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' This pane of glass was taken from the window of the second story 

 at the northeast corner of the Continental Hotel, Port Richmond, also 

 known as the St. James and the Richmond at different times. I can 

 certify that the writing- is genuine, as Colonel Burr's face was often 

 seen and recognized at the window by my mother. On one occasion my 

 father, with others of his company, called on Colonel Burr intending to 

 invite him to dine; but Burr being quite feeble, declined, and invited 

 everyone up to his room. Judge Jonathan Edwards, then living in the 

 Dongan house in West New Brighton, was Colonel Burr's grandfather, 

 and placed him in the old hotel at Port Richmond. Burr died on Septem- 

 ber 14, 1836, aged 80 years, 7 months and 8 days. His body was con- 

 veyed in the steamer John Patten from the Port Richmond dock, opposite 

 the hotel, to Princeton, N. J., where he was buried.' " 



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Vice-President Davis introduced the speaker for the evening, Mr. John 

 B. Golden, who delivered an illustrated lecture on " The military life of 

 the cadets at West Point." On motion, a vote of thanks was subsequently 

 tendered to the speaker. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, April 20, 1912 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 

 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, with about 90 persons present. In the 

 absence of the officers Mr. Charles L. Pollard called the meeting to order. 

 Upon motion Mr. George S. Humphrey was elected chairman and Mr. 

 Pollard secretary pro tern. 



The minutes of the meeting of March 16, 1912, were read and approved. 



Mr. George S. Humphrey submitted a report on behalf of the delegates 

 appointed to represent the Association at the Centennial of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Sciences, stating that he had attended the celebration 

 and had been cordially welcomed. 



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The chairman then introduced the speaker of the evening. Dr. Arthur 

 Hollick, secretary of the Association, who delivered a lecture on the topic 

 "" Eleven hundred miles by canoe down the Yukon," illustrated by the 

 rstereopticon. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Annual Meeting, May 18, 1912 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 

 "Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, First Vice-President William T. Davis 

 in the chair and 20 persons present. 



