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

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With 1 Ork, The ding, Work h, the ing at photo- which OUICI' UISC do pages f-expl2- 18, 1901. W Y01'k to the of hef I herein caSC Con' it ll . 59 I taining the engrossed address to you by the Steamer Spaamdam sailing .to-morrow, january 19, and we Shall be greatly indebted to your courtesy if E will kindly have it forwarded through the apggqi il priate channel to I-Ier Majesty. 3? With high esteem, I remain, Yours sincerely, i THEODORE M. BANTA, il o Secafeiavfy. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, . , THE HAGUE, if ' February 9, IQOI, ij THEODORE M. BANTA, Esq., it Secretary of The Holland Society of New York : ip DEAR SIR : Referring to your letter of the 18th ultimo, advising of the sending. of an address of felicitation to the Queen of the Netherlands on the ij occasion of her approaching marriage, n r I have the pleasure in informing you that the same arrived in due course and was immediately despatched to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for transmission to Her Majesty, and herewith I send W you a copy of I-Iis EXcel1ency's note of the oth ,l instant, notifying me that I-Ier Majesty has ac- fri cepted with great pleasure, from the descendants of fl the Knickerbockers of New Amsterdam, their 4 hearty good wishes, .ij Very truly yours. il? STANFORD NEWEL. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, ' if Direction du Protocole, No. 1533. A LA HAVE, le 6 fevrier, I90I- Qi MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE : Sa Majeste la Reine ii aYant daigne agreer l'hOmmage de la H011-WPI 4 I, S0CiC'fY, qui faisait l'objet de votre office du I fevrier dernier, Mon Auguste Souveraine me Q charge de recourir a votre bienveillant interme- jj i L. . 1, j. A ,, 1 ,W l

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5 was placed in a handsome morocco case, lined with white watered silk, and enclosed in a box of highly polished oak, on the cover.of wh1ch was a plate of Sterling Silver bearing the 1nscr1pt1on : Presented to Her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Nath. erlands, by The Holland Society of New York, 1 o1. Falun 7ordii-:r that the address should reach The Hague before the day appointed for the wedding, the utmost diligence was required, and the work was not finished until 6 RM. of january 18th, the Dutch steamer leaving the following morning at ten o'clock. After nine o'clock at night photo. graphs of all the pages were taken Qfrom which half tones were made for the Year Bookj, and by the courtesy of the Agents of the Holland-Ameri- can Line, the box was taken charge of by the Pur- ser of the steamer with directions from the Agents for its prompt delivery at The Hague. U The outer box was directed to Hon. Stanford Newel, U. S. Envoy Extraordinary at The Hague. The half-tone reproductions herewith of course do not show the exquisite colors of the original pages. The following correspondence is self-expla- natory : NEW YORK, January 18, 1901. HON. STANFORD NEWEL, U. S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, The Hague, Netherlands. DEAR SIR: The Holland Society of New York has prepared an address of felicitation to the Queen of the Netherlands on the occasion of her apgroachlng marriage, a copy of which I herein enc ose. R I have taken theliberty Of sending the case con- 8 . I ninilldginilllfdgi ynnqjlflgfeadl 'it fy lulllkindll bfi, HU ll' hanllf I Pnateiwhhlgh You lHE0D0RE M' liifglilc Secrellflol y nl NC' so UnnS1nQ Referral ltimn,advis1ng of llicitation to the Qw Mnionol herHPPm' Ihave the pleasure nn arrived in dnt Q lnpatched to the tnnsmission to Her ll: ynacopy ol His EJ instant, notifying me I cntednithgreatpkm tlellnickerbockug' lnrty good wishes, llillred Aff' Illlflllllleilll H llnnsnug LE lit dalll Harb n me ,ll , . . llnieiy dequl hlslll lg llllgg de in A t V1 4 , lx n- X . x.

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6O diajre Monsieur le Ministre, pour transmettre Sas remerciments a la dite SOc1ety. . ' reable de pOuvO1r ajouter, ue 5 11 mest ag . fl a Majeste a ete tres sensible aux- voeux chaleureux qu, 5 looccasion de Son union, les descendants des Knickerbockersn de Nieuvv Amsterdam Ont fOr- mule a 1' intention de Sa.Majeste et que la I-101. land Society a su revetir dune forme aussi gra. cieuse que belle. , . . Veuillez agreer, Monsieur n le Ministre, l'assu- rance renouvelee de ma haute consideration. CSign6D W. H. DE BEAUFORT. Monsieur STANFORD NEWEL, , . Envoye Extraordinaire et Minjstre Pleni- potentiaire des Etats-Unis d Amerique. ' TRANSLATION. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, - Department of the Protocol, No. I 5 33 . - ' THE HAGUE, February 6, Igor. TO THE MINISTER: Her Majesty the Queen having been lpleasa-1 tO receive the courteous tribute Of the Holland Society, submitted through your Ofhce, on the Ist February last, My August Sovereign has charged me, through your kind inter- vention, Mr. Minister, to transmit Her thanks to the said Society. It is pleasing to me to be able to add that Her Majesty was greatly impressed by the warmth Of the greetings, on the occasion Of Her marriage, which the descendants Of the Knickerbockersu of New Amsterdam presented tO Her Majesty, and which the Holland Society clothed in a form as gracious as it was beautiful. Please to accept, Mr. Minister, the renewed as- surance Of my high consideration. QSignedj W. H. DE BEAUFORT. Mr. STANFORD NEWEL, . Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary Of the United States of America. . lffi l , A' rj ll' liiolilie' all mf ,lol , Holland Sf: ol ' .rest-y,0n G llc llll 'Z .f iollllmgjd pow? e lvllcorl50fl dau jj flle ed . lelleronfk who may llllllle flllfd' TR: llership ol your loo, PW 0' Om jd8ll0l llc blellngs Ulm-H ll now p0SSCS5 W lloritance and 2 lm lllllll proflalmerl md jrolStadLl1older ol me lnyou, Madam, It I! lil virtues of your m le, wise foresight, lm olladomed nov by - crowned by dk gougtherelofg M E , love, we md W ,lurweddinghy llayyou ji, i lilgiooof Mui bag! a ll in ben to E lllS0l0 is sam YW: Al llj HS X