The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-23
Capt. Courteuay's Dream
Realized.

4HO puOiiC 1ONOAoo No1'''ioSA"A 0'AN
the newly organized historic COM
mission met in Columbia last night.
The public records commissions made
up of Secretary of State Tompkins,
ex-oficio chairman, Chief Justice
Mclver, Judge Benet, Capt. W. A.
Courtenay and Prof R. Means DAVIS.
The commission has done excellent
and affective work during its exist
eace and has just received the last OF
the transcript Of records from the
public records Office in London.
TIE historic COMMISSION ORGANIZED.
The historic commission, which is
to succeed the public records COM
mission as soon as It has wound up
it's business, was organized and will
take charge of the work as outlined
in the recent Act of the Legislature.
The new board consists of Secretary OF
State Tompkins. ex-offcio chairman,
Chief Justice McIver, Capt Courte.
nay, Prof. Il. NJ. Davis, Judge Benet
and Mr.. J. E. Tindal The historic
commission is to be permanent organ
ization, which is expected to collect
matters relating to the history Of the
State. 1t might incidentally be men
toned that all of the members of the
commission act entirely voluntarily
and do not receive even their expen.
ses while here. The commission re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Sainsbury,
who has been in charge of the work
of copying the papers. He writes:
LONDON, December s, 1894.
Dear Sir: l have the honor to re-
port that l have this day taken to the
United States embassy my thirty
fifth and last parcel of transcripts of
South Carolina records, completing
the colonial history Of your State,
and the great work entrusted to me
by the. public records commission of
South Carolina. | have thought it
advisable to include the original re-
cords to the year 1882 There are
but few and they are Of great inter-
est. Of course / have not dealt with
9he military correspondence and also
the valuable "orders in council"
chiefly relating to appointments of
officials of the South Carolina Gov.
ernnent, which ] have selected from
that series in this department 80
that eau say conscientiously and to
the best of my belief that the people
of South Carolina have now within
their reach the means of studying
one of the most attractive and valua.
histories of any colony in the world.
/ cannot bring this letter to a
close without expressing my hearty
and respectful sense Of the unvary-
ing courtesy aud kind consideration
shown to me by yourself and the
other public record commits
sioners of South Carolina throughout
the progress of this work during the
past three years The encourage
ment, both public and private, which
have received l am deeply grateful
for, and shall always cherish the re-
membrance of. l will only add that
l am truly thankful that the good
wishes of the South Carolina commits
sion have been realized, and that |
have been spared to complete this
valuable and necessary work for the
people of South Carolina.
With high regard and respect.
Yours very faithfully,
W. NOEL SAlNsBURY.
Mr.. Tindal will prepare reply in
which the board will express it's
thanks to Mr.. Salisbury for his very
satisfactory and complete work.
Both of the boards have adjourned
IL.