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JANUARY 20, 191 6 

 Meeting of the Council 



The Secretary presented copies of correspondence between 

 Dr. N. L. Britton, as Chairman of the Museum Committee, 

 and Mr. Charles W. Stoughton, President of the Muncipal 

 Art Society of New York, in the matter of the installation of 

 photographs in the Mansion. 



The Secretary presented communications of Mrs. Fisk, as 

 Chairman of the Poe Cottage Committee, and sundry persons 

 in the matter of furnishing illustrated postal cards, and the 

 purchase of memorials of Edgar Allan Poe. 



FEBRUARY 17, 19 16 



Meeting of the Council 



Mrs. Fisk presented a letter from Mr. Edward B. Hill, of 

 Mesa, Arizona, stating that twenty years ago he had pre- 

 sented, through the Shakespeare Society of New York City, 

 his collection of Poeana to be preserved in the Poe Cottage, 

 and if they had been diverted he would help to recover them. 

 The matter was referred to a committee for investigation. 



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FEBRUARY 17, 19 16 



Meeting of the Society 



Mr. Le Roy Jeffers lectured about the " Canadian Rockies," 

 to a crowded auditorium in the Tremont Branch of the New 

 York Public Library, showing 200 colored lantern slides, de- 

 scribing and illustrating the manner of climbing the highest 

 peaks. Thirty enlargements of photographs, not before 

 shown in public in the United States, were placed around the 

 room and revealed the magnificent scenery of that part of the 

 country. 



