EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. WILLIAM BABCOCK WEEDEN, A. M., 1884-1886. +CHARLES DEANE, LL. D., 1884-1887. MOSES COIT TYLER, L. H. D., ... D., 1884-85. EPHRAIM EMERTON, Ph. D., 1884-1885. FRANKLIN BOWDITCH DEXTER, A. M., 1885-1887. + WILLIAM FRANCIS ALLEN, A. M., 1885-1887. + WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, LL. D., 1886-1888. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES, LL. D., 1887–88. JOHN W, BURGESS, 1887-1891. ARTHUR MARTIN WHEELER, A. M., 1887-1889. GEORGE PARK FISHER, D. D., LL. D., 1888–1891. GEORGE BROWN GOODE, LL. D., 1889-1896. JOHN GEORGE BOURINOT, C. M. G., D. C. L., LL. D., 1889-1894. JOHN BACH MCMASTER, LL. D. 1891-1894. GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, Ph. D., 1891-1897; 1898-1901. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, A. B., LL. D., 1894–95. +JABEZ LAMAR MONROE CURRY, LL. D., 1894–95. HENRY MORSE STEPHENS, A. M., 1895–1899. FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, Ph. D., 1895-1899; 1901- MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, LL. D., 1897-1900. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN, LL. B., 1898-1901; 1903— PETER WHITE, A. M., 1899–1902. J. FRANKLIN JAMESON, Ph. D., LL. D., 1900-1903. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL, LL. B., 1900-1903. HERBERT PUTNAM, Litt. D., LL. D., 1901 GEORGE L. BURR, A. B., 1902 EDWARD P. CHEYNEY, A. M., 1902 EDWARD G. BOURNE, Ph. D., 1903 Deceased officers are marked thus † COMMITTEES-1904. ANNUAL COMMITTEES. Committee on Programme of Twentieth Annual Meeting (Chicago, Ill., December, 1904): J. Franklin Jameson, Henry E. Bourne, Ralph C. H. Catterall, Charles H. Haskins, Reuben G. Thwaites. Local Committee of Arrangements: Charles L. Hutchinson, Edward E. Ayer, E. W. Blatchford, Edward O. Brown, James H. Eckles, James W. Fertig, Marshall Field, C. F. Gunther, William R. Harper, J. Franklin H. Head, H. N. Higinbotham, James A. James, Franklin Jameson, Harry P. Judson, Elbridge G. Keith, Samuel H. Kerfoot, jr., Herman H. Kohlsaat, J. B. Leake, Franklin McVeagh, E. E. Prussing, Martin A. Ryerson, Otto L. Schmitt, Francis W. Shepardson, Edwin E. Sparks, Benjamin S. Terry, James Westfall Thompson, Joseph P. Warren; with power to add members at the discretion of the chairman. Committee on the Entertainment of Ladies: Mrs. Mary J. Wilmarth, Miss Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Miss Ida M. Tarbell; with power to add other members at the discretion of the chairman. STANDING COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS. Editors of the American Historical Review: Andrew C. McLaughlin, H. Morse Stephens, George B. Adams, J. Franklin Jameson, William M. Sloane (these five hold over); Albert Bushnell Hart (reelected for term ending January 1, 1910). Historical Manuscripts Commission: Edward G. Bourne, Frederick W. Moore, Theodore C. Smith, Reuben G. Thwaites, George P. Garrison, Worthington C. Ford. Committee on the Justin Winsor Prize: Charles M. Andrews, E. P. Cheyney, Charles H. Hull, Roger Foster, Williston Walker. (In Professor Andrews' absence during a portion of the year Professor Hull will act as chairman of the committee.) Committee on the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize: Charles Gross, George L. Burr, Victor Coffin, James Harvey Robinson, John Martin Vincent. Public Archives Commission: Herman V. Ames, William MacDonald, Herbert L. Osgood, Charles M. Andrews, E. E. Sparks. Committee on Bibliography: Ernest C. Richardson, A. P. C. Griffin, George Finance Committee: Elbridge T. Gerry, George S. Bowdoin. CONTENTS. I. Report of Proceedings of Nineteenth Annual Meeting, at New VII. The Spanish Archives and their Importance for the History of the United States, by William R. Shepherd VIII. The American Colonial Charter, by Louise Phelps Kellogg.. VOLUME II. Seventh Report of Historical Manuscript Commission. Correspond- 15 |