354 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



The Apteryx ; a New England quarterly of natural history, v. I, Jan.- 

 July 1905. Providence, [1905]. 3 nos. 8. 

 Price: $i per year; single numbers, 250. 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the Museum ; printed price-list of mono- 

 graphs on application. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association. 



Address. Providence, R. I. President: Thomas W. Bicknell, 254 Pleas- 

 ant Street. 



History. Incorporated 1883 ; formerly named Rhode Island Veteran 

 Citizens Historical Association. 



Object. Recording of such information pertaining to the history and traditions of 

 Providence and the State of Rhode Island, as shall be of permanent interest 

 and value to the citizens and to historical literature. 



Meetings. Monthly, ad Thursday, except July and Aug. 



Membership. 175 (annual dues, $i). 



Publications. 



ist-3d annual reports, 1883-86, and papers read before the society, 1885- 

 87, were printed in the Narragansett historical register, v. 4-6, which 

 was the official organ of the society 1886-88. 



See also Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 



The Rhode Island declaration of independence, by C. W. Lippitt ... an 

 address delivered . . . on the i3Oth anniversary of the declaration of 

 independence by the colony of Rhode Island, May 4, 1906. [Provi- 

 dence, 1907.] 8. 



Rhode Island Historical Society. 



Address. 66 Waterman Street, Providence, R. I. Librarian: Clarence 

 S. Brigham. 



History. Founded Apr. 19, 1822, and incorporated June 9 of the same 

 year. Maintains historical museum and library. Present building 

 occupied since 1844, greatly enlarged in 1891. 



Ref.: Historical sketch of the society with a chronological list of lectures 

 and papers, 1835-1889 (In Proceedings, 1889/90, p. 51-85; reprinted 

 Providence, 1890). Rhode Island historical society, by Edward Fuller 

 (In New England magazine, v. 29, [n. s. v. 23], p. 483-499). Providence 

 Journal, June 17, 1900. 



