From Hon. John Bigelow were received two volumes of "The Ladies Magazine; An Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex appropriated solely to their Use and Amusement," for 1793 and 1794, containing the first publication in English of Franklin's autobiography, being the only time it was ever published as a serial. The translation was from the French version, in which the work shortly before had been given to the public two years after Franklin's death (1790). Other gifts were: From Henryk Arctowski, 28 of his pamphlets relating to Antarctic exploration; from the K. u. K. Reichs-Kriegs Ministerium, 9 of its publications; from the Brazilian Consul General at New York, 17 volumes and I Atlas relating to the boundary question between Brazil and British Guiana; from Cleveland H. Dodge, 165 volumes and 8 pamphlets, including 60 copies of the "Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem"; from Mrs. Henry Draper, 4 volumes, 5 pamphlets, and 72 prints, including a collection of Little Russian folk songs; from the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society a List of books printed in Scotland before 1700; from Mrs. Paul L. Ford, 277 volumes and 31 pamphlets, including various editions of Weems' "Life of Washington" and early American novels; from the Librarian of the Haus der Abgeordneten of Prussia, the "Bücher-Verzeichnis des Hauses der Abgeordneten," 1900-1902, in 3 volumes; from Rev. Joseph H. McMahon, a German manuscript, probably written in the 16th century, containing a collection of medical receipts; from Dr. William James Morton, 2 photographs representing Dr. T. G. Morton's tuition tickets at Harvard Medical School, 1845, and a Diploma of Washington University granting Dr. Morton the Honorary Degree of M.D.; from the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, the "Congregational Year-books" for 1893, 1901, 1902 and 1904; from the Polish Socialist Society of London, 14 volumes and 79 pamphlets of their publications; from Victor H. Paltsits, a copy of his "Bibliography of the Writings of Baron La Hontan"; from John Robinson, 5 annuals, including "The Jewel" for 1839, 1843, and 1846; from Elihu Root, his Argument before the Attorney General on the Canal Improvement Act; from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 18 volumes, being the writings of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello edition; from the Vermont State Library, 13 volumes and 18 pamphlets, state docnments; from Paul Weir, 3 volumes of the "Royal Gazette" of Bermuda; and from the Deutsche Gesellschaft von Pennsylvanien, 33 of their "Jahresberichte," 3 mounted photographs representing the laying of the cornerstone of their new building, 1888, and 8 pamphlets relating to the Germans in Philadelphia. One of the important purchases of the month was a volume of "Laws Of Her Majesties Colony of New-York," printed in this city by William Bradford in 1710. With this volume in the Library our file of the New York digests is complete so far as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are concerned; 1694, 1710, 1713, 1726, 1752, 1762, 1774, 1784, 1789, 1792-1797 (first to the third, fifth to the eleventh), all are New York imprints, 1719 (fourth in the series) is the London reprint. At the LENOX Branch the exhibitions of etchings by Félix Bracquemond, Robert F. Blum, and R. Swain Gifford were continued during the month, as was also that of the Smith collection of Japanese prints and the Century Company's printing exhibit. To the Gifford Exhibition there were added on February 15 three graphite drawings, by I. Ferris Lockwood, after paintings by Gifford. the ASTOR Branch the plates illustrating anniversaries and holidays occurring in January to March were continued. At the TOMPKINS SQUARE Branch the Print Room exhibition of plates from Audsley's "Ornamental Arts of Japan" was continued, as were the exhibitions of Racinet's costume plates at the 125TH STREET Branch and the Hollyer etchings at the 67TH STREET Branch. At CHATHAM SQUARE the plates from the Wilkie Gallery remained on view, and at YORKVILLE Racinet's costume plates, Part 2 (after the XVIth Century). At the Circulation branches the picture bulletins and temporary collections of books on special shelves were as follows: At all of the branches, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. In addition to these there were at CHATHAM SQUARE, Charles Dickens, Lew Wallace; EAST BROADWAY, Famous men and women born in February, BOND STREET, Making of an empire, Anthracite coal, California, Patriotic songs, Texas, New books; OTTENDORFER, Sociology, African geography; TOMPKINS SQUARE, Famous men and women born in February, Germany; JACKSON SQUARE, New books, France; MUHLENBERG, Cow boy life, Songs of Burns, Wonders of Colorado, The violin, California, Brittany and Normandy, Touraine, Switzerland; FIFTY-NINTH STREET, Longfellow, Famons men and women born in February; RIVERSIDE, New books; SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET, Music, Questions of the day, St. Valentine's day; YORKVILLE, New books; ST. AGNES, France, Eastern geography; BLOOMINGDALE, Lew Wallace, Wild animals; AGUILAR, Famous men and women born in February; ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH STREET, Lew Wallace; TOTTENVILLE, Our country, a story, South America, The making of a newspaper. The new building for the RIVERSIDE Branch at 190 Amsterdam Avenue, between 68th and 69th Streets, was opened with formal exercises on Thursday, February 16th, at 4.30 P. M. Hon. Alfred J. Tailey, Civil Service Commissioner, the designated representative of the Mayor, presided and accepted the building on behalf of the City from Hon. John L. Cadwalader, who turned it over on behalf of the Trustees of the New York Public Library. Addresses were also made by Frank Dodd, Esq., President of the Riverside Association, and by Dr. J. S. Billings, Director of the Library. Music was furnished by the Glee Club and Orchestra of the High School of Commerce. This branch building is the seventh erected by the Public Library from the Carnegie fund. The branch library that occupies it was first opened in connection with the Riverside Association in its building at 259 West 69th Street on February 3, 1894. It was turned over to the New York Free Circulating Library on May 6, 1897, and received as a branch of the Public Library on February 23, 1901. After several removals it finds a permanent home in the new building just dedicated. COLLATION OF THE VARIOUS ISSUES OF THE AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE (1776-1783, 1783-1789) IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. By A. R. HASSE, Chief of the Document Department. Because of frequent inquiries for information about the two series of printed diplomatic correspondence known as the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (1776-1783) and Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States (1783-1789), and because of frequent confusion of the two series, or of their various issues, as noted in catalogues, the following statement is made of the set owned by the New York Public Library. The set is believed to be complete. Of the first series, which covers the period 1776-1783, two editions were issued, namely: [1] Boston and New York, 1829-1830. 12 volumes. [2] Washington: John C. Rives, 1857. 6 volumes. 8°. 8°. Of the second series, which covers the period 1783-1789, three editions were issued, namely: The detailed statement is as follows: The Diplomatic Correspondence of the | American Revolution. | Being the letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John | Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, | Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, | John Laurens, M. Dumas, and others, concerning | the foreign relations of the United States | during the whole revolution; | together with the letters in reply from the Secret Committee of | Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. | Also, | the entire correspondence of the French ministers, | Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress. | Published under the Direction of the President of the United States, from the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably | to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818. | Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: N. Hale and Gray & Bowen. G. & C. & H. Carvill, New York, 1829-30. 12 v. 21cm. V. I. 1829. xxx, 514 pp. Silas Deane's correspondence, Mch. 3, 1776-Mch. 17, 1782, v. 2. 1829. xxix, 528 pp. Correspondence of Arthur Lee, American commissioner at the court of France, Dec. 12, 1775-Dec. 7, 1780, p. 1–282. Correspondence of William Lee, commissioner at courts of Vienna and Berlin, Jly. 1, 1777-Mch. 31, 1782, p. 283-362. Correspondence of Ralph Izard, commissioner to Grand Duke of Tuscany, Jly. 1, 1777-Aug. 6, 1780, p. 363-448. Correspondence of Henry Laurens, commissioner for negotiating a treaty of amity and commerce with Holland, Oct. 26, 1779-Apr. 30, 1784, P. 449–528. v. 3. 1829. xxvi, 504 pp. Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, American commissioner and minister plenipotentiary to the court of France, and commissioner for negotiating a peace, Dec. 8, 1776Je. 29, 1782, p. 1-375. [Franklin's] Journal of negotiations for peace with Great Britain, May 9, 1782-Je. 27, 1782, P. 376-477. Correspondence of Franklin, continued, Jly. 2, 1782-Aug. 16, 1782, p. 477-504. 8°. v. 5. 1829. xx, 504 pp. Correspondence of John Adams, continued, Apr. 17, 1780- v. 6. 1830. xxiii, 512 pp. Same, continued, May 16, 1781-Dec. 4, 1782, p. 1–512. v. 7. 1830. xxiv, 512 pp. Same, continued, Dec. 14, 1782-Sept. 10, 1783, p. 1-167. Correspondence of John Jay, Dec. 20, 1779-Nov. 28, 1781, p. 169-512. v. 8. 1830. xxiv, 510 pp. Correspondence of John Jay, continued, Dec. 13, 1781-Jly. 25, 1784, p. 1-237. Francis Dana's correspondence, Aug. 10, 1780-Dec. 17, 1783, p. 239-510. v. 9. 1830. xxvii, 531 pp. Correspondence of William Carmichael, chargé d'affaires from U. S. to court of Spain, Nov. 2, 1776-Aug. 30, 1783, p. 1-192. Correspondence of John Laurens, special minister to the court of France, Dec. 23, 1780-Sept. 6, 1781, p. 193249. Correspondence of Charles W. F. Dumas, agent of the U. S. in Holland, Dec. 19, 1775-Je. 23, 1783, P. 251-531. 1830. xxviii, 500 pp. V. 10. Correspondence of Gen. La Fayette on the foreign affairs of the U. S., Nov. 23, 1781-Oct. 15, 1787, p. 1-66. Correspondence of the American commissioners [John Adams, Franklin, Jay, Henry Laurens, and Jefferson] for negotiating a peace with Great Britain, Je. 15, 1781-Sept. 10, 1783, p. 67-230. Correspondence of C. A. Gerard, minister plenipotentiary from the court of France to the U. S., Mch. 28, 1778-Sept. 25, 1779, P. 231-356. Correspondence of C. A. de la Luzerne, minister plenipotentiary from France to the U. S., Sept. 16, 1779-Sept. 6, 1781, p. 357-500. V. II. 1830. xxxii, 503 pp. Correspondence of Luzerne, continued, Sept. 10, 1781-? 1787, p. 1-193. Correspondence of Robert Livingston, secretary of foreign affairs, Jan. 10, 1781-Je. 2, 1783, p. 195-342. Correspondence of Robert Morris, superintendent of finance, Feb. 7, 1781-Nov. 2, 1781, p. 343-503. 88 COLLATION OF THE AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE v. 12. 1830. xxiv, 502 pp. Correspondence of Robert Morris, continued, Nov. 3, 1781- (Publication.) Resolution of Mch. 27, 1818 (3 St. L., 475), directs printing of "the Foreign Correspondence of the Congress of the United States, from the first meeting thereof, down to the date of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace, between Great Britain and the United States, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, except such parts of the said foreign correspondence as the President of the United States may deem it improper at this time to publish." General appropriation bill for 1830 (4 St. L., 382) provides "For enabling the Secretary of State to execute a contract with Jared Sparks, of Boston, made by Henry Clay, late Secretary of State, for printing and publishing the foreign correspondence of the Congress of the United States, from the first meeting thereof to... [1783], thirty-one thousand three hundred dollars." (Distribution.) Resolution of Mch. 27, 1818, provides "one copy shall be furnished to each member of the present Congress (i. e., 15th congress, 247 members], and the residue shall remain subject to the future disposition of congress." An Act for the distribution of certain books therein mentioned, approved May 26, 1830 (4 St. L., 407) Sec. 1 provides for the distribution of the diplomatic correspondence to various federal, state, and territorial officials and institutions, etc. A Resolution to place 30 copies of the diplomatic correspondence of the American revolution at the disposition of the Secretary of State "for the use of the diplomatic agents of the U.S. in foreign countries," was approved Mch. 2, 1833 (4 St. L., 669). [edition 2.] The Diplomatic Correspondence | of the | American Revolution: | Being | the letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, | Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William | Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. Dumas, and others, concerning the foreign relations of the United States during the whole revolution; | together with the letters in [Series 2, 1783-1789.] The Diplomatic Correspondence of the | United States of America, | from the signing of the | definitive treaty of peace, 10th September, 1783, | to the adoption of the constitution, March 4, 1789. | Being the letters of the presidents of congress, the secretary for foreign affairs-American ministers at foreign | courts, foreign ministers near congress-reports of committees of congress, and reports of the secretary for foreign affairs on various letters and communications; | together with letters from individuals on public affairs. Published under the direction of the Secretary of State, from the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably to an Act of Congress, approved May 5, 1832. | City of Washington: Printed by Francis Preston Blair, 1833-34. 7 v. V. I. 1833. xl, 504 pp. 21cm. Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, etc., continued, p. 1-149. Correspondence of John Adams, one of the commissioners for the formation of treaties of amity and commerce and minister plenipotentiary to England, with the answers of John Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, P. 152-504. v. 5. 1833. xxiv, 492 pp. Correspondence of John Adams, etc., continued, p. 1–369. Correspondence of Col. W. S. Smith, secretary of legation at the court of London; with the answers of John Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, p. 371-492. Correspondence of John Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, with John Temple, consul general from Great Britain, p. 1-62. Correspondence of John Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, with Diego de Gardoquí, chargé d'affaires from Spain, p. 65-272. Correspondence of Wm. Carmichael, chargé d'affaires at the court of Spain, with the answers of John Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, p. 273-417. Correspondence of P. J.Van Berckel, minister plenipotentiary from the United Netherlands, with the president of congress and John Jay, secretary of foreign affairs, p. 419-518. COLLATION OF THE AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE v. 7. 1834. xxx, 512 pp. Correspondence of C. W. F. Dumas, p. 1-286. Correspondence of capt. John Paul Jones, agent to solicit payment for prizes taken in Europe under his command, p. 287-427. Letters from individuals on public affairs, and reports of secretary John Jay, p. 429-512. (Publication.) On Dec. 22, 1830, it was resolved, on motion of Gulian C. Verplanck, representative from New York, "that the Committee on the Library be instructed to inquire into the expediency of ordering to be published, under the direction of the Secretary of State, the diplomatic correspondence of the United States under the old Confederation, from the peace of 1783 to the organization of the Government after the adoption of the present constitution" (21. 2. H. jol., 91). On Feb. 10, 1831, Mr. Everett, from the Committee on the Library, pursuant to the above resolution, reported a joint resolution, which was read the first time and then was not heard of again (ib., 290). The twenty-first congress adjourned on March 3, 1831. During the first session of the next congress, Mr. Verplanck again took up the subject, and on March 9, 1832, he introduced a bill (22. 1. H. R. 457) "making an appropriation for the publication of certain diplomatic correspondence, etc." (22. 1. H. jol., 454). The report accompanying the bill (22. 1. H. rpt. 356) includes a list, submitted by Edward Livingston, then Secretary of State, of the correspondence in the State Department, which, properly, would be included in the contemplated publication. The provisions of this bill (H. R. 457) were afterwards transferred to the general appropriation bill for 1832, approved May 5, 1832 (4 St. L., 513), and read "To enable the Secretary of State to cause to be printed, under his direction, a selection from the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, between... [1783-1789] remaining unpublished in the Department of State, twelve thousand dollars." (Distribution.) During the first session of the twenty-third congress, on May 9, 1834, a letter from the Secretary of State (Louis McLane) was presented to the Senate, in which the secretary stated that 965 sets of the correspondence printed under act of May 5, 1832, had been placed in charge of the clerk of the House, and were at the disposition of Congress. The letter was referred to the Joint Committee on the Library (23. 1. S. jol., 254). On May 13, the same letter was presented to the House and was similarly referred (23. 1. H. jol., 621, 624). On June 4, 1834, Mr. Everett, from the Joint Committee on the Library, reported a joint resolution (23. 1. H. J. res. 6) "providing for the distribution of Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, 1783-1789" (23. 1. H. jol., 693). This joint resolution was approved June 18 (4 St. L., 743). [edition 2.] The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, | from the signing of the | definitive treaty of peace, | September 10, 1783, | to the adoption of the constitution, March 4, 1789. | Being the letters of the presidents of congress, the secretary for foreign affairs-American ministers at foreign | courts, foreign ministers near congress reports of committees of congress, and reports of the secretary for foreign affairs on | various letters and communications; together with letters from individuals on public affairs. | Published under the direction of the Secretary of State, from the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably to an Act of Congress, ap 89 proved May 5, 1832. | City of Washington: Printed by Blair & Rives, 1837. 7 v. 21cm. This edition is not mentioned in Sabin or in Poore, and is sometimes found in catalogues confused with the 1833-34 edition. It collates identically as to pages with the 1833-34 edition. It is not a re-issue, however, from the same type, but has been set up from a new body of type. While it collates similarly as to paging with the earlier edition, it does not do so as to lines. Note line 5 on page 213 respectively of the two editions; note also error in page numbering of p. 213 of the 1833-34 edition, which has been correctly printed in the 1837 edition. Although the lining of the title-page is the same in the two editions, the font of type used is unmistakably different. [edition 3.] The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, | from the signing of the | definitive treaty of peace, | 10th September, 1783, | to the adoption of the constitution, March 4, 1789. | Being the letters of the presidents of congress, the secretary for foreign | affairs-American ministers at foreign courts, foreign ministers | near congress -reports of committees of congress, and reports | of the secretary for foreign affairs on various letters | and communications; | together with letters of individuals on public affairs. | Published under the direction of the Secretary of State, from the original Manuscripts in the | Department of State, conformably to an Act of Congress, approved May 5, 1832. City of Washington: Printed by Blair & Rives, 1837. 3 v. 23cm. On verso of title-page is an extract from the law authorizing the printing of the compilation, and below that is the legend: "Edition in three volumes, published by John C. Rives, 1855.' Sabin, no. 20215; see also p. 173, report Librarian of Congress, 1904. V. I. 1837. xlviii, 837 pp. Correspondence of Elias Boudinot, p. 1-98. Correspondence of John Jay, p. 99-275. Correspondence of Lafayette, P. 277-327. Correspondence of Thomas Barclay, p. 329362. Correspondence of Franklin, p. 363-431. Correspondence of John Adams, p. 433-498. Correspondence of Adams, Franklin and Jefferson, p. 499-608. Correspondence of Jefferson and Jay, p. 609-837. V. 2. 1837. xxxiii, 834 pp. Correspondence of Jefferson and Jay, continued, p. 1-332. v. 3. 1837. xxxix, 819 pp. Correspondence of W. S. Smith and John Jay, p. 1-89. Correspondence of John Jay and John Temple, p. 91-134. Correspondence of John Jay and Diego de Gardoqui, p.135281. Correspondence of William Carmichael and John Jay, p. 283-386. Correspondence of P. J. Van Berckel and John Jay, P. 387-457. Correspondence of C. W. F. Dumas and John Jay, p. 459-658. Correspondence of capt. John Paul Jones, p. 659-758. Letters from individuals on public affairs, and reports of secretary John Jay, p. 759-819. (Publication.) On March 19, 1856, Secretary of State Marcy addressed the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, ask ing for an appropriation of $7500 to purchase 500 copies of the three-volume stereotyped edition of the Diplomatic Correspondence (34 cong., I sess. H. misc. doc. 70). This sum was allowed in the sundry civil bill for 1857, approved Aug. 18 1856 (11, St. L., 105). |