THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Quarterly Bulletin

VOLUME XXIII JULY, 1939 NUMBER THREE

POOL IN THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN WITH ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON'S "DIANA OF THE CHASE" Gift of a Member of the Society, 1939

UBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY AND ISSUED TO MEMBERS

Mew York: iyo Central Park West HOURS 0 THE ART GALLERIES AND MUSEUM Open free to the public daily except Monday. Weekdays: from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Sundays and holidays from 1 to 5 P.M. THE LIBRARY Open daily except Sunday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Holidays: from 1 to 5 P.M. HOLIDAYS The Art Galleries, Museum, and Library are open on holidays from* 1 to 5 P.M., except on New Year's Day, July Fourth, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, when the building is closed. EGYPTIAN COLLECTIONS The Egyptian Collections of The New-York Historical Society are on exhibition daily in the Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Open weekdays, from 10 to 5; Sundays, from 2 to 6. Free, except Mondays and Fridays.

THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 170 CENTRAL PARK WEST John Jfted OJtekes 1856-1959

T is with profound sorrow that the Society records the death in City on May 4, 1939, of Mr. John I Abeel Weekes, President of the Society from 1913 to April, 1939. Mr. Weekes was born at Oyster Bay, , July 24, 1856, son of John Abeel Weekes and Alice Howland Delano, his wife, and grandson of Robert Doughty Weekes, first president of the New York Stock Exchange. A graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School of and of the law school of , Mr. Weekes entered the law firm of his father, Weekes and de Forest, and at the time of his death was associated with Mr. Arthur Suth­ erland as the head of the firm of Weekes Brothers. Mr. Weekes was elected to the New York Assembly on the Citizens' Union ~ 67 I The New-York Historical Society

JOHN ABEEL WEEKES (1856-1939) PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY, lOig-iggg By HERMANN HANATSCHEK PAINTED FOR THE SOCIETY, 1923 68 Quarterly Bulletin reform ticket, and served from 1898-1902, representing the 25th Assembly District in . His father joined the Society in 1838, and served as First Vice-President, 1889-1895. Mr. Weekes became a member in 1883, and was appointed to the Executive Committee in 1902. In 1909, he was elected Domestic Corresponding Secretary, which office he held until 1913, when he was chosen President of the Society. During the next twenty-six years, Mr. Weekes guided the Society in his conservative manner without thought of personal benefit but with all attention for the best interests of the Society. His sound advice was a gratification to his fellow trustees. His genial personality and unassuming man­ ner will always be remembered, and the service he rendered the Society will ever be appreciated. Ill health and advanced age caused him to resign from the presidency of the Society on April 3, 1939, as though anticipating death which called him such a short time thereafter.

MR. ZABRISKIE ELECTED PRESIDENT

N APRIL, Mr. George A. Zabriskie was elected President I of the Society, to fill the unexpired term of the late John Abeel Weekes, ending in 1941. Mr. Zabriskie served as Treas­ urer of the Society from 1929 until his election to the presi­ dency. He is a well-known collector of books, manuscripts, and American paintings, and as an amateur in book-finishing, is recognized as outstanding in the country. A prominent flour merchant, he was until recently a director of many cor­ porations, including the Pillsbury Flour Company, and he is still associated with the Empire Biscuit Company and with the Columbia Baking Company, of which he is chairman of the board. During the World War, Mr. Zabriskie was a member of the Sugar Equalization Board, and served as Flour ~ 69 I The New-York Historical Society

GEORGE A. ZABRISKIE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY

70 Quarterly Bulletin Administrator. Foreign governments have honored him with several decorations, including the Knight Order of the Crown of Belgium, the Icelandic Falcon of Iceland, and the Order of Polonia Restituta of Poland. He is a past President of the in the State of Ne\v York, has been chair­ man of their Flag Day ceremonies for fourteen years, and is a member of several other patriotic societies.

HONOR TO THE DIRECTOR N TUESDAY, May 16, 1939, the Board of Trustees hon­ O ored Mr. Wall, the Director of the Society, by presenting him with a silver bowl in recognition of his work in planning and supervising the recent transformation of the Society's building into a modern institution. The bowl, six inches high and eleven inches in diameter, was copied by Robert Ensko from a privately-owned original made by Paul Revere in 1768. Engraved on it is the following inscription:

PRESENTED TO ALEXANDER J. WALL BY THE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN APPRECIATION OF HIS SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNREMITTING EFFORT IN PLANNING AND CARRYING THROUGH THE TRANSITION FROM THE. OLD BUILDING TO THE NEW APRIL 1, 1939 These words of tribute to Mr. Wall are heartily endorsed by all who worked under him during the busy years when the new building was being erected, and by all who are now enjoying the beautiful edifice. ~ 71 ~ I1

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FLAG OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Quarterly Bulletin OFFICERS ITH Mr. Zabriskie's election to the Presidency of the W Society, the office of Treasurer became vacant, and the regretful resignations of Mr. R. Hqrace Gallatin and Mr. Herbert L. Satterlee as First and Third Vice-Presidents cre­ ated additional vacancies. These were partly filled at the May 16th meeting of the Board of Trustees by the election of Mr. Henry Parish as Third Vice-President and Mr. LeRoy E. Kimball as Treasurer of the Society. Mr. Harris Fahnestock was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the first class ending 1940, in place of Mr. Stephen H. P. Pell, resigned. On April 16, 1939, the Board of Trustees, recognizing the long service of Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman as Trustee and past President of the Society (1903-1913), elected him Honorary President, an honor well deserved in appreciation of his end­ less interest and generous gifts these many years.

THE SOCIETY'S FLAG HE design for a flag of the Society was adopted by the TBoard of Trustees, upon the suggestion of Mr. R. Horace Gallatin, at their meeting on April 18th. The flag has been made, and is now flown daily, together with the Stars and Stripes, from the front of the building on Central Park West. The flag is royal blue, and is pictured, in color, on the oppo­ site page. In the center, in white, is represented the muse of history, encircled with the words: "The New York Historical Society 1804." The design was taken from the medal for achievement in history which the Society has bestowed upon several eminent historians. Mr. George A. Zabriskie generously presented to the Society ~ 73 ~ The New-York Historical Society a replica of its flag in silk, and a silk American flag, which are now placed on the rostrum of the Assembly Hall.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE N MAY 9th, the Society, in cooperation with the Field O Activity Program of the Works Progress Administration, under the Department of Education of the City of New York, inaugurated a docent service for school children. The staff consists of eight teachers and seven counsellors who bring children from the schools of the five boroughs to the Society's museum, and give them object lessons on New York history, illustrated by lantern slides and a tour of the collections. By June 16th, 117 classes and a total of 3,533 children had been brought to the museum, and the project has become so popular that many classes have requested return visits. Although the regular schools close in June, the service will continue throughout the summer, for students in play and summer schools. A series of lessons entitled "Americans All" is being given on New York's history, its rapid growth, and the spirit of democracy. Classes are held daily, Tuesday through Friday.

INFORMATION AND SALES DESK On the main floor, opposite the Central Park West entrance, there is now installed an information and sales desk, where visitors may purchase postcards and photographs of objects in the Museum, and books and pamphlets published by the Society.

74 SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS URING July, one gallery on the third floor will be de­ D voted to a special exhibition commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Clinton (1739- 1812), first Governor of the State of New York. It was on July 26th, in 1739, that George Clinton was born in Little Britain, Orange (then Ulster) County, New York. He was elected first Governor of the State in 1777* and held that office six successive terms, until 1795, and again for a seventh term, 1801-1804. He was twice elected Vice-President of the , serving from 1805 until his death in Washing­ ton, D. C, on April 20, 1812. Included in the exhibition are a large oil portrait painted by Ezra Ames (1768-1836); engrav­ ings of the Governor and of members of his family; a commis­ sion bearing his own seal with the Clinton family arms, and one with the pendent Great Seal of the State adopted in 1778; political broadsides and pamphlets, several of which relate to the presidential campaign of 1808; and some interesting let­ ters, dating from 1777 to 1812, selected from the Society's manuscript collection. The special exhibition relating to in New York City will be continued throughout the summer, in the special exhibitions gallery on the third floor, and in the east corridor on that floor.

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THE GARDEN PARTY, JUNE 8, 1939

MUSICALE AND GARDEN PARTY N THURSDAY afternoon, June eighth, over two hundred O members of the Society and their guests were entertained at a musicale in the Assembly Hall, followed by a party in the Society's new garden. Miss Margaret Sittig, violinist, and Mr. Fred V. Sittig, pianist, played representative music of seven European nations and a group of old favorites, such as "Old Folks at Home," "Annie Laurie," and "The Last Rose of Sum­ mer." Miss Crystal Waters, who has appeared at several Tues­ day evening meetings of the Society in the past, sang a number of American songs popular in the period 1860-1880, including Stephen Foster's "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair," ~ 76 | Quarterly Bulletin "Father, Dear Father, Come Home," and "A Starry Night for a Ramble," and as an encore, "Walking Down ." Miss Waters concluded with several airs sung by Jenny Lind during her visit to the United States, 1852-1854. After this most enjoyable musical program, the audience went out into the Society's garden on 76th Street. Fortunately the weather was favorable, and the sun was shining brightly, so the members were able to enjoy a social gathering, and to inspect the new garden under delightful auspices. Refresh­ ments, including strawberries and ice cream, were served under gay blue and white umbrellas.

THE GARDEN PARTY, JUNE 8, 1939 ~ 77 ~ The New-York Historical Society Although the garden was begun only this spring, it is al­ ready a most attractive place. The lawn is growing nicely, and ten transplanted maple trees, along the north and south walls, are in full leaf. Roses are beginning to climb up the walls. At the western end of the garden are massed rhododendrons and laurel, small flowering trees, and tall evergreens, in front of which has been placed the bronze statue of the "Primitive Marksman," by Fernando Miranda. On the eastern side, be­ tween the entrance steps into the museum and an heroic stone head of Herodotus, there is a beautiful marble pool, with a lovely bronze figure of "Diana of the Chase," by Anna Hyatt Huntington. The pool, which is effectively shown on the cover of this Bulletin, was given to the Society by one of its members, who prefers to remain anonymous.

PROPOSED HISTORICAL HUDSON RIVER PILGRIMAGE Mr. Zabriskie, President of the Society, is planning to invite the members of the Society to be his guests for a day's excur­ sion up the Hudson River, in September, on a chartered steamer. A lecturer will give a talk on the many historical events associated with the river, and will point out interesting landmarks along its shores. Invitations will be mailed to mem­ bers early in September.

78 NOTES OF THE SOCIETY'S OTHER ACTIVITIES N THE afternoon of May 11, 1939, in the Board of Trus­ O tees room, there was held an interesting ceremony at which the Colonel-Commandant Michael Kovats Committee, of which Mr. Ferdinand Kertes is president, presented to the Society a bronze plaque by Alexander Finta, portraying Colonel Michael Kovats (1724-1779). This Hungarian officer served during the as drillmaster of Washington's cavalry, and the occasion was the one hundred and sixtieth anniversary of his death in action, at Charleston, South Carolina, on May 11, 1779. The plaque was accepted in behalf of the Society by Mr. Zabriskie, its President, in the presence of an Hungarian delegation, representatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and officers of the Society.

The first local chapter of the Early American Industries Association, Sprague Chapter No. 1, was inaugurated at a meeting in the Assembly Hall of The New-York Historical Society, on Saturday afternoon, May 20, 1939. The chapter is named for William B. Sprague, the Association's first presi­ dent, and although organized as a chapter, its membership is not limited to those living in that state. Seventy-nine members of the Early American Industries Asso­ ciation gathered in the Assembly Hall at two o'clock. The presiding officer was Wallace K. Brown, who was elected presi­ dent of the Sprague Chapter. Lewis N. Wiggins, President of the Association, said a few words. Then Mr. Wall, Director of The New-York Historical Society, addressed the gathering on "The Importance and Educational Significance of Collect­ ing Implements of the Early American Trades and Profes-

~ 79 ~ The New-York Historical Society sions." His talk was illustrated by an exhibition of actual objects from the Society's museum and library: early house­ hold implements, and a variety of early American broadsides, posters, pamphlets, and newspapers relating to industry, com­ merce, and the professions. At the close of the meeting, the members of the Association inspected the Society's building, and the many objects of interest exhibited throughout the museum.

In May, at the suggestion of Mr. Arthur D. Benson, the Society affixed a memorial bronze tablet on the headstone of the grave of Judge Egbert Benson (1746-1833), in the old Prospect Cemetery in , Long Island. Egbert Benson was the first President of the Society. The inscription on the tablet reads:

IN MEMORY OF EGBERT BENSON JUNE 21, 1746 —AUGUST 24, 1833 DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AT ANNAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER II, 1786 FIRST ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 1777-1787 FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1805-1815 ERECTED BY THE SOCIETY, 10,39

Mr. Wall, the Director, represented the Society at the 31st Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association, in Baltimore, Maryland. On Friday afternoon, May 26th, he spoke before the Museum Group on "The Place of the Lib­ rary in the Museum." ~ 80 ~ Quarterly Bulletin The Society took part in the Flag Day Celebration under the auspices of the Sons of the Revolution, who have conducted services each year on June 14th, under the chairmanship of Mr. George A. Zabriskie, President of the New-York Historical Society. All the patriotic societies in the city join in this very color­ ful ceremony, and parade from to the site of the Liberty Pole in City Hall Park, accompanied by several detachments from the Army and Navy, and Boy and Girl "Scouts, who march to the martial airs of several bands and bugle corps. A large representation of school children annu­ ally sing patriotic songs before the grandstand near the City Hall. Mayor La Guardia and the Honorable George McAneny were the speakers of the day at the celebration this year.

The Superintendents' section of the American Museums Asso­ ciation, which met in San Francisco, California, last month, invited the Director to address them on the Society's new building and special arrangements for day-lighting museum galleries. The session was held on June 26th, when an illus­ trated talk was given by Mr. A. J. Wall, Jr., who represented the Society on that occasion.

~ 81 ~ Authorization to to Receive New York from the Dutch [1674]

MOST important and historic seventeenth-century docu­ A ment has been presented to the Society by Mr. William Evarts Benjamin. It is the engrossed commission, on parch­ ment, from King Charles II, in 1674, authorizing Edmund Andros to take possession of New York () under the Treaty of Westminster. This document was owned until recently by the Andros family. About ten years ago it was acquired by Messrs. B. F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd., of Lon­ don, from Mr. Walter Fashin Andros, the last of his line. They had the parchment carefully flattened out by Messrs. Douglas Cockerell & Son, of Letchworth, England, and framed under glass, with a glass panel in the back of the wooden frame, through which the endorsement and reverse of the Great Seal are visible. When Andros took over the city and province, in 1674, by virtue of this important document, they came again under English rule and received permanently the name New York, after a decade of uncertainty and changing ownership. In March, 1664, King Charles II of England, granted to his brother James, Duke of York, all the territory between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers,1 including the Dutch set­ tlements in New Netherland which, five months later, the English forcibly took. Dutch New Netherland and the Dutch city of then became New York, from the title of their English proprietor, and the Treaty of Breda, in 1667,

'This patent to the Duke of York is printed in Colonial Laws of New York, I, 1-5. — 82 ~ Quarterly Bulletin confirmed the English in their ownership. During the next Anglo-Dutch War, a few years later, New York was re-captured by a Dutch fleet, on July 30/August 9, 1673. The became New Netherland again, while the city was renamed New Orange, in honor of William, Prince of Orange.2 The second period of Dutch ownership, however, lasted only a short time. Hostilities were concluded by the Treaty of Westminster, in February, 1674, by the sixth article of which all lands and cities taken during the War were restored to their former owner. On the last day of March (old style), 1674, King Charles II wrote to the States-General of the Nether­ lands, referring to this Treaty, and desiring them to "order the dispatch as early as possible of the necessary instructions to your Governor or Commandant of the place called New- York in the West indies, to surrender it to Sieur Edmond Andros."3 This the States-General did, at the Hague, on April 16, 1674/ Because New York had been taken by the Dutch and re­ stored by the Treaty, a new patent to the Duke of York was deemed legally necessary, so on June 29, 1674 (old style), King Charles II issued a new grant to his brother, the Duke of York, giving him the same territory as that defined in the 1664 grant, including New York.5 Immediately thereafter, on July first, the Duke commissioned Major Edmund Andros to be his "Lieutenant and Governour" in New York, and gave him his instructions.6 On July 24, 1674 (old style), Charles II signed letters patent, under the Great Seal, authorizing Andros (or in case of his death or disability, Anthony Brockholls) to demand

2See the references in I. N. P. Stokes's Iconography of Island, IV, 240-42, 284, 287-89. sDoc. Rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y., II, 544. 'Ibid., II, 547. "This patent to the Duke o£ York is printed in the Third Annual Report of the State Historian of N. Y. (1897), 193-99. eDoc. Rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y., Ill, 215-19. ~ 83 ~ The New-York Historical Society and take New Netherland from the Dutch Governor. This is the document Mr. Benjamin has presented to the Society. A reduced photograph of it is reproduced herewith, and a tran­ script of it follows:

CHARLES THE SECOND BY THE GRACE O£ God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c To our Trusty and welbeloved Major Edmund Andros and Anthony Brockhurst Gent. Greeting WHEREAS in the Treaty of Peace concluded att Westminster the Nineth day of February last past old Stile Betweene us and the High and Mighty Lords the States Generall of the United it is agreed by the Sixth Arti­ cle thereof That whatsoever Countrey Island Towne Haven Castle or Fortresse hath beene or shall be taken by either party from the other since the begining of the last unhappy warre whether in Europe or else where and before the expiration of the times above limited for Hostility shall be restored to the former Owner in the same condition it shall be in att the time of publishing this Peace after which time there shall be no Plundering of the Inhabitants or demolishing of the Fortifications or carrying away the Artillery and Amunition belonging to any Fort or Castle at the time of its having been taken The Ratifications of which Treaty of Peace were Exchanged and Publication thereof made at the Hague the Twenty fourth day of February One thousand six hundred seav- enty and three old Stile and like Publication thereof was alsoe made in our City of London the Twenty seaventh day of February aforesaid AND WHEREAS in pursuance of and conformity unto the said Sixth Article above recited as well the said States Generall of the United Netherlands as the States of the Province of Zealand and also the Colledge of Admiralty of Amsterdam have given theire respective letters and Orders to the Governor or Com­ mander in Cheife of the New Netherlands in the West Indies lately by our Subjects called New Yorke commanding the said Governor or Commander in Cheife to restore the said New Neth­ erlands and deliver the same unto you Edmund Andros or to any

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KING CHARLES II S AUTHORIZATION TO GOVERNOR EDMUND ANDROS July 24, 1674 GIFT OF MR. WILLIAM EVARTS BENJAMIN, 1939 The New-York Historical Society other person whom Wee shall thereunto Depute togeather with all appurtenances and dependances Armes Artillery Ammunition and necessaries of Warre which belonged to the said Place and were there at the time of the Publication of the aforementioned Peace without doing or suffering to be done or committed any Plunder or damage or carrying away of Inhabitants or transporting of Ammunition Powder or any necessaries of Warre which be­ longed to any of the Places there at the time when the same was Conquered and taken Now KNOW YEE That Wee reposing great Trust and Confidence in your fidelity diligence skill and industry Do by these Letters Patents under our Great Seale of England require and authorise you the said Edmund Andros and in case of Death or other unavoidable cause which may hinder or disable you from executing this Our Command Wee doe hereby in like manner require and authorize you the Forenamed Anthony Brockhurst in Our name and for our use to demand the said New Netherlands of the Governor thereof or Cheife Commander upon the place by vertue of the aforesaid Sixth Article of the Treaty of Peace and of the severall Letters and Orders abovementioned. And to receive and take the said Place into your or either of your Actuall possession and care with all its appurtenances and depen­ dances Armes Artillery Amunition and necessaryes of Warre which belonged to the said place and were there at the time of the Publication of the aforementioned Peace according to the tenor and intent of the said Sixth Article and after possession so had and taken by vertue of this our authority given unto you the said Edmund Andros and in case of death of you the said Edmund Andros or other unavoidable hindrance as aforesaid then to you the said Anthony Brockhurst you are to deliver possession of the said New Netherlands to such person or persons as Wee shall at any time hereafter appoint to receive the same under our Signe Manuall And you are likewise to comport your selfe towards the Dutch whom you shall finde upon the place in all things and upon all occasions with Freindshipp and faire correspondence according to the Forementioned treaty of Peace IN TESTIMONY whereof

~ 86 — Quarterly Bulletin Wee have signed these presents with our owne hand and caused the" same to passe under Our Great Seale of England GIVEN at our Pallace of Hampton Court the Foure and Twentieth day of July One Thousand six hundred seaventy and foure in the six and twentieth yeare of our Reigne Charles R

On August 12, 1674, King Charles II issued a supplemen­ tary command to Andros and Brockholls (Brockhurst), com­ manding them to comport themselves according to the instruc­ tions of the Duke of York, as soon as they were in possession of New York.' The news of the signing of the Treaty of Westminster in February did not reach New Orange until June, 1674. Gov­ ernor Anthony Colve continued to conduct affairs here under the Dutch form until, in accordance with his instructions from the States General, he surrendered New Orange and New Netherland to Edmund Andros on October 31/November 10, 1674. Major Andros received them "on behalf of his Britan- nick majesty" and restored the name New York,8 by which they have been known ever since. The parchment document presented by Mr. Benjamin is now exhibited in a specially designed case in the New York Gallery at the right of the Central Park West entrance. With it is shown an original broadside owned by the Society, printed in London in 1674, announcing King Charles II's proclama­ tion of February 27, 1673/4, that the Treaty of Westminster had been concluded between His Britannic Majesty and the States General of the United Netherlands. D. C. B.

*CaZ. State Papers, Col. Ser., Amer. and W. I., 1675-1676, also Addenda, i}74~ 1674, no. 400, p. 152. 8Stokes, Iconography, IV, 300, 303; O'Callaghan, Doc. Hist, of N. Y. (4to ed.), Ill, 52. ~ 87 ~ j&WW/- 'y?&fM

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ORIGINAL MAP OF THE WALTER FRANKLIN T '4. .*M

^ANKLIN PROPERTY ON CHERRY STREET, 1770 PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S CHERRY STREET RESIDENCE By HENRY B. HOFFMANN HE Franklin-Osgood-Clinton mansion, occupied by T George Washington during most of his first year as Presi­ dent of the United States, from his arrival in New York City April 23, 1789, to the following February, was on the north side of Cherry Street, and was known at the time as No. 3 Cherry Street. It stood on the opposite side from the site later occupied by No. 3, of the present series of Cherry Street house numbers, which dates from 1822. Unfortunately, there is a widespread impression, reinforced by a bronze commemora­ tive tablet on the Brooklyn Bridge anchorage tower, at the southeast corner of Dover Street, that the house was called No. 1 Cherry Street (which it never was, under any system of numbering), and that it stood on that corner; whereas it actu­ ally stood on the north side of the street, and, prior to 1817, was not even a corner house. The cutting of the corner, how­ ever, as well as the two changes of house numbers since President Washington's time, have apparently been forgotten even by compilers of guide books. The Dover Street corner is part of Block No. 109; whereas the north side of Cherry Street, where the mansion stood, is Block No. 112. In the seven teen-eighties,, the tip of this latter block, later cut off, was directly opposite Dover Street, and Cherry Street houses were numbered consecutively, in the old European fashion.1 The numbers began at the junction of Queen (now Pearl) and Cherry Streets, on the left or north side of Cherry Street, ran consecutively out to about Catharine

^ee the article on "Changed House Numbers and Lost Street Nardes in New York," in the Society's Quarterly Bulletin, for July, 1937, especially page 74. — 90 ~ Quarterly Bulletin Street, and returned on the south side of Cherry Street to Dover Street. In 1794 the entire town was renumbered in ac­ cordance with the basic system still in use; and odd numbers only were assigned to the north or left-hand side of Cherry Street. Old No. 3, the Franklin mansion, then became No. 9 (which corresponds to No. 8-10 in the modern series of house numbers on Cherry Street). If the memorial plaque were moved across the street to the true site of the Presidential residence, it would be easier to clear up the confusion sur­ rounding all the early Cherry Street landmarks. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the junction of Queen (now Pearl) and Cherry Streets was out on the edge of the town. Queen Street above Cherry was still an unimproved road leading over "Cowfoot Hill" to connect, below what was later to be Chatham Square, with the Bowery Road. The Robert Benson brewery stood in the southwestern part of what is now Block 112. Robert Benson (1715-1762), the sec­ ond of the name, was a grandson of Samson Benson and a great-grandson of the original Dirck Benson.2 His wife was Catherine Van Borsum; his three sons were Robert, Captain Henry, and the elder Egbert Benson (who later became the first President of The New York Historical Society). The brewery was evidently closed and demolished after the death of Robert Benson in 1762; and in 1770 his widow and son, young Robert Benson, sold to Walter Franklin, son of Thomas Franklin of New York, for ^2000, the plot of land between Queen and Cherry Streets shown on the survey by Francis Maerschalk, reproduced in this Bulletin, on pages 88-89. The original manuscript map (now numbered 131) is owned by The New-York Historical Society. On the verso is the title, in the surveyor's own hand: "Plann Lands B. S.

2Riker, History of Harlem, (rev. ed., 1904), footnote, pp. 427-28. ~ 91 ~ The New-York Historical Society Benson. Surveyed by F. Marschalk February 1770." In a later hand is added the endorsement: "Plan of the property of W. Franklin situated between Cherry and Queen now now the property of Hanna Clinton wid. This plan and the deed of R' Benson to Walter Franklin corresponding with it determines the line between the above mentioned property and the property now in the hands of the three daughters of Mr. Osgood." The official copy of the corresponding deed is in the New York County Hall of Records, in Liber 39, page 53, under date May 19, 1771. In this deed, the property is bounded as follows:

"Beginning on Cherry Street at the most southeasterly corner of the ground of the heirs or assigns of Haswell van Kuren running thence along the said ground . . N. 13° W. 85 feet to Queen Street, thence along Queen Street N. 36° E. 100 feet nine inches to ground of Widow Todd, thence along said ground of Widow Todd S. 88° W. 130 feet 10 inches to ground of Stephen Crossfield, thence along said ground . . S. 9° W. 33 feet 7 inches to ground of Anthony Shackerley, thence along said ground of Anthony Shack- erley the ground of John Meyer and the ground of the heirs and assigns of Ede Van Evern [N. 86° E. 74 feet 11 inches, thence along said ground of Van Everen] S. 8° W. 102 feet 6 inches to Cherry Street, thence along Cherry Street S. 78° W. 77 feet 9 inches to the place of beginning."

Walter Franklin, who was a rising merchant, at once built a large residence on Cherry Street, a squarish building with a front about fifty feet long. In May, 1774, he married at Flush­ ing, Long Island, Mary (or Maria) Bowne, daughter of Daniel Bowne of that town.3 They had three daughters: Maria, born November 11, 1775; Sarah, born October 4, 1777, and Han-

"Typewritten transcripts of Flushing Friends' Records, Marriages, 1764-1821. ~ 92 ~ Quarterly Bulletin nah, born January 8, 1780.4 After the British evacuation of New York City, Mr. Franklin died, and shortly thereafter, on May 24, 1786, his widow married Samuel Osgood, a native of Andover, Massachusetts, and at that time one of the three Commissioners of the Treasury under the Congress of the Confederation, which had moved to New York City the pre­ ceding year. Under the will of Walter Franklin, proved Aug­ ust 15, 1786/ the mansion house and garden, the use of which was left to Mary (Bowne) Franklin as long as she remained his widow, was held by his executors in trust for his youngest daughter, Hannah. Samuel Osgood came into control of the property as the husband of Walter Franklin's principal exec­ utor. For a time the house was the residence of the President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, of whom the last was Cyrus Griffin, of Virginia. Upon the ratification of the Constitution, and the organization of the new federal government under it, Congress rented the Franklin-Osgood house on Cherry Street for the use of the first President of the United States, and paid for repairing and furnishing it. The joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives, April 15, 1789, adopting a report of the Committee on the reception of President Washington, reads: "That Mr. Osgood, the proprietor of the house lately occupied by the President of Congress, be requested to put the same, and the furniture thereof, in proper condition for the residence and use of the President of the United States." Among the Society's manuscripts, in the Samuel Osgood papers, there is an interesting list of all the articles purchased for furnishing the house for Washington's occupancy, with the

'Typed transcript of Flushing Friends' Records, Births, 1640-1796. BN. Y. Wills, Liber 39, p. a68. Abstracted in the Collections of The N. Y. Historical Society for 1905. ~ 93 — CS-1 I

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THE FRANKLIN MANSION ON CHERRY STREET As it probably appeared in the second quarter of the nineteenth century FROM A LITHOGRAPH IN Valentine's Manual, 1853 > Quarterly Bulletin names of those from whom they were bought and the prices paid, and an account of all those who worked on repairing and decorating the mansion. The manuscript is headed "Abstract of Accounts of sundry persons for Goods furnished and Re­ pairs done to the House occupied by the President of the United States. Also accounts for Marketing and Servants Wages." The abstract is signed at the end: "Auditors Office December 29th 1789. Geo: Nixon, Clk." The total amount of money expended for furniture, furnishings, and supplies was £5047.16.634, and for repairs and cleaning, £623.6.1, making a grand total of £5671.2.734. Royal Flint and Wil­ liam Duer paid most of the accounts, and Samuel Osgood paid £8 of the total, of which a balance remained unpaid at the time the abstract was compiled. The following list, copied from the manuscript, contains the names of those who sup­ plied goods or services for the first Presidential Mansion, with the articles purchased, and the prices paid.

FOR FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS, WINES, AND GROCERIES £ s. d. Berry & Rogers; plate, plated & Japan'd ware 3°3 18 1 William Buckle; plate and plated ware 321 7 6 J. & N. Roosevelt; China, plated ware, &c. 204 6 10 John Shaw; Linnen, Wine & Porter 233 14 4 Thomas Burling; Mahogany Furniture 463 15 0 Nathaniel Shalor; Champaign Wine 57 15 7 S. & L. Clarkson; 2 pieces Sheeting 11 12 0 Samuel Dunlap; Looking Glasses & Tabling 40 15 0 J. Hugget; 1 Bottle of Claret 0 5 0 Embree & Lawrence; 4 Copper stew pans 8 4 0 John Graham; Kitchen Furniture 176 10 4 Thomas Gardner; Table Linnen !9 !3 9 — 95 — The New-York Historical Society 1 s. d. William Thomas; 5 floor Matts 1 !5 0 John Gray; Kitchen Furniture 10 4 0 Jacob P. Mark; Sheeting & Table Linnen 97 12 8 Robert Hunter; i pair Andirons 6 15 0 Elizabeth Glarkson; 1 Wilton Carpet 30 0 0 John Turner Jr., Muslin, &c. 16 3 7 John Baily; Andirons, Fenders, &c. 67 10 0 William Williams; Glass Ware 127 B 0 James Chrystie; Glass & Ware 281 0 3 William Mooney; Upholsterers Work 88 !5 0 Pearsall & Embree; 1 Eight day Clock 3° 0 0 John Brower; Upholsterers Work &c. 945 12 5 A. Hammond; 1 Carpet 3° O 0 Robert Watts; 1 Wilton Carpet - 44 O 0 Manassah Salter; 47 yards Lace 7 12 3 James Cummings; 3 Marseilles Counterpanes 24 O 0 William Grigg; 2 Japan'd Tea trays 3 2 0 William Steele; 1 piece Linnen 2 16 0 Samuel Kempton; Lamps 26 12 0 Frederick Ransier; Tubs and pails 12 14 6 John Buchanan; Hay and straw ii 13 6 Hercules Heron; Soap 3 18 4 Thomas Stevenson; Kitchen Furniture 84 VA Richard Philips; Markets from 15th to 26 April g| n5 10 Watson & Willett; Beer 2 4 0 Samuel Fraunces; Markets from 24th April to 14th May 62 15 5 Catherine Steele; making Sheets & Table Linen 29 11 6 William Husband; Cakes & Turkeys 24th April 1 4 0 Appleby & Co.; Beer 2 11 0 Quintin Miller; Spirits for workmen 1 10 6 Jacob Hallett; Groceries 186 1 7 H. Hawkshurst; Earthen Ware 10 !9 1 Robert Hunter; 1 Wilton Carpet 30 0 0 James Montaudevert; 1 Wilton Carpet 3° 0 0 j 96 I Quarterly Bulletin 1 s. d. Samuel Dunlap; Looking Glass, China, &c. 18 4 0 William Newton; tow Cloth & Check 4 16 0 a Jon Bulloph; Wooden Bowls 0 12 9 John Blagge; 1 Bed Spread B 0 0 Andrew Hamersly; 4 pieces of Carpeting 51 17 0 Robert Manley; a Chariot &c. 171 2 6 James Howard; Brushes, Wax, &c. 0 17 3 6 Ephraim Brasher ; sundry articles of plate 283 3 7 Peter Maverick; Engraving plate *3 18 0 Henry Tenbroek; Window & Bed Furniture 292 9 3 Samuel Osgood; Toilet furniture, Liquors, &c. 1 1 2 Seaman & Franklin; Sconces, Chimney hooks &c. 9 6 0 Amount per Book rendered the President 5045 i5'0 % Henry Arcularius; 83 Loaves of Bread 2 1 6

FOR REPAIRS Seaman & Franklin; Sconces, Chimney hooks &c. 40 12 6 John Moore; Masons Work 95 9 10 Johnson Patton; Masons Work 24 3 0 Peter Byvanck; Ironmongery 12 17 3 John Jones; Hanging Bells 23 17 6 Peter Curtenius; Chimney Backs J7 7 0 Daniel Bowen; Masons Work 7 1 9 Samuel Thistle; riding dirt out of yard 2 0 0 George Gosman; Masons Work 9 11 5 Charles S. Wright; Blacksmiths Work jr3 7 4 Benjamin Gallaher; Carpenters Work 117 4 0 Daniel Dunscomb; Chimney Tyles 4 1 10 Daniel Hitchcock; Building; Stables 23 !9 10 Ebenezer Stevens; Boards, Timber &c. 129 10 6 Samuel Osgood; paints, Cartage, pumps &c. 83 10 4 Catherine Wheelen; Cleaning House 8 0 0

"Ephraim Brasher, the silversmith, was then living at Old No. 1 Cherry Street, and his shop was at No. 79 Queen Street, behind and a little north of the Franklin mansion. Later he lived at Old No. 2, adjoining the mansion. 97 The New-York Historical Society £ I d. Fanny Paris; Cleaning House 216 o Elizabeth Cardis; Cleaning House 1 16 o Candis Lewis; Cleaning House 580

In February, 1790, President Washington removed from Cherry Street to the Macomb house on lower Broadway, nearer to on , and recorded in his Diary the task of transferring the furniture and settling it in his new residence. In 1789, Samuel Osgood was residing at No. 6 Cherry Street (believed to have been on the site of modern No. 16). He was appointed Postmaster-General and his appointment was con­ firmed September 26, 1789, but he resigned that office the following year, after the removal of the Federal Government from New York City to . His political affinities were with Governor George Clinton and the Republicans. In 1801, President Jefferson appointed him Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the District of New York, and in 1803, Naval Office of the Port of New York, which position he held until his death in August, 1813.' About 1791, Samuel Osgood moved into the Franklin man­ sion, formerly Washington's, at No. 3 (renumbered in 1794 as No. 9), where we find him listed in the city directories during the remaining years of his life. His wife Maria, the former Mrs. Franklin, who survived him by only one year, bore him children of his own, who, however, do not directly concern the story of the mansion property. Two of his step­ daughters, Maria and Hannah Franklin, married two nephews of Governor George Clinton: DeWitt Clinton, Mayor of New York City and Governor of the State, and George Clinton, who were sons of General and Mary (DeWitt)

'See sketch in the Dictionary of American Biography. 1 98 ~ Quarterly Bulletin

THE FRANKLIN MANSION ON CHERRY STREET As it appeared just before its demolition in i8;6 FROM Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, JUNE 7, 1856

Clinton. The mansion property, as noted above, passed under her father's will to Hannah Franklin (Mrs. George Clinton). After the death of Samuel Osgood, DeWitt Clinton resided in the mansion for a short time (about 1815-16), just before moving to Albany as . The City Coun­ cil, in its resolution of February 19, 1816, for the enlargement of St. George's Square, at the junction of Cherry and Pearl Streets, which was renamed Franklin Square the following year, designated the mansion as "the House occupied by the Hon1 DeWitt Clinton." At the time of the enlargement of Franklin Square (so — 99 ~ The New-York Historical Society named not for Walter Franklin's family but for. ), the neighborhood, while still "uptown," was be­ ginning to be invaded by business. The old buildings stand­ ing in the lower tip of the block were all cleared off; and the former Franklin mansion now became a corner building, with what had been the side of the house directly on the Square. It was remodeled for occupancy by the Franklin Bank8 (in­ corporated 1818), and, facing south on the new plaza, must have assumed substantially the same form in which it is de­ picted in the views of the eighteen-fifties: the two views re­ produced to illustrate this article, and the Richardson-Cox woodcut which may be seen in the Society's Quarterly Bulletin for January, 1931 (Vol. XIV, p. 119). The writer has never seen any contemporary view of the building while it was a residence, and before the cutting away of the street corner." The last occupant of the former Franklin-Washington- Osgood-Clinton mansion was the piano and music store of Firth, Pond & Company, and the accompanying sketch from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, of June 7, 1856, de­ picts with realism the last state of the famous landmark. Firth, Pond & Company moved to 547 Broadway near Spring Street, and the old mansion was demolished in May, 1856. The occasion of demolition was the widening of Pearl Street, at the expense of the southeast side, in connection with the open­ ing of New Bowery. New Bowery, which was one of New

8The President of the Franklin Bank was Samuel Leggett, later first president of the New York Gas Light Company. In 1822, he took up residence opposite the Bank, in No. 7 (modern no. 7) Cherry Street. 'The front stoop, with steps facing both up and down Cherry Street, depicted in the Valentine's Manual lithograph and in the Richardson-Cox woodcut, but not in the illustration in Frank Leslie's, corresponds to the description of the front stoop in Washington's time in the reminiscences of Washington's godson, Dr. Buchanan. (Historical Magazine, 1st ser., IV, 138-39, quoted in Stokes's Iconography of Man­ hattan Island, V, 1251.) It would be interesting to know exactly when the Cherry Street doorway actually was closed and remodeled into a window. One would sup­ pose it was done when the building was remodeled for the Bank, but it might have been altered by a later tenant.

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WASHINGTON CHAIR MADE OF WOOD FROM THE FRANKLIN MANSION ON CHERRY STREET GIFT OF BENJAMIN ROBERT WINTHROP, 1857

York's first projects for relieving traffic congestion, was cut diagonally through several old blocks, from Pearl Street, at the foot of Oak, to Chatham Square, thus furnishing a con­ venient short cut to the Bowery, — a route later utilized by the Elevated Railroad. At Franklin Square, more than one- third of the east side, previously a hundred feet from Pearl to Cherry Street, was taken, so the heirs of Hannah Clinton demolished the entire side of the square and erected stores. Cut down to one-storey structures, on account of the Brooklyn Bridge approach overhead, they still occupy the site.

101 The New-York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society possesses an interesting tangible relic of the first presidential residence on Cherry Street, in the form of a chair, made from the oaken timbers of the former Franklin mansion. Benjamin Robert Winthrop, passing the house during the work of demolition in 1856, rescued a portion of the timbers, and had a chair made from them. The following year, on November 3, 1857, on the oc­ casion of the dedication of the library in the Society's new building at Second Avenue and Eleventh Street, Mr. Win­ throp presented the Washington chair to the Society, and read a letter giving a brief historical sketch of the Franklin mansion and of having obtained the wood from it. Mr. Win­ throp's letter, together with an extract from the Minutes of the Society for November 3, 1857, and a contemporary news­ paper account of the demolition of the mansion, dated May 29, 1856, were published by the Society in a thin octavo pamphlet, illustrated with a woodcut of the Washington Chair, and with the Richardson-Cox woodcut view of the mansion at the corner of Franklin Square and Cherry Street.

N. B. There is an error on the Marschalk survey reproduced on pp. [88-89]. At the top of the map, the boundary line of the Widow Todd's property should read: "South 88° East 130 Feet 10 Inches" instead of: "South 88° West." The error was repeated in the deed (Liber 39) copied on p. 92. H. B. H. 102 -~ INAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON COMMEMORATIVE STAMP

N SUNDAY, April 30, 1939, the three-cent stamp com­ O memorating the Sesquicentennial of the Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States was placed on sale in New York City, the city where Washington took the oath of office one hundred and fifty years ago. The ceremonies were held in the corridor of the New York Post Office, in the presence of officials of the department and enthusiastic philat­ elists. The Honorable Albert Goldman, Postmaster of New York City, sold one of the first sheets of fifty stamps to Mr. Wall, Director of the Society, autographed the sheet, and had it mounted and framed. Mr. Wall made a short address, tel­ ling that a section of the original iron railing from the balcony of Federal Hall, where Washington was inaugurated, is owned by the New-York Historical Society, and is included in the design of the stamp. The Society cooperated with the Post Office Department, when the stamp was projected, by furnish­ ing photographs of the railing and of several artists' represen­ tations of the Inauguration.

Mr. Wall told about the historical background of the stamp at a meeting of Gimbel's Stamp Club, on Saturday afternoon, May thirteenth. The Society has placed on temporary exhibition in front of the Federal Hall railing, in one of its New York galleries, a sheet of the stamps, autographed by Mr. Goldman; the engrav­ ing from the painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887) of Brooklyn, on which the design was principally based; and the original paper-covered "Part 45" of John F. Schroeder's Life and Times of Washington in which the engraving appeared in 1859. ~ 103 ~ o

PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 23, 1789 BY A. H. RIVEY (1845-1901) GIFT OF MR. GEORGE A. ZABRISKIE, 1939 A PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IN NEW YORK R. George A. Zabriskie, President of the Society, has M presented to the museum a large oil painting, seven feet nine inches high and eleven feet ten inches wide, repre­ senting the arrival of George Washington at New York City on April 23, 1789, previous to his inauguration as the First President of the United States on April 30, 1789. It was painted by Arsene Hippolyte Rivey (1845-1901), of Paris, from a cartoon by H. Brueckner, and is signed: "A. Rivey pinx." Washington is represented standing in the bow of a decorated barge, approaching the wharf, where Governor George Clinton, Bishop Provoost, and Chancellor Livingston are portrayed waiting, under an arch, to welcome him to New York. This painting is now effectively displayed on the land­ ing of the main staircase, between the third and fourth floors. It is an appropriate gift to the Society in this year, the sesqui- centennial of the event it pictures, and is an impressive sup­ plement to the special exhibition on the third floor relating to George Washington in New York City. From this painting a steel engraving, entitled "First in Peace," was engraved by John C. McRae, and published in 1888 by Joseph Laing. The Society owns an India proof be­ fore letters of this engraving, signed in pencil by McRae. In the library of the Society there is preserved an eight-page pamphlet which was issued for the centennial year 1889 to advertise the engraving. It contains a folded key plate, listing the principal figures in the scene, and an article by Benson J. Lossing, describing the picture and narrating the history of Washington's arrival at New York.

105 DONATIONS NUMBER of particularly interesting gifts have been A presented to the museum and art gallery of the Society during the past three months, but space does not permit listing them all. Some of the gifts and generous givers are as follows: A pastel portrait by G. Gerhard, New York, 1886, of Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920), Governor of New York and Vice-President of the United States. From the Estate of Flor­ ence L. Barker. A gun, pistol, and powder horn of the period of the Ameri­ can Revolution. Gift of the Beekman Family Association. Two silver forks, a silver water pitcher and salver, and a silver tea set (four pieces), all made by Geradus Boyce, a New York silversmith, about 1815; a pair of English Sheffield can­ delabra, late 18th century; two silver tablespoons made by William Grigg, New York silversmith, c. 1765; two silver tablespoons made by Trott & Cleveland, Connecticut silver­ smiths, c. 1793; two silver fruit knives, English, late 18th century; two silver dessertspoons made by John Burger, New York silversmith, c. 1786; two silver teaspoons by Garret Eoff, of New York, c. 1815; two silver berry spoons, American, i860; silver sugar tongs, English, late 18th century; four Chi­ nese porcelain cups and saucers used at "Mount Pleasant," the Beekman mansion in New York City; two pieces of French brocaded silk, late 18th century, from gowns worn by Mrs. James Beekman (1734-1817), of "Mount Pleasant." Gift of Miss Effie Beekman Borrowe. A landscape, in oils, by John W. Casilear (1811-1893), pre­ sented by his granddaughter, Mrs. Charles P. Burr (Grace Casilear). Twenty-two letters, in French, written to Madame Jumel, of New York, in Paris, 1821-1823, with some other manu- — 106 — Quarterly Bulletin

NELLY (CONWAY) MADISON MOTHER OF PRESIDENT (wax relief) GIFT OF MISS MARY MADISON MCGUIRE, logo, scripts relating to Stephen Jumel and his wife, collected by the late William H. Shelton. Gift of Miss Elizabeth G. Chapin. The papers of George Frederick Seward (1840-1910), who was President of the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York from 1893 until his death, consisting of 200 miscella­ neous bills, minutes, and documents; 1366 letters to Mr. Seward; and copies of Seward's letters as president of the Com­ pany. Gift of Mr. John L. Condit. A silver ladle made by Garret Forbes, New York silversmith, c. 1808. Gift of Mr. Bernard H. Cone. Family silver of the Corse family and other relics of histori­ cal interest; and a silver bonbon bowl engraved with the following inscription: "The Blizzard Men of 1888 for Best — 107 — The New-York Historical Society story of The Great Blizzard awarded to Lena Cadwalader Evans at annual luncheon, New York, 1939-" Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans. An oil portrait of the artist, Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), by G. P. A. Healy (1813-1894). Gift of Mr. Prosper Guerry. Six pen and ink drawings by C. F. Underwood and seven by other artists; fifteen British World War posters; 316 numbers of , 1861-1862; 717 numbers of the Long Island Weekly Star, 1881-1889; two historical engravings; maps; and other historical material. Gift of Mr. Herbert D. Halsey. Twelve plates, made by Wedgwood in England, depicting scenes of "Old New York," commemorating the inauguration of George Washington at Federal Hall, New York City, on April 30, 1789, and the New York World's Fair of 1939. Gift of Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman. A portrait of John Gallier, of New York City, attributed to Thomas Cole (1801-1848). Gift of Miss Mary LeBoutillier and of Mr. Thomas LeBoutillier. A wax relief portrait of Nelly (Conway) Madison, mother of President James Madison; miniature portraits in pencil of President Madison and of his wife, Dolly Madison, the former signed by T. C. Lubbers; and an oil portrait of Americus Vespuccius. Gift of Miss Mary Madison McGuire. A Dutch Bible, printed in Amsterdam in 1700, containing records of the Van Home and Ellis families. Gift of Mrs. Van- derlyn Stow. A silver water pitcher, made by Marquand and Brother, New York silversmiths, c. 1825. Gift of Mr. John Middagh Willard. A collection of autographs of every President of the United States, mounted with an engraved portrait of each President. Gift of Mr. George A. Zabriskie. ~ 108 — A LIST OF 5OO INHABITANTS OF NEW YORK CITY IN 1775 WITH THEIR OCCUPATIONS AND ADDRESSES Continued from the QUARTERLY BULLETIN for April, 1939 [From a manuscript book, among the Alexander McDougall Papers owned by the Society, which lists those who, in July, 1775, returned die city-owned muskets taken from the City Hall on April 23, 1775, and distributed among the citizens. The number following each man's name is that of the musket he returned.] Lower, John, 624, Baker, Golden Hill Little, Eleazer, 496, House Carpenter, Hag[u]e Street Lashear, Ab[raha]m, 813, Mason, Moereoit [?] Street Loshee, Peter, 798, Mason, Partition Street Lawson, William, 845, Shoe Maker, Beekman Street Lower, Henry, 994 This Musket return'd by Wm: Weaver [not checked] Lowe, Jacob, 547, at Getfield's, Queen Street McCuen, Malcomb, 518, Plumber, New Burling Slip (No Bayonet) McDowell, Ben[jami]n, (No R), 768, Shoemaker, Merserherau, Samuel, 941, at Mr. Broome's (No Bayonet return'd) Marschalk, Isaac, 948, 592, Baker, Broad Street (no Cartouch Box) McKinley, Nathan[ie]l, 827, Taylor, Wall Street Man, David, 749, Butcher, Bowry Lane Montanye, Isaac, 564, Hatter, Batteau Street McAdom, Wm:, 853, Shoemaker, Crown Street Moore, Richard, 581, School Master, Barclay Street McPherson, Farquar, 730, Barber, Broad Street Montayne, Benjamin, 474, Black Smith, Queen Street McCant, Mich[ae]l, 629, Mason, Bowry Lane [not checked] McCoy, James, 765, Cordwainer, Chappie Street Malone, John, 529, Cordwainer, living at Lake Hunts Manly, Robert, 538, Wheelwright, Gt: George Street Maxwell, Enoch, 750, Cordwainer, Broadway Meeks, Edward, 932, Black Smith, Wm: Street McDougal, Duncan, 509, Inn Keeper, Elbow Street Mills, Jno:, 747, Shoemaker, Broadway (Rec'd by Qr. Master) McClure, James, 787, Shoemaker, Broadway Meeks, John, 953, Shoemaker, .Hanover Square Meeks, Joseph, 510, Shoemaker, Wm: Street Mariner, Joshua, 716, House Carpenter, Baptizt Street (no Cartridge Box Delivered) Morris, David, 489, House Carpenter, Dey Street Moore, Jacob, 792, Tobacconist, Fair Street [not checked] ~ 109 ~ The New-York Historical Society

Moore, John, 924, Bricklayer, John Street Mitchel, Viner, 944, Chair Maker, Opposite St. Pauls t Montanye, John, 873, Hatter, Broadway Mandeville, Yellis, 967, Silver Smith, with Jno. Leary, Broadway Marwick [sic for Maverick], Peter, 543, Silver Smith, Batteau Street [not checked] Morgan, Joseph, 964, Cutler, Duke Street McKindley, Samuel, 460, Merchant, Living with Thomas Galbreath near the Fly Market (no Bayonet) Moore, Michael, 657, Shoemaker, Living with Jno: Anthony in the Swamp McCoy, Annias, 965, Currier, Ferry Street Meeks, Joseph, 625, Cordwainer, Moore, Nicolas, 453, Mason, Chappel Street Marschalck, Corn[eliu]s, 606, Bolter, Dey Street Meshet, Peter (No R), 675, Copper Smith, Broadway McCoy, John, 997, Breeches Maker, Georges Street Mandevill, Yellows, 615, Shoemaker, Maiden Lane Myers, Jacobus, 956, Cartman, Nassau Street McDougal, John, 799, Mariner, Crumelines W[h]arf McDougal, Stephen, 829, Crumelines Wharf McClelan, Hugh S. (No R), 975, Cabinet Maker, William Street Meads, Samuel, 484, Shoe Maker, at Goforths Metcalf, William, 846 McClean, Thomas, 598 Morrel, Daniel, 672 Montanye, John T., 772, Hatter, Broadway One Musket return'd, 853, from Berry One Musket return'd, 7g6, No name, By Mr: Duychinck Norwood, Andrew, 877, Shoemaker, Broadway Newcark, Barney, (No R), 828, Shoemaker, Crown Street Noblet, John (No R), 797, Labourer, Chambers Street Nicolson, Johnathan, 652, Shoe Maker, at the Coffee House Needham, William, 577, Cartman, living with Copperthwait, Feesey [Vesey] Street One Musket return'd, 894, No name, By Capt: Varick One Musket Return'd, 493, No name, By Lieut: Brasher One Musket Return'd, Vangelders, 557, By Lieut: Copp One Ditto, 588, No name, By Dionisius Miller Muskets 670 and 880, returned by Lieut: McDougal One from Griffiths, 1000, No Bayonet, By Lieut: McDougal One Musket Return'd, W. Smith, 753, By The Adjutant One ditto, 553, No name, By Capt: Lamb

[List to be concluded in the Quarterly Bulletin for October, 1939.] — 110 — OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY UNTIL JANUARY 21, 1941

Honorary President SAMUEL V. HOFFMAN

President GEORGE A. ZABRISKIE

Second Vice-President Third Vice-President ROBERT E. DOWLING HENRY PARISH

Fourth Vice-President Foreign Corresponding Secretary AUGUSTUS C HONE ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON

Domestic Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary LUCIUS WILMERDING DEWITT M. LOCKMAN

Treasurer LE ROY E. KIMBALL

Director ALEXANDER J. WALL

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First Class—for one year, ending 1940 JAMES LENOX BANKS JOHN V. IRWIN HARRIS FAHNESTOCK Second Class—for two years, ending 1941 SAMUEL V. HOFFMAN FENWICK BEEKMAN, M.D. FORSYTH WICKES Third Class—for three years, ending 1942 LEONIDAS WESTERVELT W. WILLIS REESE L. GORDON HAMERSLEY Fourth Class—for four years, ending 1943 LEROY E. KIMBALL HENRY PARISH ARTHUR SUTHERLAND

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Committee on Finance Committe on Anniversary GEORGE A. ZABRISKIE ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON ROBERT E. DOWLING DE WITT M. LOCKMAN LUCIUS WILMERDING W. WILLIS REESE Committee on Lectures Committee on Building LEONIDAS WESTERVELT ROBERT E. DOWLING LUCIUS WILMERDING AUGUSTUS C. HONE JOHN V. IRWIN ARTHUR SUTHERLAND Committee on Library and Museum Committee on Fine Arts FENWICK BEEKMAN, M.D. AUGUSTUS C. HONE LEROY E. KIMBALL JAMES LENOX BANKS ALEXANDER J. WALL FORSYTH WICKES Committee on Publications Committee on Plan and Scope ALEXANDER J. WALL JAMES LENOX BANKS ARTHUR SUTHERLAND FORSYTH WICKES HENRY PARISH HARRIS FAHNESTOCK Committee on Membership Committee on Nominations AUGUSTUS C HONE FENWICK BEEKMAN, M.D. JOHN V. IRWIN JAMES LENOX BANKS L. GORDON HAMERSLEY LEONIDAS WESTERVELT

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