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Includes consideration of request from H.W. Dickinson to make transcripts of Robert Fulton letters; and acquisition by donation from R.L. Brownfield of a colonial coachee, though declining to refer to it as the property of George Washington.

Includes acquisition by donation from R.L. Brownfield of a colonial coachee, though declining to refer to it as the property of George Washington; and consideration of acquisition by donation from a woman, Mrs. Cornelius H. Van Ness, of four Burr family portrait paintings: Henry Aaron Burr, his wife, son Henry, and daughter Emma Louise.

Includes consideration of request from Virginia Lee Hart of the Irving School in Bloomington to make a replica in plaster of Palmer's bust of Washington Irving; receipt of the cash bequest from Mary Rhinelander King; and consideration of settlement with George C. Dodd for the return of photographs, negatives and slides, including those of the construction of the building at the Central Park West site.

Includes consideration of request from Jacob Erlich of the Horace Greeley Memorial Committee to join the centennial commemoration of Greeley's birth; approval of request from Arthur P. Williams to photograph the print "Fulton Street and Market"; and decline of acquisition by purchase from George G. Rockwood of miniatures of Washington and Henry Clay.

Includes decline of acquisition by purchase from George G. Rockwood of miniatures of Washington and Henry Clay; and approval of request from J.R.S. Sterrett on behalf of Professor Perdrizet to photograph the red Jasper in the Egyptian collection.

Includes financial matters, including expense payments; approval of request from Goodhue Livingston to have a woman, Mrs. Greene, make a copy of the portrait of Robert R. Livingston by Vanderlyn; and acquisition by donation from Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers.

Includes acquisition by donation from Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers.

Includes repair of the building's picket fence (building repairs and maintenance); purchase of portfolios from Schenck & Schlicte for prints, engravings, and photographs; and acquisition by donation from Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers, with the medal and blank reverse for inscription for commemorative occasions.

Includes repair of the building's picket fence (building repairs and maintenance); purchase of portfolios from Schenck & Schlicte for prints, engravings, and photographs; and acquisition by donation from Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers, with the medal and blank reverse for inscription for commemorative occasions.

Includes acquisition by donation from Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers, with the medal and blank reverse for inscription for commemorative occasions; and routine business.

Includes acquisition by donation from Charles D. Fuller of a marble bust (sculpture) of Luman Reed; acquisition by donation from Georgina Schuyler of a miniature portrait of Pierre Toussaint of Haiti; and acceptance of temporary loan for exhibition from Tarrant Putnam of a portrait on marble of George Washington and miniatures of Robertson family members.

Includes acceptance of temporary loan for exhibition from Tarrant Putnam of a portrait on marble of George Washington and miniatures of Robertson family members; acquisition by donation from a woman, Mrs. William F. McPherson, of a set of silver and tray presented to John Roach by the Chamber of Commerce; and resolution for an art collection policy.

Includes bequest of Cornelia Beekman dePeyster and Catharine Augusta dePeyster; consideration of a letter from a woman, May King Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Van Rensselaer); approval of request from George W. Claff to copy the busts (sculpture) of Washington Irving and William F. Havemeyer for educational purposes; and lecture arrangements for William W. Ellsworth to give an illustrated program on the Pilgrims.

Includes bequest of Cornelia Beekman dePeyster and Catharine Augusta dePeyster; consideration of a letter from a woman, May King Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Van Rensselaer); approval of request from George W. Claff to copy the busts (sculpture) of Washington Irving and William F. Havemeyer for educational purposes; and lecture arrangements for William W. Ellsworth to give an illustrated program on the Pilgrims.

Includes decline of request of M.H. Winkler for support of his proposal for a path through the middle of Central Park as a commemoration of those in military service during World War I; and consideration of proposal by Reginald Pelham Bolton for a medal awarded for work in historical research, with recollection of the 1916 donation by Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers, with the medal and blank reverse for inscription for commemorative occasions.

Includes consideration of proposal by Reginald Pelham Bolton for a medal awarded for work in historical research, with recollection of the 1916 donation by Archer Huntington of the die used by sculptor Gutzon Borglum for a medal depicting George Washington's farewell to his officers, with the medal and blank reverse for inscription for commemorative occasions; and lecture arrangements, including those on war and by a woman, Mary V. Worstell.

Includes acquisition by loan (custody/deposit) of a Dutch weather vane (weather cock) from the New Amsterdam State House (Stadt Huys) now with the St. Nicholas Society and given to them by Washington Irving; resolution in opposition to the destruction of the High Bridge and appointment of George F. Kunz as representative on the matter; and amendment to the by-laws.

Includes acquisition by donation from Samuel Verplanck Hoffman of a silhouette of George Washington by Samuel Folwell and a pewter spoon by Paul Revere; and memorial on the death of James Benedict.

Includes acquisition by bequest from a woman, D. Cady Eaton, via Innes Young, of a large wing chair from England and formerly owned by Henry Livingston; and decline request from Rufus G. Shirley to inspect and purchase a coach purportedly used by George Washington.

Includes acquisition by donation from Samuel Verplanck Hoffman of newspapers published in Michigan; from a woman, Mrs. R. Horace Gallatin, of a book Caribbeana formerly owned by Lewis Morris and of an odometer; and from William D. Murphy of papers of his father, of a manuscript record of burials in Oliver Street Baptist Church, and of a medallion of George Washington by A.W. Jones; and acknowledgement from Major General Sladen of West Point that the site of Fort Constitution would be marked with a Revolutionary War gun as suggested by William Calver of the Field Exploration Committee.

Includes acquisition by donation from a woman, Mrs. John H. Coster, of a portrait painting of Cornelius Tiebout; life membership nomination for Coster; appointment of George Zabriskie to the Committee; approval of request from Hallett Hill to reproduce the Washington Camp bedstead for donation to the Virginia Historical Society; and decline of request from the American Association of Museums to increase the amount of dues paid by the Society.

Includes consideration of request from radio station WRNY for broadcast history lectures; acceptance of invitation to a meeting of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration Commission; and staff hire of Joseph Schwarz for the bindery, replacing Ferdinand Kuster (Frederick Kuster?).

Includes arrangements for printing the William Dunlap diary given the Publication Fund limitations; acquisition by gift from George D. Terry of the commission to Richard Varick as mayor, and patron membership for Terry; and report from Alexander J. Wall of his and Reginald Bolton Pelham's attendance at a meeting of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration Commission.

Includes arrangements for printing the William Dunlap diary given the Publication Fund limitations; acquisition by gift from George D. Terry of the commission to Richard Varick as mayor, and patron membership for Terry; and report from Alexander J. Wall of his and Reginald Bolton Pelham's attendance at a meeting of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration Commission.