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At the Regular Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

 of Trustees of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, held May ioth, 1897, the following min- 

 ute in regard to the death of 



THEODORE A. HAVEMEYER 



was unanimously adopted, ordered to be recorded 

 in full, and that a copy be sent to the family of the 

 deceased : 



The Trustees, with the deepest regret, record on their min- 

 utes their sincere sorrow at the death of their friend, Theodore 

 A. Havemeyer. 



Mr. Havemeyer was a valued associate, whose interest in 

 the growth and advancement of this Institution was constant 

 and helpful. 



His financial assistance was always generous, and his counsel 

 wise and invaluable. 



As a member of the Auditing Committee, of which he became 

 a member in 1892, at the time of his election to the Board, his 

 association with the practical affairs of the Museum was in- 

 timate, and in that capacity his keen sense of responsibility 

 conferred upon his services an especial value. 



The Trustees, conscious of the deep loss his death implies 

 to the interest they represent, desire to record their earnest 

 tribute to a character that was generous and amiable, and en- 

 dowed with the most honorable qualities of manhood, that they 

 deplore his loss, recognizing how sustained was his assistance 

 in their purpose of public education, how serviceable was his 

 counsel, and how unstinted his financial aid ; that they earnestly 

 extend to his bereaved family their sympathy and condolence, 

 and with deference to their sorrow, express the hope that to 

 them, the inspiring remembrance of his many virtues will be a 

 consolation in their deep affliction. 



