Report of the Council.

The article presents the semi-annual report of the executive council of the American Antiquarian Society for October 1909. Details are given noting several deaths within the membership of the association, particularly highlighting that of its vice president Edward Everett Hale. The society's management policies and practices for the year are reviewed, highlighting the ongoing construction of a new headquarters building in Worcester, Massachusetts. A list of publications sponsored and printed by the society is also given.