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reorganized in 1857; inactive after 1861 ; incorporated July 15, 1875, 

 under present name. 



<Ref.: History of Tennessee, by W. R. Garrett and A. V. Goodpasture. 



Nashville, Tenn., 1900. p. 305-307. 

 Object. To collect, preserve and perpetuate facts and events connected with the 



history of Tennessee. 



Meetings, Monthly, 2d Tuesday, Oct. to June, at the society's rooms. 

 Membership. 150 active (entrance fee, $3; annual dues, $2); about 100 corre- 

 sponding and 50 honorary. 



Publications. 



AMERICAN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE and Tennessee historical society 

 QUARTERLY, v. I-IX. Jan. 180,6-Oct. 1904. Nashville, Tenn., [1896- 

 1904]. 8. 



No more published. 



v. 1-7, no. i (Jan. i8o,6-Jan. 1902), pub. by the Peabody normal college, 

 Nashville, under the title American historical magazine. 



Tennessee historical society papers, [no. 1-3]. Nashville, Tenn., 

 1884-95. 8. 



Contents: no. I. History of the South Carolina cession and the northern 

 boundary of Tennessee, by W. R. Garrett. 1884. no. 2. Proceedings of 

 the Tennessee historical society, at Murfreesboro', Tenn., Dec. 8, 1885. 

 1886. no. 3. Andrew Jackson, Tennessee and the Union, by Albert V. 

 Goodpasture. 1895. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Local Historical Societies. 



CONFEDERATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Memphis, Tenn. Founded in 1869. Library 

 and museum of Confederate records and relics. Monthly meetings. Annual dues, 

 $2. No publications. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Jonesboro, Tenn. Organized in 1890. 

 Annual meetings. No publications. 



TEXAS. 



Texas Academy of Science. 



Address. University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Secretary : F. W. Simonds. 

 History. Organized Jan. 9, 1892. 



Object. To advance the natural and exact sciences, both by research and discus- 

 sion; to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in dif- 

 ferent parts of the State, and especially to investigate and report on any subjects 

 of science or industrial art when called upon by any department of the State 

 government. 



Meetings. Monthly meetings at Austin; 3 formal meetings yearly, at Austin in 

 June and Oct. and at some other place in Texas in Dec. 



Membership. 72 members and 72 fellows (entrance fee, $2; fellowship fee, $3; 

 annual dues, $1)52 patrons ($500). 



