UNITED STATES 289 



COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-III. New York, 1890-1902. 4 



Contents: Records of the Reformed Dutch church in New Amsterdam and 

 New York, viz: v. I. Marriages from 1639 to 1801. v. 2. Baptisms from 

 1639 to 1730. v. 3. Baptisms from 1731 to 1800. "Edition 100 copies 

 all for subscribers." First printed by the society in the New York genea- 

 logical and biographical record. 



For other publications (chiefly reprints from the Record) see Griffin, 

 Bibl. Amer. hist soc. 



Distribution. Exchange with similar publications. Record on sale at the rooms 

 of the society. Price of back nos. dependent on supply. 



New York Historical Society. 



Address. 8th Avenue, between 76th and 7/th Sts., New York City, N. Y. 

 Corresponding Secretary : George R. Schieffelin. 



History. Founded Nov. 20, 1804; incorporated Feb. 10, 1809. Library 

 of over 100,000 volumes, includes files of many early American newspa- 

 pers; large manuscript collection; museum of antiquities including the 

 Abbott collection of Egyptian antiquities and the Nineveh sculptures; 

 art gallery containing about 900 paintings, including the collection of 

 the New York Gallery of Fine Arts, acquired by the society in 1858, 

 the pictures of the American Art Union, and other special collections. 

 The maintenance and increase of the Phoenix collection of heraldry 

 and genealogy was provided for by bequest of $15,000 in 1882. 



Ref.: The New York historical society, 1804-1904. By R. H. Kelby. New 



York, 1905. 8. 



Object. To discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, 

 literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and of the 

 State of New York in particular. 

 Meetings. Monthly, ist Tuesday. 



Membership. About 1,000, of whom over one-half are life members (entrance fee, 

 $20, including dues for the current year; annual dues, $10; life membership, $100). 



Publications. 



Proceedings . . . 184349. New York, 1844-49. 7 v - 8. 



Issued in the form of annual bulletins, 1843-47; monthly, 1847-49. No 

 more published. Title page for 1849 issued 1861. 



COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-V, 1809-30. New York, 1811-30. 8. 



v. 4-5: William Smith's History of the late Province of New York . . . 

 to 1762. v. 1-2. 1829. v. 5 containing the Continuation [1732-62] of 

 the history of New York was first issued by the society in 1826 as v. 4 

 of the Collections. 



2d ser. v. I-IV. New York, 1841-59. 



Pt. 2 of v. 3 never published. 



v. 4: Catalogue of the printed books in the library of the society. 



