Part 17

Any person who will copy and send to the Cor. Sec. of the N. E. H. and G. Society, exact copies of the earliest births, deaths, and marriages from town records, or any other source, will confer an obligation on the community; as they will be deposited in the archives of the Society, and be published from time to time in the Register. The account should be written legibly, and the name of the copyist and his place of residence should be given as authority for the same.

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->We would give notice that Horatio G. Somerby, Esq., of Boston, will visit England this season for the purpose of investigating the early genealogies of the emigrants to New England, if suitable pecuniary encouragement should be given by those who may be interested in such researches. A subscription has been opened for this purpose, and gentlemen can obtain the requisite information on this subject by calling on the Corresponding Secretary of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society.

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->We regret that the first two Nos. of the Register have made their appearance so late in the Quarter for which they were issued, and that the principal likenesses accompanying them have been so ordinary. Circumstances beyond our control have led to it. Arrangements were not made for the publication of the work until after the year commenced, when not a word was written, and not a likeness engraved. In future we intend that the Nos. shall be issued punctually, and good likenesses accompany them. For our next No. we have procured an excellent likeness of Governor Endecott, engraved expressly for the work, which will accompany a Memoir of the Governor.

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->The Register will be issued Quarterly, each No. containing at least ninety-six pages, octavo, upon good paper, and with fair type; making annually a volume of about four hundred pages; the Nos. to be issued in January, April, July, and October.

The price to Subscribers will be TWO DOLLARS a-year, payable on issuing the first No. Any person obtaining subscriptions and becoming responsible, for six copies of the work, shall be entitled to the seventh copy gratis.

Subscription Papers to be returned to the address of SAMUEL G. DRAKE, Publisher, 56 Cornhill, Boston.

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->All communications, which are designed for insertion in the Register, or which respect the editorial department, should be addressed to the Editor, at Boston.

All orders for the Register, and all communications respecting the pecuniary concerns of it, should be directed to Samuel G. Drake, 56 Cornhill, Boston.

FOOTNOTES:

[AB] This Discourse makes the _forty-ninth_ discourse or address delivered on these Anniversary occasions.

Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

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