CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cornell University Library F 91 C756 Historical documents and notes : genesis olin 3 1924 028 841 281 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028841281 1/ riYj n!5.T> OOC it't^/;. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND NOTES GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT Connecticut Historical Society ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS IN THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM ilisl)ed. k^ i]^e ©eoie!^ 1889 F PRESS OF THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD 00., HARTFORD, CONN. ViM l^OTIOE. 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 (consistiag 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. G-ay, 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 truth — 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 accomphshed by the efforts of Mr. Starr of this Committee. Haetfoed, December, 1889. S. W. A., For Committee.. COK"TEI^fTS. II. III. IV. The Haktpohd Library Company. Act of Incorporation, 1799, . Act of Incorporation, 1800, . pAt3E. . 7 . 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 City Charter, Extracts from First Annual Report, Life Members and Donors, 1839, . Life Members, 1886, Presidents of Young Men's Institute, The Wadsworth Athen^um. 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 Athenteum, . Past OfiBcerg of the Atheneeum, Its Present Bharoholders, 13 13 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 The Connecticut Historical, Society. Act of Incorporation, 1825, 21 Act Renewing its Charter, 1839, 23 Extracts from the Will of Rev. Thomas Robbins, . . 23 Resolve, Appropriating $1,000, . . .24 Its By-Laws, 1889 .24 Agreement between the Historical Society and Watkin- son Library, . .... .27 43, 31 33 34 36 37 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 80 CONTENTS. V. VI. The Watkinson Librabt. 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 Officers, The Connecticut Society of Natural Histobt, Act of Incorporation, 1845 Its OiBcers, VII. The Art Society of Hartford. Act of Incorporation, Its Officers, .... 51 58 60 60 63 64 65 66 67 68 VIII. Report op the Joint Committees, IX. Addenda. Members of the Hartford Library Company, . 75 Donors to the Young Men's Institute, . . 76 List of Lecturers for the Institute, . 77 The Hartford Arts Union, . . . . . 80 The Hartford Linnseau Botanical Society, . 80 X. Bibliography op the Historical Society, . . 81 XI. 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 HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. RESOLTl; INCORPORATING THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY — PASSED OCTOBER, 1799. 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 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 LeflEingwell, 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 property,, and the managing the concerns of said company, as shajl be founft necessary, not contrary to the laws of this state. RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY— n 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, Jonathan Walter Edwards, Asa Hopkins. William Talcott, Peleg Sanford, Elisha Colt, Elnathan Smith, Jr., John LefiSngwell, Jacob Ogden, Jesse Dean, Chauncey Gleason, and Theo- dore Dwight, an(i aiich other persops as shall hereafter be admitted 8 THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. members of Ibe corporation hereby erected, and their successors and assigns, be, and they 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," ?ind 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 their 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, thofe 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 now doth or at any time hereafter shall belong to said company, and shall be divided 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, the first 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 first Monday of July annually, which may be adjourned from time to time as may be deemed expedient. All otiicers 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 increase the com- mittee of tiustees 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 pro timpore. 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 th^ committee of trustees except in case THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. 9 of an equal division. In the absence of tlie president, the vice-presi- dent shall be presidevt 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 sigiied by the president, or in his absence by the president pro teirijiore. By order of the committee of trustees, the pretident, 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 t he president s-hall exercise 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 orders 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 office until a treasurer be chosen by the company. The committee of trustees shall have the sole power of making by-laws for regulating the concerns of the company, and to inflict fines, penalties, and forfeitures for the breach of such by-laws; bat 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 *iajority 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. 12. 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. 3 10 THE HARTFORD LIBRARY COMPANY. Sec. 13. All questions ia all meetings of the company, and in all meetings of the committee of tru.stees, 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 com 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 the 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 others 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 L.aws 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 Library 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 1795 ; 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 3,212 ; and, presumably, this was, 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 ($30,000) 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. 8. W. A. II. THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. ACT OF INCORPORATION. At a General AsMrribly of the State of Uonneeticut holden at Hartford, in said State, on tlie first 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 Mesolved 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; ma}' have a common Sent, 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-Laies and regulations as they may deem necessary to promote and secure the objects of the Corporation. The tirst meetinii of the Institute shall be holden on t\it 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 Hartford. Promded always, that this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed at the pleasure of the General Assembly. STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Secretary's Office, ) May 27th, A. D. 1839. f I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of Record in this office. 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 HARTFORD 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); aud 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 OP THE H.i^RTFORD TODNG MEN'S INSTITUTE, AND AMENDING THE CHARTER THEREOF. Resolved by this 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 Hartfoid Library Association. No right or obligation of said corporation shall be impaired thereby. Sec. 3. 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. Jwwemr, that nothing herein contained shall, in any way, aifect 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, 18'78. \8/pecial Acts, 1878, p. 104.] BT-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 membership 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 Recording Secretary and Treasurer, for two years, shall be ineligible for the same office, but may be elected to hold any other office Article III. The Presid^^t shall preside at the meetings of the cor 14 THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. poratioD, preserve order therein, and in case of an equal division of the members on any question sLall give a casting vote. In the absence of the President, the senior Vice-President present shall preside and perform all the duties of that ofiice. Article IV. The Corresponding Secretary shall, under the direction of the Board of Directors, conduct the correspondence of the corporation. Article V. The Recording Secretary shall keep an accurate record of the transactions of tlie 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 ofBcers mentioned in Article II shall be ex officio members. 1 hree directors shall he 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 p. 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 be 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 be elected to count the ballots which shall be cast at the annual meeting on the ensuing day. Special meetings may be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors. At least five days' warning of every special meeting shall be given by a notice so posted in the library that it may be read by members coming to draw or return book.«. Article IX. Any member, for disorderly or immoral conduct, or for a violation of rules, may 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. BUI^S AND IIBG0LAT1ONS. — 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 the Board of Directors, and talie care tliat all the regulations relating to the Library and Reading room 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 tlie Librarian) shall be en- titled to ail the privileges of the Library and Reading-room. Any per- son on paying |i shall be entitled during one year to use the Reading- room, and to draw from the Library one book at a time. HI. 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 30 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 person 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 Library 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 o«« week, and are not renewable; if not returned at the proper time 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 the liberty of an appeal to the Board of Directors, for such default or damage; and it 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 LilDrarian shall allow no person to enter the alcoves without written permission from the Library 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. KTJLES OP THE KEADING-BOOM. I. Members of the Association only are entitled to the use of the Reading-room. II. Ko 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 HABTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. VI. The removal of aoy periodical, pamphlet, or book of reference from the Reading room, except by written permission of the Board of Directors, is strictly prohibited. VII. The Supeiintendent has full aulhorily to enforce the above rules, and preserve order in the rooms. — [Frorn, 5\ist Annual Rtpmt of the Executive Committee oftloe Hartford Libiary Association.'] AMENDING THE CHARTEK OP THE CITY 01' HARTFOKD. Resolved ly this Assembly: That the city of Harlford be, and it heteby 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, 18«3. — [i-pecial Acts, 1883, p. 726.1 [Extracts from the First Annual Report.'] ANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 4, 1839. The second annual meeting of the Young Min's Institute was held at Oilman's Hall this evening at half-past 7 o'clock. The President submitted the First Annual Beport 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 jMen'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 Ihe 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 Constitulion 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 " Elljah H. Owen, 3d Ja.mes D. Willard, 4th Amariah Storrs, 5th THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN S INSTITUTE. 17 The attention of the Committee was early and perseveringly dirccled 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 that 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 share- 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 Librai'y 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. LIFB MEMBERS AND DONORS, 1839. Thomas S. Williams, . $300 John Olmsted, . $25 Daniel Wadsworth, 300 Erastus Smith, 25 William H. Imlay, 250 Denison Morgan, . . 25 Thomas K. Brace, 100 Roderick Terry, . . 25 Joseph Trumbull, 100 William S. Crane, . 25 Thomas Smith, 100 John Butler, . . 25 John Warburton, . 50 David Watkinson, . 25 Seth Terry, . 50 D. F.' Robinson, . 25 William A. Ward, 50 H. Barnard, 2d, . 25 Charles Davies, 50 Cordis Spalding, . . 23 Edmund G. Howe, 35 Amariah Storrs, . . 25 T. M. Allyn, 25 William W. Ellsworth, . 25 A. M. Collins, 25 Ellery Hills, . . 25 W. L. Collins, 25 George Beach, . 25 H. Huntington, Jr., 25 John L. Bunce, . 25 ♦Roland Mather, . 25 J. S. Morgan. . 25 Kzra Clark, Jr., . 25 Daniel Burgess, . 25 Ezra White, Jr., . 25 Robert Watkinson, . 25 Blisha Colt, . 25 S. W. Goodridge, . . 25 Joseph Morgan, . 25 Silas Andrus, 35 G. C. Collins, 25 James M. Bunce, *. . 25 Samuel Williams, . 25 George Burgess, . . 25 Dudley Buck, 25 0. E. Daggett, . 25 A. A. Pomeroy, . 35 Lewis Weld. . 25 James G. Bolles, . 25 William T. Lee, . 25 Christopher C. Lyman, 25 A. W. Butler, 25 E. Fessenden, 25 Daniel Buck, . 35 18 THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. George Putnam, . $35 Ebenezer Flower, . . $25 25 H. B. Chaffee, 25 Elisha Peck, . 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. G. Stanton, 10 Hezekiah King, 25 Job Allyn, 8 T. H. Gallaudet, . 25 James M. Goodwin, 12.50 Vols. Vols. Calvin Spencer, . 40 Joel Hawes, . . 16 W. W. Turner, . 8 D. D. Barnard, . 1 T. H. Gallaudet, 8 James M. Bunce, . 7 C. L. Kelsey, 8 Julius D. Hayden, 1 W. W. Ellsworth, 73 Thomas Day, . 21 Spalding & Storrs, 51 John L. Boswell, . 1 Theodore Dwight, 13 John H. Webb, . 50 David R. Hutchinson, . 2 David Watkinson, . 45 Samuel Tudor, 18 Ezra Clark, . . 10 Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, . 10 Andrus, Judd & Frank] in, 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 R. Hinman, 4 Daniel Burgess, Niles' Register, Alfred Smith, 48 complete. Henry Holmes, 18 LIST OP LIFE asMBERS, 1886. Abbott, Mrs. Anna 0. Christ Church, Rector ol Bacon, Leonard H. Church, Abner Bailey, Henry M. Clark, David Barbour, Lucius A. Clark, Ezra Barnard, Henry Colt, Samuel Beach, George Collins, Atwood Bissell, George P. Collins, Charles Brainard, Charles H. Conklin, Hamilton W. Breed, Joseph Coxe, Arthur C. Bryant, Edwin W. Crane, Cephas B. Buck, Henry R. Davies, Charles Burnham, George S. Davis, G. Pierrepont Butler, Albert li. Day, John C. Case, Newton Day, Thomas M. Cheney, Frank W. Eliot, Samuel Cheney, Knight D. Ely, R. S. and W. D. Childs, Charles R. Fessenden, Edson Chittenden, Henry Gage, William L. THE HAETFOED YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. 19 Geer, Blihu 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, Pliny Lyman, Theodore Martin, Thomas Mather, Roland Mills, Lawrence H. Morgan, Junius S. Kichols, 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 B. Perkins, Edward C. Perkins, Mrs. E. H. Perkins, Henry A. Polk, Mrs. E. N. B. Pratt, Henry 8. Kobbins, PhUemon F. Roberts, Albert W. Roberts, Edward E. Roberts, George Robinson, Eliza T. Robinson, Henry C. Robinson, Mary A. Seymour, Charles Bhipman, Nathaniel Simonson, L. Stoddard, H. Hudson Strong, Maria E. Taylor, Samuel Terry, Eliphalet Turner, Wm. W. Twichell, Joseph S. 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. PBBSrDBNTS OF THE HARTFORD YOUNG MEN S INSTITUTE. Henry Barnard, 2d, 1838-40 William N. Matson, 1840-41 Geo. G. Spencer (resgd.), 1841-43 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, 1851-58 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.), 1863-63 Joseph G. Woodward, 1863-63 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, 1878-75 John C. Day, 1875-77 Charles H. Clark, 1877-79 John R. Redfield, 1879-80 Albert L. Butler, 1880-83 Wm. Waldo Hyde, 1882-84 Samuel 0. Prentice, 1884-86 Wm. G. Abbot, 1886-88 Edward D. Robbins, 1888- Nbte. — 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 through 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. Prom 1842 to 1873, 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 $300 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. 8. W. A. III. THE CONNECTICUT HISTOEICAL 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 of our country, and praying for an act of incorporation for the purpose of 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: — Reanhed by this Assembly, That John Trumbull, Thomas C. Brownell, Timothy Pitkin, John S. Peters, William W. Ellsworth, Thomas Day, Thomas Robbins, Daniel Burhans, Thomas Hubbard, Isaac Toucey, Nathaniel S. Wheaton, George Sumner, Roger M. Sherman, William T. Williams, Martin Welles, Joseph Bal tell, "William Cooley, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Thomas S Williams, Eli Todd, Walter Mitchell, George W. Doane, Samuel B. Woodward, Samuel H. Huntington, Samuel W. Dana, James Gould, Samuel A. Foot. Nathan Johnson, Hawley 01m- 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, hj the name of " The Connecticut Histmical Society," and by that name they, and their associates and suc- cessors, shall and may have perpetual succession; shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and also to pur- chase, receive, hold, and convey any estate, real or personal, to a^ amount aot 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 contrary 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- offlcio 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 such other officers as may be designated, from time to time, by the by-laws of thesociety. And be it farther resolved, That the first meeting of the society shall be holden at the State Hoiise 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. Promded, Nevertheless, that this act of incorporation shall be subject to be revoked or altered, at the pleasure of the General Assembly. — [From the pamphlet published by the Conn. Uiatorical Society in 1839.] ACT RENEWING THE CHABTER, PASSED MAY SESSION, 1889. Whereas, John Trumbull and others at the sessiou of this Assembly, held at Hartford, on tlie tirst Wednesday of May, 1825, were incor- porated, by the name of the Connecticut Historical Society, for the purpose ot discovering, procuring, and preserving materials for the civd, ecclesiastical, and natural history of the United States, and especially of the State of Connecticut: And whereas, it was pro- vided, by the act of incorporation, that said corporation should meet OLce a year, for the choice of a president, vice-president, correspond- ing secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and such other officers 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, 1835, and accepted said act of incorporation, and elected the officers mentioned therein, who entered upon the duties assigned them respectively; but aince the year 1825 there has been no election of officers in said socie^, and it is now a matter of doubt whether the charter of said society is not forfeited by non user; and, if othtr- wise, it is difficult to ascertain who are now members: And whereas, some valuable historical materials were cullecfed 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 worthy of legislative protection and encouragement: it. is therefore Resolved and declared by this Asuembly, 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 Peters, Wil- liam W. Ellsworth, Thomas Day, Thomas Robbius, Isaac Toucey, George Sumner, Koger M. Sherman, William T. Williiinis; Martin Wells, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Walter Mitchell, Samuel H. Huntington, Nathan Johnson, Hawley Olmstead, David S. Boardman, Charles Hos- mer, Epaphroditus C. Bacon, Erastus Smith, George 1{. Bulkley, Edward C. Herrick, Noah Porter, Jr., James L. Kingsley, Leonard Bacon, Nathaniel Goodwin, Charles Davies, Royal R. Hiuman, John A. Rockwell, Thomas B. Butler. L. P. Waldo, Andrew T. j'udsou, 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 fee, for the benefit of the society, shall be an essential qualification of membership; and no person, who has not already paid such fee, shall hereatter be deemed a member until such payment 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 business, at such place la the city of Hartford, and at such time, as he may designate for that purpose, a;iving previous notice thereof in one or more newspapers printed in said city. Provided, nevertheless, that these resolves, as well as the original act of incorporation, shill be subject to be revoked or altered at the pleasure of the General Assembly. — [Prioaie Acta, 1839, p. 57.] Note. — It appears from the pamphlet published by the Conn. Histor- ical Society in 1839, that the first president of said society, elected In 1835, was John Trumbull, the Judge, and author of McPingal ; that the Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D., was then Its corresponding secretary; and that Bishop George Washington Doane (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 JI. Day furnishes the following information . " On May 29th, 1839, and for the twp days following, there appeared in the Hartford Daily Vourant, this advertisement : " COISIISIECTICUT HISTORICAL 800IBTY. "A meeting of this Society, under their renewed Charter, will be held at the rooms of the Young Men's 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. EXTEAOTS 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 Society ; 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 nie at my decease, excepting the arti- cles otherwise designated in this testamentary instrument — I give to the Connecticut Historical Society, to l)e a perpetual fund, the avails of which to be applied to the preservation, increase, and improvement of the Library ; primarily,-Theology and History ; expecting also, that the Society will place a suitable monument at the place of my burial." Note. — Dr. Robbins died Sept. 13, 1856, and his will was probated on the 18lh of the same month. It had been executed May 10, 1853. The property bequeathed as mentioned in clause 8th 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, he being the Librarian of the Society. 24 THE CONNECTICUT HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. Among other bequests to this Society (exclusive of those mentioned in the wills of Daniel Wadsworth and David Watkinson), have been the following : 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 Bidwell 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 ofi:cers, 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. KESOLVE APPEOmiATI^G $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 malter relative to the civil, military, 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; — a.nA^'whereas, the funds of said society are utterly inadequate to the proper arrangement and binding of manuscripts, papers, &c. : — therefore, — Eesolved 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 Society, for the sum of one thousand dollars? to be by said so- ciety expended in arranging and binding the manuscripts and papers „f — „„;^ foi. tijg purpose of easy reference and to ensure their creser- [Prii-ate Acts, 1845, p. 74.] • aforesaid vation BY-LAWS. [In force, October, 1889.] r. MEMBERS. 1. The Society shall consist of Resident, Correspondintr and TTnnr, rary Members. *" "ouu- Kesident members shall be persons residing in the State of Oonnpf ti- cut; and no others shall be entitled to vote in any meeting of the Society THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 25 Honorary and correspondiug members shall be persona 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 inquiry, or literature generally. 2. No person sliall be voted for as an honorary, corresponding, or resident member, until at least one month after his nomination by the Committee on Aiembership; 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, staring the reasons for such nonunation, and the qualifica- 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 offlcer 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-thirda the members present. 5. Resident members shall pay, on admission, three dollars, and two dollars every subsequent year, if they reside within, 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 siich election, within one mimth after receiving no- tice thereof, and to pay the admission fee, he shall forfeit the privilege of becoming a member. The payment 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. OFFICEKS. 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. 3. 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. 8. 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 maybe requiredfor 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 Library 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. Ko 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 examinaiion 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 such pur- pose. 9. The Publication Committee shall have the superintendence of all publications ordered by the Society. They shall, from time to lime, 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 publication 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 the Society; and make an annual report to the Society. Any three members of this Committee may constitute a quorum fur 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 Jilav at such time and place as the Standing Committee shall appoint ' 3. A regular meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday evenins 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 tlie 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 transaction 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 exchanged 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 which shall not be so reclaimed or withdravrn shall, after the decease of the depositor, be entered as a donation, and become the property of the Society; unless, at the time of making the deposit, other conditions ^hall be prescribed by the de- positor. V. LIBEAKY. 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. 2. 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. Vn. 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. [Agreement between the Historical Society and the Waikinson Library.] JSote. — 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 occ^pied by sai(J sopiety in the Wadsworth Athe- 28 THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. neum 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 Watliinson 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 ol' the Historical Society, and was also published as a pamphlet. The committee reported that the trustees of the Watkin- son Library had purchased the 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 folIows:^ — 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 Walkinson Library until .such time as the whole, or a part thereof, shall be needed for the books and collec- tions of the Historical Sociely; 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 Wat- kinson Library; that, in case of re-possessing said addition, the Histori- cal Society would give not less than two years' previous notice, in writing, to said trustees; that the president of the Histoiical Sociely be authorized to execute an agreement, or indenture, to the foregoing efEect with said trustees; and that Calvin Day, Erastus Smith, and J. Hammond Trumbull be authorized to arrange the teims 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, 1863. At the same time the form of an 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 Walkinson'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 witli said library of reference; and of ilie desire on tlie pan of tbe Historical Society to use said $5,(j00 for the purpose afore- said, and of the scant space then occupied by said society, etc. It was therefore agreed, between the said Flistorical 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 b^ able to collect the necessary funds, as contemplated in said Watkinson's will, and in the manner therein 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, 1862, 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 Las 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 Watliinson 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 ATHENEUM. SUBSCRIPTION DOCtJlTENT FOB A FUND FOR THE ERECTION OF A BUILDING ON LANO PROPOSED TO BE GIVEN BY DANIKL -WADSWORTH. Whereas, Daniel Wadsworth, 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 foun- dation to the roof, as a protection from fire, and to be separately used, one for a gallery of tine arts, another division for the library and other accommodations of the Hartford Young Men's Institute, and the third division for the use of the Connecticut Historical Society, or in case either of the above objects should be abandoned or transferred else- where, then the part so left vacant to be applied to other objects of general interest, free of charge, except for insurance, taxes (if any), preservation, and repairs of the building. We, the subscribers, to secure the benefit of the above munificent offer, hereby unite ourselves into an association (with the intention of procuring an act of incorporation) to erect a suitable building, on the plan and for the purposes above expressed, and to establish a Gallery of the Pine Arts. The capital stock of the Association or Incorporation shall be divided into two classes of shares: first, those of $100 each, which shall be assignable and transmissible, and secondly, those of $25 each, which shall become extinct upon the death of the subscriber. The concerns of said Association shall be managed by trustees, under such rules and retfulations as may be prescribed by their cliarter, or pursuant thereto. [Eleven] of such trustees shall be elected annu- ally by the shareholders, and every subscriber to said capital stock to the amount of $500 shall by virtue thereof be a trustee for life. Every subscriber to the amount of $35 or more shall be a member of said corporation, and in all meetings of the shareholders he shall be entitled to give one vote on every share of $25, and four votes on every share of $100 held by him. A subscriber to the amount of $50 shall be entitled to the privilege of admission to the gallery during his life, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the trustees for that purpose. Every holder of a share of $100 shall be entitled to such privilege while he remains a holder; and every holder of shares amounting to $300 or more shall be entitled to the same privilege, and such privileges in the other institutions connected with this Association as may be agreed on by said trustees and the directors of said institution respectively. 32 WADSWORTH ATHENBUM. And to this end we, the subscribers, hereby severally promise to pay to David F. Robinson, David Watljinson, and James B. Hosmer, or to the survivors of them, in trust for this Association, the sums affixed to our respective names, in two equal installments, one on the 1st of July, 1843, and the other on the 1st of April, 1843. Provided, that no subscription shall be binding unless at least twenty thousand dollars shall be subscribed hereto by the first day of December, 1841. BUBSCRIBEHS KAMES. RESIDENCE. Note. — The foregoing is the form of the printed heading which, having been placed at the top of several separate sheets of blank paper, was circulated by members of the Committee on Subscriptions, and signatures thereto were obtained from citizens who were to aid in the building fund. Below are the names anil amounts, in the order in which they stand recorded in the Record Book of Wadsworth Athe- neum. The original subscription sheets are without date. S. W. A. Daniel Wadsworth, $6,500.00 Thomas Day, 1,000.00 David Watkinson, 1,350.00 Alfred Smith, 1,000.00 Erastus Smith, 500.00 James B. Hosmer, 500.00 John M. Niles, 500.00 Henry A. Chittenden, 5UO.0O Charles H. Olmsted, 500.00 Albert W. Butler, 500.00 David F. Robinson, 500.00 Robert Watkinson, 500.00 Charles and John L. Boswell,500 00 Cyprian Nichols, 500.00 A. & C. Day & Co., 500 00 John Olmsted & Co., 500.00 A. M. Collins & Sons, 500.00 James & R. B. & W. A. Ward, 500.00 James Dixon, 500.00 Case, Tiffany & Burnham 500.00 Thomas S. Williams, 500.00 Thomas K. Brace, 800.00 Joseph Trumbull, 300.00 Hezekiah B. Chaffee, 300,00 Crosby, White & Dunham , 300.00 George Burnham & Co., 300.00 James G. Bolles, 300.00 Goodwin ifc Co., 300.00 John Warburton, 300.00 Joseph Morgan, Elihu Geer, 300.00 300.00 Ellery Hills, 300.00 Leonard H. Bacon, 200.00 Gurdon Fox, 300.00 Robbins & Winship, Santord B. Grant, Philip Ripley, Edward Bolles & Lucius B Childs, Christopher C. Lyman, Henry Barnard, 3d, C. Hosmer & J. S. Hosmer, Gideon Welles, William W. Turner, Curtis Judson, Silas B. Hamilton, \Vaterman Roberts, C. Brainard & Son, Roswell Brown, Thomas Smith, Niles & Watson, Roswell C. Smith, Eliphalet Terry, Ebenezer W. Bull, ^tna Insurance Company, Joseph Pratt, George Beach, Denuison Morgan William T. Lee, Charles Abernethy David Clark, Charles Seymour, John Butler, Alexander H. Pomeroy Hungerford & Cone ' James H. Wells, Stephen Spencer, George Beach, Jr. , $300.00 200.00 200.00 ' 300.00 300.00 200.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 300.00 300.00 200.00 150.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100 00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. 33 David S. Brooks, $100.00 George M. Bartholomew, 100.00 Holcomb «& Walkley, 100.00 Ezra Clark, Jr., 100.00 George Sumner, 100.00 Thomas C. Perkins, 100.00 Joseph CJiurch, 100.00 Daniel Dewey, 100.00 Enoch C. Stanton, 100 00 Ezra S. Hamilton, 100.00 John H. Webb, 100.00 Francis Parsons, 100.00 George Burgess, 100.00 Simeon L. Loomis, 100.00 Edmund B. Hull, 100 00 Junius 3. Morgan, 100.00 Miles A. Tuttle, 100.00 A. Saunders & Son, 100.00 John G. Mix, 100.00 Lemuel Humphrey, 100.00 L. H. & J. C. Woodruff, 100.00 Mason Gross, 100.00 Daniel W. Clark, 100.00 Roland Mather, 100.00 Harvey Seymour, 100.00 David S. Dodge, 100.00 Ebenezer Flower, 100.00 Horatio Alden, 100.00 Thomas Belknap, 100.00 Julius Catlin, 100.00 Lucien B. Hanks, 100.00 Ezra Clark, 100.00 Walter Phelps, 100.00 George Brinley, Jr., $100.00 Solomon Porter, 100.00 James M. Bunce, 100.00 Elisha Peek. 100.00 Charles F. Pond, 100.00 Daniel Buck, 100.00 Bdson Fessenden, 100.00 Samuel Woodruff, 68.23 Edwin Taylor, 50.00 Samuel 6. Boughton, 50.00 Calvin Spencer, 50.00 Humphrey, Seyms & Co., 50.00 Noah Whealon, 50.00 William Ely, 100.00 Thomas M. Day, 50.00 Amariah Brigham, 50.00 John H. Preston, 50.00 T. S. & J. Parker. 50.00 Chauncey Ives, 50.00 Asa Farwell, 50.00 Hezekiah Brainard, 50.00 Dudley Buck, 50.00 William B. Ely, 25.00 Sheldon Woodbridge, 35.00 Collins Stone, 35.00 Henry B Camp, 25.00 Laurent Clerc, 25.00 Bela Turner, 35.00 Virgil Cornish, 25.00 Esek J. Preston. 25.00 Thomas S. Williams, 2d, 25.00 Alfred Gill, 25.00 Charles L. Porter, 12.50 [Total sum subscribed, $31,730.72.] iVbfe. — It will be seen that the total number of signatures to the foregoing list is 133. Of these, one subscribed for a sum less than $25, making 132 signers who would be entitled to hold " shares " of one or the other of the two classes of shares established by the act of incor- poration which followed. That act provided that the $100 shares should be transferable, while the $25 shares should become extinct upon the death of the persons who subscribed for them. As only the $100 shares possessed the ordinary elements of shares of stock, of being assignable and descendible — it would seem that they, and they only, could be considered in estimating the amount of the capital stock of the corporation. An analysis of the subscription list given above will show the following results: — The capital stock amounted to $30,600, originally held by 108 sub- scribers. The holders of life shares were twenty-four in number, amounting (as some had subscribed $50 each) to $950; leaving frac- 5 34 WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. fional subscriptions, aggregating $180.72, to make up the grand total of $31,730.73. The shares outstanding and traceable to-day amount to $29,700, which may be called the present capital stock. It is not important, however, to inquire whether the stock is worth more or less than par. It can never possess any market value. As it can never, in the nature of things, pay any cash dividend, it cannot be made the basis of speculation. Should the corporation divert its prop- erty to any other than its present use, the ownership of both land and buildings would revert to the heirs of Daniel Wadsworlh; and the per- sonalty, probably, would return to its donors, or their legal represent- atives. So that the real interest of shareholders is practically limited to the right which they possess to care for and manage the property in the interest of this beneficent institution. It is perhaps as well here as anywhere to introduce some account of the way in which these subscriptions were secured. The following information is obtained from memoranda in the possession of Wads- worth Atheneum: — Mr. Wadsworth's plan was substantially settled in the summer of 1841. A meeting of citizens was held on the 24th of September, the same year, at the ofiice of William H. Imlay, in order to devise the ways and means of raising a fund for the erection of a building on land proposed to be given by Daniel Wadsworth for that purpose. At this meeting David Watkinson was chairman, and Gideon Welles was clerk. It chose Thomas Day, John M. Niles, and Henry Barnard a committee to mature a plan, to be submitted at a subsequent meeting. This was on motion of Erastus Smith. At an adjourned meeting, September 38th, Erastus Smith, Ezra Clark, Jr., and Alfred Smith were added to the committee. On the 30lh, a draft of a subscrip- tion (see above) was submitted and adopted, and Thomas Day, Alfred Smith, John M. Niles, A. M. Collins, James B. Hnsmer, David F. Robinson, Gideon Welles, Albert W. Butler, Calvin Day, Elijah H. Owen, Erastus Smith, E?;ra Clark, Jr., Henry Barnard, 2(1, Wm. J. Hamersley, Junius S. Morgan, and Stephen Spencer — were chosen a committee to solicit subscriptions. This they evidently did by circu- lating printed copies of the form printed above. S. W. A. THE DEBD OF TRUST BY DA.NIEL WADSWORTH. To all people to whom these presents shall come, — Greeting : Know ye, that I, Daniel Wadsworth of Hartford, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, for the consideration of one dol- lar, received to my full satisfaction of Thomas S. Williams and Alfred Smith, both of said Hartford, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and con- firm unto the said Williams and Smith, and to the survivor of them a certain parcel of land, lying in the city of Hai-tford, bounded and described as follows, viz. : Beginning at the southwest corner thereof WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. 35 on Main street, where my land joins tlie northwest corner of Charles Braiuard's house lot, thence running northwardly about one hundred and twenty-one feet and a half, to the alley leading from Main street to my dwelling-house, thence eastwardly along the south side of the same alley about one hundred and seventy-two feet, to the east side of the gateway or cart-way nearest to Main street, which passes through and under the brick out-building or wing connected with my dwelling- house, thence southwardly along the face of the wall which bounds the east side of said gateway in a straight line, at right angles with the north wall of said out-building, to the north side of said Brainard's house lot, about one hundred and twenty feet, thence westwardly about one hundred and seventy-three feet to the place of beginning ; bounded east by my own land, west by Main street, north by said alley, south by Charles Brainard's land. Reserving to myself, my heirs, and assigns, a right of way and free passage in common with the grantees, their heiis and assigns, on, over, and through said gateway, and on, over, and across the east end of the above granted premises, which right of way is to be twelve feet wide from the south side of said out-building and gateway, to said Brainard's north line. Said gateway, and said twelve foot gangway are to afford a free and common passage to the grantor and grantees, and their respective heirs and assigns, between the land on either side thereof and the alley aforesaid. Also reserving to myself and my wife, during our joint lives, and the life of the survivor of us, the use of so much of the above granted premises as lies east of the buildings and garden lately occupied by J. C. Furber and William J. Ham- ersley, unless we, or either of us, should choose to surrender or relinquish to the grantees, our use of some part of this reservation during our life. To have and to hold the above granted premises, with the appurte- nances thereof, unto them the said Williams and Smith, their heirs and assigns, and to the survivor of them, his heirs and assigns forever, for the uses hereinafter expressed; and in trust for a corporation intended to be created and organized, and to include as members thereof certain subscribers to a fund or capital stock, or so many of them as shall unite and become incorporated, together with their associates; which fund or capital stock has been subscribed and promised, and is intended for the erection of a building on the above granted premises, to be constructed and maintained in three principal divisions, separated from each other by substantial partition walls, extending from the foundation to the roof, as a protection from fire; the central division is to be appropriated and used for a Gallery of fine arts, the north wing or division for a library, reading-room, and other accommodations of the Hartford Young Men's Institute; and the south wing or division for the Connecticut Historical Society; with power and authority to said society to allow or grant rooms or accommodations in their division for the use of the Natural History Society of Hartford, on such terms and to such extent as said Historical Society shall think proper. In case the use of either division of said building shall at any time be abandoned or relinquished by the society or institution for which the same is intended and appropriated, the division so left vacant and unused may be applied and appropriated to some other institution or object of science, learning, or arts of general interest and utility. The use of said building is intended to be without charge to the several societies or institutions occupying the same, except for insurance, taxes (if any). 36 WADSWORTH ATHBNBUM. and for the preservation and repairs of the building. And also, I, the the said Wadsworlh, do for myself, my heirs, executors, and adminis- trators, covenant with the said Williams and Smith, and the survivor of them, and their heirs and assigns, that at and until the ensealing of these presents, I am well seized of the premises, as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written, and that the same is free of all incumbrances whatsoever. And furthermore, I, the said Wads- worth, do by these presents bind myself and my heirs forever, to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises, to them the said Williams and Smith, and the survivor of them, and their heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever. Provided, and this grant and conveyance are made on and sub- ject to the conditions following, viz. : That no building be erected or suffered to remain on the granted premises at a less distance than thirty feet from Main Street. Also that excepting such principal building, in three divisions as aforesaid, no other building more than twelve feet high shall ever be erected or placed on said land. Also, that no building shall be erected on said land at a less distance from said principal building than twenty-five feet. Promded, however, that so much of said out-building as now stands upon or over the granted premises may be suffered to remain and be maintained and rebuilt by said grantees and their assigns. Whenever said proposed corporation shall have been formed and organized, it shall be the duty of said trustees, or the survivor or successors of them, to convey the premises before granted to such corporation, subject to the uses, trusts, conditions and reservations contained herein. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of — T. H. Gallattdet. HoEACB HooKEB. DANIEL WADSWORTH. [l. s.] Faith Wadswobth. Habtpobd County ss. Habtfobd, 18th March, 1842. Personally appeared Daniel Wadsworth, Esquire, signer and sealer of the forgoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, before me. JEREMIAH BROWN, Jus: of Peace. THE TBANSFEK BY THE TBTJSTEES. Know all men by these presents, that we, Thomas S. Williams and Alfred Smith, both of Hartford, in execution of the trusts in the above deed of Daniel Wadsworth, Esq., and in consideration of one dollar have remised, released, and forever quitclaimed and do by these presents for ourselves, remise, release, and forever quitclaim unto Wadsworth Atheneum, and their successors, all such right and title as we the said Williams and Smith have, or ought to have in or to the land conveyed to us in the above deed from Daniel Wadsworth Esq To have and to hold the premises unto said Wadsworth Atheneum and their successors, subject to the conditions and restrictions con' WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. 37 tained in the above conve3'ance from Daniel Wadswortb, Esq., to the only use and behoof of said Wadswoith Atheneum, and their suc- cessors forever, so that neither we, the said Williams and Smith, nor any one in our names and behalf, shall or will hereafter claim or demand any right or title to the premises, or any part thereof, but they, every of them, shall by these presents be excluded and forever barred. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord 1842. Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of — Isaac D. Bull. THOMAS S. WILLIAMS, [l. s.] Edwin Benjamin. ALFRED SMITH, [l. s.] Hartford County ss. Hartford, November 25, 1842. Personally appeared Thomas S. Williams and Alfred Smith, signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed before me. EDWIN BENJAMIN, Justice Peace. Note. — The two preceding deeds are recorded in Vol. 64, pp. 240-3, in the land records of Hartford. The originals are framed, and hang in the main room of the Historical Society. S. W. A. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. PASSED 1842. Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened. Section 1. That Daniel Wadsworth, Thomas Day, David Watkinson, Thomas S. Williams, Alfred Smith, John M. Niles, Brastus Smith, William H. Imlay, James B. Hosmer, David F. Robinson, Charles H. Olmsted, Henry A. Chittenden, Robert Watkin- son, Albert W. Butler. Cyprian Nichols, Charles Boswell, John L. Boswell, John Olmsted, Sheldon P. Thatcher, Elizur T. Goodrich, Albert Day, Calvin Day, Elijah H. Owen, Amos M. Collins, William L. Collins, Erastus Collins, Charles Collins, James Ward, Roswell B. Ward, William A. Ward, James Dixon, Newton Case, Edwin D. Tiffany, Leander 0. Burnham, Roswell C. Smith, Thomas K. Brace, Joseph Trumbull, Hezekiah B. Chaffee, Daniel P. Crosby, Ezra White, Jr., Austin Dunham, George Burnham, William L. Wright, James G. Boiles, George Goodwin, Jr., Charles Goodwin, John Warburton, Joseph Morgan, Gideon Welles, Elihu Geer, Ellery Hills, Leonard H. Bacon, Gurdon Fox, P. F. Bobbins, Joseph Winship, Sanford B. Grant, Philip Ripley, Edward Boiles, Lucius B. Childs, C. C. Lyman, Henry Barnard, 3d, Charles Hosmer, Jona. Seymour Brown, W'^iUiam W. Turner, Curtis Judson, Silas B. Hamilton, Waterman Roberts, Charles Brainard, Charles H. Brainard, Roswell Brown, Thomas Smith, Denison Morgan, Siillman Niles, Jonathan Watson, William T. Lee, Charles Abernethy, David Clark, Charles Seymour, John Butler, Alexander H. Pomroy, William Hungerford, William R. Cone, James W. Wells, Stephen Spencer, George Beach, Jr., John H. Preston, David S. Brooks, George M. Bartholomew, James H. Holcomb, James C. Walkley, Ezra Clark, Jr., George Sumner, Allen Porter, Thomas C. Perkins, Eliphalet Terry, Joseph Church, Daniel Dewey, Enoch C. 38 WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. Stanton, Ezra 8. Hamilton, John H. Webb, Charles Mygatt, Samuel WoodruS, Francis Parsons, George Burgess, Simeon L. Loomis, Junius S. Morgan, Harvey Seymour, Thomas S. Parker, John Parker, Miles A. Tuttle, Edmund B. Hull, Asahel Saunders, Ralph Saunders, John Gt. Mix, Lemuel Humphrey, Lucius H. Woodruff, James C. Woodruff, Samuel Kellogg, William Kellogg, Mason Gross, Daniel W. Clark, Roland Mather, David S. Dodge, Esek J. Preston, Edwin Taylor, S. G. Boughton, Calvin Spencer, Robert S. Seyms, George Seyms, Noah Wheaton, Oliver E. Williams, Thomas S. Williams, 2d, Thomas M. Day, Amariah Brigham, William B. Ely, Sheldon Woodbridge, Col- lins Stone, Henry B. Camp, Laurent Clerc, Charles L. Porter, Bela Turner, Virgil Cornish, Gurdon Bobbins, Jr., and their successors and associates shall be and hereby are created and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "Wadsworth Atheneum," and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession ; shall be capable of suingand being sued, pleading and be impleaded, in al 1 suits at law and in equity ; may have a common seal and may alter the same at pleasure. And whereas, Daniel Wadsworth of the city of Hartford, has granted to Thomas S. Williams and Alfred Smith, in trust for said corporation, a lot of land lying between an alley on the north and Charles Brainard's land on the south, and between Main Street on the west and land of said Wadsworth on the east, as a site for a building to be constructed in three divisions to be separately used, one for a Gallery of Pine Arts, another for the Library and other accommoda- tions of the Harlford Young Men's Institute, and the third for the use of the Connecticut Historical Society , viiih. power and authority to said society to allow or grant room or accommodations in their division for the use of the Natural History Society of Hartford, on such terms and to such extent as said historical society shall think proper, or in case either of the above objects should be abandoned or transferred else- where, then the part so left vacant to be applied to other objects of general interest free of charge except for insurance, taxes (if any), pres- ervation and repairs of the building; said corporation is hereby empow- ered to take from said trustees a conveyance of said land, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging ; and to hold the same pursuant to the terms of said grant and for the uses and purposes therein expressed and thereby intended; and said corporation is also hereby empowered to make contracts and to adopt contracts made for the erection and finishing of said building with suitable outbuildings and fences on said land, and for repairs and rebuilding of the same when needed ; for insurance thereon, for the furnishing thereof and for the purchase of paintings, engravings, statues, and other works of art to be placed therem; and generally to do all acts necessary and proper to carry into full effect the objects and purposes for which said land was granted; and said corporation is also empowered to receive and hold other personal property not exceeding ten thousand dollars in amount or value; which property may be loaned or otherwise disposed of, and the interest or principal applied for the objects and purposes aforesaid as occasion may require. Promded. however that said cor- any^par" thereof."^ °° ^°''"' '° ''"''°'"'' °' «i°rtgage said real estate or Sec. 3. The capital stock of this corporation shall be held by those who have or sha 1 become subscribers thereto in the following runner Said stock shall be divided into two classes of shares: First those of one hundred dollars each, which shall be assignable and transferable and secondly, those of twenty-five dollars each, which shall become WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. 39 extinct upon the death of the subscriber. Every such subscriber to the amount of twenty-five dollars or more shall be a member of said coipo- ration, and in all meetings of the shareholders he shall be entitled to give one vote on every share of twenty -five dollars; and every holder of a share or shares of one hundred dollars, shall have the right to give four votes on every such share of one hundred dollars held by him. Every subscriber to the amount of fifty dollars shall be entitled to the privilege of admission to the gallery during his life, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the trustees hereinafter mentioned for that purpose. Every holder of a share of one hundred dollars shall be entitled to such privilege while he remains a holder, and every holder of shares amounting to two hundred dollars or more shall be entitled to the same privilege, and such privileges in the other institutions connected with this corporation as may be agreed upon by said trustees and the directors of said institutions respectively. Pro- iiided, that in the case of the subscriptions which have been or shall be made to said stock by or in tlie name and behalf of any copartnership or by anj' joint subscribers who are not copartners, such copartners or joint subscribers may determine and designate, by a writing under their hands, who of their number shall have, enjoy, and exercise the same powers, privileges, and rights, which individual subscribers to a like amount are entitled to have, enjoy, and exercise. Sec 3. The concerns of said corporation shall be managed by a board of trustees, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the bylaws ther.eof; which board shall consist of eleven trustee_s, to be elected annually by the shareholders, and of subscribers to the capital stock to the amount of five hundred dollars, who shall, by virtue of their subscriptions, be trustees for life. Sec. 4. The shareholders of said corporation, in a general meeting thereof, shall have power to ordain and establish such rules and by-laws as they may deem expedient, relative to the time, place, and manner of holding their meetings, with the notice to be given thereof; relative to the ofiicers of the corporation, and of the board of trustees and their duties ; relative to a quorum in meetings of the shareholders, and of the trustees; relative to the mode of transfer of the transferable shares; and generally for carrying into effect the powers hereby granted, not otherwise specifically provided for. Provided such rules and by-laws be not repugnant to the provibions of this charter, or the laws of this State. Sec. 5. If it shall so happen that an election of any annual ofiicer or officers of said corporation, or board of trustees, shall not take place in any year at the time appointed therefor, the corporation shall not, for that reason, be dissolved; but such election may be held thereafter, and such officer or officers may exercise his or their official functions until a new election be made. Sec. 6. All the estate, real and personal, which may at any time be owned by said corporation, shall be exempt from taxation, so long as the same shall be used and the avails and incomes thereof shall be devoted to, and expended in, the objects and purposes hereinbefore specified. • Sec. 7. The first meeting of the shareholders shall be holden at such time, in the month of June, 1843, and at such place, in the city of Hartford, as shall be designated for that purpose by Thomas Day and John M. Niles, or either of them, who shall cause at least five days' previous notice thereof to be given in two or more newspapers printed in said city. 40 WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. Sec. 8. The exemption from taxation, provided for by the sixth section of this act, shall be subject to the future action and control of the General Assembly; and all parts of this act may, by said assembly, be amended, altered, or repealed. — [Private Laws of Gonn., Vol. IV, p. 1202, cumpilaiion of 185Q.} Note. — In section 1, of the foregoing Act of Incorporation, there appear the names of 144 persons, as the Charter Members. This Is 11 in excess of the number of signatures appended to the Subscription List, on p. 32. The discrepancy is partly accounted for by the fact that on the latter are the signatures of 21 copartnerships, and one cor- poration, where the signature in each case represents several persons. In such cases, some one member of the firm was (as required by the Charter) chosen to represent the firm. In the same section are the names of six Charter Members whose names do not appear on the Subscription List ; nor, so far as can be seen, were they members of any of the firms whose signatures are there. These are : William H. Imlay, Jonathan Seymour Brown, Allen Porter, Samuel Kellogg, William Kellogg, and Oliver E. Wil- liams. In four instances, at least, a person is named as Charter Mem- ber, while one or more of his associates, in the same firm, are also named as'such members. These are : Elizur T. Goodrich, Elijah H. Owen, Wm, L. Wright, and Charles Mygatt. On the other hand, the names of 23 persons appearing on the Sub- scription List, are Twt mentioned In the Charter. These are : Ebenezer W. Bull, Edson Pessenden, Ezra Clark, Sen. , Joseph Pratt, Dudley Buck, Lucien B. Hanks, Alfred Gill, Charles F. Pond, Julius Catlin, Daniel Buck, Elisha Peck, Thomas Belknap, Hezekiah Brainard, James M. Bunce, Horatio Alden, Asa Parwell, Solomon Porter, Ebenezer Flower, Chauncey Ives, Geo. Brinley, Jr., George Beach, Sen William Ely, Walter Phelps, Most of these had subscribed $100. Perhaps some subscribers had died, or had failed to pay their subscriptions; and others may have been included in the phrase "and their associates," in the Charter. If we add to the 144 Charter Members the 23 subscribers not named in the Charter, the grand total of the founders of the Atheneum is 167. Of these, it is not believed that more than 21 are living. They are : Newton Case, James C. Walkley, Edwin D. Tiffany, Ezra Clark, Philemon F. Hobbins, Junius S. Morgan (London), Henry JBarnard, Ralph Saunders, Leonard H. Bacon, Roland Mather, Stillman Niles, Thomas M. Day, William R. Cone, Curtis Judson, George Beach, Joseph Pratt, Geo. M. Bartholomew, Daniel Buck (San Francisco) James H. Holcomb (Nice), Thomas Belknap, and Henry A. Chittenden (N. J.). WADSWORTH ATHENBUM. 41 Of one of these survivors (the Hon. Henry Barnard, LL.D.), it may- be truly said that he is the only person, now living, who was an origi- nal member of the Historical Society (in 1839), Young Men's Institute, Wadsworth Atheneum, and Watkinson Library. The work on the Atheneum building had been begun before the Act of Incorporation, above printed, was passed. The construction com- menced as early as March, 1843, the very month in which Wadsworth executed bis deed of trust. As, by the terms of that deed, his grantees were to convey the land to the corporation, when foi'med — it follows that they could not convey the land until after the passage of the Act in question; and, in fact, at the date when they made the transfer (in November, 1842), some eight months of labor had been expended on the building. The building was completed in July, 1844. The committee having the matter in charge was composed of : Alfred Smith, James B. Hos- mer, Gideon Welles, David Watkinson, David F. Robinson, Erastus Smith, and Calvin Day. The architects were Ithiel Town and Alex. J. Davis (the firm of Town & Davis?), of New Tork city.* The contrac- tor for the masonry was Frederick Campbell of Willimantic, and for the joiner- work Noah Wheaton of Hartford. James B. Hosmer was the " superintendent.'' The building had a front of 100 feet in length, the center being 80 feet deep, and the wings each 70 feet. The walla of the front and the north side were faced with gneiss, from the quarry of Elijah Sparks of Eastbury, Conn., and lined with brick to the depth of 12 inches. The two division walls, separating the wings from the central section, were of brick, extending from the foundation walls to the roof, and were 16 inches thick. The cost of the building was as follows : Paid by the building committee, .... $96,836.38 D. Wadsworth, for sky-light, portico, etc., . 2,076.00 Subscribers, for painting interior, etc., . 3,850.00 Young Men's Institute, for alcoves, etc., , . 960.00 Connecticut Historical Society, for cases, etc., . 645.00 Total, $34,357.38 Inasmuch as the full amount of the original subscription vas $31,- 730.32, it will be seen that (assuming that the whole sum subscribed was collected), there remained a deficiency of more than $2,600, to be otherwise made up. Of this, the Institute and the Historical Society paid $1,605. In January, 1844, David Watkinson added $500 to his original subscription. In March, of the same year, there was started a new subscription, to raise $3,000 to secure the services of George * Mr. Town was the architect of the C;ty Hs,ll, on Kinsley street, a,nd pf the Capitol, at New Haven. 6 42 WADSWORTH ATHBNBUM. Piatt, a decorator, of New York (but formerly of London), to paint the interior of the building. His work was " to be done in the beauti- ful process called /cafaomi/ie "/ a process "discovered about two years since,'' and known only " to Mr. Piatt and the discoverer.'' For this purpose Mr. Wadsworth and Alfred Smith subscribed each $500; E. W. Bull and the ^tna Insurance Company subscribed each $200; David Walkinson, Thomas Belknap, Julius Catlin, Lucien B. Hanks, Ezra Clark, Walter Phelps, George Brinley, Solomon Porter, James M. Bunce, Elisha Peck, Charles F. Pond, Daniel Buck, E. F, Lin- coln (?), Joseph Pratt, Eliphalet Terry, and William Ely subscribed each $100; Dudley Buck, Asa Farwell, and Chauncey Jones each $50; and Alfred Gill, $25; making in all $3,175 for the decoration fund. All subscriptions and contributions amounted to $39,086. As the entire cost of the building was but $34,357, it would seem that the shrinkage in collections amounted to $4,729; or there was a surplus of the same sum ; or that there was some shrinkage, oflset by some sur- plus funds. The land, and the old buildings, donated by Mr. Wadsworth, were estimated, at that day, to be worth $16,200. His cash subscriptions and payments, toward the building alone, amounted to $9,076. So that his donations were of the value of $25,276, exclusive of his gifts toward the Art Gallery, etc. ; and, it hardly needs be added, the value is many fold more to-day. The historic dwelling house of the Wadsworth family, removed in order to make room for the Atheneum building, had been built by Mr. Wadsworth's grandfather, the Eev. Daniel Wadsworth, in 1730; and had been occupied by his father. Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth, in the Revolutionary period. In it, Mr. Wadsworth, the donor, had been reared. It was removed to the south side of Buckingham street, where it stood, somewhat altered as to its external features, until it was demolished in 1887. There was an additional subscription, for book-cases, etc., of which no note has been made in the foregoing sketch. James B. Hosmer paid $100; Alfred Smith and Thomas Day paid each $50. Others paid sums of from $5 to $25 each. The iron fence was built from the proceeds of another subscription fund. S. W. A. AMENDING THE CHAKTER OP THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. Whereas flaany of the stockholders of the Wadsworth Atheneum have deceased, and much of the stock of said corporation has never been mventoned or distributed in the settlement of their estates and has substantially been abandoned, and there are no known parties to represent said stock in any of the meetings of said corporation and said corporation is liable to become extinct by reason ot the death of WADSVVORTH ATHENEUM. 43 its stockholders and the like abandonment and extinction of its stock ; now, therefore, for the purpose of perpetuating and keeping alive said corporation, and carrying into effect and administering the uses and trusts for which said corporation was created, Resolved by this Assembly : Section 1. That the Wadsworth Athe- neum he and hereby is authorized to become and be the holders and owners of the capital stock or any part of the stock of the corporation, and receive and take transfers from time to time of such stock to its treasurer and his successor and successors in office, or to such other officer, officers, or persons as said corporation may from time to time direct, to be held by or for said corporation with full power to dispose of and transfer said stock and vote upon the same in any of the meet- ings of said corporation, and that said stock so held by or for said cor- poration shall have and be entitled to all and the same rights and privi- leges in all respects as the stock held by the other stockholders. And the said corporation is hereby authorized to make all such by-laws, rules, and regulations in relation to such stock, and the holding of and voting upon the same, and the persons to be elected directors and offi- cers in said corporation, and the perpetuation of said corporation, as they shall doem expedient, not otherwise contrary to law, and that the corporate existence of said AVadsworth Atheneum shall not be preju- diced by said ownership or the exercise of the powers herein granted. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect whenever the same is accepted by said corporation, and a copy of such acceptance is lodged in the office of the secretary of state. Approved, February 24, 1886. — [Special Acts, 1886, p. 220.] AMENDING THE CHARTER OP THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Resolved by this Assembly : Section 1. That the Wadsworth Athe- neum be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to receive, hold, and own, by gift, purchase, will, or otherwise, real estate in addition to the lot of land specified in its charter to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in value, and to erect buildings thereon for the objects specitied in said charter, and to be used by one or more of the corporations named in said charter, and, if thought expedient by said Wadsworth Atheneum, to be used by the Trustees of the Wat- kinson Library upon such terms and provisions as may be agreed upon by said corporations and said Wadsworth Atheneum, and also by the Art Society of Hartford, and other institutions of science, learning, and arts of general interest and utility as may be agreed upon, with power to mortgage, lease, aliene, sell, and convey the real estate which may be received, held, or purchased by virtue of this resolution. The said Wadsworth Atheneum is also empowered to receive and hold, with power of sale and reinvestment, personal property to the amount of one million dollars for the erection of the buildings of said corpora- tion, for the care, management, and repairs of all its properly, for the benefit of the other corporations which now or may occupy said build- ings, and for the objects specified in its charter, and for the uses and purposes specified by the donors. Said Wadsworth Atheneum may make by-laws to carry into effect the powers hereby conferred. Sec. 2. One member of each of the corporations now known as the Connecticut Historical Society, The Hartford Library Association, and the Trustees of the Watkinson Library, shall be annually elected as members of the board of trustees of the Wadsworth Atheneum, which shall consist of eleven members, when hereafter said corpora- 44 WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. tions, by an agreement in writing between them and said Wadsworth Atheneum shall make provision for and require the same. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect whenever the same is accepted by said Wadsworth Atheneum and a copy of such acceptance is lodged in the office of the secretary of this state. Approved, April 18, 1889. — [Bpecial Acts, 1889, p. 982.] EXTRACTS FKOM THE WILL OF DANIEL WADSWORTH. VI. The following statuary and pictures I give and bequeath to the corporation called Wadsworth Atheneum, established in Hartford, viz. : 1. A portrait of Mr. Sully, done by himself. 2. A Sea View in the British Channel, done by Couxe, an Italian, formerly of Salem, Mass. 3. The Lady of the Lake. 4. A View of the Falls of Niagara from the upper banks, on the British side. 5. A View of the Falls on the same side from below the great cascade. Nos. 8, 4, and 5 were done by John Trumbull, Esq. 6. A View of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, seen eighteen miles southwest from the foot of Mount Washington. 7. John the Baptist in the Wilderness. 8. A Cascade on the Catskill Mountains. 9. A View of North West Bay, on the Winepiseagee Lake, in New Hampshire. 10. A view of my Farm called Monte Video, on the mountain in Avon, Connecticut. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were all done by Thomas Cole, artist. 11. A full length portrait, in oil, of Gen. Washington. 12. Two small like- nesses, one of Gen. Washington, and the other of his wife, Mrs. Martha Washington, being both original pictures, taken in Philadelphia whilst Gen. Washington was President of the United States, and known to be excellent likenesses, done in colored crayons by Mr. Sharpless, an English artist of great reputation, and worthy of most careful preser- vation. 13. A Marble Bust of myself, done by Ives. 14. 4- portrait of the last Governor Trumbull, being a copy by Bryant. 15. A por- trait of my mother, Mrs. Mehitabel Wadsworth, a copy by Bryant. 16. A portrait of my father and myself, both in the same picture, a copy by Bryant, from an original done by Col. Trumbull in 1784. 17. A portrait of my late sister, Mrs. Terry, a copy by Bryant, from an original by Sully. 18. A portrait of my father, copied and enlarged by Bryant, from an original by Col. Trumbull. 19. A portrait of my- self, a copy by Bryant, from an original by Ingham. 20. A portrait of Lord Wellington. 21. A painting, the Saviour scourged. 22. A painting, the Saviour crowned with thorns, a copy after Rembrandt. 23. A Fruit Piece, the painter not known. 24. A painting, Boaz and Ruth, supposed to be an original sketch of the school of Venice. 25. A painting by Stuart the Younger, (a dog, horses, and carriage) 26 A portrait of a gentleman, painted by Co1. Trumbull. 27 Charity a painting copied in Italy from a picture of high reputation in the Gallery at Naples. 28. Two Dancing Girls, with pedestals, modeled after Canova. 29. A landscape by Charles Lanman of New York 30. A portrait of the first Governor Trumbull, done by Col Trumbull' 31. A portrait of Col. Humphrey. Part of the foregoing 'beine: now in the gallery of said corporation. ° o e . ^}\ l^'r and bequeath to the Connecticut Historical Society h ^ ,^"n' ■°^ m^<^^^- '." 1^'^'*"' painted. 2 A bust of Col. John Trumbull, in plaster. 3. A bust of Mrs. L. H. Sia-ournev in nlaster 4. A Bust of Mr Laurent Clerc. teacher of deaf if utes ^5 A small statue of Gen. Alexander Hamilton, in plaster, bronzed. 6. A bust of the WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. 45 late President Day, of Yale College, unless they are otherwise supplied with one, in which case I give the same to the Young Men's Institute. 7. Burney's History of Music, in four volumes. 8. A portrait, etc. , of Distinguished Men of Tuscany, by AUegrine, four volumes. 9. Wal- worth's Cathedral of Canterbury. 10. The prints published with Cooke's Voyages, most of them in frames. Part of the foregoing I have deliveied to the Historical Society. XXXIII. I hereby revoke all former wills and codicils by me exe- cuted, and I nominate and appoint the Hon. Thomas 8. Williams, Joseph Trumbull, and Francis Parsons, all of Hartford, Esq's,, and the survivors and survivor of them to be the executors of this my last will and testament. Note.— Mr. Wadsworth's will was dated April 10, 1847 ; and pro- bated August 5, 1848. It was published in full as a pamphlet soon after his dbcease. S. W. A. THE ART GALLERY. By the terms of the original charter and donations, the central division of Wadsworth Atheneum building was reserved for the Atheneum proper. In it the two rooms occupied by the collections of paintings and statuary, respectively, were reserved for that purpose. As early as February 19, 1844, the Atheneum trustees voted to allow the use of the central section of the building for the exhibition of the paintings and works of art purchased by Daniel Wadsworth, David Watkinson, James B. Hosmer, and others, "of the late New York Academy of Fine Arts," and several other paintings; besides the "five large paintings of Revolutionary Subjects, done by the late Col. Trumbull, for the purchase of which negotiation is begun." It was also provided that the net proceeds of the exhibition, less six per cent, reserved for the owners of the works, should belong to the Atheneum, to be applied toward the purchase of the pictures, etc. A " Catalogue of the Paintings now ExMbitivg in Wadsworth Qallery, Hartford" (28 pp., 8vo, paper), published in 1844, contains 82 pieces, including two marble busts and one miniature. In it are included, probably, all the works referred to in the vote above men- tioned, and some paintings, the property of Daniel Wadsworth, besides. These latter are mentioned in Mr. Wadsworth's will, in the " extracts " quoted in this pamphlet. In the inventory of his estate, after his decease, Mr. Wadsworth's " Interest " in the Art Gallery was appraised at $2,000. In 1855, the trustees of the estate conveyed his interest in the works of art, "in said gallery or building," to the cor- poration for Ihe consideration of $750. Whether this conveyance had reference to any other works than those contained in the bequest, does not appear. The price asked for the paintings by the New York Academy of Arts (as appears from some correspoudenoe on the subject), was $2,500 ; 46 WADS WORTH ATHENETJM. but whether this sum was paid for them is uot shown. But a lot con- taiaing 53 paintings, 2 pieces of statuary, 10 boolss, and 17 engravings, was purchased at auction by Alfred Smith, for $1,500 ; presumably for the Atheneum, for an account of the purchase appears among its papers. Other memoranda show that a subscription was raised in 1855 (?), for the purchase of the works in the gallery, for the benefit of the corporation. It appears that the following sums were sub- scribed : By James B. Hosmer, $1,100 By A. W. Butler, $100 By David Watkinson, 1,000 By William L. Storrs, 100 By Alfred Smith, 1,000 By Thomas S. Williams, 100 By Joseph Trumbull, 500 By Thomas Smith, 100 By Charles H. Brainard, 150 By R. B. Ward (?), 100 Total, $4,250. In July, 1855, James B. Hosmer, Alfred Smith, and R. B. Ward, for a nominal consideration, conveyed their respective Interests in the " Paintings in the Picture Gallery" to the corporation. The convey- ance was upon condition that the Art Gallery be never discontinued, nor the paintings be removed therefrom. At this time, as will be seen below, there were, or had been, 139 pieces in the gallery. The catalogue of 1844 was largely descriptive. Another one, pub- lished in 1851, contains a list of 139 pictures, and the descriptions are omitted. A third one (the latest) was published in 1863. It contains 128 pieces, for while the last number on the list is called No. 139, yet Nos. 96, 108-112, 114, 135, 136, and 138 are wanting ; eleven pieces in all. And it also appears, on comparing the Catalogues of 1844 and 1863 with each other, that eleven numbers on the former are not on the latter catalogue; so that, presumably, eleven pieces have been removed from the gallery. On the other hand, some pieces have been added since 1863. A late acquisition, whereof the subject is the Battle of Mobile Bay, is the outcome of private subscriptions. The descriptive portions of the Catalogue of 1863 seem to be a reprint of those in the Catalogue of 1844. S. W. A. THE GALLEBY OF SCULPTURE. The basis of the collection of statuary is the series purchased from the estate of Edward S. Bartholomew, deceased. He was a native of Colchester, Conn., and died in Naples, Italy, in May, 1858. He had been in charge of the Wadsworth Gallery from 1845 to 1848; and his earliest efforts in art-worlc had been given to painting. There is little in the gallery which is entitled to the name of "Sculpture," Most of the pieces are models, in plaster, from the studies of Mr. Bartholomew, at Rome. There are some busts in marble, the gift of Daniel Wadsworth, and a duplicate, in marble of WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. 47 Bartholomew's Repentant Eve. The latter was purchased from the Watkinson fund. In 1858, a subscription was opened to raise a fund of $5,000 for purchasing and transporting hither the Bartholomew models. The following names and amounts appear to have been obtained: Samuel Colt, $500; Enoch C. Roberts, |300; James B. Hosmer, Thomas S. Williams, and Cheney Brothers, each, $150; Calvin Day, Joseph Ti-umbull, Timothy M. Allyn, Alfred E. Burr, Simeon L. Loomis, James Goodwin, Sam. S. Ward, William T. Lee, Marshall Jewell, Charles H. Northam, Henry Barnard, Joseph Church, Thos. M. Day, John A. Butler, Chas. H. Brainard, Julius Catlin, Newton Case, Henry M. Keney, Ira Peck, and James G. Batterson, each $100. Seven others subscribed $50 each, and thirty-eight $35 each; making a total of $4,450. Whether the additional sum of $550, required in order to make the proposed amount of $5,000, was raised, does not appear. But, at all events, the models were procured; Mr. Batterson having, as the agent of the subscribers, visited Rome and brought the models thence and deposited them in the Atheneum. It is not known that any catalogue of these works has been published. S. W. A. BY-LAWS OF WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. [Now in force.] 1. That there be elected annually the following officers of the corporation, viz. : A president, two vice-presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer. 2. That said officers and the elective trustees shall be elected from members of the corporation by the stockholders in a meeting duly called and held, and that such election shall be by ballot. 3. That a majority of the votes given in shall be necessary to constitute an election of said officers and trustees. 4. That the president, or in his absence one of the vice-presidents, shall at all times have power to call a general meeting of the stock- holders, and it shall be his duty to call such meeting on the applicatitpn of stockholders holding shares amounting to three thousand dollars. 5. That the notice to be given of a meeting of the stockholders shall be by publication of such notice in one or more of the newspapers printed in the city of Hartford, inserted one or more times, the last of which shall be on the day of such meeting or the day preceding. 6. The board of trustees shall appoint such oflBcers and agents as they may deem necessary or proper for the due organization of said board, and the management of the concerns of the corporation. 7. The chairman, or in his absence the secretary or clerk of said board, shall at all times have power to call a meeting of said board; and it shall be his duty to call such meeting on the application of any three trustees. Written or printed notice of each meeting of the board of trustees shall be regularly sent to every member of the board. 8. In all meetings of the board of trustees the members present shall have an equal vote. 48 WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. 9. A quorum in the meeting of the board of trustees shall consist of at least seven members. 10. The first meeting of the board of trustees may be called by the president of the corporation, or in his absence by one of the vice-presi- dents, giving notice thereof similar to that required in other meetings of said board. 11. In all meetings of shareholders hereafter to be holden, a quorum shall consist of fifteen shareholders, or shareholders holding shares to the amount of at least five thousand dollars. 13. Transfers of shares in this corporation shall be made in a book, to be provided and kept by tlie secretary for that purpose ; who shall also issue certificates of ownership to all persons who are or shall be shareholders in such form as the board of trustees may prescrib.e. 13. No sale or disposal of any article which may belong to the col- lection of the corporation shall be valid, if objected to by one-fourth of the trustees present when the vote is taken, unless approved of at the next meeting of the shareholders. 14. The annual meeting of the corporation shall be held on the first Friday after the first Monday of June. OFFICEKS OP WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. PresidenU. Thomas Day, 1842-1855. John M. Niles, 1855-1856. Alfred Smith, 1856-1861. Calvin Day, 1862-1883. William R. Cone, 1884- (now in office). Secretaries. Calvin Day, 1842-1861. J Hammond Trumbull, 1863-1887. William H. Gross, 1888- (now in office). Treasurer. James B. Hosmer, 1843-1876. Jonathan F. Morris, 1877-. Trustees. For Life, by virtue of having subscribed $500 or more. (Those whose names are starred are deceased.) * Daniel Wadsworth, 1842-'48 * Cyprian Nichols, 1843-'53 "" "-'55 * James Ward, "-'56 -'51 Henry A. Chittenden," - -61 * Albert W. Butler, " -'58 -68 * James Dixon, "-'73 -'56 * Albert Day, "-'76 -'78 *Roswell C. Smith, "-'lis -78 * John Olmsted, "-'73 -'63 *Erastus Collins, " -'go ' -'78 * John L. Boswell, " -'54 -'68 Newton Case, * Thomas Day, * David Watkinson, * Thomas S. Williams, » Alfred Smith, *John M. Niles, *Krastus Smith, * James B. Hosmer, * David F. Robinson, * Charles H. Olmsted, * Robert Watkinson, WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. 49 By Election. *William W. Turner, 1843-'46; '57-59; '66-73. Henry Barnard, lt<4:.'-45; '50-'53; '57-59; '62-67. *Gldeon Welles, 1842-45; '51-'61; '69-73. *Thomas C. Perkins, 1842-45. *George Burgess, 1842-'47. *James G. BoUes, lS42-'46; •57-59; '63-67. Roland Mather, 1842-'48; '68-74. *6eorge Sumner, 1842-'-l6. Ezra Clark, Jr., 1842-'47. *iIason Gross, 1842-'47. Georsie M. Bartholomew, 1842-44; '46-48; '59-62. *Calvm Day, 1844-'48; '57-'61. *Philip Ripley, 1846-'49; '51-'55; '58-'62. *Hezekiah B. Chaffee, 1846-'49. *Thomas K. Brace, 1847-49. *Daniel P. Crosby, 1847-55. *\Villiam B. Ely, 1847-51. *George Burnham, 1848-'51. *Christopher C. Lvman,- 1848-51; '56-59. *Thoma8 Smith, 1848-51. *John Warburton, 1849-51. *Elihu Geer, 1849-'53. *Ellery Hills, 1849-53. *RoswelI Brown, 1850-53. Pliilemon P. Robbins, 1851-53. *Edward Bolles, 1851-'55. *Gurdon Pox, 1851-'53. *George Brinley, Jr., 1854-'57; '63-68. *Ebenezer Flower, 1854-'57. *Prancis Parsons, 1854-'57. *David Clark, 1854-'57; '59-'60; '68-75. * Waterman Roberts, 1854-'57. Thomas Belknap, 1854-58; '59-62. *Miles A. Tuttle, 1854-58. *Roswell B. Ward, 1855-58. *Charles H. Brainard, 1855-58. *Joseph Church, 1855-'58; '68-74. *Edson Fessenden, 1860-62. ATilliam R. Cone, 1861-62. *Simeon L. Loomis, 1861-64. *Julius Gatlin, 1861-67. James G. Batterson, 1862-. J. Hammond Trumbull, 1863-78; '88-. *Edward B. Watkinson, 1863-'83. *W'iliiam T. Lee, 18B3-'66. Nathaniel Shipman, 1863-83. Charles J. Hoadly, 1866-. *Samuel Woodruff, 1868-'69. ♦Marshall Jewell, 1869-'78. Charles Dudley Warner, 1874-'80. James L. Howard, 1874-'80. Francis B. Cooley, 1874-'84. Jonathan F. Morris, 1874-. Henry C. Robinson, 1875-. 50 WADSWOETH ATHENEUM. John C. Day, 1879 — . Charles W. Butler, 1879-'87. Francis Goodwin, 1880-84. *Lucius J. Hendee, 1880-88. James B. Cone, 1884^. Charles H. Clark, 1884-. "William H. Gross, 1885-. Theodore Lyman, 1885-. John C. Parsons, 1889-. Note. Absolute accuracy, as to the dates of beginning and ending of the respective terms of ofHce of those named in the foregoing list, can- not be claimed ; since, for want of time, the compilation was made from Geer's Hartford Directory, instead of using the manuscript records of the Atheneum. But there can hardly be any errors exceeding a fraction of a year. S. W. A. PRESENT SHABEHOLDEKS OP WADSWORTH ATHENEUM. [November, 1889.] Henry A. Chittenden, Newton Case, Charles Collins, Leonard H. Bacon, Philemon F. Robbins, Henry Barnard, ./Etna Insurance Co., George Beach, Geo. M. Bartholomew, Ezra Clark, Asel Saunders, Thomas Belknap, George Brinley, J. Seymour Brown, James 6. Batterson, J. Hammond Trumbull, Henry C. Robinson, Nathaniel Shipman, Edward W. Parsons, Charles .1. Hoadly, Trinity College, Jonath. F. Morris, Mrs. Maria Watkinson, Thomas M. Day, Mary C. Hunt, Total, 49 shareholders. John C. Parsons, John J. McCook, Trustee, Mrs. :Maria E. C. Strong, Miss Mary Lyman Collins, William H. Gross, Albert H. Olmsted, Albert L. Butler, Charles W. Butler, Henry K. Morgan, Charles JM. Pond, Eliza Trumbull Robinson, Mary Alice Robinson, Austin Stickney, James J. and Francis ) rr. Goodwin, [ Trustees. James J. Goodwin, Francis Goodwin, Lucius A. Barbour, Theodore Lyman, James B. Cone, Daniel R. Howe, Cliarles H. Clark, John C. Day, Jona. F. Morris, Treas., John M. Holcomb. Y. THE WATEmSOl^ LTBEARY. EXTRACTS FKOM THE WILL OP DAVID WATKINSON. _ 24th. As the Wadsworth Athenseum ia this city needs the further aid of_ its particular friends as well as the patronage of the public, to establish its interest and usefulness on a more permanent basis, I desire to bear my part in an effort to effect so desirable an object. The pic- tures now in the Gallery of the institution being, for the most part, the property of Individuals and subject to their disposal, and the perma- nent interests of the institution being incompatible with such a tenure, [ propose, in addition to what I have already done, to give to the insti- tution one thousand dollars, provided, and on coudition that the pic- tures known as the Trumbull Pictures, and at least two-thirds (in value) of the other pictures (exclusive of those left for exhibition by non resi- dents), shall by purchase, or other arrangement, become the property of the institution, or other pictures of equal value substituted in their stead. If this be complied with at any time within two years afier notice is given to said institution of this my Will, then I authorize and direct my Executors to pay to the Trustees of said Wadsworth Athenasum the proposed sum of one thousand dollars; but otherwise, this proposal is to be withdrawn and annulled, and my Executors are to proceed in distributing tlie said one thousand dollars to my relations as directed. 2.jth. I give and bequeath to the Young Men's Institute of the city of Hartford, one thousand dollars, to be permanently invested in a good note or notes of hand, secured by mortgage on unincumbered real estate, and the interest or income applied to the uses and purposes of said institution. 26th. I give and bequeath to the Connecticut Historical Society in the city of Hartford, one thousand dollars, to be permanently invested in a good note or notes of hand, secured by mortgage on unincumbered real estate, and the interest and income applied to the uses and purposes of said institution. 27th. I give and bequeath in trust to Robert Watkinson, Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet, Rev. Horace Hooker, Alfred Smith, Esq., Francis Parsons, Esq., Dr. George Sumner, Ezra Clark, Jr., Jame.s B. Hosmer, and Alfred Gill, all of said Hartford, or to such of them as shall accept the trust, with authority in case any decline the trust, for the remainder to elect others in tlieir stead, so as, and provided that the Board shall consist of not less than seven members, and to their surcessors for ever as hereafter provided, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which I hereby direct the said Trustees and their successors as afore- said, to loan out on a good note or notes of hand, secured by mortgage on unincumbered real estate, and the interest or income thereof to ap- propriate towards the support of indigent orphan children, 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 only partially provided for, then the Trustees and their successors as aforesaid are hereby directed to abrogate and vfithdraw 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 Athenaeum, The Young Men's Institute, and The Connecticut Historical Society. Whereas, I have executed my last Will and Test.iment, bearing date the 9th day of March, 1849; and whereas, I have also duly executed a Codicil to my said Will, bearing date loth January, 1850 (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 ray 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, liev. Horace Hooker, Alfred Smith, Esq., Francis Parsons, Esq., George Sumner, M.D., Ezra CUrk, Jr., James B. Hosmer, !.nd 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 th^ said former bequest of twenty thousand dollars, making together a total sum of thirty thousand dollars for this special object. — Codicil No. 3, dated 17th July, 1850. Whereas, in my Will I bequeathed twenty thousand dollars to Trus- tees therein named for the beuetit of indigent orphan and other chil- dren, and likewise in Codicil No. 3, 1 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 principles, and subject to the same rules, conditions and'contin- gences, one moiety of what may yet remain of said surplusage be the saiTie 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 moietv of said surplusage, mto 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 find benevolent institutions, in addition to my former legacies to them in my Will, to wit : The Home Missionary {sic) of the City of Newl ork.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, 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 ray 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, twoof said portions. To the Wadswonh Athenseum Gallery, two of said portions. Provided, that the said bequest to the Retreat for the Insane shall be appropriated, like tlie forn.er 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. Whereas 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 bequest.-! 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 divers institutions, to be apportionetl among them in hke manner and on the same principles and conditions as mentioned therein, such balance only of my residuary or surplus estate as mny remain, if any, after paying successively in full, firstly, the legacies in full to pay my uepliews 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. Gal laudet in article No. 8, of said Codicil No. 4; thirdly, the legacies in fidl bequeathed in tlie 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 specifle -gifts, clevises and bequests, I have directed sundry 54 THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. gifts, devises or bequests to be paid out of tlie surplus, or residue, or surplusage, or residuary estate, or balance of my residuary estate, or residuum of my estate liowever described, I do low by tliis furtbcr 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 11. And whereas in my said Will and Testament and in said Codicils or in some or all of them, I have {;iven, 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 Athenseum, to the Hart- ford 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 them, 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 sums or 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 ray said Will, give and bequeath to my Executors to be by them iiaid 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, .lames B. Hosmer William' L Storrs Robert Watkinson, Henry Barnard, second, William R. Cone James Dixon. George Brmley, Jr., and Thomas H. Seymour, or such of them as shall he living at the time of my decease, together with the Gover- nor of this State, the President of the Connecticut Historical Societv the President of Wadsworth Athenseum. and the President of the Young jMen's Institute, the last four for the time being, and ex oficio. Ihe above named persons, and the survivors and .succ'essors of them together with such Governor, and Presidents of said Society Athe- nseum and Institute, for the time being, are to be a Board of Trustees tor the purpose and with the power of receiving, investing managin"-' THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 55 and from, time to time appropriating and applying as herein directed, all moneys given or bequeallied to tliem 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 State 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 boolis 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. Abticle Xni. 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 Athenasum, 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- ci^y, 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,b00), 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 sums, 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 he 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 ihe said Historical Society. Third. A principal sum of two thousand dollars (|3,000) 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 Athenaeum, 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 five 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 the purchase of other books, ap- proved by the Trustees or a committee by them appointed. 3. A yearly sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) in any one year, may be applied by said Trustees to or towards the purchase of some work or works of art for, and donated to, the Wadsworth Athenceum, provided a further sum equal to that applied out of this bequest shall in the same year be appropriated by the Wadsworth Athena3um 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 tlie written permission of the Trustees, designated in Article XII of this Codicil, or their successors. Aktiole 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. 3. 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 pavments 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 ot the public. And a catalogue shall be prepared and published THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 57 from time to time to mal^e 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 beijuests 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 (|100,000j hereinbefore given for a Refer- ence Library, etc , in trust, for the same uses and purposes, and to be managed and applied in the saiiie manner as is herein provided in respect to said one hundred thousand dollars. — Codicil No. 11, dated 10th October, 1855. Akticle V. After paying in full all my bequests aforesaid, if a surplus or residuum of my esiate sliould still remain, 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 Y of the same eleventh Codicil, the latter half to be applied by them to any one or more of the several objects entrusted to the 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 aud expedient to acquire books for the Library of Reference, and to pay for them out of the principal sum of my bequest to them. I authorize them to use and expend for that jjur- 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 bequest to them. But if contrary to my wish and expectation, the whole amount 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. — (JodiQil 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 XII. — Codicil No. 13, dated 22d 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 great fluctuations and depreciations have taken place in sundry portions of my estsite, 1 hereby declare, and my will is, that if my estate shall not be sufljcient to pay in full all the gifts, legacies, bequests and devises, contained or specified in my Will and Codicils, then there shall be deducted ratably from each of my gifts, bequests or legacies, to, or to Trustees for the use or benefit of all persons related by blood to me or to my late wife, so much as shall be needful to admit of paying in full my liequests or devises now in force to all other Trustees or persons for the benefit of the Hartford Hospital, Library of Reference, and other persons, societies, or institu- tions, mentioned in my Will or Codicils. Provided, that not more than thirty per cent, shall be deducted for the above purpose from my bequests to, or for, the benefit of the said relatives of myself and my late wife, and that nothing be deducted from any legacy or bequest which does not exceed three hundred dollars in amount. Article IX. If the above reduction of thirty per cent, from lega- cies to relations shall not leave sufficient estate to pay and make good the amounts bequeathed to or for the use of the Hartford Hospital, and all other Corporations, Trustees, Institutions, and Societies, then my Will is that my bequest of forty thousand dollars shall be fully paid to said Hartford Hospital; and the other corporations. Trustees, Institu- tions and Societies, shall be proportionally reduced. — Codicil No. 15, dated 23d October, 1857. JSToTB. — Mr. Watkinson died Dec. 13, 1857, and the will was pro- bated on the 17th of the same month. It was published, in full, as a pamphlet, in 1858 ; and it is from the pamphlet that the foregoing ex- tracts are taken. Parts of codicils 11, 13, and 15 were also printed in a pamphlet published by the Watkinson Library in 1859 ; but not so much as is herein contained. A memoir of Mr. Watkinson was read by Henry Barnard, LL.D., before the Connecticut Historical Society, Feb. 2, 1858, and a part of said memoir was published with the pamphlet of that year above men- tioned. g_ -y^r. A. INCORPORATING THE TRUSTEES OF THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. Whereas, The late David Watkinson, of Hartford, by his last will and testament and codicils thereto, since duly proved and approved, created a board of trustees, consisting of Alfred Smith, James B. Hosmer, WiUiam L Storrs, Robert Watkinson, Henry Barnard, 2d, William R- Cone^ James Dixon, George Brinley, Jr., Thomas H. Seymour. Ezra Clark Sen.. Alfred Gill, James H. Wells, hdward B. Watkinson, and George M. Bartholomew, or such of them as should be living at the time of his decease, together with the Gov- cir^/'p State, the Pre^dent of the Connecticut Historical So- fh.^Rn,*? 'i''^''^'"''°L"'^,^^.^'^'"^"'''l^ Athenteum, the President of Pnnpli t? 1 ^'^^ .^''"f Institute, and the President of Trinity snnifhAv» ^^H^^ i^V^'' '""'' '^^'''^> and ex officio: which pei^ sons above named, and the survivors and successors of them together THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 59 with such Governor and presidents, were by said will and codicils created and declared to be u board of trustees, for the purpose and with the power of receiving, investing, managing, and from time to time appropriating and applying as therein directed, all moneys given or bequeathed to them in said will and codicils, in accordance with the directions therein given, particularly for the purpose of es- tablishing, 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, under such control, rules and regulations as in the judgment of said trustees and their successors will best secure the preservation of the books composing said library, and comport with the general convenience ; and also for purposes thereinafter speci- fied; and with power to fill any vacancy in their number, whether caused by death, resignation, incapacity, or removal out of the State; also in the same codicil directing, that as soon after his, the said tes- tator's, decease as can reasonably be done, said trustees do become incorporated, under an act of the General Assembly, or due authority of law, in order to carry out the objects of said bequest, and to man- age and use the same in accordance with his directions in said cod- icil. And whereaK, by several of the codicils relating to said library of ref- erence, said Watkinson bequeathed to his executors in trust for said trustees, a sum or sums of money, the amount of which cannot be de.ermined or ascertained until a sals of said testator's property and a settlement of his estate shall be duly made, and also gave sundry directions or permissions to the trustees to apply the sums bequeath- ed, to the objects of enlarging the accommodations of the said His- torical Society, or adding to their rooms, for said library of refer- ence; of a librarian fund; of purchasing models, casts, and speci- mens of art, to be donated to the Wadsworth Athenfeum; of pur- chasing, to a limited amount, out of the principal sum of said be- quest, books for said library of reference; and of constituting a li- brary fund, the income of which only to be applied for the pur- poses specified in said codicil or codicils; together with sundry di- rections therein as to making investments, keeping acccounts of payments and expenditures, publishing an annual report for the in- formation of the public, and preparing and publishing, from time to time, a catalogue of said library, and other provisions, as set forth in said will and codicils, or any of them, a printed copy whereof is here present, to be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of State, to which reference may and is to be had; therefore, Resolved by this AnsemUy, Sec. 1. That Alfred Smith, James B. Hosmer, William L. Storrs, Robert Watkinson, Henry Barnard, 2d, William R. Cone, James Dixon, George Brinley (late junior), Thomas H. Seymour, Ezra Clark, Sen., Alfred Gill, Edward B. Watkinson, and George M. Bartholomew, being the survivors of the persons indi- vidually named as trustees in said will and codicils, together with the Governor of Connecticut, the president of the Connecticut Historical Society, the president of the Wadsworth Athenasum. the president of the Hartford Young Men's Institute, and the president of Trinity Col- lege, the last five, for the time being, and ex officio, and their succes- sors in said trust, be and they hereby are created and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the " Trustees of the Wat- kinson Library," by which name they may sue and be sued, contract 60 THE WATKINSON LtBRAEY. and be contracted -with, have, use, and at pleasure alter a common seal, be known in all courts and other places, and do all acts and things proper to such trustees. Sec. 3. Said trustees shall and may receive from the executors of said will and the codicils to the same, all such moneys or olher things be- queathed to or intended for said trustees by the testator, or as shall be donated to them by others; shall hold, invest, manage, apply, and ap- propriate, all such moneys or other things; shall keep accounts, pub- lish reports or statements, fill vacancies, make rules, regulations, and by-laws, and do ail other lawful acts and things necessary or expedient to carry out the objects of said bequest, in accordance with the true intent and meaning of said testator. Said trustees shall have power to choose a president, a pecretary or secretaries, a treasurer, and such other officers as they shall find necessary or expedient; to unite with the said Historical Society in providing lOoms for the library of refer- ence and appointing a lilararian, and in all other things necessary or expedient, and all in accordance with the will, codicils, and intention of said testator; also, to determine the times and places of all stated or special meetings of said trustees, and the notice that shall be given of holding the same, and in general, to determine, by votes or by-laws, all matters relative to the mode and manner of carrying out the inten- tions of said testator, in accordance with said will and codicils. Sec. 3. The funds, property, and estate which may be granted to or held by said corporation for the uses above specified, shall, with the income thereof, be exempt from taxation. Sec. 4. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed at the pleas- ure of the general assembly. Approved June 8, 1858. — [Private Acts, May session, 1858.] Note. — It will be seen that James H. Wells, who had been named by Mr. Watkinson as one of the Trustees, had died before the passage of the Act of incorporation ; and therefore his name is not included among the charter members. S. W. A. AMENDING THE CHARTER OP THE TRUSTEES OP THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. Resolved by this Assembly : The Trustees of the Watkinson Library are authorized to fill any vacancy in their board by electing as one of said trustees the Mayor of the City of Hartford, for the time being, and ex officio; anything in the charter of said trustees to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 8, 1882. — [Private Acts, 1883, p. 370.] [statement of J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, LL.D., LIBRARIAN.] Watkinson Library op Repesbncb, Hartford, Conn., April 13, 1876. Dr. E. K. Hunt, Commissioner, d-c. My Bear Sir ; In compliance with your request, I give the follow- ing brief account of the Watkinson Library, in its relations to other agencies of public instruction in this city. Its honored founder, Mr. David Watkinson, a merchant of Hartford who died in 1857, bequeathed to trustees $100,000 and a co-residunry THE WATEINSON LIBRARY. 61 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 reasouablf hours and times to all citizens, and other residents, and visitors in the State of Connecticut." The trustees named by the will were incorporated by an act of legislature in May, 1858. _ A building was erected, adjacent to and directly communicat- ing with the main hall of the Historical Society, and by the purchase of the Wadsworth mansion and grounds, adjoining the site of the new building; ample provision was made for the future enlargement of the library. The present librarian was appointed in 1862, and the purchase of books was begun the same year. At the date of the last annual report, Dec. 14, 1875, the whole number of volumes in the library was 26,788. The total amount expended for books to that date was $63,143.58. In the course of settlement of Mr. Watkinson's estate, payments made by the executors, on account of the residuary interest, have increased the library fund to |117,613.77. The annual appropria- tion for the purchase of books is about $5,000. The Connecticut Historical Society has a central and convenient location, on Main Street, in the south wing of the Wadsworth Atheneum. The central division of the Atheneum is appropriated, under tbe trust deed of the founder, Mr. Daniel Wadsworth, to a Gallery of Fine Arts ; and the north wing, to the library and reading rooms of the Young Men's Institute. The Historical Society's library now contains about 16,000 volume.', exclusive of the Society's large and very valuable collection of manuscripts, bound and unbound. The library of the Institute is maintained by annual subscriptions of the members as a circulating library. Mr. Watkinson authorized his trustees to appro- priate SoOO, yearly, from the income of the Watkinson Library fund, to the purcliase of books for the library of the Institute, and this appropriation has been regularly made since 1861. He authorized also the annual appropriation of $500 to the purchase of works of art for the gallery of the Atheneum. For purposes of consultation, the Watkinson and tbe Historical Society's libraries are virtually one, with an aggregate of about 43,000 volumes designed for reference, and are supplemented by the Institute library of circulation, now incieased, by favor of Mr. Watkinson's bequest and generous donations by other citizens, to about 26,000 volumes. In the general plan of the Watkinson Library, the trustees aimed to give effect to the obvious intention of the founder, in making provision for a library which should be — not merely by its location — "accessible to aKc;ft'zCT/« and other residents of Connecticut." The selection of books has been made with a constant regard to practical value and general utility, rather than to rarity or to the amusement of visitors. The library has been considered as, in the highest sense, an educational agency ; and the expenditure of the annua) 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 exclusiteness, the trustees have endeavored not to fall into the opposite error of too great comprehensiveness, by attempting to cover, with their linJited 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 " — encyclopasdias, dictionaries, gazetteers, etc. , — the library, as compared with other American libraries, is well supplied. In bibliography, — books abdut books, — to working readers, one of the most important departments of a reference library, there are already about 2,(J00 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 fiirnished 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 oilers to all classes advantages for the prosecution of special studies as well as for the acquisition of general information, it has thus 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," .1. Hammond Tkdmbdll, 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. a W. A. THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. 63 BY-LAWS, ADOPTED DKCBMBBE, 1858. (With subsequent amendments.) 1. MEETINGS. 1 . An Annual Meeting of tlie 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. 2. OPFICEKS. 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 : Protided, that if there be a vacancy, or if the anniial meeting shall not take place, such 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 WATKINSON LIBRARY. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. An annual report of the condition of the fund and library shall be published for the information of the public. — [From the pamphlet con- taining the Charter etc., published in 1883.] OFFICERS OP THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. (Exclusive of such as are so ex offiaiis.) Presidents. Secretaries. A-lfred Smith 18.58-68. Edward B. Watliinson, 1858-84. George Brinley, 1868-;75. Charles H. Clarli, 1884-87. Wm. R. Cone, 1875- James B. Cone, 1888- Treasurers. George M. Bartholomew, 1858-86. Rowland Swift, 1887- Trustees. * Alfred Smith, 1858-68. Roiand Mather, 1860- * James B. Hosmer, 1858-78. * Ebenezer K. Hunt, 1862-'89. * Wm. L. Storrs, 1858-61. *ColIins Stone, 1867-70. * Robert Watliinsou, 1858-67. Rowland Swift, 18S8- Henry Barnard, 1858- *Geo. H. Clarli, 1868-81. Wm. R. Cone, 1858- * James C. Jaclison, 1868-82. * James Dixon, 1858-73. Nathaniel Shipman, 1875- * George Brinley, 1858-75. Francis Goodwin, 1875- *Thos. H. Seymour, 1858-68, Austin C. Dunham, 1875- *Ezra Claris;. Sen., 1858-69. Chas. Hopkins Clark, 1883- * Alfred Gill, 1858-59. Theodore Lyman, 1883- * Ed ward B. Watkinsou, 1858-'84. James B. Cone, 1886- George M. Bartholomew, 1858-'86. Jacob L. Greene, 1886- NOTB. — 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' (1863), and, ex officio, a Trustee from 1863 to 1889. S. W. A. * Deceased. VI. THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. INCOBPORATING THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. — PASSED 1845. Mesolved 5v '^is Assembly, That Charles H. Olmsted, John L. Corn- stock, Phillip Ripley, Joseph Monds, William W. Turner, Henry W. Terry, and those who are or may be hereafter associated with them, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate by the name of Tfie Connecticut Society of Natural History ; and by that name shall be ca- pable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, may purchase, receive, hold and convey any estate real or personal, not exceeding five thou- sand dollars, and may establish such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary or convenient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Provided, that this resolve may at any time be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly. — [Private Acts, 1845.] Note. — This Society was organized a,s 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 in AYashington (now Trinity) College, was its first President, and the late Erastus Smith was its Corresponding Secretary. In May, 1836, 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 1835 it was kept by Charles Dicker- son, "at No. 3 Central Row, up stairs." (See Norton's Register, 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 cf the Society incorporated as above. The collections of this Society must have been placed in the Athe- naeum building very soon after the completion of the latter. Geer's Directory for 1847, says : "The Natural History Society, with very handsome collections, occupy a large room in the first story of the 66 THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OP NATURAL HISTOBY. south division of the Athenaeum." By the terms of the Act incorpo- rating Wadsworth 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 Sooiety 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 oiBcers, 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. Reaording Secretaries. Erastus Smith, 1835-1843. Henry W. Terry. 1844-1846. Erastus Smith, 1847-1853. William R. Lawrence, 1854-1856. John C. Comstock, 1857-1858. George B. Hawley, il.D., 1859-1873. The latest published list of its officers, that of 1873, was as follows : President — William W. Turner. Vice-Presideiits — E.ein:j W. Terry, John 8. Butler, and John Brocklesby. Gorrespdndivg Secretary — K. W. Barrows. Recording Secreldry — George B. Hawley. Treasurer — George B. Hawley. Librarian — Qurdon W. Russell. Curator of Ichthyology — Charles H. Olmsted. Curator of Uniithology — S. G. Jloses. Curator of Botany — John P. Brace. Curator of Gonchology — 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. AVhat is its present condition is not known to the """'"'■ S. W. A. VII. THE ART SOCIETY OF HAETFORD. ACT OF INCORPORATION. Section 1. That Mary D. Ely, Elizabeth H. Colt, Eliza T. Robin- son, Sarah J. Cowan, Mary P. Collins, Alice Tainlor, Harriet G. Jones, Joseph R, Hawley, Francis Goodwin, James G. Batterson, Edwin P. Parker, Frank L. Burr, Charles Dudley Warner, and Henry C. Robin- son, all of Hartford, together with all persons who are members of the voluntary association known as The Art Society of Hartford, now lo- cated in said Hartford, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted and made a body politic and corporate by the name of The Art Society of Hartford, under their present constitution and by-laws, with power to amend said constitution and by-laws, and make and establish such other bj'-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem expedient for the management of the concerns of said corporation, and the same to alter and repeal at pleasure; provided always, that such constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations be not inconsistent with the laws of this state, or of the United States. Skc. 2. The purposes and objects of said corporation shall be, to promote and encourage the knowledge and piactice of art in the com- munity by any proper measures; to eslablish classes and schools for instruction in art for ornamental, industrial, or other purposes, in such manner and under such regulations as it may deem best; to provide for sales of decorative, arti.stic, and other work; to take charge of, add to, and manage the art gallery now in the Athenasum in Hartford; to establish and maintain any other art gallery; and to do any other acts necessary or desirable to carry out the above named purposes. Skc. ij. Said corporation may receive, purchase, hold, and dispose of, at its pleasure, real and personal property to an amount not exceed- ing fifty thousand dollars at any ore lime. Skc. 4. The first meeting of said corporation shall be held on call of three of the above named corporators, by written notice, signed by them, stating the time and place of meeting, addressed to each of the corporators personally named herein, and deposited in the post-office in .said Hartford at least five days before the day of meeting. Skc. 5. This charter shall take effect upon its being accepted by a majority vote of the corporators present at said first meeting, or any other meeting specially called for that purpose, and notice of such acceptance shall be given by the said corporation, causing a certificate to that effect, signed by its president and secretary, to be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Approved, Marcjj 13, 1880. [Special Acts, 1886.] Note.— '^ot only by virtue of the foregoing Act of Incorporation, but also pursuant to an amendment to the Charter of Wadsworth Athenajum, passed in 1889 (see p. 43, ante), the Art Society has become 68 THE ART SOCIETY OF HARTFORD. one of the occupants of the Athenaeum building. By an arrangement made with the Trustees of the Athenaeum 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 Presid^ent, 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. I'reasurer — Mrs. F. G. Whitmore. 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. B. Ely,Mrs. P. 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 WADS WORTH ATHENJEUM, THE CONN. HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE HARTFORD LIBRARY ASSO- CIATION, AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE WATKINSON LIBRARY. The committees appointed by the Stockholders of Wadsworth AtheniEum, the Connecticut 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 and report: Each of these institutions is incorporated under a special charter, and holds real and personal property in trust, for specific uses. The 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 of the opinion that a more intimate connection of the institutions they represent, for the purpose of establishing a free public library of reference and circulation and a free art gallery, if practicable, would greatly promote the public good and the ends for which these institu- tions were severally founded and endowed. Before suggesting a mode of efiecting this connection, and consider- ing 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. The Stockholders of Wadsworth Athenaeum 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 represented bf stock of the nominal value of $29,700. They have a very small fund at their disposal, and its annual income, with the addition of receipts from 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 1825, holds, under the trust deed of Mr. Wadsworth before mentioned, the south division of the Athenseum building and the land east of it on which the building occupied by the Wfttkipson Library stapds. Tlife society has 70 REPORT OP THE JOINT COMMITTEES. a library of more than 20,000 titles, comprising many rare volumes and tracts relating to American history (especially the history of Connecti- cut) and a large and highly important collection of manuscripts ; a museum of objects of hi^torical, ethnological, and antiquarian inteie^l; and a considerable collection of portraits. The hall is open to all visitors, and the use of the Society's library is allowed, under ordinary resliiclious, to the public. The funds of the society — including a publication fund of about $3,000 — novif 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 menjbers) has sufficed to meet current expenses and the cost of publishing two volumes of collection — though without supplying means for adding to the library, or for properly arranging its books and manuscripts. The Hartford Library Association, incorporated (as the Young Men's Institute) in 1839, has, under Mr. Wadsworth's deed pf trust, the use, free of rent, of the north division of the Wadsworth AtheniEum. 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,.')56. Since 1863, the library has received from the Trustees of the Watkinson Library, in accordance with a provision of Mr. Watkinson'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, 186(), 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 Stanley, bequeathed to the Trustees, for the increase of the library. By the will of the late Mr. George Brinlev, President of the board of Trustees, the library received a gitt 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 that of the Historical Society, Mr. Watkinson bequeathed 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 Histoiical Society reserving 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 payment by the Historical Society of an equal amount towards the cost of another REPORT OP THE JOINT COMMITTEES. 71 building. Both libraries have already outgrown the accommodations thus provided. The VVatkinson 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 property, adjoining the land of the Athenfeum on the east and with a frontage on Priispect 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 the several trusts — hitherto, without cost to the city or State. The present value of the property so dedicated lo 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. Athenaeum. Hartford Lib. $50,000 $100,000 |3,000 $20,000 30,000 108,000 30,000 19,000 15,000 30,000 195,000 1208,000 $6a,000 $39,000 LiBRAKiEs: The Watkinson, 36,000 vols. $100,000 jiartford 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 ^««than $80,000 Total value of the libraries, estimated, $300,000 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 Athenseum (trust), 30,000 GrALLEar OP Art: Wadsworth Athenaeum, certainly not less than 30,000 Museum of Connecticut Historical Society, not estimated. $404,847 Watkinson Libeauy, Land on Prospect street. 72 REPORT OP THE JOINT COMMITTEES. How may these four institutions be so .united, under one general management — yet witliout surrender of their corporate existence and privileges — as to constitute in fact and name a Fkeb Public Libkaky 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 Athenseum 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 Athenseum building is to be arranged 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 in the central division: (3) 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 only the consent of all the institu- tions interested in the building, but (1) the surrender by the stock- holders of Wadsworth Athenaium of their art gallerv to public use, and (3) 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 lounder. Of this board the Governor of the State of Connecticut, the President of the Connecticut Historical Society, the President of Wadsworth Athenajum, 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 Fublic Lilirary 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 OP THE JOINT COMMITTEES. 73 their consent. The Committees suggest that the name and corporal e existence of the Association may be perpetuated by the incorporation of a board of trustees to be elected liy the members of the A.ssociation 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 Watkinson Library, in a general board of managers of the Public Library. Jiore important than details of organization — which may be left for future consideration and mutual agreement — are the questions, what will be the cost of establishing and the annual expense of maintaining the free library and gallery, and how is the money to be provided? The cost of the pioposed alterations of the building and of a new library building to contain at least 100,000 volumesj in accordance with the plans laid before your Committees, cannot safely be estimated at less than $7.5,000. For this we must appeal, in the first instance, lo the liberality of thecitizensof Hartford, and past experience has shown that the appeal will not be made in vain. That the institutions we ■ represent are the trustees of neaily 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 fS.OOO. 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 years, the annual expenses of the propo.sed free library and gallery. In all departments, may be estimated at from $13,000 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 by the General Assembly of laying a tax of one fifth of a mill on the grand list of the city, for establi.'-hing and maintaining the proposed free libiary 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 Athenaeum 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 eilectiag these alterations and for the new building, shall be appointed; one member 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. Haktpord, June 29th, 1883. WILLIAM K. CONE, } stockhoX"'"of' °mdsworth E. K. HUNT, ) Athenaeum. S W™2mS ™™'''^'^' I Committee of CHARLES J. HO ADLY, f ^he Conn. Historical Society. GEO. M. BARTHOLOMEW, ) ^„ •,,„„ . A DUNHAM i Committee of FRANCIS GOODWIN, j The Watkinson Library. ALBERT L. BUTLER, ) n -t* t ,y, CHAS. HOPKINS CLARK, I „ ?i"T^*-*r ?^ . THEODORE LYMAN, [ Hartford Library Ass n. Note. — 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_ "^ ^, IX. ADDENDA. th:^ haktfoed libkakt 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, Rector of Christ Church, Amariah Brigham, 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, 33 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 HAETPORD LIBRAET ASSOCIATION. THE HARTFORD LIBRART ASSOCIATION. In what lias 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 8. 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 Bos well, - 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 1873. " 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), l'000!00 1887. ■" George D. Sargent (two bequests), - 6!400.00 Total, . $46,608.35 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, 1868-187.T ; Miss C. M. Hewina, since 1875. THE HARTPOED LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 77 Lectures. From 1838 to 1S74 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 (3), 1843, 1845 (6). Bishop Georse 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, 1843 (3), 1844. Hon. Wm. N Matson, 1839, 1840. Benj. Silliman, Sen., LL.D., 1839 (3), 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. Larned, 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 (3). 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 (3). Rev. Wm. B. Sprague, LL.D., 1843, 1844. Prof. Eleazar T. Fitch, 1842. Rev. Jeremiah S. Baton, 1842. Col. Wm. L. Stone, 1843. Hon. George Bancroft, 1843. 78 THE HAETFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Hon. Charles Eames, 1842. Rev. John Lord, LL.D., 1843 (6). Rev. Henry Giles, 1843, 1847, 1850, 1851. Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843 (3), 1853, 1858, 1865, 1866 Rev. Oliver E. Daggett, D.D., 1843, 1844, 1855. Hon. Josiah Quincy, 1843. Hon. Levi Woodbury, 1843. Benj. Silliman, 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 (3). Rev. Orville Dewey, D.D., 1845, 1847. Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1846, 1847, 1848. Hon; Isaac W. Stuart, 1846 (2), 1853. Rev. Walter Clarke, D.D., 1846, 1847. Rev. Joel T. Pleadley, 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, 1858. 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 (3). Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, 1850 (4), 1851 (2), 1861 (3). Hon. Bayard Taylor, 1851, 1854, 1862. Hon. Henry B. Stanton, 1851. i Henry N. Hudson, LL.D., 1851. Bishop Tho. M. Clark, 1851, 1853 (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, 1853. Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., 1853. 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, 1869, 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, 1863, 1864. 1868, 1869, 1870, 1873 (2). ...,,, J. H. Wainwrigbt. Esq., 1855. Wm. 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 (3). Francis H. Underwood, LL.D., 1857. Rev. Elias L. Magoon, D.D., 1857. Isaac I. Hayes, M.D., 1858. Brownlee Brown, Esq., 1858. James Russell Lowell, LL.D., 1858. Bishop Frederick D. Huntington, 1858, 1860, 1862. Rev, Natb. J. Burton, D.D., 1858. George Vandenboff, A.M., 1859 (3), 1861 (2), 1863 (6), 1864 (2), 1865, 1866, 1867 (3), 1868. Donald G. Mitchell, LL.D., 1859. Col. Tho. Wentwortb 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. Gough, 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., 1867. 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. Oilman, 1871. Hon. Daniel Dougherty, 1871. Rev. John Hall, D.D., 1871. Miss Anna E. Dickinson, 1871. George MacDonald, 1872. Francis Bret Harte, Esq., 18';;3. 80 THE HARTFORD ARTS UNION. John Brougham, 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 the 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 HAKTFOBD AKTS 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 rii>al 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 HAETFOKD LINEAN [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 time. g_ W. A. X. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SOCIETY. By Frank B. Gat. 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 JSew England Hhtm-ical 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); a9tion on the deaths of Hon. Thomas Day (Courant and Times, March 3, 1855) and Dr. Robbins (Courant, Sept. 20, 1856, li 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 Incorpokation 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 ofBcers, 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. The Constitution 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 Rev. William T. Bacon, Mrs. Lydia H. Sigouruey, Dr. Edward 11 (81) 82 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. P. Terry, and Miss Coinelia L. Tuthill. This programme was dra%Yn up by Henry Barnard, and articles on the proposed celebi-ation had appeared in his Connecticut Cotnmon /School Journal, vol. II., pp- 100, 180. IV. [Cklbbration by the Connecticut Historical Society of the 300th Anniversary of the Adoption of the First Constitu- tion of Connecticut, at Hartford, April 21, 1840, In the Hart- ford Daily Gourant, 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 occasion by Noah Webster, LL.D., has ever been put in more permanent form. ' V. Rbminiscences 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. 263-294), is given an account of the celebra- tion by the Society, 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 Society of the adoption of the first constitution of Con- necticut, 184U ; lists of members and ojBficers. VII. * Historical Notices of Connecticut, published under the patronage of the Connecticut Historical Society. No. 1 ; con- taining Hartford in 1640. No. 2; containing Hartford and West Hartford. By William S. Porter. Hartford, April, June, 1843. pp. 13; 13-48. 12mo. Contents. — Settlements; Purchase, Indian deed; Original proprietors and settlers ; Organization ; Original streets ; Original house lots ; Locations of first settlei'S ; Genealogies of families ; Divisions of the town ; Town roads ; Burying ground ; Settlers in Hartford, IfMO-lTOO ; Proprietors' votes ; West division, proprietors' lots ; Highways ; First settlers and locations. This pubhcation, 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 of 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 36th 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 takmg possession of their rooms in the Wadsworth Athenaeum." 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 of thr 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. 338. Svo. "After the followinar eulogy was pronounced, the author was requested .... to edit Gov. Smith's correspondence and papers. In consequence of that request, the original intention of publishing the eulogy by itself, under the direction of the Historical Society, was abandoned. ' ' — From the Preface. XI. History op the Indians of Connbcticut 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. Reprinted at Hartford in 1853 and 1853 : also, without change, at Albany in 1871. XII. [Address by the Hon. Henry C. Dbming, on the occasion of the Presentation of Gen. Putnam's Sword to the Connecticut Historical Society, Jan. 19, 1859. (In the Daily Courant, Jan. 20, 1859, 2| cols.; on the same day in the Daily Times, 2f cols.; Evening Prens, 1 col. ; Evening Post, ^ 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 Bunker Hill, Bost., 1875, app. p. 167; and in Justin Wiusor's Reader'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. 8vo. Edited, with introduction and notes, hy J. H. Trumbull, from the original, written in 16.38, and now preserved in the Massachusetts archives. XIV. *C0L1;ECTI0NS OP THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vol.1. Hartford, 1860. pp. xii., (4), 332. Svo. Conteife.— Charters; By-laws; Orticers, 18.59-60; 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 o£ 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 HiU, 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- lished it in the Register and Manual of Connecticut for 1889, pp. 438-441. XV. Report op a Committee of the Connecticut Historical Society, on a plan for enlarging the Society's building and establishing its connection with the Watkinson Library of Reference. Presented, April 15, 1863, and printed by order of the Society. Hartford, 1862. pp. 13. 8vo. XVI. Thb 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 Qourant, January 9, 1869. Hartford, 1869,. pp. 15, 8to. 84 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. XVII. Collections of the Connbcticut Historical Societt. vol. II. Hartford, 1870. pp. (4), 380. 8vo. Contents.— On the composition of Algonkin geographical names, bj' J. Ham- mond Trumliull; Papers relating to the controversy in the church in Hart- ford, 1656-.59; Correspondence of Silas Deane, delegate to the Congress at Philadelphia, 1774-76. XVIII. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names, illus- trated from the Algonkin Languages. By J. Hammond Trumbull, President of the Connecticut Historical Society. From the Conn. Historical Society's Collections, vol. II. Hartford, 1870. pp. 51, (4). 8vo. XIX. Some Helps fob the Indians: A Catechism in the language of the Quiripi Indians of New Haven Colony, By the Kev. 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 Eev. A. Pierson's " Some helps for the Indians," Gershom Bulkeley's " Will and Doom," and extracts of letters from sundry ministers in Connecticut to Eev. Thomas Prince, of Boston, giving historical notices of their towns. While the volume was on the press in April, 1875, 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 ie in existence. XXI. Libraries. By William I. Fletcher. Wadsvporth Athenaeum. — The Connecticut Historical Society. — Hartford Library Association. — Watkinson Library of Reference (In Memorial History of Hartford County. Boston, 1886. pp. 541-550.) XXIL * Diary OF Thomas RoBBiNS, D.D. 1796-1854. Printed for his nephew [Bobbins Battell], Owned by the Connecticut Historical Society. In two volumes. Edited and an- notated by Increase N. Tarbox. Vol. 1. 1796-1835. Boston, 1886. pp. vii, 1053. 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 Deerfleld. (In the Springfield, Mass., Daily Union, vol. 36, 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 JPost, of i June 4th and 5th. XXIV. * Birthday of the State of Connecticut. Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Annivetsary 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 Wethersfleld, 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 aud 25th of January. OFFICERS AKD 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 HISTOKICAL SOCIETY. OFFICERS 1889-90. psesidbnt. Hon. ROBBINS BATTELL, Vice-Presidents. JOHN W. STEDIIAN, . 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. GAT, CHARLES J. HOADLT, LL.D, FRANK B. GAY, ROWLAND SWIFT, Norfolk. Hartford. New Haven. New London. Bridgeport. Litchfield. Essex. rockvillb. Treasurer. Becording 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 FARN8W0RTH STARR, (87) Committee on Monthly Papers. CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. CHARTER MEMBERS, MAT, 1825. NAMES. Besidence. Date or Death. *Battell, Joseph, *Brownell, Thomas Church, *Burhaii8, 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, *01m3tead, Hawley, *Peters, John Samuel, *Pitkin, Timothy, *Robbins, Thomas *Sherman, Roger Minot, *Sumner, George *Todd, Eh *Toucey, Isaac *Trumbull, Benjamin, *Trumbull, John, *Welles, 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, Parmington, 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 37, Jan, 15, Sept. 15, Sept. 9, May 11, Oct. 1, June 16, Feb. 4, Oct. 12, July 29, Dec. 3, March 30, Dec. 18, Sept. 18, 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 1863 1861 1889 1850 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 89 CHARTER MEMBERS, MAT, 1839. NAMES. Residence. Date op Death. *Bacon, Epapbroditus Champion,.. *Bacoii, Leonard Barnard, Henry, 3d *Boardman, David Sherman, *Brownell, Thomas Church, *Bulkley, George Rose *Butler, Thomas Belden, *Davies, Charles *Day, Thomas *Ellsworth, William Wolcott, *Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, ... *Goodwin, Nathaniel, *Herrlck, Edward Claudius, *Hinman, Royal Ralph, *Hodges, Elkanah H *Hosmer, Charles, *Huntington, Samuel Howard *Johnson, Nathan *Judson, Andrew T., *Kingsley, .lames Luce, *Mitchel], Walter, *01mstead, Hawley, *Peters, John Samuel, , Porter, Noah, Jr., *Robblns, Thomas, •Rockwell. John Arnold, *Sherman, Roger Minot, *Sumner, George, *Smith, Erastus, *Toucey, Isaac *Waldo, Loren Pinckney, *Welle8, Martin, *Williams, William Trumbull,. Litchfield, New Haven, Hartford, New Milford, Hartford, Hartford, Norwalk, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, New Haven, Hartford, Torrington, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Canterbury, New Haven, Hartford , New Haven, Hebron, New Milford, Rochester,Mass, Norwich, Fairfield, Hartford, Hartford Hartford, Tolland, Wethersfield, Lebanon, Jan. 11, 1845 Dec. 24, 1881 Dec. 3, 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, .luly 29, Dec. 3, March 30, 1864 1865 1842 1873 1876 1855 1868 1851 185* 1862 1868 1862 1871 1880 1852 1853 1853 1849 1868 1858 Sept. Feb. Dec. Feb. Oct. July Sept. Jan. 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Allen, Jeremiah Marvin, Bacon, Leonard H.,f Bates, Albert Carlos Battel], Robbins ■ . • Boardman, William Francis Joseph, *Bolles, James a, t March 29, 1871 *Boswell, Charles,! Oct. 3,1884 *Brown, Roswell,-|- March 18, 1877 *Butler, Albert W.,t March 5,1858 Case, Newtoii,f Chittenden, Henry A. ,-|- Clark, George Henry, S.T.D., Cleveland, Edmund Janes, *Day, Albert.f Nov. 10,1876 Day, John Calvin, *Dixon, James,t March 27, 1873 *Fox, Gurdon,t Sept. 12, 1852 *Geer, Elihu,t March 27, 1887 Goodwin, James Junius, Greene, Jacob L., *Hamilton, Silas B.,-)- *Hammond, Andrew G Aug. 26, 1867 Hayden, Jabez Haskell, *Hills, Ellery,f Jan. 9, 1870 Hills, Jonas Coolldge Huntington, Joseph S Hyde, Ephraim Henry, Jr Judson, Curti8,f *Lyman, Christopher C.,f May 28, 1883 Lyman, Theodore, Morris, Jonathan Flynt, *NichoIs, Cyprian.f Aug. 18, 1853 *01msted, John,f Jan. 25, 1873 *Roberts, Waterman, f Nov, 9, 1857 *Smith, Thomas,! April 4^1882 Starr, Frank Farnsworth, Stearns, Charles Cummings, Rev., Stearns, Henry Putnam, M.D. , , . CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 99 Date of Death. Swift, Rowland, Terry, James, Jr., *Terry, Stephen, April 33, 1889 TiflEany, 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.f Nov. 31, 1861 Ward, "William A., f. Warner, Charles Dudley *Watkinson, Robert, f June 10, 1867 Welles, Edgar Thaddeus, Wells, Edward W., Wheeler, Richard A., * Williams, Thomas Scott.f Dec. 15, 1861 t These persons were admitted Life Members of ttie Connecticut Historical Society in consideration of contributions to the building of the Wadsworth A thenaeum. 100 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ^CO -OCOtDGOlO 'T-^t'lOVi^^<»-r-t''^ • -^ Oi C^ •OOQOlO'^i-i OO 00 • 00 00 X> 00 00 • CO GO 00 00 00 00 00 00 ■ OO 00 OO . 00 0& OO 00 00 oo'"o" '. ci' oi ^ -i-i ! oTco co '. cS cxS ^ d Ir^ (MOD . (M T-l . C* Ci C4 CQ CJ CO O? . GQ r-i , C^ C5 C^ >■' 'n • c5 d ^" d rH* • d ^ '^* § d rt s^^ '^^ * *a' ri ^ • t*"" '^ "^ d ^ C0THCD10O100SC5'<*05O0iTt<->#T-ll0O10'^C010^05OCD0il0 OOOOODOOOOOOOOaOOOOOQOaOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOQGOO CO o i> CO 00 '^ « b^>' ^ b-e b»c b'S 5 ns o c3 Ci ^^be^go^^?g^=«og^ssg.?s^^p^Ssa O v a n caajC«c8--.S;oaic3.t;c50aj'53c3iB ^6: <1 CO K 03 .s s Tj M-H :^ c o ■^ fc £ S m T3 fe ?? 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O £ s ^- c: 03 J, S i £ ^^ ts S i; S .S " -S OJ QJ OJ OP OJ * * * * * * * * o W o -— O 2 =3 bO'.-.^ O o a j; o o o ■(- 'El t" * * * * * 112 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRESENT MEMBERS. NAMES, Residence. Date of Admission. 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 P. , Rev. , Barbour, Lucius A Barnard. Henry, LL.D., L.H.D.,.. Bates, Albert Carlos Battell, Robbins, Hon. Batterson, James Goodwin, Bill, Henry, Hon Boardman, Wm. Francis Joseph, . . Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, Brainard, Leverett, Brinley , George P Brown, Frederick S. , Burnbam, Roderick H. , Chapman, Charles Richard, Hon., Clark, Charles Hopkins Clark, George Henry, 8.T.D Cleveland, Edward Spicer, Hon.,. Cleveland, Edmund Janes Cone, James Brewster, Cornwall, Horace Cotliren, William, Day, John Calvin, Demiog, Lucius Parman, Hon., . . Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Prof., Fenn, John Roberts Ferguson, Henry, Rev Fisher, Geo. Park, S.T.D., LL.D., Fletcher, William I Puller, 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, William Sumner, Hon., . . Gowdy, Francis, Greene, Jacob L., Hartford, Hartford, Broad Brook, Hartford, Hartford, Wethersfield, Bloomfleld, Hartford, Hartford, East Gran by, Norfolk, Hartford, Norwich, Hartford, Woodstock, Hartford, Newington, Hartford, Bloomfleld, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Woodbury, 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, Nov. 3, Oct. 9, Oct. 1, April Nov. 3, la. Nov. 5, Dec. 3, April May, July Oct. 6, 3, 4, March 5, May May March 39, 2, 5, May April Dec. 8, 3, 3, Dec. 1, May May Nov. 25. 17, 5, Nov. 9, Dec. 2, June 3, Nov. 9, Nov. 2, Dec. 3, Nov. 7, Nov. 5, June 3, May Dec. 7, 13, April Dec. 6, 4, Nov. 1, Oct. 7, July Dec. 2, 13, Feb. 1, June 7, May March 31, 5, July 1, 1875 1888 1889 1889 1888 1889 1889 1886 1839 1889 1870 1889 1888 1883 1889 1877 1889 1872 1885 1875 1864 1889 1886 1884 1874 1853 1875 1889 1883 1889 1884 1889 1876 1886 1883 1887 1889 1889 1876 1887 1887 1873 1889 1873 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 HaTvley, Joseph Roswell, Hon. Hayden, Hezekiah Sidney, Hon.,.. Hayden, 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, Larned, Ellen D., Lee, William H Lewis, John B. , M.D., Love, Wm. DeLoss, Jr., Rev., . . . Lyman, Theodore Lyon, Irving Whitall, JI.D., Mather, Horace E., Mather, John P C, Hon., Mather, Roland Maxwell, George, McCook, John J., Rev McManus, Thomas, Hon., Middlebrook, Louis N Morgan, Foirest Morgan, Junius Spencer, Morris, John Emery Morris, Jonathan Plynt Moseley, Gilbert Gates, Nash, Charles S., Rev., Ney , John M Parker, Francis Hubert Patterson, D. Williams Residence. Date op Admission. Perkins, Frederick Beecher,. Pitkin, Albert Palmer, Porter, Noah, S.T.D., LL.D.,.. . . Pratt, Lewellyn, D.D., Pynchon, Thomas Ruggles, S.T.D, LL.D. lb Rocky Hill, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Lyme, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Bridgeport, Thompson, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, New London, Hartford, Rockville, Hartford, Hartford, Bridgeport, Hartford, London, Eng., Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Newark Valley; N. Y., San Francisco, Cal., Hartford, New Haven, Norwich, Hartford, Oct. 1 9, July 2, Oct. 9, May 8, July May Feb May May Oct. May 36 Nov. 7, Nov. 13, April 3, Feb. 7, June 2, 7, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, April 6, April 6, April 6, Dec. Oct. July Oct. July July Oct. Nov. Oct. May Oct. Nov. May Dec. Nov. March 7 Nov. 1, May 7, Oct. 1 April 6 June 3 1888 1889 1888 1877 1875 1879 1889 1868 1889 1841 1885 1854 1888 1877 1854 1874 1878 1883 1889 1870- 1889 1889 1886 1886 1886 1885 1864 1844 1889 1889 1877 1883 1886 1843 1889 1871 1881 1889 , 1889 , 1886 1863 Oct. 6, 1857 Oct. 1, May, Nov. 1, 1839 1887 Dec. 15, 1846 114 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETYt PRESENT MEMBERS. — Continued. NAMES. Eesidenob. DATS or Admissioit,. Rathbun, Julius G Reid, Lewis Hubbard, Rev., Richards, Ellis G., Richardson, Ernest C, Rev., Robbins, Edward D Robbins, Edward W Russell, Gurdon Wadsworth, M.D., Russell, Thomas W Sanforri, Ellas 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 Woodhull 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, Middletown, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, New Haven, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Hartf on 1 , Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Hartford, Hartford, Stoningtoa, 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 39 Nov. 7, May 29 April 5 Oct. 5 May 8, April 6 March 6 June 3 Nov. 18 Nov. 5, Oct. 9 May 19, Feb. 16, Feb. 5, April May Jan. Dec. April Oct. Nov. June April Oct. July May 17, Nov. 13 1888 188a 1889 1889 1883 1887 1840 1889 1887 1889 1884 1889 1879 1888 1882 1888 1887 1875 1883 1886 1888 1873 1888 1889 1888 1868 1847 1889 1886 1883 1862 1884 1887 1845 1889 1873 1887 1849 1889 1864 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.