Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc |
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... The members of a society instituted in the City of Savannah for the purpose of
collecting , preserving and diffusing information relating to the History of the State
of Georgia in particular , and of American history generally , have applied for an ...
... The members of a society instituted in the City of Savannah for the purpose of
collecting , preserving and diffusing information relating to the History of the State
of Georgia in particular , and of American history generally , have applied for an ...
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Its object shall be to collect , preserve and diffuse information in relation to the
History of the State of Georgia in all its various departments , and American
history generally , and to create an historical library for the use of its members
and ...
Its object shall be to collect , preserve and diffuse information in relation to the
History of the State of Georgia in all its various departments , and American
history generally , and to create an historical library for the use of its members
and ...
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As the years roll back there comes to us the only benevolent colony in the world ,
the only military colony in America . Elsewhere , the smoke of conflict ; the
burning homes ; the settler with his rifle ; the savage with the scalps dangling at
his ...
As the years roll back there comes to us the only benevolent colony in the world ,
the only military colony in America . Elsewhere , the smoke of conflict ; the
burning homes ; the settler with his rifle ; the savage with the scalps dangling at
his ...
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On the one hand this America , this melting pot of the races , is to be helped
toward unity and national effectiveness by appreciative study of German history ,
of Irish history , of Scandinavian history , of the history of the Jew and of the Greek
, of ...
On the one hand this America , this melting pot of the races , is to be helped
toward unity and national effectiveness by appreciative study of German history ,
of Irish history , of Scandinavian history , of the history of the Jew and of the Greek
, of ...
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We are all simply Americans , bound together by a common devotion to the study
of history . ... how large a part in this priceless development of fraternal feeling
and national consciousness has been played by the study of American history ?
We are all simply Americans , bound together by a common devotion to the study
of history . ... how large a part in this priceless development of fraternal feeling
and national consciousness has been played by the study of American history ?
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Page 50 - These all died in Faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 50 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise : for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is GOD.
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Page 6 - AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this act shall be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be construed...
Page 73 - The Georgia Historical Society was incorporated by a statute of the 19th of December, 1839, the preamble of which recites that "the members of a society instituted in the City of Savannah for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and diffusing information relating to the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of American history generally, have applied for an act of incorporation.
Page 10 - ... trust to keep and preserve the same, with the collection therein, and other books and works of art to be purchased by the officers of the society out of the income of a fund bequeathed by the devisor for the purpose, " as a public edifice for a library and academy of arts and sciences...
Page 20 - Librarian shall keep a record of their proceedings — and be entrusted, in general, with the custody, care and increase, of whatever comes within the province of their appointed duty. 8. The Committee on Printing and Publishing, shall prepare for publication whatever documents or collections shall be ordered, by the Society — shall contract for, and supervise the printing of the same, and shall furnish the Recording Secretary and Librarian, with such blank notices, summonses, labels, &c.
Page 6 - ... thousand dollars in value, but the clear annual income of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars...
Page 6 - Provided, however, that the funds of the said corporation shall be used and appropriated to the promotion of the objects stated in the preamble to this Act, and those only.
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| Title | Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library collection |
| Author | Georgia Historical Society |
| Publisher | Morning news, 1914 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 108 pages |
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