UNITED STATES 315 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES. I-XV, Apr. iSpi-Oct. 1904. [Lan- 

 caster, Pa.], 1891-1906. 4. 



v. i has title : The Pennsylvania-German Society. Sketch of its origin, 

 with the proceedings and addresses at its organization. 



Index to proper names, v. 1-6 [with index to subjects] ; in v. 8. 



Prices: v. 1-3, 6, o. p., v. 4-5, $1.25 each; v. 7-15, $3.50 to $5 each. Postage 



extra. Edition of 550 copies at present. 

 "Pennsylvania : the German influence in its settlement and development. 



A narrative and critical history. Prepared by authority of the . . . 



society, pt. I-XV;" in v. 7-15 (also issued separately, 1897-1905). 



Distribution. No exchange. On sale by the Secretary. Printed price-list on 

 application. 



Local Historical Societies. 



BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Doylestown, Pa. Secretary: C. D. Hotch- 

 kiss. Founded Jan. 20, 1880; incorporated in 1885. Annual meeting on 3d 

 Tuesday of Jan. at Doylestown ; regular meetings on 4th Tuesday of May and 

 1st Tuesday of Oct. at other places in the county. 553 members (entrance 

 fee, $2; assessments when publications are issued; life composition, $15). Publ.: 

 Contributions to American history, no. 1-6. Doylestown, Pa., [etc.] 1897-99. 

 8. o. f. ([no. i] : Tools of the nation maker: a descriptive catalogue of 

 objects in the museum of the society.) For other papers read at the meetings 

 and published by the society (chiefly in leaflet form), see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. 

 hist. soc. 



CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. West Chester, Pa. Secretary: Gilbert Cope. 

 Organized and incorporated in 1893. Meetings of the society on 3d Thurs- 

 day of May, Aug., Nov. and Feb. ; meetings of the Council in all other months. 

 98 active members (entrance fee, $2; annual dues, $i ; life composition, $15); 

 6 honorary. Publ.: Bulletins . . . 1898, 1899/1900, 1902/03. [West Chester, 

 1898-1903.] 3 v. 8. Price: Soc. each. (Mainly reprinted from local news- 

 papers.) Lafayette at Brandy wine, containing the proceedings at the dedica- 

 tion of the memorial shaft erected to mark the place where Lafayette was 

 wounded in the battle of Brandywine, with supplementary paper on Lafayette 

 and the historians, by C. T. Lewis. W T est Chester, Pa., 1896. 8. Price: $i. 

 Exchange. On sale by the secretary. 



DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Media, Pa. Secretary: Charles Palmer, 

 Chester, Pa. Founded Sept. 26, 1895. Stated meetings on first Thursday of 

 Dec., Mar., and June, at places of historic interest in the county; annual 

 meeting in Sept., at Media. 142 members, classed as active, honorary and life 

 (entrance fee, $2; annual dues, $i ; life composition, $25). Publ.: Proceedings 

 ... v. I, 1895-1901. Chester, Pa., 1902. 8. 



"The General assembly of Pennsylvania, by an act approved May 21, 1901, en- 

 titled "An act to encourage county historical societies" empowered county commis- 

 sioners to appropriate annually out of the county funds the sum of $200 to the county 

 historical society, if such there be, toward the payment of its expenses and to 

 encourage historical research. 



