Bill of the Secretary for postage, express and sundries was thereupon audited and ordered paid, whereupon the meeting adjourned. At a meeting of the Trustees it was moved, seconded and carried, that E. M. Ruttenber, of Newburgh, N. Y., be made an honorary member of the Association. ROBERT O. BASCOM, _Secretary._ * * * * * ASSOCIATION MEETING. August 23d, 1905. At the adjourned session held August 22d, a paper entitled, "Concerning the Mohawks," was read by W. Max Reid, of Amsterdam, N. Y., after which the Hon. Grenville M. Ingalsbe read certain hitherto unpublished letters from Gen. George Washington relating to the "Sullivan Expedition," after which a resolution was adopted requesting that Mr. Ingalsbe furnish the same for publication in the ensuing volume of the proceedings of the Association. An address entitled, "Robert R. Livingston, the Author of the Louisiana Purchase," by Hon. D. S. Alexander, of Buffalo, N. Y., concluded the session, and after a vote of thanks to the various speakers, the meeting adjourned until two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, at which session a paper entitled, "The Birth at Moreau of the Temperance Reformation," by Dr. Charles A. Ingraham, of Cambridge, was read. The annual address, "The Democratic Ideal in History," by Hon. Milton Reed, of Fall River, Massachusetts, concluded the literary exercises of this meeting, and after a vote of thanks to the speakers of the afternoon the meeting adjourned sine die. ROBERT O. BASCOM, _Secretary._ * * * * * TRUSTEES' MEETING. At a meeting of the Trustees of the New York State Historical Association, held at the Hotel Ten Eyck on the 19th day of January, 1906, in the City of Albany. Present, Hon. James A. Roberts, President; Hon. Grenville M. Ingalsbe, First Vice-President; Dr. Sherman Williams, Second Vice-President; Hon. Hugh Hastings, Trustee; Hon. Robert O. Bascom, Secretary. The meeting being duly called to order by the President, the semi-annual report of James A. Holden, Treasurer, was read and adopted. The report is as follows: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT of J. A. Holden, Treasurer New York State Historical Association, From July 1, 1905, to Jan. 18, 1906. RECEIPTS. July 1, 1905--Cash on hand $194.73 Received from dues, etc. 390.10 ____ $584.83 DISBURSEMENTS.