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1 244 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, EXCEEPTS FEOM THE EEPOBT OF THE COUN- CIL OF THE HISTOEICAL SOCIETY OF PENN- SYLVANIA FOE THE YEAE Treasurer's Report. Assets. Cash on deposit $10, Investments 274, Eeal Estate 161, Due by various Funds 4, Advance to Curator Advance to Librarian $451, Liabilities. Due to various Funds.$451, General Fund. Founded upon the following donations and legacies: Legacy of Paul Beck $ Athenian Institute Donation Legacy of Peter S. Buponceau Legacy of Thomas Sergeant Legacy of George Chambers Legacy of Jesse George 1, Legacy of Mrs. Eliza Gilpin 6, Investment s. 6 shares Girard Trust Co. cost $1, bonds Lehigh Valley Coal cost 4, Part Mortgage 1201 Poplar Street 1, bonds P. C. C. k St. L. Ry. cost 1, bonds Penna. R. R. Gen. Mortgage 1, $8, Real Estate, Building and Lot at Thirteenth and Locust Streets, carried at original cost of the Patterson property..$154, $162, Cash over-invested $162,401.31

2 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, Endowment Fund. Founded upon the following donations and legacies: Donation, John William Wallace $ Donation, George de B. Keim 500,00 Donation, Charles Hare Hutchinson Legacy of Mrs. Susan Barton 500,00 Donation of John F. Smith 2, Legacy of William Bradford Legacy of Rebecca Darby Smith 1, Legacy of William Man 5, Legacy of William C. Jeanes 10, Legacy of Mary Dickinson Fox 1, Legacy of George Plumer Smith 25, Legacy of Ellen Wain 2, Legacy of Esther F. Wistar 5, Legacy of Francis R, Bryan 5, Legacy of Joseph E. Gillingham 1, Donation, William Brooke Rawle 1, Donation, Miss Mary W, Paul 1, bonds No. Penna. R. R. 3 3/10% $4, bonds No. Penna. R. R. $500 each, par 1, bonds P. W. & B. trust, par 6, Lehigh Valley R. R., par 7, bonds Phila. & Erie R. R., par.. 4, ,000 4J% Pittsburgh School Loan... 17, ,000 3% Phila. City Loan 23, Mortgage 1915 Camac Street... 2, Part Mortgage 1201 Poplar Street 1, bonds Lehigh Valley Coal Co. cost 2, bonds Penna. Co. Collat. Trust.. 8, ,000 bonds Penna. Co. 4% cost 9, N. Y. City 4 % stock cost 5, bonds Choctaw Gen. 5% 1, bonds B. & 0. 3}% cost bonds Penna. R. R. Gen. Mortgage 1, $94, Caga 3, $98,167.09

3 246 Excerpts from the Report of the GouncU, 191$. Smedley Fund. Founded on legacy of Samuel L. Smedley. $6000. Eeal Estate, House and Lot 3408 Spring Garden Street, carried at cost under foreclosure: $7, Cash over-invested 1, Publication Fund. $6, Founded on legacies of James Hamilton and Miss Annie Willing Jackson, and subscriptions to life membership: 44 shares stock Penna R. E. cost $2, bonds No. Penna. R. R. 3 3/10%.. 4, bonds No. Penna. R. R. $500 each.. 1, bonds P. W. & B. R, R. 4% 2, bonds Lehigh Valley R. R. (1 Annuity) 4, bonds Phila. & Erie R. R 1, bonds Philadelphia 3% 2, bonds Lehigh Valley Coal cost 6, Part Mortgage 4018 Spring Garden Street Part Mortgage 1201 Poplar Street bonds P. C. 0. & St. L. Ry. cost... 4, bonds Reading J. C. Collat. cost.. 1, bonds Phila. City 4% Loan 5, bonds Penna. Co. 4% Series E. cost 4, bonds B. & O. 3 % cost $41, Cash, $42, G. Percy de la Roche Fund. Founded on bequest of C. Percy de la Eoche. $400. Cash $ Howard Williams Lloyd Fund. Founded on the legacy of Howard Williams Lloyd. $5000.

4 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, Phila. City 3% Loan $3, bonds B. & O. 3$% cost 1, $4, Cash $5, Ferdinand J. Dreer Fund. Founded on the legacy of Ferdinand J. Dreer. $15, ,000 Trust Certificates R. E. Title Co.. $15, Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 5% bond. 1, bonds B. & O. 3 % cost bonds Penna. R. R. Gen. Mortgage 1, $18, Cash $18, Library Fund. Founded on the following donations and legacies: Donation of George W. Smith $1, Legacy of Jesse George 4, Donation of John William Wallace 1, Donation of John Jordan, Jr Legacy of William Man 8, Legacy of Horatio Gates Jones 4, bonds No. Penna. R. R. Co. 3 3/10% $2, bonds No. Penna. R. R. $500 each 1, bonds P. W. & B. Trust 5, bonds Lehigh Valley R. R. 4%.. 2, bonds P. & R. Ry. Co. 4% 3, bonds Lehigh Valley Coal Co. cost 2, Phila. City 3% Loan shares stock Ridge Ave. Pass. R. R. 4, $20,464,55 Cash $20, Binding Fund. Founded on the following donations and legacies: Donation of Dr. Thomas B. Wilson $ Donation of John Jordan, Jr 1, Donation of Penn. Manuscript Fund 1, Legacy of William Man 2, Mrs. John F. Combs 1,000.00

5 248 Excerpts from the Report of the CouncQ, Investments, 1000 bonds No. Penna. R. R. 3 3/10%.. $1, shares stock Penna. R. R. cost Part Mortgage 4018 Spring Garden Street 2, bonds P. C. (X & St. L. Ry. cost.. 2, $5, Cash 1, $7, Stille Fund. Founded on the bequest of Charles J. Stille. $10, Mortgage 5100 Larchwood Avenue $5, Mortgage 5110 Larchwood Avenue 4, Choctaw Gen. 5% bonds 1, $10, Cash over-invested $10, Walker Memorial Fund. Pounded on donation of Mrs. K. J. C. Walker Penfield. $50, Investments, 15,000 bonds No. Central R. R $15, bonds P. & E. R. R. 6% 5, bonds Delaware Co. 5% ($500 each) 5, ,000 bonds Ft. Wayne & W. 5% 15, ,000 bonds Norfolk & P. 5% 10, $50, WUliam E. Jordan Fund. Founded on bequest of William H. Jordan. $1, Cash $1, Lamberton Fund* Founded on bequest of Charles L. Lamberton. $2, Lehigh Valley Coal 5% bond cost.. $2, Cash 18LJNF $2,375.00

6 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, Lanier Fund. Fcranded on bequest of William Lanier. $1, Lehigh Valley Coal 5% band cost.. 2, Cash over-invested $1, Thomas Balch Fund. Founded on donation of Thomas Willing Balch. $l? Reg. 4 % bond Lehigh Valley R. R. $1, certfs. Philadelphia City 4% Loan $1, Cash 8.88 $1, Elise Willing Balch Fund. Founded upon the donation of Mrs. Thomas Balch and her sons. $5, Investments, 3000 bonds Reading Co. & P. & R. Coal & Iron Co. $3, bonds Lehigh Valley R. R. Co 2, $5, Elisabeth Swift Shippen Fund. Founded on bequest under Will of Elizabeth Swift Shippen. $5, (KM) bonds Penna. R. R. Gen. Mortgage $5, Cash over-invested $5, FBANCIS H. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.

250 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, 1915. Librarian's Report.

7 250 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, Librarian's Report. The accessions to the Library and Collections by gift and purchase have been as follows: 1261 Books, 5220 Pamphlets, 39,195 Manuscripts, 299 Maps and Charts, 1299 Miscellaneous. To the Dreer Collection have been added 267 manuscripts. Through the Lanier Bequest for the purchase of North Carolina publications and manuscripts, have been added 1 book, 3 pamphlets, 1 manuscript. To the Gttpin Library have been added 1 book, 3 broadsides. From The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania have been received the following manuscript records: Dotterer Papers, 7 volumes. Records of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Penna., Volumes 1 and 2. Common Pleas Court Papers, Burlington County, New Jersey, 1 volume. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, Volume 1, , 1 volume. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting; Marriages, ; Births and Deaths, , 1 volume. Haddonfield, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting Records, , 1 volume. In the Manuscript Division 51 volumes were arranged and bound; 17,333 manuscripts were repaired, mounted, etc.; 113 large diplomas, certificates, maps, etc., were repaired and mounted; 90 books were repaired or prepared for binding. Accessions deserving of special mention are the following :

Excerpts from the Report of the CouncU, 1915. 251 8 books, 45 pamphlets, 220 manuscripts, presented by Henry E. Busch. 214 manuscripts, correspondence of James M.

8 Excerpts from the Report of the CouncU, books, 45 pamphlets, 220 manuscripts, presented by Henry E. Busch. 214 manuscripts, correspondence of James M. Swank, 1 manuscript map and 2 photographs, presented by Mrs. James M. Swank. 7 charts, , used by Capt. John W. Mickle, Captain of the "Ruth and Mary," sailing from Philadelphia, presented by Mrs. Rebecca Mickle HemphilL The Jay Cooke Papers, consisting of 26 books, 120 pamphlets, 37,850 manuscripts, 20 maps, 94 miscellaneous broadsides, photographs, etc., presented by the Heirs of Jay Cooke. Diary of Gen. Augustus Pleasanton, presented by Mrs. John T. Dohan. 5 pamphlets, 74 deeds, 1 map, presented by J. Lee Patton. 4 Bibles, containing Family Records, 1 Receipt Book of Levi Nice, 61 manuscripts, Muster and Pay Rolls of Capt. John Nice's Company, and other letters and documents, presented by Mrs. Mary Adelaide Jacoby and Miss Anne N. Cooper. 70 manuscripts, letters and minutes of the Committee on Public Meetings of the Union League, 1864, presented by Howland Speakman. Oil portrait of Gen. Hector Tyndale and sword presented to General Tyndale by members of Company H, 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for his bravery at Ashby's Gap, June 4, 1862, presented by Dr. Walton I. Mitchell. 1 volume of original documents relating to the History of the Pennsylvania Hospital, presented by Dr. William A. Armstrong. Pencil sketch of William Kulp and oil painting of the birthplace of William Kulp, Germantown, by Edward L. Henry, presented by Edward L. Henry. Marble bust of " Young Augustus," with pedestal, bequest of Miss Josephine Lewis.

252 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, 1915. 17 books, 3 pamphlets, purchased by the Elise Willing Balch Fund. 49 books, 77 pamphlets, 3 maps, presented by Edward T.

9 252 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, books, 3 pamphlets, purchased by the Elise Willing Balch Fund. 49 books, 77 pamphlets, 3 maps, presented by Edward T. Stuart 15 books, 4 pamphlets, 1 manuscript, 27 maps, presented by John J. L. Houston. 17 books, 48 pamphlets, presented by Mrs. Frederic Schoff. 3 books, 108 pamphlets, 80 miscellaneous invitations, etc., presented by Hon. John B. McPherson. 1 book, 312 manuscripts, 206 m ps, 10 miscellaneous, presented by Miss Letitia A. Humphreys, to be added to the Humphreys Papers. Oil portraits of Mrs. Harry Ingersoll and Mrs. George Eoberts Smith, by Thomas Sully, from the Estate of Miss Sally Roberts Smith. Bible, containing the Steel Family Records, presented by Mrs. Canby Steel Tyson. Bible, containing Booth Family Records, presented by Mrs. G. F. Smitheman, Jr. 4 books, 1 pamphlet, 3 marriage certificates, 1 manuscript chart, presented by William Evans Wood. 44 manuscripts, Graeme-Ferguson letters and documents, presented by Simon Gratz. Manuscript Atlas of Delaware County and the Great Welsh Tract, containing 27 manuscript drafts showing early grants and tracts, presented by Benjamin H. Smith. Oil portrait of John Jordan, Jr., purchased by the Society. 18 volumes of "The Sun," Philadelphia, , presented by Lewis McMakin. Original pencil sketch of the painting "Zeisberger Preaching to the Indians," by Christian Schuessele, purchased by the Library Fund. 27 books, 86 pamphlets, 1 manuscript, 7 maps, 50 miscellaneous, presented by Charles J. Cohen.

Excerpts from the Report of the Council, 1915. 253 247 books, 266 pamphlets, 39 manuscripts and one bound volume of manuscripts, 4 maps, 30 miscellaneous broadsides, etc.

10 Excerpts from the Report of the Council, books, 266 pamphlets, 39 manuscripts and one bound volume of manuscripts, 4 maps, 30 miscellaneous broadsides, etc., from the Estate of Oliver Hough. Valuable donations to the Library and Collections have also been made by the following members and friends of the Society: Louis Ashbrook, Gregory B. Keen, Edwin Swift Balch, Dr. Henry Leffmann, Thomas Willing Balch, William W. Longstreth, Hon. Norris S. Barratt, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Mrs. William P. Buffum, Hon. James M. Beck, Dr. Charles K. Mills, Miss Emily Bell, Hon. J. Hampton Moore, William Vincent Byars, Miss E. E. Massey, Hon. Hampton L. Carson, Dr. J. Ewing Mears, Mrs. Hampton L. Carson, Col. John P. Nicholson, Dr. S. Solis Cohen, George M. Newhall, Misses Cresson, Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, C. Howard Colket, Miss Josephine Carr, James W. Pawson, Miss M. E. Elliott, Mrs. Henry V. Stilwell, Albert J. Edmunds, Dr. Edgar F. Smith, R. Howard Eisenbrey, Frank H. Stewart, Miss J. A. Manigen, Walter George Smith, Mantle Fielding, William C. Stevenson, Jr., Walter C. Gold, Mrs. Charles Morton Smith, William Macpherson Hon. Charlemagne Tower, Hornor, Mrs. Gteorge C. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas E. Harper, A. Merritt Taylor, Hon. William U. Hensel, Miss Mary M. Townsend, John W. Jordan, Dr. C. H. Vinton, Dr. Ewing Jordan, Miss J. C. WyUe, Wilfred Jordan, Miss Juliana Wood, E. Russell Jones, Grant Weidman. JOHN W. JOEDAN, Librarian,

Pennsylvania Magazine

SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION THE Pennsylvania Magazine OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY VOLUME LXXVII THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1300 LOCUST STREET, PHILADELPHIA 7 1953 CONTENTS ARTICLES The