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Three framed portraits of old and honored Cincinnati citizens were given to the cabinet collection. An oil portrait, life size, of Judge Timothy Walker, painted by Chester Harding and given by Miss Annie Walker, forms a fitting addition to the gift of valuable papers presented by her last year. By subscription we have obtained an excellent like- ness of Rev. Richard Gray, for so many years well known in our city. as the faithful missionary identified with Christ Church; the portrait is a small size oil painting, the work of Miss Mary Spencer, and recently Mrs. Greve has given a photograph of her father, Elwood Fisher.
As a loan, Mrs. C. W. Lord has placed in the collection a portrait of her grandfather, David Cox, of Philadelphia, interesting as a painting by Rembrandt Peale.
Mention of other gifts of pictures will be found in the list of con- tributions.
On the organization of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the spring of 1893, the use of the lecture room in the Historical Society Building was given for its meetings, and since then these ladies have regularly met here.
The stimulus given to historical and genealogical research by the Societies of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, and other kindred organizations, has shown the urgent need of there being in this library a larger number of local histories and genealogies. Per- haps our most frequent calls are for family histories. New books of this class are constantly published, while the local histories of the New England and Eastern States, some of them now rare, are rapidly passing into other libraries. Have we not friends in this Society who can supply some of these deficiencies?
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The work accomplished by the Librarian during the past year, aside from the regular routine of cataloguing accessions, etc., has been in the classification of miscellaneous matter. Two things have received es- pecial attention, pictures and maps. All framed pictures are newly numbered, marked and catalogued; the new permanent labels are a gift from. Mr. Edw. Goepper. Pictures in boxes and portfolios have been assorted and classified according to size and subject; portraits are by themselves. Ohio and Cincinnati pictures are together, and all are cata- logued first in a book which gives each a consecutive number in its re- spective portfolio. These several portfolios begin to number from one, whereby a two-fold advantage is gained, new pictures may be placed in the appropriate collection, and by consulting this catalogue the number and character of pictures in the library may readily be obtained, while the card catalogue will tell where any picture can be found.
Maps have received similar treatment in arrangement and cata- loguing ; this work is still unfinished, but much has been accomplished.
The miscellaneous class of minor local literature, such as invitation cards, programs, notices of meetings and the like, all of which is in the province of historical societies to care for, as a part of the history of the times, is partially arranged and placed in boxes uncatalogued. A satisfactory method of making this material available for use must yet be developed. The Society has sent to the Interior Department this year 158 duplicate government volumes, according to the system of exchange; the return has been many lacking numbers for our imperfect national series.
The accumulation of other duplicate books and pamphlets should be used more freely in exchange with various societies, but owing to the inadequate working force in the library this work goes on in a very limited way. It is hoped, however, that in time a benefit may be de- rived by the judicious disposition of this surplus historical material.
Thanks are due to the donors for their kindly interest, manifested in the many contributions sent the Society. ' With a hearty co-operation of members and friends in giving the work a more liberal support, this library with its present general excellence and unequaled collection on Ohio history might soon become in usefulness and importance an insti- tution of which Cincinnati might justly feel proud.
CATHARINE W. LORD,
Librarian.
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CONTRIBUTIONS.
SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
Vols. Pams.
Vols.
Pams.
American Folk-Lore Society ..
Boston City Hospital
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I Kansas Academy of Science ... I Laval University
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Boston Public Library.
I Lenox Library. 2
Buffalo Historical Society
I Maine Genealogicol Society ...
Canadian Institute.
2
ety 2
Cayuga Co. Historical Society.
3
Century Library Association. .. Cincinnati-
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I Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U. S. ----
Board of Supervisors
I California 28
Chamber of Commerce
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Iowa .. 11
Children's Home.
13
Michigan. 18
City of Cincinnati
2
Minnesota
13
Freight Bureau
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New York
30
Manufacturers' Association ..
3
I Wisconsin . 14
12 Milwaukee Public Library. J
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Old Men's Home.
2 Nebraska Historical Society ... New England Historic Genea- I logical Society 2 New Hampshire Historical So- ciety . 2
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Section American Chemical Association
Southern Railway
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Widow's Home
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Woman's Club.
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Woman's Columbian Expo- sition Association . . Connecticut Historical Society. Cornell University. 3
8 5
I Diocese of Southern Ohio ... Society of the Sons of the Revolution
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2
· Dayton Public Library.
Essex Institute.
5
State Library 12
Friends' Book Association.
Howard Memorial Library
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30
4 Presbyterian Historical Society. 3
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Ohio-
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I State Archeological and His- torical Society
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I State of Ohio 14 Weather and Crop Service ... I2
Iowa Historical Society.
1 New Haven Historical Society. . I Nova Scotian Institute of Science.
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Public Library
Ohio I
May Festival Association . . . Medical College of Ohio
Museum Association
I Massachusetts Historical Soci-
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Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio.
Vols.
Pams.
Progress Club, College Hill, O. I
Pullman Palace Car Co.
Rhode Island Historical So- ciety
Society of the Army of the Cumberland .
Tennessee State Board of Health 12
Travelers' Record 12
United States-
Bureau of Education 4
Bureau of Ethnology 2
Bureau of Statistics. 2
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3 Wisconsin, University of .. ... Ī I Worcester Free Public Library. Wyoming Historical Geological Society. 3
I Yale University.
I Yonkers Historical Library As- sociation
INDIVIDUALS.
Anderson, Mrs. Catharine L. Estate
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Holden, Wm I Horton, S. Dana. I
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Anderson, Charles.
2 Hoyt, A. H., Boston, Mass ..
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Anderson, Mrs. Larz
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Kemper, Willis M.
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Bailey, O. J
12 Kingsbury, D. L. St. Paul, Minn .
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I Kittredge, E. W.
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Boyden, Henry P.
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4 54 Lloyd, H. P.
9 Moore, Clarence B., Phila., Pa. Morgan, John T., Washington, 3 I D. C. 2
4 Read, Robert L 6
Collins, Miss May.
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2 Stimson, R. M., Marietta, O .. I
Darling, C. W., Utica, N. Y ..
Ewing, Thomas.
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French, A. D. Weld, Boston, Mass. I
Gano, Mrs. John A
Green, Charles R., Lynden, Kans .
Green, Samuel A., Boston,
4 Walterhouse, S., St. Louis, Mo. I Wilby, Charles B. I Mass ..
4 76 White, Albert S. 1
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PIRMS.
Department of Labor 4
I Department of State. 7 19
Department of War 2 I
I Fish Commission 3
Geological Survey IO
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I National Museum. 3 Quartermaster General I Smithsonian Institution 4 2
Western Reserve Historical So- ciety 2
I Wisconsin Historical Society ..
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Chief of Engineers. 6 Civil Service Commission .. Coast and Geodetic Survey ..
Court of Claims.
Department of the Interior .. 63
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Barlow, George, Brooklyn, N. Y ...
Brice, Calvin S., Washington, D. C ..
Brown, A. T., New York, N. Y. Burt, Pitts H. I Clark, A. G.
Taylor, Mrs. R. M. W.
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Vorhees, D. W., Washington, D. C .. 52
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MEMBERS.
Vols.
Pams.
Anderson, Edw. L.
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Hinkle, Mrs. A. II.
Anderson, Mrs. L. N
96 Howe, Mrs. A. J. 1
Barney, R. D.
2 Hunt, Samuel F
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Bliss, Eugene F.
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Chatfield, A. H
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25 Lord, Mrs. C. W
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Chatfield, Mrs. A. H
73 Neave, Miss J. C.
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Clarke, Robert.
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Storer, Bellamy
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Dexter, Julius
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Gano, John A.
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3 Venable, Wm. HI
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Greve, Mrs. T. L ..
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Guthrie, J. V
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MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
Anderson, Mrs. L. N. Silver medal mounted in a case, given to the Young Ladies Branch of the Woman's Christian Association at the Cincinnati Industrial Ex- position, 1873.
Andrews, R. H. Photograph of footprints of man in granite at the State Prison, Carson, Nevada.
Appleton, Miss S. H. Portfolio of World's Fair pictures.
Bliss, Eugene F. World's Fair Cards.
Brower, Abram. Newspapers containing historical articles.
Cassat, Dr. M. Old Cincinnati newspapers.
Chatfield, A. H. Portfolio of World's Fair pictures.
Herron, John W. I manuscript paper.
Hill, Alexander. 4 photographs of World's Fair Buildings after partial de- struction by fire.
Howard Memorial Library. Photograph of a monument commemorative of the Battle of New Orleans.
Lord, Miss Caroline A. Sketch of Reeder's Sand Bank, Riverside, O.
Nettleton, Mrs. N. G. Harper's Weekly, 1894.
Perry, Mrs. A. F. 3 cups and saucers made for the Martha Washington tea party, in Cincinnati, 1876.
Storer, Bellamy. Lithograph of St. Francis de Sales Church, Walnut Hills, Cin- cinnati, O.
Subscribers to the portrait of Rev. Richard Gray: Anderson, Mrs. L. N .; Chat- field, A. H .; Greve, Mrs. T. L. A .; Jones, Frank J .; LeBoutillier, Mrs. James ; Nettleton, Mrs. N. G.
Walker, Miss Annie. Photograph of Bryant Walker and daguerreotype of Sal- mon P. Chase.
White, Mrs. Albert S. Daguerreotype of Stephen H. Burton.
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TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3, 1894.
GENERAL FUND.
Receipts.
1893, Dec. 4.
Balance
$ 10 83
Dues of 1893
50 00
Dues of 1894.
950 00
Dues of IS95.
30 00
Sales by The Robert Clarke Company.
21 75
Street R. R. Co. dividend ..
3 13
Income from Endowment Fund.
631 51
Income from Life Membership Fund.
182 46
Special Loan
250 00
Call Loan
250 00
I share Street R. R. sold to Building Fund. .
50 00
2459 68
Expenditures.
Librarian
510 00
Janitor
275 00
Light
7 25
Fuel
57 00
Water
36 56
Cleaning
40 05
Book :.
25 00
Printing
48 00
Postage and Expressage
9 90
Advertising.
7 60
Stationery
8 20
Street Assessment
26 57
Attorney
79 76
Repairs
50 85
Sundries
75
Call Loan of 1893 paid.
100 00
Transfer to Building Fund.
813 02
5 shares Street R. R. Co. bought
250 00
Part of Special Loan paid.
50 00
64 17
2459 68
1894, Dec. 3. Balance
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ENDOWMENT FUND.
Receipts.
1894.
Mortgage Interest. 66 51
Building Fund Interest on $9,300 465 00
Building Fund Interest on $3,000 100 00
Mortgage sold.
3000 00
3631 51
Expenditures.
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Income paid to General Fund.
631 51
Loan to Building Fund, five per cent. 3000 CO
3631 51
1894, Dec. 3. The Fund consists of
Loan to Building Fund, five per cent. 9300 00
Loan to Building Fund, five per cent. 3000 00
12300 00
1893, Dec. 4. The fund was 12300 00
LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND.
Receipts.
1893, Dec. 4. Balance uninvested cash
7 45
Zoological Garden rent
5 00
Ludlow bonds interest
20 00
Mortgage interest
73 71
Street R. R. Co. dividend
83 75
Mortgage sold.
3325 00
Zoological Garden lease sold
200 00
3714 91
Expenditures.
Income paid to General Fund.
182 46
67 shares Street R. R. Co. bought
3517 50
1894, Dec. 3.
Balance cash to invest.
14 95
3714 91
1394, Dec. 3. The Fund consists of
Ludlow bonds, five per cent
400 00
67 shares Street R. R. Co.
3517 50
Uninvested cash
14 95
3932 45
1893, Dec. 4. The fund was
3932 45
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BUILDING FUND.
Receipts.
IS93, Dec. 4.
Balance uninvested cash.
36 93
Annual Subscription.
105 00
Daughters of American Revolution
30 00
Anonymously.
116 22
Mortgage interest ..
29 27.
Zoological Garden rent.
IO 63
Street R. R. Co. dividend
6 25
Transfer from General Fund.
813 02
Mortgage sold.
1320 00
Zoological Garden lease sold
450 00
Call Loan, C. C. Barney
4400 00
Endowment Fund Loan
3000 00
10317 32
Expenditures.
Zoological Garden lease bought.
50 00
Call Loan paid
9000 00
Street R. R. Co. stock, 4 shares
210 00
2.
105 00
50 00
Interest on $9,000 loan
147 50
$4,400
146 67
$9,300 66
465 00
<- 6 $3,000 66
100 00
1894, Dec. 3. Balance cash to invest.
43 15
10317 32
1894, Dec. 3. The fund consists of
Building No. 115 W. 8th St., cost.
30000 00
7 shares Street R. R. Co., cost 365 00
Uninvested cash
43 15
30408 15
The debts against it are
Loan from C. C. Barney, five per cent .... 4400 00
Loan from Endowment Fund, five per cent. 9300 00
3000 00
16700 00
1894, Dec. 3. Net ..
13708 15
1893, Dec. 4. The fund was.
13456 93
Gain
251 22
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ELIZABETH HAVEN APPLETON FUND.
Receipts.
1893, Dec. 4. Balance cash income.
46 75
Balance cash principal
69 53
C. H. & D. R. R. Co. interest.
135 00
Zoological Garden rent
4 37
Mortgage interest.
6 98
Street R. R. Co. dividend.
13 74
Mortgage sold.
315 00
Zoological Garden lease sold
250 00
Miss Sarah H. Appleton
100 00
Mrs. T. J. Emery.
20 00
961 37
Expenditures.
Zoological Garden lease bought.
150 00
II shares Street R. R. Co. bought.
577 50
Books bought.
151 00
1894, Dec. 3. Balance cash income.
55 84
Balance cash principal.
27 03
961 37
1894, Dec. 3. The fund consists of
3000 C. H. & D. R. R. 412 per cent bonds cost 2882 50
II shares Street R. R. Co. cost 577 50
Uninvested cash
27 03
3487 03
1893, Dec. 4. The fund was
3367 03
Gain.
120 00
JULIUS DEXTER,
Treasurer.
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CORPORATE MEMBERS.
Davis C. Anderson,
Edward L. Anderson,
Joseph L. Anderson,
Larz Anderson,
William P. Anderson, H. T. Atkins,
Miss Phoebe Baker,
R. D. Barney,
S. P. Bishop,
R. B. Bowler,
A. E. Burkhardt,
R. W. Burnet,
S. R. Burton,
Robert W. Carroll,
Mrs. A. H. Chatfield,
Robert Clarke,
IV. C. Compton,
P. S. Conner,
B. S. Cunningham:
Mrs. Mary T. W. Curwen,
Charles P. Davis,
E. C. Dawes,
Mrs. Charles T. Dickson,
Richard Dymond,
Mrs. T. J. Emery, .
Albert G. Erkenbrecher,
Mrs. E. H .* Ernst,
S. M. Fechheimer,
Charles Fleischman,
B. W. Foley,
Mrs. Fredk. Forchheimer, John A. Gano,
Edward Goepper,
Herman Goepper, W. Augustus Goodman,
A. T. Goshorn,
Mrs. T. L. A. Greve,
W. S. Groesbeck,
J. V. Guthrie,
W. A. Hall,
Miss Augusta L.Harbeson,
Andrew Hickenlooper,
Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle,
T. M. Hinkle,
Howard C. Hollister,
D. H. J. Holmes,
Mrs. A. J. Howe,
Mrs. C. L. Howe,
Mrs. C. M. Hulbert,
Samuel F. Hunt,
Mrs. F. G. Huntington,
M. E. Ingalls,
Mrs. Rufus King,
E. W. Kittredge, Miss Annie Laws,
Mrs. F. H. Lawson,
Mrs. R. F. Leaman,
Mrs. James LeBoutillier,
J. L. Lincoln,
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Mrs. Catharine W. Lord,
William McAlpin,
Alexander McDonald,
Mrs. O. A. Mclaughlin, Griffin T. Miller,
Robert Mitchell,
C. C. Murdock,
John A. Murphy,
P. V. N. Myers, Miss Alice Neave,
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Miss J. C. Neave,
Nettleton Neif,
Peter Rudolph Neff,
Richard Neff,
Stewart Shillito, H. A. Smith, John I .. Stettinius, Bellamy Storer,
Charles P. Taft,
Mrs. N. G. Nettleton, John M. Newton,
William W. Taylor,
T. C. Pearce,
Reuben H. Warder,
Mrs. Thomas Phillips,
L. C. Weir,
E. P. Wilson,
H. A. Rattermann, T. A. Reamy,
O. J. Wilson,
F. G. Roelker,
Mrs. O. J. Wilson,
W. W. Scarborough,
Edward Worthington,
J. G. Schmidlapp,
William Worthington,
IV. W. Seely,
Mrs. D. Thew Wright,
Mrs. W. W. Seely,
Drausin Wulsin,
Thomas Sherlock,
Lucien Wulsin.
LIFE MEMBERS.
Mrs. Louise N. Anderson, Miss Sarah H. Appleton,
Eugene F. Bliss, Albert H. Chatfield,
Natl. Henchman Davis,
William Henry Davis,
Miss Alice Dexter,
Julius Dexter, Miss Clara B. Fletcher, M. F. Force,
Mrs. M. F. Force,
Erasmus Gest, Mrs. William Gibson,
L. B. Harrison, E. O. Hurd, Frank J. Jones, Mrs. Frank J. Jones,
H. B. Morehead, Mrs. Lydia A. Potter, Harley T. Procter, Mrs. Bellamy Storer, Peter G. Thomson,
Henry H. Vail, H. F. Woods, . William Woods.
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CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Cesario F. · Duro,
Samuel A. Green,
William McK. Heath,
A. H. Hoyt,
S. Dana Horton,
E. G. Hayes,
J. A. McAllister,
J. Thomas Scharf.
Benjamin F. Stevenson,
Philip T. Tyson,
Horatio Wood.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
John D. Caldwell,
Reuben T. Durrett,
Benjamin Harrison, W. H. Venable.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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FOR 1895.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
CINCINNATI, December 2, 1895.
The additions to the library for the year ending with this date are as follows :
Bound volumes
590
Pamphlets.
2,143
Round volumes of newspapers.
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5
Maps.
15
Portfolios of maps
5
Manuscripts
Total
2,776
The library now contains 13, 668 bound volumes and about 56,500 pamphlets. Of the books added, 552 were gifts, and 43 volumes and I pamphlet were purchased from the income of the Elizabeth Haven Appleton Fund. Contributions have been received from 173 different sources. The societies and institutions contributing were 91 in num- ber; individuals 82, of whom 30 were members. The names of the donors, with a detailed list of donations, is appended to this report.
The library has made during the year a satisfactory progress. The gratifying increase in the number of visitors, the more general appreciation of opportunities offered for historical research, and the many individuals who have remembered the Society with donations, are encouraging signs of an awakening to a better understanding of the objects historical societies aim to promote.
The purchases from the Appleton Fund represent many of the new important histories ; one interesting work is "The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde in Southwestern Colorado," finely illustrating from photographs these remarkable dwellings.
It is a matter of congratulation to the Society that among its members there were those, who in a desire to give expression to their loving memory of Miss Appleton, had thoughtful interest for the Library with which she was so long connected. The fund organized in this way for the purchase of books has been the means of bringing
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within our reach many valuable works, the possession of which could not otherwise have been hoped for. These yearly accessions add materially to the importance of the Library, and will be a perpetual source of satisfaction to the promoters of the fund.
Among the contributions received, we have from Mr. Dexter the new History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, and ten folio volumes of the Filson Club Publications in handsome bindings befit- ting these valuable monographs. Mrs. Louise N. Anderson procured for the Library the Minneapolis papers containing the full proceedings of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, lately held in that city. A collection of books given by Mr. Robert L .. Read contains a number of valuable New England histories. Spe- cially worthy of mention are : Farmer's Register of the First Settlers of New England, Williamson's History of Maine, Annals of Ports- mouth, a fine copy of Belknap's New Hampshire, and the first volume of the same history with Farmer's notes, I think the only one published.
Other gifts have been received that would merit notice, but our interest centers this year in the chief donation, through which the in- crease of the Library has been most signally marked, the gift from General M. F. Force of a collection of books, pamphlets, maps, letters and pictures, representing one of the Society's most interesting and valuable benefactions.
The works all bear upon American history, embracing many of the early French and Spanish voyages and travels, with accounts of their first settlements in this country .. A large portion of the collec- tion relates particularly to the aborigines and antiquit es of America, books gathered by Judge Force in the preparation of his own historical works on the Indians and the Mound Builders.
The notice of the books in this report must of necessity be limited to a very general description of their character, specifying ouly a few that may be rare or of particular interest.
Among the earlier publications stands prominent Gio. Battista Ramusio's " Delle Navigationi et Viaggi," three folio volumes, edition of 1606. Harrisse says "this work may be said to open an era in the literary history of voyages and navigation," and that "we are indebted to Ramusio for the preservation of accounts of voyages of the utmost importance to the student of American history ; accounts which would entitle the Raccolta to a prominent place in any American library." There is the " Histoire Naturelle et Moralle des Indes," by Joseph Acosta, a Spanish edition, 1600; the many translations of this work into European languages testify to its intrinsic merits. We find in the collection La Hontan's "Nouveaux Voyages," 1706; "L'Histoire du
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Nouveau Monde," Jean de Laet, 1640 ; Hennepin's " Voyage Curieux," 1704; "Nouveaux Voyages dans, l'Amérique Septentrionale," by M. Bossu ; " Histoire de la Louisiane," by Le Page du Pratz, and the work of Lafiteau, " Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains." The mention of these books gives an idea of the importance and scope of the earlier publications There are also the proceedings of the various Sessions of the Congrès International des Américanistes, writings of Humboldt, Lescarbot and Segard.
In the translations and reprints we have such valuable histories as the Jesuit Relations, Champlain's Voyages, La Salle, La Clercq. We find Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature, Shea's Linguistics, translations of the Bible into numerous Indian dialects, the works of Schoolcraft, Charlevoix, Colden, Adair and Carver.
In ethnology, the Peruvian Antiquities, by Reiss and Stübel, and the North-west Coast of America, from the collections in the Royal Museum at Berlin, are publications full of interest to the anthropolog- ical student. The colored illustrations in these works are skillfully executed, and give faithful and accurate reproductions of these se- pulchral objects of antiquity.
The large number of important pamphlets adds no small share to the value of the donation, while the many photographs of Indians and their habitations are interesting auxiliaries in studying the history of these vanishing races.
Autograph letters from such prominent men as Francis Parkman, Horatio Hale, General Sherman, and others, are desirable additions 'to our manuscript department.
But the above enumerated list can give only a partial showing of the richness of the collection. Accompanying this generous gift to the library is an excellent portrait of the donor's father, Peter Force, whose name is eminent as an historical collector. His well-known private library of Americana now forms part of the Library of Con- gress. No portrait could more appropriately grace the rooms of an historical society; especially is it appreciated here where the name of his son, Judge Force, has long been known as one of the most in- terested and scholarly members. He first filled the office of corres- ponding secretary, then, in 1869, he was chosen president, an office he continued to hold until his removal to Sandusky, in 1889, made him . think it necessary to decline re-election. The gift he has now bestowed is a striking proof of his continued interest in the growth and pros- perity of the Society.
In addition to the cabinet acquisitions contained in the Force collection, are several that should have special mention.
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Through the influence of Mrs. A. F. Perry, a portrait of her father, Micajah T. Williams, has been presented by her sister, Mrs. Thomas, of Wisconsin. The portrait was painted in Columbus, in 1819, when Mr. Williams was 27 years old.
Mr. Harold W. Lowrie, of Nashville, Tenn., presented to the Society, through Albert B. Voorheis, Esq., some relics of the Con- federate States; one of these is certainly rare, a gold dollar, bearing on one side the inscription " Bechtler, I Dol.," on the other " Caro- lina Gold 27 gr. 21 c." This money was current in the south at the outbreak of the war. A Confederate bond from which coupons had been cut, five well-preserved banknotes of different denominations and four ten-cent Confederate postage stamps are included in this interesting gift.
From Hon. Bellamy Storer is a complete set of proof specimens United States postage stamps, from the first issue in 1847, when but two stamps were used, to the Columbian postal issue of 1893, in de- nominations from one cent to five dollars.
Early in the year Dr. Venable read before the Society a paper on the life and character of William D. Gallagher, the poet and his- torian, whose death had occurred several months previously. At the close of the meeting Dr. Venable presented his paper to the Society with another on the same character read by Reuben T. Durrett before the Filson Club at Louisville. A manuscript of one of Mr. Gallagher's poems and a copy of a long letter written by him to Hon. C. D. Drake were also given.
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