"A people who have not the pride to record their History will not
long have the virtues to make History worth recording; and no peo-
ple who are indifferent to their Past need hope to make their Future
great."

A

HARVARD GULLEG

MAR 30 1922
LIBRARY

The Department

PHICAL

CHARLESTON

THE NEWS-MAIL COMPANY

1911

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

Department of Archives and History,
Charleston.

To His Excellency,

HONORABLE WILLIAM E. GLASSCOCK,

Governor of West Virginia.

MY DEAR SIR:

By the provisions of Section Three of Chapter LXIV of the Acts of the Legislature, Session of 1905, the State Historian and Archivist is required to make annually a report to the Governor to be transmitted by him to the Legislature, which report shall contain an exhibit of all the State Papers, Public Documents, Books, Pamphlets and other property belonging to the Department of Archives and History, together with annual accumulations, and a statement of the receipts and expenditures thereof; and accompanied by such recommendations as he deems best for the State's interest in the Department. In compliance therewith I now have the honor to transmit to you herewith the Third Biennial Report of this Department, for the two fiscal years ending respectively September 30, 1909, and September 30, 1910. Again thanking you for the kindly interest and earnestness you have manifested in the work of the Department, I remain, yours

Most obediently,

VIRGIL A. LEWIS,

State Historian and Archivist.