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Churchill, Sophia A. Kellogg (Mrs. Lester Butler),
IQII
Clarke, Edmund Arthur Stanley,
IOII
Clarke, Louisa Hall Ward (Mrs. E. Arthur Stanley) 1909
Clarke, Thomas Curtis,
1911
Collier, Robert Joseph, . (Life)
IQII
Connor, Washington Everett,
14 1898
Cook, John Henry, (Life) 8 1898
Cook, Nellie Louise Morris (Mrs. Horace P.), III
Cooper, James, Jr., .
1900
Corlies, Benjamin Franklin,
1900
Corning, Frederick Gleason, ·
19II
Crane, Edward N., . 1910
Crawford, Jamesanna Lawrence, I12 1910
Crawford, Robert Leighton, (Life)
IQII
Cromwell, William Nelson, 1903 ·
Cromwell, Jennie Osgood (Mrs. Wm. N.), ·
1903
Crane Cordelia Matthews (Mrs. Edward N.), 1910
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Curtis, Jennie Hornby (Mrs. Vadin), . 21 1901
Dawes, Josephine Vandenberg (Mrs. Aaron), 1910
Demmert, Margaret Elizabeth Reed (Mrs. Henry) 1910 Dick, John Henry, (Life) IQII
Duane, James May, 25
1899
Duane, Katherine Elizabeth (Mrs. James May),
1909
Egan, Rev. Edward J., I20
Eldridge, Sarah Elaine, .
82 1907
Ely, Cornelia Lewis White (Mrs. Wm.), .
1907
Enright, John,
1899
Erbsloh, Rudolph A., (Life)
I911
Fairchild, Sarah Ackerson Hoff (Mrs. Samuel G.), (Life) 69
1904
Fardon, Abram P.
IIO
1910
Farrand, Dudley, 122 I9II
Fleitmann, Catherine Johanna (Mrs. Ewald),
' Foster, John Early,
1909
Foster, Luella (Mrs. John F.),
1909
Francis, Charles Asa,
I9II
Francis, Helen Isabella Lylburn (Mrs. C. Asa), I9II
Gary, Elbert Henry,
I18
I9II
Godfrey, Edwin Drexel,
85 1907
Godfrey, Fanny Hoagland (Mrs. Edwin D.),
1907
Green, Caroline Estelle Morris (Mrs. James Monroe),
80
1907
Greer, Almira (Mrs. James A.),
41 1902
Gregory, Christopher,
1910
Gregory, Estelle Biddell (Mrs. Christopher),
1910
Hadden, Valerie (Mrs. Harold Farquhar), 23
1898
Hallock, Isabella Hull (Mrs. William E.), .
37 1898
Halsey, Charles Day, 1909
Halsey, Effie Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Charles D.), 1909
Harriot, Samuel Joseph, .
190I
Hartshorne, Hugh, . 1909
Haskell, J. Amory, £ (Life) II9 IQII
Haynes, Louise de Forest ,
1909
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Haynes, Caroline Coventry,
1009
Hendrickson, William Henry,
190I
Hendrickson, Florence Chadwick (Mrs. George Ovens), 91 1908
Hendrickson, Charles Elvin,
1908
Hendrickson, Sarah Wood Noxon (Mrs. Chas. E.),
1908
Herbert, Henry Lloyd,
1903
Hoagland, Caroline C. Mattack (Mrs. Joseph C.),
1902
Hoagland, Raymond,
1902
Hoagland, Rosa Wood Porter (Mrs. Raymond),
1902
Hodgman, George Barker,
19II
Hoffman, Mary Crooke (Mrs. Eugene A.), . 88 1907
24
1902
Holbrook, Viola Vowers (Mrs. Levi), . 78 1906
Hook, Eliza Warren (Mrs. Cornelius) 1909
Hope, Frederick Waller, 52 1898
1905
Hopping, Caroline Morford Truex (Mrs. Wm. A.)
1905
Hopping, James Patterson,
1908
Hopping, Helen Anna Ely (Mrs. James P.), .
1908
Houghton, Clarence Sherrill,
1909
Houghton, Suzanne Clark (Mrs. C. S.),
1909
Hunt, Elizabeth Swan Parker, .
93 1908
Ilyde, Mary Crawford Murray (Mrs. Ovid A.), 13
1898
Jolinson, Edith, 51 1898
Johnson, Ida, . 190I
Jones, William Strother,
66
1898
Jones, Grace Russell (Mrs. W. Strother),
67 1898
Kean, Katherine Winthrop (Mrs. Hamilton Fish),
1903
Kellogg, Ellen Prentice (Mrs. Charles),
I9II
Kennedy, Isaac C.
1903
Keough, Mary Willett (Mrs.), II4
1910
Lamarche, Henry Jules, 43 1902
Lamarche, Clara J. Lynch (Mrs. H. J.),
44 1902
Leonard, William Josepli, .
1898
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Ilurd, Emily Gazzam (Mrs. George A.),
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Hopping. William Applegate,
Holbrook, Mary Ellene Hendrickson (Mrs. Clark),
MEMBERS
Leonard, Frances Maria (Mrs. Wm. J.), 1898
Lewis, William Allen, 1898
Libaire, Lillian Johnson (Mrs. Chas. A.), 1909
Lincoln Lowell, 48 1902
Lincoln, Clara Amanda Lothrop (Mrs. Lowell), 1902
Linson, Corwin Knapp,
1909
Linson, Annie Bontecou Prickett (Mrs. Corwin Knapp), .
1909
Linson, Harry Webster,
1910
Linson, Margaret Silver (Mrs. Harry W.),
1910
Loeb, James,
(Life) 63
190.4
Loeb, Morris,
1909
Loeb, Eda Kuhn (Mrs. Morris),
98
1900
Lord, John Crary, Rev., .
1898
Lord, Louise Townsend (Mrs. John C.),
55 1898
Maxwell, Gertrude Appleget (Mrs. James M.),
1910
McCarter, Thomas Nesbitt,
IgII
McClure, David, I9II
McDermott, Joseph, 1909
McGregor, Emily Ward Ripley (Mrs. Austin H.), 105
19IO
McKim, Harriet Rogers (Mrs. Haslett),
20 1898
McLean, Caroline Smith, . 1906
McMahon, Frank,
1909
Meeker, Jenny Royce (Mrs. Henry E.),
1910
Miles, Edward Stewart,
104
1910
Morford, Margaret Herbert,
1908
Morrison, E. Louise,
IQII
Moses, Olivia Gardner Forman (Mrs. John),
1898
Mount, Mary Eleanor,
1908
Maylor, John Walton,
1907
Nevius, Matilda Herbert (Mrs. H. M. ),
95
1908
Ogden, Annie Hoff (Mrs. Benj. B.),
1900
Oglesby, Margaret Lennig (Mrs. J. H.),
1898
Osborn, Elsie,
108 1910
Palmer, Lora E.,
103
1910
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Ogden, Rufus, .
MEMBERS
Parker, Winfield Scott Banks, 1900
Parker, Lucretia Frances (Mrs. W. S. B.), 1000
Parsons, Anna Reed (Mrs. Wm. Barclay), 1898
Parsons, Charles Baldwin, 1898
Parsons, Elizabeth Maxon (Mrs. Charles B.), 54 1902
Patterson, Catherine Rutherford Welsh (Mrs. A. A.), 47
1903
Patterson, John Calhoun, .
100
1910
Patterson, William Allen,
84 1907
Perrine, Annie Pratt,
1910
Ralph, Justus Edward,
81
1906
Reed, Caroline Gallup (Mrs. Sylvanus),
I 1898
Reed, Sylvanus Albert,
34 1898
Rhoades, John Harsen,
1911
Robinson, Albert,
1900
Roe, Katherine Bissell Bogert (Mrs. Chas. Francis)
1910
Romaine, Louis Tyson, 29
1902
Romaine, Hannah Cole (Mrs. L. T.),
30 1902
Roosevelt, Kate Shippen (Mrs. H. L.), (Life)
1902
Rue, Anna Throckmorton Conover (Mrs. Jacob Bergen), 87
Ryer, Madeline Emma (Mrs. Howard S.),
116
1910
Ryle, Arthur,
Sandt, Florence Vander Veer (Mrs. George M.),
70 1902
Sanderson, Henry,
Schanck, John Garretson, . 71 1899
Schanck, Martha Washington Seabrook (Mrs. John G.),
1907
Schefer, Carl, .
Schiff, Jacob Henry,
38 1902
Schiff, Therese (Mrs. Jacob H.),
1902
Schwarz, Julie Henriette Nahrwold (Mrs. Gus- tave A.), .
.
Schweizer, Joseph,
1911
Schweizer, Raymond Joseph,
1911
Scrymser, James Alexander,
(Life) I911
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MEMBERS
Sears, Stephen Warren, IQII
Shippen, Georgina E. Morton (Mrs. Wm. W.), 68 1899
Sich, Frank Edwin, . 1908
Sieh, Edna Adele Maxson (Mrs. Frank E.), . 190.1
Slater, Charlotte Clowes Hickok (Mrs. Myron E.), I27 1909
Smith, Dora, .
1904
Smock, Daniel Du Bois,
I9II
Smock, John Conover, Ph. D.,
58 1898
Sneden. George Virginius, .
1900
Sneden, Eleanor Antonides Curtis (Mrs. Geo. V.), 86 1900 1908
Stanton, Elizabeth Romaine McMillan (Mrs.John)
Steelman, Fannie Merrett Lawrence (Mrs.Mathias) 99
Stillwell, John Edwin, M. D.,
46
1898
Straus, Percy Selden,
1910
Straus, Herbert Nathan,
(Life)
IOIO
Strong, Alice Corbin (Mrs. Wm. E.),
74 1899
Strong, Alice Everard,
76 1905
Sutton, Mary Wooster Munson (Mrs. W. J.), 1909
Swan, Norma Lippincott, . I90I
Terrell, Mary Elizabeth Wood (Mrs. H. L.),
1902
Terry, Lidie Urania Walling (Mrs. James E.), 27 Tilford, Frank, IOII
1900
Tilton, Francis Theodore, 124 IOII
Tilton, Mary Pauline Throckmorton (Mrs. James L.), 113 19IO
Turrell, Frances Robinson (Mrs. Herbert), 1910
Valentine, Eveline Staples, 1907
Van Brunt, Ella Cooper Murray (Mrs. Wm. T.), . 12 1898
Van Buskirk, Lillian Chadwick (Mrs. Edward Burgess), 92 1908
Van Deventer, Maria Louise (Mrs. D. P.), . 75 1901
Van Schoick, Julia Asenath Romaine (Mrs. John, Jr.), 1903
Velazquez, Mariana, 1909
Vietor, Annie Margaret Achelis (Mrs. G. F.), 1902
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1909
Stillwell, Lewis Buckley, I2I IQII
MEMBERS
Vredenburgh, Bessie Hartshorne (Mrs. Wm. H.), . 106 1910
Vredenburgh, James Brinckerhoff, 19II
Vredenburgh, William Henry, .
(Life) 45 1900
Wainwright, Halstead H., . 125 · IQII
Wainwright, Isabella Vail Nesbett (Mrs. Hal- stead H.), I26
Warburg, Felix M. (Life)
IQII
Warburg, Paul Moritz,
(Life)
IQII
Ward, Francis Ehrick,
72 1899
Warner, William Bray, M. D.,
53 1898
Washington, Henry Stephens, .
1901
Weatherby, Alethia Hunt (Mrs. Isaac),
1898
Werlemann, Marie Therese Lamarche (Mrs. Henri)
1002
Whittaker, Mary Louise Shaw (Mrs. Percival J. H.),
Whittaker, Percival J. H., .
1910
Wikoff, Frederick Dayton,
1902
Wikoff, Laura McCausland (Mrs. F. D.),
1902
Williston, James Richards,
19II
Wilson, Edmund,
1898
Wood, Mary H. Chadwick (Mrs. Henry), . 15 1902
Youngs. Florence Evelyn Pratt (Mrs. Clarence Herbert), ·
90
1908
Zandt, Elizabeth McCoy Reger (Mrs. H. D.), . 123 1909
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White, Annie Hull (Mrs. Henry S.), . 35 1898
honorary Members
Heston, Alfred Miller, 73, Lee, Francis Bazley, 18, Pumpelly, Josiah Collins, Wilson, James Grant, Gen.
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In Memoriam
1902 Allaire, George Dummer 1898
1909 Andrew, Russell Gardner, M. D.,
1902
1910 Arrowsmith, Stephen Van Brackle, 1898
1908 Atwood, Mary Ellen Leverich (Mrs. Edward S.) 1900
IQII Bliss, Cornelius Newton, . 1899
1910 Bowne, Borden Parker, D. D., . 1906
1906
Brown, Adolph Gustave, M. D., 1902
1912 1910 Conover, Lydia H. Schanck, 1898
IQII
Crane, Edward Nichols, 1910
IQII
Hastings, Thomas S., D. D., LL.D., . 1 899
1900 Hobart, Garret Augustus, 1899
1903
1909 De Gray, Richard,
1907
1901 Edwards, Harry,
1900
1909 Fairchild, Samuel Gilbert,
1907
IQII Finch, Theodosia Dennis, Mrs. (Rev. Harry),
1898
1910 Kimball, Paul T., M. D.,
I90.1
1908 Kollock, Shephard, .
1898
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McCook, Jolin James,
IQII
IQII
McMahon, Josephine (Mrs. Frank), .
1900
1901
Newell, William Augustus,
1898
IQII Nevius, Henry Martin,
1908
1910 Nicholl, Sophie Herbert, .
1903
1909
Patterson, John Hopping,
1898
1906 Rhoades, Jolin Harsen,
1902
IQII Schwarz, Gustave A.
190.1
1903 Snyder, George Barr,
1898
1905 Strong, William Everard,
1899
1908 Terhune, William Letson,
1898
IQ10 Terrell, Herbert Lester, 1902
1907 Throckmorton, Joseph Alfred,
1898
1910 Vietor, George Frederick,
1902
1901 White, Henry Simmons, .
1898
1900 Yard, James Sterling,
1899
1905 Nicholl, Kate Eustace (Mrs.)
1898
1909
Parker, William Taber, ·
1905
190.1 Purden, Frances M. (Mrs. Jolin),
I904
IQII Frech, George Henry,
1905
1912 Frech, Martha Brokaw (Mrs. George Henry),
1908
190.4 Little, Henry Stafford,
1898
1903 Holbrook, Henrietta May (Mrs. Clark)
Chadwick, Mary Ada (Mrs. Joseph P.) 1908
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IQ11 Street, Lucy Morgan (Mrs. Wm. A.),
1899
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The Monmouth County Historical Association
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PRESIDENT JOHN STILWELL APPLEGATE
FOUNDER-PRESIDENT EMERITUS MRS. CAROLINE GALLUP REED
VICE-PRESIDENTS Shrewsbury. .. EDWARD DEAN ADAMS
Middletown. .. JOHN CRARY LORD
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WM. HENRY VREDENBURGH
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WM. NELSON CROMWELL
RECORDING SECRETARY EDWARD STANLEY ATWOOD
TREASURER MARY ELEANOR MOUNT
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY VIOLA EDNA PATTERSON
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JOHN STILWELL APPLEGATE MRS. ANNIE HULL WHITE GEORGE VIRGINIUS SNEDEN
TERM EXPIRES 1915 MRS. ALMIRA GREER EDWARD STANLEY ATWOOD *WINFIELD SCOTT BANKS PARKER
TERM EXPIRES 1916 CHARLES BALDWIN PARSONS WILLIAM STROTHER JONES CHARLES ELVIN HENDRICKSON
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE
GERTRUDE APPLEGET MAXWELL JOHN GARRETSON SCHANCK DAVID VANDERVEER PERRINE
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
JULIA EMILY BORDEN MARGARET PENNINGTON WHITE EDMUND WILSON
LECTURE COMMITTEE
EDWARD DEAN ADAMS ANNIE HULL WHITE JOHN STILWELL APPLEGATE
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE CHARLOTTE CLOWES HICKOK SLATER SARAH ELAINE ELDRIDGE
NORMA LIPPINCOTT SWAN
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
GEORGE CRAWFORD BEEKMAN
MINNIE ADELAIDE PEARCE BROWN JOHN EDWIN STILLWELL. M.D. NECROLOGY COMMITTEE
ANNIE HULL WHITE GEORGE VIRGINIT'S SNEDEN ELEANOR INEZ DEVEREAUX ATWOOD
AUDITING COMMITTEE DANIEL DUBOIS SMOCK FREDERICK WALLER HOPE CHARLES BALDWIN PARSONS SOCIAL COMMITTEE DEBORAH CATHARINE APPLEGATE BELLE WOLFE BARUCH EMILY WARD RIPLEY MCGREGOR
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The Monmouth County Historical As- sociation, since the publication of the last Year Book in 1911, has held twelve reg- ular meetings and ten meetings of the Board of Trustees. The regular meetings for the years 1912 and 1913 were as fol- lows :
May 31st, 1912-At the residence of the President, John S. Applegate, Red Bank, N. J., the President in the chair.
After the regular business papers were read by Major Charles B. Parsons on "Old Mills of Monmouth County," and by John S. Applegate on "Changes in Geographical Names in Old Townships of Monmouth County." After the reading of the last paper, which commented among other changes in popular nomenclature upon the way in which the name "Shrewsbury River" had gradually usurped "Navesink River," which is the original and correct name of the north branch of the Shrews-
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bury River, a motion was made and car- ried that a committee be appointed to con- sider means for re-establishing in popular use the name "Navesink River."
Obituary notices of Mr. George H. Freck and Mrs. Joseph P. Chadwick were read by Mrs. Henry S. White of the Ne- crology committee.
June 27th, 1912-At the residence of Mrs. Joseph T. Burrowes, Red Bank, N. J., President John S. Applegate in the chair.
A paper entitled "Our French Allies in the Revolution," by Josiah C. Pumpelly, Historian of the Empire State Society. Sons of the American Revolution, was read by the Secretary, Mr. Edward S. At- wood, in the absence of Mr. Pumpelly.
Remarks followed the reading of the pa- per, at the conclusion of which a resolution was passed to the effect that in consider- ation of the mighty service rendered by Lafayette to the American Colonies, where- by France was induced to send to our aid
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the French army and navy, and American Independence was achieved, it is befitting that public school children should be taught a better appreciation of our na- tional indebtedness to Lafayette and the French Alliance, and with that end in view, it was recommended that on an appropriate date in each year, an hour or two be set aside for patriotic and instructive dis- course in the schools relating to the sub- ject, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the New Jersey State Board of Education.
Mrs. Henry S. White read a paper en- titled "Hannah Arnett's Faith," a narra- tive of an historical Revolutionary inci- dent handed down in the Kollock family and written by Shephard Kollock.
July 25th, 1912-At the residence of Mrs. W. W. Shippen, Seabright, N. J. In the absence of President Applegate, Vice- President Edward D. Adams occupied the chair. Wm. Elliot Griffis, D.D., L.H.D., gave an interesting and instructive address
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upon "The War of 1812 and Commodore Perry's Victory on Lake Erie."
August 29th, 1912-At the residence of Mrs. Almira Greer, Shrewsbury, N. J., the President in the chair.
Horace White, Esq., formerly Editor of the Chicago Tribune and of the New York Evening Post, gave an address upon "The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858." As Mr. White was present at all of the debates, his relation of these historic events was graphic and held the close at- tention of his audience. President Apple- gate then gave his personal recollections of the reception of President-elect Abra- ham Lincoln at Trenton by the New Jer- sey Legislature when Lincoln was on his way to Washington to commence his ad- ministration.
October 3rd, 1912-At the residence of George M. Sandt, Esq., Red Bank, N. J., the President in the chair. This was the regular September meeting postponed from September 26th.
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Robert McNutt McElroy, Ph.D., of Princeton University, addressed the Asso- ciation on "The Political Rise of Andrew Jackson."
October 31st, 1912-At the residence of the Rev. John Lord, All Saints' Rectory, Stone Church, Navesink Highlands, N. J., the President in the chair.
The Treasurer reported a balance in the Treasury of $1,834.51, in addition to the Bond & Mortgage investment of $1,000.00.
The election of officers and trustees, 1111- avoidably postponed from the August
meeting. followed. Xenophon Huddy. Esq., the scheduled speaker on the subject "Things Gained and Retained by the War of the Revolution," being unable to meet his engagement. President Applegate. at the invitation of the Society, read a paper entitled "John Bowne, a Nation Builder." delivered by him at the Quaker Church, Shrewsbury, the week previous, before the Society of the "Colonial Dames of America."
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May 29th, 1913-At the residence of John Garretson Schanck, Esq., Keyport, N. J., the President in the chair.
After the regular business Mrs. Annie H. White, for the Necrology Committee, read a sketch of the life of Mr. James May Duane.
The address of the afternoon was given by Professor Robert McNutt McElroy of Princeton University on "Jefferson-Ham- ilton and the First Division of Parties un- der the Constitution." This was followed by vocal and instrumental music and the usual collation.
June 26th, 1913-At the home of Capt. James Alexander Scrymser, Low Moor, N. J., the President in the chair.
President Applegate congratulated the Society on account of its interest in his- toric work so well maintained, and its steadily increasing membership. He com- mented upon the large number of county societies we have in the State of New Jersey, each one of them rich in his-
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toric lore. He then introduced the speaker of the afternoon, the Rev. Charles W. Roe- der, of Middletown, N. J., who gave an address upon "The Battle of Monmouth."
John Lenord Merrill, President of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, was present, and, at the invitaion of the chair, made some pleasing remarks.
July 31st, 1913-At the "Anchorage," the residence of Mrs. W. W. Shippen, Sea- bright, N. J., the President in the chair.
Mrs. Annie Hull White read a memorial of Miss Caroline Smith McLean. ,Mr. Frank Sieh read a short biographical sketch of Horace Greeley. The address of the afternoon was to have been deliv- ered by Horace White. Esq., his subject being "The Horace Greeley Campaign." Mr. White was unable to be present but sent his address, which, at his request, was read by President Applegate. Vice-Pres- ident Edward D. Adams, who presided. made a few appropriate remarks at its
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close. By the courtesy of Dr. Adams, each member and guest present received a reproduction of an interesting portrait of Horace Greeley, as a souvenir of a most delightful meeting.
August 26th, 1913-At the First Bap- tist Church, Red Bank, N. J., Mr. Apple- gate presiding.
Major George Haven Putnam, Litt.D., President of the G. P. Putnam's Sons Publishing Company, and veteran of the Civil War, gave an entertaining address cn "Abraham Lincoln, the People's Leader in the Contest for the Maintenance of the Republic." Major Charles B. Parsons added reminiscences, manifesting the loy- alty of the army to Lincoln during the war.
This meeting was open not only to members of the Association but to their friends and the community at large.
September 25th, 1913-The Association convened at the Quaker Church, Shrews- bury. The President occupied the chair. David Vanderveer Perrine was elected
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Secretary pro tem. The chairman of the necrology committee reported the death of Edward Stewart Miles, and read a short biographical sketch, which was or- dered recorded in the necrology record. A committee to nominate trustees to fill va- cancies caused by expiration of term was appointed, consisting of Aaron VanSyckel Dawes, Mrs. Almira Greer and Miss Mar- garet Terhune. The President congrat- ulated the Association upon the opportuni- ty of meeting in the quaint quarters of the Hicksite Quakers of Shrewsbury, erect- ed in 1816. It was here the Quaker speakers held forth. Those serving official terms were Elizabeth Hunt, Ann Hopkins, Joseph Wolcott, Joseph Lafetra, Sarah Underwood and Rebecca Tilton. The Quakers were among the first settlers of Shrewsbury and exercised an influence that was favorable to the growth of Republican principles.
The speaker of the day was William Force Whitaker, D.D., pastor of the First
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Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, N. J., on the subject, "A Hero at Monmouth."
October 30th, 1913-Regular meeting held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. David Vanderveer Perrine, 55 West Main Street, Freehold, N. J. Mr. Daniel Du- Bois Smock, in the absence of the Secre- tary, was elected Secretary pro tem. The Secretary read the report of the commit- tee on nominations. On motion the per- sons so nominated were elected and the Secretary authorized to cast the ballot.
The Treasurer reported the total amount in the treasury uninvested as $2,108.85. The President presented the speaker of the day, William Elliot Griffis, D.D., LH.D., on the subject, "The Walloons: the First Home Making in the Middle States." Dr. Griffis' address referred to the Walloons as those historical Dutchmen of southern Belgium whose influence upon the prog- ress of civilization in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania was very marked. After describing their early ascendency
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over their neighbors in Belgium in all the arts and industries, the speaker gave them credit for developing, if not for originat- ing, every good thing from mechanics to civil law in the countries from which they were afterward driven by religious perse- cution or by the spirit of adventure. He described them as "God fearing, Bible reading people." They established com- munion wherever they went and became masters of skilled industries. Doctor Grif- fis was followed by Major Charles B. Parsons, who commented upon the speak- er's remarks. Miss Hope Forman, Miss Eleanor Ward, Miss Evelyn Forman, Charles Schnautz, and Forest Hulsehart, by orchestra music, lent charm to the oc- casion.
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Our library contains nearly two hundred bound volumes and many pamphlets and mag- azines relating to various departments of his- tory-civil, literary, natural. ecclesiastical, and to genealogies and biographies of persons and families. It also contains many old newspa-
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pers, almanacs, manuscripts. documents, rel- ics, curios and antiquated souvenirs. We so- licit further contributions which will be grate- fully accepted and carefully preserved.
The library and museum are located on the west side of Broad Street, Red Bank, in the Davidson Building, second floor. Room 5, ad- joining office of Agent in Charge. Members have free access thereto during usual office hours and may consult any book or manuscript and make excerpts from the same. Any per- son not a member may obtain like privilege with the consent in writing of the library com- mittee. Books, papers and other things very valuable, or in condition too frail to be handled, are ordinarily kept under glass or in safe, and if in frequent demand a copy is used for com- mon reference. During the past year a list of all the properties of the Association has been arranged for inspection. a typewritten copy of which may be found in the library.
This Society is supported by initiation fees and dues of its members. A large membership is therefore solicited as necessary for the main- tenance and success of the organization.
The only fees and dues are initiation fee, $3.00; annual dues, $2.00. Any member may become a life member on payment of $25.00, which exempts from payment of annual dues
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but not from initiation fee. The badge of the Society consists of an insignia of bronze gilt suspended by ribbon of Monmouth colors, all designed and executed by distinguished art- ists. Each badge is engraved with its number and the owners' name. On one side is the head and bust of a Lenape Indian, the coat of arms of the Duke of Monmouth and a quotation from the address of Indian Chief "Wilted Grass" to the New Jersey Legislature. On the reverse is the seal of the Society. The whole is suspended by ribbon of the Monmouth colors and makes a beautiful decoration. The price of the badge is only $3.65, which in- cludes engraving of name, attachment of rib- bon and transmission to owner. The next num- ber sold will be 137.
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM SINCE 1911
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