Office, 80 Wall street, New York

Officers

President: William A. Booth, Esq.

Vice-Presidents

Thomas Napier, Esq., Northampton
Jer'h. Winslow, Esq., Havre, France
Beverly Chew, Esq., New Orleans
Rt. Rev. C.P. Mcllvaine, D.D., Ohio,
Hon. John Fine, Ogdensburg
Capt. C.K. Stribling, U.S.N.

Rev. Thomas De Witt, D.D., New York Rev. G.W. Bethune, D.D., Brooklyn, N.Y. Rev. Geo. L. Prentiss, D.D., New York Hon. Pliny Cutler, Boston Capt. R. Brumley, New York Capt. Wm. L. Hudson, U.S.N. Hon. John McLean, Cincinnati, Ohio Capt. Silas H. Stringham, U.S.N.

A. Wheelwright, Esq., Newburyport Moses B. Ives, Esq., Providence Levi Cutter, Esq., Providence Levi Cutter, Esq., Portland Hon. Charles W. Rockwell, Norwich James Boorman, Esq., New York John C. Green, Esq., New York Hon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary, U.S.N.

Board of Trustees

Corresponding Secretaries

Rev. Harmon Loomis
Rev. Israel P. Warren

Treasurer

Charles N. Talbot, Esq.
Samuel Brown, Assistant

At a large and respectable meeting of citizens, at the City Hotel, October 25, 1825, Hon. Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, was appointed President and John R. Hurd, Secretary. Sundry resolutions were offered and seconded by the following gentlemen: Rev. Dr. McCauley, of Presbyterian Church; Rev.C. G. Somers, of the Baptist Church; Rev. Wm. McMurray, D.D., of the Dutch Reformed Church; Rev. Nathan Bangs, D.D. of the Methodist Church; Captain Brown, of U.S. Revenue Cutter; and by Rev. Benj. Mortimer, of the Moravian Church that the above society be formed, &c., &c., &c.; and that the following gentlemen be a committee to carry into effect the views of this meeting, viz.: Hon. Smith Thompson, Richard Varick, Theodore Dwight, Wm. W. Woolsey, Rev. John Truair, Francis Hall, Rensselaer Havens, Najah Taylor, Samuel Candler, R. Brumley, D.W.C. Olyphant, R. M. Blatchford, John B. Yates, George Douglass, Jeremiah Taylor, John R. Hurd, Anson G. Phelps, and Silas Holmes. It did not, however, go into operation until May, 1828, when a new organization took place in the Board of Trustees. The officers of the Society elected at this time were the following: Hon. Smith Thompson, President; Rev. Charles P.Mcllvaine, Corresponding Secretary; Philip Flagler, Recording Secretary; Silas Holmes, Treasurer. Executive Committee-Rev. Joshua Leavitt, General Agent; Rev. Jno. C. Brigham, Rev. C.P. Mcllvaine, Silas Holmes, Reuben Brumley, Rev. J. Leavitt, Timothy D. Williams, John Wheelwright, Philip Flagler, Jeremiah H. Taylor.

July 18th, 1828: A bethel meeting was held on board the steam frigate Fulton, Captain Newton. Congregation, 300 to 1,000. Rev. Charles P. Mellvaine (present Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Ohio) delivered an address on the occasion.

September, 1828: The Sailor's Magazine first published, by American Seaman's Friend Society, and still continues to be issued.

May 11th, 1829: The first annual meeting of the American Seaman's Friend Society was held, in the Wall street church. Receipts for one year, $1,214.38.

October13th: Rev. David Abeel, of Reformed Dutch Church, the first seamen's chaplain commissioned by the American Seaman's Friend Society, sailed from New York in ship Roman, for Canton, the scene of his future labors.

April, 1831: "The Seaman's Retreat," Staten Island, was established by an act of the N.Y. Legislature, and opened the 1st of October following. Number of inmates, December 31st, 1858, 132. Richard J. Thorne, President: James Copland, Secretary. Office, No. 12 Old slip.

1833: "The Sailor's Snug Harbor," Staten island, was opened, provided for by a munificent legacy in the will of Captain Robert Richard Randall, of New York, dated June 1st, 1801. Number of inmates , December 27th, 1858, was 383. Augustus De Peyster, Governor; Joseph Greenleaf, Treasurer. Office, No. 67 Wall street.

February, 1833: "Marine Temperance Society of Port of New York," organized.

April, 1836: "The Society for the Relief of Destitute Children of Seamen," was organized, and incorporated by the Legislature, June 27th, 1851. It opened in 1846, on Staten Island; and in its first annual report, in April 1847, it had 24 inmates in their house. In the year 1851, the Society erected, on property leased of the "Sailor's Snug Harbor," a suitable building for the purpose, by means contributed by the benevolent citizens of New York and Staten island. The annual report for 1857 reports 128 children in the house.

The Board of Counselors named in the act of incorporation are: Charles N. Talbot, Alex. G. Mercer, William J. Hoppin, William H. Aspinwall, William D.Cuthbertson, John Browner, Charles H. Marshall, Frederick H. Hebard, and W. Judson.

Also, the Board of Managers: Eliza P. Tomlinson, First Directress: Charlotte O. Downes, Second Directress; Julia Cuthbertson, Treasurer; Sarah J. Bement, Recording Secretary; Ann M. Griswold, Corresponding Secretary; Susan Townsend, Anna S. Aspinwall, Matilda Griswold, Maria L. Carlton, Mary Ann Parker, Ann Maria Clark, Ann M. Robert, Helen Gilpin, Anne C. Wotherspoon, Jane B. Aspinwall, Anne E. Satterthwaite, Mary E. Bogert, Mary Munro, Maria S. Decatur, Charlotte D. Le Roy, Susan M. Jay, Sidney Morgan, Mary A. King, Constance O Brevoort, Jane E. Le Roy, Mary J. Bement, Cornelia W. Haven, Emily Routh, and Margaret Bard.

March 1833: "The Seaman's Relief Society" was organized.

February, 1834: "The New York Marine Bible Society" appointed L.P. Hubbard, the first agent ever employed in New York, to distribute the Scriptures.

1829: "The Sailor's Home for Colored Seamen" was opened in John street, under the direction of the "American Seaman's Friend Society."

October 10th, 1837: "The Sailor's Home" was opened at No. 140 Cherry street, by Capt. Roland Gelston, under direction of the "American Seaman's Friend Society."

February, 1840: "The New York Bible Society" assumed the duty of supplying the seamen of this port with the Scriptures, agreeably to an arrangement made with the "Marine Bible Society."

May, 1842: The Sailor's Home, with accommodations for about 300 boarders, established by the American Seaman's Friend Society, was opened at No. 190 Cherry street, New York. Number of boarders in eleven years was 36,596.

1843: The Baptist Mariner's Church was organized, Rev. J.R. Steward, Pastor. The new edifice was opened for religious services October 10, 1850.

1844, February 20: The floating Church of our Saviour was consecrated. Rev. B.C.C. Parker Minister, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. This Rev. gentleman continued to officiate in this church, located at foot of Pike street, most faithfully, until his sudden decease, 28th January, 1859, at the age of 63 years.

1844: "The Sailor's Manual of Devotion," prepared by the Rev. William Berrian, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, published for the Executive Committee of the army and navy convention.

October 31: The Methodist Mariner's Church was organized.

November 21: The Wesleyan Floating Bethel was dedicated, Rev. O.G. Hedstrom, Minister.

December 3: The Mariner's Family Industrial Society was organized.

1846: The Floating Church of the Holy Comforter was consecrated by Rev. D.V.M. Johnson, Minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. This floating Church is at the foot Laight street, North River. The Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society have also a Missionary at large, Rev. E.F. Remington.

February, 1853: Congress appropriated $5,000 for a Seaman's Cemetery for the Port of New York, which has been located by an Association of Merchants and Underwriters, in concert with the American Seaman's Friend Society, in the Cemetery of the Evergreens.

April 14, 1853: The 20th Anniversary of the Marine Temperance Society, of the Port of New York, was celebrated at the Mariner's Church, Roosevelt street. Captain W.L. Hudson, United States Navy, presided. It numbers over 27,000 members.

June 9: The Mariner's Family Asylum, Staten Island, established by the Mariner's Family Industrial Society, was dedicated.

1854, April 9: The closing exercises of the Mariner's Church in Roosevelt street; the Port Society having disposed of it for other purposes.

September 5: The society have appointed Rev. Charles J. Jones, pastor of the Mariner's Church; commenced his duties 1st October, 1854.

October, 1854: The "New Sailor's Home," on Franklin square, established by the Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Society for Seamen, was opened.

1855, October 16: The New York Port Society received the deed of the Church on the corner of Madison and Catharine streets, which will hereafter be known as "The Mariner's Church." Rev. Chas. J. Jones, Pastor.

The Congregation entered the new Church, the 23d December, 1855. The Pastor preached in the morning; the Rev. J. Alexander, D.D., of the Presbyterian Church, afternoon; and the Rev. S.H. Tyng, D.D., of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the evening, to crowded audiences.

In addition to what has been done in this city under the auspices of the "American Seaman's Friend Society," they have extended their efforts in the same cause, to the lakes, the rivers, and cities at the South and West; establishing Chapels and Homes for sailors. Also in foreign Ports: Havre, Hong Kong, Sandwich Islands, and wherever the American flag floats on her ships.

Yours truly, Israel Russell.