NEBRASKA MASSACHUSETTS ILLINOIS NEBRASKA KENTUCKY NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA . . IOWA NEW YORK RT. REV. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, DD., LL. D. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. REUBEN G. THWAITES* *To whom communications may be addressed. MADISON GEN. GEORGE P. DELAPLAINE. HON. GEORGE RAYMER. HON. ROMANZO BUNN. HON. SILAS U. PINNEY. HON. PHILO DUNNING. Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1895. GEN. LUCIUS FAIRCHILD. HON. ALEXANDER H. MAIN. JAIRUS H. CARPENTER, LL. D. HON. M. RANSOM DOYON. HON. BREESE J. STEVENS. MAJ. FRANK W. OAKLEY. WILLIAM A. P. MORRIS. PROF. WM. H. ROSENSTENGEL. FREDERICK J. TURNER, PH. D. ALBERT O. WRIGHT, A. M. HON. ROBERT G. SIEBECKER. Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1896. HON. BUELL E. HUTCHINSON. HON. JOHN A. JOHNSON. HON. N. B. VAN SLYKE. GEN. CHANDLER P. CHAPMAN. JOHN C. FREEMAN, LL. D. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL. D. HON. BURR W. JONES. CHARLES K. ADAMS, LL. D. FREDERIC K. CONOVER, LL. B. *To whom communications may be addressed. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The president, vice presidents, corresponding and recording secretaries, treasurer, librarian, curators, the gov ernor, the secretary of state, and the state treasurer, constitute the executive committee, and the following standing committees are sub-committees thereof: STANDING COMMITTEES. Library - Thwaites, Butler, Adams, Turner, and Gregory; ex-officio — Finance Van Slyke, Morris, Doyon, Ramsay, and Burrows. over. Morris, Carpenter, Ramsay, Steensland, and Con Printing and Publication Thwaites, Butler, Adams, Anderson, and Turner; ex-officio- Cunningham and Hunner. Draper Homestead - Van Slyke, Steensland, and Thwaites. Art Gallery and Museum - Hobbins, Thwaites, Bradley, Delaplaine, and Sanborn. Historical Monuments - Turner, Thwaites, Butler, Wright, and Gregory. Contributions and Endowments - Bradley, Johnson, Keyes, Oakley, and Wright. Literary Exchanges - Thwaites, Bradley, Parkinson, Freeman, and Rosenstengel. Natural History Fairchild, Bunn, Burdick, Dunning, and Siebecker. Historical Narratives - Orton, Pinney, Carpenter, Gregory, and Ander son. Nomination of Members - Keyes, Giles, Main, Cassoday, and Proudfit. Prehistoric Antiquities and Indian History - Butler, Fairchild, Dunning, Johnson, and Raymer. Obituaries - Pinney, Parkinson, Hastings, Johnson, and Burrows. SPECIAL COMMITTEES, 1893-94. Biennial Address for 1895 - Thwaites, Adams, Stevens, Gregory, and Turner. To Confer with Executors of Draper Estate - Van Slyke, Jones, and Gregory. LIBRARY OPEN- From 9 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. PORTRAIT GALLERY AND MUSEUM OPEN Morning, 9 to 12:30; Afternoon, 1:30 to 5. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN. FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. The forty first annual meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin was held in its rooms in the Capitol, Thursday evening, December 14, 1893. President Johnston took the chair at 7:35 o'clock, and briefly spoke concerning the satisfactory progress of the Society. FINANCIAL REPORTS. Chairman Morris, from the auditing committee (Messrs. Morris, Carpenter, Ramsay and Steensland), reported unat said committee had examined and approved thè report o Corresponding Secretary Thwaites, of expenditures from the general fund for the year ending November 30, 1893, the vouchers therefor having been deposited with the governor according to law. The committee also reported having favorably passed upon that officer's expenditures from the income of the binding fund during 1893. [See Appendix, A]. Mr. Morris, from the committee on finance (Messrs. Morris, Ramsay and Burrows), presented the report of his committee, approving the annual report of Treasurer Proudfi, both of which reports were duly adopted. [See Appendix, B. and C.] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Corresponding Secretary Thwaites, in behalf of the executive committee, presented its annual report, which was adopted. [See Appendix, D.] OFFICERS ELECTED. Messrs. Oakley, Raymer, Burrows, Hutchinson, and Thwaites were appointed a committee on the nomination |