The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-13

Mrs. Annie T.. Sheppard. Richmond. Va;
j. W. Reirhar, New York City ~. Y:
Lieutenant Tvree II. Rivers. Fort Riley.
Kansas. Lieutenant William G. Rivers,
Fort Apache. Arizona; Right Pew.
Thomas L. Dudley. u. D., Louisville.
Ky. John w. Fishburne, Charlottesville.
Va: Library of University Of Virginia.
University of Va: Union Theological
Seminary. Hampden-Sidney. Va.
The following persons We're elected life
members:
Mrs VIRGINIA Barrett Gibbs. Newport.
X. l.: Charles =. Keith, Philadelphia, Pa;
and o. Andrews baltimore, Md.
The corresponding secretary reported
that his sales Of publications during the
previous month had amounted 10 5000.
The president laid before the committee
a letter which ne nan receiVd from
Colonl A. :. Buford' president OF the
Board ~ worlds Fair Managers Of Vir-
einis i'm which II was announced that
the board rad decided 10 present 10 the
society ahou, t0S volumes relating 10 Vir-
pinia hietorv and literature. which had
formed % nart Of the collection OF Nir-
ginia, boois exhibited at Chicago. The
corroarordin,, secretary stated that the
hooks ma already been received through
the Kindness nj Major J. W. Morton, the
socretsr,, ~ the Worlds Fair Board. who
had eunorirterded in person their r.
no,al 10 the soclety's building. Appro-
prigto ro,olutiona were adopted, thanking
tbe - Tor their generous action in
MAXIM 90 valuable a gift TO the society.
Anon,e the other valuable gifts made
To the society I'm the course Of the previous
month were a Van Buren campaign medal,
presented by Mr. +. J. Barr, OF Abingdon,
and large framed Photographic copies OF
portraits of washington, lnoye, Inomai
Tod. Of Kentucky. ana Judge Harvey
lines. one of the carry ATTORNEY -'Ieherd u.
Of Virginia, presented Dy MI george ~
Todd. Of Louisville ny
70 was reported from the puoicdtlon
co,,r,fttoo that the magazine was now in
co,,rso ~ rrenaration. and would be issued
h,, "a. md If the month. The April num-
49,, 49, the first volume, and will con-
+ot, a. following articles: /. Public ON
oo,s -, H-ireinia. 1902. 17l4. H. The Roll OF
| ,r,oons in the French and Indian Wars
LIN 49, 400 size profession, the native
! ,,,,n.~,. ~ each soldier and the county
| i, x-iro,nia In which he enlisted. Ill Let
! core ~ Nvuiiam Fitzhugh-with a full iis
/ ~ ,no,ohore If the Fitzhugh family II
rs,,Ia,d ae an appendix ~. The Mutn,
/ 4, X-i,oirfa IN 1895 During the Administra
t,o, ~ covernor Harvey. V. Letters Of
,rbor,ae Racon lthe father Of Nathanie
pocon ~ and Thomas Ludwell an'
Robert smith. relating to Bacons ReDei
lion. VI Abstracts Of Land Patents VIII
CONTINUATION of the Claiborne GeneoloS'
and voluminous genealogical notes OF
otto- families VII Twenty pages o
short notes. covering a great variety o
interesting historical subjects VII.
) short article by Hon. William Writ iehr
ON George Percy and John Smith j
REGULATION Of Assertions Advanced b.
Rov ., D. Neil and Mr.. AleXande
Brown. X. A review Of Mrs. Sallie Mel
son Robins sketch Of Gloucester county
containing much new Information AS Z
GlouC ester families. T..
The April number closes with Ia
index TO the contents Of the four NUMBER
OF the first volume.
The committee on the library, to whic
was referred the consideration Of the eN
pediencv and probable cost Of keepin
omen the library in the evenings, recon
monded that this should be done. a mo
tion WINS offered and carried that the il
brary shall be thrown open TO member
and their guests every evening or tn
week. except on Sunday. beginning VIII
Wednesday. the 18th. Under the propose
arraneement the library Of the society wi
be open from Q A. VI. to 1880 =. NJ, witt
out intermission.