Dear Sir : -- In sending you the enclosed cheque for $250 towards the erection of a monument, to the memory of the Revolutionary soldiers from this place, which you brought to my attention, I wish to state how heartily I am in favor of a plan which will not only' add to the attractiveness of a place I have always considered my' home, but will at the same time add to the romantic memories of the neighborhood, and serve to perpetuate the memories of some brave men who fought in defence of their country.

With best wishes for your success in the work, I remain. Very truly yours,

Edwin Gould.

FROM MISS HELEN GOULD.

Lyndhurst, Irvington-on-Hudson, June 28, 1894. Dear Mr. Raymond: -- Your letter of June 27th has been received. It will give me pleasure to subscribe one hundred dollars to the proposed Revolutionary Soldiers' monument, which I trust will be a pretty one. Very truly,

H. M. Gould.

FROM ROBERT SEWELL.

Ardmore, Tarrytown. Sept. 6, 1S94.

My Dear Mr. Raymond : -- I take pleasure in- handing herewith my cheque for fifty dollars, towards the Monument to the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Philipse Manor, to be erected in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery'.

Although the family whose patronymic I so unworthily bear, was one of great pruminence in the Colonial history of Massachusetts, and adoined the pulpit, the bench and the bar with its members, I cannot find that they were particularly prominent in seeking the bubble reputation even at the cannon's mouth. They split into fragments, 00, after the eventful Tea Party, and large delegations returned to Quebec and to Eng-