DEPARTMENT OP HISTORICAL RESEARCH. Ill 



Italy, he received valuable advice from those expert in the use of Roman ar- 

 chives. At Turin he took notes of the materials for the history of the United 

 States in the archives of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and at Florence in those 

 of the Grand-Duchy of Tuscany. Early in September he began work in 

 Rome. 



Each of these gentlemen occupied in foreign searches has sent monthly re- 

 ports of progress to the Director. 



Professor Allison, during his college vacation, brought into final form for 

 publication nearly all the data collected by him for the proposed inventory of 

 Protestant manuscript materials for the religious history of the United States. 

 The original plan contemplated simply the listing of those which were to be 

 found in the archives of religious denominations and missionary societies and 

 in the libraries of theological seminaries and denominational colleges. Dur- 

 ing the past year the scheme has been enlarged by the inclusion of the chief 

 public libraries also. 



The list of Spanish transcripts has been enlarged only by the addition of 

 those preserved in Washington itself. The proposed calendar of papers in 

 Washington offices relating to the territories has also made less progress than 

 was expected. Dr. Jernegan, occupied with another research, described 

 below, was not able to begin this task till about the middle of May, when but 

 six weeks of his term of service remained. In that time he made a good be- 

 ginning with the territorial papers in the Bureau of Rolls and Library in the 

 Department of State. 



Textual Publication of Documents. — Dr. Burnett has completed his list of 

 letters of delegates to the Continental Congress and Congress of the Confeder- 

 ation which are already in print. He has also finished the examination for this 

 purpose of all the public manuscript collections which are to be examined in 

 Washington and in South Carolina, while agents locally employed have com- 

 pleted in a similar sense those of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The last- 

 named have been copied. Indications respecting the portions of the others to be 

 copied are filed on cards in such a manner that copying can be begun at any 

 time, and will probably be begun this autumn, since the necessary data have 

 been gathered from the public repositories of Washington and of all but four 

 of the original states. It is roughly computed that, in the intended publica- 

 tion, the amount of new material will be at least twice that of the material 

 previously known. 



Miss Davenport has spent the period from February to July, and the month 

 of October, in the preparation of introductions to the texts she has collected 

 for the proposed volume or volumes of treaties between foreign powers bear- 

 ing on American history. 



