The first proposals for the establishment of this Fund were issued in 1858. Received with much less interest on the part of the members than was expected, its total amount up to 1865 was so small as to suggest the necessity of abandoning the scheme and returning the amount of subscriptions and interest to the subscribers. An earnest effort, however, in that year brought up the amount to a point which gave the assurance of ultimate and not distant success. Admonished by the universal change of values, which has taken place within the past few years, and the necessity of increasing the amount of the Fund, the Society determined to terminate the issue of shares at the original price, and to double the price of the remaining shares. Other measures are in view which promise to enhance the value of the shares without failure in the full discharge of every obligation to the shareholders, who will receive all its benefits without any additional contribution to the increased Fund. Under the authority and direction of the Executive Committee, the series of publications began with the volume for the year 1868. Interest still due upon any shares to January 1, 1868, will be paid to shareholders on application to the Secretary to the Trustees at the Library of the Society, Second Avenue, corner of Eleventh Street, where the volume for the current year is also ready for distribution. FREDERIC DE PEYSTER, ANDREW WARNER, BENJAMIN H. FIELD, Trustees. GEORGE H. MOORE, Secretary to the Trustees. **Any person desiring to procure these publications, may pur chase a share in the Publication Fund, by enclosing a check or draft for FIFTY DOLLARS, payable to the order of BENJAMIN H. Field, Treasurer of the New-York Historical Society, for which the certificate will be immediately transmitted, with the volumes already published, as the purchaser may direct. Address GEORGE H. MOORE, Librarian of the Historical Society, Second Avenue, corner of Eleventh St., New-York City. NEW-YORK, December 1873. 69. H. G. LAWRENCE, N. Y. City. 112. S. WHITNEY PHOENIX, N. Y. City 91. JOHN P. TREADWELL, New Mil- 134. ANDREW J. SMITH, 66 201. JOHN R. FORD, แ 202. ISRAEL CORSE, 66 156. W. B. EAGER, JR., N. Y. City. 171. JOHN S. CRAIG, 172. CHARLES II. ROGERS, 174. E. A. BENEDICT, 66 203. DANIEL MORISON, N. Y. City. 214. J. WATTS DE PEYster, 176. GEO. R. DROWNE, Boston, Mass. City. 218. HENRY K. BREWER, 178. JAMES B. ANDREWS, N. Y. City. 222. HERMAN C. ADAMS, 66 .6 66 66 66 66 66 66 236. MRS. ANNA BOYNTON, N. Y. City. N. Y. City 66 239. RICHARD S. FIELD, Princeton, 276. JOHN L. RIKER, N. Y. City N. J. N. J. 242. WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD, New-282. T. M. PETERS, ark, N. J. 243. SIMEON DRAPER, N. Y. City. 244. FREEMAN M. JOSSELYN, Boston, Mass. 245. Theodore W. RILEY, N. Y. City. 287. GEORGE Tugnot, 252. A. ROBERTSON WALSH, N. Y. City. 254. CHARLES A. PEABODY, 258. WILLIAM H. MACY, N. Y. City. 301. JAMES H. PINKNEY, 66 |