Board Of Managers Minutes 1893-1902 (1 of 8)

Title

Board Of Managers Minutes 1893-1902 (1 of 8)

Format (Extent)

1 bound volume (321 pages)

Type (Physical characteristics and technical requirements)

.pdf

Description (Scope and Content)

Includes minutes from the monthly meetings held by the Board of Managers from June 1893 – May 1902. The following people are among those represented under this subject: Rev. William A. Dalton; Rev. Roy Farrel Duffield; Rev. Walter A. A. Gardner; Frank P. Hughes; Rev. Isaac Maguire; Rev. Archibald R. Mansfield; Daniel Montgomery; Augusta Morris de Peyster; Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter; and Henry Smith. Notable events include SCI’s 50th anniversary in 1893; the resignation of Rev. William A. Dalton in 1894; the appointment of Rev. Archibald R. Mansfield as missionary of the East River Station in 1895; the formation of a Joint Conference between SCI and other organizations to lobby for legislation protecting mariners in 1896; addition of new room at 37 Front Street to ease overcrowding in the rooms at 21 Coenties Slip in 1897; passing of legislation protecting mariners by Congress in 1897; resignation of Henry Smith as superintendent of the Sailors’ Home and appointment of his replacement, Daniel Montgomery, in 1897; opening of the New York School of Navigation at the East River Station in 1899; founding of the Seamen’s Benefit Society by Augusta Morris de Peyster in 1900; addition of Battery Station at 1 State Street and appointment of Frank P. Hughes as superintendent in 1901; resignation of Rev. Isaac Maguire and appointment of his replacement, Rev. Roy Farrel Duffield, in 1901; purchase of mission boat Sentinel in 1902; and death of Daniel Montgomery and appointment of his replacement, Frank P. Hughes, in 1902.

Rights (Terms governing use)

Seamen’s Church Institute provides digital access to materials from its Archives for educational and research purposes. Responsibility for determining copyright status of and securing permission to use an item rests with the person desiring to use the material.

Creator

Board of Managers of the Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Society for Seamen in the City and Port of New York

Date

1893 June 13 - 1894 November 13

Citation

Board of Managers of the Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Society for Seamen in the City and Port of New York, “Board Of Managers Minutes 1893-1902 (1 of 8),” SCI Digital Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, http://seamenschurch-archives.org/sci/items/show/1312.