Excerpt from Annual Report of the American Historical Association, Vol. 2: For the Year 1900 Wherever, in the course of its work, either commission has come upon material falling within the province of the other, information to that effect has at once been transmitted, and the two bodies have accordingly been able to work in entire harmony and without danger of trespassing upon each other's domain. The vote of the association establishing the commission authorized the appointment of representatives of the commission in the different States. With the vast mass of material to be dealt with, and divided, as it is, among fortyfive States, three Territories, and the District of Columbia, it early became evident that only by availing itself of the services of such State representatives could the commission hope to accomplish any considerable part of the work devolved upon it, and that the time of the members of the commission was likely to be fully engrossed with the general organization and direction of the work, without itself undertaking the actual investigation of records. The commission accordingly began at once the selection of adjunct members in the different States. The labor of selection proved to be very considerable and entailed a large amount of correspondence and personal inquiry. The following persons have thus far accepted appointments as adjunct members in their respective States: Alabama. - Mr. Thomas M. Owen, chairman of the Alabama History Commission, Birmingham. Connecticut. - Mr. Albert C. Bates, secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society and member of the Commission of Public Records, Hartford. Illinois. - Prof. F. W. Shepardson, University of Chicago, Chicago. Indiana. - Prof. James A. Woodburn, Indiana University, Bloomington. Iowa. - Prof. Benjamin F. Shambaugh, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Kansas. - Prof. Frank H. Hodder, University of Kansas, Lawrence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.