Vol. XII. CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1884. No. 2. PAGE $1,000,000 00 702,988 30 140,706 97 715,664 89 82,669,299 16 . Total Assets, January 1, 1883, Portrait of Horatio Seymour. . . . . . . . ... Frontispiece. . , S. W. D. NORTH. 97 ILLUSTRATIONS.—The Monument-Portrait of Nicholas Herkimer-Bas-relief representing General Herkimer sitting on his saddle directing the battle-Bas-reliei, an Ideal Scene-General Herkimer's House, Danube. ILLUSTRATIONS,-Map of the North-Eastern Portion of Virginia--Map showing route of the Armies Manassas Junction. . . WM. L. KEESE. 148 -- ILLUSTRATIONS.-Sunnyside-Portrait of Irving. telligence. Contributed by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet. Introduction and Notes hy 162 Notes. The Past and the Present. Burgoyne's Orderly Book-André's Prison at Tappan, Literature and History. . . . . . . . . . . ., Queries. 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