Abolition of slavery, extract from the
London "Athenæum" on the, 499.
Adams, John, his statue at Mount Au-
burn, 260, 487. One of the committee
to draft the Declaration of Independ-
ence, 273. On the New-England char-
acter, 393. His recommendation of
frugality in the State Constitution
of Massachusetts, 467. Letter from,
to Judge Tudor, in 1817, on painters
and painting, 477, 478. His sketch
of Samuel Adams's demand for the
removal of the troops, 479. Letter
from, to William Plumer, 1813, 481.
His account of the signing of the Dec-
laration of Independence, ib.
Adams, John Quincy, anecdote of, 155.
Anecdote told by, relating to Yankee
Doodle at Ghent, ib. Discourse by,
before the Massachusetts Historical
Society, 401. Death of, 483.
Adams, Samuel, 453. His demand for
the removal of the British troops from
Boston, 191, 479.
Addison, Joseph, poem composed by, in
honor of the Duke of Marlborough,
cited, 682.
African colonization: speech made at the
anniversary of the Massachusetts Col-
onization Society, 1862, 526.
African race, the, 527.
Agassiz, Professor Louis, 448.
Agriculture, American, 57; European, 59.
Agricultural productions, 60. Agri-
cultural condition of the United States,
ib. Of the United States: speech made
at the banquet of the United-States
Agricultural Society, 1855, 237.
Aiken, Governor William, 685, 686.
Alexander the Great, his attempt to con-
quer India, 35.
Alphabet of patriotism, 484.
Alumni of Harvard University, address
delivered before the, 1852, 13. Speech
at the triennial festival of the, 1857,
354. Formation of the Association
of the, in 1840, 355. First anniver-
sary festival, 356.
First orators of
the, ib.
America, press of, 44.
American agriculture, condition of, 57,
239, 240. An address delivered Oct.,
1852, 54.
American Antiquarian Society, remarks
before the, on the death of Governor
John Davis, April 26, 1854, 179.
American art, patronage of, 476, 484.
American artists, 487.
American Bible Society, jubilee of the,
speech at the Academy of Music, New
York, 1866, 675. Reports of the, ib.
Sends Bibles to the freedmen, 678.
Resolution offered at the jubilee of the,
ib. First presidents of the, 679.
American colleges, 17.
American Colonization Society, 527.
American crops, 240.
American extravagance, 460, 462, 464
American ladies, 462.
American Revolution, 173, 272, 451, 477.
American sailors, 643.
American sculptors, 193.
American Sunday-school Union, speech
at the anniversary of the, in Boston,
1852, 1.
American Tract Society, New York,
speech at the anniversary of the, in
Boston, 1854, 182; 1862, 520. Impor-
tance of the, 521. Number of pages
printed by the, during the year 1861-
62, 523. Policy of the publishing
committee, ib. Circulation of the pub-
lications of the, 524. Address at the
anniversary of the, in Boston, 1864,
575. Advisory committee of the, ib.
Report of the society, ib. Labors of
the, in the army, 578.
American Union, value of the, 509.
Anderson, Major Robert, 508.
Andros, Sir Edmund, 313.
Antioch, ancient celebrity of, 409. Dis-
ciples first called Christians at, 410.
Antiquities of Boston, 192.
Appleton, Hon. Nathan, his donation to
the Massachusetts Historical Society,
321. Tribute to: remarks made at a
meeting of the Massachusetts Histori-
cal Society, 1861, 502; his influence,
ib. As a merchant, 503. Resolutions
on the death of, ib.
Appleton, Samuel, his donation to the
Boston Public Library, 222. Dona-
tion to the Massachusetts Historical
Society, 321, 402. Bequest to Harvard
College, 359.
Appleton, Hon. William, 305.
to: remarks made at a meeting of citi-
zens, at the Merchants' Exchange.
Boston, 1862, 511. Sketch of, ib., 512,
His labors for the Union, 516.
Apsley House, library of, 35.
Archimedes and Franklin, a lecture, 102.
Tomb of Archimedes, 103. His death,
104. His birth, 105. His travels, 106.
His studies, ib. His intellect, ib. His
inventions, 109, 114. Anecdote of, 111.
Builds a ship, 112. Invention of his
His defence of his coun-
screw, 114.
try, 116. His weapons, 117. His
burning glasses, 119. Account of his
death, ib. His energy, 121.
Aretinian Society of Music, 329. Con-
cert given by the, 1782, ib.
Arnold, Thomas, his connection with
Rugby School, 16. His description
of the siege of Syracuse, 116.
Art and nature, 471.
Artists of Boston, 488.
Ashhurst, Sir Henry, his dedication of
Cotton Mather's sermon on Governor
Fitz John Winthrop, to the Lady
Rachel Russell, 572, n.
Aspinwall, Colonel Thomas, 351.
Asteroid, discovery of the thirty-first,
203. Number of, discovered, 564.
Athenæum, Boston, gallery of paintings
in the, 640, 654.
"Athenæum," London, extract from the,
499.
Atlanta, anecdote of the refugees from,
628.
Atlantic telegraph, 333, 415.
Attica, territory of, 23.
Auchinleck, Lord, his opinion of Crom-
well, 150
Babbage, Charles, his Bridgewater Trea
tise cited, 31.
Bacchus, theatre of, 23.
Bach, John Sebastian, 339.
Bache, Alexander Dallas, his connection
with the Coast Survey, 284.
Bacon, Francis, Lord, ignominy of, 162.
His idea of libraries, 386. Extract
from his essay on Unity in Religion,
421.
Baird, Rev. Dr., on the industry of Ben-
jamin Franklin, 265.
Ball's equestrian statue of Washington,
address delivered in aid of the fund
for, 1859, 451.
Baltimore Convention, 1852, ratification
of the nomination of Winfield Scott
by the, 6, 619. Proceedings of the, 7.
Nomination of William A. Graham for
Vice-President by the, 11.
Baltimore ladies, their efforts to clothe
the soldiers of 1776, 463.
Baltimore Whigs, 8. Their banner and
motto, 9.
Baltimore Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation, address delivered before the,
1859, 451.
Barbecue at Needham, 1856, 254.
Barillon, the French ambassador, 160.
His negotiations with Sidney, ib. His
agents convicted of forgery, ib.
Baroni, Leonora, 416.
Barré, Colonel Isaac, sketch of, 452.
His blindness, ib. Appointed adju
tant-general, 453. Governor of Stir-
ling Castle, ib. Member of the House
of Commons, ib., 458. Opponent of
William Pitt, ib. Resists the Stamp
Act, ib. His reply to Charles Town-
shend, ib. Vote of thanks from the
people of Boston to, ib. Portrait of,
formerly in Faneuil Hall, 454. Gives
the Boston patriots the title of "Sons
of Liberty," ib. Town named for, ib.
Votes for the Boston Port Bill, ib., 456.
His interview with Josiah Quincy, 455,
456, 467.
Bates, Edward, his speech in favor of
Mr. Fillmore cited, 251.
Bates, Joshua, extract from a letter of,
218, 385. His donation to the Boston
Public Library, 220, 380, 384.
Bay Psalm Book, 328 n.
Beacon Hill, Doric column on, 486.
Beethoven, statue of, in the Boston
Music Hall, 260. Sketch of, 340.
Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, D.D., historian
of New Hampshire, and author of
American Biography, 319. His por
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