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Abstract of Report of the Librarian. 225 ABSTRACT of REPORT of THE Abstract of Report of the Librarian. 225 ABSTRACT OF REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1912. Dr. John W. Jordan, the Librarian, makes the fol- lowing report for the year 1912: The accessions to the Library and Collections by gift and purchase have been: 2535 Books, an increase over 1911 of 1116, 5933 Pamphlets, an increase over 1911 of 791, 9984 Manuscripts, an increase over 1911 of 611, 2084 Miscellaneous, an increase over 1911 of 578. To the Dreer Collection have been added 376 Manu- scripts. Through the Lanier Bequest for the purchase of North Carolina publications and manuscripts, 3 books, 5 pamphlets and 14 manuscripts. From The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania have been received the following manuscript records, viz.: Persons who took the Oath of Allegiance in Berks County, Penna. Abstract of Wills and Administrations of Mont- gomery County, Penna., 1784-1850, 2 Volumes. Genealogical Notes, Volume X. Genealogical Notes of Hopper and other Families. Lewis Pedigree. Eecord and Memorial of the Bevan Family in America. Eecords of the Families of Palmer, Cutler, Hay- hurst, Cornish, Fort, Jefferies, Boyle and Carpenter. Eecords of Dutch Eeformed Church, Lebanon, Hunterdon County, N. J., including Eecords of the Eockaway Congregation. VOL. XXXVIL—15 226 Abstract of Report of the Librarian. Records of Middletown, Bucks County, Penna. Monthly Meeting, 1713-1874. Records of First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, 1813-1901. Baptisms by Rev. Daniel Schumacker, 1754-1774. Records of St. Mary's P. E. Church, Burlington, N. J., 1703-1876. In the Manuscript Division: 8904 manuscripts were mended, 4887 mounted, 27 vellum commissions, 44 maps and plans repaired and mounted on linen, 53 books re- paired for the Library, 1536 leaves cut for the Peters Papers and 190 large sheets of paper stained. Deserving of special mention are the following ac- cessions :— From Mrs. Mary Smith Combs, 1100 books, among them the "Book of Birds," by John J. Audubon, Meyrick's "Ancient Armour," Doran's "Annals of the English Stage," "Lives of the Queens of Scotland," "Baronial Halls of England," "North American Sylva," and many Philadelphia imprints, all hand- somely bound. From William Fackenthal, Esq., Easton, Penna., 606 Warrants and Surveys of Northampton County, Penna., 1740-1863. From Charles Henry Hart, 254 Henderson Manu- scripts. Autograph letter of William Penn to James Logan, dated London, 28, 5 mo., 1702,12 pages, from members of the Society. Receipt Book of Samuel Rhoads in account with Benjamin Franklin, 1764-1766, from members of the Society. From E. Russell Jones, 41 books, 39 pamphlets and 4 miscellaneous. Council of War, signed by Sir William Penn, August 11, 1651, from members of the Society. From Henry E. Busch, Register of the First Univer- salist Church of Philadelphia, 1790-1889. Abstract of Report of the Librarian. 227 From Miss A. L. Fries, Salem, N. C.? 26 books, 17 manuscripts, 1 broadside. From Henry Pratt McKean, 83 books, notably, Audubon & Baehman's "Quadrupeds of North Amer- ica," 3 volumes, 1843. From Theodore M. Hart, 81 manuscripts, letters and documents and 1 broadside, the latter rare. From William Brooke Eawle, Esq., 9 maps and plans of the city of Philadelphia and the original plan of the Bush Hill Estate, 24 volumes of English Parish .Registers and 24 pamphlets. From Mrs. William Reed, of Baltimore, an oil portrait of General Joseph Eeed, by James Peale and an oil portrait of Lieutenant George W. Reed, his son, after Rembrandt Peale. Letter of Sir William Penn, dated July 11, 1667; wooden chest belonging to George Leib, 1785, and an interleaved copy (in three volumes) of "Doctrina Placitandi, etc.," London, 1677—John Dickinson's copy with his manuscript notes, purchased by the Library Fund. From Miss Letitia A. Humphreys, 7093 manuscripts, 158 books, 279 pamphlets and 376 miscellaneous maps, drawings, photographs, etc., also 14 volumes of Ledgers and Account Books of Joshua Humphreys, Jr., mainly the military and scientific papers of the late Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, U. S. A. From the family of Abraham R. Perkins, 2907 manu- scripts, letters, orderly books and documents of Major General Anthony Wayne, mainly covering the period of his campaign against the Indians of the west. From Miss Anna R. Dougherty, 116 books, Phila- delphia imprints of the last century. From Samuel Comfort, the original Journal and Account Book of John Woolman (the latter on Stamp Act paper), 26 manuscripts, marriage certificates and letters of Elias Hicks. 228 Abstract of Report of the Librarian. Manuscript plan of attack on Fort Mifflin, 1777; Broadside, Proclamation of Governor Beverly Ban- dolph of Virginia; petition of John Miller, signed by Franklin; Act for Incorporating the Society for the Belief of Masters of Ships, 1770, purchased by the Library Fund. From Herbert Eells, marriage certificate, Philadel- phia, Feb. 12, 1689. Minute Book of the Amphion Musical Association, 1849-1869; 113 Weiss manuscripts and broadsides, pur- chased by the Library Fund. From Dr. James H. Montgomery, Erie, Penna., 7 diplomas and certificates of ordination and conse- cration of Bt. Bev. William White, first Bishop of the P. E. Church in the United States. By bequest of Abel Lukens Stout, Commission of Second Lieutenant Jenkins, Pennsylvania Militia. Original genealogical manuscripts and charts of Philadelphia families, 1730; Petition for the appoint- ment of Capt. Frederick Vernon, 1775, signed by Anthony Wayne and others; Procuration from Springett Penn to Edward Penington, 1765; corre- spondence of John Penn with John F. Mifflin and others, 50 pieces; manuscript map of Tinicum Island, by Capt. Montressor; Letter Book of Herman Haupt, Chief En- gineer of the Pennsylvania Bailroad, purchased by the Library Fund. Valuable donations to the Library and Collections have also been made by the following members and friends of the Society:— Louis Ashbrook, Thomas Willing Balch, Henry Carey Baird, The Misses Bell, Hon. Hampton L. Car- son, Bandolph Clay, The Misses Cresson, Mrs. Hamp- ton L. Carson, John Milton Colton, The Misses Elliott, Albert J. Edmunds, William Z. Flitcraft, Foster C. Griffith, Jay V. Hare, Hon. William U. Hensel, Mrs. Thomas B. Harper, John Story Jenks, Joseph Jackson, Abstract of Report of the Librarian. 229 Dr. Ewing Jordan, John W. Jordan, Charles F. Jen- kins, De.B. Eandolph Keim, Gregory B. Keen, William W. Longstreth, Francis B. Lee, Miss Eachel Lowrie, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Albert Cook Myers, Leonard G. Myers, William M. Mervine, Col. M. E. Muckle, Hon. John B. McPherson, Hon. James T. Mitchell, Miss E. E. Massey, Hon. J. Hampton Moore, Col. John P. Nicholson, E. E. Neill, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, Dr. Ellis P. Oberholtzer, Samuel L. Parrish, Mrs. Craig D. Eitchie, Charles Morton Smith, James M. Swank, Mrs. Casper Souder, Jr., Wil- liam C. Stevenson, Jr., Dr. E. S. Sharpe, Walter George Smith, Mrs. Anne Lane Scollay, Wilfred H. Schoff, Miss Mary I. Stille, Miss Mary M. Townsend, Miss E. L. Tenbrook, Dr. C. H. Vinton, Mrs. Talcott Williams, Mrs. Ashbel Welch, Miss Anne H. Wharton, The Misses Wylie, Col. Joseph Willcox, John E. Wit- craft and Dr. John L. Yard. During the months of July and August the Library was kept open for the use of the members and the public; the attendance was about the average of previ- ous years..
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