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The article presents the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held October 16, 1929 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The article presents information on the members that were in attendance, lists the order in which papers were delivered and lists the individuals who were nominated for various positions within the society. Topics of papers given include the Popham Expedition of 1607, early forms of worship in America and the slave trade.

The article presents the Report of the Council given at the annual meeting of the American Antiquities Society for the year 1917. The report presents information on the acquisition of the Salisbury Papers, which include personal and business letters and papers of a Worcester, Massachusetts family. The author also discusses the society's collection of American newspapers and the significance of this collection. Genealogy studies are also mentioned. Donations are requested to aid with the construction of an addition to house more acquisitions.

The article presents information on a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held on April 12, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts. William Crowninshield Endicott, Nathaniel Thayer Kidder and L. Bradford Prince were elected to the society. Papers on criminal justice during the colonial era and vocabulary of the northwestern U.S. were presented. A paper on correspondence from minister Cotton Mather to the Royal Society was also presented.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). A paper on the development of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island was presented. Stephen Salisbury was re-elected as AAS president and George Frisbie Hoar and Edward Everett Hale were elected as AAS vice-presidents. A paper on Shays' Rebellion was presented.

The article presents information on a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held in Boston, Massachusetts on April 30, 1902. A paper on Puritan Mary Griffin was read and commented on by AAS vice-president George F. Hoar. William Dennison Lyman and Henry Smith Pritchett were elected to AAS membership. A paper on archaeological research in Greece was presented. A diary of slave Paul Jennings was donated to the society.

The article presents information on a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held in Boston, Massachusetts on April 27, 1892. Minister George E. Ellis presented a paper on Earth's history as represented in museums and libraries. A plan to improve the society's library services was presented. A paper on Rhode Island intellectual life was also presented.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Club of Odd Volumes in Boston, Massachusetts on April 16, 1941. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "The Brown Papers: The Record of a Rhode Island Business Family," "Declension in a Bible Commonwealth," and "The Reverend Robert Jenney."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1953. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "American Literature: The First Seventy-Five Years," and "Calvin Coolidge: Twenty Years After."

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 19, 1949. AAS president Samuel Eliot Morison was re-elected and AAS members Paul Beagary Morgan and George Sumner Barton were elected as AAS vice-presidents. Papers on medicine in America during the 18th century and clipper ship sailing cards were presented.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 13, 1948. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Yankee Sailing Ship Records" and "Francisco López de Gómara and his Works."

Information about the October 15, 1947 semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society is presented. The paper presented was "The Cult of the Gaucho and the Creation of Literature," by Edward Laroque Tinker, while Bernard A. Devoto presented an informal discussion on "The Welsh Indians." The meeting also discussed elections for officers of the Society, new members, and membership in the society. Highlights of a discussion about the book "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers," by Clarence S. Brigham, were presented.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 16, 1946. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "A New England Friendship: John Adams and Henry Knox" and "Peter Martyr and his Works."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 20, 1943. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "John Crowningshield and the Building of the Privateer Diomede" and "The First Century of New England Verse."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 17, 1945. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The presentations given at the meeting are also listed, including the paper "Varnum's Ministerial Oppression: A Revolutionary Drama."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1942. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including discussion of the National Geographic Society, 18th-century landscape painters, and the Louisiana Purchase.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 15, 1941. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Horatio Gates Spafford and His Historical Activities" and "The Press in the New England Town."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 16, 1940. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Jean Lafitte in the War of 1812," "John Watson: Painter, Merchant, and Capitalist."

Information about the October 18, 1939 semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society is presented. Papers imparted were: "Musical Life in Boston in the Eighteenth Century," by Henry W. Foote, "The Newtonian Epoch in the American Colonies," by Frederick E. Brasch, and "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes," by Wilbur Macey Stone. The meeting also discussed the election of new officers for the society including for the positions of recording secretary, auditor, and members for the committee of publication.

The article presents information on the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held October 20, 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The article presents information on the members who were present, lists the order in which papers were given and discusses the election of new members and officers.

The article presents the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 19, 1938. The article presents information on the members that were present at the meeting, lists the order in which papers were presented and discusses members that were elected to various positions in the society.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1936. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "John Hull, Colonial Merchant," "Mutiny on the Ship 'Globe' and its Consequences," and "Connecticut's Engraved Bills of Credit, 1709-1746."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 16, 1935. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Four Legends about President Polk," "New England Almanacs and the American Revolution," and "Dr. Samuel Stearns."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 17, 1934. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Ebenezer Cooke and the Maryland Muse" and "The Libraries of the Presidents."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Library of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 18, 1933. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "The Journal of a Belated Puritan, 1835-1853," "William Gaston, an Old-Fashioned Federalist," and "Champlain and his Landings at Cape Ann."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts on April 19, 1933. A list of presiding members is given, mention of the death of former society president Calvin Coolidge is provided, and a list of papers presented at the meeting is included such as "General Washington and the Loyalists," "The Early Circus in America," and "The Narragansett Planters."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Antiquarian Society conducted on October 19, 1932 at the Society's library building in Worcester, Massachusetts. Details are given outlining the roll of members involved with the meeting and a list of papers presented is provided, including "The French Periodical Literature of Louisiana" and "Precedence at Harvard College."

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held on October 21, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts. AAS member Thomas Hovey Gage discussed a dinner to celebrate the bicentennial of Worcester County, Massachusetts at which a bottle of Madeira wine set down a century before was opened. AAS president Calvin Coolidge was re-elected. Papers on historian Thomas Hutchinson and Ecuador were presented.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the House of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts on April 16, 1930. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "New England's Contributions to Virginia," "Thomas Jefferson at Home," and "Washington As a New England Man."

The article offers information on the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society on October 17, 1928 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include research on stain glass panels in England bearing the family coat of arms of the Washington family, the election of officers, and the presentation of the paper "The Political Eclipse of Stephen A. Douglas" by historian Worthington Chauncey Ford.

Information about the October 19, 1927 annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society is presented. Papers imparted were: "East Florida as a Refuge of the Southern Loyalists, " by Wilbur H. Siebert; "General Grant's Opinion of the War with Mexico," by Justin H. Smith; and "Lewis Hughes, the Militant Minister of the Bermudas, and his Printed Works," by George Watson Cole. The meeting also discussed the resignation of Waldo Lincoln as president of the Society, elections held for new officers, and the acceptance of new members.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held on October 20, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Waldo Lincoln was re-elected as AAS president and Arthur Prentice Rugg and Clarence Winthrop Bower were re-elected as AAS vice-presidents. The depositing of AAS bonds with the First National Bank of Boston was approved by a vote. Papers on the history of Mormons and correspondence during the U.S. Revolutionary War were presented.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held on October 21, 1925 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Waldo Lincoln was re-elected as AAS president and Arthur Prentice Rugg and Clarence Winthrop Bowen were elected as AAS vice-presidents. A provision of the society's by-laws regarding membership dues was eliminated. A paper on the reception of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in Massachusetts was presented.

The article presents the proceedings for the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, held on April 9, 1924 at the Widener Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Members present at the meeting include William Eaton Foster, Arthur Lord, and Waldo Lincoln. The article states that recommendations were announced for membership in the Society. The article also mentions papers presented at the meeting, including one about the founding of New Amsterdam in 1626.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 20, 1920. Waldo Lincoln was re-elected as AAS president and Arthur Prentice Rugg and Clarence Winthrop Bowen were elected as AAS vice-presidents. Work by Clark University graduate students for AAS fellowships was discussed. A paper on the Mayflower Compact was presented.

The article offers information on the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held on October 15, 1919 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include the election of association president Waldo Lincoln, an exhibition of the engravings of artist Edwin D. French, and the paper "Greater New England in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century" presented by historian Frederick Jackson Turner.

The article discusses the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held on April 10, 1918 in the House of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts. The article lists Society members present at the meeting, including Reuben Colton, William Eaton Foster, and Waldo Lincoln. The author also mentions the election of new members and the preservation of newspapers. Subjects of the article also include changes in By-Laws, a paper on the Secession Movement of 1850, and the Protestant missionary society under John Eliot.

Information about the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held on October 17, 1917 in the hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, is presented. Members present at the meeting are listed, including Edmund Mills Barton, Franklin Bowditch Dexter, and George Henry Haynes. Officers elected into the Society are mentioned, including Samuel Abbott Green and Andrew McFarland Davis. The article details the proceedings of the meeting. A paper on life at Yale University in Connecticut is discussed.

The proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 18, 1916 are given. A list of presiding members is included. The results of the society's periodic elections are described. The papers presented at the meeting included "The Mason Title and its Relation to New Hampshire and Massachusetts," "The Hornbook and its Use in America," and "Historical Notes relating to the Second Settlement of Worcester."

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 20, 1915. John Woolf Jordan, Alexander George McAdie and George Otto Trevelyan were elected to the society. Waldo Lincoln was re-elected as AAS president. Papers on scientific achievements in Virginia and the mythology of Indians in the northwestern U.S. were read.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1914. Waldo Lincoln was re-elected as AAS president. Nominees for AAS membership, such as Charles Francis Jenney, Jesse Walter Fewkes and Milo Milton Quaife, were elected. A paper on Pennsylvanian history was presented.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 20, 1909. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Some Customs of the Macheyengas," by William Curtis Farabee, and "The Campaign of 1844," by Worthington Chauncey Ford.

The article presents information on the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hall of the Massachusetts Historical Society on April 29, 1903. Information on the members in attendance is presented along with the order in which reports were given. American Antiquarian society vice president George F. Hoar discussed the book "Musical Problems," by Aristotle and member Benjamin Thomas Hill read a paper on the diary of Isiah Thomas.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), held on October 21, 1905 in Worcester, Massachusetts. A paper on the history of labor organizations was presented. A memorial to former AAS vice-president George Frisbie Hoar was presented. Stephen Salisbury was re-elected as AAS president.

The article presents the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston on April 26, 1905. A list of presiding members is included. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Emergent Treasury-Supply in Massachusetts in Early Days," "A Scheme for the Conquest of Canada in 1746," and "Jeremy Taylor and Religious Liberty in the English Church."

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1904. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "The Development of Democratic Ideas in the Puritan Army" and a memoir of the late theologian Egbert Coffin Smyth.

The article presents the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston on April 24, 1901. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. A memorial to the late scholar Edward Elbridge Salisbury is discussed. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, along with commentary by members of the Society.

The article presents the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 23, 1895. A list of presiding members is included. The results of society elections are given. Presentations given at the meeting include the papers "Literature of New England Witchcraft," by Justin Winsor, "Construction of New Communities and States in the Northwest," by Cushman K. Davis, and an address on the Battle of Bunker Hill by Charles Francis Adams.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1899. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. Mention is also given to the debates and papers presented at the meeting, including an essay on local history writing, on colonial-era episcopal jurisdiction, and on the forest of Dean in England.

The article presents information on a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held in Boston, Massachusetts on April 26, 1899. AAS president Stephen Salisbury proposed a resolution offering the society's gratitude to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for hosting AAS meetings. A paper on U.S. diplomacy was presented. AAS vice-president George F. Hoar presented a sermon from minister Aaron Bancroft.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1898. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Rufus Putnam," by George F. Hoar, "The Massachusetts Bay Currency," by Andrew McFarland Davis, and "The American Flag," by Thomas C. Mendenhall.