Soiitliern Historical Society Papers,

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, Three Dollars per Atinum, in Advance— Organ of the Southern Historical Society, Published under the Directiori of the Executive Committee, and Edited by the Scctetary, R. A. Brocic. The chief ohjecl of this publication is to colkct and preserve for ika future: hisioriiin material for a true history of the causes, progress, and results of the great war for Southern Independetjce, while at the same time regard i will be paid to the general history of the Southern States. ' , Each passing year adds increasing attestation to the value and impor * tance of the publications of the Society. Distinguished soldiers of each of the late contending arlnies in the war j between the States, and able military critics of both continents, endorse the' i dictum of the Neiv England Historical and GeneotogicaJ Register^ that no' '."library, public or private, which pi'etends to historic fullness, can afford^ ^ to be without these volumes ;^^ and of the London Saturday Reviezv, that^ ! "they contain a mass of information relative to the late war, without u care- ful study of zvhich 7io historian, however timiied his scopa^ should venture to ' treat any frag^nent of that most hitere sting story.* ^ • ■ i Amotig the subscribers to the Southern Historical Society Papers tare numbered the most distinguished of the Confederate leaders, many of! the ablest soldiers of the Federal army, and a large number of those in all i sections who are interested in historical matters; attd the universal verdict

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R. A. BROCK, j

• ' Secretary)} Southern flisiorical Society^ Richmond, Va,

[R. A. Brock is now, and has been for the past fifteen years, Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society, also.]