Annual Meeting Of The Livingston County Historical Society Volumes 36 41

Author : Livingston County Historical Society
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ISBN 13 : 9781331300649
Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book Livingston County Historical Society, Third Annual Meeting written by Livingston County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Livingston County Historical Society, Third Annual Meeting: Annual Address: The Judges and Lawyers of Livingston County and Their Relation to the History of Western New York The third annual meeting of the Livingston County Historical Society was held at Geneseo, Jan. 14th, 1879. A business meeting was held at 11 o'clock a.m. at the American Hotel, Vice President Mills in the chair, Norman Seymour, Secretary and Treasurer. Letters were read from Hon. B. F. Angel, Hon. J. R. McPherson, Hon. George W. Patterson, and Thomas Warner, the latter enclosing an "old round house medal." L. B. Proctor, Chairman of the Publication Committee, reported and his report was accepted. The Treasurer's report showed a balance in the treasury of $25.08, and his report was accepted. Dr. L. J. Ames offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the Committee on Membership be authorized to issue a circular for the purpose of inviting citizens of the County of Livingston to become members of this Society, and that the said Committee be authorized to receive such persons as may present themselves and comply with the requirements of the Society, as members, and report the same to the Secretary of the Society, who shall enter their names on the roll of membership. On motion of A. O. Bunnell, the Secretary was authorized to procure a book for recording the proceedings of this Society since its organization, and to have the same recorded therein. The Society then elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President - M. H. Mills. Vice President - William M. White. Secretary and Treasurer - Norman Seymour. Councilmen - L. B. Proctor, L. J. Ames, D. H. Fitzhugh, George W. Root, Samuel P. Allen, B. F. Angel, John F. Barber, A. A. Hendee, F. M. Perine. The following committees were appointed: Finance Committee - E.H. Davis, F. M. Perine, S. P. Allen. Publication Committee L. B. Proctor, B. F. Angel, A. A. Hendee. Membership Committee L. J. Ames, D. H. Fitzhugh, G. W. Root. Major Amos A. Hendee offered the following preamble and resolution, which were adopted: Whereas, The Livingston County Pioneer Society have recommended the due observance of the Centennial of the Battle of Groveland under Gen. Sullivan in September, 1779, therefore Resolved, That the Livingston County Historical Society recommend that the said Centennial be duly observed, and that a committee of five be appointed to act with the Committee of the said Pioneer Society, or by themselves for this Society, to complete arrangements for the celebration of said Centennial, and that the Committee of this Society have full power to act for this Society in reference thereunto. The Chairman appointed the following members as such committee: Amoa A. Hendee, Chairman, William M. White, Dr. F. M. Perine, Dr. L. J. Ames, E. H. Davis. Secretary Seymour announced that he had recently held a personal conference with Hon. Horatio Seymour, and that he had consented to deliver the address at the Centennial celebration, on the 13th of September, 1879. This announcement was received with much enthusiasm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.