Alphabetical and Analytical Catalogue of the New York Society Library: With a Brief Historical Notice of the Institution, the Original Articles of Association in 1754 and the Charter and By-laws of the Society |
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Page xii - pleased to grant the said humble request of our said loving subjects. Know ye, therefore, That we of our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have willed, given, granted, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do will, give, grant, ordain, constitute and appoint, That the said
Page xiv - April now next ensuing; and for keeping up the succession in the said offices, our royal will and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, establish, direct and require of, and give and grant to the trustees of The New- York Society Library, and their successors for ever, that on the said last
Page xiii - for ever hereafter, to have a common seal to serve for the causes and business of them and their successors; and the same seal to change, alter, break and make new from time to time, at their will and pleasure. And our royal will and pleasure is,
Page xiii - other house, houses or buildings whatsoever: And for the better carrying into execution the purposes aforesaid, our royal will and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the trustees of The New- York
Page xvii - testimony whereof v?e have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be entered on record in our secretary's office, for our said province of New-York, in one of the books of patents there remaining. Witness our trusty and
Page xvii - "*" his and their respective rights and privileges in the said library and corporation, as if no such forfeiture had happened : and lastly, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant to the trustees of
Page xii - sum of Jive pounds, but also the said ten shillings yearly, ever since ; and such other persons as shall be hereafter admitted members of the corporation hereby erected, be, and for ever hereafter shall be, by virtue of these presents, one body corporate and politic, in deed, fact
Page xiv - hereby give and grant, and direct and require, that the surviving trustees for the time being of our said corporation, shall, by majority of voices, nominate and choose another, or others of the members of our said corporation, in the place and stead of him or them so dying, removing, refusing or neglecting
Page viii - here occurs in the history of the society. At length it appears from the minutes, that " the accidents of the late war having nearly destroyed the former library, no meeting of the proprietors for the choice of trustees was held from the last Tuesday in April, 1774, until Saturday,
Page xvii - New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America, chancellor and vice-admiral of the same, at our fort, in our city of New-York, by and with the advice and consent of our council for our said province of