Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume IV (1859)

              54 wisconsin historical collections from its commencement to 1850 in some forty volumes which will prove a truly valuable addition to the library unbound old newspapers c a lot of 50 old almanacs from 1776 to 1823 41 numbers of the poughkeepsie journal 1793-94 and 9 old papers 1795 — 1804 purchased london magazine july 1759 from mrs d s curtiss sussex advertiser feb 20 1769 and national intelligencer nov 17 1800 from j s buck pennsylvania evening post april 9 1779 from dr john curwbn indepen dent ledger a boston paper may 10 1779 from j r bates lockport courier april 7 1831 from hon d j powers a fac-simile re-print of poor richard's almanac for 1733 from dr s compton smith maps and charts a copy of findley's modern atlas bound from f g tibbits map of wisconsin in 1836 from d s durrie a a map of wisconsin land district 1838 from stephen tay lor and 30 maps and charts mostly of the lakes and harbors of the north west from lt col j d graham u s army and an ancient map of rome purchased at the vatican presen ted by dr s compton smith we have now altogether 17 bound volumes of atlases and over 82 separate maps the most of which are rare and valuable pamphlets and documents the pamphlet additions the past year amount in round num bers to five hundred — making the total number 4,700 when these are properly arranged and bound they will form a valuable and interesting addition to the library among the principal donors the past year of pamphlets and documents are dr edward jarvis 113 a vattemare 77 dr s kneeland jr 61 s h carpenter 39 s a greene 17 l c dra per 14 d s durrie 12 astor library 9 it may be added that one of these pamphlets is on wheelock's indian charity school 1775 another is melvin's journal on