Chicago & East. Ill. R. R. 5 per cent., 10,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,040.00 Congress Hotel Bonds, Chicago, 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 Low., Law. & Hav. St. Ry.Co., 5 per ct., 8,620.00 Wilkes. & East. R. R. Co., 5 per cent., 2,000.00 $122,277.61 $118,700.00 $135,609.00 Notes secured by mort. of real estate, 26,450.00 95.20 1,033.94 $149,856.75 $146,279.14 $163,188.14 WORCESTER, Mass., October 20, 1903. Respectfully submitted, NATH'L PAINE, Treasurer. The undersigned, Auditor of the American Antiquarian Society, hereby certifies that he has examined the report of the Treasurer, made up to October 20, 1903, and finds the same to be correct and properly vouched; that the securities held by him are as stated, and that the balance of cash, as stated to be on hand, is satisfactorily accounted for. October 20, 1903. BENJAMIN THOMAS HILL. REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. THE increasing number of scholarly papers offered at our meetings suggests the saving of time and space by allowing the librarian to report only at the Society's annual meeting in October.' The precedent for such a step was established in October, 1895, when our treasurer's report became an annual. It may be added that with most of our corresponding societies the library report is a yearly statement, and that with many of them it is largely statistical in character. Dr. W. H. Holmes, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, in a letter addressed to the librarian, 2 September, 1903, says: "I have pleasure in sending you today by express, the four volumes of manuscripts of the Natick Dictionary, rebound in the original covers, in accordance with the agreement made some years ago. The manuscript has been kept as clean as possible, and I trust it will be found in satisfactory condition." The Trumbull volumes referred to-which arrived on the fourth day of September-had received the most kindly treatment by editor, proof-reader and printer. By direction of the library committee, the Dictionary has been sent to members who are interested in Indian linguistics or the critical study of the Bible. A few copies are for sale. As in the case of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission, so in that of the more recent Alaskan Boundary This suggestion was read to the Council on the evening of October 20, 1903, when it was Voted that the Librarian be permitted to make his report annually unless he has occasion to send in a special communication." Tribunal, it has been the privilege of this National Society to furnish important evidence, in the latter case through Mr. W. C. Hodgkins, cartographer to the Tribunal. The following communication was received after the April meeting of this Society: Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter, To the Council of the American Antiquarian Society. At a recent meeting, the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter voted to extend to you their thanks for your kind co-operation in granting permission to use the stone upon which the tablet marking the site of the first Worcester schoolhouse is to be placed. Very sincerely, ELIZABETH W. WALWORTH, Apr. 30th, 1903. The bronze tablet-which is fastened to the east face of the granite post which is the southeast bound of the Society's property-bears this inscription: In front of this tablet | stood | the first school-house | in Worcester | where | John Adams | second President of the United States | Taught 1755-1758 | Placed by the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter | 19 [here appears the seal of the Society] 03. The granite upon which our iron fence rests has been thoroughly straightened and cleansed, and a new post of graceful proportions placed at the west end of the fence on Highland street. Within the Hall additional electric lights have been provided where most needed, greatly to the comfort of the library force; while without, the roof and woodwork have been repainted. There may be found upon the eastern wall of the Hall in which we are now gathered-where it has remained for fifty years the following manuscript record: This edifice was erected by | The American Antiquarian Society. | The foundations were commenced | June 7th 1852. | Building Committee: | Levi Lincoln | Isaac Davis | Samuel F. Haven. | Thomas A. Tefft: Architect. | Builders: | Horatio N. Tower | Daniel S. Burgess. In the report of the Council, 27 October, 1852, we read: "The library has been gradually increasing in the number of its volumes, and value and amount of its materials; and, with the new facilities and accommodations which will be furnished in the beautiful and commodious Hall now in progress of erection, will become an object of more general interest and attraction even than it has hitherto been. The Council are reasonably assured that the Hall will be completed and ready for use before the recurrence of the next semi-annual meeting of the Society, and that it will be found to meet the expectations of those who planned and designed it. It already presents, in its exterior, a structure which for fitness and severe architectural taste must commend itself to the approbation of the Society. It will, it is believed, sustain the reputation of Mr Tefft, the architect, for skill in his profession, and bear testimony to the fidelity which the committee who have it in charge, have devoted to the duty entrusted to them. The dedication of the Hall to its intended use, when completed, will doubtless furnish an occasion which the Society will consider as fit to be commemorated, in a manner to awaken a renewed interest in the ends and purposes for which the founders and patrons of the institution have labored in its establishment and growth." At the semi-annual meeting of the Society, 27 April, 1853, it was "Voted, to instruct the Council to make arrangements for a commemoration of the opening of the new Hall and to take into consideration the subject of changing the day of the anniversary." In the Council Report of Rev. Edward E. Hale, he says: "That the hope expressed in their report of October last has been fulfilled, and that the new building is so near completion that the removal of the library to it is begun. The new building which we are at |