•ffn /IDemoriam. 



On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the Trustees of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, held Febuary 14, 1898, 

 the following minute was unanimously adopted ; the Secretary 

 was directed to record the same on the minutes, and present a 

 copy thereof to the family of their deceased colleague, Daniel 

 Jackson Steward : 



Resolved : That the Trustees hereby record their deep sorrow 

 for the loss of their associate and friend 



DANIEL JACKSON STEWARD. 



Mr. Steward was associated with the Institution since its incep- 

 tion, having been one of its incorporators, and subsequently its 

 Second Vice-President, to which office he was elected in 1878. 



His deep interest as a Trustee was enhanced by an inherent 

 love for all branches of natural history. The department which 

 received his closest study was that relating to conchology, and the 

 gift of his superb cabinet of shells attests his love for this domain 

 of nature. 



Mr. Steward was always earnest and painstaking in his duties, 

 so long as his health permitted his presence at the meetings of the 

 Board and the Executive Committee, and although permanently 

 disabled by illness, his great interest in the collections remained 

 unchanged. 



We gratefully record an acknowledgement of his generosity in 

 the gift which bears his name, and we recognize in the com- 

 bination of his artistic instincts and mental accomplishments, a 

 character pre-eminent in these qualities. 



We hereby extend to his family, the expression of our individual 

 sympathy, recalling the consoling thought of his honorable and 

 unblemished life. 



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