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bis time to geiieulogical and historical studies. In 1879 

 witli bis College classmate aiid fellovv soldier, and life- 

 long intiniate, Henry Fitzgilbert Waters, he was searchins^ 

 Englisli records and coUecting a large anionnt of valuablo 

 inforination that has been publislied by the Institute in its 

 Historical Collections. He was the historian of the twenty- 

 third reginient, and prepared one ot* the best regimental 

 bistories of tlie state, issued frora the press. 



He conipiled a genealogy of theEmmerton family in 1881, 

 privately printed at the Salem Press. 



Tbe foUovving Communications compiled by bim have 

 been printed in the Historical Collections of tbe Institute : 



"Deacon Riebard Prince of Salem, and some of bis de- 

 scendants," Vol. xiv, p. 249. 



"Notes and Extracts from tbe Records of tbe First 

 Cburcb of Salem, 1629-1736," Vol. xv, p. 70, and Vol. 

 XVI, p. 8. 



" Gleanings from Englisb Records about New England 

 Families." The results of a summer residence in London, 

 1879, in Company witb bis friend H. F. Waters, Vol. xvir, 

 pp. 1-147. 



" A genealogical account of Henry Silsbee and some of 

 bis descendants," Vol. xvri, p. 257. 



" Dr. Bentley's East Parisb deatbs, some notes and cor- 

 rections," Vol. xx, p. 209. 



"Eighteentb-century Baptisms in Salem, Mass., bitberto 

 unpublisbed," Vols. xxii, xxiii. 



These Communications are a valuable contribution to our 

 local bistory and will be of inestimable value to tbe future 

 bistorian and a noble tribute to bis memory as a faitbful 

 and zealous worker in this field of labor. In addition to 

 bis life's work, of whicb wehave many illustrations, be has 

 left a f und, the income, after the lapse of a contingency, to 

 be appropriated for tbe printing of tbe old records and otber 



