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eral States, to each of whom one hundred and fifty copies were sent. The circular was also generally reprinted in the newspapers and lite- rary and medical magazines throughout the Southern States, and quite extensively in the Northern States.

At the meeting held the i4th of June, the Secretary, Dr. Joseph Jones, also ' presented for the consideration of the parent Society a Constitution or Plan of Permanent Organization of the Southern Historical Society, modelled upon the organic constitutions of other learned and scientific societies. On motion of General Maury, this "Plan" was received and referred to the Advisory Committee. It was finally and unanimously adopted, and manuscript copies were forwarded to the several Vice- Presidents of the States by the Sec- retary.

This " Plan" or " Constitution" was subscribed to by the follow- ing members, in the order here given :

Harry T. Hays, G. T. Beauregard,

Dabney H. Maury, Braxton Bragg,

A. B. Bacon, B. J. Sage,

Ch. Chapotin, W. C. Black,

H. Chapotin, Benj. M. Palmer,

Henry Cinder, D. D. Colcock,

Charles L. C. Dupuy, John Turpin,

A. W. Bosworth, Henry V. Ogden,

F. R. Southmayd, R. Q. Mallard,

Geo. W. Logan, Jr., Hugh McClosky,

Samuel Logan, M. D., Edward Ivy,

Rufus R. Rhodes, Wm. S. Pike,

H. N. Jenkins, J. N. Brown,

F. H. Wigfall, Robt. Lewis,

James Strawbridge, Henry M. Smith,

Wm. Palfrey, Charles B. Singleton,

C. M. Wilcox, James B. Price,

Edward Peychaud, John W. Caldwell, M. D.

At a meeting of the Society held June 13, 1870, in the rooms of the Howard Association, the Secretary and Treasurer submitted his official report for the year ending May 9, 1870.