The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-05
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LOCAL MATTERS.
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SocRTY.-At the last
regular monthly meeting of the Executive
COMMITTEES Of the Virginis Historical 3d.
ciety-William Green, LII. d. presiding.
the corresponding secretary, Mt. Brock, as a
subcommittee, submitted written reports in
reference. to the library OF the Society and
regarding design for 8 corporate seal.
| he also submitted Il" the committee reso-
lntions adopted recently by the, Missouri
Historical Society proposing a national con-
| vention OF historical societies In the United
States, to be held in Philadelphia during the
proposed centennial, and asking the copcur.
| renee therein OF historical societies In the
| United States. 4,ra.. s-ea,f'sff2 - sya,oH
| On motion, the corresponding secretary
was instructed to express to the Missouri
Historical Society the hearty sympathy and
cooperation Of the Virginia Historical So
ciety in the proposed enlightened and frater.
| Dal measure. 'a.',, ,Hztaa5 - " n,'s..a
He aIse reported number of interesting
and valuable donation of books and pamph-
lets from General a. A. Humphreys, Of the
| Engineer Department Of the United States {;
General John Eaton, Commissioner OF the
| Bureau OF Education Of the United States;
the Maryland and the Missouri Historical
Societies John NJ. Gordon, Esq., Of: Nor.
folk, Va; newspapers from a. a. Little,
Esq, of Fredericksburg, and 81. w. Crotzer,
Esq, of Philadelphia, and the following in
teresting articles from Mrs. n. s.. widow of
| the late Hon. Thomas H;Wynne:
The sign which was over the Confederate
States Senate in the State Capitol during our
late var, q number of geological specimens,
l G,o ,o7ior from Jopoostown island On.
eval with the first settlement of Virginia,
consisting of pieces of iron armor, &C., much
corroded. The last were deemed by the
chairman to be in the highest degree impor.
| tant and interesting In historic view, bear.
| ing strong presumptive testimony as they
| did by their presence on the soil Of having
been used by the early colonists as means
of protection against the deadly assaults OF
! the aborigines. . .-..-...-.--
| An Interesting manuscript volume, COM
prising the letters Of William Filzhugb, OF
| Westmoreand county. a prominent praeti-
toner of law, for period Of twenty years,
| from May Is, 1919. to April 26, 1889, has
| been deposited with the corresponding
secretary by John NJ. Gordon, ESQ.,, of Nor
folk, Va. 1t is valued picture OF the social
customs, the politics, and the history of the
period. - ~ --.--~--- ..---,.
The following additional tenders of valua-
BILE manuscripts have also been made: ~
The deed-book of William Byrd, of West
over, (1G20-174o,) by John Esteu Cooke,
ESQ, and the register of births, marriages,
&C.. of the Mann kin town (auguenot) set.
tlement, 1910, by Captain j. B. Dupuy, Of
Richmond. "..t..
The corresponding secretary submitted a
communication from Colonel Sherwin Me.
Rae. the general agent Of the Society, re
/ porting donations and collections. He also
read highly interesting communications from
| Colonel John T. Pickett, OF Washington, d.
c., 10 reference to the Confederate archives
purchased from him, as the attorney OF
another, by the United States Government; ;
and from the Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby,
LII. D., the president of the Society, pro.
posing, should be meet with due en-
couragement, the publication next year of a
most valuable contribution to Virginia his.
tory; volume to contain his discol'rses on
the Virginia Conventions of 1776, lISS, and
| 1S29-'30; on the statue Of Jefferson at the
| University Of Virginia on the validity OF
the Meckenburg Declaration of Independ-
ence, delivered before the Pennsylvania His
torieal Society in 1857; on the founders OF
Washington College [uow Washington-Lee
| IOuiFeISllyl3 COLhpl lSipS u hioeoI VI o.. Va
the leading men of the Valley, delivered In
| 1870 and some other discourses of equal
interest.
This volume, from the established ability
of DR.. Grfgsby as historian, cannot fail to
tproye one Of the most popular of its charae-
| ter which has emanated from the Virginia
press in long years past.
DR.. Palmer, on behalf Of the sub-commt-
tee having in charge the repairing of the por-
traits belonging to the Society, submitted q
report.
| On motion, Messrs. Maury, Palmer, and
Henry were appointed subcommittee to
make due arrangements for an annual ad.
dress before the Society, and to enter into
correspondence with gentlemen who would
be willing to so favor the Society.
| An invitation was extended to Colonel
Sherwin McRae to read before the commit.
tee at some future meeting paper which he
has prepared on the Houdon statre Of Wash.
ington, adding able arguments in proof OF
the fidelity of the statue as the most accurate
portraiture of Washington eXtant; said pa.
Der having been prepared by Colonel McRae
Lin reply to certain structures upon former
monograph of: his upon the statue by 2. j.
Losing, LII. D., then editor of the Histors'
cal RECORD. r.ssa...-
The following gentlemen were proposed
as corresponding members by Mr.. Brock
| Henry Phillips, Jr.. Esq. Philadelphia, Pa.
| Charles B. Moore, Esq, New York city.
| On motion, the committee adjourned te
meet in October next at The residence oil w
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