Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-03-18
From the Indiana Journal.
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

/ From the Indiana Journal.
II INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
At The annual meeting OF said Society, holder
at the Supreme Court Room. on The 30th Decem
Der, 1912, the following officers were chosen, VIZ
Samuel Merrill, President,
7 Jeremiah Sullivan. Isl Vice President,
i Charles Dewey, I'd DO,
isnac Backford, 81 do,
John Law, Corresponding Secretary,
! William Sheets, Recording dc,
Chales w Cady, Treasurer,
Henry P Cobarn,
James NJ Ray,
I Henry w. Bsecher, Executive Committee.
! George II. Dunn,
| Douglass Mcguire,
+ Under the sanction of the official appointment
above announced, the undersigned begs leave TO
calf The attention Of the citizens Of the STATE 10
the object Of It's HIsToRIcAL SOCIETY. believing
that this course 10 the most proper for hIrs 10
pursue IN order 20 give energy to the department
assigned 10 him. Without some pecuRiary aid II
viii be impossible to accomplish with any toiera-
bic efficiency the particular Objects which the So
ciety proposes for the action Of its members; and
the most earnest hopes INDUCED that IN the
present ri. organization OF the Society, under the
auspices of several of her most distinguished sons,
every citizen Of INDIAN, viii hail its success
a matter OF personal pride and effort. II every
citizen Of moderate means would contribute his
half dollar fee for membership, how much could
be done IN few years Tor the honor, interest and
good reputo of the STATE. How many traditions
Of binding force and secrets Of dark antiquity"
now Wondering away with the decayinr energies
Of cur aged pioneers. might be snntrhed from
''obivion's night" and converted TO the useful
purpose of adorning and illustrating the moral
civil aud political history Of this commonwealth!
Now is the critical period for citizens to aid in
The efforts, begun by few public spirited ndvd
uaIs. TO rekindIe that lively interest in the past
audi Isto Of bo hic Ia
so necessary 10 a just and general application of
her past career and probable future destiny
The results of those efforts must be wrought out
from the scattered materials of the rapidly reced-
ing PAST, and their influences forming part OF
that aggregated glory and renown which are
lastly the pride Of every intelligent and free peo
plc-must be faithfully transmitted TO the FUTURE
The general objects which the society hopes to
accomplish through the medium Of It's present
are most Intimately connected with 1
the welfare and fama Of the STATE and Impair.
tial history-lhe materials for which the Society
intends % collecf-wl mako that welfare and
fame Of sterling value in The estimation of poster
ty, for whose approval and example The society
would fam labor with its might while labor prom
ses a rich reward.
The general objects Of the society are.
lst. The collection of materials calculated to
she'd light on the natural, civil, and political his
orr Of INDIANA.
2i The promotion Of useful knowledge, and the
rendiy and profitable Intercourse Of such cti-
.ens as are disposed 10 unite in such
81. The history end preseas condition Of the In
llama within the State.
4th. The collection and description Of ancient
emans and natural curlosities; the formation Of
Geological, neurological and botanical cabinets;
all descriptions Of The soil, climate and produc-
lens of the state; and in fine, the collection Of
very fact and thing that can be made 7ubservi
ut to the use Of The Society.
/. will be seen. therefore, that some money will
G needed 10 detray the expense Of publishing
he Society's transactions and collections; Of POS.
7ges; the transportation Of such books and other
etaIls as may be presented from sbroaJ: and Of b
ting up suitable room for the Library and COLI P
sclions. Such citizens wish to become mem i
ers viii be duly recognised as such upon the pay. Il
rent Of fifty cents, the annual subscription fee
he undersigned very respectfully suggests that a
number can unite their subscriptions and remit Il
or mail at The risk and expense Of the Society; L
nd he would urgently beg Of gentlemen in df- o
sreGt towns Of the State their aid in calling gen. II
raj attention to the objects and wants Of the So
iety. In work of this kind they viii see that P
o1c is not, cannot be. the day of their reward, e
Ut that like all phi,anthropic and patriotic labor
rs they mus, needs "cas. their bread upon the u
aters." One question needs only 10 be asked u
-"Sha'i INDIANA, whose importance Is not least 81
comparison with that of her sister States, be
10 last 10 appreciate tho utility of collecting nd T
eservinr the materials for her jus, history?' nj
Donations in money, books, PAM hlsts, manu-
ripts specimens and other articles, may be aj-
essed TO either Of the executive committee, or CT
the Undersigned. VI
Indianapolis. March l, 1913. DE-
A NOBLE Boy.--Aboa, fortnight since, as two VI