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Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society IW-.SKNTSD BY 1j<\-5o>V" 1 1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1910-191 PROVIDENCE PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 191 /, PROCEEDINGS OF THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1910 - 191 1 PROVIDENCE PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY I9II 4 PUBLICATION COMMITTEE IQI I William MacDonald Harry Lyman Koopman Theodore Francis Green I •*'• - - 101. I aTANDAftd 3 : ^RIKTIMQ . FKOVlKI TABLE OF CONTENTS . OFFICERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Elected January io, 1911. President. WILFRED H. MUNRO. Vice-Presidents. William MacDonald, Robert H. I Goddard Secretary. Amasa M. Eaton. Treasurer. Robert P. Brown. Librarian and Cabinet-Keeper. Frank G. Bates. standing committees. Nominating Committee George C. Nightingale, Benjamin F. Briggs, Arthur E. Munro. Library Committee George P. Winship, David W. Hoyt, Elisha H. Howard. Wilfred H. Munro, ex officio. 6 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Lecture Committee. William B. Weeden, Howard W. Preston, Frank G. Bates, Wilfred H. Munro, ex officio. Publication Committee. William MacUonald, Harry Lyman Koopman, Theodore F. Green. Committee on Grounds and Buildings. Norman M. Isham, Edwin A. Burlingame, Horace A. Kimball, Wilfred H. Munro, ex officio. Committee on Genealogical Researches Charles V. Chapin, Fred A. Arnold, Miss Georgiana Guild. Committee on Necrology. Amasa M. Eaton, George F Weston, Henry M. King. Finance Committee. Robert P. Brown, Augustus R. Peirce, Joshua M. Addeman. Audit Committee. Charles Sisson, Samuel H. Webb, William C. Greene. PROCEEDINGS PROCEEDINGS April, 1910, to January, 191 1. Quarterly Meeting, April 5, 1910. The President in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mr. Winship, on behalf of the library committee, reported the resignation on February 1 of Mr. Wing, the librarian and cabinet-keeper. The President reported, on behalf of the committee on the erection in the State House of a tablet in memory of Sir Henry Vane, the younger, that no action on the subject had been taken by the General Assembly The nominating committee reported, recommending that Charles Read Carr of Warren, Miss Elizabeth Andrews Peck, Elisha Harris Howard, and Frederick Newton Luther of Providence be admitted to membership in this Society. Upon motion passed unanimously, the secretary was directed to cast a ballot for their admission to membership, and upon his so doing, they were declared to be duly elected. Mr. Isham reported verbally, on behalf of the committee on grounds and buildings, recommending that shelves be placed in the basement and two stacks in the second story, and that sundry changes be made in the arrangements for the care of the maps. He also recommended that electric lighting be in- stalled. These matters were referred to the executive com- mittee. 8 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. Brown read a memorial paper on Richmond P. Everett, late treasurer of the Society, and it was ordered placed on file. The members then listened to a paper by Mr. Henry R. Chace on "John Angel's Account Book." It was voted that the thanks of the Society be given Mr. Chace for his interesting paper. The Society then adjourned. Quarterly Meeting, July 5, 1910. The President in the chair. There being no quorum present, the meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the chair. Quarterly Meeting, October 4, 1910. The President in the chair. The records of the last two meetings were read and ap- proved. The librarian and cabinet -keeper reported verbally on the Brown Collection, the desirability of an increase in member- ship, etc. The nominating committee recommended the admission to membership of Eva St. Clair Brightman of Fall River, Emory Delos Lapham of East Rochester, N. Y., and Eugene Pride King, Stephen I. Peck and Louis D. Richardson of Provi- dence. Upon motion, passed unanimously, the secretary was directed to cast a ballot for their admission to membership, and upon his doing so, they were declared to be duly elected. PROCEEDINGS a Upon recommendation of the president, Vicente G. Ouesada and Ernesto Quesada of Buenos Aires, Argentina, were unanimously elected corresponding members. The Society then adjourned. EIGHTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 10, 1911. The eighty-ninth annual meeting was held on Tuesday evening, January 10, 1911, at the cabinet, the president, Wil- fred H. Munro, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The report of the librarian and cabinet-keeper was read and ordered placed on file. The committee on nominations reported, recommending the admission to membership of Charles Bristed Rockwell of Bristol, Thomas Arnold Peirce of East Greenwich, and Claire Bliven, Walter Cochrane Bronson, Clara Buffum, Randall Judson Condon, Mrs. Lowell Emerson, Charles Augustus Hubbard, and Edward Irving Mulchahey, of Providence. Upon motion, passed unanimously, the secretary was directed to cast a ballot for their admission to membership, and upon his doing so, they were declared to be duly elected. The president read his annual address, and it was ordered placed on file. The treasurer read his annual report, and it was ordered placed on file. The report of the committee on grounds and buildings was read and ordered placed on file. 10 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY The report of the library committee was read and ordered I on tile. The publication committee reported verbally through the chairman, William Mac Donald. The report of the finance committee was read and ordered placed on file. The committee appointed to nominate officers for the en- suing year presented the list of nominees (to be found on page : i this number of the Proceedings). On motion, the election of procurators was passed until the next quarterly meeti: g On motion, the secretary was directed to cast a ballot for the other officers and members of committees, and, upon his doing so, they were declared to be unanimously elected. Herbert Maine spoke of the urgent necessity for a historical museum of local antiquities, as advocated by the president in his annual address. On motion of Mr. Eaton, seconded ' Sisson, it was voted that the subject of an historical museum be referred to the executive committee, to be reported upon at a later meeting. On motion of Rev. Samuel H. Webb, it was Res ""hat, for the current year, the president, two :urer, librarian, and the chair- jf the several standing committees shall constitute an : committee, x meetings the president shall This committee shall exercise a general supervision on behalf of th - m :.;rs not d -ferred to the r or to a standing or special committee. four mem; .r- : this committee shall c a quorum for ANNUAL MEETING 11 the transaction of business generally, and a notice for a meet- ing of the Society shall be deemed a notice for a meeting of this committee. Mr. MacDonald moved, and upon debate, the motion being duly seconded, it was voted that the executive committee be requested to consider and report to the Society, at its next quarterly meeting, a plan for increasing the funds of the Society Upon motion of Mr. Isham, that the committee on grounds and buildings be authorized to expend not over $125 for a map case, the matter was referred to the executive committee. Upon motion of Mr. Eaton it was Resolved, That the executive committee is herebv directed and empowered to investigate the condition of the archives of the state, and to petition the General Assembly to print such state papers, early records, and other documents, as in the judgment of the committee, should be printed or reprinted. The Society then adjourned. 19 RHi'l'K Is] AN1> HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESIDENTS ADDRESS, 1911 (The manuscript of the address delivered bv the president at the annual meeting has been lost. The address was an historical resume" of the organization and work of the Society, followed by suggestions for future action. From scattered memoranda the following abstract has been made.) The Rhode Island Historical Society was incorporated in 1S22. It is the third state society in point of age, the only seniors being the societies in Massachusetts and New York. The societies in the older states were founded as follows : Massachusetts Historical Society 1791 New York Historical Society 1804 Rhode Island Historical Society 1822 New Hampshire Historical Society 1823 Pennsylvania Historical Society 1824 Connecticut Historical Society 1825 Vermont Historical Society 1S38 Maryland Historical Society 1S44 The American Antiquarian Society of Worcester dates from 1812. In the first quarter of the last century there was on the part of the general public a growing interest in matters connected with the early history of the colony and state. Men realized that many collections of papers containing material of in- estimable value to the historical student had already been destroyed through carelessness or ignorance, and that other collections would undoubtedly be lost unless organized efforts president's address 13 were at once made for their preservation. In the words of John Howland, our second president — " From the settlement of the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more than a hundred and eighty years ago, valuable historical material has been wasting away year by year without any concerted effort being put forth to save it and use it in the interest of veritable history." Sometimes the papers were destroyed by the fires that swept away so many of our old colonial houses. But the loss from other agencies was constant. The kitchen stoves, the grocers' clerks, the rats and mice in many a garret were working daily destruction. The holders of these historical treasures were almost never sensible of their value. The careful housewife thrust them out of sight. The annual house- cleaning caused annual annihilation. The deadliest foe was, and is, the junkman. We should never pass a junkman's " " book counter without examining it carefully ; amazing finds sometimes reward us.
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