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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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the said Society shall
have power to elect and qualify such officers as may by them be deemed
necessary , to be chosen at such time and to hold their office for such period as
the ...
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the said Society shall
have power to elect and qualify such officers as may by them be deemed
necessary , to be chosen at such time and to hold their office for such period as
the ...
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Only by surveying the slow development of human nature , the slow
transformations of human institutions , through long periods of past time , can we
gather wisdom as to their development through the long ages of the future , or
shape ...
Only by surveying the slow development of human nature , the slow
transformations of human institutions , through long periods of past time , can we
gather wisdom as to their development through the long ages of the future , or
shape ...
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On the other hand there came into existence in certain countries during the same
general period , the middle portion of the eighteenth century , royal academies
devoted solely or mainly to history . Thus , in 1738 King Phillip V . of Spain ...
On the other hand there came into existence in certain countries during the same
general period , the middle portion of the eighteenth century , royal academies
devoted solely or mainly to history . Thus , in 1738 King Phillip V . of Spain ...
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The period of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic wars was on the
whole unfavorable to the cultivation of history . The partisans of the Revolution ,
in every country , abhorred and despised the past . Their passionate desire was ,
to ...
The period of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic wars was on the
whole unfavorable to the cultivation of history . The partisans of the Revolution ,
in every country , abhorred and despised the past . Their passionate desire was ,
to ...
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Not less remarkable a sign was the multiplication of historical societies during
this period , societies organized by private means in response to a general
conviction that history was worth while , not institutions founded by the
munificence of ...
Not less remarkable a sign was the multiplication of historical societies during
this period , societies organized by private means in response to a general
conviction that history was worth while , not institutions founded by the
munificence of ...
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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.
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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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