul and chargé d'affaires at Lisbon; the Rt. Rev. Abraham Jarvis, D.D., bishop of Connecticut, and his son the Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D.D., LL.D. An index would double the value of the volume. The Pierce genealogy is by the author of the History of Grafton, noticed by us in April last (REGISTER, xxxiv. 220). The book seems to be thoroughly prepared, being precise and full as to names and dates; and is clearly arranged, with good indexes. The volume is handsomely printed, and is illustrated with numerous steel-plate, heliotype and artotype portraits and views. Among the distinguished descendants of John Peirce of Watertown, may be named Gov. John A. Andrew, the Hon. E. Rockwood Hoar, the Hon. George F. Hoar, Prof. Benjamin Peirce of Harvard University, and the Hon. Henry L. Pierce. The Rev. Dr. Slaughter's book contains much interesting local and general history, as well as the biography and genealogy of the Frys. It is well prepared and well printed. The three volumes of genealogy by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, of London, are like all his works, models of historical and genealogical research. In the first book, the genealogy of the famous reformer, John Knox, is traced, and his biography fully given. The Scottish families to which the other books are devoted, have a historic record. The author of the Sharpe genealogy published a work in 1874 on this name which was noticed in the REGISTER (XXXiii. 267). The present work is much enlarged and improved. Among those who have aided the author is Miss Thomasin Elizabeth Sharpe, of Kensington, England, author of A Royal Descent and other Pedigrees (REGISTER, XXXI. 349). English genealogy and biography, as well as American, are here given. Of the two works by Mr. Rylands, the first is a reprint from the "Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," for the year 1880; and the second is a reprint of two Papers contributed to the "Historical and Genealogical Notes" in the Leigh Chronicle. They are valuable additions to the genealogy of the two counties of Lancaster and Chester. The Rev. Mr. Ridlon's pamphlet is the first work yet published on the Burbank family, and is a valuable contribution" to its genealogy. The Littlehale pamphlet gives descendants of Richard Littlehale, an early settler of Rowley. The author, who resides in the state of Texas, deserves much credit for compiling so satisfactory an account of the Littlehales under the disadvantage of distance from his kindred and the records of his family. The Bicknell genealogy gives the ancestry and descendants of Joshua Bicknell (Joshua, Joshua, Zachariah, John, Zachary1), with biographical matter. Appended is the pamphlet noticed in July last (REGISTER, XXXIV. 234). The Towne genealogy is by the author of the pamphlet noticed last October (REGISTER, XXXIV. 432), but is much enlarged and improved. The manuscript genealogy of this family by the late William B. Towne, Esq., to which Mr. Hubbard acknowledges his indebtedness, ought to be published in full. Mr. Towne spent more or less time for nearly half a century in collecting and arranging his materials, some of which were obtained from persons now dead, and from records which cannot now be found. His work is very full and quite voluminous. The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register It Contains, besides these "Book Notices," a variety of valuable and interesting matter concerning the History, Antiquities, Genealogy and Biography of America. was commenced in 1847, and is the oldest historical periodical now published in this country. It is issued quarterly (each number containing at least 96 octavo pages, with a portrait on steel) by the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, 18 Somerset Street, Boston, Mass. Price, $3 per annum in advance. Single numbers, 75 cents each. |