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Title: The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. A Massachusetts Magazine of Literature, History, Biography, And State Progress
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THE BAY STATE MONTHLY
A Massachusetts Magazine
of
LITERATURE, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, AND STATE PROGRESS

VOLUME I.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
(This table of contents alos contains listings for articles in the other issues.)
Abbott, Josiah Gardner John Hatch George
An Incident of Sixteen Hundred and Eighty-Six Mellen Chamberlain
Ansart, Louis Clara Clayton
Arthur, Chester Alan Ben: Perley Poore
Beacon Hill Before the Houses David M. Balfour
Boston Tea-Party, The
Boston, The First Schoolmaster of Elizabeth Porter Gould
Boston, The Siege of, Developed _Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., LL.D._
Boston Young Men's Christian Association, The _Russell Sturgis, Jr._
Boundary Lines of Old Groton, The Samuel Abbott Green, M.D.
British Force and the Leading Losses in the Revolution
British Losses in the Revolution
Bunker Hill Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., LL.D.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin
Chelsea William E. McClintock, C.E.
Defence of New York, 1776, The Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., LL.D.
Dungeon Rock, Lynn Frank P. Harriman
Early Harvard Josiah Layfayette Seward, A.M.
Esoteric Buddhism.--A Review Lucius H. Buckingham, Ph.D.
Fac-Simile Reprint of Daniel Webster's Fourth-of-July Oration, Delivered in 1800.
Family Immigration to New England, The Thomas W. Bicknell, LL.D.
First Baptist Church in Massachusetts, The _Thomas W. Bicknell, LL.D._
First Schoolmaster of Boston, The Elizabeth Porter Gould
From the White Horse to Little Rhody Charles M. Barrows
Fuller, George Sidney Dickinson
Gifts to Colleges and Universities Charles F. Thwing
Groton, The Boundary Lines of Old Samuel Abbott Green, M.D.
Groton, The Old Stores and the Post-Offices of _Samuel Abbott Green, M.D._
Groton, The Old Taverns and Stage-Coaches of _Samuel Abbott Green, M.D._
Harvard, Early Josiah Lafayette Seward, A.M.
Historical Notes
Historic Trees: The Washington Elm; The Eliot Oak L.L. Dame
Lancaster in Acadie and the Acadiens in Lancaster Henry S. Nourse
Lovewell's War John N. McClintock, A.M.
Lowell
Loyalists of Lancaster, The Henry S. Nourse
Massachusetts, The First Baptist Church in _Thomas W. Bicknell, LL.D._
Massachusetts, Young Men's Christian Associations of _Russell Sturgis, Jr._
New England, The Family Immigration to Thomas W. Bicknell, LL.D.
New England Town-House, The J.B. Sewall
New York, 1776, The Defence of Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., LL.D.
Ohio Floods, The George E. Fencks
Old Stores and the Post-Office of Groton, The _Samuel Abbott Green, M.D._
Old Taverns and Stage-Coaches of Groton, The _Samuel Abbott Green, M.D._
One Summer.--A Reminiscence Annie Wentworth Baer
Perkins, Captain George Hamilton George E. Belknap, U.S.N.
Poet of the Bells, The E.H. Goss
Railway Mail Service, The Thomas P. Cheney
Reuben Tracy's Vacation Trips Elizabeth Porter Gould
Revolution, British Force and Leading Losses in the
Revolution, British Losses in the
Rice, Alexander Hamilton Daniel B. Hagar, Ph.D.
Siege of Boston Developed, The Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., LL.D.
Town and City Histories Robert Luce
Webster, Colonel Fletcher Charles Cowley, LL.D.
Webster, Daniel, Fourth-of-July Oration of
Wilder, Marshall P. John Ward Dean, A.M.
Young Men's Christian Associations Russell Sturgis, Jr.
Young Men's Christian Associations of Massachusetts _Russell Sturgis, Jr._
POETRY.
Bells of Bethlehem, The James T. Fields
His Greatest Triumph Henrietta E. Page
Rent Veil, The Henry B. Carrington
Song of the Winds Henry B. Carrington
Tuberoses Laura Garland Carr
Yesterday Kate L. Brown

[Illustration: Marshall P. Wilder]

THE BAY STATE MONTHLY.
A Massachusetts Magazine
VOL. I. JANUARY, 1884. No. 1.
* * * * *
Hon. MARSHALL P. WILDER, Ph.D.
BY JOHN WARD DEAN, A.M.
[Librarian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.]
The editors of THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, having decided to begin in its pages a series of articles devoted to the material advancement and prosperity of Massachusetts, and the record of her past greatness, have selected the Honorable Marshall Pinckney Wilder as a representative man, and have decided that his memoir shall be the initial article in the series, and also in this periodical. He has as a merchant won for himself a high position, and by his enterprise has essentially advanced the business of the city and the State. He has also been active in developing our manufacturing