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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1880-1884], page 313, minutes of February 19, 1884 (continued)

Includes consideration of an acquisition from James Riker of manuscripts of the Harlem Record, with translation; resolution to publish and distribute an updated list of resident members; and arrangements for the commemoration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1880-1884], page 319, minutes of March 18, 1884 (continued)

Includes consideration of a letter and resolution from the U.S. Senate Library Committee authorizing Benjamin Stevens to acquire copies of certain papers from the Society; consideration of an acquisition from William Taylor Hall of an oil portrait of Governor George Clinton; arrangements for the commemoration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration; and financial matters, including expense payments.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1880-1884], page 319, minutes of March 18, 1884 (continued)

Includes consideration of a letter and resolution from the U.S. Senate Library Committee authorizing Benjamin Stevens to acquire copies of certain papers from the Society; consideration of an acquisition from William Taylor Hall of an oil portrait of Governor George Clinton; arrangements for the commemoration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration; and financial matters, including expense payments.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1880-1884], page 98, minutes of April 19, 1881 (continued)

Includes report on the library's acquisition by purchase of volumes and pamphlets at the sale of Part III of the George Brinley library; decline of an offer to purchase from James R. Booth a George Washington sword; and consideration of a request from a woman, Miss C.L. Ransom, to make a copy of the portrait of General Dix, painted by Huntington, for the U.S. Treasury Department.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1885-1890], page 206, minutes of December 6, 1887 (continued)

Includes arrangements for a commemoration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration and the organization of the U.S. government under the Constitution; acknowledgement of the anniversary meeting speaker, John A. King; and membership nominations.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1885-1890], page 206, minutes of December 6, 1887 (continued)

Includes arrangements for a commemoration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration and the organization of the U.S. government under the Constitution; acknowledgement of the anniversary meeting speaker, John A. King; and membership nominations.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1885-1890], page 209, minutes of December 14, 1887, special meeting (continued)

Includes arrangements for a commemoration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration and the organization of the U.S. government under the Constitution; Jacob Moore's decision to not stand for re-election (retirement) as Librarian; and termination of compensation for the office of Librarian.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 252], minutes of December 16, 1930 (continued)

Includes thanks from Sol Bloom from the George Washington Bicentennial Commission for photographs of sculpture and Peale painting; approval of request from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for Attilio Piccirilli to make a copy of the Houdon bust (sculpture) of Thomas Jefferson to be cast in marble for the Virginia capitol rotunda; and routine business.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 290], minutes of April 21, 1931 (continued)

Includes approval of acquisition by purchase and exchange (deaccession) of a large collection of English newspapers from a London dealer; acceptance of invitation from the Sons of the Revolution to the flag day commemoration; and approval of request from Alexander J. Wall to encourage acquisitions by donation by stating that a room in new building would be dedicated to material related to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 291], minutes of April 21, 1931 (continued)

Includes approval of request from Alexander J. Wall to encourage acquisitions by donation by stating that a room in the new building would be dedicated to material related to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson; acquisition by donation from John E. Stillwell of portraits of Aaron Burr and the Stillwell family; and Alexander J. Wall's information that he had requested that the Carnegie Corporation purchase the Stuart-Bate papers from Charles F. Heartman because Dr. Keppel was unable to do so.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 326], minutes of November 17, 1931 (continued)

Includes financial matters, including bond and mortgage loans (investments); approval of request from Washington Irving High School to place an advertisement in their student publication of a historical guide in memory of George Washington, with cash contribution by George A. Zabriskie; and consideration of request from Edward C. Russell of St. Ann's Church to contact New York's Congressional delegation to support naming the graveyard that includes Lewis Morris and Gouverneur Morris a national shrine.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 43], minutes of April 17, 1928 (continued)

Includes report of Eleanor W. Kotz concerning conservation of paintings in the art gallery; acceptance from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Affiliated Societies of the Society's contribution as member of the Committee of Reception and Entertainment for the annual meeting; acceptance of invitation from the Sons of the Revolution to attend the annual flag day exercises at City Hall Park; and acquisition by donation from William R. Stewart of a letter from George Washington to George Clinton.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 13], minutes of February 16, 1932 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from a woman, Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Jones of DeWitt Clinton's Masonic regalia and epaulets, and from Thatcher T.P. Luquer and Elise P. Luquer of a sleigh and buffalo robe, and another robe by Lea McIlvaine Luquer; and objections to the full size reproductions arranged by Sol Bloom of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 19], minutes of March 15, 1932 (continued)

Includes opportunity to see the portraits of Calvin Coolidge and Cardinal Hayes by DeWitt Lockman; letter from Sol Bloom agreeing to add a caption to the reproduction of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale; approval of request by the Columbia County Historical Society for use of the hall; and acceptance of museum cases from Sidney Dekay for uniforms.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 19], minutes of March 15, 1932 (continued)

Includes opportunity to see the portraits of Calvin Coolidge and Cardinal Hayes by DeWitt Lockman; letter from Sol Bloom agreeing to add a caption to the reproduction of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale; approval of request by the Columbia County Historical Society for use of the hall; and acceptance of museum cases from Sidney Dekay for uniforms.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 8], minutes of January 19, 1932 (continued)

Includes resolution to end refreshments (collation) at the monthly lectures and use the basement as gallery space; lecture arrangements, including James W. Gerard on Berlin in Wartime; notice from Sol Bloom that full size reproductions of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale were sent; and consideration of request from H.C. Palmer to photograph Fort Totten and Fort Schuyler before their destruction.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 78], minutes of February 16, 1937 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Nicholas Murray Butler and a woman, Mrs. Neville Lawrence, of a portrait of Anne Van Rensselaer Schuyler; and approval of request from Sol Bloom of the Corcoran Art Gallery for a loan for exhibition of portraits of James Madison by Asher B. Durand, Gouverneur Morris by Ezra Ames, and Thomas Jefferson by Robert Field, but decline of loan of George Washington on marble by Archibald Robertson.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 79], minutes of February 16, 1937 (continued)

Includes approval of request from Sol Bloom of the Corcoran Art Gallery for a loan for exhibition of portraits of James Madison by Asher B. Durand, Gouverneur Morris by Ezra Ames, and Thomas Jefferson by Robert Field, but decline of loan of George Washington on marble by Archibald Robertson; decline of request from the History Institute of America to make plate copies of watercolors (Audubon drawings?); and membership nominations.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 251], minutes of December 16, 1930 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Princess Viggo of Denmark (Eleanor M. Green) of two ball gowns formerly in the Cooper-Hewitt collection; consideration of a museum collections policy with regard to costumes/clothing; and thanks from Sol Bloom from the George Washington Bicentennial Commission for photographs of sculpture and Peale painting.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 252], minutes of December 16, 1930 (continued)

Includes thanks from Sol Bloom from the George Washington Bicentennial Commission for photographs of sculpture and Peale painting; approval of request from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for Attilio Piccirilli to make a copy of the Houdon bust (sculpture) of Thomas Jefferson to be cast in marble for the Virginia capitol rotunda; and routine business.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 290], minutes of April 21, 1931 (continued)

Includes approval of acquisition by purchase and exchange (deaccession) of a large collection of English newspapers from a London dealer; acceptance of invitation from the Sons of the Revolution to the flag day commemoration; and approval of request from Alexander J. Wall to encourage acquisitions by donation by stating that a room in new building would be dedicated to material related to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 291], minutes of April 21, 1931 (continued)

Includes approval of request from Alexander J. Wall to encourage acquisitions by donation by stating that a room in the new building would be dedicated to material related to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson; acquisition by donation from John E. Stillwell of portraits of Aaron Burr and the Stillwell family; and Alexander J. Wall's information that he had requested that the Carnegie Corporation purchase the Stuart-Bate papers from Charles F. Heartman because Dr. Keppel was unable to do so.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 320], minutes of October 20, 1931 (continued)

Includes decline of request from Sol Bloom of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission for a loan for exhibition of the Washington portraits by Charles Willson Peale and Archibald Robertson; and award of a gold medal for achievement in history to Wilberforce Eames and unveiling of his portrait by DeWitt Lockman.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 326], minutes of November 17, 1931 (continued)

Includes financial matters, including bond and mortgage loans (investments); approval of request from Washington Irving High School to place an advertisement in their student publication of a historical guide in memory of George Washington, with cash contribution by George A. Zabriskie; and consideration of request from Edward C. Russell of St. Ann's Church to contact New York's Congressional delegation to support naming the graveyard that includes Lewis Morris and Gouverneur Morris a national shrine.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 35], minutes of March 20, 1928 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Wilmot T. Cox of a letter from George Washington to James Duane, and an account of Duane by Samuel W. Jones; passage of amendment to the act of incorporation/charter to recognize the Society's educational purpose, with thanks to Assemblyman Samuel H. Hofstadter; and life membership for Cox and Hofstadter.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 43], minutes of April 17, 1928 (continued)

Includes report of Eleanor W. Kotz concerning conservation of paintings in the art gallery; acceptance from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Affiliated Societies of the Society's contribution as member of the Committee of Reception and Entertainment for the annual meeting; acceptance of invitation from the Sons of the Revolution to attend the annual flag day exercises at City Hall Park; and acquisition by donation from William R. Stewart of a letter from George Washington to George Clinton.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 13], minutes of February 16, 1932 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from a woman, Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Jones of DeWitt Clinton's Masonic regalia and epaulets, and from Thatcher T.P. Luquer and Elise P. Luquer of a sleigh and buffalo robe, and another robe by Lea McIlvaine Luquer; and objections to the full size reproductions arranged by Sol Bloom of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 14], minutes of February 16, 1932 (continued)

Includes objections to the full size reproductions arranged by Sol Bloom of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale; consideration of requests from the New York Commission for the commemoration of Washington's birthday; and consideration of attending the meeting of the Sons of the Revolution at Carnegie Hall.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 19], minutes of March 15, 1932 (continued)

Includes opportunity to see the portraits of Calvin Coolidge and Cardinal Hayes by DeWitt Lockman; letter from Sol Bloom agreeing to add a caption to the reproduction of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale; approval of request by the Columbia County Historical Society for use of the hall; and acceptance of museum cases from Sidney Dekay for uniforms.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 19], minutes of March 15, 1932 (continued)

Includes opportunity to see the portraits of Calvin Coolidge and Cardinal Hayes by DeWitt Lockman; letter from Sol Bloom agreeing to add a caption to the reproduction of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale; approval of request by the Columbia County Historical Society for use of the hall; and acceptance of museum cases from Sidney Dekay for uniforms.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 8], minutes of January 19, 1932 (continued)

Includes resolution to end refreshments (collation) at the monthly lectures and use the basement as gallery space; lecture arrangements, including James W. Gerard on Berlin in Wartime; notice from Sol Bloom that full size reproductions of the George Washington portrait by Charles Willson Peale were sent; and consideration of request from H.C. Palmer to photograph Fort Totten and Fort Schuyler before their destruction.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 126], minutes of October 19, 1937 (continued)

Includes attempt to purchase the 7-13 West 76th Street property, and agreement to buy out leases of current tenants for immediate demolition; and George Zabriskie as delegate at the Pulaski Day commemoration amd reinterment of General Krzyzanowski in Washington, DC.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 127], minutes of October 19, 1937 (continued)

Includes George Zabriskie as delegate at the Pulaski Day commemoration amd reinterment of General Krzyzanowski in Washington, DC; decline of proposal from Earnest O. Bendix to sponsor a monument in Fort Tryon Park; and relocation of meetings to the New York Athletic Club during construction of the Central Park West building expansion.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 234], Board of Trustees meeting, minutes of November 15, 1938 (continued)

Includes consideration of fire insurance and glass insurance; routine business; and acquisition by donation from George Zabriskie of a marble bust (sculpture) of George Washington by Hiram Powers and a painting of Benjamin Franklin in his printing shop by John Ward Dunsmore.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 41], minutes of November 17, 1936 (continued)

Includes financial matters, including bond and mortgage loans (investments); consideration of acquisition on referral from Cortlandt Nicoll of the Museum of the City of New York, in hopes of institutional cooperation, of a collection of data on golf and a Peale portrait of George Washington; and routine business.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 78], minutes of February 16, 1937 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Nicholas Murray Butler and a woman, Mrs. Neville Lawrence, of a portrait of Anne Van Rensselaer Schuyler; and approval of request from Sol Bloom of the Corcoran Art Gallery for a loan for exhibition of portraits of James Madison by Asher B. Durand, Gouverneur Morris by Ezra Ames, and Thomas Jefferson by Robert Field, but decline of loan of George Washington on marble by Archibald Robertson.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 79], minutes of February 16, 1937 (continued)

Includes approval of request from Sol Bloom of the Corcoran Art Gallery for a loan for exhibition of portraits of James Madison by Asher B. Durand, Gouverneur Morris by Ezra Ames, and Thomas Jefferson by Robert Field, but decline of loan of George Washington on marble by Archibald Robertson; decline of request from the History Institute of America to make plate copies of watercolors (Audubon drawings?); and membership nominations.
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Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1862-1866, page 43, minutes of December 16, 1862 (continued)

Includes resolution concerning George Templeton Strong's letter about the destruction of manuscripts at Arlington House, Virginia; resolution concerning the original will of George Washington; resolution concerning T.M. Peters letter about a purchase acquisition of the Audubon drawings; and membership nominations.
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