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JL.L. U. 



Master of Arts, ConMniA Collkge, of New Yokk, 1872. 



RosK Hii 1 , in the Townshii- of Red Hook, near Tivoi.i P. O., Duchess Co., N. Y. 



Jituunt'ii, 1 8 mi. 



JUDGK .\DVOCATE, with the rank of MAJOR 184H, 



CULONEL N. Y. S. I., 184(i ; aviigned Xax " MerUoriotu Conduct" 1849; 



BRIG.\UIKU GKNKKAL fur " ImportaiU Service" [Orst appointment— in N. Y. State— lo that rank, hitherto 



elective] 1851, M. K. S N V. 



ADJUTANT GENKIIAL. S. N. Y., 1855. 



BRKVET MAJOR. UKNKKAL, S. X. Y., for " Meritor iovs Services," 



(first and only General offlaer receiving such an honor (the highest) from S. N. Y., and the onl}- officer thu* 



brevetted (Major General) in the United States.) 



\>y •• SpecitU Act," or ' Concurrent Ueaolution." New York State legislature, April, 1866. 



I In the Sute Militarj Rosier, '• Legislative Manual" and "C'lwif List." as Bfth Major-General, by Brevet, of the 



live Major-Generals, S. N. Y.) 



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LAWS OF NKW YORK, Vol. 2 — 89ih Ses.sion, 1866. Page 2142. 

 Concurrent Betolution requesting the Governor to Confer upon Brigadier- General J. yVATTS DE PUYSTER 

 [de Peyter] the brevet rank of Major* [General] in the National Guard of New York. 

 Kftotved (if the Senate concur). That, it being a grateful duty to uckno»iedi;e in a suituble manner the services 

 of a disiinguishod citizen of this State, rendered to the National Guard and to the United States prior to and dur- 

 inif the Rebellion, the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and requested to confer upon Brigadier General 

 J WATIS UK PUYSTKR [de Kcyster] the fcrettt rani of .tfajor-CfneruMn the National Guard of New York, for 

 meritorious services, which mark of honor shall be stated in the Conmiission conferred. 



State of New York, in AssemUg, April 9th, 1866. 

 The foregoing Resolution was duly passed. Jiy order of the Assembly, 



J. B. OUSHMAN. Clerk. 

 State of New York, in Senate, April 20th, 1866 

 The foregoing Resolution was duly passed. By order of the Senate, 



* So in originaL ' JAS. TERVVILLIGER, Clerk. 



MILITARY AGENT, S. N. Y. (in Europe). 1851-'5.3. 

 HONORARY MEMBER SECOND CLASS, of the MILITARY ORDER of the LOYAL LEGION of the U. S. 



FIRST HONORARY MEMBER Third (Army of the Potomac) Corps Union. 

 HONORARY MEMBER of the THIRD CORPS RE-UNION ASSOCIATION, and MEMBER of COMMITTEE 

 OF AUHANGEMEN rS for the Grand Meeting of ihe Corps upon the Battlefleld of Gettysburg. 

 HONORARY MEMBER of the CLARENDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Edinbureh, Scotlaud, and of the 

 NEW BRUNSWICK (Canada) HISTORICAL SOCIETY (of St. John). 

 ASSOCIATE MEMBER of the MILITARY SERVICE INSTITUTION OP THE UNITED STATES. 

 MEMBER— 10th June, 1872. DIRECTOR— of ihe GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, 

 and VICE-PRESIDENT ol the SARATOGA [Battlefield] MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 

 MEMBER of the NETHERLANDISH LITERARY ASSOfUATION 

 [MaatKchappij der Nederlandsche Letlerkunde], al Levden, Holland. 

 RECIPIENT, 1856, of Three Silver Medals from H R. M. OSCAR. King of Sweden and Norway, &c., for a Militarv 

 Biography of Leokard Toksten.son, Field Marshal. Gcneralis-siipo ; of a Gold Medal iu 

 1852, from Washington Hunt [Governor S. N. Y.). for " Efforts to Improve 

 the Military System of New York." &c., &c , and Suggestions for a 

 Paid Fire Department with Steam Fire Engines, &c., &c. ; 

 of a Gold Medal, only similar distinction ever ordered and directed, and conferred by the supreme military au- 

 thority of the Slate of New York, by a Special Order, dated S';ptember 8lh, 1861, of ■Washington 

 Hunt, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Military Forces (S. N Y.), authorized 

 to he worn in attest of " Zeal, Devotion and Meritorious Service ; " 

 of a Gold Medal, in 1852, from the FIELD and STAFF OFFICERS of his Command, 9th Brie., 3d Div., N. Y. S. 

 Troops, "In testimony of their Esteem and Appreciation of his Efforts towards 

 the Esiablishment of an efficient Militia," &c. ; 

 in 1870, of a Magnificent Badge. Medal and Clasps, voted at the .\nnual Meeting of the Third Corps (Army of the 



Potomac) Union, held at Boston. Mass., Thursday, May 5th, 1870, when 



A Resolution was adopted to present a Gold Medal, of the value of $500, to Gen. J. WATTS DE PEYSTER, of 



New York, as a testimonial of the appreciaiion by the Corps of his eminent services in placin'.; upon record 



the true history of its achievements, and in defending its commanders and their men from written abuse and 



misrepresentation ; 



and of several other Badges, Medals, &c., for services in connection with the military service of New York State. 



HONORARY MEMBER 



of the NEW JERSEY and of the MINNESOTA and MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, and of the PHRE- 



NOKOSMIAN SOCIETY of PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. Gettysburg; of the PHILO.SOPHIAN SO- 



CIETY, Mi.osionary Institute. Selin's Grove; of the DIAGNOIHEAN LITERARY SOCIETY 



of Franklin and Marshall CuUeqe. Lancaster; of the EUTERPEAN SOCIETY. Muhl. 



enburg College. Allentown, Pcnn., and of the GASMAN LITERARY and PHI 



LOLOGIAN SOCIETIES of Nebraska College. Nebraska City. 



HONORARY MEMBER ot the LYCEUM .SOCIETY. Cazenovia. Madison Co , N. Y. ; and HONORARY MEM- 



BER FOR LIFE of the AMERICAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION, lo whom Gen. DE PEYSTER 



presented the most original, exquisite and unique Gold Badge and Clasp, to 



be shot f'lr at the Annual Tests of .Markman.ship. 



HONORARY MEMBER of the NEW YORK BURNS CLUB. 



BURNS was a member of the Dumfries Volunteers, of which Col. ARENT SCHUYLER DE PEYSTER, 8th or 



King's Foot, B. A., was Colonel, to whom the " Natii-nal Bard of Scotland" addressed 



just before his death, in 1796, " POEM ON LIFE '), and 



LIFE MEMBER of the ST. NICHOLAS CLUB OF NEW YORK 



of which city JOHANNES de PEYSTER— ;Jr»( of the name in the Netv HV,Wrf— was Schepen. 655; Alderman 



1666 ; Burgomaster, 1673 ; Deputy Mayor. 1677. MayoraUy offered and refused) 



MEMBER 



of tlie NEW YORK, of the RHODE ISLAND (Newport), and of the PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIE 



TIES; HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: AMERICAN HISTORICAL A.SSOCIATION, 



and of the MILITARY ASSOCIATION of the STATE of NEW YORK, 



and of the CENTURY CLUB. New York City. 



LIFE MEMBER 



"' '''JiyMi^P.xM>\^.^I?^..',^•7.T..''.^^"^"'"*^'• "' '''^ ^'"'"' '^^"^'^ GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, of the ALUMNI 



ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE, in the Citv of New York, and Director of the NEW YORK 



INSTITUTION lor the I.VSTKUCTIOV of the DEAF and DUMB AMERICAN NUMIS. 



MATIC and ARCH/EOLOGICAL SOCIETY of NEW YC K, and of 



, ,„„ „ the HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA. N. 



I.I>K MEMBERor FELLOW of Ihe aMERU;aN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ; of the ROYAL HISTORICAL 

 SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN: PATRON of the A.SSOCIATION for .he BENj/fIT 



, ...^ „ of COLcmED ORPHANS, and of the NEW YORK DISPENSARY : 



Lll-E DIRECTOR of the AMERICAN TRACT and LIFE MEMBER oI the AMEKICAN BIBLE SOCIETY N Y 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER 



"'^PXv-T,''' "'•?7"'^'C'*^ SOCIETIES Of Maine, ol VERMONT, of RHODE ISLAND (Providence) of 



CONNECTICUT, and of WI.SCONSIN: of the LONG ISLAND.of ihe BUFFALO, and of ONEIDA 



COU.NTY (S. N. Y.l HI.SIORIC.AL SOCIETIES; of the NEW ENGLAND lilSTORlCO 



GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; of the QUEBEC LITERARY and HISTORI- 



CAL SOCIETY; of the NUMISMATIC and ANTIQUARIAN 



SOCIETY of PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania ; 



tic , &C., Ac. 



