1 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY I QUARTERLY BULLETIN

VOL. XX OCTOBER, 1936 No. 4

HUDSON RIVER STEAMBOAT SARATOGA Built in 1877 for the Citizens Night Line, of Troy, N Y. Painted by James Bard, , 1881 (Purchased by the Society, 1936)

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY AND ISSUED TO MEMBERS NEW YORK: 170 CENTRAL PARK WEST THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 170 CENTRAL PARK WEST (Erected by the Society 1908) Wings to be erected on the 76th and 77th Street corners

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

Until January 4, 1938

PRESIDENT FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY JOHN ABEEL WEEKES ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT DOMESTIC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY R. HORACE GALLATIN ERSKINE HEWITT

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT RECORDING SECRETARY ROBERT E. DOWLING DEWITT M. LOCKMAN

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER B. W. B. BROWN GEORGE A. ZABRISKIE

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT LIBRARIAN AUGUSTUS C. HONE ALEXANDER J. WALL

The New York Historical Society is not responsible for statements in signed articles. THE RAMAGE MINIATURES OF By JOHN HILL MORGAN

William Dunlap, to whose book we look as the foundation for our knowledge concerning our early artists, has little to say regard­ ing John Ramage. In fact, he dismisses this interesting painter with less than a page of text, and did not mention, if he knew, that Ramage had painted at least one portrait of President Washington from life. Yet, Dunlap's page I contained most of our knowledge concerning Ramage until the discovery, a few years ago, of a number of letters, documents and other data concerning Ramage, including his work desk, still in the possession of a descendant. These new facts concerning him were published by The New York Historical Society in 1930.2 Henry T. Tuckerman, who was at least the most voluminous writer on our early artists after Dunlap (whom he industriously copied), was the first author, so far as has been found, who men­ tions that Washington had noted in his diary a sitting given to Ramage. Under the date of October 3, 1789, while living in New York, the President's diary records:

"Sat for Mr. Ramma^e near two hours to-day, who was drawing a miniature Picture of me for Mrs. Washington."

While Tuckerman mentions this,3 so little first hand informa­ tion did he have concerning Ramage that he continued Washing­ ton's misspelling of the artist's name, calling him "Rammage." Elizabeth Bryant Johnston, in her book on the Washington portraits, mentions the painting of a miniature by Ramage, but

1 A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States, by William Dunlap (New York, 1834), I, 326-27. 2 John Hill Morgan, A Sketch of the Life of John Ramage, Miniature Painter (The New York Historical Society, 1930). Reprinted, with additions, from The New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, for January and April, 1930. 3 Henry T. Tuckerman, The Character and Portraits of Washington (New York, 1859), 73-74- 95 96 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY evidently it was unlocated as she did not describe or publish a reproduction thereof. She says that: "John Ramage painted miniatures of Gen. and Mrs. Washington, which the latter highly approved, wearing that of her husband in a brooch, and in after- years (so family tradition testifies) giving it to one of her granddaughters."4

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FIGURE i. GEORGE WASHINGTON Painted by John Ramage in , October, 1789, for Mrs. Washington Courtesy of Mrs. Andrew Van Pelt and the Frick Art Reference Library And incorrectly, as the event proved, suggested an alternative that it might be the miniature given by Mrs. Washington to Colonel Tobias Lear. The miniature given Colonel Lear, however, was a copy by Robert Field from a Stuart portrait of Washington of

4 Elizabeth Bryant Johnston, Original Portraits of Washington (Boston, 1882), 114. QUARTERLYBULLETIN 97 the "Vaughan" Type, and now forms part of the Munn Collection at the Metropolitan Museum.5 Apparently a Ramage miniature of Washington was not located, described or reproduced until the exhibition held in 1889 to commemorate the centennial of the first inauguration of President Washington in New York. At that time one of the Washington miniatures by Ramage was owned by Mrs. Moses S. Beach of Peekskill, N. Y., and was exhibited. The late Charles Henry Hart described the miniature (see Figure 2) and it was reproduced in the catalogue of that exhibition.6 In The Century Magazine, of February, 1894, Mr. H. S. Stabler published an article on "The Ramage Miniature" (part I of an article on "Two Unpublished Portraits of Washington"), and reproduced a Ramage miniature of Washington (see Figure 1) differing considerably from that shown in Figures 2 and 3, and from its pedigree it seems clear that it was the miniature which the artist had painted for Mrs. Washington, and the sitting for which was referred to in the President's diary. Some time after the turn of the century, the late Charles A. Munn purchased a miniature (Figure 3) almost identical with the likeness shown in Figure 2, and upon his death in 1924, it was bequeathed by him, with a large collection of Americana, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Mr. Munn's minia­ ture (Figure 3) appeared to be so like that reproduced in the catalogue of the New York exhibition of 1889 (Figure 2), that it was believed by many that Mr. Munn had purchased the miniature formerly belonging to Mrs. Moses S. Beach; but as there was no information among Mr. Munn's papers as to where or when or from whom he had purchased this miniature, the question as to the existence of a third Washington miniature by Ramage was kept open, and the writer of this article and Mr. Mantle Fielding did not identify the Munn miniature with that owned at one time by Mr. Beach, in their book on The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas, published in 1931. Within the last year, the miniature purchased by Moses S.

5 This miniature is described in Robert Field, by Harry Piers (New York, 1927), 164. 6 Clarence W. Bowen, The History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inaugura­ tion of Washington (New York, 1892), 178, 544. 98 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Beach in Montreal in 1884, and exhibited at the Centennial of Washington's Inauguration, has come into the possession of Mr. Erskine Hewitt, and is now on exhibition at The New York Historical Society. It may be timely, therefor, to give the history

FIGURE 2. GEORGE WASHINGTON By John Ramage Given by Ramage to M. des Rivieres of Montreal for kindness during his last illness Courtesy of Erskine Hewitt, Esq., and the Frick Art Reference Library and to describe the three known miniatures of Washington by John Ramage. From the meagre reference in Washington's diary all we know is that the President "sat for Mr. Rammage near two hours to-day" (October 3, 1789), and that it was being painted for Mrs. Washington. Two hours would have been far too short a QUARTERLYBULLETIN 99 time for an artist to finish even one, and as these miniatures are of two types, one full face, and the other one quarter left, it would seem that Ramage either went to the sitting with two pieces of ivory partially finished as to pose and clothing, sketching in the faces at the sitting, or he may have made two sketches of the President's face to be used as models for miniatures to be finished later. As both types depict Washington in Continental uniform, it is certain that this detail was not painted in at the sitting, as Washington, probably, had not worn this uniform since he resigned his commission to the Congress on December 23, 1783. There is no way of telling at this date what was done at the sitting, but it would seem probable, on the whole, that the two pieces of ivory had been partially painted, Washington's face sketched, in and later finished. "*_•'.'.• Mr! H. S. Stabler, in his article in The Century Magazine, before referred to, says that the setting of his miniature (Figure 1) is in the shape of a locket; and in the back of the case is General Washington's hair, and upon the back:

"rests a' facsimile of his monogram, now almost broken. The original seal from which this monogram was copied was lost on Braddock's field, and was there found by Daniel Boone Logan in 1842."7

If Washington's seal was lost in 1747 and not recovered until 1842, how could it have been used as the model for a monogram in a miniature painted in 1789, unless an impression thereof was used? It was the custom at the time to place the cypher monogram of the sitter in the back of the miniature and this cypher would, no doubt, have been cut by Ramage himself. Mr. Stabler also states that: "Glued to the ivory, for the purpose of stiffening it, is an old-fashioned playing- card, perhaps the seven or nine of hearts. Ramage's grandson says that the artist's desk contains similar playing-cards." A reproduction of Ramage's work desk, with his tools for making miniature cases, etc., still in place, appears on page 17 of the author's book on Ramage mentioned in footnote 2. 7 As authority for the statement concerning the copying of the lost seal, Mr. Stabler cites "George Washington and Mount Vernon," published by the Long Island Historical Society, 1889. The Century Magazine, February, 1894, vol. 47, p. 545. 100 THE NEW -YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Mr. Stabler gives the descent of the miniature (Figure I) as follows: "From Betty Washington, afterward Betty Lewis [Mrs. Fielding Lewis], it came to her daughter Betty, who married Charles Carter; thence to her daughter Otwayana Carter, who was the second wife of Dr. WiHiam Owen of Lynchburg, Virginia. She was without issue, and adopted a niece of her husband, Mrs. Thomas S. Stabler, from whom the writer [H. S. Stabler] and his two brothers, Owen and Robinson, inherit it."

It has been pointed out that as Betty Washington Lewis died before either President or Mrs. Washington, the miniature may never have been in her possession, but as it is not mentioned specifi­ cally in Mrs. Washington's will and considering its line of descent, it may well have been given to Mrs. Lewis in her life-time by her sister-in-law, and there is no reasonable doubt but that it is the miniature painted by Ramage for Mrs. Washington. The story of the finding of the second Ramage miniature of Washington (Figure 2) is as follows: Moses S. Beach (1822-1892) was the Editor and proprietor of the New York Sun, as had been his father, Moses Yale Beach, before him. In 1884, he took his daughter, Miss Violet Beach, on her "first trip," which was to Canada and included a visit to Montreal. There Mr. Beach visited a Mr. Lyman, who had been a classmate at the Monson Academy, and who was then (1884) the proprietor of a jewelry store. Mr. Lyman showed Mr: Beach the miniature, which had been left with him for sale, and a visit to Mrs. McKenzie resulted in the purchase of the miniature, and in her giving him the following certificate: "The accompanying miniature portrait of George Washington, now the prop­ erty of Moses S. Beach, of , New York, was painted from life by Mr. Ramage about the year 1789, and was presented to my father by that artist shortly before his death, in recognition of my father's kindnesses during his sickness. "Since that presentation the miniature has constantly remained in the possession of my father's family. It has been my own property and never out of my posses­ sion for more than sixty years. M. L. McKenzie Born des Rivieres, 28 July, 1812. Montreal, Canada August 20th, 1884." QUARTERLY BULLETIN 101

The importance of this statement lies in the fact that about fifty years ago, long before the faking of Washington portraits had become a trade, this miniature, so characteristic of Ramage's work, was rightly attributed to him. The tradition that it was

FIGURE 3. GEORGE WASHINGTON By John Ramage From the Charles A. Munn Collection Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art given to Mr. Des Rivieres of Montreal for kindness to Ramage in his last illness, squares exactly with what can be gleaned from Ramage's letters to his wife, published by this Society in the author's book in 1930. We are glad to record the name of M. Des Rivieres for his kindness to the unfortunate artist, and it is a matter of congratulation that this miniature has returned to New York 102 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY where it was painted, and the place where the fame of Ramage was established. The few facts which we have unearthed concerning this interest­ ing painter may be recounted again. John Ramage was born in Dublin about 1748, and entered the Dublin School of Arts in 1763. He is first heard of in the British Colonies in 1772, when he was apparently practicing his art in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was in Boston as early as 1775, and, an ardent Tory, served as a second lieutenant in the Loyal Irish Volunteers. Upon the evacuation of the city, he embarked with many other Loyalists on Lord Howe's ships bound for Nova Scotia, and a year or two later appears in New York, then occupied by the British. From 1777 until 1794, he took a leading part in the life of the city, both during its occupation by the British and thereafter. He was commissioned a lieutenant in Company 7 of the City Militia during the occupation, and remained in New York after the evacuation of the city in 1783. He was a member of St. John's Lodge No. 1 as early as, 1780, a pew holder in St. George's Chapel, and a member of the Marine Society. In addi­ tion to painting the President, Mrs. Washington, and John Parke Custis, he painted members of the leading families of the day, including Van Cortlandts, Pintards, Ludlows, McCombs, Van Rensselaers, and Rutgers. In 1787, he married as his third wife, Catherine Collins, of New York. It seems now certain that through his misplaced faith in one of his friends, who failed to help him in his extremity, he became involved in debt, and to escape imprisonment therefor he journeyed to Montreal in search of patrons. Surrounded with many difficulties, and borne down by persistent ill health, he died there on October 24, 1802, and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery probably adjoining Christ Church, which then stood on Notre Dame Street, near the Place d'Armes.

The following is a description of the three miniatures of Wash­ ington by Ramage which have now been located. The numbering follows that in the book on The Life Portraits of Washington published by Mr. Mantle Fielding and the writer. QUARTERLY BULLETIN 103 i. GEORGE WASHINGTON (Figure i) Bust in uniform, painted in 1789 for Mrs. Washington. Head one-quarter to left, powdered hair, curl over left ear; eyes gazing right (left of spectator) ; white stock and lace jabot; waistcoat open; Order of the Cincinnati hanging from left lapel. In 1897, it was owned by H. S. Stabler, of Balti­ more, Md., who received it from his mother, Mrs. Thomas S. Stabler, who had it from Otwayana Carter, wife of Dr. William Owen, of Lynchburg, Virginia, who died without issue, having adopted Mrs. Stabler, she being a niece of Dr. Owen. Otwayana Carter was the fifteenth child of Betty Lewis Carter, only daughter of Betty Washington Lewis, only sister of General Washington. Described and reproduced in The Century Magazine, February, 1894, p. 545. Engraved by Albert Rosenthal, 1895. Water color on ivory. Size : 2% x 1pi Owner: Mrs. Andrew Van Pelt, Philadelphia, Pa. 2. GEORGE WASHINGTON (Figure 3) Bust in uniform, blue eyes, front, head slightly to left; white stock and lace jabot. No record of the purchase of this miniature has been found among the papers of the late Charles A. Munn. Water color on ivory. Size: 2 1/16 x 1 7/16. Owner: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. 4. GEORGE WASHINGTON (Figure 2) Bust in uniform similar to number 2, except slightly darker in color. This miniature was purchased by Moses S. Beach in 1884, from Mrs. M. L. McKenzie (nee Des Rivieres), born July 28, 1812. Mrs. McKenzie gave a certificate at the time of purchase stating that the miniature was pre­ sented to her father by Ramage shortly before his death, in recognition of her father's kindness during his last illness. Exhibited in 1889 at the exhibition held in connection with the centennial of the first inauguration of Washington, No. 22; reproduced page 178, and described on page 544 in the 104 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

memorial volume, by Clarence W. Bowen (1892), com­ memorating that event. Described and reproduced in an article by Charles Henry Hart, "Life Portraits of Wash­ ington," McClure's Magazine, February, 1897, VIII, 298. Etching by A. Rosenthal, published Philadelphia, May 25, 1897. Descended at the death of Mrs. Moses S. Beach to her daughters, the Misses Violet and Ella Beach, of Peekskill, N. Y., from whom it was purchased in 1935. Water color on ivory. Size: 2x1^. Owner: Erskine Hewitt, Esq., New York City.

As long ago as 1868, in commenting on the universal acceptance of Stuart's Athenaeum head as the true likeness of Washington, John Neal said that if Washington should return to life and stand side by side with Stuart's portrait and not resemble it, he would be rejected as an impostor. These three Ramage miniatures show a totally different con­ ception of Washington's face from that painted by Stuart, and, yet, they bear a close resemblance to the Washington as painted by Robert Edge Pine, Edward Savage, and especially the side face in crayon by St. Memin. As the profile of this last was drawn probably by a machine (physionotrace), it, therefore, is structurally exact. These miniatures, then, raise the oft-debated question: What did Washington really look like? Perhaps no better answer can be made than that Washington well after middle life probably resembled most closely the C. W. Peale portraits; that when Stuart first saw him in 1795, care, the burdens of public office and dis­ illusionment had taken their toll. In addition the loss of his teeth had completely changed the shape of his face from a long to a more rounded one. This was as Stuart first saw him, and the great artist desired to, and did, idealize his illustrious patron. The badly fitting false teeth would account for the prognathous lower jaw so apparent in the portraits by Pine, Savage and St. Memin. These considerations give not only importance but add much interest to the miniatures by Ramage. QUARTERLY BULLETIN 105

NUMBER FIVE WEST SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET 1892-1936

The New York Historical Society's Annex No. I, at 5 West 76th Street, will soon be demolished to make way for the south wing of the Society's library and museum, so it is fitting to record its brief but interesting history. The photograph of the house, reproduced on the following page, was made in June, 1936, but as few exterior changes have been made, the picture represents the building essentially as it appeared after its erection forty-four years ago. All the Society's property is located on the old Somarindyck farm, which came into David Wagstaff's possession early in the 19th century. No. 5 West 76th Street was built on two lots, each 25 feet by 100 feet, which are numbered 26 and 27 in Block 1129 of the city's block index system, at the Hall of Records, by which their history may be traced. On December 28, 1875, the two lots were conveyed by Alfred Wagstaff, trustee under the will of Catherine Lowerre, to William H. Lowerre and Caroline A. Lowerre, respectively. They conveyed them, separately, on June 10, 1890, to William B. Baldwin, who, on the same day, trans­ ferred them to Samuel Colcord, Edmund Guilbert, and Jesse E. Bennett. These three owners, and their wives, on November 28, 1890, deeded the land to William T. Evans, who immediately had plans drawn for his new residence to be built there. William Thomas Evans (1843-1918), of the wholesale dry goods firm of Mills & Gibb, was an enthusiastic collector of paint­ ings, and a patron of American artists. When in 1890, he gave up his home in Jersey City, he sold all of his pictures which were by foreign artists, determining to limit his collection to works of American painters. An art gallery, to display this American col­ lection, was, therefore, an important feature of his new 76th Street home, The plans were drawn early in 1891 by James H. Lindsley, an architect of Newark, N. J. Construction was begun on April 10, 1891, and completed May 26, 1892, at a cost of $37,000. It was a four-story building, forty feet wide, built of brick and 106 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ANNEX NO. i OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 5 West Seventy-sixth Street, New York City- Built 1891-92; James H. Lindsley, architect (Photographed June, 1936) QUARTERLY BULLETIN 107

Belleville stone.1 The gallery for Mr. Evans' paintings was a long narrow room in the north west corner of the main floor, lighted by two skylights. • Two drawing rooms, each with a fireplace, were in front of, and connected with, the gallery. Opposite, at the right of the main entrance, were the reception room and stairs, with the dining room at the rear, in the north east corner. A billiard room and bed rooms were on the second and third stories. On the top floor in the rear, with a large north window, there was a square studio, with slanting walls caused by the irregular peak of the roof. Mr. Evans continued to acquire paintings by American artists, buying most of them directly from the artists in their studios. Soon the pictures overflowed his new gallery, and covered every wall of the first floor rooms, and even the upper chambers. His collection comprised two hundred and seventy paintings by con­ temporary American artists, including George Inness, Homer D. Martin, J. Francis Murphy, Henry W. Ranger, Albert P. Ryder, and A. H. Wyant. One drawing room was devoted to the works of Frederick S. Church. When Mr. Evans decided to move from to a house in Montclair, New Jersey, which lacked a gallery, he determined to dispose of his collection. It was there­ fore sold at auction, under the auspices of the American Art Galleries, at Chickering Hall, Fifth Avenue, on the evenings of January 31, and February 1 and 2, 1900. His 270 paintings brought a total of $159,340, showing that the works of American artists had a market value as well as artistic interest. The illus­ trated catalogue of that sale, with its introduction by Charles DeKay, furnishes a list of the pictures which for almost a decade made the 76th Street house a private museum of contemporary American art.2 Mr. Evans sold No. 5 West 76th Street on April 9, 1901, to its next occupant, the distinguished diplomat, Hon. Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926). He and his family had recently returned to New

1 The papers and architects' plans of the original house, and of its alterations, are filed with the records of the Commissioner of Buildings, Room 2021, Municipal Building. 2 For an account of Mr. Evans' life, his gifts to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and his part in establishing the Montclair Art Gallery in 1910, see the sketch by Leila Mechlin in the Dictionary of American Biography, VI, 214-15. 108 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

York from his second residence in Constantinople, as United States Minister to Turkey. Mr. Straus immediately engaged a New York architect, John H. Duncan, to plan a number of alterations in the house, which were made in the summer of 1901, at a cost of $9,000. Mr. Straus had the Evans' art gallery converted into a library, substituting one skylight for two, adding a large oval bay window at the north end, and introducing a fireplace. The two drawing rooms were thrown into one, with a single fireplace centered in the west wall, the dining room was enlarged by removing a hall, and transferring the service stairs to a new and larger extension and butler's pantry, added at the rear of the house. The fourth- floor studio was divided into two rooms and three storage closets. There were a few additional alterations in the summer of 1911, when two windows were broken through the east wall of the dining room, on each side of the original bay window, and the partition walls separating the room at the right of the vestibule from hall and staircase were removed, making a more spacious and gracious reception hall. No. 5 West 76th Street was the Straus family's New York residence for almost a quarter of a century. During those years, Mr. Straus continued to serve his nation with distinction, notably as a member of the Permanent Court of at The Hague, as Secretary of Commerce and Labor in President Theodore Roosevelt's Cabinet, and as first American Ambassador to the Otto­ man Empire. His own recollections of those busy years were published in 1922, with the title Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft. On September 15, 1925, Mr. Straus sold his residence to The New York Historical Society, and it became the Society's first annex. The upper stories provided much-needed storage space. The main floor was altered to display, temporarily, the American household collection, removed from the basement gallery of the Society's over-crowded main building. The reception hall, with its corner fire-place, served to exhibit fire-place equipment and cooking utensils, furniture and cradles. In the former drawing room, at the left of the entrance, were arranged the several wooden 'implements for preparing Wool and flax, the spinning wheels, the large loom, and related items from the Nash Collection. Pewter ANNEX NO. 2 OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 4 West Seventy-seventh Street, New York City Built 1901-02 as the residence of Louis Fleischmann; Stein, Cohen & Roth, architects. Purchased by The New York Historical Society in 1926 (Photographed 1932) IO9 110 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

objects, stoneware jugs, household utensils, and a chronological dis­ play of lamps and candlesticks were placed on exhibition in the former dining room, opening north from the entrance hall. This Annex to the Society's museum was open to the public, and proved particularly popular with school children. The American household collection has been removed from the Annex, and is now stored, awaiting the completion of the Society's addition, in which space has been planned for it. Soon the Evans-Straus house, having served its purpose as residence and museum for forty-four years, will be razed and the new south wing of the Society's museum will be built on the site.

MAVERICK'S ENGRAVED BUSINESS CARD OF DELACROIX'S "ICE-HOUSE GARDEN" ON BROADWAY

The business card reproduced on the opposite page advertises the Broadway "Ice-House" of New York's early confectioner and caterer, Joseph Delacroix. He built his place of refreshment in 1796-97 at 112 Broadway, on the east side, between Pine and Cedar Streets,1 and occupied it for several years, although between 1799 and 1805, he frequently tried to sell or rent it. The lot was 37^2 wide and 146 feet deep, with a two-story building on Broad­ way, a hall in the rear, a large stone cistern, a very large ice-house, and a fine garden with fruit trees and "handsome water works." 2 These last embellishments evidently inspired the engraver's design. Delacroix's new establishment had progressed sufficiently by February 22, 1797, to celebrate President Washington's 65th birth­ day with an elaborate dinner.3 It was opened regularly on May first, of that year, specializing in ice cream, "according to the

11. N. P. Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan Island, III, 981; V, 1328. 2 See Delacroix's advertisements in the Daily Advertiser, Jan. 9 and April 5, t79.9; N. Y. Gazette, Jan. 9, 1801; Commercial Advertiser, July 26, 1805. 3 N. Y. Journal, Mar. 1, 1797. QUARTERLY BULLETIN 111

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BUSINESS CARD' FOR JOSEPH DELACROIX'S "ICE-HOUSE GARDEN" ON BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Engraved by Peter Rushton Maverick, c. 1798-99 (Presented by Daniel Parish, Jr., 1891) 112 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY season and his customers taste," 4 and serving other refreshments as well. During the summer of 1797, it was known, temporarily, as Vauxhall. A fifteen-piece orchestra played to the patrons of the garden, and vocal and instrumental concerts were given there thrice weekly.6 In 1798, Delacroix transferred the name Vauxhall to another property, which he leased: the Bayard mansion and grounds, in the block now bounded by Grand, Broome, Crosby and Lafayette Streets.6 His concerts and firework displays were then presented there, but he and his sons continued their candy factory and cordial distillery at 112 Broadway, selling sugar works (best quality), cordials, syrops, and sweet-meats in boxes. At the end of 1799, Joseph Delacroix entered upon the catering business, announcing himself prepared to "provide entertainments at per­ sons houses, so as the persons have no trouble at all: at the fixed hour the table will be extremely well furnished, at a more reason­ able rate than can be provided by one's self." 7 Joseph Delacroix's business card was engraved, probably in 1798 or 1799, by Peter Rushton Maverick (1755-1811), of 65 Liberty Street, New York. It is one of-a dozen similar specimens of his work which were presented to the Society in 1891 by the late Daniel Parish, Jr. They came sewn together, bound in a gray paper cover. Some of the other New York business cards in the book were engraved by Maverick, between 1794 and 1798, for William Van Beuren, gold and silver-smith, 22 Maiden Lane; Benjamin Aycrigg, painter and glazier, 97 Cherry Street; William Remington, dry goods, 95 William Street; Andrew G. Fraunces, notary public and conveyancer; and James Liddell, teacher.

4 Daily Advertiser, May 2, 1797. 5 N. Y. Gazette, May 20, 1797. 6 Stokes, Iconography, III, 948, 981; V, 1352, 1372. ''Daily Adv., Dec. 7, 1799; Stokes, Iconography, V, 1352, 1360, 1382. QUARTERLY BULLETIN 113

JACOBUS VAN CORTLANDT'S SHIPMENTS FROM THE PORT OF NEW YORK 1699-1702

The New York Historical Society owns Jacobus Van Cort- landt's bills of lading, for shipments from New York City, August, 1699, through June, 1702. There are ninety-four of them, bound in a small leather-covered volume, which was presented to the Society in 1931 by Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman. They are all printed in the usual form of a bill of lading, as shown on page 116, with the names of vessel and master, of shipper and consignee, the date and the articles shipped, written in, in a clear clerk's hand. Each is signed by the master of the vessel to whom the goods were entrusted for transportation, and a few bear Van Cortlandt's seal, with clear impressions in the red wax of the family arms of four wings of windmills between five mullets. These bills of lading are the set retained by the shipper. He was Jacobus Van Cort­ landt (1658-1740), younger son of Oloff and Annetje (Loocker- mans) Van Cortlandt, and owner at one time of the land which perpetuates his name, in . He was twice Mayor of New York, and for several years represented the city in the Provincial Assembly. Van Cortlandt's mercantile activities are typical of New York's colonial trade, as he sent a variety of specie to England and Ma­ deira, and flour, bread, bacon and butter, to Curacao and Jamaica. It is interesting to study the size of the vessels, the frequency of their sailings from the Port of New York, and the freight rates charged. The coins most frequently mentioned are Spanish pieces of eight, or "Pillar" dollars, so called from the Pillars of Hercules design on them. The spelling of the names of people, ships, and coins follows that in the original volume. In the calendar of these bills of lading which follows, the shipper is understood to be , for his own account, unless otherwise stated. 114 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Calendar of Bills of Lading for Shipments Jacobus Van Cortlandt, i6gg-iyo2

1699 August 12. Sloop Margriet, Captain oz. 9 pwt. Troy weight; consigned Nicholas Tienhoven, bound for to John Blackall. Freight. 2%. Antigua. 7 half-barrels of flour Oct. 12. Sloop Mary, Capt John and 1 half-barrel of bread, for the Clatworthy, bound for Curagao. account and risk of James Don- 9 half-barrels of flour, 6 half- nelan at Montserrat; consigned to barrels of bread and 5 firkins of Patrick Browne. Freight: £5 per butter, consigned to Neeltien Vis- ton. schers or her assigns. Freight: August 12. Sloop Margriet, Captain 26 pieces of eight and 4 royals. Nicholas Tienhoven, bound for Oct. 12. Sloop Mary, Capt John Antigua. 31 half-barrels of flour Clatworthy, bound for Curasao. and 1 gammon of bacon, for the 2 firkins of butter, for the account account of Alexander Hammilton of Mrs. Sara Abondana, and con­ and John Cochran; consigned to signed to her. Freight: 12 J4 Patrick Browne. Freight: £5 per royals." ton. Oct. 16. Sloop Sara and Hester, Capt. Sept. 25. Brigantine Planters Adven­ Peter Machet, bound for Curagaq. ture, Capt. Anthony Ayler, bound 8 half-barrels of flour, 3 firkins of for Jamaica. 22 dead-eyes, 22 butter, 2 small casks of bread, I chain-plates with dead-eyes, 2 small cask of apples, and 1 small double and 2 single blocks strapped bag of seed, consigned to Neeltien with iron, 1 clamp for the mast, Vissers. Freight: 17/^ pieces of 2 boom irons, 1 with for the head eight. of the mast, 1 iron for the flying Oct. 21. Sloop Mary, Capt. Jacobus jib-boom, 4 chain-plates with ring, Kiersted, bound for Curacao. 5 18 bolts, and 1 whole set of rudder- half-barrels of flour and 3 half- irons for the account of Charles Chaplin and Ephraim Pilkington, barrels of bread, consigned to and consigned to them. Freight: Neeltien Vissers. Freight: 12 £4 per ton. pieces of eight. Sept. 28. Ship Elisabeth and Cathrine, Oct. 26. Brigantine Phillip, Capt. Capt. John Wake, bound for Lon­ Thomas Gleave, bound for Port don. 1 bag of Spanish money, Royal, Jamaica. 57 half-barrels Mexico and Pillar, weighing 283^ of flour, consigned to Capt. oz. Troy weight, and 2 casks of Thomas Clarke. Freight: £17.16.3. indigo; consigned to John Blackall. Oct. 26. Brigantine Phillip, Capt. Freight: 6 farthings for each cask Thomas Gleave, bound for Port of indigo, and 2% for the money. Royal, Jamaica. 16 half-barrels Sept. 28. Ship New York Merchant, of flour, consigned to Phillip Capt. Thomas Jeffers, bound for Askins. Freight: £5. Shipped London. 1 bag of pieces of eight, for account of Hon. James Mexico and Pillar, weighing 177 Bennister. QUARTERLY U L L E T I N 115

1699 1699 Oct. 26. Brigantine Phillip, Capt. flour and 2 half-barrels of bacon, Thomas Gleave, bound for Port consigned to Capt. Thomas Clarke. Royal, Jamaica. 16 half-barrels Freight: £5.10.0 per ton. of flour, shipped for the account. Dec. 28. Sloop Waterfloud, Capt. of Joseph Sedgwick and Thomas Andries De Wandelaer, bound for Whitson, and consigned to them. Jamaica. 1 small cask of bacon, • Freight: 16 half-barrels of flour consigned to Phillip Askins. [sic.]. Freight: 4 shillings. Shipped by Nov. 15. Sloop Welcome, Capt. Dan­ Jacobus Van Cortlandt for account iel Dunskum, bound for Madeira. of Hon. James Bennister. 1 bag of money containing 300 1700 pieces of eight in Pillar and Mexico Feb. 3. Brigantine Lowrell, Capt. ryals, shipped by Jacobus Van John Maney, hound for Jamaica. Cortlandt, and 145 half-barrels of flour and 2 Adolphus Philips & Co., and con­ barrels "of bacon, shipped • by signed to Richard Miles and Jacobus Van Cortlandt for account Richard Richbell. Freight: 2%. of Capt. Thomas Clarke, and con­ Nov. 21. Brigantine Owners Adven­ signed to him. Freight: £5.10.0 ture, Capt. John Smart, bound for per ton. Madeira. 200 pieces of eight in Feb. 8. Brigantine Lowrell, Capt. Pillar & Mexico ryals, shipped by John Maney, bound for Jamaica. Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Adolphus 2 barrels and 1 small cask of Phillips & Co., and consigned to bacon, shipped for account of Richard Miles and Richbell. Joseph Sedgwick and Thomas Freight: 2%. Whitson, and consigned to them. Nov. 28. Sloop Morning Star, Capt. Freight: £1.12.0. Johannis Provoost, bound for Bar­ April 20. Brigantine Three Sons, bados. 1 case of English spirits, Capt John Smart, bound for consigned to Hon. William Sharp. Jamaica. 97 half-barrels of flour, Freight not paid. shipped for account of Edward Dec. 2. Ship. Fortune, Capt. John James, and consigned to him. Warry, bound for London. 1 bag Freight: £5.5.0 per ton. of Spanish money weighing 107 oz. April 20. Brigantine Three Sons, Troy weight, consigned to John Capt. John Smart, bound for Blackall. Freight: 2%. Jamaica. 97 half-barrels of flour, Dec. 7. Brigantine Johns Adventure, shipped for account of Joseph Capt. John Corbett, bound for Chamberling, and consigned to him. Madeira. 1 bag of Spanish silver Freight: £5.5.0 per ton. money containing 2,400 Mexico & April 20. Brigantine Three Sons, Pillar royals, consigned to Richard Capt. John Smart, bound for Miles and Richard Richbell. Jamaica. 16 half-barrels of flour, Freight money paid. consigned to Richard Sleigh. Dec. 28. Sloop Waterfloud, Capt. Freight: £5.5.0. Andries De Wandelaer, bound April 20. Ship Happy Return, Capt for Jamaica. 19 half-barrels of Samuel Steele, bound for Jamaica. —-

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BILL OF LADING, SIGNED BY CAPTAIN NICHOLAS TIENHOVEN, AUGUST 12, 1699, FOR FLOUR AND BREAD SHIPPED FROM NEW YORK BY JACOBUS VAN CORTLANDT (From volume presented by Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman, 193O QUARTERLY BULLETIN 117

1700 1700 32 half-barrels of flour, shipped June 25. Sloop Hope, Capt. Joseph for account, of Capt. Thomas Smith, bound for Curagao. 18 Clarke, and consigned to him. half-barrels of flour, 2 half-barrels Freight: £5.5.0. ! of pease, 8 firkins of butter, and April 20. Ship John and Michael, 1 barrel of bread, consigned to Capt. William Simmons, bound for Neeltien Vissers. Freight: 37/4 London. 1 small bag with Spanish pieces of eight. money, Mexico and Pillar, weigh­ June 25. Sloop Hope, Capt. Joseph ing 86 oz. Troy weight; and 1 cask Smith, bound for Curagao. 4 half- of cocoa; consigned to John Black- barrels of flour and 6 firkins of all. Freight: for the money, 2%; butter, consigned to Mrs. Sara for the cocoa, 10 shillings. Abondana and shipped for her May 14. Sloop Bachelor's Delight, account. Freight: ioj4 pieces of Capt. Francis Chappell, bound for eight. Jamaica. 21 half-barrels of flour, June 25. Ship Providence, Capt. John shipped for account of Capt. Keeler, bound for London. 6 tons Thomas Clarke, and consigned to of logwood, loss of weight equally him. Freight rate: £4.5.0 per borne in proportion. Consigned to ton. Thomas Bond. Freight rate: £4 May 15. Ship Endeavor, Capt. John per ton. Bond, bound for London. 1 small Aug. 8. Ship Adventure, Capt. Robert bag of Spanish Money, Mexico & Sinclair, bound for Jamaica. 15 Pillar, weighing 84 oz. 15 pwt, half-barrels of flour, consigned to • consigned to Thomas Bond. Nathaniel Mitchell, and shipped Freight: 2%. for his account. Freight rate: £5 May 23. Brigantine Phillip, Capt. per ton. Thomas Gleave, bound for Cura­ Aug. 17. Ship Adventure, Capt. Robert sao. 16 half-barrels of flour, 1 Sinclair, bound for Jamaica. 44 barrel of bacon, 6 barrels of bread half-barrels of flour, 2 half-barrels and 6 firkins of butter, consigned of bread, and 1 half-barrel of to Neeltien Vissers. Freight: onions, consigned to Capt. William 49/^2 pieces of eight. Peartree (Paertree), and shipped May 23. Brigantine Phillip. Capt. for his account. Freight rate: £5 Thomas Gleave, bound for Cura­ per ton. sao. 4 half-barrels of meal, 4 Aug. 22. Ship Adventure, Capt. Robert half-barrels of flour, and 4 firkins Sinclair, bound for Jamaica. 5 of butter, consigned to' Sarah pieces of holland duck and I gold Abondana, and shipped for her thimble, consigned to Capt. Wil­ account. Freight: 15 pieces of liam Peartree, and shipped for his eight. account. Freight: 15 shillings. May 24. Sloop Bachelor's Delight, Capt. Francis Chappell, bound for Aug. 29. Sloop Henry, Capt. Thomas Jamaica. 1 small box of merchan­ Kelley, bound for Curagao. 2 dise, consigned to Thomas Nicholls, casks of onions and 4 firkins of and shipped for his account. butter, consigned to Neeltien Vis- 118 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1700 1700 sers. Freight: 4 pieces of eight Joseph Smith, bound for Curagao. and 6 royals. 3 half-barrels of onions, 3 half- Oct. 6. Sloop Industry, Capt. Simon barrels of gray pease, 5 firkins of Pascoo, bound for Madeira. 1 bag butter and 3 casks of nuts, con­ of money containing 200 pieces of signed to Neeltie Vissers. Freight: eight of I7J4 pwt. each, consigned 11 pieces of eight and 6 royals. to Messrs. Miles & Richbell. Dec. 20. Sloop Fredrick, Capt. Freight paid. Joseph Smith, bound for Curagao. Oct. 9. Sloop Three Brothers, Capt. 5 half-barrels of flour and 4 half- Andre Lamoureux, bound for barrels of meal, consigned to Mrs. Curagao. 10 firkins of butter and Sarah Abondana, and shipped for 1 small bag of garden seeds weigh- her account. Freight: 11 pieces • - mg 7J4 pound, consigned to Neel­ of eight and 2 royals. tien Vissers. Freight: 5 royals Dec. 24. Ship John and. Michael, per firkin. Capt. William Simmons, bound for Oct. ,10. Ship Charles,' Capt. Ben­ Madeira. 1 small bag containing jamin Stowe, bound- for London. 100 weighty pieces of eight, con­ j 1 ' small bag of Spanish money signed to Richard Miles and R. .weighing 85^2- oz. Troy weight, Richbell. Freight already paid. consigned to John Blackall. Freight Dec. 27. Sloop Welcome, Capt. Dan­ paid. ' iel Dunskum, bound for Madeira. Oct. 10. Ship Ldrck, Capt. Richard 1 bag of Spanish money containing Besant, bound for ; London. 1 ioo weighty pieces of eight, con­ ' small bag of Spanish money'weigh­ signed to Richard Miles and R. ing 83 J-2 oz. Troy weight, con­ Richbell. Freight already paid. signed to John Blackall. Freight e 1701. paid. Feb. 20. Ship Charles, Capt. Thomas Nov. 26. Ship New York Merchant, Leventhorp, bound for . London. Capt. Thomas Jeffers, bound for 2 casks of cocoaj consigned to London. 3 casks of cocoa weigh­ Adolphus Philips, and shipped for ing 1123 pound net., consigned his account. Freight already paid. to John Blackall. Freight: 8 May 7. Sloop Mary, Capt. James shillings per cent. Beard, bound for Curagao. 63 Dec. 7. Sloop Loyal York, Capt. firkins of butter, consigned to . Abraham Santvoort, bound for Anthony Falours, and shipped for Carolina. 4 pipes of wine, con­ account of Adolph Philips. Freight signed to Abraham Santfort rate: 4 royals per firkin. Freight: £6. May 7. Sloop Mary, Capt. James Dec. 17. Brigantine Happy Return, Beard, bound for Curagao. 7 half- Cat. Peter Wessels, bound for barrels of flour, 2 barrels and 2 Jamaica. 3 pieces of holland duck half-barrels of bread, consigned to and 6 casks of oysters, consigned Neeltien Vissers. Freight: 18 to Capt. . pieces of eight and 6 royals. Freight: 15 shillings. May 12. Ship Happy Peace, Capt. Dec. 20. Sloop Fredrick, Capt. John Dixon, bound for London. I QUARTERLY BULLETIN 119

17OI 1701 bag containing 100 pieces of eight, London; shipped by Jacobus Van consigned to John Blackall. Freight Cortlandt and Ouzeel Van Swieten. rate: 2%. June 9. Ship Endeavour, Capt. John May 26. Brigantine Happy Return, Bond, bound for London, i bag Capt. Peter Wessels, bound for of money containing 150 pieces of Curagao. 5 firkins of butter, con­ eight weighing 130 oz. 3 pwt. for signed to Sara Abondana, and account and risk of Albertus Hod- shipped for her account. Freight shon, merchant in Amsterdam, cont - .'rate: 4 royals per firkin. signed to William Henry Cornelis­ May 26. Brigantine Happy Return, son. Shipped by Ozeel Van Capt. Peter Wessels, bound for Swieten and Jacobus Van Cort­ Curagao. 5 firkins of butter, con­ landt. Freight rate: 2%. signed to Neeltie Vissers. Freight June io. Ship Endeavour, Capt. John rate: 4 royals per firkin. Bond, bound for London. 3 tons May 28. Brigantine Happy Return of logwood to be divided at the Capt. Benjamin Norwood, [sic], King's scale according to propor­ bound for London. 1 small bag tion with other freighters that containing 100 pieces of eight shipped logwood aboard the said weighing 88 pz. 8 pwt., consigned vessel. Consigned to John Blackall. to John Blackall. Freight rate: Freight rate: £4 per ton. 2%. June 19. Sloop Catherine, Capt. June 4. Ship Endeavour, Capt. John Zachariah Weekes, bound for Bond, bound for London. 1 small Madeira. 1 small bag containing bag containing 450 Spanish pieces 200 weighty pieces of eight, con­ of eight, consigned to William signed to Richard Miles and Rich­ Cornelisson, and shipped by bell. Shipped by Jacobus Van Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Ouzeel Cortlandt for account of himself Van Swieten. and Adolph Philips. Freight rate: June 9. Ship Endeavour, Capt. John 2%. Bond, bound for London. 1 small June 21. Brigantine Philip, Capt. bag of Spanish money weighing 86 Thomas Gleave, bound for Cura­ oz. 7 pwt. quantity 100 pieces of gao. 6 half-barrels of bread and eight, consigned to Thomas Bond. 10 firkins of butter, for account of Freight rate: 2%. Mrs. Sarah Abondana, and con­ June 9. Ship Betty, Capt. Jonas signed to her. Freight: 16 pieces Motts, bound for London. 1 small of eight, 5 royals, and 3 stuivers. bag of Spanish money weighing 84 June 25. Brigantine Philip, Capt. oz. 5 pwt., consigned to John Thomas Gleave, bound for Cura­ Blackall. Freight rate: 2%. gao. 8 half-barrels of flour, 12 June 9. Ship Endeavour, Capt. John half-barrels of bread and 12 firkins Bond, bound for London. 300 of butter, consigned to Neeltien pieces of eight weighing 258 oz. 10 Vissers. Freight: 38 pieces of pwt., for account of Mr. William eight. DeGrandt at Holland, consigned July 3. Ship Helena, Capt. Peter to Edward Browne, merchant in Bayard, bound for London. 6 tons, 120 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

170I 1701 203 quarters & 9 lb. of logwood, Sept. 13. Brigantine Francis, Capt. to be divided at the King's scale James Harwood, bound for Cura­ according to proportion with other gao. 8 half-barrels of flour, 2 bar­ freighters that shipped unmarked rels of bread, 3 half-barrels of logwood on board the said vessel. onions, and 5 firkins of butter, con­ Consigned to John Blackall. signed to Mrs. Neeltien Vissers. Freight rate: £3.2.6 per ton. Freight: 21 pieces of eight and 2 July 3. Ship Helena, Capt. Peter . royals. Bayard, bound for London. 47 Sept. 24. Sloop Flying Horse, Capt. dry cow and ox hides, consigned John Clatworthy, bound for Curar to Robert Hackshaw. Shipped by gao. 1 half-barrel of rusk and I Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Ouzeel small bag of garden seed, con­ Van Swieten. Freight rate: 22 signed to Mrs. Neeltien Vissers. pence per hide. Freight: 12 royals. July 30. Brigantine Fredrick, Capt. Oct. 16. Sloop Three Brothers, Capt. Joseph Smith, bound for Curagao. Otter Van Tuyl, bound for 6 firkins of butter and 1 bag of Curagao. 2 half-barrels Cornell "shaloots," consigned to Mrs. and 4 firkins of butter, consigned Neeltien Vissers. Freight: 3j4 to Mrs. Sarah Abondana, and pieces of eight. shipped for her account. Freight: July 30. Brigantine Fredrick, Capt. 6 pieces of eight. Joseph Smith, bound for Curagao. Oct. 30. Brigantine Philip, Capt. 1 firkin of butter, consigned to Thomas Gleave, bound for Cura­ Mrs. Sara Abondana, and shipped gao. 2 barrels of bread, 1 firkin for her account. Freight: 4 of butter, and 1 small bag of gar­ royals. den seeds for account and risk of Sept. 6. Sloop Rachel, Capt. Robert Mrs. Sarah Abondana, and con­ Smith, bound for Curagao. 4 half- signed to her. Freight: 6 pieces barrels of onions and 6 firkins of of eight and 6 royals. butter, consigned to Mrs. Neeltien Dec. 17. Brigantine Dolphin, Capt. Vissers. Freight: 8 pieces of Andrew Law, bound for Jamaica. eight. 32 half-barrels of flour, consigned Sept. 6. Sloop Hope, Capt. James to John Smith, and shipped for his Spencer, bound for Jamaica. 12 account. Freight: £12. half-barrels of flour and 6 barrels December. Brigantine Dolphin, Capt. of bread, consigned to Capt. Andrew Law, bound for Jamaica. Richard Rivers, and shipped for his 8 barrels of pease and 10 barrels account and risk. Freight rate: of bread, consigned to Capt. John £6 per ton. Lewis, and shipped for his account. Sept. 9. Sloop Hope, Capt. James Freight: £13.10.0. Spencer, bound for Jamaica. 1 December. Brigantine Dolphin, Capt. half-barrel" of bacon, consigned to Andrew Law, bound for Jamaica. Capt. Humprey Ward, and shipped 2 barrels of pease and 3 barrels of for his account. Freight:. 7 bread, consigned to George Turner, shillings and 6 pence. and shipped for his account. Freight rate: £6 per ton. QUARTERLY BULLETIN 121

1701 1702 Dec. 27. Ship Blossom, Capt. Robert bound for Amsterdam. 71 dry Darkins, bound for London. 1 hides, shipped by Ouzeel Van small bag containing m pieces of Swieten and Jacobus Van Cort- eight weighing 95J4 oz-> consigned . landt, and consigned to Levynes to Adolphus Philips. Freight: 2%. Van Schaick. Freight: 30 stivers Dec. 28. Sloop Cathrine, Capt. Jo­ Hollands, per hide. hannes Provoost, bound for Cura­ June 11. Ship Adventure, Capt. gao. 8 barrels df bread and 1 half- Robert Sinclair, bound for Jamaica. barrel of apples, consigned to Mrs. 25 half-barrels of flour, shipped for Neeltien Vissers. Freight: 25J^ account and risk of Thomas Whit­ pieces of eight. son at Jamaica, and consigned to 1702 him. Freight: £7.16.3. April 2. Brigantine Phillip, Capt. June 11. Ship Adventure, Capt. Thomas Gleave, bound for Cura­ Robert Sinclair, bound for Jamaica. gao. 8 half-barrels of flour, con­ 65 half barrels of flour for account signed to Mrs. Neeltien Vissers. of John Smith, at Jamaica, and Freight: 12 piece? of eight.. consigned to him. Freight: £20. April 15. Brigantine Nanfan, Capt. June 11. Ship Adventure, Capt. Zebulon Carter, bound for Nevis. Robert Sinclair, bound for Jamaica. 8 half-barrels of flour, consigned 8 half-barrels of flour for account to Zebulon Carter. Freight rate: of Colonel Charles Sadler, Jamaica, £5.10.0 per ton. and consigned to him. Freight: April 22. Brigantine Loyal Stephen, £2.10.0. • Capt. John Potter, bound for June 19. Sloop Cornelia and Betty. - Curagao. 8 half-barrels of flour, Capt. Jacobus Kiersted, bound for 1 half-barrel of fine biscuit, 1 Jamaica. 20 half-barrels of flour, gammon and 2 pieces of smoked • for the account of John Smith, beef, consigned to Mrs. Neeltien Jamaica, and consigned to him. Vissers. Freight: 13 pieces of Freight rate: £5 per ton. eight and 6 royals. June 20. Ship Cathrine, Capt. Mat- May 6. Ship Indeavour, Capt. John hyas D'hart, bound for Curagao. Foxcroft, bound for London. 12 8 firkins of butter, for the account tons of logwood for the account of Mrs. Sarah Abondana, and con­ and risk of Adolphus Philips, and signed to her. Freight: 3j4 pieces consigned to him. Freight rate: of eight. £4.10.0 per ton. June 23. Ship Cathrine, Capt. Mat- May 6. Ship Indeavour, Capt. John hyas D'hart, bound for Curagao. Foxcroft, bound for London. 31 9 half-barrels of flour and 8 firkins dry hides, shipped by Ouzeel Van of butter, consigned to Mrs. Neel­ Swieten and Jacobus Van Cort- tien Vissers. Freight: 14 pieces , landt, consigned to Robert Hack- of eight and 6 royals. shaw. Freight rate: 2 shillings June 30. Sloop Rachel, Capt. Daniell . and 3 pence per hide. • Allen, bound for Curagao. 6 May 28. Pink New York, Capt. firkins of butter, consigned to Nicholas Garritts (Gerretz), Mrs. Neeltien Vissers. Freight: 2 pieces of eight and 2 royals. 122 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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The following are some of the gifts which have been presented to the Society during the past three months : From Mr. Edmund Bramhall Child, 500 numbers of Bronx newspapers, 1885-1925; 67 photographs of New Yorkers; 65 photographs and 40 glass negatives of New York City views. From Miss Margery Arden Hall, a typewritten account (55 pages) of American Lines of Descent of the Arden Family of New York, compiled by the donor and Richard Deane Arden Parrott. From Miss Gertrude Harison, Miss Elizabeth Harison, and Mr. William Harison, 156 manuscripts, 1647-1828, relating prin­ cipally to land in New York City and State. These were the papers of the donors' ancestors, Francis Harison (d. 1740), George Harison (d. 1773) and Richard Harison (1748-1829). From the Estate of Edward Harold Hedden, 21 genealogical volumes, 6 water-color drawings of coats of arms of the Hedden and allied families, and certificates of membership, medals and rosettes of 5 patriotic societies to which Mr. Hedden belonged. From Mr. William J. Hoe, 61 rewards of merit for Sunday School attendance, 1809-1838. Bequest of Louisa S, Hopper, a yellow satin and embroidered net gown, said to have been worn by Madame Stephen Jumel, of New York City, in France in 1824. From Mr. William C. Morton, Jr., 32 manuscripts relating to the Bard, Valleau and Marschalk families of New York. From Mrs. Victor Mravlag, 4 manuscripts of Chief Engineer Alban C. Stimers, U.S.N., relating to his service on the U. S. Iron­ clad Monitor in March, 1862. From Miss Katharine Chauncey Rockwood, for The Blizzard Men of 1888 collection, 6 photographs taken in Princeton, N. J., and in Farmington, Conn, after the great blizzard of March, 1888. From Mr. Otto Salzman, a 30-page typewritten account of George Scriba and the Scriba family. From Major E. Gibert Schermerhorn, a photograph of Major General Horatio Gates Stevens (177 8-1873), General Stevens' QUARTERLY BULLETIN 123 silver badge of membership in the Columbian Anacreontic Society of New York, c. 1795-1803, and a photograph of Mary Lucille (Stevens) Gallatin. NOTICE Plans are now being completed for the new wings of the Society's building, to be erected on the corners of 76th and 77th Street and Central Park West. The Society's two annexes have been emptied, preparatory to tearing them down, and clearing the land for excavation. Museum objects, removed from the annexes, have had to be stored in the Assembly Hall in the main building. Consequently, no meetings can be held there, and the monthly lectures of the Society will have to be omitted during the season I936-37- BACK NUMBERS WANTED Because of the constant demand for early issues of the Society's Quarterly Bulletin, the surplus stock, in several instances, has been nearly exhausted. In order that the files may be replenished, the Society is requesting the return of back numbers, and is especially anxious to obtain the following issues: Volume VI, nos. 1 and 2, April and July, 1922; Volume IX, nos. 3 and 4, for October 1925 and January, 1926; Volume X, nos. 1 and.2, April and July, 1926; Volume XI, no. 4, January, 1928; Volume XII, nos. 1, 3 and 4, for April and October, 1928, and January, 1929.

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Bayard, Nicholas, rare pamphlets Fraser, Mrs. A. Valentine, 54, 55. about trial of, 75-79. Gallatin, R. Horace, 28. Bills of lading of Jacobus Van Cort­ Goodnight, Scott Holland, 59. landt, 1699-1702, 113-21. Grant, Madison, 88. Boyd, James, collection of etchings Haff, Delbert James, 59. of New York presented by, 26; Hall, Miss Margery Arden, 122. exhibition of the Boyd Collection, Hanus, Paul H., 89. 30. Harison, Miss Elizabeth, 122. Bradford, William, two rare pam­ Harison, Miss Gertrude, 122. Harison, William, 122. phlets about Bayard's Trial printed Hedden, Edward Harold, Estate by, 75-79- of, 122. Calver, William L., lecture by, 30. Hindley, William, 89. Calyo, Nicholas, pictures by, of the Hoe, William J., 122. Great Fire of 1835, illustrated, 6, Hoffman, Samuel V., 21, 28, 58, 10, 13, 18, cover no. 1. "3- Canada, lecture on relations between Hopper, Louisa S., Bequest of, 122. the United States and, 31, 59. Hume, Major Edgar Erskine, 89. Ill, Dr. Edward J., 59. Delacroix, Joseph, Ice-House Garden Jackson, Miss Margaret A., 28. of, on Broadway, 110-12. Jex, Miss Isabella W., 89. Dongan Charter, anniversary of, 57 > Kimball, Dr. LeRoy E., 28. exhibit relating to, 57, 59; lecture King, Mrs. Harry J., 58. on, 30, 57- King Features Syndicate, Inc., 89. Donors: Kinkead, Rev. Dr. George B., 59. Barker, Miss E. Frye, 58. Leidy, Philip L., 59. Belmont, Hon. Perry, 80-83. Lockman, Frederick I., 58. Benson, Arthur D., 28. Lorch, William P., 28. Blair, Howard S., 59. Luquer, Miss Eloise P., 56. Blizzard Men of 1888, 88. Luquer, Col. Thatcher T. P., 56. Boyd, James, 26, 58. Mabbott, Dr. Thomas Ollive, 28, Cairns, Major Douglas W., 88. 58. Child, Edmund Bramhall, 28, 58, Magnus, Miss Helaine, 58. 122. Millard, Mrs. Hugh, 90. Collingwood, Mrs. Helen A., 88. Morgan, Mrs. Edwin D., 27. Crider, Edward C, 59. Morton, William C, Jr., 122. Curtis, Morris, 58, 88. Mravlag, Mrs. Victor, 122. Davis, Mrs. C. T., 88. Murphy, Daniel J., 58. Duer, Miss Caroline, 58. Palmer, Col. A. Kenny C, 89. Parish, Daniel, Jr., ill, 112. Dunham, James H., & Company, Pell, Major Howland, 28-29, 57, 28. 58, 89. Evans, Miss Lena Cadwalader, 88. Ferriday, Miss Caroline Woolsey, Rennie, Mrs. John A., 29. ' Ring, Miss Julia F, 59. INDEX

Donors (-Continued) : ., .-, Hudson Highlands, lecture on, 30. Rockwood, Miss Katharine Chaun- cey, 122.- Illustrations: Romig„J8.ev. Dr. Edgar.T., 89. 1 > Annex no. 1 of The New York Salzman, Otto, 122. Historical Society, 106. Satterlee, Herbert L., 89. Annex no. 2 of The New York Sawyer, Roland D., 59. Historical Society, 109. Schermerhorn, Major E. Gibert, Titlepages of 's 29, 122-23. ' •- • trial, printed by Bradford, 76, Sherwood, Miss Ella J., 29. 77- • Sullivan, George Hammond, 89-90. Titlepage of London reprint of Tallmadge, Henry O., 59. the Bayard trial, 79. Thrailkill, Miss Fanny F., 59. Business card engraved by P. R. Upjohn, Charles B.,- 29: Maverick for Joseph Delacroix, Woodward, Mrs. Mary S., 55.' u III. Wygant, Samuel, 29. Fire-engines, first, in America, 67, Zabriskie, George A., 90. 68, 72, cover no. 3; broadside describing Newsham's, 71. Elm Park Association, 1859-1860, 23- Great Tire of New York, 1835, 6, 25. 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, cover no. 1. Evans, William Thomas, residence Map of area of New York City of, 105-7. burned in 1835, 4- Exhibitions: Frank Atwood, schooner, by York, Boyd Collection of etchings of 84. New York City, 30. - Hudson River Steamboat Saratoga, . Caricatures of Abraham Lincoln, by Bard, -cover no. 4. 59- Part of silver dinner service pre­ Dongan Charter Anniversary, 57, sented to Commodore M. C. 59- Perry, 80. The Great Fire of 1835, in New Sleighs, 54, 56. York City, 30. Time Stone Farm, Marlborough, Jenny Lind Memorabilia, 59, 90. Mass.,- 36, 39, 40, 44, 46, 47, Old New York Valentines, 59. 49> 50, cover no. 2. Three miniatures of George Wash­ Fire of December, 1835, in New ington, by John Ramage, 96, 98, York City, by A. J. Wall, Jr., | 101. 22; exhibition relating to, 30. Fire-engines, The First, in America, Lectures: • by Harrold E. Gillingham, 63-74. "The Basis of Relations between Flick, Dr. Alexander C, lecture by, the-United States and Canada," 30, 57- by Dr. R. G. Trotter, 31, 59. Frank Atwood, schooner, 84-85. "Devil's Island," by Col. C. W. Furlong, I Col. Charles W., lecture Furlong, 30. by, 30. "The First Chartered City in New York," by Dr. A. C. Flick, 30, Gillingham, Harrold E., "The First 57- Fire-engines used in America," 63- "The Hudson Highlands," by 74- ' W. L. Calver, 30. Great Fire of 1835, by A. J. Wall, Recital of Jenny Lind songs by Jr., 3-22; exhibition relating to, Miss Crystal Waters, 31, 59, 30. 90. IV I N D E X

Lincoln, Abraham, exhibition of cari­ earliest fire-engines of, 69-70, 74, catures of, 59. cover no. 3; history of first ele­ Lind, Jenny, recital of songs of, by vated railroads in, published, 29- I Miss Waters, 59, 90; exhibition of 30; the Boyd Collection of etch­ memorabilia of, 59, 90. ings of, 26, 30; bills of lading for Van Cortlandt's shipments from, McKay, Cornelius W., Schooner 1699-1702, 113-21. Frank Atwood built by, 85. New York Historical Society, mem­ Maverick, Peter Rushton, business bers' approval of building program card engraved by, 110-12. of, 86-87; history of the ist Annex Members elected: • of, 105-10; new building of, Adkins, Nelson F., 59. planned, 123. Alexander, Edward P., 59. Armstrong, Col. Francis T., 90. Pell, Howland Gallatin, gift in mem­ Belmont, Hon. Perry, elected a ory of, 57. Fellow, 90. Perry, Matthew Calbraith, Commo­ Boyd, James, 31. dore, U.S.N., silver dinner service Colt, Francis S., 90. of, 80-83; letter of presentation to, Davies, Mrs. Joseph E., 31. 81-82; draft of reply of, 82-83. Delano, Frederic A., 91. Dow, George Francis, 91. Ramage, John, miniatures of George Gardiner, Miss Sarah D., 90. Washington by, by John Hill Mor­ Hamlin, Talbot F., 59. gan, 95-104. Hardy, Charles J., 31. Reeves, William Fullerton, publica­ Harison, Miss Gertrude, 90. tion of history of elevated rail­ Jones, Matt B., 91. roads by, 29-30. Phelps, Rear Admiral William Woodward, U.S.N, (ret.), 59. Sleighs of Old New York, 54-56. Schermerhorn, Major E. Gibert, Straus, Hon. Oscar S., residence of, 31. 107-8. Sutcliffe, Mrs. Arthur T., 91. Sutherland, Arthur, 31. Vail, Robert G. W., 91. "Time Stone Farm, 1702-1936," by Valentine, Miss Marguerite E., A. J. Wall, 35-53- Trotter, Dr. Reginald G., lecture by, 3i. Van Rensselaer, Miss Florence, 91. 3i, 59- Weeks, Raymond, 91. Wintjen, John G., 91. Van Cortlandt, Jacobus, bills of Youtz, Philip N., 91. lading of, 1699-1702, 113-21. Zabriskie, William I., 31. Morgan, Edwin Denison, Gov. of Wall, Alexander J., "Time Stone N. Y., Manuscripts of, 27. Farm, 1702-1936," 35-53- Morgan, John Hill, "The Ramage Wall, Alexander J., Jr., "The Great Miniatures of George Washington" Fire of 1835," 3-22. by, 95-I04- Washington, George, Ramage Minia­ tures of, by John Hill Morgan, 95- New York City, The Great Fire of 104. 1835 in, 3-22; exhibition relating Waters, Miss Crystal, recital of to Great Fire of 1835 in, 30; Jenny Lind songs by, 31, 59, 90.

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