Roofe cf ^ociet?HollantiW^t of j3ttitt=|^orfe. I 1886-7. Class. k. .Book_:n:i:i SMITHSONIAN DEPOSIT EAR BOOK OF THE $r;k HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK, 1886-87 i f BY THE SECRETARY. =^s4lS-^=^^i== =SrtiJi=J ORATION GENERAL GEORGE H. SHARPE. this The Holland Society of New-York? Is IS this a fraternity composed of lineal representa- tives of Dutchmen on the paternal side ? Is aHolland Society peripatetic! Does it leave New-York in a arrangespecial train, catch a hurried lunch, and then discussion, contemplatingto pass the afternoon in speech-making in the evening,also a supper and the programme of the secretary,which, according to last all night! Ai-e these the descendants ofis to the Silent IWilliam parts ofAs yom- faces are set toward the highest names andthe Kaatskills, we remember that yom- there, andwe canlineage giveyou peculiar privileges transformed natm-es you wiUonly hope that ia your of Domine Van Schaick, Bromrespect the repose SchoolmasterVan Bunimel, andNicholasDuteher,the Vedder. expectfromme a discussion of DutchYou will not the traits ofor even a careful study ofcharacter 36 county.those Hollanders who originally settled this aThat will be done in the future of yom- Society by paternallineal descendant of those Hollanders, on the briefly, to-day, teU you somethingside.
Roofe cf ^ociet?HollantiW^t of j3ttitt=|^orfe. I 1886-7.Class. k. .Book_:n:i:i SMITHSONIAN DEPOSITEAR BOOK OF THE $r;k HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK, 1886-87 i f BY THE SECRETARY. <""^^f ii:j -j^^ r'Hf"ii,iig*'ty OeoL.Penne.M Yorfe.