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GENERAL WASHINGTON’S SPIES
On Long Island and
In New York





LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OFFICERS

President B. Herbert Smith
First Vice-President Guy Du Val
Second Vice-President William H. Cary
Corresponding Secretary Norman Taylor
Recording Secretary Richards M. Cahoone
Treasurer John D. Talmage
Assistant Treasurer Guy Du Val
Librarian Miss Edna Huntington

DIRECTORS

  • Joseph Dana Allen, Litt.D.
  • Hon. George E. Brower
  • Richards M. Cahoone
  • William H. Cary
  • Francis D. Dodge, Ph.D.
  • Guy Du Val
  • Rev. Phillips Packer Elliott
  • Lewis W. Francis
  • George Hewlett
  • David H. Lanman
  • A. Augustus Low
  • Evelyn Pierrepont Luquer
  • D. Irving Mead
  • Walter M. Meserole
  • Hon. Howard Pervear Nash
  • Frederic C. Paffard, M.D.
  • William A. Robbins
  • Arnold W. Sherman
  • B. Herbert Smith
  • John D. Talmage
  • Norman Taylor
  • Edwin H. Thatcher

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

B. Herbert Smith, Chairman

  • Joseph Dana Allen
  • Richards M. Cahoone
  • William H. Cary
  • Guy Du Val
  • Lewis W. Francis
  • William A. Robbins
  • John D. Talmage
  • Norman Taylor

COUNCILORS

Kings County

  • Miss Jessie A. Addoms, J.D.
  • Mrs. Samuel K. Frost
  • Rev. John H. Lathrop, D.D.
  • Lester D. Mapes
  • Frank L. Van Cleef
  • Wheeler N. Voorhees

Nassau County

  • George D. A. Combes
  • Courtney R. Hall, Ph.D.
  • Henry Hicks
  • Jesse Merritt
  • Rt. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D.

Suffolk County