MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1894. MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY, s+.Uou^. PRESIDENT'S ADDREiS^,,, ^:^ CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS AND LIST OF MEMBERS JUNE i, 1894. y Mr WiB. Hist, Soa% PRESS OF NtSON-JONKS PRINTING CO.. 215 PINE STREET, ST. LODIS. MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Founded 1866. PRESIDENTS James H. Lucas 1866-68 Nathan Ranney 1869-72 Albert Todd 1873-74 John B. Johnson 1875-76 James G. Barry 1877-78 Peter L. Foy . 1878-80 Edwin Harrison 1880-82 George E. Leighton 1882-90 EmL Preetorius, Acting President 1890-93 Marshall S. Snow . . 1894 OFFICERS FOR 1894. President : Marshall S. Skow. First Vice-President: Emil Pkeetorius. Second Vice-President : Dr. Charles D. Stevens. Secretary : William J. Seever. Treasurer: Dr. Charles D. Stevens. Advisory Committee: George E. Leighton, Henry Hitchcock, John H. Terrt, Joseph Botce, Melvin L. Gray, Marshall S. Snow, ex-ojfficiG. PRESIDEIN^T'S ADDRESS. May 8, 1894. The seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have each opened with decided hteraiy tendencies. The first dawned in the clear, growing light of the era of Elizabeth, when the early forces of English Literature were in full play. The second came forward with less fascination, with more tame and tempered light, as the Augustan Age of art. The third, the age of Scott, and Byron, and Shelley, and Wordsworth, restored us again to the impassioned power and freshness of the earlier period of the seventeenth century, and broke upon the English-speaking world in a day of creative energy, clothed anew with beauty and with strength. It is too early, perhaps, to characterize the middle and latter half of this century, which opened so auspiciously, in its rela- tions to those periods that have gone before and those that are to follow, i^ot until the issues of an age are seen can we certainly say for what it is making ready, in w^hat direction it is modif3qng the life it has received. Certainl}'" these midway years of the present century have not been dis- tinctively creative in literary art as compared with 6 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. those that immediately preceded them. They seem rather to indicate a gentle subsidence of those inventive powers which so exultingly lifted the national mind in Scott, Byron and Words- worth. The present is a prose rather than a poetic era, notwithstanding the fact that more poetry is written to-day than ever before. Questions of science, new theories, new fictions, new presenta- tions of the life of past ages chase each other more rapidly around theEnghsh globe than new poems. While, however, it is a prose period, one of very diversified and very busy inquiry, of sharp and destructive criticism, of bold theory, and of practical reform everywhere and in everything, it can better be considered, while waiting for its final literary relations to disclose themselves, as a period of diffusion. In this particular it is broadly and nobly distinguished from every age that has gone before it. Above all ages our own deserves honor for this enlargement of thought, this scattering everywhere of some scant measure, at least, of the treasures of literary art. The scientific is, on the whole, the predominant phase of thought with us. Philosophy seems sometimes in danger of suffering disparagement ; historical, religious and social dogmas are kept in perpetual agitation and irritation by the bearing upon them of the scientific spirit, its theories and its facts. This science reaches the people in inventions and discoveries, in innumerable lines of PRESIDENT S ADDRESS. industrial improvement. It is not content, how- ever, with this ; popularized in a o^reat variety of ways, it seeks and everywhere finds an enlarged and enlarging audience. The love of facts, near and remote, that belongs to all scientific study, shows itself nowhere more conspicuously in these days than in the study and the writing of history. Historical research, criti- cism and composition have been so enlarged in these recent years as to have opened practically new fields for scientific and painstaking inquiry. History, as preserved in written records, may be divided, according to its growth and scientific development, into three classes. First comes the simple chronicle of events, such as the annals kept by the monks in the medieval cloister, or the diary in which you and I note the state of the weather and the ordinary events of daily life. Then follows the plain, connected narrative, aiming at nothing but to tell the simple story, without seeking, or apparently caring for, the relations of cause and effect, as, for instance, the Chronicles of Froissart in the fourteenth century, or the History of England by Stowe and Holin- shed in the sixteenth century. Finally, when the scientific spirit is aroused, when the living, human character of the complex organism which we call the community, or the state, or the nation, is realized, living because moved and controlled by men, complex because it is subject to all the vagaries of contradictory human nature, and is not MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. an automatic machine — then comes the philoso- phy of history, the study of the leading forces which have wrought in it, of the facts which the chronicle and the simple narrative offer, in their relation to great, underlying, human causes and principles. Then history becomes a living thing and its study an inspiration to writer and student. Such study of history in a scientific and a philo- sophic spirit and method has this period of diffusion offered to the generations of the English- speaking world in this latter part of the nineteenth century, to say nothing of the wonderful develop- ment of this great work in many noble minds of France and of Germany. In this distinctively philo- sophic vein have worked such writers as Hallam and May and Stubbs in discussing the growth of the English Constitution ; Buckle and Lecky in the study of the great movements of historic civilization ; Stanley in treating of the Eastern and Jewish churches, to name only a few notable examples. So, also, history in the common acceptance of the term has been volmuinously written with more than wonted insight into the connection of events, and more than wonted wisdom in their selection. Kings and conquerors have ceased to occupy the entire historic stage, and the condition, customs, and opinions of the masses of men claim their share of attention. The list of historical writers has never been larger or indicated better perception or more power, either here or in England, than during the forty PRESIDENT S ADDRESS. 9 or fifty years which have just passed away. Macaulay, in impassioned eloquence, has made his special plea for the founders of the great Whig party which governed England, wisely, on the whole, for half a century after the revolution of 1689. Greece and Rome and the life of their people have been brought to us as realities by the fascinating pages of Grote, and Arnold, and Merrivale. Babylon, and Mneveh, and Alexan- dria have been restored by the labors of Rawlinson and Wilkinson. Milman and Froude, Kinglake and Freeman have aroused a world's attention and criticism, antagonism and applause. T^or has our own country been wanting in great names to add to the list of modern, scientific, philosophical writers of history. A Bancroft, with somewhat ponderous tread, has led the way for the historians of the United States. A Prescott has proved that a work upon a purely historical subject may be made, as we so often say, more interesting than any novel. A Motley has fired our hearts in generous sympathy with a courageous people struggling successfully against bigotry and tyranny. A Parkman has opened to us the secret of the red man of the forest and unfolded the thrilling drama of the Fall of ^N'ew France. A Fiske has given us the culmination of a quarter of a century of philosophical study in his unsurpassed story of the Discovery of America. And these constitute but leading figures in the laborious group. The list of worthy names among Ameri- 10 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. can writers of history grows at once too long to be repeated. With such methods as the modern historian uses, no history need any longer be dull and dry, as almost all history nsed to seem to us in our young days. Especially has the history of the United States benefited by the increased interest in general his- torical study awakened and developed during the last twenty-five years. Writers have entered upon the study of cause and effect in this field of inquiry with remarkable success. They have begun to unfold for us the daily life of our colonial and early national existence. They have made us see the great variety of the material which makes up our national structure, and have proved how susceptible such material is of decorative and picturesque treatment. Many familiar events have received new significance and force and have been shown to be important links in a never-ending chain of causal relations. One who heard John Fiske, for example, a few days ago, set forth so clearly some of the motives of the English gov- ernment in urging the taxation of the colonies, must have been struck by the emphasis which he laid upon the fact that George III was fighting, not only for the application of a principle in colonial policy, but for the same principle in the English boroughs; that the war-cry, "Taxation without representation is tyranny," was the motto of Parliamentary Reform which he hated, as well as of Colonial Independence which he denied. president's address. 11 And yet many of us, perhaps all of us, can recol- lect how the histor3^-books of our boyhood treated the subject. That there was any connection between measures for the government of the col- onies and the opposition of the king to the grow- ing sentiment in favor of Parliamentary Keform was never thought of by the text-book maker or the village school-master. This is but one illus- tration among many to show how much fuller of meaning all historical work, even the most ele- mentary, is nowadays than it was fifteen, or twenty, or thirty years ago. In yet another way has this new impulse to his- torical study shown itself. 'NtdW and increasing interest in the general history of this country has been followed quite naturally by fruitful researches in state and county and town history. Local records have been re-examined, village traditions have been traced to their source, family letters have been reread and edited. Citizens who have played some part in the life of their own commun- ities, or, perchance, in the wider life of the nation, who have fought in the armies of the blue or the gray, have been inspired to tell the story of their share in public events, or in the simpler and semi- private life of the town or village. Local societies have sprung up to encourage the study of local history, to preserve the remains of earlier civilizations if any such exist in their neigh- borhood, to afford a place of deposit, not only for tangible objects like skulls and water-bottles, but 12 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. for the legends and traditions and memories of the locaUty, to offer the opportunity to all lovers of historical study in general, or of local annals in particular, of a place of meeting for the inter- change and criticism of one another's views. In New England and "New York such societies have had a flourishing existence for several genera- tions. A few in the West date back fifty years ; the most of those in this part of the country belong to the post-bellum period. The Wisconsin Society at Madison, the Min- nesota Society at St. Paul, and the Louisiana Society at I*^ew Orleans are notable examples among many flourishing and useful organizations whose chief work has been accomplished during the past twenty-five years. About ten years ago the American Historical Association was organ- ized, and its yearly meetings held at the city of Washington have done much through papers and discussion to stimulate these local societies and the local historians. Actuated by a desire to do their part in such a useful work, nearly thirty years ago a number of well-known citizens of St. Louis formed them- selves into an association to be known as the Missouri Historical Society, "to encourage historical research and enquiry, spread historical information, especially within the State of Mis- souri, and also within the entire Mississippi Valley, and to embrace alike aboriginal and modern history." They declared in their Consti- president's address. 13 tution that the particular objects of this Society shall be : — First, The establishment of a library of books and publica- tions appropriate to such an institution, with convenient works of reference, and also a cabinet of antiquities, relics, etc, ; Second, The collection into a safe and permanent depository of manuscripts, documents, papers and tracts, possessing a historical value and worthy of preservation ; Third, To encourage investigation of aboriginal remains, and more particularly to provide for the complete and scien- tific exploration and survey of such aboriginal monuments as exist within the limits of this State and the Mississippi Valley ; Fourth, To collect and preserve, in particular, such histori- cal materials as shall serve to illustrate the settlement and growth of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, and the Mississippi Valley. It is worth your while to listen to the names of honored citizens of a past generation, nearly all of whom have now gone to their reward, which appear in the certificate of incorporation, granted Feb. 7, 1872, about six years after the formation of the Society. These names are as follows : — James H. Lucas, William A. Lynch, Elihu H. Shepard, John F. Darby, William G. Eliot, Isaiah Forbes, Silas Bent, Green Erskine, Albert Todd, James G. Barry, Charles P. Chouteau, Joseph M. P. Nolan, Wilson Primm, William H. H. Russell, Henry Shaw, George Knapp, Nathan Ranney, Richard Dowling, John Knapp, John B., Johnson, James B. Eads, Edward Brooks. 14 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Of these Mr. Chouteau, Mr. Eussell and Dr. Johnson are, I think, the only survivors, such havoc has death made in the short period of twenty-two years. These were the men of weight in St. Louis in their day and generation. They stood for all that was best in business life and in the learned and scientific professions. They were "Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions. " All these were honored in their generations, and were the glory of their times. "Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth forevermore." At the first business meeting for permanent organization officers were elected as follows : — President, James H. Lucas ; First Vice-President, William G. Eliot ; Second Vice-President, Wilson Pkimm ; Corresponding Secretary, William H. Cozzens ; Recording Secretary, Elihu H. Shepard ; Treasurer, John F. Darby. Much good work was done by these men and the company that gathered about them. A re- spectable library was slowly gathered. Relics of the St. Louis of ante-bellum days — now a mere memory in the life of the New St. Louis — were brought together. Portraits of persons identified, with the early history of the city were procured. Prehistoric remains of great interest were pur- chased and contributed. Papers of value were president's address. 15 read by members, notably several concerning the early history of Louisiana by the late Bishop Rob- ertson, an enthusiastic and industrious historical student, whose library upon American History was presented after his untimely death to our Society by the late Henry Shaw. But the lack of a home for the Society and a place for display- ino- and using its rapidly accumulating collections was a serious drawback to its prosperity. Its meet- ings were held for many years in a room in the Polytechnic Building on the corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets, and afterwards in the Directors' room of Washington University. Its books and pictures and archaeological treasures were kept for several years in a basement room in the Court House, inaccessible and falling into decay. Mean- time attempts were made to secure a permanent abode for the Society. In 1872 Mr. Lucas gave to the Academy of Science and the Historical Society a lot of ground on Locust street near Thirteenth. It was hoped that funds could be raised by the two organizations and a building erected, and several efforts were made by both societies to get money for this purpose. These attempts failed, however, and in 1888 the lot was sold and the proceeds divided between the joint owners. Some time before this, however, through the aid of a public-spirited member of the Society, Col. George E. Leighton, the present property was acquired and the collections removed and put in order. ^N'ew life seemed to have been infused 16 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. into the Association and our hopes were high for the future. Then followed after a while a season of neglect, for which all of us who were then on the roll of members and who failed in our duty, should blame ourselves. I do blame myself for becoming a permanent member of the Society many years ago, and failing to do my small part toward preserving its active and useful life. Within a few months an attempt has been made to put this old association upon its feet once more and to see if it cannot grow and strengthen and make use of the many opportunities all about us. The Missouri Historical Society is to be con- gratulated to-day on what it now has of value, not only as available assets financially, but as material for study and instruction in its own field of work. We have, in the first place, a roomy, commodious, well-lighted and conveniently situated building, which is our own property, not entirely free from incumbrance, but worth to-day in the market many thousand dollars above any obliga- tion resting upon it. It is clean and sweet from basement to attic, tastefully papered and painted and arranged very suitably for our purposes. Our library, although not a large one, has in it many rare and choice volumes concerning local and other American history. It is now arranged and accurately catalogued and ready for reference use. We have an archaeological collection unsurpassed, if, indeed, it is equaled in this, or any other president's address. 17 country in the special line which it represents ; a collection which has a money value to-day of not less than twenty thousand dollars, and which will doubtless be much increased in the near future by gift and exploration. To any student of local history our portraits must be of great interest. The men who made St. Louis, who laid the foundations of her greatness, look down upon us from our walls. Here we may see the faces of Chouteau and Benton, of Engelmann and Eads, of Lucas and Turner, of Kemper and Robertson, of Beverly and Gerard B. Allen, of Bent and Todd, and of many others whose names are as household words in this city. In still another way our building is being made useful ; as a center to which may come kindred societies ; as affording convenient and pleasant rooms to such organizations as are in their own particular field working in full sympathy with our general aims and purposes. The idea of Mr. Lucas when he gave the land on Locust street that the Academy of Science and the Historical Society should unite in the occupancy of a building, has been in a measure realized here ; for the Academy has the use of our Assembly Room for its meetings and ample space on our third floor for its valuable library. The Engineers Club, also, makes our building its headquarters for meeting, conference and library purposes. A Grerman Medical Society, too, makes its home here. The amount received from these societies as rent makes our own burden 2 18 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. easier to cany, and we have the satisfaction of knowing- that we are instrumental in bringing together in sympathetic union men and associations of kindred tastes and purposes. Other societies will doubtless be glad to avail themselves of such comfort and convenience as we can offer, and thus many common interests may be served. As members of the Missouri Historical Society we have several distinct duties before us : — To do all in our power to increase our member- ship, not only that we may thus add to our revenue and our ability to make our building attractive, but that we may also widen the interest in the primary aims of the Society ; To show our own interest by attendance at the stated meetings of the Society and by visiting and studying our collections ; To urge our friends and acquaintances to come and see us and to take every fitting opportunity to suggest gifts or loans of historical relics of local interest ; To hold ourselves in readiness to contribute papers, personal reminiscences, traditions, any- thing which canjbe of value to our Society and add to the interest of our meetinojs. In St. Louis, the old French town, the border city, the early battle-ground in the first months of civil strife, the southwestern capital, there must be still many things not yet brought to the light of publicity which are of great value to our local history. Id the broader field of our State are yet president's address. 19 to be gathered historical treasures from the memories of living men as well as from the relics of the dead yet undisturbed in their ancient graves. In the great valley in which we are placed is a still larger opportunity in which this Society ought to have an important share. And now, gentlemen, in conclusion, let me thank you most sincerely for the honor you have done me in choosing me to occupy the chair which has been so ably filled by many honored predeces- sors. Working with you and through you, aided continually by your counsel and advice, I shall endeavor to do my part to make the immediate future of the Missouri Historical Society worthy of its name, its founders and its friends. The work before us is worth doing, as that which has already been done was worth the labor it cost. Let us undertake this work and do it. 20 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MUSEUM. The collections belonging to the Museum are now well dis- played in 37 handsome cases containing about 15,000 objects, fully representing the arts, customs and remains of the Abori- gines of this locality. Several thousand specimens are not on exhibition for want of cases. For what it purports to be, a purely local collection, this is said to be the best to be found any- where. At the Columbian Exposition in 1893, where it formed the Missouri State Archaeological Exhibit, it received marked attention from savants of our own country and from abroad, and was given several awards of merit by the committees. A very important addition to this department is the recent gift of Mr. George W. Allen, who has donated his entire collection of Mound Builders pottery ware, including some 200 specimens of the various forms of bottles, vases, urns, dishes, bowls, animal, bird and fish forms, and human figures. The vessels were all obtained from ancient graves in mounds in Southeast Missouri, and fully represent the ceramic art of the primitive inhabitants of our country and especially of that particular region. PORTRAIT GALLERY. The already large and precious collection of portraits in oil of prominent citizens of the city and state is constantly increas- ing. Several have been added since January 1, 1894. Mr. Edward C. Dameron, in behalf of his sister, has pre- sented a very fine portrait of the late Peter Lindell. For an excellent likeness of the late John Byrne, Jr., painted in Rome, we are indebted to Dr. F. L. Haydel. Mr. Paul Beckwith has presented a painting of his uncle, Julius Paul, son of Col. Rene Paul, one of the early settlers in Saint Louis. LIBRARY. 21 To Mrs. John P. Boyce we are indebted for an excellent likeness of Dr. Montrose Fallen, who was a practicing physician in this city for 37 years. Unmounted photographs for the albums of the Society have been presented by A. de Zelanoy of Russia, Reihn Hornell of Sweden, and Messrs. Lichtenfeldt, Engel, and Filley of Germany. These gentlemen represented their respective governments at the Columbian Exposition. LIBRARY. Since January 1, 1894, the accessions to our Library have been, — 113 volumes, 71 pamphlets, and 22 charts. The Library now contains about 4,100 volumes. Besides the gifts already mentioned, contributions for the Museum and Library have been received from the following persons since January 1 : — M. D wight Collier, Charles R. Green, Edwin Harrison, Dr. William Dickinson, Gerard Fowke, Capt. Carl F. Palfrey, Warren K. Moorehead, William J. Seever, the family of the late Bishop Robertson, Arata Hamao of Japan, Miss Wilcox, Gen. J. A. Hardeman, S. Waterhouse. 22 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. cois[Stitutio:n^. ARTICLE I. This Society shall be known as the Missouri Historical Society. ARTICLE II. The general object of this Society shall be to encourage historical research and inquiry, and to disseminate historical information, especially within the State of Missouri, and also within the entire Mississippi Valle5^ The particular objects of this Society shall be: First, The establishment of a library of books and pubHcations appropri- ate to such an institution, with convenient works of reference, and also a cabinet of antiquities, relics, etc. ; Second, The collection into a safe and permanent depository of manu- scripts, documents, papers and tracts, possessing a historical value and worthy of preservation ; Third, To encourage in- vestigation of prehistoric remains, and more particularly to provide for the complete and scientific exploration and survey of such prehistoric monuments as exist within the limits of this State and the Mississippi Valley ; Fourth, To collect and preserve in particular, such historical materials as shall serve to illustrate the settlement and growth of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, and the Mississippi Valley. CONSTITUTION. 23 ARTICLE III. The regular officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, who shall be Curator. All the above-named officers shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting of the Society, and shall hold their respective offices for one year and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. Vacancies occurring from any cause in any of the regular offices of this Society shall be filled by ballot at any regular meeting, notice of such election having been given by the Sec- retary in calling the meeting at which such election shall take place. ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP. The membership of this Society shall be composed of four classes, viz. : Active, Life, Corresponding and Honorary. Any person of good moral character, may become an active member of this Society upon such conditions as may be pre- scribed in the By-Laws. Any person elected to be an active member, may, by the contribution of the sum of fifty dollars to the treasury of the Society, become a life member, with all the privileges of an active member, and thenceforth shall be exempt from all annual charges. Corresponding and Honorary members may be admitted to this Society upon such conditions as shall be prescribed in the By-Laws. 24 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AKTICLE V. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. There shall be an Advisorj' Committee, composed of the President and five active members appointed by him at the annual meeting of the Society. They shall exercise general supervision over the museum, rooms and building of the Society ; they shall authorize the disbursement and expenditure of all money belonging to the Society, and no expenditure shall be made or ordered except upon their approval. They shall also act as a Committee on Donations, with power to accept or reject proposed gifts of books, pictures, or any material for the collections of the Society. They shall supervise the printing and distribution of all publications issued by the Society, and nothing shall be pub- lished without their approval. They shall consider all applications for membership, and offer such names for election as shall have been approved by them. ARTICLE VI. AMENDMENTS. This^.Constitution may be amended by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, provided that ten members shall be present; s^nd provided further , that any proposed amendment shall have been submitted at the last meeting previous to that at which the vote shall be taken. BY-LAWS. 25 BY-LAWS. I. PRESIDENT. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and perform such other duties as usually devolve on that oflScer. II. VI CE-PRESIDENTS . The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their election, shall, in the absence of the President, or in case of his death, resigna- tion, or inability to act, perform his duties. III. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep a record of all the meetings of the Society, which record shall be duly signed and certified by him and read at the opening of the succeeding meeting for information and revision. He shall have charge of the seal, charter, certificates, and records of the Society. He shall also duly notify the active members of all meetings, and all new members of their election. All written communications relating to the Society and its work which may be received by him shall be duly preserved and deposited with the collections of the Society, and a report of the same shall be made by him at its next meeting. He shall also act as Secretary of the Advisory Committee. 26 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. IV. LIBRARIAN AND CURATOR. The Librarian sliall liave cliarge of the library and cabinet, including all manuscripts, papers and documents in the pos- session of the Society. He shall prepare a suitable catalogue of the same, and have all papers and manuscripts properly numbered, filed or arranged for security and convenient refer- ence. He shall keep an account of all books taken from the library by the members, or any person specially authorized to do so by the Society, and by whom taken, and mark their return. He shall in no case allow manuscripts to be taken from his custody, or copies of the same to be made, or articles to be removed from the cabinet, without express permission from the Advisory Committee. He shall also keep a record of all donations, in a book for that purpose, giving date of donations, how received, name and residence of donor, a full description of books, pictures, manuscripts, pamphlets, antiquities, or relics presented, and the acknowledgment made to the donor. It shall also be his duty to provide for the full security of all books and collec- tions belonging to the Society, by reporting, as occasion may require, their condition, and to recommend such steps as he shall judge necessary for their perfect preservation, and to make an annual report in writing to the Society of all donations, and the general condition of the cabinet and library. He shall receive for his services a compensation which shall be fixed by vote of the Society. V. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall collect and have charge of the funds and securities of the Society. He shall pay no money except by a vote of the Society, or by order of the Advisory Com- mittee. He shall keep regular and faithful accounts in proper books of the Society of all money and securities of the BY-LAWS. 27 Society that may come into his hands, and of all receipts and expenditures connected with the same, and shall present a full and accurate report thereof to the Society at their annual meeting. His accounts shall always be open to the inspection of the Advisory Committee. VI. The regular meetings of this Society shall be held on the second Thursday of each month, from November to April inclusive, and the December meeting shall be the annual meeting. Special meetings may be called by the President, or, in case of his absence, by one of the Vice-Presidents, for the dis- patch of extraordinary business, of which seasonable notice, in writing, shall be given to all the active members. VII. QUORUM. Five active members shall constitute a quorum at any meet- ing, except at the annual meeting for the election of officers, when the required number shall be ten active members. VIII. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. Any person recommended by the Advisory Committee may become an active member of the Society upon the approval by ballot of a majority of the members present at any regular or special meeting. Corresponding members, not residents of the State of Mis- souri, and Honorary members may be elected upon the same conditions as active members. Such members shall have the right to attend any of the meetings of the So- ciety, and to participate in any scientific or historical discus- 28 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. sioDS, but they shall not vote nor hold any office, and they shall be exempt from all dues or assessments. IX. DUES. The annual assessment payable by every active member, not a life-member, shall be five dollars. Any active member who shall fail to pay the regular assess- ment before the annual meeting next succeeding shall forfeit his membership, if it be so determined by the Advisory Com- mittee, to whom all such cases of delinquency shall be referred. X. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Eeading of Minutes. 2. Reports. 3. Donations and Correspondence. 4. Elections. 5. Unfinished Business. 6. Miscellaneous Business. XI. AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS. These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any meeting of the Society ; provided notice of such proposed amendment shall have been sent to every active member at least three days before such meeting. LIST OF MEMBERS. 29 LIST OF MEMBEKS. (Those marked with an asterisk are Life-Members.) Alden, John T. Allison, Jas. W. Barlow, S. D. *Barnard, George D. Barnett, Geoi'ge I. Bartlett, George M. *Bent, Miss Mary L. *Billon, F. L. Blair, James L. *Bofinger, John N. *Boyee, Joseph. *Boyce, John P. Boyle, W. F. Bradbury, Frank. Broadhead, James O. Brookings, Robert S. Broome, Dr. George Wiley. Bryson, Dr. John P. *Buschman, F. W, Bushnell, D. I. *Bush, Isidor. Busch, Adolphus. Cadle, Henry, Bethany, Mo Callahan, E. G., Kingston, N, Carpenter, George O. , Jr. *Catlin, Daniel. Chaplin, Chancellor W. S. *Chapman, J. G. Chouteau, Charles P. Clark, Charles. Clark, Henry L. Collet, Oscar W. Collier, M. Dwight. Collins, Martin. Comstock, Dr. T. G. *Crane, Arba N. Crunden, F. M. *Cummings, J. K. Dameron, E. C. Davis, Horatio N. Davis, John D. *Daughaday, Hamilton. *Delafield, Wallace. DeWolf, E. A. Dillon, John A., New York, N.Y. Drake, George S. Durkee, Dwight. *Durkee, Miss Laura. Edgell, George S., New York, N. Y. Y.Eliot, Henry W. Elliott, Howard. Elliott, Robert., Hannibal, Mo. 30 MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Emmons, George B. Endres, John. Erskine, Frank. *Holmes, Charles. Howe, J. Clarke. Huse, W. L. Hutchinson, R. R. *Hyde, William. Faust, Anthony E. Filley, Chauncey I. Fleet, Col. A. F., Mexico, Mo. *Ittner, Anthony. Fletcher, Thomas C. Foy, Peter L. Fraley, Moses. *Franklin, Joseph. *Frost, Gen. D. M. FuUerton, Gen. Joseph S. *Furth, Jacob. *Garesche, A. J. P. Gehner, August. *Gibson, Charles. *Gibson, Gerolt. Gilbert, W. J. Gordon, Lindell. Gray, Melvin L. Green, Dr. John. Greene, Oliver H. Gregory, Charles R. Haarstick, Henry C. *Haeusler, Herman. ♦Harris, Mrs. Alma. Harrison, Edwin. *Hart, Oliver A. Haydel, Dr. F. L. *Hennessy, Rt. Rev. Hicks, Prof. F. C, Jaccard, D. C. Johnson, Charles P. Johnson, Prof. J. B. Judson, F. N. *Kehr, E. C. Kennett, A. Q. King, Goodman. Kolbenheyer, Dr. F. Lackland, R. J. Lane, Frank A. *Leete, Dr. James M. Leighton, George Bridge. *Leighton, Col. George E. Lemp, William J. Lindsley, Dr. DeCourcey. Louderman, Jas. H. Louderman, Jno. H. Lubke, G. W. Lucas, J. B. C. Lynch, George N. *McKee, Miss Ellen J. *McKeighan, J. E. McKittrick, Hugh. Columbia, Mo.McNamara, J. H. Hitchcock, Henry. ♦Holland, Rev. R. A. Madill, George A. Manny, E. A. LIST OF MEMBERS. 31 Markham, George D. *Mason, Isaac M. Matthews, Leonard. Moore, Robert. Morrill, Henry L. Morton, I. W. Mudd, Dr. H. H. Nagel, Charles. O'Fallon, Benjamin. O'Reilly, Dr. P. S. O'Reilly, Dr. R. J. O'Reilly, Dr. Thomas. Orthwein, Chas. F. *Papin, Theophile. Parker, George W. Parsons, Charles. *Peper, Christian, Jr. *Prather, J. G. *Preetorius, Edward. *Preelorius, Dr. Emil. Priest, John G. Pritchett, Prof. H. S. Sellers, .John M. Senseney, Dr. E. M. *Shapleigh, A. F. Simon, H. T. Smith, Dr. D. S. H. *Snow, Prof. Marshall S. *Spaunhorst, H. J. Speck, Charles. Spencer, Dr. H. N. *Stanley, Henry. *Stevens, Dr. Charles D. Taussig, Charles S. *Taussig, George W. Taussig, Dr. William. Terry, Albert T. *Terry, John H. *Thompson, W. B. Thomson, William H. Todd, George W. Treat, Hon. Samuel. Turner, Gen. John W. *Tuttle, Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Vogel, Charles F. *Rosenheim, Morris. *Rowse, Edward S. Sands, James T. Scruggs, R. M. Sears, Edmund H. Seever, William J. *Walsh, Edmund P. Weigel, Eugene. Wells, Rolla. •Whitaker, Edwards. Whittemore, R. B. Wilcox, W. H. *Woerner, J. G. iShE. °'' CONGRESS !■■ 014 573 187 2