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sack, Anthony Bleecker, Samuel Bayard,
Peter G. Stuyvesant and John
Pintard met in the picture room of the
old city hall, in Wall Street, to
organize this society, whose principal
object should be to collect and pro-
tect materials relating to the natural,
civil and ecclesiastical history of the
United States in general and the State
of New York in particular. The
society was incorporated by an act of
the legislature of February 9, 1809.
It is now one of the richest historical
societies of the country in its accu-
mulation of books, pictures, manuscripts
and objects of art. Its library
comprises over 100,000 books, pamphlets
and manuscripts. At present the
society is housed in its own property, a
small, unpretentious building,
which it has occupied for a century,
which is literally packed with the
invaluable collections which the society
has purchased or from time to
time have been bequeathed to it by
distinguished donors.
The securing by the New York Historical
Society of such worthy
quarters as it will soon possess is an
object lesson which it is hoped the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society may be able to follow at
no distant date. With a home such as the
life and work of our society
now
deserves it, too, would be the beneficiary
of innumerable collections
of books, manuscripts and archaeological
relics and endowment funds.
Provided with proper permanent quarters
the Ohio State Society would
soon occupy the same relation to Ohio
archaeology and history that the
New York Society now bears to the Empire
State.
THE MAUMEE VALLEY PIONEER AND HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION.
The Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical
Association held its
annual meeting at the court house, in
Toledo, on February 22. The asso-
ciation is comprised of earnest pioneers
and other loyal, patriotic citizens,
living along the historic Maumee. They
are endeavoring to keep alive
the fires of patriotism and preserve the
historic landmarks of the eventful
locality in question. There was a good
attendance of gentlemen and lady
members. Mr. D. K. Hollenbeck, of
Perrysburg, the president, called
the meeting to order, and the Rev. N. B.
C. Love, trustee of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society, delivered the invocation. The
report of the treasurer showed a balance
of $38.96 on hand. The follow-
ing members were elected as trustees for
thee years: D. K. Hollenbeck,
J. L. Pray and C. O. Bringham. A
committee of three, consisting of
Julius Lamson, David Robinson, Jr., and
J. Kent Hamilton, was appointed
to confer with the electric roads, with
a view of their contributing toward
the fund for buying the unpurchased
portion of Fort Meigs, which the
association hopes to obtain entire, and,
without destroying its historic
character, transform into some sort of a
public park. The association
already owns nine acres, which is about
one-fourth of the entire fort tract.
The committee on Fort Miami reported
that the association should no