Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-06-18
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Proceedings of the Session
Held Monday Night.
INTERESTING RELICS RECEIVED
Many Old Documents Among
the Donations.
The First History of the State of Kentucky
Written ana Published IN This City In
I7S4 by John Filson, Who Was IA school
master Here for Brief Period.

Henry @. Conrad, librarian of the
Historical Society of Delaware, told the
society some interesting facts apropos
Of one OF the donations at the regular
monthly meeting Monday. From the
Filson Club of kentucky has been re-
ceived book upon the life and writ
.ings of John Filson. According to
Mr. Conrad, Filson was school master
here for a short time, and while here he
wrote the first history of Kentucky,
published in this city in 1884, of which
only half a dozen copies are now known
to exist A copy of the work has sold
for 5l20. Mr.. FilEon also made plot
of Wilmington in 1885. which he pre-
sented to fine burgesses. This plot is in
the possession of the society. Filson
was contemporary with Daniel Boone
in Kentucky and did much for that
State. "A number of prints of him
have been sent to the society.
Another interesting donation was a
collection of Indian relics. principally
arrow heads and spear points which
had been found by Joseph LIE Fevre
in New Castle hundred and were pre-
sented through DIR. Horace Burr. In
the collection of about 60 pieces was
one stone called hatchet and another,
paint box. Both were small.
Ii. X. Bringhurst presented from
William Ferris numerous old almapacs
and old papers which had belonged to
Edith, Mary and Ann Harlan. There
were almanacs for 1901. 1904, 1908, 1872,
1917, 1929. OF papers there were The
Tickler of December 10th, 1907; Even
ing Fireside, published in Philadelphia,
lS05-6; Delaware Gazette of May 14th,
1914; Monitor and Wilmington Deposi.
tory of May 23d, 1901; Museum of Del
aware of 1904; hospital reports of yell
low fever in Wilmington in 179S Blue
Hens Chicken for January 10Th, 1849.
Nearly all these papers were published
in this city. The same donations in
cluded pieces of continental money and
old notes of Caleb Harlan
Robert Adair, for Christian Spoerl,
presented TO the society letter from
Thomas Shipley to his brother, written
| in 1901.
Among the other donations were
journal of the Board of Health of Will
mington, 1925 to 1888. and acts and
proceedings of House of representa-
tivcs, Province of Pennsylvania, 1852,
| from the estate of Benjamin Ferris
| tauthor of Early Settlements on the
| Delawarel: three prints from the first
Rontgen ray experiments made in Del
aware from John L. Hall; cannon ball
| from the scene of the Battle of tho
Brandywine from William Green of
Greenville. Del. three bound volumes
of reports of public schools of the city,
1872 to 1895, from Superintendent
David w. Harlan; acts of Third Con-
gress of the United States, from estate
Of Charles II. b. Day Of Dover.
| The committee on the Crane Hook
| monument reported that the stone had
been received. The society will be
duly informed concerning the proposed
unveiling exercises
1t was tho last meeting of the society
until September.
Thomas +. Bayard, Jr.. Francis H.
Hoifecker and Robert Adair were ap-
pointed u committee to arrange literary
exercises for the winter meetings.
Librarian Conrad has had framed a
painting of the society's old building,
which he found among old papers 1t
had been made about 1910 from the
point of view of Tenth and King
streets.
Pictures Of Cornelius P. Comegys
and Gustavus Adolphus have been
placed on the walls. Another addition
to tho framed pictures is rare print
of the city of Wilmington made about
1850. Mr.. Conrad said that he had
seen only three. The view point look
ing east was about the site of the old
academy on Market street, between
Eighth and Ninth. Tho print had
been published in the Columbia Maga-
1ina