page xxiv note 1 These votes, confirming the action of the Council at its meeting in Philadelphia, were taken as a measure of precaution lest some one should say that a meeting of our Board of Directors held outside the State of New York was illegal. Subsequently the Secretary consulted the legal adviser of the Society, Mr. Carmody, who assured him that there could be no doubt of the legality of a regularly called meeting of the Council held outside the State of New York.

page xxv note 1 See Papers, second series, vol. v, page xxxvi.Google Scholar

page xxvi note 1 See Papers, second series, vol. v, page xxx.Google Scholar

page xxix note 1 See Hartford Daily Courant, March 31, 1917; Who's Who in America, 1914–1915.

page xxx note 1 Bible Society Record, vol. 62, no. 7, 07, 1917, page 125 f.; Who's Who in America, 1914–1915.Google Scholar

page xxxii note 1 The minutes of the Philadelphia meeting are printed on page xiii f.

page xxxiii note 1 Early in 1918 he was promoted to be Acting Major of Infantry.

page xxxv note 1 The desired assurances having been secured and the required authorization given, the Secretary signed and sealed the Agreement in duplicate, the signatures of the party of the first part and of the party of the second part being duly witnessed before notaries public on the 17th and on the 11th days of April, 1918, respectively.