DEATH OF EDWIN WILLIAMS, 



For many years Recording Secretary of the American Institute. 



At a stated monthly meeting of the American Institute, held on 

 Thursday, November 2d, 1854, Vice-President Livingston an- 

 nounced the sudden death by Asiatic cholera, of Edwin Williams, 

 and offered the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That we have heard with unfeigned regret, the sud- 

 den decease of Edwin Williams, one of the original members and 

 founders of this institute, and for many years its Recording Sec- 

 retary. 



Resolved, That his labors in, and contributions to our stock of 

 statistical and historical information, have rendered eminent ser- 

 vice to those branches of knowledge in our country, and entitle 

 him to the grateful remembrance of the Institute. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to his 

 family by the Recording Secretary of the Institute. 



On motion of Mr. John A. Bunting, the resolutions were 

 unanimously adopted. 



[Assembly, No. 144.] 



