The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-09
THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
VALUABLE DONATIONS or MSS, BOOKS, &C..

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VALUABLE DONATIONS OF MSS, BOOKS, &C.
PLANFoR a PosT-REvoLUT1oNARf HIS
TORY OF VIRGINIA RCTEoLoGY-PAMUN-
KEY 1NprANs-"H HISTORY OF ST. MARKS
PARIsHr-sHoME "REMINISCENCES OF
JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE
ERNoR FAUQUIEH-ELEcTIoN OF MEM
BERs-pR. BAGBY's LECTURE e. OLD vIR-
GINIA GENTLEMAN") IN BEHALF OF THE
SOCIETY.
The Executive Committee OF the Virginia
Historical Society met on Friday night by
Invitation. at the residence OF Rev. DR..
Curry. Present: 3Iessrs. Green Chair
manl, Curry. Wexford, Cabell, Barney, An
derson, Henry, Barksdale (recording seere-
tary). and Brock corresponding secretary,
and. by invitation, his Excellency James l..
Kempcr, Governor of Virginia. A motto
for the seal OF the Society was reported and
adopted, as follows: Condere ct trGdeTe.
The corresponding secretary reported the
following donations: Folio volumes OF
highly-Yalnab historic material OF the CO.
lonial era OF Virginia, and relating to the
war OF 1912, seyerally from William Fl.
Ecle, NJ. D., Harrisburg. Penn, and Gene
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monwealth OF Virginia; parchment deed
for Virginia lands, dated September, 1744,
from Rev. II. +. Hayden, Brownsville,
Penn. bound volumes from the Vermont
Historical Society collections, geology OF
the State, &c.); from Hon. Z. Chandler, Sec
retarv of the Interior, Washington, D. c.;
from Professor Joseph Henry, Smithsonian
Institution contributions to knowledge, re-
ports, &C.,; from W. A. Whitehead, Esq,
Newark, N. j. history of Key West, Fla.);
from Hon. John Eaton, Commissioner OF Ed
ucation, Washington, D. G. Report lS76);
from the Massachusetts Historical Society
collections, vols. H., iii.); from j. Fletcher
Williams. Esq, st. Paul, Minn.; from Will
liam II. Egle, N. d. (vols. i.-iv. Pennsylvania
Archives-seconds series); from Gen. A. A.
Humphreys. Chief OF Bureau Of Engineers,
Washington, d. c., a vols. Reports, &C.,;
ate 20 vols, 4to., Coast Survey and Congress
sionat Record; from George R. Barr, Esq,
Abingdon, Va; OF pamphlets, from Yer
mont Historical Society; from Professor
Henry from II. II. Morgan, ESQ.,, Editor,
st. Louis, No. (Ihe Western, December
1876, March 1877, inclusive); from Profes-
sor G.. G.. Is. Suringar, Lcydon; from the
New England Historical Genealogic Society,
Boston (1he Register, January, 1870; from
Charles Henry Hart, Esq, Philadelphia,
Pa. (:tProceedings l00rh Anniversary
American independence y; from Southern
Historical Society Papers, December 1876,
March 1877, inclusive); from Charles 3.
Moore, Esq, New York Q}iog. Sketch Will
liam y. Sprage); from Samuel Abbott
Green, NJ. d., Boston (oration at Groton,
July 4. 1876, and twenty-three others); from
j. Fletcher Williams, Esq, st. Paul, Minn.;
] ho Rnatnn
(historv, &C., of the Society; from the New
England Society, Of Orange, N. Y. (consti-
tuition, &c); from John OFT, Esq, Rich
mond ("Cotton Prospects" and 'Tobac- g
co-Virginia and North Carolina" 1870;
from John Snow. Esq, Tuscaloosa, Ala;
from the American Antiquarian Society,
Worcester, Mass. proceedings, October
81, 1870; from DR.. j. NJ. Toner, Washing
ton, d. G.; from DR.. A. N. Bell ,'editor OF
the Sanita,ian, New York; from the Rhode
Island Historical Society eighteen various
reports, &c.); from the New Jersey His
torical Society proceedings, 1876; from j.
Sabin & Son, New York city; OF newspa-
pers-from a. A. Little, Esq. Irregular issue
is solicited of other editors and publishers ];
from Joseph +. Walter, Esq, Wilmington,
Del. containing historcaisartlcles): from
Henry Phillips, Jr.. Esq, Philadelphia
containing historical articles); and a copy
Of printed lines" Thoughts for Christ
mas "--irom Rev. Caleb Davis Bradler,
Boston, Mass.
The corresponding secretary read before
the committee highly. desirable "plan
and "programme for GA Post-Revolu-
tionary or Modern History Of Virginia as a
State" submitted by n. +. Cabell, Esq,
Norwood, Nelson county, Va. He also
read letters from Mr.. Cabell pertaining to
the same. Mr.. Brock was appointed COM
nittee of one to correspond with Mr.. Cabell
with reference to a consummation OF the
proposed desideratum. The correspond
ing secretary also read letter from Rev.
Stephen ID. Peet, Ashtabula, Ohio, CORE
spending secretary OF the American Anthrc-
biological Association, and Of the Archeo-
logical Society Of Ohio, together with cir
culars regarding the publications OF said
societies. The prospectus OF the Magazine
of american History, edited by John Austin
Stevens, New York city, was also read.
Mr.. Brock read an interesting extract
from letter received by him from Rev. e.
A. Dalrymple, D. D., Baltimore, Md, as
follows: " I have had Christmas gift from
member OF the Geological Survey Of In
diana, in the form Of about dozen stone
axes and very large number OF casts lin
plaster) OF some OF the most curious OF the
prehistoric remains Of the West. Amongst
them is the counterpart OF your Amherst
rcounty, Va, 'tSChukee stone [of yellow
ferrugineus quartZ-outside diameter, tive
inches; thickness, one and half inches
gracefully wrought and Perfectly polished,
but the hole in the centre is smaller. 1t Is
about the size OF your specimen. The
original is of gray quartz, and was found
on an island in Holstein river, Tennessee,
and is owned (strange colncidence) by u
gentleman in Richmond, Indiana"
"My piece de resistance is an axe OF green
stone, eleven inches long and five wide
found in my own State just below Annapo-
lis. 1t surpasses anything that Uncle Sam
uel had for, at least, exhibited at Philadel-
phia) and anything in the other very nu-
merous collections. I saw no 'tschukee
stone' at all equal to yours"
"When in Virginia last I visited both
the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Indian towns.
have not yet succeeded in reviving their
ancient notterY-manufacture, but cherish
good hopes that may succeed at last. They
live in land OF promise; and find it
almost out OF the question to rouse them to
the degree Of energy necessary to begin the
work." The good Doctor naiyely adds !:
"Some OF their clergymen, however, tell
me that they wish to build some churches,
and I have promised to assist on the eondi-
tion that the application is accompanied
with some clay vessels Of their traditional
fashions" lrhe Richmond Whi0 OF the
9Th instant contains communication from
John Lewis, II. D., King William Court
| ho,ea o+Sr,n;po that bits OF glass and even