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throughout the whole mass of Jackson manuscripts in the library, the 

 processes of reading, comparing, selecting those letters which were to 

 be copied for publication, and making such notes from others as would 

 be needed for purposes of annotation. The work of transcribing for 

 the press those letters which Professor Bassett selected has gone for- 

 ward, in the hands of Miss Jane Boyd, through a large portion of the 

 collection. It remains to collect those letters of Jackson which are 

 to be found in other public depositories, such as the archives of the War 

 Department, and those which are preserved in private hands. After 

 selection and transcription, the work of annotation will be undertaken. 

 The result will be a work in several volumes, undoubtedly of great 

 value to the student of the whole Jacksonian period, from the early 

 Tennessee period and the War of 1812 until the general's death. 



During the greater part of his period of residence, Professor Bassett 

 gave weekly informal lectures to the staff of the Department, most 

 frequently basing his talk upon portions of the material which he was 

 engaged in examining at the Library of Congress. His talks and com- 

 panionship were of great advantage and pleasure to the Department. 



As in previous years, acknowledgment is cordially made of the 

 favors constantly shown to the Department, with the greatest liberality, 

 by the officials of the Library of Congress, and especially by Dr. Herbert 

 Putnam, the librarian, by Mr. A. P. C. Griffin, chief assistant librarian, 

 by Mr. Charles Moore, chief of the Manuscripts Division, and by Mr. 

 P. Lee Phillips, chief of the Map Division. Grateful recognition is also 

 made of special courtesies extended by the authorities of the library of 

 Harvard University, especially during the summer months, to several 

 members of the staff, and of the courtesy shown by the New York 

 Public Library in facilitating the work of Mrs. Surrey. 



REPORTS. AIDS, AND GUIDES. 



The "Guide to Materials for American history in Paris Archives, " on 

 which Mr. Leland has long been engaged, has been considerably 

 advanced during the year, partly by labors on his part, but more 

 largely by the work of his assistant, Mr. Abel Doysie, in Paris. Mr. 

 Leland at the end of December resigned the position of secretary to the 

 American Historical Association, which he had held for eleven years 

 and which had brought heavy burdens upon him; and his occupancy 

 of the position of secretary to the National Board for Historical Service, 

 which during the war consumed nearly all his time, came to an end 

 with the dissolution of that body in the same month ; but he has found 

 it impossible to release himself wholly or speedily from duties which 

 befell him in connection with those two offices, but which could not be 

 finished until well into the year 1920. Important secretarial duties in 

 the work of organizing and setting in motion the American Council 

 of Learned Societies, which owes its inception chiefly to his action as 



