Dutchess County Historical Society Yearbook Vol 054 1969

RECENT ACQUISITIONS BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY During the year the Dutchess County Historical has received many important items which have been catalogued by the Curator, Mrs. Albert Powers, and are added to our collection at the Adriance Library. In her report to the Trustees Mrs. Powers includes a gift from the Hudson River Commission of the book entitled "Historic Resources of the Hudson"; "Constitution of the Dutchess Club, 1888", donated by Mr. Wilbur N. Creswell of Stanfordville; four boxes of various items including several complete WAVE uniforms from Mrs. William Wood of Hyde Park; a large collection of papers concerning the Tappan family, 1614-1725, presented by Mr. Edward Murray of Hyde Park; papers connected with the Miller family, 1800-1866, a gift of Mr. Merrihew; a diploma awarded to Charles B. Knight by Eaatman Business College, sent to the Society by Dr. Ray R. Knight of Minneapolis, Minn.

Mr. Stephen C. Miller, Jr_., a member of the Society has sent two very interesting and valuable Dutchess County deeds dated 1698 and 1749. Mr. Millet who is a resident of Washington, D.C., presented the two framed papers in memory of Mrs. Maria B. Tower who edited in 1932 "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York," the publication sponsored by the Society, Volume 5, and which has had such wide use in historical research of the area. The two papers are being copied and will be published in the next Year Book.

Several photographs of great interest have been received from another member of the Historical Society, Mr. Thomas B. Annin of Fair Haven, New Jersey. Mr. Annin is an authority on the histories of old railroads and has a collected over the years a vast amount of information and photographs of Dutchess County railroads of past years. The photographs Mr. Annin has sent to our historical room at the Aciriance Library include the Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad stations in Stanfordville and at Salt Point, the Central New England engine house and the freight house at Pine Plains, and the gates guarding the grade crossing at Millerton. Another photograph shows the first steam engine on the Connecticut and Western Railroad, built in 1871. The picture was taken at the station at State Line.

The Society recently received notification from the Trustees of the residuary Trust under the Will of Mary Flagler Cary, deceased, that Mrs. Cary's property contained certain historical materials which bore a relationship to Dutchess County. The Trustees offered the materials to the Historical Society under certain conditions which were approved by the Trustees of the Society upon recommendations of our attorney, Mr. Frank V. Mylod. The materials which have been received and catalogued by Mrs. Powers, include two especially important items, a framed original parchment map of the Great Nine Partners Patent dated 1697, and the original Record Book of the Great Nine Partners which contains a summary of the 73