36 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT

Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution Concerning Its Proceedings April
1944-April 1945, printed. (7-8) Maryland State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution Year Book 1944
and 1945, printed. (9) Photographs of D. A. R. activi-
ties, 5 items. April 1, 1947.

Purchases

BENJAMIN, WALTER R., Letter, Gov. Thomas W. Veazey to Col.
Nathaniel Williams, complaining about the conditions in
his office after the abolition of the Council by the Amend-
ment of 1837, Annapolis, Mar. 9, 1838. Dec. 2, 1946.

GOANS, CHARLES R., (1) Deed, Benedict Swope to William Bell,
"Three Square," "Thomas's Choice," part of "George's
String," part of "White Oak Bottom," "Butler's Farm," all
in Baltimore Co., 1777. Certified copy made in 1779. Parch-
ment. (2) Letter, Charles Croxall to Tench Tilghman re-
garding his business affairs, Apr. 5, 1780. One double
sheet. (3) Letter, A. B. Hanson to —————, subscribing
to the recipient's newspaper, Woodbury, March 4, 1832.
One page. Jan. 20, 1947.

LIBRARY

At the end of the fiscal year it became possible to find ma-
terial and labor to convert the small room in the rear of the
Research Room into a library. This move had been contemplated
for several years because the library had outgrown the shelf
space in the Archivist's office and also because the large addi-
tions to our record holdings, especially of county records, made
it necessary to put some sort of compact reference library at
the service of the public. The small room which was chosen for
library purposes is convenient because of its proximity to the
Research Room and because it had never been put to any use or
even completely furnished. The drawings for the bookshelves
were made by Mr. Laurence Hall Fowler of Baltimore, who was
architect for the building.