1776, where Captain W. G. Evelyn was killed. After the Philadelphia campaign, in most of the events in which it took part, it was back in New York in July, 1778, and probably the buttons which have been found at this camp and at Fort George were lost at this time, for in December the regiment was transferred to St. Lucia. At the side of what had at one time been the exterior of the chimney, a number of military objects were discovered, in a sort of pit, including a musket strap or clevis, a complete brass shoe buckle, an ornamental pewter buckle, and the familiar lead clip for the flint in a musket, the edge of which was cut in a serrated form. A heavy iron door hinge was probably that of the door of the guard-house of which the fireplace had formed a part. A fine pair of bronze cuff-links, with glass ornaments, lay close to another bronze coin of George II, near which was a pipe with the trademark "P." of Dutch shape, having a small coat-of-arms impressed upon the handle. The next military button to be discovered was one of the 71st Highland regiment, and as the excavation was carried around the back of the fireplace, the discovery was made that a second fireplace existed, backing on to that which had been excavated. This fireplace proved to be somewhat smaller, and bore evidences of having been constructed at a later date than the large fireplace. Facing north, in front of its hearth, was a floored space carefully laid with flat stones and small spaces filled in with half-bricks. A deep mass of ashes formed the hearth, within which was a penny of 1773, and a complete pewter spoon. The work was then extended northwards, over a space which had been apparently a favorite lounge for the soldiers, and the sifter brought out a quantity of small military materials. In one space, only about two feet square, twenty-five bullets were secured, and many other evidences of camp existence, including a button of the 64th Musketeers, one of the 71st Highlanders, and another of the 4th or " King's Own." An interesting evidence of the presence among the soldiers of artisans of different trades, was found in the shape of the brass part of a shoemaker's measure, and hard by was a fragment of a brass rule such as those used by printers to adjust type. THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL TERCENTENARY I ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSION Beginning on March 27, 1914, and ending on November 21, 1914, the three hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the regularly chartered commerce of what is now the State of New York was celebrated in the City of New York by a number of ceremonies of different kinds held from time to time under the auspices of the New York Commercial Tercentenary Commission. The history of the events thus commemorated has been set forth at length in the last Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, at pp. 441-500, but may briefly be recapitulated. On March 27, 1614, the States General of the United Netherlands granted a general charter to the people of that country, promising to grant an exclusive charter for four voyages to anyone who should discover new passages, havens, countries or places good for trading. During the summer of that year, certain merchants of Amsterdam and Hoorn sent out five ships to New Netherland, and upon making report to the States General of their discoveries, were granted, on October 11, 1614, the exclusive privilege of trading to this region for four voyages. This was the beginning of the regularly chartered commerce of New York. After this trading had continued ten years, the Dutch made a permanent settlement in 1624 at what is now Albany, and in 1626 New Amsterdam was permanently settled on Manhattan Island. Although St. Augustine, Fla., and Jamestown, Va., were settled before 1614, they had developed no regular commerce prior to that year, so that 1914 was really the tricentennial of the beginning of the regularly chartered commerce of the United States. To arrange for the suitable observance of the completion of three centuries of American commerce, the late Mayor Gaynor of New York in December, 1912, appointed a Citizens' Committee, |