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 728 Notes and Neivs Henry Laurens, January-February, 1778, and the order-book of the First Regiment of the South Carolina line. The editor furnishes among the " Historical Notes " in the October issue an index to the fourth volume of Bounty Grants (Revolutionary) in the office of the secretary of state, and an illustrated account of the seals of South Carolina. Volumes three and four of the Colonial Records of the State of Georgia have appeared. They contain " The general account of rAl monies and effects received and expended by the Trustees for establish- ing the colony of Georgia in America for the carrying on the good purposes of their trust . . . (1732-1752) " and "A journal of the pro- ceedings in Georgia, beginning October 20, 1737. By William Stephens, esq., to which is added, a state of that province, as attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740", reprinted from the original edition, London, 1742. Among the contributions in the January Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, we note accounts of governors James F. Robin- son and Thomas E. Bramlette. We may perhaps call attention to the opportunity the Register has of printing valuable original material from the state archives, and question if the proper function of the magazine would not be better performed in that way than by devoting as many pages as the present issue does to anecdotes and relatively unim- portant material. At the December meeting of the Louisiana Historical Society Mr. Charles T. Soniat presented a detailed list of 121 original documents in the Archivo Historico Nacional in Madrid, relating to Louisiana. This list was published in full in the Neiu Orleans Picayune. The annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association was held at the University of Texas on March 2. The addresses were by Herbert E. Bolton on " The Hasinai Indians of East Texas at the Com- ing of the Spaniards ", and by Charles W. Ramsdell on " The Break-up of the Confederacy in Texas." Part H. of the thirty-first annual report of the (Texas) Commis- sioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History, contains the report of the state librarian for the year ending August 31, 1906, and the second and third annual reports of the classifier and translator of manuscripts. Much information is given respecting the archives of the state and the special collections of manuscripts in the State Library, together with a sketch of the growth of the manuscript collections, and calendars of the Manuel de Salcedo correspondence, 1810-1812, in the Archivo General y Publico of Mexico, and of the Henderson- Yoakum papers, 1845-1857. From the point of view of Te.xan historical interests, the document is a most encouraging one. " The Founding of Mission Rosario ", by Herbert E. Bolton, is the leading contribution in the October issue of the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association. The article deals especially with