Washington state historical society. Announcement.

Washington-University of.

Bulletin.

Waterloo, Iowa. Annual reports of city officials, 1903.

Revised ordinances, 1902.

Waters, Henry F. Genealogical gleanings in England. 2 v.
Webster City, Iowa. Revised ordinances, 1896.

Webster's elementary spelling book.

Webster. Webster, Noah. One ..ne of the Webster family.

Weld, Laenas G. Joliet and Marquette in Iowa.

Wells, Frederic P. History of Newbury, Vermont.

Westborough, Mass. Vital records of Westborough, Mass., to the end of 1849.

West Virginia historical magazine quarterly. v. 1-2.

Wheeler, Edmund. History of Newport, N. H.

Wheeler, George A., and Henry Warren. History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Maine.

Wheeler. Wheeler, Henry M. Genealogy of some of the descendants of Obadiah Wheeler of Concord and Thomas Thaxter of Hingham.

Whitaker, Joseph. Almanack. 1902.

White, Charles A. Artesian wells upon the great plains.

Bear river formation.

Fossil molluska of western North America.

Fresh water invertebrates.

Invertebrate fauna of Dakota formation.

De mutatie-theorie en de palaeontologie.

Mutation theory of Prof. De Vries.

The quarry-caves of Jerusalem.

Spontaneous fission of olive trees in Palestine.

White, Henry. Indian battles with incidents in the early history of New England.

White, Henry Alexander. Robert E. Lee and the southern confederacy. White house gallery of official portraits of presidents.

White. White, Almira Larkin. Genealogy of the descendants of John

White.

White friars journal, no. 8.

Whitmore, William H. Massachusetts list for the colonial and provincial periods.

Whittemore, Henry. comp. Our New England ancestors and their descendants.

Whittlesey, Charles. Early history of Cleveland, Ohio.

Wight. Wight, William Ward. Thomas Wight and his descendants.
Wilder, David. History of Leominster, Mass.

William and Mary college quarterly historical magazine.

v. 9, 10.

Williams, Eleazer. Life of Tehoragwanegen, alias Thomas Williams.
Williams, James. Rise and fall of "The Model republic."

Williams, J. C. History and map of Danby, Vt.

Williamson. Dodge, Grenville M. Sketch of life and public services of Gen. James A. Williamson.

Wilmer, Richard H. The recent past from a southern standpoint.

Wilton, Iowa, German-English college. Catalogue, 1903-4.

Winneshiek county, Iowa-Auditor. Financial statement and official di

rectory, 1903.

Winsor, Justin. History of Duxbury, Mass.
Wisconsin state historical society. Collections.

v. 16.

Historical library building memorial volume. Proceedings of annual meetings, 49th, 50th. Wisconsin-University of. Bulletin. Philosophical and literary ser. v. 2, no. 1-2.

Wolcott, Edson Ray. On the sensitiveness of the coherer.

Wolley, Charles. A two years' journal in New York and part of its territories in America, reprinted from the original edition of 1701 with introduction and notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.

Woodbury county, Iowa-Auditor. Financial report, 1902.

Woodbury, Louis A. Bradford, Mass., in the revolution.

World's Columbian commissioners. Minutes of proceedings of joint con

ferences.

World's exposition, St. Louis.

Chronology of the Louisiana purchase exposition.

Classification of exhibit department.

Rules and regulations.

World's faith missionary association. Annual directory, 1903.

Worthen, Augusta H. History of Sutton, N. H. 2 v.

Young republicans of Missouri. First annual year book.

SUMMARY.

Number of bound volumes of newspapers

Number of papers and periodicals now received
Number of books and pamphlets acquired to date

.2,940

426

.11,754

MAPS ACQUIRED SINCE LAST REPORT.

Black Hawk purchase. A sectional map of the Black Hawk purchase with a part of Illinois and Wisconsin. L. Judson, 1838. Hon. T. B. Perry, Albia, Iowa. Presented.

Des Moines county, Iowa. Map of Des Moines county, Iowa. Published and presented by the Burlington Gazette.

Dubuque claim. Map of the alleged claim of Julien Dubuque. Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis, Mo. Presented.

Emmet county, Iowa. Map of Emmet county, Iowa. 1902. Published and presented by the Enterprise Publishing Company, Estherville.

Hamilton county, Iowa. Map of Hamilton county, Iowa, 1902. Published and presented by the Freeman-Tribune, Webster City, Iowa.

Iowa. Map of Iowa prepared and printed for the Railroad Commissioners to accompany their report. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. Isla de Cebu. Plano topografico de la Isla de Cebu, 1884. D. R. Witter, Council Bluffs.

Presented.

Lead mines. Map of the United States lead mines on the Upper Mississippi river drawn and published by R. W. Chandler, Galena, 1829. A. N. Harbert, Shellsburg, Iowa. Presented.

Missouri. A new map of the state of Missouri. Published by Charles de Silver, Philadelphia. 1857.

Montana. The Hibbard and Van Hook state map of Montana compiled from the latest official records. Helena. 1902.

New York City. Plan of the city of New York from an actual survey 1728. Facsimile. Published by John Slater, New York. W. J. Ritter, Davenport. Presented.

Shiloh battlefield. Two maps of Shiloh battlefield, prepared under the direction of the secretary of war, by the Shiloh National Military Park Commission. Maj. D. W. Reed, Evanston, Ill. Presented.

U. S. Karte fur reisende in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika. Nach. J. Calvin Smith. H. S. Tanner, Hamburg, 1852. W. J. Ritter, Davenport. Presented.

United States. Reynolds' political map of the United States, designed to exhibit the comparative area of the free and slave states, with statistics from the census of 1850. Wm. C. Reynolds, New York.

Wisconsin. A new map of the state of Wisconsin. Charles de Silver, Philadelphia. 1857.

Published by

Wisconsin territory. Map of the territory of Michigan and Ouisconsin. John Farmer, Detroit, 1835. (Shows grave of Julien Dubuque.) A. N. Harbert, Shellsburg. Presented.

Chart. American bird and nature study chart. Presented by the publisher, John C. Mountjoy, Chicago.

ODD NEWSPAPERS.

File of Algona Upper Des Moines. 1866-90. R. B. Warren, Algona, Iowa. Presented.

Silk edition of the Des Moines Daily News, presented to President Roosevelt upon his visit to Des Moines, April 28, 1903. Des Moines Daily News. Presented.

Missouri Gazette.

Council Bluffs.

St. Louis, Louisiana, July 26, 1808. N. P. Dodge, Presented.

Miscellaneous Iowa newspapers.

R. H. Moore, Ottumwa. Presented.

New York Semi-Weekly Tribune, 1857-72. Edwin Miles, Pittsburg, Pa. Presented.

New York Daily Tribune, December 4, 1872. Edwin H. Wilbur, Des Moines. Presented.

Ottumwa Saturday Herald, v. 1-2. R. H. Moore, Ottumwa. Rutland Herald or Vermont Mercury, December 8, 1794. Pocahontas, Iowa.

Presented.

Presented.

W. S. Clark,

United States Chronicle. Providence, R. I., June 11, 1801. B. C. Earle, Davenport. Presented.

Uruguay Weekly News. April 26, 1903, and Montevideo Times, April 23 and 24, 1903. Hon. Albert Swalm. Presented.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS.

Diary in manuscript of Richard Coughlan while in the army of the American revolution, 1775. Lemuel G. Coughlan, Des Moines, Iowa. Loaned.

Arithmetic in manuscript, as compiled and used by Richard Coughlan in 1773. Lemuel G. Coughlan, Des Moines, Iowa.

Loaned.

Furlough, given to G. R. Brambles. W. A. Duckworth, Keosauqua,

Iowa. Presented.

Republican ticket which was voted in 1860. Allan Heaton, Big Mound,

Iowa. Presented.

National republican union ticket. John Hughes, Williamsburg, Iowa. Presented.

Certificate (unidentified) from the Philippine Islands. Ensign Albert H. McCarthy.

Loaned.

Declaration of a recruit in the United States army, 1861; A United States Land 'atent issued by Franklin Pierce; Confederate Coupon Bonds, one for $100 dated 1862; one for $1,000 dated 1865. Two of the coupons were removed from each of the bonds before they were received by the Historical Department. O. B. Peterson, Nevada, Iowa. Loaned.

Proclamation by governor of Iowa Thanksgiving Day, 1902.

Old letters, manuscripts and clippings. J. R. Shaffer, Keokuk, Iowa. Presented.

Original papers and reports from records of Company C, 12th Iow regiment. Maj. D. W. Reed, Shiloh National Military Park Commission. Presented.

Pass, dated August 19, 1862, permitting Charles P. Birge to visit the northern free states; signed by Governor Samuel Kirkwood. Charles P. Birge, Keokuk, Iowa. Presented.

Passport for William Larrabee and wife, from United States Department of State, January, 1900. Ex-Governor William Larrabee, Clermont, Iowa. Presented.

Fifteen diplomas conferring honors upon Dr. Charles A. White, Washington, D. C., from colleges, universities and societies in Europe and America, during the years 1866-1901. Dr. White. Presented.

List of postoffices and postmasters in Van Buren county, Iowa, from organization to 1903. Supplied by the Postoffice Department, Washington, D. C.

Old deed of land dated August 5, 1834. J. M. Ferree, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Botanical manuscript by Ferd Von Mueller. Prof. L. H. Pammel, Iowa Agricultural college. Presented.

Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. United States Bureau of Rolls of the State Department, Washington, D. C. Presented.

A large number of autograph letters and engraved portraits which

will be arranged in the cases later on and catalogued.

Sundry manuscripts have been received which it is intended to place in fine bindings.