they were also perhaps as kind fathers or loving mothers as were to be found in other walks of life. It is noted in the Historical Records of the 40th British Regiment that when that corps took final leave of these shores in November, 1783, there were thirty-one women and twenty children with the regiment. The number of women and children living with the British and foreign regiments at New York and the Outposts on August 20, 1781, were 3,615 women and 4,127 children. These statistics point to a humane side of the Revolutionary War about which little is known. W. L. CALVER, Chairman of the Field Exploration Committee. AGREEMENT FOR OPENING FULTON STREET Memorandum That it is Agreed this 26th February Anno-Dom 1750 Between the Rector & Inhabitants of the City of New York in Communion of the Church of England as by Law Established of the One Part And Dirck Dey of the said City of New York on the other part as followeth WHEREAS the Said Dirck Dey hath left fifteen foot of Ground in breadth from the Broadway to the North River on the North Side of his Ground Adjoyning to the Churches Farm towards the making a Street there, But it being Consider'd That the Said Fifteen foot of Ground will not be Sufficient for half a Street It is Therefore Agreed Between the Said Parties That the Said Rector & Inhabitants Shall leave out of their Farm Twenty five feet of Ground in breadth from the said Broadway to the North River Adjoining the Said fifteen foot of Ground So left by the Said Dirck Dey So as to leave a Street there of Forty foot wide And the Said Dirck Dey in Consideration thereof Doth Covenant and Agree with the Said Rector & Inhabitants to pay to them or their Successors the Sum of Sixty Pounds Current Money of New York on or before the first day of May next As Witness our hands the day and Year above written Witness hereof Frans. Maerschalck Jos. Robinson Tho. Duncan Deyrck Dey Endorsed 26th Feby. 1756 Original Agreement between the Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Trinity Church & Deyrck Dey for opening Partition Street [now Fulton Street.] THE LAFAYETTE PUNCH BOWL, 1824. This Punch Bowl was made in England for the Dinner given at Castle Garden on August 16, 1824, commemorating the landing of General Marquis De Lafayette in New York City. The views on the punch bowl illustrate the scene of General Lafayette's landing. The bowl which is made of white china and can be separated from its base is 2214 inches in height, 311⁄2 inches in diameter and has a circumference of 1011⁄2 inches. It is on exhibition in the New York Room and was presented to the Society in 1910 by Miss Rosalie M. Heiser and Mr. John Jay Heiser whose great uncle, Christopher Heiser, bought the interest of one of the lessees of Castle Garden, Messrs. French and French. The partnership of Christopher Heiser and Captain Philip Francis French was formed in 1843 and continued until 1852 when the lease for Castle Garden expired. REVOLUTIONARY OFFICERS IN THE NEW YORK STATE LINE The following list of Revolutionary Officers, New York State Line, was compiled for the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New York as a list of Revolutionary Officers whose descendants would be elegible for membership in that Society, and from whom no descendant has claimed the right. It is believed that among the members of this Society descendants of these men may be found who desire to submit their claims. Davis, Maj. John De Peyster, Ensign W. W. Elsworth, Capt. Peter Finck, Maj. Andrew Garnett, Surg. Mate William Hanson, Capt. Dirck Jackson, Lieut. Patten Keyser, Lieut. John, Jr. Lawrence, Lieut. Oliver McArthur, Lieut. Alexander Montgomery, General Richard Monty, Lieut. Francis Muller, Capt. Jeremiah Christopher Neely, Capt. Abraham Nicholson, Maj. George Chadine Oliver, Lieut. Richard Ostrander, Lieut. John Parsons, Commissary Eli Post, Captain Anthony Post, Commissary John Provost, Paymaster Robert Reed, Surg. Thomas Riker, Capt. Abraham Robicheau (also Robicheux), Capt. James Rosekrans, Maj. James Sackett, Capt. Samuel Salisbury, Capt.-Lieut. Barent Staats Sanford, Capt. William Schuyler, Surg. Nicholas Schuyler, Ensign Richard Stockton, Surg. Benjamin B. Swartout, Lieut. Henry Tappan, Lieut. Peter Tearse, Maj. Peter B. Ten Eyck, Lieut. Abraham Ten Eyck, Capt.-Lieut. John DeP. Treat, Surg. Malachi Van Benschoten, Lieut. Peter Van Ingen, Surg. Dirck Van Rensselaer, Capt. Peter Van Valkenburgh, Lieut. Bartholomew Jacob Van Veghten, Lieut. Tobias Van Wagenen, Lieut. Garret H. Van Woert, Capt. Isaac Waring, Capt.-Lieut. Henry Willard, Surg. Elias Williams, Surg. Bedford Williams, Lieut. Henry Abraham Wilson, Lieut. Alexander Woodruff, Surg. Henloch Woodruff, Surg.-Mate Samuel Wool, Capt. Isaiah Woolsey, Lieut. Melancthon Lloyd Wright, Capt. Robert Wynkoop, Capt. Jacobus Young, Capt. Guy Young, Surg. Joseph |