FOR 1857. PRESIDENT: GEN. WM. R. SMITH, MINERAL POINT. On Publications.-DRAPER, J. P. ATWOOD AND HUNT. On Auditing Accounts.-ILSLEY, CONOVER AND DURRIE. On Finance.-FARWELL, POWERS, JARVIS, TIBBITS AND DRAPER. On Picture Gallery.-CARPENTER, TIBBITS AND HOPKINS. On Literary Exchanges.-BENEDICT, FLOWERS AND DRAPER. On Nomination of Members.-MILLS, DRAPER AND SHIPMAN. On Obituaries.-RUBLEE, CALKINS, D. ATWOOD, CARPENTER AND DRAPER. On Building Hall.-J. P. ATWOOD, HOPKINS, HUNT, CLARK AND SHIPMAN. The regular meetings of the Executive Committee are held on the first Tuesday evening of 1. Manuscript statements and narratives of pioneer settlers-old letters and journals relative to the early history and settlement of Wisconsin, and of the Black Hawk War; biographical notices of our pioneers, and of eminent citizens, deceased; and facts illustrative of our Indian tribes, their history, characteristics, sketches of their prominent chiefs, orators and warriors, together with contributions of Indian implements, dress, ornaments and curiosities. 2. Files of newspapers, books, pamphlets, college catalogues; minutes of ecclesiastical conventions, conferences and synods, and other publications relating to this State, or Michigan Territory, of which Wisconsin formed a part from 1818 to 1835-and hence the Territorial Laws and Journals, and files of Michigan newspapers for that period, we are peculiarly anxious to obtain. 3. Drawings and descriptions of our ancient mounds and fortifications, their size, representation and locality. 4. Information respecting any ancient coins, or other curiosities found in Wisconsin. The contribution of such articles to the Cabinet of the Society is respectfully solicited. 5. Indian geographical names of streams and localities in this State, with their significations. 6. Books of all kinds, and especially such as relate to American history, travels and biography in general, and the West in particular, family genealogies, old magazines, pamphlets, files of newspapers, maps, historical manuscripts, autographs of distinguished persons, coins, medals, paintings, portraits, statuary and engravings. 7. We solicit from Historical Societies and other learned bodies, that interchange of books and other materials by which the usefulness of institutions of this nature is so essentially enhanced -pledging ourselves to repay such contributions by acts in kind to the full extent of our ability. 8. The Society particularly begs the favor and compliment of authors and publishers, to present, with their autographs, copies of their respective works for its Library. 9. Editors and publishers of newspapers, magazines and reviews, will confer a lasting favor on the Society by contributing their publications regularly for its library-or, at least, such numbers as may contain articles bearing upon Wisconsin history, biography, geography, or antiquities; all which will be carefully preserved for binding. Packages for the Society may be sent to, or deposited with, the following gentlemen, who have kindly consented to take charge of them. Such parcels, to prevent mistakes, should be properly enveloped and addressed, even if but a single article; and it would, furthermore, be desirable, that donors should forward to the Corresponding Secretary a specification of books or articles donated and deposited. DEPOSITARIES: G. & J. A. REMSEN, at J. B. Lippincott & Co.'s, Philadelphia. SAMUEL G. DRAKE, Antiquarian Book Store, Boston. CHARLES B. NORTON, Appleton's Building, New York. JOEL MUNSELL, Publisher, 78 State Street, Albany. GEORGE OGDEN DEETH & Co., Washington City. C. R. STARKWEATHER, No. 102 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. I. A. LAPHAM, Milwaukee. DAVID ANDERSON, Cincinnati. Donors to the Society's Library and Collections will, in return, be placed upon the list of exchanges, and receive equivalent publications of the Society. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. TO HIS EXCELLENCY, COLES BASHFORD, Governor of the State of Wisconsin: SIR-By the acts of the Legislature, granting to the STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN one thousand dollars annually, it becomes the duty of the Executive Committee of the Society, to present herewith the report of the Treasurer for the past year, exhibiting the manner of the expenditure of the appropriation, with the accompanying vouchers. The total receipts of the year, including the small balance on hand on the 1st of January last, have been $1,206 30; and the disbursements, $1,136 71-leaving a balance in the Treasury of $69 59. Prosperity and Standing of the Society. It is with undisguised gratification, that the Executive Committee, in presenting their Third Annual Report, can state that the unexampled success which has hitherto attended their labors, has continued during the past year. This can be better understood when we state, that at the time of the re-organization of our Society three years since, with but fifty volumes in the library, there were at least eighteen similar Societies, and probably more, in the country, which |