Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-06
MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
NASHVILLE Ant

NASHVILLE, August 4, 1857.
The President called the Society to order, and
after the adoption of the minutes of last meeting,
DR.. j. c.. Newman proposed the name of Thomas
Smith, Esq as a candidate for membership, and he
was unanimously elected.
Contributions were then made, as follows:
BY MRS. CLEMENTINE H. HOLMAN.
E q Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court
Of Tennessee, from 1896 to 1885," By James T.
Holman.
\ Scrap Book, number of old Almanacs and
newsPapers-one of which contains an opinion de-
ivered by James 7. Holman, Esq, in the Court of
Impeachment the trial of Hon Joshua Haskell,
Judge Of the 8th Judicial District
BY SAMUEL HUNT, N. D., of Williamsport, Tenn.
q Privilegii ct Capitol, con attire Cratic, Con-
cesse ala ideliss Citta Iii NapOli and Regno per Ii
Sereniss. Ri di Gaia de Aragon, confrmatiet nuo-
vo cOncesse par la Measta Cesarea DELI Imperator
Carlo Qunto, ct re Fltipo NOstrO Sgnore, con lutte
lie attire Cratic COncesse per tutto questo presente
ammo MDLXXAVIL Con nuovo addition, ct la Ia
VIOLA dele cOse notabili; Con previlegis In Vene-
tia, per Pietro Dufneli, ad instantia di Nicolo de
BOtts, MDLXXXVIIL Q588)
BY JOHN M. I'LL, ofNashville.
" Political Writings of Sir Richard Steel" Lon
don, 1915.
r." Independent Wing, or defence of Primitive
Christianity" sc. London, I74l.
g The British System of Education, - by JOS Ian
caster. Washington, 1912.
PRESENTED BY FRANCIS B. FoeG ESQ.
GA complete revsal of all the Acts of Assembly
of the PROVINCE of North Carolina" Newbern, N.
c., James Davis printer to the Honorable the
House of Assembly" 1913.
claws of the State Of North Carolina published
according the Act of Assembly, by James Iredell"
Edenton, n. c., Hodge 4 Willis, printers to the
State. 1871.
can Essay towards Real Character and Phi
losoPhical Language. By John Wilkins, D. D AN
of Ripon," &c. London 1868
The Historic of the Reformation of Religion
within the Realm of Scotland. Together with the
Life of John Kuoxe, the author, and several Gu
Ious pieces wrote by him; particularly that most
Fare and scarce one entitled The First Blast of the
Trumpet against the Nonstrous Regiment of Wo-
men," &c. Edinburgh Robert Fleming s c.,
1872"
The History Of Scotland, fromthe 21st February,
1896, to March, 1865. By Robert Lindsay, of
Ptscottie. To (which is added continuation by
another hand, till August, 1904 Edinburgh, Bas-
kett SEQ. 1928
Antiquities Americana size Scriptures Septen-
trionals rerum Ante Columbianarum in America"
Copenhagen: Schultz, printer, 1887.
IA rare work, worthy of the attention ofhistorcal
scholars as all those who take an interest in the
discovery of North America by the Mortimer. 1t is
supposed that only two copies of this work have be,
west Of the Alleghanies, this being of the two
r. J. Meigs, Jr., ESQ read-a letter from Col W.
r. Caswell, of cambridge, Tenn, in relation to the
Regimental Flags of the Tennessee Volunteers in the
Mexican War.
The President read a lecture, embracing Is PIP.
MS on the character Of NeGH,iUray the great Greek
Chief, his opposition to the Cumberland settlements,
and correspondence with zen. James Robertson.
An amendment to the Constitution was offered by
Frof J. B. Lindsey, which, under rule, lies over
one month.
The thanks of the Society were rendered to Mrs.
c. H. Holman, Dr. Samuel ?, Hunt, Francis B. Fogg,
ESQ, and John NJ. Hill, Esq, for their valuable
donations presented at this meeting.
The Society then adjourned
A. W. PUTNAM. Prest
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