Excerpt from Historical Description of the Certificate of Membership: Of the St. Nicholas Society of New-York, Adopted December 1, 1892 This report, printed by order of the St. Nicholas Society, is intended simply to show the appropriateness of the historic edifices, views, and coats of arms of the city of New-York, as illustrations of the Certificate of Membership, or Diploma, of the Society. It is not to be taken as a history of the subjects of these illustrations, but merely as a brief outline of their origin and objects. For the facts, dates, and statements quoted, the official records of the city itself, which were personally examined, are the authority. The photographic view of the City Hall, as it exists at present, in 1893, appended to this report, was taken for the Society, by direction of the Board of Officers, to preserve for the future the exact appearance of that edifice before it shall be removed, pursuant to the decision of the Corporation of New-York, to erect a larger City Hall upon its site, arrived at since this report was made and adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.