IIG ANNUAJ, REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 



Volume II. 



Ninth report of the lilstorical manuscripts commission : Correspondence of 

 Alexander Stephens. Howell Cobb, and Robert Toombs. 



The report for 1912 was sent to the printer on January 31, 1914, 

 and at the close of the year was nearly ready for distribution. The 

 contents are as follows: 

 Report of the proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the American 



Historical Association. 

 Report of the proceedings of the ninth annual meeting of the Pacific coast 



branch. By H. W. Edwards, secretary of the briinch. 

 Royal finances of the reign of Henry III. By Henry L. Cannon. 

 Antecedents of the Quattrocento. By Henry O. Taylor. 

 The new Columbus. By Henry P. Biggar. 

 The charter of Connecticut. By Clarence W. Bowen. 

 The enforcement of the alien and sedition acts. By Frank j\I. Anderson. 

 The reviewing of historical books. By Carl Becker. 

 Briefer papers read in conferences : 



A. Libya as a field of research. By Oric Bates. 



B. The international character of conunercial history. By Abbott P. Usher. 



C. Some new manuscript sources for the history of modern commerce. By 



N. S. B. Gras. 



D. The study of South American commercial history. By Charles L. 



Chandler. 



E. On the economics of slavery, 1815-1860. By Ulrich B. Phillips. 



F. On the history of Pennsylvania, 1S15-18G0. By P. Orman Ray. 



G. Historical research in "the far west. By Katherine Coman. 

 Proceedings of the conference on military history. 

 Proceedings of the ninth annual conference of historical societies : 



Genealogy and history. By Charles K. Bolton. 

 The Massachusetts Historical Society. By Worthington C. Ford. 

 Appendix : Reports of historical societies, 1912. 

 Thirteenth report of the Public Archives Commission : 

 Appendix A. Proceedings of the fourth annual conference of archivists. 

 Plan and scope of a " Manual of Archival Economy for the use of American 



Archivists," By Victor H. Paltsits. 

 Some fundamental principles in relation to archives. By Waldo G. Leland. 

 The adaptation of archives to public use. By Dunbar Rowland. 

 Appendix B. Report on the archives of the State of Louisiana. By Prof. 



"William O. Scroggs. 

 Appendix C. Report on the arhives of the State of Montana. By Paul C. 

 Phillips. 

 Classified list of publications of the American Historical Association, 1885-1912. 

 Tenth report of the historical manuscripts commission : 



Letters of William Vans Murray to John Quincy Adams, 1797-1803. Edited 

 by Worthington C. Ford. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE 

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



The manuscript of the Sixteenth Annual Keport of the National 

 Society of the Dau*j;hters of the American Revolution for the year 

 ending October 11, 1913, was communicated to Congress June 16; 

 1914. 



