April 7th, 1865. At a regular meeting of the Fulton Aid Society, "New Business" being in order, the following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the "Fulton Aid Society" request of the friends of the late Charles Smedley, that a copy of his diary, kept while a prisoner at Andersonville, Georgia, be furnished for the purpose of publication.
Resolved, That a Committee consisting of four members of the association be appointed to receive the manuscript, prepare it for publication, and that it be authorized to have printed an edition of four hundred copies for the use of the Society.
In conformity with the above resolutions, the following were appointed the Committee:
CHAS. H. STUBBS, M. D., Chairman.
JAMES H. CLARK,
ANNIE SMEDLEY,
ELWOOD SMEDLEY.