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 474 Notes a)id News this document was first noted in public, because it contained a state- ment to the effect that at some time in 1775 the people of Mecklenburg County declared themselves free and independent. The document ended in 1779, was undated and unsigned. During the course of a most able and critical examination Miss Fries determined that it was by Traugott Bagge, was written in 1783, and constituted a summary of Revolutionary events in North Carolina. It is to be hoped that Miss Fries will con- clude to publish the entire document in separate form. The article in which she demonstrates the date and authorship of the sketch is printed in the Wachovia Moravian for April. A useful contribution to the local history of North Carolina is The Colonial and State Political History of Hertford County, N. C, by Benjamin B. Winborne (Edwards and Broughton, 1906, pp. 348). Dr. Dunbar Rowland, Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, has submitted his fifth annual report, in which is a detailed account of his investigations in the archives of England, France, and Spain for material relating to the provincial history' of Mississippi. This state has the distinction of being the first state of the lower South to begin the publication of its documentary history, and Dr. Rowland's trip abroad was for the purpose of providing for the transcription of all documents in European repositories of the years 1540 to 1798 that are of sufficient value for Mississippi history. His report includes lists and calendars of the documents under investigation, and opens up an interesting field which has never before been systematically worked. The report will be ready for distribution about April I. The Baron de Pontalba has placed in the hands of the Louisiana Historical Society two memoirs on Louisiana written by Governor Miro, and many letters from Miro to Pontalba, written in 1 792-1 795. The documents are being copied for the society and will be published soon. The larger part of the July Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association is devoted to a historical account of " The Louisiana-Texas Frontier ", by L J. Cox. This is followed by " Land Speculation as a Cause of the Texas Revolution ", by Eugene C. Barker, and a few " Documents relating to the Organization of the Municipality of Wash- ington, Texas ". The next meeting of the North Central History Teachers Association will be held in Chicago on March 30, 1907, in the rooms of Hull House. The principal address will be given by Professor Edward Channing of Harvard University, and the list of speakers includes Professor A. C. McLaughlin of the University of Chicago, Professor C. H. VanTyne of the University of Michigan, and Professor N. M. Trenholme of the University of Missouri. Of the contents of the "Old Xortliu'cst " Genealogical Quarterly we mention the continuation of Allen Trimble's autobiography, sketches of