LETTER OF SUBMITTAL.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

Washington, D. C., February 13, 1896.

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889, I have the honor to submit to Congress the annual report of said associa tion for the year 1895.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient. servant,

S. P. LANGLEY,

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Hon. ADLAI E. STEVENSON,

President of the Senate.

Hon. THOMAS B. REED,

Speaker of the House.

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

Organized at Saratoga, N. Y., September 10, 1884.

OFFICERS FOR 1896.

President:

RICHARD S. STORRS, D. D., LL. D.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Vice-Presidents:

JAMES SCHOULER, LL. D.,
Boston, Mass.

GEORGE P. FISHER, D. D., LL. D.,
Professor in Yale University.
Secretary:

HERBERT B. ADAMS, Ph. D., LL. D.,

Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

Assistant Secretary and Curator:
A. HOWARD CLARK,

Curator of the Historical Collections, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C.
Treasurer:

CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN, Ph. D.,
130 Fulton street, New York.

Executive Council:

(In addition to the above named officers.)
Hon. ANDREW D. WHITE, LL. D., L. H. D.,
Ithaca, N. Y.

JUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D.,
Cambridge, Mass.

CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, LL. D.,
President University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Hon. WILLIAM WIRT HENRY,
Richmond, Va.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL. D.,
President of the University of Michigan.
HENRY ADAMS,

Washington, D. C.

Hon. GEORGE F. HOAR,
Worcester, Mass.

G. BROWN GOODE, Ph. D., LL. D.,

Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge of the

National Museum.

GEORGE B. ADAMS,

Professor of History, Yale University.

H. MORSE STEPHENS,

Professor of History, Cornell University.
F. J. TURNER, Ph. D.,

Professor of History, University of Wisconsin.

Ex-Presidents:

Hon. ANDREW D. WHITE, LL. D., L. H. D., 1884-85.
Hon. GEORGE BANCROFT, LL. D., 1885–86.
JUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D., 1886–87.
+WILLIAM F. POOLE, LL. D., 1887-88.
CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, LL. D., 1888-89.
Hon. JOHN JAY, LL. D., 1889-90.

Hon. WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, 1890–91.
JAMES B. ANGELL, LL. D., 1891-93.
HENRY ADAMS, 1893–94.

Hon. GEORGE F. HOAR, LL. D., 1894-95.
Ex-Vice-Presidents:

JUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D., 1884-86.
CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, LL. D., 1884-88.
WILLIAM F. POOLE, LL. D., 1886–87.
Hon. JOHN JAY, LL. D., 1887-89.

Hon. WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, 1888-90.
JAMES B. ANGELL, LL. D., 1889–91.
HENRY ADAMS, 1890–93.

EDWARD G. MASON, 1891-93.

Hon. GEORGE F. HOAR, LL. D., 1894–95.
Secretaries:

HERBERT B. ADAMS, Ph. D., LL. D., 1884-
A. HOWARD CLARK, 1889-

Treasurer:

CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN, Ph. D., 1881

Executive Council:

(In addition to the above named officers.)
WILLIAM B. WEEDEN, A. M., 1884 -86.
+CHARLES DEANE, LL. D., 1884-87.

Prof. MOSES COIT TYLER, LL. D., L. H. D., 1884-85.
Prof. EPHRAIM EMERTON, 1884-85.

Prof. FRANKLIN B. DEXTER, 1885-87.

+ Prof. WILLIAM F. ALLEN, 1885-87.
Hon. WILLIAM WIRT HENRY, 1886-88.
+ Hon. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, LL. D., 1887-88
Prof. JOHN W. BURGESS; 1887-91.
Prof. ARTHUR M. WHEELER, 1887-89.
Prof. GEORGE P. FISHER, D. D., LL. D., 1888-97.
G. BROWN GOODE, Ph. D., LL. D., 1889-

JOHN GEORGE BOURINOT, LL. D., D. C. L., 1889–94.
Prof. JOHN BACH MCMASTER, 1891-91.
Prof. GEORGE B. ADAMS, 1891-

The term of office is indicated by the dates following the name. Deceased officers marked thus 1.