148 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



The second represents a scene in England about 1720, 

 with portraits of Stephen Aynsworth and wife and her 

 sister Deborah Higginson, born 1700. 



Nathaniel Higginson was son of Rev. John Higginson 

 of the First church in Salem, 1660-1708. He was born 

 at Guilford, Conn., Oct. 11, 1652, a graduate of Harvard 

 in 1670 ; went to England in 1674, and in 1683 was in the 

 company's service at Fort St. George in the East Indies, 

 was a member and secretary of the council and afterwards 

 governor of the factory at the fort. He married Eliza- 

 beth, daughter of John Richards in May, 1692, returned 

 to England in 1700 and established himself as a merchant 

 in London, where he died in 1708. 1 



[At the adjourned meeting held on Monday, June 17, 

 1889, the Report of the Treasurer was read and accepted.] 



The committee on nominations reported the following 

 list of officers which was duly elected. 



PBESIDENT. 

 HENRY WHEATLAND. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



ABNEU C. GOODKLL, JR., DANIEL B. HAGAR, 



FREDERICK W. PUTNAM, ROBKKT S. RANTOUL. 



SECRETARY. TREASURER. 



HENRY M. BROOKS. GEORGE D. PHIPPEN. 



AUDITOR. LIBRARIAN. 



RICHARD C. MANNING. CHARLES S. OSGOOD. 



COUNCIL. 



WILLIAM H. GOVE, S. ENDICOTT PEABODY, 



THOMAS F. HUNT, DAVID PINGREE, 



DAVID M. LITTLE, EDMUND B. WILLSON, 



WILLIAM MACK, GEORGE M. WHIPPLE, 



EDWARD S. MORSE, ALDEN P. WHITE. 



1 See Hist. Coll. Essex Institute, vol. v, page 35; Higginsou's letters in Mass. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., vol. vii, 3d series, page 196; N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., vol. 1, page 34. 



