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CONNECTICUT. 

 Acorn Club. 



Address. c/o William J. James, Wesleyan University Library, Middle- 

 town, Conn. 

 History. A printing club, formed 1899, incorporated 1904. 



Object. To issue either as original or reprints, rare books, engravings, manuscripts, 

 especially relating to Connecticut. 



Meetings. An annual meeting, subject to call of the President. One to three addi- 

 tional meetings each year, e. g., when a publication is ready. 



Membership. 23 members, including 2 honorary. 



Publications. 



The following have been issued, numbered on verso of t.-p. "[ist]-9th 

 publication." [Hartford, Conn.], 1899-1904. 



1. Short catechism drawn out of the Word of God. By Samuel Stone, 

 minister of the Word at Hartford on Connecticut, Boston, 1684; re-issued 

 [photog. facsim.] with an introductory sketch [by W. N. C. Carlton] 1899. 

 12. o. p. 



2. The hiding of the charter. By C. J. Hoadly. 1900. 8. o. p. 



3. Connecticut statute laws ; a bibliographical list of editions of Connecticut 

 laws from the earliest issues to 1836. By A. C. Bates. 1900. 4. o. p. 



4. Relation of the Pequot warres, written in 1660 by Lieutenant Lion Gar- 

 dener, and now first printed from the original manuscript, with an 

 historical introduction [by W. N. C. Carlton]. 1901. 8. o. p. 



5. Acts and Laws of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New England, 

 printed in 1702 and now first reissued [photo-zinc facsim. with prefatory 

 note by A. C. Bates] 1901. f. Price: $25. 



6. Thomas Short, the first printer of Connecticut, by W. De Loss Love, [with 

 broadside facsimile, separate, of Short's first work in Conn.] 1901. 8. o. p. 



7. The Warwick patent, by C. J. Hoadly. 1902. 8. o. p. 



8. Charles Jeremy Hoadly, LL. D. A memoir, by W. N. C. Carlton. 1902. 

 8. Price: $1.50 



9. List of books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800, by J. H. Trumbull . . . 

 1904. 4. Price: $12. 



Edition of 100 copies, except when copyrighted, then 102 ; 73 copies only are 

 for sale, 26 copies being reserved for the club members and library. Mem- 

 bers may subscribe at full published price for one extra copy. 



Special publications for the use of members only, and not for sale, are 

 issued in editions of 26 or more copies. 



Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



Address. Yale station, New Haven, Conn. Communications concerning 

 exchange or sale of publications should be addressed to the Librarian ; 

 others to the Secretary. 



History. Organized at New Haven, Mar. 4, 1799, succeeding to the Con- 

 necticut Society of Arts and Sciences, founded 1786. Incorporated Oct., 



