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Peary Arctic Club. 



Address. Secretary: Herbert L. Bridgman, Standard-Union Building, 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 History. Organized Jan. 1899; incorporated Apr. 1904. 



Object. To aid and assist in forming and maintaining certain expeditions to be 

 placed under Commander Robert E. Peary, C. E., U. S. N., with the object of 

 continuing his explorations of the polar regions and completing the geograph- 

 ical data of the same; receiving and collecting such objects of scientific interest 

 as may be obtainable through such expeditions, and collecting, receiving and 

 preserving narratives and manuscripts relating to Arctic explorations in general ; 

 soliciting and administering funds for the maintenance of such expeditions, and 

 in general providing funds for Commander Peary's efforts to reach the farthest 

 northern point on the Western Hemisphere, and to cooperate with any other 

 association for the same purpose. 



Ref.: Field work of the Peary Arctic Club, 1898-1902. By R. E. Peary. 

 (Bulletin of the Geographical society of Philadelphia, v. IV, no. i, Jan. 

 1904.) 



Meetings. 2d and 4th Mondays of January of each year ; special meetings upon call. 



Membership. 6 incorporators. 



Presbyterian Historical Society. 



Address. 518 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



History. Organized in 1852; incorporated in 1857. At first confined 

 to the Old School branch of the Presbyterian Church ; now includes all 

 churches of the Presbyterian order in the United States. 



Ref.: The record of 50 years, 1852-1902. Historical sketch . . . by W. L. 



Ledwith. (In Journal, v. I, p. 370-409; also issued separately.) 

 Object. To collect and preserve the materials, and promote the knowledge of the 



history of the churches of the Presbyterian order in the United States. 

 Meetings. Annually, 2d Thursday in January at the above address ; meetings of the 



executive committee, 3d Monday of each month, July and Aug. excepted. 

 Membership. 292 (annual dues, $5; life composition, $100) ; 10 honorary. 



Publications. 



JOURNAL . . . v. I-II, 1901/02-1903/04. Philadelphia, 1902-04. 8. 

 v. 3 in progress, 1905-06. 

 Price: $2 a year; soc. a number. 

 Annual reports for 1856, 1876-82, 1884-99. 

 For special publications, see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 

 Distribution. Exchange with Presbyterian and Reformed periodicals, and so- 

 cieties printing matter relating to Presbyterian and Reformed history. On 

 sale by the Librarian. 



Railway Signal Association. 



Address. Secretary : H. S. Balliet, 335 Madison Avenue, New York City, 



N. Y. 

 History. Organized at Chicago in 1895 as the Railway Signaling Club; 



present name since Nov. 10, 1903. 



