Report of the Council.

A report by the Council of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is presented. Reports from AAS treasurer Nathaniel Paine and AAS librarian Edmund M. Barton are noted. Donations to the AAS library from the family of former AAS member Isaac Davis is discussed. The deaths of AAS members Israel Washburn Jr. and John Denison Baldwin are noted. The author discusses how U.S. statesman Alexander Hamilton supported the election of former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson and describes Hamilton's alienation from former U.S. president George Washington following Washington's refusal to appoint Hamilton to military and diplomatic posts.