The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-29
VEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SO.

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Pseeesdings OF the Late Annual
e.,rfr rn,D I. AeetisS. .4E .,
John J. Brown, Recording Secretary
Of the West Virginia Historical Society
has furnished US the following abstracts
OF its proceedings for publication:
The regular annual meeting Of tn,
West Virginia Historical Society was
held in the Chapel of the West Wiz.
einis University, at Morgantown, West
Virginia, at 3 o'clock P, NJ, on Wed
nesdsy, the 10Th day OF June, 1872.
Dr.. Il. W. Brook, Curator, made
report of donations made to the Society
by John J. Brown, of a collection Of
Continental currency issued by virtue
of resolutions of the Congress of the
United Colonies in IT'S, l776 and l777:
Also OF Pennsylvania currency, issued
by act of the General Assembly, passed
on the 9th day of April, l776, and in
the sixteenth year of the reign of His
Majesty, George III. Also, of Della
ware currency, issued in TIT, and OF
Virginia currency, issued 1850, to be
redeemed at the rate of one in forty, in
gold or silver, at the Virginia Treasury,
on Both of December, 1870. Also,
from Mrs. Rawley Evans. sundry pa
tents OF ancient date issued by the Com
monwealth of Virginia for lands in
Monongslis county.
Chester D. Hubbard, Treasurer, made
a report of the amount Of moneyin the
treasury, and from whom collected,
showing a balance in favor Of the
Society on the 18th day Of June, 1872,
Of $20270.
The office of Curator having been
made vacant by the removal Of DR..
John 8. Stevenson, the committee filled
the vacancy temporarily by the ap-
pointment Of DR.. Hugh w. Brock.
The following recon mendations were
approved and adopted:
|. Resolved, That the Corresponding
Secretary be furnished with notices, and
that he be required to notify each mem.
Der of the Society by mail Of the time
and place of each meeting six weeks
prior to the time OF the same, and that
accompanying said notice there shall be
also a statement Of the amount due
from each member and request that
the same be transmitted to the Treas
urer, and that section w. Of the by
laws requiring publication of notices OF
meetings in the newspapers of the State
be repealed, the same being regarded as
an unnecessary expense.
2. We recommend that's copy of the
published proceedings Of the Society
be sent to all the newspapers in the
State, with a request that they notice
the same in their columns; and also
that copy be sent to similar societies,
where their existence is ascertained,
with view Of receiving their publca-
tons in return.
On motion of John Mcclure the
Society proceeded to the election OF
officers for the ensuing year, which re.
suited in the choice Of the following
named gentlemen for the following
offices. to-wit: Hon. Waitman T.
Wiley, President; Hon. William K.
Pendlet6n, first Vice President; Hon.
A. E. Summers, second; DR.. E. A. Hill
dreth, third; Hon. A. F. Raymond,
fourth; Hon. John A. Ollie, fifth;
Adams w. Lorentz, Treasurer; DR..
Hugh w. Brock, Curator; Samuel G.
Stevens, Corresponding Secretary;
John j. Brown, Recording Secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
F. II. Peirpoint, Joseph T. Hoke, j.
Loomis Gould, Alexander Martin, Hugh
w. Brock, R. /. Berkshire, Adams w.
Loreutz, George NJ. Hagans and J. B.
Solomon.
DR.. Thomas H. Logan offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which, on motion,
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive Com
mittee correspond with intelligent gen.
tlemen in the State. and request them
to prepare papers and transmit the same
to said committee, giving a history OF
the formation and settlement OF their
respective counties, together with any
incidents and "reminiscences worthy Of
note and preservation connected there
with, which papers, after examination
by the Executive Committee, il deemed
worthy, shall be inserted in the pub
lished proceedings of the Society.
On motion OF DR.. Logan, the Execu
tive Committee is requested to secure
persons to read papers or make ad'
dresses before the Society at its next
regular meeting, which meeting, on his
further motion, was ordered to be held
in Charleston, w Va, on the second
Wednesday Of February, 1873.