we wait one hundred years for what we so greatly need today? Is there no man among us who will emulate Peter Cooper and build for himself a monument more lasting than any that Forest Lawn holds to-day, one that will cause future generations to bless his name?

Buffalo is richer, wiser and better to-day for having the Historical Society within its borders. The field for enlarging its usefulness is unbounded; and when our citizens realize that success in life is measured, not by what we accumulate, but by what we distribute, not by what we hold, but by the use we make of money and God-given talents, by the manner in which we meet and carry our responsibilities of life, and the great change comes to us, men will not ask : "How much did he

leave?" but, "What did he do?"

To the Board of Councillors, who have given such cordial co-operation, and who have shown most generous forbearance to their executive officer, are due my earnest thanks. To my successor, I extend cordial good wishes, and express the hope that his administration will eclipse in prosperity all the past administrations of the Buffalo Historical Society.

George A. Stringer then moved that 2,000 copies of the Annual Report be printed for distribution, and that the President's address be incorporated therein. This motion was seconded and duly carried.

A motion was made by T. Guilford Smith, that a committee of five be appointed to nominate Officers and Councillors for the ensuing year.

William C. Bryant suggested that two sets of nominations be made.

Discussion regarding the number of Councillors, who should constitute the Board of Managers, followed, Hon. James O. Putnam, Hon. James M. Smith, William C. Bryant, President Langdon, Hon. Henry A. Richmond, and W. H. H. Newman participating therein.

Mr. Smith's motion was then carried.

The motion made by Mr. Putnam that the number of Councillors be limited to nine, was seconded by Mr. Bryant. The motion was lost. Thereupon, Hon. E. S. Hawley said that he had employed counsel to ascertain whether the number might be increased from fifteen to twenty-one, and had been advised that it could not legally be done. Mr. Hawley then moved that the Society direct the incoming Board of Councillors to apply to the Legislature for an act legalizing the work of the preceding Boards of Councillors since 1882. The motion, being seconded, was duly carried.

The President named as committee on nominations : T. Guilford Smith, C. R. Wilson, G. A. Stringer, James Sweeney, C. J. North. The committee reported the following ticket :

President-Andrew Langdon.

Vice-President-James Fraser Gluck.

Recording Secretary-Hon. Henry W. Hill. Corresponding Secretary and Librarian-George G.

Barnum.**

Treasurer-George W. Townsend.

*Mr. Barnum resigned on January 15, 1895, and Edward D. Strickland was elected on February 5, 1895.

Councillors-Hon. James M. Smith, James Tillinghast, Mrs. Mary Norton Thompson, Dr. F. H. James, Mrs. Emily Babcock Alward, Họn. Henry A. Richmond, J. N. Larned, George S. Hazard, George A. Stringer, Dr. Albert H. Briggs, Dr. Joseph C. Greene, Cyrus K. Remington, Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Miss Charlotte Mulligan, Frank H. Severance.

Upon motion of T. Guilford Smith, the Society proceeded to the election of officers by ballot. President Langdon appointed as tellers, C. M. Underhill and Philip S. Smith, who reported that the regular nominees. had been duly elected.

Dr. Joseph C. Greene, chairman of the Committee on Club Meetings, submitted the following course of lectures for the year 1895:

January 28, Prof. Henry P. Emerson : "The Growth of the German Empire.'

February 11, Prof. Horace Briggs:

"Hawaii."

February 25. Mr. Frank H. Severance: "The Misadventures of Robert Marsh."

March 11, Rev. Henry Elliott Mott: "Canossa and Worms."

March 25, Dr. Roswell Park: "History of Medicine and Surgery."

April 15, Rev. W. P. Odell: "The Rhine," Illustrated. On motion of William C. Bryant, the thirty-third annual meeting of the Buffalo Historical Society was then declared adjourned.

CONTRIBUTIONS

FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1894.

A.

Aaron, Rev. Israel, D. D., Buffalo: I photo portrait.

Adams, William W., Union Springs, N. Y.; 15 Indian relics.
Allen, W. D., Buffalo: I manuscript, 34 autographs, I portrait.
American Congregational Association, Boston, Mass.: I pamphlet.
American Folk Lore Society, Cambridge, Mass.: I pamphlet.

American Numismatic and Archæological Society, New York; 1 pamphlet.

American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia: I journal.

American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, Philadelphia, Pa.: I pamphlet.

Andrews, Mrs. J. B., Buffalo: I water color.

Armstrong, Charles B., Buffalo: 3 bound volumes New York Times, 1859–60.

Atkins, Barton, Buffalo: autograph letter of Washington Irving, 2 volumes, I paper, collection Alaskan relics, photograph Phoenix Hotel.

Bachert, Philip, Buffalo: I pamphlet.

B.

Baker, Howard H., Buffalo: 1 bound volume Log Cabin.

Bardeen, C. W., publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.: 1 paper.

Barnum, George G., Buffalo: 1 bronze medal, I nickel coin.

Barnum, Clara, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: 16 autograph letters, 1 paper.

Batchelder, R. N., Washington, D. C., I volume.

Barrowman, Moses W., Buffalo; I calico printer's mall 75 years old.
Beauchamp, Rev. W. M., Baldwinsville, N. Y.: 1 paper.

Bell, David, Buffalo: I photograph.

Benjamin, W. E., New York: pamphlets.

Bennett, Mrs. Harriet A., Buffalo : 1 pamphlet, I portrait.