TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. To the President and Members of the Columbia Historical Society, Greeting: The Recording Secretary submits the Twentieth Annual Report beginning January 21, 1913, and ending December 16, of the same year. During 1913, the Society added 19 to its list of active members, lost 9 by resignation, 6 by death and has at present a membership of 222. The Board of Managers held 7 meetings in the office of Mr. John B. Larner, Washington Loan and Trust Building, with an average attendance of 6 members. The Society held seven meetings, with an average attendance of 117 members and guests. Three of the meetings were held at the Washington Club, 1710 I street, three at The Shoreham and one, through the courtesy of Mr. Glenn Brown, Secretary of the American Institute of Architects, at the "Octagon House." Volume 16 of The Records, containing 215 pages and 2 illustrations, was published during the year. Books and pictures have been added to the library, room 57, Pacific Building, 622 F street, and the work of the Society has steadily gained in interest and importance. Respectfully submitted, MARY STEVENS BEALL, January 20, 1914. To the President and Members of the Columbia Historical Society: I hand you herewith my Twentieth Annual Report as curator of the Society: Through the generosity of several members, the Society has bought a secretary-bookcase formerly the property of Charles Vernon Gridley, U. S. N., Captain, Commodore Dewey's flagship Olympia. The bookcase during Captain Gridley's life stood in his office at Annapolis, Maryland. The following books, pictures, etc., have been acquired by gift or exchange: FRAMED PORTRAIT OF JOHN W. MAURY, MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D. C., 1852-54. Gift of Samuel G. Parker, Esq. FRAMED COPY OF THE WASHINGTON FAMILY CONSISTING OF GEN. AND MRS. WASHINGTON, THE CUSTIS CHILDREN AND "BILLY," WASHINGTON'S BODY SERVANT. This picture was formerly the property of James Grey, botanical pharmacist of Baltimore, Maryland, born 1792. OIL PAINTING: RESCUE OF SHIPWRECKED MARINERS. ENGRAVED COPY OF DAUGHTER OF JOHN BUNYAN PLEADING FOR HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON. CHAIR ONCE THE PROPERTY OF ROBERT WHITE, COLLECTOR OF THE PORT, GEORGETOWN, D. C., FROM JULY 21, 1840, TO SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. Gifts of Miss Cordelia Jackson. COMPLETE FILE OF The Battery, JULY 6, 1848, TO JANUARY 25, 1849. Gift of Mr. Ralph W. Shoemaker. FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF HENRY AUGUSTUS WILLARD, HENRY KELLOGG WILLARD AND HENRY AUGUSTUS WILLARD, SECOND. THE MINISTRY OF MASONRY BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON, D.Litt. Gift of the author. QUARTERLY BULLETIN IOWA MASONIC LIBRARY, vol. XIV, Nos. 2, 3, 4, April, July and October, 1913. Gift of the Library. NINETEEN PAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS RELATING TO LOUISIANA, TEXAS, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ETC. Gift of Hon. Wm. O. Hart. FIVE PAMPHLETS ISSUED BY THE CHESTER COUNTY, PA., HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Gift of Mr. Robert H. Harkness. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY LISTS OF CURRENT MAGAZINE ARTICLES RELATING TO LABOR, 1913. Gift of Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Dept. of Labor. ACTS OF THE STATES OF VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA AND OF THE U. S. CONGRESS IN RELATION TO THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COMPANY, ALSO ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE STATES OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND CONCERNING THE POTOMAC COMPANY, 1828. Gift of Mrs. Corra Bacon-Foster. RESOLUTIONS AND REMARKS AT THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE STANTON J. PEELLE OF THE U. S. COURT OF CLAIMS, February 11, 1913. THE BIRTH OF THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE, by James Lithgow Ewin, 1913. Gift of the League. REPORT ON THE CHALKLEY MANUSCRIPTS, by Thomas Forsythe Nelson. WASHINGTON CANAL AROUND THE GREAT FALLS OF THE POTOMAC, by Thomas Forsythe Nelson. Gifts of the author. EDWARD DWIGHT CLAPP, DEVISOR OF THE SYSTEM OF NUMBERING THE HOUSES OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, D. C., Sketch and portrait of. THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C., 1814-1914. Gift of Arthur T. Brice. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HON. CHARLES FENTON MERCER, 1778-1858, by James Mercer Garnett. Gift of the author. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS A POLITICAL FACTOR IN AMERICAN HISTORY, by Franklin L. Riley. Gift of the author. NEW YORK STATE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF HISTORY, by James A. Holden. Gift of the author. LESCARBOT'S BARON DE LERY, by Louis Dow Scisco, Ph.D. Reprint from Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 1912. PONCE DE LEON'S PATENTS FOR COLONIZATION, by Louis Dow Scisco, Ph.D. THE TRACK OF PONCE DE LEON IN 1513, by Louis Dow Scisco, Ph.D. Gifts of the author. PAN AMERICAN UNION. Bulletins of, issued in 1913. In exchange with the Bureau of American Republics. KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications of, 1913. exchange with the Society. AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications of, 1913. In exchange with the Society. WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications of, 1913. In exchange with the Society. MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COMMISSION, BULLETIN No. 2. Suggestions for Local Historical Societies and Writers in Michigan. Prepared by George Newman Fuller, Ph.D., 1913. In exchange with the Society. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Tract No. 92. Papers and Letters on the War of 1812. In exchange with the Society. MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN No. 1. Prehistoric objects classified and described, by Gerard Fowke, 1913. In exchange with the Society. THE SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, vol. XVI, No. 3, 1913. In exchange with the Texas State Historical Association. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BULLETIN, MARCH, 1913. In exchange with the University. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, BULLETINS OF, 1913, January to December inclusive. In exchange with the Library. WORKS OF ART IN THE U. S. CAPITOL BUILDING; compiled by Charles E. Fairman. In exchange with the Office of Superintendent of U. S. Capitol Building and Grounds. DIRECTORY OF THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1913. 4 copies. If any gifts or exchanges have been omitted, it is owing to a re-arrangement of the library. All such omissions will be listed in some future Report. Respectfully submitted, WASHINGTON, D. C., January 20, 1914. JAMES F. HOOD, Curator. |