Territorial Legislation in Wisconsin

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Excerpt from Territorial Legislation in Wisconsin: Annual Address Before the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Thursday Evening, February 4th, 1870 Hon, Harlow S. Orton, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, arose and said: You will please indulge me, for a few moments, before listening to the annual address, in making a brief statement in relation to the origin, progress and present condition of our State Historical Society. Twenty-one years ago this Society was first organized, and for the first five years, did little else than to keep up the formality of an annual meeting, and, at the time of its re-organization, in January, 1854, it had, all told, but fifty volumes, bound and unbound, in its collection. Since that time, it has received the fostering care of the State, and the constant and unremitting labors of Mr. Draper, its Corresponding Secretary, and has made for itself, and for the Slate, to which it belongs, and whose organ it is, a name and reputation which elicited from the late distinguished American historian Jared Sparks, this high eulogium: "During the time since the State Historical Society of Wisconsin was founded, it seems to have done more than any similar Society in the country, and has set an example of enterprise and activity which any Society in the world may be proud to follow." From the fifty volumes, sixteen years ago, the library has rapidly expanded to over 42, 000 volumes and documents, embracing in the several departments of its collection, some of the rarest and most valuable works in our own and other languages, some of which it would be difficult, if not impossible, to duplicate anywhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.