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

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II8 good moral character, and the legitimate descend- ants in the male line of Holland subjects of the United Provinces, prior to 1796, are eligible as members of the Society. Included also are those of other European nationalities who held office under the East India Company, and who settled in Ceylon prior to 1796, speaking Dutch. Q if av v '--r- 7133. g a? 144: who fi ' 1 m4, Q,g. :2 Q i 1 L 4 VU I' r lr 4, l .-4, il.. .4 l ,gl . Q! I5 5 sz 3 i w. ,rx Wi. 5 215 , , r -I 45 -552 ,. 'L .,. .x N 4 A '3 Tx X -1 M ,, W- - .-

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I2O t onl in the Transvaal but in America and no y , throughout the world wherever men love Liberty and exalt those who are its heroes and .martyrs We pray that the Republic to which General ,Ioubert consecrated his life may be preserved, and that your heroic land may ever be the home of Freemen. With the hope that you may find some conso- . h. lation in your sorrow by the assurance that in t 1S far-off commonwealth founded by our common an- cestors you have warm friends who tenderly regard and esteem the name of Joubert, we subscribe our- selves on behalf of the Holland Society of New York, u Your Kinsmen, HENRY VAN DYKE, Pefeszkient. THEODORE M. BANTA, ' Sewfeiaafy. The letter of which the above is a copy was sent by mail, and was returned by the Post-Office authorities at Cape Town. It was again for- warded through Hon. W. Leyds, Representa- tive of the Transvaal Republic at Brussels. SEQ- 4... Ah I I LP i ,. 'I NP NI-l 1 Q P' ll li ' 4 I H 'ii .' 2. ll ,M A 1 9 .4 V 5. ' 112' X - I , 1 is I QI. Im my ll i gli' 'f RI 4 'I l ,. 3 I 5 R .yy Y v I in I .Q ' 3 x 3-N-N -E . . ff, 1 ff ,, ..,. 5 I I' I A . J 'S Yi rg I - x I .I 6 . -I I 2 all II I X3 . mug -1 '