History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . t long. The Society was not put on a perma- .nent basis until 1857, when a new organization was effected, with Col, A. W. Putnam as President. Colonel Putnam was then engaged in the preparation of his extensive and painstaking Plistory of Middle Tennessee, which was brought out in 1859. ^^^ continued to act as President until the meetings of the Society were interrupted by the Civil War. He died in 1869. After the war the Society was not reorganized until 1874, At that time Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey was elected President. Dr. Ramsey was th
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . t long. The Society was not put on a perma- .nent basis until 1857, when a new organization was effected, with Col, A. W. Putnam as President. Colonel Putnam was then engaged in the preparation of his extensive and painstaking Plistory of Middle Tennessee, which was brought out in 1859. ^^^ continued to act as President until the meetings of the Society were interrupted by the Civil War. He died in 1869. After the war the Society was not reorganized until 1874, At that time Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey was elected President. Dr. Ramsey was the first native historian ^ of Tennessee. He published his Annals of Tennessee in 1853. This volume only brought the history of the State down to 1800, but he prepared a second volume and had it ready for the press, but it was destroyed when his house was burned during the Civil War. His work has always been accorded a high rank among State histories. Dr. Ramsey continued to act as President of the Tennessee Historical Society until his deatli in 1884,. Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey. The Present Time. 307
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