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Glass Book
YEAR BOOK
OF
The Holland Society
OF
New York
1910
Published by the Direction of the Society under the Supervision of the under-signed Committee
TUNIS G. BERGEN ARTHUR H. VAN BRUNT FRANK HASBROUCK
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Copyright, 1916
BY
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
By Transfer
OCT 7 1916
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CONTENTS
Administration
Constitution ......
By-Laws .......
Membership
Present Officers ......
Former Officers ......
List of Members . . . . .
Necrology .......
Accessions .......
Meetings
Our Part in the Hudson-Fulton Celebration
Half-Moon Dinner ....
Lecture by Dr. H. T. Colenbrander
Twenty-fifth Annual Banquet .
Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting .
In Memoriam .....
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74 113 116
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179
ILLUSTRATIONS
Henry S. Van Duzer .... Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Fly Boat — De Halve Maen .... 65 De Halve Maen — Stern ..... 67 Launching of the Half-Moon . . . -71 Netherlands Commission and Members of The
Holland Society Committee • • • 73
Menu . . . . . . . .122
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Conetltutlon
Adopted April 30, 1885.
As Amended April 6, 19 10.
Article I.
Name.
Section i. This organization shall be called
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK.
Article II.
Object.
The object of the Society shall be:
First. To collect and preserve information re- specting the early history and settlement of the City and State of New York by the Dutch, and to discover, collect, and preserve all still existing docu- ments, etc., relating to their genealogy and history.
Second. To perpetuate the memory and foster and promote the principles and virtues of the Dutch ancestors of its members, and to promote social intercourse among the latter.
Third. To gather by degrees a library for the use of the Society, composed of all obtainable books, monographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., relating to the Dutch in America.
Fourth. To cause statedly to be prepared and read before the Society, papers, essays, etc.," on questions in the history or genealogy of the Dutch in America.
Fifth. To cause to be prepared and published when the requisite materials have been discovered and procured, collections for a memorial history of the Dutch in America, wherein shall be particularly set forth the part belonging to that element in the growth and development of American character, institutions, and progress.
Article III.
Members.
Section i. No one shall be eligible as a member unless he be of full age, of respectable standing in society, of good moral character, and the descend- ant in the direct male line of a Dutchman who was a native or resident of New York or of the American colonies prior to the year 1675. This shall include those of other former nationalities who found in Holland a refuge or a home, and whose descend- ants in the male line came to this country as Dutch settlers, speaking Dutch as their native tongue. This shall also include descendants in the male line of Dutch settlers who were bom within the limits of Dutch settlements, and the descendants in the male line of persons who possessed the rights of Dutch citizenship within Dutch settlements in America, prior to the year 1675; also of any de- scendant in the direct male line of a Dutchman, one of whose descendants became a member of this Society prior to June 16, 1886.
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Officers.
Section i. A President, Vice-Presidents as provided in the By-Laws, a Secretary and a Treasurer shall be chosen at each annual meeting and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected. There shall also be chosen from its members, twenty Trustees. Those elected at the first election shall divide themselves into four classes of five each ; one class to hold office one year, the second class for two years, the third class for three years, and the fourth class for four years, next thereafter. At each annual meeting there- after there shall be chosen five Trustees to fill the place of the class whose term will then expire. The offices of Secretary and Treastuer may be filled by one person.
In the event of the election of a member who is not a Trustee to be President, Secretary, or Treas- urer, he shall become ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees, and so continue during his term of office.
Section 2. All elections shall be by ballot, un- der the direction of inspectors, to be appointed by the President, and a plurality of votes shall elect.
Article V.
Powers and Duties of Officers.
Section i. The President of the Society, and in his absence the Vice-President for New York Coimty, shall authorize the call for all meetings of the Trustees, and of the Society, and appoint the
place of each meeting, and shall exercise the usual functions of a presiding officer.
Vice-Presidents shall, as far as possible, keep in touch with the members resident in their several counties and stimulate their interest in the affairs of the Society. On the occasion of the death of any member, the Vice-President for the county in which such member has resided shall represent the Society and procure the necessary material for an appropriate memorial sketch to be inserted in the Year Book.
Section 2. The Secretary of the Society shall notify each Trustee of all meetings of the Trustees, and each member of the Society of every meeting of the Society ; issue all other authorized notices to members ; make and keep a true record of all meet- ings of the Trustees and Society, and of all Stand- ing Committees; have custody of its Constitution, By-Laws, and Corporate Seal, and conduct its cor- respondence; he shall also act as Librarian and Curator, and have the keeping of all books, pam- phlets, manuscripts, and personal articles per- taining to the Society.
Section 3. The Treasurer shall collect, and under the direction of the Trustees disburse, the funds of the Society, and shall keep regular accounts thereof, which shall be subject to the examination of the President and Trustees. He shall submit a statement thereof to the Trustees at each regular meeting.
Section 4. The Trustees shall have general charge of the affairs, funds, and property of the Society. It shall be their duty to carry out the ob-
jects and purposes thereof; and to this end may exercise all the powers of the Society, subject to the Constitution, and to such action as the Society may take at its special or stated meetings.
Section 5. The Trustees shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur from death or resignation among the officers of the Society, for the unexpired term of office vacated.
" Absence from three consecutive stated meetings of the Trustees without satisfactory explanation or excuse shall be deemed equivalent to resignation and may be acted upon accordingly."
Section 6. The Trustees shall cause to be pre- pared annually a detailed statement of the financial condition of the Society, showing its receipts and expenditures for the current year, the number of members, and other matters of general interest to the Society, and a statement thereof shall be printed and a copy sent to each member ten days previous to the annual meeting.
Section 7. The Trustees shall, from time to time, make by-laws, rules, and regulations, and appoint standing committees and sub-committees on matters not herein determined.
Article VI.
Membership.
Section i. Candidates for admission must be proposed by one member and seconded by another, and the member proposing a candidate shall state in writing the name of the person proposed, his occupation, place of residence, and his qualifica- tions for membership.
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Section 2. The name of every candidate, with those of his proposers, shall be sent to the Secre- tary at least fifteen days, and by him sent to each Trustee at least ten days, before he is balloted for. Members shall be chosen by the Trustees,' and no candidate for membership shall be elected unless he receive an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the Trustees present, and in every instance two black- balls shall exclude -
Section 3. Any Trustee may, at the same meeting, move the reconsideration of a vote, either of admission or exclusion; but after an adjourn- ment no rejected candidate shall be eligible for six months thereafter.
Section 4. The admission fee shall be five dollars. The annual dues shall be five dollars, payable in advance on the first day of February in each year, or, in the case of newly-elected mem- bers, upon notice of election. By the payment of ninety-five dollars at one time, a member not in arrears may exempt himself from further payment of annual dues. The Trustees shall have power to increase each of said amounts from time to time, but not to a sum greater than one hundred dollars for the admission fee, and ten dollars for the annual subscription.
Section 5. Every person elected to member- ship, as a condition thereof, shall, within thirty days after being notified, pay to the Treasurer the amount of the admission fee and sign the Constitu- tion; the Trustees may extend the time for the latter in special cases.
Section 6. Should any member neglect to pay
his annual subscription within six months of the time when it is due, his name shall be dropped from the roll of the Society, unless for any good and sufficient excuse the Trustees shall vote to remit or suspend such penalty.
Section 7. The Trustees shall have power, by a vote of a majority of its members, to suspend or forfeit the membership of any member of the So- ciety for conduct on his part likely, in the opinion of the Trustees, to endanger the welfare, interest, or character of the Society, an opportunity being first given such member to be heard before the Trus- tees in his defence.
Section 8. Any person who shall cease to be a member of the Society shall forfeit all right or in- terest in the property of the Society.
Article VII.
Meetings.
Section i. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on April 6th, the anniversary of the day when, in a.d. 1566, the Dutch combined against tyranny, and adopted the badge which is now the badge of this Society. Should such date fall on Saturday or Sunday, the annual meeting shall be held on the Monday following.
Section 2. No special meeting of the Society shall be called at any time except by order of the President, with the approval of three Trustees,' or by the Secretary whenever the President shall be thereimto requested in writing by twelve members.
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setting forth the purpose of such meeting. At any such special meeting no business other than that specified in the call shall be considered, except by unanimous consent. At least ten days' notice shall be given to the members, of all meetings of the Society.
Section 3. The Trustees shall hold four regu- lar meetings each year at such times as may be provided in the By-Laws.
Article VIII.
Notices.
Section i. All notices shall be sent to such address as shall be left with the Secretary. If no address be so given, such notices shall be sufficient if addressed to the member at his last known place of residence.
Article IX.
Amendments to the Constitution.
Section i. To amend the Constitution, an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members pres- ent at a general or special meeting shall be requi- site, but no amendment shall be made except upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, or upon the written request of at least fifteen mem- bers of the Society, and after the mailing to each member notice of any proposed amendment at least ten days before the meeting at which it is intended to be acted upon.
36^^Xav\)3 of tbe 1boIlan^ Society?.
As Amended April 6, 1894.
I. Order of Business.
At all meetings of the Society, the order of busi- ness shall be as follows:
1 . Reading the minutes of the previous meet-
ing.
2. Reports of officers.
3. Election of officers.
4. Reports of committees.
5. Miscellaneous business.
6. Adjournment.
2. Meetings of Trustees.
The Trustees shall hold stated meetings on the second Thursday of each March, June, October, and December.
Special meetings of the Trustees may be called by order of the President, or, in his absence, by the Vice-President for New York City.
3. Proof of Descent.
Before being voted upon for membership, each candidate shall furnish satisfactory proof of his pedigree to the Committee on Genealogy, who shall report thereon to the Board of Trustees.
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4- Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the day specified in the Constitution (at such place and hour as the President shall appoint) , and at least ten days' notice of the same shall be sent to each member by the Secretary. The Trustees shall, at least sixty days before any annual meet- ing, elect a committee who shall nominate a ticket to be voted for at the annual election, and a list of the nominations shall be sent to each member of the Society at least ten days before the annual meeting.'
5. Committees and Appointment.
All standing committees and sub-committees shall be appointed by the President or other chair- man of the meeting, unless specially named in the resolution creating the committee, and the gentle- man first named shall be Chairman of each com- mittee. The standing committees shall be on Finance, on Genealogy, and on History and Tradition.
6. Committee on Finance.
The Committee on Finance shall consist of three members, and shall, at least once in each year, and oftener if they choose, audit the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer of this Society and report upon the same at the annual meeting of
* At the annual meeting of the Society held May 27, 1890, the follow- ing resolution was adopted :
"Upon the appointment by the Trustees of a Nominating Committee, the Secretary of the Society shall notify the Vice-Presidents of each local- ity of the appointment of the Committee, and request that suggestions be made from each locality of the member who is desired for nomination as Vice-President for such locality. "
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the Society, and oftener to the Board of Trustees as they may see fit, or as the latter may order.
7. Committee on Genealogy.
It shall be the duty of the Committee on Gene- alogy to report to the Trustees upon the genealogy of candidates that may be submitted to them, and to collect and preserve, in accordance with the Constitution of this Society, information and docu- ments relating to the genealogy of the members of this Society and of the Dutch settlers of New York and of the American colonies, and said committee may expend the funds of this Society for that pur- pose, but not to exceed a total amount of twenty- five dollars in any one quarter of a year, unless especially authorized by the Trustees. Said committee shall consist of three members.
8. Committee on History and Tradition.
It shall be the duty of the Committee on History and Tradition to collect and preserve, in accord- ance with the Constitution of this Society, informa- tion, documents, books, and monuments relating to the history and tradition of the ancestry of the members of this Society, and of the Dutch settlers of New York and of the American colonies, and to print and publish the same, and papers and essays relating to the same, copyrighting original publi- cations for the benefit of this Society; and said committee may expend the funds of this Society for that purpose, but not to exceed a total amount of twenty -five dollars in any one quarter of a year, unless especially authorized by the Trustees. Said committee shall consist of three members.
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9- Special Appropriation of Funds.
A. All initiation fees received for this Society, together with ten per cent, of the amounts annually received for dues of this Society, shall be, and they hereby are, appropriated for a special fund, which, with such gifts and additions as may be made thereto, is hereby set apart as the building fund, to be applied to the erection of a suitable, and if possible a self-supporting building, as the future home of this Society; but such fund, or parts thereof may, from time to time, be otherwise appropriated by the Board of Trustees.
B. Ten per cent, of the amount annually re- ceived for dues of this Society shall be, and they hereby are, appropriated to a special fund, which, with such gifts and additions as may be made thereto, is hereby set apart as a fund to be ap- plied to the publication, in accordance with the Constitution of this Society, of a memorial history of the Dutch in America, such history to be copy- righted for the benefit of this Society, and to be prepared and published under the direction of the Committee on History and Tradition; but such fund, or parts thereof, may, from time to time, be otherwise appropriated by the Board of Trustees.
10. Centers Entitled to a Vice-President.
Any county in which there may be ten resident members of the Society shall be entitled to a Vice- President in the Society. There may be also a Vice-President for the United States Army and one for the United States Navy.
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II. Amendment.
These By-Laws can be altered, amended, or abrogated only at a stated meeting of the Trustees, or at a meeting specially called for that purpose, and upon a notice of ten days to each Trustee by the Secretary, informing him of the proposed alteration, amendment, or abrogation, and then only upon the affirmative vote of a majority of members present. Provided, however, that each meeting may regulate and control its order of business.
OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
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OFFICERS.
Elected April 6, 1909.
PRESIDENT.
HENRY SAYRE VAN DUZER.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
New York Samuel V. Hoffman.
Kings County Edward J. Bergen.
Queens County William F. Wyckoff.
Westchester County John B. Kouwenhoven.
Dutchess County Martin Heermance.
Ulster County Philip Elting.
Albany County William B. Elmendorf.
Rensselaer County Thomas A. Knickerbacker.
Schenectady County Charles C. Duryee.
Onondaga County Rasselas A. Bonta.
Richmond County, N. Y Calvin D. Van Name.
Hudson County, N. J Thomas E. Van Winkle.
Bergen County, N. J William M. Johnson.
Passaic County, N. J Robert I. Hopper.
Essex County, N. J Herbert S. Sutphen.
Monmouth County, N. J David V. Perrine.
United States Army Col. Charles K. Winne.
United States Navy Chaplain Roswell R. Hoes.
TREASURER. Arthur H. Van Brunt.
SECRETARY. Henry L. Bogert.
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TRUSTEES.
Term Expires in 1910.
Garret J. Garretson, Frank Hasbrouck, Augustus Van Wyck, John W. Vrooman, William Leverich B rower.
Term Expires in 19 12.
Tunis G. Bergen, Samuel V. Hoffman, David D. Zabriskie, John H. Starin, Evert Jansen Wendell.
Term Expires in 191 1.
Theodore M. Banta,
Henry Van Dyke, George M. Van Hoesen, Warner Van Norden, John R. Van Wormer.
Term Expires in 1913-
George G. De Witt, Frank I. Vander Beek, Jr. Arthur H. Masten, Robert A. Van Wyck, Alphonso T. Clearwater.
ON GENEALOGY.
THEODORE M. BANTA, FRANK HASBROUCK, JOHN W. VROOMAN.
COMMITTEES. ON FINANCE.
WARNER VAN NORDEN, WILLIAM L. BROWER, FRANK I. VANDER BEEK, Jr.
ON HISTORY AND TRADITION.
HENRY L. BOGERT, SAMUEL V. HOFFMAN, TUNIS G. BERGEN.
ON STATUE TO WILLIAMTHE SILENT.
WARNER VAN NORDEN, TUNIS G. BERGEN, GARRET J. GARRETSON, AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK, FRANK I. VANDER BEEK, Jr., ALPHONSO T. CLEARWATER, DAVID D. ZABRISKIE, JOHN R. VAN WORMER, ALBERT VANDER VEER.
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COMMITTEES.
ON TERCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK, WARNER VAN NORDEN, THEODORE M. BANTA, TUNIS G. BERGEN, HENRY L. BOGERT.
ON TABLET TO VAN DER CAPELLEN.
JOHN R. VAN WORMER, ARTHUR H. VAN BRUNT.
ON NIEUW HAARLEM QUARTER MILLENNIAL
JOHN R. VAN WORMER, TUNIS G. BERGEN, WARNER VAN NORDEN, JAMES DE LA MONTANYE
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OFFICERS. PRESIDENTS.
ELECTED.
Hooper C. Van Vorst 1885
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1890
George M. Van Hoesen 1891
Augustus Van Wyck 1892
James William Beekman 1893
Warner Van Norden 1894
D. B. St. John Roosa 1895
Charles H. Truax 1896
John W. Vrooman 1897
Robert A. Van Wyck 1 898
Tunis G. Bergen 1899
Henry Van Dyke 1900
John H. Starin 1901
George G. De Witt 1902
Theodore M. Banta 1903
Albert Vander Veer 1904
Garret J. Garretson 1905
John R. Van Wormer 1906
Frank Hasbrouck 1907
Evert Jansen Wendell 1908
Henry Sayre Van Duzer 1909
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
FOR NEW YORK.
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1885
Maus Rosa Vedder 1 890
Charles H. Truax 1891
Warner Van Norden 1892
Charles H. Truax 1894
Samuel D. Coykendall 1896
Tunis G. Bergen 1898
Lucas L. Van Allen 1899
John L. Riker 1901
Samuel Ver Planck Hoffman 1906
FOR KINGS COUNTY, N. Y.
Adrian Van Sinderen 1885
Augustus Van Wyck 1887
Tunis G. Bergen 1888
Harmanus Barkaloo Hubbard 1890
JuDAH Back Voorhees 1891
Delavan Bloodgood 1893
William C De Witt 1895
Delavan Bloodgood 1896
Peter Wyckoff 1 897
Silas B. Dutcher 1906
Edward J. Bergen 1909
FOR QUEENS COUNTY, N. Y.
John E. Van Nostrand (for Newtown) 1886
Andrew J. Onderdonk (for North Hempstead) 1890
Henry A. Bogert 1 894
John H. Prall 1904
William F. Wyckoff 1909
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OFFICERS. FOR STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.
ELECTED.
William Prall 1890
James D. Van Hoevenberg (served three years) 1891
FOR RICHMOND COUNTY, N. Y.
Calvin Decker Van Name 1906
FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y.
Charles Knapp Clearwater 1886
William L. Heermance 1889
Ezekiel Jan Elting 1891
William L. Heermance 1892
Charles H. Roosevelt 1892
David Cole 1893
Harris E. Adriance 1894
John R. Hegeman 1896
William L. Heermance 1898
Charles R. Dusenberry 1900
Peter J. Elting 1902
Joseph Hasbrouck 1904
Eugene Elsworth 1906
John B. Kouwenhoven 1909
FOR ROCKLAND COUNTY, N. Y.
Garret Van Nostrand 1886
Cornelius R. Blauvelt 1892
Isaac C. Haring (served one year) 1893
FOR ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y.
Amos Van Etten, Jr 1888
Charles F. Van Inwegen 1893
Seymour De Witt 1894
Selah R. Van Duzer 1896
Charles H. Snedeker 1897
John Schoonmaker ^898
John D. Van Buren 1899
Charles F. Van Inwegen 1901
Hiram Lozier ^903
Wm. Wyckoff Schomp (served one year) 19^5
FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY, N. Y.
Frank Hasbrouck 1887
Edward Elsworth ^894
A. P. Van Gieson 1905
Irving Elting ^907
Martin Heermance 1909
FOR ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y.
Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater 1885
Samuel Decker Coykendall 1888
Augustus Schoonmaker 1891
Elijah Du Bois 1894
Augustus H. Bruyn 1895
20 OFFICERS.
ELECTBD.
Charles Burhans 1898
Jacob Le Fevre 1901
Jesse Elting 1903
Hyman Roosa 1904
Charles C. Ten Broeck 1906
Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater 1908
PHU.IP Elting 1909
FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y.
Augustus W. Wynkoop 1885
Aaron J. Vanderpoel 1886
Peter Van Schaick Pruyn 1887
Pierre Van Buren Hoes 1891
Charles King Van Vleck 1 894
John C. Du Bois (served one year) 1896
FOR GREENE COUNTY, N. Y.
Evert Van Slyke 1886
Philip V. Van Orden (served eight years) 1898
FOR ALBANY COUNTY, N. Y.
Albert Vander Veer 1886
Thomas J. Van Alstyne 1901
Robert C. Pruyn 1904
J. TowNSEND Lansing 1906
William B. Elmendorf 1907
FOR RENSSELAER COUNTY, N. Y.
William Chichester Groesbeck 1889
Charles R. De Freest 1894
Seymour Van Santvoord 1897
Charles E. Dusenberry 1903
John Knickerbacker 1905
Seymour Van Santvoord 1906
Thomas A. Knickerbacker 1908
FOR COBLESKILL, N. Y.
John Van Schaick (served eight years) 1886
FOR SCHENECTADY COUNTY, N. Y.
James Albert Van Voast 1886
Giles Yates Van Der Bogert 1890
John Livingston Swits 1 893
James A. Van Voast 1895
Thomas L. Barhydt 1896
James R. Truax 1901
Charles C. Duryee 1907
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, N. Y.
Walter L. Van Denbergh 1886
Alfred De Graaf 1893
John H. Starin 1894
Martin Van Buren 1896
John D. Wendell (served eight years) 1898
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OFFICERS. FOR ONONDAGA COUNTY, N. Y.
ELECTED.
John Van Duyn 1901
Forbes Heermans 1904
Francis Hendricks 1905
John Marsellus 1906
Rasselas a. Bonta 1908
FOR BUFFALO, N. Y.
Sheldon Thompson Viele (served five years) 1889
FOR ERIE COUNTY. N. Y.
Tracy C. Becker 1906
FOR HUDSON COUNTY, N. J.
Theodore Romeyn Varick i886
J. Howard Suydam 1887
Henry M. T. Beekman 1888
Isaac I. Vander Beek 1889
George Clippinger Varick 1890
Henry Traphagen 1891
Cornelius C. Van Reypen 1892
Francis I. Vander Beek 1893
Garret Daniel Van Reipen 1894
Charles Henry Voorhis 1895
Isaac Paulis Vander Beek 1896
Isaac Romaine 1897
William Brinkerhoff 1898
Frank I. Vander Beek, Jr 1899
Henry H. Brinkerhoff, Jr 1900
John Warren Hardenbergh 1901
Daniel Van Winkle 1902
John J. Voorhees 1903
John J. Voorhees, Jr 1904
Everest B. Kiersted 1905
Reynier J. Wortendyke 1906
Marshall Van Winkle 1907
Thomas E. Van Winkle 1909
FOR BERGEN COUNTY, N. J.
George Frederick Schermerhorn 1886
John Quackenbush 1891
James M. Van Valen 1893
John Paul Paulison 1894
Elbert A. Brinckerhoff 1895
Andrew D. Bogert 1896
Peter Bogert 1897
James M. Van Valen 1898
Edward Stagg 1901
Morse Burtis 1903
Andrew D. Bogert 1904
Milton Demarest 1905
Arthur Ward Van Winkle 1906
John Baldwin Lozier 1907
Frank O. Van Winkle 1908
William M. Johnson 1909
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OFFICERS. FOR PASSAIC COUNTY, N. J.
ELECTED.
Martin John Ryerson 1886
ToHN Hopper 1888
Robert I. Hopper 1898
FOR ESSEX COUNTY, N. J.
John N. Jansen 1894
Anson A. Voorhees 1896
Moses J. De Witt 1898
Carlyle E. Sutphen 1899
John B. Van Wagenen 1901
Harrison Van Duyne 1902
Benjamin G. Demarest 1903
James Suydam Polhemus 1904
Frank R. Van Nest 1905
Neilson Abeel 1906
Moses J. De Witt 1907
Herbert S. Sutphen 1909
FOR MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J.
D. Augustus Van Der Veer 1888
William H. Vredenburgh 1894
Peter Stryker 1897
William E. Truex 1899
Henry H. Longstreet 1903
FOR SOMERSET COUNTY, N. J.
Lawrence Van Der Veer 1888
James J. Bergen (served three years) 1891
FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY, N. J.
William Hoffman Ten Eyck 1886
Charles H. Voorhees 1891
Abraham V. Schenck 1894
William R. Duryee (served one year) 1896
FOR CAMDEN, N. J.
Peter L. Voorhees (served five years) 1889
FOR PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Eugene Van Loan 1889
Samuel S. Stryker 1893
Eugene Van Loan 1895
Samuel S. Stryker 1897
Theodore Voorhees 1898
Louis Y. Schermerhorn (served five years) 1903
FOR UNITED STATES ARMY.
Stewart Van Vliet 1890
Henry C. Hasbrouck 1901
Col. Charles K. Winne, M. D 1908
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OFFICERS. FOR UNITED STATES NAVY.
ELECTKD.
Delavan Bloodgood 1890
William Knickerbocker Van Reypen 1891
Casper Schenck 1895
Edward S. Bogert 1896
Arthur Burtis 1897
RoswELL R. Hoes 1901
SECRETARIES.
George West Van Siclen 1885
Theodore Melvin Banta 1891
Henry Lawrence Bogert 1903
TREASURERS.
George West Van Siclen 1885
Abraham Van Santvoord 1886
Eugene Van Schaick 1890
Tunis G. Bergen 1896
Arthur H. Van Brunt 1898
TRUSTEES.
Hooper C. Van Vorst 1885
William M. Hoes 1885
WiLHELMUS MyNDERSE 1885
Abraham Van Santvoord 1885
George W. Van Slyck : 1885
David Van Nostrand 1885
*Henry Van Dyke 1885
*George M. Van Hoesen 1885
Philip Van Volkenburgh, Jr 1885
Edgar B. Van Winkle 1885
W. A. Ogden Hegeman 1885
Herman W. Vander Poel 1885
George W. Van Siclen 1885
Benjamin F. Vosburgh 1885
Jacob Wendell 1885
*George G. DeWitt 1885
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1885
Lucas L. Van Allen 1885
Aaron J. Vanderpoel 1885
Henry S. Van Duzer 1885
Alexander T. Van Nest 1886
*AuGUSTUs Van Wyck 1887
♦Theodore M. Banta 1887
Chauncey M. Depew 1887
Frederick J. DePeyster 1887
Walton Storm 1888
Henry R. Beekman 1889
*JoHN L. Riker 1889
William W. Van Voorhis 1889
William J. Van Arsdale 1890
Henry S. Van Beuren 1890
*JoHN W. Vrooman 1890
William D. Garrison 1890
Eugene Van Schaick 1891
24 OFFICERS.
ELECTED.
James Willum Beekman 1892
Abraham Van Santvoord 1892
♦Tunis G. Bergen 1892
D. B. St. John Roosa 1892
Charles H. Truax 1892
♦Robert A. Van Wyck 1893
Alexander T. Van Nest 1893
♦Frank Hasbrouck 1894
Abraham Lansing 1894
♦Warner Van Norden 1895
John H. Starin 1896
♦James B. Van Woert 1896
Egbert L. Viele 1899
♦John R. Van Wormer 1899
Samuel D. Coykendall 1900
Commodore P. Vedder 1901
Willlvm L. Heermance 1902
♦Garret J. Garretson 1903
♦Arthur H. Van Brunt, ex-officio 1903
♦Henry L. Bogert, ex officio 1903
Albert Vander Veer, ex-officio 1904
Foster M. Voorhees 1905
•William Leverich Brower 1906
♦Frank I. Vander Beek, Jr 1906
♦Samuel Ver Planck Hoffman 1908
♦David Demarest Zabriskie 1908
♦Evert Jansen Wendell 1908
Arthur H. Masten 1909
Alphonso T. Clearwater 1909
♦Now in office.
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LIST OF MEMBERS, FEB. i, 1910.
John Howard Abeel New York
Albert Ammerman Ackerman Washington, D. C
George Groesbeck Ackerman Hackensack, N. J
George Henry Ackerman Passaic, N. J
John Edmund Ackerman " "
John Walter Ackerman Auburn, N. Y
William Sickles Ackerman Paterson, N. J
Garret G. Ackerson Hackensack, N. J
James Blauvelt Ackerson Passaic, N. J
Edward Boyce Adriance New York
Harris Ely Adriance "
Isaac Reynolds Adriance Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
John Erskin Adriance " "
Peter Adriance " **
William Allen Adriance
Frederick Herbert Amerman Montclair, N. J.
James Lansing Amerman Passaic, N. J,
William Henry H. Amerman Belle Harbor, N. Y.
William H. H. Amerman, Jr New York.
William Libbey Amerman "
Richard Allard Anthony
William Henry Aten Brooklyn, N. Y,
Harry Fish Auten Trenton, N. J,
Edward Woodruff Banta New York.
Theodore Melvin Banta Brooklyn, N. Y
Walter Augustus Banta " "
Theodore Wells Barhydt Burlington, Iowa
Thomas Low Barhydt Schenectady, N. Y
Lindon Wallace Bates New York
Wilham Harrison Bayles "
Robert Nelson Baylis Montclair, N. J
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Alston Beekman Red Bank, N. J.
Gerard Beekman New York
Henry M. T. Beekman
Albert Van Voast Bensen Albany, N. Y.
A. Beekman Bergen Tarrytown, N. Y.
Edward Jacob Bergen Brooklyn, N. Y.
Francis Henry Bergen Summit, N. J.
Herman Suydam Bergen Somerville, N. J.
James J. Bergen New York.
Tunis G. Bergen Brooklyn, N. Y.
Van Brunt Bergen " "
John F. Berry
Henry B. Bevier Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Alonzo Blauvelt. New York
Elmer Blauvelt Oradell, N. J
Jacob Merseles Blauvelt Piermont, N. Y
James Gillmor Blauvelt Paterson, N. J
William Hutton Blauvelt Syracuse, N. Y
William V. A. Blauvelt Hackensack, N. J
Anthony James Bleecker New York
Theophylact Bache Bleecker "
Francis Bloodgood Milwaukee, Wis
Hildreth Kennedy Bloodgood New York
Joseph Francis Bloodgood Flushing, N. Y
Cornelius Bloomingdale New York
James Bloomingdale Saratoga Springs, N. Y
John Brower Blydenburgh Hudson, N. Y
Jacob Ten Broeck Bogardus East Orange, N. J
John Bogart New York
John Bion Bogart Brooklyn, N. Y
Joseph Hegeman Bogart Roslyn, N. Y
Albert Reuben Bogert Oradell, N. J
Andrew Demarest Bogert Englewood, N. J
Charles Albert Bogert
Charles Jacob Bogert Brooklyn, N. Y
Daniel Gilliam Bogert Englewood, N. J
Edward Strong Bogert New York
Frederick H. Bogert Ridgewood, N. J
Henry Lawrence Bogert Flushing, N. Y
John Jacob Bogert New York
Matthew J. Bogert Demarest, N. J
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Theodore Lawrence Bogert New York.
Walter Bogert Tenafly, N. J.
William Russell Bogert New Brighton, N. Y,
Rasselas A. Bonta Syracuse, N. Y.
John Van Vorst Booraem Brooklyn, N. Y.
Louis Vacher Booraem Essex Fells, N. J.
Aaron John Bradt Schenectady, N. Y.
Simon Vedder Bradt " "
Warren Lansing Bradt Albany, N. Y.
WilHam Harmon Bradt Schenectady, N. Y.
Edward Renwick Brevoort, Jr New York.
James Renwick Brevoort Yonkers, N. Y.
Alex. Gordon Brinckerhoff Brooklyn, N. Y.
Elbert Adrian Brinckerhoff Englewood, N. J.
Gurdon Grant Brinckerhoff New York.
Gurdon Grant Brinckerhoff, Jr "
Benjamin Myer Brink Kingston, N. Y.
Jacob Louis Brink New York.
Theodore Brink Katrine, N. Y.
George Alyea Brinkerhoff Hackensack, N. J.
Henry H. Brinkerhoff Jersey City, N. J.
RoeHf Coe Brinkerhoff Riverside, Calif.
William Brinkerhoff Jersey City, N. J.
Robert Packer Broadhead Kingston, Penn.
George Tuttle Brokaw New York.
Theophilus Anthony Brouwer
Abraham Thew Hunter Brower Chicago, 111.
Bloomfield Brower New York.
Charles De Hart Brower "
David Brower Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Brower New York.
Ward Brower
William Leverich Brower "
William Wallace Brower "
James Hudson Brown, Jr Stamford, Conn.
Irving T. Bush New York
Charles Freeman Can tine Kingston, N. Y.
Alphonso T. Clearwater " "
Ralph Davis Clearwater
Jacob Winne Clute Schenectady, N. Y.
Cornelius A. Cole Hackensack, N. J.
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Charles Tallmadge Conover Seattle, Wash.
Frank Bruen Conover Long Branch, N. J.
Frank Edgar Conover New York
Frederic King Conover Madison, Wis.
John Thompson Conover New York.
Warren Archer Conover Brooklyn, N. Y.
Washington Lafayette Cooper New York.
George Bruce Cortelyou "
John Coykendall Newark, N. J.
Samuel Decker Coykendall Rondout, N. Y.
Adelbert Cronkhite Governor's Island, N. Y.
Matthias Van Dyke Cruser Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas De Witt Cuyler Haverford, Penn.
Charles I. De Bevoise Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chas. Richmond De Bevoise Newark, N. J.
Cornelius S. De Bevoise Brooklyn, N. Y.
George Debevoise New York.
George W. Debevoise "
Thos. McElrath Debevoise Summit, N. J.
Howard De Forest New York.
Alfred De Graff Fonda, N. Y.
Arthur Lewis De Groff Newark, N. J.
Alfred De Groot Port Richmond, N. Y.
Harry Van der Veer De Hart Elizabeth, N. J.
James de la Montanye New York.
Benjamin Garrison Demarest Montclair, N. J.
Cornelius Bertholf Demarest Hackensack, N. J.
Elmer Wilson Demarest Bayonne, N. J.
Henry Samuel Demarest Brooklyn, N. Y.
Isaac I. Demarest Hackensack, N. J.
John Garret Demarest Oradell, N. J.
Milton Demarest Hackensack, N. J.
Samuel S. Demarest Bergenfield, N. J.
William H. S. Demarest New Brunswick, N. J.
William Curtis Demorest New York.
David Demarest Denise Freehold, N. J.
Edwin Stanton Denise Bayonne, N. J.
Chauncey Mitchell Depew New York.
Frederic Ashton de Peyster New York.
John Henry De Ridder Brooklyn, N. Y.
Abraham Van Dyck De Witt New London, Conn.
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Andrew Heemiance De Witt Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cornelius De Witt Norfolk, Va.
Edward De Witt Englewood, N. J.
George Gosman De Witt New York.
Henry Clinton De Witt
Jacob Walter De Witt Newark, N. J.
Jerome De Witt Binghamton, N. Y.
Jerome Pennington De Witt New York.
Moses J. De Witt Newark, N. J.
Peter De Witt New York.
Sutherland De Witt Elmira, N. Y.
Theodore De Witt New York.
Thomas May De Witt Cleveland, O.
WiUiam Cantine De Witt Brooklyn, N. Y.
William G. De Witt New York.
Anthony Dey
Peter A. Dey Iowa City, Iowa.
Richard Varick Dey San Francisco, Calif.
Andrew Deyo Yonkers, N. Y.
Emery Deyo Weehawken, N. J.
Perry Deyo New Paltz, N. Y.
Solomon Le Fevre Deyo New York.
Walter Christian Deyo Hoboken, N. J.
Morris H. Dillenbeck New York.
John Henry Dingman Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cornelius Ditmars
Edward Wilson Ditmars
Isaac Edward Ditmars
John Ditmars
Townsend Van Pelt Ditmars
Charles Gibbons Douw Scotia, N. Y.
Abraham B. Du Bois New Paltz, N. Y.
Charles A. Du Bois New York.
Cornelius Du Bois "
Philip H. Du Bois New Paltz. N. Y.
William Edward Du Bois
John Eignace Dumont Rochester, N. Y.
Chester Bumell Duryea New York.
Harry Hendrick Duryea "
Hiram Duryea
Charles Chauncey Duryee Schenectady, N. Y.
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Ernest Neilson Duryee Newark, N. J.
Gustavus Abeel Duryee Pelham Manor, N. Y.
Harvey Hoag Duryee Los Angeles, Calif.
Jacob Eugene Duryee " " "
Joseph Rankin Duryee New York.
Peter Stanford Duryee Englewood, N. J.
Charles Dusenberry, Jr Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Charles Eagles Dusenberry Troy, N. Y.
Charles Richard Dusenberry Yonkers, N. Y.
Elias Warner Dusenberry Bronxville, N. Y.
Edwin Coles Dusenbury Lake Mahopac, N. Y.
Henry Genet Dusenbury, Jr N. Hackensack, N.J.
Charles Mason Dutcher Montclair, N. J.
De Witt Parcefor Dutcher Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank Jerome Dutcher Hopedale, Mass,
Malcolm Belden Dutcher Westfield, N. J.
Robert Roy Dutcher Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank Hasbrouck Earle Newark, N. J.
Clarence Edsall Colorado Springs, Col.
Frederick Dunning Edsall Brooklyn, N. Y.
William Henry Edsall Wallingford, Conn.
Dwight Lathrop Elmendorf New York.
John Barker Elmendorf "
William Burgess Elmendorf Albany, N. Y.
William Stark Elmendorf
Edward Elsworth Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Edward Wead Elsworth Watertown, N. Y.
Eugene Elsworth Irvington, N. Y.
Ezekiel Jan Elting Yonkers, N. Y.
Irving Elting Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Jacob Elting Clintondale, N. Y.
Jesse Elting New Paltz, N. Y.
Peter Jacobus Elting Yonkers, N. Y.
PhiHp Elting Kingston, N. Y.
Henry Eltinge Lloyd, N. Y.
Everett James Esselstyn New York.
Sherman Esselstyn Brooklyn, N. Y.
Charles Brown Everson Syracuse, N. Y.
Alfred Maurice Freer, Jr New York.
Robert Livingston Fryer Buffalo, N. Y.
Garret James Garretson Elmhurst, N. Y.
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Mitchell Packard Garretson New York.
Robert Goelet Newport, R. I.
Robert Walton Goelet
Louis William Groat New York.
Edward Anson Groesbeck Albany, N. Y,
Herman John Groesbeck Cincinnati, O.
Leonard Harvey Groesbeck Syracuse, N. Y.
Telford Groesbeck Cincinnati, O.
Wm. Chichester Groesbeck Troy, N. Y.
Wm. Gerard Groesbeck Brooklyn, N. Y.
Alexander Reading Gulick New York.
Arnatt Reading Gulick "
Charlton Reading Gulick "
Emestus Schenck Gulick Garden City, N. Y.
James Callbreath Gulick New York.
John Callbreath GuHck
Luther Halsey Gulick "
Andrew James Hageman Somerville, N. J.
William White Hance Palenville, N. Y.
Arthur Taber Hanson Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
John Warren Hardenbergh Jersey City, N. J.
Thomas Eddy Hardenbergh New York.
Frank Mitchell Hardenbrook
James Smith Haring Crafton, Penn.
Teunis A. Haring Hackensack, N. J.
Abraham Hasbrouck Kingston, N. Y.
Alfred Hasbrouck Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
Bruyn Hasbrouck New Paltz, N. Y.
Corn. Van Dyke Hasbrouck Rosendale, N. Y.
Frank Hasbrouck Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Garrett Roosa Hasbrouck Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck Kingston, N. Y.
Henry CorneHus Hasbrouck Newburgh, N. Y.
Howard Hasbrouck New York.
Isaac Edgar Hasbrouck Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Foster Hasbrouck New York.
John Roswell Hasbrouck Larchmont, N. Y.
Joseph Hasbrouck Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Joseph Edwin Hasbrouck Modena, N. Y.
Levi Hasbrouck Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Louis Bevier Hasbrouck New York.
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Louis Philip Hasbrouck Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Manning Hasbrouck " "
Oscar Hasbrouck Wingdale, N. Y.
Oscar Hasbrouck Cohoes, N. Y.
Sayer Hasbrouck Providence, R. I.
William Fitch Hasbrouck Yonkers, N. Y.
Lefferd M. A. Haughwout New York.
Frederick Heermance Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Martin Heermance " "
Radcliffe Heermance " "
Forbes Heermans Syracuse, N. Y.
Adrian Augustus Hegeman Black Mountain, N. C.
Albert Clarence Hegeman New York.
Charles Hegeman "
Daniel Andrew Hegeman Brooklyn, N. Y.
Daniel Van Brunt Hegeman " "
John Rogers Hegeman Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Joseph Perot Hegeman Pittsburg, Penn.
Clarence P. Hendricks East Kingston, N. Y.
Francis Hendricks Syracuse, N. Y.
Howard Hendricks Kingston, N. Y.
Daniel Til ton Hendrickson Port Monmouth, N. J.
Eugene Moulton Hendrickson Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hubbard Hendrickson Bayside, N. Y.
James P. Hendrickson Red Bank, N. J.
William Henry Hendrickson " " "
Henry Williamson Hoagland Colorado Springs, Col.
Ernest Peter Hoes Yonkers, N. Y.
Roswell Randall Hoes Norfolk, Va.
William Myers Hoes New York.
Samuel Verplanck Hoffman Morristown, N. J.
Francklyn Hogeboom New York.
Garret S. M. Holdrum Westwood, N. J.
John Henry Hopper Paterson, N. J.
Robert Imlay Hopper " "
Frederick Augustus Hornbeck Kansas City, Mo.
George Preston Hotaling New York.
David Harrison Houghtaling "
Harmanus Barkuloo Hubbard Bayshore, N. Y.
Timothy Ingraham Hubbard Babylon, N. Y.
Edward Covert Hulst Flushing, N. Y.
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Edward Tompkins Hulst Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Edmund Niles Huyck Albany, N. Y
Arthur Middleton Jacobus New York
David Schenck Jacobus Jersey City, N. J
John Wesley Jacobus New York
Melancthon W. Jacobus Hartford, Conn
Richard Mentor Jacobus East Orange, N. J
William Colet Johnson Flushing, N. Y
WilHam Mindred Johnson Hackensack, N. J
Charles Edward Johnston New York
Frederic Rose Keator "
Harry Mayham Keator "
Saml. Jerman Keator, Jr "
Andrew Jackson Kiersted Philadelphia, Penn.
Everest B. Kiersted Jersey City, N. J.
Henry Stevens Kiersted San Francisco, Calif.
Charles Augustus Kip Morristown, N. J.
Clarence Van Steenbergh Elip New York.
Elbert S. Kip Morristown, N. J.
Frederic Ellsworth Kip Montclair, N. J.
George Goelet Kip Morristown, N. J.
Ira Andruss Kip New York.
Ira Andruss Kip, Jr South Orange, N. J.
Irving De Forest Kip Passaic, N. J.
John Macy Kipp Clifton, N. J.
Reuben Eugene Kipp Passaic, N. J.
John Knickerbacker Troy, N. Y.
Thos. Adams Knickerbacker " "
Francis D. Kouwenhoven Steinway, N. Y.
Gerrit Kouwenhoven Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Bennem Kouwenhoven Yonkers, N. Y.
Peter Kouwenhoven Brooklyn, N. Y,
Cleveland Coxe Lansing Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Egbert Peake Lansing Cohoes, N. Y.
George Dow Lansing Providence, R. I.
Gerrit Yates Lansing Albany, N. Y.
Hugh Henry Lansing Troy, N. Y.
Isaac De Freest Lansing Albany, N. Y.
James Albert Lansing Scranton, Penn.
James B. W. Lansing Tenafly, N. J.
John Townsend Lansing Albany, N. Y.
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Marshall Nanning Lansing Troy, N. Y.
Richard Lansing Albany, N. Y.
Robert Lansing Watertown, N. Y.
William Irving Lansing Providence, R.I.
Thomas Benton Lashar Bridgeport, Conn.
Albert A. Lefever New Paltz, N. Y.
Henry Bowman Le Fever Modena, N. Y.
Abram Philip Lefevre New Paltz, N. Y.
Edward Young Le Fevre Fallsburgh, N. Y.
Egbert Le Fevre New York.
Frank Jacob Le Fevre New Paltz, N. Y.
Robert Lefferts East Moriches, N. Y.
Edward Henry Leggett Albany, N. Y.
Henry H. Longstreet Matawan, N. J.
Henry Ditmas Lott Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jerome Lott
Charles Harries Lowe Dayton, O.
Hiram Lozier Newburgh, N. Y.
John Baldwin Lozier Oradell, N. J.
Lemuel Lozier Hackensack, N. J.
Theodore F. Lozier New York.
Samuel Britton Luyster, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y.
Charles Edward Lydecker New York.
Garret J. Lydecker Detroit, Mich.
Thomas William Lydecker Englewood, N. J.
John Marsellus Syracuse, N. Y.
Max De Motte Marsellus Essex Fells, N. J.
Arthur Haynsworth Masten New York.
Howard Franklin Mead "
Isaac Franklin Mead Caldwell, N. J.
Abram Jacobus Merselis Passaic, N. J.
Adrian Meserole Brooklyn, N. Y.
Clinton Vanderbilt Meserole " "
Walter Monfort Meserole
Benjamin Edmund Messier Montclair, N. J.
Robert Ayres Messier Trenton, N. J.
Charles Harold Montanye White Plains, N. Y.
George Edward Montanye New York.
John J. Morris "
Alexander Hosack Mott "
Hopper Striker Mott
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Albert James Myer Lake View, N. Y.
Edward Myers White Plains, N. Y.
John Hays Myers "
David Nevius New York.
Theodore Mellick Nevius Glen Ridge, N. J.
Arthur P. Newkirk Jersey City, N. J.
Clarence Garfield Newkirk " " "
Eugene Newkirk " " "
Halsey Vreeland Newkirk " "
Harry Meeker Newkirk Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Stewart Newkirk Jersey City, N. J.
George Englebert Nostrand Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Lott Nostrand
Andrew Joseph Onderdonk Manhasset, N. Y.
Thomas WiUiam Onderdonk Brooklyn, N. Y.
WilHam Stryker Opdyke Alpine, N. J.
Jeremiah Palen Osterhoudt Kingston, N. Y,
Alson B. Ostrander New York.
Chas. Ferdinand Ostrander '•
John Edwin Ostrander Amherst, Mass.
Frederic Posthof Ostrom New York.
Hiram Roosevelt Ostrom "
Samuel Cutwater Riverside, Calif.
Frank Archibald Palen Kingston, N. Y.
David Vanderveer Perrine Freehold, N. J.
Abraham Polhemus Newton Centre, Mass.
James Suydam Polhemus Newark, N. J.
John Arthur Polhemus New York.
Livingston S. Post Paterson, N. J.
Walter Post Passaic, N. J.
Johannes Wilson Poucher Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Lewis Applegate Powelson Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Howard Prall Elmhurst, N. Y.
WilHam Prall London, England.
John Moffat Provoost Buffalo, N. Y.
Andrew Jackson Provost Brooklyn, N. Y.
Andrew Jackson Provost, Jr Richmond Hill, N. Y.
Robert Clarence Pruyn Albany, N. Y,
Franklin David Putnam Auburn, N. Y.
Henry Forrest Quackenbos New York.
Abraham C. Quackenbush "
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Cebra Quackenbush Hoosick, N. Y.
Claire C. Quackenbush Aberdeen, Wash.
Schuyler Quackenbush New York.
Jacob George Rapelje Paris, France.
James P. Rappelyea Brooklyn, N. Y.
Phoenix Remsen Babylon, N. Y.
Henry Ingersoll Riker New York.
John Jackson Riker "
De Witt Clinton Romaine "
James A. Romeyn Hackensack, N.J.
De Witt Roosa Kingston, N. Y.
Frederick Howland Roosa New York.
Harvey Edward Roosa "
Jay Hardenburgh Roosa Kingston, N. Y.
John Percival Roosa Monticello, N. Y.
Tracy Louis Roosa New York.
William Minard Roosa "
Frederick Roosevelt "
Robert B. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y
William Nicoll Sill Sanders Albany, N. Y
Gilbert Barker Sayres Jamaica, N. Y
Charles De Bevoise Schenck Englewood, N. J
Charles Lott Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y
Douglas Satterlee Schenck Jersey City, N. J
Frederick Brett Schenck Englewood, N. J
Henry De Bevoise Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y
Mervin Ryerson Schenck Wyoming, N. J
Robert Percy Schenck Jersey City, N. J
Vincent Rowland Schenck "
Arthur F. Schermerhorn New York
Charles A. Schermerhorn "
E. Gibert Schermerhorn "
George F. Schermerhorn Rutherford, N. J
J. Maus Schermerhorn New York
Julian Hiram Schermerhorn Jersey City, N. J
Myron Schermerhorn New Haven, Conn
Nicholas I. Schermerhorn Schenectady, N. Y
Simon Schermerhorn " "
William G. Schermerhorn " "
William WyckofE Schomp Walden, N. Y
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Adrian O. Schoonmaker Montclair, N. J
Clarence H. Schoonmaker Kingston, N. Y
Frederick W. Schoonmaker Montclair, N. J
George W. Schoonmaker Jamaica, N. Y
Harold Ross Schoonmaker Brooklyn, N. Y
Hiram Schoonmaker New York
James M. Schoonmaker Pittsburg, Penn
Nathaniel R. Schoonmaker Plainfield, N. J
Samuel V. Schoonmaker Newburgh, N. Y
Sylvanus L. Schoonmaker New York
George W. Schurman "
Jacob Gould Schurman Ithaca, N. Y
Charles Edward Schuyler Dobbs Ferry, N. Y
Hamilton Schuyler Trenton, N. J
Montgomery R. Schuyler New York
Philip Van R. Schuyler "
Sidney SchiefEelin Schuyler Plainfield, N. J
Stephen Schuyler Watervliet, N. Y
Walter Grinnell Schuyler New York
Charles Edgar Simonson W. New Brighton, N. Y
William Abram Simonson New York
Richard Garrett Sip Jersey City, N. J
David Schuyler Skaats New York
Joseph Hegeman vSkillman Flushing, N. Y
Bevier Has Brouck Sleght Newark, N. J
David Barnes Sleight Arlington, N. Y
Peter Roosevelt Sleight " "
George Wayne Slingerland Hackensack, N. J
Israel Madison Slingerland Fayetteville, N. Y
William Harris Slingerland Saratoga Springs, N. Y
William Henry SHngerland Slingerlands, N. Y
Allan Campbell Lee Smidt New York
Frank Bishop Smidt "
Alfred Melvin Snedeker "
Charles Dippolt Snedeker Perth Amboy, N. J
Isaac Snedeker Brooklyn, N. Y
David Springsteen Elmhurst, N. Y
J. Henry Staats New York
Edward Stagg Leonia, N. J
Peter Westervelt Stagg Hackensack, N. J
James Henry Starin Homer, N. Y
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John Bright Stevens New York
John Edwin Stillwell
Elias Boudinot Stockton West Orange, N. J
Clarence Storm New York
Irving Graham Storm Poughkeepsie, N. Y
John Hall Stoutenburgh New York
John Edwards Stryker St. Paul, Minn
Samuel Stanhope Stryker Philadelphia, Penn
Peter J. Stuyvesant New York
William Pierre Stymus, Jr Port Chester, N. Y
Charles Edward Surdam Morristown, N. J
Arthur Peter Sutphen Somerville, N. J
Carlyle Edgar Sutphen Newark, N. J
Carlyle Edgar Sutphen, Jr
Duncan Dunbar Sutphen New York
Herbert Sands Sutphen Newark, N. J
John Schureman Sutphen New York
Theron Yeomans Sutphen Newark, N. J
William Potter Sutphen Bloomfield, N. J
Bernardus Suydam Elmhurst, N. Y
Charles Crooke Suydam Elizabeth, N. J
Evert Suydam Brooklyn, N. Y
James Suydam Philadelphia, Penn
Lambert Suydam New York
Lambert Suydam, Jr "
Walter Lispenard Suydam Blue Point, N. Y
William Farrington Suydam Honesdale, Penn
Roland Burbank Swart Glen Ridge, N. J
Charles Brown Swartwood Elmira, N. Y
John Benjamin Swartwout Richmond, Va
Wilham Merrill Swartwout Troy, N. Y
James Macfarlane Tappen New York
Richard Tappen Kingston, N. Y
George Gregg Teller Cranford, N. J
Henry Moore Teller Denver, Colo
Myron Teller Kingston, N. Y
Charles C. Ten Broeck " "
Rensselaer Ten Broeck Hillsdale, N. Y
Wilham E. Ten Broeck Highland Park, 111
James Ten Eyck Albany, N. Y
John Irving Terhune Paterson, N. J
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Nicholas Terhune New York.
Peter Christie Terhune Hackensack, N. J.
Walter Terhune
Warren Jay Terhune Brooklyn, N. Y.
Henry Traphagen Jersey City, N. J.
Arthur Dickinson Truax New York.
James Reagles Truax Schenectady, N. Y.
William Ellsworth Truex Freehold, N. J.
Charles H. B. Turner Lewes, Del.
Francis Jay Underhill New York.
Harry John Van Allen Utica, N. Y.
John Delbert Van Allen Clinton, la.
William Harmon Van Allen Boston, Mass.
PhiHp Van Alstine vSpring Valley, N. Y.
Lawrence Van Alstyne Sharon, Conn.
Percy W. Van Alstyne Plainfield, N. J.
William Van Alstyne " "
William B. Van Alstyne New York.
Daniel Lewis Van Antwerp Albany, N. Y.
Dudley S. Van Antwerp Montrlair, N. J.
Frederick G. Van Antwerp " "
Thomas C. Van Antwerp Cincinnati, O.
Thomas Irwin Van Antwerp Albany, N. Y,
William C. Van Antwerp New York.
Henry Van Arsdale Newark, N. J.
David H. Van Auken Cohoes, N. Y.
Elias T. Van Benschoten Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
John Van Benschoten " "
WilHam H. Van Benschoten West Park, N. Y.
WilHam H. Van Benschoten East Orange, N. J.
C. Carl Van Benscoter Brookville, Penn.
William A. Van Benscoter Detroit, Mich.
Walter Van Benthuysen New Orleans, La.
Frederick T. Van Beuren New York.
Arthur Hoffman Van Brunt "
Charles Van Brunt Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cornelius B. Van Brunt
Edmund Cluett Van Brunt Leonia, N. Y.
Jaques Van Brunt Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jeremiah R. Van Brunt " "
John Lott Van Brunt Westwood, N. J.
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Ralph Albert Van Brunt Schenectady, N. Y
Charles Henry Van Buren Elmhurst, N. Y
John Dash Van Buren New Brighton, N. Y
Arthur Van Buskirk Hackensack, N. J
Charles John Van Buskirk " "
De Witt Van Buskirk Bayonne, N. J
John R. Van Buskirk Brooklyn, N. Y
John C. Van Cleaf Montclair, N. J
James Wallace Van Cleave St. Louis, Mo
Henry Howell Van Cleef Poughkeepsie, N. Y
James Henry Van Cleef New Brunswick, N. J
Frank Van Cleve Paterson, N. J
Garret Van Cleve Clifton, N. J
James S. Van Cortlandt Croton, N. Y
Lincoln Van Cott Brooklyn, N. Y
Marshall Blake Van Cott
Pierrepont Van Cott " "
Waldemar Van Cott Salt Lake, Utah
John W. Van Demark New York
Francis L Vander Beek, Jr "
Isaac Paulis Vander Beek Jersey City, N. J
Frank Fellows Vanderhoef New York
George W. Vanderhoef "
Harman B. Vanderhoef "
Nathaniel W. Vanderhoef "
Charles A. VanderHoof Locust, N. J
Wilham M. Vanderhoof East Orange, N. J
Samuel Oakley Vander Poel New York
Waldron B. Vander Poel "
Wynant Davis Vanderpool Morristown, N. J
Albert Vander Veer Albany, N. Y
Albert Vander Veer, Jr New York
David A. Vander Veer Freehold, N. J
Edgar Albert Vander Veer Albany, N. Y
Edward Bennett Vanderveer Brooklyn, N. Y
Henry Boerum Vanderveer " "
James Newell Vander Veer Albany, N. Y
John Reeve Vanderveer Mt. Kisco, N. Y
Seeley Vander Veer New York
Alfred Van Derwerken Brooklyn, N. Y
Albert H. Van Deusen Washington, D. C
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Frank M. Van Deusen Sylacauga, Ala.
George Clark Van Deusen Albany, N. Y.
Charles O. Van Devanter Leesburg, Va.
Christopher Van Deventer Chicago, 111.
George M. Van Deventer Brooklyn, N. Y.
Horace Van Deventer Knoxville, Tenn.
James T. Van Deventer " "
George Roe Van de Water New York.
John C. Van De Water Flushing, N. Y.
Louis Otis Van Doren New York.
Nathaniel G. Van Doren Newark, N. J.
P. A. V. Van Doren Princeton, N. J.
WiUiam Van Dorn Freehold, N. J.
Frank Leslie Van Dusen Mohawk, N. Y.
Edward Seguin Van Duyn Syracuse, N. Y.
John Van Duyn " "
Harrison Van Duyne Newark, N. J.
Henry Sayre Van Duzer New York.
Henry Van Dyke Princeton, N. J.
Henry Seward Van Dyke Los Angeles, Calif.
Herbert Van Dyke New York.
Theodore A. Van Dyke, Jr Devon, Penn.
Thomas Kittera Van Dyke Harrisburg, Penn.
William Van Dyke Detroit, Mich.
Wesley Van Emburgh Ridgewood, N. J.
Amos Van Etten Rondout, N. Y.
Edgar Van Etten New York.
John De Camp Van Etten Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Nathan Bristol Van Etten New York.
Frank Van Fleet
Amos Corwin Van Gaasbeek Orange, N. J.
Harvey D. Van Gaasbeek Sussex, N. J.
Louis Bevier Van Gasbeek Kingston, N. Y.
John Banta Van Gieson Hackensack, N. J.
George E. Van Guysling Los Angeles, Calif.
Charles M. Van Heusen Albany, N. Y.
David W. Van Hoesen Cortland, N. Y.
Edmund F. Van Hoesen Tonopah, Nev.
Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen Truxton, N. Y.
Roy William Van Hoesen ... . Franklinville, N. Y.
Francis Charles Van Horn Newport, R. I.
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Frank Milton Van Horn New Rochelle, N. Y
Byron G. Van Home Englewood, N. J
John Garrett Van Home New York
John Russell Van Home "
Stephen Van A. Van Home "
Abraham Z. Van Houten Passaic, N. J
George Dexter Van Houten Evergreen, N. Y
Isaac Van Houten Paterson, N. J
Zabriskie A. Van Houten Passaic, N. J
Charles F. Van Inwegen Port Jervis, N. Y
Cornelius Van Inwegen Brooklyn, N. Y
Charles A. Van Keuren Jersey City, N. J
Fred Corley Van Keuren Newark, N. J
George Van Keuren Englewood, N. J
Graham Van Keuren, Jersey City, N. J
William Van Keuren, " " "
Charles Mayer Van Kleeck New York
Frank Van Kleeck Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Theodore Van Kleeck
William Henry Van ICleeck New York,
Alfred Buttler Van Liew Bloomfield, N. J,
Henry Augustus Van Liew New York,
Andrew B. Van Loan "
Charles L. Van Loan Catskill, N. Y.
Eugene Van Loan Athens, N. Y,
Frederick W. Van Loan New York.
James C. P. Van Loan "
Joseph Thompson Van Loan "
Morton Van Loan Albany, N. Y
Thomas Van Loan Brooklyn, N. Y
Zelah Van Loan Hempstead, N. Y
George Gomez Van Mater Brooklyn, N. Y
Gilbert Taylor Van Mater Keyport, N. J
Jacob Rapelye Van Mater Passaic, N. J
Calvin Decker Van Name Mariners* Harbor, N. Y
David Barcalow Van Name " " "
Raymond D. Van Name Brooklyn, N. Y
Frederick Lattan Van Ness Orange, N. J
Melville Cornelius Van Ness Paterson, N. J
Russell Van Ness New York
Schuyler Waldron Van Ness Newark, N. J
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Wallace Van Ness Newark, N. J.
Wallace Martin Van Ness Paterson, N. J.
Frank Roe Van Nest Up. Montclair, N. J.
George Willett Van Nest Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
Ottomar H. Van Norden New York.
Theodore L. Van Norden South Salem, N. Y.
Warner Van Norden New York.
Warner M. Van Norden "
Augustus T. Van Nostrand Phelps, N. Y.
Charles B . Van Nostrand New York.
Frank Daniel Van Nostrand Philadelphia, Penn.
John Everitt Van Nostrand Evergreen, N. Y.
James Edgar Van Olinda Brooklyn, N. Y.
Walter King Van OHnda
Albert Randell Van Orden Montclair, N.J.
Philip Vernon Van Orden Catskill, N. Y.
William Van Orden
George Sowdon Van Pelt New York.
Henry Trenor Van Pelt New York.
John Jacob Van Pelt Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Vredenburg Van Pelt " "
Townsend C. Van Pelt Brooklyn, N. Y.
Walter Graham Van Pelt Los Angeles, Calif.
William Johnson Van Pelt New York.
WiUiam R. P. Van Pelt Brooklyn, N. Y.
John J. Van Rensselaer Dongan Hills, N. Y.
William K. Van Reypen Washington, D. C.
Abram Zeek Van Riper Paterson, N. J.
Alfred Jacob Van Riper
Anthony Bowden Van Riper " "
Arthur Ward Van Riper Passaic, N. J.
Cornelius Van Riper " "
John Terhune Van Riper " "
Julius Fernando Van Riper Westfield, N. J.
Richard Van Santvoord New York.
Seymour Van Santvoord Troy, N. Y.
Eugene Van Schaick New York.
Henry Van Schaick "
John Van Schaick Cobleskill, N. Y.
John Van Sickle Auburn, N. Y.
Gilliam Schenck Van Siclen Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Howard Van Sinderen New York.
Hebbard Kimball Van Size Utica. N. Y.
Cyrus M. Van Slyck Providence, R. I.
George Finch Van Slyck New York.
George Whitfield Van Slyck
George W. Van Slyke Albany, N. Y.
John Gamsey Van Slyke Kingston, N. Y.
John Oliver Van Slyke Jersey City, N. J.
Warren Clark Van Slyke New York.
WilHam Hoag Van Slyke Albany, N. Y.
Bennett Van Syckel Trenton, N. J.
Charles Sloan Van Syckel " "
Lamar Van Syckel Plainfield, N. J.
Frank L. Van Tassell Passaic, N. J.
Richard Lacy Van Tassell "
James Augustus Van Valen Hackensack, N. J.
John L. Van Valkenburgh Albany, N. Y.
Ralph D. Van Valkenburgh Scranton, Penn.
R. H. Van Valkenburgh Schenectady, N. Y.
Charles D. Van Vechten Cedar Rapids, la.
Ralph Van Vechten Chicago, 111.
Abram Kip Van Vleck New York.
Charles King Van Vleck Hudson, N. Y.
John Monroe Van Vleck Middletown, Conn.
WilHam David Van Vleck Montclair, N. J.
William Henry Van Vleck Red Bank, N. J.
Dense Mairs Van Vliet Plainfield, N. J.
Frederick C. Van Vhet Shrewsbury, N. J.
Frederick Gilbert Van Vliet New York.
George Stockwell Van Vhet Staatsburg, N. Y.
Wilham Downs Van Vliet Goshen, N. Y.
Horace Silliman Van Voast Schenectady, N. Y.
James Van Voast Cincinnati, O.
James Albert Van Voast Schenectady, N. Y.
Rufus Adrian Van Voast Cincinnati, O.
Philip Van Volkenburgh New York.
Thos. S. Van Volkenburgh
Eugene Van Voorhis Irondu quoit, N. Y.
Alexander H. Van Vorst Utica, N. Y.
Frederick Boyd Van Vorst Hackensack, N. J.
Josiah Van Vranken Schenectady, N. Y.
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Geo. W. Van Vredenburgh Chicago, 111.
Bleecker Van Wagenen Alstead Center, N. H.
Easton Van Wagenen New Platz, N. Y.
Henry W. Van Wagenen Morristown, N. J.
John B. Van Wagenen Orange, N. J.
John Richard Van Wagenen Oxford, N. Y.
Ernest Lyon Van Wagner New York.
Roy Webb Van Wagner Waterbury, Conn.
Jacob Van Wagoner Ridgewood, N. J.
Abraham Van Winkle Newark, N. J.
Arthur Ward Van Winkle Rutherford, N. J.
Charles Arthur Van Winkle
Daniel Van Winkle Jersey City, N. J.
Edgar Beach Van Winkle New York.
Edo Van Winkle Paterson, N. J.
Edward Van Winkle Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank Oldis Van Winkle Ridgewood, N. J.
Henry B. Van Winkle Paterson, N. J.
Henry L. Van Winkle San Francisco, Calif.
John Albert Van Winkle Paterson, N. J.
Marshall Van Winkle Jersey City, N. J.
Thomas Earle Van Winkle
Waling W. Van Winkle Parkersburg, W. Va.
Jacob Van Woert Greig, N. Y.
James Burtis Van Woert
WilHam Van Woert Montclair, N. J.
William H. Van Wormer Albany, N. Y.
Albert Van Wyck Brooklyn, N. Y.
Augustus Van Wyck
David Barnes Van Wyck Manchester Bridge, N. Y.
Frederick Van Wyck West IsHp, N. Y.
Henry Mesier Van Wyck New Hamburg, N. Y.
Jacob Southart Van Wyck Brooklyn, N. Y.
Joseph Van Wyck Arlington, N. Y.
Philip Van R. Van Wyck Summit, N. J.
Robert A. Van Wyck New York.
Samuel Van Wyck Brooklyn, N. Y.
William Van Wyck
William Van Wyck New York.
William Edward Van Wyck
Milton Burns Van Zandt
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Jacob Storm Varick Susquehanna, Penn.
John Leonard Varick New York.
Theodore Romeyn Varick New Haven, Conn.
Theodore R. Varick, III New Brunswick, N. J.
Charies Stuart Vedder Charieston, S. C.
Commodore Perry Vedder Ellicottville, N. Y.
Harmon Albert Vedder New York.
Maus Rosa Vedder Caldwell, N. J.
Wentworth Darcy Vedder Wellsboro, Penn.
Andrew Truax Veeder Pittsburg, Penn.
Eugene W. Veeder, Jr Schenectady, N. Y.
Eugene Wood Veeder " "
Herman Greig Veeder Pittsburg, Penn.
Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder Washington, D. C.
Van Vechten Veeder New York.
Cornelius C. Vermeule East Orange, N. J.
John D. Vermeule New Brighton, N. Y.
Samuel Verplanck Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.
William Gordon Ver Planck New York.
John Jay Viele Bronxville, N. Y.
Maurice A. Viele New York.
Sheldon Thompson Viele Buffalo, N. Y.
Edward Willett Visscher Albany, N. Y.
William Leversee Visscher " "
Albert Van Brunt Voorhees Brooklyn, N. Y.
Albert Van B. Voorhees, Jr
Anson Augustus Voorhees Up. Montclair, N. J.
Charles C. V. Voorhees Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edwin Strange Voorhees Rocky Hill, N. J.
Foster MacGowan Voorhees Elizabeth, N. J.
Harvey McLean Voorhees Trenton, N. J.
John A. Voorhees Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Jacob Voorhees Jersey City, N. J.
John Jay Voorhees, Jr "
John Stanley Voorhees Cranford, N. J.
Judah Back Voorhees Brooklyn, N. Y.
Stephen Francis Voorhees Nyack, N. Y.
Theodore Voorhees Philadelphia, Penn.
Willard Penfield Voorhees New Brunswick, N. J.
Arthur Voorhis New York.
Augustus Marvin Voorhis Nyack, N. Y.
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Ernest Voorhis New York
Jacob Voorhis Greenwich, Conn
John R. Voorhis New York
Benjamin F. Vosburgh Berlin, Md
Royden W. Vosburgh New Brighton, N. Y
Theodore Vosburgh Buffalo, N. Y
Edward L. Vredenburgh Bayonne, N. J
La Rue Vredenburgh Somerville, N. J
William H. Vredenburgh Freehold, N. J
Charles Musk Vreeland Jersey City, N. J
Hamilton Vreeland " " "
Herbert Harold Vreeland New York
Joseph Warren Vreeland Jersey City, N. J
Nehemiah Vreeland Paterson, N. J
Nicholas Vreeland Jersey City, N. J
Garret Dorset Wall Vroom Trenton, N. J
Peter Dumont Vroom " "
Harold William Vrooman Kokomo, Ind
Isaac Henry Vrooman, Jr Albany, N. Y
John Wright Vrooman Herkimer, N. Y
Wellington Vrooman Parkersburgh, W. Va
Cornelius A. Waldron Waterford, N. Y
Frederick Rice Waldron Ann Arbor, Mich
Herbert Metlar Waldron New Brunswick, N. J
William Gunsaul Waldron Amsterdam. N. Y
Francis Livingston Wandell New York
Edward Lansing Wemple "
Evert Jansen Wendell "
James Arthur Wendell "
Willis Wendell Amsterdam, N. Y
John Calvin Westervelt New York
Josiah Arnold Westervelt "
Vincent Ralph Westervelt Schenectady, N. Y
Walter Westervelt Englewood, N. J
William Young Westervelt New York
Andrew Jesse Whitbeck Boston, Mass
John Van Buren Wicoff Plainsboro, N. J
George D. Williamson Wyoming, N. J
Royden Williamson San Francisco, Calif
Alonzo Winne Kingston, N. Y
Charles K. Winne Albany, N. Y
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Charles Visscher Winne Albany, N. Y.
Harry Bonesteel Winne Kingston, N. Y,
Ogden Fremont Winne " "
Willis Alvin Winne Albany, N. Y
John Winner Jersey City, N. J
Clark Witbeck Schenectady, N. Y
Clarence Hood Woolsey Middletown, Conn
Jacob Rynier Wortendyke Jersey City, N. J
Nicholas D. Wortendyke "
Reynier Jacob Wortendyke " " "
Charles R. Wyckoff, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y
Charles Sterling Wyckoff
Clarence Johnson Wyckoff " "
Edwin Morton Wyckoff Brighton, N. Y
Ferdinand Lott Wyckoff Brooklyn, N. Y
Joseph Lewis Wyckoff Holyoke, Mass
Peter Wyckoff Brooklyn, N. Y
Peter B. Wyckoff New York
Richard Tuttle Wyckoff Springfield, Mass
William Forman Wyckoff Jamaica, N. Y
Edward Judson Wynkoop Syracuse, N. Y
James Yereance New York
Aaron J. Zabriskie Newark, N. J
Albert A. Zabriskie Hudson, N. Y
Andrew Christian Zabriskie Barrytown, N. Y
Christian Brevoort Zabriskie Glenridge, N. J
David Demarest Zabriskie Ridgewood, N. J
Edgar Zabriskie Maplewood, N. J
Edward Graham Zabriskie New York
Everett Law Zabriskie Ridgewood, N. J
Frederick Conklin Zabriskie Hackensack, N. J
George Albert Zabriskie Tenafly, N. J
John Banta Zabriskie Wyckoff, N. J
Josiah H. Zabriskie Brooklyn, N. Y
Simeon Templeton Zabriskie New York
William Hastings Zabriskie Hackensack, N. J
LIST OF DECEASED MEMBERS.
Date of
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Mar. 14, 1885. .Theodore RomeynWestbrookKingston, N. Y Oct. 6, 1885
June 25, 1885. .Stephen Melancthon Ostran-
der Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 19, 1885
Mar. 14, 1885. .John D. Van Buren Newburgh, N. Y Dec. i, 1885
Dec. 23, 1885.. James Westervelt Quacken-
bush Hackensack, N.J... Mar. 6, 1886
Mar. 14, 1885. .Augustus W. Wynkoop Kinderhook, N. Y... April 18, 1886
Mar. 14, 1885. .David Van Nostrand New York June 14, 1886
Mar. 14, 1885. .John Thurman Van Wyck. . .New York Nov. 23, 1886
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Van Vorst Jersey City, N. J. ...Feb. 4, 1887
June 25, 1885. .Bartow White Van Voorhis ..New York April 27, 1887
Mar. 14, 1885. .William Van Wyck New York May 28, 1887
June 25, 1885. . Clarence R. Van Benthuysen. New York July 18, 1887
June 25, 1885. .Aaron J. Vanderpoel New York Aug. 22, 1887
April 30, 1885. .Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt South Orange, N. J.. Sept. 30, 1887
Dec. 20, 1886. .Barent Arent Mynderse Schenectady, N. Y..Oct. 2, 1887
Mar. 14, 1885. .Theodore Romeyn Varick.. . .Jersey City, N. J Nov. 23, 1887
Oct. 27, 1887. . Henry James Ten Eyck Albany, N. Y Nov. 29, 1887
Mar. 14, 1885. .Henry H. Van Dyke New York Jan. 23, 1888
Oct. 27, 1887. .David D. Acker New York Mar. 23, 1888
Dec. 20, 1886. . George Washington Schuyler .Ithaca, N. Y Mar. 29, 1888
Dec. 23, 1885. .BenjaminStevens Van Wyck. New York Aug. 31, IJ
Mar. 29, 1888. .Henry R. Low Middletown, N. Y. Dec. i, iJ
April 30, 1885. .W. A. Ogden Hegeman New York Dec. 24, i{
Dec. 7, 1888. .John J. Van Nostrand Brookljm, N. Y Jan. 7, il
Dec. 23, 1885. .Abraham Lott Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. 13, il
June 25, 1885. .John Voorhees Van Woert. . . New York Jan. 24, li
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June 25, 1885. .Gardiner Baker Van Vorst...New York Feb. 5, 1889
Oct, 25, 1886. .Edward Y. Lansing Albany, N. Y Mar. 8, 1889
Oct. 25, 1886. .Cornelius M. Schoonmaker.. .Kingston, N. Y Mar. 15, 1889
May 19, 1887. .Theodore C. Vermilye Staten Island, N. Y.Mar. 31, 1889
April 30, 1885. .Garret Lansing Schuyler New York April 20, 1889
Mar. 28, 1889. .James Riker Waverly, N. Y July 3, 1889
April 6, 1886. .Martin John Ryerson Bloomingdale, N. J.. July 30, 1889
Oct. 25, 1886. .Augustus A. Hardenbergh . .. Jersey City, N.J Oct. 5, 1889
June 20, 1885. .Hooper Cumming Van Vorst.. New York Oct. 26, 1889
Mar. 30, 1887. .John Waling Van Winkle. . . .Passaic, N. J Nov. 2, 1889
Oct. 27, 1887. .John Enders Voorhees Amsterdam, N. Y. ..Nov. 26, 1889
June 25, 1885. .Abram Bovee Van Dusen New York Dec. 19, 1889
April 30, 1885. .Henry Jacob Schenck New York Dec. 30, 1889
April 6, 1886. .William Voorhis Nyack, N. Y Jan. 4, 1890
Dec. 22, 1887. .Louis V. D. Hardenbergh Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. 4, 1890
Dec. 22, 1887. .John H. Suydam New York Jan. 8, 1890
Dec. 22, 1887. .John Schermerhom Schenectady, N. Y..Jan. 27, 1890
Dec. 8, 1888. .William Bross Chicago, 111 Jan, 28, 1890
Mar. 30, 1887. .John Barent Visscher Albany, N. Y Jan. 31, 1890
Mar. 28, 1889. .Edgar Van Benthuysen New Orleans, La Mar. 21, 1890
Dec. 23, 1885. .Henry Everett Roosevelt New York April 29, 1890
May 19, 1887. .Thomas Storm New York May i, 1890
Mar. 30, 1887. .Sidney De Kay Staten Island, N. Y.Aug. 30, 1890
.George W. Van Vlack PalatineB'dge, N.Y. Sept. 7, 1890
.Edward Van Kleeck Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Nov. 13, 1890
.Jacob W. Hoysradt Hudson, N. Y Nov. 15, 1890
. Cornelius Rapelye Astoria, N.Y Nov. 20, 1890
.NicoU Floyd Elmendorf New York Nov, 25, 1890
.Charles B. Lansing Albany, N. Y Dec. i, 1890
.Coert Du Bois New York Jan. i, 1891
.Charles E. Conover Middletown, N. J.. .Jan. 9, 1891
Dec. 20, 1886. .Leonard G. Hun Albany, N. Y Mar. 11, 1891
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April 6, 1886. .George G. DeWitt Nyack, N. Y April 22, 1891
Mar. 29, 1888. .Hugh B. Van Deventer New York April 27, 1891
Oct. 25, 1886. .Peter Van Schaick Pruyn Kinderhook, N. Y. .May 2, 1891
Nov. 17, 1885. .Henry Jackson Van Dyke . , ,Brooklyn, N. Y May 25, 1891
Dec. 7, 1888. .Charles Livingston Acker New York May 26, 1891
Mar. 29, 1888. .John Baker Stevens New York June 10, 1891
April 6, 1886. .Garret Van Nostrand Nyack, N. Y June 15, 1891
Dec. 22, 1887. .John Peter Adriance Poughkeepsie, N. Y.June 18, 1891
Mar. 30, 1887. .Eugene Du Bois Staten Island, N. Y.June 26, 1891
Oct. 27, 1887. .Henry W. Teller Pompton Pl'ns, N.J.July 2, 1891
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Oct. 25, 1886 . . George Washington Van SlykeAlbany, N. Y Aug. 11, 1891
Dec. 7, 1888. .Jacob Glen Sanders Albany, N. Y Sept. 28, 1891
Oct. 22, 1890. .Anthony G. Van Schaick Chicago, 111 Oct. 13, 1891
Dec. 23, 1885. .William Harrison Van Wyck.New York Nov. 15, 1891
Dec. 7, 1888. .Peter Van Vranken Fort Albany, N, Y Dec. 13, 1891
April 30, 1885. .Jacob Dyckman Vermilye New York Jan. 2, 1892
Mar. 28, 1889. .John Nelson Van Wagner Troy, N. Y Feb. 7, 1892
Mar. 26, 1891 . .Junius Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 15, 1892
June 15, 1886. .Van Wyck Brinkerhoff New York Feb. 25, 1892
April 6, 1886. .Nicholas Van Slyck Providence, R. I. . . .Mar. 3, 1892
Dec. 23, 1885. .Samuel Van Benschoten Brooklyn, N. Y Mar. 12, 1892
June 15, 1886. .Henry Lienau Booraem New Br'swick, N.J. .April 9, 1892
Mar. 14, 1885. .Edward Electus Van Auken..New York April 29, 1892
Nov. 30, 1890. .Samuel Bowne Duryea Brooklyn, N. Y June 7, 1892
Oct. 29, 1891 . .William Brownlee Voorhees. . Blauwenburgh, N. J.June 13, 1892
June 25, 1885. .Elias William Van Voorhees. . New York Sept. 21, 1892
Mar. 28, 1889. .Alfred Vredenburgh Bayonne, N. J Oct. li, 1892
Oct. 25, 1886. .Giles Yates Vander Bogert.. .Schenectady, N. Y..Nov. 4, 1892
Jan. 30, 1890. .Thomas Beekman Heermans. Syracuse, N. Y Dec. i, 1892
Mar. 29, 1888. .William Dominick Garrison. .New York Dec. 2, 1892
Dec. 23, 1885. .Nicholas Latrobe Roosevelt. .New York Dec. 13, 1892
April 6, 1886. .Isaac I. Vander Beek Jersey City, N. J.... Feb. 8, 1893
Dec. 22, 1887. .Charles Henry Voorhees New York Mar. 9, 1893
Oct. 25, 1886. .Peter Labagh Vander Veer.. .Santa ¥6, N. M Mar. 16, 1893
Dec. 20, 1886. .Gerrit Hubert Van Wagenen.Rye, N. Y Mar. 29, 1893
Mar. 27, 1890. .John Lefferts Flatbush, N. Y April 18, 1893
Oct. 21, 1889. .George Titus Haring Allendale, N. J May 7, 1893
Jan. 30, 1890. .George Pine DeBevoise Denver, Col May 20,1893
June 15, 1886. .Theodore V. Van Heusen Albany, N. Y June 15, 1893
April 30, 1885. .Lawrence Van der Veer Rocky Hill, N. J June 21, 1893
Oct. 25, 1886. .Stephen W. Van Winkle Paterson, N. J June 28, 1893
Oct. 22, 1890. .William Vandever Venturia, Cal July 23, 1893
April 6, 1886. .John Banta New York July 26, 1893
Dec. 7, 1888. .Thomas Doremus Messier . ..Pittsburgh, Pa Aug. 11, 1893
June 15, 1886. .John Evert De Witt Portland, Me Aug. 30, 1893
Mar. 26, 1891 . .Wynford Van Gaasbeek New York Sept. 5, 1893
Mar. 30, 1893. -Richard Amerman Flatbush, N. Y Oct. 6, 1893
Mar. 30, 1887. .Willard Charles Marselius . ..Albany, N. Y Dec. 24, 1893
May 27, 1890. .Gardiner Van Nostrand Newburgh, N. Y.. . .Jan. i, 1894
April 6, 1886. .John Hancock Riker New York Jan. 26, 1894
Dec. 23, 1885. .Augustus Schoonmaker Kingston, N. Y April 10, 1894
Oct. 27, 1887. .Abram Jansen Hardenbergh.. Spring House, N. Y.May 7, 1894
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Mar. 30, 1887. .Abraham Van Vechten Albany, N. Y May 7, 1894
Dec. 7, 1888. .Jasper Van Vleck New York June 4, 1894
Mar. 29, 1894. .Francis Salmon Quackenbos.. Hartford, Conn July i, 1894
Mar. 29, 1888. .Solomon Van Etten Port Jervis, N. Y. ..July 7, 1894
Oct. 24, 1886. .Walter L. Van Denbergh Amsterdam, N. Y.. .Aug. 5, 1894
April 6, 1886. .George Van Campen Olean, N. Y Aug. 12, 1894
Mar. 29, 1888. .James Scott Conover New York Sept. 18, 1894
Dec. 22, 1887. .Richard Van Voorhis Rochester, N. Y Oct. 21, 1894
Nov. 9, 1893. .Hooper Gumming Van Vorst..Bath-on-Hudson. .. .Oct. 26, 1894
Jan. 30, 1890. .James A. Van Auken New York Nov. 5, 1894
Mar. 26, 1891. .Thomas Lenox Van Deventer.Knoxville, Tenn.. . .Nov. 5, 1894
Mar. 28, 1889. . George Washington Rosevelt .Stamford, Gonn Nov. 7, 1894
Dec. 7, 1888. .David Buel Knickerbocker.. .Indianapolis, Ind. . .Dec. 31, 1894
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Fine Suydam New York Jan. 3, 1895
June 29, 1893. .Moses Bedell Suydam Allegheny, Pa Jan. 14, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .Elijah Dubois Kingston, N. Y Feb. 7, 1895
Mar. 29, 1894. .Frank Roosevelt New York Feb. 7, 1895
Mar. 30, 1887. .Henry Ditmas Polhemus Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 14, 1895
Mar. 28, 1889. .Francis Latta Du Bois Bridgeton, N. J. . . .Feb. 24, 1895
Nov. 17, 1885. .Albert Van Wagner Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Mar. 28, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .Gharles H. Van Benthuysen.. Albany, N. Y April 15, 1895
Oct. 24, 1889. .James Dumond Van Hoeven-
berg New Brighton, N.Y . May 9, 1895
Mar. 31, 1892. .Gornelius S. Gooper Schraalenburgh,N.J.May 12, 1895
Nov. 17, 1885. .John Paul Paulison Tenafly, N. J May 30, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .John Jacob Morris Paterson, N. J June 9, 1895
Dec. 20, 1886. .Hiram Edward Sickels Albany, N. Y July 4, 1895
Oct. 27, 1887. . Josiah Pierson Vreeland Paterson, N. J July 19, 1895
May 19, 1887. .Fletcher Vosburgh Albany, N. Y July 30, 1895
May 19, 1887. .Theodore Miller Hudson, N. Y Aug. 18, 1895
Jan. 7, 1892. .John Ryer Lydecker Bogota, N. J Oct. 4, 1895
Mar. 27, 1890. . Frederick William Nostrand. .Glen Ridge, N. J Oct. 27, 1895
Mar. 28, 1889. .Johnston Niven Hegeman New York Nov. 12, 1895
Dec. 22, 1887. .Peter L. Voorhees Gamden, N. J Nov. 29, 1895
June 15, 1886. .Edward Schenck New York Dec. 18, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .William Henry Montanye New York Dec. 23, 1895
Jan. 30, 1890. .John Waddell Van Sickle Springfield, O Dec. 26, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .Stephen Van Rensselaer
Bogert New Brighton, N. Y.Jan. 10, 1896
Oct. 24, 1889. .Joseph Woodard Duryee New York Jan. 25, 1896
Dec. 22, 1887. .John Brower New York Feb. 28, 1896
Oct. 24, 1889. .Daniel Berten Van Houten.. .New York Mar. 27, 1896
Oct. 22, 1890. .David Demaree Banta Bloomington, Ind... April 9, 1896
Mar. 31, 1892 . .Charles Henry Voorhis Jersey City, N. J. . .April 15, 1896
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June 25, 1885. John William Somarindyck. .Glen Cove, N. Y April 12, 1896
Oct. 22, 1890. .Cornelius Tunis Williamson. .Newark, N. J May 7, 1896
April 6, 1886. .Henry Keteltas New York May 23, 1896
Mar. 30, 1887. .George Henry WyckoflE Montclair, N. J June 20, 1896
Dec. 20, 1886. .Thomas Hun Albany, N. Y June 23, 1896
April 30, 1885. .Henry Peek De Graaf Oscawana, N. Y July 11, 1896
Dec. 29, 1892. .Richard Riker New York Aug. 2, 1896
Oct. 25, 1886. .Lawrence Van Voorhees Cor-
telyou Brooklyn, N. Y . .. .Aug. 5, 1896
June 25, 1885. .Alexander Thompson Van
Nest New York Aug. 10, 1896
Mar. 30, 1887. .Ransom Hollenback Vedder. . Cha'm Center, N.Y.Aug. 12, 1896
April 30, 1885. .Joshua Marsden Van Cott. . .New York Aug. 13, 1896
April 30, 1885. .Eugene Van Benschoten New York Oct. 26, 1896
Oct. 24, 1889. .George Aaron Banta Brooklyn, N. Y . .. .Nov. 2, 1896
Dec. 22, 1887. .William Dilworth Voorhees ..Bergen Point, N. J.. Nov. 11, 1896
Dec. 22, 1887. .Stacy Prickett Conover Wickatunk, N. J. . .Nov. 17, 1896
Jan. 30, 1890. .Jerome Vernet Deyo Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Dec. 28, 1896
Mar. 30, 1893. .Williamson Rapalje Brooklyn, N. Y Dec. 28, 1896
Jan. 30, 1890. .John Newton Voorhees. .... .Flemington, N. J. . .Jan. 7, 1897
Dec. 22, 1887. .Jacob Charles Van Cleef New Brunswick, N.J.Jan. 11, 1897
May 19, 1887. .William Rankin Duryee New Brunswick, N.J .Jan. 20, 1897
Sept. 29, 1892 . . Abram Winfred Bergen Cornwall, N. Y Jan. 21, 1897
April 30, 1885. .William Henry Van Slyck . . .Valatie, N. Y Mar. 3, 1897
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Holmes Van Brunt Fort Hamilton, N.Y.Sept. 26, 1896'
Oct. 25, 1886. .Stephen Van Wyck Brooklyn, N. Y April 25, 1897
April 6, 1886. .William James Van Arsdale. .New York April 30, 1897
Jan. 7, 1892 . . David Provoost Van DeventerMatawan, N.J June 30, 1897
Oct. 22, 1890. .Charles Banta New York Aug. 15, 1897
April 6, 1886. .Ogden Goelet New York Aug. 27, 1897
Dec. 20, 1886. .John Hopper Paterson, N. J Oct. 21, 1897
Nov. 9, 1893 . .Thomas Henry Edsall Colorado Springs, Col. Oct. 26, 1897
Mar. 27, 1890. .James C. Cooper River Edge, N. J. . .Dec. 5, 1897
Oct. 27, 1887 . . Lewis Foster Montanye Atlantic Highlands,
N.J Dec. 8, 1897
Oct. 27, 1887. .Albert Hoysradt Hudson, N. Y Dec. 8, 1897
Oct. 29, 1891 . .John Wesley Vandevort Pasadena, Cal Dec. 16, 1897
Dec. 23, 1885 . .Jeremiah Johnson, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 14, 1898
Oct. 25, 1886. .Jacob Hendriks Ten Eyck .. .Albany, N. Y Mar. 24, 1898
Mar. 30, 1893. .John Gregory Truax New York Feb. i, 1898
Oct. 24, 1889. .John Demarest Newark, N. J May 20, 1898
Mar. 14, 1 885.. Jacob Wendell New York May 21, 1898
Jan. 30, 1890. .Francis Skillman Roslyn. N. Y Sept. 5, 1898
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Dec. 20, 1 886. .Samuel McCutcheon Van
Santvoord Albany, N. Y Sept. 19, 1898
Nov. 17, 1885. .Thomas Francis Bayard Wilmington, Del Oct. 7, 1898
Mar. 29, 1888. .Zaccheus Bergen New York Oct. 11, 1898
Mar. 29, 1888. .Daniel Polhemus Van Dorn. .Freehold, N. J Nov. 23, 1898
Mar. 28, 1889. .Evert Peek Van Epps Schenectady, N. Y..Jan. 7, 1899
Oct. 25, 1886. .John Nathaniel Jansen Newark, N. J Jan. 13, 1899
Oct. 25, 1889. .Samuel Mount Schanck Hightstown, N. J. . .Jan. 15, 1899
Mar. 14, 1895. . William Manning Van HeusenNew York Feb. 3, 1899
April 6, 1886. .Abram Douwe Ditmars Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 19, 1899
Oct. 22, 1890. .John Butler Adriance New Haven, Conn.. April 5, 1899
April 6, 1886. .Robert Goelet New York April 27, 1899
Oct. 24, 1889. .Joseph S. Schoonmaker Plainfield, N. J May 8, 1899
Mar. 30, 1887. .Seymour Van Nostrand Elizabeth, N. J July 16, 1899
Mar. 29, 1894. .Charles De La Montanye Port Ewen, N. Y. . .July 23, 1899
Dec. 7, 1888. .Garret Daniel Van Reipen. . .Jersey City, N. J. . .Aug. i, 1899
Oct. 24, 1889. .Tunis Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y Aug. 15, 1899
Oct. 25, 1886. .Abraham Lansing Albany, N. Y Oct. 4, 1899
Nov. 17, 1885. .Alfred De Witt Staatsburgh, N. Y. .Oct. 11, 1899
June 8, 1899. .George Piatt Van Vliet Salt Point, N. Y Oct. 29, 1899
Oct. 25, 1886. .Abraham A. Van Vorst Schenectady, N. Y..Dec. 2, 1899
June 30, 1892. .Joseph C. Hoagland New York Dec. 8, 1899
Dec. 20, 1886. .Howard Osterhoudt Kingston, N. Y Dec. 25, 1899
Mar. 30, 1887. .John Walker Van De Water.. New York Dec. 28, 1899
Oct. 24, 1885. .Augustus Rapelye Elmhurst, N. Y Feb. 7, 1900
Oct. 25, 1886. .Maunsell Van Rensselaer. . . .New York Feb. 17, 1900
Mar. 31, 1892. .Benjamin Alexander Van
Schaick Philadelphia, Pa.. . .Mar. 5, 1900
Oct. 22, 1890. .Peter Stryker Asbury Park, N. J. .Mar. 25, 1900
Oct. 27, 1887. .Eugene Van Ness Baltimore, Md Mar. 31, 1900
Oct. 24, 1889. .Samuel Burhans, Jr New York April 2, 1900
Mar. 29, 1888. .John Augustus Elmendorf New York April 5, 1900
Mar. 27, 1890. .Isaac Cornelius Haring West Nyack, N. Y. .April 16, 1900
Oct. 24, 1889. .Charles Holbert Voorhees NewBrunswick,N.J. May 13, 1900
Jan. 30, 1890. .Ebenezer Lane Cooper New York May 27, 1900
Dec. 29, 1892. .Peter LeFevre Van Wagenen.Poughkeepsie, N. Y.June 10, 1900
Oct. 27, 1897. .Cornelius C. Van Reypen Jersey City, N. J. . .June 17, 1900
Oct. 25, 1886. .Harman Wortman Veeder . ..Schenectady, N. Y..Oct. 15, 1900
June 15, 1886. .William Scudder Stryker Trenton, N. J Oct. 29, 1900
Dec. 20, 1886. .George Duryee Hulst Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 5, 1900
Mar. 27, 1890. .John Schureman Sutphen New York Nov. 17, 1900
Mar. 28, 1889. .Henry Veight Williamson New York Nov. 18, 1900
Dec. 20, 1886. .William Henry Harrison Stry- ker Paterson, N. J Nov. 26, 1900
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Oct. 27, 1887. .James Roosevelt Hyde Park, N. Y. . .Dec. 8, 1900
Dec. 23, 1885. .Henry Rutger Beekman New York Dec. 17, 1900
Dec. 7, 1888. .Peter Cantine Saugerties, N. Y. . .Dec. 24, 1900
April 6, 1886. .William Ledyard Van Der
Voort New York Dec. 31, 1900
June 8, 1899. .Ralph Saxton Lansing New York Jan. 5, 1901
June 25, 1885. .John Voorhees Van Woert. . . New York Jan. 7, 1901
June 14, 1900. .Christopher Yates Wemple . .New York Jan. 25, 1901
Oct. 27, 1887. .Isaac C. De Bevoise Brooklyn, N. Y . .. .Feb. 20, 1901
Dec. 23, 1885. .Charles Henry Roosevelt .. . .PelhamManor.N. Y.Mar. 24, 1901
June 25, 1885. .Stewart Van Vliet Washington, D. C. .Mar. 28, 1901
Dec. 7, 1888. .Watson Van Benthuysen . .. .New Orleans, La Mar. 30, 1901
Dec. 20, 1 893 . . William Moore Stilwell New York Apr. 11, 1 901
Oct, 22, 1890. .Charles Rutger DeFreest Brooklyn, N. Y . .. .May 10, 1901
Mar. 29, 1894. .Isaac Romaine Jersey City, N. J. . .June 22, 1901
Oct. 25, 1886. .John Cornelius Hasbrouck. . .New York July 5, 1901
May 19, 1887. .Simon J. Schermerhorn Schenectady, N. Y..July 21, 1901
June ID, 1897. .William Mabie Peekskill, N. Y Aug. 14, 1901
Oct. 25, 1886. .Richard Varick DeWitt Albany, N. Y Aug. 21, 1901
Mar. 10, 1898. .John Hopper Hackensack, N. J. ..Aug. 31, 1901
Dec. 7, 1888. .John Gillespie Myers Albany, N. Y Dec. i, 1901
Oct. 25, 1886. .John Barnes Varick Manchester, N. H. .Feb. 8, 1902
June 25, 1885. .Sandford Rowe Ten Eyck . . .Waterloo, N. Y . . ..Feb. 17, 1902
Apr. 30, 1885. .Frederick D. Tappen New York Feb. 28, 1902
June 30, 1892. .Frederick Pentz Voorhees New York Mar. 19, 1902
Mar. 29, 1888. .Delavan Bloodgood Brooklyn, N. Y Apr. 4, 1902
Dec. 7, 1888. .Egbert Ludovicus Viele New York Apr. 22, 1902
Oct. 27, 1887. .Abraham Voorhees Schenck ..New Brunswick, N.J.Apr. 28, 1902
Mar. 28, 1889. .Menzo Edgar Wendell Saratoga Springs,
N. Y June 3,1902
Mar. 14, 1885. .Abraham Van Santvoord New York June 15, 1902
Dec. 7, 1888. .Caspar Schenck Annapolis, Md June 21, 1902
Mar. 30, 1887. .Purdy Van Vliet .New York June 25, 1902
Mar. 29, 1894. .Paul Vandervoort Omaha, Neb July 29, 1902
Jan. 7, 1892 . . Isaac Myer New York Aug. 2, 1902
Dec. 9, 1897. .Robert Cumming Schenck. . .Dayton, Ohio Oct. 15, 1902
Dec. 8, 1898 . . Nathaniel S. W. Vanderhoef . . New York Oct. 28, 1902
Dec. 7, 1888. .John Cowenhoven Brooklyn, N. Y Oct. 29, 1902
Oct. 22, 1890. .Joseph Walworth Sutphen. . .Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 2, 1902
Oct. II, 1900. .Washington A. H.Bogardus.. New York Nov. 7, 1902
Mar. 14, 1885. .Lucas L. Van Allen New York Dec. 26, 1902
Dec. 7, 1888. .Charles Wessell New York Dec. 30, 1902
Dec. 29, 1892. .Peter Phillips Burtis Buffalo, N. Y Jan. 7, 1903
Mar. 29, 1888. .John Henry Brinckerhoff Jamaica, N. Y Jan. 16, 1903
Dec. 7, 1888. .William K. Van Alen San Francisco, Cal .. Jan. 19, 1903
Mar. 29, 1888. .Adam Tunis Van Vranken. . .Watervliet, N. Y. . .Jan. 19, 1903 Oct. 25, 1886. . Maurice Edward Viele Albany, N. Y Feb. 19, 1903
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Dec. 22, 1887. .David DePeyster Acker Los Angeles, Cal . . .Feb. 19, 1903
Oct. 16, 1894. .John Butler Brevoort Johnsonburg, Pa . . .Feb. 21, 1903
Mar. 29, 1888. .William Laing Heermance .. .Yonkers, N. Y Feb. 25, 1903
Dec. 20, 1886. .Albert Gilliam Bogert Nyack, N. Y Mar. 24, 1903
Oct. 25, 1886. .William Meadon Van Ant- werp Albany, N.Y Apr. 9, 1903
Mar. 14, 1885. .George West Van Siclen Cornwall, N. Y Apr. 19, 1903
Oct. 22, 1890. .Alfred Hasbrouck Poughkeepsie, N. Y.May 9, 1903
Oct. 24, 1889. .De Witt Chauncey Le Fevre. Buffalo, N. Y May 24, 1903
Oct. 24, 1889. .Johnston Livingston De Pey-
ster Tivoli, N. Y May 27, 1903
Mar. 28, 1889. .Eugene Vanderpool Newark, N. J July 12, 1903
May 19, 1887. .Miles Woodward Vosburgh . .Albany, N. Y Aug. 30, 1903
Oct. 10, 1895. .Zaremba W. Waldron Jackson, Mich Oct. i, 1903
Mar. 14, 1885. .Cornelius Van Brunt New York Oct. i, 1903
Oct. 25, 1886. .David Cole Yonkers, N. Y Oct. 20, 1903
Mar. 10, 1898. .Thomas J. Van Alstyne Albany, N. Y Oct. 26, 1903
April 6, 1886. .John Henry Van Antwerp . ..Albany, N. Y Dec. 14, 1903
June 25, 1885. .Selah Reeve Van Duzer Newburgh, N. Y , ..Dec. 27, 1903
Mar. 27, 1890. .John Schoonmaker Newburgh, N. Y . ..Jan. i, 1904
June 12, 1902. .George L. Becker St. Paul, Minn Jan. 6, 1904
June 25, 1885. .Peter Q. Eckerson New York Jan. 10, 1904
June 8, 1899. .James Lansing Troy, N. Y Jan. 21, 1904
Mar. 14, 1885. .George Van Wagenen New York Jan. 29, 1904
Mar. 30, 1887. .Pierre Van Buren Hoes Yonkers, N. Y Feb. 5, 1904
Dec. 7, 1888. .John Van DerBilt Van Pelt... Brooklyn, N. Y. . . .Feb. 17, 1904
Oct. 12, 1899. .Dominicus Snedeker Brooklyn, N. Y. . . .Mar. 18, 1904
June II, 1903. -Vedder Van Dyck Bayonne, N. J Mar. 24, 1904
Dec. 9, 1897. .Evert Sheldon Van Slyke New York Mar. 24, 1904
June 13, 1901. .Caleb Coles Dusenbury . . . ..New York Mar. 24, 1904
Mar. 27, 1890. . George Howard VanderBeek.AUentown, N. J Mar. 31, 1904
Mar. 26, 1892. .George A. Zabriskie Bloomfield, N. J Apr. 14, 1904
Oct. 25, 1886. .James Monroe Van Valen Hackensack, N. J.. . May 19, 1904
June 25, 1885. .James Davis Wynkoop New York June 1, 1904
Oct. 25, 1885. .Isaac Pruyn Catskill, N. Y June 2, 1904
Jan. 30, 1890. .Jacob Deyo New Paltz, N. Y. . .June 8, 1904
Mar. 26, 1891 . . Alvah Deyo Hasbrouck Wilmington, Del July 5, 1904
Mar. 20, 1886. .Ferdinand Hasbrouck New York Aug. 7, 1904
Oct. 24, 1885. .Sylvester Daley Boorom Horseheads, N. Y.. .Sept. 20, 1904
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Van Schaick Lansing
Pruyn New York Sept. 22, 1904
Oct. 25, 1886. .Augustus Hasbrouck Bruyn. .Kingston, N. Y. . . .Oct. 23, 1904
Dec. 12, 1 901. .TeunisWhitbeck Van Hoesen. Philadelphia, Pa Nov. 18, 1904
May 19, 1887. .Edgar Knickerbocker New York Nov. 20, 1904
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May 19, 1887. .Charles Hageman Voorhees. .Brooklyn, N. Y. . . .Dec. 11, 1904 June II, 1903. .Leander Mortimer De La
Mater Elizabeth, N. J Dec. 12, 1904
Nov. 17, 1885. .Menzo Van Voorhis Rochester, N. Y... .Jan. 18, 1905
Mar. 30, 1887. .Cornelius J. Dumond New York Jan. 21, 1905
Dec. 29, 1892 . .John Abraham Lott, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y. . . .Feb. 2, 1905
Mar. 28, 1889. .Remsen Varick Messier Pittsburg, Pa Feb. 2, 1905
Oct. 22, 1890. .Jacob Lefever New Paltz, N. Y. . .Feb. 4, 1905
Dec. 7, 1888. .John G. Bogert New York Feb. 14, 1905
Dec. 9, 1897. .William Rea Bronk New York Mar. 30, 1905
Oct. 27, 1887. .De Witt Heermance Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Apr. 16, 1905
June 10, 1897. .John William Cooper Brooklyn, N. Y Apr. 23, 1905
Dec. 7, 1888. .Benson Van Vliet Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Apr, 30, 1905
June 30, 1890. .Joseph Warren Scott Dey New York May 4, 1905
Dec. 23, 1885. .Frederick J. De Peyster New York May 10, 1905
Mar. 14, 1885. .Charles Henry Van Deventer.New York May 25, 1905
Mar. 27, 1890. .John Lefferts, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y May 28, 1905
Oct. 24, 1889. .William Fargo Kip New York July 5, 1905
Mar. 29, 1894. . Frederick Cruser Bayles Houston, Miss July 10, 1905
Oct. 24, 1889. . Henry Augustine Bogert Flushing, N. Y July 12, 1905
Dec. 22, 1887. . Clarkson Crosby Schuyler Plattsburgh, N. Y...Aug. 16, 1905
April 6, 1886. . Cornelius Vreeland Banta Roselle, N. J . . .Sept. 5, 1905
Mar. ID, 1904. . Edwin Ruthven Dusinbery Liberty, N. Y Oct. 17, 1905
June 25, 1885. .John Van Voorhis Rochester, N. Y Oct. 20, 1905
Dec. 22, 1887. .Philip Verplanck Yonkers, N. Y Nov. 10, 1905
Mar. 12, 1903. .Maurice Penniman Has-
Brouck New Paltz, N. Y... .Nov. 25, 1905
Nov. 7, 1901. .Walter Van Dyke Oakland, Cal Dec. 25, 1905
Mar. 31, 1892. .Henry Lowery Slote Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. 21, 1906
Mar. 14, 1885. .John Henry Van Wyck New York Jan. 29, 1906
Dec, 22, 1887. .Peter Van Voorhees Camden, N. J Feb, 25, 1906
Mar. 9, 1905. .Ernest Graves Bergen New York Mar, 6, 1906
April 6, 1886. . George Green Van Blarcom Paterson, N, J Mar. 9, 1906
Mar. 26, 1891. .John Henry Cooper New York Mar. 20, 1906
Mar, ID, 1904. .Edwin Bleecker Williamson.. ..Newark, N, J Mar. 24, 1906
Oct, 27, 1887 Oct, 27, 1887 Mar. 28, 1889 June 13, 1895 Oct. 25, 1886 Mar. 14, 1885 Dec, 22, 1887 Oct, 22, 1890
.Robert Sickels New York Apr. ii, 1906
. Acmon Pulaski Van Gieson Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Apr. 19, 1906
.Richard J. Berry Brooklyn, N. Y May 26, 1906
.Paul Richard Brown Tulsa, Ind. Ter May 31, 1906
.Hyman Roosa Kingston, N. Y June 8, 1906
.Robert Barnwell Roosevelt New York June 14, 1906
.John Egmont Schermerhorn . .New York June 21, 1906
.Charies Adolphus De Witt Jersey City. N. J... .June 27. 1006
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Mar. 28, 1889. .Charles Lansing Pruyn Albany, N. Y July 7, 1906
June j^8, 1899. .Samuel Brinkerhoff Fremont, O Aug. 5, 1906
April 6, 1886. .Chauncey Shaffer Truax New York Aug. 9, 1906
Mar. 14, 1901. .Frederick Hasbrouck New York Aug. 28, 1906
Mar. 28, 1889. .Abraham Van Wyck Van
Vechten New York Aug. 28, 1906
Mar. 14, 1885. .Gilbert Sutphen Van Pelt New York Sept. 11, 1906
Dec. II, 1902. .William Ide Van Benscoter.. . .Detroit, Mich Sept. 23, 1906
Mar. 9, 1899. .EdwardAugustusVanWagenen. Newark, N. J Sept. 28, 1906
Oct. 29, 1 891. .Samuel C. Bradt Albany, N. Y Oct. 14, 1906
Dec. 29, 1892. .Tunis Henry Bergen Brooklyn, N. Y Oct. 17, 1906
Mar. 29, 1894. .Robert Bayles Englewood, N. J.. . .Oct. 21, 1906
Mar. 14, 1885. .Wilhelmus Mynderse Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 15, 1906
April 30, 1885. .Henry Spingler Van Beuren.New York Nov. 29, 1906
Mar. 28, 1889. .Benjamin Lander Amerman. .New York Feb. . i, 1907
Mar. 29, 1888. .Stephen Gilliam Bogert New York Feb. 10, 1907
Mar. 30, 1887. .Cornelius Henry Van Ant- werp Albany, N. Y Feb. 25, 1907
Oct. 22, 1890. . Charles Van Winkle W. Philadelphia, Pa.Mar. 31, 1907
Mar. 9, 1905.. John Goldsmith Prall Elmhurst, N, Y. . . .April 22, 1907
April 6, 1 886.. John Watts de Peyster TivoH, N. Y May 4, 1907
Mar. 31, 1892.. Robert Bentley BrinkerhoflE. . .Pelham Manor,N.Y.May 9, 1907
Mar. 9, i905..Neilson Abele Newark, N. J May 18, 1907
April 6, 1 886.. William John Fryer New York June 2,1907
Mar. 26, 1891.. Jacob L. Van Pelt Bensonhurst, N. Y..June 8, 1907
Jan. 30, 1890.. Francis Conklin Huyck Albany, N. Y July 4, 1907
Dec. 20, 1886.. John Lansing Watertown, N. Y. . .July 4, 1907
Mar. 28, 1889.. John Henry Sutphen Jamaica, N. Y July 21, 1907
Mar. 29, 1888.. John Hunn Voorhees North Bend, O Oct. 14, 1907
May 19, 1887.. Henry Martin Polhemus Astoria, N. Y Oct. 23, 1907
Oct. 25, 1886.. Jasper Van Wormer Albany, N. Y Nov. 4, 1907
Mar, 26, 1 89 1.. Joseph Dwight Van
Valkenburgh. . Greene, N. Y Nov. 4, 1907
Dec. 22, i887..Abram Giles Brower Utica, N. Y Nov. 8, 1907
Oct. 25, 1886.. Hubert Van Wagenen New York Jan. 12, 1908
Dec. 22, 1 887.. John Hayden Visscher Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. i, 1908
Oct. 25, 1886.. Douw Henry Fonda Albany, N. Y Feb. 23, 1908
April 30, 1 885.. John William Van Hoesen Nyack, N. Y Feb. 26, 1908
Mar. 28, 1889.. Peter Deyo Albany, N. Y Mar. 8, 1908
Dec. 23, 1885. . Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa.New York Mar. 8, 1908
Dec. 23, 1885.. William HoflFman Ten Eyck.. .Astoria, N. Y April 25, 1908
Mar. 28, 1889.. James Van Der Bilt Lott Brooklyn, N. Y May 28, 1908
Dec. 28, 1893.. Harmon Van Woert Athens, N. Y May 31, 1908
Oct. 24, i889..Townsend Wandell New York June 28, 1908
Dec. 22, 1887.. Joachim Elmendorf Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. July 19, 1908
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Association of the Bar, N. Y. City :
Year Book, 1909. Author :
The Coursens of Sussex County, N. J., by Francis A. Woodruff, 1909.
The Post Family, by Nehemiah Vreeland, 1909. Rhythmic Ripples. Occasional Verses, by Alfred Van Derwerken, 1910. Bok, Edward, Philadelphia, Pa.:
What the Dutch have Done in the West of the U. S., by George Ford Huizings, 1909. Brink, Benjamin M.:
Olde Ulster, June, 1909. Cambridge (Mass.) Historical Society :
Publications IV., 1909. City Club of New York, The :
Constitution, Members, etc., June i, 1909. Columbia University :
Bulletin of Information — Tenth Series, No. 2. Catalogue and General Announcement, 1909-19 10. Dec. 1909. Exchange :
Inscriptions on Gravestones — Hackensack — copied by James M. Lincoln. Hardware Club, N. Y. City:
Constitution, etc., 1909. Hasbrouck, Hon. Frank:
The History of Dutchess County, N. Y., Edited by Frank Hasbrouck, 1909.
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Huguenot Society, London, England:
M. S. Giuseppi, Asst. Sec, 94 Vineyard Hill Road, Wimbledon, S. W., London, England.
Vol. XXI. Livre des Tesmoignages de VEglise de Threadneedle Street, 1 669-1 789.
By-Laws, etc., 1909.
Index, etc., to vol. viii. of Collections, 1909.
Proceedings, vol. ix.. No. i, 1909.
Proceedings, May 23, 1906, to April 13, 1909, vol. vi. Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C:
Twenty-second Annual Report, Dec. 24, 1908. Iowa, State Historical Society of:
Iowa Journal of History and Politics, April, 1909; Do. — July, 1909; Do. — Oct., 1909; Do. — vol. viii.. No. i, January, 19 10. Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken, Rotterdam, Holland :
Jaarverslag over 1908.
Kip Genealogy, by John J. Post, 1894. Library of Congress :
Reports of Librarian and of Superintendent, 1909.
List of Publications since 1897 — January, 1910. Lincoln, James M.:
Inscriptions on Gravestones — Dyckman Cemetery, copied by James M. Lincoln.
Inscribed {or Votive) Wall Stones — Hackensack Church — copied by James M. Lincoln. Maatschappij tot Nut van't Algemeen, Amsterdam, Holland :
Mededeelingen , 1 908-09 .
Zelfwerkzaamheid van de Leerlingen in de School, 1909.
Frobelbewaarscholen, door Sophie Fischer, 1909.
Mededeelingen, 1909-10, vol. 8, No. i.
De Opvoeding van onzejonge menschen, door J. B. Riedel, 1909.
De Organisatie van de School, door Th. Sanders, Am- sterdam, 1909.
Handelingen en Mededeelingen, 1908- 1909.
Levensberichten der Afgestorven Medeleden, 1908-09.
Tijdschrift voor Ned. Taal en Letterkunde, Deel 27, yi Deel 28, }i Deel 28, ]/i.
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De Peetmoeders van Prinses Juliana, door Johanna W. A. Naber, 1910. Mofifat, Yard & Co. :
Holland of To-day, by George Wharton Edwards, 1909. New Haven Colony Historical Society:
Reports at Annual Meeting, Nov. 22, 1909. List of Officers and Members for 1909-1910, Nov. 1909. New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, N. J.:
Proceedings, vol. vi.. No. i, Jan.-Apr., 1909; No. 2, July, 1909; vol. v., No. 3, July-October, 1908. New York, Art Commission of the City of:
Catalogue of the Works of Art, belonging to the City of New York, 1909. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society:
Record, vol. xli.. No. i. New York Society Library :
Annual Report, 1909, and Recent Accessions, vol. vi., No. 8. New York State Department of Education, Albany, N. Y.: Calendar of the Sir William Johnson Manuscripts, 1909. Lake Champlain Tercentenary, July 4-10, 1909. New York State Historian, Albany, N. Y.:
Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies, 1909. 2 vols.
The Function of the State Historian of N . Y., by Victor Hugo Paltsits, 1909. New York, University of the State of:
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Proceedings of Annual Encampment G. A. R., N. Y., 1907 and 1908. Pennsylvania Society of N. Y.:
Year Book, 1909. Purchase :
Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond, S. I.
Moravian Church, S. I., St. Andrew's Church, Richmond, S. I., in one vol. 1909.
A Copious English and Netherduytch Dictionary, Henry Hexham, 1648. Royal University (Upsala, Sweden) :
Skrifter utgifna af Kungl. humanistiska Vetenskaps- samfundeti Uppsala. Band XII. Smithsonian Institution :
Annual Report, American Historical Association, 1907, vol. i.-vol. ii. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of N. Y. :
Year Book for 1908 — 09 (Publication Number 14). Society, Empire State, Sons of American Revolution:
Year Book for 1 908-1 909. Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, N. Y. City: The 125th Anniversary Dinner, March 17, 1909. Tennessee, University of, Press: Biennial Report, 1909. Summer School for the South, 1909. Turner, Rev. Chas. H. B., Lewes, Del. :
Some Records of Sussex County, Del., by C. H. B. Turner, 1909. Union Club of N. Y. City: Constitution, etc., 1909. Club-book for 1910. Union League Club, N. Y. City:
Constitution and Members, 1909. Vassar Brothers' Institute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.:
Old Miscellaneous Records of Dutchess County, 1909.
OUR PART IN THE HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION
Report of Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman of the
Committee on the Hudson Tercentenary
AND THE "Half Moon"
The Committee appointed by the Board of Trus- tees to present the facts which show the part which The Holland Society and its members took in the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in September, 1909, report as follows:
The first public record which we have found is the communication made in the year 1896 by our late fellow member, the Reverend J. Howard Suydam, D.D., to the newspapers of New York. In this letter he alluded to the fact that the three hun- dredth centennial of the arrival of Hudson and the Half Moon would be thirteen years later, in the year 1909, and therefore urged the proper and public celebration of such an historic event.
At the banquet of The. Holland Society in July, 1900, our late fellow member, the Honorable Robert B. Roosevelt, one time U. S. Minister to the Nether- lands, suggested that proper observance should be made of the tercentenary of the discovery of the Hudson River. He was filled with enthusiasm and stated that he had made out in his mind details of the celebration. He suggested that something
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magnificent was bound to come with the celebra- tion— bridges, statues, exhibitions, etc. He pic- tured the great size of New York in the year 1909, some nine years later, and proposed that a great company be organized to carry on such a celebra- tion and even to erect exhibition buildings on some site overlooking the Hudson River, and particularly a lofty commemorative tower at the Battery. In conversation with other eminent New Yorkers he fostered this idea.
On June 13, 1901, the Trustees of The Holland Society, at the suggestion of Mr. Theodore M. Banta, then our Secretary and afterwards our President, adopted resolutions in favor of the cele- bration of the three hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by a Dutch ship, and the President of the Society then appointed a Committee to consider the subject, consisting of Messrs. Augustus Van Wyck, Warner Van Norden, Theodore M. Banta, Robert B. Roosevelt, and Henry Van Dyke.
At this meeting Mr. H. Roosevelt Ostrom pre- sented a letter suggesting that a monument should be erected to the founders of the city of New York.
In December, 1905, the first meeting of the or- ganizers of the Hudson Celebration was held in New York and thereafter proposed the incorpora- tion of the Hudson Tercentenary Commission, of which organizers more than seven were members of The Holland Society.
Thereafter it was deemed advisable to add to the Hudson Celebration the celebration of the first steamboat of Fulton's on the Hudson River, and a law was passed by the Legislature of the State
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of New York in 1905 incorporating the Com- mission. Of the incorporators thereof more than thirteen were members of The Holland Society.
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission began the work of preparing for the celebration and many additional members were added to its Trus- tees and to the Commission during the time of its work down to the weeks of the celebration in September, 1909.
Of the Trustees and members of the Hudson- Fulton Celebration Commission about thirty were members of The Holland Society.
Many of them took an active part in the work of the Commission: one was a member of its Execu- tive Committee and three members of The Holland Society were chairmen of important standing com- mittees of the Commission who did constant work in planning, organizing, and accomplishing the work of the celebration.
Not only was a Holland Society man a member of the Executive Committee, but one was the Chairman of the Historical Committee, of the Memorials Committee, and of the General Commemorative Exercises Committee. These committees were very active in the work of the Celebration.
Of the nine members of the "Half-Moon" Com- mittee of the Commission, five were members of The Holland Society. On the other important committees, namely Plan and Scope, Dedications, Hudson River Scenery, Invitations, Military Pa- rade, Nominations, Reception, Religious Services, Patriotic Societies, and Upper Hudson River Committees, there were members of The Holland Society.
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The work of the Chairman of the Historical Committee, Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman, was great and arduous, having much to do not only with the historic exhibits and collections of the Commission, but also with the preparation of the pictures, etc. of the great historic pageant. Another Holland Society man, Edward Van Winkle, was Chairman of the Committee Representing the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers in charge of an his- torical exhibit in the United Engineering Building illustrating that part which the engineers took in the development of marine transportation.
The work of the Memorials Committee under its Chairman, Tunis G. Bergen, had to do not only with the work of advising and planning as to the me- morials that were made and erected in honor of^the celebration, such as the Hudson Monument^~at SpU3rten Duyvil, the great tablet erected by Mr. Billings in honor of the landing of the Half Moon, but also with arranging the publications of the Commission, which consisted of the official program of the exercises for two weeks, the souvenir pro- gram, which consisted of pictures of the floats in the historic parade and historic sketches connected therewith, much of the good work of which was done by the Chairman of the Historic Committee, Mr. Hoffman, especially the smaller souvenirs and the postal cards of the celebration.
The chairman of the General Commemorative Exercises Committee, Pres. Jacob G. Schurman, of Cornell, did great work in arranging the exercises of commemoration throughout the State outside of New York City.
It was a member of The Holland Society, Tunis G. Bergen, who in the winter of 1907 first made
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suggestions to the Queen and people of the Nether- lands concerning the possible construction of a replica of the famous ship the Half Moon. This idea was considered by the court and by eminent people in the Netherlands and thereafter the idea grew in other minds. Contributions were made, and the Netherlands "Half-Moon" Commission was created, which built the new Half Moon on the historic lines of the old ship of 1609 with veritable old oak, furnished her in accordance with the his- toric records of the time, including many interesting and original articles which had been in use on ships of the period of the old Half Moon, at a cost of $30,000.
In the summer of 1908 it was a member of The Holland Society, Tunis G. Bergen, who was sent as an envoy to the Netherlands to extend the thanks of the Hudson-Fulton Commission to the Nether- lands Commission for their promise of the gift of the new Half Moon and to invite them to the celebration.
In the summer of 1909 this same member of The Holland Society was again sent as an envoy of the Hudson-Fulton Commission to the Netherlands to convey expressions of gratitude to the Netherlands "Half- Moon" Commission and the people of Hol- land for their generosity in constructing the new ship and for their intention to present it to the Commission, carrying with him official diplomas of the Commission appointing the members of the Netherlands Commission as Honorary Foreign Councillors to the New York State Commission.
In March, 1909, a Special Committee was ap- pointed by the Trustees of The Holland Society to take measures for the participation of the Society
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in the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. This Com- mittee was reorganized in June, 1909.
The President and officers of The Holland So- ciety at about that time determined to offer to escort the members of the Netherlands Commission after their arrival in New York on a special steam- boat to salute the Half Moon at her anchorage at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. It was not found possible to engage a steamboat of such size as would be admitted to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and also accommodate all the members of The Holland Society who might wish to join in the excursion. Therefore the expenses thereof were not made a charge upon the Society, but were borne by the officers, trustees, and such members of The Holland Society and their ladies as the boat was able to accommodate.
The Chairman of the Committee, Tunis G. Ber- gen, then sailed for Holland as an envoy of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. While there he received honors and hospitality from the distinguished people of the Netherlands, not only because he was an envoy of the Commission, but also because he was a member of The Holland Society and a descendant of the New Nether- landers. He extended the invitation of the Presi- dent, Officers, and Trustees of The Holland Society to the members of the Netherlands Commission and the ladies in their party to be escorted on the steam- boat Commodore to the Half Moon at the Navy Yard on some day agreeable to them after their arrival in New York. This invitation was gladly accepted by the Netherlanders.
The invitation was also extended to the ladies and gentlemen of the Netherlands Commission
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to attend a banquet to be given in their honor by The Holland Society soon after the arrival of the Netherlanders in New York. This invitation was also promptly accepted by the Netherlanders. These acceptances were cabled to New York by Mr. Bergen.
Arrangements were then made for the escort by the steamboat Commodore to the Half Moon and also for the banquet.
The Chairman of the Committee went out on a revenue cutter, boarded the Dutch steamer New Amsterdam on its arrival at the port and welcomed the members of the Netherlands Commission to New York in the name of the Hudson-Fulton Com- mission and also in the name of The Holland Society.
Three days after their arrival in New York on September 25, 1909, the steamboat Commodore, the flag of The Holland Society waving at the bow, received the members of the Netherlands Commis- sion at the pier at the foot of East 24th Street, and they were escorted by the officers and members of our Society under rainy skies down the East River, partly up the Hudson River, and then to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The skies, however, cleared as they disembarked at the Navy Yard, where the distinguished guests and our members were re- ceived by Commander Murdock in charge of the Navy Yard with a platoon of marines who pre- sented arms. The Dutch colors were hoisted on the Half Moon by her crew in ancient costume and were saluted by cannon.
The Netherlanders and their ladies, escorted by the officers and members of The Holland Society and their ladies then proceeded to the Half Moon.
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The Chairman of the Committee, Tunis G. Bergen, embarked upon the ship and in a Httle speech wel- comed the Netherlanders to the ship which was their gift now in American waters and thanked them in the name of the Hudson-Fulton Commis- sion and of The Holland Society for their mag- nificent historic contribution to the Celebration. Mr. J. F. Cremer, representing Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, made a short speech in response and invited all to embark upon the ship. After inspecting the ship with its interesting equip- ment and ancient furniture in the low-ceiled cabins of the seventeenth century and wondering at the narrow quarters in which the crew and passengers of that period crossed the Atlantic, all proceeded to accept the invitation to visit the Dutch man-of-war Utrecht, lying close to the Half Moon as her escort, and were there received by Captain Colenbrander and his officers with the salute of her guns.
A hasty photograph of the Half Moon with the Chairman of the Committee making his speech and the officers of the ship in ancient uniform will be found in this book. Another photograph of some of the members of the Commission and officers of the Society taken on the steamboat Commodore in the glare of the light is also appended.
That same evening at the Waldorf-Astoria a dinner by The Holland Society was given to the Netherlanders in charge of the Committee. The dinner was presided over by President Henry S. Van Duzer and although the time was short for sending out invitations and making preparations (not more than four days) more than three hundred guests were present, — a brilliant assemblage lighted up by the uniforms of the officers of the Dutch
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man-of-War Utrecht, and of the American officers who escorted them from the Navy Yard in special motor cars provided by the Committee.
At the same time in another dining hall of the Waldorf-Astoria the President of the Society, Mr. Van Duzer, gave a dinner to the ladies of the Netherlands Commission presided over by his sister, Mrs. Burton, aided by Mrs. Tunis G. Ber- gen, who had met most of the guests during her visits in Holland, and other ladies of the families of The Holland Society members. After their dinner the ladies were escorted to the boxes overlooking the banquet hall of the Society in time for the toasts, some of the Netherlands ladies expressing their stuprise that they were not invited together with their husbands to the grand banquet itself.
Many other hospitalities were extended to the members of the Netherlands Commission and their ladies and to the officers of the Dutch man-of- war Utrecht, by the President, members of the Committee, and of the Society.
This escort; of the Netherlands Commission to salute the colors on the Half Moon and the ban- quet by The Holland Society were the introductions to the great Hudson-Fulton Celebration. These two affairs were approved by the Hudson-Fulton Commission and were included as a prelude to the official program of the Celebration. So it was that The Holland Society, as was eminently proper, was the first to inaugurate the Celebration and receive the Netherlanders and the Half Moon. It was fitting that the descendants of the New Nether- landers should have this honor, because the Dutch ship. Half Moon, was the keynote of the great Celebration.
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The Holland Society Committee also obtained, through the courtesy and co-operation of the St. Nicholas Society, a block of very desirable seats to view the three land parades which took place in the city on Tuesday, September 28th, Thursday, September 30th, and Saturday, October 2nd, the first and second being the historical and military parade in the daytime and the third the carnival parade in the evening.
This Celebration has now passed into history and its memory will be enduring. Participated in by many millions of people, the harbor of New York, the streets and buildings of the city, and the banks of the Hudson presented historic spec- tacles that never had an equal. The Half Moon again ascended "The Great River" and bowed to the salutes of every city, town, and village from New York to Albany. Descendants of the Dutch and members of The Holland Society at every place vied with one another in their efforts to welcome their mother ship and lighted many bonfires on the neighboring hills.
Some of the results of the great pageants of this Celebration may have seemed fleeting and intan- gible at first, but on reflection it will appear that the history of the discovery of the Hudson River and the settlement of the Dutch in America has been written by these gigantic pageants in letters of flame which will be remembered for years to come and gave the Half Moon her first American salute when the old Dutch colors were hoisted.
It is some satisfaction to us to know that The Hol- land Society had no little part in the great event.
Tunis G. Bergen Chairman of the Committee, etc.
ADDRESSES AT THE "HALF MOON"
DINNER Given by The Holland Society at the Waldorf- Astoria ON Wednesday Evening, September 22, 1909,
TO
The Civil, Military, and Naval Officials
Attending the Hudson-Fulton
Celebration from Holland.
The Holland Society invited the official delegates of the Netherlands with the ladies and others of their party, and the civil, military, and naval offi- cials, to a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, on Wednesday evening, September 22, 1909, and arranged that the ladies of their party should have boxes in the Grand Ballroom so that they might hear the speeches at the Banquet. Mrs. Francis Burton, sister of the President, entertained the ladies of the Netherlands delegation at dinner in an adjoining room, and also had as guests Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen, Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford, Mrs. E. C. Hulst, Mrs. Andrew D. Bogert, Mrs. A. Van Wyck, Mrs. G. J. Garretson, Mrs. H. L. Bogert, and Mrs. Edward Van Winkle.
Mr. Henry S. Van Duzer, President of The Hol- land Society, presided. Hon. S. P. van Eeghen sat on his right and Hon. J. T. Cremer on his left.
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Farther on the right were ex- President Warner Van Norden, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Hon. W. F. van Lecuwen, Burgomaster of Amsterdam; Hon. John R. Planten, Consul-General of the Nether- lands; Captain J. B. Murdock, Commandant of the New York Navy Yard; Hon. J. C. Heldring, Hon. Herbert L. Satterlee, and Hon. R. van Rees. On the left were Hon. Augustus Van Wyck, Cap- tain G. P. van Hecking Colenbrander of the Utrecht; Major-General Leonard Wood, U. S. A.; the President of the St. Nicholas Society, the Presi- dent of the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, Rev. Dr. Kittredge, and Hon. E. P. de Monchy. Other guests included Lieutenant Commander Lam, Lieutenants A. de Bruyne, T. Akkerman, W. Dondorf, S. W. Eyssen, C. A. Fock, A. Grueschle, K. P. W. Hatzsch, B. J. Heilbron, J. Kulenkampf, Theodore E. Kuryff, J. Lagaay, andN. J. Verloop, Professor Baron J. d'Auhns de Bourouill, Hon. W. Westerman, Hon. W. F. Leeuwen, Hon. O. Reuchlin, Hon. A. Gips, and Hon. J. R. Weirdsma. Rev. Dr. Kittredge asked a blessing. During the course of the dinner the following cablegram was sent:
"To Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina, Hex Loo, The Netherlands: " The Holland Society of New York, favored by the pres- ence of Your Majesty's official delegates to the Hudson- Fulton Celebration and the representatives of the Dutch Committee on the Half Moon, at a banquet given in their honor, beg that you will accept their most respectful greet- ings, with best wishes for the health and prosperity of Your Majesty's noble house and nation.
"Van Duzer," President. "BoGERT, " Secretary.
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In reply the following answer was received :
"President, Holland Society of New York:
"The Queen desires me to convey Her Majesty's sincere thanks to The Holland Society of New York for loyal message for her house and nation. "Van Geen," Private Secretary to H. M. the Queen.
The members and guests were seated as follows (the ntimber after the name indicates the table):
W. S. Ackerman, 25 ; Ellery E. Ahbel, 22 ; Lieut. T. Akkerman, 4; W. R. Alberger, 21; S. Alsberg, Guest, 5; W. H. H. Ammerman, 15; C. Arndt, 11; Theodore M. Banta, 9; Tunis G. Bergen, 3; Judge James L. Betts, i ; Mr. Bentham, 3 ; Elmer Blau- velt, 17; A. G. Bogardus, 14; J. T. B. Bogardus, 14; A. D. Bogert, 8; Albert R. Bogert, 17; E. S. Bogert, 19; Henry L. Bogert, 5; L. V. Booraem, 7; William D. Boiu-ne, 15; William P. Brown, 22; W. W. Brower, 2^', Rev. A. T. Broeck, 17; Robert Buchanan, 2^; Willis Browning, i; Ira A. Cadmus, 22; John W. Gary, 8; Rev. Chas. K. Clearwater, 10; Clk. of The Holland Society, 2^', Capt. G. P. von Hecking Colenbrander, Guest, 7;
D. W. Couch, 10; E. P. Courtright, 20; Hon. J. T. Cremer, Guest, 3; Charles H. Davis, 23; Captain
E. W. Dayton, 21 ; Frank H. de Leon, 25; Hon. E. P. de Monchy, Guest, 17; Lieut. A. de Bruyne, 5; E. W. Denton, 10; A. H. DeWitt, 22; George G. DeWitt, 13; Anthony Dey, 7; S. L. F. Deyo, 26; Prof. Baron J. d'Aulnis de Boutouille, 3; Lieut. W. Dondorff, 5; Albert J. Drayton, 26; Judge P. H. Dugro, 9; Capt. Herbert O. Dunn, 4; F. Durgin, 3; Ernest N. Duryee, 20; Jacob Diuyee, 24; DeWitt P. Dutcher, 12; M. B. Dutcher, 12; Alexander Eakin, 20; Frank H. Earle, 24; E. J. Elting, 23;
Lieut. S. W. Eyssen, 6; Jesse Elting, 21; Miles Farrow, 18; William H. Fletcher, 13; George W. Fuller, 25; C. A. Fock of H. M. S. U. 3; Garret J. Garretson, 10; Judge E. H. Gary, 9; William W. Gillen, 10; A. Gips, Guest, 5 ; William G. Groesbeck, U. S. N., 3; Lt. A. Grueschle, 6; John C. Gulick, 15; Chas. B. Glilbert, 14; J. B. Hamilton, 7; J. W. Hardenbergh, 26; E. W. Harrison, 25; David M. Hasbrouck, 22; Frank Hasbrouck, 17; Garret R. Hasbrouck, 22; Joseph Hasbrouck, 22; K. L. W. Hitzsch, 5; Hon. J. C. Heldring, Guest, 14; B. J. Heilbron of H. M. S. U., 5; Chas. E. Henshall, 27; Hubbard Hendrickson, 13; Joseph E. Hill, 15; Samuel V. Hoffman, 8; G. S. M. Holdrum, 16; P. H. Holt, 12; Robert S. Holt, 12; E. C. Hulst, 17; Hon, Bert J. Humphrey, 10; Charles W. Hunt, 26; Robert H. Kelby, 8; Rev. Dr. Kittredge, 2; J. Kulenkampff, 11; Theodore E. Kuryif, 24; Wil- lard V. King, 2']\ Lieut. J. Lagaay, 6; W. Lam of H. M. S. U., 2; Hon. W. F. Lecumen, Guest, 8; R. P. Lounsbery, 4; J. B. Lozier, 9; Philip Lydig 4; Newton F. McKeon, 16; William B. Miles, 12 Capt. Murdock, Guest, 12; Walter F. Murray, 26; Frank B. Nairne, 15; Netherlands Soc. Guests, 13; David Nevius, 7; F. T. Nutt, 11; Jas. J. O'Brien, 27; B. H. Old, 20; Clayton W. Old, 3; Henry F. Osbom, 4; Hon. James W. Osborne, i; H. R. Ostrom, 25; Justice Charles W. Parker, 9; J. Frank Parmlee, 24; James C. Peabody, 25; James Phyfe, II; Hon. John R. Planten, Guests, 10; Henry F. Quackenbos, 21; John Reid, 16; O. Reuchlin, 4; Talbot Root, 21; G. F. Royce, 19; Mr. C. Reuchlin, Guest, 3; Hon. Herbert S. Sat- terlee, Guest, 16; J. Maus Schermerhom, 14; Rev. W. W. Schomp, 19; S. S. Schuyler, 23; A. G.
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Sherwood, 19; W. A. Simonson, 14-14; B. H. Sleght,
17-17; A. C. Smidt, 20; A. M. Snedeker, 17; David,
Springsteen, 10; I. Steinwender, 11 ; R. C. Stewart,
II ; J. S. Stillwell, 7; F. C. Stoop, Guest, i ; Clarence
Storm, 24; John H. Stoddard, i; Carl E. Sutphen,
14; Dr. E. Blair Sutphen, 23; Robert M. Sutphen,
23; Theron Y. Sutphen, 23; Dr. H. S. Sutphen, 23;
St. Nicholas Society, Guests, 1 1 ; J. Irving Terhune,
16; Lt. Com. Warren J. Terhune, U. S. N., 4;
H. T. Thomas, i; Chas. C. Ten Broeck, 21; Ed-
mimd N. Todd, 20 ; Paul R. Toune, 8 ; Judge Charles
H. Truax, 9; Fred A. Trowbridge, 16; F. G. Van
Antwerp, 18; David H. Van Auken, 23; Arthtir H.
Van Brunt, 5; Van Buskirk, 18; Frank Van Cleve,
13; Garret Van Cleve, 22; Dr. G. C. J. Vanden
Heuvel, i ; George W. Vanderhoef , 1 1 ; Van Beuren,
27; A. Vander Veer, M.D., 9; A. Vander Veer, Jr.,
M.D., 9; D. A. Vander Veer, 13; Capt. Van der
Pant, Guest, 3; Capt. Albert H. Van Deusen, 18;
George M. Van Deventer, 8; Harrison Van Duyne,
21 ; Henry S. Van Duzer, Guest, i ; Hon. S. F. Van
Eeghen, Guest, 2; Nathan B. Van Etten 15; A. C.
F. Van Goutard, 11; Byron G. Van Home, 14;
John G. Van Home, 26; John R. Van Home, 26;
A. Z. Van Houten, 19; Isaac Van Houten, 13; Z. A.
Van Houten, 19; J. C. P. Van Loan, 20; M. C.
Van Ness, 16; Warner Van Norden, 2 — Guests, 4;
Warner M. Van Norden, 2 ; C. M. van Ryan, Guest,
3; A. B. Van Riper, 16; Abraham J. Van Riper, 24;
Philip W. von Saltza, 21; R. Van Santvoord, 16;
F. L. Van Tassell, 19; R. L. Van Tassell, 19; D. M.
Van Vliet, 12; E. L. Van Wagner, 27; A. Van
Winkle, 20; Edward Van Winkle, 7; Thomas E.
Van Winkle, 13 ; John R. Van Wormer, 6; Augustus
Van Wyck, Guests, 5; P. C. Van Wyck, 12; P. V.
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R. Van Wyck, 12; Col. Wm. E. Van Wyck, 24; Hon. Wm. Van Wyck, i ; Milton B. Van Zandt, 24; Leonard J. Varick, 25; N. J. Verloop of H. M. S. U., Guest, 5; W. C. Varick, 18; J. Stanley Voorhees, 25; Willard P. Voorhees, 9; C. B. Voor- hees, 18; Charles C. Voorhees, 18; Rev. Ernest Voorhis, 18; Philip W. von Saltza, 26; Col. John W. Vrooman, 10; S. Van Sicklen, 27; Col. Harry W. Walker, i; Evert Jansen Wendell, 4; Robert S. Wendell, 7; L. Wessels, 11; George C. Westervelt, 3; J. R. Wiedrsma, 4; W. Westerman, Guest, 5; Dr. Herbert J. Williams, i ; Genl. Leonard Wood, Guests, 9; Charles R. Wyckoff, Jr., 15; Clarence J. Wyckoff, 15; Stewart L. Woodford, Guests; C. B. Zabriskie, 21; I. L Zabriskie, 17.
grace:
Rev. Dr. Kittredge: Let us pray. Oiu- Father in Heaven, we come to seek Thy blessing upon our gathering to-night. We come with united hearts to thank Thee for all that the coun- try whose citizens and officers we welcome to- night has done for humanity and for Thy kingdom, and we pray that Thou wilt bless that land, that there may ever rest upon Holland Thy benediction. Bless her queen and be with her in council, and grant that these who have come as our guests to-night may carry back to their land a blessing from their visit with us. So wilt Thou bless our own country and our President and all the nations of the earth and hasten the time when righteous- ness shall reign throughout the world and when there shall be peace and good will among men.
We ask for the pardon of our sins in the Savior's name. Amen.
INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
By the President of The Holland Society, Henry S. Van Duzer.
Mr. Cremer, Members of the Netherlands Commission, Burgomaster of Amsterdam, Captain Colen- brander, Officers of the ** Utrecht,'' Members of the Holland Society, and Ladies of the Nether- lands, our most Honored Guests. {Applause.)
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HE Holland Society is greatly honored this evening in being the first to greet and welcome the distinguished visitors to this country.
Mr. Cremer, a late member of the Netherlands Government, the representative from his Queen and his government to this country, is our first and most honored guest. {Applause.) I regret to say that a temporary illness prevents the chair- man of the Netherlands Commission being present this evening, but the worthy Vice-President of the Commission is with us. {Applause.) And the Burgomaster of old Amsterdam is here, and I regret our honored Mayor could not be present, although he expected to be here, but it was impos- sible. And above all we have not only Captain
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among his officers those who command the Half Moon. {Applause.)
It is quite fitting that The Holland Society should be the first in this celebration to receive these honored guests. It was in The Holland Society's Board of Trustees that the thought first arose to properly celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the entrance of the Half Moon and Henry Hud- son into our harbor, but with usual Dutch modesty we stepped aside to allow our city, our state, and our nation to celebrate this anniversary as the occasion deserves. It is also fitting that The Hol- land Society should be first to receive these guests as we feel, and perhaps it is recognized, that The Holland Society of New York represents the old New Yorkers. {Applause.) And it is an honor and a pleasure to welcome these gentlemen, not only because of their position, as distinguished men of their country, but because they are the representatives of the country we all delight to honor. We are proud of our Dutch ancestry and we think we are better American citizens because of that love of ancestry. Not only our society but all New Yorkers affectionately admire the land of the dykes and dams because from the seed planted by Holland here has grown this great metropolis of the western world, the Empire State and the great commonwealth of New Jersey. For from that country we have imbibed all that has tended to make this country great. We admire the country that for over four hundred years fought the sea back and for over three-quarters of a century fought for its liberties. It was the Dutch that settled not only New York but New Jersey, and it was a Dutch mother that gave birth
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to William Penn, so that Pennsylvania has her debt of gratitude to the Dutch. It was the Pil- grims, the Puritans of England, who burned the witches at Salem and persecuted the Quakers and the Baptists, and not the Puritans of England who, after thirteen years' residence in Holland, came here imbued with Dutch ideas of what religious liberty was. The Puritans of England were those who sought to worship as they pleased; it was the Puritans of England sailing from Holland who landed on Plymouth Rock, and while they stepped on Plymouth Rock as English Puritans, they trod with Dutch shoes and were clothed with Dutch liberality. {Applause.) It was Dutch energy and enterprise that built the Half Moon and that sought the best of all captains, explorers, and discoverers, and chose Henry Hudson to command that ship. When that ship had made the discovery of the Hudson the Dutch soon came, the schoolmaster and the minister, the merchant and the soldier, with their goods and their arms and their books and their Bibles, and planted in this country Dutch institutions, free schools, freedom of worship, and the ballot, the foiuidations of our country's greatness, for it was the Dutch that first, in the Christian era, introduced the ballot into the world. And so when we reflect what this country owes to the Netherlands we realize that the debt is a heavy one, due not only by the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, but also by Pennsyl- vania and the six New England States. And Dutch thrift^ and Dutch energy are not the only things for which we are indebted to the Nether- lands, but Dutch genius as well, because a year before the Half Moon entered this harbor the tele-
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scope was invented, and twenty-five years after- wards the Netherlands gave to the world the telescope. And so it is a great pleasure to ac- knowledge to these gentlemen who have come to us to-night, the debt we owe their country as the motherland of our virtues and our greatness.
And now, Mr. Cremer, we welcome you. Mem- bers of the Commission, we give you the hearty hand of friendship and good fellowship. To you, the distinguished Burgomaster of Amsterdam, New York desires to pay homage. To you. Captain Colenbrander and your gallant men, we bid you a hearty welcome. May you all enjoy the hos- pitaHty of this country whose citizens have learned what freedom is from our common ancestors. {Applause.)
I have the honor and pleasure to propose the first toast of the evening, which will be drunk without a response :
The President of the United States.
(A silent toast was drunk standing.)
The President: Gentlemen, the second toast:
Her Gracious Majesty, Queen of the Netherlands.
(A silent toast was drunk standing.)
The President: Gentlemen, I have the pleas- ure of introducing to you Mr. Cremer, the repre- sentative of Her Majesty. {Applause.)
RESPONSE TO THE TOAST "HER MAJESTY, QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS."
By Mr. J. T. Cremer, Representing the Nether- lands Government on their Commission.
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T is a great honor to me, at this moment and in this society, to reply to the toast given by your worthy President. I know that we are here among friends {applause) — among the nearest friends of our country, — and, if we did not know that we were in New York, driving up your streets and seeing our orange and your red white and blue everjrwhere, we should think we were on the streets of Amsterdam or The Hague. {Applause.) It is the warmth of your feelings, as expressed by your President, which makes it easy for me to say a few words, although they are in a language foreign to me, because I know I have very willing listeners. The toast drunk to the Presi- dent was, I know, drunk by all my countrymen with the utmost enthusiasm. The successor of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Taft, has not been long in office, but we know on the continent that he is a man of ability and honesty, and that he has a great and difficult task before him, and from the bottom
of our hearts we wish that he may succeed in ful-
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filling the mission, as he wishes to do it; because we know, if he is successful in his work, it will be for the benefit of your country, and not only that, but it will benefit the world, because his adminis- tration will be one for peace and good will among all nations. {Applause.) It was in view of that, gentlemen, that we had so much pleasure and that it was such an honor to us to drink to his health just now. And when we did that it meant, of course, to the whole United States of America. Judging from the way you drank to the health of our Queen and also from the very kind words uttered by your President about our country and our Government, I think that really I can do nothing better at this moment than to speak to you a little about Her Gracious Majesty, the Queen. There will be other gentlemen at this table who will have the opportunity of replying to other portions of your President's address and to what may be said by others later, but, as I had the honor just before leaving Holland, to have an audience with her Majesty, I can give you the newest im- pressions of her. On account of the double duties she has now to perform, our nation has not seen as much of the Queen as they did formerly. His Royal Highness, Prince Hendrik, her husband, and Queen Emma, her mother, have taken over the duty of showing themselves to the country and have done it in a splendid way, and it was appreciated by all our countrymen. Our Queen, after becoming a mother, soon returned to her duty of governing our country, and she does it with the same sense of duty to-day as she did the first time she took up the reins of government in 1908, of which I have been a close observer. And she still strives, studying
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every detail, to make our country an answer to the hope of our Queen-Mother, which she expressed when she gave over the government to her daugh- ter, in these words: "I hope our small country may be great in everything in which small nations can be great. " And that is the aim of our Queen from morning to night. {Applause.) She has also that other duty of bringing up her baby, her motherly duty ; and I think it is well known to you all that she does, she does in such manner, as to be an example to all her subjects and to all mothers in the world. She does not forget any of the duties of a mother. {Applause.)
She has given her baby the most auspicious name she could have selected, the name of Juliana — Juliana, the mother of the father of our father- land, William the First. {Applause.) And the virtues of that ancestress of more than three hundred years ago will, I am sure, be imbibed and displayed by that royal descendant. {Ap- plause.)
But, ladies and gentlemen, — I speak to the ladies too, although they are at a little distance; but I think the committee placed them there because they know that, not only absence, but also distance, makes the heart grow fonder. {Laugh- ter.) But I think, ladies and gentlemen, that, speaking in this society, I speak to our closest friends, to descendants of the men who settled here three himdred years ago and built up this tremendous, this imperial city of New York that was formerly New Amsterdam, to men who have always been proud of their ancestry and who have never, in the darkest days, forgotten that they were sons of our country and have never failed to
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glory in it, to men who, at the time when the name of Dutch or Dutchman was, as John Fiske said, * * associated with something slightly comical, ' ' — Mr. Washington Irving has contributed not a little to that, — did everything in his power to caricature the names of Dutch and Dutchmen. Many of those whose works and writings and influential position in the State have contributed toward making the name of the Dutch the name of glory; and, as we see here at this time, our nation is taking a promi- nent part in your rejoicing. That is what I had occasion to tell our Queen, and she told me that she was most intimately interested in everything that was going on here and that whilst we were here in person she would be here with her heart and mind. {Applause.) Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, as I am not going to say more here and now about my official audience with Her Majesty, I take courage to tell you in a few words what happened after my official audience. After this audience was concluded I had taken a little walk in the royal park at the country seat, and Prince Hendrik, the husband of the Queen, came to me and in the name of the Queen asked me to come and see the royal baby. Of course I was most happy to do so. I came downstairs, conducted by his Royal Highness, and there lying on the sofa, was the little infant, and her mother was playing with her as only mothers can. And as we were standing there before the couch and the child was looking most happy and laughing, I made the remark that the child seemed to be a very happy child ; and the Queen said from the very bottom of her heart, "Yes, Mr. Cremer, we are trying to give this child a happy youth and to make of her a bright young
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woman, — a bright, cheerful young woman." And I saw in her eyes that she was going to do what she had promised, and I think there is a bright future for this royal baby. And as a moment later the child put out its little hands I put out my finger, and with her little fist she took hold of my finger, and I could not help kissing that little fist. And the Prince said, "Mr. Cremer, you know you are the very first to kiss her right hand." And I said, "Well, I have been very lucky then and I shall never forget it. " {Applause.) And I assure you that, as I looked at that baby on the couch and her fond parents playing with her as other parents do, I, with the experience of a grandfather with eight children {laughter and applause) , thought that I had a group before me that was as closely united as any in the world; and this image of the three young people, happy, worthy, and united for the welfare of otir country, is a memory I shall carry with me forever, and, as I said to Her Majesty, it will brighten my voyage to America. And what I am doing now is to give you a slight impression of what I felt then.
This is not a toast, gentlemen. Knowing your feelings for our country and our royal house, I thought that, better than giving you a toast in high fiown language, I might tell you this simple thing, and I do this in gratitude for your splendid and kind reception to us and for the words spoken by yoiu- worthy President. And, gentlemen, I trust that The Holland Society will always have the same kindly feelings for our land, and you can be assured that, on our side, our sympathies and those of our royal house will always be with you. {Great applause.)
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Hon. John W. Vrooman: Mr. President, courtesy may forbid three United States cheers for Her Majesty, but I suggest that one and all pre- sent, ladies and gentlemen, stand, and through Mr. Cremer send to Her Majesty the Chautauqua peace salute with otir handkerchiefs. {Applause and salute.)
The President: Gentlemen, your society sent this evening the following cable to the Queen of the Netherlands:
The Holland Society of New York, favored by the pres- ence of Your Majesty's official delegate to the Hudson- Fulton Celebration and the representatives of the Dutch Committee of the Half Moon, at a banquet in their honor, beg that you will accept their respectful greetings and best wishes for the health and prosperity of Your Majesty's noble house and nation. {Applause.)
Gentlemen, the liberty has been taken to change somewhat the order of the speaking. It is my pleasure now to ask Judge Van Wyck if he will not, in our name, offer the Society's greetings and welcome to oiu" distinguished guests. {Applause.)
SPEECH OF JUDGE AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK. Mr. Chairman:
N behalf of The Holland Society, we tender
to the Holland sovereign and nation our
best wishes and sincere gratitude for the
spirit of friendship and helpfulness shown America
in the struggle of 1776 and ever since. America
will never forget that when the Colonies were in
an almost hopeless condition, their army unpaid,
half -naked, and half -starved, and almost on the
verge of mutiny in its desperation, France, their
ally in arms, almost disgusted, that Friesland, one
of the States of Holland, was the first to recognize
American independence on Feb. 26, 1782, which
was followed by the other States doing the same,
and then the States General itself recognized
American independence on April 19, 1782; nor
will she forget that soon thereafter Holland bankers
under the leadership of Van der Capellen, who
used up his private fortune therein, loaned the
Colonies some millions of dollars; nor forget that
soon thereafter, in 1782, the States General of
Holland entered into a treaty of commerce and
navigation with the new nation; and finally, she
will not forget that it was the Dutch that first
saluted the American flag. These acts relieved
the distress of the army and restored the courage
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and hope of the people ; and a cordial appreciation of this fact was expressed in letters from Trumbull, Franklin, John Adams, Jefferson, and Washington, the latter of which is now preserved in the museum at ZwoUe, in the Netherlands. A tender sentiment for your sovereign leads the Dutch Americans to continue to speak of her by way of endearment as your "Little Queen"; and we have for some years sympathetically indulged with you in the fond hope that her child would be heir apparent to the throne when she, after a long, happy, and successful reign, shall be called to that mansion not made by the hands of man. God bless her Majesty!
Now, on behalf of The Holland Society, we ex- tend a hearty welcome to the honored guests of the evening — our kindred from the lowlands across the sea — the civil and naval officials who are so kindly taking part in our festivities — we offer you freely of our time, hearts, thought, and substance for your use while with us. And to the visiting ladies, we especially tender ten thousand welcomes and our affectionate regard and esteem. God bless the dear ones !
Banquet hall was never more splendidly adorned than this one is by the Holland and Holland- American ladies who fill and grace the boxes over- looking this scene. In charms and beauty, they equal the picked beauties of any royal court of the world.
An explanation is due to the Dutch-American portion of this audience for not addressing you in the Dutch language, but that language, as pre- served in this cotmtry, is the unchanged, pure, and classic Dutch of the Seventeenth Century, and would not be understood by the Dutch guests so
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lately from Holland. Their language, time, com- mercial contact, and touch with all the tongues of the world, have modified. And in this connection, I recall that a New York Dutchman was appointed American minister to The Hague, because of his familiarity with the language, as he and his an- cestors had spoken and preserved the Dutch lan- guage brought over here some centuries before. When he was introduced to the court, the King understood not a word that he spoke, nor he a word that the King spoke, because of the difference between modern and ancient Dutch.
The Holland Society, always frank and out- spoken in its attachment to the country of their ancestry, is named after it. This society, Holland in name as well as in kindred, Holland in affection as well as in admiration, originated this celebration. In the printed minutes of the seventh meeting of the Executive Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, held on January 7, 1909, at page 734, it is declared that the "Origin of Tercentenary Movement" was the appointment on June 13, 1901, by the Trustees of the Holland Society, on motion of Theodore Bant a, of a com- mittee composed of Augustus Van Wyck, Warner Van Norden, Theodore Banta, Robert B. Roosevelt, and Henry Van Dyke, for the purpose of enlisting the sympathy and cooperation of all citizens in a suitable commemoration of the discovery of the Hudson, which resulted in the formation of this commission. Then our Yankee brethren stepped to the front, adding the Fulton element to it. Thus, this demonstration, promising to be one of the greatest of the kind, was started.
Three himdred years ago, the Half Moon, with
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Hudson in command, wended her way through our harbor and up the river that bears his name, which was then Hned with red men — attracted by curiosity and awed, doubtless, by fear of their future as well as by admiration — and by virgin forests, which crowned the Palisades, the Highlands, and the Catskills. The red man and the stately oak, both lords of the forest, bowed cordial welcome to him and his crew. That was the first step in the creation of a Dutch commonwealth, afterwards becoming the Empire State among the forty-six constituting this nation — a State having a popula- tion greater than that of the mother country, and having within it the metropolis of the Western World, now pressing all other cities closely in the contest for first position in the sisterhood of muni- cipalities.
The first commanding nobleman in feudal times to espouse the cause of Democracy was William the Silent. He gave up to that cause fortune, life, and the highest position in the service of the then great Philip of Spain. His example and conduct did more to make mankind free and happy than that of any other individual known to history. Holland, little in territorial extent, has been a giant in deeds under the inspiration of that hero in such a cause — small in circumference, yet she has encircled the globe with her history and her colonies. The gallant three hundred at Ther- mopylae saved their country from the imposition of Oriental civilization, preserving the Grecian or Occidental civilization, the mere forerunner of the Christian civilization. It was Holland, under William the Silent and his associates, that secured the fruits of such civilization to be enjoyed by the
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people according to their conscience, free from church or civil tyranny, then in combination. The debt of gratitude to that Holland cannot be fully appreciated by those who have so long en- joyed religious and civil liberty, forgetting those who in the long ago secured it for them.
The general impress upon the world is that the Hollander is a taciturn and deeply thoughtful person. This has been emphasized by the circum- stance in the life of William, which led to his being called "the Silent." Yet she has produced some of the greatest statesmen and warriors, on sea and on land, and the finest orators and writers upon public questions, which our own Franklin declared to have been the examples most consulted and fol- lowed by the American patriots in the struggle for liberty and in the formative period of otir nation. This idea of thoughtful silence, to some of our Yankee friends, has been a source of humor, one of whom seriously told me not long since that even the deaf and dumb Hollander went to bed with boxing gloves on to keep from talking in his sleep (with his fingers).
The pride of this society in its ancestry is not solely manifested by its name, but also by the fact that only the descendants in the male line of the Dutch citizens of a Dutch- American colony prior to 1675 are eligible to membership. We, doubtless, have kept fresher our memory of the deeds and heroes who made Holland great in her formative period than those whojicontinue to live there; but sometimes we envy the Hollander who in later years migrated to this country, for he can claim nearer kindred to the modern Hollander than we possibly can, though he cannot entertain
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any more friendly and affectionate regard for them than we do.
Environment is man's master. What race can have more confidence in itself than that which, like Deity in the Red Sea episode, commanded the ocean to unbare the land it rested upon for their homes, or commanded it again to cover those homes with its friendly waters to save it unstained from the bloody touch of the Spaniards of that period? This touch of nature begat a spirit of patriotism supported by self-confidence that waged for eighty years wasting war for home and liberty in all its branches. So much water made a clean people, in person, mind, heart, conscience, and morals. The Hollander has always been at home on and in and below the level of the water, and sea which has made him the great sailor, merchant, and financier of the world. The Lord commanded the dry land to appear; the Hollander did more than any modern race in obedience thereto. The ex- pression, "The Dutch have taken Holland," is always news, for they are continually taking more of the bed of the sea. The Lord commanded man to "go forth, increase, multiply, and replenish the earth " ; the Hollander again has obeyed this to the letter, though his country was small and over- crowded. The effect of this environment has com- pelled the Hollander to develop himself to the highest state in every possible line of human en- deavor, to commend himself to the entire world, and to live by honest and fair service to and dealings with all races, upon the fruits of other lands. Hollanders first asserted civil and religious liberty; and in the arts, sciences, trades, and litera- ture they have been excelled by none. Every
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baby bom in this little land requires some Dutch- man to move out of it and make room for the new- comer. So you find her sailors covering the seas, her merchants in every market of the world, and her bankers the great money lenders of the world.
There are many parallels between this country and that. Otir Washington was more nearly mod- eled after the type of William the Silent than any other of the great heroes of the world. Both lost more battles than they won, yet neither ever lost an army, nor was peace ever thought of by either one until his country was free. Our Paul Jones was modeled after your Van Tromp; with the least equipment they cleared the seas of their countries' enemies. Our Patrick Henry was modeled after your Bameveldt; neither rested in speech till their countrymen were stirred to the highest possible state of enthusiasm for war against their enemies. Our John Adams was modeled after your John DeWitt; neither lost his head from jealousy or self -pride, while dealing with the great problems then so important for the welfare of their countries. This parallel could be further pursued with truthful exactness, to the edification of the lover of Hollanders ; but time forbids.
The Dutchmen here and abroad from modesty have left to others the task of impartially writing the history of Holland and her people. Our Motley of English extraction, and our Douglas Campbell, a Scotch Presbyterian, in their admittedly superb histories, have paid such great praise and tribute to the almost unlimited Dutch influenca upon the destiny of the world as would have caused the same to be questioned and attributed to self -pride and boastfulness, had they been written by a Dutch pen.
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We urge our guests to convey to the mother- land our intense spirit of friendship and affection and the spirit of our imperishable pride in her thoughts and deeds, from her birth till now. May Holland's peace of mind never be disturbed by the angry controversies of others — may the hand of violence of some covetous neighbor never be laid upon her ! Should such dangers ever threaten her, a call upon the Holland-American will arouse a lively recollection of the helpful spirit shown this country in the Revolution of 1776; and the Amer- ican attitude would greatly influence the conduct of Holland's neighbors to her benefit. May yoiu: Queen Hve long and happily and rule wisely !
The President: Gentlemen, His Excellency the Minister of the Netherlands intended to be with us to-night and hoped to be here before the dinner was finished. I have received this telegram:
Allow me to send through you to The Holland Society most cordial greetings. I intended to join you at a late hour, but train connections after the Half Moon celebra- tion prevent my arriving before one o'clock.
Gentlemen, I have expressed to you oiu* regret at the absence of the Chairman of the Netherlands Half Moon Commission. It is a regret only at Dr. van Eeghen's absence, because a very worthy representative of the Netherlands Commission, the Vice-President, is here. I propose to you the next toast :
The Netherlands Half Moon Commission.
{Applause.)
I take pleasure in introducing to you its Vice- President, Mr. de Monchy.
ADDRESS OF HON. E. P. DE MONCHY Ladies and Gentlemen:
SUPPOSE I may follow the example of
other speakers and acknowledge the
ladies in our company, as long as the
toasts are in order.
As your President has pointed out, I am here
sitting in the place of my esteemed President, Mr.
van Eeghen. I am happy to say that it was only
a slight indisposition which prevented him from
coming, and I hope that in a few days he will be all
right again and may attend the further festivities,
as he would have liked to do to-day. I am sorry
for him, and you also have my sympathy that he
is not here, because instead of his beautiful speech
you will have to be content with my poor effort.
But I can say that what I am going to say comes
from the heart.
While crossing the ocean a few days ago, many
of us fell under the spell of the thought which that
mighty ocean never fails to bring to the mind of
any human being who is not quite insensible to the
beauties of nature, that, though we belong to the
most widely separated nations, yet in the end we
form on the earth but one great family. During
these days of crossing the ocean many of us spoke
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of the difference between a transatlantic voyage in the time of Hudson and one at the present time, when it is a great pleasure to be on one of those beautiful steamers, belonging to so many different lines, which hold regular intercourse between the different parts of the world. But it is not my wish to anticipate the words of Mr. van Eeghen, when he shall offer the Half Moon to New York. I leave him to describe the enthusiasm with which the idea of building a reproduction of the Half Moon and offering it to your city was received in our country.
We cannot be too thankful for your hearty invitation to be your guests on this occasion, for you Americans receive your guests in a manner that might be an example to everyone. We find you have extended your Monroe Doctrine to include not only Americans, but also those who have had the pleasure to visit you at this time of celebration.
As has been said, it was Hudson who opened correspondence between the northern part of America and Europe, but it was not Hudson who built up the regular correspondence that we now enjoy, nor was it Hudson who created this large traffic in goods by palatial steamers. That needed strong work, that needed untiring energy and study to advance it so far. And in that regard I fear no contradiction from my fellow Europeans when I bring a salute of honor to the American merchants and to the American people in general. {Applause)
And it is therefore, gentlemen, that I close by proposing to drink a glass to the welfare of the commicrce and industry of the United States and to you all, dear gentlemen of your hospitable country. {Applause.)
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The President: Gentlemen, it is my pleasure now to propose the toast
The Cities of Amsterdam and New Amsterdam,
and I introduce to you the Burgomaster of Am- sterdam, the Hon. Mr. van Leeuwen. (Applause.)
ADDRESS OF HON. W. H. van LEEUWEN
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Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
FEEL that it is incumbent upon me to acquit myself of a debt of gratitude, not only to Mr. Van Duzer for the words addressed to me in my capacity of Burgomaster of Amsterdam, but also to all those others who have shown us so many marks of friendship and sym- pathy. Although we are under the spell of all the great and wonderful things around us, we do not feel strangers here at all. On the contrary, owing to the cordial reception you have prepared for us and the sympathy with which we have been met on all sides, we feel in your midst as though we were your own kith and kin. {Applause.) And to whom are we indebted for this reception? To Diedrich Knickerbocker? To those historians who take what Washington Irving himself con- fessed was his own coarse caricature of the real history of New York as actual fact and rely on him for local color? No; most decidedly not; but to those among you who have never ceased in speech and in print to take the part of the Dutch against the pictures that such historians have given of them, to those among you who have pointed out that the freedom, toleration, and humanity so highly prized by the Americans were imbibed in Holland, to
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those among you who have demonstrated the interest of the Netherlands in the making of the American RepubHc, who have again and again reminded the world of the fact that the political and military leaders of the country who founded a number of states had been living in the one small repubhc of Northern Europe; that Massachu- setts was settled in 1620 by men educated in the Dutch Republic ; that the man who settled Rhode Island was a fine scholar in the Dutch language and in Dutch history, and taught the poet Milton Dutch; that New York, the Empire State, which led all the others in jurisprudence, constitutional law, and influence on the nation, was founded by the Dutch, who transported to the new world their republican principles; that William Penn was the son of a Dutch mother, Margaret Jasper of Amsterdam ; that Dutch was as much his native language as English, and that he wrote the great constitution of Gelderland, the old home of the Anglo-Saxon and one of the early homes of the Dutch RepubHc. {Applause.) To the men who have thrown a clear light upon all this and have never ceased to proclaim it the Hollanders are greatly indebted. It is to them, who proposed a memorial history of New Netherlands, who pro- posed an equestrian statue to William the Silent, that we owe to a great extent the sympathy we have experienced here, a sympathy which is mutual and has also another cause, for Benjamin Franklin once said of the Dutch RepubHc, "founded in love of liberty and bravery and the defense of it, she has been our great example. " This dictum is undoubtedly very flattering to us, but I could wish to put another construction upon it, namely,
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that the intellectual and spiritual affinity between the two peoples accounts for the fact that the two nations at different epochs have done the same thing. This affinity is also the reason why Amer- icans and Hollanders feel so much for each other and why the three-century-old friendship has never been disturbed by a discordant note. (Ap- plause.) May this ever continue. I drink to our lasting friendship and sympathy. {Applause.)
The President: Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce to you Hon. Stewart L. Woodford, the Chairman of the Half Moon Commission, who in our Mayor's absence will offer to the Burgo- master of Amsterdam the greeting of the City of New York. {Applause.)
ADDRESS OF HON. STEWART L. WOODFORD
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REGRET that the Mayor of New York is prevented by prior engagement from being here to-night. I congratulate my- self that I am permitted in his stead and in the name of the Hudson-Fulton Commission to bid most cordial greeting to our Holland friends. We are heartily glad to see you here. {Applause.)
Beginning with Saturday it will be my pleasant official duty to be your host. To-night I am fortunate in being your guest and in being per- mitted to give this simple word of greeting. As I shall have to talk many times then it is courtesy to you and kindness to myself that I speak little now. To-night it has been my privilege as Presi- dent of the Commission to greet the Japanese Prince and Princess at a dinner given to them at the Hotel Astor. To-night it is my privilege to meet our friends from Holland here. We are heart- ily glad that they are with us — heartily glad. {Applause.) We are glad that their wives and daughters are with them. {Applause.) I shall not speak in those terms of affectionate gallantry that my friend Judge Van Wyck employed. He is
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will forget. {Laughter.) I am old and serious, and if I should speak with one half the affection that the Judge does, I should be in trouble in my own house if not in yours. {Laughter.)
New York and New England owe a large debt of gratitude to the Hollanders. An English captain, sailing under the charter of your government, came here and explored our river in 1609. In 1620 Pilgrims went to Massachusetts who had been welcomed and housed in Ley den for many years, and the Pilgrims of Massachusetts were the guests of the Dutchmen, and so New York and New England are debtors to the Dutch on both sides of the question. {Applause.)
Now to all of you, the ladies and the men, we give the hospitality of New York. We hope you will have the best time of your lives and we shall try to give it to you, and when you shall turn to go homeward to the old land we shall be more than grateful if you bear with you kindly memory of the little place that Henry Hudson founded three hundred years ago and shall think that at least with Holland thrift and with Holland energy we have done reasonably well in the three hundred years that have been allotted us. {Applause.) And so, dear friends, taking you into the heart of New York we thank you affectionately for coming to us. We will do by you as well as we know how and when you shall return bearing the greeting of this New Amsterdam to Her Gracious Majesty, your Queen, we want you to feel that you take back with you not merely pleasant memories, but that you take back with you the heart, the love, and the greeting of the Dutchmen in New York. {Applause.)
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The President: Gentlemen, our guests are not all in civil life. We have one, most distinguished in his own country and distinguished in his branch of the service, and I offer you the next toast :
The Armies and the Navies of the Nether- lands AND the United States of America.
And it is my pleasure to present to you the dis- tinguished Captain of the Utrecht, Captain Colen- brander.
ADDRESS OF G. P. van KECKING COLEN- BRANDER
Ladies, President of The Holland Society of New York, Honored Hosts, and Fellow Guests:
HEN a few months ago we got the news that Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, had assigned the Utrecht to be present at these festivities, the celebration of the Hudson voyage and the Fulton achievement, there was an outburst of joy in my ship that we had been selected for this purpose, not alone among the officers, but through all the complement of the ship. We were only sorry that we could not come over here with a much larger ship than the Utrecht, and we were even fearful that affairs in South America would detain us close to that coast; but happily that did not happen. {Applause.)
When I came here to-night I was not prepared to say a word, but, during the time I sat here, I was inspired a little by all those beautiful flowers I saw around me; and, as all of you know, most of them, especially those which are small and powerful, have an unconscious way of throwing out their seeds as far as they possibly can in order that their offspring may be strong; and a small nation like ours, if it is permissible to draw the
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years to a great extent; and especially when our sons have voluntarily left otir country, it was in the hope that the strongest and the fairest ones who went to other countries would fulfill that law of nature; and so it is not to be wondered at that, in all the different parts of the world, we find country- men of ours who have proved themselves to be among the best of us. {Applause.)
The American Navy was not yet born when ours had already a lifetime of history behind it. It is most probable that in the beginning of the life of the American Navy many examples of ours were followed. But things have changed since that time. In our country we first became ac- quainted with the American Navy in the person of Paul Jones. He was the man who came over first to our country and there is not a boy in the Nether- lands who does not know the song we always sang, "There comes Paul Jones, He's such a Dainty Fellow." {Applause.)
Ladies and gentlemen, in these times things have changed, and, where formerly we were about on the same plane as to our navies, now we have to learn a great deal from yours. But I am quite sure that in time to come it will always be the purpose of both navies to perform the duty that is assigned to us to the best of our ability. I pro- pose the health of the Navy of the United States. {Applause.)
The President: Gentlemen, we have as one of our guests the Commandant of the New York Navy Yard, and I take pleasure in introducing to you Captain Murdock, who will say a word for the American Navy. {Applause.)
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T is one of the privileges of the Commandant of the New York Navy Yard to frequently have a word or two to say on the subject of the navy, but I am sure that this privilege has never been extended under more favorable aus- pices than to-night when the American Navy is coupled with that of the Netherlands. (Applause.) The student of naval history may search in vain through the centuries during which warfare has been carried on at sea for anything more instruc- tive, for warfare more filled with gallant deeds of arms than the wars which were waged in the seventeenth century between the provinces of the Netherlands and of Great Britain. And I wonder how many students of history, as they look over the different centuries, bear in mind that the sun shin- ing on the English Channel has never but once seen that channel unvexed by an English keel, and that was in the days of Tromp, the gallant Admiral of the Navy of the Netherlands. (Ap- plause.)
Now, gentlemen, it is to us, officers of a late generation, officers of a nation that commenced to
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officers of this country that is reserved the privilege of being friends with both of those combatants of old; descendants of one, pupils of the other; and if circumstances should ever unfortunately lead us into similar positions we will be happy if we are able to emvdate the deeds of either of those noble antagonists. {Applause.)
The President: Gentlemen, it was with re- gret that General Leonard Wood sent word that on account of an engagement with the Japanese Prince he was unable to accept the invitation this evening, but we have with us his chief of staff, known in the army as Colonel George S. Anderson, known in the city and at every post at which he has ever been stationed as the genial and courteous George Anderson. I expected to take pleasure in asking him to say a word for the army. {Ap- plause.) But Colonel Anderson has begged to be excused and has been called away sooner than he expected.
We have also with us a representative of the Dutch Army. He has asked to be excused from speaking, but I wish to present our guest, Cap- tain Van der Pant, a distinguished officer in the army of Her Majesty. {Applause.)
Now, gentlemen, to conclude the evening — ^we have drunk a toast to Her Majesty the Queen — but we have another toast, to the wives and daughters of the Netherlands Commission, all queens of Holland. The toast is
The Ladies.
I ask Mr. Van Norden to reply.
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I am reminded of a story Mr. Theodore Roose- velt used to tell. You know Mr. Roosevelt was Colonel of the Rough Riders and he was con- stantly annoyed more or less by applications for help from them when they got into trouble. One of his Rough Riders wrote him a letter which ran something like this. It said: '* Dear Colonel : I am in great trouble; I have shot a lady in the eye, but, Colonel, it was an accident. I didn't mean to do it. I was only shooting at my wife. " (Laughter.)
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Upon you and I will follow the example of the Mem- bers of Congress and beg leave to print, and I will close by quoting from an author words which are very much to the point and which will cover the whole ground that I might go over if I spoke to you for an hour, showing the position of nearly every American and to what he owes his success. It is a little verse which has been aptly written and which I think you will appreciate. He said:
When I came trudging into town,
An awkward country lad, An empty purse and willing hands
Were all the wealth I had. But now I cannot count my gold. My stocks and bonds are manifold, My wares are laid in every land. My ships at sea are legion and
I owe it all to mother.
(Applause).
LECTURE BY DR. H. T. COLENBRANDER.
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HE New York Historical Society and The Holland Society of New York joined in issuing the following notice to their mem- bers and the members of the St. Nicholas Society.
The New York Historical Society, in co-operation with The Holland Society of New York, take pleasure in announcing that by special request Mr. H. T. Colen- brander, of Holland, will deliver, on January ii, 1910, at 8.30 P. M., a Lecture entitled: Holland as a Colonizing Power — with Special Reference to New Amsterdam.''
You are cordially invited to be present at the Lecture in the Hall of The New York Historical Society, Central Park West and Seventy-sixth Street.
On the evening of that day the spacious and attractive new building of The New York His- torical Society was thrown open and over one hundred of the invited guests were present to hear the lecture in question. A larger attendance would have resulted but for the necessarily short time elapsing between the issuance of the notices and the delivery of the lecture.
President Samuel V. Hoffman, of the Historical Society, presided, entering the hall escorting Dr. Colenbrander and followed by First Vice-President F. R. Schell, who escorted Henry L. Bogert,
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Secretary of The Holland Society. President Hoff- man addressed the audience, expressing his grati- fication that circumstances had now placed the Historical Society in a position in which it could advantageously and comfortably entertain its members and their guests and cooperate effectively with its sister societies, such as The Holland Society on this occasion, in the entertainment of such distinguished visitors as the lecturer of the evening. He expressed the hope that the future might afford frequent opporttmities for similar entertainment and that the result might bring the different societies closer together and con- tribute to their mutual progress and harmony. He then introduced Dr. H. T. Colenbrander as the Secretary of the Commission on National (Royal) Historical Publications, referring also to the lecturer's visit to this country as the guest of the American Historical Association for the pur- pose of delivering a lecture at its recent annual meeting in the same place.
After the applause which had greeted Dr. Colenbrander at the close of his remarks, Mr. Bogert, on behalf of The Holland Society and also on behalf of the Historical Society, in which he was a life member, moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer for his interesting and valuable discourse, and expressed the hope that it might be placed in permanent form in the archives of the Historical Society. This motion met with the applause of the audience and was seconded by Vice-President Schell and carried unanimously. In presenting the vote of thanks to Dr. Colenbrander, President Hoffman included the request that a copy of the lecture might be presented to the Historical
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Society for its records. The President then de- clared the meeting adjourned and the audience dispersed through the new building, admiring the collections of the Society and the advantageous method in which the new building permitted their distribution and exhibition.
The Twenty-Fifth Annual Banquet.
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HE Twenty-fifth Anniversary Dinner of The Holland Society of New York took place at the Waldorf-Astoria, on Thurs- day evening, January 20, 19 10, attended by about four hundred and ten members and guests and about one hundred and twenty-five ladies and their escorts in the boxes.
The banner and flag of the Society were dis- played as usual : the banner just back of the Presi- dent, at the guest table, and the large orange flag on the gallery opposite. The American and early Dutch flags were displayed on each side of the banner. The usual arrangement of the room was adopted, under which the guest table was placed at the west side of the grand ball room, in front of the conservatory, but small tables, seating eight, were used instead of the large tables of other years. Although more difficult to arrange the parties who applied to be seated together, there was a general satisfaction with the result, and the appearance of the room was materially improved.
The menu, on request of a number who had
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away, was made half the usual size and appeared to be satisfactory, though not so well adapted for binding in the Year Book.
The souvenir was a reproduction of a pewter spoon of Henry Hudson's time, such as appeared in the cabin of the Half Moon during the Hudson- Fulton Celebration.
In addition to the speakers, E. J. Wendell had obtained the services of Frank Croxton, vocalist, and Charles L. Safford, accompanist, who rendered the Dutch national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner, and Philadelphia.
Rev. A. A. Zabriskie was called upon to offer grace.
The invited guests seated on the dais were :
Henry Sayre Van Duzer, President of The Hol- land Society; Jonkheer Dr. J. Loudon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands; Rev. Dr. Wm. Elliot Griffis (Ithaca, N. Y.); Hon. WilHam D. Murphy; Com. Warren Jay Terhune, St., Aid on Staff of Rear- Admiral James B. Murdock; Genl. John T. Lock- man, First Vice-President, St. Nicholas Society; T. Greidanus, Secretary, Netherland Chamber of Commerce in America; Floyd B. Sanderson, Act- ing President, St. George's Society; Dr. Thomas Darlington, Ex. Com. Huguenot Society; Barr Ferree, Secretary, Pennsylvania Society; James McGregor Smith, Manager, St. Andrew's Society; Henry Russell Drowne, Secretary, N. Y. Socy. Sons of the Revolution; James de la Mont any e, Treasurer, Empire State Socy. Sons of American Revolution ; Walter L. Suydam, Governor, Society of Colonial Wars in State of New York; Elijah Woodward, Recorder, Colonial Order of the Acorn;
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Alfred J. Talley, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; George Morgan Lewis, Secretary St. David's Society; Hon. John R. Planten, Consiil General of the Netherlands.
The members and guests were seated as follows (the number after the name indicates the table) : J. Walter Ackerman, 37; Antonio C. Astarita, 19; Frederick D. Backus, 18; S. M. Banard, 6; W. Harrison Bayles, 2']\ Wade H. Becker, 33; Alston Beekman, 25; George C. Beekman, 25; Henry M. T. Beekman, 33; Dr. Christopher C. Beling, 4; Edward J. Bergen, 22; James J. Bergen, 4; James J. Bergen, 4; Tunis G. Bergen, 3; Tunis G. Bergen, 3; John F. Berry, 12; John C. Bliss, 11 ; Dr. Joseph F. Bloodgood, 25; Andrew D. Bogert, 27; Charles A. Bogert, 27; E. S. Bogert, 18; Henry L. Bogert, 3; Maj. T. K. Boggs, 25; Chester A. Bra- man, 36; L3rton Briggs, 22; Jacob L. Brink, 31; Theodore Brink, 34; Charles J. Brooks, 21 ; Charles De Hart Brower, 32 ; William L. Brower, 9 ; William L. Brower, 9; David H. Burd, 8; E. L. Burt, 11; John W. Gary, 3; John C. Chase, 28; John J. Clancy, 5; T. B. Clark, 6; Rev. Chas. K. Clear- water, 7; Charles P. Coleman, 10; Dr. W. B. Coley, 19; F. L. Colwell, 30; William G. Conklin, 17; Frederick Coykendall, 24; John Coykendall, 22; S. D. Coykendall, 24; Adam A. Cross, 30; M. Van Dyke Cruser, 27; Dr. Fred'k M. Dearborn, 4; Charles R. De Bevoise, 31; Milton Demarest, 32; Milton Demarest, 32; George B. Demming, 25; Dr. John E. De Mund, 17; Richard Devens, i; A. H. De Witt, i; Jerome P. De Witt, 18; J. Walter De Witt, 18; Moses J. De Witt, 18; William G. De Witt, 15; William G. De Witt, 15; William G. De Witt, 15; Emery Deyo, 36; Perry Deyo, 36;
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S. L. F. Deyo, 12; Walter C. Deyo, 33; Cornelius Ditmars, 29; H. E. Ditmars, 15; J. E. Ditmars, 15; John Ditmars, 31; John Ditmars, 31; Albert I. Drayton, 33; Abraham B. Du Bois, 24; Philip H. Du Bois, 1 1 ; Frederick M. Dudley, 21 ; C. E. Dusen- berry, 14; Frank S. Dutcher, 19; Joseph Dykes, 25; WilHam B. Elmendorf, 20; E. J. Elting, 24; Jacob Elting, 24; Jesse Elting, 24; Rev. James M. Farrar, 12; A. M., Freer, Jr., 29; Jed Frye, 5; Win- field C. Fuller, 28; Garret J. Garretson, 7; William W. Gillen, 7; William B. Gourley, 14; Lawrence K. Groat, 37; Louis W. Groat, 37; Dr. A. R. Gulick, 2^\ Ernestus Gulick, 37; John C. Gulick, 4; H. F. Gumey, 6; Bert J. Hamilton, 7; Charles H. Hampton, 10; Warren N. Haring, 14; Bruyn Has- brouck, 31; Frank Hasbrouck, 3; Manning Has- brouck 9 ; Martin Hasbrouck, 32 ; W. F. Hasbrouck, 26; C. H. Hawkins, 31; John W. Heck, 35; Hub- bard Hendrickson, 34; Gen. W. C. Heppenheimer, 28; J. M. Hodson, D.D., 36; William M. Hoes, 2; Samuel V. Hoffman, 3; Garret S. M. Holdnmi, 27; Arthur Horton, 12; E. Tarker Howard, 30; Morgan R. Howe, 13; H. B. Hubbard, 34; Timothy I. Hubbard, 22; E. Covert Hulst, 23; Edward T. Hulst, 23; Charles Warren Hunt, 12; Arthur Ingraham, 2; Thomas L. James, 22; John A. Jeremiah, 5; Floy M. Johnston, 23; W. O. Jones, 12; Frederic R. Keator, 26; Dr. Harry M. Keator, 26; William C. Keator, 26; H. J. Kennedy, 14; Herbert T. Ketcham, 22; William King, Jr., 30; Gerrit Kouwenhoven, 17; Dr. John B. Kouwen- hoven, 17; William H. Kouwenhoven, 23; A. H. Kiiigj 33; Marshall Lansing, 35; Benjamin Lar- zelere, 16; Albert A. Lefever, 11 ; A. P. Lefever, 23; Edward Y. Le Fevre, 11 ; Frank J. Le Fevre, 11 ;
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Harry W. Leonard, i ; Theodore F. Lozier, 34, Thomas W. Lydecker, 14; Alexander McConnell, 30; Peter McDonnell, 16; Rev. John McDowell, 29; Gates G. McGarrah, 23; Dr. John A. Mclsaac, 17;
A. J. McKenna, 15; Newton F. McKeon, 35; Thomas Sabine McLane, 8; Dr. Carlos MacDonald, 19; Thomas W. Marler, 20; Arthur H. Masten, 9; Walter M. Meserole, 7; William Frederic Metz- ger, i; Albert G. Milbank, 9; A. P. Morison, 12; John H. Myers, 34; David Nevius, 7; James S. Newkirk, 34; Burdett S. Cakes, 8; Charles Olney, 23; Andrew J. Onderdonk, 35; Farley Osgood, 13; Nicholas F. Palmer, 16; Albert L. Perry, 7; Frank
B. Plympton, 2']\ Dr. J. Wilson Poucher, 24; John H. Prall, 2; W. R. Prall, 2; Henry F. Quack- enbos, 28; A. C. Quackenbush, 5; James A. Ren- wick, 25; Gerard Roberts, 26; William S. Ross, 26; Rev. George D. Sander, 15; Samuel M. Schafer, 23; Charles L. Schenck, 25 ; Mervin Ryerson Schenck, 8; Willard P. Schenck, 29; Otto B. Schmidt, 21; Harr}^ C. Senior, 13; A. G. Sherwood, 18; W. A. Simonson, 22', Dr. B. H. B. Sleght, 32; David Springsteen, 18; Elmer W. Stagg, 31; Peter W. Stagg, 31; E. Boudinot Stockton, i; Chas. H. Stoutenburgh, 35; John H. Stoutenburgh, 35; Dr. Bond Stow, 33; William E. Strauch, 13; W. P. Stymus, Jr., 16; Carl E. Sutphen, 4; iC. Edgar Sutphen, 4; D. D. Sutphen, 36; James Suydam, 5; Lambert Suydam, 5; Lambert Suydam, Jr., 5; W. F. Suydam, 6; William M. Swartwout, 29; Edward N. Tailer, 3; John Tannor, 36; Stevenson Taylor, 16; George G. Teller, 36; Charles C. Ten Broeck, 24; Rensselaer Ten Broeck, 16; J. Harry Terhune, 2; J. Irving Terhune, 35; P. Christie Ter- hune, 2; A. G. Thomson, 15; Alfred H. Tompkins,
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i6; Henry Traphagen, 33; M. C. Turner, 20; P. N. Turner, 6; Dudley S. Van Antwerp, 28; Frederick G. Van Antwerp, 29 ; Henry Van Arsdale, 9 ; Arthur H. Van Brunt, 3 ; Jeremiah R.Van Brunt, 16; De Witt Van Buskirk, 10; J. C. Van Cleaf, 12; Frank Van Cleve, 14; Marshall B. Van Cott, 37; E. B. Vanderveer, 26; John H. Vanderveer, 18; Dr. J. N. Vander Veer, 20; John R. Van Derveer, 32; Seeley Vander Veer, 33; Alfred Van Derwerken, 30; Victor E. Van Derwerken, 30; Louis O. Van Doren, 19; Albert H. Van Deusen, 6; Henry S. Van Duzer, Dais; Harrison Van Duyne, 29; Amos Van Etten, 9; E. Van Etten, 19; Dr. Nathan B. Van Etten, 36; David W. Van Hoesen, 6; Henry B. Van Hoesen, 6; F. M. Van Horn, 17; Byron G. Van Home, 34; John G. Van Home, 28; John R. Van Home, 28; Stephen Van Allen Van Home, 34; Isaac Van Houten, 2; Isaac Van Houten, 2; John H. H. Van Hoven, 14; F. C. Van Keuren, 13; George Van Keuren, 13; Graham Van Keuren, 13; William Van Ketiren, 13; J. Philip Van Kirk, 19; Frank Van Kleeck, 37; William H. Van Kleeck, i ; Morton Van Loan, 20; Thomas Van Loan, 10; Zelah Van Loan, 10; M. C. Van Ness, 32; Frank D. Van Nostrand, i; James E. Van Olinda, 20; W. K. Van Olinda, 20; A. B. Van Riper, 37; J. Schenck Van Sicklen, 8 ; Horace S. Van Voast, i ; Easton Van Wagenen, 21 ; A. W. Van Winkle, 14; Edward Van Winkle, 7; H. B. Van Winkle, 11; William H. Van Wormer, 20; Augustus Van Wyck, 4; J. Leonard Varick, 5; Theodore R. Varick, 21; Theodore Romeyn Varick, 26; Albert Van Brunt, Voorhees, Jr., 17; Anson Voorhees, 8; Charles C. Voorhees, 37; Jno. A. Voorhees, 17; Judah B. Voorhees, 8; Charles M. Vreeland, 21; J. Warren
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Vreeland, 21; Nicholas Vreeland, 10; William K. Vreeland, 10; John W. Vrooman, 19; Herbert M. Waldron, 21; Charles Elliott Warren, 22; Arthur James Weibe, 29; Evert J. Wendell, 3 ; Frank West- ervelt, 11; Josiah A. Westervelt, 30; Charles A. Williams, 8; Christian R. Wolters, Jr., 28; Reynier J. Wortendyke, 35; Rev. A. A. Zabriskie, 32; C. B. Zabriskie, 10; William H. Zabriskie, 27.
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" She scarce does lift above the sea her fair an<l smiling face, \'et, on the heights of History, she holds a lofty place." Mrsu — Us is x'lis Laii'ijc noch zoo Klein.
Com. W.\RRKX L'l'ERnL'XE ■'Oaslied with honorable scars, Li>w in ("ilorv's lap thev lie ; Though they fell, they fell like stars. Streaming s]ilen(lor thr(nigh the skv."
MrsK — Colinnhia .' tlif C-in of the Ocean.
" I)istinct as the billows, vet one as the sea."
''A iHiMuarinI of (Smtitu^e." ^Ircsrutntiau
Rkv. I)k. WHJ.IAM ELLIOT (;R1FFLS
■' The love of liberty is the love of others ; the lo\e of power is the love of ourselves." .Mrsu - 0,a<,je A-?'.;/ .'
(I he ^ni»ies
" l-'air crews triumphant, leaning from above,
Shall wave their lIutteriuL; kerchiefs as ihev move."
Samuel V. Hoi-fman William L. Bkower
Arthur H. Masten Henry S. Van Uuzer
Henry L. Bogert
Dinner Committee
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Honored Guests, Ladies, and Members of The Holland Society:
E meet this evening on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the formation of our Society, and I thank you for the honor and privilege that you have conferred upon me in choosing me as your presiding officer, and in your name I extend to our guests and our sister societies a most cordial greeting, and welcome them at this our annual celebration.
We are among the younger societies. St. An- drew's and St. George and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, St. Nicholas, and others are more venerable and ancient than ourselves as New York societies. But it is owe qualification for membership that gives the atmosphere of age to our society and our meetings; for what we celebrate to-night is not our twenty-five years of organization, but two centuries and a half nearly of residence of otu Dutch ancestors in the Empire State and Com- monwealth of New Jersey. We come together an- nually as the descendants in direct male Hne of the early settlers on this Island and meet as Simon-pure Knickerbockers of New York and as a society of
the New Netherlands and Manhattan. {Applause.)
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It is not alone pride of birth or of ancestry that we celebrate but it is our pride in what our fore- fathers achieved in this Empire State and Country, and it is to recall and commend their virtues and that by the contemplation of their lives and deeds we may be inspired to emulate their virtues and further the principles planted by them, and which were and are the foimdation and strength of our cotintry.
When I look over the meeting of the society I miss the faces of several that were with us last year.
Three of our ex-Presidents have died since our last anniversary: George M. Van Hoesen, the upright, learned, and impartial judge, the cour- teous gentleman, one learned in the history and genealogy of our forefathers, a true and devoted member of our society. We deeply feel his loss.
John M. Van Wormer, the honest and devoted public servant, a man of affairs, an enthusiastic, generous, and genial companion, a much loved member — oirr happy remembrance of him is his highest eulogy.
And another President has been laid to rest during the past week. Judge Chas. H. Truax, a leader of the Bar, an honored judge for many years, and a worthy descendant of our common ancestry.
While we feel the loss of our old friends and associates, the year has been an interesting and eventful one in the society.
Our Nation, State, and City have celebrated, after the expiration of three hundred years, the glory of the Netherlands and have paid their tribute to our early ancestors and the discoverer of our mighty river and the settlers of this State.
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The voyage and discoveries of Henry Hudson in the Half Moon have been honored and glorified as probably no other event in history ever was, and we with our Dutch modesty admit that it was well deserved, and when this celebration has recalled to us so strongly the indebtedness of the nation to our Dutch ancestors and the Dutch principles which were here implanted, that of popular education, freedom of worship, the ballot, and public charity, we can feel a natural pride in recalling the entrance three hundred years ago of a ship into this harbor which carried at her mast- head the orange, white, and blue. In extolling the bravery of the Beggars of the sea who would not give up their liberties or bow their knees to the world's greatest powers, we shall be stronger in our service to our nation in order that Dutch principles should not pass away.
In the late celebration many of us enjoyed the dinner, when the Netherlands Commission and others were our guests, and those of us who came in closer intimacy with the members of the com- mission were convinced that the character of the brave, energetic, and courteous Dutchmen of three hundred years ago were most worthily represented in Mr. Cremer, the representative of her Majesty, the Queen, Mr. van Eeghen, the chairman, Mr. Heldring, the Secretary of the Commission, and Mr. Van Leeuwen, the Burgomaster of Amsterdam, and the gallant Captain Colenbrander and the officers of the Utrecht.
The Commissioner specially honored our society in inviting us to be present with them in raising the flags upon the Half Moon and placing her in commission, and we greatly appreciate the honor
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they paid us, and lately we have had the pleasure of listening to a lecture by the Dutch Historian, Mr. Colenbrander, and some of your officers had the pleasure of entertaining him at dinner.
Our society grows in strength from the forty members in 1885 to the 1000 of 19 10, and each year there has been an increased interest in the furthering the objects of the Society.
It is not for me to take your time further as it is the province of the President to preside and to bid our guests and representatives of our sister societies a hearty welcome. {Applause.)
Gentlemen, the Society will introduce an inno- vation, departing from its usual custom. To-night we have the pleasure of having with us Mr. Frank Croxton,who will sing the Dutch National Anthem.
(The Anthem was then rendered, being received with great applause.)
The President: Gentlemen, we will fill the glasses and drink to the first toast of the evening:
Our Country and the President
" My own, my native land. "
The President: Our next regular toast is:
Our Ancestors' Country and Netherlands*
Queen.
"Yesterday now is a part of forever. "
On the program it is stated this toast would be responded to by the Netherlands Minister, Jonk- heer Dr. J. Loudon, and while he had expected and intended to be with us, night before last he tele-
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graphed me that he was ill with a cold and the doctor would not allow him to travel north at this time. While we greatly regret the absence of His Excellency we are to be congratulated that we have with us in New York the representative of the Government of New Netherlands, its Consul General. The gentleman I refer to was present at the birth of the Society and he is now here at the silver anniversary. We trust he will be present at the golden anniversary {applause), but it is always a golden opportimity when we can have John R. Planten with us. {Applause.))
Gentlemen, I ask you to arise and drink to the health of the Queen of the Netherlands.
(The toast was drunk standing.)
The President: Gentlemen, our next toast is:
Our State and Our Governor.
"He serves his party best who serves the country best."
The President: The next regular toast is: Our State and Our City
(The toast was drunk standing while the or- chestra played The Star Spangled Banner.)
Now, gentlemen, while we are good Dutchmen we are also patriotic Americans, and in order that we may have another song I shall ask Mr. Frank Croxton to sing The Star Spangled Banner.
(The song was then simg with the audience participating in the chorus.)
Gentlemen, our next regular toast is
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Speaking of Holland.
"She scarce does lift above the sea her fair and smiHng face,
Yet, on the heights of History, she holds a lofty- place. "
We have the pleasure of having with us a gentle- man distinguished in the State and also a member of our^sister society, St. Nicholas, which makes him doubly welcome. I have the pleasure of introduc- ing to you Hon. William D. Murphy.
ADDRESS OF WILLIAM D. MURPHY.
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen.
WILL confess to having just passed through a brief period of some nervousness during the musical selection to which I played a standing part. I did not know but what perhaps tmder the rules of this Society I might have been expected to burst forth into music in Dutch, something that I can scarcely qualify to do, and I don't like to chuck a bluff at understanding a foreign language in the face of some calamities that I have seen result from that effort on the part of others. {Laughter.) I remember the incident of the gentleman who insisted on accom- panying his French-speaking wife to a matinee given in that language by a distinguished Parisian actress. His wife said, "What is the use of your going? You don't understand a word of French. " He said, "You just watch me and see if I don't pull it off as if I knew it all. " At the end of the first act the leading male performer came before the curtain and addressed a few words to the audience which were received in silence, and was about to retire, when the gentleman referred to burst into applause and hand clapping. His wife
looked at him in contempt, and when his noise
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subsided said, "Why did you do that?" He said, ' ' Do you suppose I wanted these people to think I don't understand French?" She said, "Would you like to know what the actor said? " He said, "Yes." She said, "He said he had just received word his mother was dead and his understudy would have to play his part." {Laughter.)
I am here to-night under pressiu^e, in much humility and some modesty, having been persuaded to come by the siren eloquence of my dear and old friend, your Secretary, Mr. Bogert. Not long since I received from him what I interpreted as the C. Q. D. call, which in the parlance of the sea we all know means, "Help, we are sinking." No dinner committee ever gets to the point of admit- ting it, even if they feel it. They know that sink- ing feeling will be observed and felt by the speaker when he rises to address the audience on a toast he is not qualified to fill.
But C. Q. D. in present parlance means "Come Quick, Dinner," so I am here to-night, making a second appearance before this body in defiance of a nile, which applies generally to all criminal classes, not to visit the scene of a former crime. {Laughter.) No one knows better the perils of frequent appear- ance than those after dinner speakers who are essentially qualified to fill one night stands . {Laugh- ter.) Besides that, as the dinner habit grows, and continues, and multiplies here in New York, the danger gets greater and greater. A man is placed in the position of that gentleman who was told by his wife that, that afternoon he had better come home early as she proposed to give a recep- tion that day and a number of friends would be in . " What , this afternoon ? " he says ; ' ' why didn ' t
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you tell me?" "I tell you now. You must be home early." He says, "It is this afternoon, is it? " and he went out in the hall and began to gather up canes and umbrellas. "What are you doing that for?" she asked; "you don't think any of our friends would steal canes and umbrellas." He said, "Nope, but we have been around a lot our- selves this winter and I'm afraid some of 'em might recognize them." {Laughter.) And so it is with the genial tales the after dinner speaker accumulates in his course around. Without mercy, without reproach, without anything in the nature of con- science he takes them when he sees them. He is like the Irishman who was waked up in the night. His wife said, "Whisht, Pat, don't spake; there's a burglar in the room." "Aye," he says, "I've had me eye on him fur ten minutes. If he finds anything we want I'll rise and take it from him." {Laughter.)
Oh, it's easy, this after dinner speaking. Passing out a few idle jests. "What is an idle jest?" said a little girl to her father. "There isn't one in this town. Those after dinner people are working them all to death. " {Laughter.)
It is easy to make an after dinner speech, they say, if you follow the rule laid down by that half- witted man in a Western town. A valuable horse belonging to one of the residents was missing and they couldn't find him. He had strayed away into the woods. And someone said to the half-witted man, whose name was Jim, "Jim, why don't you go out and look for this horse?" He sat down on the Post-Office steps a minute or two, then got up and slouched off into the woods, and in a half -hour came back with the horse. They said, "Why,
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Jim, how did you find that horse so easily?" "Well," he said, "I just sat here and thought where I would like to go if I was a horse, and I went there; and there was the horse. " {Laughter.)
Now, this making of these after dinner speeches is all very»well if you can stop sometime. If they run on you can't tell where they are going to end. There have been many sorrowful things happen to after dinner speakers because they didn't know where to stop. Why, I have known people to be as badly involved in difficulties in that respect as the man who was unfortunately caught on the sixteenth floor of a skyscraper in a rubber factory when fire broke out below. Being a man of re- source and inventiveness he wrapped about half a mile of rubber hose around him and jumped out the window. He struck the sidewalk and bounced and continued to bounce and nearly starved to death before the firemen could stop him. {Laughter.)
And to-night I would rather come here with something serious; give you an interpretation of the philosophy of that genial old heathen, Omar Khayyam, or something of that kind. I have called him a heathen inadvertently. He may have been Dutch. It sounds a little that way. I found a line of his in which I thought I detected a Dutch significance :
"With ten well developed tongues, the lily never speaks."
When I read that I said, "He's hitting at us," referring to Job Hedges and one or two others of the After Dinner Talkers' Union. {Laughter.) And I further thought: "With ten mouths and no speech, what a dinner were there, my country- men ! " {Laughter.)
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The after dinner humorist is a man who passes through perils continuously, perhaps making a reputation for one thing and losing one for another at'Jthe same time. Common sense and truth do not always run current with the reputation for suitable and entertaining speaking in this town, I regret to say. Whether that is the fault of the speaker or the audience I do not pretend to tell. Some fall into trouble in these particulars and get badly cut up, get used up as badly as that Swede out in Minnesota who was walking along the railroad track and the train passed by. His companion stepped off the track. Later the companion was asked to tell before the coroner what occurred, and the Swede says : " I ban walking long track ; I hear whistle ; I step off track ; the train go by ; I go back on track and don't see Ole. I ban walk along track a little way and I see Ole's hat ; then I walk a little more and I see one of Ole's legs ; then I walk a little more and I see one of Ole's hands ; then I walk a little more and I see Ole's head, and I say " ' Something muster happen to Ole. ' " {Laughter.)
On the last occasion when I had the honor of accepting your valued invitation, sir, the historian of your organization hewed a few chips from the log of Henry Hudson. {Laughter.) If I may correct myself, that was not the time I had the honor of speaking here, but when I appeared in the more preferred r61e of an auditor last year, and in the revelation of the secrets of the voyage of the Half Moon I noted one detail of fact which im- pressed me, and I expected to hear more and more of it through the celebrations, because I have heard the name of Hudson mentioned since that occur- rence in this town. The incident I refer to was
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that when some two days off Sandy Hook — I think Hudson said Sandy Hook Light, but I am not sure — about two days off Sandy Hook the ship's cat — I don't want to be too sure about this "two days," because I am not an explorer and I haven't my original diary, but it could be produced if you gave me time. But that has nothing to do with the cat. The cat came back, but not the explorer, thus far. But it was said this cat sud- denly exhibited great excitement, walking on the deck, fur bristled up and tail swelled up, and walked back and forth from side to side of the ship. Two days later they arrived in New York. In that incident I believe there is revealed the first demon- stration of wireless telegraphy. The cat with the uplifted and electrically charged mast undoubtedly received a communication from the Tammany tiger and was excited thereby. Whether it was one of warning or invitation I do not know.
But speaking of Hudson, it always seemed to me that a good deal of fuss had been made about the fact that he came here and discovered a river at a time when a man coming here in a ship could dis- cover little else. And I am also further told that when he discovered the river he didn't know it was a river but thought it was an arm of the sea. That is two counts against him. {Laughter.)
Maybe I speak with some family jealousy and prejudice, because it is a matter of family history that certain ancestors of mine made discoveries of their own. It is the truth, I do not like to bring out the facts, they are so private that none but the head of my branch of my family knows these facts. But this ancestor was a sea king. All the Mur- phys were sea kings, and I have been frequently
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told in Wall street that I was see -king yet for good things down there. But this original ancestor of mine was sailing one day in his pirate — I mean his private yacht, when he happened to pass over the site of the city of New Amsterdam and discovered a mud bank. He landed, and with agricultural ideas in his mind, planted some of the seeds of that vegetable associated with the family name. He experienced the disappointment of his life because instead of reaping the fruit he had expected, he got nothing but oysters and was unable to eat them with any comfort with the jackets on. {Laughter.) He had to change his habits of life, so he later returned to Ireland, devoted himself entirely to agricultural pursuits, and in due time the Murphys became the real thing, and no well- ordered dinner is complete without them in one form or another. There is a French term that means about the same thing, pomme de terre, but who ever heard of a family of that name? This makes me justly proud of my Dutch descent and my patronymic. That Murphy didn't go back to Holland. I have been there three times since the date of his original discovery, and this leads me to come before you to-night to speak about Holland with that easy confidence of the schoolboy who was detected during recitation work drawing on his slate. The teacher said, ''WilHe, what are you doing?" ''Drawing a picture." "Who are you drawing a picture of?" He said, "God." She said, "Willie, that is wrong. You should not draw a picture of God, and besides nobody knows what He looks like." And Willie replied, "They will when I get through." {Laughter.)
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memories of Holland return to me and I always like to think and speak of them. I remember last summer I was in Rotterdam. I also remember that it rained some in Rotterdam while I was there. I asked a native there if he thought it was bad weather. He said no, it had been just like that for six weeks. The canals were dryer than the streets. I went out to take a walk and found a man trying to push a canal back into place with a broom. I saw several citizens standing there facing a canal. That is a needless description, sir, because the inhabitants of Holland face a canal in every posi- tion except when they lie on their backs, and even then someone is apt to come along and call their attention to the canals on Mars. I also remember that I bought some cigars in Rotterdam. I went into an emporitim for such luxuries and revealed a silver coin that had the general appearance of being worth about forty cents of our money and received from a non-English speaking Dutchman a handful of cigars. I said, "Do I get them all?" as I saw him taking them out of the case. He, be- ing a foreigner, thought I thought he was imposing upon me and he gave me another handful. I lighted one and said, "Don't mind the rest of the box." During the next few days my taste for tobacco grew less. In fact during those few days I think I was entirely dissociated from the use of tobacco. I took the rest of the cigars down to Switzerland — and there is another bad bit of de- scriptive work : Going down from a country below the sea to one that is above the clouds. But they went better in Switzerland. People liked them better. Seaweed, you know, is a novelty up there. {Laugh- ter.) Besides I was smoking them in competition
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with the Swiss product sold under the same mis- leading name, "cigar." Then I remember being in Amsterdam on the night of the Queen's birth- day. I do not know how many of you Dutchmen are real enough to have been in Holland at all, especially on that particular date, but those who have been there at that time, when the populace turn loose to show some signs of enthusiasm, will appreciate the accuracy of my delineation when I say that you may talk of the elan of the carnival of Nice or the verve of the Parisian fete, but I want to tell you that as against the Dutch brand of enthusiasm they fade away into the pale spectrum of picnic lemonade, when brought face to face with the Holland mirth producer. A native told me I had better not go on the street, and as I watched from the hotel window I knew he was right. When New York cuts loose like that, and I say it with all respect, there will be a resignation on the Mayor's desk the next morning from the Commissioner of Police and I know at least one pulpit that will have a text the next Sunday. That night out of the bright lexicon of my youth was cut forever the phrase ' ' the stolid Dutch. " " The bubbling, effervescing, whole-hearted, good fellowship Dutch" is the phrase that took its place. For I would not for a moment convey the idea that there was anything bacchanalian in this celebration ; it was the absolute cut-loose-have-a-good-time business that filled the street with noise. Hand in hand, young people roistering up and down the street, lassoing and snapping the whip, amid the greatest celebration of such an event, in the most whole-hearted way, gave me a new insight into Dutch character.
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think of other .things in Holland, not going into those deep and great periods of her history, familiar to you all and written in letters of gold on the scroll of humanity's great achievements; to think of the things of beauty and the pleasant flowers that can be plucked from every day of a tourist's life in such a lovely land. As I stand here to-night I can see those bright gardens in the fields around old Haarlem, where in beautiful symmetrical rows are placed the tulip and jonquil and all the bright and lovely blooms that make a mass of such chro- matic splendor that as you look you almost think you see the sunlight pouring through the stained glass of some beautiful cathedral window. And then I think of Holland's galleries where we look upon the incarnation; of undying art, canvases that mark the very zenith of human portraiture.
And then we think of those housewives of Hol- land; leaders in the homely arts, they ask for no wider franchisement, nothing more of autocratic supremacy than their own rule in the inner citadel of life, the home; and feeling well content that one of their own sex sits upon the throne, supreme and honored, to the satisfaction and delight of every citizen of the little kingdom.
And then we think of those homes of Holland, well ordered and proverbial for their cleanliness, physical and moral, that is of a truth next to god- liness.
And then we think of the men of Holland, simple, industrious citizens, pursuing their own daily avo- cations in life, seeking no conquest of country that must be bought at the price of human suffering.
And we think of the land that gives illustration
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of the Golden Rule as interpreted in the lines of the modern poet:
So many Gods, so many creeds; So many paths that wind and wind, When the art of being kind Is all this sad world needs.
And when we think of such a land, peopled by such a people, is it any wonder that we run the risk of running into idealization and letting rhetoric lead us astray from the cold statement of fact which has become so popular in this town after dinner?
But I cannot but think of a closing incident of my trip when the great ship was sailing — and I crossed twice under the Dutch flag — I. can see it now: The receding shores, the sun setting over there, across the dim, gray, German Ocean, and its slanting rays touching the windmills that lay behind the dikes and dunes where old Flushing lay in safe entrenchment from her hereditary but vanquished foe, the sea — touched windmill's arm and gilded spire with the alchemy of sunset beauty, touched them in significance of the two tenets of the Dutchman's simple creed, faith in industry and faith in God, and the autimm's haze overhead caught the golden glow and held it suspended like a crown of contentment, a diadem of well-deserved peace, above the brow of happy Holland.
HOLLAND.
She scarce does lift above the sea
Her fair and smiling face, Yet on the Heights of History
She holds a lofty place.
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For there brave Dutchmen freely flung
Upon the loving wind Their flag that never yet has wrung
A teardrop from mankind.
Fair land where Europe gently bends
To kiss the waiting sea, Brave land whose story ever sends
A message to the free.
So here's to Holland and her sons, And her dear Dutch daughters too;
Of the earth's own chosen ones, Tried by fire — proven true !
And here's to Holland and her Queen,
In womanly grace sits she. High placed where all the world has seen
The joy of her maternity.
And here's to Holland's latest pearl,
Juliana, young and fair, Tho' but a little toddling girl.
To Holland's glory heir.
May the good God, with his gracious touch,
Bless her, protecting her crown ; The world has need that the sturdy Dutch
Shall live in their ancient renown.
(Applause.)
The President: The next regular toast is:
Our Army and Navy.
"Gashed with honorable scars, Low in Glory's lap they lie; Though they fell, they fell like stars. Streaming splendor through the sky."
We have the pleasure of having with us Com. Terhune, Chief of Staff of Admiral Murdock,
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Commandant of the Navy Yard. It is an added pleasure that he not only represents the Nay^, but is one of our own members. I have the pleasure of introducing to you Lieutenant- Commander Ter- hime.
OUR ARMY AND NAVY
By Lieutenant-Commander Warren J. Terhune.
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Guests and Fellow Members of The Holland Society:
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T seldom falls to the lot of an officer of the Naval service to address a distinguished gathering such as this until he has at- tained the highest rank in our service, and I hope that all of you, gentlemen, and the ladies present, will make allowances for my deficiencies in this respect, and have in mind the fact that before I rise to the rank of Rear Admiral I shall perhaps have some time in which to fit myself for duties of this character. {Laughter and applause.)
When I received the invitation to be present upon this occasion I was very much pleased, but now I am reminded of two quartermasters in the Navy who early in the morning were discussing the dreams they had had the night before, and one of them remarked, after telling about the horrible nightmare that had afflicted him, "When I awak- ened I trembled like an asp on a leaf. " The other remarked, "Bill, don't mention the name of that reptile on board ship." He says "That's a
hoo-doo. " {Laughter.)
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The reverse of the usual maxim is brought home to me and I recall that to every silver lining there is some cloud. - {Laughter.) I should feel in my capacity here, as I am representing the Army and Navy, that I should be derelict in my duty, that I should be in line for reprimand, to say the least, were I not at the very beginning to pay a compli- ment to the very lovely and charming ladies who are present with us as guests to-night. {Applause.) A short time ago I had the pleasure of being present at one of the dinners of this Society, and upon that occasion there were with us a number of ladies from Holland. They represented very charmingly their count r3rwomen. And it is a course of grati- fication, looking around the room to-night, seeing the boxes lined with the loveliest ladies in this city, to realize that they are descendants in New York of those other ladies, and if they should visit their mother country they would be an honor to that country and to the city of New Amsterdam. {Applause.)
In a way I am reminded of the lines of the inimit- able Carroll, who said in those amusing verses about the walrus and the carpenter :
"The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages
and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. "
{Laughter.)
It is not perhaps inappropriate that at a dinner given by this venerable Society some attention
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should be paid to the Navy, for if we stop to reflect a minute we shall recall that amongst the distin- guished ancestors of the members of this Society there is one who, during his age and time, was an ancestor to every one of them. He was the most able navigator of his days and nights, forty days and forty nights. While not exactly a naval officer, he was at any rate a very successful pilot. His name was Noah. {Laughter.) It should also be borne in mind that if it had not been for ships the ancestors of this Society would have still remained in Holland waiting perhaps for the day when they could have come across in aeroplanes. It is also a matter of history that the first two-decker built in the New World was built in New York. This vessel, described as a yacht, The Restless, under the command of a Dutchman, Adrien Block, made a voyage through the perilous waters of Long Island Sound and eventually discovered the island which bears his name. Block Island. {Applause.)
The practice that prevailed in the Navy of Holland, when an engagement was imminent, of administering to every member of the crew a dose of Holland gin, gave rise to the expression "Dutch courage." Not, however, that those men ever required anything to spur them on to victory. The fact that the Admirals of Holland are amongst the most distinguished of all history needs no comment from me; the names of Van Tromp, Van Hemskerk, and numerous others will go ringing down through the ages.
The very first Arctic explorer was named Beh- rens, the very first that achieved distinction, and it might not be inappropriate to remind you that Henry Hudson was last seen, by civilized man at
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least, in the waters of Hudson Bay. There is no proof that he did not proceed from there to the Pole. We don't know whether he did or not. He has not gotten back yet at any rate. {Laughter.)
Amongst the punishments that are supposed to have been in favor in the Dutch Navy in olden times was that known under the name of keel- hauling. This punishment was administered by lashing a man to a spar with a heavy weight at one end, hoisting him up to the yardarm, letting him drop in the water, and then by a tackle they hauled him under the ship and up to the yardarm on the other side. I believe it is a matter of record that about one out of every three recovered. Mr. Coleridge, the English poet, on being called on to describe what keelhauling was, said it was making a man undergo a cruel, hard shift. {Laughter.)
I am reminded of an incident that occurred the other day down at Governor's Island, where an American citizen of Italian accent applied for en- listment as a member of the band. The recruiting officer said, "So you would like to be a bandsman, would you, in the army?" He said, "Yes; lika all right." Desiring to determine his quahfications and his knowledge of English, the recruiting officer asked, "Who is the greatest living American?" This Italian-American responded promptly enough, " Georga de Wash. " He passed all right and was duly enHsted. The recruiting officer said, "You'll do." {Laughter.)
In a service of twenty-five years on board ship, one of the things that has always impressed me more perhaps than any other is the versatility of the sailorman. In a large ship's company there is no calling that will not find one or another of its
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representatives on board. You find men there that can do almost anything which occasion may de- mand. If it becomes necessary, as not infrequently it does, to give some form of entertainment, you can find musicians and ventriloquists and clog dancers and prize fighters and whatever may be necessary. Shortly after the Civil War, when it was not as easy to find employment as is now the case, quite a number of our undesirable citizens sought to enlist, and unfortunately it happened that some of them were successful. The story is told that upon one occasion the paymaster on board unfor- tunately died, and the money belonging to the Government, of course, was locked up in his safe. The combination was not known to any one on board. It became necessary to open the safe, and all the officers looked at it solemnly, and quite a number of seamen were called in conference and were unable to do anything. These were mostly the older petty officers of the ship, and finally an old boatswain's mate said: "Let me go up on deck for a minute. I think I will be able to do some- thing. " So he went up on deck, took out the boat- swain's whistle and blew a blast both loud and shrill, and passed the word in stentorian tones, "Lay aft all the burglars ! ' ' Nobody came aft — that is to say, not right away. However, after a time there was one fellow who found himself in the after part of the ship and after making some cautious in- quiries said he would try his hand at it. The safe was opened. {Laughter.)
It would perhaps be in order to remind the members of the Society and their guests that this city was upon more than one occasion captured by a naval force. Upon the first occasion, so far as
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my knowledge goes, by a naval force, under the command of a Virginian named Algold, which came up through the Narrows. At that time Manhattan Island was not settled to any extent, but across the way, at Communipaw, there was considerable of a settlement, and history has it that the inhabitants of Communipaw, perceiving the hostile force and being all of them Dutch burghers, smoked up on their pipes with such earnestness that a cloud arose which utterly concealed them from the view of the invaders, and I believe it is said that to this day, if you look out when it is calm and still, you will perceive a haze over in that direction, which may be occasioned by the habit which they found so efficacious in the past having been passed down to the present-day descendants of those venerable burghers. {Laughter.) However, the time came when a more strenuous naval officer came up New York Harbor, and entering through the Butter- milk Channel, avoiding the battery which our Dutch ancestors had erected for the protection of the port, anchored off Brooklyn, and the city of New Amsterdam lay under their guns and at their mercy. The city, then governed by the distin- guished Stuyvesant, surrendered. There wasn't anything much else for them to do. These guns of the British invading force had them at their mercy; the number of soldiers they had on hand were insufficient to cope with the difficulty; the guns of the batteries could not be brought to bear on the invading force, and they surrendered. New York from that time on, with one short ex- ception, came under the domain of Great Britain until American independence was established. There was, however, a short time dtiring which
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another invasion, under the distinguished Dutch Admiral Evartson, succeeded in subduing New York, But the invasions of foreign nations of a later date have been of a friendly nature. We can all recall the recent occasion when we had so many distinguished foreign officers present in our harbor upon the occasion of the Hudson-Fulton celebration, and I think they went away charmed with the beautiful city and the many delightful people whom they met here, but it is well perhaps for us to bear in mind the maxim that history re- peats itself and prepare ourselves, by the building of suitable vessels, to safeguard against a similar attack in the futiure. It is a well-known fact that the same cities that in the past have been the sub- ject of naval invasion are the ones which are the most liable to such attack in the future. All his- tory goes to support this view.
It is now a maxim in naval defense that powerful battleships are the only means of protection in such matters. Small vessels for harbor defense, such as monitors, for example, are no longer de rigueur. The proper thing to-day is the battleship of the dreadnought class to meet such invasion. That, together with coast defenses properly de- signed, will secure this city from further invasion.
I believe that the British admiral — or, rather, he was then a captain — who succeeded in his attempt to capture New York was for his success created a rear admiral and baroneted.
Mr. President, Gentlemen, I hope the time will never again come when any officer of any foreign navy will receive any promotion of any sort what- soever for any attempt of that nature.
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Navy I thank this Society and its guests for their poHte attention. {Applause.)
The President: Gentlemen, our next toast is:
A Memorial of Gratitude.
''The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. "
Last Slimmer Dr. Griffis was the representative of various historical societies, as well as of patriotic societies, in visiting Holland at the installation of numerous memorial tablets, and on his visit he received a photograph and a medal which he will tell us about this evening. I introduce to you Reverend Dr. Griffis.
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New Amsterdam, one of them on Manhattan Island, about which we all know, and the other scientifically surveyed and laid out under the name of New Amsterdam with avenues named after the heroes of the Bat avian Republic, now the city of Buffalo. And the reason why this was so was because in the darkest days of our Revolution, even though we had subdued Cornwallis, our Continental soldiers were starving. They had not been paid for many, many months except in paper which was "not worth a " sanctified " continental, " and so with their wives and children starving they were ready for almost anything, almost to get up a monarchy. And in that dark time came four millions of Dutch gold and silver, loaned to us, which virtually became the beginning of the United States Treasury ; for the country never had had so much money before, and it was a great many years afterwards before they had that much
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in the vault. A few years ago when at Cornwall, near Newburgh, I took the trouble to go and look into this quondam United States Treasury vault. I found it in the house, a beautiful house once, a Colonial mansion, which Lafayette occupied for his headquarters during the Revolution. Under- neath the fireplace there had been built a massive brick vault, several feet square, running down to bed rock, and in that brick vault were kept the four millions of dollars in Dutch gold and silver which was used to pay off our Continental troops, making them happy and their families more so. The money thus borrowed was not paid back until 1808, when it had amounted to fourteen millions of dollars. That fourteen millions of dollars, instead of going back across the ocean and being put into the Netherlands, was kept on this side of the water. A syndicate of Dutch bankers called the Holland Land Company was formed. They bought four million acres, that is six thousand square miles, in Western New York, and they developed that part of the country. I am sorry to say that they never made much money on the venture, because, with the War of 1 812 and the Indian incursions, the amount of money which they made was hardly equal to the interest on the capital. Nevertheless we Americans got the benefit of that fourteen million dollars and the city long afterwards called Buffalo was laid out and surveyed as New Amsterdam. Now in view of these facts, we ought to be appreciative, and grateful. You know I am not a Dutchman and not of Dutch descent, but, as I hope, a genuine American student, desirous of truth. I have always been disgusted and offended because our history was written almost entirely
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in or near Boston. While I have nothing against Boston, for I Hved seven happy years there, I do not beHeve in writing the history of the United States and leaving out the Dutch, because they had a vast deal to do with it. So it was felt by our little local historical society in Ithaca in the middle of Tompkins County, the central county of the State, that we should take notice of the facts I have related. This historical society is named after Simeon De Witt, the great geographer on the staff of Washington, present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and who made the earthworks and maps for that campaign and many others during the war and then siu-veyed all Central New York. Our little society, named after Simeon De Witt, proposed to make some acknowledgment of the great benefit to our country in its recognition by the Netherlands and the generous loan of money by her people, and knowing that The Holland Society would find no fault with our proposition I was bold enough to ask some of the members of The Holland Society for a part of the necessary gold and silver to pay for the tablet. If am happy to say that they responded, so that it is perfectly proper that to-night we offer to that Society the return memorial of gratitude received in the city where to-day the tablet recalls past fact and present feeling.
On the 1 6th of July, this year, I was present in the beautiful city of Leeuwarden. I am always surprised at Americans who say they have been in the Netherlands and have not seen Friesland, because the land of the free Frisians is almost a country by itself. Looking over the Hst of mem- bership of this Holland Society and seeing names
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ending in "ga" and "na" and "stra" I know their ancestors were Frisian. If you travel in Friesland with sharp ears and Hsten to the country folk, you can learn from their pronunciation and vocabulary — "go away," "get on board," "come up," "go down," "forward," "backward," "but- ter," "cheese," "bread," etc. — where a large part of the English language had its home. So on the 1 6th of July we met the Leeuwarders in the pro- vincial Legislative Hall. Now these people over there are very proud of their culture. I took along with me my son, aged sixteen, and some of his wise remarks were very interesting, particularly about those high-bred Dutch girls, educated in Brussels and in Paris. I am not certain yet that he thinks they are quite as nice as the girls of Ithaca, because he is possessed of youthful pa- triotism. But I acknowledge — and I am looking right into the faces of the ladies in the gallery — and I say you had better be careful or some of those golden-haired, rosy-cheeked, blue-eyed Frisian girls may take away the prize in the contest of beauty, because Dutch womanhood, glorious in history and lovely in this twentieth century, is something to conjure with.
The Leeuwarders as I have said, proud of their culttue, did not want to have any of the proceed- ings in Dutch, except the reading of the official record of 1782. They wanted, not only my ad- dress in English, but they insisted on talking English, and it was polished and idiomatic English. Frisia, you know, once had a university. One of the reasons Napoleon is execrated in that prov- ince is because he shut the University of Franeker, because it was too democratic. It was the students
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of that university, wherein of old several colonial Americans had been educated, who got up a torch- light procession and the agitation to recognize the United States of America. From the students at Franeker the excitement passed on through the province until, in February and March, 1782, the states of Friesland passed a vote recognizing the United States of America as a distinct nation. That was the beginning. The moment John Adams at The Hague heard of it he started the subscription list that finally brought us in four millions of dollars.
Well, now, sir, after the ceremonies in the Legis- lative Hall we enjoyed a social reception in the Museum of Leeuwarden. I am sorry for any man or woman who has not been in that Museum. It is a picture of the evolution of our Teutonic fathers from savagery to civilization. You wotild have been surprised, also, to see the large col- lection of pictures, documents, song books, and various things in paper, print, metal, and wood, illustrating the American Revolution. There was a newspaper published by Jean Luzac, in Dutch and French (i 770-1 785), with letters from Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Generals Greene, Wayne, Sullivan, and other generals of the Continental army. In the days before there was wireless or cable or telegraph, Luzac 's paper circulated au- thentic news from America all over Europe. You may not find this in the ordinary United States his- tories, but it is true it had more to do with getting us the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch recogni- tion than almost any other single element, be- sides also the neutrality of Prussia and Russia, all of which finally made our independence a fact.
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After the ceremonies in the Legislative Hall and the exhibition of American documents in the Museum, Baron Rengers, President of the Frisian Society of History, Antiquity, and Linguistics, gave us visiting Americans a dinner. We had a very enjoyable time while they sang Dutch songs, all the speeches being in English, and at the end he presented me with one of the three silver medals struck by the Burghers Society of Leeuwar- den in 1782. The members of the society had a great deal to do with the politics leading up to the vote taken February 26, 1782, to recognize us as a nation. This vote was duplicated by all the states, and, passed nationally in the States-General, gave John Adams his standing and our country recognition.
Mr. President, it has been the feeling of the De Witt Historical Society, and especially of its President, who received this as a private gift, that such an historic emblem will receive more honor, and the donor also, when this becomes the property of the Holland Society, which is a national society. {Applause.) And so, sir, recalling the memories of our dark days which were made bright by the Dutch sympathy and solid gifts of money, recall- ing also the long and glorious history of Friesland, and the delightful hospitality that I enjoyed, I beg you in the name of the De Witt Historical Society and its President to accept this in the name of the Society. {Applause.) And also, sir, to receive a photograph of the bronze tablet which now stands in the vestibule of the Legislative Hall in Leeuwarden, having on it the symbols of the Netherlands, of the province, of the city, and also of the United States, the city of Ithaca, and the seal
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of the De Witt Historical Society with an appro- priate inscription.
I thank you, sir, for this privilege, and you all for listening. {Applause.)
The President: Dr. Griffis, in behalf of the society, I desire to express to you our appreciation of your gifts. Not alone for what they represent, but we feel specially honored that you, sir, with your well-known reputation as a historian in this State and in the country, should select the Holland Society to be the recipient and holder through all time of the gift that was made to you personally.
The Holland Society, sir, thanks you. {Ap- plause.)
Mr. Frank Hasbrouck: Mr. President, I move a vote of thanks of The Holland Society be ex- tended to Rev. Dr. WilHam Elliot Grifhs for his gifts to the society, which is in line with the affec- tion for the society and appreciation of the virtues of Dutchmen expressed by him so often and so continuously for many years. I move the thanks of the society be tendered to Rev. Dr. William ElHot Griffis.
The motion, being duly seconded, was put to vote and carried unanimously.
The President: Dr. Griffis, it is my pleasure to convey to you the thanks of the society.
Gentlemen, we have but one more toast. We are grateful to Dr. Griffis, we are grateful to our guests for coming, we are grateful to those who have spoken, and we wish to express otir gratitude and pleastire to the ladies who have honored us by their presence. I ask you to rise and drink our final toast :
The Ladies, God Bless Them.
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TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING.
NSWERING the following call the mem- bers assembled for the twenty-fifth annual meeting, in the Hotel Astor, New York City, on the evening of April 6, 1910.
New York, March 24, 1910. My dear Sir:
The Twenty-fifth Annual meeting of The Holland Society of New York will be held at the Hotel Astor, Broadway and 44th Street, on Wednesday, April 6th, at 8 P. m.
Twenty-four of our members, whose names are given on the next page, have been taken from our list by death since the last annual meeting, nine resignations have been re- ceived, and thirty-three names have been dropped. There may be others, of whose death the Secretary has not learned, and he will be grateful for information of omissions and for correction of errors in the names or residences in the list or in the Year Book. The Year Book for 1907 will not be issued until after the annual meeting.
The membership last reported was. Elected during the year
Died since last report 24
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Dropped 33
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The annual report of the Treasurer will be found here- with ; also the report of the Committee on Nominations for
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the offices to be filled. The Trustees recommend the fol- lowing, viz.:
Amend constitution, Article V., Section 5, by adding the following paragraph ;
"Absence from three consecutive stated meetings of the Trustees without satisfactory explanation or excuse shall be deemed equivalent to resignation and may be acted upon accordingly."
Please notify the Secretary if you intend to be present, so that preparation may be made, and fill out and mail the enclosed postal card promptly, so that the roll may be kept up to date in all respects.
Yours very truly, Henry L. Bogert,
Secretary.
The meeting was called to order by President Henry S. Van Duzer, at 8 130 p. m. with the following words :
Gentlemen, it was my misfortune not to be present at the last annual meeting of the society, when you did me the honor to elect me as your President for the past year. I deeply appreciated the honor you conferred on me, because my interest in the Society has been great as one of its founders — one of the hard workers of the first four or five years, but I have not attended regularly the past few years. My interest has not been lessened however, and when you asked me to take the office it was a pleasure, and it has been a most interesting year for myself personally.
I believe it is the custom that the President, in retiring, should describe to the Society something of his work during the past year, much of which is familiar to you. There are some details in regard to the work that your Trustees have done in representing the Society to our foreign visitors,
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and I might say, first of all, that this has been the year of the Half -Moon Celebration, and you know how we are indebted to Mr. Bergen, who really started the interest of the Dutch people. We all know it was Dr. Suydam that first suggested the idea some years ago, that there should be a Half- Moon Celebration. The Trustees took it up a year or two afterwards, and proposed it to the Mayor, and the matter grew ; but the actual interest of the Dutch was raised by Mr. Bergen who visited Holland, and practically arranged with them for the honor that they paid us when they came over here, agreeing first to be our guests, and for us to be their guests in the place of the Half-Moon Commission. I might say that some of your Trustees met the Dutch delegation as they arrived on the steamer, and naturally the ladies accompanying them were met by ladies connected with the Society who visited them and entertained them while they were here. The same way before the celebration started. The Dutch ship Utrecht, with Captain Colen- brander, was received here and entertained in New York.
Then, of course, you know the numerous other celebrations in which the Society was recognized as the Old Dutch Society in New York, and the honor paid to them, through the Dutch that were here, I think was greatly appreciated. I think they appreciated what was done from the letters I received as your President. I know they felt deeply the entertainment they received.
Now, as far as the President of the Society is concerned, as your representative he has received numerous honors, being invited to several society entertainments during the year. One of the pleas-
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ant est of them all was the dinner at Poughkeepsie, New York. Your officers were invited there to the Half-Moon Celebration, and it was one of the pleasantest duties that your officers each year ac- cept and enjoy. Since that time we were in hopes or having a lecture from Dr. Colenbrander, who was here. He came as Dutch Historian at the cele- bration of the Historical Society of New York, and it was thought that we might get up a lecture to show our interest in Dr. Colenbrander, but we found there were so many meetings going on at that time, that we joined with the Historical Society for the lecture, which notices went out to the Society, and the lecture was most interesting. Later the officers of our Society tendered a dinner to the Doctor to which they invited many of the distinguished historians, and those interested in the history of the City of New York.
He has also since experienced pleasure and interest in the entertainment that has been offered by The Holland Society.
I feel that you all know that to-night is our Twenty-fifth Anniversary. Many of us have been interested in the Society from the start. We have seen it grow from the 40 or 50 when I joined the Society, to now, just a few short of a thousand. It has been suggested — I think the Board of Trustees are in hearty sympathy with the idea — that the Society has now grown to sufficient strength that we should limit our members to one thousand, the idea being not to be exclusive, but that we have got sufficient strength. The general rule is that any organization that is hard to get into, the more the number of people who desire to join, and furthermore, when you are electing men, if you
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have a waiting list to select from, when your mem- bership is full, your Board of Trustees and your Committee on Geneaology are apt to be a little more careful in scanning the names, and they have the time to canvass and require more letters of character and position and standing of individuals than they do now. You must realize that there are names coming up now with the Board of Trus- tees, and every care is given in the consideration of them. At the same time, men who propose members expect them to be elected at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees, and if the names are laid over, it seems to be taken as a reflection on the charac- ter or genealogy of the members. It was thought by many to bring that question up to-night, but it was afterwards decided that the entire matter should be postponed until the next annual meeting, when the proper resolutions could be made, and the amendment offered. I do not bring that question up for discussion, but I simply propose it as some- thing that is going to come up, and can be thor- oughly talked over by the members, because there are enough interested in the idea. It is not unanimous, but there are enough interested so that it can be certainly brought up at the next meeting of the Society.
I do not know that there is more for me to say, except at this time to express the pleasure I had in being elected President, and the great pleasure it has been to me to serve you during the past year, to the best of my abiHty, and in doing so I have seen this Society grow in interest. The help that I have had from the Board of Trustees and all members, particularly our worthy Secretary, has made so pleasant the task that each and every
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bit of the labor has been a pleasure rather than labor. {Applause.)
The first order of business is the reading of the report of the Secretary. This, as you know, is rather a voluminous matter, and as it is to appear in the Year Book, a motion would be in order to excuse the reading of the report, and directing that it be incorporated in the Year Book of the Society.
It was moved and seconded that the reading of the report of the Secretary be dispensed with, and that it be incorporated in the Year Book of the Society, which motion was imanimously carried.
Mr. Bogert: I beg the patience of the meeting, for I desire to read a few short items from the Secretary's report which is to be embodied in the Year Book. It does not seem that we should over- look the fact that our respected brother in Dela- ware, Rev. Charles H. B. Turner, a descendant of Daniel Tourneur, has made a notable addition to the monumental history of our country in estab- lishing a monument to De Vries at Lewes, Dela- ware, on September 22d, while we were celebrating the Hudson-Fulton anniversary in New York. A photograph of that monument has been sent to the Society, and is found at its library. It has been described as of particular importance, Mr. Chair- man, because it commemorates the act which made possible the existence of Delaware as a separate State. Furthermore, it seems that it should be reported to this meeting that the death of some of our Trustees creating vacancies have been noted by the filling of these vacancies. President Van Duzer was selected to fill one of the vacancies.
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Mr. Beekman, a brother of former President James W. Beekman, was selected to fill another vacancy.
The State Historian desiring the assistance of the Society in the effort to extend the scope of the State Historian's duties and to preserve and sys- tematize historical records of the State, wrote us that the Secretary might write, in turn, to the Assembly and Senate representatives in favor of that movement. This having been done, was approved by the Trustees.
I regret that in sending out the notices an omis- sion of importance was made. Justice Charles H. Truax, a former President and Trustee of the Society, died on January 14th. I do not know how that was omitted from our list.
The members of the Society in Staten Island have organized under the name of the Staten Island Sons of Holland with D. B. Van Name, as President, and C. E. Simonson, as Secretary. They have sent a copy of the Staten Island By- Laws, which is strikingly like that of the present society, and it is commended to the members who are interested in it. It shows a considerable access of light in that locality, and will undoubtedly encourage the conception of other organizations in various counties.
Our Vice-President from Monmouth County, Mr. Perrine, last September invited the members of that County to the formation of the Monmouth County branch, and a very great success was the result. The completion of that organization is yet to be recorded.
It was intended, Mr. Chairman, in this report of the Secretary, to express the regret that such disappointment should have resulted from his
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failure to issue the Year Books which have been regarded as the due of the members of the Society from the Secretary. The Secretary confesses, and throws himself upon the mercy of the court and multitudinous jury. It must be confessed that a somewhat busy professional life and an attack of our friend, the grippe, together with a temporary failure of eyesight of our Library Secre- tary, who is the Secretary's right hand, have been somewhat responsible for this, but the Secretary is apologetic for all that there may be in it, and wishes to express his thanks for the kindness and appreciation that so many of the members have given in their patient consideration of the delay, and he hopes that the coming year, which the Secretary expects to be his last year in the service as Secretary, may see the completion of the Year Book up to date, and a hand book which has been authorized by the Trustees, together with the laying out of the plans for dividing the duties of the Secretary between an officer of record and corresponding secretary, and additional clerical help having been authorized, it is his hope that all may be completed in due season for the next annual meeting, so that we can show a clear, clean bill of health.
President Van Duzer: I think I voice the view of the Society when I say that if we could undertake to pay our debt to the Sec- retary, that we should probably go into bank- ruptcy.
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THE SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The Secretary begs leave to submit the following report :
Notices for this annual meeting: issued 992, ac- cepted 232, declined 272, not answered 488.
Soon after the last annual meeting, the congratula- tory resolution in honor of the retiring President, Mr. Wendell, was sent to the engrosser in the usual course, and on April the tenth his fellow trustees joined in tendering a complimentary dinner to Mr, Wendell, to which also his successor, President- Elect Henry S. Van Duzer, was invited. The occasion was made memorable by a free discussion of the position of the Society in reference to the approaching Hudson-Fulton Celebration, and it was determined that, in the appointment of com- mittees, Mr. Bergen should be named as chairman of the Hudson Ter- Centennial Celebration Com- mission on account of his connection with the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission and his expected trip to the Netherlands partly in con- nection therewith. The presence of Mr. Bergen in Holland and his efforts in behalf of the Com- mittee were understood to have been largely in- stnunental in obtaining the gift of the Half Moon from the Nether landers. The various officers elected at the annual meeting were duly notified of their election and certificates were sent to all except those whose election was merely a continu- ance in their present offices. The usual stated meetings of the Trustees were held. In June, 1909, the committees were appointed, twenty candidates for membership were elected, and a report was made showing that printed lists of officers and commit-
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tees, with Calendar of Events, for the year, had been printed and was about to be distributed. Thirty-five members in arrears for dues were dropped from the roll, two of whom have been reinstated, leaving the net loss for that reason thirty-three. An engrossed copy, in Dutch and English, of resolutions adopted by the students of Ley den University, for presentation to the ladies of the Holland Society who visited the Netherlands in 1888, had been presented to the Society by Mrs. J. Elmendorf, and the thanks of the Society were voted to her. This meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair, and was reconvened in August on the return of President Van Duzer from his European trip. The part to be taken by The Holland Society in the Hudson-Fulton Celebration was discussed and determined, including the ac- ceptance of the generous offer of the St. Nicholas Society to allow The Holland Society to purchase a section of its stand to view the three memorial parades, which was acknowledged with thanks. It was found impracticable to secure a steamboat for the naval parade of September 25th, and the up- river parade of October ist was considered in- sufficiently desirable to justify the large expense involved. The Committee was authorized to take alternative steps and to provide for a dinner, to which all members should be invited. Five ad- ditional members were elected to the Society at this meeting. The Committee, after considering the days available for entertaining the expected guests from Holland, determined upon luncheon and ex- cursion to the Navy Yard on September 2 2d, escort- ing the foreign guests and notable visitors upon a short trip on the river and landing them at the
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Navy Yard in season to visit the Half Moon at her moorings. The occasion was rendered somewhat unfavorable by a drizzling rain, but the little vessel was well filled, and the foreign guests were enthusiastic in their appreciation of the courtesy so extended. Arrived at the Navy Yard, the little replica of the Half Moon was visited and formally placed in commission, addresses being made by the representative of the Dutch Govern- ment and on behalf of the Hudson-Fulton Com- mission. In the evening the dinner, which was open to all the members of the Society, was held at the Waldorf-Astoria and was a marked success, especially considering the shortness of the notice given.
The Trustees met again in October and elected six additional candidates to membership and reported and discussed the proceedings of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration so far as the same had been made up or recorded, including a vote of thanks to Mr. Bergen for his arduous and success- ful labors on behalf of the Society. The usual Committee on Nominations was elected at this meeting, A report was received from Dr. Charles H. B. Turner describing the proceedings upon the dedication of a monument to De Vries, at Lewes, Delaware, on September 22d, and a photograph of the monument.
The Smoker had been held as usual, in November, with increased satisfaction to the members, who describe it as best of the series. It was made the occasion for describing some of the difficulties encountered by the Hudson Ter- Centennial Cele- bration Committee and a reply to some of the criticisms which had been made.
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The meeting of December elected . thirteen ad- ditional candidates and noted the losses of the Society by death and resignation. The acqui- sition of Hasbrouck's History of Dutchess County and the purchase of Staten Island Church Records were mentioned and the offer of Rev. Dr. Griffis to present one of the medals of 1782, with a photo- graph of one of the tablets installed in Holland during the past year, was also made part of the records. The visit of Dr. H. T. Colenbrander was noted and made the occasion for inviting this distinguished visitor to be present at the annual dinner and respond to a toast. President Van Duzer was elected to fill one of the vacancies in the Board of Trustees and another vacancy was filled by the election of Gerard Beekman, brother of former President James W. Beekman. A colored representation of the coat-of-arms of the Nether- lands was described and its acquisition was author- ized. A new amendment to the constitution was recommended, providing that absence from three consecutive meetings of the Trustees, without adequate excuse, should be deemed equivalent to a letter of resignation.
The annual dinner, on January 20, 19 10, was successful in spite of many disappointments with regard to speakers who had been expected. It was signalized by the presence of Rev. Dr. Griffis, who made presentation of the Leeuwarden medal and photograph of the tablet erected by the DeWitt Historical Society.
The March meeting of the Trustees elected fifteen candidates, bringing the nimiber up to that men- tioned in the notice of the present meeting, after allowing for those dropped and the additional
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deaths since the last meeting. The members heretofore elected have qualified, with a few excep- tions, and probably those yet to hear from will qualify shortly. The souvenir of the last annual dinner has been distributed to all those in good standing, who were unable to be present, and this custom of the Society has been justified by the ex- pressions of satisfaction in all quarters. The follow- ing members have taken advantage of the provision for life membership, viz.: Samuel D. Coykendall, Samuel V. Hoffman, Jacob George Rapelje, Wil- liam A. Simonson, John H. Starin (since deceased), Charles H. B. Turner, George E. Van Guysling, Ben- jamin T. Van Nostrand, Frederick Van Wyck, and William Y. Westervelt. The State Historian, desiring the assistance of the Society in motdding public sentiment favorably to the preservation and arrangement of historical records and extending the functions of the State Historian in that direc- tion, wrote to the Secretary, and, on behalf of the Society, the Secretary addressed letters to members of the Senate and Assembly, urging the passage of the proposed legislation. This action was ap- proved by the Trustees. The list of members who have died, by some unaccountable oversight, failed to include the name of our former President and Trustee, Justice Charles H. Truax, whose death on January 14, 19 10, was made the subject of wide notice and expressions of sympathy and regret. Invitations from the City History Club to attend a meeting at the Auditorium, American Museum of Natural History, on April 21, 1 910, to be called "An Evening with Writers on Old New York," have been received and distributed to all members of the Society. The members of Union County,
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N. J., having discovered that they were numerous enough to claim a vice-presidency under the by- laws, have presented a nominee for that position, which will appear in the supplementary report of the Nominating Committee. The members of the Society in Staten Island have organized under the name of Staten Island Sons of Holland, with D. B. Van Name as president and C. E. Simonson as secretary. Their book of Constitution and By-laws has been forwarded to the Secretary and may be seen by all who are interested. It follows noticeably the Constitution and By-laws of the Holland Society of New York and is particularly designed to promote its interests.
Our Vice-President for Monmouth County, Mr. D. V. Perrine, laid a most agreeable foundation for the organization of the Monmouth Branch of the Holland Society by means of a dinner at his home, No. 55 W. Main Street, Freehold, ably seconded by Mrs. Perrine. The vice-president gathered a most harmonious company of a score or more ladies and gentlemen, giving the members one more opportunity to appreciate the added attrac- tiveness bestowed upon such an occasion by the presence of the ladies. The spirit of good old Dutch hospitality and harmony which prevailed caused those who were present to make emphatic resolutions that this proof of Holland Society sociability and entertainment should be made a regular occurrence. The tasteful floral decorations, the incidental music, and the general atmosphere of good fellowship were like tributes to the well ordered entertainment.
The Secretary regrets to report that his eJEhcient and careful library clerk and Dutch expert,
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Dingman Versteeg, has fallen a victim to grippe and attendant failure of eyesight. To those who know Mr. Verteeg's diligent and painstaking methods, this will seem a most serious blow, and many matters which should have been completed long ago are still awaiting completion during the coming year.
The Secretary cannot forget the kindness and appreciation and patient consideration extended by many of the members of the Society in spite of the missing Year Books, and this must compensate for the sometimes thoughtless remarks of others who are not aware that a busy professional life and unpleasantly recurring attacks of the grippe have left little opportunity to carry through with greatest efficiency the duties which are so plainly in sight. The coming year, in which the Secretary has consented to accept renomination, is expected to be marked by the issue of the books which are behindhand, and also a hand book which will be convenient for ready reference. The Trustees at their last meeting authorized the employment of additional clerical assistance and suggested the division of labor between the positions of recording and corresponding secretaries.
With the hope that 1910 may justify what has been attempted and hoped for, this report is respectfully submitted.
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The report of the Treasurer was referred to as printed in the annual notices and the Committee on Finance reported thereon to the effect that it had examined the Treasurer's reports and the vouchers in support thereof and the securities stated as being on hand and had found the same correct in all respects. The report was on motion received.
The Committee on Nominations presented its report through its chairman, noting also that, since the report had been printed in the annual notices, a certificate had been received from the Secretary to the effect that Union County, N. J., was entitled to a vice-president under the by-laws, and that in consequence the Committee had made a supple- mental report, nominating for vice-president of Union County, N. J., Mr. Harry Van der Veer De Hart, of Elizabeth.
To the Holland Society of New York:
The Committee elected to make nominations for the offices to be filled at the annual meeting of the Society on April 6, 1910, respectfully reports the following names for the offices mentioned :
President : Alphonso T. Clearwater
Vice-Presidents :
New York . Kings County . Queens County Westchester County Dutchess County . Ulster County . Albany County. Rensselaer County Schenectady County Onondaga County Richmond County .
Samuel V. Hoffman Edward J. Bergen William F. Wyckoff Dr. John B. Kouwenhoven Martin Heermance DeWitt Roosa William B. Elmendorf Major Wm. M. Swartwout Dr. Charles C. Duryee William H. Blauvelt Calvin D. Van Name
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Hudson County, N. J. Bergen County Passaic County Essex County . Monmouth County United States A rmy United States Navy
Jacob R. Wortendyke
Walter Bogert
Frank Van Cleve
Dr. Theron Y. Sutphen
William Van Dorn
Col. Charles K. Winne
Chaplain Roswell R. Hoes
Treasurer : Arthur H. Van Brunt
Secretary ; Henry L. Bogert
Trustees — Class of 19 14
William L. B rower Garret J. Garretson
Frank Hasbrouck Augustus Van Wyck
John W. Vrooman
Warner Van Norden George G. DeWitt Committee
Arthur H. Masten on
Martin Heermance Nominations
Daniel Van Winkle
Dated March 11, 1910.
On motion, the report was received and the Committee were discharged with thanks. The Chair appointed as tellers of election Messrs. E. Covert Hxilst and Dr. William B. Van Alstyne, and was about to order the ballots distributed and collected, when a motion was made that, there being no other nominations, the Secretary be re- quested to deposit one ballot for the various nomi- nees as the unanimous vote of the meeting. There being no opposition, this motion was declared carried and the Secretary deposited the ballot so ordered and the Chair declared the result accordingly.
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Hon. A. T. Clearwater, to the chair, and, in a few appropriate remarks, took from his own neck the presidential badge and hung it about the neck of the President-elect, congratulating him and the Society upon the choice of a new presiding officer for the coming year. With much applause. Judge Clearwater expressed his appreciation of the honor and called for the further business of the meeting. Judge Hasbrouck: Mr. President, I have a resolution to offer:
As the Holland Society of New York looks back over the year that has passed and considers the eventful history of that short period, the part played by its chosen rep- resentatives in varied functions, parades, receptions, banquets, and other manifestations of administrative man- agement, the crowds and glitter of the international festivity in commemoration of a discovery now three centuries back, sentiments of pride and regard come to the surface in recalling the personality of the chief officer of the Society, under whom what has been done has been so well done and with such cause for congratulation. Therefore, at this twenty-fifth annual meeting, The Holland Society of New York honors its retiring President, Henry Sayre Van Duzer, and takes this opportunity to present its thanks for the services that he has so unsparingly rendered, to express its appreciation of the achievements that have signalized his term of office, and to offer congratulations and applause for his auspicious year in the President's chair, bridging over the gap of a quarter century from his taking office as one of the first trustees. It is accordingly resolved that the Society do now adopt this minute of affectionate regard for Henry Sayre Van Duzer and that this record be preserved in his honor, with best wishes for the years to come. It is further resolved that a copy be suitably engrossed for presentation.
(On motion, duly seconded, the resolution was unanimously adopted.)
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Mr. Van Duzer, from the floor, expressed his heartfelt thanks for the kindness and appreciation of his fellow members and repeated his statement that the work done on behalf of the Society had been rendered with pleasure rather than a task.
The reports of the Committees then being called for, Mr. Van Norden reported progress for the Committee on Statue to William the Silent, stating that such progress was principally the accretion of interest upon the amount in hand, nothing else having been done dining the past year. The report was, on motion, received.
Mr. Bergen, for the Committee on Hudson Ter- centennial Celebration, made a report in abstract of the complete report which he had in hand, de- tailing the importance of The Holland Society's place and achievements in connection with the Hudson-Ftdton Celebration and his recommenda- tion that this report be read when published, to the end that its scope and contents might be better appreciated. In moving the acceptance of the report and the thanks of the Society to the Com- mittee, Col. John W. Vrooman spoke at length of the importance of the Society to the celebration and the commanding position of the Netherlands in relation thereto. The report was duly received with thanks and the Committee discharged with thanks and with the authority to make and com- plete its report for inclusion in the Year Book^
No report was received from the Nieuw Haarlem Quarter Millennial Committee, it being understood that this celebration had been merged into the Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
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On behalf of the Committee on Tablet to Van Der Capellen, the Secretary reported that, since the death of its Chairman, Mr. Van Wormer, he had received a photograph of the present head of the Van der Capellen family and a number of photographs showing the mortuary tablet in the church at Gorssel, with the additional lines in- scribed in honor of Baron Joan Derek van der Capellen tot den Pol and of Hillegonda Anna Bentinck, his wife. The report was, on motion, duly received.
Memorials to deceased officers were not pre- sented on account of the absence of the Committee in charge.
On behalf of the Trustees, the Secretary then moved the adoption of the proposed amendment to the Constitution relating to absence from meet- ings of Trustees, which was unanimously adopted.
The Secretary then read from his report refer- ences to the achievement of Dr. Turner in es- tablishing the De Vries monument at Lewes, Delaware, and its importance in confirming the establishment of the State of Delaware by virtue of early settlement ; also referring to the election of Van Duzer and Beekman as Trustees to fill vacan- cies; the names of those who had become life members under the amendment to that effect; the appeal of the State Historian for support in legislation on his behalf; the correction of the list of those who had died by adding thereto the name of Justice Charles H. Truax; the organization of the Richmond County Branch of the Society as the Staten Island Sons of Holland, presenting also their book of Constitution and By-laws; referring also to the entertainment of the Mon-
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mouth County Branch by Vice-President Perrine, and concluding with a reference to the illness of historian and library clerk, Versteeg, and the explanation of delay in issuing the Year Books and expressing the hope that the additional clerical assistance authorized by the Trustees might permit the coming year to see the issuance of all books in arrears, as well as the proposed hand book for ready reference.
The Chairman then stated that the meeting was ready for formal adjournment but that the next hour would be devoted to an illustrated lecture by Dr. T. de Vries, of The Hague, who would show illustrations of notable scenes and people in Hol- land. With this lecture, in which many illustra- tions were presented in a remarkably short time, and with the refreshments provided by the Society the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting came to an end.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry L. Bogert,
Secretary.
IN MEMORIAM George M. Van Hoesen.
George M. Van Hoesen died April i8, 1909, at the home of his brother-in-law, WilHam Jay Ives. He was a native of this city and a descendant of Jan Franse Van Hoesen, an early settler of New Amsterdam and Beverwyck, who married Volkie Jurriaanse and died about 1667.
He graduated from the New York University, studied law at the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, and was admitted to the New York Bar. For a time he was instructor in the school at Poughkeepsie, before emigrating to Iowa. In conjunction with his practice, he was a journal- ist for several years on the Iowa State Democrat. On the opening of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army, organizing a company for the 13th Regiment Iowa Infantry. Subsequently he served in the Army of Tennessee and was promoted to the rank of major for gallant service at the battle of Shiloh. Later he was made acting provost marshal general of armies of the field in the military division of Mississippi. After the war he returned to New York City where he actively participated in political life. He was one of the first to urge the building of elevated railroads and drafted the first bill introduced in New York Legislature for incor- poration and construction of an elevated railroad. In 1875 he was elected to the Court of Common Pleas and served his full term of fourteen years on the bench. As a judge, he evinced a happy blend-
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ing of the jiirist and the man of affairs and excelled in the analysis and marshalling of facts. He re- turned to his practice, incidentally engaging in politics and business. His gifted mind, entertain- ing conversation, and kindly disposition won him friends in all ranks.
He was a member of the Union, Manhattan, Washington Heights, Century, Liederkranz, and Lotos Clubs, and of the St. Nicholas Society. He was a charter member of the Holland Society which he joined March 14, 1885, and of which he was a Trustee and ex-President.
Charles Edward Witbeck.
Charles Edward Witbeck was bom at West Troy, N. Y., February 22, 1844, and died May 13, 1909, at Cohoes, N. Y. He was a physician and became a member of this Society, October 21, 1897. He was a descendant of Jan Thomase Witbeek who came to this country from Witbeck, Holstein, about 1650, and married Geertruy Andriese Dochter. Their son, Thomas, Jansen, married September 5, 1702, at Albany, Jannetje Van Deusen; their son Lucas, baptized there February 26, 1724, m.ar- ried Geertruy Lansing; their son Gerrit, baptized there March 18, 1750, married Immetje Perry; their son John Perry, born March 10, 1775, at Albany, married Sarah Cregier; their son Abram married Margaret Knight, and their son was Charles Edward Witbeck.
Cornelius I. Zabriskie.
Cornelius I. Zabriskie, a resident of Hackensack for about twenty -five years, died May 13, 1909, at his home in that city. He was born October 8, 1 84 1, at Spring Valley, N. J., and was the son of Isaac Zabriskie and Mary M. Zabriskie. His ancestor, Albert Saboriski, a Pole by birth or de- scent, came to this country from Engstburgh, Ger-
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many, in 1662 in the ship De Vos (The Fox), married December 17, 1676, at Bergen, Machtelt Van der Linden, and died September i, 171 1, aged about seventy-two or seventy-three years. Their son Joost, born in Hackensack, married there No- vember I, 1 712, Christina Meeby. Their son Albert married Gertrude Westervelt. John of the next generation married Hannah Van Voorhis and they were the grandparents of CorneHusI. Zabriskie.
Mr. Zabriskie was a retired citizen and was frequently seen driving about the streets behind his fine horses. He was a member of the Elks, the Hackensack Club, and the Holland Society since December 8, 1904. He was married twice. His first wife was a daughter of the late Samuel S. Demarest and his second wife was Minnie, daughter of the late Peter L. Conklin. The widow, one son, Frederick, and two daughters, Elizabeth, wife of J. P. Clarendon, and Miss Effie Zabriskie survive. Services were held at his late residence, 208 Passaic Street, on Sunday, May i6th, Rev. Arthur John- son and Rev. Adelbert Chapman conducting the services.
Gerardus Hilles Wynkoop.
Gerardus Hilles Wynkoop, a member of this Society since March 14, 1885, died at his home. No. 128 Madison Avenue, May 16, 1909, as the result of appendicitis. He was born sixty-four years ago in Wilmington, Delaware, and was the son of Rev. Dr. Stephen Rose Wynkoop and Amelia Mills, daughter of the late Judge Mills and Anne Elizabeth Woodbury. He was a gradu- ate of Yale College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was one of the first surgeons in this country to operate successfully for appendi- citis. For years he had been visiting physician to St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals. He was a
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member of the Union, University, Riding, Country, Yale, and Democratic Clubs. Surviving are two sons, Gerardus Hilles and Daniel W., and two daughters, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Morris and Mrs. Harold Stanley Forwood.
John Lawrence Riker.
John Lawrence Riker was a descendant of Abra- ham Rycken or de Rycke who came to this country about 1638 and became patentee of land at the Wallebout, on Heeren Gracht, now Broad Street, and of Hewlett's, now Riker 's Island, in the East River. He married Grietje Harmensen and died in 1689. Abraham of the next genera- tion was bom 1655, married Grietje Van Buy- tenhuysen, and died 1746, Their son, Andrew, was born 1699, died 1763, married Jane Berrien. Of the next generation, Samuel, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, was bom 1743, married Anna Lawrence, and died 1823. They left a son, John Lawrence, born 1787, married second Lavinia Smith, and died 1861. They lived on the old family estate at Bowery Bay, L. L, and here their son, John Lawrence Riker, was born November 23, 1830.
Mr. Riker was educated at the Astoria Academy under Dr. Haskins and entered upon his long and honorable career as a merchant. At his death he was a director in the Argentine Quebracho Com- pany, the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway, the Continental Insurance Company, the Farmers* Loan and Trust Company, the Fidelity and Casu- alty Company, the Greenwich Savings Bank, the Hanover Fire Insurance Company, the Metro- politan Trust Company, the New Jersey Zinc Company, the Niagara Fire Insurance Company, and the Plaza Bank. He was also Vice-President of the Bank of New York, the Fifth Avenue Safe
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Deposit Company, the Laflin & Rand Powder Company, and the Second National Bank. All these benefited by Mr. Riker's wide experience, able councils, and sound judgment.
He was a member of the St. Nicholas Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Union League, and the Metropolitan, City, Riding, New York Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, and New York Athletic Clubs. April 6, 1886, he joined the Holland Society and has served in the capacity of Trustee and Vice-President.
Mr. Riker married, in 1857, Miss Mary Anne Jackson. He died July 6, 1909, at his country home Seabright, N. J., leaving seven children: John Jackson, Henry L., Margaret M., Lavinia, Samuel, Mattina, Charles Lawrence, and May J.
Seymour De Witt.
Seymour De Witt became a member of the Holland Society, March 26, 1891, and traced his ancestry back to Tjerck Claessen De Witt who came from Grootholdt, in Zunderland, Holland, to New Amsterdam prior to 1656, where, on April 24th of that year, he married Barbara Andries of Amsterdam. He settled in Albany, but in 1660 moved to Kingston where he died February 17, 1700. Their son Andries, bom 1657, married Jannetje Egbertse and died 17 10. Johannes of the next generation, bom 1701, married Mary Brodhead. Their son Charles, born 1727, married Blandina Du Bois and died 1787. Their son Gerrit, born 1762, was father of Charles G., born 1789, grandfather of David T., born 181 7, and great-grandfather of Seymour De Witt, bom 1844 and died July 12, 1909, at Middle- town, N. J. For many years Mr. De Witt had been connected with the United States Express Company and for eighteen years with the First National Bank of that place.
1 84 Richard Henry Van Alstyne.
Richard Henry Van Alstyne was bom May 23, 1 85 1, at Troy, N. Y., and died there July 28, 1909. The ancestry goes back to Jan Martense, called "de Wever" or the weaver, who came to this country from Holland prior to July, 1655, with his wife Dirckien Hermons, and lived at various times at Albany, Kingston, and Kinderhook. Their son Abraham Jansen married, 1694, Mar- retje Van Deusen. Abraham of the next genera- tion was born 1703, married Wyntje Conyn, and died 1789-90. Their son Leonard was born 1743 and married Hannah Slu5rter. Richard, their son, was born January 25, 1796, married Margaret Schermerhorn and died November 25, 1880, at Troy. Their son William Leonard, ex-mayor of Troy, was born October 25, 1822, at Chatham Center, N. Y., married Calsinai L. Johnson, and died November i, 1892, at Troy, and they were the parents of Richard Henry Van Alstyne.
Mr. Van Alstyne was active in politics, a former associate of ex-Governor Black, and a Deputy Internal Revenue Collector since 1889, except for two years when he served as County Clerk. He was an Elk, a Mason, and a member of the Hol- land Society since October 24, 1889. His wife Eleanor Morris died several years ago and they left no children.
Cornelius Cuyler Cuyler.
Cornelius Cuyler Cuyler, a prominent citizen and financier of New York, died July 31, 1909, at the Hotel Biarritz, Biarritz, France, from injuries received in an automobile accident near Cambo. He was born in 1859 in Philadelphia and was the son of the late Theodore Ledyard Cuyler. Ancestry traced back to Tydeman Koy- lert of Hasselt, 1456. American ancestor was Hendrick Cuyler born also at Hasselt, came to
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this country and married about 1660 Anna Schep- moes. After graduating from Princeton in 1879, Mr. Cuyler came to New York and entered the banking business in Wall Street to eventually become senior member of the firm of Cuyler, Morgan & Co. He was vice-president of the United States Guarantee Company, also a director of the Guarantee Company of North America, the Mercantile Trust Company, the Casualty Company of America, and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey. On March 8th last, he was elected President of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company. Besides these, he was an officer and a director in a number of banks, trust companies, and other corporations and prominent in the financial world.
Mr. Cuyler was a devoted alumnus of Princeton. His activities did not stop with class gifts and a scholarship in memory of his father, but he was a life trustee of the university, a member of the graduate advisory committee on athletics and of the buildings and grounds committee, and president of the Princeton Club of New York for five terms. On his fiftieth birthday, his Princeton friends gave him a dinner at their club and presented him with a silver loving cup. President Wood- row Wilson was one of his warm friends and classmates.
Mr. Cuyler was a member of the Princeton, Union, University, Downtown, Century, Lawyers', and City clubs and of the New York Historical Society, the New York Genealogical and Bio- graphical Society, and the Holland Society, of the last since March 30, 1887. Besides many social con- nections, he was interested in art and education as shown by his membership in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Archaeological Institute of America, the American School of Classical Studies in Rome of which he was treasurer, and the School of Musical Art in New York of which he was president.
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Mr. Cuyler married March 3, 1906, Mrs. James Brown Lord who survives him. The funeral was held at the Brick Presbyterian Church, Thirty- seventh Street and Fifth Avenue, August 13th, with interment at Princeton.
Thomas Dunkin De Witt.
Thomas Dunkin De Witt was born October 29, 1853, and died August 13, 1909, at Flower Hos- pital, New York City. He was a coal dealer with main offices at 26 Cortlandt Street and was Treas- urer of the De Witt Auto Company at 248 West Eightieth Street. At one time he was president of the West Side Protective League. He was a mem- ber of the St. Nicholas Society since November 26, 1888, and of the Holland Society since June 5, 1885. He is survived by a widow, three daughters, and two sons George H. and Thomas De Witt.
Mr. De Witt was a descendant of Tjerck Claes- zen De Witt who came to New Amsterdam prior to 1656 where he married Barbara Andriese. Their son Andries was bom 1657, married Jan- net je Egbertse, and died 17 10; their son Tjerck was born 1683, married Ann Pawling, and died 1762; their son Petrus was born 1722, married Rachel Radcliff , and died 1 790 ; their son John was born 1752, married Catharine Van Vliet, and died 1808; their son Peter was born 1780, married Janet Gosman, and died 1851; their son William Andrew was bom 1830, married Amelia Dunkin, and died 1863; their son Thomas Dunkin De Witt the subject of this sketch.
Abraham Quackenbush.
Abraham Quackenbush, son of the late Abraham Quackenbush and Sarah McLaren, died August 26, 1909, at the home of his niece, Mrs. C. C. Holcomb, Lee, Mass., in his seventy-eighth year. He was a well-known hardware merchant and a member of the
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firm Quackenbush & Townsend until his retirement a few years ago. He was a member of the Holland Society since October 25, 1886, and a member and officer of the Madison Avenue Reformed Church where funeral services were held August 30th. His wife Elizabeth A. Londeback died a year ago.
Charles Winegar Crispell.
Charles Winegar Crispell was born May 5, i860, in Kingston, N. Y., and died suddenly, August 30, 1909, at his summer home, Shelter Heights, N. Y. He was a descendant of Anthony Crispell, born in Artois, France, driven thence by religious persecu- tion to Mannheim, in the Lower Palatinate, where he married Marie Blanshan and in 1660 came to this country in the ship Gilded Otter, settling first at Kingston, then at Hurley. The lineage runs from their son Pieter, born 1664, married Neeltje Gerritse Newkerk and died 1695; their son Johannes, bom 1695, married Anna Margaret Roosa; their son Petrus, born 1736, married Gerritje Du Bois, their son John, born 1764, married Jane Hasbrouck, died 1 842 ; their son Peter, bom 1 794, married Catharine Eltinge, died 1878; their son Abram, bom 1823, married Jane Ann Catlin, died 1882; and their son Charles Winegar Crispell.
He graduated from Kingston Academy in 1881 and from the University of Vermont with the degree of Doctor of Medicine which was supple- mented by a post-graduate course at Bellevue. For a number of years he was abroad traveling and perfecting his studies in bacteriology. He became bacteriological expert of the State Board of Health. He also served as first lieutenant of Company M, of which he was surgeon for many years. Mr. Crispell was a member of the New York State Medical Society, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, the St. Nicholas Society, the Masonic fraternity, and the Holland Society since June 30, 1890.
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In 1904, Dr. Crispell married Mrs. Emma K. Booth, widow of Dr. Wilbur H. Booth, of Uti- ca, and for the past few years they have made Shelter Island their home, occasionally visiting Kingston.
Henry Waller Brinckerhoff.
Henry Waller Brinckerhoff, a descendant of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff who came from Holland about 1638 and settled in Brooklyn, died Septem- ber 7, 1909, in Bay Ridge, L. I., at the home of his sister, Mrs. A. W. Parker, in his 65th year. He was a civil engineer and was a member of the Holland Society which he joined October 24, 1889, the Society of Civil Engineers, and the Central Con- gregational Church. He leaves a son and daugh- ter and sister. Interment was in Cambridge, Mass.
John Cornell Schenck.
John Cornell Schenck was born February 2"], 1837, in the old Schenck homestead on Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn. His ancestor, Johannes Mar- tense Schenck, was born 1656 in Holland, came to this country, married Maria Magdalena De Haes, and died 1748; their son Peter married Elizabeth ; Teunis of the next generation mar- ried Catharine Schenck; their son Judge Teunis Schenck married Gertrude Cornell; their son Isaac C. married Catharine Meserole, and their son was John Cornell Schenck.
Mr. Schenck graduated from the law school of Columbia University in i860 and practiced in Brooklyn for twenty-five years. In the early part of his business life, he was town clerk for the township of New Lots, and later became associate justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Kings County. He was a member of Tyrian Lodge, F.and A. M., and of the Holland Society which he joined
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March 29, 1894. Mr. Schenck died September 29, 1909, at his home 209 Barbey Street, situated on part of the farm land owned by his great-grand- father, Isaac Cornell. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
Charles Burhans.
It was at Kingston that Charles Burhans was born July 12, 1846, passed all his useful life, and died October 15, 1909, and there his ancestor, Jacob Burhans, settled about 1660 having come as a soldier in the Netherlandish service. The lineage runs down through Jacob's son Jan who arrived in 1663, his son Samuel, his son Jan, his son Corne- lius, his son Jacob, and his son Cornelius, the father of Charles Burhans.
Mr. Burhans was educated at Kingston Academy. At the age of eighteen, he became clerk in the State of New York Bank and from 1869 to 1876 acted as cashier. In 1879 he became for the rest of his life treasurer of the Kingston Savings Bank, and in 1888 a trustee. During these years the bank grew from a small institution into one of the strongest in the State, a change due to the treas- urer's great executive ability. In 1870 and 1871 he was treasurer of the village, holding that office when the city charter was granted. Mr. Burhans was a member of Company B, Twentieth Battalion, and in 1875 was commissioned inspector of rifle practice with the rank of captain. On October 23, 1886 he became a member of the Holland Society and served as vice-president for Ulster County from 1898 to 1901 . He was also a member and treasurer of Kingston Lodge, No. 10, F. & A. M. For fifteen years, from 1887 to 1902, Mr. Burhans was treasurer of the Kingston Board of Education. He also held many other positions of influence among which may be mentioned treasiu-er of the Ulster Co. Red Cross Society, trustee and treasurer of the Senate House Association, treasurer of the
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Kingston Building Company, treasurer of Kings- ton Associated Fire Department, and member of the City Hospital, Library Association, and the Dutch Reformed Church of which he was custodian of the archives and formerly a deacon.
Mr. Burhans married December 3, 1889, Mary Swart Hoes, daughter of Rev. John F. C. Hoes. She survives him, besides his father, Cornelius Burhans, now eighty-eight years old, and one sister Mrs. W. H. Finch.
Francis Isaac Vander Beek.
Francis Isaac Vander Beek was bom in Passaic, N. J., about seventy -four years ago and was the son of Isaac I. Vander Beek and Ann Oldis. In 1 846 his father came to Jersey City, engaged in the lum- ber business, and later became president of the Second National Bank at which time his son took charge of the business continuing it as the senior member of the firm Vander Beek & Sons until his retirement about five years ago. Mr. Vander Beek was a director in several banks in Jersey City and trustee of the Provident Institution for Savings. He was a member of the Union League, the Palma Club, and of the Holland Society since October 25, 1886. Mr. Vander Beek's home was at 287 York Street, but his summers were usually spent at Port Jervis, N. Y., and here he died, October 23, 1909, leaving a wife, Louisa McMunn, a daugh- ter Mrs. Le Roy Culver, and a son Frank Isaac Vander Beek.
Mr. Vander Beek was a descendant of Paulis Vanderbeek who married, October 9, 1644, in New Amsterdam Maria Thomas, second Conradus married Elsie Jans, third Paulis married Jannetje Springsteen, fourth Isaac married Annetje De Boog, fifth Paulis married Sarah Berdane, sixth Isaac married Susan Blanchard, and seventh Isaac I. married Ann Oldis, the parents of Francis Isaac Vander Beek.
191 John Rufus Van Wormer.
John Rtifus Van Wormer was bom March 14, 1849, in Adams, Jefferson County, N. Y., and was a son of Rufus Richardson Van Wormer, born 181 7, married Eunice M. Bullock, and died 1896, a grand- son of Abram Van Wormer, born 1789, married Clarissa Richardson, and died 1875, ^ great-grand- son of Jacob Van Wormer, born 1754, married Polly Oiler and died 1825, and a great -great-grand- son of Henry Van Wormer, born 1725, married Catalina Brower and died 1780.
Mr. Van Wormer, after a brief education in the military academy of Adams, became a telegraph operator at the age of fourteen. Later he was a newspaper reporter and a correspondent for the New York Times. In 1872 he "stumped" the upper part of the State for General Grant. Re- moving to Albany he spent four years in newspaper work and in 1887 was made secretary to George B. Sloan, while Speaker of the Assembly, secretary to Senator Roscoe Conkling, in Washington, and clerk of the Senate Committee on Commerce. Thomas L. James, when postmaster in New York, employed him as his confidential man and chief clerk. When General James became postmaster- general, he took Mr. Van Wormer to Washington as his private secretary, and afterward he was promoted to chief clerk and executive officer of the Post Office Department. In 1882 he retired from public service to become teller of the Lincoln National Bank. When General James assumed the Presidency of the Lincoln Safe Deposit and Ware- house Company, Mr. Van Wormer was made secretary and general manager, holding the latter position up to the time of his death in addition to the vice-presidency. He was also president of the Brooklyn Warehouse Company.
Mr. Van Wormer was prominent in social life. For twenty years he was an active member of the Union League Club and secretary in 1892 and
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1 893- He was President of the New York Athletic Club for several years, President of the Jefferson County Society of New York and a member of the New York Yacht Club, New England Society, St. Nicholas Society, and Sons of the American Revolution. He had been a member of the Holland Society since April 30, 1885, a trustee, and President in 1906-7.
Mr. Van Wormer attended the big Hudson- Fulton dinner at the Hotel Astor on September 27th, and the following morning was stricken with paralysis from which he did not rally, and died October 2^, 1909, at his home, 344 West 57th Street. He never married and leaves of his immediate relatives two sisters, Mrs. Bayard Taylor of Adams, N. Y., and Mrs. Walter C. Wood of Stamford, Conn.
William H. Van Schoonhoven.
William H. Van Schoonhoven, for many years prominent in business and financial circles of Troy, died November 2, 1909, at Yonkers, N. Y., after an operation for appendicitis. He was bom August 25, 1849, in Troy, and was a descendant of Guert Hendrickse Van Schoonhoven who settled in Half Moon, N. Y., in 1675. His son Jacobus married Susanna Bradt; their son Guert married Anna Lansing; Jacobus of the next generation married Elizabeth Clute; their son James married Alida Lansing; their son Jacobus Lansing married Mary Jane Haight, and they were the parents of William H. Van Schoonhoven.
After a preliminary education in the public schools of Troy and at the Thomas Harrington School of Westchester, he entered Yale from which he graduated in 1870. Beginning the study of law with Gale and Alden, he was admitted to the Rensselaer County Bar in 1873 ^-^^ practiced law until the death of his father, in 1883, when he became cashier of the Central National Bank and subsequently was elected president. When that
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institution consolidated with the Mutual National Bank to form the present National City Bank, he was chosen first vice-president and later president. He was instrumental in forming the Security Trust Company of Troy, was a founder of the Samaritan Hospital, and was also connected with the official boards of many other institutions. On financial matters he was an authority and was frequently sought for advice. In the spring of 1908 he retired from active business and moved to Yonkers. Aside from the Troy Club, Mr. Van Schoonhoven became a member of the Holland Society, March 8, 1906, taking a great interest in it and attending the meetings as often as he could. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John B. Pierson and Miss Alida L. Van Schoonhoven and one brother, Francis Y. Van Schoonhoven. The funeral was held November 5th, from the home of his sister, Mrs. Pierson, 74 First Street, and from the Second Street Presbyterian Church. Rev. Charles H. Walker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh, officiated, ^he interment was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Albert Waling Van Winkle.
Albert Waling Van Winkle was born April 17, 1842, in Philadelphia, Penn., and died December 16, 1909, in New York City. Mr. Van Winkle was formerly a lawyer at 29 Wall Street but a short time ago gave up his practice to become president and counsel for R. S. Luqueer & Co., harness and sad- dlery dealers, at 67 Murray Street, New York. He was a bachelor and left no near relatives. June 10, 1909, he became a member of The Holland Society through his descent from Jacob Waling, who came to this country from Winkle, Hol- land, prior to 1616; and married Tryntje Jacobs. Their son Waling Jacobse Van Winkle married Catharina Michielse Vreeland. Johannis Walings Van Winkle of the next generation married Hille-
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gond Sippe. Their son Waling married Jannetje Van Houten. They were the parents of John who married Gerritje Sip. Their son WalHng Isaac married Sarah Garrabrant. John WaHng of the next generation married Margaret MacCurdy and they were the parents of Albert Waling Van Winkle.
John Newton Van Ness.
John Newton Van Ness was bom November 7, 1846, at 141 Washington Street, Newark, N. J., and died in the house in which he was born Decem- ber 28, 1909. His ancestor, Cornelius Hendrickse Van Ness came to this country from Emdenland, Holland, prior to 1642. His son Simon married Hester De La Mater. Their son Hendrick married Jannetje Paulison. Their son Jacob married Polly Mead. Simon of the next generation married Elizabeth Doremus. Their son Jacob married Martha Fredericks. Their son Nicholas mar- ried Catherine Doremus and they were the par- ents of John Newton Van Ness.
Mr. Van Ness was educated in Newark and when a young man acquired control of the harness business of the A. R. Van Ness Company in Cham- bers Street, New York. He had a talent for designing hunting and racing saddles. He was one of the Board of Governors of the Essex Club in Newark, a charter member of the Essex Troop, now the First Troop of the Jersey National Guard, and also belonged to the Sons of the Revolution and The Holland Society of which he became a member March 11, 1909. He was unmarried and is survived by his mother and three brothers. Interment was at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Charles Henry Truax.
Charles Henry Truax who had just completed fourteen years on the Supreme Court Bench and
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twenty-eight years' service as jurist, died January 14, 1 910, at New York City. He was born October 31, 1846, at Durham ville, Oneida County, N. Y., and was a descendant of PhiHppe du Trieux, a Wal- loon, who came to Manhattan about 1623 and married Susanna De Chiney ; second, Isaac married Maria Brouwer; third, Jacob married Elizabeth La Grange; fourth, Isaac J. married Maria Wingaart; fifth, Isaac married Catherine Doxstader; sixth, Henry Doxstader married Maria Hogle; seventh, Henry Philip married Sarah Ann Shaffer, the parents of Charles Henry Truax.
Judge Truax received his early education at Vernon Academy, Oneida Seminary, and Hamilton College. Although he did not graduate from Hamilton, the degree of A.M. and LL.D. were later conferred on him by that institution. While obtaining his education, he taught school and was at different times instructor at Bennett's Corners and Principal of the Union School in Camden. Coming to New York in 1868, he studied law in the office of his uncle, Chauncey W. Shaffer. Within a year he was admitted to the bar and practiced in the office of his uncle. Later the firm of Truax & Doescher was formed and did not dissolve until 1880 when he was elected to the Superior Court bench, on which he served until 1894. -^^ the expiration of his term, he was elected to the Supreme Court in 1895. As a jurist Judge Truax rendered many decisions which stand as precedents.
He was also prominent socially being a member of the Manhattan Club, the Oneida Society, the New York Athletic Club, the Democratic Club, the Saint Nicholas Society, and of The Holland Society since June 15, 1886, of which he was Presi- dent in I 896-1 897.
Judge Truax married twice. His first wife was Miss Nancy C. Stone whom he married in 1871, and his second wife was Miss Caroline Carrington whom he married in 1896. He left a widow, two daughters, Mrs. WilHam Henry F. Ward and Miss
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Nancy Stone Truax, and a son Arthur Truax. A Memorial Committee of the Bench and Bar of New York County was formed to arrange for the erection of a tablet in the County Court House to Judge Truax 's memory.
Edward Langdon Bogert.
Edward Langdon Bogert, a member of this society since December 10, 1896, was born August 18, 1852, at Geneva, N. Y., and died January 19, 1 9 10, at his home in Hamilton Park, New Brighton, S. I. Mr. Bogert claimed descent from Jan Louwe Bogert who came from Schoonderwoerd, Holland, in 1663, and married Cornelia Everts. Their son Nicholas (or Claes) was born 1668 in Bedford, L. I., and married Beelitie Van Schaick. John, their son, was born 1697 in New York or Harlem, and married Hannah Peeck. Of the next generation, John Bogert, Jr., was bom 1718 and married Abigail Quick. Their son Jacobus was bom December 25, 1737. and married Eliza- beth Peacock. James, Jr., born 1767 in New York City, married Elizabeth Benezet. Their son Theodore Peacock was born there February 17, 1804, and married Eliza Turner Howe, and they were the parents of Edward Langdon Bogert. For many years Mr. Bogert was connected with the Bradstreet Company. He married Marian Vinal Lincoln, who with their son Edward Langdon, Jr., survives him.
Gordon Wendell.
Gordon Wendell died suddenly at his home, 126 East 35th Street, New York, January 31, 19 10. He was born in Boston, Mass., and as a boy come to New York with his parents. Graduating from Harvard College in 1882, he entered busi- ness with his father in the firm of Jacob Wen- dell & Co., subsequently Tajdor, Wendell & Co.,
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I09 Worth Street. He was a member of the Har- vard Club, the New York Yacht Club and the Merchants' Club and of The Holland Society, which he joined October 2^, 1887. He leaves a widow, the daughter of Rev. Alfred L. Elwyn of Philadelphia, and a daughter.
Evert Jansen Wendell, the ancestor of the family, was born in 16 15 in Embden, Friesland, came to New Amsterdam in 1640 in the service of the Dutch West India Company, moved to Fort Orange, married Susanna Du Trieux and died 1709. Their son Johannes was born 1649, married Eliza- beth Staats, and died 1691. Their son Abraham was born 1678, married Catrina De Kay, and died 1734. John of the next generation was born 1703, married Elizabeth Quincy, and died 1762. John, Jr., was born 1731, married Dorothy Sherburne, and died 1808. Their son Jacob was born 1788, married Mehitabel Rindge Rogers, and died 1865. Jacob, Jr., was born 1826, married Mary Bertodi Barrett, and died 1898, and they were the parents of Gordon Wendell.
Peter Wyckoff.
Peter Wyckoff was born February 27, 1828, in the old homestead, 1325 Flushing Avenue, and was the fourth generation of Wyckoffs to own and operate the farm on which he lived and died. Nicholas, the first settler, married Anna Repel je. Peter, their son, married Gertrude Suydam and they were the parents of Nicholas and grand- parents of Peter Wyckoff. He was the last of the descendants of the old Dutch farmers of his neigh- borhood to follow their occupations. Thirty years ago he retired from farm life and devoted himself to charitable work and affairs in which his father was interested. He was actively interested in the Williamsburg Savings Bank, the First National Bank of Brooklyn and the old WiUiamsburg City Fire Insurance Company. He was at one
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time the owner of the old Grand Street horse-car Hne.
Mr. Wyckoff became known as the "milUonaire farmer-philanthropist of Bush wick" because of his many generous gifts to charity. Among his benefactors were the church near his home, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Eastern District Hospital, the German Hospital of Brook- lyn, the Eastern District Homoeopathic Dispensary, the Graham Home for Aged Women, the Howard Colored Orphan Asylum, the Atlantic Athletic Association, Rockaway Beach Hospital, and the Arion Maennerchor. Besides these, many poverty- stricken families were helped. The extent of Mr. Wyckoff 's charity will never be known as his mod- esty shielded the identity of many gifts. Beside the Atlantic Athletic Association and the Arion Maennerchor, he has been a member of The Hol- land Society since October 24, 1885, and was a Vice-President of the Kings County Branch. Mr. Wyckoff died February 9, 19 10, in the eighty-second year of his age.
Louis Bevier Van Gaasbeek.
Lotiis Bevier Van Gaasbeek died February 14, 19 10, at Kingston, N. Y., aged fifty-nine years, having spent his life there with the exception of the time he practiced law in New York. His an- cestor, the Rev. Laurentius Van Gaasbek, graduated from the University of Leyden in 1674, ca-i^e to Kingston in 1678 to become the second pastor, and married Laurentia Kellenaer. Their son Abraham married Sarah Bayard; their son John married Antje Louw; their son Abraham married Annatje Ten Broeck; their son Thomas married Catharine Hornbeek; their son Cornelius H. married Eleanor Bruce, and their son was Louis Bevier Van Gaasbeek.
Mr. Van Gaasbeek graduated from Kingston Academy and attended Cornell University. In
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1875 iTLe graduated from the Albany Law School and began the practice of law. Having a literary- taste he became a journalist for the Kingston Leader but later resumed his practice first in Kingston, then in New York. During political campaigns, he was employed by the Republican State Committee to address large political meet- ings. He was actively identified with the First Dutch Church and had been a member of The Holland Society since April 6, 1886.
In 1880 he married Charlotte Rogers Basten who, with a daughter, Miss Natalie B. Van Gaas- beek, and a sister. Miss Mary B. Van Gaasbeek, survives him.
John Percival Roosa.
John Percival Roosa was born January 6, 1862, in Bethel, N. Y., and was the son of John P. Roosa and Hannah Calkin. His ancestor, Aldert Hymanse Roosa, emigrated from Herwynen, Gel- derland, Holland, in 1660, and was an early settler at Kingston. For a time he assisted his father about the store but soon began the study of law with Judge Bush. He entered Princeton College, later graduated from Columbia Law School, and in 1884 was admitted to the bar. In 1889 he was elected Special County Judge, in 1895 and '98 Dis- trict Attorney, and in 1905 County Judge and SiuTogate of Sullivan County. Judge Roosa was an active member of the Republican County Com- mittee and a delegate to the conventions which nominated McKinley and Roosevelt and to many of the Congressional Conventions.
He was a member of the State Bar Association of New York, the Princeton Club of New York, the Monticello Masonic Lodge, and of The Holland Society since March 9, 1899. Locally he was an associate member of the Hook and Ladder firemen, president of the Village Improvement Society, trustee of the SuUivan County Society for the
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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Village Presi- dent for two terms, and a member of the Board of Education.
Judge Roosa died February 23, 1909, at Monti- cello, N. Y. Surviving are a wife, Caroline Jones, whom he married June 25, 1890, a mother now eighty-six years old, and the following brothers and sister: Charles B. of Spokane, Washington; Isaac P. of New York; Frank of Cincinnati, and Mrs. R. S. Oakley of Spokane.
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