Excerpt from New-York Historical Society Circular to Members, 1864 No previous year of the Society's history bears a more honorable or gratifying record of progress and prosperity. It is reaping the fruits of a steadfast adherence to a policy and system of management long since determined on in this institution, and rigidly carried out. A fundamental principle of this policy is, to incur no debts. The Society at this time has no debt, and no outstanding bills whatever, and closed the year with a balance of (seventeen hundred and sixty - two dollars) in the Treasury. A portion of this balance belongs, by previous appropriation, to the Library account, but there is no debt or outstanding obligation to reduce it. 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.