}^<^f '^'''''' '^■^^■' '^7 '^''^ Class Book. eMITHSONiyOI. DEPOSIT t/ r— CHARTER, CONSTITUTION BY-LAWS AND List of Members OF THE Saint Nicholas Society OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Organized February 28th, 1835 Incorporated April 17th, 1841 NEW YORK PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY 1904 ,1 ,s IG ©ouglas Uavlor &. Co. ©riain of tbe Societi^ Extract from the Minutes At a Meeting of several gentlemen, residents and natives of the City of New York, held at Washington Hotel, on Saturday evening, February 14th, 1835, to consider the expediency of establishing a Society to be composed of old residents of the City of New York and their descendants — Abraham Bloodgood, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Washington Irving, Esq., appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting was briefly stated by Judge Irving. Doctor Manley offered the following resolution : Resolved, That it is expedient to form a New York Society. Which was unanimously adopted. On motion of Mr. Schermerhorn it was Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to prepare a Constitu- tion and By-Laws for the Society, and that they report at the next meeting. The Chair appointed Mr. Peter Schermerhorn, Judge Irving, A. R. Wyckoff, Hamilton Fish, and Doctor Manley, as such Committee. On motion, the Chairman and Secretary of the meet- ing were added to the Committee. The meeting then adjourned, to meet again at the same place, on Saturday evening, February 2rst. ABM. BLOODGOOD. Washington Irving, Secretary. 4 ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY At an adjourned meeting of citizens of New York, held for the purpose of forming a Society, to be com- posed of the residents of the City of New York and their descendants, at Washington Hotel, on Saturday evening, February 21st, 1835 — Abraham Bloodgood, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Washington Irving, Esq., appointed Secretary. Mr. Schermerhorn presented a report from the Com- mittee of seven, appointed at the last meeting to prepare a Constitution for the Society. Mr. Mulligan offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: This Society shall be composed of those persons present at the adop- tion of the Constitution, who shall sign the same, and pay the sums thereby required, and of such other persons as shall be admitted mem- bers according to the provisions of the Constitution. The Constitution reported by the Committee was then amended, by substituting, instead of the Monday in Easter week to be observed as the anniversary of the Society, "the sixth day of December in each year, un- less that day fall on Sunday, in which case the anniver- sary shall be held on the seventh." On motion of Ogden Hoffman, Esq., the Constitu- tion, as amended, was adopted as the Constitution and By-Laws of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, and was referred back to the same Com- mittee to classify the several parts as Constitution and as By-Laws. Ogden Hoffman, Esq., was, on motion, added to the Committee. On motion, it was Resolved, That the members present hand in their names to the Sec- retary, to be enrolled by him, and that such enrollment be considered as ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY 5 a subscription of the Constitution until such time as the Constitution is prepared to be signed by the members. The following names were then handed in: (Then follows a list of two hundred and seventy-five names.) On motion, it was Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed by the Chair to report, at the next meeting, the names of suitable persons to be selected as officers of the Society, and that on the coming in of their report any member may be at liberty to nominate any other candidate than those reported. , The Chair appointed Judge Irving, General Laight, Cornelius Heyer, General Jones and Abraham Scher- MERHORN, on this Committee. On motion, the Society then adjourned, to meet again at the same place on Saturday evening, February 28th, at half-past seven o'clock. ABM. BLOODGOOD. Washington Irving, Secretary. At a meeting held on the 28th of February, 1835, ^^^ Constitution and By-Laws were formally adopted, and the first officers were elected. Cbronicle A. D. 1835. February 14th. — Meeting of Washington Irving and other gentlemen, at Washington Hotel, to consider the expediency of establishing a Society of old residentsof the City of New York and their descendants, February 28th. — Adoption of the Constitution and first election of officers. November 2'/th. — President's Badge and Seal of the Society adopted. December yth. — First anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. By-Laws amended. 1836. December 6th. — Second anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. The Secretary reported the names of two hundred and seventy members on the roll. Con- stitution and By-Laws amended. 1837. December 6th. — Third anniversary meeting at Delmonico's, William and Beaver Streets. About one hundred and twenty members present. 1838. December 6th. — Fourth anniversary meeting at the American Hotel. Permanent Fund, $1,907.65. Cash in bank, $637.23. 1839. September 12th. — The Society adopts a flag, viz. : the original Dutch tricolor with the city arms in the centre. Flag procured' at an expense of $51.93. December 6th. — Fifth anniversary meeting at the Amer- ican Hotel. 1840. December yth. — Anniversary meeting at the American Hotel. The Treasurer reported the Perma- nent Fund, $3,144.15. Cash in bank, $365.85. 8 CHRONICLE 1841. April I'/th. — The Legislature passed an Act incorporating "The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York." June i6th. — Resolution, and the appointment of a Committee for the purpose of procuring "a room in a central situation for the laying of the foundation of a library and museum, as also for the meetings of the Society and use of its members." December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the Amer- ican Hotel. About one hundred and forty members present. 1842. March loth. — Constitution and By-Laws amended. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the American Hotel. The Secretary reported the actual number of members to be three hundred and twenty-three. Amend-, ments to the Constitution and By-Laws ratified. 1843. Dece?nber 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. Constitution amended. 1844. March 2yth. — A Committee, Samuel Jones as Chairman, recommended that at each Quarterly Meeting a lecture be delivered by such member as can be induced to address the Society, and that the stewards procure proper refreshments consistent with economy. That Tuesday in Easter week be the commencement of these celebrations. It was resolved that the first meeting be held on Thursday in Easter week, April nth, and that the price of tickets for the refreshments be set at one dollar. April nth. — First Paas Festival at the City Hotel. Constitution amended by fixing the second Monday of November as the time for the election of officers. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. CHRONICLE 9 1845. March ijth. — The Society approves of the resolution of the Board of Officers as to the celebration of the Paas on Thursday in Easter week, and that the price of tickets should not exceed two dollars; and adopts the resolution of the Board as to the flag, the badge of the President and three new livery dresses. March 27th. — Paas Festival at the City Hotel, at which Chief-Justice Jones delivered a lecture. December ^th. — The Society met at "The Stuyvesant Institute," and in the presence of the Presidents of the sister societies, wearing their official insignia, and of a very large assembly of ladies and gentlemen, J. De Peyster Ogden, Esq., delivered a lecture illustrative of the history and character of our Dutch ancestors. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. 1846. April 1 6th. — Paas Festival at the City Hotel. December 4th. — Address before the Society by the Rev. Thomas De Witt, at the Dutch Church, Lafayette Place. December yth. — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. 1847. April c?///.— Paas Festival at the City Hotel. December 2d. — Address before the Society, at "The Tabernacle," by Charles F. Hoffman. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. Constitution amended. 1848. April 27 th. — Paas Festival at the City Hotel. Dece^nber ist. — Address before the members of the Society, their families and friends, at the "New Assem- bly Rooms," 539 Broadway, by Hon. Wm. A. Duer. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. 1849. April 1 2th. — Paas Festival at the City Hotel. Price of tickets, $1.50. A bill of $28 was subsequently paid for "extra eggs." November 12th. — Constitution amended. lO CHRONICLE November soth. — Anniversary address at the Chinese Buildings, by Rev. Thos. E. Vermilye. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the American Hotel. Permanent Fund, $6,647.90. Cash, $940.41. 1850. April 4th.— VdidiS Festival at "Niblo's." July 22d. — Special meeting of the Society upon the de- cease of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States. December jd. — Anniversary address by Wm. Betts, Esq., at the Chinese Building. December 6th, — Anniversary meeting at " Niblo's." 1851. March 13th. — Adoption of the style of the Certificate of Membership. April 24th. — Paas Festival at the Irving House. June 1 2th. — Resolution for a new die of the Seal of the Society. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the Astor House. 1852. April i^th. — Paas Festival at the Astor House. May 1 2th. — Special meeting to notice the arrival of the Dutch frigate, " Prins Van Orange," at this port. Committee appointed to provide a public dinner, to be given to its captain and officers. May 26th.^Gra.nd banquet at the Astor House on the occasion. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the Astor House. 1853. March Jist.^ Thursday. — Paas Festival at the Astor House. December 6th, — Anniversary meeting at the City Hotel. 1854. April lyth, Monday. — Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel. CHRONICLE II 1855. ^P^^^ p/>^.— Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's, corner Broadway and Chambers Street. 1856. March 24th. — Paas Festival at the Metropolitan Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the Metropoli- tan Hotel. 1857. April ijth. — Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December yth. — Anniversary meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel. 1858. April 5//^.— Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel. 1859. April 25th. — Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel. i860. April gth. — Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Constitution and By-Laws amended. 1861. April 1st. — Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary celebrated at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Permanent Fund, 127 shares of the stock of the Bank of New York, par value, $12,700. Cash balance in bank, $1,644.75. 1862. April 2 1 St. — Paas Festival at the St. Nicholas Hotel. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. 12 CHRONICLE 1863. March igth. — Constitution amended. April 6th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. 1864. March 28th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary celebration at Delmonico's. 1865. The Paas Festival for this year was omitted, from respect for the memory of President Lincoln. June ^th. — By resolution of a special meeting of May 1 6th, the festival of Pfingster was celebrated this day by a supper at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $17,605. Cash balance in bank, $1,597.85. 1866. April 2d. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. 1867. April 2 2d. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $21,885. Cash balance in bank, $1,776.33. 1868. April ijth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. 1869. March 2gth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 4th. — Anniversary Address by Hon. James W. Beekman, at the Historical Society Building. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at St. James Hotel. Permanent Fund, $23,820. Cash balance in bank, $1,895.32. 1870. April 1 8th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, par value of securities, $18,300 ; estimated value, $24,239.50. Cash balance in bank, $1,694.62. 1871. April loth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. CHRONICLE 13 December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, par value of securities, $18,300 ; estimated value, $23,875. Cash balance in bank, $2,208.50. 1872. April 1st. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, par value of securities, $19,800 ; estimated value, $25,345. Cash balance in bank, $1,763.70. . 1873. April 14th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, par value of securities, $20,800 ; estimated value, $23,531.25. Cash balance in bank, $1,717.58. 1874. April 6th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. June 4th. — Constitution amended. December yth. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, par value of securities, $27,124.89; estimated value, $27,400. Cash balance in bank, $1,640.16. 1875. March soth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. Decefnber 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $26,124.89. Cash balance in bank, $3,197.69- 1876. April 17th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,124.87. Cash balance in bank, $3,659.15. 1877. April 2d. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,124.87. Cash balance in bank, $3,193-67. 1878. April 22d. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. 14 CHRONICLE December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,000. Cash balance in bank, $2,732.42. 1879. April 14th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 4th. — Constitution amended limiting member- ship to 500. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,000. Cash balance in bank, $3,265.94. 1880. March joth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,000. Cash balance in bank, $2,763.26. 1881. April i8th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,000. Cash balance in bank, $3,006.12. 1882. April loth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 6th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $27,925.14. Cash balance in bank, $3,919-87. 1883. March ist. — By-Laws amended. March 26th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. November joth. — Anniversary meeting. Constitutional limit of membership complete, 500 members. Permanent Fund, $29,725.14. Cash balance in bank, $3,442.41. Constitution amended. Decej7iber 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. Original draft of Constitution presented by Hon. Hamilton Fish. 1884. April 14th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 4th. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $30,585.14. Expense Fund, $1,783.42. CHRONICLE 15 December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1885. February 28th. — Semi-Centennial of the Society celebrated at Delmonico's. President Vanderbilt in the Chair. June 4th. — Badge of the Society adopted. December jd. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $31,613.71. Expense Fund, $668.57. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1886. April 26th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 2d. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $38,895.4,4. Expense Fund, $301.54. Decetnber 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1887. April nth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December ist. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $39,218.64. Expense Fund, $476.10. Consti- tution amended increasing the limit of membership to 600. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1888. April 2d. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. June yth. — Constitution amended increasing life mem- bership fee to one hundred dollars. November joth. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $41,688.64. Expense Fund, $610.01. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's, 1889. April 2 2d. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December ^th. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $43,938.64. Expense Fund, $110.27. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1890. April '/th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. June ^th. — Constitution and By-Laws amended. December 4th. — Anniversary meeting. Constitutional limit of membership complete, 600 members. Permanent Fund, $45,405.19. Expense Fund, $513.30. l6 CHRONICLE December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1891. March ^th. — Constitution amended. March joth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December jd. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund $46,325.91. Expense Fund, $1,259.17. December yfh. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1892. April iSfh. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. June 2d. — Banner of the Society adopted. Adoption of the new Certificate of Membership. October nth. — The Society took part in the Naval Parade held in New York Harbor in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. December ist. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $47,345.91. Expense Fund, $1,219.32. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. December 2yth. — The Society was represented it the laying of the corner-stone of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. 1893. April jd. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. April i2th. — Special meeting. Committee appointed to take charge of the dinner to be given to the Officers of the Dutch Frigate "Van Speijk," now visiting this port on the occasion of the Grand International Naval Review of the Representative War Ships of the World, by the President of the United States. April 2yth. — The Society witnessed from the steamer " Cepheus," chartered for the occasion, the grand Inter- national Naval Review of the Representative War Ships of the World, by the President of the United States, held in New York Harbor (as preliminary to the opening of the Columbian Exposition). May 8th. — The Society entertained the Captain and CHRONICLE 17 Officers of the Netherland Frigate "Van Speijk," at a banquet at the Hotel de Logerot. December ist. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $47,825.91. Expense Fund, $1,052.99, December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1894. March ist. — Constitution amended, increasing the limit of membership to 650. March 26th. — Paas Festival at The Waldorf. Nove7iiber joth. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $49,894.91. Expense Fund, $1,763.96. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1895. April I ^th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December ^th. — Anniversary meeting. Permanent Fund, $51,094.91. Expense Fund, $2,655.08. Consti- tution amended. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1896. April 6th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 3d. — Constitution amended. December 3d. — Anniversary meeting. Commemoration Fund authorized. Permanent Fund, $52,054.91. Ex- pense Fund, $3,009.11. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1897. April iQth. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. April 2'jth. — Grant Monument Celebration. December 2d. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $52,735.91. Commemoration Fund, $810.51. Expense Fund, $1,700.29. Decei7iber 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1898. March 3d. — Constitution amended, Article VIII., Insignia. March 3d. — Flag presented to the Society by Mr. P. G. Thebaud. April nth.- — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. l8 CHRONICLE December ist. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's, Permanent Fund, $53,334.91. Commemoration Fund, $1,139.25. Expense Fund, $1,938.78. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1899. April jd. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. Decefnber ist. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $54,394.91. Commemoration Fund, $1,477.81. Expense Fund, $2,032.14. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1900. March 1st. — Committee reported $2,160 col- lected in aid of the sick and wounded in South African War. April i6th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. November joth. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $55,314.91. Commemoration Fund, $1,826.48. Expense Fund, $2,327.55. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1901. April 8th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. In- formal presentation, through the Minister of the Nether- lands, of a silver cup as a wedding gift to the Queen of Holland. December §th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $56,294.91. Commemoration Fund, $2,185.77. Expense Fund, $2,181.42. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1902. March jist. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. December 4th. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $57,254.91. Commemoration Fund, $2,555.86. Expense Fund, $2,071.12. December 6th. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1903. April 13th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. Commemoration by the Society of the 250th anniversary CHRONICLE 19 of the granting of Municipal Government to New Amsterdam in 1653. December 3d. — Anniversary meeting at Delmonico's. Permanent Fund, $57,894.91. Commemoration Fund, $1,882.08. Expense Fund, $2,217.13. December yth. — Anniversary dinner at Delmonico's. 1904. April 4th. — Paas Festival at Delmonico's. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE N ICHOLAS OF THE s. CITY OF NEW YORK Passed April 17th, 184^ r The People of the State of New York^ represented in Senate and Assembly^ do enact as follows : Section i. Peter G. Stuyvesant, Washington Irving, George B. Rapelye, Egbert Benson, John Oothout, Abraham R. Lawrence, and Hamilton Fish, and such other persons as now are associated as the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, or may hereafter be- come associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of ** The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York." Section 2. The objects of said Society are to afford pecuniary relief to indigent or reduced members and their widows and children; to collect and preserve in- formation respecting the history, settlement, manners, and such other matters as may relate thereto, of the City of New York; and to promote social intercourse among its native citizens. Section 3. The said Corporation shall have power to make or adopt a Constitution and By-Laws, rules and 22 ACT OF INCORPORATION regulations for the admission of its members and their government; the election of its officers, and their duties; the suspending or expelling any of its members, and for the safe keeping and protection of its property and funds ; and from time to time to alter or repeal such Consti- tution, By-Laws, rules and regulations. The present officers shall hold their respective offices until others shall be chosen in their places. Section 4. The said Corporation may purchase and hold any real or personal estate, but the annual income thereof shall not exceed five thousand dollars. Section 5. The said Corporation shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the general restric- tions and liabilities, prescribed in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes. Section 6. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this Act. Section 7. This Act shall take effect immediately. State of New York, Secretary's Office. I have compared the preceding with an original Act of the Legislature of this State, on file in this office, and do certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original. JOHN C. SPENCER, Secretary of State. Albany, April jgth, 1841. Constitution Adopted at a meeting of this Society, February 28th, A. D. 1835. Amendments adopted March loth, A. D. 1842; November I2th, A. D. 1849 ; December 6th, A. D. i860 ; March 19th, A. D. 1863; June 4th, A. D. 1874; December 4th, A. D. 1879 ; November 30th, A. D. 1883 ; Decem- ber, ist, A. D. 1887; June 7th, A. D. 1888; June 5th, A. D. 1890; March 5th, A. D. 1891 ; March 1st, A. D. 1894 ; Decem- ber 5th, A. D. 1895; December 3d, A. D. 1896; March 3d, A. D. 1898; March 6th, A. D. 1902. ARTICLE I. OF THE NAME OF THE SOCIETY. Section i. The name of this Society shall be "The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York," and its objects shall be to afford pecuniary relief to indigent or reduced members of this Society and their widows and children; to collect and preserve information respecting the history, settlement, manners, etc., of the City of New York, and to promote social intercourse among its native citizens. ARTICLE II. OF MEMBERS. Section i. Any person of full age, in respectable standing in society, of good moral character, who was a native or resident of the City or State of New York prior 24 CONSTITUTION to the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, or who is a descendant of any such native or resident, or who is a descendant of a member of this Society, shall be eligible as a member. But whenever, and as long as there shall be six hundred and fifty members of the Society, no one shall be elected to membership unless he be the descendant in the oldest male line of a member or former member, and in all elections to membership the ballot shall be first taken on the candidates who may be the descendants of members. Section 2. Candidates for admission must be pro- posed by one member and seconded by another who shall state, in writing, the name, place of residence, profession or occupation of the candidate and his quali- fications for membership ; also that they know him personally, and that he is a proper person to become a member of the Society. The name of every candidate, with those of his pro- poser and seconder, shall be sent to the Secretary twenty days before he can be balloted for. Members shall be elected by the Board of Officers. A candidate must receive three-fourths of the votes of the officers present, and two black-balls shall exclude. A rejected candidate shall not be again proposed within six months after such rejection. Section 3. Each member shall, immediately on his election, sign the Constitution and pay to the Treasurer his initiation fee and the annual dues for the current year, and shall not take his seat as a member until he shall have complied with the requisitions of this section ; but such election shall be void if the member so elected shall fail to qualify as required by this section, within . sixty days after notice of his election is mailed, addressed CONSTITUTION 25 to him at the address specified in the Proposal Book of the Society. Section 4. The initiation fee shall be twenty dollars, and each member shall annually pay the sum of five dollars (in advance for the ensuing year) on the anni- versary meeting in each year. Section 5. The payment at one time of one hundred dollars or more shall constitute a life member ; and the member so paying shall, if not in arrears, be exempt from the payment of the initiation fee or annual dues or both. Section 6. If any member neglect or refuse to pay his annual dues for the space of one year after the same shall become due, he shall be considered to have resigned his membership, and his name shall be stricken from the roll of the Society, unless some good reason for such neglect or refusal be presented to the Board of Officers, in which case the said Board may by resolution continue him as a member. Section 7. Any member wishing to resign shall ten- der his resignation in writing, which may be accepted, provided the amount of dues (if any) for which said member may be in arrears shall be then paid up. Section 8. Whenever a member shall, in the opinion of a majority of the whole Board of Officers, be guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the Society, it shall be the duty of the Board to request him to present his resignation within a time specified by the Board, and upon his failure to present such resignation within such time, such m^ember may be expelled by vote of not less than two-thirds of all the members of the Board of Officers, at least one month's previous notice, in writing, 26 CONSTITUTION of the time and place of a hearing having been given to the member, by mailing or delivering to him a copy of the charges. ARTICLE III. OF THE OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. Section i. There shall be annually elected, on the second Monday of November, at a special meeting to be called for such purpose, from among the members of this Society, a President, a First, a Second, a Third, and a Fourth Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and an Assistant Secretary, who, with twelve Managers, whose election is hereinafter provided for, shall constitute the " Board of Officers." There shall be elected at the next meeting for the election of officers, twelve Managers, who shall divide themselves into four classes of equal numbers each. The first class shall serve for one year,' the second class for two years, the third class for three years, and the fourth class for four years ; and at each annual election, after that first next ensuing, there shall be elected three Managers for the term of four years, and such additional number, if any, as may be necessary to fill vacancies for the remainder of the terms of the Managers whose places they fill. No Manager shall be re-eligible until one year after the expiration of the term for which he shall have been last elected. There shall also be elected at each annual election of officers, two Chaplains, two Physicians, and two Consulting Physi- cians. Section 2. The election shall be by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall constitute a choice. Section 3. The officers so elected shall be installed and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices CONSTITUTION 27 at the Stated Meeting immediately preceding the anni- versary meeting. Section 4. The President shall, when he is present, preside at all meetings of the Society, preserve order, put the question, and declare the decision. He, in conjunc- tion with one of the Vice-Presidents, may call special meetings of the Society when they shall judge proper, and he shall call them when required by the Board of Officers, or when requested in writing by any nine mem- bers, specifying in such request the object for which such meeting is desired. He shall appoint the time and place of all meetings, and shall sign orders on the Treasurer from the Board of Officers. Section 5. The Vice-Presidents shall assist the Presi- dent in presiding at the meetings. The duties specified in the preceding section shall, in case of the inability to act of the President, by reason of his absence or sickness, devolve on the First Vice-President; and in the absence or sickness of both, on the Second Vice-President; and so on, according to rank ; only that, in regard to signing orders on the Treasurer, each shall have equal powers with the President. Section 6. The Managers shall constitute a Board for dispensing the Society's bounty, agreeably to the regula- tions and restrictions prescribed in this Constitution, or by the laws and resolves of this Society ; and for this purpose, they shall meet at least once a month in Sum- mer, and twice a month in Winter, and five shall be necessary to form a quorum. At their meetings only they shall decide on the application of claimants, and, if a majority of those present shall consent to grant relief, they shall recommend them, in writing, to the President 28 CONSTITUTION and Vice-Presidents, either of whom is authorized to draw on the Treasurer for the sum specified in the recommendation of the Managers ; provided that no more than twelve dollars be given to any one person in one year, except as provided in Article VI., Section i, of this Constitution, or unless otherwise determined at a meeting of the Society ; and provided, also, that the whole sum thus dispensed by the Managers and by the Society in one year, do not exceed the revenue of the Society for that year arising from the interest on the Permanent Fund (hereafter mentioned) and from the annual dues. The Managers shall likewise recommend to the attention of the Chaplains and Physicians such persons as they suppose might be benefited by their assistance. Section 7. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the money and other property of the Society. He shall keep regular accounts of all receipts and disbursements, in suitable books provided for that purpose, which shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the members. He shall keep an account of the fees and dues that accrue, and shall appoint a proper and discreet person to collect the same, and shall allow such person a reasonable compensation therefor. He shall, at least once in every three months, report to the Board of Officers the names of the members whose dues remain unpaid, and the amount they respectively owe, specify- ing those whose dues have been in arrear more than a year. He shall preserve vouchers for all disbursements. He shall enter on his books each sum paid by him in consequence of the recommendation of the Board of Managers, the name of the President or Vice-President who signed the order, and the name of the person to whom the money was paid. He shall, at each Stated CONSTITUTION 29 Meeting, present an abstract of his accounts, showing the sum received and expended since the last Stated Meeting of the Society; and likewise the whole amount received and expended since the previous anniversary festival, specifying the amount of the Permanent Fund, and amount of cash on hand, and what may become due before the next meeting of the Society, that they may, if they think proper, take order for the disposition thereof. Section 8. The Secretary shall have the custody of all the records and journals of the Society and shall make a regular entry of all the proceedings at each meeting. He shall keep a roll of the members. He shall give notice through the post office or letter-delivery companies of all meetings, whether stated or special. He shall, under the direction of the Board of Officers, erase from the list of members the names of all such persons as shall, by the terms of the Constitution, have forfeited their title to membership, making a report thereof at the next meeting of the Society. Section 9. In the absence of the Secretary, the duties specified by the last preceding section shall de- volve on the Assistant Secretary, whose duty it shall be to assist the Secretary when present. Section 10. The Chaplains shall perform the relig- ious duties at the meetings of the Society, and shall by their counsel and advice promote harmony and good-will among the members. They shall also visit such sick and distressed persons as may be recommended to their attention by the Managers. Section ii. The Physicians shall give advice and assistance to such sick or maimed person as may be committed to their care by the Managers. 30 CONSTITUTION Section 12. In case of the death, resignation or re- moval of any of the officers before the end of the year or term for which they were elected, the Society may, at any subsequent meeting, choose others in their room, in the mode prescribed in Section 2 of this article, to serve for the remainder of the term for which such officers were elected. Section 13. The Board of Officers shall meet reg- ularly on the Monday preceding each Stated Meeting. Special meetings may be called by the Secretary, under the direction of the President, or of the Vice-President acting in his stead, or of any three members of the Board of Officers. In addition to the duties conferred upon the Board by this Constitution, they shall likewise execute all such business as may from time to time be committed to them by any law or resolve of the Society; and they shall report their proceedings at every Stated Meeting of the Society. The presence of at least seven members shall be necessary for the transaction of busi- ness. They may, in their discretion, appoint a Sergeant- at-Arms, with such powers, and subject to such duties, as they may deem proper; and may allow him such com- pensation as they shall think reasonable. ARTICLE IV. OF COMMITTEES. Section i. Thp Committee of Finance shall consist of the President, the Vice-Presidents, and Treasurer; the President shall be Chairman of the Committee. They shall have the management of the Permanent Fund, and CONSTITUTION 3 I shall direct its investment. All funds and money be- longing to the Society shall stand in the name of "The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York." The Committee shall, when moneys are to be disbursed from the Permanent Fund, or any amount transferred there- from by resolution of the Society, give an order, in writing, to the Treasurer, for such disbursement or transfer. They shall have power to sell out stocks or other securities belonging to the Society, and to re- invest the same. They shall report their proceedings at each Stated Meeting. Section 2. There shall be appointed annually, at the meeting when the officers of the Society are elected, a Committee of Accounts, consisting of five members, not being officers, whose duty it shall be to examine the books and accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer, and to examine the proceedings of the Committee of Finance and of the Managers, and to report thereon to the Society at its next meeting. Section 3. There shall be appointed annually, at the meeting when the officers of the Society are elected, a Committee of Installment, consisting of two members, who shall, on the anniversary festival, present and install the officers elected for the ensuing year. Section 4. There shall be elected by the Society (by ballot), at the next meeting when the officers are elected, a Committee of Six as Stewards of the Society, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the general detail of the anniversary celebration, as shall be prescribed by the By-Laws, or by a resolution of the Society, who shall divide themselves into three classes of equal numbers each. The first class shall serve for one year, the second 32 CONSTITUTION class for two years, and the third class for three years; and at each annual election thereafter there shall be elected two members of said Committee for the term of three years, and such additional number, if any, as may be necessary to fill vacancies for the remainder of the terms of the members whose places they fill. Pending such election the President shall have power to fill vacancies ad interim. No member elected to this Committee shall be re- eligible until one year after the expiration of the term for which he shall have been last elected. Section 5. All Committees (special as well as stand- ing) whose appointment is not otherwise directed by the Constitution or By-Laws, or a resolution of the Society, shall be nominated by the presiding officer and confirmed by the Society. ARTICLE V. OF THE FUNDS. Section t. All sums received as initiation fees, dona- tions, bequests, etc., and all sums paid by life members, shall be invested under the direction of the Committee of Finance as a Permanent Fund, to be loaned out at interest, or invested in stocks, or public funds. And if at any time the interest arising from the Permanent Fund, together with the amount received from the annual dues, be more than the exigencies of the poor and the current expenses of the Society require, the surplus shall be carried to the Permanent Fund. In like manner, if the Stewards shall at any time receive more money than is required for the expenses of the anniversary festival, the surplus shall be paid over to the Treasurer, and be carried to the Permanent Fund. CONSTITUTION 33 Section 2. No money shall be transferred from the Permanent Fund except by a resolution of the Society at a Stated Meeting, at which there shall be present at least one hundred members, three-fourths of whom shall vote in favor of such resolution. Section 3. All such sums as arise from the annual dues of members, and from the interest or income of the Permanent Fund, shall constitute a fund, to be called the Charity "and Expense Fund, from which all the debts of the Society shall be paid and the charities disbursed. But if the said fund shall exceed the amount of expenses and of charities distributed, the surplus shall be annually carried to the Permanent Fund, according to the pro- visions of Section i of this article of the Constitution. ARTICLE VI. OF THE PERSONS TO WHOM CHARITABLE DONATIONS MAY BE MADE. Section i. The widow and children of a deceased member shall (if so determined by the Board of Man- agers) be entitled for five successive years to an annuity from the funds of the Society, to the full amount of the moneys which the deceased member shall have actually paid into the Treasury, payable in such manner, and to such persons, as the said Board of Managers shall direct; provided, however, that said annuity shall in no case be paid to a widow of a meniber after she shall have married again, nor to children after they shall have attained the age of fourteen years. Section 2. None shall be objects of the Society's bounty (except as provided in the preceding section) 34 CONSTITUTION but such members thereof as shall become indigent, and children of a member of this Society. ARTICLE VII. MEETINGS. Section i. The Society shall hold three Stated Meet- ings in each year, on such days as shall be determined by the By-Laws. Section 2. Special meetings may be called as pro- vided in Section 4, Article III., of this Constitution. Special meetings shall be competent for the transaction of any business which may come before them, except questions touching a transfer of the Permanent Fund of the Society, and except also such other business as by. this Constitution, or the By-Laws, may be confined'to Stated Meetings. Section 3. As the benevolent and charitable objects of this Society will be greatly promoted by a social inter- course among its members, the Society shall celebrate its anniversary by a dinner, on the 6th day of December in each year, unless that day fall on Sunday, in which case the anniversary shall be held on the following day, and the Society may at any Stated Meeting provide for other festivities. Section 4. All the meetings of the Society shall be held at such hour and place as the President, or person acting as President for the time being, shall appoint. Section 5. A quorum for the dispatch of business, except in cases where a larger number may be required for any special act, by any article of the Constitution, CONSTITUTION 35 shall consist of such number of members as shall be pre- scribed by the By-Laws; but any number of members present at the time appointed for a Stated Meeting, may from time to time adjourn such Stated Meeting. ARTICLE VIH. OF INSIGNIA. Section i. The only recognized insignia of the mem- bers of the Society shall consist of a badge, pendant from a ribbon, of the following description: The badge shall be ^ inch in length and width, made of gold or of silver gilt ; the obverse — the Arms upon the Seal of the Society, stamped in relief, being in substance the old Arms of the. City of New York; the reverse — plain, with the number of the badge engraved upon it. The ribbon shall be orange, ribbed and watered, i^ inches in width and I inch in displayed length, suspended from a gold or silver gilt bar ^ inch in depth and i ^'^g- inches in breadth, bearing the words *'St. Nicholas" in block letters, in relief. 36 CONSTITUTION Section 2. The insignia shall be worn only on the left breast, at meetings and celebrations of the Society, or by members when acting officially to represent the Society, and shall not be worn as an ornament or article of jewelry. Section 3. The Treasurer shall procure and issue the insignia to members, and shall keep a record thereof. No member shall receive more than one badge unless to replace one which has been lost or destroyed. Section 4. The insignia to be worn by the President at celebrations of the Society shall be the badge adopted by the Society November 27th, 1835, consistingof a silver medal bearing the Arms above described, suspended from a collar; and, upon other occasions, a medal of gilt and blue enamel bearing the Arms of the Society; or a badge similar to that of the members of the Socie^ty, but of larger size, pendant from an orange ribbon. Section 5. The insignia worn by the Stewards shall be a badge similar to that of members, but of larger size, pendant from an orange ribbon worn close about the neck. ARTICLE IX. on the mode of altering the constitution of the society. Section i. No alteration, repeal or amendment of any part of this Constitution shall take place unless the proposition for such alteration, repeal or amendment, shall have been made at a previous Stated Meeting; and such proposition shall not take effect unless there are CONSTITUTION 37 present at least forty members, three-fourths of whom shall vote in the affirmative, and the votes on such ques- tion shall be recorded by the Secretary, if required by five members present. Section 2. The By-Laws of this Society may be altered, repealed or amended, either at a Stated Meeting or at a special meeting, when called for the object of making such alteration, such object being expressed in the notice "of said special meeting. The proposition for such alteration, repeal or amendment, must have been made at a previous meeting. B^*%aw8 Section i. The Stated Meetings of this Society shall be held on the first Thursday in March and May, and on the Thursday next before the Anniversary, in each year, except when such Thursdays are public holidays, in which case the meeting shall be held on the following day. Section 2. The Secretary shall give at least two days' notice through the post office or letter-delivery companies of the time and place of all meetings, whether special or stated. Section 3. At special meetings, the consent of two- thirds of the members present shall be necessary to con- stitute a vote. Section 4. Fifteen members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, except in cases where a larger number may be required by the Constitution or By- Laws, for any special act. Section 5. At each meeting of the Society, immedi- ately after the presiding officer shall have taken the Chair, the minutes of the previous meeting shall be read by the Secretary, and passed upon by the Society; the next business in order shall be reports of officers and committees; then proposals of candidates. Section 6. Any member having observations to make, or resolutions to propose, shall rise in his place 40 BY-LAWS and address the Chair; and all resolutions shall be sub- mitted in writing and handed to the Secretary, and shall be by him entered on the minutes. Section 7. The Secretary shall keep a Proposal Book wherein the proposer or seconder of a candidate shall record in writing under his own signature the statements required in the first paragraph of Section 2, Article II., of the Constitution, and no name shall be considered in nomination unless the proposal be submitted in the manner required by this Section of the By-Laws. Section 8. The Secretary may, at the written request of members, enter their names in the Proposal Book as the proposers or seconders of candidates, and further comply with the terms of Section 7 of the By-Laws, pro- vided that the statements required by the first paragraph of Section 2, Article II., of the Constitution shall appear in the letters proposing or seconding a candidate. The Proposal Book to be open to inspection at the offices of the Society that members may state any facts within their knowledge in regard to the qualifications of candi- dates. Section 9. The Stewards shall select the place of meeting for, and shall provide the anniversary dinner; shall stipulate the price, and issue tickets therefor; and, in conjunction with the President and Vice-Presidents, shall prepare the toasts, and sign and give invitation cards to the dinner. Section 10. No topic connected with the party politics of the day shall ever be discussed at the meet- ings of this Society. Ibistor^ {^Extract from O' Callaghan s ''''History of New Netherlands'' Vol. . //. , //. 2 1 2-1^ s New York, 1848. ) ** On the Feast of Candlemas, on the 2d of February, 1653, the- Director-general issued a proclamation, ap- pointing Arent van Hattem and Martin Krygier, burgo- masters; Paulus Leendertsen van der Grist, Maximilian van Gheel, Allard Anthony, Willem Beekman and Pieter Wolfertsen van Couwenhoven, schepens. The City was, however, not allowed a Schout of its own, Cornells van Tienhoven, the Company's Fiscaal, was commissioned to act as the City's sheriff. **In the transaction of public business, the burgo- masters and schepens sat at first together, and performed the same duties. They constituted a court of sessions * for the hearing and determining differences and disputes between parties as far as it may be practicable.' " {^Extract from Brodhead's ^''History of New York^'''' Vol. /. , Second Edition^ pp. ^48-^0, New York^ ^^59- ) "The organization of the municipal government of New Amsterdam took place at the most important crisis which the Dutch province had yet seen. Holland and England were now at open war. The Puritan colonies, sympathizing with parliament, longed to make New Netherland a trophy of the strife, and to extend the English power from Stamford to the Chesapeake. Stuyvesant, foreseeing his danger, wrote to the several governments of Virginia and New England, expressing 42 HISTORY the friendly feelings both of the West India Company and of the authorities of New Netherland and proposing that the commercial intercourse between the Dutch and English colonies should continue on its former peaceful footing, notwithstanding the hostilities between their mother countries." i^From The Records of New Amsterdam^ 16^3-16^4^ Vol. I. : Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens^ i6^j-i6sS-, P- 49 J published by the City of New York., 1897.) " Thursday, February 6, 1653, present Martin Krigier, [Arent van Hattem], Poulus Leendersen van der Grist, Maximilyanus van Gheel, Allard Anthony, Willem Beek- man and Pieter (Wolfertsen). "Their Honors, the Burgomasters and Schepens of this City of New Amsterdam, herewith inform everybody, that they shall hold their regular meetings in the house hitherto called the City tavern, henceforth the City Hall, on Monday mornings from 9 o.c, to hear there all questions of difference between litigants and decide them as best as they can. Let everybody take notice hereof. Done this 6th of February, 1653, at N. Amsterdam. Signed (as above except Arent van Hattem)." Xi8t of ©fRcers Officers tor tbe 19ear 1835. President, Peter G. Stuyvesant. 1st Vice-Preside fit, Abraham Bloodgood. 2d Vice-Presideftt, Washington IrviJ^g. 3d Vice-President, GuLiAN C. Verplanck. Uth Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Managers, Cornelius Heyer, Robert Benson, Thomas R. Mercein, Abraham Asten, John W. Mulligan, James L. Brinckerhoff, James R. Manley, Alex. R. Wyckoff, Jeromus Johnson, Daniel E. Tylee, Charles Graham, John Leveridge. Chaplains, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Robert M'Cartee. Physicians, William H. Hobart, Edward G. Ludlow. Consulting Physicians^ Hugh M'Lean, John W. Francis. Stewards, Abm. Schermerhorn, Daniel B. Dash, James I. Jones, Ogden Hoffman, Robert Ray, Charles H. Hammond, Jacob R. Le Roy. ©tRcers for tbe HJear 1836. President, Peter G. Stuyvesant. 1st Vice-President, Abraham Bloodgood. 2d Vice-President, Washington Irving. Sd P'ice-President, Gulian C. Verplanck. kth Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Matiagers, Cornelius Heyer, Robert Benson, Thomas R. Mercein, Abraham Asten, John W. Mulligan, James L. Brinckerhoff, James R. Manley, Alex. R. Wyckoff, Jeromus Johnson, Daniel E. Tylee, Charles Graham, John Leveridge. Chaplains, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Robert M'Cartee. Physicians, William H. Hobart, Edward G. Ludlow. Consulting Physicians, Hugh M'Lean, John W. Francis. Stewards, Ogden Hoffman, Jacob R. Le Roy, Daniel B. Dash, Robert Ray, Egbert Benson, Augustus Fleming, Charles H. Hammond. 44 OFFICERS ©tficets tor tbe l^ear ©fRcers tor tbe ]2ear President, GuLiAN C. Verplanck. 1st Vice-President, Washington Irving. 2d Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. Sd Vice-Preside7it, Cornelius Heyer. Uth I 'ice-President, Egbert Benson. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary. Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Managers, James R. Manley, Thomas R. Mercein, Abraham Asten, John W. Mulligan, James L. Brinckerhoff, Abel T, Anderson, Robert Benson, Jeromus Johnson, Daniel E. Tylee, Charles Graham, John Leveridge, George B. Rapelye. Chaplains, Rt. Rev, Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Robert M'Cartee. Physicians, William H. Hobart, Edward G, Ludlow. Consulting Physicians, Hugh M'Lean, John W. Francis. Stewards, Ogden Hoffman, Samuel Swartwout, David C. Colden, Alex. R. Wyckoff, Anthony J. Bleecker, Jonathan Nathan, James Bowen. 1838. President, GuLiAN C. Verplanck. Isi Vice-President, Washington Irving. 2d Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. 3d Vice-President, Cornelius Heyer. Uth J'ice-President, Egbert Benson. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Managers, James R. Manley, Thomas R. Mercein, Abraham Asten, Charles Graham, ■* Abel T. Anderson, Henry Beeckman, Robert Benson, Jeromus Johnson, John W. Mulligan, John Leveridge, George B. Rapelye, William J. Van Wagenen. Chaplain, Rt. Rev, Benj. T. Onderdonk. ^Physicians, William H. Hobart, John D. Ogden. Conszilting Physicians, John W, Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, Alex. R. Wyckoff, David C. Colden, James Bowen, Anthony J. Bleecker, Jonathan Nathan, John A, King, James I. Jones. OFFICERS 45 ©fficers for tbe 13eat ©tficets tor tbe l^ear 1839. President^ GuLiAN C. Verplanck. 1st Vice-President, Washington Irving. 2d Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. 3d Vice-President, Cornelius Heyer. ktk Vice-President, Egbert Benson. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Managers, JAMES R. MaNLEY, Thomas R. Mercein, Abraham Asten, John Leveridge, George B. Rapelye, William J. Van Wagenen, Robert Benson, Jeromus Johnson, John W. Mulligan, Abel T. Anderson, Henry Beeckman, John D. Campbell. Chaplain, Rt. Rev. Benj. T, Onderdonk. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John D. Ogden. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. stewards, Alex. R. Wyckoff, David C. Colden, James Bowen, Anthony J. Bleecker, Jonathan Nathan, John A. King, James I. Jones. 1840. President. GuLiAN C. Verplanck. 1st Vice-President. Washington Irving. 2d Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. 3d Vice-President, Cornelius Heyer. Uth Vice-President, Egbert Benson. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Managers, James R. Manley, Thomas R. Mercein, Abraham Asten, George B. Rapelye, William J. Van Wagenen, John B. Schmelzel, Robert Benson, Jeromus Johnson, John Leveridge, Henry Beeckman, Samuel G. Raymond, Alex. I. Cotheal. Chaplain, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John D. Ogden. Consulting Physicia ns, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, Alex. R. Wyckoff, David C. Colden, James Bowen, Anthony J. Bleecker, Jonathan Nathan, John A. King, James I. Jones. 46 OFFICERS (S^fRcers for tbe l^ear ©fflcets for tbe J^ear 1841. President, GuLiAN C. Verplanck. 1st Vice-President, Washington Irving. 2d Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. 3d Vice-President, Cornelius Heyer. Uth I'ice-President, Egbert Benson. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, Wm. a. Lawrence. Managers, James R. Manley, Thomas R. Mercein, John Leveridge, William J. Van Wagenen, John B. Schmelzel, John Turner, Robert Benson, Abraham Asten, George B. Rapelye, Samuel G. Raymond, Alex. I. Cotheal. James H. Kip. Chaplairi, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John D. Ogden. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, Alex. R. Wyckoff, David C. Golden, James Bo wen, Anthony J. Bleecker, Jonathan Nathan John A. King, James I. Jones. 18-^3. President, Egbert Benson. 1st Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. ^d Vice-President, William J. Van Wagenen. Sd Vice-President, John Turner. hth Vice-President, James R. Manley. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary, James Manley. Managers, Robert Benson. John Leveridge, John B. Schmelzel, James H. Kip, David C. Golden, George B. Rapelye, Abraham Asten. Samuel G. Raymond, Alex. I. Cotheal, Abraham R. Lawrence, Frederic De Peyster, Jonathan Nathan. Chaplaifis, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye. Physicians, Wm. H. Hobart, John G. Adams. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, Alex. R. Wyckoff, James I. Jones, Jacob R. Nevius, Anthony J. Bleecker, William Turner, William Dumont, M. Charles Paterson. OFFICERS 47 ©fficets tor the ^cav ©tficers tot tbe Iffear 1843. 1844. President^ Egbert Benson. 1st Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. 2d Vice-President, William J. Van Wagenen. 3d Vice-President, James R. Manley. Ut/t Vice-President, Abraham R. Lawrence. Treasurer, John Oothout. Secretary, Hamilton Fish. Assistant Secretary^ James Manley. I\IattagerSy Robert Benson, Alex. I. Cotheal, Abraham Asten, Samuel G. Raymond, James H. Kip, David C. Golden, Frederic De Peyster, John Leveridge, John B. Schmelzel, Jonathan Nathan, William H. Johnson, Robert Kermit. Chaplains, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye. Physicians, William H. Hobart, Jacob Harsen. Consuming Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, Anthony J. Bleecker, William Turner, Jacob R. Nevius, William Dumont, M. Gharles Paterson, Alex. R. Wyckoff, John D. Van Buren. President, James R. Manley. 1st Vice-President, Peter Schermerhorn. 2d Vice-President, William J. Van Wagenen. 3d Vice-President, Abraham R. Lawrence. kth Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. Treasurer, Frederic De Peyster. Secretary, Samuel G. Raymond. Assistant Secretary, James Manley. Managers, John Leveridge, John B. Schmelzel, James H. Kip, Alex. I. Gotheal, Jonathan Nathan, Robert Kermit, William H. Johnson, James F. De Peyster, Hamilton Fish, Samuel Jones, Anthony J. Bleecker, Thomas G. Ghardavoyne. Chaplains, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye. Physicians, William H. Hobart, Jacob Harsen. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, John D. Van Buren, Jacob R. Nevius, Gornelius V. S. Roosevelt, Gharles F. Hoffman, Peter A. Scherxmerhorn, Denning Duer, James De Peyster Ogden. 48 OFFICERS ©facets tor tbe ISear ©fRcets tot tbe leat 1845. 1846. President^ James R. Manley. 1st Vice-President, Abraham R. Lawrence. 2d Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. Sd Vice-President, Samuel Jones. Uth Vice-President, James De Peyster Ogden. Treasurer^ Frederic De Peyster. Secretary. Samuel G. Raymond. Assistant Secretary^ James Manley. Managers^ John Leveridge, James H. Kip, Alex. I. Cotheal, Jonathan Nathan, Robert Kermit, Francis V. Many, James F. De Peyster, Hamilton Fish, David C. Golden, Anthony J. Bleecker, Thomas G. Ghardavoyne, Harman G. Westervelt. Chaplaifis, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye. Physicians, William H. Hob art, Jacob Harsen. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, John D, Van Buren, Jacob R. Nevius, Charles F. Hoffman, Denning Duer, Alex. R. Wyckoff, William Turner, Dayton Hobart. President, Samuel Jones. 1st Vice-President, Abraham R. Lawrence. 2d Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. 3d Vice-President, J. De Peyster Ogden. hth Vice-President, John A. King. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Samuel G. Raymond. Assistant Secretary^ James Manley. Managers, James H. Kip, Alex. I. Gotheal, Robert Kermit, David G. Golden, Wm. J. Van Wagenen, Thomas G. Ghardavoyne, Hamilton Fish, James F. De Peyster, William M. Vermilye, Harman G. Westervelt, Francis V. Many, Abraham Fardon, Jr. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William Berrian. Physicians, William H. Hobart, William Turner. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, Hugh M'Lean. Stewards, Gharles F. Hoffman, Pierre M. Irving, Denning Duer, Alex. R. Wyckoff, Isaac S. Hone, James Breath, Lewis Gaylord Clark. 184.8. OFFICERS 49 (S>tficer0 tor tbe 12eac ©meets for tbe l^ear 184.7. President, Samuel Jones. 1st Vice-President, Abraham R. Lawrence. 2d Vice-President, J. De Peyster Ogden, 3d Vice-President, John A. King. Uth Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Samuel G. Raymond. • Assistant Secretary, Alexander I. Cotheal. Managers, James H. Kip, Thomas C. Chardavoyne, William M. Vermilye, Jacob Anthony, William J. Van Wagenen, Francis V. Many, Abraham Fardon, Jr., Elias G. Drake, James R. Manley, T. C. WiNTHROP, Harm AN C. Westervelt, Jacob Harsen. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William Berrian. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John G. Adams. Consulting Physicians^ John W. Francis, John C. CheesxMAn. Stewards, Pierre M. Irving, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Nicholas Low, James Breath, Charles R, Swords, Aaron B. Hays, John T. Stagg. President, John A. King. 1st Vice-President, J. De Peyster Ogden. 2d Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. Sd Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. Uth Vice-President, Egbert Benson. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Samuel G. Raymond. Assistant Secretary, Alexander I. Cotheal. Managers, James H. Kip, Thomas C. Chardavoyne, William M. Vermilye, Jacob Anthony, William J. Van Wagenen, Francis V, Many, Abraham Fardon, Jr., Elias G. Drake, James R. Manley, Harman C. Westervelt, Charles R. Swords, Jacob R. Nevius. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John G. Adams. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, John C. Cheesman. stewards, Charles R. Swords, James Breath, Nicholas Low, Pierre M. Irving, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Aaron B. Hays, John T. Stagg. 185 O. 50 OFFICERS ©tRcets tot tbe ISear ©tficers for tbe l^ear 1849. President, John A. King. 1st Vice-President, J. De Peyster Ogden. 2d Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. Sd Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. Uth Vice-President, James H. Kip. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Alexander I. Cotheal. Assistant Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Managers, Samuel Jones, Egbert Benson, Samuel G. Raymond, Thomas C. Chardavoyne, Jacob Anthony, William J. Van Wagenen, Abraham Fardon, Jr., Elias G. Drake, James R. Manley, Pierre M. Irving, Aaron B. Hays, John J. Cisco. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, William H, Hobart, John G. Adams. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, John C. Cheesman. Steivards, James Breath, Nicholas Low, Dayton Hobart, Denning Duer, Alexander E. Hosack, Gerard Stuyvesant, Richard H. Ogden. President, James De Peyster Ogden. 1st Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. 2d Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. 3d Vice-President, James H. Kip. Uth Vice-President, Samuel G. Raymond. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Alexander I. Cotheal. Assistant Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Managers, Samuel Jones, Jacob Anthony, William J. Van Wagenen, Abraham Fardon, Jr., James R. Manley, Pierre M. Irving, Aaron B. Hays, Frederic De Peyster, John J. Cisco, John W. Livingston, James J. Roosevelt, James Breath. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John G. Adams. Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, John C. Cheesman. Stewards, Nicholas Low, Richard H. Ogden, Henry A. Heiser, John Romeyn Brodhead, James Watson Webb, James W. Beekman, Elias G. Drake. OFFICERS 51 ©fHcers tor tbe 13eat 1851. President, James De Peyster Ogden. 1st Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. 2d Vice-President, Ogden Hoffman. 3d Vice-President, James H. Kip. ktk Vice-President, John. W. Francis. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Assistant Secretary, Richard E. Mount, Jr. Managers, Samuel Jones, James R. Manley, William J. Van Wagenen, Jacob Anthony, John W, Livingston, Frederic De Peyster, Aaron B. Hays, James J. Roosevelt, Charles King, Cornelius Oakley, Sylvester L. H. Ward, Ambrose C. Kingsland. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermiilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, William H. Hobart, John G. Adams. Consultiftg Physicians, John C. Cheesman, J. Kearney Rodgers, Stewards, James W. Beekman, J. ROMEYN BrODHEAD, Elias G. Drake, Nicholas Low, Henry A. Heiser, James Breath, John J. Cisco. iS^fficets tor tbe 13ear 1853. President, Ogden Hoffman. 1st Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. 2d Vice-President, James H. Kip. Sd Vice-President, John W. Francis. hth Vice-President, Frederic De Peyster. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Assistant Secretary, Richard E. Mount, Jr. Managers, Samuel Jones, John W. Livingston, William J. Van Wagenen, Jacob Anthony, James J. Roosevelt, Cornelius Oakley, Sylvester L. H. Ward, Ambrose C. Kingsland, James W. Beekman, Benjamin H. Field, John G. Adams, D. Henry Haight. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, Benjamin Drake, William H. Jackson, Consulting Physicians, John C. Cheesman, James R. Manley. Stewards, Nicholas Low, J. ROMEYN BrODHEAD, Pierre M. Irving, John J. Cisco, Aaron B. Hays, Augustus Schell, William J. Bunker. 1853. 52 OFFICERS ©fRcers for tbe Iffeat ©fficers for tbe Jgeat 1854. President^ Frederic De Peyster. 1st Vice-President^ Hamilton Fish. ^d Vice-President, John W. Francis. Sd Vice-President, James J. Roosevelt. Uth Vice-President, J. Romeyn Brodhead. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Assistant Secretary, Richard E. Mount, Jr. Managers, William J. Van Wagenen, Jacob Anthony, Cornelius Oakley, James W. Beekman, , Sylvester L, H. Ward, D, Henry Haight, Alexander I. Cotheal, John Ridley, Elias G. Drake, Nicholas Low, John J. Cisco, James H. Kip. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, Benjamin Drake, Abram Dubois. Constilting Physicia ns, John C. Cheesman, Richard S. Kissam. Steivards, Gerrit G. Van Wagenen, Benjamin H. Field, John Van Buren, William Dumont, Adrian B. Holmes, Peter H. Vandervoort, Edward Slosson. President, Ogden Hoffman. 1st Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. ^d Vice-President, James H. Kip. Sd Vice-President, John W. Francis. kth Vice-President, Frederic De Peyster. Treaszirer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Assistant Secretary, Richard E. Mount, Jr. Managers, Samuel Jones, William J. Van Wagenen, Jacob Anthony, Cornelius Oakley, James J. Roosevelt, James W. Beekman, Sylvester L, H. Ward, John G. Adams, D. Henry Haight, Alex. I. Cotheal, John D. Van Buren, John Ridley. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, Benjamin Drake, William H. Jackson. Consulting Physicians, John C. Cheesman, Richard S. Kissam. Stewards, Nicholas Low, J. Romeyn Brodhead, John J. Cisco, Augustus Schell, Aaron B. Hays, Gerrit G. Van Wagenen, Benjamin H. Field. 1855. OFFICERS 53 ©fRcers for tbe l^ear ©tficers for tbe 19ear 1856. President, James De Peyster Ogden. 1st Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. 2d Vice-President, James J. Roosevelt. 3d Vice-President, John R. Brodhead. hth Vice-President, Gerrit G. Van Wagenen. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Assistant Secretary, Richard E. Mount, Jr. Ma7tagers, William J. Van Wagenen, Jacob Anthony, Cornelius Oakley, Sylvester L. H. Ward, Frederic De Peyster, John J. Cisco, James H. Kip, Benjamin H. Field, Augustus Schell, William Dumont, James Manley, John Alstyne. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson. Physicians, Richard S. Kissam, Edward L. Beadle. Consuititig Physicia ns, John W. Francis, John C. Cheesman. Stewards, John Van Buren, Adrian B. Holmes, D. Henry Haight, Alexander I. Cotheal, Duncan F. Curry, Peter H. Vandervoort, James Breath. President, Frederic De Peyster. 1st Vice-President, Hamilton Fish. 2d Vice-President, James J. Roosevelt. Sd Vice-President, John Romeyn Brodhead. kth Vice-President, Gerrit G. Van Wagenen. Treasurer, William H. Johnson. Secretary, Charles R. Swords. Assistant Secretary, Richard E. Mount, Jr. Managers, William J. Van Wagenen, Jacob Anthony, Cornelius Oakley, Sylvester L. H. Ward, Elias G. Drake, John J. Cisco, James H. Kip, James De Peyster Ogden, Augustus Schell, William Dumont, James Manley, John Alstyne. Chaplains, Rev. Thomas E. Vermilye, Rev. William L. Johnson, Physicians, Richard S. Kissam, Edward L. Beadle, Consulting Physicians, John W. Francis, John C. Cheesman. Stewards, John Van Buren, Peter H. Vandervoort, Adrian B. Holmes, Benjamin H. Field, D. Henry Haight, Alex. I. Cotheal, Duncan F. Curry. 54 OFFICERS ©fRcers for tbe l^eat