Annual Fall Pilgrimage, September 29, 1925

ANNUAL FALL PILGRIMAGE

SEPTEMBER 29, 1925

The annual pilgrimage of the Dutchess County Historical Society for 1925 took place on the 29th of September and was favored by good weather and a large attendance. Arrangements had been made in advance by the committee, Mr. William Willis Reese and Miss Helen W. Reynolds, and the time schedule, parking provisions and camping spot for luncheon all proved satisfactory. Cordial hospitality was extended the pilgrims on their travels by Mr. and Mrs. John Van Benschoten, Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Pinckney, Mrs.

Francis Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Stringham, all of whom were the owners of places of historic interest and to all of whom acknowledgements are gratefully recorded here. It should be noted also that the Sheriff of the County had decorated the County Court House with flags in honor of the salute the Society gave in passing to the site whereon the Federal Constitution was ratified. A copy of the printed program for the pilgrimage and a list of those who signed the attendance register are appended below. Annual Pilgrimage DUTCHESS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY September 29, 1925

Pilgrims assemble: 10:00 a. m., summit of College Hill Park, Poughkeepsie. Welcome from Mayor of Poughkeepsie, Mr. Lovelace. Short talk by leader of pilgrimage, Miss Reynolds.

Route of Pilgrimage, at 25 miles per hour:

Leaving park, right on North Clinton; left on Parker Avenue; left on Washington Street to the creek.

At the Val Kil (Fallkill) take lower bridge; cross the fordingplace on the King's Highway and blow horn in passing.

Continue: North Bridge Street (the original King's Highway) to Mill; left on Mill (the King's Highway) ; pass No. 226, the site of the house built by Baltus Van Kleeck in 1702; blow horn in passing; at Washington Street, right (on King's Highway) to Main; left on Main (King's Highway) to corner of Market; pass Court House, on site of former building in which New York ratified the Constitution of the United States; blow horn in passing; continue down Market (the King's Highway). 1st stop. Residence of Mr. John Van Benschoten. Visit site of Uppuqui-ipis-ing (Poughkeepsie). Short talk by leader. After talk the Pilgrims have permission from Mr. Van Benschoten to partake of ' their basket lunch on his lawn. Pilgrims are requested to leave lawn in good order. 2nd stop. From Mr. Van Benschoten's south on the King's Highway to Nresier house, Wap-

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pingers Falls. Cars will park on the east and north and west sides of the square. Pilgrims assemble at front porch. Short talk. Visit house. 3rd stop. From Mesier house to house of General Jacobus Swartwout; south on the King's Highway to the second left turn. Left to four corners. Right to Swartwoutville. Short talk. Visit house, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Pinckney. 4th stop. From Swarti,vout house, south to first right turn. Continue to house of Colonel John Brinckerhoff, now home of Mrs. Francis Scott. Short talk. Visit house. 5th stop. From Brinckerhoff house, turn right; continue, following leader, on dirt road to Fishkill Plains, to the Verplanck-Van Wyck house, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stringham. Short talk. Visit house.

Pilgrims disperse for home from this point.

PILGRIMAGE REGISTER Mr. William P. Adams, Miss Katherine E. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Abel, Miss Edna C. Albro, Mrs. R. W. Andrews, Mrs. J. Newton Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Briggs, Mrs. Samuel H. Brown, Albertine Buckley, Mrs. Elma Clapp, Mrs. R. Theodore Coe, Mrs. F. M. Coffin, Mrs. Homer A. Coon, Mrs. Stephen H. Cutler, Mrs. Arthur de Garis, Mr. Charles de la Vergne, Mrs. Charles de la Vergne, C. M. de la Vergne, C. Meredith de la Vergne, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Drake, Miss Marion F. Dutcher, Miss Laura Jay Edwards, Miss A. L. Elliott, Mr. Harry Harkness Flagler, Miss Elizabeth Lamont Flagler, Mr. Benjamin M. Fowler, Mr. Frank L. Gardner, Miss Nina C. Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Germond, the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Herge, Miss Mary A. Hart, Mrs. F. H. M. Hart, 1VIIrs. Herbert F. Hart, Mrs. H Reed Hawley, Miss Dorothy Hawley, the Hon. Frank Hasbrouck, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Halstead, Mr. Geo. D Halstead, Miss Ruth Halstead, Miss Caroline E. Haviland, Mr. John M. Ham, Mr. C. Ham, J. F. Ham, Mrs. F. P. Hoag, Mrs. Chas. Hoag, Mr. Samuel W. Hover, Miss Mary H. Haldane, Mrs. Robert Johnston, Mrs. Harold K. Joseph, Mr. Elbert Knapp, G. 0. Knapp, Mrs. C. A. Ketham, Mrs. John H. Keane, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Knapp, Dr. and Mrs. Irving D. Le Roy, Mrs. Theodore Lundy, Miss Alice Lawton, Miss Jessie Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Mackenzie, Mrs. Elias G. Minard, Mr. Douglas Merritt, Miss Ethel D. Merritt, Miss Caro-. line V. Merritt, Mrs. George Merritt, Martha Hoag Mead, Mr. John J. Mylod, Miss Mary Mylod, the Rev. E. P. Newton, Mrs. George D. Olivet, Miss Florence W. Olivet, Mrs. George L. Osborne, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Poucher, Miss Anne L. Poucher, Mrs. Cecil Parker, Miss Julia Parker, Dr. A. L. Peckham, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pray, Mrs. Harry Roake, Mrs. Louise Richmond, Miss Julia Reed, Clarinda C. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. William Willis Reese, Miss Helen. W. Reynolds, Mrs. Frank L. Scofield, Mr. Peter R. Sleight, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Albert A.

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