Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . eeting of society, Sept. 28, 1893, . 2. Proceedings at the opening of the new BUIIvDING : ^Address by the President, .... Commemorative address lay Horace Day,Sketch of the history of the society by Thomas , .... 3. List of the execitive oificers of the socif:tv ITS FOlNDATION, 4- List of its present officers,5. List of its pricsent members. SINCE Page vii xiu XV XVll xxiiiIxi Ixxv Ixxvii Ixxix > • .7 iivH lij ??.fl ? in Jll/ I ••? !iT- •; , 4. ?Mr^ nV fill T X 7. M ! i^%*^V^^>3^^% LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1.
Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . eeting of society, Sept. 28, 1893, . 2. Proceedings at the opening of the new BUIIvDING : ^Address by the President, .... Commemorative address lay Horace Day,Sketch of the history of the society by Thomas , .... 3. List of the execitive oificers of the socif:tv ITS FOlNDATION, 4- List of its present officers,5. List of its pricsent members. SINCE Page vii xiu XV XVll xxiiiIxi Ixxv Ixxvii Ixxix > • .7 iivH lij ??.fl ? in Jll/ I ••? !iT- •; , 4. ?Mr^ nV fill T X 7. M ! i^%*^V^^>3^^% LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. The building, exterior view 2. Entrance hall and staircase . 3. North Room—with collections4- Middle Room—with colledlions 5. Library- 6. Audience room—looking south 7. Memorial tablet 8. Audience room—entrance and balcony 9. Portrait—James Edward English10. Portrait—Caroline Fowler English Frontispieceopposite page viii xvii xxiii xxix xxxvii xlv Iv Ixv Ixxiii r/.x ?/1 r,: I /•jKniKI pWM \>: Ijin! i;\c;. rVv PREFATORY Previous to the erection of the present permanent homeof the society, the rooms it occupied for its historicaland antiquarian collections, its meetings for business and itsaudience chamber were of a temporary character. For sev-eral years the southeast room in tlie third story of the newlycompleted City Hall with the adjoining firc-proof room, amplysufficed for the accommodation of the society ; but in 187S theneeds of the municipal authorities of city and town compelledtheir abandonment. A transient refuge was found in the NewHaven State House, until this last the independentcolonial existence of New Haven was destroyed. The Insur-ance building on Chapel Street imperfectly served the purposesof the society until the noble benefaction of Mr. Henry , in uniting a tribute of filial reverence with his inter-est in a public object led him, unsolicited, to erect an edificeevery way honorable to himself atid ad
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