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 October 22, 1888 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Subjects mentioned include obituaries for former members who have recently died, including Edwin H. Davis, Sydney Howard Gay, and Ebenezer Torrey. Discussion is also given relating several archive document collection acquisitions gained by the Society in the previous six months, noting the below-average amount of donations.