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Holden, William. Deed given to James Mercer for "Lott " in Romney, Vir- ginia, signed by Beverly Randolph, July 22, 1789 ; $10 bill, State Bank of Ohio, Mt. Pleasant, 1849; a medal in commemoration of the one hun- dreth anniversary of American Independence, 1876, and a medal struck within the exposition grounds, 1876; a pilgrim jubilee memorial medal. IS70; a Zanesville, O., medal, 1809, 1874; a Marietta Centennial medal, 18S8.
Johnson, Baker, Frederick Md. Newspaper containing historical article and program.
Keys, Miss E. M. Two badges, William Henry Harrison Campaign, 1840, and Cincinnati Astronomical Society, founded I842.
Layman, E. F. One dollar bill, Indiana Manufacturing Company, Lexing- ton, IS15.
Read, R. L. Topographical map of Cincinnati and vicinity, January, 1900. Stittinius, J. L. $100 bill, Bank of Dayton, O., 1860.
Taylor, W. W. Two certificates of membership, Cincinnati Light Artillery, O. N. G., 1883, 1884; certificates of shares in the International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, ISSI; Music Hall Association notes, Taylor Bros., Cincinnati.
Wilby, Joseph. $to bill Commercial Bank of Cincinnati, July 25, 1831.
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
When we met a year ago we had reason to believe that this Society would, by this time, have moved its home from its pres- ent quarters to that portion of the Van Wormer Library on the grounds of the Cincinnati University secured to us by the agreement of the 8th of November, 1899, with the Board of Trustees of the University of Cincinnati. (See Annual Report for year ending De- cember 4, 1899, p. 18.) Delay in the completion of the library build- ing will postpone that migration until, as I have been recently in- formed by Judge Sayler, April or May of next year. The failure of that episode to fall within the limits of the year just closed leaves the record of the past twelve months comparatively uneventful.
It may not, however, be out of place to mention the circular is- sued during the past summer inviting the public to contribute towards the expense incident to our contemplated removal. The response in money to that circular, while up to this time not large, has, to a sanguine mind, at least, been sufficient to justify the belief that when the library building shall have been completed, and when the people of Cincinnati find us ready to move, they will still further, and perhaps adequately, supply the money needed.
In this connection it may be said that the Real Estate Committee has been engaged in an effort to sell or lease the present home of the Society, but has as yet obtained no acceptable offer.
During the past year there has been published and distributed printed report of the proceedings of your Society for the two years ending December 4, 1899, in the usual form.
A card catalogue of duplicate books in our library has been made by Mr. William Holden, at an expense of 850, and arranged in a suitable card cabinet presented to the society by Mr. John F. Winslow.
Your Treasurer has received, during the past year, $3,500 of the legacy of Mrs. Margaret King, and has invested the same, as shown by his report. Information from the executors of Mrs. King's es- tate would seem to warrant the expectation that $1, 100 more of her legacy is now in the hands of her executors. You will remember that one-half of the residue of the estate of Rufus King goes to in- crease Margaret King's estate. Until, however, final settlement of
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the estate of Rufus King, which cannot be until after the sale of real estate partly in this neighborhood and partly in the North- west, it cannot be definitely determined how much the estate of Margaret King will be thereby increased, and, therefore, how much this Society shall receive from her bequest.
There remains only to be said that the past year has been one of continued interest and progress in the affairs of your Society.
Respectfully submitted,
DECEMBER 3, 1900.
JOSEPH WILBY, President.
At the meeting of the Society, January 6, 1900, the following resolution was adopted :
When, after over thirty years of active service as an officer of this Society, Mr. Bliss declined re-election as President, he brought to its close a continuous record of unusual efficiency and devotion. It is seldom that one man has in any official capacity done as much for an enterprise as Mr. Bliss has done for the Historical Society. For- tunately for us he had abundant leisure ; and that leisure he devoted with untiring zeal to the work of perfecting the library and enlarging the influence and usefulness of the Society. It has been with him a labor of love, due to a real affection for the things for which the So- ciety stands. Lasting memorials to the thoroughness and excellence of what he has accomplished may be everywhere recognized in addi- tions to the value and convenience of our library. And not only in the preservation and extension of the visible interests of our Society was the wise direction and generous aid of Mr. Bliss conspicuous, but he succeeded, often amid discouraging conditions, in spreading and keeping alive a proper appreciation of the purpose and value of the Society and of its work. The debt of the Society and of this community to Mr. Bliss for his wise and constant care can hardly be overstated. It is fitting that we should make this brief record of our obligation to Mr. Bliss, in grateful recognition of his service, and in acknowledg- ment of our appreciation of his long and distinguished official connec- , tion with this Society.
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TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3, 1900.
GENERAL FUND.
Receipts.
1899, Dec. 4.
Balance $
32 65
Dues of 1899.
30 00
Dues of 1900
940 00
Old material sold.
4 40
Book sold.
1 00
Donation and fines
39
Income from Endowment Fund ..
615 00
Income from Life Membership Fund ...
202
48
$IS25 92.
Expenditures.
Water
$
20 90
Gas.
8 42
Fuel.
67 25
Postage
17 58
Printing.
79 75
Cleaning.
7 15
Repairs
12 00
Sundries
7 04
Stationery
6 30
Books, periodicals, etc.
25 00
Insurance .
7 60
Cataloguing duplicates.
50 00
Librarian to Dec, I.
600 00
Janitor, 60 weeks to Dec. I
300 00
Call loan repaid A. H. C.
300 00
Bought 4 shares Street Ry., par.
200 00
Balance to Building Fund
116 93
$1825 92
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The General Fund holds four shares Street Ry. stock, cost. .$200 00
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COLONIAL DAMES FUND.
Receipts.
IS99, Dec. 4. Balance. $ 8 So
Street Ry. dividends 10 00
$18 80
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Expenditures.
1900, Dec. 3. Balance income $ 18 80
$18 So
1900, Dec. 3. The fund consists of 4 shares Street Ry. stock, cost .... . $200 00
ELIZABETH HAVEN APPLETON MEMORIAL FUND.
Receipts.
1899, Dec. 4. Balance, principal. $ 27 03
Balance. income. 8 63
C. H. & D. R. R. Co., interest. 135 00
Street Ry. dividends 32 52
$203 18
Expenditures.
1900, Dec. 3. Books bought. $ 33 76
Balance, principal 27 03
Balance, income 142 39
$203 18
1900, Dec. 3. The fund consists of
$3,000 C. H. & D. R. R. Co. 412% bonds, cost. $ 2SS2 50
13 shares Street Ry. stock, cost. 677 50
Uninvested cash, principal 27 03 $3587 03
1899, Dec. 4. The fund was.
$3587 03
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MOVING FUND.
Receipts.
1900, Dec. 3. Subscriptions received to date.
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From the following persons: Mrs. L. N. Anderson, L. A. Ault, Arctic Ice Co., Mrs. C. W. Baker, R. F. Balke, J. G. Battelle, E. F. Bliss, Rt. Rev. W. H. Elder, Mrs. T. J. Emery, Miss Adaline C. French, Frederick Forchheimer, Walter Forchheimer, Mrs. R. S. Gaff, Mrs. John A. Gano, Edward Goepper, Miss Isabella F. Hop- kins, Geo. W. Lewis, Chas. J. Livingood, Miss Jane C. Neave, Miss Alice Neave, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. J. H. Perkins, Benn Pitman, Rev. Geo. A. Thayer, F. B. Wiborg, H. S. Winslow, J. F. Winslow, Wm, Worthington.
$935 00
Expenditures.
Printing, postage, etc.
142 25
Loan to Building Fund 700 00
1900, Dec. 3. Balance 92 75
$935 00
ENDOWMENT FUND.
Receipts.
1900. Building Fund, interest on $9,300. .$ 465 00
Building Fund, interest on $3,000 150 00
$615 00
Expenditures.
1900. Income to General Fund
$ 615 00
$615 00
1900, Dec. 3. The fund consists of Loan to Building Fund, five per cent, 9,300 00
Loan to Building Fund, five per cent, 3,000 00
$12,300 00
IS99, Dec. 4. The fund was
12,300 00
BINDING FUND.
Receipts.
1899, Dec. 4. Balance.
$ 15 35
Donation, A. H. C.
4 50
$19 85
Expenditures.
Balance
$ 19 85
$19 85
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND.
Receipts.
1900.
Par of Ludlow bonds restored from Building Fund. $ 400 00
Mrs. Albert H. Chatfield .. 100 00
Street Ry. dividends 202 48 $702 48
Expenditures.
1900.
Bought & shares Street Ry. Stock to restore $400 principal transferred to Building Fund in IS98 $ 492 00
Transfer to General [Fund. 202 48
Balance, principal
8 00
$702 48
1900, Dec. 3. The fund consists of
83 shares Street Ry. stock, cost. $ 4425 00
Uninvested principal. 8 00 $4433 00
IS99, Dec. 4. The fund consisted of
$3933 75 75 shares Street Ry. stock, cost.
MARGARET RIVES KING FUND.
Receipts.
1900, Oct. 18. First installment of legacy $ 3500 00 $3500 00
Expenditures.
$3,000 C HI. & D. R. R. 472 %'gold bonds, 1937, cost $ 3424 30 1900, Dec. 3. Balance uninvested. 75 70
$3500 00.
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BUILDING FUND.
Receipts.
1899, Dec. 3. Balance. $ 363 59
Donation, A. H. Chatfield. 200 00
Loan from Moving Fund. 700 00
Transfer from General Fund 116 93
1900, Dec. 3. Deficit. 401 23
$1781 75
Expenditures.
1900, Jan. 18. Par of Ludlow bonds repaid Life Mem-
bership Fund .. $ 400 00
Part of Central Trust Co. loan of $1400 repaid .. 700 00
Interest, Central Trust Co. 66 75
Interest, Endowment Fund loan of
$9,300
465 00
Interest, Endowment Fund loan of
$3,000.
150 00
$1781 75
1900, Dec. 3. The fund consists of
Building, No. 107 W. 8th St., cost.
.$30,000 00
CINCINNATI, December 3, 1900.
CHARLES J. LIVINGOOD, Treasurer.
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CORPORATE MEMBERS.
Alms, William H.
Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard.
Anderson, Davis C.
Hinkle, Thornton M.
Anderson, Edward L.
Hollister, Howard C.
Anderson, Larz.
Holmes, D. H. J.
Anderson, Mrs. W. P.
Howe, Mrs. A. J.
Ault, L. A.
Ingalls, M. E.
Baker, Mrs. C. W.
James, D. L.
Baker, Miss Phoebe S.
Kellogg, C. H.
Balke, R. F.
Kittredge, Edmund W.
Battele, J. G.
Langdon, Perin.
Bowler, Robert B.
Laws, Miss Annie.
Caldwell, Charles E.
Lawson, Mrs. F. H.
Carew, Joseph T.
Leaman, Mrs. Robert F.
Cist, Charles M.
Levy, Harry M.
Cist, Edgar W.
Livingood, C. J.
Compton, W. C.
Longworth, Miss A. R.
Longworth, Miss Clara E.
Longworth, Mrs. Nicholas.
Dandridge, Miss M. E.
Lord, Mrs. Catharine W.
Davis, Mrs. Nat'l Henchman. Davis, W. H., Jr.
McDonald, Alexander.
Dexter, Miss Mary.
Mackoy, W. H.
Emery, Mrs. Thomas J.
Meyers, P. V. N.
Eckstein, Frederick.
Miller, Griffin T.
Mitchell, W. J.
Murphy, Mrs. John A.
Foster, Mrs. Joseph C.
Neave, Alexander C.
Forchheimer, Mrs. Frederick.
Parkinson, George Bowen.
Perin Frank I ..
Peters, H. C. Pendleton, Elliott H.
Phillips, Mrs. Thomas.
Procter, W. Cooper.
Procter, Mrs. W. Cooper.
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Conner, P. S.
Cowen, B. R.
Ludlow, William S.
Foley, B. W. Foster, Miss A. H.
Gano, Mrs. John A. Goepper, Edward. Goshorn, Alfred T. Greve, Mrs. T. L. A. Groesbeck, H. J. Groesbeck, Telford. Hicks, Mrs. A. T.
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Roelker, Frederick G.
Voorheis, Albert B.
Scarborough, J. V. B.
Wald, G. H.
Schmidlapp, J. G.
Warder, Miss Anna A.
Seely, W. W.
Warder, Reuben H.
Shillito, Gordon.
Wiborg, F. B.
Shillito, Stewart.
Wiborg, Mrs. F. B.
Skinner, Samuel W.
Wilby, Charles B.
Stallo, E. K.
Wilby, Joseph.
Shearer, J. L. Stettinius, John L.
Wilson, Mrs. O. J.
Storer, Bellamy.
Winslow, John F.
Suire, F. O.
Worthington, Edward.
Sykes, G. S.
Worthington, William.
Taft, Charles P.
Wulsin, Drausin.
Taylor, William W.
Wulsin, Lucien.
LIFE MEMBERS.
Anderson, Mrs. Louise N.
Bliss, Eugene F.
Chatfield, Albert H.
Jones, Mrs. Frank J.
Chatfield, Mrs. A. H.
Neave, Miss Alice.
Davis, Nathaniel Henchman.
Neave, Miss J. C.
Davis, William Henry. Dexter, Miss Alice.
Procter, Harley T.
Stone, George N.
Fleischmann, Julius.
Storer, Mrs. Bellamy.
Fletcher, Miss Clara B.
Thomson, Peter G.
Gest, Erasmus.
Vail, Henry H.
Gibson, Mrs. William.
Harrison, L. B.
Woods, Harry F. Woods, William.
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Hurd, E. O.
Jones, Frank J.
Wilson, O. J.
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CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Duro, Cesario F.
Green, Samuel A.
Hayes, E. G. .
Heath, William McK.
Hoyt, A. H.
Stevenson, Benjamin F.
Tyson, Philip T.
Wood, Horatio.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Caldwell, John D.
Durrett, Reuben T.
Harrison, Benjamin. Venable, W. H.
During the past year three Corporate Members have died, as follows :
Curwen, Mrs. M. T. W.
Murphy, Dr. John A.
Goepper, Herman.
ANNUAL REPORT
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CINCINNATI THE ROBERT CLARKE COMPANY 1902
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OFFICERS FOR 1901-1902.
JOSEPH WILBY, PRESIDENT.
FRANK J. JONES, VICE-PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, VICE-PRESIDENT.
ALBERT H. CHATFIELD, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
GERRIT S. SYKES, RECORDING SECRETARY.
CHARLES J. LIVINGOOD, TREASURER.
MRS. CATHARINE W. LORD, LIBRARIAN.
NAT'L HENCHMAN DAVIS,
MRS. T. L. A. GREVE,
E. H. PENDLETON,
CURATORS.
F. B. WIBORG, JOHN F. WINSLOW,
The meetings of the Society are held in its rooms in the Van Wormer Library, at half-past two in the afternoon of the first Saturday of each month from October to May.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
CINCINNATI, December 2, 1901.
The Librarian respectfully submits the following report for the year ending with this date. The accessions to the Library have been :
Bound volumes. . 528
Pamphlets, Map,
1105 I
The library now contains 16,996 bound volumes and 64,016 pamphlets. Of the books added 490 were given, 35 bought from the Elizabeth Haven Appleton Memorial Fund, and 3 bought from the Colonial Dames Fund. The gifts came from 133 sources; 77 societies and institutions contributed and 56 individuals, of whom 19 were members of the Society.
Within the month just ended the anticipated removal of the library has been accomplished, and books, pamphlets and other col- lections belonging to the Society have been placed in the new Van Wormer Library building of the Cincinnati University.
The bequest of the late Robert Clarke, reported two years ago and held in storage until the present time, has now been opened. The' collection consisting of 373 uniformly bound volumes makes a handsome addition to the library. These books, as has been pre- viously stated, are publications of The Robert Clarke Company.
"The Gano Papers." Mention was made in the last Annual Re-
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port that Mrs. John A. Gano had presented to the Society a great number of documents that had been for many years in the Gano family. Early in the year these were arranged in three large volumes, such as had been used for the "Walker Papers," the " Clarke Papers," and other similar collections. They are entitled "The Gano Papers." ,
The first two volumes contain documents referring to the militia of Ohio from 1792 to 1817, and thus includes the period of the War of. 1812 with Great Britain. Here are such papers as refer to the business of war and the militia: election reports, orders, leaves of absence, discharges, and this collection is especially rich in lists of names as shown in Rank Lists and Muster Rolls.
In the third volume are papers containing testimony in the Burr Conspiracy or in the trial subsidiary thereto, such as the resolution to expel from the United States Senate John Smith of Ohio. The other papers refer to the clerkship of the Court of Common Pleas in Hamilton County, 1792-1818, and of the Supreme Court, of both which John Stites Gano was the clerk, and to his general private affairs, such as the settlement of Deerfield, now South Lebanon, Warren county, in 1796. There are besides miscellaneous bills and contracts, indentures and deeds. The volume ends with a collection of letters.
The oldest document among the "Gano Papers," the one with which the first volume opens, is a broadside of 175, containing the Articles of Capitulation of Montreal.
In the correspondence between the early settlers of Ohio and their friends in the East the great mass of the letters written in the West naturally remains in the East, if it remains at all. This will be found to be true in the various "Papers " preserved in our library, and I have no doubt is true in the case of other western societies. Particularly valuable then is a collection of letters, sixteen in num- ber, recently presented to the Society by Miss Clara Chipman New- ton. These were written by her great-uncle, Daniel Newton, to his brother, the Rev. Ephraim Holland Newton, of Marlborough, Ver- mont, with the exception of two letters addressed to his father, Marshall Newton, of New Fane, in the same state. I may remark here that the Rev. E. H. Newton was the father of our late associate, John Marshall Newton.
The first letter is written from Greenfield, Huron county, in March, 1816, but most of the others from Sandusky City in the same
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county, the last one bearing date August 3, 1821. I need not give the contents of these letters. They tell a not infrequent tale. Daniel took up more land than he could pay for and built a house he could not pay for, but aid was generously given him from home, where he made a visit in 1817. During the following year he had much trouble with his eyes, a trouble prevalent at the time, he tells us, in the neighborhood of Sandusky. For years also he had fever and ague, and says he needs a wife " to wash and mend his clothes." In his letters are many pictures of the ordinary events in a new settle- ment. Among these he mentions a camp-meeting, which shocked his Presbyterian proprieties ; he mentions a murder by Indians ; he gives several times the prices of ordinary commodities and he always wants money. Finally, November 26, 1820, he supplies one of his wants by taking a wife, and it is to be hoped that he was thereafter mended and clean.
One would think he had had trouble enough, but I must quote from his last letter the climax of his woes: "The night that the jury was out I was up all night before we got our discharge, and I took the most severe cold that I ever had, and have not got over it yet, also have been severely troubled with the teeth ache and ague in my head for about a month together with the phthisic now and then for about six months, and also about two weeks ago I got kicked by a horse in my side which made me very lame and weak in my side and breast ever since. No ribs were broke, yet a little started."
Although just entering upon the work in our new surroundings, your Librarian is impressed with the advantages to be gained in the use of the modern book stacks; especially will the convenient location of the pamphlet shelves facilitate the disposal of these sometimes troublesome accessions. While our box system is satisfactory for miscellaneous pamphlets we still feel a pressing need for an adequate binding fund, that the more valuable unbound contributions which are constantly being received may be put in a better form for use.
In the unsettled state the library has been in for the past two years the usual vigilance in looking after the reports of our city in- stitutions has not been observed-in consequence there are some lacking numbers-we would gladly receive now from members or friends any of these late reports they may have to furnish.
CATHARINE W. LORD,
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CONTRIBUTORS.
Vols. Pphs.
Academy of History and Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
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Boston Children's Hospital.
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Boston, City of ..
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Boston City Hospital
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Bunker Hill Monument Association
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California Genealogical Society
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Can dian Institute
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Chicago Historical Society
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Cincinnati ---
Associated Charities
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Board of Supervisors
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Chamber of Commerce
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Children's Home
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Engineer's Club.
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Museum Association
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Music Hall Association.
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Ohio Mechanics' Institute.
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Public Library.
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University of Cincinnati.
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Woman's Club.
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Dayton, O., First Presbyterian Church
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Essex Institute.
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Instituto Geologico de Mexico.
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Iowa Masonic Library
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Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conference. .
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Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor
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Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Medford Historical Society.
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion U. S .-
California Commandery
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Iowa Commandery.
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Minnesota Commandery
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New York Commandery
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Wisconsin Commandery
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Minnesota Academy of Natural Science
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Minnesota Historical Society
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Newberry Library
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New York Public Library.
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New York State Historical Association
Nova Scotian Institute of Science
Oberlin College 4
Ohio-
Agricultural Experiment Station 2
Archeological and Historical Society
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Society Sons of the Revolution I
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Oxford College.
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Rhode Island Historical Society
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Royal Society of Canada.
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St. Louis Mercantile Library .
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Tennessee Historical Society.
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Texas State Historical Association
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Transallegheny Historical Society.
United States --
Bureau of Am. Ethnology
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Bureau of Foreign Commerce.
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Bureau of Rolls and Library
Bureau of Statistics
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Commissioner of Education
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Department of Agriculture.
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Fish Commission.
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Interstate Commerce Commission Smithsonian Institution. 7
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Université de Toulouse, France.
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University of Pennsylvania
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University of Toronto.
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Washington State Historical Society
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West Virginia Historical Society.
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Western Reserve Historical Society
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Wisconsin State Historical Society.
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Woman's Canadian Historical Society
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Worcester Free Public Library
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Yale University
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Yale University, Librarian of.
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Yearly Meeting of Friends.
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Abraham, Victor.
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Aubery, Miss Louise
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Bellows, William H.
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Benton, Josiah H., Boston
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Boyden, H. P.
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Brown, Avery T., New York
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Brymner, Douglas, Ottawa, Canada. 3
Burrows Brothers Co I
. Cadle, Cornelius.
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Chatfield & Woods Co
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Clarke, Robert, Co.
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Currer, E. H., New York.
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Foraker, J. B.
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Garcia, Genaro, Mexico, D. F.
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Gest, J. H.
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Harper, Francis P.
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Holden, William
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Jackson, Hall N.
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Langton, H. II., Toronto
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Lord, Mrs. H. C.
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Lytle, John P., Philadelphia
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McCracken, John, Steubenville, O
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MacLean, J. P., Cleveland.
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Moore, Clarence B., Philadelphia.
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Read, Robert L.
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Steward, Gco. F., New York
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Swan, Chas. H.
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Thomas, John H., Oxford, O
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MEMBERS.
Anderson, Mrs. Louise N
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Bliss, Eugene F.
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Chatfield, A. H.
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Chatfield, Mrs. A. H.
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Clarke, Robert (by bequest).
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Green, Samuel A., Boston
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Greve, Mrs. T. L. A.
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Hinkle, Thornton M
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Jones, Frank J.
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Kittredge, E. W.
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Lord, Mrs. C. W
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Storer, Bellamy
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Taft, Chas. P.
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Taylor, W. W.
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Wilby, Charles B
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Wilby, Joseph.
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Winslow, John F
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Woods, Harry F.
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MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
Chatfield, Mrs. A. H. Two old Indian saddles.
Fithian, Miss Belle. Fireman's prize belt, "Red Rover," won by Daniel Fithian, Cincinnati, 1844.
Garrard, Jeptha. The Western Spy, January 25, 1804. Containing notice of the death of Israel Ludlow (framed).
Roclker, Miss Annie. Twelve photographic views of Cincinnati.
Scudder, J. K. Half-tone pictures of Bishop Philander Chase (3 copies).
The Society is indebted to Messrs. Bellows, Bliss, Boyden, Chatfield and Wilby for many circulars, programs, cards, clippings, etc., of historical inter- est, but not included in the list of accessions.
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
After much delay the Van Wormer Library was finally ready for occupancy by our Society in the fall of this year. Thereupon, the removal of the books, pamphlets and other collections of the Society from Garfield Place to its new quarters was undertaken, and has been successfully and economically accomplished. The actual work of transportation began on or about October 19th, although a good many days' preparation, in the way of cleaning and arranging for safe and convenient carriage, had preceded. The period occupied in moving may be said to have terminated with the last load hauled on November 30th. Nineteen days were required for the actual work of moving, and we were favored with dry weather during all of those days. As a matter of statistics which may hereafter be in- teresting, I might perhaps say here that our library made a total of fifty-nine wagon loads of about five thousand pounds each.
Although we are to-day sufficiently lodged in our new rooms to permit the holding of this meeting here, yet much remains to be done in rearranging the books and final adjustment of our furniture and general conditions to our new surroundings.
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