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[A soldier's farewell].

[A soldier's farewell].

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Soldier bidding goodbye to woman dressed in stars and stripes. In background, woman and children waving to leaving soldiers. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by CUTTER, TOWER & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.'
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1924-1927, page 85], minutes of February 17, 1925 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Harry M. Bland of a wax bust (sculpture) by Ball Hughes from the estate of Grace Wilkes; acquisition by donation from T.O. McGill of benches from the Amen Corner of the Fifth Avenue Hotel; and acquisition by donation, possibly to be placed in the Straus house at 5 West 76th Street, from two women, Isabella V. Cox and Mary E. Cox, of household objects.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 182], minutes of November 20, 1934 (continued)

Includes financial matters, including bond and mortgage loans (investments); thanks to John H. Finley for his lecture on John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press; acquisition by donation from two women: from Mrs. Irving McKesson of household objects with a wood settee and chairs, and from Lena Cadwalader Evans of an unsigned miniature of David Lovett and a miniature of Cornell by John Wesley Jarvis.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1924-1927, page 85], minutes of February 17, 1925 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Harry M. Bland of a wax bust (sculpture) by Ball Hughes from the estate of Grace Wilkes; acquisition by donation from T.O. McGill of benches from the Amen Corner of the Fifth Avenue Hotel; and acquisition by donation, possibly to be placed in the Straus house at 5 West 76th Street, from two women, Isabella V. Cox and Mary E. Cox, of household objects.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1924-1927, page 86], minutes of February 17, 1925 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation, possibly to be placed in the Straus house at 5 West 76th Street, from two women, Isabella V. Cox and Mary E. Cox, of household objects; and approval of report of Arthur Masten to recommend improvements to the Publication Fund.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 105], minutes of February 19, 1929 (continued)

Includes acquisition by donation from Samuel Verplanck Hoffman of a cobbler's bench and a Revolutionary War orderly book; thanks to Gilbert McClurg for his lecture on Pike's Peak; and concern about smoking by women in the ladies' room and need to enforce the policy against smoking in the building.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1927-1931, page 106], minutes of February 19, 1929 (continued)

Includes concern about smoking by women in the ladies' room and need to enforce the policy against smoking in the building; and consideration of request from James A. McQuade for support of legislation concerning historic preservation of records in Kings County.
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[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1932-1936, page 182], minutes of November 20, 1934 (continued)

Includes financial matters, including bond and mortgage loans (investments); thanks to John H. Finley for his lecture on John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press; acquisition by donation from two women: from Mrs. Irving McKesson of household objects with a wood settee and chairs, and from Lena Cadwalader Evans of an unsigned miniature of David Lovett and a miniature of Cornell by John Wesley Jarvis.
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