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ff?ir;)i§ii7k Galley ^i${eneQxl %eeie{g.

TO THE PUBLIC

Soliciting Contribiitions of Historical Interest, consisting of

booKs, parriphlets, docUrnents, and any other

records pertinent to the purposes

of this Society.

^HE Executive Conqnqittee oft^ie MINISINK YHLLEY HISTORICHL SOCIETY solicit

(®) frorT\tl;\eirfelIow-citi2eris doriatioris of booKs, old newspapers, tiistoricaland fairiily

papers of every sort, genealogical tables, statistical inforrqation relative to tl:\e

Various trades rqariUfactures arid business interests of tt\e territory to Wl:\ichi tl:\eir laborsare principally confined, Vi7: tt^e Counties of Orange, Sullivan and Delaware in New YorK,Sussex and Warren in New Jersey, and PiKe, Monroe and Wayne in Pennsylvania.

Tl:\e following l^eads Will explain n\ore in detail tt]e objects of our inquiry:

1, Farnily papers, old receipts, letters, account books of ttie colonial or revolutionarytirqes. Every paper, written or printed, Wl|ict| l^as been in tlie possession of a farqily

for fifty years.rqay prove of service to tl\e future l^istorian, and our friends oUgI^t,on noaccount, to onqit forwarding old letters, receipts or rqenqoranda, because tl^ey deeri|

tl^erq Worthiless.

2. Old deeds, cl|arters, corrirqissions to office, or land grants.

3- Maps of lands, strearqs, or field booKs of surveys.

4. Genealogies of farnilies and tl^eir connections.

5. Biograpl^ical sKetcties of noted persons.

6. Extracts fron\ old wills, sl^owing l^istorical facts or explaining curious and an-cient customs. JUso copies of old docunqents wt\ere tl^e owners or custodians do not

feel Willing to part Witl^ tt\e original.

7. Inscriptions on torqb stones ; and tl|ese sI:\oUld be copied literally witl^out alter-

ing tlie spelling or punctuation.

8. Legends or traditions of ttie several localities.

9. BooKs and files or single newspapers pUblisl^ed in tl^e district. It is particu-

larly desired to secure files of old newspapers of tY\e Counties above naiiied ; and a

single copy of son\e paper rnay enable tl:\e Society to conqplete a portion of its collection

under tills I|ead.

10. Extracts frorn rare booXs or records existing elseWliere, relating to our l]istory.

11. Historical WorKs Wl\icl| rr[ay facilitate tt^e researcl^es of tl|e Society for tl\e li-

brary.

12- Statistics of agriculture, rnanufactures and corqirierce, tl^e rqining. blUe-stone.

lUir\ber and otl\er irqportant interests.

13- fln account of tl\e Railroad and Canal conqpanies, tl|e Stage-lines, tl|e Turn-piKe

and PlanX-foad organizations, Ferries and Bridge cornpanies, tt\eir rise and progress.

14. Portraits and drawings of objects of interest.

15- Poll and assessrnent lists, old nquster rolls and.nqinute or otI\er books of tt|e

inilitia, particularly of tl\e early periods of tl\e country.

16- Relics of tl\e colonial and revolutionary days; continental rqoney and curious

coins and tokens, and especially tl|e iTioney issued by Village corporations, coinpanies

and individuals.

17. Old public records and reports froiri persons vJl^o Y\ave \\ad an opportunity of

exanciining tl^e county, town, cl^urGl\ or otl:\er records, stating ttieir present condition

and t\\e attention given to tt\erri by tl:\e custodians.

18. Descriptions of old ctiurcties, l]ouses and n\en:\orable localities.

19. Lists of tl|e public officers of forrT\er tiii\es, clergynqen, principals of acaderqies

and scl\ools, witl) date of entry into and retiren\entfroiT\ office, and biographiical notices

of ttieiT\.

fl large nt^iTlber of Valuable l^istoiical papers t\aVe doubtless perisl\ed in tlje last

few years, and we invite all persons interested in tl:\e good r[arc\e of tl\eir l:\oii\es to

unite Witt! Us in rescuing frorq destruction tlr^ese rqaterials for l\istory, assuring tl:\en\

tt\at all articles deposited witlj tt|e MinisinK Yalley Historical Society will be carefully

arranged for convenient reference and sacredly preserved for tl^e desired ends. Tliey

Will be accessible for literary purposes, and in tlie event of tl:\e dissolution of tl|e Society,

its collections Will be deposited wit!) tl:\e New York Historical Society and tl)Us forever

serve a public purpose.

We solicit papers relating to our objects to be read at tl:\e rqeetings of tl^e Society

wt|ict| will be placed in its arcl^ives, and Wt|icniriay l:\ereafter bepUblislied in pan\plilet

forn) Wit):! sucli otl]er nqatters fron\ our collections as nqay be deeiT\ed of sufficient

value and interest.

Ttie rnerqbers l:\ip of tlrie Society is open to all Upon ttie ann^-lal payrrient of Two Dol-

lars, Upon receipt of wl:|ict\ by t]\e Treasurer, a certificate of n\en\bers]:iip Will be fur-

nislied.

Donations sljould be forwarded to tl\e Secretary or Treasurer at Port Jervis, or if

iriore convenient, rnaybe l~^anded to one of tl^e Executive CoiTin\ittee. Tl^e Secretary

is instructed to acknowledge all donations to tl:\e Society.

Two regular yearly irieetings of ttie Society will be t^eld. One, tl^e ann^Jal meetingfor tlie election of officers, will be Upon Wasl\ington's Birtli-day, Feb. 22nd, and tl^e

otlier Upon tlie Anniversary of tl:\e MinisinK Battle, July 22nd. Otl:\er rqeetings Will be

l\eld fronn tirqe to tirr\e at tlr^e call of tlie Executive Corrinqittee.

Tt\e Iqistorical events Whiicl) Y\ave transpired Witliin our liiiqits, and tlie n\any en\t-

nent rrien to wliorn tlqis region of country l|as given birtl], nqaKe it proper and ever)

render it necessary to a correct Understanding of liistory, ttiat our local traditions, pa-

pers etc., sliould be carefully collected and preserved. Our older inl^abitants Wliose

rqinds are stored Witlri traditions ricli in t]\e l]istory of ttje past l\ave n\ostly passed

aWay, wl^ile letters and docUrrients wl|icli are invaluable as ir\eiT\entoes of oUr past l^is-

tory are, in tt\e extinction of farqilies and divisions of estates, being lost and destroyed.

Tliese painful facts bespeaK tl^e necessity of an organization sucl]' as is proposed byour Society, and We sincerely liope tliat tl^e pride of tlie people in, and tlieir patriotic

love for, tl\eir l\ori\es will induce all cordially to assist us in carrying out tl^e objects of

tliis Society.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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014 432 774 3

OFFICERS :

Yice-Presiderits.

Rev. S. W. MIIvLS, President.

Dr. S, YflN ETTEN,FRANCIS iVLflRYIN,/

MOSES L. COLE,

JNO, L. BONNELL,Dr. W. L. CUDDEBHCK, Rec. Sec.

W. H. NEHRPflSS, Cor. Sec.

BENJ. YHN FLEET,'

0, P. HOWELL,C. E. CUDDEBHCK,H. H, FflRNUM,

Port Jervis, N. Y., April SOtl), 1889.

Ex, CoiT\,

Port Jervij QASErre Jop Print.