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

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S fn 0'-3l':4g fi' 'ibhfsirffrvw sg 2 r . 55 2 ,x Q if Q ,. 0 224 have expressed this evening. QApplause.D Are - P n other Committees to report. there a y DR RoosA: The Committee on the Statue of W'll'am the Silent has to report. There is one 1 1 very great advantage in being on this Committee, are sure to come before the Society every you . . year, and I have some very interesting news for u now Whatever may be that of the future. It yo , . is a short message and I hope you Will be ready to adopt What the Committee proposes at the end When I tell you that 352,500 of the uncol- lected money is the contribution of the gentleman en so much to the Society, who has already giv Mr. Coykendall, I am sure that it is a goodasset. -THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. COMMITTEE ON STATUE TO WIILLIAM THE SILENTII Dr. AD. B. Sr. JOHN RuO0SA, Chairman, 20 East 30th Street. GEORGE M. VAN I-IoEsEN, 45 Broadway. SAMUEL D. COYKENDALL, Kingston, N. Y. ROBERT B. RoosEvEL'r, 57 Fifth Avenue. TUNIS G. BERGEN, 55 Liberty Street. JOHN R. VAN WORMER, 32 East 42d Street. WARNER VAN NORDEN, 751 Fifth Avenue, Treasurer. A April 4, 1904. To the Members of the Holland Society. Gentlemen : 5 5 The Committee on Statue to William the Silent would respectfully report that the amount now .in the hands of the Treasurer, Warner Van Nor- den,'Esq., is 35,753.41. There remain 355,690.00 uncollected. The Committee have made efforts in every manner that was thought feasible to them,-eby appeals to therP1-esidents of the various District Societies, and to individual members, for -further subscriptions, but their eiforts, have not

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2 2 3 The resolution was then put by Vice-President Riker and was unanimously carried by a rising vote. MR. HoES: I see by the notice of this meeting that the libre-YY is HOW, or is to be, located in Nassau Street, I may be misinformed in regard to the proceedings of the Society, but I would likg to inquire about that a littleg possibly other members here don 't know that we have a valuable library, and the whereabouts of it, except by having seen the memorandum on the printed notice. ' THE PRESIDENT: The office of the Society has hitherto been at 348 Broadway, in order that it might be near at hand to the former Secretary. We have now elected Mr. Henry L. Bogert, whose office is at No. QQ Nassau Street. His oflice' will be the office of the Society, and the library will be removed after the first of May to No. 99 Nassau Street, in the Bennett Building. Perhaps I may be permitted to add one word--I wish I could more iittingly tell you how much I appreciate the kind Words which have been -spoken by Mr. Hasbrouck in the resolution which he has presented, and by Mr. Van Norden. My work in the Holland Society has been a labor of love. From the very beginning I have taken the very greatest interest in it, and there was nothing I could do that I was not delighted to do for the Society. It has done more for me, I may say, than I have done for it in the joy that has come to my own heart in seeing the Society grow, and in seeing Certain work which it has done accomplished, and I want to say to you that,-from the bottom of my heart, I appreciate these kindly words which YOU

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225 been attended with such success as to Wan-ant holding out the hopeof an early date for beginning the work of a memorial to the people who Hfst settled the State of New York. Twelve hundred iif d ll and ty o ars in subscriptions have turned out to be uncollectable, since those making the Sub- scriptions have died, and their executors do not consider themselves under obligations, or, for other reasons, do not feel disposed to pay them. The Committee has appealed, on this ground, to some of the large subscribers to pay in their subscriptions at this time. If this were done, 3 5,690.00 would be added to the sum now on hand, making an aggregate of S,BII,443.4I. This would make nearly one-third of what may be considered a conservative estimate of the sum needed to secure a proper statue. The present outlook is not en- tirely favorable for raising 340,000 for a statue to the man who, above all other men, led the Dutch in their ideas of religious and political toleration, which are gradually being accepted by the world. It is the unwavering belief of your Committee that there could be no more fitting commemoration of the establishment of this colony than with such a statue. American writers of renown and general acceptation have done much to give William the Silent his proper place in the world's history. It would be fitting indeed if here, on the banks of the river which floats the ships of the people whom he made free and independent and for whom he died, an American ,sculptor should recall his great presence to the millions who in this land above all others, see the fruits of h1S labors in a Government founded on the principles of religious and political freedom. n The Committee recommend that a continued effort be made to secure this end. 1 8 i A list of paid and unpaid subscriptlons 13 ' d d. appen e D. B. St. JOHN RooSA. 15