OF THE

BOARD OF CURATORS OF THE IOWA STATE

HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

FOR THE

BIENNIAL PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 1st, 1869,

TO THE

GOVERNOR OF IOWA.

DES MOINES:

F. M. MILLS, STATE PRINTER.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY, SAMUEL MERRILL, Governor of lowa:

SIR:-In compliance with the requirements of the law of the State, which received the Iowa State Historical Society under its protecting and fostering care, and placed it under the auspices of the State University, its Executive Committee-the "Board of Curators," submit the following report of the transactions of the Society, and the expenditures of the money received from the State during the biennial period, since the meeting of the last (Twelfth) General Assembly.