The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-12-01
HrsToR1cAL SoclETIEs.-The formation

HISTORICAL SoCIETIEs.-The formation
ofbistorical societies has, within the last he"
years attracted some attention. In Massachu-
sets society of this kind have done much TO-
wards collecting early and important intorma-
tioB in reference to that State. Connecticut
formed a historical society last spring, and
have since been actively engaged In collecting
curious documents. New York has such So
ciety also, but we believe have not done mecn
vet The Geori; ia Historical Society has been
recently the most active Speaking of its trans
actions the New York Commercial Advertiser
savs.-"It is, we believe, only within the last
three or four wears that few gentlemen OF 1T
.r,+pre in Georgia directed their attention serl-
ousIv TO the work of historical investigation
touching the early history of their own stale
No history of the state had ever beeu written;
and the materials for such wOrk-whateVer
original materials might exist-were scattered
abount among the old trunks and bureaux OF Inc
country, or buried in the archives OF the coionl-
aldepartment of the mother country.
In order to rescue these materials HlstoIl-
cal Society was formed, which has entered up
on the work with great spirit and success. Ihe
state was induced to send an agent TO Europe
70 search the records of the colonial depart
ment and his mission was attended with great
success He returned with some twenty or
more folio volumes of transcripts of valuable
documents. such as will form an excellent basis
for history of the state.
"Meantime the researches of the society at
home have been attended with degree OF sue
cess equally signal, as an evidence of which the
society has already given to the public the first
volume of proposed series its transactions,
which is book of rare value. lis contents
are LIST, A historical Grafton delivered on the
formation of the society by the Hon. William
Law; Cd, An accurate account ofthe provinces
of South Carolina and Georgia, written more
than one hundred years ago; Sd, A voyage to
Georgia in 1875, by Francis Moore, 4th, An
impartial inquiry into the state and utility of
Georgia, in l74l; 5th, Reasons for establishing
the colony, with some account of the designs
of the trustees; 9th, A sketch Of the life of Gen
eral James oglethOrpe, the founder of the col
ony, written expressly for the society, by Tho
mas Spaulding, Esq"
five have been rightly informed movement
was made by some gentlemen in this city,
about year since, to form Historical Society
for Maryland Although we have had two ex-
eellent histories of Maryland, still there is much
vet 10 be learned about the original settlement
of the state and condition of the colony. Par
ticularly, in reference to the Indian history oil
MARYLAND is there want of correct informa-
ton. We know little or nothing about them.
That they were in great measure peaceably
disposed, may be inferred from the facts, that
the colonists had but few quaIrels with them,
and the early history flour state is not connec-
ted with long series of Indian murders. a
society of the kind just named could do mucf
towards rescuing from oblivion the fast fading
memorials of these extinct tribes,