OF The Colonial Society of Massachusetts VOLUME XIX TRANSACTIONS 1916-1917 Printed at the Charge of the Robert Noxon Toppan Fund PREFACE VOLUME XIX, now completed, contains the Transactions of the Society at seven meetings, from November, 1916, to November, 1917, both included, in continuation of Volume XVIII; and also the exercises at the dedication of the Thomas Hutchinson Memorial Doorway. The Committee gratefully acknowledges the Society's indebtedness to several institutions, and to friends and members of this Society, for permission to reproduce documents in their possession, for the gift of plates, or for other courtesies, namely: to Miss Sophia F. Brown, the American Antiquarian Society, the Harvard College Library, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Peabody Museum (Harvard University), and the Yale University Library. For the Committee of Publication, FRED NORRIS ROBINSON, Chairman. BOSTON, 1 May, 1918 |