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He was married, Nov. 6, 1791, to Sally Hook, who died of consumption, February, 1793. He married the second time, Abigail Stevens, April 18, 1807.

He was kind and obliging in his disposition, generous and humane to the needy, and honorable and just in all his business relations.

For several years, he suffered from paralysis, and was, consequently, unable to transact business or enjoy life. His earthly career terminated Jan. 30, 1828, at the age of 65, leaving a widow and three children--two daughters and one son.

_Dr. Levi Stevens Bartlett_ was born Dec. 3, 1811. He received his academical education at Phillips Academy, Exeter. He read medicine with his uncle, the late Hon. Josiah Bartlett of Stratham, Professor Elisha Bartlett, at that time of Lowell, Ms., and with Dr. John Barrett of Portland, Me. Dr. Bartlett attended the Medical Lectures at Dartmouth and Bowdoin Colleges, and received his diploma from Dartmouth in the year 1832, a short time before he was 21 years of age.

Having come in possession of the landed estates of his father, and the old mansion of his grandfather, he settled at Kingston, where he now resides, and is in the practice of his profession. He married, Dec. 3, 1844, Aroline E., daughter of Moses Sanborn, Esq.

_Dr. Amos Gale_, son of Jacob Gale, was born at East Kingston, April 9, 1744, 0. S. He studied medicine with Dr. Josiah Bartlett of Kingston, N. H., and married Hannah, the only child of Daniel and Hannah Gilman of Kingston, Nov. 12, 1765. They had ten children, six sons and four daughters, six of whom are still living. His practice was very extensive, and he was highly esteemed as a physician and citizen. He was one of the early members of the N. H. Medical Society, and he continued to practice medicine in Kingston and vicinity, (with the exception of a few years, during which he resided in Troy, N. Y.,) until a short time before his death, which occurred June 8, 1813, aged 69 years. The disease which terminated his life was paralysis. Several young men received their medical instruction from him.

_Dr. Amos Gale, Jr._, son of the preceding, was born at Kingston, Oct. 15, 1768. He studied medicine with his father and Dr. Levi Bartlett of Kingston, attended lectures at Boston, commenced and continued to practise medicine in his native town till his death, which occurred Dec. 7, 1824, aged 56 years. He was a very energetic and athletic man, and was characterized for his great assiduity and self-denial in the discharge of his duties as a physician. He was married to Sally, youngest daughter of Gov. Bartlett, by whom he had seven children, five sons and two daughters, all of whom are still living. Dr. Gale held various offices in the town, and was Representative to the Legislature in 1808. About twenty young men received medical education under his instruction. He was elected a member of the N. H. Medical Society in 1800.

_Dr. Stephen Gale_, youngest son of Dr. Amos Gale, Senior, was born Jan. 28, 1723, and studied medicine with his brother Amos. He died Aug. 13, 1804. His disease was a scrofulous affection of the knee, caused by an injury.

_Dr. Ezra Bartlett Gale_, eldest son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born at Kingston, Oct. 13, 1797. He studied medicine with his father and uncle, Dr. Levi Bartlett, and attended medical lectures in Boston in 1818, and practised with his father till July, 1821, when he commenced practice in Brentwood, N. H., and continued there till August, 1823. In the fall of 1822, he attended a course of Medical Lectures at Brown University, and received the degree of M. D. in 1823. He married Ruth White, youngest daughter of the late Richard White, Esq., of South Hampton, N. H., July 31, 1823, where he practised medicine till 1827, when he recommenced practice in Kingston, in which place he now pursues his professional duties. He had seven children by his first wife, four sons and three daughters, all of whom are living. His wife died July 6, 1841. He married Emily, daughter of the late Moses Atwood, Esq., of Atkinson, Nov. 22, 1842, by whom he has two daughters. He is a member and officer of the N. H. Medical Society, and also of the Rockingham Dist. Med. Society.

_Dr. Levi Bartlett Gale_, second son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born Aug. 29, 1800. He studied medicine with his father and brother, and attended lectures at Boston and at Brown University, where he took his degree of M. D. He commenced and continued the practice of medicine in Kingston till the return of his brother from South Hampton, when he removed to Boston, where he now resides. He married Sarah B. Keggan, by whom he has two children.

_Dr. Josiah Bartlett Gale_, third son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born Jan. 11, 1803. He studied medicine with his brothers Ezra Bartlett and Levi Bartlett Gale. He attended Medical Lectures at Brown University, and commenced the practice of medicine in Brentwood, where he remained but a short time. Thence he removed to Salisbury Mills, Ms., where he now resides. He married Hannah, daughter of the late Capt. Jacob Morrill of Salisbury, Ms. They have one child, a son.

_Dr. Amos Gilman Gale_, fourth son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born Feb. 17, 1807. He commenced his medical studies with his brother Levi Bartlett Gale, and attended two courses of Medical Lectures at Dartmouth College, at which he received the degree of M. D. He commenced the practice of medicine in Hooksett, N. H., where he was employed in his profession till his removal to Manchester, N. H. He married Mary, daughter of Hon. Richard H. Ayer, of Hooksett, by whom he has one child, a daughter.

_Dr. Stephen Madison Gale_, fifth son of Dr. Amos Gale, Jr., was born in Kingston, Oct. 20, 1809. He commenced the study of medicine with his brother E. B. Gale, in 1834, studied one year with his brother L. B. Gale in Boston, and attended three courses of Medical Lectures in that place three years in succession, commencing in 1834, and received his medical degree at Harvard University, 1837. He commenced practice in Derry, N. H., September following; and thence he removed to East Kingston, where he remained but a short time. He commenced practice in Lowell, Dec. 1838, and from that place he removed to Methuen, July, 1839, where he has been engaged in practice ever since. He was admitted a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, April, 1839. He married Hannah W. Johnson of Portland, Me., March 28, 1843, by whom he has one daughter, Alice Bartlett.

Though all the above physicians by the name of Gale have not been located as physicians in Kingston, yet, as they were all of one family, we have entered their names under the head of Kingston.

There has been for about eighty years in Kingston a physician of the name of Gale, father, son, and grandsons. Very much the same may be said of the name of Bartlett. It is believed that no two families in our country have furnished more physicians than the Bartlett and Gale families of Kingston. Governor Bartlett had three sons eminent as physicians; namely, Josiah of Stratham, Levi of Kingston, and Ezra of Haverhill, all members and officers of the Medical Society; and all political men, Ezra and Levi having been Judges of Courts, and Josiah a Member of Congress. Many of his grandsons are in the profession, one of whom, Dr. Josiah Bartlett of Stratham, is now President of the New Hampshire Medical Society.

_Dr. Thomas Bassett_ was born in Deerfield, N. H., Aug. 12, 1797. His father was a merchant in that town, and once traded in Atkinson; but in 1804 removed to Londonderry with his family, where he resided till his death. His mother's name was Susannah McGregore, a descendant of the Rev. James McGregore, who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and subsequently with a number of others, to America, and commenced a settlement in Londonderry. At the age of fifteen, Thomas commenced the studies preparatory to entering college, under the instruction of his uncle, Rev. David McGregore, who was then the settled minister in Bedford, N. H., and lived with him about three years; he then left and entered the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, under the tuition of Mr. Samuel Burnham, and continued there until the death of his father. At this time, finding himself destitute of pecuniary means, he was forced to relinquish the idea of prosecuting further his collegiate studies, and resorted to school-keeping to obtain the object he then most desired, an education. After spending three years in this employment, he resolved to prepare for the medical profession; and, in 1821, entered the office of Dr. George Farrar of Derry, as a student in medicine, where he remained till the fall of 1822, when he left, and entered the private class of Professors Mussey, Oliver, and Dana, at Dartmouth College, and continued with them until he had finished a regular course of medical instruction, and received the degree of Doctor in Medicine at the Commencement, in 1824. In March following, he established himself at Kingston, as a physician and surgeon, where he has resided, with the exception of a few months, to the present time, in the practice of his profession, in that place and the neighboring towns.

In 1828, he was married to Miranda Spofford, daughter of Samuel Spofford, and granddaughter of Major Jacob Peaslee of Kingston. In 1826 he was elected, and in 1837, became a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, in which he has held the office of Censor and Counsellor. He has been honored with the office of Justice of the Peace, and has held the office of Brigade Major and Inspector in the first Brigade of New Hampshire militia.

REGISTER OF BIRTHS IN DEDHAM.

This account of births in Dedham, from 1635, the time when the town was first settled, to 1677, was copied from the Records by Dr. Elisha Thayer. The year, name of the child and its parents, and also, the month and the day of the month, are given in each case. The year is considered as beginning the first day of the first month called March, as time was then reckoned.

Year. Day. Month.

1635 Mary, daughter of John and Hannah Dwight, born 25 5
John, son of John and Joanna Balden, 21 4

1637 Ruth, daughter of John and Annis Morse, 3 4
Mary, daughter of Joseph and Millecent Kingsbury, 1 7

1638 Sarah, daughter of John and Hanna Dwight, 17 4
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Millecent Kingsbury, 14 7
Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Amy Chickering, 26 7
Mary, daughter of Richard and Mary Everard, 28 7
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary Alcock, 24 8
Isaac, son of John and Prudence Frary, 29 10

1639 Rachel, daughter of John and Alice Roper, 18 1
Samuel, son of Richard and Mary Everard, 31 1
Samuel, son of John and Joanna Gay, 10 1
Joseph, son of William and ---- Barstow, 6 4
Obadiah, son of Daniel and Lydia Morse, 8 6
Mary, daughter of Edward and Susan Richards, 28 7
Abigail, daughter of Ferdinando and Ann Adams, 15 7
John, son of John and Annis Morse, 8 4
Daniel, son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith, 13 8
John, son of James and Ann Allen, 4 10
Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Margery Alcock, 28 10
Barnabas, son of Robert and Ann Linsdell, 13 9
Benjamin, son of Ralph and Phebe Wheelock, 8 9

(To be continued.)

ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI, O.

The 226th Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, was celebrated in the City of Cincinnati by the New England Society, on Dec. 22, 1846. The services on the occasion were as follows: Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Beecher; Reading the Scriptures by the Rev. Mr. Magoon; Address by B. B. Fessenden, Esq.; Benediction by Rev. Dr. Stowe. With these services appropriate music was interspersed.

On Jan. 5, 1847, the annual meeting of the Society was held, and the Report was read by the Rev. Dr. Colton. In the Cincinnati Gazette we find the following account, which, we doubt not, will be interesting to our readers.

This Society was organized January 14th, 1845. Its objects are, to cherish the memory and perpetuate the principles of the original settlers of New England; to collect and diffuse information respecting New England and New England emigrants to other parts of the country, especially to the West; and to extend charity to the needy of New England descent. It is composed of men born in New England, and the male descendants of New England ancestors. The Society has a liberal charter from the Legislature, and is wholly free from debt. It has upwards of 200 members, and the number is rapidly increasing, 23 having joined at the last meeting.

It was voted to appropriate one half the surplus in the Treasury towards the establishment of a valuable library of historical and antiquarian works in relation to New England, and to start a subscription of $500 in aid of the project, of which $200 was immediately subscribed, and it is thought the balance can be made up this month. A catalogue of the works desired has been made out, which, we trust, the Directors will be enabled at once to purchase. The income of the Society this year, if this subscription is filled, will amount to $1,100.

A Committee was appointed, to ascertain if a course of Lectures could be prepared in time to be delivered this winter.

The Society contemplates the erection ultimately of a Hall for their library, meetings, and lectures, for which a lot has been offered on liberal conditions.

The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year, (Mr. STARR having declined reëlection as President.)

_For President_, Timothy Walker. _For Vice-President_, Lot E. Brewster. _For Corresponding Secretary_, Chauncey Colton. _For Recording Secretary_, Henry Crane. _For Treasurer_, James Lakey. _For Directors_, Henry Starr, Edmund Gage, Melzer Flagg, Maynard French, Jonathan H. Niles, Wm. Wiswell, Jr.

The following gentlemen have been the Presidents and Vice-Presidents, since its formation:

1845.--Bellamy Storer, _President_. Ephraim Robbins and Henry Emerson, _Vice-Presidents_.

1846.--Henry Starr, _President_. Lot E. Brewster, _Vice-President_.

1847.--Timothy Walker, _President_. Lot E. Brewster, _Vice-President_.

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

_Guide to Plymouth, and Recollections of the Pilgrims. By William S. Russell._

"_Come listen to my story,
Though often told before,
Of men who pass'd to glory,
Through toil and trial sore;
Of men who did for conscience' sake,
Their native land forego,
And sought a home and freedom here,
Two hundred years ago._"

Boston: Published for the Author, by Samuel G. Drake, 56 Cornhill. 1846.

This is a neat 12mo of about 400 pages, "designed to present
such historical facts connected with our early history, and
descriptions of interesting localities with which they are
connected, as are deemed of essential importance to the
numerous visitors who resort to the spot, rendered memorable
as the scene where the foundations of republican institutions
were first laid in this western world, and the principles of
religious and civil liberty were successfully established in
New England." The design of the author has been accomplished.
Although much novelty can hardly be expected in relation
to subjects which have already become trite, though not
uninteresting, yet by a judicious collection of facts and a
pleasing presentation of them, the work is well adapted to
engage the attention of the reader, and to furnish him with
the information desired. It commences with a brief detail of
the circumstances, which led our Pilgrim Fathers to leave
the land of their birth and embark for a country of pathless
wildernesses, abounding in savage beasts and still more savage
men. It follows them in their voyage, through storms and perils
to them unknown before; it describes their arrival at Cape Cod,
the sufferings, privations, and hardships they endured, and the
subsequent increase and growth of the infant Colony, all in a
manner highly instructive. The various places of interest to a
traveller in the town of Plymouth are distinctly and minutely
pointed out, and many matters of importance are related
concerning them. Several ancient documents of great value are
also inserted, together with some notice of the Pilgrims. The
volume closes with a collection of Hymns and Songs, selected
from the productions of our best authors, composed with express
reference to Anniversary Celebrations in Plymouth and other
parts of the United States. The work is embellished with a map
of Plymouth village in 1846, a frontispiece engraving of the
town and harbor of Plymouth, also several other designs. It is
a book eminently useful to the traveller, and valuable to the
historian.

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_The History of Charlestown, Massachusetts. By Richard Frothingham, Jr. "The History of a Town is united with that of the Country to which it belongs, and with that of the ages through which it has stood."_ Charlestown: Charles P. Emmons. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. 1845.

This is a work issued in numbers of about 50 pages each. The
author states, in the commencement, his sources of information
to be, the town Records; Records of the first church in the
town; the Colony Records; the Probate and Registry Records; and
private collections of papers. From such materials we should
think a most perfect history can be made. We are pleased to
see an interest arising in the minds of many, concerning our
local or town histories, for by this means only can that of
the state be rendered accurate. "Each town has some noted spot
where the Indian may have fought for his burial-places, or the
colonists for their freedom; that may have sheltered a hermit
or a regicide; that superstition may have invested with a fairy
legend, or nature have robed with more than fairy magnificence.
Each has its Liberty Tree, its Green Dragon, its Faneuil Hall,
where its patriots may have counselled or acted. And each has
had citizens who laid its foundations, perhaps in hardship
and danger." It is for the local annalist to gather these
traditions and facts, from which the state historian may form
a comprehensive and accurate account. This work is embellished
with quite a number of interesting engravings. Four numbers
have appeared, containing much useful and curious matter, and
we hope soon to see the remainder. The work is highly deserving
public patronage, and we hope that Charlestown and its vicinity
especially, will amply reward the author for his indefatigable
labors.

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_A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, containing Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns, and Districts of the Commonwealth; and also, of its principal Mountains, Rivers, Capes, Bays, Harbors, Islands, and Fashionable Resorts. To which are added Statistical Accounts of its Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures; with a great variety of useful Information. By John Hayward, Author of the "New England Gazetteer," "Book of Religions," &c._ Boston: John Hayward. 1846.

This is decidedly a valuable work. The name of the author
alone would guarantee an elaborate, and, so far as within
his ability, a strictly accurate publication. It presents
Massachusetts in a statistical, historical, and topographical
light, and is filled with such matter as would be deeply
interesting to the antiquary, and the man of business, indeed
to all in Massachusetts who take any pleasure in knowing
the condition and prosperity of their own state. It is a
work useful for reference in regard to education, internal
improvements, matters of commercial importance--and may be
regarded as a universal Gazetteer. We cheerfully commend it to
the patronage of the public.

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_Epitaphs from the Old Burying-Ground in Cambridge. With Notes, by William Thaddeus Harris, Junior Sophister in Harvard College._ Cambridge: Published by John Owen.

It has been, and still is, the disposition of the public, to
regard the resting-places of the deceased with aversion, rather
than with pleasurable interest. This we think should not be the
case. "Forget not the faithful dead" is worthy to be inscribed
at the entrance of every cemetery, and these, instead of being
permitted to run to waste, should be adorned, and made pleasing
to the sight. Thus the grave may be divested of its gloom, and
the graveyard, now an object of terror, may become frequented
as a place for calm, serious, and profitable meditation.

In this volume a complete transcript is made of the epitaphs
in the burying-ground, from 1653 to the year 1800; but in the
years succeeding 1800, with a few exceptions, the names only
of those, to whose memory monuments have been erected, are
given. In addition to these, which are 670 in number, there are
brief notices of many, whose monumental inscriptions are given.
A table, also, of the deaths of many, whose monuments have
crumbled to dust, or whose remains were deposited in tombs, is
appended. It is a volume of 192 pages, octavo, printed at the
University press, and must be interesting to those who delight
in curious and antiquated matters. We hope others will be
induced to prepare like collections from those spots where,

"Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."

The author is a son of Thaddeus William Harris. M. D.,
Librarian of the University, and grandson of the late Rev.
Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D., of Dorchester. We may at some
future time make extracts from the work.

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_Loring's Massachusetts Register, or Record Book of Valuable Information, for the year 1817. Designed as a Suitable Companion for the Professional Man, the Merchant, the Public Officer, and the Private Citizen._ Boston: James Loring, 132 Washington Street.

This volume is the _eightieth_ of the Massachusetts Register,
and its value as a work of reference will, we think, be
appreciated by the public for as many years to come. Such a
work is much needed by all classes of business men throughout
the state. It comprises statistics of civil officers;
professional men; societies and associations, literary,
scientific, religious, and benevolent; commerce; mercantile
affairs; naval and military officers; courts and justices;
institutions of learning, and also those for benevolent
purposes; corporations of all kinds. It is literally _multum
in parvo_. Mr. Loring, who has much of a historical taste,
deserves great praise for his endeavors to render it accurate
and useful; and it should have an extensive circulation in the
state.

The publishers of the Register have been as follows:

In 1767, Mein and Fleming, at the London Bookstore, north
side of King street, now State street; in 1774, Mills and
Hicks, School street, next door to Brackett's Tavern, sign
of Cromwell's Head; in 1779, Thomas and John Fleet, sign of
the Bible and Heart, corner of Cornhill and Water street; in
1801, John West and Manning and Loring, until 1813, when its
publishers were West, Richardson, and Lord, and the present
publisher, who has been a proprietor for forty-six years past.

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_A Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts, from 1765 to 1840. By Jesse Chickering._ Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. 1846. pp. 160.

"The object of this essay is to exhibit the increase of the
population of Massachusetts, and the changes which have taken
place in the number and proportion of the inhabitants in
the several parts of the Commonwealth, during the period of
seventy-five years from 1765 to 1840." "The censuses consulted
in the preparation of this work are the Colonial census,
ordered in 1764 and finished in 1765, and the six censuses of
the United States, taken at intervals of ten years, from 1790
to 1840." The number of inhabitants in Massachusetts in 1765,
from various calculations is estimated at 244,149, exclusive of
1,569 Indians. In 1790, according to the United States census
published in 1791, the population was 378,787, which is adopted
as the true number; in 1800 it was 422,845; in 1810, 472,040;
in 1820, 523,287; in 1830, 610,408; and in 1840, 737,700.

The U. S. censuses of 1790, 1800, and 1820 were taken August
1st; and those of 1810, 1830, and 1840 were taken July 1st; so
that the intervals between the second and third, and the fourth
and fifth were two months _less_ than ten years, while that
between the third and fourth was two months _more_ than ten
years. These differences in the length of the intervals affect
the numerical results, but so slightly, as not to be materially
important in the comparative results, especially for so long
a period as from 1790 to 1840. The least increase discovered
in any period is in that embracing the time from 1810 to 1820;
probably owing in some degree to the war then existing with
Great Britain and the emigration of many citizens to the West.
In the period from 1765 to 1790, the increase was greater than
it has ever been.

The increase of Boston, in proportion to its inhabitants, from
1765 to 1790 was very much less than that of the country towns,
while from 1790 to 1840 it was very much greater, thus showing
the modern tendency to centralization. Besides the great amount
of statistical matter of which the above is an exceedingly
brief epitome, it contains a table showing the average number
of inhabitants in each year, according to the U. S. censuses,
together with the increase, on the supposition of a uniform
rate of increase in each year, the same being carried on to
1850, at the rate of increase from 1830 to 1840. Much other
valuable matter is contained in this publication; manifestly of
great labor and of apparent accuracy. Such a work as this of
Dr. Chickering was much needed to rectify the many errors which
had arisen in the taking and computing the censuses. We only
add, that could such a statistical view be taken of every state
in the Union, many important facts would be discovered and many
data be obtained, from which inferences might perhaps be drawn
greatly interesting and useful.

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_A Discourse delivered before The Maine Historical Society at its Annual Meeting. September 6, 1846. By George Folsom. "But I doubt not * * * it will prove a very flourishing place, and be replenished with many faire Towns and Cities, it being a Province both fruitful and pleasant."_--F. Gorges. Description of the Province of Maine. Portland: Published for the Society. 1847.

The subject of this discourse is the early discovery and
settlement of Maine, and the character of those who were most
active in the work of colonization. It clearly indicates the
author to be a man of historical research not only in regard to
the state of Maine, but also in respect to New England and the
early settlers generally. It is well worth the careful perusal,
both of those who are fond of historic lore, and those who are
searching for truth; as it contains facts which are important
and are not generally known.

Mr. Folsom concludes his discourse of 75 pages as follows:
"In my humble opinion, Maine owes some public acknowledgment
to the memory of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, for having laid the
foundation of its existence as a separate and independent
community. Bradford and Winthrop are names that will never
die amongst their successors at Plymouth and Massachusetts
Bay; Pennsylvania will never forget her obligations to the
illustrious Friend of humanity who peopled her wilderness; nor
will Georgia suffer the memory of the enlightened Oglethorpe
to perish; Maryland has stamped the name of Baltimore upon
her brilliant commercial metropolis, and North Carolina has
her 'city of Raleigh,' although the projected colony of Sir
Walter proved a splendid failure. And shall Maine do nothing
to mark her sense of the merits of the liberal patron and
successful abettor of the first settlements within her limits;
who expended a large fortune upon his projects of discovery and
colonization; who, when the country was abandoned and denounced
by others as too cold and dreary for human habitation, actually
hired men to pass the winter here to prove the contrary; and
who died without reaping any substantial return for all his
labors and outlays, leaving only a legacy of lawsuits to his
descendants? It is time that justice was done to his memory.
From the small beginning he made, this community has become
a widely extended, populous, and wealthy state--rich in her
resources, and not less distinguished for the active enterprise
and laborious industry of her population. She can well afford
to honor the memory of the man who foresaw all this, and
devoted the energies of a long life to its consummation."

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_The Sin and Danger of Self-Love, described in a Sermon preached at Plymouth, in New England, 1621, by Robert Cushman. With a Memoir of the Author._ Boston: Published by Charles Ewer, and for sale by Crocker & Brewster, Samuel G. Drake, Little & Brown, James Munroe & Company, Benjamin Perkins, and James Loring. Dec. 22, 1846.

The text from which this sermon was written is, 1 Cor. x.:24.
_Let no man seek his own: but every man another's wealth._ It
is divided into two parts: 1. A _Dehortation_, consisting of
the first clause. 2. An _Exhortation_, comprising the latter
clause. The design of the discourse was to keep up the noble
flow of public spirit in the emigrants, which perhaps then
began to abate, through their accumulating hardships and
sufferings, but which was necessary for their preservation
and security. The author exhorts his hearers to assist each
other in their labors and toils, to distribute their property
among those that were needy, and so far as consistent to seek
their neighbors' happiness and prosperity. "The discourse is a
precious relic of ancient times. The sound sense, good advice,
and pious spirit, which it manifests, will, it may be hoped,
now, and in all future time, meet with approval and beneficial
acceptance in our community." It is written in the quaint
old-fashioned style of our Forefathers, and we noticed that the
last head of remarks, which contains but one sentence, is just
a page in length. The discourse is preceded by a Biographical
Sketch of Mr. Cushman, by the late Hon. John Davis of Boston,
together with a letter from him to Charles Ewer, Esq., and
a brief Address by Mr. Cushman to "his Loving Friends the
Adventurers for New England, together with all Well-Willers
and Well-Wishers thereunto," dated "Plymouth in New England,
December 12, 1621." These several articles form a pamphlet of
32 pages, well printed, which, on account of its Christian and
patriotic principles, should be generally diffused. For this
improved edition, we are indebted to the liberality of the
publisher.

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_Deficiencies in our History. An Address, delivered before the Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society, at Montpelier, October 16, 1846, with an Appendix containing the Charter, Constitution, and By-Laws of the Society, the Vermont Declaration of Independence, January 15, 1777, the Proceedings of the Convention, 4th of June, 1777, and the Song of the Vermonters, in 1779. By James Davie Butler, Professor in Norwich University_. Montpelier: Eastman and Danforth. 1846.

The design of this address seems to be, to illustrate the
importance of preserving the fragmentary and unpublished
history of Vermont, a state which for interest in its early
history is surpassed by no other in the Union. Notwithstanding
this, however, it has been greatly neglected. Prof. Butler
urges strongly upon the members of the Society to exert
themselves to repair the losses, and give to the world an
honorable account of the Green Mountain State. While others
have given partial and one-sided details of her history, no
true son has arisen to vindicate her honor. Says Mr. Butler,
"Let us leave our history to be written by foreigners,
and it will be the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet
omitted.--The Genius of history says to us, all and each, that
thou doest do quickly; like the sibyl to the ancient king, she
year by year brings with her fewer and fewer antique records,
but unlike the sibyl demands for them an even increasing
price.--The records of our fathers have in part perished with
them,--some of them live in the memories of patriarchs, who
still stand among us with eyes undimmed and natural force not
abated, as if on purpose that such as hold the pen of the
ready writer may still embalm their sayings.--Let us redeem
the time, since if our old men pass away unquestioned, no
buried Pompeii can be raised from the grave to enlighten our
wilful ignorance." The discourse is interspersed throughout
with historical gems, and in connection with the additional
documents forms a valuable production.

Professor Butler has kindly furnished us with a genealogical
account of the Butler Family, which will be inserted in the
next No. of the Register.

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_The Patrician: Edited by John Burke, Esq., Author of the Peerage, Landed Gentry, &c._ May, 1846. London: E. Churton, 26 Holles Street. pp. 94.

The dedication of the work is as follows:

To the Right Honorable Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh, the first
volume of the Patrician is respectfully inscribed.

The number before us is the _first_ of the first volume. Ten
have already been issued. It is a work devoted to History,
Genealogy, Heraldry, Topography, Antiquities, and General
Literature. Each number contains a long list of births,
marriages, and deaths. The editor must be a man of varied
learning, and particularly acquainted with the subjects
of which he treats. The work is not adapted to the public
generally, and must, therefore, be limited in circulation.
As an English production it may be interesting to the higher
classes or nobility of England; but it cannot attract the
attention of Americans.

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| PROSPECTUS
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| OF THE
|
| NEW ENGLAND
|
| HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
|
| REV. WILLIAM COGSWELL, D. D., EDITOR.
|
|
| The NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY proposes to
| publish by subscription a Quarterly Journal, to be entitled,
| "THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER." The
| period has arrived in this country, when an awakened and
| a growing interest begins to be felt in the pursuit, and
| especially in the results, of Historical and Genealogical
| Researches; and when the practical value, both to individuals
| and to society, of the knowledge which is obtained by
| investigations of this kind, from the scattered and perishable
| records of local, domestic, and traditionary history, begins
| to be appreciated by increasing numbers. The existence and
| active exertions of Historical, Antiquarian, and Statistical
| Societies, which have sprung up within a few years past in most
| of the older states of the Union, are a sufficient evidence of
| this fact.
|
| The formation of the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC, GENEALOGICAL
| SOCIETY, which has received a Charter from the Massachusetts
| Legislature, and which, as its name imports, proposes to
| direct its attention to the illustration of History in one
| of its most elemental and original departments, has been
| received with a degree of encouragement and favor, which
| leaves no room to doubt that a deep interest is felt by many
| in the community, in subjects of this nature; and that the
| materials exist, in various stages of preparation, as the
| fruit of personal exertions, for enriching the collections of
| a general Depository; and thereby leading to a more extensive
| diffusion of the facts and documents, out of which this
| branch of Literature in our country has yet to be principally
| created. The Periodical to be issued by this Society, will be
| one important means of accomplishing the end in view. It will
| comprehend such materials as the following; namely,
|
| 1. Biographical Memoirs, Sketches, and Notices of Persons who
| came to North America, especially to New England, before Anno
| Domini 1700; showing from what places in Europe they came,
| their families there, and their descendants in this country;
|
| 2. Full and minute Genealogical Memoirs and Tables, showing
| the lineage and descent of Families, from the earliest dates
| to which they can be authentically traced, down to the present
| time, with their branches and connections;
|
| 3. Tables of Longevity, Statistical and Biographical, Accounts
| of Attorneys, Physicians, Ministers and Churches of all
| denominations, of Graduates at Colleges, Governors, Senators
| and Representatives in Congress, Military Officers, Merchants,
| and other persons of distinction; and occasionally entire
| Tracts, which have become rare and of permanent Historical
| value;
|
| 4. Lists of Names, found in ancient documents, such especially
| as were engaged in any honorable public service; also the
| documents themselves, when they may contain any important facts
| illustrative of the lives and actions of individuals;
|
| 5. Descriptions of the Costumes, Dwellings, and Utensils of
| various kinds, belonging to the earliest times to which the
| Ancestry of Families may be traced; to be accompanied, when
| practicable, with drawings or engravings;
|
| 6. Ancient Inscriptions and Epitaphs, with descriptions of
| Cemeteries, Monuments, Tombs, Tablets; also, extracts from the
| Town and Parish Records of New England;
|
| 7. Descriptions of Armorial Bearings, and of other Heraldic
| devices, occasionally emblazoned, with sufficient explanations
| of the principles and terms of Heraldry.
|
| The Publication will embrace many other materials of a
| Miscellaneous and Statistical character, more or less connected
| with its main design; which, it is believed, will contribute to
| render it interesting to intelligent persons of every class in
| the community.
|
| Each Number will be embellished with a Portrait of some
| distinguished individual. There will also occasionally be other
| engravings in the work.
|
|
| CONDITIONS.
|
| The Work will be issued Quarterly, each Number containing at
| least ninety-six pages, octavo, upon good paper, and with fair
| type; making annually a volume of about four hundred pages; the
| Numbers to be issued in January, April, July, and October.
|
| The price to Subscribers will be TWO DOLLARS a year, payable on
| issuing the first Number. Any person obtaining subscriptions
| and becoming responsible, for six copies of the work, shall be
| entitled to the seventh copy gratis.
|
| Subscription Papers to be returned to the address of SAMUEL G.
| DRAKE, Publisher, 56 Cornhill, Boston.
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| NOTICE.
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| All communications, which are designed for insertion in the
| Register, or which respect the editorial department, should be
| addressed to the Editor, at Boston.
|
| All orders for the Register, and all communications respecting
| the pecuniary concerns of it, should be directed to Samuel G.
| Drake, 56 Cornhill, Boston.
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| ☞In the Press, and will soon be published, the History of
| Shrewsbury, by A. H. Ward, Esq., in which will appear a
| Genealogical Table or Family Register, containing a History of
| the inhabitants from the settlement of Shrewsbury, in 1717, to
| 1829, and of some of them to a later period; so far as regards
| their marriages, children, ages, and deaths; and also their
| ancestors, so far as can be obtained.
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Transcriber's Notes:

Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical
errors.

Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.

Enclosed italics markup in _underscores_.