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Miss Mary A. Huntington, Mr. J. H. Hildreth and Mr. 

 Charles H. Weigle were recommended for election as annual 

 members on nomination by Mr. Stephens. 



It was voted that the Secretary of the Society and Chair- 

 man of the Museum Committee be authorized to prepare a 

 circular describing the efforts of the Society toward the main- 

 tenance of the Museum and soliciting aid in their efforts. 



JUNE 12, 1909. 

 Meeting of the Council. 



The Chairman of the Museum Committee reported his ac- 

 ceptance in behalf of the Society of the loan for one year of 

 an exhibit of sculpture by the late Emil Wurtz of this Bor- 

 ough. It was voted that this acceptance be ratified. 



It was voted that the Secretary, at his discretion, extend 

 the thanks of the Society to Messrs. Hartmann Sanders & 

 Company, of New York City, for their proposed gift of 

 pedestals. 



It was further voted on the recommendation of Mr. Stough- 

 ton, that Mr. Quin be allowed to have his name as sculptor en- 

 graved on the pedestal of the Poe Bust in the Poe Park. 



JUNE 12, 1909. 

 Annual Meeting of the Society. 



The present officers and councillors were re-elected. 



Mr. Humphreys presented an interesting report on the oc- 

 currence of shells of a certain mollusk in The Bronx. 



After an inspection of the Society's collection the meeting 

 adjourned. 



NOVEMBER 20, 1909. 



Meeting of the Council. 

 In view of the favorable services rendered the Society by 

 Richard Watson Gilder on the occasion of the Poe Centenary 

 Exercises, it was voted that the Secretary of the Society ex- 

 press to Mrs. Gilder the sorrow the Society feels at the death 

 of her husband and its appreciation of the loss. 



