[Illustration: Cover] PROCEEDINGS OF THE * * * * * NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION * * * * * THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, WITH CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS AND LIST OF MEMBERS. * * * * * [Illustration: Seal of the Association] * * * * * PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1906 NEWBURGH JOURNAL PRINT. NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. * * * * * President, Hon. JAMES A. ROBERTS, New York. First Vice-President, Hon. GRENVILLE M. INGALSBE, Sandy Hill. Second Vice-President, Dr. SHERMAN WILLIAMS, Glens Falls. Third Vice-President, JOHN BOULTON SIMPSON, Bolton. Treasurer, JAMES A. HOLDEN, Glens Falls. Secretary, ROBERT O. BASCOM, Fort Edward. Assistant Secretary, FREDERICK B. RICHARDS, Ticonderoga. TRUSTEES. * * * * * Mr. Asahel R. Wing, Fort Edward Term Expires 1906 Mr. Elmer J. West, Glens Falls " 1906 Rev. John H. Brandow, Schoharie " 1906 Hon. Grenville M. Ingalsbe, Sandy Hill " 1906 Col. William L. Stone, Mt. Vernon " 1906 Mr. Morris Patterson Ferris, New York " 1906 Hon. George G. Benedict, Burlington, Vt. " 1906 Hon. James A. Roberts, New York " 1907 Col. John L. Cunningham, Glens Falls " 1907 Mr. James A. Holden, Glens Falls " 1907 Mr. John Boulton Simpson, Bolton " 1907 Rev. Dr. C. Ellis Stevens, New York " 1907 Dr. Everett R. Sawyer, Sandy Hill " 1907 Mr. Elwyn Seele, Lake George " 1907 Mr. Frederick B. Richards, Ticonderoga " 1907 Mr. Howland Pell, New York " 1907 Gen. Henry E. Tremain, New York " 1908 Mr. William Wait, Kinderhook " 1908 Dr. Sherman Williams, Glens Falls " 1908 Mr. Robert O. Bascom, Fort Edward " 1908 Mr. Francis W. Halsey, New York " 1908 Mr. Harry W. Watrous, Hague " 1908 Com. John W.