26 NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

NILES, JUDGE EMORY H., Microfilm and photostat copies of Court of
Vice Admiralty Record Book, 1754-1775, originally placed in the
Hall of Records as deposits. April 8, 1944.

BENTLEY, Miss Lois E., Map and Directory of Camp Patterson Park of
the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment of New York Volunteers.
Col. D. C. Littlejohn Commanding. Printed in Philadelphia, c.
1862. April 12, 1944.

BASIL, MRS. JOHN, Deputy Commissary's Guide by Elie Vallette,
Annapolis, 1774, 1 volume, printed. June 16, 1944.

ANDREWS, MRS. MARY BIGGER, (1) Parole of Capt. R. H. Bigger,
C. S. A., Baltimore, August 2, 1862, 1 double sheet. (2) Special
Orders No. 51 regarding Capt. R. H. Bigger, C. S. A., and Sergt.
John Marns, Vir. Arty., paroled prisoners of war, Baltimore,
August 2, 1862, 1 sheet. (3) Letter, Geo. W. Randolph to R. H.
Bigger, informing him of his appointment as Brigade Quarter
Master Major in the Confederate Army, Richmond, October 20,
1862, 1 double sheet. (4) Certificate of T. A. Hendricks that
R. H. Bigger is a lawyer of good standing, Indianapolis, Ind.,
April 17, 1882, 1 sheet. June 29. 1944.

ACCESSIONS—LIBRARY

About the same number of items were added to our printed book
collection as during the last few years. Previously this section of the
annual Report has been divided into two sections, Purchases and
Gilts; however, it has now become obvious that this division served no
useful purpose. There was no way to mention by name the giver in
the event of a gift in any more prominent place than the tag-end of
the bibliographical item, because a book in order to be useful to
researchers who come to the Hall of Records must be listed under
author or title. Moreover, there are other printed items which cannot
be considered either as gifts or purchases: some are loans from other
State Offices as in the case of Flack's Code, others come with the
archives of State Offices and while they are normally placed here in our
library rather than with the archives of the original office they still must
be considered as deposits rather than pits. It seems, therefore, that
our former categories could never give an exact picture of our printed
accessions, and increasing the number of categories would be all out of