Prefatory Note The New Haven Colony Historical Society has published seven volumes of its papers; Vol. I, in 1865; Vol. II, in 1877; Vol. III, in 1882; Vol. IV, in 1888; Vol. V, in 1894; Vol. VI, in 1900; and Vol. VII, in 1908. The Society does not consider itself committed to the support of the positions taken in any of the papers thus published. For the statements or conclusions of each, the author is alone responsible. Historical Society 1907-1908 President: WILLISTON WALKER. First Vice President: ELI WHITNEY. Second Vice President: CHARLES H. SMITH. Secretary: HENRY T. BLAKE. Assistant Secretary: AMORY E. ROWLAND. Treasurer: GEORGE A. ROOT. Advisory Committee (Constituting with the above named a Board of Directors): ARTHUR T. HADLEY, President of Yale University, ex-officio, JOHN P. STUDLEY, Mayor of the City of New Haven, until January 1st, 1908; and after that date, JAMES B. MARTIN, his successor in office, ex-officiis, FREDERICK E. WHITTAKER, Town Clerk of New Haven, ex-officio. Colonial Hall, the building of the Society, is open to the public daily, except holidays, from 9.30 A. M. to 12.30 P. M., and from 2 P. M. to 5 P. M. Standing Committees for 1907-1908 Executive Committee: THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, EDWARD E. BRADLEY, HENRY F. ENGLISH, EDWARD C. BEECHER. Finance Committee: BENJAMIN R. ENGLISH, House Committee: Publication Committee: THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, SIMEON E. BALDWIN, BURTON MANSFIELD, RUTHERFORD TROWBRIDGE. Committee on Papers to be Read: THE PRESIDENT, GEORGE D. WATROUS, Library Committee: THE PRESIDENT, HENRY H. TOWNSHEND, AMORY E. ROWLAND. Committee on Placing Memorial HENRY T. BLAKE, Committee on New Members: CORNELIUS S. MOREHOUSE, HENRY H. TOWNSHEND, THOMAS M. PRENTICE. Committee on Relics: EDWARD C. BEECHER, THOMAS M. PRENTICE, CORNELIUS S. MOREHOUSE, RUTHERFORD TROWBRIDGE, RICHARD F. LYON. Ladies' Auxiliary Committee: MRS. WILLISTON WALKER, MRS. ARNON A. ALLING, MISS FANNIE A. BOWERS, MISS MARY B. BRISTOL, MISS EDITH CARMALT, MRS. HENRY CHAMPION, MRS. GEORGE L. DICKERMAN, MRS. HENRY F. ENGLISH, MRS. HARRISON GRAY, MRS. BURTON MANSFIELD, MRS. C. BERRY PEETS, MRS. TALCOTT H. RUSSELL, MISS MARY E. SCRANTON, MRS. JAMES K. THACHER, MRS. MORRIS F. TYLER, MISS EDITH WALKER, MRS. ARTHUR M. WHEELER, MRS. ELI WHITNEY, JR. Frederic W. Bailey, Worcester, Mass. Leverett Candee. Mrs. Henry Baldwin. Amos F. Barnes. John F. Barnett. William E. Barnett. Thomas R. Barnum. George J. Bassett. Miss Rebecca D. Beach. Miss Elizabeth M. Beardsley. William A. Beardsley. Edward C. Beecher. Mrs. Edward C. Beecher. Mrs. Frank W. Benedict. Mrs. Timothy H. Bishop. Timothy E. Byrnes. John S. Cannon. Mrs. Henry Champion. Minotte E. Chatfield. Edward M. Clark. Livingston W. Cleaveland. Ward Coe. Frank Addison Corbin. Charles E. Curtis. George M. Curtis, Meriden. George W. Curtis. Mrs. T. W. T. Curtis. William H. Douglass. Miss Eliza deForest Downer. John I. H. Downes. Mrs. Daniel C. Eaton. Pierrepont B. Foster. John S. Fowler. John Currier Gallagher. |