American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-24
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


of the Despatch
The Southern Historical Society |
seems To be accomplishing its I'M
pnrtant work in a manner very sat
lStactory to its friends. y brief
summary OF its present condition .
and of its transactions Will be OF
interest 10 many in this State as
well as throughout the South.
o., tie transfer of the domIrii of
{ q S ,ciet, to Richmond, Ho". q ~
W,the Muniord was appointed Ser
rrtary. and an Executive Co~mit
tee (most of whom reside i'll Rich
mond and meet promptly for the
transaction of busineS>) was also
appointed.
This committee has made u con
tract with Turnhull Brothers, of .
Baltimore. by which the Southern !
NaGaeinr is made the organ of the /
society and the Aiessrs. Turnhnil /
agree 10 pUbli~ll twenty VA ge>
monthly. fee ~ cost To fh@ ~"ci.--l. .
un,! IL canvass Uht Who = >"ul i..r'
States in the jninG Interests uf thu
society and OF the Magazine.
They Il 81 agree to tr,nF at Il med
3 s!it ittf 20 t'"-' s''-"N'
IT ";ransacg ions" as we may desire
10 publish.
General Wade Hampton has tax
an immediate charge of IL extern
sion ot the membership of The
s r.iety. and has selected prominent
gentlemen to aid him III the several
Southern States.
Tile. price of Il lit..- membership j.
500. Tnt Zee tor annual mrnhe:
ship is So The subscription pric.
OF tie Southern UdJasiRe is ~
/ Lite members are entitled tn the
| Ndg0eine and to all other public,
tIo,IS of the Society during life.
Anuua! members are cnti tied IN
all publications. not in the Maya
ejRe.
All subscribers to the kdga>iae
will receive. Il most excellent month
y periodical. with the Historical
/ Appendix.
! The January number will be the
I first Issued under the contract OF the
society.
The archives Of the society. ac-
cuintiatrd iii New Orleans during
fhe PAST six years, have just arrived
here, and are now in Colonel Nun
Io,d's charge. Fiom many sources
fine materials for history have been
0tttred Us.
O,e distinguished gentlemen has
collected all the reports of battles
and skirlnishes tllro,i g!l"at the war
printed and Ariit-n-and care
fully arranged. and amounting to
2.010 octave pages. Another has
i,.ifeIed us the history. carefully
complied, of one corps of the Army
CT Nnrl!lrru NlIginia-in all 1000
pages.
Gen. Stephen ID. Lee has for
war,leu the records and order books.
ct, of the Army OF TennesSea.
\ gentleman OF Richmond has
placed with Gel. Muntord large.
amount OF maieria. collected and
ipreparesl FIR a history Of the war.
Besides these important acceSSionS.
nIany others Of great value have
been placed at our service, which
will b.. daily acknuwledg and re-
ported.
Ii has been proposed by the Ex-
ecutlve Committee to cover the
whole course OF the war by papers
from those leading men who bore IA
controlling part III the great drama,
and whose names will be vouchers
for the truth of their statements.
Arrangements have also been
made 10y the committee 10 secure
. lectures or oratio.s from e5unEi.rI n
gentlemen 10 be Griiv"geu III this
~
Our purpose is To keep alive the
int. rest which has been aroused III
;his great work, and to in,iut;e all
who can to aid us by becoming
members of the society and by send
ing us papers of historic value.
We desire every man aud woman
who can to send us authentic nara
rtives and documents relating to the
war.
Files of newspapers published
during the war. Scrap-hook~ "t news
palnr articles ciippe'i and preserved
uuring the war. will be valuable.
We ask for the individual expert
euce of private soldiers, scouts, .,
any others engaged III he Wal; and
especially do we beg that an, man
who occupied Il Responsible place i'll
he service OF the CuntederacN
!, shall now record ami enable us tG
preserve the history of his admins
! uation.
As this statement must be of gen
eral interest to the whole 0f nuI
people, [ hope the SuutirIn news
papers generally viii give it free t.
production, and Obiige. yours re
| spec!tul!y,
DABNEY II. MAUEY.