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WILLIAMSBURG, VA. 



William and Mary College. 

 Address. Williamsburg, Va. 



History. Established by royal charter in 1693 as the College of William 

 and Mary, as the result of efforts authorized by the Assembly of Vir- 

 ginia in 1660. 



Ref.: The history of the College of William and Mary from its foundation, 

 1660, to 1874. Richmond, 1874. 8. The College of William and Mary. 

 A contribution to the history of higher education, by H. B. Adams. 

 Washington, 1887. 8. (U. S. Bureau of education. Circular of infor- 

 mation, no. i, 1887.) 



Publications. 



William and Mary college QUARTERLY historical magazine, v. I-XV, 

 July 1892- Apr. 1907. Williamsburg, Va., [1892-95] ; Richmond, Va., 

 1896-1907. 8. 



v. 1-2 have title William and Mary college quarterly historical papers. 

 Supplements : The Goodwin families in America, issued with the numbers 



for Oct. 1897 and Oct. 1899. 

 Genealogical and patriotic data in first j l / 2 vols., July iSga-Oct. 1899 : 



with v. 8. 

 Price: $3 a year; single nos., $i each. 



WISCONSIN. 



State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 



Address. Madison, Wis. Secretary and Superintendent: Reuben G. 

 Thwaites. 



History. Organized Jan. 30, 1849, as the Historical Society of Wis- 

 consin; incorporated under present name by act of the State Legisla- 

 ture, Mar. 4, 1853 ; reorganized in accordance with the provisions of 

 the act of incorporation, Jan. 18, 1854. Annual appropriation from 

 the State, of which the society is the trustee. Library of about 275.000 

 titles, particularly rich in the field of local American history; about 

 14,000 manuscripts, including the famous Draper collection, unequalled 

 in the field of the Middle West and the South from about 1735 to the 

 close of the War of 1812. Large collection of historical maps, and of 

 bound newspaper files from 1730 on. Ethnological and historical mu- 

 seum, and historical portrait gallery. Rooms in the State Capitol until 

 1900, when the society took possession of the building erected for it 

 by the State, in which are housed also the libraries of the University 

 of Wisconsin and of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and 

 Letters. 



Ref. : Memorial volume, p. 95-109. (v. infra.) A brief description of the 

 State historical library building at Madison, Wis. 1906. 



