The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-09
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
April Meeting of the Executive Com
mittrc Last Night.

The April meeting Of the Executive
Committee Of the Virginia Historical So
ciety was held at the Society's house
saturday evening. Present: MesSis.
1larHe un the chair, James, Irayior,
Brooke. Gaines Valentine, and Meredith.
Inc receipt OF large number OF DOCKS.
etc, was reported. Among them were
burton . History of Norfolk, given ny
Mr. Henry Lee Meyers, Of Norfolk, VA
CradQOCk Memoirs containing inter-
eStng letters from Captain Lawrence
Butler, of virginia. from Mrs. Norman
Stewart Walker. OF staten Island, y. T.,
PennaltS Administration Of the Amefl-
can Colonies, ana IN Old manuscllpl copy
Of Cotton $ Account OF Bacon 5 Rebellion,
Ingram Proceedings, etc, from Rev.
Daniel Blair, and The Brooke Family OF
WhitchurCn hampshire, Eng, WITH al
Account Of Acting Governor Robert
Brooke. OF Mary land, from the author,
Mr. Thomas Wiling Bdlch. OF Phiiadel-
phia. There were also reported, as re-
celyed by exchange with the University
OF Pennsylvania, thirty seven volumes "
much value. comprising the two series OF
TRANSACTIONS ana Reprints from the
Original Sources of European History
and Of "PhilOlogy. Literature and Archae-
ology," published by that university.
Among the books OF great interest ana
value received during the month were
four volumes auc three portfolios or
maps from the lnterCOntinental Railway
Commission These books are hand
sOmely Illustrated, and seem 10 be Veri-
Central and Southern America.
There was also reported the loan from
Mrs. -. 7. Williams and Miss Mary W.
NicOisOn, Of Casanova, tauqller county,
Va, of the letter-bOOk of Ralph Worme-
ley. Jr., OF kosegih, Tor the years l'e5-
1901. These letters throw much light on
material conditions in Virginia immell-
ately after the Revolution, and Of life in
a Tory family. AS this volume is loaned
to be copied, 10 viii not be accessible 70
Viii viii BBeO'''' '"0uS"' % ''D' ''' ''''
The following new members were
elected: Mrs Robert X. Williams. RAJ
leigh, y. g; Mrs. g. \. Miller. IndiapOlls,
Ind; Mr.. Samuel NJ. Davis, Minneapolis,
MINI, Mr. Lewis Fort. New orleans, La;
Mir Albert Matthews. Boston, Mass; Alr.
Frank d. Syrich. Washington. ID. g.; Mrs.
Winthrop s. Gilman, ana Nlr. ". De
Hertburn Washington, New YORK city.
The corresponding secretary stated that
during recent visit 20 Washington he
had. with the kind assistance OF DR..
Freedenwald. the keeper OF the manu-
scripts I'm the Congressional Library
identified several Of those used by hening
in the preparation OF the Statutes az
Large. Among them were % the manu-
script originally from the collection of
Sir John Randolph. from which the Acts
Of 1923 We're printed % that furnished
to Hening by Edmund Randolph. CD the
BLAND Manuscript (D the Charles VlIy
Manuscript"
clent manuscript containing letters from
Governor Wyatt. etc The last two ana
the BLAND Manuscript contain most
valuable unpublished historical matters.
II IL 10 be regretted that three volumes
bought with Thomas Jefferson's library
and formerly In the Congressional Libra.
ry. could not be found when the removal
was made These We're ID Proceedings
OF Courts. &c. in Virginia about 1921 30.
~ Council Journal iGIG-1I0i, and 90
Inquisitons 167O-7T. The last propabiy
referred to escheats for PARTICIPATION in
Bacons Rebellion. The librarian believes
that these books will yet come 20 light
A letter was read from Mrs juliet
FauntlerOy Wight. OF Baltimore, ploihls-
ing 10 lend the society for the purpose
of copying the letter-bOok OF Robert
Nicolson. a merchant in yorktown in the
period Immediately preceding the keNolu-
ton. ,
The publication Of the Magazine, always
delayed in April by the preparation Oh
the index, was reported.