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 October 21, 1886 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Subjects mentioned include obituaries for former members who have recently died, including John Russell Bartlett, Calvin E. Stowe, and Charles Whittlesey. Discussion is also given regarding research notes on the connections between the slave trade of the 17th and 18th centuries and the colony of Massachusetts.