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Download or read book Proceedings of the New Jersey, Historical Society, 1848, Vol. 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the New Jersey, Historical Society, 1848, Vol. 2: 1846-1847 The Society met pursuant to adjournment in the lecture room of the First Presbyterian Church. The Hon. Joseph C.Hornblower, President, took the chair; Col. R.G. Johnson, first Vice President, being also present. After the minutes of the last meeting were read, the Corresponding Secretary made his report of the correspondence since September, and laid before the Society, letters from the Hon. Randolph Manning, of Michigan, Col. Ichabod J.Crane, U.S. A., James Fennimore Cooper, Esq., and others, in acknowledgement of their election as Corresponding or Resident ftiembers, from the Massachusetts Historical Society, American Philosophical Society, &c. Various donations were announced, and Col. Johnson presented an original biographical sketch of John Fenwick, chief Proprietor of Salem Tenth, and a copy of some correspondence between Governor Andres, of New York, and the authorities of the Lower counties on the Delaware in1675-78, in relation to the arrest of Fenwick. This last, on motion of Dr. Lewis Condict, was referred to the Committee on Publications. Mr. VViLLiAJi B.Kinney, from that Committee, made a report in relation to the publication of another volume of Collections, to consist of a Life of General Lord Stirling, by the Hon. Wm. A. Duer; and also in recommendation of the quarterly publication of the Society. 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.
