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tion State of New York, on the site of the old Revolutionary 

 Fort No. 4, Reservoir and Sedgwick avenues. 



MAY 18, 1914. 

 Meeting of the Council. 



A new case for exhibits was authorized. 



Mrs. Fiske presented a spoon said to have been used by- 

 Edgar Allan Poe. 



Mrs. William \Y. Niles was unanimously re-elected Corre- 

 sponding Secretary. 



Dr. Britton suggested that a Bronze tablet be erected to 

 Joseph Rodman Drake and that it be placed in the Gorge in 

 Bronx Park, as that was evidently the spot where Drake re- 

 ceived the inspiration to write his beautiful poem on the Bronx 

 River. Mr. Paltsits said that he would send some books to the 

 library of the Society, in which reference was made to the 

 life of Joseph Rodman Drake. Mr. Davis suggested that a 

 second tablet to Joseph Rodman Drake be erected in Drake 

 Park. A committee of three was appointed to arrange for 

 a Drake celebration. 



The question of turning over the custody of the Poe Cottage 

 to the Society was brought up by Mr. Niles and Mr. Davis was 

 requested to send a copy of the letters of the former Park 

 Commissioner, Thos. J. Higgins bearing on the subject, to the 

 present Commissioner, Thomas W. Whittle. 



Mr. Davis suggested that the bronze tablet commemorating 

 the acquisition of the Parks, be removed from the Boat House 

 in Van Cortlandt Park and placed on a more suitable site. 



Mr. Davis criticized the manner of pruning trees and Mr. 

 Niles said that the Tree Planting Association intended to take 

 action in the matter. 



Dr. Britton offered the following preamble and resolutions, 

 which were adopted. 



iriicreas: There stand, at the present time, in various parts 

 trees, which are disfigurements, detrimental to the value of 

 of the Borough of The Bronx, on private property, many dead 



