Oass. £13-1 Book^i^JlZi. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND NOTES GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT Connecticut Historical Society ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS IN THE WADSWOETH ATHENEUM l^u.]3lisr)e(a lav i^e ©ocie^ 1889 ra-. PRESS OF THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & ERAINARD CO., HARTFORD, CONN. I^OTICE. The matter hereinafter contained has been collected and pre- pared for publication, pursuant to a vote passed by the Connec- ticut Historical Society at its meeting of July 2, 1889. By the same vote, the Publication Committee (consisting of John "W. Stedman, Henry Barnard, and Forrest Morgan) was directed to perform the work ; with power to add other members. Said committee added S. W. Adams, F. B. Gay, and F. F. Starr to its own number. While it is true that even the most important of the docu- ments printed herewith were never before published collectively, it is no less true that some of them were never in print before. Of those which have before been printed, no attempt is here made to cite all the volumes and pamphlets wherein they may be found ; but, generally, the particular volume or pamphlet used in this compilation is mentioned. Much of the matter contained in the accompanying Notes has been gathered from the lips of aged persons, to whom recourse was had for that purpose. Much, also, was derived through careful search in original records. And much more would have been secured if the original records — most unfortunately for the searcher after tru.th — had not been lost. The difficult task of preparing a complete record of past and present officers and members of the Connecticut Historical Society has been accomplished by the efforts of Mr. Starr of this Committee. Hartford, December, 1889. S. W. A., For Committee. go]:^te:^ts. Page. II. III. IV. The Hartford Library Company. Act of Incorporation, 1799 7 Act of Incorporation, 1800, 7 The Hartford Youkg Men's Institute. Act of Incorporation Change of its Name, .... Its By-Laws, 1889, Its Rules and Regulations, Amendment of Hartford's Citj^ Charter, Extracts from First Annual Report, Life Members and Donors, 1839, . Life Members, 1886, .... Presidents of Young Men's Institute, The Connecticitt Historical Society. Act of Incorporation, 1825, .... Act Renewing its Charter, 1839, Extracts from the Will of Rev. Thomas Robbins, Resolve, Appropriating $1,000, Its By-Laws, 1889, Agreement between the Historical Society and Watkin son Library, The Wadsworth Athenaeum. Subscription to the Building Fund, List of Original Subscribers, . Wadsworth's Deed of Trust, . Deed of Transfer by the Trustees, Act Incorporating Wadsworth Athenaeum, Additional Subscriptions, etc.. Acts Amending its Charter, . Extracts from Wadsworth's Will, The Art Gallery, . The Gallery of Sculpture, By-Laws of the AtheuiSum, . Past Officers of the Athenaeum, ItJs Present Sharoholders, 12 13 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 21 23 23 24 24 27 . 31 . 82 . 34 . 36 . 37 . 41 42, 43 . 44 . 45 . 46 . 47 . 48 . 50 CONTENTS. VI. The Watkinson Library. Extracts from Mr. Watkinson's Will, . Act of Incorporation Amendment of its Charter, Statement of Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, Its By-Laws, 1889 Its Past OfHcers, The Connecticut Society of Natural History Act of Incorporation, 1845, .... Its OfHcers VII. The Art Society of Hartford. Act of Incorporation, Its Officers, .... VIII. Report op the Joint Committees, IX. Addenda. Members of the Hartford Library Company, Donors to the Young Men's Institute, . List of Lecturers for the Institute, The Hartford Arts Union, The Hartford Linnaean Botanical Society, X. Bibliography of the Historical Society, 51 58 60 60 63 64 65 66 67 69 75 76 77 80 80 81 XL The Connecticut Historical Society. [Appendix.] Its Present Officers, 85 Its Charter Members, 1825, 86 Its Charter Members, 1839, 87 Honorary Members, 88 Corresponding Members, 91 Its Past Officers 93 Its Life Members, 96 Former Members, 98 Present Members, 110 I. THE HARTFOED LIBRARY COMPANY. RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY — PASSED OCTOBER, 1799. Resolved by this Assembly, That Jeremiah Wadsworth, Nathaa Strong, Chauncey Goodrich, William Imlay, John Caldwell, John Morgan, Thomas Y. Seymour, Abel Flint, George Goodwin, Nathan Haynes Whiting, Andrew Kingsbury, John Chenevard, Samuel Marsh, Barzilla Hudson, and George Goodwin, Joseph Hart, Daniel Wads- worth, William Lawrence, Jonathan Brace, Mason Fitch Cogswell, George Bull, Thomas Bull, Spencer Whiting, Selden Chapman, Dwell Morgan, Michael Olcott, Ezekiel Williams, Jr., Samuel Olcott, Nathaniel Terry, Jonathan Walter Edwards, Asa Hopkins, William Talcott, Peleg Sanford, Elisha Colt, Elnathan Smith, Jr., John Leffingwell, Jacob Ogden, Jesse Dean, Chauncey Gleason, and Theo- dore Dwight, and such other persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of said company, be, and they are hereby, instituted a cor- poration by the name of "The Hartford Library Company," and by that name shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, and they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, and may purchase and hold lands and tenements in their corporate capacity of the value of two thousand dollars, and may increase their stock in books to the amount and value of ten thousand dollars, and shall also have power to make all such by-laws for the protection of their company propert}^ and the managing the concerns of said company, as fchall be found necessary, not contrary to the laws of this state. RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY — PASSED OCTOBER, 1800. Sec. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That Jeremiah Wadsworth, Nathan Strong, Chauncey Goodrich, William Imlay, John Caldwell, John Morgan, Thomas Y. Seymour, Abel Flint, George Goodwin, Nathan Haynes Whiting, Andrew Kingsbury, John Chenevard, Samuel Marsh, Barzilla Hudson, and George Goodwin, Joseph Hart, Daniel Wadsworth, William Lawrence, Jonathan Brace, Mason Fitch Cogs- well, George Bull, Thomas Bull, Spencer Whiting, Selden Chapman, Dwell Morgan, Michael Olcott, Ezekiel Williams, Jr., Samuel Olcott, Nathaniel Terry, Joni\than Walter Edwards, Asa Hopkins, William Talcott, Peleg Sanford, Elisha Colt, Elnathan Smith. Jr., Jolin Leffingwell, Jacob Ogden, Jesse Dean, Chauncey Gleason, and Theo- dore Dwight, and sucU other persons as shall hereafter be admitted 8 THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. members of tbe corporation hereby erected, and tbeir successors and assigns, be, and tbey are hereby, ordained, constituted, and declared to be one body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The Hartford Library Company," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall and may by the same name be persons capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters, and causes whatsoever, and to purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and tlieir suc- cessors, lands, tenements, hereditaments, rents, goods, chattels, and effects of any kind or nature soever, provided the annual value of such real and personal estate s-hall not at any time exceed two thousand dol- lars exclusive of the books and the annual payments of the members of said company hereinafter mentioned, and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at pleasure, and to execute, all and singular, tho?e acts, matters, and things which to them shall or may appertain, subject to the rules, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. The stock of said company shall consist of the property which nuw doth or at any time hereafter shall belong to said company, and shall be dividetl into such shares as by the by-laws of said com- pany shall be ordained and established, provided that the whole amount of said company's stock shall not at any time exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Sec. 3. The proprietor or proprietors of each share in said stock shall pay annually into the treasury of said company four dollars in equal quarterly payments, tbe tirst of which quarterly payments shall be made on the first day of January next. Sec. 4. There shall be a meeting of the company in the city of Hartford, on the tirst Monday of July annually, which may be adjourned from time to time as may be deemed expedient. All officers named in this resolve to be chosen by said company shall be members of the company, and shall be chosen at such annual meeting by ballot, and a majority of votes regularly given in shall decide the choice, and in case it shall happen that an election of said officers shall not be made on the day required by this resolve, it shall be lawful for said company to meet after three days' notice duly given, and pro- ceed to the choice of said officers in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided, and all meetings of said company shall be holden in the city of Hartford. Sec. 5. The company at their annual meeting shall choose a secretary, a president, a vice president, seven persons to be a committee of trustees, and a treasurer, who shall continue in office until others are chosen to fill their places, unless displaced in the manner herein- after provided, and if the company shall hereafter increa.'-e the com- mittee of trustees may also be increased, but shall not at any time exceed twelve persons exclusive of the president and vice-president. Sec. 6. The secretary shall record all the votes and proceedings of the company and of the committee of trustees. In case of the absence of the secretary, the committee of trustees may appoint a secretary jjro ti'inpore. Sec. 7. The president shall, ex officio, be a member of the committee of trustees, and shall preside, when present, at all meetings of the com- pany and of the committee of trustees, but shall have no vote in any meeting of the company or of the committee of trustees except in case THE HAETFORD LIBEARY COMPANY. " 9 of an equal division. In the absence of the president, the vice-presi- dent shall be president pro tempore, and in absence of the president and vice-president, the senior member of the committee of trustees present shall be president pro tempore. All orders drawn upon the treasurer shall be signed by the president, or in his absence by the president pro tempore. By order of the committee of trustees, the president, or in his absence the vice president, may call special meetings of the com- pany, giving reasonable notice of the time and place of such meetings. Sec. 8. The vice president shall, ex officio, be a member of the com- mittee of trustees, and in the absence of the president s-hall exerci-e all the powers heretofore given to the president. Sec. 9. The committee of trustees shall have a general superin- tendence of the library; direct where and in what manner it shall be kept, provided the place where said library be kept be in the city of Hartford; grant such compensations as they shall judge necessary, but no compensation shall at any time be granted to the president, vice president, or committee of trustees; appoint a librarian, call him to account, and displace him whenever they see cause; adjust all accounts, and exhibit the same once in every year to the company; direct the president to sign all ordeis drawn by them on the treasurer; select and purchase books for the use of the company, and regulate from time to time the manner, and once in three months prescribe the terms, of admitting persons to be members of the company. The com- mittee of trustees shall have power to call the treasurer to account, to displace him if they see cause, and in case of a vacancy in the office, by removal or other cause, to appoint a treasurer who shall hold his otHce until a treasurer be chosen by the company. The committee of trustees shall have the sole power of making bylaws for regulating the concerns of the company, and to inflict fines, penalties, and forfeitures for the breach of such by-laws; but no by-law shall be of any force until it has been engrossed and posted up fourteen days in the library room. Provided, that no by-law shall be repugnant to the laws of this state, and that no fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall exceed a share in said company, or the value thereof. Any two of the committee of trustees may request the president, or in his absence the vice-president, to summon a meeting of the company, and in case of refusal or neglect upon such application, a majority of the committee of trustees shall have power to summon a meeting of the company, giving reasonable notice of the time and place of such meeting. Sec. 10. The treasurer shall have charge of all the moneys which belong to the company; shall accept and pay all orders drawn upon him by the president by order of the committee of trustees; shall execute a bond to the company, if required by the committee of trustees, for the faithful performance of his duty; shall annually, and oftener if thereto required by the committee of trustees, account with them for all moneys so received and paid out; and shall from time to time obey such orders and directions as he shall receive from the com- mittee of trustees. Sec. 11. No person shall become a member of the company by pur- chase without the consent and approbation of the committee of trustees. Sec. 13. Every person holding a share in the company's stock shall be entitled to one vote in all meetings of the company, but no person shall be entitled to more than one vote in any such meeting for any greater number of shares which he may hold. 10 ' THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. Sec. 13. All questions in all meetings of the company, and in all meetings of the committee of trustees, shall be decided by a majority of votes regularly given in, except in those cases otherwise provided for in this resolve. Sec. 14. No alteration shall be made in the third paragraph of this resolve without the unanimous consent of the members of the coin pany present in meeting; and no question relative to any such altera- tion shall be tried or agitated at any other than the annual meeting; provided, however, that when the value of the books belonging to tlie company shall amount to ten thousand dollars, the committee of trustees may lessen the annual payment from each member to two dollars. Sec. 15. The present officers of the company shall continue in office until otiiers are chosen to supply their places, and the present bylaws of the company shall continue in force until they are repealed by the committee of trustees; provided, nevertheless, that if this act, or any of the provisions in this act contained, shall be found incon- venient or in any respect inadequate, the same may be altered or revoked by the general assembly. Provided always, that nothing herein shall authorize said corpora- tion to carry on merchandise by buying and selling books or other articles, etc. ; that said corporation by entering into and carrying on merchandise, shall lose and forfeit all the rights, powers, and privi- leges herein granted; and provided also, that any former acts or resolves, incorporating said library company, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Note. — The foregoing Resolves are copied from pages 718-731, Vol. I, of the Private Laws of this State, edition of 1837. Some slight changes in punctuation and spelling are introduced. From an account given by William I. Fletcher (see Memorial Hist, of Hartford Co., Vol. I, p. 545), it appears that a Public Library Com- pany was organized in Hartford in 1774. It was at first known as the Librarian Company, but subsequently assumed the title of The Hart- ford Library Company. It is presumed that this was the same institu- tion which, in 1799, was incorporated under the same name. There are no data at hand from which a list of the officers of the Hartford Librarj- Co. can be compiled; nor is it known who was its latest President, Secretary, or Librarian. It is understood that the library had no permanent place of abode; its migrations having brought it, at times, into a building in Temple street ; on the north corner of Main and Pearl streets ; on the corner of Main street and Central row ; and into the old State House. Perhaps it was lastly in the variety store of Charles Hosmer, where the Waverly building now is. The oldest catalogue now extant is in manuscript, under date of 179) ; and is in the possession of the Hartford Library Association. Catalogues were printed in 1813, 1818, and 1838. The whole number of volumes is not stated in the catalogue of 1838 ; but the highest num- THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. 11 ber given to any volume is 3,312 ; and, presumably, this v^as, at most, as many as the Library then contained. It is not stated how many, nor who, the shareholders were, nor whether the full amount of the capital stock ($20,000) had ever been subscribed for. "Extracts from the By-Laws" were published in the catalogue of 1828, but they do not state the number of shares into which the capital stock was divided. It is not known that more than one person is living (Thomas M. Day), who was a shareholder in the Hartford Library Company. S. W. A. II. THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. ACT OF INCORPORATION. At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford, in said State, on the jirst Wednesday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine : Whereas, Henry Barnard, 2d, George G. Spencer, William M. Durand, Gustavus F. Davis, William N. Matson, Erastus Collins, Junius S. Morgan. James D. Willard, Amariah Storrs, Edwards W. Coleman, Alfred Gill, and others, have associated together for the pur- pose of intellectual and moral improvement, therefore Resolved by this Assembly, That the aforesaid individuals, their as- sociates and successors, be, and hereby are, constituted a body corpo- rate and politic by the name of the Hartford Young Men's Insti- tute, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be capa- ble in law to purchase, receive, hold, and convey all kinds of property, the annual income of which shall not exceed Six Thousand Dollars; to sue and be sued, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever; may have a common Seal, and may change and alter the same at pleasure; may elect a President, and such other Officers and Agents as they may find necessary and convenient, and make and carry into effect such By-Laws and regulations as they may deem necessary to promote and secure the objects of the Corporation. The tirst meetinir of the Institute shall be holden on i\\e first Tuesday of June, at such place as may be designated by a majority of the per- sons named above, by notice in one or more newspapers printed in Plartford. Provided always, that this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed at the pleasure of the General Assembly. STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Secretary's Office, ) May 37th, A. D. 1839. j I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of Record in this otflce. In testimony whereof, I have hereto affixed the Seal of the State, and signed my name, at the date as above. ROYAL R HINMAN, Secretary. Note. — The above Act of Incorporation, and the following extracts from the record of the Annual Meeting of the Hartford Young Men's Institute of 1839, as also the List of Donors and Life Members — are taken from the First Annual Report of the Executive Committee of THE HAETFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. 13 that institution, published in 1839. Copies of this report are quite scarce. It will be seen from the extracts that the Institute became the owner of the volumes of the (defunct?) Hartford Library Company in 1839. Also, that before its incorporation the " Young Men's Institute" existed as a voluntary association (organized in 1838); and the char- tered " Hartford Young Men's Institute" became its successor. It is said that the Hon. Henry Barnard was the originator of the whole enterprise. The first catalogue of the Institute, published in 1839, showed that the library contained 5,620 volumes. The same library now contains about 40,000 volumes. S. W. A. CHANGING NAME OF THE HAKTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE, AND AMENDING THE CHARTER THEREOF. Resolved by tliis Assembly: Section 1. That the name of The Hartford Young Men's Institute be and the same is hereby changed so that the corporation shall hereafter be entitled The Hartford Library Association. No right or obligation of said corporation shall be impaired thereby. Sec. 2. Said corporation shall have power to place the funds and property which it may at any time own, other than books and furni- ture, in the hands of such trustees as the said corporation may select, for such length of time and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes as shall seem to said corporation to be desirable for the greater and more permanent security of said funds and property and the better promotion of the objects of said corporation, and the princi- pal of said funds and property shall not be holden for any debt of said corporation incurred subsequently to the establishment of such trust and during the continuance thereof; and the income of said funds and property for any year shall not be liable to be holden for any debt of said corporation, except such debts as shall be incurred during such year: provided, hown-er, that nothing herein contained shall, in any way, affect the liability of said funds and property to be holden for any just debt of said corporation incurred prior to the establishment of such trust. Approved, March 26, 1878. {Special Acts, 1878, p. 104.] BY-LAWS, 1889. Article I. Any person above fourteen years of age may become a member of this corporation by subscribing to the charter and by laws. Each member shall pay annually, in advance, a mepibership fee of three dollars, and shall exercise none of the rights of membership so long as the fee is unpaid. Any member who shall pay fifty dollars at any one time shall be known as a life member and shall be exempt from the payment of the annual fee above prescribed. Article II. The officers of this corporation shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be chosen by ballot at each annual meeting. Any person who shall have held any of the above offices, except the offices of Recordmg Secretary and Treasurer, for two years, shall be ineligible for the same office, but may be elected to hold any other office Article III. Th^e Ifresident shall preside at the meetings of the cor 14 THE HARTFOED YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. poration, preserve order therein, and in case of an equal division of tlie members on any question shall give a casting vote. In the absence of the President, the senior Vice-President present shall preside and perform all the duties of that olfice. Article IV. The Corresponding Secretarj' shall, under the direction of tlie Board of Directors, conduct the correspondence of the corporation. Article V. The Recording Secretary shall keep an accurate record of the transactions of tbe corporation. Article VI. The Treasurer shall receive all dues and donations in money. He shall keep an accurate account of the financial concerns of the corporation, an abstract of which he shall exhibit at each annual meeting; and in his disbursements of money, he shall be under the direction of the Board of Directors. He shall also give bonds, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors, to an amount not less that one thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties. Article VII. The affairs of this corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors, of which the ofhcers mentioned in Article II shall be ex officio members. Three directors shall be chosen by ballot at each annual meeting to hold office for two years. The board shall have power to fill all vacancies until the next annual meeting. Meet- ings of the directors may be called at any time by either the President or Recording Secretary. At such meeting any number not less than three shall constitute a quorum for business. Article VIII. An annual meeting shall be holden on the first Tues- day of June, and quarterly meetings on the first Tuesdays in Septem- ber, December, and March of each year. At all annual meetings the polls shall be open to receive ballots for officers and directors from 10 o'clock A. M. to 5 o'clock r. m. , without intermission; and immedi- ately after the closing of the polls the ballots shall be counted, and the result of the election declared. On the evening of the day preceding the day of the annual meeting, there shall he a meeting holden for the purpose of hearing and acting upon the annual reports of the Board of Directors and of the Treasurer, which repoits shall be presented and read at said evening meeting, and at said meeting two tellers shall he elected to count the ballots which shall be cast at the annual meeting on the ensuing day. Special meetings may be Cidled at any time by order of the Board of Directors. At least live days' warning of every special meeting shall be given bj'' a notice so posted in the library that it may be read by members coming to draw or return books. Article IX. Any member, for disorderly or immoral conduct, or for a violation of rules, ma_y be expelled by the concurring vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, from which decision an appeal shall be allowed to the next quarterly meeting, whose decision shall be final. Article X. These by-laws may be amended at any meeting of mem- bers, provided warning of an intention to propose an amendment to the by-laws is given by a notice posted as required in Article VIII. KULES AND REGULATIONS. — RULES OF THE LIBRARY. I. It shall be the duty of the librarian to attend at the rooms of the Association, during the hours in which the same shall be open, to take charge of the Library and Reading-room, and other property of the Association. He shall observe the instructions which may be given THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN's INSTITUTE. 15 him by tlie Board of Directors, and take care that all the regulations relating- to thu Library and Reading roona are strictly observed. II. Every member of the Association who shall have paid all sums due from him to the Association, and made good all damage and loss which he may have occasioned (and any person on paying $3 per annum or $2 semi-annually in advance to the Librarian) shall be en- titled to all the privileges of the Library and Reading-room. Any per- son on paying |3 shall be entitled during one year to use the Reading- rtjom, and to draw from the Library one book at a time. III. The Library shall be open for the delivery and receipt of books, from 9 o'clock a. m. to 8 o'clock p. m. The Reading-room shall be open from 9 o'clock a. m. to 9 80 p. m. IV. No book shall be taken from the Library without the consent of the Librarian; and until the same shall be charged to the account of the member receiving it. V. Every per.son will be held responsible for books charged to him, and it shall be his duty to see that the charge of such books is checked when the same are returned. VI. Books drawn from the Libniry may be retained for two weeks and no longer, unless renewed for two weeks at the end of that time. Any person who shall retain books longer than two weeks, unless renewed, and in that case longer than four weeks, shall forfeit and pay to the Librarian for every day of the first week of such detention two cents per volume, and for every day of each succeeding week the for- feiture shall be four cents per volume. VII. Such new books added to the Library the current year as the Library Committee may designate, shall be retained by members only one week, and are not renewable; if not returned at the proper lime they shall be liable to a tine of four cents per day. VIII. Any person who shall injure, deface, or fail to return any book belonging to the Library, shall forfeit and pay such sums as may be assessed by the Librarian, with tlie liberty of an appeal to the Board of Directors, for such default or damage; and if the work lost or injured be one of a set, he shall pay the full value of said set, and may then receive the remaining volumes as his property. IX. Such books as may from time to time be specially designated by the Board of Directors shall not be taken from the Library, except by permission, and on such conditions as they may prescribe. X. The Librarian shall allow no person to enter the alcoves without written permission from the Librar}'^ Committee. XL Books to be transferred must be returned to the Library. XII. Books will be reserved in the order of application, and charged to the accounts of members at the date of such reservation; and if the necessary postage be prepaid, the Librarian will notify mem- bers when such books are ready for delivery. RULES OF THE READING-KOOM. I. Members of the Association only are entitled to the use of the Reading-room. II. No person shall occupy a seat in front of any newspaper except for the purpose of reading the same. III. The magazines and reviews must be returned to their proper compartments by the persons using them. IV. All loud conversation is strictly prohibited. V. All damages shall be made good by immediate payment or replacement of the articles injured. 16 THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. VI. The removal of any periodical, pamphlet, or book of reference from the Reading room, except by written permission of the Board of Directors, is strictly prohibited. VII. The Superintendent has full authority to enforce the above rules, and preserve order in the rooms. — [From 51. si Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Hartford Library Association.] AMENDING THE CHARTER OP THE CITY OF HARTFORD. Resolved by this Assembly: That the city of Hartford be, and it hereby is, authorized and empowered to appropriate by concurrent vote of the court of common council of said city, and to expend annually, a sum not exceeding one-fifth of one mill upon the grand list of said city last made and perfected, for the purpose of supporting and maintaining a free public library and art gallery, with their appur- tenances, and of furnishing needed accommodations therefor. Approved March 14, 1883. — [.'Special Acts, 1883, p. 726.] [Extracts from the First Annual Report. ~\ ANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 4, 1839. The second annual meeting of the Young Men's Institute was held at Gilman's Hall this evening at half-past 7 o'clock. The President subn)itted the First Annual Report of the Executive Committee, and the Treasurer an account of the finances of the Insti- tute, which were severally accepted, and ordered to be printed. The President notified the meeting that the Executive Committee, in pursuance of the instructions of the Institute, at their first quarterly meeting, had procured from the General Assembly an act of incor- poration under the name of the "Hartford Young Men's Institute." The act was read, and a resolution passed and signed, transferring all the property, interest, and rights belonging to the Young Men's Insti- tute, to the Hartford Young Men's Institute. The meeting was then organized as the Hartford Young Men's Insti- tute, with Henry Barnard, 2d, as Chairman, and Lorenzo Hamilton, Secretary. The act of incorporation was accepted, and a committee consisting of George G. Spencer, William N. Matson, and C. L. Kelsey, ap- pointed, who reported the former Constitution of the Institute, with some modifications, as the By-Laws for the future government of the corporation. The following officers were then chosen for the year ensuing : Henry Barnard, 2d, President. George G. Spencer, 1st Vice-President. Junius S. Morgan, 2d William N. Matson, Corresponding Secretary. Alfred Gill, Recording Secretary. Erastus Collins, Treasurer. Edward W. Coleman, 1st Director. Lorenzo Hamilton, 2d " Elijah H. Owen, 3d " James D. Willard, 4th Amariah Storrs, 5th " THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE, 17 The attention of the Committee was early and perseveringly directed to the establishment of a library in some measure adequate to meet the wants of the Institution and of the city. A considerable amount of means was placed at their disposal by the liberal subscriptions of the friends of the Institute and life members, but it was evident tbat unless this could be expended in the purchase of books not already in the reach of the members, in existing libraries, the main object could not be secured. Accordingly arrangements were effected with the sliare- holders of the Hartford Library Company, by which their valuable collection of books, amounting to more than 3,000 volumes, was trans- ferred to the executive committee in trust for the Institute: This trans- fer is not yet complete, although nothing is wanting on the part of the proprietors of the library to make it so, as soon as the Institute by or- ganizing under the act of incorporation, shall be capable of receiving the same. This arrangement is alike valuable to the members of the Institute and the Library Company, and enlarges the selection of both, without diminishing the privileges of either. As soon as this arrange- ment was effected, and before any portion of our funds were expended, in order that they might be invested to the best advantage, the friends of the Institute were invited to send in such contributions in books as they were disposed to make. In compliance with this application, more than 800 volumes were added to the library. Since then, pur- chases to the amount of more than 1,500 volumes have been made, so that the aggregate number of volumes now in the possession of the In- stitute exceeds 5,600. LIFE MEMBERS AND DONORS, 1889. Thomas S. Williams, Daniel Wadsworth, William H. Imlay, Thomas K. Brace, Joseph Trumbull, Thomas Smith, John Warburton, . Seth Terry, . William A. Ward, Charles Davies, Edmund G. Howe, T. M. Allyn, A. M. Collins, W. L. Collins, H. Huntington, Jr., Roland Mather, Ezra Clark, Jr., . Ezra White, Jr., . Elisha Colt, . Joseph Morgan, . G. C. Collins, Samuel Williams, . Dudley Buck, A. A. Pomeroy, . James G. Bolles, . Christopher C. Lyman, E. Fessenden, $300 John Olmsted, . $25 300 Erastus Smith, . 25 250 Denison Morgan, . . 25 100 Roderick Terry, . . 25 100 William S. Crane, . 25 100 John Butler, . . 25 50 David Watkinson, . 25 50 D. F. Robinson, . . 25 50 H. Barnard, 2d, . . 25 50 Gordis Spalding, . . 25 25 Amariah Storrs, . . 25 25 William W. Ellsworth, . 25 25 Ellery Hills, . . 25 25 George Beach, . 25 25 John L. Bunce, . 25 25 J. S. Morgan, . 25 25 Daniel Burgess, . 25 25 Robert Watkinson, . 25 25 S. W. Goodridge, . . 25 25 Silas Andrus, . 25 25 James M. Bunce, . . 25 25 George Burgess, . . 25 25 0. E. Daggett, . 25 25 Lewis Weld. . . 25 25 William T. Lee, . . 25 25 A. W. Butler, . 25 25 Daniel Buck, . 25 18 THE HAETFORD YOUNG MEN's INSTITUTE. George Putnam, . $25 Ebenezer Flower, . . $25 H. B. Cliaflfee, 25 Elisba Peck, . . 25 H. L. Miller, 25 Francis Parsons, . 25 Alfred Gill, . 25 R. G. Drake, 25 George Beach, Jr. 25 Joel Hawes, . 25 John H. Webb, 25 Horace Bushnell, . 25 Erastus Collins, 25 George G. Spencer, 25 Charles Sigourney 25 Leonard Bacon, 15 Lynde Olmsted, 25 Samuel Tudor, 10 Alfred Smith, 25 E. C. Stanton, 10 Hezekiah King, 25 Job Allyn, . 8 T. H. Gallaudet, 25 James M. Goodwin, 12.50 Vols. Vols. Calvin Spencer, ... 40 Joel Hawes, . Itj W. W. Turner, . 8 D. D. Barnard, . T. H. Gallaudet, . 8 James M. Bunce, . C. L. Kelsey, 8 Julius D. Hayden, W. W. Ellsworth, 73 Thomas Day, 21 Spalding & Storrs, 51 John L. Boswell, . Theodore Dwight, 12 John H. Webb, . 50 David R. Hutchinson, 2 David Watkinson, 45 Samuel Tudor, 18 Ezra Clark, . 10 Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, 10 Andrus. Judd & Franklin, 50 Roderick White, . 20 Amariah Brigham, 50 Belknap & Hamersley, 53 E. Smith, 100 Robert Turnbull, . 9 Henry Barnard, 2d, 100 Samuel Coit, . 3 Henry Hudson, Edinburgh Ency- George G. Spencer, 15 clopedia. Royal H. Hiuman, 4 Daniel Burgess, Niles' Register, Alfred Smith, 48 complete. Henry Holmes, 18 LIST OP LIFE MEMBERS, 1886. Abbott, Mrs. Anna O. Bacon, Leonard H. Bailey, Henry M. Barbour, Lucius A. Barnard, Henry Beach, George Bissell, George P. Brainard, Charles H. Breed, Joseph Bryant, Edwin W. Buck, Henry R. Burnham, George S. Butler, Albert L. Case, Newton Cheney, Frank W. Cheney, Knight D. Childs, Charles R. Chittenden, Henry Christ Church, Rector of Church, Abner Clark, David Clark, Ezra Colt, Samuel Collins, Atwood Collins, Charles Conklin, Hamilton W. Coxe, Arthur C. Crane, Cephas B. Davies, Charles Davis, G. Pierrepont Day, John C. Day, Thomas M. Eliot, Samuel Ely, R. S. and W. D. Fessenden, Edson Gage, William L. THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN S INSTITUTE. 19 Geer, Elihu Gill, Alfred Goodwin, H. L. Gould, Rev. Geo. H. Hatch, George E. Hollister, Arthur N. Hollister, Nelson Howard, James L. Howe, Daniel R. Hunt, Dr. E. K. Huntington, Jos. S. Jewell, Charles A. Jewell, Plin}' Lyman, Theodore Martin, Thomas Mather, Roland Mills, Lawrence H. Morgan, Junius S. Nichols, James Northam, Charles H. Olmsted, Albert H. Olmsted, F. Law Parker, E. P. Parsons, E. W. Parsons, John C. Payne, Brigham Peck, Cornelia Perkins, Charles E. Perkins, Edward C. Perkins, Mrs. E. H. Perkins, Henry A. Polk, Mrs. E. N. B. Pratt, Henry S. Robbins, Philemon F. Roberts, Albert W. Roberts, Edward E. Roberts, George Robinson, Eliza T. Robinson, Henrj^ C. Robinson, jMary A. Seymour, Charles Shipman, Nathaniel Simonson, L. Stoddard, H. Hudson Strong, Maria E. Taylor, Samuel Terry, Eliphalet Turner, Wm. W. Twichell, Joseph H. Tyler. Edwin S. Ward, Wm. P. Way, Samuel L. Welch, Archibald H. Welles, Edward W. Wheaton, Noah White, Ezra, Jr. Winship, Joseph Woodward, Joseph G. PRESIDENTS OF THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN S INSTITUTE. Henry Barnard, 2d, 1838-40 William N. Matson, 1840-41 Geo. G. Spencer (resgd.), 1841-42 John W. Seymour, 1842-43 Roland Mather, 1843-44 James Dixon, 1844-45 E. K. Hunt, 1845-47 Oliver D. Cooke, 1847-49 Ezra Clark, Jr., 1849-51 Joseph S. Huntington, 1851-53 Frank H. Terry, 1853-54 Geo. P. Bissell, 1854-56 Nathaniel Shipman, 1856-57 Henry C. Robinson, 1857-58 Frank W. Cheney, 1858-59 Chas. E. Perkins, 1859-60 Wm. H. D. Callender, 1860-62 Frank W. Cheney (resgd.), 1862-63 Joseph G. Woodward, 1862-63 William Hamersley, 1863-64 Nathaniel Shipman, 1864:-65 William Hamersley, 1865-67 John S. Robinson, 1867-69 George M. Coit, 1869-70 George F. Hills, 1870-71 Edwin W. Bryant (resgd.), 1871-72 George F. Hills, 1871-72 Joseph Breed, 1872-73 Henry L. Bunce (resgd.), 1873-74 Joseph G. Woodward, 1873-75 John C. Day, 1875-77 Charles H. Clark, 1877-79 John R. Redfield, 1879-80 Albert L. Butler, 1880-82 Wm. Waldo Hyde, 1882-84 Samuel O. Prentice, 1884-86 Wm. G. Abbot, 1886-88 Edward D. Robbins, 1888- Note. — The List (of 1886) of Life Members is the latest one printed. The names of such as had deceased, and there were many of them, 20 THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. are not included. Life membership was secured tlirough payment of fifty dollars. In 1839, several became life members of the Young Men's Institute by virtue of having been shareholders of the Hartford Library Com- pany. Thomas M. Day, still living, is an instance of such membership. From 1842 to 1872, the fee for life membership was $35. In 1873, it became $50, at which sum it remains. In 1844, a life membership could be gained by contributing $200 to the fund of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Of the 78 "Life Members and Donors" (p. 17), it is believed that only two, Henry Barnard and George Beach, are living. The Institute first occupied its present rooms in 1844; it having expended $1,150 in fitting up said rooms in 1843. It receives annually from the Watkinson Library Fund. S. W. A. III. THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. — PASSED MAY SESSION, 1825. Upon the petition of John Trumbull and others, shewing that in Other States societies have been formed for the purpose of collecting records and other documents connected with the early settlement ot our country, and praying for an act of incorporation for the purpose ot discovering, procuring, and preserving whatever may relate to the civil, ecclesiastical, and natural history of the United States, and especially of the State of Connecticut: — Eesohed by this Assembly, That John Trumbull, Thomas C. Brownell, Timothy Pitkin, John S. Peters, William W. Ellsworth. Thonias Day, Thomas Robbins, Daniel Burhans, Thomas Hubbard, Isaac Toucey, Nathaniel S Wheaton, George Sumner, Roger M. Sherman, William T Williams Martin Welles, Joseph Battell, William Cooley Thomas H Gallaudet, Thomas S. Williams, Eli Todd, Walter Mitcliell, George W Doane, Samuel B. Woodward. Samuel H. Huntington Samuel W. Dana James Gould, Samuel A. Foot. Nathan Johnson, Hawley Olm- stead' Benjamin Trumbull, and John Hall, and their associates and suc- cessors, be and hereby are ordained, constituted, and declared to be forever hereafter, a body corporate, by the name of " Tlie Connecticut Historical Society," and by that name they, and their associates and suc- cessors shall and mav have perpetual succession; shall be capable ot suing and being sued." pleading and being impleaded, and also to pur- chase receive, hold, and convey any estate, real or personal, to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars; and may have a com- mon seal, and the same may alter at pleasure; may establish rules relative to the admission of future members; may ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws and regulations, not contrarj' to the provisions of this charter, or the laws of this State, as shall be deemed necessary for the government of said corporation. And be it farther resolved, That the Governor of this State the Lieu- tenant-Governor, and the Judges of the Superior Court, shall be ex- oflacio members of the society. And be it further resolved, That said corporation shall meet once a year for the choice of a President, Vice-President, Corresponding Sec- retary Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and stich other olhcers as may be designated, from time to time, by the by laws of the society. And be it further resolved, That the first meeting of the society shall be holden at the State House in Hartford, at such time as shall be 22 THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. designated by the Honorable John Trumbull, notice thereof being previously given in one or more newspapers printed in Hartford. Provided, Nevertheless, that this act of incorporation shall be subject to be revoked or altered, at the pleasure of the General Assembly. — \^From the pamphlet publiiihed by the Conn. Uistoiical Society in 1839.] ACT RENEWING THE CHARTER, PASSED MAY SESSION, 1839. Whereas, John Trumbull and others at the session of this Assembly, held at Hartford, on the first Wednesday of May, 1825, were incor- porated, by the name of the Connecticut Historical Society, for the purpose of discovering, procuring, and prc^^erving materials for the civil, ecclesiastical, and natural history of the United States, and especially of the Slate of Connecticut: And whereas, it was pro- vided, by the act of incorporation, that said corporation should meet ouce a year, for the choice of a president, vice-president, correspond- ing secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and such other otticers as might be designated, from time to time, by the by-laws of the society: And whereas, the persons so incorporated met in the month of May, 1825, and accepted said act of incorporation, and elected the officers mentioned therein, who entered upon the duties assigned ihem respectively; but since the year 1825 there has been no election of officers in said society, and it is now a matter of doubt whether the (;harter of said society is not forfeited by non usijr; and, if other- wise, it is difficult to ascertain who are now members: And whereas, some valuat)le historical materials were collected by said society, while it was in operation, which have been thus far preserved, but which are in danger of being scattered and lost, without the care of this or some similar institution: And whereas, the objects of said society are important and worth}^ of legislative protection and encouragement: it is therefore Resolved and declared by this Assembly, That the existence of said society as a body corporate, with the powers and privileges originally granted thereto, be continued and perpetuated, as though its officers had been chosen annually since 1825. Resolved further. That Thomas C. Brownell, John S Peteis, Wil- liam W. Ellsworth, Thomas Day, Thomas Robbins, Isaac Toucey, George Sumner, Koger M. Sherman, William T. Williams, Martin Wells, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Walter Mitchell, Samuel H. Huntington, Nathan Johnson, Hawley Olmstead, David S. Boardman, C liarles Hos- mer, Epaphroditus C. Bacon. Erastus Smith, George \\. Bulkley, Edward C. Herrick, Noah Porter, Jr., James L. Kingsley, Leonard Bacon, Nathaniel Goodwin, Charles Davies, Royal R. Hinman, John A. Rockwell, Thomas B. Butler. L. P. Waldo, Andrew T. Judson, Henry Barnard, 2d, Elkanah H. Hodges, shall be deemed the present members of said society, and shall continue such, subject to the regu- lations and by-laws of said society: Provided, that the payment of three dollars, as an admission lee, for the benefit of the society, shall be an essential qualificiation of membership; and no person, who has not already paid such fee, shall hereafter be deemed a .member, until such jiayment is made. Resolved farther. That Thomas Day be empowered to call the next meeting of said society, for the choice of officers, and the transaction of THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 23 other bu'iiness, at such place ia the city of Hartford, and at such time, as he may designate for that purpose, £jiving previous notice thereof in one or more newspapers printed in said city. Provided, nevertiieless, that these resolves, as well as the original act of incorporation, shdl be subject to be revoked or altered at the pleasure of the General Assembly. — [Private Actx, 1889, p. 57.] JVote. — It appears from the pamphlet published by the Conn. Histor- ical Society in 1839, that the first president of said society, elected in 1825, vras John Trumbull, the Judge, and author of McFingal ; that the Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D., was then its corresponding secretary; and that Bishop George Washington Doaue (then a professor at Wash- ington, now Trinity College), was secretary of the standing committee. Within a year thereafter Trumbull and Doane removed from this State, and the organization remained in abeyance until the revival of its charter in 1839, when Thomas Day, Secretary of State, became its president, and Henry Barnard, 2d, its corresponding secretary. Mr. Thomas M. Day furnishes the following information : " On May 29th, 1839, and for the two days following, there appeared in the Hartford Daily Vourant, this advertisement : " CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. "A meeting of this Society, under their renewed Charter, will be held at the rooms of the Toung Men'>< Institute, in Gilman's Build- ing (146^ Main Street), on Saturday, the first day of June next, at 3 o'clock p. m., for the election of officers, and the transaction of other business. Thomas Day." S. W. A. . EXTRACTS FROM THE WILL OP THE REV. THOMAS ROBBINS, D.D. "7th. I have a large collection of silver coins, and a small number of gold coins, which 1 commit to the care of my Executors, for the benefit of the Connecticut Historical Societ}' ; and particularly for the benefit of the Library. "8th. The rest and residue of my property, including my stock in the Hartford, the Phoenix, and the Savings Banks, in Hartford, and any other property belonging to me at my decease, excepting the arti- cles otherwise designated in this testamentary instrument — I give to the Connecticut Historical Society, to be a perpetual fnnd, the avails of which to be applied to the preservation, increase, and improvement of the Library ; primarilj'. Theology and History ; ex|>ecting also, that the Society will place a suitable monument at the place of my burial." IS'ote. — Dr. Robbins died Sept. 13, 1856, and his will was probated on the 18th of the same month. It had been executed May 10, 1853. The property bequeathed as mentioned in clause Sth above quoted, was appraised at $4,686.50. The valuable Library of Dr. Robbins had been in the possession of the Historical Society since 1844, lie being the Librarian of the Society. 24 THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Among other bequests to this Society (exclusive of those meDtioned in the wills of Daniel Wadsworth and David Watkinson), have been the follovping : By the will of Thomas Day (dated December 26, 1854, and probated March 16, 1855), $1,000 ; unconditionally. By the will of Daniel Goodwin (dated January 5, 1876, and probated July 25th, the same year), $1,000 ; " to be applied as Charles J. Hoadly shall direct." By the will of James B. Hosmer (dated November 17, 1871, and pro- bated September 30, 1878), $5,000. By the same instrument he be- queathed to said Society his "engravings and works of art." Also, the remainder of his library (including the Hosmer family Bible and the Bid well family Bible), after taking out those given to the Theolog- ical Institute. Also, "a bag of coins," in his secretary ; "a case of medals of American officers, and Wyatt's Book of Memoirs of said officers." He gave his paintings to the Wadsworth Athenaeum. By the terms of the charter of the City Bank, granted in 1851, that institution was required to pay $1,000 to the Historical Society. The Library now contains, by estimation, more than 20,000 volumes, and a rare collection of manuscripts. No catalogue of these, nor of its paintings, etc., has ever been made. S. W. A. RESOLVE APPROrRIATING $1,000. Whereas, the Connecticut Historical Society was incorporated by the General Assembly of this State, at its session in May, 1825, for the purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving matter relative to the civil, militarj', ecclesiastical and natural history of this State and of the United States, — and whereas, in the prosecution of said ob- ject, a large and valuable collection of books, manuscripts, and an- tiquities, illustrative of the colonial, revolutionary, and subsequent history of Connecticut, has been collected at great personal expense and exertion by the members thereof; — and whereas, the funds of said society are utterlj' inadequate to the proper arrangement and binding of manuscripts, papers, &c. : — therefore, — liesolved by this General Assembly, That the Comptroller of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby authorized to draw an order on the Treasurer of this State in favor of the treasurer of the Connecticut His- torical Societj', for the sum of one thousand dollars; to be by said so- ciety expended in arranging and binding the manuscripts and papers aforesaid, for the purpo-se of easy reference and to ensure their preser- vation. — [Private Acts, 1845, p. 74.] BY-LAWS. [In force, October, 1889.] I. MEMBERS. 1. The Society shall consist of Resident, Corresponding, and Hono- rary jMembers. Resident members shall be persons residing in the State of Connecti- cut ; and no others shall be entitled to vote in any meeting of the Societ3^ THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 25 Honorar}' and correspondiug members shall be persons residing out of the State of Connecticut; and shall not be subject to any admission fee or tax. Honorary members shall be persons who may have rendered impor- tant, public service to the State of Connecticut, or to the cause of his- toric inquuy, or literature generally. 2. No person shall be voted for as an honorary, corresponding, or resident member, until at least one month after his nomination by the Committee on Membership; and every such vote shall be taken by bal- lot, at a regular meeting, at which not less than ten members are present. 3. Every nomination for the election of honorary or corresponding members shall be based on the application, in writing, of two resident members, stating the reasons for such nonunalion, and the qualitica- tions of the persons proposed for membership. 4. Whenever a vote shall be taken on the admission of a member, and there shall be found two ballots against his admission, the presid- ing officer shall declare the election postponed. At the next regular meeting, if the recommendation of the committee shall be renewed, he may be admitted by the votes of two-thirdg the members present. 5. Resident members shall pay, on admission, three dollars, and two dollars every subsequent year, if they reside witlnn, and one dol- lar if they reside without, the limits of the town of Hartford; or, in lieu thereof, any person entitled to be a member, may constitute him- self a life member by paying, at one time, the sum of twenty-five dol- lars. 6 Should any person, elected as a resident member, omit to signify his acceptance of such election, within one month after receiving no- lice thereof, and to pay the admission fee, he shall forfeit the privilege of becoming a member. The paj'ment of the annual assessment shall hereafter constitute a condition of continued membership, and the neg- lect or refusal to pay the same, for the period of six months after the annual meeting of the Society, shall be deemed a withdrawal from the Society. 7. A copy of the by-laws shall be presented, within one month after the adoption of this by-law, by the Recording Secretary, to every resi- dent member, to be signed and returned to the Secretary; and mem- bers who shall subscribe the same, shall thereafter be considered as ac- cepting the provision respecting the annual assessment and the condi- tions of membership. II. OFFICERS. 1. The Officers of the Society, to be elected at the annual meeting by ballot, and to hold their offices for one year and until others shall be chosen, shall be — A President, not exceeding eight Vice-Presi- dents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, a Committee on Membership, to consist of seven members; Committees on the Library, and on Publication; each to consist of three members. The preceding officers and the chairman of the several committees shall constitute the Standing Committee of the Society. A Librarian and Cabinet Keeper shall be appointed, on the nomina- tion of the Standing Committee, whenever such appointment shall be deemed advisable. 2. The President shall be, ex officio, chairman of the Standing Com- mittee; shall preside at all meetings of the Society and Standing Com- 4 26 THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. mittee; call, by himself or Secretary, all meetings of the Society, and deliver or provide for an address at the annual meeting. 3. The Recording Secretary shall have custody of the files, records, and seal of the Society; shall give notice to new members of their elec- tion, and furnish them certificates of membership; keep an accurate journal of the transactions of the Society and Standing Committee; and, when directed by the proper officer, call meetings of the same. 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence, in behalf of the Society. 5. The Treasurer shall receive the admission-fees, and report the names of the persons paying the same to the Recording Secretary; and shall also receive all other moneys due, and all donations or be- quests of money made to the Society; shall pay, to the order of the chairman of the Standing Committee, such sums as may be required for the ordinary expenses of the Society, and such as the Society may other- wise direct to be paid; shall keep a true and faithful account of all moneys received and paid by him, and of the property and debts of the Society; and shall, at the annual meeting, render a particular state- ment, to be examined and audited by a committee who shall be ap- pointed at such annual meeting for that purpose. 6. The Librarian, under the direction of the Library Committee, shall arrange and have charge of all books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and other articles deposited in the rooms of the Society; and shall, before every annual meeting of the Society, make a full report to the Lil)rary Committee of his doings as Librarian during the past year, and of the condition of the Library. 7. To the Committee on Membership shall be referred all the propo- sitions for the admission of members. No nomination for member- ship shall be considered or acted upon by the Committee during a reg- ular meeting of the Society. 8. The Committee on the Library shall, before each annual meeting, make a careful examination of the books and other articles deposited in the rooms of the Society, and shall report thereon to the Standing Committee, including in such report the annual report of the Libra- rian. They may make purchases for the Library, under the direction of the Society, within the income of the Library fund, or to such an amount as may be appropriated by a vote of the Society for su(j^ pur- pose. 9. The Publication Committee shall have the superintendence of all publications ordered by the Society. They shall, from time to time, report to the Society respecting the selection and arrangement of such papers, from the library of the Society or other sources, as are most suitable for piil)lication in volumes of the Society's Collections. 10. The Standing Committee shall act generally in behalf of the So- ciety; fill all vacancies in any offices until the next regular meeting of theSocietj'; and make an annual report to the Societ5\ Any three members of this Committee may constitute a quorum for the transac- tion of business, and a notice for a meeting of the Society shall be deemed a notice for the meeting of this Committee. III. MEETINGS. 1. An annual meeting shall be held in the month of May, at such time and place as the Standing Committee shall appoint. 2. A regular meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday evening of each month, unless suspended by a vote of the Society. THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 27 3. Special meetings shall be called by the President, or, in his ab- sence, by the Recording Secretary, on the application of three mem- bers. 4 Previous notice of any meeting of the Society shall be given in one or more public prints. And at any meeting, duly called and noti- fied, seven members shall constitute a quorum for the tran.saction of business, other than the admission of new members, or the negotiation of exchange. IV. DONATIONS AND DEPOSITS. 1. All donations to and deposits with the Society shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose. 2. No donation .shall be e.vchanged or disposed of unless the Society have a duplicate of the same. 3. All deposits left with the Society shall be carefully preserved, and may at any time be taken by the depositor, in person, or delivered on his written order. But every deposit whicli shall not be so reclaimed or withdrawn shall, after the decease of the depositor, be entered as a donation, and become the property of the Societj'; unless, at the time of making the deposit, other conditions shall be prescribed by the de- positor. 1. The Rooms, with all books, manuscripts, pictures, and articles belonging to or deposited with the Society, shall be under the Immedi- ate charge of the Librarian, acting under the direction of the Library Committee. 3. The Library shall be open for the inspection of the public, and the examination of books and manuscripts, and transcription there- from, at such time, and on such conditions, as shall be prescribed by the Library Committee; and no book or manuscript shall be taken from the room, without a special vote of the Society, except by the Committee of Publication. VI. PUBLICATION FUND. The legacy left to the Society by the late President, the Hon. Thomas Day, the avails of all life memberships, and all special dona- tions and subscriptions which may be made thereto, shall constitute a Publication Fund — the income of which shall be applied, under the direction of the Publication Committee, toward the expense of such publications as may be ordered by the Society. VII. ALTERATIONS. Any alteration of these by-laws shall be submitted to a regular meet- ing, held prior to that on which the vote on the same is taken. \_Agreeme)it between the Historical Society and the Watkinson Library.'] Note. — On April 1. 1862, the Connecticut Historical Society voted: To accept the bequests contained in the Watkinson will, upon the con- ditions in said will provided; also, appointing Calvin Day, Erastus Smith, and J. Hammond Trumbull a committee to procure plans for adding to the space occupied by said society in th^ Wadsworth Athe- 28 THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. neutn building, or in an extension thereof, to be used for a library of reference, in connection with the room of said society; and, for that purpose, to come to an arrangement with the trustees of the Watkinson Library; the whole to be done with the assent of the Wadsworth Athe- neum corporation. Said committee submitted its report on April 15, 1862. The document, which is lengthy, is to be found recorded, in full, in the records of ilie Historical Society', and was also published as a pamphlet. 1 he committee reported that the trustees of the Watkin- son Library had purchased tlie house and grounds of the late Daniel Wadsworth, adjoining the land of the Wadsworth Atheneum; that it had conferred with the committee of said trustees, viz., Alfred Smith, Henry Barnard, and George M. Bartholomew; had examined two plans for the proposed enlargement, and recommended the passage of votes, which may be summarized as follows: — That the Connecticut Historical Society proceed to construct an ad- dition to its division of the Atheneum building; that said addition be for the use of the books of the Watkinson Library until .such time as the whole, or a part thereof, shall be needed for the books and collec- tions of the Historical Society; that in that case the said society will repay to said trustees the whole, or a proportional part, of the moneys expended [of David Watkinson] in constructing such addiiion, to en- able them to erect other rooms for the Watkinson Library, in connec- tion with the books, etc., of the Historical Society — or this society would, "with such repaid moneys," erect said additions for the W^at kinson Library; that, in case of repossessing said addition, the Histori- cal Society would give not less than two year.s' previous notice, in writing, to said trustees; that the president of the Historical Society be authorized to execute au agreement, or indenture, to the foregoing effect with said trustees; and that Calvin Day, Erastus Smith, and J. Hammond Trumbull be authorized to arrange the terms and stipula- tions necessary to connect said library with the books and collections of the Historical Society. The report of said committee was adopted, and said votes were passed, April 15, 1862. At the same time the form of au indenture, submitted by said committee and made a part of its report, was carried by said adoption. It begins with a preamble containing many where- ases, reciting, among other things, the fact of the bequest, by the late David Watkinson, of the sum of $100,000 to Alfred Smith, James B. Hosmer, and others, trustees, for the purpose of establishing a library of reference in "perpetual connection" with the Historical Society; and of the provision in said Watkinson's will that $5,000 out of said $100,000 should, with the interest thereon, be appropriated in aiding said Historical Society to extend its division of said Atheneum build- ing, or in some other way enlarging its space, so as to bring the same THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 29 in connection with said library of roference; and of the desire on the part of the Historical Society to use said $5,000 for the purpose afore- said, and of the scant space then occupied by said society, etc. It was therefore agreed, between the said Historical Society, of the first part, and the trustees of the Watkinson Library, of the second part, that said party of the first part would erect an addition to the Atheneum building, extending from the east side thereof to the eastern line of the land belonging to said Atheneum ; said addition to be used by said society and said library of reference for the mutual convenience of both, having due regard to their respective charters, the trust deed of Daniel Wadsworth, and the will of said Watkinson. It was further agreed that if the Watkinson Library should thereafter erect, on its own land, another building for the accommodation of said library of reference, then said building should be so constructed as to open into the addition hereinbefore provided for, so as to make the respective collections of books, etc., inseparably and perpetually usable in con- nection with each other, and that an " inseparable union " should exist between the two collections. It was also agreed that the Historical Society would appoint and pay a librarian so soon as it should be able to collect the necessary funds, as contemplated in said Watkinson's will, and in the manner tlierein specified ; said appointment to be sub- ject to the approval of said trustees, who were to contribute to the payment of said librarian in the manner mentioned in said will; the compensation of said librarian to be such as both said parties should from time to time agree upon. Said trustees further agreed to deposit in said addition all the books and collections constituting said library of reference. Also, that said Historical Society should always have the prior right to the use of said addition, or of any part thereof, when- ever it should desire and find needful so to do. On May 2, 1863, the trustees of the Watkinson Library, by votes, formally "accepted, approved, and agreed to" the votes of the His- torical Society, of which a summary lias been given above; and author- ized its president, Alfred Smith, to execute said indenture on the part of said trustees. Provided, however, that said indenture contain an ad- ditional clause binding the Historical Society to expend an equal amount of money in the construction of other accommodations for said library of reference before, and in case, said library be required to vacate said addition; otherwise, the Historical Society should repay to the Watkinson Library the amount so expended from said fund of the Watkinson Library. On May 6, 1862, said votes of the trustees of the Watkinson Library were adopted by the Historical Society, including said additional clause of the indenture. A committee, consisting of Calvin Day, James B. Hosmer, and J. Hammond Trumbull, was then chosen to contract for 30 THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. and superintend the construction of said addition ; being the building now occupied by the Watkinson Library. The foregoing summary is compiled from the record book of the Connecticut Historical Society. In the records sixteen closely-written pages are occupied with this matter. S. W. A. [For additional matter, giving names of officers, members, etc., see infra.] IV. WADSWORTH ATHENEUU. SUBSCRIPTION DOCUMENT FOR A FUND FOR THE ERECTION OP A BUILDING ON LAND PROPOSED TO BE GIVEN BY DANIEL WADSWORTH. Whereas, Daniel Wadswortii, Esq., offers to grant a lot of land lying between an alley north and Charles Brainard's land south, and between Main Street west and the garden and grounds in his own occupancy east, as a site for a building to be constructed in three divisions, with suitable walls between them, extending from the f^l''''''X Ifrouertv of dents) shall by purchase, or other arrangement, become tl e Pr^P'^'^,'^' ^/ The institution^.- other pictures of equal value substituted in their s^^^ If this be complied with at any time within two years atier notice is given to said iLtitution of thii my Will then I anthorize J"'^ ri'J ^; mv Executors to pay to the Trustees of said Wadsworth Athen.tum Te pmpo" ed sum of^one thousand dollars; but otherwise, this proposa is to be withdrawn and annulled, and my Executors are to I oceed in distributing the said one thousand dollars ^o my/e ations as dnectcj^ 2.-jth I give and bequeath to the \ ouug Men s Institute of the city of Hartford, one thousand dollars, to be permanently ".^^ested in a good note or notes of hand, secured by mortgage on ^"^'"JJ^bemi lea estate, and the interest or income applied to the u.es and purposes ot '^Il5th''''fgive and bequeath to the Connecticut Historical Society in the city of Hartford, one thousand dollars, to be permanen ly invested n a iood note or no es of hand, secured by mortgage on unincumbered rea^ Ltate and the interest and income applied to the usesand purposes of said institution. . ^ t^ i, ^ -iAr..iv;nor.n Tipv 27th. I give and bequeath in trust to Robert Watkinson. Kev. Thomas H.^Gallaudet, Rev. Horace Hooker. Alfred SmitJ , Esc^, Francis Parsons Esq., Dr. George Sumner, Ezra Clark, Ji., James B flosmer, and Alfred 'dill, all of said Hartford, jv to such of them a shall accept the trust, with authority in case ^^^y^'^^^f "%\'^^^^^ [j^J the remainder to elect othersin their stead, so as, ^^ ",\P' "^; i^^^^IJ'to^ Boai'd shall consist of not less than seven members, ^^^d t en surc^^^^^^^^ for ever as hereafter provided, the sum ot twenty thousand dollais, which fherebv direct the said Trustees and ^^ ^^^^^^^Z^'e said to loan out on a good note or notes of hand, secured bj moi gage on uni'icumbered reaf estate, and the interest or -come hereof to p^ propriate towards the support of indigent orphan childien, or the 52 THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. children of indigent parents, or whose parents or guardians are either vicious or incompetent to bring them up in virtuous and industrious habits. ........... Should the design of this legacy not be met in a corresponding spirit, and my expectations be disappointed in regard to the required means being supplied from other sources to complete the maintenance of the children, thus onl}'^ partially provided for, then the Trustees and their successors as aforesaid are hereby directed to abrogate and withdraw this legacy, and consider it null and void, and thereupon they are to divide the fund so entrusted to them of twenty thousand dollars, pro- portionally among the ten incorporated institutions before mentioned, according to the amounts of my several bequests to them, viz.: — The American Home Missionary Society of the City of New York, The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, The Ameri- can Tract Society of the city of New York, The American Bible So- ciety, The American Sunday-school Union, The Retreat for the Insane in Hartford, The East Windsor Institute, The Wadsworth Athenajum, The Young Men's Institute, and The Connecticut Historical Society. Whereas, I have executed my last Will and Testament, bearing date the 9th day of March, 1849; and wheieas, I have also duly executed a Codicil to my said Will, bearing date loth January, 185U (denominated Codicil No. 1), and also another Codicil, bearing date the 11th day of April, 1850 (denominated No. 2), and whereas, I wish to make a further addition to my said Will; now, therefore, I do make and execute this Codicil to my said Will (denominated No. 3), which is to be taken as a part of my said Will, and to have equal force and validity therewith, to wit: Whereas, I have in my said Will bequeathed in trust to Robert Watkinson, Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet, Rev. Horace Hooker, Alfred Smith, Esq.. Francis Parsons, Esq., George Sumner, M.D., Ezra CI irk, Jr., James B. Hosmer, and Alfred Gill, the sum of twenty thou- sand dollars, for the support and improvement of indigent orphan and other children, on certain principles therein mentioned; and whereas, I am desirous of extending the benefits contemplated by said bequest; now, therefore, I do bequeath for the same charitable object, in trust, to the same Trustees, the further sum of ten thousand dollars, to be added to and blended with the said former bequest of twenty thousand . dollars, making together a total sum of thirty thousand dollars for this special object. — Codicil No. 3, dated 17lh July, 1850. Whereas, in my Will I bequeathed twenty thousand dollars to Trus- tees therein named for the t)enetit of indigent orphan and other chil- dren, and likewise in Codicil No. 3, I bequeath the further sum of ten thousand dollars, to the same Trustees for the same object: Now I give and bequeath to the same Trustees for the same object, on the same prmcipies, and subject to the same rules, conditions, and contin- gences, one moiety of what may yet lemain of said surplusage, be the j-ame more or less, after paying in full the said two legacies as above directed. ........... I further direct that a division be made of the other moiety of said surplusage, into twenty-five equal portions, neither more nor less, of which I give and bequeath one portion to each of the five following THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 53 religious and benevolent institutions, in addition to my former legacies to them in my Will, to wit : The Home Missionary (.«'c) of the City of NewYork.The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, The American Tract Society of tiic City of New York, The American Bible Society, and the American Sunday-school Union, which said por- tions are to be paid to the Treasurers for the uses and purposes of said institutions respectively. I also give and bequeath to the five following institutions, in addition to the legacies in my will, to be invested respectively in good bonds and mortgages on unencumbered real estate, and only the interest or income to be annually expended, to wit: To the Retreat for the Insane, four of said portions. To the East Windsor Institute, four of said portions. To the Young .Men's Institute, two of said portions. To the Connecticut Historical Society, two of said portions. To the VVadsworth Athenaeum Gallt'"ry, two of said portions. Provided, that the said bequest to the Retreat for the Insane shall be appropriated, like the fortner legacy to that Institution, towards the salary of a chaplain and the endowment of a school in said Institution. Also, I give and bequeath to the Hartford Arts Union, four of said portions, and to the Connecticut Society of Natural History in Hart- ford, two of said portions, to be invested respectively in the same man- ner as the legacies above mentioned, and the interest or income only to be expended! — Codicil No. 4, dated 13th November, 1850. 1st. Whereds in article No. 8, of said Codicil No. 4, I bequeathed the balance of my residuary or surplus estate, if any, to certain Trus- tees and institutions therein specified; and whereas I design to make, not only further bequest from my general estate before any distribution whatever is made of my residuary estate, but likewise further special bequests from said residuary estate before the final distiibution is made of the balance thereof : Now to this end I revoke and annul so much of said article No. 8 as bequeaths the balance of said residuary estate to the Trustees and institutions therein specified, and in lieu thereof, I bequeath to all the same Trustees and institutions named in said article No. 8, to wit: The trustees for the benefit of Indigent Orphan and other children and twelve other diveis institutions, to be apportioned among them in like manner and on the same principles and conditions as mentioned therein, such balance only of my residuary or surplus estate as may remain, if any, after paying successively in full, firstly, the legacies in full to pay my nephews and nieces in article No. 7, of said Codicil No. 4; secondly, the. legacies in full to Rev. Doctor Joel Hawes and the Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet in article No. 8, of said Codicil No. 4; thirdly, the legacies in full bequeathed in the following articles; and fourthly, the legacies in full which I may hereafter from time to time bequeath. — Codicil No. 5, dated 5th June, 1851. Whereas I have executed my last Will and Testament bearing date March Ninth, A. D. 1849, and also annexed sundry Codicils thereto, viz. : — from No. 1 to No. 10. Now, I do hereby declare and establish this instrument as an additional Cocicil (No. 11), to my last Will and Testament. Article I. Whereas, in my last Will and said Codicils, some or all of them, after giving, devising and bequeathing therein certain def- inite and specific gifts'! devises and bequests, I have directed sundry 54 THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. gifts, devises or bequests to be paid out of the surplus, or residue, or surplusage, or residuary estate, or balance of my residuary estate, or residuum of my estate however described, I do uow by this further Codicil, to wit, the Eleventh to said Will, revoke and annul each, all and every of the aforesaid gifts, devises and bequests made payable out of such surplus or residue or surplusage or residuary estate or balance of my residuary estate or residuum, contained in said Will and Testa- ment and ten Codicils or in any or all of them. Article II. And whereas in my said Will and Testament and in said Codicils or in some or all of theni, I have given, devised and be- queathed certain sums or portions to the East Windsor Institute and to the Retreat for the Insane, to the Young Men's Institute, to the Con- necticut Historical Society, to the Wadsworth AtheniBum, to the Hart- foid Arts Union, and to the Connecticut Society of Natural History in Hartford, and to the Home Missionary Society of the City of New York, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Tract Society of the City of New York, the American Bible Society, and the American Sunday-school Union, to the Widows So- ciety of Hartford, to the Dissenting Church of Lavenham in the County of Suffolk, England, — to be paid out of my residuary estate, I do hereby revoke and annul said gifts, devises, bequests and portions to said Societies and Institutions above specified, and each and every of the same contained in said Will and Codicils or any or either of tlum, so far as the same are to be paid out of the surplusage of my residuary estate or residuum however described. Article III. And whereas in and by said Will and Codicils, I have also given, devised and bequeathed to Trustees therein named, certain sumsor portions for the benefit of Indigent Orphan and other children. I do hereby revoke and annul all said gifts, devises and bequests to said Trustees for the benefit of said Indigent Orphan or other children contained in said Will and Codicils any or either of them, and in place and lieu of said gifts, devises, bequests or portion hereby revoked and annulled, I do now in this further and Eleventh Codicil to my said Will, give and bequeath to my Executors to be by them paid to the same Trustees named, in behalf of said Indigent Orphan and other children, in clauses hereby revoked, and to the survivors and survivor of them, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), for the same object on the same principles, and subject to the same rules, conditions and contingencies expressed in my Will and Codicils relative to the bequests and legacies annulled and revoked in this article, intending by this bequest in equal proportions, to aid the Hartford Orphan Asy- lum and the Female Beneficent Society in their united or separate action. . .......... Article XII. I do also give and bequeath to my Executors, in trust, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars (*;100.000), to be by them paid over to Alfred Smith, James B. Hosmer, William L. Storrs, Robei-t Watkinson, Henry Barnard, second, William K. Cone, James Dixon. George Brinley, Jr., and Thomas H. Seymour, or such of them as shall be living at tlie time of my decease, together with the Gover- nor of this State, the President of the Connecticut Historical Society, the President of Wadsworth Athenaeum, and the President of the Young Men's Institute, the last four for the time being, and ex officio. The above named persons, and the survivoi-s and successors of them, together with such Governor, and Presidents of SMid Society, Athe- DiEum and Institute, for the time being, are to be a Board of Trustees, fox the purpose and with the power of receiving, investing, managing, THE W ATKINSON LIBRARY. 55 and from time to time appropriating and applying as herein directed, all monej'S given or bequeathed to them in this Codicil, in accordance with the directions herein given and particularly for the purpose of establishing in connexion with the Connecticut Historical Society a Library of Reference, to be accessible at all reasonable hours and times to all citizens and other residents and visitors in the btate of Connecti- cut, under such control, rules, and regulations, as in the judgment of said Trustees, and of their successors, as will best secure the pre- servation of the books composing such Library, and comport with the general convenience, and also for the other purposes hereinafter speci- fied, and with power to till any vacancy in their number, whether caused by death, resignation, incapacity, or removal out of the State. And my Will is that as soon after my decease as can reasonably be done, said Trustees do become incorporated under an Act of the Gen- eral Assembly, or due authority of law, in order to carry out the ob- jects of this bequest as a Corporation, which Corporation shall receive the proceeds of said bequest, and manage and use the same in accord- ance with my directions in this Codicil. Article XIII. The trusts for and upon which the aforesaid prop- erty, rights and interests are to be conveyed to said Trustees, and the uses and purposes to which the same shall be devoted, and to which the income thereof shall be applied, are the following : First. A principal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) together with the accumulating interest thereon, to aid the Connecticut Histori- cal Society in extending their division of the Wadsworth AthenfEum, or in adding to the rooms of said Society, or otherwise enlarging their accommodations, for said Library of Reference in convenient connex- ion with the books, manuscripts, and collections of said Historical So- ciety, the plan of such addition, extension, or enlargement of accom- modations, being first approved by the Trustees. And should the whole of such principal sum and accumulated interest not be required for building and fitting up such extension, addition or enlargement, then the balance shall constitute a fund to be called the Building Fund, the income of which shall be applied to keeping the premises in proper repair. Second. A principal sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), shall be set apart, out of said sum of one hundred thousand dollars, as a Librarian Fund, the income only of which shall be applied to pay the salary of a Librarian, who shall be appointed by the Connecticut His- torical Society with the approval of my Trustees and their successors, and of such assistants as shall be needed, provided said Society shall cause or procure to be set apart a like principal sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the income of both which suras, or so much thereof as shall be needful, shall be applied to pay the salary of such Librarian, and the services of such assistants, or, if such Historical Society, instead of procuring said like sum of fifteen thousand dollars as above, shall appropriate and cause to be paid an annual sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be added to the annual income of the first named fifteen thousand dollars set apart as above out of this my be- quest, then and in that case both said annual income and said annual one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be needful, shall be applied to the salary and payment of such Librarian and assistants. Should the whole annual income and annual amount above prescribed not be required for the salary and payment of such Librarian and assist- ants, the surplus may be expended in purchasing a Catalogue, an An- 56 THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. nual Report, and other Collections by the Library of Reference and I he said Historical Society. Third. A principal sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) and the accumulating interest thereon, shall be devoted to, and from time to time expended for, the purchase of models, casts, and specimens of art, to be donated to Wadsworih Athena'um, and placed in their Stat- uary Room. Fourth. The residue of said sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and of any other portion of my estate which may become payable and to be paid to the Trustees named in Article XII of this Codicil, shall constitute a Library Fund, the income of which only shall always be applied to the following objects: 1. A yearly sum, not exceeding live hundred dollars (|500) in any one year, may be appropriated and applied by said Trustees to the purchase of books for circulation, and be donated to the Library of the Hartford Young Men's Institute, or to some other Library of similar character in the City of Hartford, at the discretion of said Trustees, their successors, etc., provided a sum equal to that appropriated by, and paid out of, this bequest, shall be applied during the same year by the Library receiving the same, to tlie purchase of other books, ap- proved by the Trustees or a committee by them appointed. 2. A yearly sum, not exceeding live hundred dollars ($500) in any one year, may be applied by said Trustees to or towards the purchase of some worli or works of art for, and donated to, the Wadsworth Athenteum, provided a further sum equal to that applied out of this bequest shall in the same year be appropriated by the Wadsworth Athenaeum for the same or similar purposes. 3. The residue of the net annual income of the Library Fund shall be applied to the purchase of books for a Library of Reference (and not of circulation), to be kept in rooms of, or in convenient connexion with, the Connecticut Historical Society, for consultation, but not to be removed therefrom except on the written permission of the Trustees, designated in Article XII of this Codicil, or their successors. Ahticle XIV. The following conditions are to be observed in re- lation to the investment, management, and account of the Library Funds hereby instituted. 1. All moneys received as principal are to be invested as speedily as may be consistent with safety in permanent securities. 2. All permanent investments are to be made in bonds and mort- gages, on unencumbered real estate, of twice the value of the amount loaned, or in stocks of the United States, or of the State of New York or of Massachusetts or Connecticut, or in the bonds or stocks of the City of Hartford or of New Haven, or New York, or Boston, or in such other securities as shall be authorized by the Judge of Probate for* the Probate District of Hartford. 3 The securities which may be conveyed to the Trustees, and all investments and change of investments, all payments of principal and interest, and all expenditures on account of this trust, shall be entered in a book or books, in which shall also be entered a printed copy of this portion of my Will, together with a printed copy of any act of in- corporation under which said Trustees shall become organized, and of the by-laws which may from time to time be adopted by the Trustees or their successors, for their government. An annual report of the condition of the Fund and Library shall be published for the informa- tion of the public. And a catalogue shall be prepared and published THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 57 from time to time to make the contents of the Library available to per- sons resorting thereto. Article XIX. In the event of any surplus and remainder of my property after all gifts, legacies and bequests provided for in my last Will and Codicils, including this eleventh Codicil, and all legal charges on the settlement of my estate are discharged, I do hereby give and bequeath the surplus and residuary estate to my Executors to be by them paid over and conveyed to the Trustees created by Article XII of this present eleventh Codicil, for the management of the one hundred thousand dollars (|100,000) hereinbefore given for a Refer- ence Library, etc , in trust, for the same uses and purposes, and to be managed and applied in the same manner as is herein provided in respect to said one hundred thousand dollars. — Codicil No. 11, dated 10th October, 1855. Article V. After paying in full all my bequests aforesaid, if a surplus or residuum of my estate should still lemain, my Will is, to have one half of such surplus paid over to my Trustees, designated in Article twelve of my eleventh Codicil, for the purposes of said Library of Reference; and the other half of said surplus paid over to my Trus- tees designated in Article V of the same eleventh Codicil, the latter half to be applied by them to any one or more of the several objects entrusted to tlie latter Trustees, and in such proportions among them as they shall think best. And I empower both or either of the Board of Trustees above referred to, to expend the whole or any part of the principal sum of this surplus (if there be one) for the objects intended, or to invest the same, or any part thereof, for future income for said objects, according to their judgment of what is best. Article VII. If the Trustees designated in Article XII of my eleventh Codicil, think it desirable and expedient to acquire books for the Library of Reference, and to pay for them out of the principal sum of my becjuest to them, I authorize them to use and expend for that pur- pose, any amount, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or any larger sum, provided it shall not exceed in the whole, twent}' per cent, of the principal sum which shall come to their possession or control from my becpiest to them. But if contrary to my wish and expectation, the whole atuouut bequeathed to said Trustees shall prove to be less than one hundred thousand dollars, then the sums that may be expended for books out of the principal of such bequests are to be proportionally reduced. Article VIII. I hereby add to the Trustees of the Library of Ref- erence, designated in Article XII of my eleventh Codicil, Ezra Clark, senior, and Alfred Gill, James H. Wells, and Edward B. Watkinson, and the President of Trinity College for the time being. — Codicil No. 12, dated 17th October, 1855. Article XL As to any legacy, legacies or surplusages that shall revert or come back to my estate, my will is, that they be added to and form part of the residuum or surplus of my estate, and be paid over to the Trustees named or designated in Article fifth, of my twelfth Codicil, to be used and appropriated as directed in said Article fifth of Codicil Xll. — Codicd No. 18, dated 23d April, 1856. Article VII. By request of Alfred Watkinson, I hereby annul his appointment in my Will as Trustee for the three children of my late brother William, and I appoint George M. Bartholomew, to be in his stead my Trustee for said children. I also appoint and add said Bartholomew to be one of the Trustees for The Hartford Library of Reference, The Hartford Hospital, and 58 THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. for The Juvenile Asylum and Farm School, all mentioned in Codicils to my Will. Article VIII. And •whereas «;/(S and other residents of Connecticut." The selection of books has been made with a constant regard to practical value and general utility, rather than toraritj' or to the amusement of visitors. The library lias been considered as, in the highest sense, an educational agency ; and the expenditure of the annual appropriations has been directed to the purchase of such books as seemed most likely to be useful to the greater number of readers. The proximity of the State Library has relieved the trustees of the necessity of providing works of refer- ence on law and legislation ; and Trinity College library, conveniently accessible, provides for the wants of other classes of professional students. In avoiding exclusiveness, the trustees have endeavored not to fall into the opposite error of too great conqirchensiveness, by attempting to cover, with their limited income, the illimitable area of human knowledge. 62 THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. Undue expansion, in shallows, is an evil to be guarded against, as well as undue contraction, in channels too narrow for general use. Here as in all else, the wants of citizens and residents have been had in view. Some departments must necessarily remain deficient, that others may be made approximately complete. In helps to reading, comprising the works commonly denominated ' ' books of reference " — encyclopaedias, dictionaries, gazetteers, etc. , — the library, as compared with other American libraries, is well supplied. In bibliography, — books about books, — to working readers, one of the most important departments of a reference library, there are already about 2,000 volumes. With special reference to the business interests of Hartford, the collection of books on Political Economy, Trade, Finance, Currency, Insurance, and on all departments of Social Science, is very considerable. In the Arts and Sciences, and particularly in the useful Arts and applied Sciences, the Watkinson Library is perhaps as well furnished as any other public library of the same number of volumes in this country. Particular attention has been given to the growth of the departments of general history ; the history of Europe ; general and local history of Great Britain ; the history of religions, and com- parative mythology ; the English language, its origin and proximate relations, its early literature, and its classics ; and the classics of Ger- man, French, Spanish, and Italian literature. While the Watkinson Library offers to all classes advantages for the prosecution of special studies as well as for the acquisition of general information, it has tbus far been most used by those connected with the various educational institutions. The professors and students of Trinity College, the instructors of public and private schools and their more advanced pupils, are the most frequent visitors at the Library. It seems already to have established its place among — and is entitled to be regarded as —one of the free schools of our city. I am, my dear Sir, very truly yours, J. Hammond Trumbull, Librarian {and a Trustee) of the Watkinson Library. Note. — The annual report of the Treasurer of the Watkinson Li- brary, for 1888, shows that the funds of the corporation then amounted to $84,068.92 ; and the real estate was estimated at $16,782.46 ; mak- ing a total of assets (exclusive of the library, etc.,) of $100,851.38. Of this, a portion, $8,319.23, had accrued from the bequest of the late Mr. Sydney Stanley, who, dying in 1878, had left the sum of about $7,000 to the library. The librarian's report of the same date shows that the whole number of " registered" volumes then in the library was 42,521 ; being an in- crease of 369 volumes over the number in the preceding year. There had been expended for the Watkinson Library from the beginning, $92,525.33, and for the Hartford Library Association, $12,000. S. W. A. THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 63 BY-LAWS, ADOPTED DECEMBER, ]8o8. (With subsequent amendments.) 1. MEETINGS. 1. An Annual Meeting of the Trustees shall be held on the second Tuesday in December, at 3 o'clock, p. m., for the choice of officers, and the transaction of other business. 2. Special meetings shall be called by the President at his option, or at the written request of two trustees; or in his absence or inability to act, by the Secretary, upon the like request. 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting shall be given to each Trustee by the Secretary, by addressing the same to each through the post-office at Hartford, at least three days before such meetings. 4. All meetings shall be held at the office of the Trustees, unless otherwise specially directed by the President. 5. [Five] Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but any smaller number may adjourn. 6. The yeas and nays upon any vote shall be recorded, upon the re- quest of any member. 3. OFFICEKS. 1. The officers shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Fi- nance Committee of three members, [and an Auditing Committee,] who shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting, and shall hold their offices for one year, or until others are chosen in their places : Provided, that if there l)e a vacancy, or if the annual meeting shall not take place, snch officers may be chosen at a special meeting. 2. The President shall preside at all meetings, preserve order therein, give the casting vote, and perform the other usual duties of that office. In the absence of the President, those present shall elect one of their number to preside over the meeting in his stead. 3. The Secretary shall notify all meetings of the Trustees, and keep a fair and full record of all proceedings therein. 4. The Treasurer shall keep the accounts of the Trustees, and shall collect, receive, and have custody of all real estate, moneys, and vouch- ers belonging to them; shall pay no bills beyond current expenses, but such as shall have been audited by the Trustees, or a committee ap- pointed for that purpose, and countersigned by the President or a committee of the Trustees. He shall render a detailed account of the condition of the property in his charge at the annual meeting, and whenever required to do so by the Trustees. 5. The Finance Committee, of whom the Treasurer shall be one, and be chairman, shall have the management and investment of the funds. 3. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in the Trustees by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be tilled by ballot at a meeting specially called for that purpose. 64 THE W ATKINSON LIBRARY. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. Aa annual report of the condition of tlie fund and library shall be published for tlie information of the public. — [From the pamphlet con- taining the Charter etc., published in 1883.] OFFICERS OF THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. (Exclusive of such as are so ex officiis.) Presidents. Secretaries. Alfred Smith, 1858-'68. Edward B. Watkinson, 1858-84. George Brinley, 1868-75. Charles H. Clark, 1884-87. Wm. R. Cone, 1875- James B. Cone, 1888- Treasurers. George M. Bartholomew, 1858-86. Rowland Swift, 1887- Trustees. * Alfred Smith, 1858-68. Roland Mather, 1860- * James B. Hosmer. 1858-78. * Ebenezer K. Hunt, 1862-89. * Wm. L. Storrs, 1858-'61. * Collins Stone, 18G7-70. * Robert Watkinson. 1858-67. Rowland Swift, 1868- Henry Barnard, 1858- *Geo. H. Clark, 1868-81. AVm. R. Cone, 1858- * James C. Jackson, 1868-'83. * James Dixon, 1858-73. Nathaniel Shipman, 1875- * George Brinley, 1858-75. Francis Goodwin, 1875- *Thos. H. Seymour. 1858-68. Austin C. Dunham, 1875- *Ezra Clark. Sen., 1858-'69. Chas. Hopkins Clark. 1882- * Alfred Gill, 1858-59. Theodore Lyman, 1882- * Edward B. Watkinson. 1858-'84. James B. Cone, 1886- George M. Bartholomew, 1858-'86. Jacob L. Greene, 1886- NoTE. — The first thirteen names in this list of Trustees are those of the testamentary members ; the rest are elective. The Hon. J. Ham- mond Trumbull, LL.D., has been the librarian from the beginning" (1862), and, ex officio, a Trustee from 1863 to 1889. S. W. A. * Deceased. VI. THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. INCOEPORATING THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OP NATURAL HISTORY.— PASSED 1845. ResoUed by tJm A.ssemMy, That Charles H. Olmsted. John L. Corn- stock Phillip Ripley, Joseph Monds, William W. Turner, Heniy W. Terry and those who are or may be hereafter associated with thern shall be and remain a body politic and corporate by tiie name of Ihe Conneetieul Society of Natural History; and by that name shall be ea- rn le of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, may have a common selil and aii'er the same at pleasure, may purchase receive, hold and convey any estate real or personal, not exceeding five thou- sand doHars, J\ nZy establish such by-laws and ^•eff^'^^^l^'is as maj be necessary or convenient, not inconsistent with the laws of tins Stat«. Provided! th-^t this resolve may at any time be ftered amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.- [Private Acts, 1845. J jYote—This Society was orga vised as early as October 8, 1835; at which date it was entitled "The Natural History Society of Hartford." The Rev. Samuel Farmer Jarvis, D.D., LL.D., then a Professor m Washington (now Trinity) College, was its first President, and the late Erastus Smith was its Corresponding Secretary. In May, 1833, Dr Jarvis delivered an Address before the Society, which was published the same year, in a pamphlet of 64 pages, octavo. The same Address was later repeated at Wesleyan University. He was a native of Mid- dletown Conn , and a son of Bishop Abraham Jarvis. He died at Middletown, in 1851, aged 65 years, having achieved a high reputation as a scholar and author. Prior to the organization of this Society there had existed a collec- tion of "paintings, waxwork, natural and artificial curiosities," con- stituting "Steward's Museum," first exhibited in the State House, in 1801 In 1819 (according to Pease and Niles' Gazetteer) it was known as The Hartford Museum, and was kept on Main Street, "nearly oppo- site the Episcopal Church." In 1825 it was kept by Charles Dicker- son "at No. 3 Central Row, up stairs." (See Norton's liegister, for that year ) It is understood that some of the specimens illustrative of natural history from this Museum were transferred to the rooms of the Natural History Society of Hartford, and thus became a part of the collection of the Society incorporated as above. The collections of this Society must have been placed in the Athe- nfEum building very soon after the completion of the latter. Geers Directory for 1847, says : "The Natural History Society, with very handsome collections, occupy a large room in the first story ot the 9 66 THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. south division of the Athenaeum." By the terms of the Act incorpo- rating Wads worth Athenaeum " The Natural History Society of Hart- ford " was permitted to occupy the part of the building assigned to it "on such terms, and to such extent" as the Historical Society should "think proper." In fact, the occupancy continued until about 1873, when, upon notice from the Historical Society, the collections were nearly all removed and stored in the Hartford Hospital, where, with the exception of such as have been transferred to Trinity College, they remain to-day. The Connecticut Society of Natural History was the same institu- tion, when incorporated, which had existed as a voluntary association (with a slightly different name) since 1835. Mr. Charles H. Olmsted, President prior to the incorporation, continued to hold the same office for several years after. Whether the Charter has become forfeit by non user it is not necessary now to determine. The late Dr. George B. Hawley was the latest known Recording Secretary, and may be pre- sumed to have left the records of the Society among his effects; but whether those records are now extant we are not informed. The officers, as far as ascertainable, were as follows: Presidents. Samuel F. Jarvis, LL.D., 1835-1840. Charles H. Olmsted, 1841-1853. William W. Turner, 1853-1873. Recording Secretaries. Erastus Smith, 1835-1843. Henry W. Terry, 1844-1846. Erastus Smith, 1847-1853. William R. Lawrence, 1854-1856. John C. CoUiStock, 1857-1858. George B. Hawley, M.D., 1859-1873. The latest published list of its officers, that of 1872, was as follows: President — William W. Turner. Vice-Presidents — Henry W. Terry, John S. Butler, and John Brocklesby. Corresj>onding Secretary — A. W. Barrows. Recording Secretary — George B. Hawley. Treasurer — George B. Hawley. Librarian — Gurdon W. Russell. Curator of Ichthyology — Charles H. Olmsted. Curator of Ornithology — S. G. Moses. Curator of Botany — John P. Brace. Curator of Conchology — William W. Turner. Curator of Comparative Anatomy — E. K. Hunt. A kindred organization. The Hartford Society of Natural Sciences, was incorporated in 1885, of which Gurdon W. Russell, M.D., was chosen President. What is its present condition is not known to the writer. S. W. A. VII. THE ART SOCIETY OF HAKTEORD. ACT OF INCORPORATION. SECTION 1. That Mary D. ^^^t^^l,^:^:^'^ son, Sarah J. Cowan Mary l^,^o ^^^; j n'es G. Batterson. Edwin P. Joseph R. Hawley, Francis ^^""^l^'vY^-lvnev and Henry C. Robin- Parker, Frank L. Burr, ^ ^^^^.^^^J.^^^f^i^y rsons who are members of ihe son. all of Hartford, together ^^'ll^J' Pf/ godety of Hartford, now lo- voluntary association known as The Art bocie^y o i^^^eafier be cated in said Hartford, -f^^^'J^.^^Z and they are he,^by associated with them, and ^h" ^.^^^^^^'^^^^ w the name of The constituted and made a body pol t c and corpoiaie ^ ^^^ Art Society of Hartford, .""^^^"^^^.^,£^.'^1' by laws, and make and with power to amend saul ^^-^^^.^U as'they shaU deem establish such other by-laws, ™'f ',;""*. ^g of said corporation, and expedient for the management of the conctinso^^^^^^ F ^^^^^ ^^^^^ the^ame to f - jf ^-Pf^..^^ ^4^-^-"" ^^^ inco'nsistent with constitution, by-la\\s, i^"'^^' ''^TT-.Tn-rt State'* the laws of this state, or of the United btate. ^^ nation shall be, to Sec. 2. The purposes and objects 01 sauct. ^^^ ^^^ promote and encourage the l^^^jl^.^S^^^^^u he asses and schools for Siunity by any pro,.er measure ; ^^^^^^^^^ o \,er purposes, in such instruction in art for o™^^^°;,f/. "fi^\fm^,v deem best; to provide manner and under such »-^SU lotions as t 11 ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ for sales of decorative, i^';"^^^,^' J^^^^^ j^ ^^ in Hartford; a.ld to, and manage the art gallery now in ^^ ^^ any other to establish and maintain ^"7 othei ait .a^^ Y - ^^^^^^ p^vposes. acts necessary or desirable to cany out U^e ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ Sec. 3. Said corporation may le^eive,^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^j. of at its pleasure, real and personal propei ij lu in^ fifty housand dollars at any "^'.^ time. j^ ^^ ^,,jl Sec.^4. The first n^^eting of said co poi^^ ^ ^y of three of the above °«"^f^«oj^'^!?'eiin^ addressed to each of the them, stating ^^^'^^"-/^'iitrrhere'nnd deposited in the post-office corporators personally namta J^ejeuj, r ^^ „2;. in s?iid Hartford at least V^n^;?Ue efcc^t u^^^^^^^^^ accepted by a Sfc 5 This charter shall take cneci upuu 11^ meetin"- or any „,l,ii- meeting specm ly <^» '"''"li^'fo,-^^ iiiou, causing a celt fleale K\%TccttB:/\" i 'sVSSl a secretary, .0 be Sled to tte Z.-^. „.,y ,3, ,inue Of t.e f«re.oi- ^ J nco.po..t.on_. rtLt„r;:rH:,rsorxr:i:erso^ 68 THE ART SOCIETY OP HARTFORD. one of the occupants of the Athenpeum building. By an arrangement made with the Trustees of the AthensEum the Art Society assumes the care of the Art Galleries there, and in consideration thereof said Gal- leries are opened to the public, free of any charge for admission there- to, on certain days of the week. On other days instruction is given there to students in drawing, painting, and sculpture. The Society is said to have been first organized as a voluntary asso- ciation in 1877; but it does not appear in the Hartford City Directory until 1885, at which date Miss Mary D. Ely was its President, and Miss Mary L. Collins was its Recording Secretary. Its entire board of officers was composed of ladies. At present the officers are as follows: President — Mary D. Ely. Recording Secretary — Mary L. Collins. Treasurer — Mrs. F. G. Whitraore. Vice-Presidents — Alice Taintor and Mrs. Geo. A. Jones. Corresponding Secretary — Miss H. D. Andrews. Managers — Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mrs. J. A. Hodge, Mrs. J. B. Cone, Mrs. E. S. Tyler, Miss C. M. Ely, Miss J. Hunt, Miss Mary F. Collins, Mrs. F. W. Cheney, Mrs. John M. Taylor, Miss M. C. Root, Mrs. T. W. Russell, Mrs. William Thompson, Miss Julia Brace, Miss M. D. Ely,Mrs. F. G. Whitmore, Miss Alice Taintor, MissM. L. Collins, Mrs. Geo. A. Jones, Miss H. D. Andrews. S. W. A. VIII. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES OF WADSWORTH ATHEN^UM, THE CONN. HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE HARTFORD LIBRARY ASSO- CIATION. AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. The committees appointed by the Stocldiolders of Wadswor h Athenteum, the Couoeclicut Historical Society, the Trustees of the Watkinson Library, and the Hartford Library Association to consider plans for alterations in the Wadsworth Athenaeum building with a view to the union of the four institutions named, for establishing a Free Public Library and Art Gallery, submit the following statement ^^EaSf of 'these institutions is incorporated under a special charter, and holds real and personal property in trust, for specihc uses^ 1 he obstacles to absolute union of the four corporations in one, by sur- render or merger of the several charters, are obvious, and your Com- mittees have not been authorized to consider either the practicability or the expediency of such a union: but they are unanimously ot the opinion that a more intimate connection of the institutions thev represent, for the purpose of establishing a free puWic library of reference and circulation and a free art gallery, if practicable, would greatly promote ti.e public good and the ends for which these institu- tions were severally founded and endowed. _ Before suggesting a mode of effecting this connection, and consider- in- proposed plans^ for alterations of the buildings, it may be well to state, briefly, the existing relations of the several institutions to each other and to the public. i .i *^.,of • The Stockholders of Wadsworth Athenteum hold, under the trust deed of the late Daniel Wadsworth, the land and building occupied by the Art Gallery, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the Hartford Library Association: and they also own the paintings and statuary now in the Art Gallery, their property being i-«Prescnted by stock of the nominal value of $29,700. They have a very sma 1 fund at their disposal and its annual income, with the addition of receipts trom visitors 'has not, for several years past, sufficed to meet the expenses; and the gallery could not have been kept open to the public without the help of occasional subscriptions by stockholders. _ The Connecticut Historical Society, incorporated in 182o, holds, under the trust deed of Mr. Wadsworth before mentioned, the south division of the Athenceum building and the land eastof it on which the building occupied by the Watkinson Library stands. The society has 70 REPOET OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES. a library of more than 20,000 titles, comprising many rare volumes and tracts relating to American history (et-pecially the history of Connecti- cut) and a large and highly important collection of manuscripts ; a museum of objects of historical, ethnological, and antiquarian iuteiesi ; and a considerable collection of portraits. The hall is open to all visitors, and the use of the Society's library is allowed, under ordinaiy restiictions, to the public. The funds of the society — including a publication fund of about $3,000 — now amount to about $16,000, the income of which, with strict economy, the help of occasional sub- scriptions for special purposes, and the payment of annual assess- ments (by a few of the meuibeis) has sufficed to meet current expenses and tbe cost of publishing two volumes of collection — though without supplying means for adding to the library, or for propeily arranging its books and manuscripts. The Hartford Library Association, incorporated (as the Young Men's Institute) in 1839, has. under Mr. Wadsworth's deed of trust, the use, tree of rent, of the north division of the Wadswortli Athenteum. The Association has a library of about 33,000 volumes, and its reading room is well supplied with newspapers, magazines, and reviews. It has a fund of about $19,000, principally derived from gifts and bequests. Its receipts from fees of membership, etc., were, for the year ending June 1, 1883, $2,556. Since 1863, the library has received from the Trustees of the Watkinson Library, in accordance with a provision of Mr. Walkinson's will, an annual gift of books to the value of $500. The accessions to the library from this source now represent a total value of $11,000, in books selected principally with reference to their permanent usefulness and interest. The Watkinson Library was founded and endowed by the late Mr. David Watkinson, who died in 1857. He bequeathed to trustees the sum of $100,000, with a co-residuary interest in his estate, "for the purpose of establishing in connection with the Connecticut Historical Society a Library of Reference, to be accessible at all reasonable hours and times to all citizens and other residents and visitors in the State of Connecticut." The trustees named by Mr. Watkinson were incorporated in 1858. The library was opened to the public Aug. 28, 1866, with about 12,000 volumes. It now contains upwards of 36,000 volumes. The total amount expended for books, to December, 1882, was $83,673, not including the payments of $11,000 by annual grants to the Hartford Library Association. The invested funds, from the bequest of the founder, at the date of the last annual report amounted to $102,485.76; to which is to be added the Sydney Stanley fund, of $6,361.26, derived from the estate of the late Sydney Sianlej', bequeathed to the Trustees, for the increase of the library. By the will of the late Mr. George Brinley, President of the board of Trustees, the library received a gilt of books from his collec- tion, to the value of $5,000. ' To provide for the " convenient connection " of the Library of Refer- ence with tbat of the Historical Society, Mr. Watkinson bequ(athtd to that society, from the library fund, $5,000, "to aid in extending their division of the Wadsworth Athenaeum, " or " otherwise enlarging their accommodations for said Library of Reference," etc. By mutual agreement, this sum was expended on the building now occupied by the Watkinson Library, the Historical Society res-erving their prior right to the use of a part or all the new building, and the Trustees of the Watkinson Library agreeing to vacate it, on the paymint by the Historical Society of an equal amount towards the co&l of another REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES. 71 building. Both libraries have already outgrown the accommodations thus provided. The Walkinson Library now contains about 10,000 volumes more than the original estimate of the capacity of the build- ing: and should the Historical Society insist on their right to use the upper hall, or part of it, to relieve their own overcrowded shelves and cabinets, thousands of volumes in the Watkinson Library must be packed in cases or piled on the floors. The erection of a new and larger building cannot much longer be postponed, without culpable disregard of the obligations imposed by the creation of this noble trust. Fortunately, this necessity was foreseen by the Trustees, and provision was made for it by the purchase of the Wadsworth properly, adjoining the land of the Athenaeum on the east and with a frontage on Prospect Street. So far as concerns the city of Hartford and the general public, these four institutions — occupying contiguous halls and, substantially, under one roof, — constitute, collectively, one public library of reference and circulation, with an associated gallery of paintings and sculpture and a museum of historical and antiquarian curiosities: all founded and endowed by the liberality of private citizens, and sustained for many years by the untiring effort of those charged with the management of tlie several trusts — hitherto, without cost to the city or State. The present value of the property so dedicated to public use cannot be accurately determined: but your Committees believe that it cannot be less than — and that it may considerably exceed — the total shown by the following estimate : His. Soc. Watkinson Lib. Atlienwum. Hartford Lib. 150,000 !j;lO0,000 $-3,000 $20,000 30.000 108,000 30,000 19,000 15.000 30.000 195,000 $208,000 $62,000 $39,000 Libraries: The Watkinson, 36,000 vols. $100,000 Hartford Library Association, 33.000 " 20,000 Conn. Historical Society, 20,000 " 50,000 89,000 vols. $170,000 Not even an approximate valuation of the manuscripts in the Historical Society's library can be made; but we have reason to believe that they would bring, at public sale, not less than $30,000 Total value of the libraries, estimated, $200,000 Invested Funds: Watkinson Library, $108,847.02 Hartf. Libr. Asso., about 19,000.00 Conn. Historical Society, 15,000.00 Wadsworth Athenaeum, 2,000.00 $144,847 Real Estate: Wadsworth AthenaeumXtrust), 30,000 Gallert op Art: Wadsworth Athenaeum, certainly not less than 30,000 Museum of Connecticut Historical Society, not estimated. Watkinson Library, Land on Prospect street. $404,847 72 EEPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES. How may these four institutions be so united, under one general management — yet ■without surrender of their corporate existence and privileges — as to constitute in fact and name a Fkee Public Libraky of circulation as well as for reference, and connected with a free Art Gallery ? is the question your Committees have to consider. The action of the city, in asking, and of the General Assembly at its last session, in granting authority to provide by a city tax, for the expenses of establishing and maintaining such a library and gallery, makes the answer to this question less difficult than it seemed when your Com- mittees were first appointed to consider it; To effect the proposed union, it will, in the opinion of your Com- mittees, be necessary, — 1. To make such alterations in the Athenaeum building as will pro- vide enlarged accommodation for the department of circulation or lending library, represented by the Hartford Library Association, and to construct a new building for the Watkinson Library of Reference. 2. To transfer the present Watkinson Library building to the Connecticut Historical Society, and to provide for the repayment by that society, or in their behalf, of the sum (about $5,000) received from the Watkinson Fund. Plans for the proposed alterations and for a new building have been procured by the Trustees of the Watkinson Library. The plan for alterations, which in its general features meets the approval of your Committees, may be briefly described as follows: (1) The whole lower floor of the Athenaeum building is to be arran.ued for the accommoda- tion of the Hartford Library Association, as the lending library and reading-room of the Public Library: easy communication between the three divisions of the building being provided for, and increased space for alcoves and library use being gained by removal of partitions in the north and south wings, and reconstruction of the stair-case iu the central division: (2j Similar communications to be effected between the three divisions of the second story, the whole of which is to be devoted to the Gallery of Art and the Historical Museum. 3. Before taking any steps towards making these or other altera tions, it is necessary to obtain not onlj' the consent of all the institu- tions interested in the building, but (1) the surrender by the stock- holdei s of WadsM'orth Athenaeum of their art gallery to public use, and (2) the relinquishment by the Hartford Library Association of their exclusive right of use of that library. 4. It is also necessary that the associated institutions should agree to entrust the general diiection of the Public Library and Gallery to a board of managers, in which board each of the institutions may be represented. The direction and control of the Watkinson Library must necessarily remain with the board of Trustees appointed under the will of the founder. Of this board the Governor of the State of Connecticut, the President of the Connecticut Historical Society, the President of Wadsworth Athenanim, the President of the Hartford Library Asso- ciation, the President of Trinity College, and the Mayor of the city of Hartford, are, ex officio, members. To these Trustees, with such addition to their number as may be determined on, the management of the Public Library may properly be committed. But the Hartford Library Association, when consenting to surrender to public use its large and valuable library and the income of its funds, has a right to insist that the control of these funds remain with the association or its representatives, and that the income shall not be expended without REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES. 73 their consent. The Committees suggest that the name and corporate existence of the Association may be perpetuated by the incorporation of a board of trustees to be elected by the members of the Association for the present year, to be known as Trustees of the Hartford Library Association: and from this board two of their number may be asso- ciated with the trustees of the Watliinson Library, in a general board of managers of the Public Library. More important than details of organization — which may be left for future consideration and mutual agreement — are the questions, what will be tlie cost of establishing and the annual expense of maintaining the free librarj^ and gallery, and how is the money to be provided? The cost of the proposed alterations of the building and of a new library buikling to contain at least 100,000 volumes, in accordance with the plans laid before your Committees, cannot safely be estimated at less than $75,000. For this we must appeal, in the first instance, to the liberality of the citizensof Hartford, and past experience has shown that the appeal will not be made in vain. That the iuslilutions we represent are the trustees of nearly half a million of dollars, the gift of private citizens to the city, is the best possible evidence that we shall not be left without the means of making this great educational agency a FREE SCHOOL of Science, literature, and art The annual expenses paid by the four associated institutions are now about $8,000. If the Hartford Library Association is opened to the public as a free lending library, the cost of its management and supervision and other contingent expenses would be nearly or quite doubled: and the same result would follow the free opening of the Art Gallery. For the reference libraries, the ratio of increase would be less. For the next five j'ears, the annual expenses of the propo.sed free library and gallery, in all departments, may be estimated at from $12,000 to $15,000. To defray these expenses — so that the entire income of the funds now held by the four institutions (and of such additional funds as may come by gifts or bequests) may be appropri- ated to the increase of the library and gallery — we must ask the help of the city: and your Committees recommend that application be made to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, to exercise the power lately conferred bj' the General Assembly of laying a tax of one fifth of a mill on the grand list of the city, for establishing and maintaining the proposed free libifiry and gallery of Art. If this aid is granted, your Committees believe that our citizens will be much encouraged thereby to make liberal subscriptions toward the cost of alterations of the Alhenoeum and of a new building, and the grant would be regarded as an assurance that the city will continue to give its aid from year to year to the support of an institution established for the public good and dedicated to public use. In view of the facts and suggestions that have been presented, your Committees finally recommend: 1. That committees be appointed by each of the four incorporated institutions here represented, to draw up articles of association and mutual agreement for establishing the Free Public Library, sub- stantially on the plan herein indicated: and conditioned on the con- tinued aid of the city, by an annual tax; and that these articles of agreement, if approved and adopted by the several corporations, shall be by them jointly executed. 2. That a committee to consider the plan for alterations of the building and to procure estimates thereon, and a committee to solicit 10 74 EEPORT OP THE JOINT COMMITTEES. subscriptions for effecting these alterations and for the new building, shall be appointed; one m'-mber of each committee to be designated by each of the four associated institutions. 3. That the Presidents of the four institutions be constituted a joint committee to petition the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, to lay a tax for the establishment of the Public Library and Art Gallery. Haktford, June 29th, 1883. TTTTT T T A TVT 15 nriXTTj- ) Committce of the ^^^^™?-^ ' f Stockholders of Wadsworth E. K. HUNT, j Athenteum. J- 5.^^!n?S? TRUMBULL, ) Committee of CnlRtES J kOADLY, \ ^he Conn. Historical Society. 'i^r^,m»Y^^''^^'^^' I Committee of FRANcYs GOODWIN, ( The Watkinson Library. ni?f^7irfpT?T^7Q^n?4T^Tr I Committee of the CHAS. HOPKINb CLARK, ]■ Hnrtford Lihrarv Ass'n THEODORE LYMAN, ) ^^rttoid Library Ass n. Ifote. — The foregoing Report was prepared by the Hon. J. Ham- mond Trumbull, the Chairman of the Joint Committee. It was accepted, and substantially adopted, by the several organizations con- cerned. Ultimate action thereon was not completed, and the project of a closer union, under a common board of managers, is still pending, with the hope and some probability, that it will result in an accumula- tion of funds sufficient to maintain an institution which shall be a source of pride and great public benefit, especially to the citizens of Hartford. S. W. A. IX. ADDENDA. THE HARTFOKD LIBRARY COMPANY. It appears, from the annual report of the Hartford Young Men's Institute, published in 1846, that of the one hundred and sixty-three life members of that organization then in being, thirty-one were such by virtue of having been shareholders of the old Hartford Library Company. This is the first clue we get as to the number of those shareholders, when the Library Company became defunct. At the same date (1846), there were forty-eight " Atheneum " members of the Institute, and eighty-four life members of the Institute proper. In 1849, the Institute report gives the names of the then surviving members of the Hartford Library Company. They were : Thomas K. Brace, Thomas C. Perkins, Joab Brace, Kector of Christ Church, Amariah Erigham, Samuel Root, Daniel Buck, Harvey Seymour, Thomas M. Day, Erastus Smith, John E. Edwards, Elizabeth and Helena Talcott, William W. Ellsworth, Eliphalet Terry, William D. and Richard S. Ely, Isaac Toucey, Elizur Goodrich, Jr., John Warburton, Austin Kilbourn, James H. Wells, Laura Kingsbury, Thomas S. Williams. John Olmsted, Total, 23 Stockholders. By comparing the foregoing list with that of the charter members of said company, it will be seen that no one of the names in the former is contained in the latter; but some of the shareholders of 1849 will be reorganized as children, or heirs of charter members. Of these successors of 1849, it is not known that more than two, Thomas M. Day and Richard S. Ely, are alive to-day. S. W. A. (See I, ante.) 76 THE HAETFOED LIBEAEY ASSOCIATION. THE HARTFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. In what has heretofore been said (see page 11) concerning the Hart- ford Young Men's Institute, now the Hartford Library Association, no account has been given of the donations and bequests of which it has been made the recipient. The following list of the principal sums given is compiled from the annual reports of the institution for the past fifty years. It does not include life-membership fees, which were $50.00 each : 1839. From sundry donors, $1,150.00 1840. " " " ...... 550.00 1844. " " " 881.25 1846. " " •' 523.00 1850. " '< .< 163.00 1853. .' " " ...... 313.00 1858. " David Watkinson (bequest), - . - . 1,000.00 1862. " Sundry donors, 500.00 1862. " Thomas S. Williams (bequest), - - - 500.00 1867. " Roland Mather, 500.00 1868. " Mrs. Thomas S. Williams (bequest), - - 500.00 1868. " Roland Mather, 500.00 1868. " Timothy M. Allyn, - - - - .- - 5,000.00 1869. " Roland Mather, - 500.00 1869. " James Goodwin, ...--. 500.00 1869. " Tertius Wadsworth, ..... 500.00 1869. " Charles Boswell, - 250.00 1869. " Frank W. Cheney, 250.00 1869. " George P. Bissell, ------ 250.00 1869. " John B. Eldredge, 100.00 1869. " James B. Hosmer, 100.00 1869. " Mrs. Samuel Colt, - - - - 100.00 1869. " From others, 150.00 1870. " Joseph Pratt Allyn, 5,000.00 1872. " Roland Mather, 10,000.00 1873. " Subscribers to "Bailey Fund," - - - 650.00 1878. " 51 subscribers to pay indebtedness, - - 1,280.00 1880. " John W. Bliss (bequest), .... 2,500.00 1881. " Charles H. Northam (bequest), - - - 5,000.00 1882. " Robert Buel (bequest), ----- 1,000.00 1887. " George D. Sargent (two bequests), - - - 6,400.00 Total, - - $46,608.25 To which are to be added the annual payments from the Watkinson Fund, 28 years, $500.00 per year, - - - 14,000.00 Grand Total, $60,608.25 The value of the invested funds on hand, June 1, 1889, was $39,- 498.00, per Treasurer's Report. The Librarians have been : Henry M. Bailey, 1846-1868; Lucius M. Boltwood, 1868-1875 ; MiSs C. M. Hewins, since 1875. THE HARTFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 77 Lectures. From 1838 to 1874 a series of public Lectures, annually, was one of the principal achievements of the Institute. The following table, giv- ing the names of lecturers, with dates of their appearance (assuming that all appointments were kept), has been prepared from the appoint- ment-lists, as published in the Annual Reports of the Institute: Hon. Henry Barnard, 1838 (2), 1847. Rev. Charles Brooks, 1838. Prof. Charles Davies, 1838. James A. Hillhouse, 1838. Rev. John Pierpont, 1838 (2), 1840 (2). Rev. Robert Turnbull, D.D.. 1839, 1846, 1847. Pres. Silas Totten, 1839, 1840, 1843. Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D., 1839 (2), 1841, 1842, 1845. Prof. Denison Olmsted, 1839 (2), 1843, 1845 (6). Bishop George Burgess, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1844, 1845 (2). Hon. Alexander H. Everett, 1839 (2). Hon. Daniel D. Barnard, 1839. Rev. Watson Andrews, 1839. Hon. Wm. James Hamersley, 1839. Rev. Horace Bushnell, D.D., 1839, 1840, 1842 (2), 1844. Hon. Wm. N. Matson, 1839, 1840. Benj. Silliman, Sen., LL.D., 1839 (2), 1844 (6), 1851. Hon. Caleb Gushing, 1839, 1845. Rev. Hubbard Winslow, 1839. Mr. John P. Brace, 1839, 1840. Bishop Alonzo Potter, 1839, 1852. Rev. Luzerne Rae, 1840, 1841. Noah Porter, LL.D., 1840, 1843, 1845. Pres. Heman Humphrey, 1840 (2). Gov. Emory Washburn, 1840, 1842. Prof. Wm. A. Lamed, 1840. Samuel G. Goodrich (Peter Parley), 1840. J. V. C. Smith, M.D , 1840, 1841 (6). Hon. Richard H. Dana. 1840, 1843, 1844. Amariah Brigham, M.D., 1840. Hon. John Quincy Adams, 1840. Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D., 1840, 1846. Theodore D. Woolsey, LL.D., 1840. Prof. Jonathan Knight, M.D., 1840, 1844. Rev. John G. Palfrey, D.D., 1841. Hon. Wm. E. Robinson, 1841. Rev. Samuel H. Cox, D.D., 1841 (2). Joseph Lovering, LL.D., 1841. Rev. Wm. W. Andrews, 1841. Hon. Horace Mann, 1841, 1855. Hon. Benj. F. Butler (N. Y.), 1841. Elihu Burritt, A.M., 1841. Rev. John O. Choules, 1841 (2). Rev. Wm. B. Sprague, LL.D., 1842, 1844. Prof. Eleazar T. Fitch, 1842. Rev. Jeremiah S. Eaton. 1842. Col. Wm. L. Stone, 1842. Hon. George Bancroft, 1842. 78 THE HAETFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Hon. Charles Eames, 1842. Rev. John Lord, LL.D., 1843 (6). Rev. Henry Giles, 1843, 1847, ISoO, 1851. Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843 (2). 1853, 1858, 1865, 1866 Rev. Oliver E. Daggett, D.D., 1843, 1844, 1855. Hon. Josiah Quincy, 1843. Hon. Levi Woodbury, 1843. Benj. iSilliman. Jr., LL.D., 1843. Prof. John Brocklesby, 1844. William Cranston, Esq., 1844. Rev. George W. Bethune, 1844, 1847, 1855, 1856, 1859. Rev. Robert R. Raymond, 1844. Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, D.D., 1844. Col. T. L. McKinney, 1844 (2). Rev. Orville Dewey, D.D., 1845, 1847. Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1846, 1847, 1848. Hon. Isaac W. Stuart, 1846 (2), 1852. Rev. Walter Clarke, D.D., 1846, 1847. Rev. Joel T. Headlev, 1846. Rev. Mark Hopkins,"^D.D., 1847, 1850. Mr. J. E. Strong. 1847. Rev. Chas. W. Upham, 1847 (2). Rev. Joseph Harrington, 1847. Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D.D., 1847. Hon. Lewis Cass, 1847. Park Benjamin, Esq., 1847. Hon. George P. Marsh, 1847. Bishop John Williams, 1848, 1850, 1853. Rev. John Wheeler, D.D., 1848. Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, 1848. George Brinley, Jr., 1848. Edwin P. Whipple, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1857, 1862. Hon. Tho. D'Arcy McGhee, 1849, 1851. Hon. Henry C. Deming, 1850, 1853. Rev. Joseph H. Towne, 1850. Rev. Thomas Starr King, 1850, 1851, 1853, 1856, 1860. Rev. Edwin H. Chapin,^D.D., 1850, 1851, 1859, 1860, 1864, 1865 (2). Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, 1850 (4), 1851 (2), 1861 (3). Hon. Baj^ard Taylor, 1851, 1854, 1862. Hon. Henry B. Stanton, 1851. Henry N. Hudson, LL.D., 1851. Bishop Tho. M. Clark, 1851, 1852 (2), 1861. Oliver Wendell Holmes, LL.D., 1851, 1856, 1858. John E. Warren, Esq., 1852. W. P. Atkinson, Esq., 1852. Rev. Nath. S. S. Beman, 1852. Hon. John P. Hale, 1852. John G. Saxe, LL.D., 1852, 1854. Gen. Sam. Houston, 1852. Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., 1852. John Neal, Esq., 1853. Wm. H. Fry, Esq., 1853. Rev. Theodore Parker, 1853. Francis T. Russell, Esq., 1854. George Wm. Curtis, Esq., 1854, 1855, 1857, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1868, Josiah G. Holland, M.D., 1854, 1860, 1865. THE HARTFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 79 Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1873 (2). J. H. Wain Wright. Esq., 1855. AVm. C. Prime. LL.D.. 1855. Hon. Josiah Quincv, Jr., 1855. George H. Clark, Esq., 1855, 1856, 1857 (2). Rev. Wm. H. Milburn, 1855, 1864, 1865. Wendell Phillips, Esq., 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1865 (2), 1867 (3), 1868, 1869, 1870. Rev. Edward A. Washburn, D.D., 1857 (2). Francis H. Underwood, LL.D., 1857. Rev. Ellas L. Magoon, D.D., 1857. Isaac I. Hayes, M.D., 1858. Brownlee Brown, Esq., 1858. James Russell Lowt41, LL.D., 1858. Bishop Frederick D. Huntington, 1858, 1860, 1862. Rev. Nath. J. Burton, D.D., 1858. George Vandenhoff, A.M., 1859 (2), 1861 (3), 1863 (6), 1864 (2), 1865, 1866, 1867 (3), 1868. Donald G. Mitchell, LL.D., 1859. Col. Tho. Wentworth Higginson, 1860. Rev. Andrew L. Stone, 1861. Hon. James T. Brady, 1861. Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, 1861. Pres. Samuel Eliott, 1862. Hon. Edward Everett, 1861. Rev. John F. Mines, 1862. Hon. Horace Greeley, 1863. John B. Gouirh, 1863 (3), 1864 (2), 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873. Hon. George Stillman Hillard, 1863. Rev. Wm. C. Richards, Ph.D., 1864(2). James R. Gilmore, Esq., 1865. Hon. Schuyler Colfax, 1866. Henry Vincent, Esq., 1866, 1867 (4), 1868, 1869. Hon. Samuel S. Cox, 1867. Frank Hall, Esq., 1H67. James E. Murdoch, Esq., 1867. Rev. Robert L. Collier, 1868. Samuel L. Clemens, Esq., 1869, 1871. Miss Kate Field, 1869. William Parsons, Esq., 1869. James Parton, Esq., 1870. Rev. Robert Collyer, 1870, 1872. Prof. William H. Brewer, 1871. Prof. William P. Trowbridge, 1871. Prof. Chester L. Lyman, 1871. Prof. Thomas R. Lounsbury, 1871. Prof. Addison E. Verrill, 1871. Prof. Sidney I. Smith, 1871. Prof. Daniel C. Eaton, 1871. President Daniel C. Gilman, 1871. Hon. Daniel Dougherty, 1871. Rev. John Hall. D.D., 1871. Miss Anna E. Dickinson, 1871. George MacDonald, 1872. Francis Bret Harte, Esq., 1873. 80 THE HARTFORD ARTS UNION. John Brougliam, Esq., 1873. Prof. Richard A. Proctor, 1873. Thomas Nast, 1873. If the foregoing announcements of lectures, as originally published in advance, were all performed — and if an addition thereof, which the writer has made, be correct — then the whole number of lecturers who appeared in Hartford, under the auspices of the Young Men's Insti- tute, was one hundred and sixty; and tlie lectures given reach the astonishing number of three hundred and fifty-eight. In addition to these, a number of concerts, operatic, and other entertainments were given under the same management during the later years of the foregoing series. THE HARTFORD ARTS UNION. It has been suggested to the writer that the organization having the above title was in some way connected with the Young Men's Institute; but a somewhat careful investigation, which he has made, fails to establish such a fact. The Hartford Arts Union, organized in 1849, and incorporated in 1851, was rather a rival than a coadjutor of the Institute. Its rooms and library were under the American Hall, and its principal operations were limited to the production of an annual series of public lectures. Some account of these would be interesting, but it would not fall within the scope of the present undertaking. The organization was maintained until 1861, when it seems to have become dissolved. THE HARTFORD LIKEAN [lINN^AN ?] BOTANIC ASSOCIATION. This was incorporated in 1825; the charter members having been: Nathan Ruggles, John M. Niles, Ward Woodbridge, Henry Seymour, Henry Hudson, Sam. G. Chaffee, and David Watkinson. It was allowed to have a capital stock of $25,000, and was authorized to estab- lish a botanic garden, nursery, green-houses, hot-houses, etc., and, in general, to foster studies in botanical science. What it accomplished, and how long its active existence was maintained, it would be inter- esting to learn ; but, while it may have been, to some extent, an ally of the Society of Natural History, this is not known to have been the case ; and hence, further inquiry concerning it will not be pursued at the present lime. S. W. A. X. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SOCIETY. By Frank B. Gay. The following list of the publications by the Connecticut Historical Society, or under its patronage, is believed to be full and complete enough for the demands of this pamphlet. It does not contain, however, various appeals for specific purposes, notices, or reports of committees printed but not published. Neither does it seem necessary to mention all newspaper accounts of meetings or of important donations, or other general allusions to the Society and its rooms or work. These may be found in the Hartford, New Haven, and other papers of the State, and in such magazines as the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Historical Magazine, Lossing's American Historical Record, and others. The exceptions to this rule are few, and included in the list for obvious reasons. Many more of interest could easily be given, such as the "Notice" for the first meeting in 1839 {Hartford Courant, May 29, 1839); action on the deaths of Hon. Thomas Day {Courant and Times, March 3, 1855) and Dr. Robbins {Courant, Sept. 20, 1856, U col.); account of the first field-day meeting of the Society, at Mystic {Courant, June 6, 1888, 1 col.); and the partial bibliography of the Society (ten titles) by A. P. C. Griffin {Mag. of Am. Hist., v. 14, p. 108). It is not thought necessary to attempt the mention of the titles and present location of all articles read before the Society. However valuable such additions would be, the task of hunting them out from private desks, newspapers, magazines, and books, where they appear fre- quently without the author's name, cannot be undertaken by the present compiler. [Note : The numbers starred (*) are in print and can be supplied by the librarian.] I. Act op Incorporation and the Constitution of the Connecti- cut Historical Society, with an Address to the Public. Hart- ford, 1825. pp. 14, (1). 8vo. II. The Charter of Incorporation and By-laws of the Connecti- cut Historical Society, together with a list of the officers, and an address to the public. Hartford, 1839. pp. 11. 8vo. The Charter is that of 1825, with the Act passed by the General Assembly, May session, 1839, renewing it. Tlie Coustitutiou of 1825 is here remodeled and forms the By-laws. III. Historical Celebration, Tuesday, April 21, 1840. Order of Exercises at the Centre Church, n. t. p. pp. (4). The programme contains the words of original hymns written for the occasion by Kev. William T. Bacon, Mrs. Lydia H. Sigouruey, Dr. Edward 11 (81) 82 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. P. Terry, and Miss Cornelia L. Tutbill. Tbis programme was drawn up bj' Henry Barnard, and articles on tbe proposed celebration had appeared in his Cotniecticut Coitanon School Jottntal, vol. II., pp. 100, 180. IV. [Celebration by the Connecticut Historical Society of the 200th Anniversary of the Adoption of the First Constitu- tion of Connecticut, at Hartford, April 21, 1840. In the Hait- ford Daily Ccmrant, vol. 4, April 22-May 2, 1840; 18 columns. Prepared by the chairman of Committee of Arrangements (Henry Barnard).] The most extended account in print of the celebration. Neither the above nor the Address on the occa?iou by Noah Webster, LL.D., has ever been put in more permanent form. V. Reminiscences of the last Sixty-five Years, commencing with the Battle of Lexington. Also Sketches of his own Life and Times. By E. S. Thomas 2 vols. Hartford, 1840. pp. 300; 300. 12mo. In the appendix to vol. II. (pp. 26:^294), is given an account of the celebra- tion by the Societj', in 1840, of the adoption of the first constitution of Con- necticut, with extracts from the speeches. VI. An Account of the Connecticut Historical Society. By Henry Barnard 2d, Esq., Corresponding Secretary. (In American (Quarterly Register, vol. 13, 1841. pp. 284-292.) This contains the Act of the General Assembly passed at the May session, 1839, renewing the Charter of 1825 ; extracts from the history and objects of the Society, with a circular to the clergymen of the State ; account of the celebration by the Societ}' of the adoption of the first constitution of Con- necticut, 1840 ; lists of members and officers. VII. * Historical Notices of Connecticut, published under the patronage of the Connecticut Histoiical Society. No. 1; con- taining Hartford in 1640. No. 2; containing Hartford and West Hartford. By ^Villiam S. Porter. Hartford, April, June, 1842. pp. 12; 13-48. 12mo. Contents. — Settlements; Purchase, Indian deed; Original proprietors and settlers ; Organization ; Original streets ; Original house lots ; Locations of first settlers ; Genealogies of families ; Divisions of the town ; Town roads ; Burying ground ; Settlers in Hartford, 1640-1700 ; Proprietors' votes ; West division, proprietors' lots ; Highways ; First settlers and locations. This publication, designed to be "issued monthly or as often as practi- cable," ended abruptly with the second number. VIII. *A Discourse on the Early Constitutional History op Connecticut, delivered before the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, May 17, 1843. By Leonard Bacon Hartford, 1843. pp. 24. 8vo. This discourse was originally prepared to be read in the Commemorative Constitution Exercises of 1840, in case of Dr. Webster's inability to be present. IX. *A Historical Discourse, delivered before the Connecticut Historical Society and the citizens of Hartford on the evening of the 26th day of December, 1843. By Thomas Day, Presi- dent of the Society and of Wadsworth Athenaeum. Hartford, 1844. pp. 36. 8vo. " Designed as an address to the members of the Society on the occasion of their taking possession of their rooms in the Wadsworth Atheuasum." It gives sketches of the Wadsworth family, the founding of the building, and a history of the title to the land on which it stands. X. The Correspondence and Miscellanies op the Hon. John Cotton Smith, LL.D With an Eulogy pronounced CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 83 before the Connecticut Historical Society at New Haven, May 27th, 1846. By the Rev. William W. Andrews. New York, 1847. pp. 328. Svo. "After the followiua; eulogj- was pronounced, the author was requested .... to edit Gov. Smith's correspondence and papers. In consequence of that request, the original intention of publisliiug the eulogy by itself, under the direction of the Historical Society, was abandoned."— i''rom the Preface. XI. History op the Indians of Connecticut from the earliest known period to 1850. By John W. DeForest. Published with the sanction of the Connecticut Historical Society Hartford, 1851. pp. xxvi, 509. Folded map, and engravings. 12mo. Keprinted at Hartford in 1852 and 1853 ; also, without change, at Albany in 1871. XII. [Address by the Hon. Henry C. Deming, on the occasion of the Presentation of Gen. Putnam's Sword to the Connecticut Historical Society, Jan. 19, 1859. (In the Daily Couraut, Jan. 20, 1859, 2| cols. ; on the same day in the Daily Times, 2| cols.; Ecening Prens, 1 col. ; Evening Post, i col )] In the Life of Israel Putnam, by I. N. Tarbox, Bost., 1876, there are extracts from this address (pp. 75-77, 343-350), and it is referred to in the Celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Bunlier Hill, Bost., 1875, app. p. 167; and in Justin Winsor's Header's Handbook of the Am. Revolution, Bost., 1880, p. .53. The address was subsequently delivered at Putnam's grave in Brooklyn, Conn., June 18, 1860, but has never been reprinted. XIII. A Letter from the Rev. Thomas Hooker op Hartford, in Answer to the Complaints of Gov. Winthrop, of Massachu- setts, against Connecticut. From the first volume of the Col- lections of the Connecticut Historical Society, .... Hart- ford, 1859. pp. 18. Svo. Edited, with introduction and notes, by J. H. Trumbull, from the original, written in 1638, and now preserved in the Massachusetts archives. XIV. ^Collections op the Connecticut Historical Society. Vol. I. Hartford, 1860. pp. xii., (4), 332. Svo. Contentx. — Charters; By-laws; Otticers, 1859-60; Thomas Hooker's letter to Gov. Winthrop, 1638; Abstract of two sermons by T. Hooker, 1638, '39; Trial of Ezekiel Cheever before the New Haven Church, 1649; Letter from Gov. Winthrop, respecting the Charter of Connecticut, 1662; The people's right to election, by Gershom Bulkeley, 1689; Their Majesties' colony of Connecti- cut vindicated, 1694; Roger Wolcott's journal at the siege of Louisburg, 1745; Connecticut officers at Louisburg; Papers relating to the Ticonderoga expedition, 1775; Major French's journal, 1776; Col. Daniel Putnam's letter relative to the battle of Bunker Hill, 1825; The public seal of Connecticut, by C. J. Hoadly; Correspondence with the British Government, 1755-1758. Dr. Hoadly rewrote the article on the Public Seal of Connecticut and pub- hshed it in the Register and Manual of Connecticut for 1889, pp. 438-441. XV. Report of a Committee op the Connecticut HistoricaJj Society, on a plan for enlarging the Society's building and establishing its connection with the Watkiuson Library of Reference. Presented, April 15, 1862, and printed by order of the Society. Hartford, 1862. pp.12. 8vo. XVI. The Origin of the Expedition against Ticonderoga, in 1775. . A paper read before the Connecticut Historical Society, January 5, 1869, by J. H. Trumbull. Reprinted from the Hartford Daily Courant, January 9, 1869. Hartford, 1869. pp. 15. Svo. 84 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. XVII. Collections op the Connecticut Historical Society. vol. II. Hartford, 1870. pp. (4), 380. 8vo. Contevtft. — Oo the composition of Algonkin ideographical names, by J. Ham- mond Trumhull; Papers relatino^ to the controversy in the church in Hart- ford, l(»56-.59; Correspondence of Silas Deane, delegate to the Congress at Philadelphia, 1 774-76. XVIII. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names, illus- trated from the Algonkin Languages. By J. Hammond Trumbull, President of the CJonnecticut Historical Society. From the Conn. Historical Society's Collections, vol. II. Hartford, 1870. pp. 51, (4). 8vo. XIX. Some Helps for the Indians: A Catechism in the language of the Quiripi Indians of New Haven Colony, By the Rev. Abraham Pierson. Reprinted from the original edi- tion, Cambridge, 1658. With an introduction by J. Ham- mond Trumbull, LL.D., .... From the Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, vol. III. Hartford, 1873. pp. 11, [67]. 8vo. XX. [Collections op the Connecticut Historical Society. Vol. III.] This volume was to have contained Rev. A. Pierson's " Some helps for the Indians," Gershom Bulkeley's " Will and Doom," and extracts of letters from sundry ministers in Connecticut to Rev. Thomas Prince, of Boston, giving historical notices of their towns. While the volume was on the press in April, 187.5, the printing office was consumed by fire and the entire edition destroyed; it has never been reprinted. One hundred copies of Pierson's " Helps " had been separately printed, and of " Will and Doom " one copy is in existence. XXI. Libraries. By William I. Fletcher. Wadsworth Athenaeum. — The Connecticut Historical Society. — Hartford Library Association. — Watkinson Library of Reference (In Memorial History of Hartford County. Boston, 1886. pp. 541-550.) XXII. * Diary op Thomas Robbins, D.D. 1796-1854. Printed for his nephew [Robbins Battel!]. Owned by the Connecticut Historical Society. In two volumes. Edited and an- notated by Increase N. Tarbox. Vol. 1. 1796-1825. Boston, 1886. pp. vii, 1052. Vol. II. 1826-1854. Boston, 1887. pp. (1), 1131, portraits. 1. 8vo. Dr. Robbins' "Diary" contains many references to his library, now in the possession of the Society of which he was the first librarian, and of its trans- fer to the Society through the agency of Dr. Barnard. XXIII. A Pleasant Jaunt. The Connecticut Historical Society's Field Day at Deerfield. (In the Springfield, Mass., Daily Union, vol. 26, June 5, 1889, li cols.) Other accounts of this, the first meeting of the Society outside of the State, appear in the Hartford Daily Courant, Times, and Post, of June 4th and 5th. XXIV. * Birthday op the State op Connecticut. Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the First Constitution of the State of Con- necticut, by the Connecticut Historical Society and the Towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield, Thursday, January 24th, A.D. 1889. Hartford, 1889. pp. 98. 8vo. Full reports of these meetings, with additional details, can be found in the Hartford daily papers of the 24th and 25th of January. OFFICEKS AND MEMBERS Connecticut Historical Society. 1825-1889. (85) Names starred (*) are of deceased members. The "Residence" is that of the date of election. The Charter provides that the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and the Judge of the Superior Court, shall each be ex officio a member of the Historical Society. The List herewith presented does not contain the names of such members. Should errors or omissions be discovered, whether as to names or dates, in the following Table, it is earnestly requested that informa- tion thereof be given to the Secretary of the Society, to the end that the required corrections may be made. (86) XI. CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. OFFICERS 1889-90. President. Hon. bobbins BATTELL, Vice-Presidents. JOHN W. STEDMAN, . FRANKLIN B. DEXTER, Hon. JOHN P. C. MATHER, LOUIS N. MIDDLEBROOK, Hon. CHARLES B. ANDREWS, Hon. JAMES PHELPS, . Hon. DWIGHT LOOMIS, JONATHAN F. MORRIS, FRANK B. GAY, CHARLES J. HOADLY, LL.D FRANK B. GAY, ROWLAND SWIFT, NbRFOLK. Hartford. New Haven. New London. Bridgeport. Litchfield. Essex. rockville. Treasurer. Recording Secretary. Corresponding Secretary. Librarian. Auditor. Membership Committee. CHARLES J. HOADLY, LL.D., FRANK F. STARR, JONATHAN F. MORRIS, ROWLAND SWIFT, SHERMAN W. ADAMS, JOHN W. STEDMAN, J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, LL.D., L.H.D. Library Committee. CHARLES J. HOADLY, LL.D., SAMUEL HART, D.D., FRANK B. GAY. Publication Committee. JOHN W. STEDMAN, HENRY BARNARD, LL.D., L.H.D. . FORREST MORGAN. PATRICK HENRY WOODWARD, CHARLES B. WHITING, FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR, (87) Committee on Monthly Papers. 88 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. CHARTER MEMBERS, MAY, 1825. NAMES. Residence. Date op Death. *Battell, Joseph, *Brownell, Thomas Church *Burhans, Daniel, *Cooley, William, *Dana, Samuel Whittlesey, *Day, Thomas, *Doane, George Washington.... *Ellsworth, William Wolcott,... *Foot, Samuel Augustus *Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, . . *Gould, James *Hall, John, *Hubbard, Thomas, *Huntington, Samuel Howard,. *Johnson, Nathan, *Mitchell, Walter, *01mstead, Hawley, *Peters, John Samuel, *Pitkin, Timothy, *Robbins, Thomas, *Sherman, Roger Minot, ... *Sumner, George, *Todd, Eli *Toucey, Isaac, *Trumbull, Benjamin, *Trumbull, John, *Welle8, Martin *Wheaton, Nathaniel Sheldon,.. *Williams, Thomas Scott, *Williams, William Trumbull, . *Woodward, Samuel Bayard,... Norfolk, Hartford, Newtown, East Hartford, Middletown, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Cheshire, Hartford, Litchfield, Ellington, New Haven, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, New Haven, Hebron, Farmington, East Windsor, Fairfield, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Colchester, Hartford, Wethersfield, Hartford, Hartford, Lebanon, Wethersfield, Nov. 30 Jan. 13 Dec. 30 Jan. 10 July 21 March 1 April 27 Jan, 15 Sept. 15 Sept. 9 May 1 1 Oct. 1 June 16 Feb. 4 Oct. 12 July 29 Dec. 3 March 30 Dec. 18 Sept. 13 Dec. 30 Feb. 20 Nov. 17 July 30 June 14 May 10 Jan. 18 March 18 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Jan. 3 1841 1865 1853 1839 1830 1855 1859 1868 1846 1851 1838 1847 1838 1880 1852 1849 1868 1858 1847 1856 1844 1855 1833 1869 1850 1831 1863 1862 1861 1839 1850 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 89 CHARTER MEMBERS, MAT, 1839. NAMES. Residence. *Bacon Epaphroditus Cliampion,.. Litchfield, *Bacon, Leonard \ New Haven, Barnard, Henry, 2d Hartford, *Boardman, David Sherman, New Milford, *Brownell, Thomas Church, 1 Hartford, *Bulkley, George Rose i Hartford, *Butler, Thomas Belden, Norwalk, *Davies, Charles, Hartford, *Day, Thomas, Hartford, *Ellsworth, William Wolcott, Hartford, *Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, j Hartford, *Goodwin, Nathaniel, j Hartford, *Herrick, Edward Claudius 1 New Haven, *Hinman, Royal Ralph, 1 Hartford, *Hodges, Elkanah H., *Hosmer, Charles, *Huntington, Samuel Howard, *Johnson, Nathan, *Judson, Andrew T., *Kingsley, James Luce, *Mitchell, Walter, *01mstead, Hawley, *Peters, John Samuel, Porter, Noah, Jr. , *Rohbins, Thomas, ♦Rockwell, John Arnold, j Norwich, *Sherman, Roger Minot Fairfield, Date op Death. Jan. 11, 1845 Dec. 24, 1881 Torrington, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Canterbury, New Haven, Hartford , New Haven, Hebron, New Milford, Rochester, Mass *Sumner, George *Smith, Erastus *Toucey, Isaac, *Waldo, Loren Pinckney, *Welles, Martin *Williams, William Trumbull,. . . Hartford, Hartford Hartford, Tolland, Wethersfield, Lebanon, Dec. 2, Jan. 13, Oct. 8, June 8, Sept. 17, March 1, Jan. 15, Sept. 9, May 9, June 11, Oct. 15, March — , July 26, Feb. 4, Oct. 12, March 17, Aug. 31, July 29, Dec. 3, March 30, 1864 1865 1842 1873 1876 1855 1868 1851 1855 1862 1868 1862 1871 1880 1852 1853 1852 1849 1868 1858 13, 1856 10, 1861 30, 1844 20, 1855 8, 1878 July 30, 1869 Sept. 8, 1881 Jan. 18, 1863 Dec. 16, 1839 Sept Feb. Dec. Feb. Oct. 12 90 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 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Datk of Death. Allea, Jeremiah Mervin, Bacon, Leonard H.,t Bates, Albert Carlos, Battell, Robbins Boardman, William Francis Joseph, *Bolles, James G.,t March 29, 1871 *Boswell, Charles,t Oct. 3,1884 *Browu, Roswell.f March 18, 1877 *Butler, Albert W.,t March 5,1858 Case, Newton, f Chittenden, Henry A.,f Clark, George Henry, S.T.D., Cleveland, Edmund Janes, *Day, Albert,! Nov. 10, 1876 Day, John Calvin, *Dixon, James,f March 27, 1873 *Fox, Gurdon.t Sept. 12, 1852 *Geer, Elihu,t March 27, 1887 Goodwin, James Junius, , Greene, Jacob L. , *Hamilton, Silas B. ,f *Hammond, Andrew G Aug. 26, 1867 Hayden, Jabez Haskell, *Hills, Ellery,t Jan. 9,1870 Hills, Jonas Coolidge Huntington, Joseph S Hyde, Ephraim Henry, Jr. , Judson, Curtis,f *Lyman, Christopher C.,t May 28, 1883 Lyman, Theodore, Morris, Jonathan Flynt, *Nichols, Cyprian,f Aug. 18, 1853 *01msted, John,f Jan. 25, 1873 *Roberts, Waterman.f Nov. 9, 1857 *Smith, Thomas,! -A-pril 4, 1882 Starr, Frank Farnsworth, Stearns, Charles Cummings, Rev., Stearns, Henry Putnam, M.D., CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 99 Date op Death. Swift, Rowland, Terry, James, Jr *Terry, Stephen, April 23, 1889 Tiffany, Edwin D. ,t Trumbull, James Hammond, LL.D., L.H.D., *Trumbull, Joseph, f Aug. 4, 1861 Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, Rev., *Wadsworth, Daniel, f July 28, 1848 Wainwright, Wm. A. M., M.D., *Warburton, John,t Nov. 21, 1861 Ward, William A.,t. Warner, Charles Dudley, *Watkinson, Robert, f June 10, 1867 Welles, Edgar Thaddeus, Wells, Edward W., Wheeler, Richard A * Williams, Thomas Scott, t Dec. 15,1861 t These persons were admitted Life Members of the Connecticut Historical Society in consideration of contributions to the building of the Wadsworth Athenaeum. 100 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. GOOD o a ^<1 o CO » 00 ic C» 00 00 lO -ri 00 00 X) 30 00 Ci S5 ^ Oi ■ oj Qj a; >'-' -^ OOOOOt-WOD^t- OOOOQOQOOOX)0000 -* 35 OJ «0 £> O 00 00 » O ^ 3 00 00 lO tH T-l Tf Tr< « O £- 00 00 00 30 00 ODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOQOOOODQOOOODOOQO CO C- t- «0 00 tt o^ pq fa o cpq c3 a> a> o ^>^ SB'S 11^^5-2 -3^ fl ts !- -a 'C G o) eg .S .S w — t3 ^ j*"^ ' i-ri -fl fc i-J S ffi •i Oj n c *^ 1^ "^ ^.^t; & ^ & BcKKS2Q:^i^ffl^S!5;^ffi3ws^ms^^:2i K o 2 = T3- — o ,2; o a 6 fl • -^ o o 3 '^ i-S be . 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CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Ill r-iCOC5i-lt--*QOeOOCD OOaOODOOGOOOOOCOOOOO 00 CO CO !> CO «5 O I- CO t- lO !0 GC' 00 00 OO GO 00 GO 00 X> '^Tt<05Q0i0tCO'-i CO i^ cc o jj OO ta iX} OOCOOOCCGOOOOOOO i> 00 00 ©** eo" i-T ^^ 00* "o o" o a --■ (MO«>t~010Ti^ ^- " >>"n !>>"i: >,A >^> ^ t>> >>■£: >. o S-S ^ H^ ^^ ^- -T- ^ T^ I o I S § § H^M CO 5 2 i£ c c i: .j£ •-C c J§2 t- O -t-J n;- O « D cc ci - ;: rt c — CO -SO 0_- =3 c ::?- Cft X K ', -/" r/T 'P o" af «' 3 5 ^ Sr; -c -rr C CO o-ri ^ so . pq -^. "He a. "^■5 "ij "3 j: o aj .2 i= .- ^_ c o ^ ^S^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ fc; ^ ^^ ^ > ^ r^ »f*- ^^ ^ ^ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * s V o t/3 - >-■ C c a aJ ci o 'C 'C 'H 112 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRESENT MEMBERS. NAMES. Adams, Sherman Wolcott, Hon., Allen, Bennett Rowland Allen, Jabez Samuel, Allen, Jeremiah Mervin, Alton, Charles D., M.D Andrews, Edward Warren, Rev., At wood, Eugene F., Rev., Barbour, Lucius A., Barnard, Henry, LL.D., L.H.D.,. Bates, Albert Carlos, Battell, Robbins, Hon., Balterson, James Goodwin, Bill, Henry, Hon Boardman, Wm. Francis Joseph, Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, Brainard, Leverelt, Brinley, George P., Brown, Frederick S Burnbam, Roderick H., Chapman, Charles Richard, Hon., Clark, Charles Hopkins Clark, George Henry, S.T.D., . . . Cleveland, Edward Spicer, Hon., Cleveland, Edmund Janes, Cone, James Brewster Cornwall, Horace Cothren, William Day, John Calvin, Deming, Lucius Parman, Hon., . Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Prof Fenn, .John Roberts, Ferguson, Henry. Rev Fisher, Geo. Park, S.T.D., LL.D. Fletcher, William L , Fuller, Horace S., M.D Gay, Frank Butler, Gay, Julius Geer, Everett S. , Gillette, Arthur L., Rev., Goodwin, Francis, Rev . Goodwin, James Junius Goodwin, Joseph Olcott Goslee, VVilliam Sumner, Hon., . Gowdy, Francis, Greene, Jacob L., Residence. Hartford, Hartford, Broad Brook, Hartford, Hartford, Wethersfield, Bloomfield, Hartford, Hartford, East Granby, Norfolk, Hartford, Norwich, Hartford, Woodstock, Hartford, Newington, Hartford, Bloomfield, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Woodburj% Hartford, New Haven, New Haven, West Hartford, Hartford, New Haven, Amherst, Mass., Hartford, Hartford, Farmington, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, Glastonbury, East Windsor, Hartford, Date op Admission. Nov. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 1 April 3 Nov. 18 Nov. 5 Dec. 8 April 6 May, July 2 Oct. 4 March 5, 1889 May 29, 1888 May 2, 1882 March 5, 1889 May 8 1877 April 2 18f:'9 Dec. 8 1872 Dec. 1 1885 May 25. 1875 Mav n. 1864 Nov. 5, 1889 Nov. 9, 1886 Dec. 2 1884 June 2 1874 Nov. 9 1852 Nov. 2 1875 Dec. 3 1889 Nov. 7, 1882 Nov. 5 1889 June 8 1884 May 7 1889 Dec. 12 1876 April 6 1886 Dec. 4 1888 Nov. 1 1887 Oct. 7 1889 July 2 1889 Dec. 12 1876 Feb. 1 1887 June 7 1887 May 21, 1872 March 5 1889 July 1 1878 1875 1888 1889 1889 1888 1889 1889 1886 1889 1889 1870 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL BOCIETY. PRESENT MEMBERS. — Continued. 113 NAMES. Griswold, Rufus White, M.D.,. . . Gross, Charles Edward, Gross, William H., Hall, Joseph, Hart, Samuel, D.D Hartranft, Chester D., D.D Hatch, George E. , Hawley, Joseph Roswell, Hon., ... Hayden, Hezekiah Sidney, Hon.,. Haj'den, Jabez Haskell, Hills, Jonas Coolidge Hoadly, Charles Jeremy, LL.D.,.. Hooker, Edward B., M.D Hubbard, Stephen A Huntington, Joseph S Hyde, Alvan Pinney, Hyde, Ephraim Henry, Jr Kellogg, Allyn Stanley, Lacey, Rowland Bradley, Earned, Ellen D., Lee, William H., Lewis, John B. , M.D.,. . . Love, Wm. DeLoss, Jr., Rev., . . . Lyman, Theodore Lyon, Irving Whitall, M.D., Mather, Horace E Mather, John P. C, Hon., Mather, Roland,. Maxwell, Geoige, McCook, Jol)u"j., Rev McManus, Thomas, Hon., ....... Middiebrook, Louis N Morgan, Foirest Morgan, Junius Spencer,. . r Morris. John Emery, " Morris, Jonathan Flynt Moseley, Gilbert Gates, Nash, Charles S., Rev., Ney, John M. , . , Parker, Francis Hubert Patterson, D. Williains, Perkins, Frederick Beechcr Pitkin, Albert Palmer, Porter, Noah. S.T.D., LL.D...... Pratt. Lewellyn, D.D., Pynchon, Thomas Ruggles, S.T.D LL D. It Residence. Date op Admission. Rocky Hill, Oct. 9. 1888 Hartford, July 2, 1889 Hartford, Oct. 9, 1888 Hartford, May 8, 1877 Hartford, July 6, 1875 Hartford, May 7, 1879 Hartford, Feb. 5, 1889 Hartford, ]May 5, 1868 Windsor, May 7, 1889 Windsor Locks, Oct. 1, 1841 Hartford, May 26, 1885 Hartford, Nov. 7, 1854 Hartford, Nov. 13. 1888 Hartford, April 3, 1877 Lyme, Feb. 7, 1854 Hartford, June o 1874 Hartford, May 7, 1878 Hartford, Oct. 2, 188a Bridgeport, July 2, 188t) Thompson, Oct. 4, 1870 Hartford, July 2, 1889 Hartford, July 2, 1889 Hartford, April 6, 188& PLartford, April 6, 1880 Hartford, April 6, 1886 Hartford, Dec. 1. 1885 New London, Oct. 4. 1864 Hartford, Nov. 5, 1844 Rockville, Oct. 1, 1889 Hartford, May ■ 7, 1889 Hartford, Oct. 2 1877 Bridgeport, Nov. 7, 1882 Hartford, May 4, 1886 London, Eng., Dec. 6, 1843 Hartford, Nov. 5, 1889 Hartford, March 7, 1871 Hartford, Nov. 1, 1881 East Hartford, ]\ray 7, 1889 Hartford, Oct. 1, 1889 Hartford, April 6. 1886 Newark Valley, June 3, 1862 N. Y., San Francisco, Oct. 6, 1857 Cal., Hartford, Oct. 1, 1889 New Haven, May, 18o9 Norwich, Nov. 1, 1887 Hartford, Dec. 15, 1846 114 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRESENT MEMBERS. — Continued. NAMES. Besidence. Date op Admission. Rathbun, Julius G Reid, Lewis Hubbard, Rev., Ricliards, Ellis G., Richardson, Ernest C, Rev., Robbins, Edward D., Robbius, Edward W Russell, Gurdon Wadsworth, M.D., Russell, Thomas W Sanford, Elias Benjamin, Rev.,. . . . Sanger, Marvin H., Hon., Sharpe, William Carvossa, Smith, Edward Alfred, Rev., Stanton, Lewis Elliott, Starkweather, Nathan, Starr, Frank Farnsworth, . Stearns, Charles Cummings, Rev.,. Stearns, Henry Putnam, M.D.,. . . . Stedman, John WoodhuU, Storrs, Melancthon, M.D Stoughton, John Alden, Hon., Stowe, Charles Edward, Rev., Swift, Rowland, Taylor, Henry W., Taylor, James Palmer, Taylor, Samuel, Terry, James, Trumbull, James Hammond, LL.D., L.H.D., Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, Rev.,... Wainwright, William Augustus Muhlenberg, M.D Walker, George Leon, S.T.D., Warner, Charles Dudley, L.H.D.,. Welles, Edgar Thaddeus Welles, Roger Wells, Edward W Whaples, Meigs Heywood, Wheeler, Richard A., Hon., Whiting, Charles B. , Williams, John, Rt. Rev., S.T.D., LL.D Woodward, Joseph G Woodward, Patrick Henry Woodward, Richard Warham, . Hartford, Hartford. Hartford, Hartford, Wethersfield, Kensington, Hartford, Hartford, Westbrook, Canterbury, Seymour, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, 3Iiddletown, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, New Haven, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartfoid, Newington, Hartforfl. Hartford, Stoninaioa, Hartford, Middletown, Hartford, Hartford, Franklin, Jan. 3, Dec. 3, Oct. 1, March 5, June 5, April 5, April 30, Oct. 1, Feb. 1, Oct. 1, Dec. 2, March 5, May 6, May Nov. May April Oct. May April March 6 June 3, Nov. 13, Nov. 5, Oct. 9, May 19, 1889 1889 29 7, 29, 5, 5, 8, 6, 1883 1887 1840 1889 1887 1889 1884 1889 1879 1888 1882 1888 1887 1875 1883 1886 1873 1888 1889 1888 1868 Feb. 16, 1847 Feb. 5, 1889 April May Jan. Dec. April Oct. Nov. June April 6, 1886 8. 1883 7, 1862 2, 1884 5, 1887 7, 1845 5, 1889 3, 1873 5, 1887 Oct. 2, 1849 July 2, 1889 May 17. 1864 Nov. 13, 1888 CORRECTION. In giving the names (p. 20) of those, still living, who were Life Members or donors of the Hartford Young Men's Institute, in 1839, the following (which were omitted) should be added : Ezra Clark, Jr., Junius S. Morgan, Daniel Buck, and Roland Mather. S. W. A. 4' .<^^" ^v^^ ^X THE Connecticut Historical Society ASSOCIATED mSTITUTIONS. 131 J^ I^ T IF O li XD