Series III. General Correspondence, 1805-1908, inclusive

Includes five unbound chronological inventories of incoming and select outgoing letters, listing date and corresponding parties. Each register appears incomplete, with date gaps and some overlap in date range covered. The original purpose and compilation date(s) of these lists is uncertain, they were likely prepared in the early nineteenth century; one list is recorded on the back of printed invitations to N-YHS's May 1847 meeting.

Includes drafts of toasts for the second Centennary Anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson, hosted by N-YHS on September 4, 1809.

Includes November 1813 letter from George H. Macculloch detailing plans to open seminary at Morristown. Includes December 1813 letter from Sam Bayard in Princeton, NJ, to Pintard concerning plans to gather subscribers to fund a canal joining the Millstone and Assamsink rivers.

Includes typescript of January draft of petition from N-YHS Standing Committee to New York Senate, requesting aid (original in Oversize); July 22 letter from John Marshall to David Hosack commenting on Hosack's published oration concerning the French Revolution; August 6 letter from Samuel Jones to Horatio Gates Spafford in response to his publication the Gazetteer of the State of New York, charging perceived inaccuracies in response to its descriptions of Oyster Bay and the greater Long Island region.

Includes July 31, 1816 handwritten copy of the charter and by-laws for the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, titled Articles of Association, sent to John Pintard by J.B. Bowen; October 3, 1816 letter from John Marshall (to Gouverneur Morris?) commenting on the inaugural discourse and reflections on history.

Includes inventory of donations made by B. Davidson on behalf of the department of Mineralogy for Louisiana; annotated National Museum of Natural History of France pamphlet from director Andre Thouin (in French); letter from Charles Wilson Peale accompanying donation of pamphlets and art catalogues; series of letters regarding the 1817 publication of Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig 'Commerce' by the "Late Master and Supercargo" James Riley; letters, including from artist Thomas Sully, concerning acquiring a copy from Sully of his portrait of Gouverneur Morris.

Includes photocopies of correspondence between explorer Andre Michaux and John Wakefield Francis.

Includes Samuel Jones commentary on revised bylaws, an N-YHS delivery made by DeWitt Clinton on December 6, 1811, and the 1757 publication Smith's History of New York.

Includes original document and accompanying letter of donation by Michael Hogan, August 31, 1790, a Bill of Lading for the first cargo of cattle sent to New South Wales.

Includes documentation of debts paid by the Lyceum of Natural History; inquiries from historian Jared Sparks requesting that Pintard agree to send the General Gates's papers to Boston for Sparks's use; and an inquiry and drafted response into the net worth of the N-YHS book collection.

Includes series of Frederic de Peyster Jr. reports on Senate approval of N-YHS request for legislative aid.

Includes series of letters confirming the details of the transfer of the N-YHS Mineralogical and Geological Cabinet and another natural history-themed case to the Lyceum of Natural History; October 1928 inventory of medals and coins received by N-YHS; and correspondence proposing biographies of Cadwallader Colden and Samuel Jones to publish alongside N-YHS Collections volumes.

Includes correspondence with W.L. Marcy of New York Comptroller's Office concerning N-YHS debts and account of loan from Washington Insurance Company of New York to John Pintard and David Hosack on behalf of N-YHS.

Includes replies to N-YHS invitation for April 30 event celebrating the 50th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration, featuring a key note address by President John Quincy Adams.

Includes typescript of formal petition to Governor of Tennessee requesting copies of all legislative and other official documents; original in OVERSIZE. See also: 1841 January-June folder for responses from other state representatives to similar petitions.

Formal petitions to Governors of Tennessee and Georgia requesting copies of all legislative and other official documents; undated form letters of similar petitions to state legislatures and to Congressional representatives requesting improvements in international copyright law to protect American literature.

Includes April 28 letter from D.T. Thompson to John Jay discussing the adoption of an alternative national name for the country and June 1 letter from William S. Bogart to George Folsom contemplating the appropriate respository for the records of the State of New York.

Includes requests from the Mechanics Institutite regarding participation in the establishment of a Polytechnic institute and exhibition; July 14 letter from Samuel Sawyer on discovered fragments from the lost colony at Roanoke Island, Virginia; and official resolution by the General Assembly of North Carolina to bind and send official documents to N-YHS.

Includes January 20,1844 letter from Alexandre Vattemare discussing early iteration of his system of exchange of books, documents and maps between libraries and museums (in French; further materials appear in 1859 July-October folder).

Includes January 8 letter from William H.C. Hosmer concerning his gift of Native American artifacts found near Avon, New York; accompanied by sketches.

Includes responses from various individuals and organizations to the N-YHS report on the country's adoption of a national name.

Includes letter on behalf of the Sicilian Academy of Science and Letters seeking members interested in becoming corresponding members of Italian organizations; chop (i.e., seal) and letter from honorary Chinese member Thon-king, accompanied by translation.

Includes correspondence with Edward Sanford and Archibald Campbell concerning the revival and amendment of the original N-YHS articles of incorporation in the New York State Senate.

Includes a letter from James R. Hitchcock to George Gibbs describing his travels in Yucatan.

Includes unsigned drafts of announcement of the death of former New York Supreme Court Justice and Chancellor James Kent.

Includes historical research on Jones family, the descendents of Governor William Jones of New Haven, written by his great-great-grandson Issac Jones, and on Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherland, written by James Hammond Trumbull.

Includes December 19 informal report on the state of California and its natural resources.

Includes institutional responses to a Smithsonian questionnaire issued to public libraries across the country, addressing general collections, facilities, operations, and preservation topics.

Includes extensive March 20 letter from B.B. Minor resurrecting the debate over the adoption of a new national name for the country.

Includes July-October correspondence regarding N-YHS commission of William H. Powell to paint portrait of Alphonse de Lemartine.

Includes layouts and sketches for lot in Union Square considered for purchase by N-YHS.

Includes letters alleging evidence in the 1813 killing of Tecumseh, clearing the name of Colonel Richard M. Johnson; and A.W. Holden manuscript "Indian Names of Lake Champlain and Vicinity."

Includes three letters from Daniel Webster concerning NYHS's request for him to address the Society.

This folder and the next two includes requests for tickets to the Daniel Webster address.

Includes letters regarding the proofs and publication of Daniel Webster's February 23, 1852 address to N-YHS; includes three letters from Webster concerning copies of the publication.

Includes George B. Catlin's request of N-YHS to petition the US government to purchase his collection of Indian portraits and paintings; includes letter from Thomas Gallaudet requesting permission to visit the N-YHS rooms with his "deaf-mute friends."

Includes February 9 letter from Bushrod Washington accompanying donation of manuscript of his uncle George Washington described as "of a personal nature;" February 24 letter from Maunsell B. Field observing limited awareness of American intellectual activity in France and requesting N-YHS assistance in its advocacy abroad.

Includes submission letter of James W. Beekman and accompanying extracts from the autobiographical manuscripts of Chevalier de Carro, including research on the escape of General Lafayette from Olmiitz.

Includes January 2 letter from J.G. Fletcher accompanying donation of his Portuguese translation of letters of Lieutenant Maury in the Amazon, outlining his ongoing work with the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute, and attempting to incite N-YHS interest in the country as members of "the two most powerful Governments of the Western Continent."

Includes April 27 answer by George E. Ellis to inquiry into the activities of the Massachusetts Historical Society, featuring discussion of original charter and extensive synopses of their collections.

Includes April 30 letter from William Barry, of the newly formed Chicago Historical Society, requesting assistance in building a collection for Scientific Engineers.

Includes unsigned description of Julie Patrana, the woman believed to be a hybrid of ape and human.

Includes update and news clippings for South Carolina Historical Society, sent by William James Rivers.

Includes letter from Edward Everett outlining planned N-YHS remarks on George Washington and slavery.

Includes letter from President Luther Bradish to Librarian George H. Moore discussing various logistics of the new building, chiefly subscription funding, and illustrated by hand-drawn draft for event room layout; August 6 letter from W.W. Turner inquiring about rumors George H. Moore suspected John R. Bartlett of plagiarism, and August 8 vehement denial of these claims by Moore.

Includes January 20 note from U.S. Consulate General of Russia accompanying summary of Baron M. Korff's work on the Accession of Nicholas I and March 4 follow-up further analyzing Korff's historical research; includes letter from W.B. Cronyn(?) transmitting photographs of an old house that was on the scene of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Long Island.

Includes letters and publications related to Henry O'Reilly donation of documents of Western settlement and the telegraph system; George Bancroft complaint concerning the delay of the N-YHS catalogue and response by President Bradish.

Includes series of correspondence and resolution to participate in Paris literary exchange, orchestrated by Alexandre Vattemare and Hamilton Fish and involving the French publisher Hachette.

Includes November 9 letter of introduction from John Jay on behalf of William J. Wilson, principal of Colored School No. 1 in Brooklyn.

Includes Edward Hamilton Davis's initial proposal to donate large American Antiquity collection; letter from Luther Bradish to George Bancroft raising concerns about the presence of important American pre-Independence documents in Great Britain and the need for government interference; letter to William Cullen Bryant suggesting that a painting of Washington Irving based on a photograph taken by Mathew Brady be unveiled at Bryant's address.

Includes July 18, 1860 return on rock excavation and "regulating and grading" work performed on Eighth Avenue from 102nd to 114th streets by Gardner A. Sage, under contract of Cornelius Smith. Pencilled date of "September 7. 1921" indicates this might have been submitted to N-YHS at that time, but it is not listed in the accession log.

Includes series of correspondence with Major J.T. Sprague discussing lecture on the Texas rebellion; July 1 and 12 letters from Matthew J. Henry on his research into the language of North American tribes of the Atlantic coast; inquiry from Long Island pastor and abolitionist Willis A. Hodges accusing N-YHS of harboring his missing wife Sarah, accompanied by news clipping of want ad suggesting she is "under the influence of the Devil."

Includes letter from Henry B. Dawson suggesting a revisionist reading of early proclamations of independence by the Massachusetts colony in May 1776.

Includes letter from George H. Moore to James J. Jarvis regarding the offer of his art collection, which Moore does not want to accept until N-YHS has secured a better repository.

Includes Leave of Absence pass granted by Tennessee headquarters to Adjutant Charlesworth Powe and signed by Assistant Adjutant General T.S. Bowers; unsigned notes on the history of the United States Treasury.

Includes remarks on the life of frequent N-YHS lecturer John MacLean McDonald (1790-1863) furnished by attorney Smith Barker and Librarian George H. Moore.

Includes letters concerning the James J. Jarvis art collection.

Includes printing specimen alleged to be the first ever text justification produced by a machine, sent by Charles W. Felt of Salem, Mass.

Includes letter from Henry O'Reilly detailing his work "First Organization of Colored Troops."

Includes Feburary 1, 1965 edition of The Evening Post reporting the passage of the thirteenth amendment abolishing slavery.

Includes alleged scrap of waistcoat worn by Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination; accompanying letter by former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury M.B. Field, present at the president's death bed, explains that it was given to him by Lincoln's body-servant 24 hours after his death.

Includes Samuel Sewall letter on his collection of Judge Sewell manuscripts and Sewall's attitudes towards slavery; offer of General Lee's statement to the troops on the day of his surrender made by the managers of the Sanitary Relief Fair; series of materials concerning the deposit of the flag of the First New York Dragoons by Laura Wolcott Gibbs; and offer of four exhumed corpses from a burial ground in Peru by E. Rankin.

Includes subscription notebook, news clippings, and correspondence concerning the ultimately futile N-YHS effort to acquire the American history collection of Peter Force.

Includes offer by John H. Gourhi of additional financial documentation of 1864 Metropolitan Fair.

Includes acceptance of N-YHS presidency by Hamilton Fish and his early correspondence in the position; inventory of Revolutionary era books and papers of Arad Joy; and dispatches from Peking, China by William H. Seward.

Includes newspaper re-printing of the New Year's Address poem that originally appeared in the New York Gazette in 1847; donated by Edward Bill.

Includes letter from US Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola featuring wax seal impressions made from engraved precious stones he is offering N-YHS for purchase; letter and circular "Histoire du Commerce et de la Navigation" (both in French) from academic Francisque Xavier Michel.

Includes petition to Cornelius Vanderbilt concerning voting the petitioners' proxies for a change in management of the New York Central Railroad Company and Vanderbilt's drafted response; petitioners include John Jacob Astor Jr. and E. Cunard.

Includes meeting minutes extract from the American Ethnological Society requesting that N-YHS devote an alcove in its library to Ethnology to host the former's collections.

Includes Hamilton Fish's ticket and program for September 14 celebration of the centennial birthday of naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt; hand-written, unsigned expression of interest for a Napoleon lecture to be presented at N-YHS by "Miss Pickersgill," accompanied by a small pamphlet advertising her lecture series on major historical figures for young persons.

Includes Chicago Historical Society inventory of duplicate volumes available for exchange and proposal by John R. Bartlett for N-YHS purchase of his collection.

Includes two accounts of William Jefferson Bryan's last minute bequest of paintings to N-YHS in the days leading up to his death aboard the Lafayette.

Includes correspondence concerning the return to Jonathan Edwards of the original commission and instructions to Benedict Arnold to take Fort Ticonderoga, deposited with N-YHS in 1844.

Includes series of letters from Ernest L. McCracken concerning the N-YHS acquisition of George Washington's Valley Forge camp bed.

Includes complaint from a woman, C.J.A. Johnson of Granville, Ohio, about the difficulties of getting into N-YHS as an "outsider" and series of correspondence to and from William Henry Seward concerning his anniversary address at N-YHS.

Includes letter and extensive inventory from A.L Burr of his collection of 18th-century letters and autographs.

Includes inventory and correspondence concerning Linstant Pradine's West Indies-themed book collection and series of dispatches from John Austin Stevens in Washington D.C.

Includes document asserting the founding and policies of the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, New York; signed by Millard Fillmore, among others.

Includes letter from journalist Mary L. Booth asserting that she was denied admission to N-YHS in spite of her proferred card.

Includes letter addressed to Frederic de Peyster from John Jay, of the American Legation at Vienna, emphasizing Central American studies and suggesting the formation of an American consortium, or even National Museum, to collect "pre-historic" antiquities of the continent.

Includes letter from photographer Filippos Margaritis (in Greek).

Includes wax impressions and sketches of Egyptian ring produced by Edwin Bergh and offer of Charles Wilson Peale's Exhumation of the Mastodon by Hammond Dugan.

Includes letters from George Catlin's sons appealing to N-YHS for acquisition of his American Indian cartoons, printed synopsis, testimonials of value by leading historians and other figures, and copy of address to United States Congress concerning the formation of a national museum to house his collections. (See also: original proposal from Catlin himself in Series I)

Includes letter from Tiffany & Co requesting to trace from "specimens of Lady Washington's handwriting" and extensive family genealogy by E. Van Bebber.

Includes July through December discourse between George H. Moore and Charles Doe regarding George Bancroft's published research and assertions, chiefly his interpretation of the Convention of 1779-1780.

Includes series of inquiries and surveys throughout 1875 from J. Edwards Clarke and John Eaton, Commissioner of the Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, in preparation of a work on American libraries and historical societies in conjunction with the country's Centennial.

Frequent or notable correspondents include Charles W. Baird, E.B. Coley, John S. Clarke, Henry J. Drowne, S.W. Francis, Asa Bird Gardner, John Harper, John Gordan Jr., John W.M. Lee, John Blair Linn, William R. Martin, John A. McAlister, Thomas H. Montgomery, Henry O'Reilly, Charles O'Conor, A.R. Spofford, Joseph Sabin, Fred D. Stone, Frederick Saunders, William S. Stryker, Issac Wood, Justin Winsor, and United States Department of the Interior.

Includes defense of Colonel Joseph Reed, Adjutant General to Washington, who was alleged to have taken protection from the British during the Revolutionary War by George Bancroft; research, argument, and follow-up presented by William S. Stryker, Adjutant General of the state of New Jersey; and series of Orasmus Holmes Marshall letters regarding his paper on Champlain.

Includes April 8 note and accompanying signed resolution by Chairman Daniel Huntington and the Committee on Selection for U.S. International Exhibition requesting N-YHS loan of Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Includes official membership election certificate for Robert H. Grinnell, signed by president Frederic de Peyster on December 22, 1876.

Includes notice of ten thousand dollar bequest from Thomas Bahan (?) and October 20, 1876 letter from spiritualist Luther R. Marsh on the historical importance of the town of Pompey, New York.

Includes article on the origins of the name "America" by William Pinkney Roger; January 22 letter from Martha Lamb to John Austin Stevens discussing her faith in the public's interest in reading history; and January 29 John Watts De Peyster letter complaining about the N-YHS Library's handling of his donated volumes.

Includes discourse with attorney Charles O'Conor concerning his address at the N-YHS celebration of the constitutional centennial, as well as ticket requests and other inquiries regarding the event. (See also: 1877 May folder)

Includes note from Anne U. Jones accompanying a N-YHS book originally borrowed and never returned by her late father Reverend Cave Jones.

Includes August 11 letter from R.B. Pool initiating plans for local colleagues to host the "Conference of Librarians" at the Young Men's Christian Association in New York City; genealogical overview of the Stevens family submitted by R.D. Stevens of Marion, Iowa, perhaps related to N-YHS addressee John Austin Stevens.

Includes October 1 letter from Martha Lamb reacting to "unmerited abuse" of her latest publication and thanking John Austin Stevens for his support; and note from E.J. Huling of The Saratoga Sentinel mocking Stevens for an inaccurate reference to the wheat farming season.

Includes responses to appointment notices for the "Committee on the Increase of the Society;" a January 2, 1877 request by Henry B. Dawson to override his "ejection" from N-YHS and follow-up protestations to committee deliberations in May.

Includes May 28, 1877 proposition by J. Whitney of the American Tract Society for N-YHS to shoulder a portion of the costs for illustrations and engravings of the N-YHS facilities to accompany a Martha Lamb article on the institution set for publication; an unsigned account of the archaeological discovery of the equestrian statue of George III (see also: 1879 Museum folder); and May 2, 1877 letter from Alex Davis articulating his lofty plans for "a still more respectable library to the Historical Society."

Includes March 7 letter from George Sheldon, president of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, praising a recent paper delivered there by historian Charlotte Alice Baker, encouraging N-YHS to recruit Baker as a member, and questioning the institution's perceived bias against women (a letter in 1878 December correspondence file confirms Baker's membership); resolution draft from Massachusetts Historical Society in response to the death of William Cullen Bryant.

Includes letter from archaeologist John Henry Parker urging interest in the earthworks of ancient Rome; July 31 letter from S.H. Gay inquiring about the rumored Lord Bellomont coffin remnants.

Includes proposal and updates from R. Schade regarding gate and railing installation at N-YHS.

Includes February request from Henry O'Reilly to print a catalogue of his N-YHS donations under the name of "Pioneer Memories of an American Half-Century."

Includes May-June correspondence and subscription sign-up sheets related to N-YHS purchase of the George III equestrian statue fragments.

Includes textile with reprinting of the National Intelligencer report on the February 10, 1852 gold medal presentation to Henry Clay; accompanied by letter from donor John Frick, indicating that the dies of the medal were given to N-YHS by W.D.M. Fitch a few weeks prior.

Includes lettter from Eugene Revillous, Minister of Public Instruction at the Musees des Beaux-Arts [in French; see also 1880 January-March, 1880 July-October, 1880 Library Administration (3 of 3)].

Includes November 6 letter from brother of the late Agnes Y. McAllister regarding the distribution of his sister's library, which is to be eligible only to historical societies that did not exclude women from membership.

Frequent or notable correspondents include Charles Butler, Jeremiah Colburn, Henry T. Drowne, B. Fernow, D. Huntington, George W.W. Houghton, Charles R. Hildeburn. Lawrence William Beach, Charles O'Conor, M.C.L. Ransom, John Austin Stevens, F.A. Stone, H. Suydam, M.C. Tyler, C.B. Tillinghast, and United States Department of Interior.

Includes February 20 account by Waldorf H. Phillips highlighting new allegations regarding the role of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in the escalation of the Civil War, and offering confidential information from Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia.

Includes April 17 letter from representative of J.B. & J.M. Cornell Iron Works regarding the design of a safe for the N-YHS vault; "unofficial" May 6 letter from W. Hunter of Department of State forwarding an inquiry from Mrs. H.J. Tearman of England, pursuing information on her two great-uncles from whom nothing had been heard following their immigration to New York.

Includes multiple reference inquiries from George Bancroft; October 6 letter from W.C. Dodge advocating N-YHS to erect a memorial to Captain Nathan Hale and a subscription receipt for the Nathan Hale Statue Fund.

Includes November 21 summary of Henry H. Bowne's preliminary research on "[General Jean Victor Marie] Moreau in America."

Includes May 18 notice of Dr. Joseph P. Thompson's bequest of an ebony cane belonging to Abraham Lincoln, whose provenance includes owner Henry Clay prior to its presentation to N-YHS.

Includes November 29 note with comparative illustrations of the former Hudson River site of the North Battery, or "Old Red Fort," in 1857 and 1880, made by Henry H. Bowne as a preservation measure in anticipation of the dredging of area by the New York City Docks department.

Includes inventory of Edward G. Fast's Alaska Collectibles of antiquities, minerals, fossils, shells, ores, and impressions; admission card for Cooper Union student [Griffith S. Brother(?)] offer of the 1832 proclamation of South Carolina secession by Andrew Jackson by Mrs. R.H. Olmstead; and invitation for exchange with the newly formed Instituto Historico e Geographica do Brazil in Rio De Janeiro.

Includes invoice for glass show cases from John A. Liberrt & Son.

Includes correspondence with Cornell president Andrew D. White concerning his address at the N-YHS annual meeting, as well as ticket requests for the event.

Includes January 31 letter from illegible correspondent suggesting the creation of a N-YHS fund associated with the Vanderbilt family and encouraging the Society to court other prominent figures; June 7 request from John Austin Stevens for N-YHS to establish hospitality commitee for the approaching visit of M. Edmond de Lafayette and the Vicomte de Rochambeau.

Includes February 23 letter from Roger Phelps expressing his friend J. Pierpont Morgan's desire to become an N-YHS member and requesting that N-YHS provide them both with a document listing all Society members.

Frequent or notable correspondents include William E. Binchaimer(?), Henry T. Drowne, John Watts De Peyster, Horatio Gates Jones, Royal Phelps, G.D. Scull, Isaac F. Wood, and the United States Secretary of State, Department of Interior, and War Department.

Includes inquiry into N-YHS admission for research from W.C. Dodge on behalf of literary essayist Edmund C. Steadman.

Includes correspondence surrounding the death, funeral and papers of N-YHS president Frederic de Peyster (further regards and arrangements appear in following folders for 1882).

Includes November 9 note from H. Bellini, Dominican Consul of New York, requesting the Society's recent proceedings concerning the remains of Christopher Columbus.

Includes Hamilton Fish draft announcement of N-YHS president Frederic de Peyster's death.

Includes letters detailing donations from the Mexican government, represented by M. Romero(?). (see also: 1884 January-May Library Administration)

Includes series of correspondence, annotated clippings, Congressional resolution drafts, and other documents tracing Bennington Historical Society officer Charles M. Bliss's advocacy and activism for the establishment of Revolutionary War memorials.

Frequent or notable correspondents include Henry T. Drowne, Royal Phelps, Augustin Schell, Frederick Saunders, G.D. Scull, Issac F. Woods, Smithsonian Institute, and the United States Department of the Interior.

Includes June 12 letter from John MacMullen with proposed resolution by Executive Committee advocating that N-YHS erect inexpensive stone post monuments and inscriptions at sites of important historical events.

Includes manuscripts of poem "Evacuation Day 1883" by John Barnard and "How the Stars and Stripes Were Raised in New York" by Helen J. O'Donnell, provided by the authors for possible usage in centennial celebrations.

Includes several offers for the N-YHS Second Avenue property.

Includes numerous responses to invitations to represent N-YHS as delegate at the Centennial Procession event on November 24 commemorating the evacuation of British troops from New York and to attend or serve on Reception Committee for the N-YHS 79th anniversary on November 27, featuring a keynote address by John Jay.

Frequent or notable correspondents include George H. Cook, Henry R. Drowne, John H. Heywood, John A. McAlister, James Riker, G.D. Scull, and Isaac F. Wood.

Includes January circular produced by Patrick Chalmers asserting that it was his father James Chalmers, not Sir Rowland Hill, who invented the adhesive postal stamp; February 8 letter from E.J. Babcock of Senate Library Committee accompanying circular on resolution authorizing Benjamin F. Stevens to obtain for the United States copies of papers relative to the history of its colonization from England and seeking input from N-YHS (see also: 1886 February folder).

Includes letter from the Special Committee of the Sons of the Revolution, Pedestal Fund for the State of Liberty, requesting N-YHS collaborate and develop a sub-committee.

Includes March 22 letter from Eadward Muybridge introducing accompanying subscription form circular for his upcoming illustrated work Animal Locomotion.

Frequent or notable correspondents include J. Carson Brevoort, Henry T. Drowne, Robert Dodge, John Jay, Luther R. Marsh, Willard Parker, Isaac F. Wood, New Haven Historical Society, and U.S. Department of the Interior.

Includes June 13 letter from Melvil Dewey proposing an informal gathering of New York librarians to meet 6-8 times a year; receipt from carpenter John Stacey for iron-shuttered windows.

Includes print invitation to the July 15 opening of the State Reservation at Niagara Falls and correspondence regarding the assembly of the N-YHS delegation; correspondence documenting N-YHS response to the death of General Ulysses S. Grant and participation in the funeral ceremonies, including black ribbon worn by members for the August 8 event; August 6 letter from photographer Mathew Brady announcing the display of his life-size portrait of Grant at the Fifth Avenue Hotel during the procession.

Frequent or notable correspondents include Secretary of State Frederick C. Cook, Henry T. Drowne, Robert Dodge, George C. Ellis, E.H. Gof(?), J. Franklin Jameson, John Stewart Kennedy, Lewis Lang, Thomas H. Montgomery, George W. Van Siclen, Isaac F. Wood, New York Secretary of State office, and United States Department of the Interior.

Includes copied documentation of exchanges between Yale College and Mrs. G.A. Talbot regarding the appraisal and purchase of the Talbot book and print collection.

Includes February 25 formal letter from representatives of the New England Historical Society regarding initiative of B.F. Stevens in London to print unpublished manuscripts in European archives relating to the American colonies and Revolutionary War; signees including Andrew Goodell Jr., Albert H. Hoyt, John Ward Dean, and Charles L. Flint implore N-YHS to address the subject with its membership.

Includes March 23 proposal by John Anketell that October 12 become an annual commemoration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America.

Includes May-August series of correspondence from Daniel R. Randall of Johns Hopkins University concerning the collaboration of regional historical societies to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Anapolis Convention of 1786.

Includes October 5 letter from Henry B. Dawson again complaining about his suspended N-YHS membership, but offering a volume of his new publication Westchester-County, New York, During the Revolution; and printed invitation to the Statue of Liberty dedication on October 28.

Includes unsigned and undated letter to N-YHS president Frederic de Peyster contemplating potential facilities arrangement with the American Museum of Natural History.

Frequent or notable correspondents include J.C. Birdsong, Melvil Dewey, J. Franklin Jameson, John Jay, George E. Littlefield, Archibald James Murray, Albert Rosenthal, Robert B. Roosevelt, Edward J. Stevenson, Louis De V Wilder, and the United States Department of the Interior.

Includes Feburary 24 note from Melvil Dewey requesting N-YHS contribute to the union list of periodicals being developed by the New York Library Club (see also: 1887 April folder for follow-ups).

Includes March 15 receipt for purchase of book cases from John Bank.

Includes invitation, program, and bulletin for the Columbia College commemoration of its centennial, or the revival and confirmation by the Legislature of the State of New York of the Royal Charter granted in 1754, along with badge worn by N-YHS president John A. King.

Includes solicitation from Henry Romeike and Samuel Leavitt of the Bureau of Press Cuttings and attachment of August 22 clipping from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper criticizing N-YHS facilities and the failure of its wealthy membership base to contribute to the fund for a new building, likely to result in the forfeiture of a recent $100,000 gift.

Frequent or notable correspondents include John J. Astor, Edwin Lafayete Bymer, Nathaniel Holmes Bishop, Charles William Bowen, John Watts De Peyster, William F. Fox, C.H. Rufell(?), James Clarke Welling, Isaac F. Wood, and New Hampshire Historical Society.

Includes January 25 circular distributed by the offices of Simon Stevens on suggestions for a municipal building.

Includes February 1 letter from agent W.B. Chilton announcing sale of Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, previously owned by heirs of Daniel Carroll; February 21 letter from A.B. Gardiner of the Society of the Cincinnati urging N-YHS involvement in the Congressional project to build a national monument to Major General Lafayette, insisting that Count d'Estaing be considered as a subject of memorialization.

Includes April 2 acceptance by Chevalier Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg of election to Foreign Corresponding member, asserting the high reputation in Europe of N-YHS as "one of the oldest and most distinguished scientific societies of the New World."

Includes December 1888 to July 1889 series of correspondence tracing the N-YHS acquisition of the office files of The Whig newspaper (established 1824, Richmond, Virginia): arrangements with editor Abner Wentworth Clopton Nowlin, funding solicitation drafts, letters accompanying N-YHS member contributions to the purchase fund, newspaper clippings, and reference inquiries.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Matilda O. Abbey, Clarence W. Bowen, George S. Boutwell, Charles G. Barney, Hugh J. Grant, Charlton Thomas Lewis, Ezekial Wilson Mundy, F.S. Tallmadge, and organizations American Antiquarian Society, International Exhibition of 1892, Oneida Historical Society, and [United States] Biographical and Genealogical Society.

Includes January 7 letter from George West Van Sicle, secretary of the Holland Society of New York, suggesting N-YHS pursue a new building to accommodate both organizations; and series of reference inquiries and research reports from John Parkam on Richard Phillips (1716-1803).

Includes February 16 letter introducing the Geological Society of America and seeking advice on the formulation of their publication plan, from secretary W.J. McGee.

Includes March 8 circular (No. 214) issued by Massachusetts House of Representatives, reporting on Committee of Printing investigation into the publication process for the Province Laws, and requesting discontinuation based on high costs and inefficiency.

Includes April 6 invoice for show cases provided by cabinet manufacturer John Bank; various correspondence surrounding events celebrating the centennial of the George Washington inauguration.

Includes June 19 official circular from the National Library of Buenos Aires announcing governmental decree that they handle publication exchange services.

Includes July 17 invitation for N-YHS president John A. King from New York City mayor Hugh J. Grant to join conference considering an international exposition to be held in the city in 1892, as well as King's response and commentary; two newspaper clippings dated August 3 and August 8 of letters to the editor of The Evening Post, both from anonymous women, complaining about the formal red-tape and lack of hospitality at N-YHS in regards to visitors.

Includes September 6 letter regarding the incidents recounted in August letters to the editor of the Evening Post, from George P. Rowell, a member who provided the visitor card to one of the women and who seeks clarification on N-YHS policies.

Frequent or notable corresponents include William K. Ackerman, John Bigelow, Charles William Bowen, Benjamin Franklin Stevens, and Wisconsin Historical Society.

Includes letter from explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz soliciting funding for his proposed explorations of the Sierra Madre and surrounding regions; attached are series of typescripts of letters of response and recommendations addressed to him from Alexander Agassiz of Museum of Comparative Zoology, F.W. Putnam of Peabody Museum at Harvard, Dr. D.G. Brinton of University of Pennsylvania, and other figures in the field.

Includes April 17 letter from retired architect Alex J. Davis following up his recommendations "for a speedy erection of a more capacious receptacle for the collections of the Society," with attached notes by N-YHS president John A. King (see also: July-August 1890 folder for follow-up); circular on proposed monument to the Seneca chief Red Jacket, notated by sender Harriet Maywell Converse on April 28.

Includes June 12 legal document relating to the bequest of Mary Rogers.

General and notable correspondents include Samuel Putnam Avery, Silas Farmer, Charles R. Hildeburn, Howard L. Osgood, L. Ogilvy, A.C. Peale, and Charles H. Winfield.

Includes January 21 letter from John B. and Marie A. Shipley recruiting N-YHS funding and participation in the establishment of a National Historical Museum in Chicago "for putting the historical truth connected with the discovery and colonization of this country into an objective and solid shape;" press clippings of the Shipleys' lectures and other activities.

Includes two copies of letters from Oscar W. Collet of Missouri Historical Society contesting the acquisition of books from the library of Bishop Robertson; the second letter indicates that N-YHS was offended by his inquiry and execution.

Includes April 10 inquiry from Department of the Interior regarding the research value of public documents, in light of Congress's recent reassessment of their publication and distribution.

Includes May 5 proposal by member Charles E. Moldenke to re-catalog the Abbott Collection, as the current one is "not only quite antiquated, but in many points absolutely wrong."

Includes May 24 genealogical inquiry from Henry T. Brooke with extensive summary of his family history.

Includes April-May materials relating to the proposed construction of a railroad across Central Park along several by-ways including 79th Street, where N-YHS held property: color map, circular, official inquiry, and property owner consent form.

Includes June 18 reference inquiry from Herbert H. Crain detailing his efforts to trace the family tree of William and Jonathan Lawrence of England.

Includes September 10 letter from A.D. Wales of Binghampton contesting a news item alleging a Rensselaer County house the oldest dwelling in the United States, which he believes is pre-dated by Saugerties house belonging to the DeWitt family; October 1 letter from Julius Goebel accompanying a flyer for the October 4 German Day celebration at Music Hall, commemorating the landing of the first German immigrants on American soil.

Frequent or notable correspondents include A.W. Elson, Worthington C. Ford, Charles Folsom, and the United States Geological Survey.

Includes January 15 letter from William R. Steward seeking N-YHS cooperation in the erection of the Washington Square arch, describing monument design and intentions (see also: 1892 June folder).

Includes documents relating to the manuscripts, scrapbooks, and ephemera bequest of Thomas F. Devoe.

Includes March 14 loan request for N-YHS Egyptian wheel holding, to display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (several further requests for this event occur throughout 1892 correspondence); early design for Grant's Tomb.

Includes June 24 letter from Commissioner General S.B. Luce from the U.S. Commission for the Columbia Historical Exposition in Madrid, accompanying preliminary edition of circular outlining curation and publication activity and goals for the event.

Includes program for the 116th Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence at the Old Court House site in White Plains; and ten-page official document from Spanish Consulate in Paris (in Spanish).

Frequent and notable correspondents include Ernest E. Coe, Henry T. Drowne, Irvington Lyon, William Nelson, Temple Prime, Gouverneur M. Smith, and John R. Williams.

Includes legal documents relating to the bequests of Parthenia J. Norton and Tarrant Putnam; circular of the Committee of Retrospective Art for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; January 13 and 31 correspondence regarding Martha Lamb's bequest of her library and a portrait to N-YHS.

Includes March 4 correspondence regarding Martha Lamb's bequest of her personal papers to N-YHS (see also: all 1893 files for follow-up inquries and comments).

Includes April 10 complaint from W.E. Gregory about N-YHS's perceived indifference to the removal of the Old City Hall building.

Includes June 2 document regarding the bequest of Mary E. Bradish (see also: 1894 January folder).

Includes September 23 document regarding the bequest of James Francis Evans; and October 12 request for exchange from Anton Blomberg of the royal Academy of Belles Lettres, History and Antiquities of Stockholm.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Charles D. Allen, Clarence W. Bowen, William W. Conway, William Nelson, George H. Sullivan, Issac F. Wood, Pennsylvania Historical Society and Smithsonian Institution.

Includes January 22 letter from George Treadwell reporting on potential N-YHS Building fund donors and inviting Librarian Kelby to visit his gold mine operation in Nevada.

Includes February 26 letter from Venezuelan historian Manuel Landaeta Rosales (in Spanish).

Includes newspaper clipping and accompanying March 22 letter from lawyer William Abbott on his campaign to name October 17 a state holiday, "Saratoga Day," to commemorate the Defeat of Burgoyne in the Revolutionary War.

Includes April 13 overview of early New York postal history by C.W. Ernst.

Includes May 11 letter from John E. Davis, secretary of Sons of the Revolution of New York, accompanying circular on collection of articles owned and used by Abraham Lincoln for sale.

Includes July 3 request from Joseph Cervierny to open fruit and candy stand serving temperance drinks on southwest corner of 77th Street and Eighth Avenue; decline from President John A. King.

Includes blank application for membership in the Missouri Society of the Sons of the Revolution, attached to October 12 letter from its secretary Marshall DeLancey Haywood.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Samuel Putnam Avery, William Ashmead Courtenay, William A. Clark, A.C. Goodell Jr., Charles Isham, George C. McWhorter, William Nelson, John Purdon, Abigail Seymour, and George H. Sullivan.

Includes January 17 draft of letter from N-YHS librarian William Kelby to Phillip and Lloyd Phoenix, summarizing recent genealogical acquisitions and providing rare written example from this period of N-YHS pursuit of collection donors.

Includes undated argument from poet James Hooker Hamersley arguing for celebration of Sebastian Cabot as discoverer of America.

Includes November 10 New York World extract on Old Curiosity Shop run by Westminster Abbey on Front Street; November 20 letter from attorney Asa Bird Gardiner outlining his research for confirmation as to whether John Von Arsdale raised the American flag in place of the British flag in Battery Park on Evacuation Day, November 25, 1783.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Mrs. William B. Beekman, Worthington C. Ford, Isaac J. Greenwood, I. Remsen Lane, George G. McWhorter, William Nelson, Walter G. Oakmen, and Abigail A. Seymour.

Includes January 7 letter from Smith E. Lane recounting his efforts to procure the collections of General Daniel E. Sickles, General William Tecumseh Sherman, and Cyrus W. Field for N-YHS.

Includes February 22 letter from F.D. Stone, Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, introducing attached draft of resolution imploring the Committtee of Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives to allot funding for the publication of the Records and Papers of the Continental Congress.

Includes March 6 and March 12 letters from W.W. Kenly, secretary of the Associated Societies and Historical Museum Building of the City of New York organization, accompanying meeting invitation and drafted resolution for the assemblage of a Committee of Thirty to oversee the erection of a single building of offices, meeting rooms, library, and a museum for all Revolutionary and Colonial Relics held in New York.

Includes invitation to May 2 dedication of the new Columbia University site at Morningside Heights.

Includes November 25 inquiry from the Wright-Humason school on 76th street regarding usage of N-YHS lands for tennis courts and croquet grounds and December 12 refusal from N-YHS; announcement of opening and invitation to exhibit paintings at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Henry W. Bryant, Gherardi Davis, A.A. Folsom, Charles R. King, William Nelson, Stephen B. Weeks and Smithsonian Institution.

Includes January 20 request from James Wright for N-YHS subscription funding of the second volume of his English Dialect Dictionary.

Includes March 11 letter from W. Roy Stephenson of Winchester, Virginia, describing copper plate found on his property that may be a cipher used by the British armies of General Braddock during the Revolutionary War, accompanied by impression; March 20 letter from S.R. Laugley of the Smithsonian Institution requesting information for an international catalogue of Egyptian papyri and monuments, conceived by the Egyptian government and overseen by the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities.

Includes May 6 inquiry into the status of new N-YHS building funding and construction from architect Edward Lippincott Tilton, with response from N-YHS secretary Edward F. De Lancey; Eadward Muybridge letter that discusses N-YHS's recent acquisition of Muybridge's San Francisco panorama via Daniel Parish.

Includes June 12 letter from Seth Low, president of Columbia University, urging N-YHS to relocate to Morningside Heights and copy of June 22 response from N-YHS president John A. King.

Includes undated meeting minutes extract from the boards of The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations resolving that a committee be formed to consider and report on systematization under one administration (see also: 1898 March folder for copy of N-YHS meeting minutes extract declining the proposition).

Includes letters regarding the $5,000 bequest of Henry Keteltas and transfer of Publication Fund shares of the late George Bancroft.

Frequent and notable correspondents include W.F. Adams, H.W. Bryant, Joseph W. Barnwell, Henry H. Edes, A.A. Folsom, Charles Isham, William Nelson, Mary Perkins Quincy, and A.V.W. Van Vechten.

Includes correspondence from executor William Allen Butler of Evert A. Duyckinck's N-YHS Publication Fund subscription and its bequeathed transfer to the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations; correspondence from executors of Henry Keteltas estate; January 20 inquiry from illustrator Howard Pyle wishing to view scenes of the death of Fraser in Braddock's campaign.

Includes October 24 inquiry from Commisioner of the U.S. Department of Education, studying the effects of the Civil War upon educational institutions, with formal survey.

Includes ticket and invitation to the Grolier Club; advertisement for the Soldiers' Musical Handkerchief, "the Most Unique of all War Souvenirs."

Includes letters and other documents relating to the death of N-YHS librarian William Kelby and the N-YHS publication "Memoir of William Kelby," authored by John Austin Stevens (see also: 1898 files for correspondence between Stevens and Kelby's successor and brother Robert).

Frequent and notable correspondents include W. Abbott, H.F. Adams, H.W. Bryant, Sidney Howard Carney, Frank W. Coburn, Philip Schuyler de Luze, George E. Littlefield, Thomas H. Montgomery, Noah Morrison, John S. Murphy, Raoul Renault, Henry R. Stiles, John Skinner, Emma Toedteberg, Daniel Van Pelt, A.W.S. Van Vechten, Long Island Historical Society, J.F. Taylor & Co, and E. & J.B. Young & Co.

Includes February 7 letter from O.W. Goldsmith of New York Life Insurance Company suggesting an unconventional model for funding the new N-YHS building through endowment policies and attached to January 30 news clipping of letter to the editor of The New York Times Saturday Review from Gilbert Ray Hawkes, defending N-YHS against complaints that the institution is not open to the public and imploring philanthropists to help pay for the new facilities; Feburary 9 letters from Charles M. Wemmell on declining N-YHS membership numbers and recommending the significant lowering of membership fees and A.H. Hatch lamenting the lack of energetic spirit in N-YHS management.

Includes February 22 letter from McDougall Hawkes making suggestions for improvement of N-YHS, such as designating one regular day a week to open to the general public

Includes printed postcard announcing campaign to erect monument to Martha J. Lamb, with pencilled request to "Please announce!"(see also: 1900 November 16-30 and 1904 April and May folders).

Includes July 12 and 13 news clipping depicting controversy surrounding the N-YHS refusal of a block of marble from the historic Hamilton Fish mansion by contractor Myer Hellman, who was clearing the land for the construction of the Lying In Hospital endowed by J. Pierpont Morgan.

Includes invitation, tickets, and official proclamation for the September 30 reception of Spanish American War Admiral George Dewey.

Includes October 10 solicitation of subscription interest in artist James Tissot's New Testament series, with printed essay "Why I Painted the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ" by the artist.

Frequent and notable correspondents include H.W. Bryant, Sidney Carney, John W. Congden, Henry H. Edes, Asa Bird Gardiner, Francis Whiting Halsey, George E. Littlefield, William Nelson, Thomas M. Owen, Samuel E. Parker, Thomas J. Taylor, Daniel Van Pely, A.V.W. Van Vechten, Mrs. John R. Van Rensselaer, George E. Warner, Alabama History Commission, Mead Dodd & Co., Gammel Book Company, and E. & J.B. Young & Co.

Includes March 7 and 12 notes from Joseph P. Gilder offering to oversee funding initiatives for the new N-YHS building and mentioning the enthusiasm of J. Pierpont Morgan in response to his plan; March 8 letter from secretary of the Trustees of the New York Public Library alluding to miscommunications and unsuccessful attempts to meet with the N-YHS Executive Committee.

Includes documents relating to the estates of Robert Schell and Maria B. Mount; June 17 letter from curiosities dealer U. Dahmer, offering human heads prepared by a Peruvian tribe of head hunters.

Includes November 17 letter from Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury accompanying donation for a memorial tablet to Martha Lamb (official decline in May 1904 folder and resurrection of the initiative by Mrs. Russell Sage in April 1907 folder); and November 20 inquiry from Charles R. Fleischmann concerning his father Louis Fleischmann's residential building plans on the lot next to that of N-YHS on 77th Street (see also: 1901 December folder for follow-up).

Includes printed circular and list of subscribers to the Ur Expedition fund which sponsors an excavation for the buried Babylonian city; circular announcing the formation and nature of the Public Archives Commission of the American Historical Association.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Samuel Austin, H.K. Brewer, H.W. Bryant, H. Calkins Jr.,Warren G. Crane, Helen M. Cleveland, George Derby, R.H. Lawrence, George E. Littlefield, Edward Myers, John V. L. Pruyn, Josiah C. Pumpelly, John E. Scopes, Charles A. Sherman, Benjamin F. Stevens, Thomas J. Taylor, Emma Toedteberg, A.V.W. Van Vechten, John D. Walker, James J. White, Goodspeed Book Shop, Library of Congress, Long Island Historical Society, Maryland Historical Society, New Haven Colony Historical Society, Smithsonian Institution, and United States National Museum.

Includes 1864 certificate of deposit for meeting minutes volumes from the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of New York City, 1880 certificate of authenticity and request for their return by Hon. Frederick Smyth, and January 10, 1901 confirmation of receipt from N-YHS; January 9 acceptance of election to Life Membership by John D. Rockefeller.

Includes March 25 summons of N-YHS Librarian Robert H. Kelby to testify and give evidence of a manuscript, "Map of Long Island Richard Ryder Surveyor 1670," in the New York State Supreme Court Case Sandiford vs. Town of Hempstead, overseen by Charles H. Brown; March 27 letter from architect Cass Gilbert offering old Dutch brick relics that were recently excavated from the Custom House.

Includes document relating to the bequest of Theodora M. Storm (see also: 1904 March 15-31 folder for follow-up).

Includes May 28 letter from Henry Gannett of the United States Geological Survey requesting N-YHS edit his compiled list of the name origin of every county in New York state.

Includes July 1 letter from genealogist Clay W. Holmes claiming he has had no trouble gaining admittance to every historical society library in the country, with the exception of N-YHS.

Includes document relating to the estate of Robert Schell.

Includes invitation to the Memorial Service in honor of President McKinley at St. Paul's Chapel; invitation to The New York Times 50th anniversary jubilee and related correspondence regarding the N-YHS loan of the newspaper's first issue for reproduction and distribution.

Includes October 31 solicitation from Arthur Williams, General Inspector of The New York Edison Company, to handle all power and lighting requirements of the new Central Park West building.

Includes November 6 letter from John V.L. Pruyn recommending the division of N-YHS into sections as outlined by the original charter: Natural History, Civil History, Literary History, and Ecclesiastical History.

Includes invitation and correspondence related to the December 13-14 tea reception hosted at N-YHS by the Ladies Committee; proposition that wives be made N-YHS life members as well.

Includes December 27 proposition from James Stokes regarding the formation of the New England Society and its need for an alcove to house its relics.

Includes letter from Mrs. James M. Lawton outlining her plan for writing and distributing circulars for the N-YHS Building Fund, as an initiative of the Ladies Committee; ephemera such as application for space at the Pan-American Exposition, annual report of the Pro-Cathedral Fresh Air Committee, and funding appeal from the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Association.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Charles F. Adams, John Anderson Jr., Reginald Pelham Bolton, H.W. Bryant, Warren C. Crane, Joseph L. Delafield, J.C.L. Hamilton, George W. Harris, Charles F. Hoffman, Mrs. Charles Ray King, William Nelson, J. Van Vechten Olcott, J.D. Seabrook, Thomas J. Taylor, A.V.W. Van Vechten, James Grant Wilson, Cornell University Library, Library of Congress, National Historical Museum, New Hampshire Historical Society, and New York City Hall of Records.

Includes January 8 letter from Harriet L. Britton rejecting elected membership following her review of N-YHS member lists and realization of the low number of females; "An Appeal for Decency" circular and note from A.N. Palmer protesting the November 24 New York Sun article making scandalous accusations against prominent society men, suggesting the publication is not fit for a library.

Includes January 13 inquiry on behalf of Alexander Graham Bell seeking documents relating to the instruction of deaf mutes.

Includes January-February correspondence between N-YHS Librarian William Kelby and John Austin Stevens, chiefly about Stevens's genealogical research.

Includes February 27 letter from artist De Cost Smith requesting access to N-YHS "North American Indian" collections.

Includes March-April report and copies of series of reference inquiries made by U.S. Ambassador Joseph H. Coate in England on behalf of N-YHS and in regards to the execution of Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale; document relating to the transfer of property from the late Robert Schell.

Includes May 15 letter from Director of Musee et de la Bibliotheque de la Principente de Samos (in French).

Includes May 20 document relating to the transfer of property of Sophie E. Murton(?).

Includes June 28 expression of interest from James Grant Wilson in the position of N-YHS president recently opened by the death of E.A. Hoffman, marked "private."

Includes November 8 letter from F.B. Thurber concerning his recruitment of contributors to the N-YHS Building fund (see also: October 27 related letter in prior folder); November 11 and 16 letters from Edwin Tucker regarding the previous building contract work of his late father John J. Tucker, requesting that N-YHS continue the collaboration.

Includes informal draft of contract with F.B. Thurber, to receive five percent of all subscriptions or bequests he obtains for the N-YHS Building Fund; and 1902-1903 prospectus of the Committee on Entertainments and Exhibitions and of the Committee on Social Work and Clubs at the Educational Alliance.

Includes March 27 N-YHS circular calling attention to rampant neglect of local records throughout New York and announcing intent to petition state legislature; in response to its distribution are acknowledgments of receipt, pledges of support, and naming of committees from various historical organizations.

Includes acknowledgments from representatives of various historical societies and organization of receipt of petition to the state legislature to form a State Record Commission privileging the preservation of public local records, circulated November 26.

Includes annotated draft and multiple copies of official petition sent to the Governor and state legislature of New York regarding improved preservation of public records.

Includes materials related to the activities of the N-YHS Record Preservation Committee, including various input and amendments to the State Historian Act draft, reports, resolution drafts, and list of addressees for circulars.

Includes two publications of the American Historical Association: Report of the Public Archives of New York (1901) by Herbert L. Osgood and The Massachusetts Public Record Commission and Its Work (1902) by Robert T. Swan.

Includes materials relating to the National Historic Museum-led movement against the proposed destruction of the Old Hall of Records in City Hall Park: copy of protest filed with the Board of Alderman, memoranda, circulars, news clippings, and letters from the NHM secretary John Du Fais as well as the John H. Parker demolition company.

Frequent and notable correspondents include Henry C. Conrad, F.F. Durrand, Morris P. Ferris, J. Franklin Jameson, John N. Jordan, Edward Meyers, Herbert L. Osgood, Lewis L. Patrick, Charles A. Sherman, Frank G. Tillford, American Historical Association, Delaware Historical Society, Long Island Historical Society, New York Mayor's Office,and Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Includes January 6 letter from John Weekes, executor of Louis Durr, regarding the "Durr Collection Fund" intended for N-YHS; January-June series of letters from William E. Ingersoll, including remarks on his grandfather Josiah Ingersoll

Includes invitation addressed to Robert Kelby for the Colonial Dames reception in commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the City of New York, on May 27 at the Van Cortlandt Mansion.

Includes April 8 and 13 letters from John Weekes concerning his representation of N-YHS in the transfer of property from the estate of Cornelia De Peyster.

Includes ticket requests for the N-YHS exhibition of colonial broadsides and numerous invitations to events, all associated with the 250th anniversary of the founding of New York.

Includes June 30 and July 2 letters from John Watts De Peyster orchestrating meeting with Librarian Robert Kelby concerning projects for which he could make a bequest to N-YHS; programs for the June 21 DeMonts' Tercentenary Celebration of the Founding of Port Royal at Annapolis.

Includes September 12 report from historian Reginald Pelham Bolton on American Revolutionary War-era records in British repositories.

Includes program and invitations to the opening ceremonies for the Williamsburg Bridge on December 17; invitations to the formal opening of the Roger Morris Jumel Property as a Public Park on December 28, one accompanied by Reception Committee ribbon.

Includes invitation and ticket to the November 17 event Laying of the Corner-Stone of the new N-YHS building; related correspondence with Hamilton Wright Mabie, deliverer of the address, and York & Sawyer, the architecture firm responsible for the construction of the corner-stone and platform.

Includes ticket requests and responses to invitations to attend and/or serve as usher in the Lying of the Corner-Stone event from respondents such as New York City mayor Seth Low.

Includes correspondence between N-YHS Librarian Robert Kelby and long-time member and famed historian John Austin Stevens; letters are mostly of a personal nature and relate to historical collection development and Stevens's scholarly research, including a study on Fraunces Tavern. (Earlier Stevens letters may be found throughout the Correspondence record group.)

Frequent and notable correspondents include Warren C. Crane, Gherardi Davis, M. Patterson Ferris, Worthington C. Ford, William Nelson, Lewis P. Patrick, Clarence Storm, Frank G. Tillford, American Jewish Historical Society, Holland Society of New York, Library of Congress, Long Island Historical Society, Municipal Art Society of New York, New York Public Library, Rhode Island Historical Society, and Sons of the Revolution of New York.

Includes February 11 letters from Library of Congress - Manuscripts Division Chief Worthington C. Ford, complaining that "the old spirit of exclusiveness still controls," with no public access like the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Historical Societies, prompting him to steer potential deposits from the institution and label it "a Society of Tories."

Includes the bookplate of Cav. Giuseppe Cavalieri sent by its owner with a request for exchange; materials circulated by the American Institute of Architects protesting the Washington D.C. building plans of the Department of Agriculture that would interfere with the original layout plan of the city approved by George Washington.

Includes April 18 proposition by Evelyn M. Salsbury to erect a bronze memorial tablet to Martha J. Lamb in the new N-YHS building, for which she had already raised two hundred and fifty dollars; April 18 inquiry from City History Club of New York president Catharine A.B. Abbe as to N-YHS's interest in hosting a series of lectures and gatherings for representatives of universities and other local school systems.

Includes draft of May 4 letter to Mrs. Edward E. Salisbury explaining decline of her collected fund to erect a memorial tablet to Martha J. Lamb in the new N-YHS building and memo outlining the 1900-1904 timeline of her proposal and consideration by the N-YHS Executive Committee; May 4 letter from Charles Fisher suggesting informal gathering of Alexander Hamilton admirers on the 100th anniversary of the Burr-Hamilton duel (see: also 1904 July 1-15 folder folder for print invitations to events organized by Burr and Hamilton supporters); May 4 letter relating to the bequest of Miss Charlotte A. Mount.

Includes June 29 news clipping from the Newport Herald on the history of Fraunces Tavern.

Includes October 11 letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury announcing his election as an Honorary Member of N-YHS, with attached copy of resolutions passed October 10 reiterating the institution's devotion to ecclesiastical history.

Includes correspondence relating to arrangements for the N-YHS Centennial Celebration banquet on November 22: decorations, musicians, souvenirs, and the election of stewards, escorts, and other representatives. Also includes appreciations for the evening, letter from Peter Van Schaack identifying himself as one of the oldest living members of N-YHS; and letter from Eliza Anderson Lawton challenging the relegation of female members to unassigned seats in the balcony and expressing dismay that the "Ladies Committee" has gone unacknowledged for its efforts on behalf of N-YHS.

Includes November 23 letter from President Samuel V. Hoffman to Librarian Robert H. Kelby reporting that the nephew of donor Henry Dexter wrote a pleasant account of his dinner with them to "John Doe."

Includes correspondence between John Watts de Peyster and N-YHS Librarian Robert H. Kelby, commencing with de Peyster's proposition to bequeath money to the institution and continuing with his deliberations with Kelby over his money's use; includes reminiscences of his father Frederic de Peyster. (Earlier de Peyster letters may be found throughout the Correspondence record group.)

Frequent and notable correspondents include Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Gherardi Davis, George C. Dodd, Col. Henry A. DuPont, Max Farrand, Morris Patteron Ferris, Richard H. Lawrence, William B. Randall, George R. Schieffelin, C. Ellis Stevens, Clarence Storm, Frank Tilford, Emma Toedteberg, Francis E. Woodruff, Long Island Historical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York State Historical Association, Society of Iconophiles, and Sons of the Revolution.

Includes February 20 note from Mary Hall introducing her intention to bequeath money to N-YHS, ideally for a publication fund for state records (see also: 1907 July folder for follow-up).

Includes March 20 letter from William Kelby personal friend J.M. Lincoln describing his recent encounters with re-development in the Bronx, 10th Avenue, and Dyckman Country, focusing on the the destruction of burial grounds and monuments.

Includes acknowledgments by Henry Dexter, George Vanderbilt, Frank Tilford, and George R. Schiefflin of their elections to Patron of N-YHS; May 3 complaint from Secretary-General of the Society of the Cincinnati regarding a framed photograph of the Order of the Cincinnati in the N-YHS library rooms he believes falsely claims to be a copy of the Eagle which had originally been given by George Washington to the Georgia Society.

Includes May 17 request from D.M. Ward on behalf of Augustus Saint-Gaudens to photograph N-YHS's bust of Jefferson by Houdon.

Includes July 11 letter from N-YHS President Samuel V. Hoffman to Charles Sherman on the recent Henry Dexter deposit of $45,000 into the Building Fund, and inquiring about its allocation toward the installation of a steam heating plant.

Includes August 7 letter from York & Sawyer reporting on the design of stacks in the new N-YHS building and making suggestions on ways to better accommodate newspapers and oversize materials; August 16 letter from Caroline Gallup Reed recalling the extension of membership privileges by then-president Luther Bradish at a time when females were not admitted as members; invitation to the October 25 opening ceremonies for the New York City Municipal Ferries.

Includes September 14 letter from N-YHS President Samuel V. Hoffman to William Kelby brainstorming potential contributors to the "Pintard fund" he is establishing (see also: 1906 March 20-31 and 1906-1908 Founders Fund folders).

Includes November 26 request by famed Greek scholar Edgar Goodspeed to have papyri from N-YHS collections sent to the Haskell Museum of Chicago to undergo conservation treatment.

Includes December 14 and 15 arrangements betwen N-YHS president Samuel V. Hoffman and Edmund L. Baylies, executor of Mary Rhinelander King estate, for the acquisition of the library of Rufus King (see also: 1906 Mary Rhinelander King folder).