HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY NOV 20 1899 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. же был Srcely The Hacke Press C. A. HACK & SON TAUNTON, U. S. A. The accompanying papers, constituting the sixth number of the collections of the Old Colony Historical Society, are offered to the public by the Committee of Publication, appointed by the Society in 1897. This collection embraces: important articles relating to the Williams Memorial Meeting, held in Taunton, Oct. 30, 1896; and to the Dedication of the Memorial Tablet, received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1897; a paper entitled, The early Hathaways of Taunton, contributed by Miss M. E. N. Hathaway; a genealogical record of Some of the Descendants of James Burt of Taunton, collected by Mrs. Cora Burt Tetlow, and arranged by Franklin Pratt, Esq; and a memoir of Mrs. Leonice Marston Sampson Moulton, prepared by her adopted son, John Ordronaux, LL. D. To these are added many biographical notices of deceased members; a copy of the Constitution of the Society, adopted July 2, 1897; and a revised list of honorary, corresponding, life and resident members. To meet the expense of publication in some degree, and thereby relieve the treasury of outlay, it is deemed expedient by the Board of Directors to make a charge of fifty cents for each copy of this collection. Twenty years have elapsed since the publication of the first number of this series; succeeding issues appeared in 1880, 1885, 1889 and 1895; and few copies of these collections are now in possession of the secretary. The scope and character of the proceedings of the Society are suggestive of the adoption of a plan of their future publication at regular and shorter intervals. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES ANDREW REED, Taunton, Massachusetts, September 1899. Committee of Publication. CONTENTS. 3. DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL TABLET ON TAUNTON GREEN, received, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by the Old |