Shahan (D.D.), Rt. Rev. T. J., Catholic Univ. of America.

Shandelle (S.J.), Rev. Henry J. Georgetown University.

Thomas, Rt. Rev. Mgr. C. F., St. Patrick's Rectory.

Thompson, Corbin,

Thompson, Edward W.,
Thompson, Mrs. John W.,

Tindall, Dr. William,
Tobriner, Leon,

Todd, William B.,

Topham, Washington,

Truesdell, Col. George, Turner, Mrs. Harriot Stoddert,

Van Schaick, Rev. John, Jr.,
Van Wickle, William P.,

Walker, Ernest G.,
Warder, Mrs. Ellen N.,
Wardman, Harry,
Warner, Dr. Carden F.,
Washburn, William S.,
Weller, Joseph I.,
Weller, Mrs. Michael I.,
Wheeler, Hylas T.,

Woodbridge, Va.

1601 Connecticut Ave.

1419 I St.

The Stafford.

1406 Sixteenth St.

1243 Irving St.

43 U St., N.W.

The Altamont.

1311 New Hampshire Ave.

1417 Massachusetts Ave.
1217 F St.

1522 R St.

1155 Sixteenth St.
1430 K St.

Chevy Chase, Md.
Chevy Chase, D.C.

420 Wash. Loan & Tr. Bldg.
408 Seward Square, S.E.
St. James Hotel.

1753 Corcoran St.

National Metropolitan Bank.

Whitney (Ph.D.), Edson L., 1234 Euclid St.

White, Enoch L.,

White, George W.,

* This includes all members to date of going to press with this volume.

COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO THE COLUMBIA

1918.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

(Continued from Page 366, Vol. 21.)

Jan. 15. Early Days of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Hon. Job Barnard.

Feb. 19. Account of the Washington Monument and of the Washington Monument Society. Frederic L. Harvey. (Not printed.)

Mar. 19. Christian Hines, Author of "Early Recollections of Washington City." John Clagett Proctor.

Apr. 16. General Roger Chew Weightman, a Mayor of the City of Washington. Allen C. Clark.

May 21. The Birth and Growth of the Patent Office. George W. Evans.

Nov. 26. General John Peter Van Ness, a Mayor of the City of Washington, His Wife Marcia, and Her Father, David Burnes. Allen C. Clark.

1914.

Dec. 15. Dr. Williams Beanes, the Incidental Cause of the Authorship of the Star Spangled Banner. Caleb Clarke Magruder, Jr.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COLUMBIA HISTORICAL

169th meeting.

SOCIETY.

January 15, 1918.

In spite of very inclement weather, about fifty members and guests were present at this meeting: President Clark in the chair.

The Minutes of previous meeting were adopted and names of new members announced. President Clark then introduced Hon. Job Barnard, who read a comprehensive and interesting history of the "Early Days of the Supreme Court of the District of Solumbia," of which body he was formerly a Justice. Reminiscences of early Judges of, and some of the decisions by, that Court were related by Messrs. Henry E. Davis, Frank W. Hackett, Philip F. Larner and President Clark.

At the close of the discussion, annual reports were read, followed by the election of officers for the ensuing year, all officers being reëlected, and Mrs. Charles W. Richardson and William Tindall were elected Managers for four years, their term to expire in 1923.

170th meeting.

February 19, 1918.

President Clark presided at the 170th meeting, when about fifty members and guests were present. After reading an invitation to the members to attend a public patriotic celebration of Washington's birthday on the 22d inst. to be held in "Liberty Hut," the Chair introduced the historian of the evening, Mr. Frederic L. Harvey, who read an "Account of the Washington Monument and of the Washington Monument Society."

171st meeting.

March 19, 1918.

A large audience was present at the 171st meeting of the Society, at which President Clark presided. The paper of the evening was by Mr. John Clagett Proctor, entitled "Christian.