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Bronx Parks was favorably criticized by those present and it 

 was stated that the tablets, of bronze, and six in number, 

 would cost $120 each, and be placed in suitable positions in 

 six of the parks, the sites having been selected and approved 

 by the Park Commissioner; the donors are as follows: Grace 

 H. Dodge, $25 ; Cleveland II. Dodge, $25; George W. Perkins 

 $25; James Douglas, $30; Henry Lewis Morris, $50; Archer 

 M. Huntington, $50; Augustus Hutchins & Brother, $200; 

 Waldo Hutchins, $50; Louis C. Tiffany. $100; \Y. \Y. Niles, 

 $100; Win. E. Mushcenheim, $10; Dr. Britton $25, Dr. Mac- 

 Cracken $10, making the total S700.00. 



JANUARY [6, 1 013. 

 Meeting of the Council. 



In regard to the expected consummation of the purchase by 

 the City of the Poe Cottage, and its removal to Poe Park, a 

 letter from the Chairman of the Council to Borough President 

 C. C. Miller was read, in which the custody of the cottage 

 was requested for this Society; and the answer of Mr. Miller 

 in which he said, that as soon as the Board of Aldermen 

 should approve the purchase, he would confer with Park 

 Commissioner in regard to its custody. 



On motion, duly carried, the said letter of the Chairman of 

 the Council was approved and confirmed, and on a second mo- 

 tion, duly carried, he was authorized to address a letter to The 

 Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund and to Park 

 Commissioner Higgins, informing him that the Borough pres- 

 ident had suggested that we be given the custody, and request- 

 ing it. By a third motion, duly carried, the Museum Com- 

 mittee was authorized, in case of the purchase of the cottage 

 by the. city, and its being entrusted to our care, to remove the 

 Poe bust, and the other Poe relics now in the Lorillard Man- 

 sion to the Poe cottage, and to use its efforts to collect other 

 objects connected with the memory of the poet. 



In regard to the tablets commemorating the work of the 

 Park Commissioners, the Chairman of the Council reported 



