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promises of articles, was discussed and it was made possible 

 by Park Commissioner Higgins offering to make the neces- 

 sary arrangements, consisting of tinting the walls, a wire cage 

 at the doorway, also to cover the front of the bookcases with 

 wire screens. A vote of thanks was tendered him for his 

 kindness. 



A motion was made and carried to thank Mr. Reginald Pel- 

 ham Bolton, and to express thus the approval of the Council, 

 for his offer to fill a case with the objects which he had un- 

 earthed at the site of the home of Jonas Bronck. 



A motion was made and carried to accept Miss A. E. Top- 

 ham's offer to give an army trunk and saddle used during the 

 Civil War by her uncle, Lieut. Charles A. Gadsden, Adjutant 

 of the 9th New York Regiment. 



NOVEMBER 18, 191 1. 

 Meeting of the Council. 



Mr. Albert E. Davis, chairman of the Museum Committee, 

 sent a report stating that Mr. Bolton had informed him that 

 the archaeological specimens for the new case were being 

 assembled, and will probably be ready to be turned over to the 

 Society by the end of the year. He also reported that the 

 Bronx Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution de- 

 sired to place a case of historical objects in the museum, labelled 

 as deposited by that body, and that permission was granted, on 

 condition that the Chapter defray all expenses for a case. 



The Chairman transmitted a suggestion from Hon. Thomas 

 J. Higgins, Commissioner of Parks, that it would be desirable 

 to erect tablets at points in the public parks to commemorate 

 the labors of the commission which served to obtain the sys- 

 tem of parks in the Borough of The Bronx. After discussion, 

 this proposition was warmly approved, and the subject was 

 referred to the Committee on Preservation of Natural Scenery 

 for further consideration with the Commissioner of Parks. 

 It was suggested that the vertical rock along the roadway be- 

 low the waterfall in Bronx Park would be an appropriate and 

 central site for such a tablet. 



