Sketch of the life of A. H. Guzman, in the Davenport Democrat, February 1, 1921.

Birmingham and Keosauqua landmarks, by William Harrison, in

the Keosauqua Republican, February 3, 1921.

James, John, and David Condon, early settlers of Webster County, in the Fort Dodge Messenger, February 5, 1921.

Daughter of Betsy Ross lived at Fort Madison, Iowa, in the Des Moines Register, February 6, 1921.

How Clarinda was named, in the Clarinda Journal, February 10, 1921.

Sketch of the life of George M. Curtis, in the Davenport Democrat, February 10, 1921.

Sketch of the life of C. W. Strother, oldest man in Hardin County, in the Eldora Herald, February 10, 1921.

When Abraham Lincoln came to Council Bluffs, in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, February 13, 1921.

Sketch of the life of Mrs. R. E. Rarick, early settler of Waterloo, in the Waterloo Times-Tribune, February 13, 1921.

The Corydon Times in 1877, in the Corydon Democrat, February 16, 1921.

How Waukon became the county seat in 1853, in the Waukon Standard, February 16, 1921.

Reminiscences of Emmetsburg, by Henry Funkley, in the Emmetsburg Reporter, February 17, 1921.

Early land sales in Lee County, in the Keokuk Gate City, February 17, 1921.

A glimpse of pioneer days, by P. C. Chambers, in the Osceola Sentinel, February 17, 1921.

Ancient gun found in oak tree near Fertile, in the Britt News, February 17, 1921.

Lyon County fifty years old, in the Rock Rapids Review, February 17, 1921.

Struggle over timber on lands of Des Moines Navigation Company, in the Madrid News, February 17, 1921.

Carr and Musick's drove of cattle, in the Keokuk Gate City, February 19, 1921.

Sketch of the life of D. O. Stone, in the Des Moines Capital, February 19, 1921, and the Hawarden Independent, February 24, 1921.

Sketch of the life of Henry Bruce Scott, in the Burlington HawkEye, February 23, 1921.

"Monticello House", landmark of Monticello, in the Monticello Express, February 24, 1921.

Two Indian Wars in Cerro Gordo County, in the Clear Lake Mirror, February 24, 1921.

Soldiers' Monument at Fort Des Moines, in the Des Moines Register, February 27, 1921.

Old Winnebago Indian mission, in the Des Moines Register, February 27, 1921.

Was Samuel Isaac North the first white child born in Iowa, in the Oskaloosa Herald, February 28, 1921, and the Burlington Hawk-Eye, March 6, 1921.

Indian towns in Lee County, in the Keokuk Gate City, March 1, 1921.

Early history of Emmet County, in the Estherville VindicatorRepublican, March 2, 1921.

William Graham, oldest lawyer in Dubuque, in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, March 3, 1921.

A Civil War incident, in the Osceola Sentinel, March 3, 1921. Oldest living resident of Iowa, in the Griswold American, March 3, 1921, the Vinton Eagle, and the Cedar Rapids Gazette, March 4, 1921, and the Waterloo Times-Tribune, March 6, 1921. Iowans who have served in the cabinet, in the Des Moines Evening Tribune, March 4, 1921.

Early schools in Iowa, by Carrie Bailey-Letchford, in the Waukon Standard, March 9, 1921.

Humorous reminiscences of Bloomfield, by Dillon H. Payne, in the Bloomfield Republican, March 10, 31, 1921.

Early settlement at Steam Boat Mound, in the West Union Union, March 10, 1921.

Prices of commodities in 1877, in the Winterset Madisonian, March 16, 1921.

Early days in Indianola, by E. W. Perry, in the Indianola Herald, March 17, 1921.

Sketch of the life of Caroline A. Davis, in the Bloomfield Republican, March 17, 1921.

The boundaries of Iowa, in the Madrid News, March 17, 1921.

Civil War letters, by R. B. Leighton, in the Griswold American, March 17, 1921.

Sketch of the career of George A. Ide, in the Afton Star-Enterprise, March 17, 1921.

Sketch of the life of H. M. Pickell, in the Des Moines Capital, March 18, 1921.

Marquette and Joliet in Iowa, in the Madrid News, March 24, 1921. Old house at Cascade, in the Cascade Pioneer, March 24, 1921. Sketch of the life of Mrs. Anson Avery, the first woman settler in Hancock County, in the Marshalltown Times-Republican, March 26, 1921.

Reminiscences of the Sioux massacre in 1862, in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, March 27, 1921.

How Boonesboro lost a railroad station, in the Boone News-Republican, March 29, 1921.

Narrow gauge railroads, in the Adel News, March 30, 1921.

Early days in Ottumwa, by C. M. Work, in the Ottumwa Courier, March 30, 1921.

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

PUBLICATIONS

Publication number 102 of the Transactions of The Western Reserve Historical Society contains the annual reports of the Society for the years 1919 and 1920.

The annual report of the Society makes up the issue of The Quarterly Publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio for October-December, 1920.

Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions in Missouri, a monograph by Isidor Loeb, has been published by the State Historical Society of Missouri.

The second volume of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1918 which has recently been distributed, contains the Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, written in 1854 when the author was seventy-one years of age. Unfortunately the work is carried down only to the year 1832 although there are occasional references to events occurring after this date. Volume one has not yet been issued.

A number of documents and papers make up the issue of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography for October, 1920. Among these are Documents Relating to the Boundaries of the Northern Neck, contributed by Charles E. Kemper, Minutes of the Council and General Court, 1622–1629, and a continuation of the Preston Papers.

A third volume of The Papers of Thomas Ruffin, collected and edited by J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, have been published as one number of the Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission. The letters included in this volume relate chiefly to the Civil War period and present interesting comments on the men, conditions of life, and problems in North Carolina during the war.

The Oklahoma Historical Society has launched a new quarterly magazine to which the name, Chronicles of Oklahoma, has been given. James S. Buchanan is the editor of the new publication and Edward E. Dale associate editor. The first number bears the date, January, 1921, and contains four articles as follows: Separation of Kansas and Nebraska from Indian Territory, by Roy Gittinger; Some Letters of General Stand Watie, edited by Edward E. Dale; The History of No-Man's Land, or Old Beaver County, by Morris L. Wardell; and The Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, by Walter S. Campbell. In addition there is an editorial, a number of book reviews, and a section entitled Historical News Items.

The Washington Historical Quarterly for January contains the following papers: A New Log of the Columbia, by John Boit; Authorship of the Anonymous Account of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, by F. W. Howay; and a continuation of the paper by Edmond S. Meany on the Origin of Washington Geographic Names. The Nisqually Journal, edited by Victor J. Farrar, is also continued in this number.

The Mississippi Valley Historical Review for December, 1920, contains the following papers and addresses: The Pilgrims and the Melting Pot, by Carl Russell Fish; Jane Grey Swisshelm: Agitator, by Lester Burrell Shippee; The First Push Westward of the Albany Traders, by Helen Broshar; and Historical Activities in the Trans-Mississippi Northwest, by John C. Parish. Under the heading Notes and Documents is a Report of Inspection of the Ninth Military Department, 1819.

Hindostan, Greenwich and Mt. Pleasant: The Pioneer Towns of Martin County - Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson Brooks, edited by George R. Wilson, A Pioneer Wedding, edited by Esther U. McNitt, The Pocket in Indiana History, by Thomas James de la Hunt, and The History of Madison, by The Women's Club of Madison, are four of the papers presented in the Indiana Magazine of History, for December, 1920. The "Pocket" discussed in Mr. de la Hunt's paper includes the counties bounded by the Blue, Ohio, Wabash, and White rivers.