OF THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME III. 014110 CONCORD: PRINTED BY JACOB B. MOORE. 1832. 102, 238 Letter from James Parker to Governor and Council VII. Sketches of Graduates of Dartmouth College, IX. Letter from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, XIII. Provincial Taxes in N. H. 1753-1766, - 152 XVI. Memoir of Rev. Federal Burt, XVII. Penacook Papers, 1659-1668, XVIII. Account of the Storm and Avalanches at the White Mountains in 1826. By JACOB B. MOORE, Esq. XIX. A Plan for providing Materials for History, XX. Memoir of Abel Parker. By JACOB B. MOORE, Esq. XXI. Account of the Destruction of the Willey family, in the CONSTITUTION OF THE New-Hampshire Historical Society. 1. The object of the New-Hampshire Historical Society shall be to discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and of this State in particular. 2. The Society shall consist of resident and honorary members, the former to be persons residing in the State of New-Hampshire; the latter, persons residing elsewhere. The number of resident members shall not exceed fifty; the number of honorary members shall not exceed the number of the resident. 3. The election of members shall be by ballot at the annual meetings. No member shall hereafter be elected by less than six votes; and, in all cases, the votes of two-thirds of the members present shall be necessary to a choice. 4. Each member (honorary members excepted, with whom it shall be optional) shall pay, before the annual meeting next following his election, the sum of five dollars. The Society may assess taxes at the annual meetings, on each resident member, not exceeding three dollars in one year. Any person neglecting to pay the aforesaid sum of five dollars, or any tax, for the term of two years, shall cease to be a member. Constitution of the Historical Society. 5 5. The annual meeting of the Society shall be holden at Concord, on the second Wednesday in June. Other meetings may be held at such times and places as the Society may from time to time direct. It shall be the duty of the President, and in his absence, of one of the Vice-Presidents, upon the application of three members, to call a special meeting of the Society, of which notice shall be given in a newspaper printed in Concord, and another printed in Portsmouth, at least fifteen days before the meeting. 6. The officers of the Society, to be elected at the annual meeting and by ballot, shall be-a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Librarian, who' shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and until others are elected in their places; provided, that the first election of officers under this Constitution shall be made at such time and place as the Society may direct. 7. The Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting, as the Society shall deem proper, by the votes of two-thirds of the members present; provided, notice of the proposed amendment shall be given in writing, and entered on the journal at the preceding annual meeting. A true copy of the Constitution of the Historical Society, adopted June 13, 1823. Attest JOHN KELLY, Rec. Sec'ry. |