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The most important gifts of the month were: from Charles Francis Adams, jr., a volume, containing two addresses before the Weymouth Historical Society, publication no. 3 of the Society; from the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Votes and Proceedings for 1905; from Lindon W. Bates, a copy of his "Panama Canal System and Projects of Lindon W. Bates," 1905; from the Königliche Bibliothek, Berlin, part 3, volume 13, of the "HandschriftenVerzeichnisse"; from the Boone and Crockett Club, "American Big-Game Hunting, the Book of the Boone & Crockett Club," 1901, "Hunting in Many Lands," 1895, and "Preservation of the Wild Animals of North America," by H. F. Osborn, 1904; from Mrs. Henry Draper, 38 volumes and 5 pamphlets, including 5 volumes of "Engravings and Woodcuts by old masters, reproduced in facsimile under the direction of Dr. F. Lippmann," London, 1899-1900; from Mrs. M. F. Duer, 117 volumes and 23 pamphlets, including "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion;" from J. Scott Hartley, 17 photographs of his work in sculpture; from the Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, 4 volumes and 14 pamphlets, including reprints of Barton's "Materia Medica," 1798, Peter Smith's "Indian Doctor's Dispensatory," 1812, Schöpf's "Materia Medica Americana,"1787, and Manasseh Cutler's "Vegetable Productions," 1785; from the Board of Lady Managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a copy of its report, June, 1905; from the Lynn Historical Society, 2 volumes of its Register; from William Mendelson, 2 volumes, the "Twentieth Century Latin Book," by Alexis E. Senftner, New York, 1903, and "2500 Problèmes d'Arithmétique," by V. Arnoux, Paris; from Clement B. Newbold, one of the fifty copies printed of the "Catalogue of the Anna Dike Scott Collection of Old Laces," Boston, 1905; from Nürnberg, 12 pamphlets relating to the Exposition of 1906; from the Philologikos Syllogos Parnassos, 7 volumes and 2 pamphlets, publications of the society; from Philip Schuyler, 9 volumes, 32 pamphlets, and 38 prints, all Japanese publications relating to the Russo-Japanese War; from the Insurance Commissioner of Tennessee, 8 volumes of reports; from the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, the official report of the congress, 1904; from Stephen H. Wakeman, a copy of "Twenty days of Julian and Little Bunny," a diary by Nathaniel Hawthorne (now first printed from the original manuscript), one of thirty copies printed for S. Wakeman, 1904; from Joseph Wright, a copy of the last volume of the "English Dialect Dictionary," edited by J. Wright, and from 6 cities of The Netherlands, 22 volumes of city reports.

At the LENOX branch the exhibition of works by Adolf von Menzel was continued, as was also the John Paul Jones exhibition.

At the ASTOR branch the exhibit illustrating ornamental work and general decorative designing, with plates from "Moderne Ziermotive für Kunst und Gewerbe" and from Brechemacher's "Moderne Kunstschmiedearbeiten."

At the RIVERSIDE branch an exhibition of plates representing Masterpieces of Art at the Paris Exposition of 1900 was opened on October 10th; at MOTT HAVEN, photographic views of the Island of Luzon, on October 10th, and at 125TH STREET, European views and views of architecture and sculpture, on October 23d.

Picture bulletins and temporary collections of books on special shelves at the Circulation branches were as follows: CHATHAM SQUARE, George MacDonald, List

of books on politics; EAST BROADWAY, Theodore Roosevelt, Verdi, Wagner, German composers, Wordsworth, United States politics; RIVINGTON STREET, Famous men and women born in October; BOND STREET, Wonders of New York, Our familiar songs, Niagara Falls, Irish music; OTTENDORFER, Mayflower; TOMPKINS SQUARE, Art history illustrations, Some of nature's work; JACKSON SQUARE, Norway and Sweden, California; EPIPHANY, English authors; MUHLENBERG, Paintings and painters, Magnetism; 34TH STREET, American history, Indians of America; RIVERSIDE, Books on music, Automobile; YORKVILLE, Music, Civics; WEBSTER, Birds, Musical events; ST. AGNES, Lectures at Museum of Natural History, Lectures at Public School No. 166: AMSTERDAM AVE., October birthdays of famous men and famous events; 96TH STREET, Our own city, Historic Hudson, North Africa, Oregon and development of petroleum industry; BLOOMINGDALE, Supplementary reading for High School; 125TH STREET, Autumn; 135TH STREET, Stories of animals, Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Foreign children; MOTT HAVEN, Author list, Eastern Asia, Public lectures; TOTTENVILLE, Japan and Russia, Tales of fairy land, United States Geography, Zoology.

In addition there were bulletins on Harvest time at two branches, on Sir Henry Irving at five branches, on Thanksgiving Day at three branches, on new books at five branches, on Christopher Columbus at two branches, on Mary Mapes Dodge at two branches, on Japan at two branches, and on school stories at two branches.

JAMES MADISON TO JAMES MONROE ON WEST INDIES SLAVERY

IN 1816.

From the original manuscript in the New York Public Library.

MONTPR. July 26 1816.

DEAR SIR

I have just recd. yours of the 24" M Coler leaves me this moment on his way to Washington. There will certainly be an advantage in sending him in a pub: vessel; and I am glad it can be done with so little expence. If the Congs will suffice.

for this purpose it will be better than to send the Guerriere which may possibly be wanted for other service.

You have not yet alluded to any correspondence with De Neuville, whose letter to you & my answer were sent for your perusal, and the latter for your judgment on its expediency If they did not get to your hands be so good as to mention it, that the accident may be repaired. If my answer was not decreed objectionable & was forwarded be so good as to return the letter of De Neuville, I think you have on hand some other letters to be returned

Herewith are the communications from M! Adams. He pinches Castlereah not a little I always suspected that the enlistments & apprenticeships of captured Negroes in the W' Ind° would be the refuge agst the allegations on our part. But if the former be for life & the latter for 14 years even for those of mature age, & both be found as the law and order in Council shew how can either be a situation in which the unfortunate blacks are protected in the priveleges of freemen? Nor is it conceivable that the Act of Parl which contemplates evidently the african trade and seizures on the high seas, can be fairly applied to negroes in the U States in a slavery originating with G. B herself seduced or forced thereupon with her sanction and recd on board vessels within the waters of the U. S. As the B. Govt presses a full scrutiny into the charges agst its officers whether wth a view to discredit this Gov! or for whatever other purpose it will be proper to promote the establishment of the trade. It will be particularly proper to keep in the front of this transaction the inviting proclamation of the B Commander and the bondage de facto into which it is admitted that the negroes are placed under the name of pardon & protection. I hope M Adams will not fail in the most suitable stage of the business to do justice to this view of the subject. It will put our charges on defensible ground, even if we fail to establish what is fairly to be believed that the captives or fugitives in question were sold into the ordinary slavery of the W. Indies. The object of L Castlereah evidently is to draw the question to a point most difficult of proof and in the failure of it to avail himself of an ostentatious zeal for an impracticable investigation

Yours

J MADISON

WILLIAM CAMPBELL TO CHARLES CUMMINGS ON THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURT HOUSE, 1781.

Printed from the original manuscript in the New York Public Library.

REVEREND AND DEAR SIR

ASPEN-VILLE, 28th MARCH 1781

I got home last Monday Evening in good health from my Excursion into No Carolina, and had the Happiness to find my little Family well

I imagine you have already heard the particulars of the Action at Whitsill's Mill on the sixth Instant and make no doubt but those of the Action near Guilford Court House, will be satisfactory to you General Greene having collected an Army of 4500 Men at the High Rock Ford of Haw River began his march from that place, in quest of the Enemy, on Monday the 12th Inst, and determined to give them Battle the first Opportunity. General Cornwallis lay at that time within two or three miles of Guilford Court House on a Branch called Buffaloe, and upon General Greene's advancing toward him, he retired into a Fork of Deep-River about eight Miles above the Courthouse. Our Army got up to Guilford C. House in the Evening of the 14th, and encamped about a Mile above it that Night Myself and Col? Lynch who had the Command of the Corps of Riflemen, with Colonels Washington and Lee of the light Dragoons were advanced about a Mile in Front of the Army and about seven miles from the Enemy Early next morning we had Intelligence of the Enemy being in Motion and marching towards us, upon which Col: Lee with his Legion, and about 30 of my Riflemen under the Command of Captain Fata of the Augusta Militia, went out to meet them, while the rest of the Riflemen, and Col° Washington's Horse, formed at our Encampment to Support them in their Retreat back They met with the Van of the Enemy about two Miles from where we were formed, and immediately began to Skirmish with them, and continued retreating and fighting with them near half an hour, which disconcerted and retarded the Enemy very Considerably In the mean time the main Body of our Army was formed about three quarters of a Mile in rear of us, and upon the Legions reinforcing us, we were ordered back to take our Position in the Line of Battle We had not been formed there above ten Minutes before the Canonade began in the Center, which lasted about 15 Minutes in which time the Enemy were forming by filing off to the right & Left and then immediately advanced upon our Troops, upon which the firing of the small Arms began The Virginia Regulars & Militia, with the first Maryland Regt behaved with the greatest Bravery, and the Riflemen who acted upon the Wings have done themselves honor: But unhappily a whole Brigade of the No Carolina Militia, of about 1000 Men abandoned their Post upon the first onset; many of them never fired their Guns, and almost the whole of them threw away their Arms and

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