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THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY North Caroliniana Society C906 N87s no. 25 FOR USE ONLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION Form No. A-368, Rev. 8/95 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://archive.org/details/historicalconsci25jone Historical Consciousness in the Early Republic CIRCULAR LETTER, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SIR, LofA*whiSecdOhiChicsI,EHto<TcYsolilhoeaicstu,lcapAtertld.yebSreoveceniainendiftycito;urtotcmhduciapnircctahfitesef,tloamslavtnfe,erfciaialgllns- foracompleteluilotvofthiscountry,andaccountsofail valuableeffortsofhumaningenuityandinduftry,fromthe beginningofitsfelllcmcnt.Inpurfuanceofthisplan,they tiavcalreadyatoailedalargequantityofhooks,pamphlets andaaaufcYipu;andareIhllinfearchofmore:Acat*;. -fogueofwhichwillbeprintedtordieinformationofthe public. TH£Yhavealfogivenencouragementtothepublicationof awceHypaper,tol>ccalledTHr.AMERICANAFOLLO; inwhich willbegiventhercfulloftheirinquiries,in- tothenatural,politicalandccclefialhcalhifloryofthiscoun- try. Apropofaifortheprintingofthispaperisherein- clofedtoynu;an-.!'ititrequeuedthatyouwouldpromote fubferiptionsforit;andcontributetoitsvalueandimport- ance,byattentiontothearticlesannexed. TheSociety beg CIRCULAR LETTERoftheMassachusettsHistoricalSociety,1791. The Origins of State Historical Societies, Museums, and Collections, 1791-1861 Edited by H. G. Tones Cfrr-jh i*?i1 nM/i/t /he < -£tt& PHOTO CREDITS Front cover: Louis LeonardTucker, Clio's Consort: Jeremy Belknapandthe Founding oftheMassachusetts HistoricalSociety (Boston: The Society, 1990). Inside front cover and outside back cover: The North Carolina Collection. All otherphotos byJerryW. Cotten orFrederick N. Stipe, North Carolina Collection. NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY IMPRINTS NUMBER 25 This edition is limited to five hundred signed copies (plus 100 "A" copiesforauthors) ofwhich this is number Ar* r> NORTH CAROUNIANA SOCIETYIMPRINTS H. G.Jones, GeneralEditor No. 1. An EveningatMonticello: An Essay in Reflection (1978) byEdwinM. Gill No. 2. ThePaul Green IKnow (1978) byElizabeth Lay Green No. 3. TheAlbert CoatesIKnow (1979) by Gladys Hall Coates No. 4. TheSam Ervin IKnow (1980) byJean Conyers Ervin No. 5. Sam Ragan (1981) by Neil Morgan No. 6. Thomas WolfeofNorth Carolina (1982) edited byH. G. Jones No. 7. GertrudeSprague Carraway (1982) by Sam Ragan No. 8. John FriesBlair (1983) by Margaret BlairMcCuiston No. 9. William ClydeFridayandIda HowellFriday (1984) by Georgia Carroll Kyser andWilliam Brantley Aycock No. 10. William S. Powell, North Carolina Historian (1985) byDavid Stick andWilliam C. Friday No. 11. "Gallantry Unsurpassed" (1985) Editedby Archie K. Davis No. 12. MaryandJim Semans, North Carolinians (1986) byW. Kenneth Goodson No. 13. TheHigh WaterMark (1986) editedbyArchieK. Davis No. 14. Raleigh and Quinn (1987) edited by H. G.Jones No. 15. A HalfCentury in CoastalHistory (1987) byDavid Stick No. 16. Thomas WolfeatEighty-seven (1988) editedby H. G.Jones No. 17. A Thirdofa Century in Senate Cloakrooms (1988) by William McWhorter Cochrane No. 18. TheEmma NealMorrison IKnow (1989) by IdaHowell Friday No. 19. Thomas Wolfe's Composition Books (1990) editedby AliceR. Cotten No. 20. MyFather, BurkeDavis (1990) by AngelaDavis-Gardner No. 21. A HalfCentury withRareBooks (1991) by LawrenceF. London No. 22. FrankH Kenan: AnAppreciation (1992) editedbyArchie K. Davis No. 23. Growing Up in North Carolina, by Charles Kuralt and The Uncommon Laureate, byWallace H. Kuralt,Jr. (1993) No. 24. ChancellorsExtraordinary: J. CarlyleSittersonandLeRoy T. Walker (1995) by William C. Friday andWillis P. Whichard No. 25. Historical Consciousness in theEarlyRepublic (1995) editedby H. G. Jones Historical Consciousness in the Early Republic The Origins of State Historical Societies, Museums, and Collections, 1791-1861 <^££) Edited by H. G. Jones Chapel Hill north carolinianasociety, inc. and North Carolina Collection 1995 Copyright ®1995 by North Caroliniana Society, Inc. P.O. Box 127 ChapelHill, North Carolina 27514-0127 All rights reserved Manufacturedin the UnitedStates ofAmerica