People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1897 — FOR DUTCH RELICS. [ARTICLE]

FOR DUTCH RELICS.

Museum to Be Established In New York by Colonial Dames. New York will soon possess another museum, which will be one of the most unique institutions in this country and a place of national interest. The Colonial Dames of the State of New York have secured the famous old Van Cortland t mansion at Van Cortlandt park, and will convert it into a repository for colonial aud revolutionary relics. The Dames have not yet completed their plans for their treasure house, but their idea is to make the collection of a

series of object lessons of The life of Urn early colonists. The society expects to begin repairs upon the house in the near future. Extensive alterations are not contemplated. Only those necessary to restore it to its original condition and make it a harmonious setting for the heirlooms of the Knickerbockers will be made. Among the exhibits it will contain will be a collection of old Dutch wills which has been discovered in Albany. They are exceedingly curious and throw light upon the possessions of the ancestry of some of New York’s best known people. There will also be some rare specimens of furniture, old paintings and silver, books, miniatures, arms, china and even clothes worn by the early settlers of this country.—New York Journal.