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FAYETTE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Uniontown, Pa. Organ- 

 ized June I, 1893. Small library and museum ; occupies room in county court 

 house. 



HAMILTON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE, PA. Carlisle, Pa. Secretary: 

 William E. Miller. Incorporated Apr. 17, 1874; organized June 18 following. 

 The object of this association is the establishment of a public library, the 

 advancement of literature, and the elucidation and preservation of the history 

 of Cumberland County. Monthly meetings devoted to papers on local history, 

 Oct. to Mar., on the Friday following the 3d Tuesday, in the Hamilton Library 

 Building, Carlisle, Pa. 120 active members (entrance fee, $2; annual dues, $i). 

 Publ.: Annual report of the president . . . Contributions to the local history 

 of Carlisle, Pa., by Rev. Jos. A. Murray. I-VI. Carlisle, 1902. 8. VII. 

 Louther Manor, by Rev. Jos. A. Murray. Blast furnaces of Cumberland Co., 

 by D. K. Goodyear. Reminiscences of the Walnut Bottom road, by J. R. Miller. 

 1901 Bridges of Cumberland Co., by J. D. Hemminger. 1905. John Brown's 

 raid, by W. J. Shearer. Penna. archives as they apply to Cumberland Co., by 

 J. E. Pilcher. A new castle in a new world, by Irvin Mahon. Washington- 

 burgh, the old Carlisle garrison, by C. P. Humrich. Exchange. On sale at 

 loc. to 25c. each. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY. Reading, Pa. Secretary : Geo. M. Jones, 

 52 N. 4th Street. Founded and incorporated in 1869; inactive from 1871 to 

 Mar. 8 1898, when it was reorganized under the original charter. Monthly 

 meetings, 2d Tuesday, July and Aug. excepted, at 25 N. 6th Street, no mem- 

 bers (entr?ice fee, $i ; annual dues, $i ; life composition, $25). Publ.: Trans- 

 actions ... v. I, 1898-1904. Reading, Pa., 1904. 8. (Includes also reprint of 

 the only paper published in the earlier period of the society's existence.) Ex- 

 change. Not for sale. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. Room No. i, Court House Annex, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. Corresponding Secretary: James M. Lamberton. Founded in 

 1869; incorporated in 1870. Monthly meetings, 2d Thursday, July and Aug. 

 excepted ; anniversary meeting, 2d Thursday in May. 130 resident members 

 (annual dues, $3) ; 2 corresponding (annual dues, $2) ; life ($25) ; 5 honorary. 

 Publ.: Transactions . . . v. I-II. Harrisburg, [1903/05], 1886. 8. (v. i, pt. I 

 includes Abstract of the minutes 1869-1903; pt. 2-3, Transactions 1903-05. v. 2, 

 Centenary memorial of the erection of the County of Dauphin and the founding 

 of the city of Harrisburg. (Originally issued by a joint committee of the 

 society and of the City Council of Harrisburg, and distributed later with added 

 t.-p. as v. 2 of the society's Transactions.) For special publications, see Griffin, 

 Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. Exchange. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD. Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary: Miss Eleanor 

 E. Wright, 4308 Frankford Avenue. Organized in Feb. 1905. Meetings on 

 4th Tuesday of Jan., Mar., May and Oct. in the lecture room of the Carnegie 

 Free Library, Frankford. 199 members (annual dues, $i). Publ.: Papers read 

 before the . . . society . . . v. I, no. 1-4. Reprinted from the Frankford Gazette, 

 1906-07. 8. Exchange. 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA. Historical Hall, Norristown, 

 Pa. Secretary: Mrs. Conrad Jones, Conshohocken, Pa. Organized Feb. 22, 

 1881 ; incorporated May n, 1883. (Ref.: Historical sketches of Montgomery 

 County, v. I, p. 5-9.) Quarterly meetings, Feb., May, July and Oct. at the 



