Lrsk was presented to the Trustees and after disicussion the same was referred to the Treasurer and Secretary with power to settle the same.

The following committees were appointed : Standing Committee on Legislation: Hon. James A. Roberts, Gen. Henry E. Tremain, Dr. Sherman Williams, Morris Patterson Ferris, Hon. Hugh Hastings. On Marking Historic Spots: Dr. Sherman Williams. Frederick B. Richards, James A. Holden, Asahel R. Wing, Hon. Grenville M. Ingalsbe. On Fort Ticonderoga: Mrs. Elizabeth Watrous. John Boulton Simpson, George O. Knapp.

lO NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

On Program : Hon. Grenville M. Ingalsbe, Dr. Sherman Williams, Dr. C. Ellis Stevens.

On Membership: Dr. C. Ellis Stevens.

Bill of the Secretary for postage, express and sundries was thereupon audited and ordered paid, whereupon the meeting adjourned. At a meeting of the Trustees it was moved, seconded and carried, that E. M. Ruttenber, of Ne'wburgh, N. Y., be made an honorary member of the Association. ROBERT O. BASCOM, Secretary.

ASSOCIATION MEETING. August 23d, 1905. At the adjourned session held August 22d, a paper entitled, " Concerning the Mohawks," was read by W. Max Reid, of Amsterdam, N. Y., after w'hich the Hon. Grenville M. Ingalsbe read certain hitherto unpublished letters from Gen. George Washington relating to the " Sullivan Expedition," after which a resolution was adopted requesting that Mr. Ingalsbe furnish ithe same for publication in the ensuing volume of the proceedings of the Association.

An address entitled, " Robert R. Livingston, the Author of the Louisiana Purchase," by Hon. D. S. Alexander, of Buffalo, N. Y., concluded the session, and after a vote of thanks to the various speakers, the meeting adjourned until two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, at which session a paper entitled, " The Birth at Moreau of the Teimperance Reformation," by Dr.