Report of the Council.

The article presents the report of the executive council of the American Antiquarian Society given at the annual meeting of the Society on April 30, 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts. Subjects mentioned include obituaries for five members who have recently died, including Clarendon Harris, John Thomas Short, and Edwin Martin Stone. The establishment of the George Chandler Fund for genealogy research is mentioned. Discussion is also given relating several archive document collection acquisitions gained by the Society, including works on the history of New England institutions.