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, Consituition and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc |
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... issued , excellent instructions for the guidance of various sorts of historical work have been put forth , and useful annual congresses of the societies have been held , one year in Paris the next in some one of the provincial cities ...
... issued , excellent instructions for the guidance of various sorts of historical work have been put forth , and useful annual congresses of the societies have been held , one year in Paris the next in some one of the provincial cities ...
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... issued volumes of Collections whose superior worth has been recognized by scholars in every part of the country . Its first volume , published in 1840 by Dr. William B. Stevens , took rank at once with the best of its class . It chose ...
... issued volumes of Collections whose superior worth has been recognized by scholars in every part of the country . Its first volume , published in 1840 by Dr. William B. Stevens , took rank at once with the best of its class . It chose ...
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... issued as Part 3 of Volume VII of our Collections , and forms a most use- ful and interesting addition to the accessible history of the State . During the year there has also been issued Volume VIII , another interesting and valuable ...
... issued as Part 3 of Volume VII of our Collections , and forms a most use- ful and interesting addition to the accessible history of the State . During the year there has also been issued Volume VIII , another interesting and valuable ...
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... issued . Suffice is to say here that for the full seventy - five years it has been a living active body , with no period of suspended animation , with no need of reorganiza- tion or revival . We still have the recorded minutes of all ...
... issued . Suffice is to say here that for the full seventy - five years it has been a living active body , with no period of suspended animation , with no need of reorganiza- tion or revival . We still have the recorded minutes of all ...
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... issued three publications , in the second quarter century but two , and in the third quarter century seven . The later period in our history shows a greater activity in the preservation and dissemina- tion of the history of Georgia than ...
... issued three publications , in the second quarter century but two , and in the third quarter century seven . The later period in our history shows a greater activity in the preservation and dissemina- tion of the history of Georgia than ...
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Academy of Arts address delivered Alexander American history anniversary annual meeting Annual Report appointed ARTICLE Arts and Sciences Augusta Board of Curators building Button Gwinnett by-laws celebration Charlton City of Savannah Collections Colony of Georgia Committee on Printing Constitution Corresponding members Corresponding Secretary Cunningham duty elected February 12 foundation funds Gari Melchers George Georgia Historical Society Gordon Governor Habersham Henry hereby historian history of Georgia Hodgson Hall Honorary members institution interest James James Oglethorpe John John McPherson Berrien Jones Joseph Clay June Lawton Librarian Mackall manuscripts Margaret Telfair Hodgson Melchers ment Oglethorpe organization OTIS ASHMORE Paid Morning Pamphlet portrait present President Printing and Publishing proper Province of Georgia quarter century regular meeting Revolution Samuel Elbert Society's South Carolina Stephen Elliott Stevens successors Telfair Academy tion torical Society trust Vice-President Volume VII Voucher W. J. DeRenne William Harden WILLIAM W Wymberley
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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.
Page 88 - A state of the province of Georgia, attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740 [by W.
Page 5 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
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.