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OSWEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Oswego, N. Y. Address the Vice-President, J. T. 

 Mott. Founded and incorporated in 1896. Annual meeting, ist Saturday in 

 Jan. 51 active members (entrance fee, $2; annual dues, $2; life composition, 

 $50) ; 15 corresponding, 4 honorary. Publ: ist [>d] Publication . . . [Oswego, 

 N. Y., 1899-1901]. 8. (no. 2 has title: History of the various projects, reports, 

 discussions and estimates for reaching the Great Lakes from tide-water, 1768- 

 1901. By W. P. Judson.) Exchange; free distribution to libraries. 



ROCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Rochester, N. Y. Organized and incorporated 

 in 1888. Publ: Publications . . . v. 1-2. Rochester, N. Y., 1892-98. 8. (v. 2: 

 Sketch of the public and private life of Samuel Miles Hopkins.) 



SALEM HISTORICAL COMMITTEE. Salem, N. Y. Secretary: Miss Harriet M. Wil- 

 liams. Organized in Aug., 1893. Meetings weekly at the Bancroft Public Library. 

 42 members. Publ: The Salem book; records of the past and glimpses of the 

 present. Salem, N. Y., 1896. 8. Price, $2. 



SCHOHARIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Schoharie, N. Y. Incorporated Mar. 4, 

 1889. Occupies Old Stone Fort. Annual meetings ; special meetings as called. 

 Entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, 5oc. ; life membership, $10. No publications. 



SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Seneca Falls, N. Y. Secretary: A. W. Colder. 

 Organized in 1896; incorporated in 1904. Monthly meetings, 3d Monday, Sept. to 

 May. 60 members (annual dues, Soc.). Publ: 1803-1903. looth anniversary of 

 the town of Junius. Historical papers read before the . . . society. [1903.] 8. 

 Centennial anniversary of Seneca County, and auxiliary papers . . . 2d annual, 

 1904. 8. Exchange. 



SUFFOLK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y. Corre- 

 sponding Secretary: Selah B'. Strong, Setauket, N. Y. Organized Sept. 28, 1886; 

 incorporated and reorganized in 1892. Annual meeting in Feb. at Riverhead; 

 summer meeting at some other place within the county. 230 life members ($10) ; 

 ii memorial ($100) ; 17 honorary. Dues for annual membership, $i. Publ: Year- 

 book . . . 1896-1905. Riverhead, N. Y., 1897-1906. 8. 



TARRYTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Tarrytown, N. Y. 2 papers read before the 

 society 1890 and 1903, by M. D. Raymond, were published in 1893 and 1903. 

 No other information found. 



VALLONIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF TRENTON. Trenton, Oneida Co., 

 N. Y. Organized in 1897; incorporated in 1899. No publications. 



WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, White Plains, Westchester Co., N. Y. 

 Librarian : Edward Myers. Founded Sept. 16, 1874 ; incorporated Oct. 10 fol- 

 lowing. Annual meeting at White Plains, Oct. 28th. Executive committee 

 meets monthly. 60 active members (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $2.50); 6 

 honorary. Several papers read before the Society have been published. Among 

 these are: Sir Edmund Andros, by H. Ferguson; Some of the beginnings of 

 Westchester Co., by A. B. Cornell; Borough town of Westchester, by F. Mor- 

 ris; Incidents of the Revolution in Westchester, by F. W. Jackson; Poverty 

 and patriotism of the neutral grounds, by J. C. L. Hamilton ; Adriaen van der 

 Donck, by T. A. Atkins ; The relation of Presbyterianism to the revolutionary 

 sentiment in the province of New York. 



YONKERS HISTORICAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Yonkers, N. Y. Corresponding 

 secretary: Allan Bourn. Incorporated Feb. 1892. Annual meeting, 3d Tuesday 

 of Jan.; others as called. About 100 active members (annual dues, $2). Publ: 

 Bulletin, v. i, no. I, Apr. 1895. Yonkers, 1895. 8. (No more published.) 



