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the Lorillard Mansion, where the interesting exhibits were 

 inspected. 



Air. Albert E. Davis, Chairman of the Council, presented 

 the following report : 



The last report of the Council to the Society was submitted 

 at its annual meeting held at the residence of the President, 

 Dr. MacCracken, on University Heights on Thursday even- 

 ing, April i", 1 9 1 3 . At this meeting final arrangements were 

 made for the dedication in the parks of the borough of bronze 

 tablets commemorative of the acquirement of the Park system 

 of The Bronx. The dedications took place with appropriate 

 ceremonies from 1.15 to 7.30 P. M. on Saturday, April 19, 

 being the 30th anniversary of their acquirement. 



In May and June, 1 9 1 3 . several communications were re- 

 ceived from our fellow member, Mr. Victor Hugo Paltsits, 

 former State Historian, offering to prepare and deposit in the 

 Museum of the Society, a bibliography of Joseph Rodman 

 Drake, the Bronx poet, best known as the author of " The 

 American Flag.'' Mr. Paltsits suggested that the prepara- 

 tion of such a Drake bibliography would be a distinct con- 

 tribution to the literary bibliographies of our country. The 

 Society could sell copies at $1 each, limiting the edition to 

 about 200 copies and could cover the cost or more than the 

 cost of printing. We hope that Mr. Paltsits may carry out 

 this project in the near future. 



During the year, considerable preparatory work was done 

 on a proposed publication. Manuscript was prepared and 

 photographs and half tone illustrations made, but the pub- 

 lisher, Mr. Schuyler S. Hampton, informs me that thus far 

 he has not been able to raise the necessary funds, which he 

 attributed to the financial depression of the times. 



Mr. Hampton secured the membership of Mr. Henry J. 

 Jordis for the Society. 



About 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 13, 

 1913, a sword carried by an officer of the Civil War was stolen 

 from the Museum in the Lorillard Mansion bv some Italian 



