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Fortunately the proportion of duplicates is unusually small. Of the 1,600 books, 908 were not on our shelves, and in two or three instances, his copies of a work, added to our own, have made a
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complete set, as is the case with Niles #Register and the American State Papers. A few of these books will now be mentioned :
Booke of Common Prayer, Folio, London, 1611.
Directory for Publique Worship of God, London, 1644.
The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, by William Black- stone, London, 1729.
Laws of the Northwest Territory, in six volumes.
Lettres d'un Cultivateur Americain, Paris, 1787.
Law of the British Plantations in America, London, 1721.
Maps of parts of North America claimed by France, 1720.
Twenty-eight bound volumes of newspapers.
" Extra Illustrated " edition of Mrs. King's Life of Mrs. Peter. Two volumes expanded to five. Prepared by our late associate, Mr. Clarke.
A book of manuscript letters deserves more extended notice. This is the volume of "Pitcairn Letters," written at the end of the last century and the beginning of the present, 1796-1814. They are arranged in order of date and are all, with exception of inclosures, addressed to Joseph Pitcairn, at Paris, till May, 1798, afterward at Hamburg, where he was American Consul and merchant. . There are 58 letters of John Quincy Adams, 16 of William Vans Murray, and 50 of Rufus King. The matters treated of are the critical state of affairs between the United States and France and the United States and England, respectively, the purchase of arms for the United States, the Embargo, the Milan and Berlin Decrees, and the war with Great Britian in 1812. Murray was Envoy to France in 1799; King, Minister to England from 1796 to 1803; and Adams, during the period covered by these letters, Minister to the Netherlands, to Prussia, to Russia, and Commissioner at Ghent. Not the least interesting are the letters written by Thomas B. Adams from America (1799-1801), after his return from Berlin, where he had been private secretary of his brother, John Quincy Adams. The index of this book shows 196 letters and 6 other documents.
"Western Historical Society." In the year 1853, a young man, " a mere lad," he is called, under many aliases, as secretary of a so-called "Western Historical Society," begged for autographs and autograph letters of the early statesmen of our Republic. He was somewhat successful in his quest. As inducement for exchange he offered the publications of his Society or the Reports of the State of Ohio. Now and then he would elect his correspondents Honorary or Corresponding Members of the " Western Historical Society," and two or three replies to the Secretary's notices of election may still
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serve as models of their kind. At length the fraud was discovered, restitution of letters was made, and the "mere lad" was not .prose- cuted. Over 40 letters relating to this mock society and to the exposure of the deceit have come into the possession of our Society after having been filed away nearly a half-century. These have been arranged in a book, seeming worthy of preservation as an instance of reasonably successful fraud, and because, if any Historical Society was intended to be personated by the imaginary "Western Historical Society," it was the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio.
A year ago the Librarian's report recorded Robert Clarke's gift of a valuable collection of manuscripts, relating, for the greater part, to the history of the Ohio Valley. This year, by his last will, Mr. Clarke closes his long list of benefactions to our Society.
In Item Three of his will, he says: " I will and desire that the said Walter St. John Jones (his executor) give to the His- torical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, the set of uniformly bound books, published or printed by Robert Clarke & Co., or the Robert Clarke Company, now in the third story of my dwelling."
Of course there were already in our library all, or nearly all, the historical publications of the house of which for years Mr. Clarke had been the head, but these volumes, now bequeathed to us, are in perfect order, uniformly bound, a delight to sight and touch. And we thus acquire a class of books outside our ordinary line of collec- tion and always gladly received, books written and published by our own immediate citizens, residents of Cincinnati and its neighborhood, of Ohio and adjacent states.
By arrangement with Mr. Jones this collection will remain in his house at Glendale, until it can be transferred to the new library at the University.
CATHARINE W. LORD, Librarian.
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CONTRIBUTIONS.
FOR THE YEARS 1898 AND 1899.
SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
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Academy of History and Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
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American Congregational Association
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Boston City Hospital.
2
Boston Public Library.
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Boston Record Commissioners
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Buffalo Historical Society
3
Bunker Hill Monument Association.
II
7
Canadian Institute, Toronto
4
Cincinnati-
Adams Express Company .
9
Board of Election.
I
Board of Supervisors
I
Chamber of Commerce.
2
Children's Home.
25
Commercial Club
20
Commissioners of Water Works.
I
Engineers' Club.
2
Episcopal Flower Mission
2
Manufacturers' Club ..
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Medical College of Ohio.
13
Miami Baptist Association
2
Missionary Society, Church of the Advent.
9
Museum Association.
6
Chio Mechanic's Institute.
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Public Library.
3.
University of Cincinnati
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Woman's Art Club.
I
Woman's Club.
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Woman's Exchange
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Young Men's Bible Society.
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Young Men's Mercantile Library Association.
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Colorado State Historical and Natural History Society
3
Columbus Public School Library.
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Connecticut Historical Society
2
Cornell University Library
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Essex Institute.
I
Iowa Masonic Library
9
Queen City Club. Periodicals.
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. II
Vols . Pohs.
Iowa State University .'
I
Ipswich Historical Society. 1
Kansas State Historical Society.
3
Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conference
2
Louisiana Historical Society.
I
Massachusetts Historical Society. 2
Massachusetts State Library
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Medford Historical Society.
4
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U. S .--
California Commandery.
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Iowa Commandery.
23
Minnescta Commandery
33
New York Commandery
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Wisconsin Commandery
28
Milwaukee Public Museum.
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Minnesota State Historical Society
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2
Missouri Botanical Garden
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National Educational Association.
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Nebraska State Historical Society.
Newberry Library.
2
New England Historic Genealogical Society
5
New Jersey Historical Society.
3
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
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New York Public Library.
23
Northern Indiana Historical Society
4
Nova Scotian Institute of Science.
2.
Oberlin College Library
51
Ohio-
Experiment Station
2
Secretary of State
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Society of Colonial Dames.
3
State University.
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Pennsylvania Historical Society.
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames
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Presbyterian Historical Society
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Rhode Island Historical Society
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Royal Society of Canada.
2
St. Louis Mercantile Library
2
Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada
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Texas State Historical Association ..
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United States ---
Bureau of Education
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Bureau of Foreign Commerce.
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Bureau of Rolls and Library
2
Bureau of Statistics
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Civil Service Commission
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Societé Nationale des Antiquaires de France.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Department of the Interior.
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Department of Labor.
4
12
Department of Stat
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5
Fish Commission.
2
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Geological Survey.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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National Museum
2
2
Smithsonian Institution.
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Naval Institute, Annapolis.
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Universite de Toulouse, France.
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University of Pennsylvania.
3
University of Toronto
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Washington State Historical Society
2
Western Reserve Historical Society.
2
Wisconsin State Historical Society
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3
Wyoming Commemorative Association
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Wyoming Historic and Geological Society
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Yale University.
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Yearly Meeting of Friends.
2
INDIVIDUALS.
Adams, Chas. Francis, Boston
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Anderson, Mrs. Larz ..
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Anderson, Marion T., Washington, D. C.
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Atkinson, Edward, Boston
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Aubery, Miss Louise.
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Aubery, Miss Mary.
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Austin, J. O., Providence, R. I.
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Balch, Edwin Swift, Philadelphia.
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Balch, Thomas Willing, Philadelphia
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Bartholow, Mrs. Roberts, Philadelphia
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Boyden, Henry P
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Brown, Avery T., New York.
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Brymner, Douglas, Ottawa, Canada
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Burgess, Howard H., Cleveland
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Burrows Bros. Co., Cleveland.
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Burton, C. M., Detroit.
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Caldwell, Miss Charlotte J
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Cary, Samuel F
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Chapin, N. J.
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Chatfield & Woods Co
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Clark, Albert G ..
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Clarke, Robert Co.
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Comegys, Chas. G ..
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Congilon, G. E., Waterman, Ill
Vols. Pphs. 5
Cope, Gilbert, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Cudmore, P., Faribault, Minnesota
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Currier, E. H., New York
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Darling, Chas. W., Utica
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De Beck, David.
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Denisson, Christian, Detroit
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Dulles, Miss, Philadelphia
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Gallinger, Jacob H.
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Gest, J. H.
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Goshorn, E. C.
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Green, Samuel S., Worcester.
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Greenlaw, Mrs. Lucy HIall, Cambridge
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Harbeson, B. F.
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Hills, William S., Boston
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Holden, William.
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James, Davis I.
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James, Edmund J .
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Jones, Walter St. John
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Kerin, De. B. Randolph, Philadelphia
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Kellogg, Chas. H.
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Kittredge, Miss Anna.
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Kittredge, William G ..
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Langton, H. H., Toronto.
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Larned, Chas. W., West Point.
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Layman, E. F.
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Lloyd, H. P. -
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Lord, Mrs. H. C.
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Loveland, Frank O.
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Lytle, John J., Philadelphia
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Markbreit, Leopold.
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Moore, Clarence B., Philadelphia
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Monnett, F. S., Columbus
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Murphy, Mrs. John A
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Murray, Chas. B.
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Murray, T. H., Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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Newton, Mrs. John M ..
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Noble, James F. (by bequest)
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Norton, E. L.
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Palmer, Mrs. Chas. F
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Parkinson, Mrs. Geo. B.
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Parvin, T. S., Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Perry, Mrs. A. F
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Peters, Wm. Richmond, and John Pennutt, New York.
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Read, Robert L.
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Richardson, William A. Estate, Washington I
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King, Mrs. Margaret Rives (by bequest)
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Vois . Ppks .
Rochester, Mrs. Montgomery
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Roelker, Miss A. L ... Periodicals. 24
Shambaugh, Benj. F., Iowa City
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Stevens, Samuel F.
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Thayer, Geo. A.
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Towne, Enoch H., Worcester
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Townsend, Howard, New York
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Turrill, M. S.
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Walcott, H. W., Columbus
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Walker, Miss Annie
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Wendell, Frederick
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Woods, John S.
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Wright, Joseph F.
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MEMBERS.
Anderson, Edward L.
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Anderson, Larz.
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Anderson, Mrs. Louise N
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Bliss, Eugene. F.
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Chatfield, A. H.
Cards and Circulars.
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Chatfield, Mrs. A. H.
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Clarke, Robert
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Davis, Nat. Henchman.
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Dexter, Julius
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Durrett, R. T., Louisville
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Fletcher, Miss Clara B.
Old Invitations, Cards, etc.
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Force, M. F.
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Force, M. F., and Bliss, E. F. (Mss. vol)
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Green, Samuel A., Boston.
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Greve, Mrs. Harriet Fisher
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Henderson, Edwin
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Howe, Mrs. A. J
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Jones, Frank J.
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Kittredge, E. W
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Longworth, Mrs. N.
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2
Lord, Mrs. Catharine W
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Neave, Miss J. C ..
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Nettelton, Mrs. N. G.
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Storer, Bellamy
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Taft, Chas. P.
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Taylor, W. W.
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Warder, R. H.
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Wilby, Chas. B.
Cards and Circulars.
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Winslow, John F
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Woods, Harry F.
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MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
Bartholow, Mrs. Roberts. Daguerreotype of Sears Cook Walker.
Bliss, Eugene F. 66 misc. photographs; 1 medal Cinti. S. P. C. A.
Butler, Samuel P. Certificate of Life Membership Y. M. M. L. A., Cincin- nati, to Thos. S. Butler, December 23, 1851.
Chatfield, A. H. Framed photograph of group of Cincinnati Typothetæ, 1895. Chatfield, Mis. A. H. Framed fragment of Baron D' Humboldt's facsimiles of Mexican paintings.
Clarke, Robert. Portfolio of engravings (portraits).
Daganar, Mrs. Ann Hartburn. Two cannon balls, one iron, the other cop-
per, picked up on the battlefield of Monterey, Mexican war. (Left to the Society by will.)
Dexter, Julius. Framed lithograph U. S. Sloop of War, "Saratoga."
Dulles, Miss. Framed engraving of Washington and his family.
Evans, Nelson W. Old silver watch and seals worn by Powel Byrd, son of Chas. Willing Byrd, IS21-2S.
Feemster, Jos. H. Framed water-color of Suire, Eckstein & Co's drug store, corner 4th and Vine streets, Cincinnati, IS59.
Harbeson, Benj. F. Framed photograph of first church in Columbia (now Cincinnati); mounted deer's head.
Hinkle, Frederick W. Desk, formerly the property of Gov. Thomas Corwin, and later of Judge Sage.
Keys, Miss E. 4 pictures.
Laws, Miss Annie. 4 photographs of head-quarters Woman's Citizen Coin- mittee, G. A. R. Encampment, Cincinnati, IS9S.
Lewis, Fountain. Framed engraving and key United States Senate (by will). Martin, Mrs. Geo. W. Secession Cockade of South Carolina, purchased by Geo. W. Martin in Charleston, South Carolina, January, 1861.
Neave, Miss J. C. Photograph of Rev. C. M. Butler and engraving of Dr.
Daniel Drake; 2 photographs Fourth Street Arch G. A. R. Encamp- ment, Cincinnati. ISgS.
Parkinson, Mrs. Geo. B. Letter from Cincinnati, IS37.
Stark, Edgar. Framed $10.00 note, Commercial Bank of Cincinnati, 1836. Subscription by -. Framed crayon portrait of Edward D. Mansfield. Urner, Henry C. Seal of the Dialetic Society of the Cincinnati College. Walker, Miss Annie. Framed photograph of Martin Luther.
.Woods, Harry F. Masonic Medal, 47th reunion, Cincinnati, I$99.
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MEMORIAL ON THE DEATH OF JULIUS DEXTER, BY R. H. WARDER.
Read at Annual Meeting, December 5, 1898.
Julius Dexter was elected a member of the Historical and Philo- sophical Society of Ohio, May 23, 1868, at the time the Society was revived after a long period of inaction. At the Annual meeting in the December following he was chosen Recording Secretary, and a year later, Librarian. He held this position ten years, having as successor in 1879 the late Elizabeth Haven Appleton, who indeed had been made his assistant towards the end of September, 1876. He was again chosen Recording Secretary in 1877, so continuing till 188 ;; Vice-President in 1888 and 1889; Treasurer from 1890 till his death.
As Librarian he brought order and method into the arrangement and classification of the books, and his system for the preservation of pamphlets has been much commended by competent judges for its simplicity and convenience.
As Treasurer his work is beyond praise. Not only was he a careful guardian of the finances of the Society, but he was also a liberal contributor, and inspired others with somewhat of his own zeal for the welfare of the Society. Its interests were always in his mind, and among all the institutions in which he was concerned, the Historical Society easily held the first place. His time and his money were always at its disposition. Many of his contributions, though privately conjectured to be his, were publicly anonymous, and some have only become known since his death. It is not too much to say that without his unceasing encouragement and help the Society would not now be in existence.
It may be remarked here that he was chosen Corresponding Member of the Maryland Historical Society in 1871, and of the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1881, and that he was also a member of the American Geographical Society.
A man without fear and without reproach, Julius Dexter was a true type of the best citizen, loving justice and hating evil. He was independent of ordinary opinion, secure in his own knowledge of right doing, even when alone in his views.
He was a strong advocate for reform in public service and .a
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stanch upholder of freedom of thought and action; not in any way partisan, but eager and persistent in support of the right at all times and in all places.
Unselfish and generous to the utmost, he gave time and money liberally in support of those things which make the best in civic life, yet as man and friend he is most mourned by those who best knew him. Besides helping others directly in personal example, he was invaluable because of the singular purity of word and deed which always impressed itself upon those who had the good fortune to be brought into contact with him.
This Society and the State are alike poorer by the death of Julius Dexter.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
Annual Meeting, December 4, 1899.
In a verbal report I made here a year ago, I mentioned the be- quest which Mrs. Margaret Rives King, widow of the Hon. Rufus King, had made to the Society. The following are the items of her will, in which the Society is interested :
" I will that our library, historical, biographical, religious books, travels, indeed, all books considered suitable, be given to The Historical and Philosophi- cal Society of Ohio, now occupying a building on Eighth street, as a memorial of my dear husband, Rufus King-the collection to be kept in separate cases, apart from other books.
" I also give the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars to the said His- torical Society of Ohio, the income to be used for proper care of these books and to make additions of such valuable historical works as may be decided upon by a competent committee each year. This gift as well as the the books to be a memorial to my dear husband, Rufus King."
This will was made June 1, 1892. In a codicil, bearing date, February 1897, Mrs. King adds :
"I had in my will left ten thousand ($10,000) dollars to the Ohio His- torical and Philosophical Society as an accompaniment to the library of books which I make a memorial to Mr. King. This sum I now reduce to six thousand ($6,000) dollars until all the bequests I have made are paid-after that is done the sum may again be restored to ten thousand ($10,000) dollars."
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The treasurer in his report has told us what are the expectations of the Society under this will.
During the past year the most important business of the Society has been "An agreement between the Board of Directors of the University of Cincinnati and the Historical and Philosopical Society of Ohio," in accordance with which the library of our Society will be transferred during the coming year to the Van Wormer Library in Burnet Woods now building. The first three sections of this agree- ment I give in full :
"First. The Historical Society shall have the exclusive use of the rec- tangular reference room, hereinafter called the Reference Room, on the second floor of the Van Wormer Library Building, as a place of meeting for its di- rectors, and for the deposit of such of its books and pamphlets as it may desire to keep there, and of all articles other than books and pamphlets belonging to its collection.
"Second. The remaining books and pamphlets, now or hereafter belong- ing to the Historical Society, shall be kept together on shelves in the book stack adjacent to said reference room.
"Third. All the books and pamphlets of the Historical Society shall be marked with labels furnished by it, indicating its ownership; and a separate catalogue shall be kept of the same."
Our Society will keep in repair its books and pamphlets. These can be taken from the library by our members, as at present provided, and by professors and instructors of the University. We are to pay the salary of our librarian, and contribute $300.00 yearly toward the general care of the new building. We may be called upon to con- tribute $750.00 for shelves in the stack. The president of our Society will be ex-officio a member of the Library Committee of the Univer- sity. The last article of the agreement provides that :
" This contract shall continue in force until the 31st day of December, A. D. 1909, and thereafter until terminated by notice given by either party to the other; provided that such notice shall be given in writing at least one year before the date therein specified for such termination."
I must ask the indulgence of the Society while I make a few re- marks that may seem of too personal a character for this meeting, but I speak not of myself alone, but of a generation, which, so far as the Historical Society is concerned, is almost passed away.
First, I quote from the records of the Society of May 23, 1868 :
"The Society met and re-elected Robert Buchanan, President, M. F. Force, Corresponding Secretary, Charles E. Cist, Recording Secretary, and John D. Caldwell, Librarian, but did not fill the other offices. Eugene F.
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Bliss, Enoch T. Carson, Robert Clarke, C. G. Comegys, Julius Dexter, Lewis E. Mills, John M. Newton, Henry Probasco, and Horatio Wood, were elected corporate members of the Society."
Of these nine new members, Mr. Probasco, Mr. Wood and I are the sole survivors. Mr. Wood, now an honorary member, left Cincinnati in 1876, and Mr. Probasco never took active part in the affairs of the Society. Of the old officers, re-elected at this meeting, Mr. Caldwell alone is left, as he is also the oldest member. I may add that I stand next on this dangerous eminence.
I have, then, been an active member for thirty-one years. I have served as curator, five years; as treasurer, twelve years; as vice- president, one year, and as president, eleven years. I think I have a right to an honorable discharge. Further to outrage your sense of decorum, I now say that I decline a re-election that has not been offered me.
At the second meeting of the Society in 1868, June 13th, Julius Dexter was appointed a committee on rooms. Two weeks later he reported :
"As the accommodation of the library must, to a certain degree, influence our choice of rooms, in company of Mr. John M. Newton, I have examined our books in the rooms of the Theological Library. There is no catalogue, but Mr. Lewis Freeman, Librarian of the Public Library, pointed out the books to us, and said there were 1,73S volumes and 2,900 pamphlets. A hasty exami- nation of the library shows that the collection is very heterogeneous, that many sets are incomplete, that there are many duplicates, that many books and pamphlets should be bound at once, and that the whole library is terrible dirty."
More light is thrown upon the condition of the library in 1868, by the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. Force and Mr. Dexter :
" The books have been cleaned and carefully catalogued by Mr. John M. Newton. The catalogue that was made when the books were placed in the Public Library rooms has been found, and a comparison of it, with Mr. New- ton's catalogue, shows that from 350 to 450 of the books, and among them the most valuable and the rarest owned by the Society, have been lost."
I leave you to make your own comparison between the library of that time and its present condition, as shown by the librarian's report s. just read. In money, the Society had in 1868, nothing. The treas- urer's report has shown our present financial means.
In December, 1868, we had quarters in the Literary Club rooms at the northwest corner of Fifth and Walnut streets. We soon out- grew these accommodations, and in 1871 were given the use of rooms
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in the College building in Walnut street, where we remained fourteen years. We came to this present building in 1885, and it then seemed, so far as space was concerned, as if we were permanently established, but for several years we have been hampered for room. I do not wish to assume the role of a seer, but I am firmly convinced that in less than thirty-one more years we shall have outgrown our proposed new quarters. Our library, in great degree, has been given us, book by book. Until the Appleton fund was provided we had no especial fund for the purchase of books. With this, we have tried to get everything bearing upon the history of our own state, and I believe that for the study of the history of Ohio, no collection of books to-day is superior to our own.
When I recall those with whom I have so long been associated in the Historical Society -- Robert Buchanan, Manning F. Force, George Graham, Charles E. Cist, Enoch T. Carson, Robert Clarke, C. G. Comegys, Julius Dexter, Lewis E. Mills, John M. Newton, Elizabeth H. Appleton, John A. Gano, W. H. Mussey, S. E. Wright (I do not mention the living)-when I recall these names a feeling of sadness comes over me, but also a feeling of satisfaction. I think we have laid sure foundations upon which you may safely build.
You represent a new generation. I do not know what you will do with the Historical Society, perhaps you do not yourselves yet know, but I have confidence in your disinterestedness, your wisdom, your wish to be of service to your fellow-men.
MEMORIAL ON THE DEATH OF MANNING FERGUSON FORCE, BY EUGENE F. BLISS.
Read at the Annual Meeting, December 4, 1899.
The material facts of Manning Ferguson Force's life are too well known to this Society to need any extended notice. He was born in Washington, December 17, 1824, the son of Peter Force, well known as a student of American History and Archaeology, the grandson of William Force, a soldier of the American Revolution. He was graduated at Harvard in 1845, and at the Harvard Law School three years later. In 1849 he came to Cincinnati, and in due course of time was admitted to the bar. At the outbreak of the Civil War he
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