Mr. WATERSTON paid a fitting tribute to the character of Mr. Brigham, and the resolutions were unanimously adopted. The Recording Secretary read the following letter from the President, in which mention is made of the death of Mr. Brigham, and also of the decease of our Corresponding Member, Mr. William Winthrop, late Consul at Malta:

STOCKBRIDGE, 9th August, 1869.

CHARLES DEANE, Esq., Secretary Massachusetts Historical Society. MY DEAR SIR, As I had previously intimated, I find it impossible for me to be at our Monthly Meeting on Thursday next.

I trust that some one or more of our associates will be prepared to pay a just tribute to our valued friend, William Brigham. I would name Dr. Robbins, his classmate, for the customary memoir, if the selection is left to me.

It is fit that I should announce, in a single word, the death of our Corresponding Member, William Winthrop, Esq., the late United-States Consul at Malta. His repeated and valuable contributions to our Library, of which still another is on the way, and a handsome bequest to our funds, which will come to us after the expiration of one or two lives, entitle him to be remembered among our benefactors. But I must postpone all detailed notice of him until some future meeting.

Yours faithfully,

ROBERT C. WINTHROP.

Henry Martyn Dexter, D.D., was elected a Resident Member. Mr. DEANE laid before the meeting the following communications from the Hon. John G. Palfrey:

CAMBRIDGE, 1869, Aug. 3.

MY DEAR MR. DEANE, You know that after the discomfiture of the Stamp project, the Sons of Liberty used to celebrate the anniversary of the enforced resignation of the distributor (Hutch. iii. 201). Possibly some future antiquary may like to inform himself as to the composition of the company which met for that purpose just a century ago, and which, it may be presumed, celebrated not less hilariously because within a fortnight they had seen the last of Governor Bernard. By placing the accompanying paper, if you think fit, in the Collections. of the Historical Society, will you provide for the satisfaction of such a curiosity, should it arise?

Faithfully, dear sir, your friend and servant,

JOHN G. PALFREY.

An Alphabetical List of the Sons of Liberty who dined at Liberty Tree, Dorchester

Dorrington, John, Capt.
Dickman, William

- Doane, Elisha, Major

-Freeman, Jon., Capt.
-Fleet, Thomas
Fleet, John
Foster, Deacon
Foster, Timothy
Foster, Bossenger
Foster, William
Fitch, Timothy
Flagg, Josiah
Fowle, William
Farmer, Paul

This paper is in the handwriting of Col. William Palfrey, the grandfather of the

Hon. J. G. Palfrey. - EDs.

Mr. WATERSTON here introduced to the meeting Mr. William H. Dall, who gave an interesting account of his explorations, at the head of a scientific corps, among the Rocky Mountains, embracing the "Alaskan Range." He exhibited and presented to the Society a map from a drawing made at the United-States Coast Survey Office, under his direction, from his own surveys, which had been photographed from the drawing.

The thanks of the Society were presented to Mr. Dall for the map and for his interesting remarks.

Mr. PARKMAN exhibited copies from some interesting unpublished maps of the Mississippi, and the Western lakes and rivers, made chiefly by the early Jesuit missionaries, recently procured in Paris.

On motion of Mr. R. FROTHINGHAM, it was

Voted, That Mr. Parkman be requested to prepare a paper on these maps for the Society's "Proceedings."

Mr. PARKMAN stated that he should be quite willing to prepare an account of these maps, with fac-similes of them as suggested; but he was now engaged in publishing a work which would embrace much of this material.

Mr. WATERSTON, as the chairman of a committee from the Natural History Society, called the attention of the members

to the approaching celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt, who was at the time of his death an Honorary Member of the Society, and suggested that those who thought of attending should secure seats together at the Music Hall, where the address by Professor Agassiz, was to be delivered.

SEPTEMBER MEETING.

A stated monthly meeting of the Society was held this day, Thursday, September 9, at eleven o'clock, A.M.; Vice-President ASPINWALL in the chair.

The record of the last meeting was read.

The Librarian read the list of donors to the Library for the past month.

The Cabinet-keeper read a list of the donations to the Cabinet for the past month. These included a pair of tongs once owned by the family of Thomas Hutchinson; also a warclub from the Sandwich Islands, brought thence by Captain William Ballard, of Boston; given by his grandson, Mr. William Ballard, of Brooklyn, N.Y., through Mr. John J. May, of Boston.

The Corresponding Secretary read letters of acceptance from M. Thiers, of Paris; and from Mr. William S. Appleton and the Rev. Henry M. Dexter, of Boston.

Mr. DAVIS spoke of the Montcalm letters which had been the subject of a communication from Mr. Parkman at the June meeting, in one of which appeared some remarkable predictions of historical events in this country, of sufficient importance to attract the attention of Mr. Carlyle in his "History of Frederic the Great." Mr. Davis said that Car lyle was mistaken in supposing, as he seemed to do, that