New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-05
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Tbs Society held their regular monthly meeting
last evening ct the New Yofk Unive7 sity, Luther
Bsdish, TIE President. in the cbsir. Afer the usual
ptiurary business, commuDic .ton was read from
he Rev. Samuel Oss God Domestic Corresponding
Secretary Ia " ch he begged to present 70 the So3iety
scopT Of tho " Y,sr BOOK of Agriculture" for 1855,
lv Dsvid l.. Wells, which gift WAS accompanied by
scme ne estDg written remarks f'On the donor.
TIE Librarian Mr.. MOORE, reporisd TIE donations
and additions to the lbrsTy since the Last meeti1Z In
Connection With one OF the sc smile of Leeds 9
Alpsnsck y l667-Mc MOORE referred TO Chomtss
History Of ting where his public alton is called
"T1e fist work printed, by Braoford, which has
"Iescbed us With date" This error las il ape rs
from what folio Es) has been copied by oil the writer's
On the His cry Of Printing down 70 This tine. II is
SoWn 10 nn error by the following It'll Of an ear
" Amspae, VIII ia q1Oed IA the New-Eog sud
Biz orioal I'D Genea ics Register, Vol. vii, y, 90
"it8s Eet1oriv,s Peans-aaiaq,e; Or Amerisss Mesn.
~. Beus ~ hlmansck &c. ~ siauEL ATKINS PHated
S &, 90 by '''' H'4"' At r''''''' ia r''o'''~ni'
TIE Committee which was appointed a, the last
monthly Deetirg 20 examine aut report concerning
aIumbsr Ct valuable papers which had been brought
before the poce Of the SOo9ty by Benson j. Losing,
esq iber made their report. They found thai the ps
psIs 10 question of great historic value, aud they
neonmend Z at some be rs'ajnsd by the SOciey, aua
tts others ~ great historical value be placed Ia the
archives of tic state. Upon visit TO Albany one of
fbe members of the Com mttee discovered that there
are 8, that city great number of OF er valuable
usaip.s ano documents VIII h from lack Of csr9 are
t1posed 10 rapid destruction from mice aud mice '.
The Society passed resolutions to he effect thst the
St:s Leglature be requested TO procure these manu-
scipis discovered by Mr.. LOSING, which are now in
private bancr in the City Of NeS-Ycrk, and have
proper Stenton paid to their preser 'aton, aud alss
hat they be collected by cOmleent PERSONS and those
parts rseting TO the Revol itionary History of the
State be published under tbs supervision Of the Re-
tents Of the Uni versiCY. Another resolution then
passed by which the Society designated Mr.. Benson j.
Losing a. fit and competent person to superia.end
such publication.
The ree Usr paper of the evening was then read by
CBARILs W. ELLIOT, esq, upon 1.-The First Dis.
eoyery Ct America" He said that he must claim this
topOr for TIE Mortimer, who first discovered the
American CODtr ent about the yeer 1000 of the Chris
tan Era. After giving brief sketch of ths early
Eabnen and their history be proceeded to the main
Ebiect Of his paper TO prove that these hardy aud
uttOIed voy ageTs, under leader Born sailing with
cat compass or guide, discovered by accident the
Cutteni of nerics while sailing from Zealand in
d0less search for Greenland, where they deered to
geld the Winter with the father of their leader BorD
BE sttemJted TO prove tina. subsequent visits we're
paid 10 n G American shores by the Northmen, VINO
rsis come slight settlements of considerable perm9'
AzA Much of what is known Of the early his
4 by OF the Notthmen quoted to sustain this
i1lnn. The par fine effort, and was listened
evl,h much interest, and vote Of thslkswas passed
toNr Eliot.