Also deaths of the following named members which have not been mentioned in my former reports have come to my notice within the past year:

Of these Elijah Woodworth of Leslie, and Stephen Searles of St. Joseph, were each 95 years old, and were in the war of 1812. D. Johnson of Jackson, and Smith Tooker of Lansing, were of the twenty two original members of this Society who participated in its organization. Levi C. Dolson of Detroit, and Benj. O. Williams of Owosso, were the earliest to come to Michigan. They came in 1813 and 1815 respectively, followed by Ezra F. Blood of Tecumseh, and James Bailey in 1824, Wm. H. Cross in 1826, and Nathan

Knight of Bay City, and Lewis C. Risdon of Ann Arbor, in 1829. Helen Norris Estabrook, wife of Hon. John S. Estabrook of East Saginaw, is the only one who was a native of this State, born August 26, 1831, in Ypsilanti. A biographical sketch of most of these will be found in the memorial reports from their respective counties.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

GEO. H. GREENE, Corresponding Secretary.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

LANSING, Mich., June 1, 1887.

To the State Pioneer Society of Michigan:
Your Treasurer submits the following report:

E Longyear, Treasurer, in account with the Society from June 7, 1886, to June 1, 1887.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF HISTORIANS.

To the Pioneer and Historical Society of the State of Michigan:

The Committee of Historians would respectfully report that the result of the labors of the committee, seconded, as they have been, by the pioneers of the state, have been attended by more successful results than in any previous year. The interest taken by the first settlers, in the counties most recently settled, will enable the Society to collect and preserve an authentic account of the rapid development of the state in all its varied interests.

The success of the Society in procuring and publishing historical matter relating to Michigan when under the government of France or Great Britain, has attracted the attention of historical societies in other states and of persons interested in historical studies and has added greatly to the reputation of our Society and to the interest taken in its advancement by very many of our own citizens.

The committee succeeded in procuring the publication of volumes 8 and 9 previous to the first of January of this year, snd had good reason to believe that it would be able to have volume 10 ready for delivery at this meeting, but in this it has been disappointed.

The material for volume 10 was selected and ready for publication when volume 9 was delivered, but the state printers have been required to do so large an amount of work for the legislature, now in session, that they have not been able to publish volume 10. However much this is to be regretted the delay has been unavoidable.

Volumes 8 and 9 can now be procured of Mrs. H. A. Tenney, the recording secretary, at seventy five cents each.

Volume 8 is a book of 728 pages, and contains the proceedings of the annual meeting of 1885, the historical papers read at that meeting, of which particular attention is called to that on the "Lake Superior Country," by John H. Forster, that on the "Iron Region of Lake Superior," by Peter White, and to those relating to the "Personal Reminiscences" of that venerable pioneer of the Saginaw Valley-Ephraim S. Williams.

These, with other papers, occupy 146 pages. The memorial reports of 21 counties take up 104 pages, and the "Copies and translation of papers in the possession of the Historical Society at Detroit," cover 403 pages.

These papers are as interesting as they are important. Among them will be found a translation of the "Pontiac Manuscript," being the "Journal or History of a conspiracy by the Indians against the English, and the siege of Detroit by four different nations, beginning on the 7th of May, 1763."

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The Conspiracy of Pontiac" and the "Siege of Detroit" include the "statements of Mrs. Melroche, Charles Gouin, Gabriel St. Aubin, Jacques Parent and Mr. Pettier, who were eye witnesses of the siege of Ft. Detroit in 1763, made in 1824 to Charles C. Trowbridge, sub-agent of Indian affairs at Detroit, and written by him at that time." This volume also contains "Pontiac's Incursions, the Macinaw Massacre and the Battle of Bloody Bridge," being "Major Thompson Maxwell's account of the incursion of the Chieftan Pontiac, including the massacre of the Mackinaw garrison, the Battle of Bloody Bridge, together with some observations of the general appearance of the territory when these occurrences took place."

The papers relating to these times and transactions, as interesting and as important as any in the history of Michigan, cover over 100 pages.

The other 300 pages include miscellaneous matters that date from a proclamation of King Charles 2d, in 1672, prohibiting the use of salt, to that of Col. Henry Proctor, "dated Aug. 21st, 1812, for the regulation of the Civil Government of the Territory of Michigan after the surrender of General Hull;" and many of the papers of Judge A. B. Woodward and Major James May. Also Election Rolls for Wayne County for 1799; Tax Roll for 1802; "Proclamation of Gen. William Henry Harrison, Governor and Commanderin-Chief of the Indiana Territory," issued at "Vincennes, January 14th, 1803, laying off and establishing the boundaries of the County of Wayne; Address of the Chiefs of the Chippewa Nation, Detroit, September 8th, 1797; "Father Marquette and the Early Jesuits," by C. I. Walker; "Early Detroit," by C. I. Walker; "Account of a plot for obtaining the Lower Peninsula of Michigan from the United States in 1795," by J. V. Campbell; "Date of the Detroit Settlement," by J. V. Campbell; Gov. Wm. Hull's speech to the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians at Michilimackinac, August 28th, 1809, and many military orders and papers relating to the war of 1812.

Volume 9 has 707 pages, and contains the "Proceedings of the annual meeting for 1886," the papers read at that meeting, which include with others, Reminiscences of the Survey of Northwestern Lakes," by John H. Forster; "The Diocese of Michigan, What it was, What it is," by Rev. Frank A. O'Brien; "History of St. Andrews' Church at Ann Arbor," by Rt. Rev. G. D. Gillespie; "Recollections of Early Ministers of Washtenaw County," by Rev. Lorenzo Davis; and papers by Judge Albert Miller, of Bay

City, Ephraim S. Williams, of Flint, and Judge F. A. Dewey, of Lenawee county; also memorial reports from 22 counties.

These papers conclude on the 221st page, and the succeeding 120 pages are devoted to the History of Ottawa County as given in "papers read at the semi-centennial celebration of its settlement held at Grand Haven, Dec. 2d,

1884."

The Haldimand Papers" occupy 316 pages and are "Copies of papers on file in the Dominion Archives at Ottawa, Canada."

These are the first of a large number of documents which the committee has procured from the Archives of the Dominion, through the courtesy of its officials, and the committee wishes to note that it has been under particular obligations to Mr. Douglass Brymner, Archivist for the Dominion of Canada for the efficient aid which he has given it, in procuring from that source, matter relating to the history of Michigan while a part of the French or British Dominion.

The committee cannot too highly commend these papers to the attention of the members of the Society and to all others who feel the least interest in the history of Michigan or in historical studies.

They will be found to include the correspondence of the commanding officers at Detroit, Mackinaw and St. Joseph, with Gov. Guy Carleton and Gov. Frederick Haldimand, "Captain Generals and Governors-in-Chief in and over the province of Quebec and territories depending thereon in America," from 1776 to 1784, also an "account of the expedition of Lieutenant Gov. Hamilton," in Oct., 1778, from Detroit to Vincennes; of the capture, Dec. 17th, 1778, of the fort at that place, called Fort Sackville, by Gov. Hamilton, and of its recapture by Col. George Clark, Feb. 24th, 1779; prices current in February and April 1778; "Council held at Detroit, June 14th, 1778, with the Ottowas, Chippeways, Hurons, Poutconattamies, Delawares, Shawanese, Miamis, Mingoes, Mohawks, and the tribes of Ouashtanou, Saginaw, Delewares and Senecas."

The proceedings of the council will be found to be of great interest, giving the names and speeches of the chiefs of each nation. This volume also gives "the state of the settlement, taken by order of the Lieutenant Governor, Detroit, April 26th, 1778." It includes the number and kind of inhabitants and all kinds of live stock, with prices current, and a "council held by Lieutenant Gov. Hamilton with Ottawas, Chippewas, Poutwattamies and fifty of their warriors, Detroit, Sept. 24th, 1778;" also "a general return of all the inhabitants of Detroit, their possessions, cattle, houses, servants, and slaves, taken by Philip Dejian, Justice of the Peace for the said place, the 22nd of September, 1773."