Recent Accessions Collection of newspaper clippings, periodicals, guide books, and catalogues; eight photographs of San Francisco and five of Salt Lake City, about 1883. Gift of Mrs. Violet S. Rau in memory of her mother, Mrs. Theodore William Stake (Julia K. Rettberg). Seventy-seven Connecticut almanacs, 1778-1874. Gift of Mr. Melvin E. Robbins. Eight photographs of the equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar in Central Park. Gift of Mr. V. F. Schroeter, Vice President of the Bolivarian Society of the United States. Twenty-two photographs, exterior and interior, about 1929, of the Hudson River night boat Fort Orange fpreviously C. W. Morse). Gift of Mr. I. S. Seidman. Five hundred Gallatin and Stevens family letters, late 18th and early 19th centuries. Gift of the Estate of Josephine Lucille Stevens, granddaughter of Albert Gallatin, through her niece, Mrs. Henry W. Lanier (Josephine Ledyard Stevens). Three hundred and ninety-six letters, 18 20-18 3 2, from George Washington Strong (1783-1855), lawyer of New York City, to his brother-in- law, John Nelson Lloyd (1783-1841) of Lloyd's Neck, and fifty letters to and from George Washington Strong in correspondence with others, 1804-1833. Gift of the Strong Family. Local historical leaflets, guide books and periodicals. Gift of Mr. William M. Tarbox. Portrait of Mrs. Daniel D. Tompkins (Hannah Minthorn, 1781-1829) by an unidentified artist. Gift of members of the family of Mrs. Daniel D. Tompkins. Oil painting, The Forcing of the North River, New York, October 9, 1776, painted by William Joy (1803-1857) after an original by Dominique Serres, 1778. Gift of the Travelers Insurance Company. Six thousand 3" x 5" cards, recording photograph orders in New York City, 1900-1942, of Pirie MacDonald (1867-1942). Gift of his daughter, Mrs. Everett Tutchings. Correspondence and notes of Mrs. Harold Wilson relating to the Livingston and allied families, including letters from E. Brockholst Livingston and John Henry Livingston; manuscript genealogies by Henry Brace of the Livingston and Ten Broeck families. Gift of Miss Anne Hulme Wilson. Twenty-seven letters (1797-1832) from Albert Gallatin to Maria Nicholson (later Mrs. John Montgomery); letter from Hannah N. Gallatin to Maria Nicholson, 1799; letter from Ann G. Nicholson to Maria Nicholson, 1806; letter from Frances Chrystie to Maria Nicholson, 1809; letter from Elizabeth P. Bonaparte to Hannah N. Gallatin, 1841. Gift of Mrs. Lawrence W. Wright (Bertha Eugenia Stevens), great- granddaughter of Albert Gallatin. Oil painting,'..! Visit from St. Nicholas by Robert W. Weir, which will be described in our October issue. Gift of Mr. George A. Zabriskie. 332