Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-04
Tennessee Historical Society.

The February meeting of the Historical So
ternoon, at the Capitol.
Quite number of contributions were made
and we regret that we have not room for de-
tailed list. Among the books presented, was
one from Prof GEORGE :. BLACKIE, an active
member of the Society, printed in the year
1852 1t is the Lyons edition of the Materia
Medica of Pedanius Dioscorides, Il Greek wri-
ter, born in Cilicia, who fourishcd III the days
of Nero. The first edition Of the Greek text
of Dioscorides was published at Venice, 1899.
A better edition was issued at Paris in Ij49,
and still better one at Lyons in lJJ2, Of
which the copy given to the Society is
one. This copy possesses unusual interest. as
it contains the set of thirty rare engravings,
which were destroyed after few copies had
been printed.
GEORGE B. Brown, Eco, contributed large
number Of works, the most important of which
was thirty volumes of Recess New Cyclope-
dia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sci
ences, published at Philadelphia from 1903 to
1920. A really valuable donation.
The Hon. JOHN BELL contributed some thir-
ty or forty volumes of public documents; a.
mong which we find the LIST and End volumes
of Commodore Perry's Japan Expedition,
beautifully illustrated; Explorations for Pa
cifc Railroad; David Dale Owens Geological
Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, &c; Report of the
Superintendent of the United States Coast
Survey, &C., &c.
Our friend, Capt. L. ID. FARNswoRTH, contri-
buted small section of branch of the Char
ter Oak, Hartford, Comm Also letter from
ARCHY FIELDS, a hal-breed Cherokee, TO Capt.
MATTHEW MARrIN, Of Bedford county, Tenn.
1t is dated Cherokee Nation, Chickamauga
District, June 18th, 1928.
Capt. THOMAS CLAIBORNE, of the Mounted
Rifles, u. 5. A., contributed spoon made from
the horn Of Il mountain sheep. obtained near
Fort Laramie in 1853 from an O-gal-lal-lah.
Sioux or DacOtah) Indian. The bowl of the
spoon is inches long by "a wide, and is 81
inches deep.
Mrs. CLEMENTINE III. HOLMAN, of this city,
sent in one of the epaulettes worn by Col.
RICHARD BoYD, in the battle of Talladega,
Also, the bullet with which he was wounded,
in the same battle. Mrs. ii. also contributed
various papers and manuscript letters, former
ly in the possession of her father and grand
father. They contain the autographs of Ex-
governors Blount, McMinn, and Carroll and
of Senator Grundy, Judge Mclean, &c, &c.
Mr.. RICHARD HORROR, presented copy of
that rare work, known Us Haywood's Political
Reflections and MaXims The title page is
lost, but the work was printed in North Caro-
lima in about 1915.
SAMUEL SEAY, Esq, presented copy Of the
Bylaws of the town OF Nashville, printed by
BRADFORD in 1914.
JOHN NJ. LEA, ESQ, donated a copy of the
Impartial Review and Cumberland Reposito-
ry," for the years IsO5-6-7 s, bound 1t
was printed by THos. EAsTIN, and is very val
liable
President a. w. PUTNAM handed in sundry
pamphlets and bundle of original letters.
bearing date from 1857 TO 1915, obtained from
Capt. Stockley Donelson, of this county. They
embrace letters from Alex. Stockley, Stock
ley Denelson, Capt John Donelson, Gen. John
Coffee, Gen. Andrew Jackson, and many
others.
DIR. WM DARLINGTON, of West Chester. Pa.
was elected AN Honorary member of the So
ciety.