The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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'fm I . 2 I ' V 1 X U53 P 7 30 -323 'as sem Y0l1nitl that the receipts he dlsbunemenn 531537-91. in de nf 33000, ata KCI value nl which a correspondence i in relerencetn ruse the Holland ed on the building tch Fort at llnnl- hgd voted in 30 that new build from the Govern- laa that We lll . Y fSenn gm on fthe eomwshoii . - nn- guonlllle banflllil etllilfllfyniemlflllll didnt Tllll - 'l s conlfffllg ll I A ,pr , 'jf' I l R ff' 77 your Secretary as to the best location for the tab- let. In- this connection the following letter has 5 ecial rnterest ' P 4 NEW YORK, March 27, IQOI. MR. THEODORE M. BANTA, Secretary, Holland Society of New York, Mv DEAR SIR: In the excavation for the new Custom House, this city, a few days ago some Old masonry was found at a considerable depth below the surface. It was built of old Dutch brick laid in shell-lime mortar. The method of construction, the kind of mortar and the shape of the brick all point to this masonry as being of a very early period and probably part of the foundations of the original old Dutch Fort Amsterdam. Of this, however, we cannot be sure, as it was a mere fragment and not extensive enough to give any evidence of the plan. Several of the bricks were preserved and it occurs to me that one of them mightbe interesting to the Holland Society as a relic. If you care to have one of these bricks, please let me know and I will give instructions so that your messenger, calling a few days later at the office of the Superintendent at the new Custom House site on Bowling Green, can obtain one. I Yours very truly, R QSignedj Cass Gilbert, Architect. The brick is now in the Society's room. In the Year Book for 1900 'we published ab- stracts of the Grphans Court Records of New Amsterdam from the originals in the Clerk's office in our City Hall. The Secretary notes with pleas- ure that the Colonial Dames propose to publish these records in full-a fact of which he was un- aware when he had the abstracts made. In the current Year Book there will be found ab- stracts of other records of the Dutch efdgzme 1n our 1 S

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76 Our membership at last report was 832 Elected during the year .... 2l 853 Died . . - 23 Resigned. . - 7 30 Present membership ..... 823 The Treasurer's Report which was sent you with the notice of this meeting shows that the receipts for the year were 547'89.20, and the disbursements 54449.10 The cash on hand was 5I537.9I. We have invested bonds of a par value of 58000, at a cost of 58416.50 the present market value of which is considerably more than 59000. In the last Year Book appears a correspondence with the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to placing in the new Custom House the Holland Society tablet that had been erected on the building occupying the site of the old Dutch Fort at Bowl- ing Green. The Society of Colonial Wars had voted five hundred dollars to erect a tablet on that new build- ing and had obtained permission from the Govern- ment so to do, overlooking the fact that we had already pre-empted that historic site. Your Secre- tary called the attention of the officers of the Society of Colonial Wars to our action in the mat- ter, and they promptly and courteously abandoned their purpose and decided to erect their memorial of early Dutch days in another location. By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cass Gilbert, the architect, is conferring with WY S5615 10111, In t 5 c0 65 5P6Cl3l 'mer rr THEODOREM ectffafy H Sm M DEAR h Crist ? rr fl 35 rhesurface lag, hell-lime mo he hind of mo Pom to this WSU rrdproballly Pm 0 old Dutch Fort AIU Of this, however mere fragment and anytevrdence of the were preserved and them might be in rsarelrc If you please let me know a hat your messenger the of the Supenn House srte on Bowlm fSigned Cass Gil The brick is ngw in In the Year Book Amsterdam frgm the 0 H1ourCify Han' The E6 that the Colonial ESC records F lW3l'C when he had 4 In the cu,-,ent Yes' facts of other H remfds

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78 ts of Land from the Indians city, consisting Of GI'-HU and from the Burgomasters, Indexes of Grantors and Grantees, Mortgagofs and Moftgagees Of lands for all years in which the recorded convey- ances have been preserved, together with a few miscellaneous transactions. This completes the publication of abstracts of all the Dutch records we know of in the City Clerk's office. It is greatly to be desired that the city 21Ufh01'itiCS Should Publish all the early records in full. During the past year we have made arrange- ments with Columbia University by which the cus- tody of our Dutch books has been transferred during our pleasure to its Library. This will make available to Dutch students and others this valu- able collection, including the unique and interesting Grotius Bibliography presented to us by our fellow- member Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt. Under the auspices of our Society Columbia University has given during the past few weeks an- other course of lectures on Dutch Literature by Mr. Van Noppen, in the lecture room of the Reformed Church. - At the December meeting of the Trustees, on the suggestion of the Secretary, it was voted to send an address of congratulation to Queen Wil- helmina on the occasion of her marriage. Our President, Dr. Van Dyke, prepared a most felicitous address, which was read to you at our last banquet. This was exquisitely engrossed and bound in an al- bum and sent through our American Minister at The Hague. We received courteous acknowledgment from the Queen through her Minister. The Year Book will contain the correspondence, f l ed t ncC0mPaiil bca he 3rfl5flc T t We are Undf C nbieitllow In iofmefllfour - ublwhed H Iwjtzrt, the hurcheg of Tap . c , ' xes without 11145 comiweindex nuscrn hand, to which ll Tappan,etc,0f H He has just st records of the K now possess trans in existence of thi land County. Di tion of these recon them with his own which the Society : Respec Tn to wtama EX'.lUdg6 M. Vai oi the Committee 04 The Committee on N rustees of the Holland llP0rts that if recomm on of the Hogan d Wing tlCkClg All of which Gmlcl D. B, 51 Gmlcl Joan R.