LIBRARY committee's REPORT. 73 



In this connection your Committee must accord the highest praise to Mr. 

 R. McCleary Copeland, who has held the position of Librarian for more 

 than seventeen years. It is wholly owing to his care, diligence, and faithful 

 watchfulness, that the Library has been so well preserved under so many 

 disadvantageous circumstances. 



It is not saying too much to assert, that but for his care and attention our 

 most valuable works would have been very much injured if not wholly 

 destroyed, by the damp in our old library room. Your Committee feel that 

 Mr. Copeland's long and faithful services demand some token of the So- 

 ciety's appreciation, and they respectfully suggest the appointment of a 

 Committee to procure, in the name of the Society, a suitable testimonial 

 of its appreciation of the value of his services in their behalf. 



Edward S. Rand, Jr., ^ 



Wm. a. Harris, Committee 



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J. Utis Williams, [ ^ •, 



.ITT ^ rx Library. 



W. C. Stronq, j ^ 



