. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. some moments there. I found thehall quite pretty, although the Englishon leaving the City had stolen or carriedaway some twenty mirrors which cer-tainly ornamented it. I found nearlyall the women extremely handsome, butat the same time extremely would be impossible to dance withless grace or to be worse dressed (al-though with a certain extravagance.) NOTES An ancient gold medal. — Themedal, of which impressions are given,was formerly the property of MariaFarmer, whose descent is as follows : \st. Jacob Leisler came to Ameri
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. some moments there. I found thehall quite pretty, although the Englishon leaving the City had stolen or carriedaway some twenty mirrors which cer-tainly ornamented it. I found nearlyall the women extremely handsome, butat the same time extremely would be impossible to dance withless grace or to be worse dressed (al-though with a certain extravagance.) NOTES An ancient gold medal. — Themedal, of which impressions are given,was formerly the property of MariaFarmer, whose descent is as follows : \st. Jacob Leisler came to America in1660 from Amsterdam. Married in1663 Elsie Tymens, step-daughter ofGovert Loockermans, and widow of Pe-ter Vandeveer, was hanged, i6th May,1691. 2d. Mary Leisler^ daughter of JacobLeisler, baptized December 12, , ist, February, 1690, JacobMilbourne, Secretary to Jacob Leisler;2d, May, 1699, Abraham Gouveneur,born 1671. 3^. Maria Gouverneur^ baptized July13, 1712, was the daughter of AbrahamGouverneur and Mary Leisler his wife. NOTES 215. Inscription on Rim. Insig. Civi. Imperi. Novimag. TheInsignia (or Arms) of the ImperialCity of New Magdeburg (or of theNew Imperial City) ? There is no date on either side ofthe Medal. ^ ?^ K Inscfiption on Rim. Termi. Posvis. Qvem. non. Trans-gredientvr. P. S. CIIII. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over. Psalm CIV.(9th verse, ist paragraph.) She married, ist, Henry Myer, Jr., sonof Hendrick Myer and Wyntje Rhee,and, 2d, December 31, 1742, JasperFarmer, merchant of New York. Shedied March, 1788, and was buried inTrinity Church, near the chancel,by the side of her deceased husband,Jasper Farmer. By her will, datedMarch 3, 1788, recorded in New YorksSurrogates office i8th March, 1788, of Wills, p. 96, she bequeaths themedal in the following words : Item—I give and bequeath unto Henry Rem-sen my large Gold Medal with the Im-perial Arms thereon. 1st. Henry Remsen (here alluded to)was born April 5, 1736. He wa
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