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ANNUAL REPORTS
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OF THE
Historical and Philosophical Society
OF OHIO.
FOR THE YEARS 1874-75 AND 1875-76.
TOGETHER WITH
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LISTS OF OFFICERS AND OF MEMBERS.
CINCINNATI : PAINTED FOR THE SOCIETY . ROBERT CLARKE & CO. 1876.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Historical and Philosophical Society
OF OHIO, 1874-75 1875-76 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 7, 1874,
TOGETHER WITH THE
CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS.
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LIST OF MEMBERS.
CINCINNATI : PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY. ROBERT CLARKE & CO. IS74.
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Sketch of the Society since its Reorganization.
THE Society became quite feeble before the war. Having no rooms but those it rented, having no endowment, and having no income but the annual fees of members, the membership became so diminished that the rooms were given up, and the collection placed on deposit in the Public Library of the city. During the war, most of the members were away from the city; some removed permanently. Meetings were no longer held, the Society was entirely dormant.
In the spring of 1868, Robert Buchanan, who had been president up to the suspension of the active life of the So- ciety ; Charles E. Cist, who had been recording secretary ; M. F. Force, who had been corresponding secretary, and John D. Caldwell, librarian, resolved to attempt to resuscitate the Society A meeting was called for reorganization, 23d May, 1868. New members were elected, and the reorganization completed on the 7th December, 1868.
An arrangement was made with the Cincinnati Literary Club for the joint use of their rooms ... The library, or what remained of it, was moved from the Public Library to the club rooms. The collection, at that time, comprised 700 bound volumes, and 1,250 pamphlets, exclusive of duplicates.
The membership increased, the library grew, and greater space became necessary. The trustees of the Cincinnati Col- lege, in the spring of 1871, gave the Society the use, rent free, of five rooms in the upper story of the College building, and the Society moved into those rooms on the 1st April, 1871.
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SKETCH OF THE SOCIETY.
Mr. Julius Dexter, being elected librarian, resolved to arrange and catalogue the library, and gave up his time to the work. IIe began the task on the 1st January, 1872, and has now substantially completed it. The 4,967 bound vol- umes and 15,856 pamphlets now catalogued comprise nearly all now owned by the Society except the duplicates.
The library has outgrown the space afforded by the rooms now occupied by the Society, and is growing. A respectable collection of relics and implements of the Indians and the Mound Builders has been gathered, and could be at once in- creased, if there were room.
The number of active members has grown to 71. Mean- while an endowment fund has been created, partly by invest- ing all money received for life memberships, but mainly by contributions from the members.
A building fund has likewise been raised and is increasing. The Society may soon be able to procure a permanent home for the library, and thus establish itself on a secure and proper foundation.
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ANNUAL REPORTS, 1874.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
CINCINNATI, December 7, 1874. To the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio :
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I have the honor, as Librarian, to submit the sixth annual re- port for the year ending December 7, 1874.
The number of bound volumes catalogued in the library is 4,967, and of unbound volumes and pamphlets 15,856, against 4,623 volumes and 12,500 pamphlets, at the date of the last annual meeting. The increase of the library has thus been 344 volumes and 3,356 pamphlets. The contributions during the year numbered SS5 volumes and 4,991 pamphlets, and were given by 141 different persons. The difference between the increase of the library and the aggregate of the contributions is caused by the number of du- plicates received. As the library is not meant to be circulated, one copy only of each book is put upon the shelves, except in the case of some few of the Cincinnati reports.
The library is composed of books 9% American history only, and is simply a collection of such works as have been given to the Society. Only three books have been bought since the reorganiza- tion of the Society, in 1868; and of these, two volumes were pur- chased to complete imperfect sets of works that had been given. Of course, the library shows evidence of its origin. The collection of books is very heterogeneous. Many of the most common books, on every subject, are wanting, and on no topic, except Cincinnati and Ohio, is the collection other than fragmentary ; but a few hundred dollars expended on any subject would fill out the collection in that direction, and on some points would make the library strong. The collection of works relating to Ohio is fair. The library has nearly complete sets of the State documents, and every county and town history that has been published with very few exceptions. By the generous gift of Mr. Robert Clarke. the Society has made its sets of Cincinnati documents more nearly perfect than exist else-
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where, accessible to the public. Some gaps yet remain to be filled, bat my particular attention will be given next year to securing the missing reports. Most of these reports are in pamphlet form, and are not easily found a few years after publication. The Society had been fortunate in securing a number of them, before Mr. Clarke's contribution, on November 11, 1874, added very largely to the collection. Mr. Clarke had spent time and money in making his sets as nearly perfect as he could, and he had been not unsuccess- ful. His contribution is at once the largest and the most valuable made to the Society during the year.
The gifts of books include :
Portraits Littéraires de la Nouvelle Orleans. Charles Testut. Nouvelle Orleans, 1850.
History of Maryland. McSherry, 1849.
History of Kentucky. R. H. Collins, 2 vols., 1874.
Description of Tennessee. Philadelphia, 1796.
Notes on Wisconsin Territory. Lea, 1836.
Symmes' Memorial. Vinton.
Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston. Bridg- man.
Life of Benjamin Lundy.
Extracts from Journals of Rer. Thomas Smith. Portland, 1821.
Antiquities of Southern Indians. Jones.
Fiscal History of Texas. Gouge.
History of Carroll County, Ind. Stewart.
History of Henry County, Ind. Pleas.
Catalogue of Library of Boston Athenaeum. Vol. I., 1874.
Rejoinder to I. W. Allen's Pseudo-history of Antioch College.
Putnam's Magazine, old series. 10 vols.
Reminiscences of Wilmington, Del. Montgomery.
History of Lexington, Mass. Hudson. History of Ipswich, Mass. Felt.
History of Easthampton. Lyman.
History of New Britain. Andrews.
History of Brooklyn, N. Y. Furman, 1865.
Indian Wars in New England. Hubbard. 2 vols.
Essex Institute, Historical Collections, 10 vols. "And "Pro- ceedings, 3 vols.
Baltimore in the Revolution. Purviance. -
Sketches of Lynchburg, Va. Cabell.
Biographical Memoirs of Rev. John Gano, of Frankfort, Ky. New York, 1806.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
The Society's collection of books on the rebellion numbers nearly 390. This is not a large number, it is true, but is greator than any other public library in Cincinnati contains. Very few persons realize how easily a library on a special subject can com- pete on that subject with a general library of vastly greater size. So enormous is the number of books that have been printed, that a collection of a dozen volumes on Cincinnati would be larger than probably can be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Paris, or in the British Museum, in London.
The Wisconsin Historical Society has a library of between 50,000 and 60,000 volumes and pamphlets, and the librarian has given great attention to the collection of American town and county histories, of which, more than a year ago, the library con- tained SS5; yet this Society. with only about 100 such books, has half a dozen which the Wisconsin Society wants.
The Treasurer's report shows that the Society has an income which may justify the purchase hereafter of such books as are still needed to make perfect the Society's collection of works on Ohio; and I therefore recommend the appropriation of fifty dol- lars a year, to be expended by the Librarian in securing these books, as opportunity offers.
The work of cataloguing and arranging the library has pro- gressed steadily during the year, and the whole library is now cat- alogned, with the exception of a few odd or imperfect volumes, and a few whose authorship I have not ascertained. The plan of cata- logue adopted, is that commonly known as the " card catalogue." The pamphlets are similarly catalogued, and their cards are consec- utively numbered in red ink, while those of bound volumes are numbered in black ink. A glance at a card thus tells whether the title belongs to a volume or to a pamphlet. Each pamphlet is num- bered to correspond with its card, and the pamphlets are then ar- ranged, without regard to subject, numerically in pasteboard boxes, a little larger than the ordinary 8vo size, and about two and a half inches deep, with a common cover. When the box is filled, it is numbered on the outside end, with the numbers of the first and last pamphlet within it, and placed flat upon the shelf. The next box filled continues the series of numbers, and goes on to the first box, and so on, the pile is built up. Shelves break the pile at every fourth box, and thus, in no case, can more than three boxes require to be moved to get at any pamphlet. If any pamphlet is demanded. the card catalogue, arranged alphabetically according to author and subject, shows whether the library has a copy, and likewise the
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number of the pamphlet, which can then be obtained from the nu- querically arranged boxes without trouble. This arrangement of pamphlets keeps them clean and uncreased, and likewise makes them as accessible as bound volumes. There is also great economy of space in it. A series of reports may be scattered through a dozen boxes, widely separated, but the cards come together in the catalogue drawer. and readily indicate the place of each report.
The arrangement of the library has not been completed, nor can it be completed in the present rooms, which are conceded to be temporarily used. Such part of the library as can be arranged in the book-cases shows the following classification of bound volumes :
Bibliography and Encyclopedias. 73
Biography 445
Indians. 48
Local Histories (State, County, Town, etc., except Ohio) 470
Magazines
Newspapers 224
Ohio. 483
108
Rebellion 297
Slavery. 59
Society Transactions and Collections 105
Travels 221
These figures are subject to alteration, and will be increased. in nearly every class when the arrangement of the library shall have beer finished.
The Society has a large number of duplicates which I have been unable to find time to catalogue or arrange. I have given freely of them to other libraries, but have kept ro list of the gifts. The duplicates are piled together in one room, and on more than one occasion I have urged other librarians, who visited me, simply to take of them whatever they desired for their collections.
The Society likewise has for sale or exchange the following numbers of its own publications :
Journal of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Part I., vol. 1. Columbus, 1838. Reprinted : Cincinnati, 1872. Paper, 342 copies.
Transactions of same. Part II., vol. 1. Cincinnati, 1839. 40 copies.
Journal and Letters of Col. John May, relative to two Visits to the Ohio Country, 1788-89. Cincinnati, 1873. 343 copies.
In connection with the library. the Society has three cases which display Indian and Mound Builders' relies, and a few curios- ities ; but these cases are insufficient to accommodate the number
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of these curiosities which the Society owns. A table appended to this report and marked " B," gives a list of the various articles given to the Society's cabinet during the last year. The number would have been larger if the Society could have encouraged contribu- tions. *
In addition to these articles, General William B. Hazen has sent from Fort Buford a large number of Indian curiosities (of which a list is given in the table appended, and marked " C"). These curiosities he desires to deposit for exhibition in the Society's room, with the privilege of reclaiming them whenever he may desire to do so. This deposit will likely prove to be a gift ; but it is desir- able that the Society should accept even the deposit, upon the con- dition of displaying the articles in proper cases. Such display is impossible in the Society's present small rooms, and the articles, if accepted, must therefore be received temporarily into some pri- vate house, or stored until the Society can secure its own building, or can ront suitable rooms.
The Society has received from Mrs. L. A. Foote a portrait of Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. The portrait is painted in oil, and is valuable on account of its subject.
The work of the library has been considerable, and has re- quired the services of an assistant librarian. Under authority of a resolution offered January 27, 1874, I succeeded in engaging Mr. William A. Rothacker as assistant librarian, from March 31, 1874. He has performed his duties faithfully and very satisfactorily.
The Society occupies five small rooms in the southeast corner of the top story of the Cincinnati College building. These rooms are used without rent by the generous permission of the College . trustees, but the Society has outgrown them. The aid extended by the College has been hitherto indispensable, but the rooms were never such as the Society should possess. They are too small for the library, and are dirty and uncomfortable to a degree that no person can imagine who does not stay in them. They are unsafe, too, for a library, which should not be exposed to destruction or damage by fire. I urge the Society to take immediate and ener- getie measures to obtain better quarters, and I respectfully suggest the propriety of attempting to secure a lot of land on Mt. Auburn, and of building thereon a library hall. The Society's means are enough, with some small addition, to buy a half-acre of ground there, and to erect on it the rear portion of a building which would be adequate for the accommodation of the library for several years
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to come. The question of the removal of the library to a place so remible as Mt. Anburn from the centre of the city, requires careful consideration; but the freedom from coal smoke will, of itself. largely compensate for any inconvenience from difficulty of access to the library.
I congratulate the Society upon the necessity of acquiring better rooms than those now used, and upon the cheerful prospect of even greater success in the future than in the prosperous year which has just ended.
JULIUS DEXTER, Librarian H. P. S. O.
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIBRARY.
Vols.
Pamph.
Astor Library, New York.
1
Anonymous
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Miss Sarah Appleton.
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W. P. Anderson, Sec. Cincinnati Industrial Exposition.
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T. P. Baldwin ..
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Allen L. Bours, Lansing, Mich
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L. T. Barr
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Mrs. Mary H. Ball, Oshkosh, Wis
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E. F. Bliss
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E. P. Bradstreet
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44
C. F. Bradley
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G. K. Bartholomew
1
Rev. T. J. Byrne
S. P. Bishop ...
Baltimore Mercantile Library Association.
1
Avery T. Brown, New York
1
Buffalo Historical Society
1
Edward Bill. New York.
47
J. M. Ball. Oshkosh, Wis
City of Boston.
Bangs, Merwin & Co., New York.
1
Robert Clarke.
110 1590
Cincinnati Society of Natural History
3
Cincinnati Young Men's Mercantile Library
3
2
John S. Conner.
1
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
4
Cary Library, of Lexington, Mass
1
J. D. Caldwell
2
Chicago Public Library
1
P. Cudmore. Le Sueur, Minn
1
Lewis J. Cist
4
18
Julius Dexter
90
113
J. W. Dale
George Dexter. Cambridge, Mass.
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Rev. E. A. Dalrymple, Baltimore, Md
1
Edmund Dexter
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2
Frederick De Peyster, New York.
1
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass ..
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Exchange.
1
Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.
1
John Eaton. Jr., Washington. D. C.
1
John H. Field. Janesville, Wis 9
12
W. W. Field, Madison, Wis.
3
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Editors of .. Clinic" Newspapers
2
Cincinnati Industrial Exposition Commissioners
242
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Vols.
Pamph.
ML. F. Force.
J. W. Fulle :. Toledo, O
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Wm. J. Ferris.
31
Win. Q. Force. Washington, D. C.
1
W. P. Garrison, New York
1
Samuel A. Green. Worcester, Mass
1
German Pioneer Society.
12
W. Austin Goodman.
1
W. S. George, Lansing, Mich.
1
Georgia Historical Society
S. Dana Horton
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1
M. Halstead & Co ..
244
370
John J. Henderson.
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89
S. G. Harbaugh, Columbus, O.
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J. C. C. Holenshade, College Hill
1
Alexander Hill.
2
William Haller
1
Wm. McK. Heath, St. Paul, Minn.
23 1
George William Hill, Ashland.
2
Walter C. Hood. State Librarian, Columbus.
16
John W. Hoyt, Madison, Wis.
2
Towa Historical Society. Iowa City, Iowa
3
Frank J. Jones
1
J. Wilson Johnston
1
1
Robert A. Johnston .:
1
E. W. Kittredge
4
92 1
John H. Klippart, Columbus
1
W. R. Looker
1
Mrs. A. Lewis
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27
1 James Le Boutillier.
1
1
Mrs. N. Longworth.
3
Chaplain Moorehead. Zanesville
3
R. D. Mussey, Washington, D. C
W. H. Mussey.
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Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn
2
Minnesota Academy of Nat'l Sciences, Minneapolis, Minn. Massachusetts State Board of Health, Boston, Mass
1
S. D. Maxwell
2
Wm. MeMasters. 1 Broadside and 1 Manuscript
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New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, N. J John M. Newton.
2
Mrs. N. G. Nettleton.
1
National Ass'n of Wool Manufrs. Boston, Mass
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1
New England Historic Genealogical Soe'y. Boston, Mass. 1
New York Institute for Deaf and Dumb, New York S
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V. B. Horton, Pomeroy
312
John W. Herron
D. Keller
H. P. Lloyd
537 2
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E. F. Noves. Columbus.
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
E. N. Noyes and HI. P. Lloyd
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G. W. Nichols.
2
New York Mercantile Library Association
1
Richard Nelson.
1
Ohio Sinking Fund Commissioners, Columbus, O
1
HI. A. Rattermann
1
1
Mrs. M. Rochester
Newspapers
1
Clemens Schimmell.
3
9
Isaac Smucker, Nowark, O
3
H. W. Stephenson.
N. B. Shaler, Newport, Ky
1
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Edwin M. Stone, Providence, R. I
1
N. E. Soule.
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7
J. R. Skinner.
1 17 44
3
Nathaniel Sands
T. C. H. Smith
1 5
Peter G. Thompson.
Jonathan Tosspot.
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Harriet A. Tenney, State Librarian, Lansing, Mich.
1 .
Armin Tenner
E. S. Throop.
W. W. Taylor.
Austin H. Vorhes, Pomeroy.
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37
W. H. Venable. 3 fac-similes
J. Bryant Walker
69
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.
1
1
Harry F. Woods
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James Williams, State Auditor, Columbus
1
M. H. White
Wisconsin Historical Society 1 Broadside
A. W. Whelpley
1 1
Lewis S. Worthington.
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Daniel Wilson, Toronto, Canada .. ,
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Milo G. Williams, Urbana
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Mrs. Abigail Warren 12
Chas. B. Wilby
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Yale College, New Haven, Conn.
1
2
Peter Zinn 1 2
TOTALS-Donors, 141; Volumes, SS5 ; Pamphlets, 4,991.
1 1
1 16
H. S. Vanderbilt, Washington, D. C
Miss Laura Vallette
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2
Worcester Free Public Library
6 1
Thos. L. Young
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Edward G. Porter. Lexington. Mass
7
David H. Shaffer
Mrs. Ellen Ewing Sherman, Washington, D. C
1
Thomas Spooner
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO CABINET, ETC.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CABINET.
Chas. E. Deane, Emporia, Kan. 1 Photograph.
Robert Clarke 5 Engravings.
Thos. L. Young. 1 Commission.
S. M. Athearn.
1 Bank-note.
Isaac F. Wood. New York 2 Medals.
M. Halstead & Co. 1 Engraving.
S. E. Wright. 1 Oil Painting.
W. H. Mussey 1 Relic.
Wm. Q. Force, Washington .12 Coins.
Mrs. L. A. Foote.
1 Painting.
George Dexter, Cambridge, Mass
2 Engravings.
E. Naret, Buffalo, W. Va. 1 Lead Plate.
L. M. Hosea Mound Builders' Relics.
Seth Thompson. A fac-simile of a Map of the World made about
the year 1314. The original is in Hereford Cathedral, England.
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LIST OF INDIAN CURIOSITIES OFFERED BY WM. B. HAZEN.
5 Wooden Bowls.
9 Spoons (seven iron and two wood).
1 Graining Hoe (iron).
2 Graining Hoes (wood).
1 Primitive Hoe of bone and wood ..
5 Earthen Pots.
4 Baskets.
4 Scalps.
5 Paint Sacks.
4 Tobacco-pouches.
3 Bullet-pouches.
4 Strips of Embroidery.
4 Whips.
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LIST OF INDIAN CURIOSITIES.
2 Knife-sheaths.
1 Pair Balls (for girl's play).
1 Stirrup (antique).
1 Pair Baby's Moccasins.
1 Child's Top. Medicine Beans.
3 Koo-sticks.
2 Council Pipe Picks.
1 Bead Necklace.
1 Pair Shell Ear Ornaments.
1 Native Brush made of Porcupine Quills.
1. Dried Terrapin (" medicine ").
1 Charm (two bear-claws beaded).
1 Charm (beads and piece of Mandan pottery) which was fastened to the forelock of the chief's daughter and cut off with the lock, with great ceremony, when the maiden was married.
3 Redstone Pipes, with ornamented stems.
4 Whistles (bone).
4 Beaded Awl-cases.
1 Powder-horn.
2 Stone Hammers.
3 Rattles (musical instruments).
2 Bear-claw Necklaces.
1 Curlew's Head, etc. (" medicine.")
1 Rattle.
3 Head-dresses.
2 Feathers.
2 Head-dresses.
2 War-tufts.
1 Necklace of Nuts.
1 Necklace of Beads.
1 Child's Hoop.
1 Child's Drum.
1 Chignon (Crow fashion).
1 Stuffed White Weasel (" medicine ").
2 Pieces of Shell (ear pendants).
1 Sack (a buffalo-calf's head).
1 Skunk.
1 Sack (a jack-rabbit's skin).
2 Sacks Mink Skin.
1 Pair Porcupine Slippers.
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LIST OF INDIAN CURIOSITIES.
2 Books of Indian Drawings.
1 Large Chart of Indian Drawings (on muslin).
2 Mountain Lamb Skins.
3 Buffalo Calves' Skins.
1 Stone War-club.
1 Bow and Arrow Case.
3 Fawn Skins.
1 Elk Head Skin.
1 Tomahawk.
1 Lance.
1 Wolverine Skin with long claws.
1 Prairie Dog Skin.
1 Skunk Skin.
2 Medicine Arrows.
2 Flint-headed Arrows.
6 Arrows.
2 Brown Pipes and Stems from Assiniboin country.
2 Squaw Dresses.
2 Horn-bows.
1 Bow, Quiver, and Arrows.
1 Fawn-skin Pouch.
1 Pair Leggings.
1 War-club.
1 Sioux War-shirt.
2 War-shields.
2 Rolls of Matting.
1 Pair Moccasins.
1 Buffalo Robe.
1 Mandan Pot.
2 Knife-sheaths.
1 Pipe and Stem.
1 Bullet-pouch.
1 Tobacco-pouch.
1 Awl-case.
1 Bow, Arrows, and Quiver.
. 1 Suit Man's Clothing.
1 Squaw Dress for Medicine Dance.
1 War-shirt.
1 Paint Sack.
4 Strips Porcupine Quill Embroidery for War-shirt.
1 Whistle.
1 Fawn-skin Pouch.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Treasurer of Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio presents the following statement of its financial condition for the year ending December 7, 1874 :
GENERAL FUND. Receipts.
Membership Fees-1 of 1872, 4 of 1873, 56 of 1874, 1 of 1875-
62, at $10.
$620 00
Income from Endowment Fund. 422 20
Income from Life Membership Fund. 27 05
41 00
Contribution toward publishing May's Journal
25 00
-$1,135 25
Expenditures.
Balance due Treasurer in last report
$412 97
Insurance
37 50
Appropriation to Endowment Fund.
44 73
Copying manuscripts.
37 00
Assistant Librarian
216 00
Janitor
42 00
Coal
13 50
Expressage
20 30
Postage
17 00
Blank books and stationery
30 58
Paper boxes
36 00
Binding
111 75
Collector, $2.00; Sundries, $2.05
4 05
-$1,023 38
Balance in Treasury.
$111 87
ENDOWMENT FUND.
Balance on last report, cash $695 13
Stocks Little Miami R. R., par .. $5,000 00
Stocks Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton R. R., par 300 00
March 10, 1874. By appropriation from General Fund 44 73
$739 86
February 24, 1874. Part of note secured by mortgage. ≥39 86
There has been paid over to the General Fund the income from the Endowment Fund, $422.20.
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Sales of books
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND.
Balance on last report, cash. $118 59 Stock Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago R. R., par .... $250 00
Received for three life memberships 300 00
$418 59 February 24, 1874. Part of note. $318 59
Cash on hand 100 00
$118 59
There has been paid over to the General Fund the income from the Life Membership Fund, $27.05.
BUILDING FUND. (Under the control of the subscribers.)
Balance on last report, cash. $145 93 Stock Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago R. R., par ... ... $1,750
Received from subscribers, fifth installment 205 00
66 Miss A. L. Harbeson 10 00
66 P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. dividends. 122 50
interest on note. 8 75
$492 18
February 24. Part of note. $291 55
Balance on hand, cash 200 63
$492 18
The income of this fund is added to the principal.
The note referred to in the different special funds, is a note secured by mortgage of Cincinnati property, for $2,500, of which the Society owns $1,350. It is dated February 24th, and the interest, at eight per cent., is payable yearly.
The Endowment Fund was made up of the following contributions :
July 28, 1873. Received from Julius Dexter, Treasurer of Reunion and Reform Association. $448 43
July 28, 1873. Received from same, Treasurer of Afternoon Concerts 8 20
October 18, 1873. Anonymous gift, cash 238 50
Stocks Little Miami R. R. Co., par .. $5,000 00
Cin., Ham. & Dayton R. R. Co., par. 300 00
March 10, 1874. Appropriated from General Fund. 44 73
$739 86
Part of note as before shown
$739 86 Stocks, par 5,300 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND.
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