ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1910 \ t:t;; WASHINGTON 1912 ;',. 'w ,~ ". r , " ; LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. G., June 3,1911. To the Gongress of the United States: In accordance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889. I have the honor to submit to Congress the annual report of the association for the year 1910. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. D. WALCOTT, Secretary. 3 " .' " " f (' \" ) j, l• ~ ... -.-...--._..-____• __ .,- __-,- ____ -_____________~r~_'f"' ~ , ~ /t.:J. " , ~ AOT OF INOORPORATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oJ the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That Andrew D. White, of Ithaca, in the State of New York; George Bancroft, of Washington, in the District of Columbia; Justin Winsor, of Cam­ ! bridge, in the State of Massachusetts; William F. Poole, of Chicago, I in the State of Illinois; Herbert B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Clarence W. Bowen, of Bro'oklyn, in the State of New York, their associates and successors, are hereby created, in the Dis­ trict of Columbia, a body corporate and politic by the name of the American Historical Association, for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and 1 for kindred purposes in the interest of American history' and of history in America. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, to adopt a constitution, and make by-laws not I inconsistent with law. Said association shall have its principal office at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators shall determine. " Said association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smith­ sonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America. Said secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portions thereof as he shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are author­ ized to permit said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe. [Approved, January 4, 1889.] 5 " ,,..\'" " . 1"" ~ i ') ," " , • LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. " AMERICAN HISTORICAL AsSOCIATION, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D. 0., May 19, 1911. SIR: In accordance with the act of incorporation of the Awerican " Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889, I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of the association for the year 1910. The report contains the proceedings of the association at its twenty-sixth annual meeting held at Indianapolis in December, 1910, l- as well as the eleventh report of the public archives commission, and the bibliography of writings on American history for 1910. tI That the association is fulfilling the purposes of its founders and } the intentions of Congress as !?et forth in its act of incorporation is evident from a survey of the activities carried on during the past year, a few of which may be mentioned in this connection. Of especial public utility has been the work of the public archives commission, which has not only continued the preparation and publication of reports on the archives of the various States, but took an active part 1 in the international congress of archivists held at Brussels in August, 1910, and has organized an annual conference in the interests of J" American archives, National, State, and local. The association, deeply concerned for the preservation of the records of the National Government and aware that these records are, in many cases, stored ." where they are in danger of destruction and where their material deterioration is evident and rapid, has petitioned Congress" to take such steps as may be necessary to erect, in the city of Washington, a national ar~hive depository, where the records of the Government may be concentrated, properly cared for, and preserved." Bibliography, the indispensable aid of the historian, and the guide of the layman who seeks information on a given subject, has not been neglected. The annual bibliography of writings on American history, for the second time included in the association's report, constitutes an inventory which in respect to comprehensiveness and complete­ ness surpasses any similar undertaking in other countries. The " , advantage to the study of American history resulting from the wide distribution of such a work can readily be appreciated. The prepara­ f J tion of a bibliography of modern English history, so important for the '\ study of American history, is being carried on by the joint activities l ( 7 ') I \ t.' ~ • - ~< , C,'''" 8 AMERIcAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIO:N. of the association and of the English Royal Historical Society. The association's permanent committee on bibliography is preparing a report on the collections in European history possessed by the princi­ pal libraries of the country, so that in the future the steadily increas­ ing body of American students whose labors are devoted to the study j , r ; of European history will be able to ascertain, without waste of time and effort, the location of the materials necessary for their 'Work. The association has joined with other learned societies in the preparation and publication of a new annual, the American Year Book, designed to record the events and progress of the year in the various fields of statistics, history, politics, economics, science, and industry. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, yours, WALDO G. LELAND, Secretary. , Mr. CHARLES D. WALOOTI', / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. f 1 i "j , ! lj' " f '1: 1,.\ i" ~ ~ ~; 'j f .. ',,,- ~l . , I' , " OONTENTS. Pogo. I. Report of the proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the American Historical ABBOciation, by Waldo G. Leland, secretary .... 23 II. Report of the proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the Pacific coast branch, by Jacob N. Bowman, secretary of the branch ...... _._ 55 III. The efforts of the Danish kings to secure the English crown after the death of Harthacnut, by Laurence M. Larson ............. _. _..... __ 69 \ IV. The records of the privy seal, by James F. Baldwin ..... _. _. _....... __ 83 I V. Royal purveyance in fourteenth-century England in the light of Simon Islip's Speculum Regis, by Chalfant Robinson ..... _...... _. __ .... 89 [I ,J VI. Anglo-Dutch relations, 1654-1660, by Ralph C. H. CatteralL ...... _.. _ 101 VII. Some critical notes on the works of S. R. Gardiner, by Roland G. Usher.. 123 J VIII. The Mexican policy of southern leaders under Buchanan's adminis- tration, by James Morton Callahan ....... _. _..................... 133 IX. The decision of the Ohio valley, by Carl RUBBell Fish_. _. __ . __ .. __ .. _. 153 X. North Carolina on the eve of secession, by William K. Boyd. _____ ..... 165 XI. The inception of the Montgomery convention, by Armand J_ Gerson_._ 179 XII. The attitude of CongreBB toward the Pacific Railway, 1856-1862, by Allen Marshall Kline _...................................... ___ .. _ 189 XIII. The work of the Western State historical society, by Jeanne E. Wier. __ 199 XIV. The study of history in secondary schools .. __ ... __ . _............ ___ . _. 209 I XV. Proceedings of the seventh annual conference of historical societies .. __ . 243 XVI. Eleventh annual report of the public archives commission, by Herman V. Ames, chairman. ___ .. _..... _...... _. _.............. __ . _. _. _.. _. ., 267 Appendix A_ Proceedings of the second annual conference of archivists .. _........................ _... _.. _.. _. _....... _... 279 Appendix B. Report on the archives of the State of Indiana, by Harlow Lindley.. ___ ..... _. _. _. _. _. _... __ ... _. 315 Appendix C. Report on the archives of the State of Kentucky, by Irene T. Myers_. _. _. ____ . ____ .... _... _. _. ____ . _. _....... _.. .. 331 Appendix D. Report on the archives of the State of Nebraska, by Addison E. Sheldon_ .. _.. _. _. ________ . ______ .. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 365 Appendix E. Notes on the archives of the Philippines, by James A. Robertson ............ __ ...... _....................... , _.. 421 XVII. Writings on American History, 1910, by Grace G. Griffin. _ . ___ . _. _... 427 ' .. ,J 0- ,...- OONSTITUTION. I' I. The name of this society shall be The American Historical Asso­ ciation. II. Its object shall be the promotion of historical studies. III. Any 'person approved by the executive council may become a mem­ ~ ber by paying $3, and after the first year may continue a member by J I paying an annual fee of $3. On payment of $50 any person may become a life member, exempt from fees. Persons not resident in the United States may be elected as honorary or corresponding members } and be exempt from the payment of fees. IV. 1/ ~ The officers shall be a president, two vice presidents, a secretary, a J secretary of the council, a curator, a treasurer, and an executive coun­ cil consisting of the foregoing officers and six other members elected {, by the association, with the ex-presidents of the association. These officers shall be' elected by ballot at each regular annual meeting of the association. f V. .I. The executive council shall have charge of the general interests of the association, including the election of members, the calling of meetings, the selection of papers to be read, and the determination of what papers shall be published.