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The resolution to appoint a committee to examine and 

 make disposition of the unbound sheets, magazines and 

 duplicate volumes belonging to the library, which was 

 laid on the table at the last meeting, was called up and 

 adopted. The following were appointed as such committee : 

 Messrs. F. B. Hough, Munsell, Willard, Mosher. 



The Institute then proceeded to the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year, and the following persons were 

 unanimously elected : 



John V. L. Pruyn, President. 

 Andrew E. Brown, Treasurer. 

 First Department — 



Richard V. DeWitt, President. 

 John Paterson, Cor. Secretary. 

 Jacob S. Mosher, Rec. Secretary. 

 GrEORGE W. Hough, Librarian. 

 Second Department — 



Stephen Van Rensselaer, President. 

 Peter Gansevoort, Vice President. 

 S. Oakley Vanderpoel, Rec. Secretary. 

 Joel Munsell, Cor. Secretary. 

 Charles B. Redfield, Treasurer. 

 Third Department — 



Alexander S. Johnson, President. 

 John IS. Campbell, Vice President. 

 Jacob I. Werner, Cor. Secretary. 

 Curators — James Hall, Howard Townsend, Charles 

 H. Anthony, Amos Dean, Andrew E. Brown. 



An interesting paper was read by Dr. P. B. Hough on 

 the Battle of Cedar Mountain, being an extract from 

 his forthcoming work, The History of Duryea's Brigade, 

 now in preparation. 



Mr. Munsell moved that a copy of vol. n of the Trans- 

 actions be presented to Dr. James Eights, one of the old 

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