UNITED STATES 



1799. Period of comparative inactivity, 1842-1862. Library deposited 

 in the library of Yale University. 



Ref.: The first century of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, by 

 S. E. Baldwin. (In Transactions, v. XI. 1901-03. p. xiii-xxxv.) 

 Object. Cultivation of every art and science which may tend to advance the interest 



and happiness of a free and virtuous people. 

 Meetings. Monthly, 2d Wednesday, Oct. to June inclusive, in the Peabody Museum 



of Yale University. 



Membership. 102 active, limited by the charter to 200 (annual dues, $5) ; 6 asso- 

 ciate. 



Publications. 

 Memoirs . . . v. I, pt. 1-4. New Haven, 1810-16. 8. 



No more published; papers read before the Academy appeared chiefly in the 

 American Journal of Science from 1818 until the commencement of the 

 following series : 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-XI. New Haven, 1866/71-1901/03. 8. 



Each volume in 2 parts. It was originally intended to issue a 3d part of 

 v. 4, completing a paper begun in pt. 2, but the manuscript not being fur- 

 nished, title-page and index for the 2 parts were issued with v. 10. 



v. XI, centennial volume. 



From 1907, to be issued as Publications of Yale University. 



A statistical account of the towns and parishes in Connecticut, v. I, 

 no. i-[3]. New Haven, [i8n]-i5; Middletown, Conn., 1819. 8. 



Contents: no. i. The city of New Haven. By Timothy Dwight. no. 2. 

 Several towns in the county of Litchfield. By James Morris. no. 3. The 

 county of Middlesex. By David D. Field. 



Distribution. Exchange. Memoirs and Statistical accounts, o. p. Price-list of 

 Transactions given on cover of each number. 



Connecticut Historical Society. 



Address. Hartford, Conn. Corresponding Secretary: W. de Loss Love. 

 Recording Secretary and Librarian: Albert C. Bates. 



History. Incorporated and organized in 1825; revived by special act of 

 the legislature in 1839. Permanent quarters since 1844 in the Wads- 

 worth Athenseum. Periods of greatest activity, 1839-1859, 1899 to 

 date. Library and collections. 



Ref.: Historical documents and notes (v. infra}. 



Object. Collection and preservation of whatever may serve to illustrate the history, 

 civil, ecclesiastical and natural, of Connecticut, and of the United States; dissem- 

 ination of all useful information which may be acquired relative to the same. 



Meetings. Monthly, ist Tuesday, Oct. to May, inclusive. Annual meeting, 4th 

 Tuesday in May. 



Membership. 362 resident (in Connecticut), including 49 life members (entrance 

 fee, $3 ; annual dues : $2 for residents of Hartford, $i for residents of other 

 towns in the state; life composition, $25) ; 13 corresponding; 2 honorary. 



