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Reverend Doctor [Samuel] Miller. Discourse Commemorative of the Discovery of the Hudson, 1809 September 4
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a typescript of Miller's discourse, likely from the late 19th or early 20th century.
DeWitt Clinton. Anniversary Address [Geographical, Political, and Historical View of the Indians Who Inhabited New York], 1811 December 6
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Clinton's paper with notes and appendices. Includes the resolution of thanks abstracted from the minutes by Recording Secretary John Pintard.
Gouverneur Morris. [Reflections on Prominent Historical Facts and Geographical Circumstances Which Distinguish New York], [1812 December 6]
[Gouverneur Morris]. [Inaugural Discourse: Reflections on Lessons of History], [1816 September 4]
[Alexander Garden]. [The Fascinating Power of Serpents], [1817 September 9]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a photostat copy of the abstract of Garden's address as published in The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review of November 1817, Vol III, p. 55-56. See also record group NYHS-RG 1 (New-York Historical Society management committee records), Series IV. Official Papers, for a manuscript about serpents by G. Schulte presented at the N-YHS meeting of 10 November 1818.
George Gibbs. Description of Certain Human Skeletons Supposed to be in Armor, Found at Fall River or Troy in Massachusetts, 1840 February [March 3]
William Beach Lawrence. Anniversary Address, 1842 [November 1]
Scope and Contents Note
Lawrence's remarks appear to be a survey of N-YHS's history, collections and publications.
[Henry R. Schoolcraft]. Scientific Associations Abroad, 1842 December 6
C. F. [Charles Fenno] Hoffman. North American Mythology, [1843 December 5]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes handwritten prefatory remarks and the published text of the subject matter. It appears to have been published over time in three parts, though the source publication is not identified. The second part has a publication date of 14 August 1847, from a New York publication of which Hoffman was the editor.
Thomas De Witt. New Netherland, 1844 January 2
[Lewis H.] Morgan. On the Territorial Limits, Geographical Names, and Trails of the Iroquois (1 of 2), [1847 May 4]
Scope and Contents Note
In addition to the text of Morgan's remarks, the documents include a manuscript map of the subject territory, with a schedule of explanatory comments linked numerically to places on the map. The map and schedule were separated to the following oversize folder.
[Lewis H.] Morgan. On the Territorial Limits, Geographical Names, and Trails of the Iroquois (2 of 2), 1847
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the oversize map and associated schedule separated from the manuscript of Lewis Morgan's paper.
James W. Beekman. Early European Colonies on the Delaware, 1847 June 1
Thomas Barlow. An Incident of the Revolution, 1847 August 7
David E. Bartlett. Language, Considered Chiefly in Reference to its Modes of Adaptation to the Understanding, 1847 October 5
Scope and Contents Note
Bartlett was associated with the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.
James Searing [Benjamin F. Thompson, copyist]. The Battle of Ticonderoga, 1758, 1847 October 5
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the text of James Searing's 1758 account as copied from the original by Benjamin Thompson, and presented to N-YHS. Includes Thompson's prefatory remarks about the manuscript.
Oran W. Morris. Indian Names, Burial Places, Etc., 1848 February 1
George Copway. The Wars in Canada West by the Ojibways & Iroquois, 1648, 1848 March 7
[Thomas De Witt]. The Sources of Some of the Early Settlements in the State of New York, [1848 April 4]
Guillaume Tell Poussin. Discourse [Reflections on the American Example of Democracy and on the Press], 1848 November 7
Frederic De Peyster. The Ancient and Present Depth of Butter Milk Channel, 1848 December 5
Frederic De Peyster. Paper Read on the Occasion of Presenting the Idol from the Ruins of Tustepeque, 1848 December 5
[Orsamus H. Marshall]. Champlain in the Onondaga Valley, 1849 March 2
Scope and Contents Note
Read by Mr. Bartlett. See also Marshall's later paper on this subject below in October 1885.
Nathan Burchard.Tionuniot, or the Oneida Stone, and the Remains of Indian Antiquities in its Vicinity, 1849 April 3
[Luther Bradish]. Annual Address [The Philosophy of History, With Some Sense of the Progress of the World During the Past Century], 1849 [November 20]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies of Bradish's remarks.
[Henry C. Murphy?]. On the Limits of New Netherland, [Circa 1850?]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Murphy's(?) address and a manuscript translation of Adrian van der Donck's "Description of the Limits of New Netherland" (1651).
Peter J. Van Pelt. Historical Facts in Connection with the First Settlement of the City of New York & Its Environs, Etc., 1850 April 2
William W. Campbell. Anniversary Address. [The Progress of Historical Research in the U.S. in the Last 25 Years], 1850 November 19
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Includes clippings of the published version of the address, with annotations, possibly from a newspaper.
W. B. Taylor. History of the New York Post Office and Postal Arrangements, 1851 October 1
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Includes two manuscripts: a rough draft and a final.
Edwin Williams. The Importance of a General Index to American Newspapers., 1851 December 2
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Includes clippings of a published version of Williams's remarks, likely from a newspaper.
Chief Justice Jones and Charles O'Conor. [Motion and Second for a Resolution Thanking Daniel Webster for his Address], [1852 February]
Pliny Miles. Icelandic History, 1853 March 1
William Allen. On Presenting an Aukook, or Indian Pot or Kettle, 1854 November 7
[Frederic De Peyster]. [On Presenting the Portrait of De Witt Clinton], 1854 October 7
Celebration of the 50th Anniversary, 1854 November 20
Scope and Contents Note
Includes drafts of the toasts, responses to the toasts, prayers, remarks, and other materials compiled to publish in the Proceedings. The documents include George Bancroft's response to the toast to him, but not his oration of the day. A portion of the printed Proceedings is in the folder.
Henry T. Drowne. The Nocturnal, 1855 June
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the paper written by Drowne and read by George H. Moore at the 5 June meeting. The folder also includes the two drawings of the nocturnal (a nautical instrument) presented by Drowne with his paper: top view and under view. Both drawn from Capt. Anthony Lewis's original instrument by his descendant and owner of the nocturnal in June 1855, John Holden Arnold.
Frederick [Friedrich] Kapp. The Early Life and Character of General von Steuben, 1855 June 5
Henry C. Van Schaack. Reminiscences of Egbert Benson, 1856 February 5
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies and Van Schaack's transmittal letter to George Moore of one of the copies.
Frederick [Friedrich] Kapp. The Hessians in the American Revolution (First Part), 1856 June 3
James Riker. Early Settlement of the Wallabout, 1857 May 5
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies and Riker's transmittal letter to Andrew Warner of one of the copies. Riker's paper engages in part with the Rapelje family, their settlement at Wallabout, and the birth of Sarah Rapelje, said to be the first child of European parentage born in New York.
Luther Bradish. Dedication of the New Fireproof Library Edifice of the New-York Historical Society, 1857 November 3
Peter J. Van Pelt. [Dedication of the N-YHS Building], 1857 November 3
[Henry B. Dawson]. Retreats [of the American Army] through Westchester County in 1776 (1 of 3), [1858 April 20]
Scope and Contents Note
This folder and the next two include at least two manuscript copies of Dawson's remarks, with sourced footnotes. Also includes transcriptions of source documents. A note from W.K. (likely William Kelby) indicates that the documents were purchased by N-YHS at the sale of Dawson's library on 19 May 1890. Also includes typed abstracts from documents and publications from 1861-1889 related to the Battle of Harlem Plains; one of these abstracts refers to a Dawson presentation on the subject at an N-YHS meeting of 18 June 1861.
[Henry B. Dawson]. Retreats [of the American Army] through Westchester County in 1776 (2 of 3), [1858 April 20]
[Henry B. Dawson]. Retreats [of the American Army] through Westchester County in 1776 (3 of 3), [1858 April 20]
Thomas F. De Voe. An Historical Outline of All the Public Markets of the City of New York, 1858 May 4
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies.
[George H. Moore?]. Mr. Lee's Plan, 29 March 1777, [Circa 1858 June 22]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a transcription of a document, with George H. Moore's instructions to a printer for setting it. The document was likely used in connection with Moore's paper "Treason of Major General Charles Lee" read to N-YHS on 22 June 1858.
[John Wakefield Francis?]. Reminiscences of Washington Irving, [1859 December 6]
William James Hubard. Washington's Likeness and the National Standard For It, 1859-1860
Scope and Contents Note
The folder includes Hubard's paper on the subject, written in 1859 or 1860. It was not read to N-YHS until 2 March 1875, by Librarian George H. Moore. In addition, the folder includes letters from Hubard to Andrew Warner, an officer of N-YHS, concerning the paper and Hubard's sculpture of Washington. The folder holds other related correspondence and the 1860 report of the New York City Committee on Arts and Sciences recommending the purchase of Hubard's copy of Houdon's statue of Washington.
George H. McWhorter. [W. Wright Hawkes, copyist]. Memoir of General Alexander McDougall, 1860?
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the transcription of McWhorter's original taken and read by Hawkes to N-YHS.
[Benjamin Robert Winthrop]. Old New York, [1862 February 4]
Frederic De Peyster. Memoir of the Honorable Rip Van Dam, 1862 November 4
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies, one of which is incomplete.
George H. McWhorter. Recollections of the Period of the Declaration of Independence, [1863 February 17]
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Paper read at the 17 February meeting by George H. Moore
Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock. The Life, Writings, and Character of Rev. Edward Robinson, D.D., LL.D, 1863 March 24
[Frederic De Peyster]. [The Inauguration of Washington in 1789]., [1864 March 1]
Isaac J. Greenwood, Jr. Memoir of John Bailey and the War Sword of Washington, 1864 May 3
Prof. G. [Gustavus] Seyffarth. Remarks on Prof. Anderson's Mummy-Coffins, [1864 December]
Isaac J. Greenwood, Jr. The Montauk Indians: An Historical Sketch, 1864 December 30
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a paper submitted by Greenwood to George H. Moore for the collections of N-YHS. From the document and an accompanying letter to Moore, it is not evident that the paper was read to the N-YHS.
Henry C. Van Schaack. A Gentleman of the Old School, and a Non-a-genarian, 1865 February 7
Scope and Contents Note
The subject is Henry Van Schaack (circa 1732-1823).
John F. Aiken. The History of Liberty, 1866 February 6
[Thomas Ewbank]. North American Rock-Writing and other Aboriginal Inscriptions, [1866 March 6]
Scope and Contents Note
The paper was read at the 6 March meeting by George H. Moore. In addition to the paper, the folder includes an apparently unrelated copy of Ewbank's letter of December 1868 to Miss Eliza M. Ewbank of Rio de Janeiro.
Col. J. G. [James Grant] Wilson. The Red River Dam, [1866 March 6]
Charles C. Savage. George Bruce and His Connection with the Art of Printing, 1866 October 2
Scope and Contents Note
The bound text includes a tipped-in page from August 1858 with examples of George Bruce's patented scripts. Charles Savage is identified as the President of the N.Y. Typographical Society.
S. [Solomon] Alofsen. [Saint Nicholas and His Festival in Amsterdam]., 1865-1866
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence from Alofsen to Librarian George Moore describing the Saint Nicholas traditions of the Netherlands, sheet music from Amsterdam with Dutch lyrics and Alofsen's annotations, and Alofsen's translation of the lyrics. The Alofsen material dates from 1865-66. Also in the folder is a 1939 reprint from N-YHS of a version of the Saint Nicholas song distributed by N-YHS in 1864 and of a broadside distributed in 1810, and photoreproductions of several of the documents.
Evert A. Duyckinck. Memorial of Francis L. Hawks, D.D., 1866 December
Scope and Contents Note
In addition to the memorial, the folder includes a bibliography of the writings of Hawks compiled at the direction of William Gowanus and forwarded by him in 1870 to Duyckinck.
John Austin Stevens, Jr. The Merchants of New-York, 1765-1775: Non-Importation Agreements. Committee of Correspondence, 1867 June 4
[George H. Moore, copyist]. [Letters of Jo. Clark Etc.], 1869 February 2
Scope and Contents Note
Includes transcriptions of letters of the 1670s to and from Silvester Salisbury, Governor of Fort Albany. The minutes of the N-YHS meeting of 2 February 1869 indicate that George H. Moore read one of these letters, that of Jo. Clark to Salisbury.
George C. McWhorter. Biographical Sketch of the Life of John Lawrance, 1869 February
Scope and Contents Note
Includes 2 versions. According to one of the documents, one is the February text read by George H. Moore to N-YHS on 15 May 1869, and the second is a revised version, apparently also from 1869, received by N-YHS on 5 January 1886.
Henry C. Van Schaack. Alderman Benson's Memoir of the Benson Family, with an Introduction and Additional Paper in Reference to Judge Egbert Benson, 1869 April 6
William F. Morgan, D.D. Conservatism and Its Relation to Progress, 1869 November
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies of this anniversary address.
[Unidentified]. [Trends in American Aboriginal History], [Circa 1870?]
William P. Prentice. A Historical Sketch of the Courts of New York, 1870 February 1
Scope and Contents Note
In addition to the paper, the folder includes two letters from Prentice, including his transmittal to George Moore of the paper.
[Benson J. Lossing]. [Memorial for Alexander Anderson, the First Engraver on Wood in America], [1870 October 5]
Scope and Contents Note
In addition to Lossing's text, there is a letter from Evert A. Duyckinck to Lossing about Anderson, which was read by Lossing as part of his remarks.
[Horace Greeley]. The American Desert, [1870 December 6]
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Includes notes of Greeley's address, on 22 slips of paper.
George C. McWhorter. An Incident in the War Between the United States and Mexico, [1872 May 7]
Scope and Contents Note
Read by George H. Moore at the N-YHS meeting of 7 May.
Isaac J. Greenwood. The Samuel Maverick Lot of 1669 on Broadway, 1873 February 22
[George Washington Greene]. German Troops in the War of Independence, [1873 June 3]
Scope and Contents Note
Read by George H. Moore at the N-YHS meeting of 3 June.
[John Austin Stevens]. [Memorial of] George Gibbs, [1873 October 7]
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Includes two manuscript copies.
[James C. Welling]. [Mecklenburg County Declaration of Independence of 1775], [1874 February 3]
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Includes Welling's address and two manuscript copies of remarks that appear to have been delivered in response to Welling's address. These remarks were likely those of either Joseph B. Varnum or Erastus C. Benedict; according to the minutes of the meeting, both made comments in connection with making a motion for a resolution of thanks to Welling.
John Austin Stevens. The Progress of New York in a Century, 1776-1876, 1875 December 7
Scope and Contents Note
See also the set of folders below for related material: [John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?].
George Bancroft. The Place in History of Washington's Letter of March 1781 to Pendleton, Wythe and Jefferson of Virginia, [1876 March 7]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Bancroft's paper, with letters of December 1875 to George Moore transmitting the paper, and the meeting announcement.
[George H. Moore]. Memorial of Life of Thomas Barron, Deceased, [1876 March 7]
Scope and Contents Note
In addition to the text of the memorial, there is a clipping of the obituary of Barron from the New York Evening Post of 6 September 1875 and a transcript of the obituary.
John Austin Stevens. The New-York Delegation to the Continental Congress, 1774-1776, 1876 April 4
Scope and Contents Note
The paper was read twice, on 4 April 1876 and on 2 May 1876.
[Charles O'Conor]. [The Constitutions], [1877 May 8]
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Lecture given as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the New York State Constitution, held at the Academy of Music. In addition to the address, the folder includes an admission ticket to the event.
George W.W. Houghton. The Last British Commander at New-York: Sir Guy Carleton, 1881 November 1
[William Beach Lawrence]. Albert Gallatin (1 of 3), [1882 February 7]
Scope and Contents Note
The paper was read by Edward F. de Lancey at the February 1882 N-YHS meeting. This set of folders includes two manuscript copies of the address, one of which appears to be incomplete, research notes, and the 1880 letter from Secretary of the Executive Committee Jacob Moore requesting Lawrence to deliver the address on the occasion of N-YHS's 76th anniversary in that year.
[William Beach Lawrence]. Albert Gallatin (2 of 3), [1882 February 7]
[William Beach Lawrence]. Albert Gallatin (3 of 3), 1880-1882
Orsamus H. Marshall. Expedition of the Sieur de Champlain Against the Onondagas in 1615., 1885
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two typescripts (one incomplete) that were advance sheets for an edition of Marshall's writings published by Joel Munsell's Sons, dated 1885 on the sheets. The sheets indicate that the original paper was sent to N-YHS in October 1875, which is confirmed by the meeting minutes of 5 October 1875, though it does not appear to have been read then. See also Marshall's paper on the same subject above in 1849.
Harman C. Westervelt. Early Colonial Dutch Churches, 1885 December 22
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Westervelt's paper and his transmittal letter of it to Recording Secretary Andrew Warner. Also includes Westervelt's 8 January 1886 letter to Domestic Corresponding Secretary Edward de Lancey concerning Westervelt's attribution to John Milton Bennett of the alliteration "Seige of Belgrade."
Rocellus S. Guernsey. New York City in the War of 1812-15 (1 of 2), [1888 March 6]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes pages 1-150 and the meeting announcement.
Rocellus S. Guernsey. New York City in the War of 1812-15 (2 of 2), 1888 March 3
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Includes pages 151-264, with unnumbered pages at the end.
John Austin Stevens. The Merchants of New York in 1789, 1889 May 7
Albert Ross Parsons. New Light Upon the Immemorial Antiquity of the Name of America and the Significance of the Arms of the United States, 1893 May 2
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Parsons's printed map inserted at the back of his paper that illustrates his point regarding the linkage between constellations and geographic names and national symbols.
Isaac J. Greenwood. Early Equestrian Performances in Europe and America, 1893 November 7
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In addition to Greenwood's paper, there are 11 engravings likely used as illustrations in connection with his address.
Monsignor [Robert] Seton, D.D. [The First Episcopal See of America], 1895 February 5
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In addition to Seton's paper, the folder includes the meeting announcement.
Dr. Paul Richard Brown. [Paul Richard (1697-1756), 29th Mayor of New York City], [1896 February 4]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a photostat copy taken by N-YHS in 1939 of a privately-owned typescript "History and Genealogy of the Richard Family."
Ellen Hardin Walworth. Robert R. Livingston in the Revolutionary War, 1896 March 5
Monsignor [Robert] Seton, D.D. An American Traveler in Egypt, 1898 February 1
Daniel Van Pelt. The Borough of Manhattan, 1899 March 7
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Paper read by A. Emerson Palmer. Includes Van Pelt's paper, his transmittal letter to Librarian William Kelby, and the meeting announcement card.
Henry R. Stiles. The Borough of Brooklyn, 1899 April 4
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Includes Stiles's paper, his transmittal letter to William Kelby, and the meeting announcement card.
William F. Wyckoff. The Borough of Queens, 1899 May 2
Ira K. Morris. The Borough of Richmond, 1899 June 6
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Includes Morris's paper and the meeting announcement. The folder also includes a color advertisement (cut in half) on heavy stock paper for the 1900 New York World Almanac.
Frederic Wendell Jackson. The Borough of the Bronx, 1899 October 3
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Includes Jackson's paper and the meeting announcement.
Sidney H. Carney, Jr., M.D. The New York Medical Profession in 1800, 1900 February 3
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Includes Carney's paper and the meeting announcement.
Edward L. Tilton. New York Architecture in the Past Century, 1900 March 6
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Includes Tilton's paper and the meeting announcement.
Francis W. Halsey. Journalism in New York City in 1800, 1900 April 3
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Includes Halsey's paper and the meeting announcement. Halsey is identified as the editor of the New York Times Saturday Review.
[John Austin Stevens]. Progress of New York in a Century, 1800-1900 (1 of 2), [1900 May 1]
Scope and Contents Note
See also the set of folders below for related material: [John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?].
[John Austin Stevens]. Progress of New York in a Century, 1800-1900 (2 of 2), [1900 May 1]
[John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?] (1 of 5), circa 1899-1901
Scope and Contents Note
This set of five folders includes what appears to be research notes and other documents compiled by John Austin Stevens and/or William Kelby for Stevens. The first four folders appear to relate to Stevens's Progress of New York, and there are some letters here from 1901 concerning the possible publication of that work. The last folder concerns commemorations of the dates of George Washington's birth and death. These documents were found boxed together. Although nothing else explicitly links all of the documents together, most of them were tri-folded together in small packets. Sheets originally tri-folded together were kept together in paper slings in each folder.
[John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?] (2 of 5), circa 1899-1901
[John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?] (3 of 5), circa 1899-1901
[John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?] (4 of 5), circa 1899-1901
[John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?] (5 of 5), circa 1899-1901
[Asa Bird Gardiner].The Bench and Bar of the City of New York During the 19th Century, [1900 October 2]
Frank Warren Crane. New York Amusements in 1800, 1900 November 7
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Includes Crane's paper and the meeting announcement.
William S. Pelletreau. The Days of the Stage Coach, or Travel To and From This City in 1800, 1900 December 4
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Includes Pelletreau's paper and the meeting announcement.
Francis W. Halsey. The Indians of New York and Their Famous League, 1901 March 5
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Halsey is identified as the editor of the New York Times Saturday Review.
Randall Comfort. Colonial Homes in the Bronx, 1901 November 6
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Includes Comfort's paper and the meeting announcement.
Frank Warren Crane. History and Humor in Colonial Advertisements, 1902 March 4
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Includes Crane's paper and the meeting announcement.
[Thomas J. Burton]. Greenwich Village and Landmarks in its Vicinity, [1903 October 6]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two manuscript copies, including a rough draft, the meeting announcement, and a published article by Burton on the subject (1894?). Burton gave the talk again on 4 April 1904 to another audience at the University Place Presbyterian Church; the card announcing that lecture, with an engraved illustration, is also in the folder.
[William S. Pelletreau]. The Village of Chelsea and Its Surroundings, [1903 November 4]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Pelletreau's address, the meeting announcement, a list of negatives acquired by Pelletreau for his stereopticon talk, notes that might be talking points related to the lantern slides used, and a typescript of a 1750 indenture between members of the Somerindyck and Egbert Hereman families and Thomas Clarke (all of New York).
Frank Warren Crane. Yorkville (Yorkville Village and its Landmarks), [1903 December 1]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Crane's paper and the meeting announcement.
[Francis W. Leggett]. New Harlem (The Village of Harlem and its Environs), [1904 February 2]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Leggett's talk with references in the text numbered to relate to the included list of slides used in the stereopticon presentation. Also included is the meeting announcement and genealogical notes on Jacob Smith (b. 1817) and the Chesterman family.
[Hopper Striker Mott]. The Bloomingdale District, [1904 March 1]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Mott's talk with references in the text numbered to relate to the included list of slides and captions used in the stereopticon presentation, and the meeting announcement. Also included is a separate document titled "The Bloomingdale Road, From a Historical and Legal Viewpoint" intended as a chapter of "The Bloomingdale District." The pages of "Bloomingdale Road" are pasted into the right (credit) side of an account book for the period January-March 1875 maintained by an unidentified individual. The debit accounts on the left are still readable, though Mott's annotations on his text are also on those pages; the credit accounts can be discerned with some difficulty.
Reginald Pelham Bolton. Fort Washington and Vicinity, [1904 April 5]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Bolton's address, the transmittal letter to Librarian Robert Kelby, and the meeting announcement.
Edward Hagaman Hall. Fort Amsterdam & Its Successors, 1904 May 3
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Includes Hall's address, the transmittal letter to Librarian Robert Kelby, and the meeting announcement.
Clarence Storm. Burton's Views of New York, 1830, 1904 June 7
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two copies of the address and the meeting announcement. See also the set of folders below for related material: [Clarence Storm]. [Research Notes].
[Frank Warren Crane]. [City Hall Park and Vicinity], [1904 October 4]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Crane's paper and the meeting announcement.
Robert Hendre Kelby. The New York Historical Society: A Retrospect, 1904 November 1
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Kelby's paper and the meeting announcement.
Report of Speeches at the Dinner of the New York Historical Society, Delmonico's [Centennial Anniversary] (1 of 2), 1904 November 22
Scope and Contents Note
This folder and the next includes drafts of the report of the speeches given at the banquet. It also includes the banquet program. The folder also includes the text and list of slides for Reginald Pelham Bolton's talk "Indian Life in the Great Metropolis" although this does not appear to be related to the anniversary banquet.
Report of Speeches at the Dinner of the New York Historical Society, Delmonico's [Centennial Anniversary] (2 of 2), 1904 November 22
Rocellus S. Guernsey. New York City During the War of 1812, 1904 December 6
Scope and Contents Note
Read by Robert Kelby as an introduction to Guernsey's stereopticon presentation (not included). Includes two manuscript copies of Guernsey's paper and the meeting announcement.
Oswald Garrison Villard, A.M.. The Early History of Wall Street, 1653-1789, [1905 May 2]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Villard's paper and the meeting announcement.
[Hopper Striker Mott]. Madison Square and Vicinage, 1905 June 6
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Mott's address in a notebook that also includes Mott's references, notes, two letters (1907), and clippings to 1909. Also included is a typescript version and the meeting announcement.
[William S. Pelletreau.] Union Square and Its History, [1905 October 3]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Pelletreau's address, the list of associated stereopticon views, the meeting announcement, a 1911 letter from the New York City Parks Department to Robert Kelby regarding the removal of railings formerly enclosing Madison and Union Squares, and a photocopy of a 1985 New York Times article about Union Square.
Thomas J. Burton. Washington Square, [1905 November 8]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Burton's paper and the meeting announcement.
[Clarence Storm]. Bowling Green and its Vicinity (1 of 2), [1906 October 2]
Scope and Contents Note
This folder and the next includes multiple copies, drafts, and notes of Storm's paper. The folder also includes multiple copies of undated addresses on Old New York made by Storm to the Sons of the Revolution, St. Nicholas Club and the Colonial Order. See also the set of folders below for related material: [Clarence Storm]. [Research Notes].
[Clarence Storm]. Bowling Green and its Vicinity (2 of 2), [circa 1906]
[Clarence Storm]. [Research Notes] (1 of 2), circa 1904-1914
Scope and Contents Note
These two folders include clippings, correspondence, images (engravings, postcards), a map of lower Manhattan distributed by a realtor as a marketing piece, and other documents that appear to have been compiled in connection with Storm's research for his talks on old New York.
[Clarence Storm]. [Research Notes] (2 of 2), circa 1904-1914
John Austin Stevens. Physical Development of the City of New York (On the Plan of the Commissioners): A Centennial Contrast, 1807-1907. Clarence Storm. [Introductory Remarks], 1907 April 2 and May 7
Scope and Contents Note
Stevens's paper was read by Robert Kelby at the 2 April 1907 meeting and by Clarence Storm at the 7 May 1907 meeting. Includes a draft and final text of Stevens's paper, his transmittal of it to Kelby, the 2 April meeting announcement, and Storm's introductory comments to his reading of the paper. See also the set of folders above for possibly related material: [John Austin Stevens?]. [Research Notes?].
Edward Hagaman Hall. [Robert Fulton and Steam Navigation], 1907 October 1
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Hall's address, an appendix with citations sent the following month to Robert Kelby, Hall's request of Kelby for his assistance in acquiring photographic images from the Robert Fulton Monument Association for his slide presentation, and the meeting announcement. The announcement indicates that the meeting will be in the Hall of N-YHS's new building on Central Park West so this is possibly the first paper read there.
[Clarence Storm]. [Powder Horns of the French and Indian War and the War of the Revolution], [1909 June 1]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes multiple drafts and versions of Storm's paper on powder horns. He spoke on the topic to at least two organizations other than N-YHS: the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the Revolution. Each presentation varied apparently in different time periods covered (colonial or Revolutionary). All the presentations are in the folder, though there appears to be some confusion in the paging. The stereopticon illustrations used were from N-YHS's Isaac J. Greenwood collection of watercolors. The folder also includes the newspaper The Sun for 20 June 1909, with an article on powder horns on page 8.
Mrs. A.T. [Alice Crary] Sutcliffe. Robert Fulton, the Man, [1909 November 9]
Dr. H. T. [Herman Theodoor] Colenbrander. [Holland as a Colonizing Power], 1910 January 11
Scope and Contents Note
Read at N-YHS before both N-YHS and the Holland Society of New York.
J. W. Rutherford. Progress of Transportation in New York City, Etc., 1910 May 3
Robert Hendre Kelby. New York in the Pre-Revolutionary Period, 1765-1774, 1910 November 1; 1913 December 2
Scope and Contents Note
Read by Kelby on both dates. In addition to Kelby's paper, the folder includes what appears to be an original clipping from a circa 1773 newspaper, with annotations. The clipping is a table titled "An exact account of the number of inhabitants of the city and county of New-York, as appears by the returns of the several constables of the said city and county," annotated to be as of October 1770.
Robert Hendre Kelby. New York During the Revolution, 1912 April 2
William Henry Shelton. Washington at the Morris House (Roger Morris House of the Revolution), 1912 May 7
[Clarence Storm]. Old New York Fires and Fire Laddies, [1912 December 3]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes multiple copies of the paper, drafts, clippings, and notes.
Robert Hendre Kelby. New York After the Revolution, 1783-1789, 1917 April 3
Everett P. Wheeler. Daniel Webster: Lawgiver and Statesman, 1918 January 8
Worthington C. Ford. [The Importance of Personal Papers and Diaries for Research into New York History], 1922 January 3
Winthrop P. Tryon. How John Jay Kept New York From Going Tory, 1923 March 6
Dixon Ryan Fox. [The New England Puritans], 1923 November 20
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a typescript taken by Master Reporting Service of Dixon's address and N-YHS President John A. Weekes's introductory and concluding remarks, on the occasion of N-YHS's 119th anniversary. A second copy of the typescript includes edits to Weekes's remarks.
Speeches Delivered at Reception Tendered to Mr. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, 1925 November 17
Scope and Contents Note
Includes three addresses on New York history: Alexander C. Flick (New York State Historian), "The Dutch Period"; John H. Finley (Editor, New York Times), "The English Period"; and Robert E. Dowling (President, City Investing Company), "The American Period."
Poultney Bigelow. John Bigelow and How He Prevented Napoleon III from Assisting Jefferson Davis During the Great Civil War, [1931 December 1]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Bigelow's address and a photograph of a monument to John Bigelow at Malden on Hudson.
Leon Dabo. Presentation of the New York Historical Society's Gold Medal to Mr. DeWitt McClellan Lockman, 1933 November 20
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a typescript of portions of the N-YHS meeting commemorating its 129th anniversary and at which Lockman received N-YHS's gold medal. The bulk of the document includes Dabo's comments, which concern the underappreciation of American artists by Americans and Europeans. The remainder of the document includes Executive Committee Chairman Robert E. Dowling's introductory and concluding remarks.
Nicholas Murray Butler. Dedication Ceremonies, 1939 March 30
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a typescript taken by the State Law Reporting Company of portions of the dedication ceremony for the newly-expanded N-YHS building on Central Park West. The bulk of the document includes Butler's address, which concerns the importance of studying history, continuing revelations in the study of New York's history, and the importance of N-YHS in historical inquiry.The document also includes the introductory and concluding remarks of First Vice-President R. Horace Gallatin.
Alexander J. Wall, Jr. How St. Nicholas Became Santa Claus, [1939 December 6]
[Marian Sadtler Hornor]. St. Nicholas Came to New York, [1941 December 15]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Hornor's address and the program for the related Christmas event.
Carl Van Doren. [The Daily Life of the Continental Army], 1945 February 13
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two typescripts, with edits, of Van Doren's address taken by the Stenotype Reporting Company at the opening of N-YHS's exhibition Our G.I.'s in Seven Wars. The typescript also includes the introductory and concluding remarks of Director R.W.G. Vail. The typescript is marked by Vail as being restricted from publication.
Major General Orlando Ward. Possible and Practical Use of Military History, 1952 March 4
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Ward's address given in connection with a new military gallery and special exhibition at N-YHS commemorating the 150th anniversary of West Point and the brochure for the lecture event.
Sigmund Spaeth. New York's History in Song., 1953 June 8
Scope and Contents Note
Appears to be an outline of Spaeth's survey of New York-related songs (3 copies).
Allan Nevins. The Golden Thread in the History of New York, 1954 November 16
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Nevins's address and his transmittal letter to N-YHS Director R.W.G. Vail.
Grayson D. Kirk. The Marquis de LaFayette, 1957 October 30
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a partial text of Kirk's lecture as released by the News Office of Columbia University. The folder also includes an invitation for the event, which was in conjunction with the N-YHS exhibition LaFayette and the New-York Historical Society.
Rebecca B. Rankin. The Quintessence of New Yorkism, [1957 November 13]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Rankin's lecture and the related invitation/admittance ticket for the event, which was held in conjunction with the N-YHS exhibition The Second Hardest Job in the World: Mayors of New York City 1784-1957.
William Jefferson Clinton. [Reflections on America on the 225th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence], 2001 July 17
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two copies of a typescript of the remarks made at the N-YHS event An Evening with Former President William Jefferson Clinton and copies of the invitation to the event. The typescript includes introductory remarks by Kenneth Jackson, Betsy Gotbaum, and Bernard Schwartz; Clinton's remarks; Jackson's questions at the conclusion of Clinton's remarks; and Clinton's responses.
Firth Haring Fabend. Govert Loockermans: Local Boy Makes Good, 2015 October 20
Scope and Contents Note
Remarks made at reception celebrating the donation by the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames of the loockermans land patent signed by Petrus Stuyvesant in 1664. File includes the program with an image of the patent and a translation of it.