HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN. A society of historical students and writers, founded at Saratoga, N. Y.. in September, 1SS4, at the suggestion of Ilerbert II. Adams. of Johns Hopkins Lniversity. Its original member ship was 40, hut within a year it had increased to 250, and in 1889 it received a definite standing and recognition by an act of Congress incorporat ing it in the District or Lolumbia. The society hos exerted wide influence in directing and stimu lating historical research, and its tionS 1111 monographs have covered n broad field of historical study. Allied with the society is the American Society of Church Ilistory. This or ganization, founded in March, )SS$, became the Church History Section of the Historival Society in I$S9. nother important branch of the so ciety is the Historical 'Manuscripts Conunission, Nvhick prepares valuable manuseripts for publica• lion. The society holds annual meetings. pub
lishes an report through the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. These reports include historical articles and bibliographies. and the society publishes in addition many monographs. As examples of the latter may be mentioned: l'ederai Land Grants in the United Stales, by George W. I:nights: Church and Stale in the failed by Philip Schaff; Wificni lime, by J. F. Jameson; 7'he Continental Con gress, by Ili•rbert Frieden•ald; and 7'he Study of 11 istory in Schools, by a special committee of seven, appointed by the society. The presidents of the society have included eminent American historians. They have been: Andrew D. White, t;e0ree Bancroft, Justin Winsor, Williain F. Poole, James Sehmiler, George F. 11(iar, Edward Eggleston, and Alfr•l T. The member ship is about 1400,