The Bradford manuscript . ^ know how I can add an3^thing tothe impressive and dignified occasion of the morning. Iwas honored, by my official position, in ))eing al)le to havea part, however insignificant, in bringing aljout the decreeof the Consistorial and Ecclesiastical Court of Londonthat led to the restoration of this History to the keepingof the people of whose early struggles it tells. For this the Commonwealth owes a debt to her seniorSenator, and I feel privileged, on the part of the Common-wealth, to express her indebtedness to Mr. Bayard for sosuccessfully having followed out the su
The Bradford manuscript . ^ know how I can add an3^thing tothe impressive and dignified occasion of the morning. Iwas honored, by my official position, in ))eing al)le to havea part, however insignificant, in bringing aljout the decreeof the Consistorial and Ecclesiastical Court of Londonthat led to the restoration of this History to the keepingof the people of whose early struggles it tells. For this the Commonwealth owes a debt to her seniorSenator, and I feel privileged, on the part of the Common-wealth, to express her indebtedness to Mr. Bayard for sosuccessfully having followed out the suggestion. The element of pathos noticeable in the book is wipedout in victory. It is not a dirge swelling from this vol-ume, 1)ut a ptean of victory. Today the Connnonwealth adds to its possessions apriceless treasure. It has been a day of profound signifi-cance as a day marking an important epoch in the history. ROGER WOLCOTT. The Banquet. 17 of Massachusetts. It will not be a dull and lifeless posses-sion, but an inspiration to good citizenship. In announcing the third toast President Salisbury said : AVe have assurance that b} the most gracious permissionof her Majesty, Queen Victoria, the treasure that we havethis day had returned to us was freely accorded ; and thisact of the noble lady is in harmony with the uniformpromptings of her exalted character, and is such a renewedmanifestation of her friendly disposition toward thiseountry that it is with feelings of the highest respect andgratitude that this Society now desires to propose thehealth of her most gracious Majesty, the Queen. I willcall upon the British Consul, Sir Dominic Colnaghi, torespond. After the comi)any had risen and drank to the healthof the Queen, Consul-General Colnaghi responded as fol-lows : Mr. President and Gentlemen: I came here today onthe courteous invitation of the American AntiquarianSociety to meet some distin
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