The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-27
AMERICAN HISTORY.
Professors Lyon q, Tyler and william j
Trent 90 speak on That Subject.

The American Historical Association will
hold IFS sixth annuals injecting. December
y 81. i'm Washington. ID. {. The evening
sessions will be in the lecture room OF the
Columbian University, Fifteenth street
where the Association met during the
Christmas HOLIDAYS last year. Inc
morning sessions will be in the lecture
room az the National Museum, 10y permits
lion Of the Board Of Regents Of the smith
sonian Institution. The recent iDcorpora-
ton Of the association by Congress ana the
relation now established between the
society and The Smithsonian insiiiii-
ton. mahe it especially desirable that me
members again convene in the feuerdi
,ity.
The advantages Of Washington as meet
ing-vlace for a National Historical society
are yer, obvious. The attractions oil inc
capital in winter. the opportunity OF easy
access 10 public record offices ana the 'oh.
sfessi0nal Library, the general interest Oh
the government buildings, the National
Museum. ETC., all combine 10 make visit 10
Washington at once pleasure ana an au-
vantage 10 students of American history.
The holiday season was chosen by the COM
mittee on time aud place. because u IL gen
orally convenient for members ana IL u
easier at that time o.obtain good hotel ac-
cOmmOdati0ns, Congress not beng I'D ses-
sion.
There will he time in the afternoon hours
Tor members TO engage in private confer
cure. In visiting. or sightseeing; for the
literary exercises are restricted to morning
md evening sessions. one OF the great al
sanfages of this annual meeting al tue as
ISOLATION il the opportunity for members 10
meet one another in a social way ana 10 as
euss matters Of common interest. opeciaI
| .ouripsios viii 30 extended to the assocla-
| ion hv the Cosmos club ana by the Honor
able HoratiO King, Of Washington, II. -
| Following are the subjects TO be discussed :
B.. Tine Literature Of Witchcraft." by Proi.
George /. Burr. Of Cornell University
,. THE Journalism of The French Reyolu-
ion FX-presldent Andrew ID. Nhite'
ithaca. \. g.: "The French Revolution ~
san Domingo" Herbert +. Mills, Corner
University; "A new discovered manuscript.
I o.. "reminiscences of the American ar OF
| lndepcndence. by Ludwig Baron Non Closer
aide 10 Count de Rocbambeau,' by Clarence
| Wiutbron Rewen: Recent Historical
/ Work oil the Universities" DIR. Charles
| Kendall Adams: " ilistOrlcal SurtlNal III
| Morocco" TalcOit Williams, OF fhiadei-
ahia: {" The Origin and Early History Of
| our National Scientific Institutions Dr. u.
! Brown OOOde. "fhe Development ol
international Law as to New DIS
covered Territory" DIR. Walter Il. SCALE.
| The Impeachment and Trial Of President
Johnson" pr William 4. Dunnlng. Column
iia College. New York "fhe Trial and
| Execution Of John Brown General Marcus
! j. Wright. War Records Office, ashing.
/ ton. u. c.: ~ Defence of Congressional
| Governments" Or. Freeman Snow. OF HAIRY.
ard University: The Economic and Social
| History of New England, 1920 l1s9," VII
! liam u. Wceden. president OF the Brown
| University Historic and Economic Assocla'
| ton; correspondence Of the REMAIN
Family and the Loss of Oswego To- IN,
British" William Henry Smith, Associated
| Press. New York; Early History OF
the Ballot in Connecticut Professor
simeon +. Baldwin, oi the Law Depart
ment. Yale University; Certain Phases Of
the Westward Movement During the Rev
oluiionafy War" Theodore Roosevelt
| United states Civil Service Commissioner
"Racon's Rebellion" Edward fggieston'
.rhe Constitutional Aspects of kentncky'
Struggle for Autonomy. 1874 o." Ethelber
| II. Warneld. President Of Miami University
oxford. Ohio: Facts from the Records o.
William aud Mary College, Presiden
LYON G.. Tyler. williamsburg, Va; "Nla
terials for the study Of the Government
the Confederate States,' John Osborne
summer, A. h., Harvard University
Notes on the Outlook for Historical
| studies i'm the SOUTH" Professor William +
Trent. of the University Of the South, sewa
nee. Tenn: REPORT on the photography 0
the American Historical Association,
Paul Leicester Ford, of Brooklyn; 9Th
Spirit of Research" by James Schouler, o
Boston: "1he Pefils Of Historical study
Justin Wmsor, LID. librarian Of llar
va.d University; The Government rs
Guardian Of American History Nmthins
ton {. Ford, of Washington.
nr. Charles Kendall Adams is presiden
Of The association and DR.. Herbert II
adams is secretary.