Report of the Council.

The article presents the report of the executive council of the American Antiquarian Society given at the semi annual meeting of the Society on April 28, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts. Subjects mentioned include obituaries for seven members who have recently died, including Ashbel Woodward, Rufus Woodward, and Peter Child Bacon. Discussion is also given relating several archive document collection acquisitions gained by the Society, including works on the 17th century ministers Roger Williams and John Cotton.