Penn.,] Aug. 10, 1780. To Adam Ort [Orth], Lebanon. Wishes him success in the Herculean labor he has undertaken [collection of militia arrearages]; firmness and resolution will be necessary; he is to account with the treasurer for monies collected, of which he is to receive ten per cent. A. L. S. I page. 8°. EM. 3027 Document: Robinson (James). New York, Mar. 3, 1775. Certificate showing that Thomas Sparham served in America during the late war as surgeon's mate in the 27th and in the 60th regiments of foot. L. S. 1⁄2 page. 4°. EM. 3028 Portrait: Sullivan (John). Inscription: Sullivan. Jno. Sullivan (fac-simile signature). Wood engraving. 8°. EM. 3029 Also in J. T. Headley's Washington and his generals, vol. 2 (N. Y., 1847) p. 180. Letter: Hartley (Thomas). Sunbury, [Penn.,] Aug. 1, 1778. To the Council of Pennsylvania. He arrived a few days before with a detachment of his regiment and some militia; Gen. [John Philip] Dehaas had come up and had detached sundry parties of militia to protect the people; four fifths of the inhabitants fled with what they could carry; many of the men are returning, but unless he can support four or five posts few of the women will return; the Wyoming settlement is destroyed; the survivors have fled to Connecticut, or are now removing thither as paupers; much can be done for this county [Northumberland]; he desires the part of his regiment in Northampton to join him, and the two Wyoming companies to remain in Northampton. A. L. S. 2 pp. F°. EM. 3030 Printed in Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 6 (Phila., 1853) p. 674. View: Germantown, Battle of. Inscription: (left) Drawn by A. Koellner. (right) Engd, by Rawdon Wright & Hatch. Germantown Battle. Line. [Philadelphia? 1830?] 8°. EM. 3031 Nov. 3, 1779. To Col. Moore Furman, Pitts Town. By Mr. Van Norden, who has acted as his clerk, he sends his accounts as far as settled; he has written to [Joseph] Borden about the finances of the county; if Furman will give him an order on Borden for $130,000 he will pay to Furman's order whatever remains after the accounts are balanced, either to Major Williamson or to Major Marsh; Charles Jackson of Woodbridge was in the service when taken prisoner and is therefore entitled to his wages. A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 8°. EM. 3033 Inscription: Engraving: Great Britain. (left) La Grande Bretagne mutilé ou horrible mais vraie representation et la Grande Bretagne privée et ses membres par ses ennemis. (right) Das verstümelte Britanien oder schröckliche aber ware Abbildung von Gross Brittanien, wie solches von seine Feinden aller seiner Glieder beraupt worden. Line. EM. 3034 [Germany? 1775.] 4°. To the right, Britannia, dismembered, is chained to a rock. The motto "Date obolum Belisario" lies across her lap, and her limbs are lettered "New England," "Philidelphia,' "Hallifax" and "Boston." To the left is a sailor in chains, with bales and a broken anchor, and in the background, dismantled shipping. Portrait: Jay (John). Bust; profile to the right; small oval within a ruled rectangle. Inscription: John Jay. (left) G. Fairman delt. (right) W. Hooker Sc. Stipple. [New York? 1790?] 8°. EM. 3035 Portrait: Washington (George). Bust; profile to the right; uniform, oval. Inscription: Geo: Washington. Stipple. [London, 1795?] 8°. EM. 3036 A fictitious portrait, engraved for The Lady's Magazine. Baker, no. 429. Portrait: Adams (Samuel). Inscription: Saml. Adams (fac-simile signature) From the original Picture by Chappel, in the Possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York. Entered according to act of Congress AD 1862, by Johnson Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York. Line. 4°. EM. 3037 Also in Duyckinck's National Portrait Gallery, vol. 1 (N. Y., 1861) p. 39. Engraving: Pennsylvania, State. Coat of arms. Small line engraving. [New York? 1870?] EM. 3038 * Vacancy caused by death of S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, June 23, 1898. OFFICERS President, Hon. JOHN BIGELOW. First Vice-President, Rt. Rev. HENRY C. POTTER, D.D. Second Vice-President, JOHN S. KENNEDY, Esq. Secretary, GEORGE L. RIVES, Esq., 32 Nassau Street. Treasurer, EDWARD KING, Esq., Union Trust Company, 80 Broadway. THE REGULATIONS HE Astor Building, 40 Lafayette Place, and the Lenox Building, Fifth Avenue and 70th Street, are open daily, excepting on Sundays, Independence Day, Christmas, and New Year, from 9 A. M. until 6 P. M. The Reading rooms and the Exhibition rooms are free to all persons; but children under the age of fifteen years must be accompanied by an adult. In the Reading room of each Library Building certain shelves are set apart for books of reference, which readers are allowed to take down and examine at their pleasure. For all other books an application must be made by filling out and signing one of the blanks provided for the purpose. Published monthly by The New York Public Library, No. 40 Lafayette Place, New York City Subscription One Dollar a year, single numbers Ten Cents Entered as second-class matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office, January 30, 1897 During the month of October there were received at the Library by purchase. 676 books and 463 pamphlets, and by gift 824 books and 2,514 pamphlets. There were catalogued 4,868 volumes and 2,383 pamphlets, for which purpose29, 283 cards and 1,120 slips for the printer were written. The following table shows the number of readers and the number of volumesconsulted in both the Astor and Lenox branches of the Library during the month: Among the important gifts received this month were, from the Boston Medical Library, 33 volumes and 282 pamphlets; the Royal Norwegian University Library, 5 volumes; Captain Carl Stuart of Sweden, 8 volumes and 2 pamphlets; Eliot Norton, 15 volumes; New York City Supervisor, 8 volumes of the City Record; the Evening Post, 231 volumes and 94 pamphlets; Hon. Robert P. Porter, 106 volumes and 551 pamphlets; Dr. E. B. Foote, 9 volumes of old periodicals; J. H. Hill, 2 volumes of etchings; Alexander Maitland, 16 volumes and 86 pamphlets; John L. Cadwalader, 56 volumes of sporting books. A new reading room has been opened at the Lenox, one end being devoted to music and the other to American genealogies and state, county and town histories. The section of French literature at the Astor has been classified and catalogued and about 1,600 volumes have been transferred to it from the Lenox. Considerable additions have been made to the department of Scandinavian literature at the Astor, and Danish and Norwegian authors are now well represented in the collections. |