It was a long journey in those days; then the papers were read and like many an-other auditor he fell asleep. He remembers his uncle huddled down in his seat listening intently. As the readings were finished the youthful interest was again stimulated by the ice-cream and cake and "repairing to the refectory" was an important and never-to-be-forgotten part of the occasion. And be it noted here that the practices of those early days are still observed at the meetings of the Society--as to the refreshments at any rate. The "Papers," the note-books and the interviews of John Macdonald appear to have remained in possession of Geo. H. Moore1 after the former's death in 1863. Various references indicate that Moore kept all of the Macdonald material with him as long as he lived. After his death copies of the ''Inter-views" that had been made by John English, a scrivener, came into the possession of Marcius D. Raymond of Tarry-town, N.Y. The "Papers" and note-books were retained by the daughters of Geo. H. Moore, Mrs. T. E. Vermilye and Mrs. Thos. E. V. Smith, and were finally deposited by them in the archives of the New York Historical Society on March 31, 1900. It is not known where the original manuscripts of the "Interviews" are now. A careful search of the bibliography of Westchester County has disclosed comparatively few direct references to John

1 Geo. H. Moore, LL.D., was born in 1823. In 1841 he became assistant librarian of the New York Historical Society and librarian in 1849. In 1872 he was elected superintendent and a trustee of the Lenox Library. He died May 5, 1892, leaving a large and valuable collection of historical materials. These were sold in two parts--Part I, on May 8 and 9, 1893, and Part II, on Feb. 5 and 6, 1894.