Founded November 20, 1804. Organized January 14, 1805.
PRESIDENTS.
| Egbert Benson, LL.D. | 1805-1815 |
| Gouverneur Morris | 1816 |
| Dewitt Clinton, LL.D. | 1817-1819 |
| David Hosack, M.D., LL.D. | 1820-1827 |
| James Kent, LL.D. | 1828-1831 |
| Morgan Lewis | 1832-1835 |
| Peter Gerard Stuyvesant | 1836-1839 |
| Peter Augustus Jay, LL.D. | 1840-1842 |
| Albert Gallatin, LL.D. | 1843-1849 |
| Luther Bradish, LL.D. | 1850-1863 |
| Frederic de Peyster, LL.D. | 1864-1866 |
| Hamilton Fish, LL.D. | 1867-1869 |
| Thomas DeWitt, D.D. | 1869-1871 |
| Augustus Schell | 1872 |
| Frederic de Peyster, LL.D. | 1873-1882 |
| Augustus Schell | 1883-1884 |
| Benjamin Hazard Field | 1885-1886 |
| John Alsop King | 1887-1900 |
| Eugene Augustus Hoffman, D.D., LL.D. | 1901-1902 |
| Samuel Verplanck Hoffman | 1903-1913 |
| John Abeel Weekes | 1913- |
[MEMBERSHIP.]
Members, on their election, pay an initiation fee of Twenty Dollars, which includes dues for the current year, and annually thereafter Ten Dollars as dues; or a life-membership fee of One Hundred Dollars, in lieu of all other dues and fees.
Nominations are to be sent by members to the Recording Secretary.
Members have the privilege of introducing visitors to the rooms of the Society by their card or a note, and of bringing two persons with them to the monthly meetings.
The contribution of five thousand dollars to the funds of the Society shall entitle the person giving the same to be elected a Patron of the Society in perpetuity.
The contribution of one thousand dollars shall entitle the person giving the same to be elected a Fellow for life.