The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-08
TO PROTECT RELICS.
VALUABLE PAPERS WILL BE
PLACED IN SAFETY.
National Library l. Chosen senate z.
hsinE Asked 90 order the Collection
Of the Government. Eariy Record. Tor
Futare Generation4

futare Generations
There Is now pending In the Senate
resolution tina, f. Of much interest
TO those who have a regard for the
proper care Of historical manuscripts
says the Philadelphia Press II was
introduced hy Senator Hosr % Massa-
chuse,is. and has for IT, purpose the
transfer TO the new National Library
building Of all the priceless manu-
scripts In the possession Of the gov
eminent and which are now deposited
In the Libraries Of various departments
These manuscript archives are OF great
historical value. besides being objects
Of veneration to patriotic Americans
The department Of state has the most
Important collection Of manuscript ar
chives Among them are papers Of
Washington in 1916 volumes folio. Ma
Olson In seventy-hve and Jeffersons
In lsI volumes quarto. The Franklin
papers are in thirty.two volumes and
those Of Monroe In twenty-five vol
umes quarto The Hamilton papers
are In sixty-hve volumes folio For
these the government paid sl65.O
The manuscript archives Of the war
department began In 1900. In the rec
ord and pension division Of this oe-
partment Is gathered large mass Of
inaccessible material. covering In the
main the revolutionary period. and In
consequence having interest only be
cause Of rs historical value. The most
Interesting. though not the most val
liable. volumes are the oaths OF aileg-
lance taken At Valley Forge. which ON.
brace the officers Of the American army
from Washington down. The manu-.
script archives Of the navy department.
fortunately. were saved when the Dc.
partment was burned by the British
In 1914. As IN the war department.
the correspondence Is arranged In two
groups. letters received and letters
sent. An Interesting series IL that
known as captains letters" IN $50
volumes beginning In 1905. on nearly
equal import are the masters COM
mandant letters" lsO4-ls37 and the
commanders letters" lS3s-is50. max.
Ing ninety-three volumes In all. In
addition 10 the above there Is a series
OF $50 volumes. beginning In 1894. As
the business OF the department lncreas.
Cd and the work was distributed more
systematically among ts officers. new
series were begun. There Il In the
osice OF the register Of the treasury an
almost complete set Of books OF rec
ords Of the public debt--a record Of
money loaned the United States. Tor
which bonds were issued. from l77G
down 10 the present time. They have
been classified under the different
states. and have their origin In the as
sumption Of the state debts by the
United States at the close Of the reyo.
luton. Among these volumes is the
first account book Of the treasury. and /
Is labeled Waste book. l77G. II con
tains a record Of all moneys dlsbursed I
by the continental congress 10 differ |
ent individuals This is probably the I
most valuable hook. from historical /
standpoint. that the treasury depart.
ment possesses. on other records Ia /.
this city besides those already de- f.
scribed there are in the Office Of the 7
clerk OF the Supreme court the records /.
OF that tribunal from he organization. /
In February. 1890. to the present time /
The records and manuscripts IN most /
OF the other departments and Offices be.
long generally 10 the period since those
departments were established There
are IN the Indian bureau. In the de-.
partment Of the interior. some collec.
lions relating 10 the history of the In.
dian tribes before the revolution. made
by Jedediah Morse The postofice de.
partment. with some slight exceptions
has the records Of the national most
system from It's organization by Dr.
Franklin In i775. The registry OF deed,
OF the District OF Columbia has the
documents and surveys Of the original
laying out OF the city Of Washington
with many unpublished letters Of
George Washington. The new library
building is as nearly hre-proof Al n
can he made and offers protection 10
these archives that cannot be given In
smaller and less modern repositories