The Washington critic., 1886-04-23
AN INTERESTING OCCASION
Third Annual Meeting of the Ameri-
can Historical Society.

Ihiru annual meeting OF the Afnert-
can Historical Society.
The American Historical Society will
hold Its third meeting at Columbian Uni
versity, beginning next Tuesday and con-
tiDuing three days, when Hon. George Ban
croft, the president, will deliver the OPEN
ing address. The society now has 302 MEM
bers, of which II are life members.
The morning sessions of the association
VIII begin at 10 M; the evening sessions
at S:15 p. m. The papers are limited to 30
minutes and will be followed by ten min
utes' discussion. The following programme
has been arranged:
TUESDAY, APRIL 81.
Morning Session, from 10 a. m. to p.m
/. Address Of welcome, by George Bancroft,
president of the association.
2. Paner on columbus" by General James
Genealogical and Biographical 'o Society. itS '''A
3. Paper on "The Landfal Of John Cabot in
ldg1," by Professor +. N. lorsford of Cam
bridge, Massachusetts.
4. Graphic Methods of illustrating Ills
tory, with Examples of Maps and Charts" by
B: Paper on "rhe Neglect and Destruction
Professor Moses Colt Tyler of Cornell Univer-
sity.
Evening Session, from Sis to 1O:3O p. m.
/. New Views of Early Virginia History"
by Alexander Brown, esq, of Nelson County
Virginia.
2. ,,The Part Taken by Virginia. Under the
Religious Liberty" Paper BY Hon. william
Writ Henry Of Richmond, Virginia.
p: "A New England Aristocracy in the
Middle of the Eighteenth Century," by DR..
Edward Claiming, instructor in history ut
4. Paper on 9The Development of MunIci-
pal Government In MASSACHUSETTS," by T..
jefferson Coolidge, jr., of Harvard University.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL %,
Morning Session.
/. Paper on "The March of the Spaniards
Across Illinois," by Edward q. Mason, esq., OF
Chicago.
2. Paper on The Ordinance of 1887 for tho
Government of the Northwestern Territory"
by DR.. /. w. Andrews of Marietta College,
5. "Introduction to the Constitutional His.
tory of Ohio" by Professor George W. Knight
of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
4. Paper upon the question, "Did the Louis
lana Purchase Include Oregon" by William
A; Mowry, esq, Of Boston.
8. Paper on '.'The Settlement of the Lower
ST. Lawrence" by Eben Greenough Scott,
esq, of WilkesB Barre, Pa.
Evening Session.
l. Paper on '"The Origin of the Highest
Function OF the American Judiciary" by
Professor Austin Scott of Rutgers College,
New Brunswick. N. j.
2. Paper on "Jeffersons Use of the Execu-
tive Patronage" by j. NJ. Merriam of IIar-
| ward University.
3. Can the United States Guarantee the
| Neutrality of Canal Between tine Atlantic
and the PacihcYn A paper by A. Il. H0ugh-
| ton of Harvard University
4. Address on THE Early Protection Move
mcnt and the Tariff of 1925" by DR.. f. W.
Taussig of Harvard University.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30.
Morning Session
I. "The Attack on Washington City in
1914" a paper by Major General George w.
| Cullum, U. $. A.
2. Confederate and Federal Strategy in
| the Pope Campaign Before Washington In
| 1862" an address by Colonel William Allan
| of Baltimore County, Maryland, formerly
| Chief Of Ordnance OF General II. j. Jackson's
| Corps.
3. 1.-THE Value of Typographical Knowl-
| edge In Battles and Campaigns, with Black
| board Illustrations" by Major Hotchkss OF
| Staunton, Virginia, formerly Typographical
| Engineer on the STATS of Generals Robert Il
| Lee, II. j. jackson, X. s. Ewell and j. A
Early.
| Evening Session.
/. Address by DR.. George e. Ellis, president
of the Massachusetts Historical Society, OF
"The Reconstruction of History"
| 2. Paper on civilian Usselinx, Founder Of
the Dutch and swedish West India Com
panies, by DR.. J. +. Jameson, associate in his
tory, Johns Hopkins University.
| 3. Paper on "Franklin In France" by Rev
| DR.. Edward Everett Hale,