Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-21
MR.. BRYAN'S REPORT.
AS PRESIDENT OF HISTORICAL So
CIETY He SUBMITTED TT.
The ANNUAL MEETING HELD.
Colonel william Preston Johnston,
n Orator Selected for n Occa-
sion, Was Unable to Be Present.
Old Officers All Reelected.

hoHh
Historical Society was held in the rooms
OF the organization. No. 707 east Frark-
lin street, last night. The weather con-
ditions operated to make the attendance
quite small, but as the business OF the
meeting was strictly formal 1t was not
thought necessary to postpone 1t, and Mr..
Joseph Bryan, the president, after calling
the gathering to order. and requesting
Colonel William II. Palmer to preside,
read his annual report, an Interesting
document, reviewing the work Of the
society during the past twelve months.
The report, which was in substance as
follows, was listened to with attention by
the members present:
1t showed the total membership of the
society TO be 500, which is ar increase
over that of 1896 Of 81 members. The
receipts for the year were ~s3,9S6.43, the
expenditures, S.759.6O, leaving a balance
in the treasury of s226.S3. A falling off in
receipts has been more than met by an
economical administration.
MONEY INVESTED.
All current expenses have been met,
and $500 was carried to the permanent
fund, and {2i,25 to the book fund. The
permanent fund is now $500 In cash de-
posted in bank at interest, and 500 Vir-
State 3 per cent. bond.
The additions to the library for the
past year have numbered $40 books and
pamphlets, of which a considerable num-
Der were valuable books on genealogy.
Among the special gifts were eight large
volumes from the British Government
of the reports of the Royal Historical
Manuscript Commission, a continuation
of the edition secured for the society
by the Hon. Thomas +. Bayard.
Those who contributed to the library
were r. L. Traylor, Mrs. Hearst, of
Washington; George A. Barksdale, r. G.
Winthrop, Jr., of Boston; T.. w. Jones,
Woman's Christian Association, Judge
r. W. Hughes, 2. NJ. Clarke, Judge w.
j. Leake, r. ID. Upshur, Colonel Thomas
II. Ellis, Miss Hartley Graham, n DR..
George A. Taber.
The following pictures have been added
to the collection Of the sciety: Framed
paintings of the coats-of-arms of the
Catesby and Graham families; portraits
of Governor Holiday and Judge Hally-
burton, of Virginia. and of the Hon. wal
ter Jones. of Washington, all under the
beauest from Miss Hartley Graham;
twelve cabinet photographs of Colonial
houses, scenes, n persons of Princess
Anne county, Va, from Mrs. Philip A.
Bruce; a framed engraved portrait OF
Governor Henry A. Wise, from his grand
son. Mr.. Barton II. Wise; a miniature
portrait of John Wise, Of Accomac cpun-
ty, Va, the father of Governor WISE
from John II. Wise. OF San Francisco;
a cut of the Robertson arms, from Mrs
b. S. Robertson, of Fort Wayne, 1nd.;
five photographs Of portraits n minla-
lures of members Of the LightfoOt family,
presented through Mrs. j. b. Lightfoot;
Cabinet photographs Of king" Carter
and his wife, from Cook, the photo
grapher: cabinet photographs Of Mrs.
Robert Rose, and of the Cabell and Rug
giles coats-of-arms, from Mrs. Virginia
G.. Ruggles; a framed engraved portrait
of General John Chopper, from Mr.. Johh
Cropper. of washington, d. c.; a photo
graph of a portrait of Dudley Diggs,
from DR.. James ID. Morgan, of WASH
ington; photographs of Cobb's Hall ana
of Thomas Boiling, Sr., and Thomas
Boiling, Jr., and Mr.. John Hitz, or WASH
ington, ID. c.; the Monkey coat-of-arms
and a cabinet photograph OF Mrs. A. >.
Monkey Q775-1S5O from Mr.. Richard ~
Fisher, Of Baltimore; cabinet photograph
of the Dey Mansion, in New Jersey
headquarters of General Washington,
Gift OF Mrs. Nathaniel Burruss; a chart
of the Carter family from Mrs. NJ. {.
oliver.
THE MANUSCRIPTS.
The following manuscripts have been
presented to the society: The records OF
the First Company Of the HowitZers
Battalion, during 1861 and part OF 1862,
presented to the society by the executor
of our late associate, DR.. William Il. Pal
mer. with the consent Of his heirs. An
autograph letter OF John Bannister, Jr.,
TO Robert Boiling, 1752, from Mr.. j. l..
Hubbard, of Nelson county. An auto
graph letter of Mr.. Richard Henry Lee
and a land patent from Governor henry
Lee. from General G.. W. Gusts Lee
Two Colonial land patents-one signed by
Governor Dlnwiddie and the other by
Governor ~Gooch-from Mr.. Joseph Bryan
The original company book of Captain
Nathaniel Wesches's company of the Sc
cond Virginia state Regiment, command
ed by Colonel William Brent, lN9. Pre-
scented by Captain w. A. Hill, OF Madl-
son county, Va, through Mr.. G.. Powell
Hill.
By the generous assistance OF the
| Colonial Danes, the Old Dominion, the
Mount Vernon. and Beverly Manor
chapters of the Daughters of the Revolu-
ton. and of the association, the Society
for the Preservation of Virginia Anti
%ouities. the society has been enabled 10