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Music — (to be filled later). 



Preservation of Natural Scenery and Historic Sites and 

 Objects— Mr. William W. Niles. 



Museum in Mansion — Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton. 



Poe Cottage — Mrs. A. C. Fisk. 



Gardens — Mrs. Steven B. Ayres. 

 The following resolution was adopted : 

 Resolved: That the several Chairmen of Committees be and 

 they are hereby empowered to add such members of the 

 Council or of the Society as in their judgment may be best 

 fitted to carry out their respective functions. 



The matter of the work of the Society for the ensuing year 

 was brought up, and after a full discussion it was determined 

 that all public lectures and entertainments be dispensed with, 

 and that the activities of the Society be centered upon such 

 receptions and meetings as may be deemed desirable in the 

 Mansion and Poe Cottage. 



Mrs. A. C. Fisk reported at length upon the conditions at 

 Poe Cottage. Her action in the matter of the employment of 

 a caretaker was approved. She further reported that the 

 building needed considerable attention, notwithstanding the 

 fact that Park Commissioner Whittle had made some repairs. 

 In the course of the discussion, the fact that the Society had 

 nothing to show from the Park Department as to its occupancy 

 of the Cottage, it was deemed inadvisable to proceed with any 

 plans for its improvement until the Society was in a better 

 possession of the Cottage. In this connection the following 

 resolution was offered : 



Resolved: That a Committee be appointed to wait upon 

 Park Commissioner Thomas W. Whittle and secure an agree- 

 ment for the control of Poe Cottage for a term of years at a 

 nominal rental, the agreement to be in form as used by the 

 department for the occupancy of buildings upon park lands. 



Said resolution was adopted and the Chairman appointed as 

 such Committee: The Committee on Poe Cottage together 

 with Dr. N. L. Britton and Mr. William W. Niles. 



