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Excerpt from Proceedings of the New York Historical Society, 1847 The Executive Committee have the honor to submit their Annual Report of the proceedings of the Society; and in rendering an account of their trust, after another year of prosperous exertion, they find new cause for congratulation, and additional motives of encouragement to a vigorous prosecution of the labors in which the Society is engaged. The regular series of monthly meetings has been well sustained throughout the year, and the simple announcement of subjects interesting to the lovers of history for discussion, has been sufficient to fill the rooms of the Society on each occasion. The Committee see much to commend in these meetings, hitherto so agreeable and instructive, which afford to members and their guests the opportunity of meeting on an interesting ground of investigation, valuable in its social as well as in its literary and historical aspect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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