The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-21
NEED STATE HISTORIAN
Annual Meeting of the Vermont His
torical Society Held Yesterday AZ
ternOon-Seventeen New Members

tOrical Society Held Yesterday Az
ternOon-Seventeen New Members
Elected.
The seventy-frst annual meeting
of the Vermont Historical Society
was held at it's rooms In the State
House Tuesday afternoon, about a
dozen members being present. The
meeting was called to order shortly
after 2 o'clock by the president, Ex-
Gov. w. w. Stickney, of Ludlow.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read by the recording secretary, E. ID.
Field of Montpelier, who also read the
| report of the treasurer, Hon. H. f.
Field, of Rutland, who was unable
to be present. This report showed a
balance of $472.61 in the treasury.
The Dewey monument fund amounted
to $~2,S2S.74.
The report of the librarian, e. M.
Goddard, of this city, showed that 206
books and pamphlets aid been re-
ceived during the year, including the
propositions records of the town of
Fairlee, from G.. w. Winship, of that
place.
Two volumes of early records of
Congregational State conventions
have been loaned to the society. The
portraits of Vermont Governors have
been made complete by the addition
of one of Governor Prouty. An ex-
cellent portrait of Hon. G. G.. Ben
edict, of Burlington, a former presi-
dent of the society, has been receiv-
ed during the year..
The deaths during the past year
include John L. Bacon, Robert o.
Bascom, Hon. Hiram Carleton, .
former president, Ex-Gov. Charles ],
Bell, Robert H. Hutchins, Hampden
w. Mcintyre, Bishop John S. Mi
chaud, and H. L. Sheldon, also J. T.
Phelps and ]. H. Garfield, cores
ponding members.
On motion of Hon. Joseph A. De-
Boer the board of managers was in
structed to take under consideration
the establishing of the office of State
Historian, or some similar place,
and the securing of legislative aid
for the same.
The committee on the need of ad-
ditional shelf room for the library
was continued to another year. Pres
ident Stickney called attention to the
need of a new State building.
Seventeen new members were ell
ected as follows: c.. P. Tarbell, of
Royalton, Harry c.. White, of North
Bennington, j. c. Colgate, of Ben
nington Center, p. H. Jennings, of
North Bennington, r. H. Munroe, of
Hartford, Conn.,, F. j. Wilder, of
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, A. d. Oat-
man, of Bennington, Rev. Isaac Jen-
nings, of Bennington, w. w. Russell
of Hartford, I. R. Kent, of Boston,
: G.. M. Dimond, of Bedford, Mass,
c. A. Catlin, of Providence, r. l., F.
T. Field, of Boston, T. E. Hazen, o.
New York City, Henry Holt, of Mont
pelier, j. X. Batchelder, of Airing
= ton, M. S. Villas, of Burlington.
officers were elected as follows:
President, William w. Stickney, of
Ludlow; vice presidents, Joseph A.
DeBoer, Montpelier, Horace w. Bal
= ley, Newbury, John E.. Goodrich
Burlington; recording secretary, Ed
: ward d. Field, Montpelier; cores
ponding secretaries, Edward NJ. God
e dar,d Montpelier, Charles S. Forbes
st. Adams; treasurer, Henry F. Field
t Rutland; librarian, Edward M. God
dard, Montpelier; curators. Ezra
d Brainerd, Addison county, Hall Park
o Mccullough, Bennington county
Henry Fairbanks, Caledonia county
r John E. Goodrich, Chittenden county
Porter II. Dale, Essex county, Frank
L. Greene, Franklin county, Nelson
Wilbur Fisk, Grand Isle county, Car.
roll s.. Page, Lamoille county, DR.
George Davenport, Orange county
F. w. Baldwin. Orleans county, Franz
II c. Partridge, Rutland county, George
L.. Blanchard, Washington county, L
y s. Hays, Windham county, Gilber
A. Davis, Windsor county; Guy W
Bailey, secretary of State, Horace F
s Graham, auditor of accounts, George
w. Wing, State librarian, ex-oficio.
e Standing Committees-On library
l. Joseph A. DeBoer, John f. Goodrich
E. M. Goddard; on printing, Franz
L. Greene, H. w. Bailey, F. w. Bald
win; on finapce, e. d. Field, E. M
Goddard, H. w. Bailey.
The amendment to the bylaw,
proposed at the last meeting by JohI
10 w. Gordon, of Barre, permitting mem
r bers to withdraw certain books from
? the library, was withdrawn by Mr.
Gordon. Among the letters read wal
~ one by DIR. John B. Brainerd, of Bos
ton, suggesting a collection of cpl
taphs in Vermont cemeteries in or
ID der to preserve the names Of old cit
s liens.