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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

Washington, D. C., March 2, 1895.

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889, I have the honor to submit to Congress the annual report of said association for the year 1894.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. P. LANGLEY,

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION,
Washington, D. C., March 2, 1895.

SIR: In compliance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889, which requires that "said association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America," I have the honor to transmit herewith my general report of the proceedings of the decennial of the American Historical Association, held in Washington, D. C., December 26-28, 1894. The accompanying table of contents contains the titles of the vari ous papers read or presented. I append to the report of the association further contributions toward a bibliography of American history.

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1.-REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF TENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

By HERBERT B. ADAMS, Secretary.

At the ninth annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held at Chicago July 10-12, 1893, it was agreed to celebrate at Saratoga in September, 1894, the decennial of this organization. It was found, however, impossible to prepare for that time and place a sufficiently attractive programme, and it was deemed wiser to hold the tenth annual meeting during the Christmas holidays in Washington, D. C. The American Historical Association is a chartered national society in organic relations with the Smithsonian Institution. Obvi. ously the most fitting place for annual historical conventions is in the capital city of the nation, where the association now belongs. Experience has demonstrated this fact.

Arrangements were made as usual for three evening sessions at the Columbian University and two morning sessions at the United States National Museum. The pleasant rooms of the Cosmos Club House were a convenient social rendezvous after the evening sessions. The best results of a scientific convention are sometimes reached in conversational ways. Men widen their acquaintance and get new ideas.

The American Society of Church History, the American Jewish Historical Association, the Folk Lore Society, and the Forestry Association held their annual meetings in Washington during the Christmas holidays, at times not seriously conflicting with the appointments of the American Historical Association. The holiday season is becoming more and more the time for the annual conventions of scientific bodies. Four great cities along the Atlantic Seaboard were this year the chief centers

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