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that time the Association may be favored with such written statements or reports of historical progress as may seem advisable.  Such reports embodied in a widely circulated governmental document will extend at home and abroad trustworthy information of the excellent work accomplished by the historical societies of the republic.  They will tend to encourage a more general appreciation of the breadth and interest of American annals, of the bearing of the past upon the problems of the future, and of the duty of preserving with care the historic and biographic materials in private hands and of collecting those in public offices, so that more light may be thrown not simply on the political, but on the moral, social, and economic progress of the country.
We have the honor, Sir, to remain,
Your obedient servants,
[[signature]] John Jay [[/signature]]
President of the American Historical Association.
[[signature]] H.B. Adams [[/signature]]
Secretary of the American Historical Association.
[[signature]] A. Howard Clark [[/signature]]
Assistant Secretary and Curator of the American Historical Association.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D.C., February 14, 1890.

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