UNITED STATES 311 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. 



Address. Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary: Henry H. Belknap, N. E. cor. 



1 3th and Chestnut Streets. 

 History. Organized in 1895 ; incorporated 1896. 



Ref.: American book clubs. By A. Growoll. p. 356-360. 



Object. Celebration of the anniversaries of events connected with the settlement 

 of Pennsylvania, which occurred prior to 1700; collection, preservation, and 

 publication of records or documents, printed or in manuscript, relating to the 

 early history of that Colony, and perpetuation of the memory of the early 

 settlers of the American Colonies. 



Meetings. Annual meeting Nov. 8th, anniversary of the landing of William Penn 

 in Pennsylvania. Additional meeting on evening of March 15, the anniversary 

 of the granting of the charter for Pennsylvania to William Penn. 



Membership. 179, including 20 life members (annual dues, $5; life composition, 

 $50) ; hereditary membership (to descend to member's eldest male descendant 

 subject to approval of council), $100. 



Publications. 



Bulletin ... no. 1-2. Philadelphia, 1897. 8. 



Contents: no. I. Colonial legislation in Pennsylvania, 1700-1712, by H. 

 Budd. no. 2. The Blue Anchor tavern, by T. A. Glenn. (Reprinted 

 from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, 1896.) 



Records of the court of New Castle on Delaware, 1676-1681. Lan- 

 caster, Pa., 1904. 4. 



200 copies printed. For members of the society only. 



The American weekly Mercury, v. I-IV, 1719-23. Philadelphia, 

 republished in facsim., 1898-1907. 4 v. fol. 



"The American weekly Mercury was the first newspaper published in the 

 middle colonies, and fourth, in order of time in America. The first num- 

 ber was issued at Philadelphia, Dec. 22, 1719, by Andrew Bradford, its 

 founder." 



Price: $5 a vol. (limited number). 

 Distribution. Publications are sold after each member has received one copy. 



Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 



Address. 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Librarian: John W. 

 Jordan. 



History. Founded June, 1825, by members of the History Committee of 

 the American Philosophical Society ; incorporated 1826. Present prop- 

 erty purchased 1882. Library of about 80,000 volumes, 225,000 pam- 

 phlets and 5,000 volumes of manuscripts ; gallery of historical paintings. 



Ref. : Memoirs, v. I, pt. i. Charter and by-laws. 1903. Report of the 

 origin, constitution and present status of the several funds and trusts 

 of the society. Dec. 31, 1904. 



