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Thirteenth Annual Report
1908, of the American
Scenic and Historic
Preservation Society

FOUNDED BY ANDREW H. GREEN AND
INCORPORATED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN 1895

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS

Thirteenth Annual Report 1908, of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society

FOUNDED BY ANDREW H. GREEN AND
INCORPORATED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF

THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN
IN 1895

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS

The Society

CONTENTS

Letter of Transmittal.

Officers, Trustees and Standing Committees.

Charter.

Finances.

Andrew H. Green Memorial Fund.

Stony Point Battlefield State Reservation.

Watkins Glen, State Reservation.

Letchworth Park....

Reconnoissance of Trees..

Fort Brewerton State Reservation.

Tappan Monument Property.

Yonkers Manor Hall Gift..

Scenic and Historic Preservation in New York State Reviewed.

James Douglas' Gift of Fort Constitution Site to United States.

W. J. Palmer's Gift of Parks to Colorado Springs, Colo...

Wm. Kent's Gift of Muir Woods National Monument to United States

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