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sity of providing for the maintenance of the building as a place 

 of interest to numerous visitors, its suitable furnishing, and 

 some desirable restoration. These require the provision of 

 funds, at present unavailable from any source. 



The Committee solicits the aid of those interested in this 

 work, and invites donations of funds for the objects above 

 stated. 



The needs of alterations and repairs involve an expenditure 

 of about one thousand dollars. 



It is desired to establish a fund for the maintenance of the 

 cottage and the wages of a caretaker, the expense of which 

 will amount to about five hundred dollars a year. 



Contributions to the funds should be sent to Mr. Olin J. 

 Stephens, Treasurer of the Bronx Society of Arts and Sci- 

 ences, Gerard Avenue, Bronx, New York City. 



Poe Cottage Committee, 

 Mrs. A. C. Fisk, Chairman. 



255 E. 174TH Street 



DECEMBER 17, 1916 

 Meeting of the Society 

 Formal business only. 



JANUARY 20, 191 7 

 Meeting of the Council 



A communication was read from Mr. Blake A. Hoover, 

 Secretary, confirming his verbal offer for the Society to meet 

 during the winter months in the lecture hall of the Bronx 

 Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. The in- 

 vitation was accepted and a vote of thanks was unanimously 

 tendered to Mr. Hoover for his kind offer. 



An invitation was received from the Committee having in 

 charge the matter of the erection of a Soldiers and Sailors 

 Monument in The Bronx and asking the cooperation of the 

 Societv in the movement for the erection of said monument. 



