Evening star., 1905-11-11
HISTORY OF DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRADE SENDS OUT A
CoMMUNICATIoN.

The fact that comprehensive history OF
the District Of Columbia has never been
written has caused a great deal of COM
ment among citizens of this city and others
who have occasion to make use of such a
work. In order that the preparation of a
reliable history may be made possible a
special committee of the Board of Trade is
serding communication to citizens of the
District requesting subscriptions for the
books when completed. The communica-
ton is signed by committee, consisting of
Messfs. Thomas p. Morgan, William G.
Henderson and Chas. E. Kern, who have
been directed to ascertain whether the pub
l'cation of history of the District will re-
ceive the necessary financial support.
The committee in it's conlmunica ton says:
washington enjoys the unique and un-
enVlabie reputation of being the only city
in the country about which comprehen-
sive history of it's rise, development and
government has never been written, there
fore, 1t Is misunderstood and misrepre-
Sented continually
This city is constantly in the limelight
as the nations capital, and article after
article concerning it is written and pub
lished from an incomplete knowledge of it's
history and existing conditions, which Of
ten result in injury to the city a city
and as the seat of the United States gov
erEment. Especially has it's financial rela-
ton with the general government been
grossly misstated.
History to Be Complete.
'It is proposed to publish a complete his
tory of the District of Columbia under the
suspicion of the Board of Trade provided a
sufficient number of subscriptions are re-
ceved There should be subscriptions for
not less than one thousand sets of said his
tory, at $40 per set. This history will In no
sense he a cOmmercial enterprise h,t will
be undertaken by patriotic citizens for pa
trictc reasons; there will not be line in
the proposed publication for which money
viii be paid, nor will there be any source of
revenue other than that which comes from
the subscriptions.
1T is absolutely essential that the work
shall have the support of every citizen. and
especially of the members of the Board of
Trade, or else 1t VIII not be published,
hence, the committee asks your support in
the form of pledge to take one or more
sets of the work 1t Is proposed to publish
this history in two volumes, amply illus
trated, handsomely bound each containing
about five hundred pages.
"Mr. w. B. Bryan of the Columbia His
toricaI Society has been selected by the
committee Of the Board of Trade as emf
nently fitted for this work, having devoted
a great deal of time for many years in the
research and study of the past of the Dis
trict of Columbia and written much matter
relating to 1t Tor the Columbia Historical
Society, besides many papers various
phases of the history of the District; also
the text book on the forms of District gov
eminent, now in use in the public schools.
'Mr Bryan is thoroughly equipped TO
deal with the subject from every stand
point and to produce for the first time an
absolutely complete and true history of the
nations capital.
THE history will be of which every
citizen of Washington will be justly proud,
and a handsome and valuable addition to
any library. The names of all subscribers
will be published in the original editions