An account of the American Antiquarian Society . 9 and 18G1. ISAL\H Thomas, Bust in marble, by B. H. Kinney. Jakkd Sparks, A fine bust in plaster, by Hiram Powers. Pre-sented by Mrs. Sparks. Gov. John Davis, of Massachusetts. Bust in plaster. By HenryDexter. Hon. Charles Allen, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massa-chusetts. Bust in plaster, l^y B. H. Kinney. Presented by the family ofJudge Allen. Gkorge Washington. Bust in marble. Presented by Mrs. Ira Benjamin Franklin. Bust in marble. Presented by Mrs. Ira M.*Barton. John Adams, second President of the United St
An account of the American Antiquarian Society . 9 and 18G1. ISAL\H Thomas, Bust in marble, by B. H. Kinney. Jakkd Sparks, A fine bust in plaster, by Hiram Powers. Pre-sented by Mrs. Sparks. Gov. John Davis, of Massachusetts. Bust in plaster. By HenryDexter. Hon. Charles Allen, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massa-chusetts. Bust in plaster, l^y B. H. Kinney. Presented by the family ofJudge Allen. Gkorge Washington. Bust in marble. Presented by Mrs. Ira Benjamin Franklin. Bust in marble. Presented by Mrs. Ira M.*Barton. John Adams, second President of the United States. Bust in plas-ter. Alexander Hamilton. Bust in plaster, from the original by Jackson. Bust in Clay. Bust in plaster, by Webster. Bust in plaster, by Clevenger. Voltaire and Racine. Plaster busts, presented by Hon. BenjaminF. Thomas. John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts. Small bust in wood. Rev. James Walker, , President of Harvard University. Smallbust in plaster, by J. C. King. 1. LIBRARY OF THE AMKRICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 13 Baron Piepro Eucolk Visco>jti, of Rome, antiquary, &c. Smallbust ill in plaster, life size, of Gov. John Davis. The pul)lications of the society, though not iininerous, ureof interest and vahte to the arehseologist, the liistorian, andtlie man of letters. The more prominent of the publicationsare the six volumes of the Archseologia Americana, thefirst of which was published in 1819, at the expense of , the last in 1875. The volumes-are devoted to archaeological or historicalquestions, or rei^rints of rare books and manuscripts. Thelast two contain the History of Printing in America, byIsaiah Thomas, being a reprint, with additions, correctionsand notes, of the original edition of 1810. In the last vol-ume is a very full list of books printed in America previousto 1776, which was begun by Dr. Thomas, and has beencontinued and extended by S. F. Haven, Jun., M.
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