Recent Acquisitions by the Historical Society

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

events in connection with the acquisition of the Patent and the record of the proceedings at the meetings of the Nine Partners, November 6, 1730 to December 31, 1748. These two items as well as many books and doai.ments were, for the most part, collected by Mrs. Cary's father, Mr. Harry Harkness Flagler of Millbrook. Mr. Flagler was a very active and interested member of the Dutchess County Historical Society for a great many years, and with Miss Helen Reynolds, Dr. J. Wilson Poucher, Mr. Willis Reese and Mrs. Amy Ver Nooy, he was instrumental in the development of the Society and in the preservation of historical materials. A partial inventory of the items received under the Trust of the late Mrs. Cary follows:

Homstead Map of N. Sachet Volumes 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, Dutchess County Historical Society Books. History of Dutchess County, 1609-1882, James H. Smith History of Poughkeepsie, 1683-1905, Edmund Platt. History of Dutchess County, Frank Hasbrouck. Biographical Record of Dutchess County, J. H. Beers Co. Documentary History of New York, Vol. 1, Hon. Chris Morgan Bound Copies, Poughkeepsie Telegraph 1840-1841. The Clerk and Magistrate' Assistant, Poughkeepsie 1818, 3rd. Edition. Farmers Almanac 1834, Potter 8c Sons, Poughkeepsie. Farmers Almanac, 1819, Poughkeepsie. Dutchess County Doorways, 1730-1830, Reynolds. Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley before 1776, Reynolds. Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley, Eberlein and Hubbard. The House at Hyde Park, Clara and Hardy Steeholm. Dutchess County, American Guide Series. Old Dutchess Forever, McCracken. Role of Plant Life of Dutchess County, Roberts and Reynolds. Youth's Companion or Historical Dictionary, Simpson; 3rd. Edition. Town's Spelling and Defining Book, 1852. Framed Samplers. Embroidered Picture of Sketchley's Boarding School, Poughkeepsie. Blithe Dutchess, McCracken. Dutchess County Historical Society Year Books 1934-42. Pre-revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families, Bailey. Southeastern New York, 3 Volumes. Practical Book of Early Arts and Crafts, Earle. Diary of Anna Green Winslow, Earle. Colonial Days in Old New York, Earle. Several miscellaneous items.

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