Proceedings of the New York Historical Society. For the Year 1846.; with An Address Delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its Forty-Second Anniversary, 17th November, 1846 - Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History.

214; 38 pp. Original light brown wrappers. Sewn binding. Two black & white lithographic plates by G. & W. Endicott. Includes papers by a number of members of the New York Historical Society, with an address in celebration of the group's forty-first anniversary. Perhaps most notable is the list of additions to the organization's library, which comprises twenty-three pages and includes books, pamphlets, prints, maps and charts, and manuscripts.