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AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

Gen. Felix H. Robertson of Waco contributes to the Association's collection of relics a desk once owned by Judge R. T. Wheeler, or the first Supreme Court of Texas. The gift has not been received, but is expected soon.

Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone adds to the collection of the Association three copies of the “Magnolia Weekly,” dated respectively August 13, 1864; August 20, 1864; and February 11, 1865, published at Richmond, Va. They contain various war notes and other items of interest.

Mr. A. Y. Walton of San Antonio sends for the library of the Association a pamphlet copy of the Informe Oficial of Viceroy Revilla-Gigedo to the King of Spain relative to the condition of the Texas missions in 1793. This is one of the most valuable sources for the history of the missions, and the gift is thankfully accepted.

Mr. H. A. McArdle of San Antonio, the well known artist, has given the Association a letter from Capt. R. M. Potter to himself, written in 1881, which contains an interesting account of the escape of the Texas commissioners, Karnes and Teal, from Matamoros in the fall of 1836. The letter will be published in the October Quarterly, and the original will be preserved in the vault of the University.

REPORT OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING.

The fourth annual meeting of the Association was held in Room 54 of the Main Building of the University of Texas, Austin, June 21, 1900, at 10 a. m., President Reagan in the chair. Judge Z. T. Fulmore read a paper on The Causes of the Mexican War, and Dr. W. F. McCaleb one on The First Period of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition. The paper of Miss Elizabeth West, on The Picturesque Side of Protestantism in the Republic, was read by title.

Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone of Galveston, on behalf of Mrs. Sallie Sawyer Ayres of Washington, D. C., then presented to the Association a fac-simile of the great seal of the Confederate States,⁵⁴ which was received by President Reagan. In reference thereto the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the thanks of the Association are hereby tendered Mrs. Sallie Sawyers Ayres and Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone for the fac-simile of the great seal of the Confederacy generously given it by the former through the agency of the latter.

A similar resolution was adopted relative to the gift by Mr. J. W. Darlington, of Taylor, of a painting of the first capitol building of the Republic erected in Austin.⁵⁵

The Association then proceeded to the election of officers for the year 1900-1901. Judge John H. Reagan was elected President, and Hon. Guy M. Bryan, Mrs. Julia Lee Sinks, ex-Gov. F. R. Lubbock and T. S. Miller, Esq., were elected Vice-Presidents in the order given. Mr. L. G. Bugbee was elected Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer; Judges Z. T. Fulmore and John C. Townes were elected Members of the Council from the Fellows, Judge Fulmore for the term ending in 1903, and Judge Townes to fill the unexpired term of Judge Raines, resigned.⁵⁶ Dr. Rufus C. Burleson was elected from the members to serve on the Council for the term ending in 1905.

The Association then adjourned.

FOOTNOTES

54. Mrs. Ayres writes that the original seal is a block of silver about two inches thick, which she understands to be now in the possession of a United States army officer; that Col. John T. Pickett, of Kentucky, had the reproductions made; and that she recently purchased from his son all that remained of them. With each reproduction goes a certificate from J. S. and A. B. Wyon, chief engravers of her Majesty's seals, whose predecessor, Joseph S. Wyon, engraved the original in 1864 for James M. Mason, then representing the Confederate States in London. The certificate states that the reproduction must be correct for the reason that its impression is the same as that which the Wyons have preserved from the original, of which they have never made a duplicate.

55. Mr. Darlington, who was one of the builders, gave the assurance that the painting, though executed only from descriptions furnished by himself, is a faithful representation of the old capitol. President Reagan, who knew the building well, added his testimony to the same effect.
56. Judge Raines became, by his appointment at State Librarian, an ex-officio member of the Council, and has therefore given up his place as an elected member.

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"AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION.", Volume 004, Number 1, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 59 - 69. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v004/n1/back_10.html
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