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with Lawton, Lawrence Lee, Henry Levy, B. H. Levy, Lee Roy Lovenstein, Jonathan Lucas, Wallace W. Mallard, William Marcus, Frances W. Meldrim, Carl Mendel, George J. Mills, Euphemia Mills, J. F. Minis, Louisa P. Minis, David B. Morgan, Lee Roy Myers, Henry McAlpin, W. F. McCauley, Ray G. McCauley, R. A. McCranie, P. J. McNamara, Florence McNeill, Henry Nanninga, M. B. Nichols, M. A. O'Byrne, Chas. H. Olmstead, George W. Owens, A. B. Palmer, W. J. Pierpont, J. Conrad Puder, W. N. Pratt, T. P. Ravenel, Frederick F. Reese, A. C. Read, Sam Ross, E. W. Rosenthal, Gordon Saussy, Hattie Saussy, Elizabeth M. Screven, Kate F. Semmes, H. P. Smart, Arthur W. Solomon, Ella B. Spalding, William B. Stephens, H. G. Strachan, A. D. Strohbar, W. G Strobhar, May S Teasdale, John L. Travis, R. Van Keuren, Joanna E. Walsh, T. P. Waring, H. N. Walker, Henrik Wallin, George R. White, William W. Williamson, Caroline Wilson, W. L. Wilson, W. A. Winburn, Mary S. Irwin Wood, A. L. Willcox and Anton P. Wright, and such persons as may from time to time be associated with them, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, incorporated as a charitable corporation under the name and style of "TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.”

2. That the objects of the association and the particular business to be carried on shall be purely educational, charitable and social, including power primarily (if and when the trust shall be committed to its charge) to hold, control, preserve, administer and manage as Trustee the Library and Academy of Arts and Sciences known and to be known as TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, all as set forth in the fourteenth item of the will of Mary Telfair of record in the Court of Ordinary of Chatham County, Georgia; and secondarily, to do and perform from time to time all such acts and things and to hold, enjoy and manage such property and hold and execute such trusts as may tend to promote education and improvement in the arts and sciences.

3. That the place of doing business shall be Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

4. That the time for which petitioners shall be incorporated shall be in perpetuity, so far as the same is or may be permitted by law, and if such perpetual charter be not permitted, then, for twenty (20) years from this date, with the privilege of renewal.

5. That said corporation shall have all powers usual or incident to corporations, with the right from time to time to increase or diminish the number of members, to make classification of members with varying rights, privileges and duties, to adopt such constitution and/or by-laws as it may deem best, to appoint or select such directors, managers and officers as may be provided, to have perpetual succession, to receive gifts and legacies, and from time to time apply for and accept amendments to its charter with the approval (in meeting or by written assent) of a majority of the members who shall at the time, under charter, constitution and/or bylaws, be vested with unrestricted voting power.

6. That the first meeting of the incorporators for organization shall be held at such time and place as may be fixed in a call signed by not less than five of the incorporators, and published in the Savannah Morning News not less than three days prior to the said meeting. At said meeting a quorum shall be the number who shall attend and participate, and such quorum, by a majority vote, is authorized to make such provision for future meetings, including notice, quorum and all details, as to it shall deem best.

In Open Court September 14, 1920.

PETER W. MELDRIM,

Judge Superior Court, Chatham County, Georgia.

LAWTON & CUNNINGHAM,

Counsel.

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8vo, pp. xii, 307, (1).

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Vol. II. Savannah, 1842.

8vo, pp. (6) 336.

Contents: Introduction. Discourse before the Society at their second anniversary, February 12, 1841, (by W. B. Stevens); A New Voyage to Georgia, by a Young Gentleman, 2d ed., London, 1737; A State of the Province of Georgia, attested upon oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740, (by William Stephens), London, 1740; A Brief Account of the Causes that have Retarded the Progress of the Colony of Georgia, by P. Tailfer, H. Anderson, D. Douglas, Charleston, 1741; An Account Showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia from its Establishment (by B. Martyn), London, 1741. Appendix: Account of the Society; Constitution; By-laws; Act of Incorporation; Officers. Members, 1842.-Out of Print.

COLLECTIONS OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Vol. III, part 1. Savannah, 1848.

8vo, pp. 88 (Published by Wm. B. Hodgson.)
Contents: Introduction. Biographical Sketch of Benja-
min Hawkins; The Creek Confederacy (by W. B. Hodg-
son); A Sketch of the Creek Country, in 1798 and 1799
(by B. Hawkins). Appendix; Indian Treaties, 1773-
1796.

No other part of this volume was issued. The Society
published no more collections until 1873, when the publi-
cation was resumed with the designation of Vol. III. dis-
regarding this first part.-Price $1.00.

COLLECTIONS Of the GeorgiA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Vol. III. Savannah, 1873.

8vo, pp. vi, 428.

Contents Preface. Letters from General Oglethorpe to
the Trustees of the Colony, October, 1735, to August,
1744; Report of Governor Sir James Wright to Lord
Dartmouth on the Condition of the Colony, September
20, 1773; Letters from Governor Sir James Wright to the
Earl of Dartmouth and Lord George Germain, Secre-
taries of State for America, August 24, 1774, to February
16, 1782. Appendix: Casimir Pulaski, address before the
Society by C. C. Jones, Jr., upon the celebration of its
thirty-second anniversary, February 13, 1871; address
before the Society by R. D. Arnold, July 24, 1871.—Price
$2.00.

COLLECTIONS of the GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Vol. IV. Savannah, 1878.

8vo, pp. 263, 64. Illus. Plans.

Contents: The Dead Towns of Georgia, (by Charles C. Jones, Jr.); Itinerant Observations in America*, reprinted from the London Magazine 1745-46.-Price $2.00. *By Edward Kimber (1719-1769).

COLLECTIONS OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Vol. V. Published by the Savannah Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution as a Contribu-
tion to Georgia History. Savannah, Ga., 1901.

Pt. 1, pp. xiv, 139 (this part only published by D. A. R.).
Contents: Proceedings of the Georgia Provincial Con-
gress; Proceedings of the Georgia Council of Safety, 3d
November, 1775, to 17th February, 1777; Account of the
Siege of Savannah, from a British source.-Price $1.00.
Pt. II, pp. 223. (This part was published by Mr. W. J.
DeRenne as a contribution to Georgia History.)
Contents: Order Book of Samuel Elbert, Colonel and
Brigadier General in the Continental Army, October,
1776, to November, 1778; Letter Book of Governor
Samuel Elbert, from January, 1785, to November, 1785.
-Price $1.00.

COLLECTIONS OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Vol. VI. Savannah, 1904.

8vo, pp. vii, 245. Portrait.

Contents: The letters of Hon. James Habersham, 17561776. Cloth $2.00; Paper $1.50.

COLLECTIONS OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Vol. VII. Savannah 1909-1913.

Pt. I, pp. 70.

Contents: Letters of Montiano-Siege of St. Augustine.
(Tranls, and ed. by C. DeWitt Willcox).-Paper $1.00.
Pt. II, pp. 53. Maps and plans.-Paper $1.00.
Contents: Oglethorpe Monument. Illustrated.

Pt. III, pp. 112.-Paper $1.00.

Contents: The Spanish Official Account of the Attack on the Colony of Georgia, in America, and of its Defeat on St. Simons Island by General James Oglethorpe. (Transl. and ed. by C. DeWitt Willcox.) Portrait and Maps.

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