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PAGE Officers and Committees, 1887 Historical Sketch of the Society, i 787-1 887, and Notes on ITS Publications By James F. Hunnewell. Act of Incorporation, 1787 j. From the original, and the Society's edition, 1806. Historical Sketch . ... 17 By the Rev. Peter Thacher, D.D., explaining "the Institution, Design, etc. » of the Society ; reprinted from a quarto pamphlet published by it, Boston, 1798. A Brief History . . 23 Portions, not in the preceding, published by the Society in 1804. Account of the Funds of the Society, May 18, 1803 . . . 26 Published with the last-named work. Richard Gary's Letter on Col. Alford's Bequest .... 27 Reprinted from the original 4° of 1789, giving reasons and con- ditions relating to this early and important gift. Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurers, i 787-1887 ... 33 Members of the Society, 1787- 1887 Missionaries, and Objects aided, 1787-1887 30 By-Laws, adopted May 26, 1887 Index SI -£.. vj (j. vi «! ; ? OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY Elected at the Annual Meeting, May 26, 1887. from the records. Rev. ANDREW P. TEABODY, D.D. TJfccsDrcsOicnt. SAMUEL JOHNSON, Esq., Sccvctar]?. Rev. ALEXANDER McKENZIE, D.D. glssfstant Sccvctavn. Rev. HENRY W. FOOTE. Svcasurcr, Hon. SAMUEL C. COBB. Vfcesjrrcnsurcr. WILLIAM PERKINS, Esq. (Died July 13, 1887.) Select CCommfttec. The President, Rev. J. H. Morison, D.D., Rev. Henry F. Jenks, William Perkins, Esq., Roger Wolcott, Esq., James F. Hunnewell, Esq. CTommfttec on 33i)=2lato.s antr JJiiIilfcation. Hon. George S. Hale, James F. Hunnewell, Rev. Henry F. Jenks, The Secretary of the Society. Slutiftots. J. Huntington Wolcott, Esq., Arthur Lincoln, Esq., J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr., Esq. HISTORICAL SKETCH. r^N the 19th of November, 1787, twenty-one ^ clergymen and V-^ laymen, "with such others as they [should] elect," were in- corporated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as " The So- ciety FOR Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and OTHERS IN North America," in order that they might "be the better enabled to carry into effect" that design. Under powers described in the Act,^ the Society, limited to fifty members, who were to "have perpetual succession," was organized, and its mis- sionary work was begun. While it thus had an honorable place among the early under- takings in the newly established nation, it was, however, continuing operations long before pursued. With the maintenance of the insti- tutions of the Church of England, the spread of Christianity among the Indians here was also sought by "The Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," chartered by William III., June 16, 1 701. Yet even this organization had predecessors in the good work. Charles II., in 1661, had incorporated a "Company 1 "Richard Cranch, of Braintree, Esq., Rev. John Clark, of Boston, Francis Dana, of Cambridge, Esq., Rev. Joseph Eckley, and John Eliot, of Boston. Rev. Nathaniel Emmons, of Franklin. Rev. Levi Frisbie. of Ipswich, Moses Gill of Pnncetown, and William Hyslop, of Brookline. Esq'rs, Rev. Timothy Hil- lard, of Cambridge, Jonathan Mason, of Boston, Esq, Rev. Phillips Payson, of Chelsea, Rev. Ehphalet Porter, and Increase Sumner, Esq., of Ro.xb«ry, Eben- ezer Storer, Esq., Rev. Peter Thacher, and Oliver Wendell, Esq., of Boston Rev. Joseph WUIard and Edward Wigglesworth, and Samuel Williams. Doctor' of Laws, of Cambridge, and the Rev. Ebenezer Wight, of Boston." (Dr Eck- ley s Discourse, Appendix, p. 25, 1S06.) '^ Reprinted on pp. 13-16 following. for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Heathen Natives of New England, and the Parts adjacent in America," of which the distinguished Hon. Robert Poyle was the first Governor. But "this Design," says Dr. Humphreys,' was thought to be "too nar- row, . . . and could by no means answer the Wants of all the Foreign Plantations, and all the Heathen Nations adjacent." Its work was taken up by the larger Society formed after the great Rev- olution, somewhat as that had, after the Restoration, in a measure succeeded to another even earlier, in which we find the beginning of a mode of corporate operations still carried on by the American Society. It was amid the stir in thought and deed at the rise of the English Commonwealth that the pioneer originated, grew, and acted, the representative of Puritan devotion and missionary spirit. On the 27th of July, 1649, "the Commons of England assembled in Parliament," enacted that from thenceforth there should be a Corporation ^ of sixteen persons in England, who should have " per- petual succession," and be called " The President and Society for propagation of the Gospel in New England." They were author- ized to hold iDroperty, and to pay money to " the Commissioners of the United Colonies " of New England, or to such as these should appoint, the money to be disposed of '* in such maner as shall best and principally conduce to the preaching and propagating of the ( 1 of Jesus Christ among the Natives, and also for maintaining o. chools and Nurseries of Learning, and for the better education of the Children of the Natives." Even this pioneer Corporation was not first in the work ; for before societies, and prompting their efforts, were scattered missionaries, of whose labors we still read, even in the quaint titles of the Reports from time to time issued, such as "New England's First Fruits " (1643), " The Day Breaking if not the Sun Rising of the Gospell with the Indians" there (1647), the "Clear Sunshine" (1648), and "Strength out of Weakness" (1652). Of the success of corporate work we I 1 Humphreys, David (D.D.), An Historical Account of the Incorpo- rated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Sm. 4°, pp. xxxi + 356, London, 1730 (p. 6), and 8°, pp. 135, New York, 1853 (p. 10). '^ These extracts are from the Act as printed in black letter (folio, pp. 7), under the seal of the Commonwealth, " Die Veneris, 27 Julii, 1649," London. %■ Icani from history, and sec it, if wc cannot read of it, on tlie printed pages of the first American IJible or the even rarer pa-es of primers. From physic for the body to medicine for the soul, from aid to the primary school in tlie wilderness to the support of the college, varied the lielp of the old Puritan missionary society. Thus by preachers through the early years of colonization here and then by help from English corporations, the work of Christian- iznig the Indians was pursued ; thus througli a succession of .^rcat changes -the Civil War, the Restoration, and the Revolution -in England, Puritanism and Episcopacy conducted it, until another change, of even greater importance to this country,— our own Revolution, — left the field open for American effort. While the existing Society here continues the work for the In- dians, and may fairly be considered the American successor in a prolonged effort, it is hardly a descendant or an heir, but a native acting on its own ground in a way honored by time and past devo- tion. In the year of its incorporation several gentlemen of or near IJoston were commissioned by a Scottish Society to take charge of funds to aid in "Christianizing the Indians in this country." (Hrief History,^ 1S04.) These Commissioners thouo-ht that they might act, not alone as agents, "but also as principafs " The spirit of Independence had been born, and it appeared was growing; they no longer were subjects in a Province, but citizens in a Nation. Consequently they revived a design, proposed in l^G^ to establish a " Society for the promotion of Christian Knowled-e " but that was not then carried out because it was not sanctioned by George III. ; and the Society for Propagating the Gospel was the result, so successful that in the present year it attains its centennial. On reviewing its operations we find, by the Report in 1803 that sixteen years after its establishment, twelve Benefactors had given It $17,514.51, besides $1,561.01 collected by Brief; that its^otal ' ;'';i"'<^^;;vith Rev. Dr. Lathrop's Discourse, 1804, wlu:re it is stated (note p. 32) that a brief accoiuit of the Society drawn up by tlieir order [was I pub- hshed ni 1-97, by their Secretary, the late Rev. Dr. 'Thatclier." 40 ' ' , Boston, ly^^repuUcU on pp. 17-.3.) Additions n.ade to this account and contained in the " Enef History," are also repintcd pp. 23-6 8 fmicls werr $23,417.35,^101 its income $1,145.83; that for "many years " it received an annual grant from the Legislature ; and also that it had paid, in whole or in part, four missionaries among In- dians, eighteen in the District of Maine, and two on the Isles of Shoals. We further observe that its accounts were then kept in a way to which we may he jireparing to return, for they were expressed in "nominal dollars" and in "real dollars." I'y far the largest contributor to the endowment was the Hon. John Alford, l)y his executor, Richard Gary, both of Charlestown. A letter of the latter, dated at that place May 27, 1789, and ad- dressed to the Members of this Society, describes the bequest, and at the same time forms i)robal)Iy the earliest and rarest of the two- score or more pamphlets relating to the Society's affairs. The money was delivered in the form of eleven specie bonds, six conti- nental certificates, six notes of Massachusetts, and other certificates " estimated at a less value." Colonel Alford, it is stated, " was de- sirous the Aboriginals should be both civilized and Christianized ; that the Gospel should be sent into the dark, benighted parts of the land;" and for faithfully seconding his designs, his Executor received the cordial thanks, and was elected to membership, of the Society. (This important letter is reprinted on pp. 27-32.) J»y the twenty-fifth year of its age its funds, and consequently its operations, had but slightly increased. Ten missionaries were at that time employed. In 1836, the year before the semi-centennial, the funds had grown to $34,300, and the income to $1,874, in which amounts there was not for a while much variation. At this i^eriod, it may be added, about half of the funds were invested in bank stocks, and about half in notes and mortgages. In 1840, when, by the Report, the Society was already styled "ancient and \ener- able," seven missionaries and a teacher of the poor in Cincinnati were employed, the former chiefly in regions of Massachusetts and at the West that were " destitute of the stated means of religion." That the Society sowed good seed, and knew where to do it, is shown by the fact that in this year its ministrations were exercised in places since known to Bostonians, as well as to others, for asso- ciations with solid worth ; for it then had missionaries in Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy. Of the former place it seems to have then been thoiitj;IU necessary to tell the position, " in tlie north part of .lie State of Illinois." Piiring its first iialf-century the Society had distiibutcd a large number of religious books and tracts. Until 1836 it had sup- ported, or helped to support, missionaries or preachers in the fron- tier settlements in Maine ; but as the population there increased, aid was much less needed, while at the same time similar wants arose " in the extreme Western States," and thither the operations of tiie Society were transferred. For many years help was given at the Isles of Shoals, where the inhabitants could not alone maintain institutions of religion. As early as 1808 a missionary was sent to the northwestern parts of Vermont and New York, and to the State of Ohio. The Society seems to have been constantly trying to gain information about the various Indian tribes, and to have minis- tered to many of them. Before 1S03. and later (in and after 1817), it helped those at Martha's Vineyard and Marshpee (Harvard Col- lege taking a special charge here in 1809 and subsequently), and maintained a mission and school, as it did for a long while at New Stockbridge, near Oneida. In 1810 help had recently been given to the Narragansetts and Wyandots, and was continued; in 1817, and later, to the Senecas and MunseeSj in 1823, to the Passamaquod- dies, and Indians on Nantucket ; and in 1825, to the Penobscots. By 1843, says the Report for that year, it was deemed " neces- sary to discontinue missions to the Indians of the Narraganset and other tribes, once flourishing but [then] rapidly disappearing in New England," and to use the Indian Fund elsewhere. The partial support of a native preacher and of a Boarding School among the Cherokees was consequently undertaken. A mission " to destitute places on the frontiers of Massachusetts and Vermont," and that to the Isles of Shoals, were then the only ones " sustained within New England;" while attention was, as "for many years," "especially directed to the West." In 1845 the property of the Society, in- cluding the Alford Fund of $9000, was, by the Report, $45,952.98, of which $26,250 was in bonds and mortgages, $15,314 in bank stock, and $4,180 in forty-four shares of stock of the Western Railroad, — a new form of investment that then appeared. "The income for the year past was $2,152.60, which [was] greater than 2 lO the average of the last seven years." Financial prosperity, indeed, seems to have continued for a considerable period (1836-55), the funds then steadily increasing from $34,300 to $52,852.21. Rail- road companies Jiad mca;, while grown to offer such facilities for investment, that of the latter amount nearly one quarter ($11,587.84) was held in their stocks. For a considerable period also the Society's help was given in the directions already mentioned. Amo'^g the Indians operations during 1847 were necessarily limited in Massachusetts to the few left at A^arshpee and Herring Pond ; and efforts were turned to the West and Northwest, aid being furnished to the Ojibways, the Oneidas at Green Bay, and to two scholars in Albion Seminary. At this time there were in all nine missionaries and one teacher employed. In 185 1 similar aid was given to the remnants of the Oneidas and the Onondagas in New York, to those at Herring Pond and Gay Head in Massachusetts, to some of St. Regis, and two scholars in seminaries. At the Sixty-seventh Annual Meeting (1855) '^ ^^U ^^^^ ^^^ important Report was presented, and was subsequently printed (8'^, pp. iv -f 135* 1856). It contains a long account of the Alford Fund, especially of the conditions attached, and of the current and past operations, and is not surpassed in value by any other publication by the Society. This, and the two Reports following, made in 1861 (issued 1862) and in 1869, are so recent, and contain such extended details, that no abridgment need be here attempted. Already the history of corporations in this country is showing that age, even of a century, not only does not impair usefulness, but can add strength and give promise of a future with increased means and extended operations. By the report of the Select Committee, and the account of the Treasurer of the Society for the past year, evi- dence is given not only to prove this general statement, but to attest to the special fact of the still active life and fresh hopes of what we may now well call, in its hundredth year, " the ancient and venerable " Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America. "% M II Discourses before the Society were preached from 1804 to 1836, both years included, except in 1831. After 1836 ''public anniver- saries were discontinued," and were not renewed until 1847. The discourses by the following clergymen 70drd printed : — i i ^f 1804, Jan. 19 1804, Nov •I, IS05, )) 7, 1806, )> c, 1807, >» 5. IS08, )> 3. I8I0, )> I. iSii, » 7. I8I3, )» 4, 1814, »> 1 0' I8I7, >j 6, 1820, )) 9» I82I, >> I, IS23, >> 6. 1825, ») 3. 1827, )> I, 1829, )i s. 1830, 11 4. Boston, with an Appendix, pp. 44 Ipswich, > 38 Boston, . 36 Ralcm, . 39 Roxbury, »i , 24 Cambridge, , 68 Cliailestowr , It , 72 riymouth. , 44 Dcclham, >) . 44 , 44 Brighton, >> . 44 Boston, , 40 Chelsea, , 48 Dorchester, f} - 50 Dorchester, , 44 Anclover, , 42 Boston, ]• , 44 11 . 51 Jan. 19, by John Lathrop, D.D., of Levi Frishek, A.M., Jos. KCKI.EY, D.D., Tiios. Barnard, D.D., Elip't Porter, D.D., AiiiEL Holmes, D.D., Jed. AIorse, D.D., Jas. Kendall, A.M., Joshua Bates, A.M., Elijah Parish, D.D., John Foster, D.D., Chas. Lowell, Jos. Tuckerman T. M. Harris, D.D., John Codman, D.D., Ebenezer Porter, D.D., B. B. Wisner, D.D., [A. Bradford, Sec] "^ Brief Account of the Present State, Income," etc., of the Society, " By Order," was made by the Rev. Dr. Thacher, Secre- tary, and printed, 4", pp. 3, January, 1795. Reports of the Select Committee were printed in separate pam- phlets for 1815 and 1816, for 1818, for 1819, for 1822, for 1824, for 1826, for 1831, for 1832, for 1833, and for 1840. They were also printed with the Discourses in 1817, 1S20, 1821, 1823, 1S25, 1827, 1829, and 1830. Nothing appears to have been published for some years (1834-39) by the Society, and then (1840) another Report of the Select Committee, which was followed by similar pamphlets from 1843 co 1848, both years included, and others in 1850, 185 1, 1856, 1862, and 1869. Lists of Members are given with the Discourses in 1804, 1805, 1807, 180S, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1817, 7820, 1829, and of those then living in 1832 and 1833 ; there is a very full list added to the Reports in 1840, 1844-46, 1850, 1856, 1862, and 1869. Names of the Missionaries, 1790-1855, and their '{ 12 fields of labor, are given with the Report of 1855. ^^sfon^^^ S/:cfc/iesoi the Society were added in its publications January, 1804, and i8s6, besides Dr. Thacher's Sketch, 1798 (see pp. 17-23). The Ad of Incorporation oi 1787 is printed with the sermon for 1806 and 1829 and in Reports for 1843 and 1845- Conditions of the AJford bequest are given in the Report of x'6^b, pp ^-0 A copy of the rare " Brief M collecting money (1788) is given in the Report at the Seventy-third Annual Meeting 1861. Joules and Regulations of the Society are printed with the Sermon of 180S, published 1806, and a substituted article on the Election of Members appears with Dr. Barnard's Sermon of Nov. 6 1806. A further resolution about forfeiture of membership, adopted No- vember, 1846, is printed with the Reports for 1848 and 1850. The Publications of the Society, as above, number 39 pamphlets and over 1500 pages. JAMES F. HUNNEWELL. Boston, Nov. 21, 18S7 13 AN ACT I'd incorporate certain Persons, by the Name of the Society for Propa- gating the Gospel among the Indians, and others, in North America} [As printed by the Society, 1806.] Whereas divers persons have petitioned this Court for an act of incorporation, whereby they may be the better enabled to carry into effect their design of propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America, and it is reasonable that the prayer of the said petition should be granted : Therefore, to promote and en- courage the same, I. Be it etiacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives, in Gen- eral Court assembled, and by the authority of the same. That Richard Cranch, of Braintree, Esq. ; Rev. John Clark, of Boston ; Francis Dana, of Cambridge, Esq. ; Rev. Joseph Eckley and John Eliot, of Boston ; Rev. Nathaniel P-^mmons, of Franklin ; Rev. '^evi Frisbie, of Ipswich ; Moses Gill, of Princetown, and William Hyslop, of Brookline, Esq'rs. ; Rev. Timothy Hilliard, of Cambridge ; Jonathan Mason, of Boston, Esq. ; Rev. Phillips Payson, of Chelsea ; Rev. Eliphalet Porter, and Increase Sumner, Esq., of Roxbury; Eben- ezer Storer, Esq., Rev. Peter Thacher, and Oliver Wendell, Esq., of Boston ; Rev. Joseph Willard, and Edward Wiggleswoith, and Samuel Williams, Doctor of Laws, of Cambridge ; and the Rev. Ebenezer Wight, of Boston, be, with such others as they shall elect, and they hereby are incorporated, and made a body politic, for the purpose aforesaid, by the name of The Society for Propa- 1 In the original Act, on file in the office of the Secretary of State, the names of the corporators appear in dilTercnt onler and without residences, but an addition is made at the end of the Act, placing the names, residences, etc., as here printed. Otherwise the original and this type agree, except " [y}Bsra«»*«w- 19 diftribute books upon pious and pradical fubjcds, in fuch numbers as they thought expedient and ufcful. In this way, fince the fir(l eflablidnnent of the inllitution, the Indians have received 38 bibles, 84 teflaments, 150 fpelling-books, 85 primers, 48 Watts' pfahns and hymns, 18 pfalters, and 79 other books, amounting in the whole to 544. Notwithftanding the difcouragements which have attended ahnofl all the attempts to chriflianize the Indians, the fociety feel it to be their duty ftill to continue them. Their funds will not admit of fending miflionaries into diftant parts of the continent, or to feek out thofe nations of Indians who are wholly unconnected with the white inhabitants. Their attempts are confined to thofe tribes in- terfperfed among the white inhabitants, or in their neighborhood. The wifli of the fociety is to propagate and cheridi the fpirit of Chrif- tianity in the minds of thefe people, and, as their means and oppor- tunity will admit, gradually to diffeminate chriftian knowledge among more diftant tribes. That part of the funds of the fociety which is not appropriated folely to the Indians [4] has been expended by them in purchafing fchool-books, and books of piety and devotion, which have been dillributed among the poor inhabitants in the eaftern parts of this commonwealth. This diflribution has been followed with the befl; effedls. Children have had the means of inflrudion, and perfons in more advanced life have had the fericus impreffions, early made upon their minds, revived and ftrengthencd, which they would otherwife have been in great danger of lofing in places where they cannot enjoy the advantage of attending upon the public inftitutions ^nd ordinances of Chrillianity. In pr. lecution of thefe falutary purpofes, the fociety have given away, fmce the year 1787, 310 bibles, 768 teflaments, 969 fpelling-books, 634 pfalters, 1566 prim- ers, 94 of Watt's pfalms and hymns, 78 of Doddridge's Rife and Progrefs of Religion in the Soul, and 4024 other books, moftly pamphlets, but many large and valuable treatifes, making in the whole (if we include what were given to the Indians) 8987. Some of thefe books have been given to the fociety, in confequence of their publickly requefting the aid of pious and charitable perfons in efTeCling the purpofes of their incorporation It will be obferved that "Doddridge's Rife and Progrefs of n )i 20 i f Religion in the Soul " is mentioned in the above catalogue of books given away by the fociety, and the publick will have an idea of the nature of the practical books dillributed when it is faid that they bear a very near refemblance to this excellent treatife. IJooks of controvcrfy, never, in a fnigle inllance, have entered the focietys' catalogue ; for their obje(5t is not to edablilh modes and forms, nor to propagate any private or party fyflems ; their objedl is, to pro- mote the interefts of true religion, and bring men to know and obey " the truth as it is in Jefus." It has been fuggeflcd, that thefe books have, in fome places, been partially and improperly dillributed. None of thefe complaints have been authenticated to the fociety, and they hope that there is no foundation for them. They made it a rule, fo long as it was found ufcful and practicable, to furnifli their miflionaries with books to be dillributed, according to their judgment, in the feveral places where they preached and baptized. When they had no miflionaries, or when thefe gentlemen found it difficult to carry the books with them in journies of fome hundreds of miles, the fociety fent them to gentlemen of honour, characSler and abilities, in different places, requeuing them to take the trouble of furnifliing their poor neigh- bours according to their befl judgment. — If, in any one inflance (and in more than one, the fociety has no ground'- for fufpicion), this has not been done, they can only cxprefs their regret, and de- clare, that they always meant to employ perfons of integrity and virtue onlj', in this pleafing office. Miflionaries were mentioned, in the lafl paragraph, as deployed by the fociety. Thefe miflionaries were fent to the vacant towns and plantations in the eafl:ern parts of this commonwealth, and the fociety have been enabled to fend them by means of grants made to them by the General Affembly of this commonwsalth. In confe- quence of a [5] petition from the fociety, prefented in the year 1 79 1, the treafurer was diredled to pay them five hundred dollars a year, for three years. An account of the manner in which this money had been expended was printed and laid before the General Court, January, 1795, with a petition, that the grant fliould be continued : this was fo far complied with as that the treafurer was direfted to advance rive hundred dollars more to the fociety. This they have expended in the following manner, viz. : — _ i iJ» '1 ! t l * }f ' -T\V ' *^ i- ami i .t'ff gb ' i m-y/ l he - 21 The fum remaining of the former grant was 70 Dolls. Received of the treafurer in 1796 500 Paid in 1796. in 1797. To Rev. Ur. Coffin, 100 Rev. Mr. Johnfon, 100 Rev. Mr. Strickland, for a miffion 0£ 3 months, i=;o To Mr. Coffin, 100 Rev Mr. Eaton, 100 570 Remains of the grants, 550 20 The perfons whom the fociety have employed as miffionaries were either perfonally known to them, or were recommended by perfons in whom they could place confidence. They have reafon to believe that their fervices were ufeful ; they know that they were accept- able. The people attended upon their minifirations with great readinefs and apparent fatisfad:ion. They baptized great numbers of children and many adults. In feveral places they have gathered churches, and in more have eftabliflied and confirmed habits of re- gard to the duties and ofhces of religion which were formed before. Their difcourfes and their converfation have tended to check the progrefs of error and vice, and to confirm the wavering. Full and grateful teflimonials have been received by the fociety from many places on thefe fubje6ts ; and earnelt requeits prefented to them, that they would continue their attentions of this kind. Should the grants be continued by the General Afiembly, (which they hope), thefe requeffs will be complied with. The allowance made to the miffionaries of fifty dollars a month will not be deemed extravagant, when it is faid, that they are always ordained minifters, who have a charge at home, and a pulpit which ,they muft fupply. This, it is expe(R:ed, they will do from their allowance ; and they are charged alfo never to be burdenfome to the people among whom they minilter, but to prove to them that a difinterelled regard to their good alone has induced their vifit. [6] But, the views of the fociety, with refped; to the manner in which their miflions fliould be conducted, will appear more plainly from the following copy of the initru(5tions which are regularly given to all their miffionaries, viz. K 2a / 1 .1 " To A. B. Miflionary, &c. " Rev. Sir. "You will pleafe to attend, during your milTion, to the following inllrudions, adopted by the fociety for propagating the gofpcl among the Indians and others in North America, and given to all their mifllonaries. " Firfl. You will improve every opportunity of giving private and public religious inflrudions to the objeds of your mifTion. You will not fuffcr a day to pafs, during the continuance of it, without attempts of this kind. " Secondly. You will be careful to fpend as little time as poffible in places where the people enjoy the ordinances of religion. Thofe who are without thefe privileges, the poor and the deflitute, are the objc(5ts of your miffion. " Thirdly. You will not accept of any reward from thofe to whom you miniller, excepting neceffary fupport. Let the gofpcl be preached freely. " Fourthly. You will not, during your miflion, attempt the pur- chafe of lands, or any other fecular bufuiefs, lelt the people fliould fuppofe that you are governed by interefled motives in coming among them. " Fifthly. You will keep a daily journal, from the time of your leaving home, of your proceedings, particularly a lift of the baptifms which you may adminillcr, and an exa6l account of the manner in which you diftribute the books cntrufled to your care. The fociety wifh you the prefence and bleffing of Heaven ; and in their name I fubfcribe myfelf Your, &c. E. F. Secretary. C. D. Prefident. It has been the cullom of the fociety to advance one half of their allowance to the miffionaries on their fetting out, but not to pay the other till they have exhibited the journal required by the above inllructions. Confcious that they have no other motive than a wifli to do good, the fociety fubmit the above account of the manner in which they have difcharged their trull, to the General Affembly and to 23 their fellow citizens. They may have erred in their judgments, but they know that their intentions have been pure, 'i'hey a(k the aid of the government, and of the pious and munificent, to enable them to profecute the obje6ls of their inflitution ; and rcqueft the prayers of all good men, that the blefling of Heaven may crown their en- deavours with fuccefs. By order. Bq/lon, January, 1798. Peter Thacher, Sec'ry. [Page 7 contains Lists of Officers and Members. The above copied, and proof read from 4° in the Congregational Library by J. F. H.] A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL. i [In an Appendix to the Discourse by the Rev. John Lathrop, D.D., January 19, 1804, published by the Society, much of the Rev. Dr. Thacher's "Sketch" is repeated, and the following passages are added.] '"T^HE Society for propagating the Gofpel among the Indians A and others in North America, having thought it expedient to have annually a fermon delivered before them, deem it proper, that their firft anniverfary difcourfe fhould be accompanied with fome account of their inflitution." [The founding, and obtaining $1561. by a brief, are described ac- cording to Dr. Thacher's " Sketch."] " A private fubfcription among the members of the Society, and other pious and benevolent perfons, proved more produdive. It is with pleaiure we mention as among the firft and moft generous contributors to the funds of the Society, the names of the Honorable John Alford, James Bowdoin, Efq. ■' t V r -r ('. I it} f- \ 24 [$1156,67] afterward Governor of the Commonwealth, Moses Gill, Efq. [$333,34] afterward Lieutenant-Governor, Willlvm Hyslop, Efq. [$2754,67] the Honorable Samuel Dexter, Efq. [$156,80] the Hon- orable Thomas Russell, Efq. [$677,50] the Honorable Jonathan Mason [$345,35] the Honorable William Phillips [$1000.] Ebenezer Stoker, Efq. [$75.] and lately the Reverend Eliakim Wvllys [$200.]. In thefe ways the funds of the Society have increafed, fo that in May, 1803, they amounted to Dolls. 23,417, 36 6ls — Yielding an annual income of 1,145,83." " This income is exclufive of the annual grants made to the Society by the Legiflature, no part of which has been added to the principal, but expended as income." "The largefl benefa6lor to the Society was the Honorable John Alford, Efq. of Charleflown." [See Gary's " Letter " and Thacher's '* Sketch."] From his executor was received " the lum of Dolls. 10,675 18 6ls. Yielding at prefent an annual income of 497 46." " The income of a part of the funds of the Society is appropriated to ameliorate the civil, moral, and religious condition of the Indians." [Long quotations from the " Sketch " follow.] " In profecution of thefe falutary purpofes, the Society, fmce the year 1787, have pur- chafed and diftributed (except a few remaining on hand for the fame purpofe) 607 Bibles, 1151 Teflaments, 1649 Spelling- Books, 801 Pfalters, 2310 Primmers, 140 Watts's Pfalms and Hymns, 768 of Doddridge's Rife and Progrefs of Religion in the foul, and 9898 other books, moftly pamphlets, but many large and valuable treatifes, making in the whole (if we include what were given to the Indians) 17,324. Some of thefe books have been given to the Society, in confequence of their publickly requefling the aid of pious and charitable perlons in effe6ling the purpofes of their incorporation." "The other part of the unappropriated income of the Society, together with the annual grants of the Legiflature, have been expended in fupporting Miflionaries in thofe parts of the Diflri6l of Maine, in- cluding the Illes of Shoals, whofe inhabitants have not the ability to procure and maintain the regular ordinances of religion. They con- tribute one hundred do'Iars a year to the falary of a flated InflrucSlor on the Ifles of Shoals, and annually employ two or three Miflionaries for feveral months in the fummer and autumn, to vifit the deftitute 'li I 25 parts of Maine, to preach to the people, to adminifter the Chriflian ordinances, to catechife their children, and to diftribute among them Bibles, Teftaments, religious tra6ls and fchool-books. From the journals of the Miffionaries, and the corroborating teftimony of indi- viduals living in that part of the Commonwealth, the effedts of thefe efforts to promote the bell happinefs of thefe deftitute people, have been fuch as to anfwer every reafonable expe6lation, and abundantly to encourage their continuance and increafe." " The field of ufefulnefs in this quarter is already very extenfive, and enlarging as the population extends into the wildernefs. The means of the Society fall far fliort of the demands of thefe hardy, enterprizing, and deferving fellow-citizens and fellow immortals." " The Society have it in contemplation, fliould their funds admit, to aid in the eftablifhment and fupport of fchools, in thofe towns where there are but few inhabitants, and thofe few not in circumftances to fupport a teacher. It will be their aim to feleft as inftru6tors of fuch fchools, men of piety, experience, and other requifite qualifications, to lead in religious fervices on the Lord's day ; that fo parents and chil- dren may derive benefit from their labours. One of the Society's Miffionaries is fpending the prefent winter, in this manner, by way of experiment. The plan of inftituting fuch fchools has been propofed to the inhabitants of fome of the towns, and embraced by them with eagernefs and gratitude." " In thefe ways the Society have expanded, and propofe in future, to employ their funds." [The latter part of Dr. Thacher's " Sketch," with the charge given to Missionaries, concludes the " Brief History," 1804. The following Accoup is then given.] hi] 1 ' i _ ,.. ■; ( ii '« w^-,1 1 fit,' 36 <; 1 I u ro S vS^ o eg Q M tn U 1/1 en r^ O Q ^ O ^ ^ ^ w n M ■<1- NN in 8 O f— o o LO Q ro M ^ o G u c O b. ►J < Z X o ^ fO o ^ CO o> Q o Q § J2 "3 a s ^ O CO o o u-i 8 o P) 8 o o Q 8 2 VJ o T1 7J ^ c o o S d Q M •t-t o o m 4J ■*-» (/5 c j:^ 4^ c u U a, o ■4^ W £: 4J u 3 Oi o I^ l> ^ n W CO O 3 e2 »-4 i-i "1 00 W M w ro M »o Tf t^ t^ ..^i JL , 27 111 .■1 Charlestown, /!/«/ 27, 1789. To the Members of the Society for propagating the GOSPEL among the Indians, and others, in North- America. Incorporated by an Act of this Commonwealth. ■I GENTLEMEN, IT gives me a particular fatisfaflion, in having it in my power to afford fome afliftance in carrying this excellent defign into execu- tion, from the eftate of the late Hon. John Alford, Efquire, deceafed — who, in his life-time, had this matter much at heart — as one of his [2] executors, by putting into your hands a confiderable intereft, part of the charity appropriated out of his eftate to publick and private ufes. Col. Alford, when living, was often fpeaking and writing in favour of fuch a plan; he was defirous the Aboriginals Ihould be both civilized and chriftianized ; that the Gofpel (hould be fent into the dark, benighted parts of the land, and was always ready to contribute to this benevolent defign, that fuch as fet in darknefs may come to the knowledge of the truth. His abilities, his publick and private charafter, as a Chriftian and as a citizen, gained him the honour, efteem, and confidence of his country. The intereft lodged in my hands, out of his eftate, made me defirous fome attempt ftiould be made; accordingly in July, 1786, I requefted the Rev. Mr. Daniel Little, of Wells, a worthy minifter, M- w \ \\ i!i ! t 1 «! %i i 1 1 28 ■ t: 1 1, i li: ;i 11 :i m .1 » til and highly recommended, to go to the Indian tribe at Penobfcot river, to inftru(5t the faid Indians in the knowledge of the Chriftian Religion, and their children in ufeful human literature. Having the countenance of his Excellency Governour Bowdoin, I wrote them, and the in- habitants, as follows. "Brethren, *' The Rev. Mr. Little comes as a Miflionary among you, to pro- mote your befl good, by inftruding you, and [3] your children. The difficulties he may go through, the chearfulnefs with which he engages in this work, for your welfare, I wifh may encourage you to receive him as your kind father and friend." To my CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, and ENGLISH INHABI- TANTS, at Penobscot. " I defire you will be fo kind as to affifl the Rev. Mr. Little in obtaining a knowledge of the general ftate of the Indians ; he is a perfon much efteemed among us, and chearfully undertakes this fervice to promote your welfare. When his time cannot be employed to the benefit of the Indians, he may be employed as a Miffionary among you with acceptance and advantage. I hope his coming will be attended with a divine bleffing. I am, affedlionately, Your friend and fervant, RICHARD GARY." Medford, July i, 1786. Mr. Little advifed me of his arrival at Penobfcot- Bay, Aug. 7, by a letter, of which the following is extracted — at the fame time mentions the arrival of the Roman Catholick Miffionary from New-York. [4] " Immediately after the Commiffioners had quieted the Indians about their landed claims, I moved up to a fmall village of feven families, near the borders of Indian Old-Town, where I opened an Englifh fchool, to which I invited the prefence and attention of the Indians, as they were paffmg up the river from the treaty; having, upon my firfl arrival in the riyer, communicated to their chief Sachem 1,1 11 29 the benevolent defign of my miflion. The arrival of the French Pried at this jun6lure, and his officiating in his way among the Indians, prevented my accefs to them on religious fubjedts, as a publick teacher. I then invited him to my lodgings, and reafoned with him upon the advantages of a free Englifli fchool, for the benefit of the Indians, abfl;ra6led from religious confiderations, in hopes to avail myfelf of his influence. In about a fortnight after, he col- le(5led the Indians together near the uppermoft branches of the river ; they difperfed foon after the treaty, to attend their wares and traps, and reported to me the refult of their council, viz. That a fmall part of them were defirous to have their children taught the language and manners of the Englifli, but all of them were apprehen- five that their religion would be in danger ; wiflied to know why their ciiildren could not be taught to read and write by a mader of their own religious perfuafion. " After finding the firfl; obje6l of my mifhon clouded by unforefeen occurrences and events, I fpent the reft of [5] my time among the inhabitants down the river and bay of Penobfcot, where my fervices were acceptable and I hope ufeful." Mr. Little was on his miffion about three months, and I believe did everything in his power to anfwer the good purpofes he went upon. He fent me a plan of Penobfcot river, with the Indian boundaries. m 1! I') 'A I !! pnii Mi! ■.11 Settled Augujl 28, 1786. The monies delivered into the hands of your Treafurer, with a fchedule annexed, are eleven fpecie bonds, amounting to eleven hundred and fifty-two pounds, lawful money ; three continental cer- tificates for 2300 dollars, dated Odober, 1777; two continental certificates, dated February, 1779, for 800 dollars; one continental certificate, dated February, 1779, for 300 dollars; fix confolidated notes of this ftate, for ^.418-15-0 lawful money ; a number of other certificates of a later date, efl.iniated at a lefs value ; J. Hardy's certifi- cates for 920 dollars. Several years intereft is due on fome of the certificates, notes, and the bonds, which I have fettled in the beft 1! I' I If ril, ii ^1 U' 30 manner in my power, confidering the fituation of publick affairs, and tlie changing fcenes we have paffed through. Another donation given, which the executors thought of public utihty, was fifty pounds fterhng towards raifing [6] a fund for the fup- port of poor diffenting minifters widows and children, after their deceafe, who are at times reduced to difficult circumftances. Three hundred and forty pounds, lawful money, has been beftowed in private charities to unfortunate perfons, known to be fuch, and recommended by very refpe6\able charaders. The inftitution of a new profeffordiip, at Harvard College, of Natural Religion, Moral Philofophy, and Civil Polity, called by the name of Alford's Professor, will, I doubt not, prove very beneficial to the publick ; fums of money for the fupport of it, have been lodged, at different times, in the hands of their Treafurers, and by a late fettle- ment with Mr. Treafurer Storer, amounts, in fpecie, to ;^. 155 2-4-2 lawful money. The intereft arifing is ^.93 per annum, which will foon be fufificient to anfwer the benevolent defign. Under our ex- cellent Conftitution and national form of government, no wife man will be wanting in ufing his befl endeavours for its fupport. Ledures on publick virtue, by the Profeffor, to thofe under his care, inculcating the great advantage, as well as neceflity of good laws, and having them duly executed, for the fupport of government and order, cannot but prove beneficial to the rifing generation, and better qualify them for publick fervice. [7] A confiderable interefl, from this eflate, has been fent, at different times, to the Treafurers of the College in New-Jerfey (equal to what was given to the College in this vicinity) to be applied in a way the Governours and Direflors of Naffau-Hall fliould think would be mofl ferviceable to that fociety. The worthy Founder of thefe charities, by his laft will, appears to have been influenced by the noblefl principles of a6lion, that of pro- moting the glory of his Almighty Creator, the fpiritual and temporal welfare of his fellow-creatures. His mind was known many years before his death, that he intended to leave a confiderable part of his eftate to pious and charitable ufes. Having honoured me with his power . ad, 1 have often heard him fpeak with concern of the (late Knwi^M 1 I* 31 of the Indians, how gentlemen in England were at great expence in having the Gofpel propagated among them, while we, in this country, were inattentive to this important concern. With pleafure I deliver up this interefl to your management and dire6tion, being convinced, from your wifdom and judgment, nothing will be wanting, on your part, to carry this benevolent i)lan into exe- cution. My advanced age and infirmities make it necelTary. Great difficulties have attended fettling this eflate ; the company's affairs were unfettled, and their books in great diforder. The agents, that had the care of the eflate in [8] the Jerfeys, were remifs in their fettlements ; feveral valuable trads of land remained unfold. Other concerns called me twice to New-Jerfey and Philadelphia ; once in the winter feafon ; my going was thought to be advantageous for the concern. I wifli my abilities had been equal to the important truft repofed in me. The publick being fo much interefted in the difpofal of Col. Alford's eflate, is an apology for my being fo particular. Accounts of money received and paid away, with other matters relating to it, have been lodged in the Probate Office in Cambridge, to which I beg leave to refer any one who defires information, or an application to me will fave that trouble. I thank you, Gentlemen, for the honour done me in voting me into your refpe6lable fociety. Be affured, I Ihall cheerfully give every affiflance in ray power to promote the interefl of this benevolent undertaking, and am, with refpedful regards, GENTLEMEN, Your obliged humble fervant, Richard Gary. To the Honourable OLIVER WENDELL, Efquire, and the Members of the Society for propagating the Gofpel among the Indians in the United States of North -America. vA % ■*: H 32 I If AT a meeting of the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians, and others, in North- America, May 28, 1789. VOTED, That the Affiftant Secretary, the Rev. Mr. Eliot, and the Rev. Mr. Hilvard, be a committee to wait upon Richard Gary, Efq. and, in the name of this Society, to exprefs their very great fatisfaaion in the idea, that the benevolent and truly Chriftian defigns of the late Colonel Alford have been fo faithfully feconded by his Executor ; to return him the fmcere thanks of the Society for his very liberal donation this day made to them, to enable them to effed the benevolent purpofes of their inflitution ; to affure him, that it fliall be faithfully applied to the purpofes for which it is given, and to exprefs the wiflies and prayers of the Society, that the blefling of thofe who are ready to perifli may come upon him. A true extras from the Minutes. Attefl. PETER THACHER, AJfiJlant Secr\y. i 33 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 1 787-1 887. n. |3rc0tlientg. Honorable Oliver Wendell 1787-93 " Thomas Russell 1793-96 " Moses Gill 1796-1800 His Excellency James Sullivan 1800-6 Honorable William Phillips 1806-27 " Jonathan Phillips 1827-37 " Chief Justice, Lemuel Shaw . . , 1837-61 « " " George T. BiGELow . 1861-77 Reverend S. K. Lothrop, D.D 1878-85 " RuFus Ellis, D.D 1885-86 Honorable E. R. Hoar 1886-87 Reverend A. P. Peabody, D.D 1887 Secretaries. Reverend Edward Wigglesworth, D.D. . . 1787-90 " Peter Thacher, D.D 1790-1802 " Jedediah Morse, D.D 1802-10 " Abiel Holmes, D.D 1810-29 " Alden Bradford, LL.D 1829-43 " Francis Parkman, D.D 1843-52 « S. K. Lothrop, D.D 1852-76 « RuFus Ellis, D.D 1877-84 " Alexander McKenzie, D.D. . . . 1885- S I'r 'A I'll 34 Exeamxtxa. Honorable Jonathan Mason 1787-90 EnENEZER Storer, Esq 1 790-1806 Samuel H. Walf.ey, Esq 1806-28 Honorable Asahel Stearns 1828-38 '* James Savage, LL.D 1838-41 George Bond, Esq 1841-42 Honorable Peter O. Thacher 1842-43 " James Savage, LL.D 1843-50 « Stephen Fairbanks 1850-63 Thornton K. Lothrop, Esq 1863-83 Honorable Samuel C. Cobb 1884 MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. 1787-1887. 17S7. Named in the Act of Incorporation (printed on pp. 5 and 13). 1788. Elected. Hon. James Bowdoin, LL.D., " Thomas Russell, Rev. Jeremy Belknap. Thomas Lee, Esq., Cambridge. Hon. Thomas Dexter, Dedham. Hon. William Phillips, \ " Thomas Dawes, >• Boston. Richard Gary, Esq., Charlestown, Hon. Cotton Tufts, M.D., Weymouth. 1792. Hon. James Sullivan, LL.D., " William Phillips, Rev. Simeon Howard, D.D., Nathan Appleton, Esq., y Rev. Samuel West, D.D. > Boston. <' John Lathrop, D.D.,) ' Jedediah Morse, D.D. , Charles- " Daniel Little, Wells, Me. town. Hon. John Lowell, LL.D., Roxbury. Mr. WiUiam Woodbridge, Medford. David S. Greenough, " 1794. Hon. Benjamin Lincoln, Hingham. Rev. Abiel Holmes, D.D., Cambridge. Alden Bradford, LL.D., Boston. 1798. James White, Esq., Boston. Dea. Samuel Salisbury, Boston. ll : If 35 i8oo. David Hyslop, Esq., IJrooklinc. Rev. Elijah Parish, D.D., Newbury. Hon. Dudley A. Tyng,LL.D., Boston. 1803. Rev. David Tappan, D.D., Cam- Eliphalet Pearson, LL.D., Cam- bridge, bridge. 1804. Rev. Thomas Barnard, D.D., Sa- Rev. Joseph McKeen, D.D., Bruns- lem. wick, Me. " William E. Channing, D.D., Samuel Parkman, Esq., ) Samuel Eliot, Esq., Hon. John Davis, LL.D., >• Boston. Daniel D. Rogers, Esq., ) 1805. Benjamin Bussey, Esq., Roxbury. Hon. John Treadwell, Salem. Samuel H. Walley, Esq., " Rev. James Kendall, D.D., Plym- Rev. Joshua Bates, D.D., Dedham. outh. Edward A. Holyoke, M.D., LL.D., Hon. Thomas Dawes, Jr., Boston. Salem. " Jonathan Phillips, *' 1808. Josiah Salisbury, Esq., Boston. 1811. Rev. J. T. Kirkland, D.D., LL.D., Rev. Henry Ware, D.D. Cambridge. Cambridge. " William Greenough, Newton. " Thomas Prentiss, D.D., Med- " John Pierce, D.D., Brookline. field. 1814. Edward Tuckerman, Jr., Esq., Rev. Charles Lowell, D.D., " Samuel Gile, Milton. Caleb Gannett, Esq., Cambridge. Levi Hedge, LL.D., " 1818. Rev. Francis Parkman, D.D., " Joseph Tuckerman, D.D., Hon. Asahel Stearns, LL.D., Cam- Rev. Ebenezer Porter, D.D., An- Elisha Ticknor, Esq., I j^^^^^^^ Rev. Joshua Huntingtont i " John Foster, D.D., Brighton. " Joseph M'Kean, LL.D., Cam- bridge. Hon. John Phillips, I ^ .,^^^ " Pliny Cutler, ^ bridge. dover. 1822. Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, D.D., Rev. John Codman, D.D., Dor- Dorchester, chaster. Hon. Judge Parker, LL.D., Hon. Dan'l Wcbster,LL.D., | j^^^^^^ Edward Phillips, Esq., ) Hon. William Reed, Marblehead. I 36 't ! ft- I '• 1825. Hon on. Richard Sullivan, John C. Warren, M.D., ) Boston. - Samuel Hubbard, LL.D., Rev. 15. 15. Wisner, D.D., ^ James R. Chaplin, M.D., Cam- " Henrv Ware, Jr., D.D., Cam- Thomas W. Ward, Esq., | jjogton. bridge. 1832. Hon. Peter O. Thacher, Rev. William Jenks, D.D., Hon. Josiah Quincy, LL.D., Cam- Rev. James Walker, D.D., Charles- bridge, town. William Hilliard, Esq., Cambridge. Hon. James Savage, LL.D., Boston. Hon. Judge Story, LL.D Cambndge. George Bond, Esq., » Kev. John G. Palfrey, D.D., LL.D., Rev. George Putnam,D.D.,Roxbury. Cambridge. 1 834. Hon. Judge Shaw, LL.D., Rev. Ezra S. Gannett, D.D., j Boston. Rev. Convers Francis, D.D., Hon." Charles Jackson, LL.D.,Boston.Rev. H. A. Miles, D.D., Lowell. Rev. Charles Briggs, " Rev.Joseph Field, D.D., Weston. Rev. George Ripley. Boston. •' Alexander Young, D.D., Bos- Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, LL.D., C2 i^ 1 Atvt ton. Salem. Hon. Daniel A. White, LL.D., Salem ; Hon. Samuel A. Eliot, Boston. Hon". Samuel Hoar, LL.D., Concord. Rev. Ephraim Peabody, D.D., Bos- Rev. Samuel Barrett, D.D., Boston. ton. Ret"!' A. P. Peabody, D.D., Cam- Rev. G. W. Briggs, D.D., Plym- bridge. outh. 1841. Benjamin Guild, Esq., Boston. Rev."samuel K. Lothrop, D.D., and Hon. Charles G. Loring, Boston. May, 1844. 1 T-, T^ » Hon. Abbott Lawrence, LL.D., Rev. C. A. Bartol, D.D., f go^ton. Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D., » James W. Thompson, D.D., Jamaica Plain. I 37 November, 1844. Kev.Geo. E.Ellis, D.D., Charlcstown ; Hon. Stephen C. Phillips, SrJem. May, 1S46. George B. Emerson, Esq., Boston. Rev. C. W. Upham, Salem. November, 1S46. Rev. Edward B. Hall, D.D., Provi- Rev. Alonzo Hill, D.D., Worces- dence. ter. May, 1847. Hon. Stephen Fairbanks, Boston. Rev. Alvan Lamson, D.D., Dedham. November, 1847, Hon. PelegSprague, LL.D., Boston. Rev. George R. Noyes, D.D., Cam- Rev. F. D. Huntington, D.D., " bridge. June I, 1S48. Rev. Christopher Thayer, Boston. Nov. 2, 184S. Rev. William I. Buddington, Charles. Edward Wigglesworth, Esq., Bos- town, ton. May 30, 1850. Hon. George S. Hillard, Samuel Greele, Esq., \ i> ._ " Albert Fearing, > Rev. William P. Lunt, D.D., Quincy. May 29, 185 1. Daniel Denny, Esq., Boston. Robert Waterston, Esq., Boston. Nov. 6, 185 1. Rev. Calvin Lincoln, Hingham. Nathaniel H. Emmons, Esq., Boston. Nov. 4, 1852. Hon. Thomas Kinnicutt, Worcester Hon. Benjamin Seaver, Boston. Rev. William Barry, Lowell. William T. Andrews, Esq , " May 31, 1855. Henry B. Rogers, Esq., Boston. Rev. John H. Morison, D.D., Mil- Rev. J. L T. Coolidge, " ton. ' Nov. I, 1855. Rev. Rufus Ellis, Boston. May 29, 1856. J. Huntington Wolcott, Esq., Bos- N. Thayer, Esq., Boston. ton. Prof. Edwards A. Park, Andover. May 27, 1858. Hon, E. Rockwood Hoar, Concord. Rev. Dexter Clapp, Salem. Rev. George N. Blagden, D.D., B. A. Gould, Esq., ) j^^ Hon. William Minot, ) n ?ii i 38 Nov. 4, 1858. Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., Rev. E. E. Hale, Loston. Cambridge. May 26, 1859. Hon. r.eorge T. Bigelow, LL.D., Samuel E. Guild, Esq., | Boston. Rev. R. H.^Neale, D.D., •> May 31, 1S60. Hon. B. F. Thomas, LL.D., William Perkins, Esq., | Boston. T. K. Lothrop, Esq., ^ Hon. Lorenzo Sabine, Framingham. Nov. 6, 1862. Hon. Jacob H. Loud, Plymouth. Rev. William Newell, Cambridge. « Stephen Salesbury, Worcester. " William O. Mosely, Boston. May 28, 863. Thomas Aspinwall, Esq., Boston. Hon. Charles Allen, Worcester. RLay 26, 1864. Rev. James H. Means, Dorchester. Nov. 2, 1865. Rev. Oliver Stearns, D.D., Cambridge. Nov. 7, 1867. Rev. James De Normandie, Portsmouth, N.H. Mav 27, 1869. Hon. Jacob S. Sleeper, Boston. Rev. E. H. Sears, Weston. Rev. H. W. Foote, [The names, titles, and residences already given are reprinted (with errors) from the J?c:/>or^ of the Select Committee, Afay 30, 1869, pp. 69-74. The following are from the J^crords, where residences, and nearly all tUles except " Rev/' are omitted. — J. F. H.] ■t Nov. 2, 1871. George B. Chase. May 28, 1874. George S. Hale. George O. Shattuck. O. W. Peabody. May 27, 18S0. Roger Wolcott. James P. Melledg^. Rev. Alexander McKenzie. Rev. George L. Chaney. " John D. Wells. Rev. Henry F. Jenks. " Edward C. Guild. I 39 Nov. 4, 1880. '/ames F. Hunnewell. James L. Little, Jr. Henry Parkman. June r, 1882. Samuel Johnson. G. Washington Warren. Arthur T. Lyman. May 31, 1883. S. C. Armstrong. J. F. B. Marshall. Nov. 5, 1885. Arthur Lincoln. May 27, 1886. Charles Theodore Russell. P. Emory Aldrich. Rev. Phillips Brooks. Edward L. Fierce. May 26, 1887. Rev. Grindall Reynolds. Caleb H. Warner. Hamilton A. Hill. Rev. Pitt Dillingham. " J. G. Brooks. " J. M. Manning, D.D. Rev. J. T. Duryea, D.D. '• F. B. Hornbrookc. " Charles F. Dole. Samuel C. Cobb. Rev. Brooke Herford. Rev. F. G. Peabody. Charles W. Eliot. Amos A. Lawrence. WiUiam Endicott, Jr. J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr. Henry H. Edes. HI III MISSIONARIES OF THE SOCIETY, 1790-1855. From the Report published by the Society in 1856, " Some of the missionaries in the following list were employed only for a portion of the year, from two to six months, and were paid fifty dollars a month. This was the case with most of the missionaries employed in various parts of the District of Maine previous to 1820. ' Others were engaged in missionary service the whole year, but were only in part supported by the funds of this Society. Some were employed only one year; others were annually re-appointed for a series of years \ and with some of these i\ I V: 9 40 there appears to have been an occasional intermission, when for several years they were not appointed. It was found that a table containing these minute facts would be somewhat complicated. The following list merely gives the names of the persons who have at any time been employed by the Society as missionaries, or se/iool teachers, or agents, with \\it field of their labor, and the date of their first appointment. -^ 1790. Rev. Zechariah Mayhew, Martha's Vineyard ; Rev. John Sar- geant, Stockbridge, N.Y. ; Rev. Gideon Hawley, Marshpee. 1 791. Rev. Daniel Little, Rev. James Lyon, and Mr. Abiel Abbot, Maine. 1792. Rev. Samuel Maclintock, Rev. Peter Holt, and Rev. Levi Frisbie, Maine ; Rev. Samuel Kirkland, and Mr. Calkins, Oneida, IJ.Y. 1793. Rev. John Th&mpson, and Rev. Eli Forbes, Maine. 1794. Rev. Samucl Ei^ton, and Rev. Joseph Thaxter, Maine. 1795. Rev. Aklen Bradford, and Mr. Elisha Sylvester, Maine. 1796. Rev. Alfred Johnson, Rev. John Strickland, Rev. Paul Coffin, and Rev. Mr. Bradford, Maine. 1798. Rev. Alexander Maclaia, Maine. 1799. Rev Samuel Read, Maine ; Rev. Jacob Emerson, Isle of Shoals. 1800. Esther Tac at, Vineyard. 1802, Rev. Seth Payson, Maine ; Rev. Mr. Stevens, Isle of Shoals ; Mr. Nathaniel Ely, Longmeadow. 1803. Rev. Benjamin Chadwick, and Rev. Edmund Eastman, Maine. 1S04. Rev. Peter Nourse, Maine ; Rev. Daniel Oliver, Maine and Mas- sachusetts. 1805. Rev, Asa Piper, Rev. Mr. Jewett, and Rev. Elisha Parish, Maine. 1S06. Rev. Daniel Lovejoy, ls!e of Shoals ; Rev. Mr. Packard, and Rev. Mr. Hidden, Maine. 1807. Rev. Johr Scott, Rev. John Allyne, Rev. Jonathan Burr, Rev. ?T ishfield Steele, and Rev. Jonathan Powers, Maine; Rev. Enoch Whipple, Isle of Shoals. 1808. Rev. Asa Lyman, Rev. Daniel Emerson, Rev. Timothy Davis, Rev. Nathaniel Webster, Rev. Heztkiah May, and Rev. Thad- deus Osgood, Maine ; Rev. Elisha Clapp, Marshpee ; Rev. Curtiss Coe, Rhode Island. 1809. Rev. David Williston, Rev. Perez Chapin, Mr. A, Phelps, Rev. Daniel Grovenor, Rev. Philander Sha\v,£nd Rev. David Smith, Maiae ; Rev. Samuel Sargeant, Vermont. ! f s iSio. iSii. 1812. 1813. 1814. 1815. 1816. 1817- 1818. 1819. 1820. 1821. 1822. 1823. 1825. 1826. 1S27. 1829. 1830. 1831. 1834. 1835- 1837- 1839. f840. i042. 1843 1S44 1845 41 Rev. Samuel Sewall, Rev. Nathaniel Porter, and Rev. Moses Elioi, ^-laine ; Rev. John Tenny, Rhode Island. Rev. Ephraim Abbot, and Rev. Silas Warren, Maine. Rev. Robert Cochran, Maine ; Rev. Phineas Fish, Marshpee. Rev. Jeremiah Niles, Rhode Island ; Rev. Joseph Badger, Cape Cod. Messrs. Schemeshorn and MMls, Western Indians; Rev. John Button, Maine. Rev. John Sawyer, Rev. David M. Mitchel, and Rev. Stetson Raymond, Maine. Rev. William Miltemore, and Rev. Henry True, Maine. Rev. Nathan Douglas, Rev. Freeman Parker, and Rev. Jonathan Fisher, Maine ; Rev. Timothy Alden, Western Indians. Rev. Thomas Adams, Rev. Jonathan Calif, and Rev. Mighill Blood, Maine; M •. Frederic Baylies, Vineyard. Rev. Elijah Kellogg, Maine. Rev. Jonathan Bigelow, Maine. Rev. Mr. Noyes, for education, at Needham, of Indian women of St. Francis tribe, Canada. Rev. Joseph Lake, Nantucket Indians. Rev. Carlton Hurd, Rev. James Weston, and Rev. Caleb F. Page, Maine. Rev. John Sargeant, 2d, Stockbridge, N.Y. Rev. Josiah Peet, Maine. Rev. George W. Fargo, Maine. Rev. T. F. Rogers, Vermont ; Rev. Samuel Brimblecome, Rev. Sylvester Clapp, and Rev. William Farmer, Maine. Rev. W. W. Niles, Maine. Rev. Jonathan Huse, Maine. Rev. Henry A. Miles, Maine. Rev. G. W. Wills, Maine. Rev. O. Smith, Isle of Shoals. Rev. Alpheus Harding, Western States. Rev. Mr. Huntoon, and Rev. Mr. Perkins, Ohio. Rev. A. Hall, Isle of Shoals. Rev John Huss, Cherokee Indians, and the Dwight School, Cherokee Mission; Rev. William G. Eliot, Missouri; Rev. William P. Huntington, Rev. George Morse, and Rev. Joseph Harrington, Illinois. Rev. Abraham Plumer, Isle of Shoals [to 1S87]. , Rev. Mordacai De Lange, St. Louis; Rev. William H. Lord, Wisconsin; the Wesleyan Seminary, Michigan [to 1861J. 6 i! 42 i i i 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854- Rev. A. K. Conant [to 1857], and Rev. G. W. Woodward, Illi- nois ; Rev. Eleazer Williams, Oneida Indians, Green Bay ; Rev. J. P. Bardwell, Ojibway Indians. Rev. Henry Emmons, Vernon, N. Y. Rev. P. J. May, Onondaga Indians ; Rev. E. I. Gerry, Maine ; Rev. T. C. Adams, Michigan ; Rev. L. D. Blodget, Isle of Shoals. Twinsburg Seminary, Ohio [to 1882]. Rev. O. D. Eastman, Isle of Shoals. Rev. William A. Fuller, Illinois ; Rev. C. Bray, Gay-Head Indians. Rev. Thomas D. Howard, Maine [to 1859] ; Rev. Rufus E. King, St. Regis Indians, New York [to 1856]; Rev. William Barry^ Massachusetts ; Rev. Edward Edmunds, Western States ; Rev. John Mason [to 1855], and Mr. I S. Thaxter, Isle of Shoals; Rev. Mr. Krebbs, Colpoy's Bay, L r • to i860]. Rev. Joel Adams, Matinicus [to 1859], ~ . William D. Haley, Illinois [to 1856]; the Lawrence University, Wisconsin [to 1878J. [The following are compiled from the Records of the Society. The dates enclosed in parentheses below, and also added above, are the terminations of aid by the Society. — J. F. H.] 1855. Indians at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard (see 1852), Baptist Mis- sion [to 1S85J ; repairs of parsonage, Isle of Shoals; Rev. Hiram Wilson, St. Catharines, Canada [to 1865]. 1856. Onondaga and Oneida (see 1846) Indians [to 1884]; Rev. I. R. McFarland, Peoria, 111. [to 1857] ; Rev. George R. Beebe, Isle of Shoals [to 1869]. 1857. Rev. A. Sickles, to educate his sons, New Oneida, C. W. [to i860, and 1863]; Rev. I. G. Foreman, Alton, 111. [to 1861, also 1865-66]; Rev. W. G. Eliot, St. Louis, Mo. [to 1858] ; Rev. Joshua Eaton, Isle of Shoals, etc. [to 1868J ; Rev. I. M. Lecky, Scandinavian Mission (Wisconsin [to 1864], Minnesota [to 1887J). 1859. ^'■- Jordan, interpreter, Methodist Mission, St. Regis, N. Y. ; Mr. Cornelius and Mr. Johnson, native preachers, Oneida, N. Y. [to 1862]. i860. Mr. J. A. Mason, Illinois (also 1868, 1872) ; Rev. John A. Plum- mer, Matinicus [to 1872]. 43 i86i. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1867. 1868. 1S69. 1871. 1872. 1873- 1875. 1876. 1879. 1881. 1883 Canada Indian Missionary Society [to 1873] ; Josiah Henson, Canada West [to 1882]. Bar Harbor Mission, Maine [to 1869, resumed 1875-78]. John B. (?), services in behalf of Indians at Washington. Seneca Indians, N. Y., Maris B. Pierce [to 1886J ; L. F. Plum- mer, Little Deer Isle, Maine [to 1868J. Jasper L. Douthit, Southern Illinois ; J. S. Lincoln, Richmond. Rev. Mr. Mason, Illinois [to 1874]. Wilberforce University, Ohio [to 1874] ; African Methodist Epis- copal Missionary Society [to 1874]. Mr. D. W. Stevens, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard [to 1882] ; Howard Free School for Colored Persons. National Theological Institute for Colored, Washington, D. C. [to 1873] -, WiUiam Hewes, Isle of Shoals. Indians in Southern Missouri and Kansas, Mrs. H. C. Watts [to 1874]. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. [to 1887] ; E. N. Peirce, Long Island, Maine [to 1877]. Woodville Farm School, Georgia [to 1878] ; Lincoln Institute for Colored Persons, Missouri [to 1881]; Thomas L. Elliot, Port- land, Oregon [to 1887] ; Claflin University, South Carolina [to 1887]. Harriet D. Watts, Florida [to 1878] ; E. H. Danforth, Colorado [to 1877] ; Miss S. J. Bell, South Carolina [to 1877]. Drury College, Missouri [to 1882]. J. D. Robertson (?). T. L. Riggs, Dakota [to 1886]. i|i I : 11 I 44 4 i" At the last semi-annual meeting of the Society, in Novem- ber, notice was given that at the next meeting a motion would be made to repeal all By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations heretofore adopted by this Society and then in force, except so far as adopted and ratified at said meeting ; and for this purpose the following vote is now offered : — .1) ■J m Voted, That all By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations hereto- fore adopted by this Society and now in force be and hereby are repealed, except so far as adopted and ratified at this meeting ; and that the following By-Laws be and hereby are adopted and ratified as the By-Laws of this Society. Th"^. vote was passed at the Annual Meeting, May 26, 1887. A ^:^^:. '^i^ s^. ^ ^sz ^ wmmm06mm&itmtm BY-LAWS. Adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Society, May 26, 18S7. ii I. Beside the choice of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary required by Charter to be made on the Thursday succeed- ing the last Wednesday in May, annually, there shall be chosen, at^'such time, a Vice-Treasurer and Assistant Secretary ; a Select Committee, to consist of five persons, together with the President ; and a Committee of three to audit the Treasurer's accounts. Any extraordinary occurrence, however, preventing the choice on the said day, they may be chosen at the next stated meeting ; and each shall hold his office until some other person shall have been chosjH in his place. II. Of the President and Vice-President. 1. It shall be the duty of the President to preside in all meetings of tiie Society and of the Select Committee, to regulate the debates, to state and put all questions regularly made, and to call for reports from committees or others. 2. In case of the absence of the President at any of the meetmgs, the Vice-President, if present, shall preside ; and in case of the absence of both, any member present may be nominated and chosen for that purpose. 46 I I III. Of the Select Committee. 1. The Select Committee shall, from time to time, consider of, prepare, and report such matters and things to the stated meetings as they shall judge necessary to be laid before the Society ; and in general such plans and measures as they shall conceive best calcu- lated for accomplishing the benevolent designs of the institution. This shall not, however, preclude any member from laying before, or proposing to, the Society any matter or thing which he may think beneficial. 2. The Select Committee shall give instructions to the mission- aries who may be employed, — the same being conformable to the rules of the Society, or not repugnant thereto, ~ examine their journals, and make inquiry into the success of theii missions and all matters that concern the same, and make report from time to time to the Society. J. The Select Committee shall direct the Secretary in such cor- respondence as they sh-H judge necessary. 4. The Select Committee shall examine all accounts exhibited against the Society ; and the certificate of the Secretary shall be a sufficient authority to the Treasurer for payment agreeably to the appropriations and votes of the Society. 5. The Select Committee shall hold a meeting within thirty days before each stated meeting of the Society. The Secretary shall appoint and notify the time and place of such meeting at least twenty-four hours previous thereto. IV. Of the Secretary. I. The Secretary shall have the charge of the statute and letter books, the Seal of the Society, and of all letters, which letters shall be kept by him on regular file ; and he shall attend, if possible, all meetings of the Society and of the Select Committee, and at —•—'-■-- ..MWJtimM mmm MM 47 each meeting of the Society read the orders and entries of the pre- ceding meeting, take notes of the orders and transactions of the present meeting, and enter the same in the books to wliich they respectively relate ; and shall, in like manner, note the doings of the Select Committee. 2. The Secretary shall, from time to time, lay before the Society such communications as he shall have received, and such corre- spondences as he shall have carried on under the direction of the Society or the Select Committee. 3. The Secretary shall record, in a book to be kept for that pur- pose, or in some distinct part of his record book, all appropriations of money made by the Society ; all donations, by whom, and, when specially appropriated, to what uses ; all real and personal estate acquired by the Society, by purchase or otherwise, and all sales of real estate made by the Society; and such record shall be laid before the Society at each meeting. 4. In the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary shall possess the same powers, and be charged with the same duties as the Secretary. V. Of the Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer. 1. The Treasurer shall receive officially all moneys, or sums of money, due or payable, and all bequests and donations that may be made to the Society, and invest and care for the same to the best advantage of the Society, and in such manner as he shall judge conducive to its benefit, except in cases where the mode of investment or care therefor shall be especially po^'nted out by the donor or by the Society, or by advice of the L^eJect Committee during any recess of the Society. 2. The Treasurer shall pay such sums of money out of the Treasury as he shall have orders for, pursuant to the regulations and directions of the Society, and not otherwise. 3. The Treasurer shall, in a book to be kept for that purpose, enter all the estate of the Society, both real and personal, specify- ing what is appropriated and what i^ not, and for what uses, if appropriated by the Society, or any donor. I.'' ■ fi! ^;i 48 4. Previous to every stated meeting, the Treasurer's accounts shall be audited by the Committee for examining the Treasurer's accounts, and in said Committee not more than one of the Select Committee shall be included. 5. In case of the death, resignation, absence from the State, or removal of the Treasurer, the Vice-Treasurer shall, during such absence or until the election of a new Treasurer, have and exercise all the powers of that office. VI. Of Meetings. 1. Previous to each stated meeting of the Society, the Secretary shall give public notice, in one or more of the Boston newspapers, at least three days before such meeting, a- ! ^y printed or written notification thereof sent to each member of the Society to such address as he shall believe is correct, indicating the hour and place. 2. Occasional meetings shall be called whenever the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall direct the same, or at the request of the Select Committee, or when a request is signified in writing by any three of the members to the President or Secre- tary ; and such occasional meetings shall be notified in the manner above provided. The Secretary shall also seasonably notify the meetings of the Select Committee. 3. The Secretary shall seasonably, before each stated meeting, remind the Committee for auditing the Treasurer's accounts of the business of their commission. VII. Of Election of Members. I. Candidates for election as members of this Society shall be nominated for that purpose at some stated meeting of the Society previous to the election. Every member of the Society shall have the right of nominating, at his dip ;retion, by entering, in a book to \ \ .1 • 49 be kept by the Secretary for that purpose, the name and place of residence of the candidate, with his addition, noting the time of the nomination and accompanying it with his own signature ; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to announce all existing nomi- nations before the dissolution of each stated meeting, said nomina- tions to be announced at such time in the meeting as the President and Secretary in their judgment shall consider best calculated to give general notice thereof. 2. Elections of members shall be made at a stated meeting (and at no other), from the persons on the nomination list, by ballot, or written votes, on which the name of the person voted for shall be expressed without regard to the order in which the nominations may be made. The votes of three fourths of the members present shall be necessary to constitute a choice. 3. Nominations of more than three years' standing shall be erased from the nomination book, but may be renewed. VIII. Of Absences from Meetings. 1. Any member who shall be absent from four successive stated meetings of the Society without being excused therefor by the Society shall be considered as thereby resigning his place as a member. 2. This By-Law shall be printed upon, and form a part of, every notice of a stated meeting. IX. Of Missionaries. 1. Missionaries may be appointed by the Society at any stated meeting, or by the Select Committee. 2. It shall be a standing instruction to the missionaries to trans- mit to the President or Secretary, quarterly if practicable, a journal of their proceedings, which shall be laid before the Select Com- 7 J! i- m 50 niittee, and by Uicm be communicated to the Society, in order that a true knowled{^e may be had of the state, circumstances, and prospects of their respective missions. 3. Missionaries may be suspentled for neglect of duty or any gross immorality, by order of the President, with advice of the Select Committee, during the recess of the Society ; and at the next meeting of the Society such suspension may be taken off or con- tinued as the Society shall think fit, and for like causes the Society may dismiss them. X. These By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed at any stated meeting of the Society, by a vote of two thirds of the mem- bers present and voting at the meeting. I II ' INDEX. ALFORD, J., his Rift, 8, 9, 12, 1 8, 23, 24, 26, 29-30, 32; plans, 27, 30-31; pro- fessorship, 30. Alclrich, 39. Allen, 38. Andrews, 37. Appleton, 34. Armstrong, 39. Aspinwall, 38. DARNARD, 11,35. liarrett, 36, I'arry, 37. 42. IJartol, 36. Bates, II, 35. Belknap, 34. Bigclow, 33, 38,41. Blagden, 27- Kond, 34, 36. Bowdoin, 1 7, 23, 34. Boyle, R., 6. Bradford, 11, 33, 40. Brief (17SS), 12, 18. Brooks, 39. Budington, t,7- Bussey, 35. CANTERBURY, Archb., Gary, R., 8, 18, 27-31 ; elect- ed, 8, 32, 34. Chaney, 38. Channing, 35. Chaplin, 36, Charlestown, 27. Chase, 38. <^1^PP7 37. 40, 41. Clark, 5, 13. Cobb, 4, 34, 39. Codman, 11, 35. Colleges helped, Claflin, S. C, Drury, Mo., Lin- coln, Mo., and Wilber- force, O., 43. Ccnimissioncrs U. C, 6. Coolidgc, 4, 37, 39. Corporators, 5, 13. Craiich, 5, ij. Cutler, 35. DANA, 13. Davis, 35, 40. Dawes, 34, 33. Denny, 37. De Normandie, ;2?), Dexter, 24, 34. Dillingham, 39. Doddridge, 19, Dole, 39. Diiryea, 39. ECKLEY,5, ,,, ,3. Edes, 39. Eliot, 5, 13, 32, 35, 36, 39, 41.43- Ellis, 22y 37- Emerson, 37, 40. Emmons, 5, 13, 37, 42. Endicott, 39. Episcopacy, 7. FAIRBANKS, 34, 1,7. Fearing, 37. Field, 36. Foote, 4, 38. Foster, II, 35. Francis, 36. Frisbee, 5, 11, 13, 40. GANNE' r, 35. George III., 7, 17. Gile, 35. Gill, 5, 13, 16, 24, T,2,' Gould, 37. Greele, 37. Greenough, 34, 35. Guild, 3(,, 38. HALE, 4, 38. Hall, 37, 41. Harris, it, 35. Harvard Coll., 7, 9, 30. Hedge, 35. 1 erford, 39. I''". ?>7, 39. Hillard, ^y. Hilliard, 5, 13, 32, T,r>, HisTOKicAL .Sketches, 5- 10, 17-23, 23-25; list, 12. iJo-"-. 33. 3^'. 37- Homes, 11,33,34. Holyoke, 35. Hornbrookc, 39, Howard 34, ^2. Hubbard, 36. Humphreys, 6. Hunne\veil,J.F., 4, 12, 39; editor, 1-43,51-52. Huntington, 35, :,y, 41. Hyslop, 5, 13, 24, 35. INDIANS, education, 6, 7; missions, 14, 17, 19, 24, 28- 29; Canada, 10, 41-43; Cape Cod, 41 ; Chero- kees, 9, 41 ; Colorado, 43 ; Florida, 43 ; Gay Head, 42; Maine, 40, 41, 43; Marshpee, 9, 10, 40, 41 ; Nantucket, 9, 41 ; Narra- gansetts, 9; N. York, 9, 40-42 ; Ojibw.iys, 10, 42 ; Oneidas, 10, 40, 42; Onou- dagas, 10, 42 ; Oregon, 43 ; Fenobscots, 9; Senecas,9, 43; Vinevard, 9, iS, 40- 43; Western, 41, 42; \Vy- aiidots, 9. JACKSON, 36, Jenks, 4, 36, 38. Johnson, 4, 39, 40. KENDALL, 11,35. Kinnicutt, 37. Kirkland, 35, 40. 52 LAMSON, 37. Lathrop, 7, 11,34. Lawrence, 36, 39. 1.66; 34. Lincoln, 4, 2,7, 39, 43- Little, 27, 28, 29, 34, 39, 40. Loring, 36. Lothrop, 33, 34, 36, 38. Loud, 38. Lowell, II, 34, 35. Lurt, 37. Lyman, 39, 40. MANNING, 39. Marshall, 39. Mason, 5, 13, 24, 34, 42, 43. Maudnit, 17. Mayhew, 18, 40. McKean, 35. McKenzie, 4, 33, 38. Means, 38. Meetings, 14, 15,32,48, 49. ilelledge, 38. Members, lists, 11; 1787- 18S7, 34-39; election of, 48 ; absences of, 49. Miles, 36, 41. Minot, 37. Missionaries, old lists, 11; 1787-18S7, 39-43; early, 20-21, 28-29; charge to, 22 ; pay of, 21, 22 ; qualifi- cations, 14, 21. ft! issiONS of the Soc. ; Bur- lington, Chicago, 8; Isle of Shoals, 9, 24, 40-43 ; Illinois, 41-43 ; Maine, 9, 24, 40-43; Mass., 8, 40, 42 ; Michigan, 42 ; Mis- souri, 41, 42; N. York. -., 42 ; Ohio, 8, 9, 41 ; Rh jde Island, 40, 41 ; Vcf-ont, 9, 40, 41 ; Western, 8, 9, 41, 42; Wisconsin, 41, 42. Sec Indians. Morison, 4, t^j, Morse, 11, 33,34, 41. Moseley, 38. NEALE, 38. Newell, 38, New Jersey Coll., -^o, Noyes, 37, 41. OFFICERS, choosing, 14, 16,45-48; for 1887, 4. PALFREY, 36. Parish, 11, 35, 40. Park, 37. Parker, 35, 41. Parkman, 33, 35, 39. Parliament, Act, 6. Payson, 5, 13, 40. Peabody, 4, 33, 36, 38, 39. Pearson, 35. i-erkins, 4, 38. Phillips, 24, 33-35, 37. Pierce, 35, 39, 43. Plumer, 41, 42, 43. Porter, 5, 11, 13, 35, 41. Prentiss, 35. Puritanism, 6, 7. Pu'Mam, 36. QUINCY, 36. REED, 35, 40. Reports, 7, 9; list of, 11; (17th cent.), 6. Reynolds, 39. Ripley, 36. Robbins, 36. Rogers, 35, 37,41. Roman Catholic, 28-29. Rules, printed, 11 ; present, A e_rn 45-50. Russell, 24, T,;^, 34, 39. SABINE, 38. Salisbury, 34, 35, 38. Saltonstall, 36. Savage, 34, 36. Schools, 25; helped, Hamp- ton, Howard, and Wood- ville, 43. Sears, 38. Seaver, 37. Seminaries helped; Law- rence, Wis., 42; Twins- burg, 0., 42 ; Washington, D. C, 43 ; Wesleyan, Mich., 41. Shattuck, 38. Shaw, 33. 36, 40. Sleeper, 38. Societies: The Aiucrican; incorporation, 5, 17-1S; Act of, J?, 13-16, 17; ac- counts 16; books and tracts distributed, 9, 19, 20, 24, 25; discourses to, 11; funds, 7-8, (25th year) 8, ^1845^ 9, 14, 18, 19, 24, ^1803) 26, 29 ; investments, 8, 26; see Missions and Indians; powers of Soc, 15-16; publications, 12; subscriptions to, 23-24. Societies: Charles If., 5 , Christian Knowledge, 7 ; Commonwealth, 6 ; Scot- tish, 7, 1 7 ; William III., Sprag.'e, 37. Stearns, 34, 35, 38. Storer, 5, 13, 24, 26, 30, 34. Story, 36. Sullivan, 33, 34, 36. Sumner, 5, 13. TAPPAN, 35. Thacher, account, 7, 11, 17- 23 ; also, 5, 13, 23, 32-34, 36. Thayer, 37. Thomas, 38. Thompson, 36, 40. Ticknor, 35. Treadwe!!, 35. Tuckerman, 11, 35. Tufts, 34. Tyng, 35. UPHAM, T,j. WALKER, 36. Walley, 34, 35. Ward, 36. Ware, 35, 36. Warren, 36,39, 41. Washburn, 38. Waterston, 37, Webster, 35, 40. v-^ells, 38. Wendell, 5, 13, 31, 33. West, 34. White, 34, 36. Wigglesworth, 5, 13, 33, ^j. Wight, 5, 13. Willard, 5, 13. Williams, 5, 13. Wiener, 11, 36. Wolcott, 4, 37, 38. Woodbridge, 34. Wyllys, 24. YOUNG, 36.