﻿NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  Mr 
  Morgan's 
  literary 
  work 
  he 
  made 
  an 
  inter 
  • 
  

   esting 
  collection 
  of 
  modern 
  Iroquois 
  articles 
  for 
  the 
  state* 
  museum^ 
  

   and 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  partially 
  supplemented 
  by 
  that 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   World's 
  fair 
  at 
  Chicago, 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Sanborn. 
  These 
  might 
  

   be 
  enlarged. 
  Occasional 
  stone 
  and 
  other 
  relics 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  the 
  

   state 
  collection 
  by 
  donation, 
  but 
  no 
  systematic 
  or 
  sustained 
  work 
  

   has 
  been 
  done 
  until 
  that 
  now 
  begun. 
  Individuals 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   idle 
  in 
  making 
  up 
  their 
  own 
  cabinets, 
  sometimes 
  soon 
  dispersed, 
  

   sometimes 
  remaining, 
  but 
  often 
  far 
  surpassing 
  anything 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  the 
  state. 
  Notable 
  among 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  O. 
  M. 
  

   Bigelow, 
  in 
  Baldwinsville, 
  illustrating 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  neighboring 
  

   counties 
  ; 
  that 
  of 
  J. 
  S. 
  Twining, 
  Copenhagen, 
  pertaining 
  to 
  Jefferson 
  

   county, 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  state; 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  S. 
  L. 
  Frey, 
  

   Palatine 
  Bridge, 
  and 
  A. 
  G. 
  Richmond, 
  Canajoharie, 
  so 
  rich 
  in 
  the 
  

   relics 
  of 
  Montgomery 
  county 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  Many 
  smaller 
  collections 
  

   of 
  interest 
  might 
  be 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  early 
  Dutch 
  writers 
  are 
  now 
  available 
  in 
  many 
  ways, 
  and 
  the 
  

   various 
  historical 
  societies 
  have 
  added 
  much 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   the 
  aborigines. 
  The 
  Pennsylvania 
  archives 
  and 
  colonial 
  records 
  

   contain 
  much 
  relating 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  this 
  state, 
  and 
  other 
  valuable 
  

   material 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  outside 
  of 
  our 
  limits. 
  The 
  recently 
  discovered 
  

   journal 
  of 
  Arent 
  Van 
  Curler 
  (Corlaer) 
  is 
  a 
  treasure 
  indeed. 
  The 
  

   Jesuit 
  relations 
  have 
  been 
  diligently 
  culled 
  and 
  annotated, 
  and 
  large 
  

   portions 
  relating 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  now 
  within 
  easy 
  reach. 
  Valuable 
  

   notes 
  on 
  local 
  antiquities 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  such 
  works 
  as 
  Bolton's 
  

   History 
  of 
  Westchester, 
  Hough's 
  Histories 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  and 
  St 
  Lazv- 
  

   rence 
  counties, 
  Doty's 
  History 
  of 
  Livingston 
  county. 
  Young's 
  History 
  

   of 
  Chautauqua, 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  centennial, 
  Clark's 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  many 
  

   other 
  local 
  histories. 
  Some 
  are 
  carefully 
  prepared, 
  forming 
  a 
  good 
  

   working 
  foundation. 
  

  

  Thfe 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  Mr 
  Squier 
  as 
  yet 
  stands 
  alone 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  antiquities 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  now 
  accessible 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  

   Dr 
  Frederick 
  Larkin 
  published 
  a 
  little 
  work 
  in 
  1880, 
  entitled 
  Ancient 
  

   man 
  in 
  America, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  careful 
  treatise 
  on 
  the 
  antiquities 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Beauchamp 
  prepared 
  a 
  

   map 
  for 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Bureau 
  of 
  ethnology, 
  some 
  years 
  since, 
  with 
  de- 
  

  

  