The Portland daily press., 1886-12-22
The Winter Meeting in this City Yes
terday.
Valuable Additions to the Library and
Cabinet.
James p. Baxter, ESQ.,, Exhibits Some
Valuable Maps.
The Ancient City Of Wisby Described
by Hon. w. w. Thomas, Jr.
other Papers Of Interest Read at the
Meeting.

| listened 70 by good sized audiences. The
following gentlemen were among those
present during the meetings: Messrs. j. w
Bradbury, Joseph Williamson, Jas. p. Bax
ter, w. W. Thomas, Jr., Henry l.. Chapman
Sidney Perham, Geo. f. Talbot, Dr. w. b
Lapham, Rev. w. B. Hayden, II. w
Richardson, VIM. Goold, DR.. c. Z. Banks
Rev. Amasa Loring, Rev. Asa Dalton, Rev
II. S. Burrage. A. w. Longfellow, G. T
Little, w. II. Smith, Wm. o. Fox, E. p
Burnham, G. B. Rogers. z. L. Bourne, Jr.
4. Ii. Elwell, Stephen Berry. w. S. Dana
Thos. II. Weston, F. G. Butler. Geo. Z. b
jackson and Geo. X. Barrett.
The meeting was called to order at half
past two by the President, Hon. J. w. Brad
bury. The Secretary, II. w. Bryant, Esq,
presented his annual report, which foil ows
MIR. BRYANT's REPORT.
The complete works of Mrs. Elizabeth Pay
son Prentiss, in 80 volumes elegantly bound
in half calf, are given by Rev. George L.
Prentiss, d. D.. of New York; and with these
are included also DIR. Prentiss's memoir Of his
distinguished brother, Seargent 8. Prentiss.
The memoir of Judge Ebenezer Thompson
Of New Hampshire, is received from Miss NJ
f. Thompson.
The Diary OF Thomas Robbins Of Connect
cut from r. Battell.
Forty.fo miscellaneous pamphlets, from
Joseph Williamson.
The Dennysville Centennial Memorial, from
George +. Talbot.
The Battle of Gettysburg. by the Comte de
Paris, from John Marshall Brown.
The Laws Of the United States, in volumes,
Philadelphia, 1796-99. Volume of the YAM
kee Farmer, Cornish, Me-. 1885. The Christian
Pilot, volumes and ii, Portland, lS33-34,
and several government reports, all from Ira
Berry, Senior.
Sketch Of Deer Isle, Ne. from George NJ
Warren of Castine.
The Fact Divine and Echoes from the Pines,
from Edmund ]. Young.
Observations on the Rebellion, from the
author, Hon. Horatio King.
Twenty Town of Dexter, (Me.,) Reports,
from Josiah Crosby.
The Oxford, (Me,) Observer, volumes and
III, lS24-26, from A. B. Barton Of Minneapolis.
The names changed by the Massachusetts,
Legislature from 1850 to 1883, from DIR. John
f. Pratt.
Five addresses from the author, Hon. Erastus
Brooks.
The History of Pennington, Me-, from the
author, Francis G.. Butler.
A portion Of volume of the Portland
Tribune. from F. I. Littlefeld.
The Encyclopedia Britannica, in 21 volumes
quarto, from Edward Russell of Boston.
The Braintree Town Records, from Charles
Francis Adams, Jr.
An account of the descendants of John
Bridge. from Samuel J. Bridge, Of Boston.
Samuel Mather's Figures of the Types of the
Old Testament l705, once owned by Samuel
Foxeroft and in fine condition, from Mrs. F. I.
Crockett, of Portland.
The -dosoens OF Comfort Sands (gonealogy), y,
from Temple Prime, of Brooklyn.
Fifteen Harvard University Library Bulle-
TINS and photographed contributions, from
Professor Justin Winsor.
The Papers Of the American Historical asso-
citation recently published, from Oscar Holway.
A large number of Trade and Commercial
reports, from Marshall N. Rich.
A further contribution of MSS. and news
paper cuttings, by the late John A. Poor. is
made by his daughter, Miss Laura E. Poor, Of
New York.
Other contributors TO the library are the U.
s. Government the several State Historical
Societies the American Antiquarian Socitey
the Essex Institute, the American Philosophi-
cal Society, Edmund NJ. Barber, Stephen
Berry, Patrick Chalmers iona. p. Cilley, r. @.
r. r. u n. u.
Watts DE Peyster, Daniel Goodwin, Jr-
Samuel A. Green, Charles Gill, George T.
Little, Edward s. Morse, J. w. Parker, Amasa
Loring Frederic w. Putnam, S. p. Msybery
Charles M. Sills, Thomas b. Reed. John
Woodbury..
BY purchase and exchange have been pro-
cured for the library:
The Court Records of the East India Com
pany, l599-l6OS, giving some account Of
George Weymouth.
Several of the Clark Family Genealoges.
Hoods History of Music in New England
Neilrs Virginia Carolorum.
History of the Dudley Family.
The Gould Collection of Miscellaneous
Pamphlets numbering about 1900 titles.
To the cabinet has been added since my last
report;
A green glaze flower pot made by Benjamin
Dodge, the potter of Portland immortalized by
Longfellow in Keramos, given by Mrs. VIII
liam II. Stephenson.
IL Photographs Of historic localities on
Long Island and Staten Island and at Ports
mouth, N. H., given by Miss Margaret e
Lindley.
Photograph of the bill of the first fire engine
bought for the town Of Portland, 1902, from
Lewis b. Smith of Portland.
Autograph letter of Senator John Holmes
addressed to Stephen Thacher in 1920, from
Peter Thaeher Of Boston.
Victoria Bridge Medal from S. p. Mayberry
Daguerreotype in frame Of the Casco Engine
company on Middle street in Portland, l847
from Charles b. Rogers.
Cabinet photograph of painting of Mont
pelier, the mansion Of General Knox, from
Marshall N. Rich.
Deed of Edmund Goff Of land on Saco river
| l729 and other MSS. from John I. Brown, oi
| Newburyport.
Pen and ink drawing of the Goddess o
Liberty made up from the words Of the Decla.
ration of Independence, in frame, executed BY
Joseph Sampson, of South Carolina, in 1889
from Edward NJ. Patten, Of San Francisco.
Cabinet photograph of Rev. William Dean
d. D., Baptist missionary to Siam for so years
from Rev. III. S. Burrage.
Circulars Of the Domesday Anniversary Com.
memoration by the Royal Historical society
London, October, 1886.
Bronze medal of the New England Agricul
tural society, from John Marshall Brown.
81 Bill. Taber 4 Co., Portland, 1914, iron
Charles Davis, Jr.
Photograph of the Rev. David Shepley, o
Yarmouth, Me-, from Rev, Amasa Loring.
Fragment OF oak timber Of the Englisl
| frigate Somerset, wrecked at Provincetowi
during the Revolution, from B. A. Kinney.
Photograph of the Ancient and Honorabl
Artillery company on their visit to Portland il
1862 from James L. Carter.
Model Of the First Parish church Of Port
land, demolished in 1925, from William 5
Banks.
Visiting cards of Gen'l. and Mrs. Kno,
from A. A. Folsom, Boston.
Term bill Of Charles Ii. Holmes, Bowdoi
college, 1926. from Cyrus Woodman.
Through the favor of Ignatius Sargent ESD
and the Rev. IL. f. Harding of Machias tn
original and first book of Records Of the Tow
Of Machias is deposited with us. II begir
May II, 1884, and ends April 6, 1895.
The Account Book of Enoch Freeman,
Falmouth, covering the period from l743
1853, is received from his great great grand
daughter Miss Nancy Pierce Sanborn,
Cambridge. 1t is vellum bound and contain
over 800 pages and has many items of intere
one or two Of which copy:
Cash Dr. 10 town Of Falmouth
reed of sheriff Plaisted by ye hands Of Jol
Frost ESQ.,, for ye use Of ye poor of sd. tow
being for soldiers swearing profanely, sixte'
shillings.
Province Of the Massachusetts Bay 20 Emo
Freeman Capt. of the Guard to attend the Cor
missioners DIR.
in salutes during the Treaty, bullets, hints, a.
NC, fl36. 5s.
Sept. and October lIi9.
Thomas Yeats DIR.
To mdse.
For an earthen vessel Is, for half bottle