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secretary of the American Historical Association, inevitably'' continued 

 during the early part of the year. In spite, however, of all these 

 services, which in themselves were highly useful to the cause of his- 

 torical learning in America, Mr. Leland has been able to do some work 

 upon that volume of his Guide which it is intended to publish first, 

 namely, that which catalogues the American manuscript materials 

 preserved in the libraries of Paris, as distinguished from the Archives 

 Nationales and the archives of various ministries and other govern- 

 mental establishments in Paris. 



Mr. Doysie, during the year, has finished his search of the library 

 of the Ministry of the Marine, which contains not only a large col- 

 lection of historical manuscripts, but also an important group of archives 

 which has never been deposited in the Archives Nationales. It in- 

 cludes an important series of royal and ministerial acts relating to 

 maritime, naval, and colonial affairs, to Canada, Louisiana, colonial 

 defense, fisheries, commerce, the slave-trade, and pirates and priva- 

 teers. Another depositorj^, still in process of being explored, is the 

 Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine. This contains maps, log- 

 books, reports of explorers and navigators, and miscellaneous manu- 

 scripts, in such amount as to make it one of the most important 

 depositories of American material, next to the colonial archives, in 

 Paris. The Depot is divided into libraiy and archives; the part called 

 the library has been completed; the systematic examination of the 

 archives is still going on. Mr. Doysie has also dealt in a similar 

 manner with the Library of the Institute of France, the Libraiy of 

 the Senate, and the new acquisitions of the Bibliotheque Nationale. 



iVIrs. Surrey has continued her work of editing for publication a 

 calendar of papers in Paris archives and libraries bearing on the 

 history of the Mississippi Valley, based on notes taken in Paris under 

 Mr. Leland's direction. Working with great assiduity, she has now 

 completed a total of 22,000 cards. Her work, somewhat interrupted 

 at one time by illness, has been carried on in the New York Public 

 Library. 



The preceding annual report described (pp. 176-177) the work car- 

 ried out in the archives of the Netherlands by Mr. A. J. F. van Laer, 

 consisting in the gathering of notes for a full report on the materials 

 for American history in the archives of that kingdom. It is necessary 

 to report, with much regi'et, that the duties of Mr. van Laer in Albany, 

 as archivist of the State of New York, combined at times with imper- 

 fect health, have prevented him from making much progress in the re- 

 daction of his report in form for printing. It is hoped, however, that 

 he may soon be able to make more rapid progress. 



In connection with the general planning for and examination of ar- 

 chival materials in the British West Indies, set forth in pp. 177-179 

 of the preceding report, an expedition was made to Bermuda at the 



