Sketches of the Early History of the City of Raleigh. Centennial Address, Fourth of July, 1876. By Hon. KEMP P. BATTLE. Delivered at the request of the Board of Aldermen. Raleigh: The Raleigh News Steam Job Print. 1877. [8vo. pp. 71.] An Historical Address delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island, July 4th, 1876, at the re quest of the Town Authorities. By C. C. BEAMAN. Phenix: Capron & Campbell, Steam Book and Job Printers. 1877. [8vo. pp. 59+8.] Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, held at Bradford, Mass., July 4th, 1876. Haverhill: Gazette Book and Job Printing Office. [8vo. pp. 44.] Historical Address delivered before the Citizens of Waltham, July 4, 1876. By Josiah Rutter. With an Account of the Celebration of the Day. [Waltham: Waltham Free Press Office.] 1877. [8vo. pp. 29.] The Colonial and Revolutionary History of Haverhill. A Centennial Oration delivered before the City Government and Citizens of Haverhill, July 4, 1876. By JOHN CROWELL, M.D. Haverhill: Gazette Print, Exchange Building, Water Street. 1877. [18mo. pp. 38.1 We continue from former numbers our notices of local historical addresses delivered on the one hundredth anniversary of the declaration of independence. Mr. Battle's address furnishes us with a good history of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, and of Wake county, of which it is the shire-town. The county was incorporated May 22, 1771, and the first court was held on the 4th of June, in a log building, in a place called Bloomsbury, but subsequently known as Wake Court House. The place continued to be so named till 1794, when it became the seat of the state government, and received the name of Raleigh. North Carolina had a migratory capital till this time, and Mr. Battle gives a narrative of the delays and difficulties in locating the state capital, owing to jealousies of different sections. The Rev. Mr. Beaman's address is devoted to an historical sketch of Scituate, R. I., for preparing which the author's long familiarity with his subject well fitted him. In 1855, while pastor of the congregational church in that town, he wrote a series of historical sketches of Scituate and Foster, which were published in the Providence Journal. These and the pamphlet before us, are all that to our knowledge has been printed relative to the history of this town. An appendix gives full lists of the town officers, and the deputies, senators and representatives in the state legislature from 1730 to 1836. The oration at Bradford was by Harrison E. Chadwick, Esq. It gives a succinct history of the town, which is noted for the excellent academy located there, at which some eminent personages received their education. Mr. Rutter's address at Waltham is also devoted to the history of the town. Waltham was at one time the most notable manufacturing town in the state, and is now the seat of an extensive manufactory of watches, a pioneer in the use of complicated machinery in this business. Haverhill, the birth-place of the poet Whittier, to whose history the next oration is devoted, is a much older town than the others, and not so new a field of research, two good histories of it having been printed before, whereas no history of Scituate, Bradford nor Waltham, and we believe none of Raleigh, has appeared. The annals of Haverhill, however, are full of thrilling incidents, particularly when it was a frontier town and suffered from Indian barbarities; and Dr. Crowell has produced a most interesting work. These five pamphlets are important additions to the local history of New England. J. W. D. Robert Morris, the Financier of the American Revolution. A Sketch. By CHARLES HENRY HART. .. Philadelphia. 1877. [8vo. pp. 15.] This is one of the series of memoirs of persons whose names are associated with Independence Hall, Philadelphia, read at the Congress of Authors, held in that hall, July 1, 1876, to commemorate the centenary of the adoption of the "resolutions respecting independency" (ante, xxx. 461). These memoirs are now in the course of publication in the "Pennsylvania Magazine," and this pamphlet is reprinted from that periodical. In compiling the paper, Mr. Hart has used unpublished material in his possession, from which he will draw more largely in his " Memoir of Robert Morris," announced in this number (ante, p. 96), which promises to be a highly valuable work, especially the part which relates to the Finances of the Revolution. J. W. D. Memoir of Col. Jonathan Eddy, of Eddington, Me.: With some Account of the Eddy Family and of the Early Settlers on the Penobscot River. By JOSEPH W. PORTER, of Burlington, Me. Augusta: Sprague, Owen & Nash, Printers. 1877. [8vo. pp. 72.] This is a companion volume for Mr. Kidder's book entitled, "Military Operations in Eastern Maine during the Revolution," noticed in the REGISTER for October, 1867 (ante, xxi. 389), which book on its publication was hailed as a new revelation of the history of Maine in the revolution. Col. Eddy was a rival of Col. John Allan (ante, xxx. 353), whose journals and letters are the foundation of Mr. Kidder's work. A year or two ago, the Hon. Joseph W. Porter, the author of this book, discovered the very valuable papers of Col. Eddy; and on the third of May, 1876, he made them the basis of some interesting remarks before the New England Historic, Genealogical Society (ante, xxxi. 120). These papers throw additional light on the revolutionary history of Maine. From them and other materials obtained by his researches, Mr. Porter has compiled a very valuable life of Col. Eddy. In the author's investigations his well known perseverance has been rewarded with unusual success. A good genealogy of the Eddy family, descended from William Eddye, vicar of St. Dunstan's, Cranbrook, Kent, England, 1589-1616, adds greatly to the value of the volume. Much matter illustrating the revolutionary and early history of the Penobscot valley is also given. J. W. D. Early Settlers of Harrison, Me., with an Historical Sketch of the Settlement, Progress and Present Condition of the Town. By Rev. G. T. RIDLON. Skowhegan: Kilby & Woodbury, Printers. 1877. [8vo. pp. 138. Price, $1. Address the author, Harrison, Me.] Otis. After a sketch of 66 The town of Harrison, Maine, was incorporated March 8, 1805, the territory being taken from Bridgeton and Otisfield. It was named in honor of Harrison Gray the history of the town and a poem, Our Pioneer Family," in which the names of the early settlers are introduced, together making one-sixth of the book, the remainder is devoted to the genealogy of upwards of sixty families. The author has made a very useful book. J. W. D. The Genealogist. Edited by GEORGE W. MARSHALL, LL.D., Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. November, 1877. London: Golding & Lawrence, 55 Great Russell St., Bloomsbury, W. C. Mitchell & Hughes, 24 Wardens Street, W. [8vo. Published Monthly, 32 pages in a number. Price, 1 shilling each.] Since this work has been changed from a quarterly to a monthly publication, five numbers, namely, those for July, August, September, October and November, 1877, have been received. They contain articles on the families of Levison, Rainsford, Trafford, Trevelyn, Tyndale, Udney, Willoughby and Younghusband; portions of the visitation of Northumberland; extracts from the registers of Colyweston and Ecton; Notes and Queries; notices of genealogical books; and other articles of interest to the genealogist and antiquary. Much that will interest American genealogists will be found in these numbers. The Notes and Query department furnishes a good medium to bring to the attention of English genealogists queries which our readers wish answered. J. W. D. The History of Shefford, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Bio Biographical and Statistical. By C. THOMAS. Montreal: Printed by Love Lovell Printing and Publishing Co. 1877. [12mo. pp. 152.1 Shefford county, Canada, in which is situated the township of Shefford, to whose history this book is devoted, lies directly north of Vermont, from which it is separated only by the county of Brome. The township was settled early in this century, mostly by emigrants from the United States. The book contains much interesting information concerning the town, its settlers and its prominent citizens. It is illustrated by portraits of L. S. Huntington, Hezekiah Robinson (descended from the Newton, Mass., family of this name), Charles Allen and C. G. Stevens. J. W. D. The Centennial History of the Battle of Bennington. Compiled from the Most .. Bookstore, 67 Cornhill. 1877. [8vo. pp. 72. Price, 25 cents.] The Battle of Lexington; with Personal Recollections of the Men engaged in it. By A. B. MUZZEY, of Cambridge. Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers. 1877. [8vo. pp. 19. For sale by A. Williams & Co., 283 Washington Street, Boston. Price, 25 cents.] Mr. Coburn's history of the battle of Bennington was issued last fall, about the time (Aug. 16) that the centenary of the battle was celebrated. It is a very useful compilation, and is "embellished with a portrait of General Stark, a plan of the battle-field, and other engravings." The author produces evidence to show that Col. Warner participated in the first action, having joined Stark before his regiment arrived. The Rev. Mr. Muzzey's pamphlet is a paper read before the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, April 4, 1877, and is reprinted from the October number of the REGISTER. It preserves many interesting incidents concerning the battle and those who took part in it, obtained from the actors and their relatives, Mr. Muzzey's early life having been passed in Lexington. J. W. D. RECENT PUBLICATIONS, Presented to the New England Historic, Genealogical Society to November 1, 1877. History of the town of East Greenwich and adjacent territory from 1677 to 1877. By D. H. Greene, M.D. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, Printers & Publishers. 1877. [12mo. pp. 263.] Report of the New Jersey Commissioners on the Centennial Exhibition. Trenton: Naar, Day & Naar, Printers. 1877. [8vo. pp. 423.] Old Kent: the eastern shore of Maryland; notes illustrative of the most ancient records of Kent County, Maryland, and of the parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I. U., and genealogical histories of old and distinguished families of Maryland, and their connections by marriage, &c. With an introduction by George A. Hanson, M.A. 1876. Baltimore: John P. Des Forges. [8vo. pp. 381+xxxvi.] .. The Geology of New Hampshire, a report comprising the results of explorations ordered by the Legislature. C. H. Hitchcock, State Geologist. J. H. Huntingdon, Warren Upham, G. W. Hawes, Assistant. Part II. Stratigraphical Geology. Concord: Edward A. Jenks, State Printer. 1877. [Quarto, pp. 684.] Memoir of Lieut. Col. Tench Tilghman, secretary and aid to Washington, together with an Appendix containing Revolutionary Journals and Letters, hitherto unpublished. [Motto.] Albany: J. Munsell, 82 State Street. 1876. [8vo. pp. 176.] Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, at the Annual Meeting, June 18, 1877, with the address of Richard Frothingham, President of the Association. Boston: 1877. [8vo. pp. 41.] Semi-Centennial Address of Charles Davison. Poems, by W. S. Knowlton and F. N. Lord, etc. Monson, April 22, 1872. Portland: 1872. [8vo. pp. 36.] Notes on the Virginia Colonial Clergy, by Edward D. Neill, Presbyter of Reformed Episcopal Church. Reprinted from Episcopal Recorder. Philadelphia: 1877. [8vo. pp. 34.] Collections of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society. No. 2. The Shurtleff Manuscript, No. 153, being a narrative of certain events which transpired in Canada during the invasion of that province by the American army in 1775. Written by a Mrs. Walker, whose husband was imprisoned for raising men to assist Ethan Allen in his disastrous attack on Montreal, on the 25th of September. Printed, with notes and an introduction by Rev. Silas Ketchum, late corresponding secretary. Contoocook: 1876. [8vo. pp. 38.] Contributions to the Old Residents Historical Association, Lowell, Mass., organized December 21, 1868. No. 3. Published by the Association, August, 1877. Lowell: Stone, Huse & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1877. [8vo. pp. 264.] National Board of Trade. Action in favor of the renewal of reciprocal trade with Canada. Milwaukee, August, 1877. Boston: James F. Cotter & Co., Printers, 14 State Street. [8vo. pp. 13.] Sketch of the life of John Merrill Bradbury. By John Ward Dean. Boston: Printed for private distribution. Press of David Clapp & Son. 1877. [8vo. pp. 16.] History of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; with a selected list of premiums awarded by the trustees, from its commencement to the present time, and a list of the members and officers, prepared by direction of the Trustees. Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 49 Federal St. 1877. [8vo. pp. 116.] Fund Publication, No. 10. A sketch of the Life of Dr. James McHenry, Aide-de-camp and Private Secretary of General Washington, Aide-de camp of Marquis de la Fayette, Secretary of War from 1796 to 1800. A paper read before the Maryland Historical Society, November 13, 1876, by Frederick J. Brown. Baltimore. 1877. [8vo. pp. 44.] Eighth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., June 14, 1877. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 111 & 113 William St. 1877. [8vo. pp. 75.] Services at the Installation of Rev. Edward Augustus Horton as associate pastor with Rev. Calvin Lincoln, of the first parish in Hingham, April 25, 1877. Hingham: Published by the parish. 1877. [8vo. pp. 38.] The Fifty-Seventh Annual Announcement of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, with a list of its graduates. Philadelphia. 1877. [8vo. pp. 36.] The Pilgrim Fathers. Oration delivered before the City Council and Citizens of Lowell, December 22, 1876, by Hon. John A. Goodwin. (Printed by order of the City Council.) Lowell: Penhallow Printing Co., Book and Job Printers, 12 Middle St. 1877. [8vo. pp. 50.] Iowa and the Centennial. The state address delivered by Hon. C. C. Nourse at Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 1876. Des Moines, Iowa: State Register Print. 1876. [8vo. pp. 42.] A Full description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa., by Richard Darlington, Jr..... West Chester: F. S. Hickman, Printer and Publisher. 1877. [8vo. pp. 28.] MSS. Note on the Church in America, by William White, 1747-1836. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Quarterly Communication, September 12, 1877, and Special Communication, Sept. 17, 1877..... Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 39 Arch St. 1877. [8vo. pp. 46.] History of the progress of Population of the United States from 1790 to 1870. By Edward Jarvis, M.D., president of the Statistical Association. Boston: Printed by David Clapp & Son, 564 Washington St. 1877. [8vo. pp. 16.] Free Public Library Reading Room and Historical Association of the City of St. Augustine, Florida, Constitution and By Laws, Organization and list of Contributors, thus far, for its founding and support, June 1st, 1877. Albany, N. Y.: J. Munsell, Printer. 1877. [8vo. pp. 11.] Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at the Semi-Annual Meeting, held in Boston, April 25, 1877. [Motto.] Worcester: Printed by Charles Hamilton, Central Exchange. 1877. [No. 69. 8vo. pp. 119.] Description and Prospects of the City of St. Augustine, Florida. [No title-page.] What is the True Idea of the Tri-Unity of God? By Dorus Clarke, D.D. Boston: Moses H. Sargent & Sons, 12 Bromfield St. 1877. [8vo. pp. 18.] Bibliotheca Sacra. Edited by Edwards A. Park, George E. Day and Archibald Duff, Jr. With the co-operation of Dr. J. P. Thompson and Dr. D. W. Simon. Vol. XXXIV. Andover: Published by Warren F. Draper. London: Trübner and Company. 1877. [8vo. viii.+600. Published quarterly, at $4 per year, with 10 cts. for postage.] Methodist Quarterly Review. 1877. Vol. LIX. Fourth Series, Vol. XXIX. D. D. Whedon, LL.D., Editor. New York: Nelson & Phillips. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden. 1877. [8vo. pp. 768. Published quarterly, at $2.50 per year, with 12 cts, for postage.] The New Englander. Vol. XXXVI. 1877. [Motto.] New Haven: Published by W. L. Kingsley. Printed by Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor. 1877. [8vo. pp. viii +804. Pubhshed quarterly, at $4 per year, with 12 cts. for postage. After this volume, commencing January, 1878, the work is to be published bi-monthly, the numbers ranging from 128 to 144 pages, making 800 pages in a year. Subscription price the same. Single numbers, 70c.] The American Catholic Quarterly Review. [Motto.] Volume II. From January to October, 1877. Philadelphia: Hardy and Mahoney, Publishers and Proprietors, 505 Chestnut Street. [1877. 8vo. pp. 768. Published quarterly, at $5 per year.] The Congregational Quarterly. Volume XIX.-New Series. Vol. IX. Editor and Proprietor: Rev. Christopher Cushing, D.D. Associate Editors: Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Prof. Hiram Mead, D.D., Rev. William H. Moore, Rev. Ray Palmer, D.D., Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D. Boston: 20 Congregational House. 1877. [8vo. pp. iv.+610. Published quarterly, at $2.10, including postage, per year.] History of Montgomery County, Penn. From the Earliest Period of its Settlement to the Present Time, including Sketches of all its Townships and Boroughs. Prepared chiefly from Original Materials. By William J. Buck. [Folio, pp. 31.] DEATHS. BIGELOW, Rev. Andrew, D.D., in Boston, April 1, aged 81. He was the eldest son of the Hon. Timothy and Mrs. Lucy (Prescott) Bigelow, and was born at Groton, Mass., May 7, 1795. He graduated at Harvard College in 1814, and at its Divinity School in 1817. In May, 1820, he was ordained an evangelist, and soon after commenced preaching at Eastport, Me., but declined an invitation to settle there, leaving May 27, 1821. On the 9th of July, 1823, he was installed at Medford, Mass., where he officiated till Jan. 9, 1827. In 1828, he took charge of the Unitarian church at Washington, D.C., for one year. On the 10th of April, 1833, he was settled at Taunton, Mass. From 1843 to 1845, he was settled at South Danvers, now Peabody, after which he was employed in Boston as Minister at Large, by the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches. He was a pioneer in organizing the Home for Aged and Indigent Females, and the Home for Aged Men in this city. He published "Leaves from a Journal," 1821, an election sermon, in 1836, besides several occasional sermons. CALDWELL, Commodore Charles Henry Bromedge, U.S.N., in Waltham, Mass., Νον. 30, 1877, aged 54. He was born in Hingham, June 11, 1823, and entered the naval service, Feb. 27. 1838, distinguishing himself in the war for the Union. He was commissioned as commodore, June 14, 1874. CAMPBELL, Hon. Harvey, M.D., at Groton, Conn., Sept. 16, 1877, æt. 85. He was the son of Hon, Dr. Allen and Mrs. Sarah (Kinne) Campbell, and was born in Voluntown, Conn., Sept. 30, 1792. He studied medicine with his father, one of the most popular and successful physicians of Eastern Connecticut in his day, and afterwards at Yale College, receiving the degree of M.D. in 1816, his class being the third graduated from the medical department of that institution. He was the first of the name ever graduated from the college. At the time of his death he was the last remaining member but one of his class, the survivor being Dr. Hartwell Carver, of Pittsford, N. Y. He m. first, Sarah Cook; second, Eliza Cook, sisters. Both have been dead many years. He enjoyed a large and successful practice in Voluntown and the adjoining towns. He was a man of uncommon energy and ability, and took an active interest in the affairs of his town and state. He was frequently a member of the General Assembly of Connecticut, both as representative and senator from his town and district. He was descended from Robert1 Campbell, supposed to have been born in Ulster Co., Ireland, in 1673, through Dr. John, James and Dr. Allen. He was the sixth of ten children, two of whom survive him. He leaves eight children, two sons and six daughters. H. F. DOUGLAS. 3 Mr. a CHAPMAN, George H., in Old Saybrook, Conn., Nov. 8, 1877, aged 88. He was a descendant in the fifth generation from Robert Chapman (many years town clerk of Saybrook, Conn.), through Nathaniel, Caleb, and Elisha.* Chapman was the youngest of twelve children, and was born June 30, 1789. He commenced life as a teacher. After teaching one term he commenced trade, and as his means increased he fitted out as a travelling merchant, and after while established himself as a wholesale dealer of dry-goods and fancy articles in Boston, and after some twenty years of successful trade, having established his two eldest sons in the same business, he retired to the paternal homestead at Oyster River, Saybrook, where the remainder of his life was spent. He represented Saybrook in the legislature, and was honored by his fellow citizens with other important offices of trust. The place where Mr. Chapman resided descended to him from the first settler Robert, in the line of the youngest son of each generation. (Mr. Chapman, some thirty or more years ago, erected a new house on the original site, and in the roof are some of the boards of the first tenement still in good preservation.) He married Lucia Tully (also a descendant of one of the Saybrook settlers), Nov. 3, 1814, and had by her five children: 1. George H., b. May 15, 1817; 2. Harriet, born April 15, 1819; 3. Edward, born Dec. 2, 1820; 4. Clarissa, born January 12, 1824; 6. Robert, born Dec. 8, 1831. It was mainly through the solicitations of the subject of this sketch and of the late Lebbeus Chapman of Brooklyn, N. Y., that the late Rev. F. W. Chapman was induced to prepare the gene |