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early settlers in the Green Bay region, and the prices of mer-
chandize at that period. The Porlier Papers, when arranged
and bound, ail1 make several volunles, and will form a valuable
acquisition to our collections.
A certificate of the British Gov. ~~ALDIMAND, of Canada,
dated at Montreal, August 17th, 1778, to CIXA-ICAU-CBO-KA-MA,
or The Old King, the Grand Chief of the Menomonees, depo-
sited by LOUIS B. PORLIER; a commission from Acting Gov.
N. POPE, of Illinois Territory, dated May 4th, 1809, to MICH-
AEL BRISBOIS, late of Prairie du Chien, as lieutcnant of militia,
from his grandson, ~~ICHAEL J. BRISDOIS, of Portage; MS.
letters of IIon. W. H. SBWARD, Hon. GERRIT SBIITH, and
Hon. HORACE GREELEY, from Col. PETER SAXE; a passport
for the ship Hunter, dated in April, 1812, signed by President
MADISON, and countersigned by JAMES MONROE, as Secretary
of State, on parchment, from JOHN CASSIN; autographs of Col.
ETHAN ALLEN, and his brother Gen. IKA ALLEN, Presidents
MADISON, MONROE and JAC~CSON, EDWARD LIVINGSTON, and
SAMUEL SWARTWOUT, GEORGE B. REED; and a MS. re-
from
ceipt, dated in 1715, from T~os. S. TOWNSEND.
Auto,r/raphs Promised.
Hon. IIENRY S. RANDALL, who has already proved himself
one of the Society's largest benefactors, in his noble gift of
autographs, remarks:
''1 bclieve I lnentioncd that I have not done with you, but
now I hope to make your Socigty the residuary legatee of a
large collection of sntographs, after I get a task off my hands,
o,nd make my omn eventful selection for my family."
W. 11. WATSON, Esq., of tllc 3lil1v2iukee Sentinel, has com-
municated an extract of a letter from the IIon. ARAD JOY, of
Ncw York State-a, gent1eul:ln wl~o has been nearly thirty years
collecting rnamusc~~ipt tlocuir~enfs i~nd letters of the Itevolution,
and has arn:issed thii ty roluines, of from 200 to 500 pages each
of Revolutionary Rolls arid Records, with many Orderly Books,
and more than one thousand original letters from officers, rela-
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