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A conference paper is presented about William Bentley, an early councilor and benefactor of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), who lived in Salem, Massachusetts. The paper frequently cites Bentley's diary. It discusses the arrival of the British frigate "Shannon" into Salem. The paper also addresses church services, Bentley's relationship with Reverend Jedediah Morse, and Bentley's view on the mercantile character.

A conference paper is presented about the commerce of Boston, Massachusetts during the time leading up to the American Revolution. It discusses the source material provided by the Massachusetts Historical Society. It examines tables of annual average clearances and provides a broad view of the total movement of sea-borne commerce. The paper also analyzes imports, the exportation of enumerated colonial products, and the direct trade between Boston and Great Britain.

A conference paper about Puritan missionary John Eliot and his printing of the first Bible in the U.S. is presented. The paper also discusses the Ojibway and Chippewa Indians of Massachusetts during Eliot's time and the translation of the Bible into their language. The paper also provides letters from Reverend James A. Gilfillan concerning these translations.

A conference paper about Concord, Massachusetts is presented. The author talks about several locations he visited within the town, including the farm of Major Simon Willard and the house of Reverend Peter Buckley. Subjects of the paper also include the first settlers in Concord, the organizing of a Christian Church, and the civil interests of the settlers.

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.

A conference paper about artist and publisher William Cook is presented. Cook resided in Salem, Massachusetts. It discusses Cook's family, including his father, navigator Captain William Cook. The report also discusses Cook's religious aberrations, the self-publishing of his books, and a poem he wrote concerning Chestnut Street in Salem. A bibliography of his work is provided.

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 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 several news briefs concerning the American Antiquarian Society, presented at their annual meeting on October 17, 1917 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The author states that there are no deaths of Society members to report since their last meeting. The financial aspects of the Society are talked about, and the author states that they are insufficient for their needs. The library of the Society and the growth of its collection over 10 years is also discussed. The article closes by talking about a collection of South American papers that have been acquired from Harvard University in Massachusetts.

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 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 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 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 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 the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts October 21, 1897. 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 Presidential Office at Yale College," by Franklin B. Dexter, and "The History of the Early Political Uses of the Word Convention," by J. Franklin Jameson.

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 the proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Hall of the Society in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 24, 1894. A list of presiding members is included. The results of society office elections are given. The papers presented at the meeting are also listed, including "Analysis of the Pictorial Text Inscribed on two Palenque Tablets," by Philipp J. J. Valentini, and "The Rival Claimants for North America 1497-1755," by Justin Winsor.

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 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 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 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 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."

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 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 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.

The article presents information on a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) held in Boston, Massachusetts on April 13, 1921. William Bradford Homer Dowse and Allan Forbes were elected as members of the society. Papers on Massachusetts archives and character sketches by colonial historians of the 17th century were presented.

The article presents an outline of the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at Ellis Hall of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston on April 10, 1912. 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 "Massachusetts Almanacs," by Charles L. Nichols, and "Vitcos, the Last Inca Capital," by Hiram Bingham.

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 18, 1945. A list of presiding members is included. The results of elections for society offices are described. The presentation of the papers "The Results of Columbus's Discovery," "Casting the National Horoscope," and "Uncensored Letters of Mrs. John Adams," are also mentioned.

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 19, 1944. 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 Nature of American Loyalism" and "American Literature and American Politics."

The article presents 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 18, 1934. A list of presiding members is included. Elections for society leadership offices are described. The papers presented at the meeting are listed, including "The Early Massachusetts Bay Seals," by Matt B. Jones, and "The Beginnings of the Library in Charles Town, South Carolina," by Edgar L. Pennington.

The article discusses the proceedings of the semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, April 18, 1928, held at the House of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts. The article lists the members present at the meeting, including Reuben Colton, William Eaton Foster, and Julius Herbert Tuttle. People recommended to join the Society are mentioned. Papers that were presented at the meeting are also listed, including one on Puritan politician George Downing and another on Boston bookbinders.

The article presents the proceedings from the April 8, 1925 meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, held at the House of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts. Lists are provided of attending members, papers presented, and the results of society decisions voted on during the meeting.

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 15, 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 "Cotton Mather: First Significant Figure in American Medicine," and "Collecting Western Americana."

Information is offered on semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society held at the Club of Odd Volumes in Boston, Massachusetts on April 16, 1952. Topics discussed include the election of members to the society and the presentation of the papers "Lincoln and Prohibition— Blazes on a Zigzag Trail" by Harry Lydenberg and "Early History of the Square-Dance" by S. Foster Damon.

The article presents information on a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) which was held on April 19, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts. Nominees for AAS membership Theodore Bolton and Henry Needham Flynt were elected to the society. Papers focusing on the use of coins by the Massachusetts Bay colony and outbreaks of influenza were 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 15, 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 "Part of an Almanack," "Further Notes on John Watson," and "Edgar Allan Poe's Contributions to Alexander's Weekly Messenger."

The article offers information on a semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society in Boston, Massachusetts on April 20, 1938. Topics discussed include the election of members, distribution and collection of ballots, and presentation of papers such as "James Wilson of Vermont, America's First Globe Maker" by historian LeRoy E. Kimball.

Information about the April 17, 1935 semi-annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society is presented. The papers delivered at the meeting were "The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts," by Wilbur H. Siebert, and "Gombo: The Creole Dialect of Louisiana," by Edward Larocque Tinker. The meeting also discussed new members and membership in the society.