Treasurer's Report, October 16, 1942 - October 15, 1943

Quarterly Bulletin for July and October. List of 500 Portraits of Men by

Pine MacDonald at the New-

York Historical Society. Annual report, 1941-1942, of the

Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands. War Records Handbook, issued by the Division of Archives and

History of the State Education Department. Diary kept by Alexander Hamilton

Coffin, March 1851 - December 1862. Commission of John Ward as fourth sergeant in Captain

John Bailey's Company, Dutchess County, dated in 1797; the gift of Mr. William H.

Ward, Morristown, New

Jersey, through Mrs. Dexter

Cooper of the Vanderbilt

Mansion National Historic

Site. N ew York Historical Source

Studies, by Albert Hazen

Wright of Cornell University.

The secretary further reported that the society had lost one member by resignation and the following members by death: Mr. Charles S. Mitchell, Dr. Alva L. Peckham and Mrs. Carrie Van Benschoten.

Mrs. Waterman gave the report of the treasurer, which was accepted as read and follows these minutes.

Mrs. Ver Nooy, for the Year Book Committee, reported that practically all of the material for this issue was in the hands of the printer and that she hoped and expected that the book would be ready for distribution at the usual time. She said that she regretted that she had found no articles among Miss Reynolds' papers which might be used for the year book but that, with the help of some of the members of the society, Dr. Poucher in particular, an issue had been prepared which might prove . acceptable. i\/Ir. Guernsey reported, for the Pilgrimage Committee, that the Board of Trustees had thought it best not to attempt a pilgrimage this year and that, although there had been some suggestion of a picnic, it was decided not to do anything along that line until a pilgrimage could be planned on a par with the usual annual trip.

Mr. Frost, the curator, urged that members who owned documents of historical or family value should either place them in the care of some institution or have photostat copies made so that in case of loss of the original document there might still be a copy of it on file.

The assistant secretary proposed the names of the following persons and they were elected to membership: Miss Barbara Corliss, Mr. Herbert V. Dederer, Miss Edith Dutcher, Mrs. W. W. Guenther, Mrs. Harry G. Harper, Mrs. Leon L. Jaminet, Miss Dena Mabie, Mrs. Thomas P. Michaels and Mr. Edgar B. Nixon.

The assistant secretary reported that a flag which had been in the possession of General A. B. Smith of the 150th Regiment, New York Volunteers, and which had been

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the first to fly over the city of Atlanta at the time of its capture in the Civil War, had been offered to the society. She was instructed to advise the daughter-in-law of General Smith, Mrs. M. J. Myers Smith, who had offered the flag, that the society would be very glad to receive it.

The president mentioned that the subject of a modest memorial to Miss Reynolds had been suggested to him and that he would take the matter up with the Board of Trustees and report at the next meeting.

Mrs. Seward T. Green, president of the Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Vicinity, reported that she had had an inquiry with reference to several families who had lived for a short time at Pawling and had migrated to Pawling, Penna., about the time of the Revolutionary War. In the group were families by the names of Bean, Jenkins, Franklin, Pawling, Winegar and others, some of whom were connected with the Beekman and Roosa families. The leader was said to have been Henry Pawling who may have been the son of the "Widow Pawling" for whom the town of Pawling was named. She asked if members of the society would get in touch with her if they had any knowledge of such a migration or the name of the wife of Henry Pawling.

As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned to the dining room where 92 persons enjoyed the luncheon and listened to a talk on "A Folklorist Looks at the Historians," given by Dr. Louis C. Jones of the faculty of the New York State College for Teachers at Albany. Dr. Jones has prepared an abstract of his talk for this issue of the year book.

After a rising vote of thanks to the speaker, the meeting adjourned.

J. WILSON POUCHER, Secretary.

ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR OLD DUTCHESS

At the late exhibition of the Mechanic and Scientific Institution, in the city of New-York, at which were shown a great variety of articles of domestic manufactures, in every branch of the useful arts, the society's first premium was awarded to Mr. William Taylor, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, for the best piece of Black Broadcloth. The same gentleman also had awarded to him the society's premium for the best piece of Blue Broadcloth.

The Matteawan Company of Fishkill, received the society's premium for the best Furniture Calico, and for the best Bleached Shirting. Poughkeepsie Journal, November 19, 1823.

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