Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ollc Historical Researches and Maryland Historical Society, photograph of Wabank House, and a number of miscellaneous pamphlets by S. M. Sener, Esq. Dr. Jos. H. Dubbs read a very interesting paper on James Ross, the author of the Latin grammar bearing his name, and once a teacher in Franklin College. Dr. Ross was a man of many peculiarities, an able Latinist, and his grammar for many years was widely used as a text-book in colleges and high schools in the Middle and New England States. It was the first full and authentic sketch of this distinguished scholar and teacher that has been published, presenting many facts concerning his career that have never been made public heretofore. Dr. Dubbs' paper was followed by a short paper by the Secretary, accompanying two letters written by James Buchanan In 1839 and 1840 never before made public, relating to several prominent citizens of this county, one addressed to General Jackson and the other to Governor David R. Porter. The letters were accompanied by biographical sketches of the persons referred to therein. The thanks of the Society were extended to the authors of these papers, and they were ordered to be printed in the usual way. The question of moving the quarters of the Society to the Herr Smith Library Building, on North Duke street, was brought up, and the Society, by a vote, decided that a committee should be named to conclude the contract offered by the Trustees of the said Library. Dr. Dubbs made an earnest plea to the members present to undertake the preparation of papers to be read at the meetings, and several of thosepresent volunteered to do so during the coming winter. The attendance at the meeting was the largest for several years, showing that the Society Is taking a stronger hold on our people, and th...