"Read before the Society March 15th, 1871."

Bound volume includes: 1.Annals of the Minnesota Historical Society, 1852 : containing the annual address of J.H. Simpson and other papers -- 2. An address, delivered at Chester, before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, on the 8th of November, 1851 -- 3. An address before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society -- 4. Historical discourse on the rise and progress of the First Congregational Church, of St. Albans, Vermont -- 5. The beginning of America -- 6. The first century of Dummer Academy -- 7. History as a teacher of social and political science -- 8. Recreations in history -- 9. An address delivered at Concord, before the New-Hampshire Historical Society, at their annual meeting, June 8, 1831 -- 10. A discourse pronounced at the Capitol of the United States in the Hall of Representatives, before the American Historical Society, January 30, 1836 -- 11. The study of history -- 12. Discourse delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, February 21, 1842 on the colonial history of the eastern and some of the southern states -- 13. The goodly heritage of Jerseymen.