HISTORICAL NOTICE. 



The preliminary meeting which led to the formation of the 

 Anthropological Society of Washington was held in the 

 Regents' Room of the Smithsonian Institution on Monday even- 

 ing, February 10, 1879, in response to the following call through 

 the public press : 



" Washington, February 7, 1879. 

 " Many persons interested in American Archaeology have ex- 

 pressed a desire for an organization in this city to promote study 

 and diffuse knowledge upon the subject. All willing to join an 

 Archaeological Association are requested to attend a meeting at the 

 Smithsonian Institution on Monday evening, 10th instant, at 7^ 

 o'clock, for a conference upon the subject, and the formation of 

 such a society. 



"J. M. Toner, M. D., 



" Otis T. Mason, Columbian College, 



" Garrick Mallery, U. S. Army." 



The following gentlemen responded to this call by attending the 

 preliminary meeting : 



Dr. A. Wellington Adams, Mr. S. Yorke At Lee, Prof. S. F. 

 Baird, Mr. Otis Bigelow, Mr. George H. Boehmer, Mr. E. A. 

 Burdick, Mr. Frank H. dishing, Dr. Wills DeFfass, Dr. Robert 

 Fletcher, Mr. G. Brown Goode, Mr. John C. Lang, Col. Garrick 

 Mallery, Prof. Otis T. Mason, Dr. James E. Morgan, Mr. P. W. 

 Norris, Lieut. W. W. Reisinger, Dr. Elmer R. Reynolds, Mr. 

 William J. Rhees, Dr. Miles Rock, Mr. Lenox W. Simpson, Dr. 

 J. E. Snodgrass, Dr. J. M. Toner, Mr. Edwin P. Upham, Mr. Les- 

 ter F. Ward, and Mr. Joseph M. Wilson. 



At that meeting the propriety of such an organization was dis- 

 cussed, as well as the question as to the most appropriate name by 

 which it should be known, and a committee consisting of Dr. J. M. 



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