Proceedings
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Excerpt from Proceedings: Of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at Its Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting, Held December 8, 1898 and of the State Historical Convention, Held February 22 and 23, 1899 The forty-sixth annual meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin was held in its rooms in the capitol, Thursday evening, December 8, 1898. President Johnston, upon taking the chair, said: Members of the State Historical Society, Ladies and Gentlemen: This is the 46th annual meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; but this statement does not convey an accurate idea of the length of time in which the objects of our Society have received the attention of same of the best minds of our State. As early as 1845, Chauncey C. Britt, in the Mineral Point Democrat, urged the organization of such a society; and in October, 1846, there was a Territorial Historical Society organized here in Madison by delegates in attendance on the first constitutional convention. Although it set forth with brave resolutions, it held but the one meeting and then quietly passed away. Early in 1849, the members of the first State legislature, taking up the idea of three years before, organized a State Historical Society with Governor Dewey as president. Although its efforts were not very fruitful until the services of Secretary Lyman C. Draper were obtained, yet the organization was maintained, meetings were held, officers were regularly elected, and a small library formed. Its work at length commenced with vigor under Dr. Draper´s lead, and has continued without intermission unto the present day. The First Annual Report and Collections of the Society were published for the year 1854. We have now nearly arrived at the close of the fiftieth year of our existence as a society. That little seed planted in 1849, by our first State legislature, took deep root in the affections of the people, and has grown to be a mighty tree of knowledge, whose fruit assists in giving intellectual sustenance to two millions of souls, and brings honor and fame to our beloved commonwealth. 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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