Addresses at the Reception 
TENDERED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE 
American Museum of Natural History, 
AT THE MUSEUM BUILDING, 
Seventy-seventh Street and Eighth Avenue, New York City, 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2d, 1892, 
3n Commemoration of tjje opening of tbe iBeto SSRina;* 
Opening Address of Morris K. Jesup, President of the Museum : 
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Members of the Ameri- 
can Museum of Natural History. — On behalf of the Trustees 
I bid you a cordial welcome this afternoon. Before proceeding 
to make to you any statement with reference to the Museum 
affairs, it will be necessary for us to have presented by the city 
the buildings which you are called this afternoon to inspect. I, 
therefore, have great pleasure in introducing to you the Hon. 
Paul Dana, the President of the Department of Public Parks, who 
will present this building to the Museum authorities. 
The Hon. Paul Dana, President of the Department of Public 
Parks, presenting the Building on behalf of the City to the 
American Museum of Natural History, spoke as follows : 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen. — It is about fifteen 
years since the occurrence of an event similar to this. It was in 
1877, I believe, when Mr. Stuart, President of the Natural 
History Society, received from Mr. Martin, then the President of 
the Park Board, the first completed section of this building. 
To-day I have the honor to deliver to Mr. Stuart's successor, 
Mr. Jesup, the new wing. When we see the splendid results of 
the few years of this Society's existence, we feel that Mr. Stuart 
must have possessed qualifications for his duties equal to those 
