COVENTRY, C. B. (M. D.) Epidemic Cholera: Its History, Causes, Pathology and Treatment. By C. B. Coventry, M. D. Buffalo: Geo. H. Derby & Co., publishers. 1849. 12mo. pp. 119.

Dr. Coventry was professor of physiology and medical jurisprudence in the University of Buffalo. When the cholera appeared in this country in 1831 he was appointed by the Common Council of Utica, where he resided, to visit Albany and New York to investigate the disease; and in the winter of '47-'48 he visited Europe with instructions from the medical faculties of the University of Buffalo and the college at Geneva, to more fully acquaint himself with its pathology, causes and treatment. fruits of his study are embodied in this volume.

The

DAVIS, A. Antiquities of America, the first inhabitants of Central America, and the Discovery of New England by the Northmen, five hundred years before Columbus. By A. Davis Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co., stereotypers and printers, 1849. 8vo. pp. 32.

21st edition, with important additions.

It is probable that most, perhaps all of the previous editions were published elsewhere.

[Directory.] 1849 1850. The Commercial Advertiser Directory for the City of Buffalo. Embellished with a new and correct map. Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co. Publishers, Commercial Advertiser Buildings. 1849. 8vo. pp. xiii-368.

HYDE, (Rev.) JABEZ B[ACKUS]. God in History: or the accomplishment of His purposes, as declared by his servants the Prophets, exemplified in the civil and ecclesiastical history of the World, preceded by a review of Professor Stuart's commentary on Revelations. By Rev. Jabez B. Hyde, First received missionary among the Seneca Indians. [Quot. 21.] Buffalo: Printed by George Reese & Co. 159 Main Street. 1849. 8vo. pp. 104.

For comment on this work, see ante p. 274.

LORD, (Rev.) JOHN C. (D. D.) A Funeral Discourse, delivered on the occasion of the death of Gen. George P. Barker, at the North Presbyterian Church, on the 31st day of January, 1848; by John C. Lord, D. D. Buffalo: Oliver G. Steele. 1849. 12mo. pp. 215, I.

MACAULEY, THOMAS BABINGTON. Essays and Reviews; or Scenes and Characters: Being a selection of the most eloquent passages from the writings of Thomas Babington Macauley. Author of "History of England." New American Edition. Buffalo: George H. Derby and Co. 1849. 16mo. pp. 214.

[Schools.] Ordinances for the regulation of the Public Schools, of the City of Buffalo. Enacted April 27, 1839. Re-enacted and amended, January 23, 1849. Buffalo: A. M. Clapp & Co., printers. 1849. 8vo. pp. 16.

[Schools.] Twelfth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools of the City of Buffalo, for 1848. Filed February 1, 1849. 8vo. pp. 27, [1].

Although falling just out of the scope of the present list, it

may be noted that the annual report for 1849, published in 1850, is of exceptional historical value, as it contains views of six of the Public School buildings, as they appeared at that date. The second illustrated report was issued in 1856, with lithographic views of the Central School and some twenty of the district schools.

TURNER, O[RSAMUS]. Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York: Embracing some account of the ancient remains; a brief history of our immediate predecessors, the Confederated Iroquois, their system of government, wars, etc.-A synopsis of Colonial History: Some notices of the Border Wars of the Revolution: and a history of Pioneer Settlement under the auspices of the Holland Company; including Reminiscences of the War of 1812; the origin, progress and completion of the Erie Canal, etc., etc., etc. By O. Turner. Buffalo: Published by Jewett, Thomas & Co.: Geo. H. Derby & Co. 1849. 8vo. pp. xvi, 666. Portraits, maps and views.

[University of Buffalo.] Annual Announcement of the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo, June, 1849. Buffalo: Steam press of Jewett, Thomas & Co. Office of Buffalo Medical Journal. 1849. 8vo. pp. 16. Front.

The frontispiece is a most interesting "View of the Medical College, and the Hospital of the Sisters of Charity," the college building being that which stood at the southwest corner of Main and Virginia streets, torn down in 189. It was built 1848-49. WHITE, JAMES P. (M. D.) Remarks on the construction of obstetrical forceps, with a description of an instrument employed by James P. White, M. D. . . . [Buffalo, 1849.] 8vo. pp. 7. Cuts. Reprint from Buffalo Medical Journal, May, 1849.

[Y. M. A.] Thirteenth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Young Men's Association of the City of Buffalo. Buffalo: Steam Press of Jewett, Thomas & Co. Commercial Advertiser Buildings. 1849. 8vo. pp. 40.

APPENDIX B.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

DEDICATION OF THE BUILDING,
SEPTEMBER 30, 1902.

The new building of the Buffalo Historical Society (described in the Appendix to Vol. V. of these Publications) was dedicated to its present uses on Tuesday evening, September 30, 1902. Despite a heavy rain the attendance was large. President Andrew Langdon being in Europe, Vice-President George A. Stringer presided and made the following address of welcome:

Members of the Buffalo Historical Society, Ladies and Gentlemen:

It is my high privilege and very agreeable duty this evening, to extend a most cordial welcome to you all on behalf of the Board of Managers of the Buffalo Historical Society, in this new and beautiful building, and these attractive rooms.

We count your presence here as an augury of good. We read in it the strong assurance of your sympathy with us in our great work. We feel that we may depend on your coöperation in our plans for the future, which will be upon broader lines and with a wider scope than heretofore. Having thus enlisted your concurrence in our high endeavors for the common good, we regard it as a gracious earnest of the years to come.

Early in 1862-just forty years ago in the second year of the great Civil War, this Society was founded by a few thoughtful, public-spirited, and highly-esteemed men in this community, among whom were the_late Millard Fillmore, Lewis F. Allen, Orsamus H. Marshall, Rev. Dr. Hosmer, Edward S. Rich, Henry W. Rogers, Dr. Charles Winne, Dr. James P. White, George W. Clinton, William Dorsheimer, Albert L. Baker, Rev. Dr. Lord, Oliver G. Steele, Geo. A. Babcock, and some others, who believed that the records and relics of our history should be carefully preserved. The first in

formal gathering was held at the law office of Marshall & Harvey, March 25th, and a committee appointed to report a plan of organization. On Tuesday evening, April 15, 1862, a second public meeting was held in the rooms of the Buffalo Medical Association, No. 7 South Division Street, at which time the constitution and by-laws, presented by the committee, were adopted. The first president of the Society was Mr. Fillmore, and the records show that the first meeting at which he was elected and presided as its official head was on the 20th of May in the year previously mentioned. Immediately after the organization William Dorsheimer offered the use of his office, No. 7 Court Street, as a place of meeting for the executive committee and of deposits for the books and papers of the Society.

From this small and comparatively humble beginning the Buffalo Historical Society has by slow stages reached its present proud position, with its valuable treasures housed in this magnificent building, the creation of a well-known Buffalo architect, and one of the finest of its class in the country.

We are the possessors of a library of some 12,000 volumes, which includes the Lord and Fillmore collections; also several thousand pamphlets, many of which are of rare value. In 1895 our library was registered with the University of the State of New York, thus enabling us to provide a library and publication fund, and thereby extending the sphere of our influence.

We have a gallery of portraits, as well as a large collection of photographs of uncommon interest, inasmuch as they largely represent many of the builders and makers of this fair city, through whose united efforts its foundations were laid deep and strong. To this collection additions by gift are constantly being made.

As you pass through our rooms this evening I would especially direct your attention to the beautiful Lincoln Memorial room which is in itself an object lesson; also, just outside, the collection of Civil War relics presented by the Grand Army Posts of Buffalo several years ago. They are precious mementoes of that fearful struggle which deluged the land with blood; historic objects for our youth especially to view and study, valued reminders through the years to come of the sacrifices which were made by our volunteers for the common good of our common country.

Our coin and medal collection-for the most part the gift of the late Dr. James-is of very great and increasing value, and worthy of all the study one can give to it. Our museum is rich in its countless treasures of a past time, and the entire evening would be all too short were I to particularize its features in detail, there is so much of interest on every hand.

It may not be amiss, however, for me to allude in passing to two widely diverse collections which attract much attention, one being the fine exhibit of Egyptian antiquities presented by the late Dr. Joseph C. Greene, a member of our Board of Managers at the time of his death, and an ex-president of the Society, and the other, to our extremely valuable display of Indian relics, mementoes of a once powerful people who are now fast fading away.

Another branch of our work which has been quietly carried on and which may be unknown to many of you is that of vital statistics. From the year 1811 up to 1882, covering a period of nearly three