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Second Department — 



Stephen Van Rensselaer, President. 



Peter Gansevoort, Vice-President. 



S. 0. Vanderpoel, Rec. Secretary. 



Joel Munsell, Cor. Secretary. 



C. B. Redfield, Treasurer. 

 Third Department — 



Alexander S. Johnson, President. 



John N. Campbell, Vice President. 



J. I. Werner, Cor. Secretary. 

 Curators — James Hall, Howard Townsend, C. H. Antho- 

 ny, Amos Dean, Andrew E. Brown. 



The annual report of the treasurer was referred to a 

 committee consisting of A. E. Brown and Mr. Munsell, to 

 be examined and compared with vouchers. 



The secretary announced the donation of five copies of 

 Indian Treaties, from the publisher, Mr. Munsell ; explain- 

 ing, at the same time, that the volume is printed from a 

 manuscript volume in the library of the Albany Institute, 

 with extensive and valuable notes by Dr. F. B. Hough, one 

 of the members of the Institute, and dedicated to Hon. J* 

 V. L. Pruyn, president of the Institute. 



On motion, the following resolution was adopted and 

 entered on the minutes : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute be presented to 

 Dr. F. B. Hough and Mr. Munsell for their labors, in bring- 

 ing before the public, one of the valuable manuscripts of 

 this society; to Dr. Hough as the indefatigable editor and 

 annotator ; to Mr. Munsell, for the exquisite typography of 

 the volume ; that for the Jive copies he has presented to the 

 Institute, the thanks of the society be presented to Mr. 

 Munsell, and that ten copies additional be purchased by the 

 Institute for the purpose of exchanges; and that the trea- 

 surer be authorized to pay Mr. Munsell, on the certificate 

 of the secretary, the amount at the rate of five dollars per 

 copy. 



