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Local Historical Societies. 



BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Bennington, Vt. 

 Incorporated in 1876 as the Bennington Battle Monument Association ; present 

 name adopted in 1896, when the Bennington Historical Society (founded in 1875) 

 disbanded, making the association its residuary legatee. Annual meetings, 2d 

 Wednesday in Jan.; special meetings as called. About 300 members. Publ.: 

 Centennial anniversary of the independence of the State of Vermont and the 

 battle of Bennington, Aug. 15-16, 1877. Rutland, 1879. 8. Public presentation 

 and reception of monuments marking the Catamount tavern, the patriot and 

 Hessian burial place, General Stark's camping-ground, by citizens, to the . . . 

 association, June 23, 1897. Supplemental to the "Centennial books" of 1877 and 

 1891. Bennington, 1898. (In 1898 re-issue of: Vermont centennial commission. 

 The dedication of the Bennington battle monument . . . Aug. 19, 1891. Ben- 

 nington, 1892. 8.) See also Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 



ORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Newport, Vt. Secretary : John M. Currier. 

 Organized in 1853 as Orleans County Natural and Civil History Society, with 

 headquarters at Derby, Vt. ; activity suspended in 1860 ; reorganized and in- 

 corporated in 1869 as Orleans County Society of Natural Sciences ; again re- 

 organized Nov. 12, 1887 under present name. Meetings in Aug. and Jan. Publ.: 

 Archives of science and Transactions of the Orleans County society of natural 

 sciences, v. I, i. e. no. 1-9, Oct. 1870- July 1874. Newport, Vt., [1870-74]. 8. 

 Proceedings of the Orleans County historical society, 1887-1906. Newport, Vt, 

 1888-1906. 5 nos. 8. History of the Missisco Valley, by S. Sumner. With an 

 introductory notice of Orleans County, by S. R. Hall. Irasburgh, 1860. 8. His- 

 tory of Barton Landing ... by B'. F. D. Carpenter. Also "The landing place" 

 by D. W. Hildreth and an account of the unveiling of "Memorial Rock," comp. by 

 J. M. Currier. Newport, 1893. 8. Exchange. 



VIRGINIA. 



Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. 



Address. Richmond, Va. 



History. Founded at Norfolk, Va., in 1888; incorporated in 1889; rein- 



corporated by act of legislature in 1892. Numerous branches. 

 Object. To acquire, restore and preserve the ancient historic grounds, buildings, 



monuments and tombs in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to receive and 



protect any relics which may become its property by gift or purchase. 

 Meetings. Annual meeting, Oct. 19; other meetings of the Association on Jan. 4, 



and June 10. Central committee meets on ist Tuesday of each month. 

 Membership. 1200 (annual dues, $i ; life composition, $10). 



Publications. 



Year book . . . 1895/96-1901/04. Richmond, 1896-1905. 8 & 12. 



Not sold. 



The site of old "J ames Towne," 1607-1698. A brief historical and topo- 

 graphical sketch of the first American metropolis, illustrated with 

 original maps, drawings and photographs, by Samuel H. Yonge. 

 Richmond, Va., 1904. 8 



