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Rh omitted on account of the prevalence of yellow fever in the city, and for the same reason the annual election of officers could not take place in October.

1800. . Reported that the eight lots in Eagle Street (Bowery), bought in 1786, were sold at public auction, three lots to Hendrik Herbert for $1100, and five lots to Peter R. Livingston for $1525.

. An agreement was entered into with the corporation of the United Lutheran Churches, to the effect that all the real estate and other property belonging to the German Society should be given in trust to that corporation.

1801. Purchase of thirty shares of the Manhattan Bank for $1833.75, as a permanent investment.

1803. . The rate of members' fees was altered as follows: admission fee, $5; annual subscription, $2; which is to be paid in advance for five years with $10.

1804. . First printed list of members, with a Charter and By-Laws.

. Reported that the Legislature had granted the Charter.

An invitation to participate in a celebration in honor of the acquisition of Louisiana is declined.

1805. . The Treasurer's Report, hitherto carried on in pounds, from this date appears in dollars.

1807. . Resolved to sell the land donated by Edward Livingston, on account of unpaid taxes and defective title.

1808. The Society is requested by the Tammany Society or the Columbia Order to contribute toward the acquisition of a place of interment for the bodies of such American prisoners as died on board the prison-ships during the War of the Revolution, as well as toward a monument. (The motion was rejected.)

. Peter Lorillard and the Rev. Frederick W. Geissenhainer were received as members.

1810. . Resolved "to celebrate the centennial of the first arrival and safe landing of our ancestors in this city on June 14th, 1710, under the care and protection and by