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Publications. 



PERSONAL NARRATIVES. ist-6th series. Providence, 1878-1905. 8. 



[ist series], no. i-io, 1878-79; 2d series, no. 1-20, 1880-83; 



3d series, no. 1-20, 1883-87; 4th series, no. 1-20, 1889-93; 



5th series, no. i-io; 1894-99; 6th series, no. i-io, 1903-05. 



7th series in progress, no. I pub. 1905. 



Single nos. have title : Personal narratives of events in the war of the 

 rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island soldiers and sailors 

 historical society, (ist ser. : Personal narratives of the battles of the 

 rebellion, etc.) ; each no. has also special t.-p. 



Price: 40c. per number. 



Distribution. Sold under the direction of the Publication committee, Maj. 

 George N. Bliss, East Providence, R. I., chairman. 



Local Historical Societies. 



BARRINGTON HISTORIC-ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Harrington, R. I. President: 

 Thomas W. Bicknell, Providence, R. I. Organized and incorporated 1885. Col- 

 lections in the Town Hall in care of the Town Clerk. Meetings, annual and 

 occasional. 167 active members (annual dues, $i) ; 56 honorary. No publica- 

 tions. 



BRISTOL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. President: Thomas W. Bicknell, Providence, 

 R. I. Organized in 1894; devoted to memorial celebrations and erection of 

 monuments and tablets. Limited to 25 members. 



NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 82 Touro Street, Newport, R. I. Librarian : R. 

 Hammett Tilley. Organized Mar. 8, 1853; incorporated in 1854. Monthly meet- 

 ings, 3d Monday; annual meeting, Mar. 18. Annual dues, $2. Publ.: ist-2d 

 annual report, 1886-1887. Newport, 1886-87. 8. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Rochester Academy of Science. 



Address. Rochester, N. Y. Corresponding Secretary and Librarian: 

 Wm. Dayton Merrell. 



History. Organized and incorporated in 1881, being an outgrowth of 

 the Rochester Microscopical Society, organized in 1879; reorganized 

 in 1889. In 1897, its engineering section became an independent so- 

 ciety tinder the name Rochester Engineering Society. 



Ref.: History and work of the Rochester academy of science, by H. LeRoy 



Fairchild. (In Proceedings, v. 3, no. 3, 1906, p. 320-339.) 



Object. To promote scientific study and research, and especially to gain and pub- 

 lish a thorough knowledge of the natural history of that part of the state of 

 New York in the vicinity of Rochester, and to make permanent collections of 

 material in illustration of the natural history of that region. 



a Publ.: Catalogue of works on engineering and allied subjects in the Reynolds li- 

 brary. Rochester, N. Y., 1902. 12. (The society has the free use of the library and 

 contributes money for the purchase of engineering literature.) 



