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THE  AIDES-DE-CAMP  OF  GENERAL 
GEORGE  WASHINGTON 

By  John   C.   Fitzpatrick,  A.M. 

Assistant  Chief,  Manuscript  Division,  Library  of  Congress 


EORGE  WASHINGTON'S 
"  Family,"  as  he  called  his 
aides-de-camp  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary War,  was  the  most 
remarkable  group  of  young  men 
to  be  found  in  the  history  of  the 
United  States.  Washington's  wellnigh 
unerring  judgment  in  appraising  men  was 
never  better  displayed  than  in  the  choice 
of  his  confidential  military  assistants,  for, 
no  matter  how  much  of  their  later  success 
in  life  is  to  be  attributed  to  the  training 
they  received  under  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  the  Continental  Army,  there  can 
be  no  question  of  the  quick  recognition,  by 
the  First  American,  of  the  latent  capacity 
of  these  men  who  were  so  much  younger 
than  himself. 

This  group  furnished  the  nation  with  a 
diplomatic  representative  to  Spain  and 
Portugal,  an  Associate  Justice  of  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court,  six  Cabinet 
officers  (Secretaries  of  State,  of  War,  of 
the  Treasury  and  an  Attorney  General), 
three  United  States  Senators,  four  Gov- 
ernors   of    States,    one    Speaker    of    the 


House  of  Representatives,  one  President 
of  the  Continental  Congress  and  one 
delegate  to  the  Convention  which  framed 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  A 
goodly  list  of  high  and  honorable  accom- 
plishment! Those  who  did  not  attain  to 
distinguished  political  positions  neverthe- 
less became  citizens  of  worth,  of  local 
reputation  and  honor  as  lawyers,  judges 
or  men  of  affairs. 

Able  to  judge  well  and  truly  the  capaci- 
ties of  men,  George  Washington  in  turn, 
impressed  his  personality  upon  all  such 
as  came  in  contact  with  him,  and  this  im- 
press upon  the  aides  reacted  unfavorably 
only  upon  two  out  of  the  entire  number. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  two  who 
later  became  lukewarm  in  their  personal 
allegiance  were  among  those  who  served 
the  shortest  time  at  Headquarters. 

There  were,  in  all,  thirty-two  aides  and 
their  periods  of  service  spread  over  the 
entire  war  in  such  wise  that  the  Head- 
quarters' staff  numbered  from  four  to 
seven  aides  at  all  times.  From  the  middle 
of  the  year  1776  one  aide  was  always  a 

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Military  Secretary;  there  was  also  an 
Assistant  Secretary  and,  from  1780  to 
the  end  of  the  war,  there  was  a  Recording 
Secretary.  There  were  several  extra 
aides ;  two  of  these  were  by  special  ap- 
pointment, one  was  complimentary,  with 
neither  rank  nor  pay  and  one,  an  unique 
appointment,  was  by  brevet.  None  of 
the  aides  were  as  old  as  the  Commander- 
in-Chief  and  most  of  them  were  from  ten 
to  fifteen  years  younger  than  Washington, 
who  had  passed  his  forty-third  birthday 
when  he  was  unanimously  elected,  by 
Congress,  to  be  General  and  Commander- 
in-Chief  of  all  the  forces  raised  or  to  be 
raised  by  the  United  Colonies. 

The  youngest  of  the  aides,  when  ap- 
pointed, was  John  Tnmibull,  the  artist, 
who  was  nineteen  years  old  in  1775 ; 
Alexander  Hamilton,  twenty  years  old, 
was  the  next  youngest.  Stephen  Moylan 
was  the  oldest,  being  but  two  years 
younger  than  the  Commander-in-Chief. 
The  length  of  service,  like  the  ages  of 
the  aides,  varied  considerably.  John 
Trumbull  served  only  twenty  days  and 
Tench  Tilghman  seven  years.  Robert 
Hanson  Harrison,  next  to  Tilghman, 
served  the  longest,  with  six  years  of  the 
war  to  his  credit;  John  Laurens  and 
Richard  Kidder  Meade  both  served  four 
years ;  Hamilton  and  David  Humphreys, 
three  years.  The  length  of  service  of  all 
the  rest  averaged  from  one  to  two  years, 
excepting  the  1775  appointees,  Mifflin, 
Moylan,  Randolph  and  Reed,  whose 
records  stand  :  Mifflin  one  month,  IMoylan 
four  months,  Randolph  seven  and  Reed 
ten.  Two  later  appointees,  Johnston  and 
\^'alker  also  served  seven  and  ten 
months,  respectively. 

Seven  of  the  Thirteen  States  were 
represented  on  Washington's  staff  during 
the  war,  but  it  merely  happened  thus,  for 
State   representation   in    such    connection 


was  unthought  of,  the  main  consideration 
being  that  of  ability.  Virginia,  as  was 
natural,  furnished  twelve,  the  greatest 
number;  there  were  four  each  from 
Massachusetts,  New  York  and  Connecti- 
cut; three  from  Pennsylvania  and  Mary- 
land and  one  each  from  North  and  South 
Carolina.  All  of  the  appointments  were 
unsolicited.  Some  few  applications  were 
made  to  Washington  during  the  war,  but 
they  were  disregarded  and,  with  the 
exception  of  Tilghman  and  John  Laurens, 
son  of  the  President  of  Congress,  both  of 
whom  volunteered,  the  aides  were  either 
specifically  invited  to  serve  by  Washing- 
ton himself,  or  were  sent  to  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief by  his  close  friends  with 
what  he  considered  proper  recommen- 
dation and  under  proper  auspices. 

Washington  was  elected  to  command 
the  army  June  15,  1775;  he  accepted  the 
appointment  the  next  day  and  his  commis- 
sion, a  beautifully  proportioned  and  de- 
signed parchment,  engrossed  by  Timothy 
Matlack,  was  signed  by  President  John 
Hancock,  June  19th.  On  June  16th 
Congress  authorized  the  appointment  of  a 
Secretary  to  the  Commander-in-Chief  at 
a  salary  of  $66  a  month.  June  21st  it  was 
resolved  to  allow  all  generals  of  the  army, 
three  aides-de-camp,  for  whom  the  pay 
had  been  fixed  previously  at  ^33  per 
month.  On  June  23rd  Washington  set 
out  for  the  army  at  Cambridge  accom- 
panied, among  others,  by  the  two  Penn- 
sylvanians,  Thomas  Mifflin  and  Joseph 
Reed.  July  3rd  he  assumed  command  of 
the  troops,  and  the  next  day  the  military 
"  Family "  of  the  Conmiander-in-Chief 
came  into  existence  for  the  period  of  the 
war  by  the  announcement,  in  general 
orders,  of  the  appointment  of  Joseph 
Reed,  Military  Secretarv",  and  Thomas 
Mifflin,  Aide-de-camp.  A  glimpse  of  the 
real  George  Washington  is  furnished  us 


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in  the  appointment  of  the  next  aide. 
Young  John  Trumbull,  the  artist,  fur- 
nished valuable  assistance  to  Washington 
by  means  of  his  clever  sketch  maps  of 
the  British  lines  and  defences  around 
Boston,  and  no  man  could  better  appre- 
ciate such  work  than  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  whose  own  survey  drawing  was  of 
fine  quality.  Trumbull  was  appointed  an 
aide  July  27th.  He  served  at  Headquar- 
ters until  the  middle  of  August,  and  was 
then  transferred  to  the  stafif  of  General 
Gates.     He  resigned  from  the  army  in 

1777,  but  volunteered  and  served  as  an 
aide  to  ]\Iajor  General  John  Sullivan  in 
the  disastrous  Rhode  Island  expedition  of 

1778.  He  managed  to  get  to  France  in 
1780  and,  in  furtherance  of  his  art 
studies,  determined  to  go  to  London  for 
instruction  under  Benjamin  West.  His 
artistic  naivete  was  rudely  jarred  when  the 
British  put  him  in  jail.  There  he  stayed 
for  eight  months,  and  was  released  only  on 
condition  that  he  leave  the  kingdom.  The 
calmness  with  which  this  ex-aide  of  the 
rebel  Commander-in-Chief  walked  into 
the  lion's  mouth  merely  because  he  wished 
to  study  art  was  regarded,  probably,  by 
the  British  as  the  act  of  a  lunatic.  It  was, 
in  truth,  only  a  bit  of  evidence  of  the  qual- 
ity of  the  manhood  opposed  to  them,  and 
it  should  have  shown  Great  Britain  her 
utter  misunderstanding  of  the  character 
of  the  American  colonists  and  her  gross 
misconception  of  the  American  spirit. 

Thomas  Mifflin  resigned  to  become 
Quartermaster  General  of  the  army  the 
day  before  Trumbull  left  Headquarters, 
and  these  two  vacancies  were  filled  by 
Edmund  Randolph  and  George  Baylor, 
both  from  Mrginia  and  young  men  of 
twenty-two  and  twenty-three  years  of  age, 
respectively.  Randolph  was  the  nephew 
of  Peyton  Randolph,  a  former  President 
of  the  Continental  Congress  and,  on  the 
death  of  his  uncle  in  March,  1776,  he  was 


forced  to  leave  the  army  and  return  to 
Virginia.  Baylor  left  Headquarters  in 
Januarv,  1777,  to  become  colonel  of  the 
3rd  Continental  Dragoons.  He  was 
bayoneted  through  the  lungs  when  his 
command  was  surprised  by  the  British  at 
Tappan.  He  lived  throughout  the  war  and 
saw  further  service,  but  this  bayonet 
wound  was  the  cause  of  his  untimely  death. 

During  the  siege  of  Boston  the  larger 
part  of  the  work  of  the  aides  was  secre- 
tarial, drafting  and  recording  letters  and 
orders  and  keeping  track  of  affairs.  It  was 
not  a  new  thing  with  Washington  ,  for 
his  experience  as  Commander-in-Chief  on 
the  Virginia  frontiex  during  the  French 
and  Indian  War  had  accustomed  him  to 
managing  bodies  of  troops  scattered  over 
a  considerable  area ;  but  his  aides  had  had 
no  such  experience  to  steady  them.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  usual  army  Headquarters 
work,  matters  were  complicated  by  the 
management  of  a  fleet  of  privateering 
vessels  which  Washington  arranged  for 
before  the  establishment  of  a  regular  naval 
force.  Some  of  the  aides  were  obliged  to 
travel  to  the  seacoast  on  this  business,  and 
it  fell  to  the  lot  of  Stephen  ]\Ioylan  to 
keep  track  of  most  of  this  naval  activity. 

The  record  of  the  correspondence  at 
Headquarters  at  the  beginning  of  the  war 
was  entered  up  in  cheap  blank  books,  with 
covers  of  unsized,  blue  paper,  just  as  the 
letters  happened  to  be  written,  minus  all 
indexing,  devoid  of  line  spacing  and 
classified  only  into  two  rather  vague 
groups  of  official  and  private  letters.  This 
was  a  clumsy  and  unsatisfactory  method 
and,  though  the  books  start  oE  neatly  and 
fairly  enough,  hurry  and  carelessness  soon 
jumbled  them  into  a  much  confused 
record.  The  handwriting  of  all  the  aides  of 
the  period  api>ear  in  these  letter  book 
records  and  it  seems  plain  that  certain 
lines  of  correspondence  were  in  charge  of 
certain  aides.    The  Commander-in-Chief, 


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of  course,  signed  most  of  the  letters  and, 
when  lie  did  not,  it  was  carefully  stated 
that  they  were  written  by  his  order.  As 
the  war  continued  the  volume  of  Head- 
quarters' correspondence  increased  to 
enormous  proportions  and  this  letter  book 
method,  with  which  the  start  was  made, 
proved  hopelessly  inadequate  by  the  mid- 
dle of  the  year  1776.  It  was  entirely 
discarded  after  October  of  that  year,  and 
the  record  of  the  letters  written  thereafter 
was  preserved  in  the  form  of  tentative  and 
corrected  drafts,  or  copies,  on  separate 
sheets  of  paper,  that  were  afterwards 
folded  and  docketed  for  filing. 

These  drafts  and  copies  were  stored  in 
special  chests  that  formed  a  part  of  the 
valuable  baggage  of  Headquarters, 
and  their  guardianship  was  entrusted 
to  the  Commander-in-Chief's  Guard. 
Washington's  solicitude  for  their  safety 
is  of  record  in  more  than  one  instance,  for 
no  one  realized  better  than  he  the  tre- 
mendous value  of  those  papers  to  the 
conduct  of  the  war  and  how  necessary  it 
was  to  prevent  any  of  them  from  falling 
into  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

The  secretarial  method  at  Headquarters 
varied.  The  Commander-in-Chief  wrote 
a  large  number  of  the  letters  himself  and 
these,  if  not  corrected  or  changed  by  him 
in  the  course  of  the  composition,  were 
copied  ofT  for  the  record  by  an  aide.  If 
changes  were  made  a  clean  copy  was  pre- 
pared for  his  signature  and  the  corrected 
draft  filed  for  record ;  for  the  rest 
Washington  either  gave  verbal  instruc- 
tions to  the  aide  or  made  a  few  rough 
notes  from  which  a  letter  was  composed 
for  his  signature.  One  or  two  of  these 
rough  memoranda  still  survive.  The  state- 
ment, for  which  Timothy  Pickering  seems 
largely  responsible,  that  Washington  was 
not  a  good  letter  writer,  and  that  most  of 
his  communications  were  the  work  of  his 
aides  is  not  borne  out  by  a  stud\-  of  tlie 


drafts.  It  is  true  that  the  greater  muiiber 
of  these  drafts  are  in  the  handwritings  of 
the  various  aides,  but  the  alterations,  sup- 
pressions and  additions  in  Washington's 
handwriting  are  numerous  and  in  every 
such  instance  the  change  strengthens  and 
improves  the  aide's  composition.  A  fair 
example  of  the  control  and  dominance  of 
the  Commander-in-Chief  over  his  corre- 
spondence is  found  in  the  draft  of  the 
letter  to  Major  General  Horatio  Gates  of 
May  26,  1778.  Gates,  in  command  in  the 
north,  had  summarily  countermanded 
Washington's  orders  for  shipment  of 
arms  to  the  main  army,  then  at  Valley 
Forge.  There  were  fully  2000  troops 
there  in  want  of  muskets  and  the  British, 
only  a  few  miles  away  in  Philadelphia, 
might  move  at  any  moment.  Tench 
Tilghman,  burning  with  rage  at  Gates' 
impertinence  and  dangerous  action, 
drafted,  for  Washington's  signature,  a 
stinging  rebuke  and  peremptory  order  to 
the  hero  of  Saratoga.  But  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, keenly  alive  to  Gates', 
frame  of  mind  as  a  result  of  the  then 
recent  fiasco  of  the  Conway  Cabal,  struck 
out  all  of  the  peremptory  part  of  the  letter 
and  shifted  the  rebuke  from  the  personal 
plane,  upon  which  it  had  been  placed  by 
Tilghman,  to  the  higher  line  of  official 
duty.  Tilghman  had  written,  for 
Washington :  "  This  countermand  has 
greatly  disappointed  and  exceedingly  dis- 
tressed me."  Washington  struck  out  the 
personal  pronoun  and  changed  the  sen- 
tence to  read  :  "  This  countermand  has 
greatly  disappointed  and  exceedingly 
distressed  and  injured  the  service." 
Pickering  is  not  an  entirely  unbiased 
judge  regarding  Washington.  One  can- 
not read  any  consideralile  number  of 
Washington's  letters  without  catching  the 
undeviating  and  uniform  swing  and  spirit 
of  them,  and  this  uniformity  could  not  be 
so  apparent  if  thirty-one  difi:'erent  person- 


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alities,  as  strongly  positive  as  were  the 
aides,  had  controlled  the  correspondence 
over  a  period  of  eight  years. 

That   Washington  did   not   disdain  to 
avail  himself  of  the  ability  of  his  aides  is 
unquestioned.    It  was  beyond  the  power 
of  any  single  individual  to  have  carried, 
unaided,   the   burden   that  rested   on  his 
shoulders  while  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
Continental    Army;    but    if    his 
aides  gave  him  valuable  assistance 
and  support,  the  more  honor  to 
them      for      their      cooperation, 
rather    than    the    less    credit    to 
Washington  for  his  achievements. 
Certainly   the   personal   devotion 
and  enthusiasm  of  the  men  who 
lived  on  daily  intimate  terms  with 
George     Washington     was     not 
cooled    by    carping    criticism    or 
grudging  service. 

The    first    year    of    the    war 
saw  Washington's  staff  increased 
from  one  Military  Secretary  and 
one  aide  to  five  aides  and,  by  the 
end  of  the  year  the  multiplicity  of 
duties     and     the     heavy     corre- 
spondence had  become  so  great 
that  Washington  asked  Congress 
for    authority    to    appoint    more 
aides,  assuring  that  body  that  he 
did  not  mean  to  run  the  public 
into    unnecessary    expense    and    that    he 
would  be   as   sparing  as   possible  in  his 
appointments.     Congress  took  no  steps  in 
the  matter  and,  what  with  resignations  and 
replacements,  the  year  1776  started  with 
four  aides  and   one   Alilitary   Secretary; 
nine  aides  were  added  during  the  year  and 
six  dropped  out.     In  January,  Congress 
blandly    ignoring    Washington's    request 
for  more  aides,  asked  his  opinion  as  to  the 
rank   his  aides   should  have  and,   in  re- 
sponse to  his  recommendation,  conferred 
upon  them  that  of  major.     In  June  this 


rank  was  raised  to  that  of  lieutenant- 
colonel,  and  it  so  remained  throughout  the 
war.  In  May,  1776,  Washington  was 
empowered  to  appoint  an  assistant  clerk 
to  his  Military  Secretary  (who  was  then 
Robert  Hanson  Harrison,  of  Virginia, 
successor  to  Joseph  Reed),  at  a  salary  of 
$44  a  month ;  in  July  authority  was 
granted  to  appoint  another  aide.    But  the 


Cdl.ONl-I,  TENCH  TILGHMAN 

pressure  of  work  had  become  too  great  to 
wait  upon  the  tortoise-like  action  of 
Congress,  and  the  Commander-in-Chief 
found  a  makeshift  way  out  of  the  difficulty 
by  appointing  two  of  the  officers  of  his 
Guard  as  Special  Aides ;  one  was  his 
young  relative,  George  Lewis,  a  lieutenant 
of  the  Guard,  and  the  other  was  Major 
Caleb  Gibbs,  its  Commandant.  Both  of 
these  were  continually  at  Headquarters  in 
the  performance  of  their  Guard  duties,  so 
it  was  a  practical  solution.  It  increased 
the  burdens  of  these  two  officers,  but  there 
were  no  slackers  around  General  George 


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^^'ashington,  who  spared  himself  as  little 
as  he  spared  men,  horses  and  material, 
when  necessity  demanded  that  a  thing  be 
done.  Congress  slept  on  the  matter  of 
increasing  the  number  of  the  aides  until 
January,  1778,  when  it  finally  did  what  it 
should  have  done  in  the  beginning  and 
what  it  always  did  do  at  the  end  of  every 
vexatious  military  question,  that  is,  threw 
the  entire  responsibility  on  the  shoulders 
of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  by  granting 
him  authority  to  appoint  such  a  number 
of  aides  as  he  might,  from  time  to  time, 
judge  necessary.  Regimental  officers 
could  be  so  appointed,  any  resolve  of 
Congress  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 
The  Commander-in-Chief  was  furnished 
with  blank  commissions,  signed  and  sealed 
by  the  President  and  Secretary  of  Con- 
gress with  authority  to  fill  them  out  as  he 
saw  fit,  and  his  succeeding  appointments 
were  never  called  into  question. 

Robert  Hanson  Harrison  had  been  ap- 
pointed Military  Secretary  in  November, 
1775 ;  Alexander  Contee  Hanson,  of 
l\rar\'land,  and  William  Grayson,  of  Vir- 
ginia, were  appointed  Assistant  Secretaries 
on  the  same  day  in  June,  1776.  Harrison, 
as  has  been  stated,  succeeded  Reed,  the 
first  Secretary,  and  was  one  of  the  quartet 
of  best  known  and  longest  service  aides ; 
Moylan,  Palfrey,  Cary  and  Webb  were 
added  to  the  staff,  and  a  French  merchant, 
Pierre  Penet,  was  given  the  rank  of  aide 
by  brevet.  Congress  confirmed  this  brevet 
appointment  by  Washington  and  a  com- 
mission was  forwarded  to  France,  from 
whence  Penet  had  applied  by  letter  to  the 
Commander-in-Qiief,  for  the  honor.  This 
was  the  unique  staff  appointment  of  the 
war.  Penet  and  his  business  partner, 
Fmanuel  de  Pliarne,  came  to  America  in 
1775  and  conferred  with  Washington  at 
Cambridge ;  from  thence  they  went  to 
Philadelphia,  where  they  conferred  with 
a  committee  of  Congress.  On  their  return 


to  France,  Penet  made  the  request  for  a 
commission  so  as  to  have  the  privilege  of 
wearing  the  Continental  uniform  and 
ribbon  of  rank  in  France.  His  letter  to 
Washington  is  guarded  in  language,  but 
explicit  in  stating  that  he  had  succeeded 
in  making  arrangements  for  furnishing 
ample  supplies  of  ammunition  for 
Washington's  armies  and  garrisons.  Un- 
fortunately there  seems  to  be  no  docu- 
mentary evidence  available,  as  yet,  that 
enables  us  to  fix  the  value  of  the  services 
rendered  by  Penet  &  Pliarne,  or  Penet 
&  Company ;  but  it  must  have  been  actual 
and  substantial  or  Washington  would 
hardly  have  granted  so  unusual  an  honor. 
The  idea  was  that  Penet,  in  France,  could 
the  more  readily  arrange  for  supplies  for 
the  army  in  America  when  clad  in  the 
Continental  uniform,  and  Washington 
certainly  thought  the  scheme  worthy  of 
trial.  \Miether  this  ardent  Frenchman 
was  the  advance  agent  of  Caron  de 
Beaumarchais  or  was  connected  in  any 
way  with  the  latter's  enterprise  remains  to 
be  established. 

The  same  year  that  this  unusual  ap- 
pointment was  made  a  young  Marylander, 
by  the  name  of  Tench  Tilghman,  appeared 
at  Headquarters.  He  was  not  unknown 
to  Congress,  as  he  had  been  secretary  to 
the  commissioners  who  had  negotiated  the 
treaty  of  1775  with  the  Six  Nations  of 
Indians.  He  had  been  a  lieutenant  in  a 
Philadelphia  militia  company  and,  after 
the  Indian  treaty  work,  had  joined  the 
fighting  forces  of  his  country.  In  August, 
1776,  he  volunteered  to  serve  at  Head- 
quarters without  I'anlv  or  pay.  There  were 
many  volunteers  in  the  different  branches 
of  both  the  civil  and  military  service 
during  the  Revolutionary  War  but  few 
can  show  a  more  honorable  and  highly 
patriotic  record  than  that  of  Tench 
Tilgliman.  AMien  he  joined  Headquar- 
ters, shortly  before  the  battle  of   Long 


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Island,  he  was  thirty-two  years  old,  and 
for  the  next  seven  years  he  gave  the  best 
of  his  strength  and  abilities  to  his  country 
with  a  prodigality  that  ended  his  life  ten 
years  from  the  time  he  appeared  at  Head- 
quarters. Alexander  Hamilton, 
of  New  York,  and  Richard  Kidder 
Meade,  of  Virginia,  became  aides 
in  1777  and,  with  Harrison  and 
Tilghman,  bore  the  heaviest  of 
the  Headquarters'  burdens  for 
the  longest  period  of  the  war. 
The  aides  were  by  natural  char- 
acteristics and  by  a  kind  of 
understanding  among  themselves, 
divided  into  two  groups,  or 
classes  :  the  "  writing  "  and  the 
"  riding  "  aides.  The  distinction 
was  not  always  clean  cut  as  there 
never  was  a  group  of  men  so 
willing  to  spend  themselves  with- 
out stint  as  these  confidential 
assistants  of  General  George 
\^'ashington.  Robert  Hanson 
Harrison,  for  all  that  he  was  a 
secretary,  was  the  best  known  of 
the  "  riding "  aides,  and  his 
powerful  black  mare  was  almost 
as  well  known  to  the  anny 
as  were  the  splendid  mounts 
of  the  Commander-in-Chief. 
Hamilton  was  both  a  "  riding  " 
and  a  "  writing "  aide,  but 
Tilghman  was  primarily  the 
"  writing  "  man.  Nearly  all  of  the 
aides  were  good  penmen,  but  Hamilton 
and  Tilghman  may  be  considered  the 
best.  Hamilton,  undoubtedly  was  the 
finest  penman  of  them  all,  and  when 
he  took  pains  his  script  is  a  perfect 
Spencerian.  The  commission  of  March  4, 
1777,  appointing  his  fellow  aide,  Harrison, 
a  commissioner  to  negotiate  an  excliange 
of  prisoners  with  the  British,  has  the 
beauty  and  accuracy  of  a  copper-plate  en- 
graving.   The  reason  for  the  pains  taken 


with  this  paper  is  clear ;  Harrison  had  to 
present  this  document  to  the  British  com- 
missioners, as  his  credentials,  and 
Hamilton's  pride  in  the  Continental  Army 
was  such  that  he  took  great  pains  to  show 


the  enemy  that  there  was  as  much  skill 
and  art  among  the  Continentals  as  among 
the  king's  troops.  How  well  he  succeeded 
may  be  judged  by  the  illustration,  for 
beautiful  as  the  British  official  army  papers 
usually  were  in  point  of  penmanship,  this 
commission  of  Harrison's  is  the  equal  of 
the  best,  not  only  in  the  days  of  1777,  but 
of  the  entire  Revolutionary  period. 

It  was  to  Hamilton  also  that  the  drafting 
of   the   more   important   letters    was   en- 


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trusted,  and  Washington's  changes  and 
improvements  of  Hamilton's  compositions 
are,  comparatively,  few;  still  there  are  a 
sufficient  number  of  them  to  show  the 
Commander-in-Chief's  letter-writing  abil- 
ity for,  in  Hamilton's  case,  as  in  that  of 
every  other  aide,  Washington  never 
changed  their  sentences  but  that  he  did 
not  strengthen  and  better  them.  Major 
Caleb  Gibbs  who,  in  addition  to  his  duties 
as  commandant  of  the  Commander-in- 
Chief's  Guard,  acted  as  superintendent  of 
household  affairs  at  Headquarters,  drafted 
or  copied  many  letters  when  the  need  was 
great.  Any  one  who  happened  to  be 
present  was  pressed  into  service  as  an 
amanuensis,  and  no  less  a  personage  than 
Major  General  Greene  helped  out  at  times 
in  copying  needed  enclosures  for  letters, 
while  some  few  of  the  record  copies  were 
made  by  Mrs.  \^^ashington  when  she  was 
at  Headquarters.  The  haste  and  pressure 
of  work  at  times  is  clearly  shown  by  the 
drafts  of  some  of  the  longer  letters  being 
in  the  handwriting  of  two  or  three  aides 
as  one  after  another  of  them  were  called 
away  for  more  imperative  work. 

There  have  been  many  unauthentic  and 
inaccurate  lists  of  Washington's  aides 
published  and  so  many  unsubstantiated 
claims  of  service  are  continually  being 
made  that  the  accurate  and  complete  list 
may  have  both  interest  and  value.  For 
the  names  that  follow,  a  general  order,  a 
resolve  of  Congress  or  a  definite  docu- 
mentary statement  by  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  is  the  only  recognized  authority : 

'Thomas  Mifflin,  of  Pennsylvania,  July 
4,  1775;  Joseph  Reed,  of  Pennsylvania, 
Secretary,  July  4,  1775 ;  John  Trumbull, 
Connecticut,  July  27,  1775;  -George 
Baylor,  Virginia,  August  15,  1775; 
Edmund  Randolph,  Virginia,  August  15, 
1775;'Robert  Hanson  Harrison,  Virginia, 
November  5,  1775,  Secretary,  May  16, 
1776;-  Stephen  Moylan,  Pennsylvania, 
March  5,  1776;  -William  Palfrey,  Massa- 


chusetts, March  6,  1776;.  Caleb  Gibbs, 
Massachusetts,  special  appointment,  May 
16,  1776;"George  Lewis,  Virginia,  special 
appointment.  May  16, 1776 ;  Richard  Cary, 
Virginia,  June  21,  1776;'Samuel  Blatchley 
Webb,  Connecticut,  June  21,  1776; 
Alexander  Contee  Hanson,  Maryland, 
Assistant  Secretary,  June  21,  1776; 
■William  Grayson,  Virginia,  Assistant  Sec- 
retary, June  21,  1776;  'Pierre  Penet, 
France,  by  brevet,  confirmed  by  Congress, 
October  14,  1776;- John  Fitzgerald,  Vir- 
ginia, November,  1776; -George  Johnston, 
Virginia,  January  20,1777;  John  Walker, 
North  Carolina,  extra  aide,  February  19, 
1777;  .Alexander  Hamilton,  New  York, 
March  1,  1777;-- Richard  Kidder  Meade, 
Virginia,  March  12,  1777;'Presley  Peter 
Thornton,  Virginia,  extra  aide,  September 
6,  1777; 'John  Laurens,  South  Carolina, 
volunteer  extra  aide,  September  6,  1777, 
given  rank  ^larch  29,  1779;. James  Mc- 
Henry,  Maryland,  Assistant  Secretary, 
May  15,  1778; -Tench  Tilghman,  Mary- 
land, June  21,  1780,  (Tilghman  had  how- 
ever, been  serving  as  volunteer  aide 
without  rank  or  pay  since  August,  1776)  ; 
•David  Humphreys,  Connecticut,  June  23, 
1780; -Richard  Varick,  New  York,  Re- 
cording Secretary,  May  25,  1781 ; 
-Jonathan  Trumbull,  Jr.,  Connecticut, 
Secretary,  June  8,  1781 ;  •  David  Cobb, 
Massachusetts,  June  15,  1781  ;-Peregrine 
Fitzhugh,  Virginia,  extra  aide,  July  2, 
1781 ;- William  Stephens  Smith,  New 
York,  July  6,  1781  ;•  Benjamin  Walker, 
New  York,  January  25,  1782 ;  -Hodijah 
Baylies,  Massachusetts,  extra  aide,  May 
14,  1782. 

During  the  Yorktown  campaign  John 
Parke  Custis  served  as  a  volunteer  aide, 
but  without  rank,  pay  or  appointment,  so 
that  he  cannot  properly  be  included  in  the 
above  list. 

Life  at  Headquarters  was  an  exciting 
one ;  the  aides  were  an  hard  riding,  hard 


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working  little  group,  and  it  was  often- 
times due  to  the  driving  energy  with  which 
they  delivered  the  Commander-in-Chief's 
orders  that  Washington's  plans  were  suc- 
cessfully carried  through.  But,  hard 
working  as  they  were,  it  is  questionable  if 
any  of  them  were  as  unsparing  of 
themselves  as  were  their  General. 
The  amount  of  work  accom- 
plished at  Headquarters  was 
enormous ;  often  in  the  height  of 
a  campaign  a  dozen  or  more  let- 
ters a  day  were  written  at 
Headquarters.  Let  anyone  try  to 
write  from  eight  to  twelve  letters 
in  long  hand,  on  vitally  important 
matters,  of  from  one  to  four  folio 
pages  in  length,  to  Congress,  to 
Governors  of  States  or  State 
Legislatures,  to  commanding  and 
subordinate  officers  of  an  army, 
issue  general  orders  for  managing 
a  force  of  from  ten  to  fifteen 
thousand  men,  keep  in  the  saddle 
for  hours,  enter  up  a  daily  ex- 
pense account,  sign  warrants  for 
the  disbursement  of  hundreds  of 
dollars  of  public  funds,  plan  and 
continually  revise  plans  for  a 
military  campaign,  while  striving 
always  to  keep  an  army  supplied 
with  food,  clothing  and  arms  and 
on  top  of  all  this,  make  perhaps  a 
forced  march  and  fight  a  battle 
and  it  easily  can  be  seen  that 
George  Washington  could  have 
obtained  hardly  more  than  three 
consecutive  hours  of  sleep  in  any  twenty- 
four,  during  the  eight  years  of  the 
Revolutionary  War.  Had  he  not  been  a 
physical  giant  (he  was  about  six  feet  two 
inches  tall  and  weighed  210  pounds),  he 
could  never  have  stood  such  a  strain. 

The  demands  upon  the  aides  at  all  times 
were  varied.  Almost  at  the  beginning  of 
the  war  came  a  peculiarly  petty  attempt  by 


the  British  to  ignore  official  recognition  of 
the  Continental  army  by  obtaining  the  ac- 
ceptance of  a  letter  from  the  British  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, addressed  to  "  George 
Washington,  Esquire"  This  was  check- 
mated by  Joseph  Reed,  who  flatly  refused 


to  receive  the  letter  from  the  flag  of  truce 
bearer.  Feigning  ignorance,  the  British 
flag  officer  asked  how  such  communica- 
tions should  be  addressed,  but  Reed 
cleverly  avoided  a  possible  pitfall  and 
replied  that  his  general's  name  and  rank 
were  well  known,  and  that  the  proper 
form  of  address  could  easily  be  im- 
agined.    The    effect    of    the    little    en- 


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counter  was  sufficient ;  all  further  letters 
to  Washington  from  the  British  author- 
ities bore  a  proper  address.  A  more 
important  diplomatic  accomplishment  was 
the  mission  of  Hamilton,  who  with  Caleb 
Gibbs  travelled  through  the  biting,  winter 
weather  of  upper  New  York  State 
to  obtain  needed  reenforcements  for 
Washington  from  Gates,  after  the  Sara- 
toga victory,  when  the  latter  no  longer 
needed  a  large  force.  Gates,  puffed  up 
with  vain-glorious  pride,  talked  largely 
of  a  winter  campaign  against  Ticonderoga 
and  delayed  obeying  Washington's  orders. 
Hamilton  by  sheer  mental  dominance  suc- 
ceeded in  dragging  Morgan's  splendid  rifle 
regiment  from  Gates'  reluctant  grasp  and 
by  pressure  in  other  directions  combined 
with  a  bit  of  luck,  succeeded  in  forward- 
ing state  troops  and  militia  enough  to 
Washington,  without  displaying  the  plen- 
ary power  with  which  he  had  been 
invested.  To  have  overridden  Gates  at 
that  particular  time  and  by  such  means 
might  have  split  the  army  into  factions 
and  caused  great  mischief  to  the  colonial 
cause.  Of  all  of  Hamilton's  triumphs  of 
management  it  is  doubtful  if  any  of  those 
in  his  after  life  exceeded  the  careful 
genius  and  self -repression  of  this  youth- 
ful diplomacy. 

One  of  the  more  pleasant  features  of 
life  at  Headquarters  were  the  times  when 
the  army  was  in  winter  quarters  and 
Mrs.  Washington  visited  the  General.  It 
was  the  duty  of  one  of  the  aides  to  meet 
her,  usually  an  hundred  miles  or  so  away 
and  escort  her  to  camp.  \\'hen  spring  ap- 
proached and  the  army  took  the  field  again, 
Mrs.  Washington  returned  to  Mount 
Vernon  and  an  aide  accompanied  her  on 
the  way  until  all  the  country,  in  which 
there  was  danger  from  the  enemy  had 
been  passed.  It  may  easily  be  assumed 
that  the  honor  and  pleasure  of  this  escort 
<lutv  was  a  coveted  one  with  the  aides. 


But  there  were  many  distasteful  as  well 
as  pleasant  experiences  in  the  busy  days  at 
Headquarters,  and  one  of  these  is  pictured 
for  us  in  a  succinct  and  grimly  vivid  way 
by  Major  Caleb  Gibbs.  In  his  diary, 
which  he  kept  in  an  exasperatingly  hap- 
hazard way,  is  this  account  of  the  execu- 
tion of  Major  John  Andre,  the  Adjutant 
General  of  the  British  Army.  Under  date 
of  October  2,  1780,  Gibbs  wrote :  "At  12 
o'clock  P.M.  Major  Andrie,  Adjt.Genl.  to 
the  B.Army  was  executed  persuant  to  his 
sentence  determined  by  a  board  of  Genl. 
Officers.  As  soon  as  he  got  into  the  cart 
he  said  with  a  firm  composure  of  mind 
'  that  he  was  perfectly  reconciled  to  his 
Death,  but  not  quite  to  the  mode  ' — he 
look  around  &  adres'd  himself  to  the 
officer  of  the  Guard  &  said  with  a  smile 
'  It  is  but  for  a  moment.  Sir  '  he  seem  not 
in  the  least  agitated  in  his  last  moments, 
not  one  moment  before  he  was  turn  off 
he  was  asked  if  he  had  any  [thing]  to  say 
as  time  would  be  allowed  him  for  that 
purpose  he  said  nothing  more  than  he  call 
on  all  the  gentlemen  present  to  bear  wit- 
ness that  he  died  like  a  brave  man — &  did." 

There  are  many  curious  and  interesting 
sidelights  to  be  found  in  an  examination 
of  the  Revolutionary  War  from  the  stand- 
point of  the  work  of  the  aides-de-camp 
to  the  Commander-in-Chief.  In  winter 
quarters,  or  in  the  field,  under  fire,  they 
were  the  men  upon  whom  Washington 
first  placed  dependence,  and  there  is  no 
record  of  a  failure  of  that  dependence. 
The  aides,  apparently,  were  allowed  con- 
siderable latitude  in  management,  and  the 
working  arrangements  at  Headquarters 
seems  to  have  been  left  entirely  to  them. 
With  the  advent  of  each  new  aide  into  the 
"  Family  "  all  the  drudgery  of  writing 
seems  to  have  been  bequeathed  him  at  once 
by  the  older  aides,  and  the  new  man's 
gradual  emancipation  from  the  more  con- 
fining tasks,  as  he  became  accustomed  to 


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the  situation,  can  be  followed  easily  in 
the  record  drafts  of  the  Headquarters' 
papers.  The  aides  examined  deserters 
and  prisoners,  checked  accounts,  kept 
record  of  the  warrants  drawn  and  sums 
received  from  the  Paymaster  General, 
carried  and  delivered  orders,  translated 
the  French  and  Spanish  letters,  arranged 
for  the  location  of  Headquarters,  were 
the  liaison  officers  between  the  Continental 
Army  and  the  French  auxiliary  troops, 
and  managed  the  Headquarters  corre- 
spondence, this  last  in  itself,  a  colos- 
sal task. 

There  was  but  one  aide  who  parted  from 
A\'ashington  in  anger,  and  that  one  was 
Hamilton.  Imperious  by  nature  and  quick 
tempered  in  the  extreme,  without  the  con- 
trol that  later  years  brought  to  him, 
Hamilton  resigned  in  a  huff  in  1780.  Both 
men  were  somewhat  to  blame,  W^ashington 
seems  to  have  displayed  some  of  the  petu- 
lence  so  usual  with  advancing  years  and 
Hamilton  the  quick  resentment  of  hot 
youth ;  but  that  \\'ashington  bore  no 
grudge  and  that  Hamilton  was  ashamed 
of  his  hastiness  is  quite  evident  from  the 
life-long  friendship  that  afterwards  ex- 
isted between  the  two  men.  The  IMarquis 
■de  Lafayette  was  the  unconscious  cause 
of  the  rupture  and  this,  undoubtedly,  had 
much  to  do  with  Washington's  willingness 
to  forget  the  incident.  He  unbent  almost 
immediately  and  did  all  that  could  reason- 
ably be  expected  toward  adjusting  mat- 
ters ;  it  was  Hamilton's  obstinacy  and 
3'outhful  pride  that  forced  the  separation, 
and  this  places  the  greater  share  of  the 
blame  upon  his  shoulders.  The  corre- 
spondence between  the  two  men,  a  short 
while  thereafter,  when  Hamilton  wished 
to  return  to  the  army  is  well  worth  read- 
ing. There  was  the  unsurmountable  diffi- 
culty of  seniority  of  rank,  so  Hamilton 
promptly  volunteered  and  had  the  supreme 
satisfaction   of   commanding   one   of   the 


storming  parties  against  the  British 
redoubts  at  Yorktown.  Another  incident 
of  great  interest  in  the  story  of  the 
"  Family  "  is  an  example  of  Washington's 
high  sense  of  justice  and  sensitiveness  to 
the  honor  of  a  fellow  soldier.  Richard 
\'arick,  aide-de-camp  to  Benedict  Arnold 
at  the  time  of  Arnold's  treason,  though 
cleared  by  court-martial  of  all  complicity 
in  the  matter,  found  himself  still  an  object 
of  suspicion  to  his  fellow  countrymen. 
He  asked  Washington  to  publish  the 
findings  of  his  trial  and  to  add  a  certificate 
as  to  Varick's  character,  to  stop  the  mouth 
of  slander.  Washington  had  neither  the 
money  nor  the  authority  to  do  such  a 
thing,  but  he  had  been  considering,  for 
some  time,  the  need  and  advantage  of 
having  the  huge  mass  of  his  papers  at 
Headquarters  properly  classified  and  ar- 
ranged. The  bulk  of  them  was  great  and 
there  had  been  no  time  in  which  to  file 
them  with  system.  He  could  not  comply 
with  Varick's  request,  but  he  did  infinitely 
better,  he  obtained  the  sanction  of  Con- 
gress to  employ  a  Recording  Secretary, 
and  he  appointed  Richard  Varick  to 
the  position. 

As  Recording  Secretary,  Varick  had 
complete  charge  and  control  of  all  the  con- 
fidential records  of  the  army.  Against 
such  proof  of  Washington's  confidence  no 
slanderous  whisper  could  live.  The  mag- 
nificent piece  of  work  performed  by 
Varick  and  the  clerks  employed  by  him 
still  exists  in  the  form  of  forty-four  folio 
volumes  of  beautiful  penmanship,  of  300 
or  more  pages  each,  that  are  known  to  his- 
torians as  the  "  Varick  Transcript  "  and 
are  of  lasting  value  to  American  history. 

There  is  not  a  name  in  the  entire  list  of 
aides  that  does  not  bear  with  it  an  honor- 
able record  of  patriotic  service  and  every 
one  of  tliose  young  men  are  deserving  of 
having  their  names  forever  linked  with 
that  of   the   Commander-in-Chief   of   the 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Continental  Army.  Every  one  of  them 
was  appreciated  and  well  liked  by  his 
General,  and  every  one  of  them  received  at 
one  time  or  another  during  his  service, 
some  mark  of  commendation  from 
Washington.  The  highest  honor  granted 
to  any  aide  during  the  war  was  con- 
ferred upon  Tench  Tilghman.  The  day 
Cornwallis  surrendered  Tilghman  vaulted 
into  the  saddle  and  galloped  north  for 
Philadelphia,  bearing  Washington's  offi- 
cial despatches  announcing  to  Congress 
the  victory  that  ended  the  war.  Shortly 
after  midnight  of  the  fourth  day  Tilghman 
rode  into  the  city.  It  was  rapid  travelling 
from  the  Virginia  peninsula  and,  in  the 
early  morning  hours,  Congress,  the  city 
and  later  the  nation  awoke  to  the  realiza- 
tion that  the  war  was  over  and  inde- 
pendence won. 

Congress  voted  Tilghman  a  horse,  prop- 
erly caparisoned  and  an  elegant  sword,  in 
testimony  of  its  opinion  of  his  merit  and 
ability ;  but  the  greatest  honor  had 
already  been  conferred  upon  him  when 
\\'ashington  selected  him  to  carry  the 
news  of  such  a  victory  to  the  Government. 
David  Humphreys  was  later  sent  to  de- 
liver to  Congress  the  British  flags  captured 
at  Yorktown  and  Congress  rewarded  him 
with  a  sword.  George  Baylor  and  John 
Laurens  had  formerly  been  honored  by 
Congress.  Baylor  was  voted  a  horse, 
properly  caparisoned,  when  he  brought  the 
news  of  the  Trenton  victory,  and  Laurens 
was  voted  a  commission  as  lieutenant- 
colonel,  and  Washington  was  instructed 
to  give  him  a  command  as  soon  as  a  proper 
one  was  available.  This  honor  Laurens 
declined.  He  was  then  serving  as  a  volun- 
teer on  the  staff  at  Headquarters,  and  in 
due  course  he  was  regularly  commissioned 
a  lieutenant-colonel  and  aide-de-camp. 
These  four  were  the  only  aides  granted 
honors  bv  Congress. 


Three  of  the  aides  were  wounded 
while  serving  at  Headquarters.  Samuel 
Blatchley  Webb  was  shot  twice ;  once  at 
White  Plains  and  once  at  Trenton ;  John 
Fitzgerald  was  wounded  at  Monmouth 
and  Laurens  was  wounded  both  at  Ger- 
mantown  and  Monmouth.  Webb  may  be 
considered  the  unlucky  aide.  He  had  been 
wounded  at  Bunker  Hill,  later  at  White 
Plains  and  next  at  Trenton;  he  became 
colonel  of  one  of  the  Sixteen  Additional 
Continental  Regiments  after  leaving 
Headquarters  and  was  captured  by  the 
British  and  remained  a  prisoner  of  war 
for  three  years  before  he  could  obtain 
an  exchange. 

After  Yorktown  little  of  a  military 
nature  remained  to  be  done  and,  though 
the  war  dragged  on  for  two  years  more, 
the  inevitable  end  was  plain,  even  to  Great 
Britain.  Washington  purposely  avoided 
bringing  on  another  capital  engagement  in 
the  field  with  its  consequent  loss  of  life  to 
no  better  end  than  that  which  was  already 
assured,  and  even  the  French  army  left 
America  a  year  before  peace  was 
finally  declared. 

^^'ashington's  military  "  Family  "  dis- 
Ijanded  at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1783,  when  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  resigned  his  commission  in  an 
address,  the  formality  of  which  gives  little 
indication  of  the  feeling  beneath  the 
measured  words.  In  that  address 
\\'ashington  pays  the  tribute  of  public 
acknowledgement  to  his  aides  in 
these  words : 

"  While  I  repeat  my  obligations  to  the  army 
in  general,  I  should  do  injustice  to  my  own 
feelings  not  to  acknowledge  in  this  place  the 
peculiar  services  and  distinguished  merits  of  the 
gentlemen  who  have  been  attached  to  my  per- 
son during  the  war.  It  was  impossible  the  choice 
of  confidential  officers  to  compose  my  family 
should  have  been  more  fortunate.  Permit  me, 
Sir,    to    recommend    in    particular    those    who 


THE  AIDES-DE-CAMP  OF  GE\ER.-\L  GEORGE  WASHIXGTON 


have  continued  in  the  service  to  the  pres- 
ent moment,  as  worthy  of  the  favorable 
patronage  of   Congress." 

Humphreys,  Cobb  and  Walker  were 
with  the  General  on  the  day  of  his  resigna- 
tion ;  rode  with  him  from  Annapolis  to 
Aloimt  Vernon  and  were  guests  at 
Washington's  first  Christmas  at  home  for 
eight  years.  Unexpectedly  to  them  the 
General  advanced  $100  to  each  to  help 
defray   the   travelling   expenses   to   their 


homes.  They  set  out  December  28th. 
Trotting  down  the  private  road  to  the 
Alexandria  turnpike,  they  checked  their 
horses  at  the  gate,  to  look  back  across  the 
snow-covered  lawn,  and  it  seems  most  fit- 
ting that  the  final  picture  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  should  be  that  of  three  aides- 
de-camp,  clad  in  their  faded  Continental 
uniforms,  waving  farewell  to  the  tall 
figure  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  framed 
in  the  doorway  of  historic  Mount  Vernon. 


PRIZE  WINNERS  IN  THE  D.  A.  R.  MAGAZINE 
SUBSCRIPTION  CONTEST 

To  Be  Announced  in  the  February,  1923,  Magazine 


Announcement  will  be  made  in  the  February, 
1923,  Daughters  of  the  Americ.\n  Revolu- 
tion Magazixe  of  the  States  winning  prizes 
ofifered  by  the  Committee,  Mrs.  Charles  White 
Nash,  Chairman,  appointed  to  handle  the 
Colonel  Walter  Scott  One  Thousand  Dollar 
Prize  Fund. 

The  contest  to  secure  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  Magazine  subscriptions 
closed  on  December  31,  1922, 

The  terms  of  the  contest  were  as  follows : 

Four  prizes  to  be  awarded  to  the  states  secur- 
ing the  greatest  number  of  subscriptions  in 
proportion  to  their  membership.  The  states 
have  been  arranged  in  four  groups,  thusly: 

First  group — states  having  a  membership  of 
over  .SOOO — New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Massa- 
chusetts, Illinois,  Ohio,  Connecticut,  Missouri, 
Iowa.    Prize  offered,  $125. 

Second  group — states  having  a  membership 
of     from    two    to    three    thousand — Michigan, 


Georgia,  Indiana,  California,  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, New  Jersey,  Texas,  Wisconsin,  South 
Carolina,  New  Hampshire,  Kansas,  Nebraska. 
Prize  ofifered,  $100. 

Third  group — states  having  a  membership  of 
from  one  to  two  thousand — Vermont,  Tennes- 
see, Maine,  Colorado,  Virginia,  Kentucky, 
Washington,  Minnesota,  North  Carolina,  West 
Virginia,  Alabama,  Rliode  Island,  Maryland, 
Oklahoma,  and  Mississippi.    Prize  offered,  $100. 

Fourth  group — states  having  a  membership 
of  less  than  one  thousand — Oregon,  Florida, 
Arkansas,  Montana,  South  Dakota,  Louisiana, 
Idaho,  North  Dakota,  Wyoming,  Utah,  New 
Mexico,  Delaware,  Arizona,  Hawaii,  Orient, 
Philippine  Islands,  Cuba,  and  Nevada.  Prize 
offered,  $75. 

The  prizes  will  be  awarded  to  the  successful 
states  during  the  32nd  Continental  Congress. 

Ev.\   V.   M.    BiSSELL, 

Xatioiial  Chainiian,  Magn^iiu-  Coiniiiittcc. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM 
THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


INCE  my  last  message  went  to  press, 
our  Society  has  lost  its  beloved  and 
honored  member,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
Lockwood. 

Mrs.  Lockwood  died  at  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  on  November  9th,  in 
her  ninety-third  year.  To  her  we 
owe  that  initial  inspiration,  that  far-seeing  vis- 
ion which  founded  our  Society  and  made  it 
what  it  is  today.  From  the  days  when  her 
inspired  pen  stirred  the  patriotism  of  the  foun- 
ders and  organizers  of  our  Society,  she  gave 
herself  heart  and  soul  to  its  interests.  She  was 
its  inspiration  and  guiding  spirit,  lovingly 
heeded  by  all  administrations  as  they  came  and 
went.  From  its  very  beginning  she  gave  her 
life,  literally,  to  our  Society,  until  failing  health 
kept  her  from  our  meetings,  but  it  did  not  divert 
her  mind  and  heart  from  dwelling  upon  thoughts 
of  her  "  girls." 

The  "  Little  Mother "  of  our  Society  she 
was  and  ever  will  be,  and  she  will  live  in  our 
hearts  as  long  as  our  Society  endures. 

We  have  had  a  great  and  wonderful  past. 
As  we  look  back  to  that  little  group  of  women 
who  planned  our  Society  and  laid  down  the 
broad  and  comprehensive  lines  of  its  work, 
and  then  look  at  our  Society  as  it  is  today,  we 
can  well  believe  that  God  raised  them  up  for 
service  to  our  Country  m  the  hours  of  her 
greatest  need. 

In  1890  they  founded  a  Society  which  more 
than  any  other  was  unconsciously  preparing  our 
country  for  1914  and  the  even  more  stormy 
times  since  then.  They  renewed  the  spirit  of 
our  ancestors ;  they  awakened  a  dormant 
patriotism;  they  brought  us  back  to  the  ideals 
which  built  up  the  nation;  they  helped  largely 
to  arouse  the  soul  of  the  nation  once  more  to 
the  things  of  the  spirit,  the  things  that  America 
stands  for  in  the  world,  the  things  that  made  us 
a  nation,  dedicated  to  liberty,  equality  and  fra- 
ternity. This  awakening  of  America's  soul 
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carried  us  in  triumph  through  the  World  War 
and  will  carry  us,  please  God,  through  the  still 
greater  conflicts  that  are  even  now  dimly  seen 
in  the  future. 

When  we  look  back,  I  say,  to  that  organizing 
meeting  of  eighteen  women  and  then  look 
around  us  at  the  132,000  members  in  every  state 
of  the  union,  in  our  insular  possessions  and  m 
foreign  countries,  can  we  fail  to  believe  that 
God  meant  our  Society  to  be  a  mighty  power 
for  truth,  righteousness  and  pure  patriotism  in 
our  country  today? 

This  is  a  solemn  thought  at  the  beginning  of 
the  New  Year.  What  shall  we  do  with  our 
Power?  We  have  132,000  active  members  and 
property  worth  one  million  dollars,  without 
counting  the  property  of  states  and  chapters 
throughout  the  country.  How  shall  we  adminis- 
ter our  stewardship?  For  it  is  a  stewardship, 
in  the  service  of  Home  and  Country;  we  are 
not  working  for  ourselves. 

A  new  year  of  opportunity  is  opening  out 
before  us.  Make  the  most  of  it.  Let  us  all  pull 
together,  every  state  and  every  chapter,  and 
gi-\e  our  first  attention  to  our  Society's  work. 
its  high  patriotic  mission  as  an  organization. 
Our  social  functions,  our  political  contests  are 
not  our  first  aim — our  patriotic  work  is  our 
great  underlying  motive-power,  our  deeper 
meaning  as  a  Society.  Let  us  give  it  our  ■'  ever- 
lasting team-work."  each  chapter  doing  its 
share.  We  have  big  things  ahead  of  us  to  be 
faithfully   carried   on. 

We  have  the  Manual  and  the  fund  for  new 
editions.  This  is  one  of  the  biggest  construc- 
tive works  that  we  have  done.  Its  influence  is 
far  reaching.  The  new  English  edition  is  now 
in  the  hands  of  the  printer.  It  will  be  even 
more  helpful  to  the  foreigner  and  to  the  Ameri- 
can than  the  first  edition.  For,  remember,  the 
education  of  the  foreigner  in  American  ideals 
means   America's   self-preservation. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


17 


Then  we  have  our  other  work  at  Ellis  Island 
among  the  detained  women  and  children.  Their 
first  impressions  of  America  are  obtained  at 
Ellis  Island.  We  can  help  to  make  these  im- 
pressions happy  ones.  The  two  dollars  per 
chapter  which  we  have  asked  from  each  state 
for  the  salary  of  a  worker  among  then;,  and 
for  supplies,  is  but  a  small  sum,  but  it  will 
accomplish  untold  good.  It  will  put  a  human 
touch,  where  now  there  is  only  a  dreaded  place 
of  detention. 

And  then  we  have  the  Southern  Mountaineers, 
our  Americans  of  the  old  stock.  More  and 
more  I  look  to  this  sturdy  race  for  the  salva- 
tion of  America,  with  the  Anglo-Saxon  back- 
ground of  our  country,  with  large  families,  and 
the  Bible  of  their  ancestors  and  ours.  They 
will  hold  America  true  to  her  traditions  if  they 
are  but  given  the  chance — the  open  door  of 
opportunity.  "  I  will  lilt  up  mine  eyes  unto 
the  hills,   from  whence  cometh  my  help." 

America,  beset  with  foes  within,  is  lookir.g  to 
the  southern  mountains  for  her  help,  and  it 
will  come. 

Then  we  have  other  schools  and  colleges  on 
our  official  list.  The  Caroline  Scott  Harrison 
Memorial  dormitory  at  Oxford  College  should 
not  be  forgotten.  The  wife  of  a  President  of 
the  United  States  was  our  first  President  Gen- 
eral. This  gave  us  prestige  in  the  beginning 
which  would  not  otherwise  have  been  ours.  It 
is  most  fitting  to  work  for  her  memorial. 

Recently  I  have  been  to  the  American  Inter- 
national College  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
and  I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  its  splendid 
influence  on  the  foreign-born  student  there.     I 


cannot  praise  too  highly  the  fine  American  spirit 
of  the  place  and  the  fine,  eager,  earnest  spirit 
of  the  student  body.  Alert,  hungry  for  knowl- 
edge, aglow  with  the  real  soul  of  America  that 
shines  from  their  faces,  reflected  from  the 
teaching  about  America  which  they  receive, 
they  will  go  back  to  their  people  with  America's 
message  of  freedom  and  opportunity. 

These  are  but  a  few  of  the  things  we  have 
to  do.    Space  forbids  mention  of  more. 

Let  the  New  Year  be  full  of  work  accom- 
plished. Our  Society  is  one  of  the  greatest 
American  forces,  standing  for  the  ideals  of  the 
fathers,  untouched  by  radicalism,  unweakened 
by  the  socialist's  theory  of  internationalism. 
Forces  on  both  sides  seem  to  be  gathering  them- 
selves together  for  a  great  conflict  of  social 
theories.  Radicalism  on  one  side  has  concen- 
trated its  energies  on  a  minority  bloc  that 
threatens  our  institutions  even  in  our  Congress 
itself.  On  the  other,  the  conservative  forces 
that  made  America  a  nation  must  be  on 
guard  and  awake,  else  what  the  Pilgrim  and 
Cavalier  built  up  will  be  torn  down  and  noth- 
ing but  a  ciimniunist  "  paradise "  of  unwork- 
able theories  put  in  its  place.  "  Eternal  vigi- 
lance is  the  price  of  liberty."  Be  awake  and 
prepared.  Thus  shall  the  New  Year  be  full 
from  end  to  end  of  blessing  for  our  Country 
because  of  its  loyal  guardians,  among  whom 
there  are  none  more  loyal  than  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution. 

I  wish  you  all  a  blessed  New  Year,  full  of 
God's  gladness. 

AxNE  Rogers  Minor, 
President  General. 


THE  DULANYS  OF  MARYLAND 

IN  PROVINCIAL  AND 

REVOLUTIONARY  TIMES 

By  W.  D.  H. 


N  writing  the  story  of  the  Hfe 
of  Daniel  Dulany,  the  first  of 
his  name  in  Maryland,  the 
charm  of  romance  seems  to  have 
heen  dimmed  by  the  splendor 
of  achievement,  for  historians 
appear  to  have  been  so  much  occupied  in 
recording  his  brilliant  services  to  the 
public  that  they  have  left  much  concern- 
ing his  interesting  family  and  social  life 
of  their  subject  out  in  their  chronicles. 
We  know  that  he  came  into  the  Province 
a  little  over  two  hundred  and  twenty 
years  ago ;  we  know  that  he  was  born  in 
Queen's  County,  Ireland,  in  1686;  we 
know,  too,  that  he  had  already  been  pre- 
pared to  be  entered  as  a  student  at  Trinity 
College,  Dublin,  that  celebrated  seat  of 
learning  which  has  furnished  so  many 
brilliant  men,  and  that,  here  I  use  the 
exact  word  of  his  grandson,  written  on 
the  fly-leaf  of  his  Bible,  that  his  grand- 
father had  left  his  home  in  Ireland  be- 
cause it  had  become  "  uneasy,"  owing  to 
the  presence  in  it  of  a  step-mother.  So 
a  difference  occurred  between  the  father 
and  son,  and  the  son  turned  his  face 
towards  the  New  World,  burning  his 
bridges  behind  him,  and  as  far  as  there 
is  now  any  record,  he  did  not  keep  in 
correspondence  with  any  member  of  his 
immediate  family  or  leave  even  traditions 
of  them  to  his  children.  One  member 
only  of  his  family  appears  to  have  broken 
the  silence,  and  he  was  his  cousin-german, 
Patrick  Delany,  the  celebrated  Dean  of 
18 


Down,  so  well  known  in  his  time  both 
for  the  clever  pen  he  wielded  and  for 
having  a  charming  wife,  who  was  a 
special  friend  of  Queen  Charlotte,  the 
wife  of  George  III. 

The  youthful  Daniel  Dulany  had 
hardly  landed  in  this  country,  without 
friends  and  without  resources,  when,  as 
if  by  magic.  Colonel  George  Plater,  of 
St.  Mary's  County  ( Maryland ) ,  appeared 
upon  the  scene,  and  evinced  great  interest 
in  the  youth.  Colonel  Plater  was  then 
one  of  the  foremost  barristers  of  Mary- 
land, and  he  had  young  Dulany  follow 
the  study  of  the  law  in  his  office,  and  it 
is  interesting  to  record  that,  some  years 
later,  the  former  patron  became  the  father- 
in-law  of  the  already  brilliant  barrister 
whom  he  had  befriended  when  unknown 
and  untried  by  the  battle  of  life.  But  this 
union  was  destined  to  be  of  short  dura- 
tion, and  no  children  were  born  of  it.  It 
may  be  noted  here  that  about  the  time  of 
this  marriage  the  Honorable  George 
Plater  held  the  eminent  office  of 
Attorney-General  of  the  Province,  and 
that  in  after  years,  Daniel  Dulany  filled 
the  same  office  with  distinguished  ability. 
Daniel  Dulany  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Maryland  in  1709,  and  his  success  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  may  be 
measured  by  the  fact  that  he  was  enabled 
to  go  over  to  London  and  be  entered  as 
a  student  at  Gray's  Inn  in  1716,  thus  fur- 
nishing himself  with  what  was  so  unusual 
in  those  days — a  practical  knowledge  of 


DULANYS  OF   MARYLAND  IN  PROVINCIAL  AND  REVOLUTIONARY  TIMES      19 


the  laws  of  both  cduntries.  It  was  ujjen 
his  return  to  America,  crowned  with 
many  legal  laurels,  that  Miss  Plater  gave 
him  her  hand  in  marriage. 

The  variety  of  the  offices  held  by  him 
during  the  next  almost  forty  years,  are 
eloquent  testi- 
mony to  the 
wide  range  of 
his  abilities  and 
the  imswerving 
confidence 
placed  in  him 
by  the  Pro- 
prietary and 
the  people. 
Among  these 
offices  were 
Alderman,  City 
Councillor,  Re- 
corder  of 
Annapolis,  At- 
torney-General, 
Judge  of  the 
Admiralty, 
Com  missary- 
General,  Re- 
ceiver-General, 
and  C  o  u  n- 
cillor  of  the 
Province. 

During  the 
twenty  years 
when    he    was 

a  member  of  the  lower  house  of  the 
Assembly,  and,  later,  when  he  was  for 
many  years  and  until  the  time  of  his 
death,  a  member  of  the  upper  house,  no 
question  of  vital  importance  was  argued 
that  Daniel  Dulany  did  not  take  an  active 
part  in  the  discussion,  giving  the  great 
weight  of  his  staunch  support  to  the 
Proprietarj'  and  the  Governor,  without 
failing  for  a  moment  in  his  loyalty  to  the 
people.  A  signal  instance  of  this  loyalty 
is  to  be  foiuid  in  his  famous  publication 


entitled  "  The  Rights  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  Maryland  to  the  Benefit  of  the 
English  Law." 

In  a  letter,  which  I  believe  is  still  pre- 
served, the  Dean  of  Down  asked  his 
cousin,  Daniel  Dulany,  why  he  changed 
the  spelling  of 
his  name  of 
D  e  1  a  n  y  to 
Dulany,  but,  of 
course  the 
answer,  if  ever 
given,  did  not 
remain  among 
the  papers 
w  h  i  c  h  h  a  V  e 
been  treasured 
on  this  side  of 
the  Atlantic. 
One  fact  is 
known  in  con- 
nection with 
the  change.  It 
is,  that  it  was 
not  made  until 
many  years 
after  his  first 
arrival  in  this 
countr}'. 

Daniel 
Dulany's  sec- 
ond marriage 
took  place  in 
1720,  when  he 
was  twenty- four  years  old  and  in  the  full 
expansion  of  his  intellectual  fructivity  and 
recognized  eminence  as  a  barrister.  His 
wife  was  Rebecca  (1696-1737)  the  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Walter  Smith  ( 1711) 

and  Rachel  Hall  ( 1670-1730) ,  both  of  Cal- 
vert County,  Maryland.  Colonel  Walter 
Smith  was  the  son  of  Richard  Smith, 
Attorney-General  of  Maryland,  who 
arrived  in  Maryland  in  1649  and  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law.  He  served  as 
lieutenant  of  the  Provincial  Militia,  was 


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commissioned  Attorney  Genera!  of  the 
Province  on  September  28,  1657,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses, 
Calvert  County,  in  1660-1667.  His 
estate  bordered  on  the  Patuxent  River 
and  in  1658  he  purchased  land  on  St. 
Leonard's  Creek,  where  he  died.  His  son 
W'alter,  also  held  many  important  offices 
of  trust  and 
emolument  in 
the  Province. 

Of  the  mar- 
riage of  Daniel 
Dulany  and 
Rebecca  Smith 
there  were  six 
children :  ( 1 ) 
Daniel,  who 
married  Re- 
becca Tasker. 
(2)  Rebecca, 
who  married 
J  a  m  e  s  P  a  u  1 
Heath.  (3) 
Rachel,  who 
married  1st, 
\\M  1  1  i  a  m 
Knight,  2nd, 
Rev.  Henry 
Addison,  M.A. 
(4)  Dennis, 
who  died  un- 
married. ( 5 ) 
M  a  r  y,  who 
married,  1st, 
Doctor  Hamilton,  of  Annapolis,  and  2nd, 
William  Murdock.  (6)  Walter,  who 
married  Mary  Grafton. 

Of  Dulany 's  home-life  we  know  very 
little,  but  from  the  benevolence  which  he 
showed  so  consistently  during  his  public 
career,  his  life  at  home  must  have  been 
very  beautiful,  especially  as  it  was  shared 
with  one  for  the  space  of  seventeen  years 
to  whom  he  paid  the  following  tribute 
in  the  inscription  on  the  splendid  sarco- 


REBECCA  SMITH,  WIFE  OF  DANIEL  DULANY,   SR 


phagus-Iike  tomb-stone  which  he  erected 
to  her  memorv  in  St.  Anne's  church-yard 
at  Annapolis  : 

"  Here  lies  the  remains  of  Rebecca,  late  wife 
of  Daniel  Dulany,  of  Annapolis,  the  fourth 
daughter  of  Colonel  Walter  Smith.  She  faith- 
fully and  diligently  discharged  her  duty  in  all 
relations  of  Daughter  and  Wife,  Mother, 
Friend  and  Neighbor.  She  was  virtuous  and 
charitable.  She 
lived  an  un- 
blemished  life  and 
died  universally 
lamented  the  i8th 
of  March,  1737, 
aged  forty  years." 

At  the  time 
of  Rebecca 
Dulany's  death, 
her  eldest  child, 
Datiiel  Dulany, 
Jr.,  was  only 
sixteen  years 
old,  and  the 
youngest  child, 
Walter  Dulany, 
scarcely  six. 

Five  years 
later,  Daniel 
Dulany  took 
imto  hiiuself  a 
third  wife. 
She  was  Hen- 
rietta ]\Iaria 
Lloyd  Chew, 
daughter  o  f 
Philemon 
Lloyd,  of  Wye,  that  famous  estate  in 
lower  Maryland,  which  I  may  say  in 
passing,  was  already  in  the  possession 
of  the  Lloyds  when  Governor  Leon- 
ard Calvert  brought  the  first  colonists 
with  him  to  the  Province.  The  Lloyds 
had  crossed  over  from  Virginia,  and  a 
member  of  the  family  told  me  about  ten 
years  ago,  that  the  estate  had  come  down 
from  father  to  son,  in  a  direct  line  for 
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Daniel  Dulany  died  in  Annapolis  on 
December  5,  1753,  in  the  sixty-eighth 
year  of  his  age,  and  is  buried  beside  his 
second  wife,  Rebecca  (Smith)  Dulany, 
and  the  monument  erected  to  them  bears 
the  Dulany  escutcheon  quartered  with  the 
Smith  armorial  bearings.  His  pall  was 
supported  by  the  Governor  of  the  Prov- 
ince, four  mem- 
bers of  the 
Honorable 
Council,  and 
the  Mayor  of 
Annapolis. 

Daniel 
Dulany,  the 
younger,  was 
born  at  An- 
napolis on  July 
19,  1721.  He 
was  educated 
at  Eton  and  at 
Claire  Hall, 
Ca  m  b  r  i  dge, 
England,  and 
was  entered  at 
the  Temple. 
Returning  to 
America,  he 
was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of 
M  a  r  y  1  a  n  d 
in  1747.  For 
m  a  n  y  years 
he  held  the 
oflice  of  Secretary  of  the  Province,  and 
relinc^uished  it  only  at  the  close  of  the 
Proprietary  Government.  The  study  and 
practise  of  the  law  seemed  to  have  been  a 
ruling  passion.  He  devoted  so  much  of 
his  time  to  a  mastery  of  the  great  truths 
of  the  law,  and  then  to  their  elucidation, 
that  the  bustle  of  public  life  seldom 
reached  him,  though  upon  occasions  when 
he  considered  the  vital  interests  of  the 
people  were  involved,  he  lifted  his  voice 


HONORABLK  DANIEL  DULANV.  2ND 


with  the  clearness  of  a  clarion  call  to 
protect  their  freedom.  A  signal  instance 
which  occurred  in  1765,  when  he  pub- 
lished his  memorable  pamphlet  entitled : 
"  Considerations  on  the  propriety  of  im- 
posing taxes  on  the  British  Colonies  for 
the  purpose  of  raising  a  revenue  by  Act 
of  Parliament."  This  masterly  exposi- 
tion of  the  right 
of  the  colonists 
to  have  a  voice 
in  the  imposi- 
tion of  taxes 
levied  upon 
them  created  a 
furor  of  en- 
t  h  u  s  i  a  s  m 
throughout  this 
country,  and 
widespread  ap- 
proval among 
the  thinkers  in 
England. 

It  may  be  said 
without  contra- 
diction, that  it 
was  m  a  i  n  1  y 
through  the  in- 
fl  u  e  n  c  e  of 
Daniel  Dulany 
that,  to  use  the 
words  of  a 
well-known  his- 
torian, "  The 
Province  of 
Maryland  was  never  polluted  even  by  an 
attempt  to  execute  the  Stamp  Act." 

It  was  not  for  several  years  afterwards 
that  Daniel  Dulany  again  entered  the 
arena.  Then  Charles  Carroll  was  his 
antagonist.  McMahon,  in  his  account  of 
the  encounter,  says  that  Charles  Carroll 
entered  upon  the  combat  to  fight  against 
"  one  who  was  accustomed  to  victory,  and 
from  whom  defeat  would  not  mean  dis- 
grace."    The     arguments     advanced     by 


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both  were  profound  and  brilliant,  and 
carried  on  for  months  in  the  newspapers, 
as  was  the  custom  of  the  times.  Charles 
Carroll,  however,  won.  The  celebrated 
dispute  was  over  the  fixing  of  fees  re- 
ceived by  the  high  officials  in  place  of 
salaries.  Finally,  the  two  Houses  found 
it  impossible  to  come  to  an  agreement 
upon  the  matter,  and  the  Governor  then 
exercised,  as  he 
thought,  h  i  s 
p  r  e  r  o  gative, 
prorogued  the 
legislature  and 
established  the 
fees  by  procla- 
mation. Daniel 
Dulany  upheld 
the  opinion  that 
the  Governor 
was  acting 
within  the 
power  confer- 
red upon  him, 
but  his  argu- 
ment was  de- 
feated. For 
years  the  ques- 
tion had  been 
agitated,  and 
finally,  became 
a  burning  one, 
and  was  only 
settled  in  1773 
against  the 
authority  of 
the  Governor.  The  next  occasion  when 
Daniel  Dulany  ap]:)eared  prominently 
before  the  public  was  in  the  following 
year  (1774).  Great  excitement  was 
])revailing  over  the  "  Vestry  Act,"  in 
which  the  question  of  taxation  was 
again  involved,  and  Mr.  Dulany  upheld 
the  contention  of  the  Clergy,  and  his 
opinions  which  have  been  preserved,  says 
one  eminent  writer  whose  work  I  have 


Photo  liv  ILindv.  Wasl 


before  me,  "  fully  justified  the  reputation 
which  the  '  considerations  '  gave  it." 

Daniel  Dulany  died  in  Baltimore  in 
1797,  and  his  body  rested  for  many  years 
in  St.  Paul's  church-yard  there,  but  when 
the  old  church  was  torn  down,  his  remains 
and  the  massive  monument  which  had 
been  placed  above  them  were  removed  to 
the    present   cemetery   of    St.    Paul's    in 

1]  a  1  t  i  m  o  r  e. 

U]5on  the  mon- 
ument is  the 
following  in- 
scription : 

"  In  memory  of 
the  Hon :  Daniel 
Dulany  Esq : 
barrister-at-l  a  w , 
who  with  great 
integrity  and 
honour  for  many 
years,  discharged 
the  important 
appointment  o  f 
Commissary-Gen- 
eral, Secretary  of 
Maryland,  and 
one  of  the  Pro- 
prietary CounciL 
In  private  life  he 
was  beloved,  and 
died  regretted, 
March  19th,  1797, 
aged  75  years  and 
eight  months.  Re- 
becca his  wife, 
daughter  of  the 
late  Bcnj  amiii 
Tasker,  Esq.,  of 
-Annapolis,  caused 
this  tomb  to 
be   erected." 

Anne  Tasker,  the  wife  of  Daniel 
Dulany.  the  younger,  was  the  daughter 
and  co-heiress  of  the  Honorable  Benja- 
min Tasker,  who  was  for  thirty  years 
president  of  the  council  of  Maryland  and 
at  one  time  acting  Governor  of  the  Prov- 
ince. Benjamin  Tasker  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Tasker  who  came  to  the  Prov- 
ince from  England,  and  filled  for  many 
vears  the  office  of  Treasurer  of   Marv- 


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land.  He  married  the  widow  of  John 
Brooke,  of  the  distinguished  Enghsh 
family  of  Brooke  de  la  Brooke.  Her 
maiden  name  was  Rebecca  Isaac,  and  she 
came  to  Maryland  in  1670,  and  must 
have  been  attractive,  as  she  made  two 
brilliant  marriages  within  the  short  space 
of  six  years  after  her  arrival  in  this  coun- 
try. She  remained  on  intimate  and 
a  f  f  e  c  tionate 
terms  with  her 
first  husband's 
family  after 
her  second 
marriage.  Her 
only  daughter, 
Elisabeth 
Tasker,  mar- 
ried a  nephew 
of  John 

Brooke,  Mrs. 
Tasker's  first 
husband. 

B  e  n  j  a  min 
Tasker's  wife 
was  Anne 
Bladen,  daugh- 
ter of  William 
Bladen  and 
Anne  V  a  n 
S  w  e  r  i  n  gen, 
whose  father, 
Gerard  Van 
S  w  e  r  i  n  gen, 
was  of  noble 
origin.  He 
was  born  in  Holland,  and,  came  to  this 
country  when  very  young.  William 
Bladen  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  Bladen, 
barrister,  of  London  and  Isabella  Fairfax, 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Fairfax 
of  Streeton,  Yorkshire,  England.  He 
came  to  this  country  when  only  nine- 
teen— and  from  the  time  he  was  twenty- 
one  until  his  death,  which  occurred  when 
he  was  forty-eight  years  of  age,  he  was 


1  by  Handy,  Washington,  D, 


entrusted  with  so  many  offices  of  respon- 
sibility and  dignity  that  there  can  be  no 
doubt  of  his  marked  ability.  Among  the 
offices  held  by  him  were  Secretary  of  the 
Province,  Attorney  General,  and  Clerk 
of  the  Council. 

The  house  which  Daniel  Dulany  built 
at  Annapolis  was  erected  under  the  super- 
vision of  an  Englishman  named  Watts, 
who  came  over 
to  America  in 
1728,  and  the 
seven  acres  of 
il-  a  r  dens 
around  it  were 
washed  by  the 
waters  of  the 
Severn  Eiver. 
This  estate 
passed  out  of 
the  possession 
of  the  Dulany 
family  in  1808^ 
w  hen  the 
Federal  Gov- 
ernment pur- 
chased it  for 
l)art  of  the 
r.  S.  Naval 
A  cade  m  y. 
The  venerable 
nuinsion  is  no 
longer  stand- 
ing^ It  fell 
amid  the  exe- 
c  ration  of 
the  people,  and  the  then  Superintendent 
of  the  Naval  Academy  had  cause  to  regret 
giving  the  order  for  its  demolishment. 
"  Hunting-Ridge,"  a  broad  estate  about 
six  miles  from  Baltimore,  was  a  favorite 
country-seat  of  the  elder  Daniel  Dulany, 
and  it  was  to  this  estate  that  Daniel 
Dulany,  the  younger,  retired  at  the  time 
of  the  Revolution.  "  Prospect  Hall," 
near  Frederick,  and  "  Oxon  Hill,"  on  the 


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Potomac  opposite  Alexandria,  were  also 
old  Dulany  places.  "  Dulany's  Alanor," 
when  owned  by  the  elder  Daniel  Dulany, 
embraced  twenty  thousand  acres ;  the  por- 
tion of  five  thousand  acres  in  Baltimore 
County  which  he  bequeathed  to  his  son, 
^^'alter  Dulany,  is  still  known  as 
"'  Dulany's  Valley " ;  his  son.  Dennis 
Dulany,  who 
died  unmarried 
at  the  beginning 
of  the  Revolu- 
tion, left  his 
portion  to  his 
sister  -  in  -  law, 
Mary  Grafton 
Dulany,  the 
widow  of 
^^'alter  Du- 
lany, but  the 
inheritance  of 
her  Tory  sons 
-«•  a  s  c  o  n  f  i  s- 
cated,  though 
Congress  al- 
1  o  w  e  d  foiu' 
hundred  acres 
to  each  of 
her  three 
daughters. 

Walter  Du- 
lan)-,  the  sixth 
and  youngest 
child  of  Daniel 
Dulany  a  n  d 
Rebecca  Smith, 

married      the  m  i  \x^ -  ix 

very  lovely  and  saintly  Mary  Grafton, 
daughter  of  Richard  Grafton.  The  chil- 
dren of  \\'alter  Dulany  and  Mary 
Grafton  were:  (1)  Walter  Dulany, 
who  married  Elisabeth  Brice  Dulany, 
the  widow  of  his  half-uncle,  Lloyd 
Dulany;  (2)  Grafton  Lloyd  Dulany; 
<3)  Daniel  Dulany;  (4)  Rebecca 
Dulany,     who     married      first     Thomas 


x\ddison  and  second  Captain  Thomas 
Hanson  of  the  Revolutionary  Army  ;  (  5 ) 
Mary  Dulany,  who  married  George 
Alason  Lee  Fitzhugh;  (6)  Catherine 
Dulany,  who  married  Horace  Belt;  (7) 
Peggy  Dulany,  who  married  Reverend 
John  Montgomery. 

^^'alter  Dulany,  Sr.,  was  called  upon  to 
fill  the  impor- 
tant position  of 
C  o  m  m  issary- 
General,  made 
vacant  by  the 
resignation  of 
his  father,  and 
h  i  s  brother, 
Dennis  Dulany, 
who  was  never 
married,  was 
given  the  desir- 
able office  of 
Clerk  of  Cecil 
County  at  the 
time  of  his 
father's  death. 
Fort  unately, 
many  letters 
have  been  pre- 
served which 
were  exchanged 
between  ^^'alter 
Dulany's  wife 
and  her  charm- 
ingly vivacious 
daughter  s, 
which  show,  all 

~ u  n  consciously, 

how  beautiful  their  home-life  was,  and 
how  superior  they  were  to  the  reverses 
of  fortune  which  they  experienced 
after  1774,  in  which  year  \\'alter  Dulany 
died,  and  his  three  sons  were  out 
of  the  country.  But  it  is  pleasant  to 
record  that  after  the  war  was  over  the 
Government  of  the  United  States  gener- 
ously granted  to  the  daughters  the  indem- 


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nity  above  stated  for  having  confiscated 
the  tract  of  seven  thousand  acres  left 
by  their  father.  The  rare  beauty  both  of 
feature  and  of  soul  transmitted  to  so 
many  of  Mary  Grafton  Dulany's  descend- 
ants has  been  so  exceptional  that  they 
deserve  a  special  tribute — but  a  tribute 
offered  onh-  b-\'  a  master  hand. 


already  received  a  most  careful  training, 
first  at  Eton,  and  then  Cambridge,  and 
was  still  pursuing  his  studies  in  the  great 
courts  of  Law  of  that  country,  when  the 
Revolutionary  War  broke  out,  but,  like 
his  father,  he  believed  that  less  drastic 
measures  should  have  been  taken  by  the 
Colonists    to    secure    their    rights,    so   he 


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THE  DULANY  MANSION  AT  ANNAPOLIS.    MD..    ERECTED  ABOUT    17!!.      THE  GROUNDS  WERE  PURCHASED    BY  THE 

FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  FOR  THE  NAVAL  ACADEMY.    AND    THE    OLD    MANSION    WAS    USED    FOR    A    TIME    AS    THE 

QUARTERS  OF  THE  Si;PERINTENDENT  OF  THE  NAVAL  ACADEMY 


Lloyd  Dulany,  the  only  son  of  Daniel 
Dulany,  the  elder,  and  Henrietta  Alaria 
Lloyd,  married  Elisabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Brice  and  Sarah  (Frisby)  Brice,  of 
Annapolis,  but  did  not  long  survive  his 
marriage.  He  was  killed  in  a  duel  fought 
in  Hyde  Park,  London,  by  the  Rev. 
Benedict  Allen,  of  Maryland,  and  left  no 
children.  His  widow  married,  several 
years  later,  his  nephew,  Walter  Dulan}-, 
eldest  son  of  Walter  Dulanv  and 
Mary  Grafton. 

Daniel  Dulany,  the  eldest  son  of  Daniel 
Dulany,  "  the  x'ounger,"  had  l}een  for 
many    years    in    JMigland    where    he    had 


did  not  join  in  the  mighty  struggle,  nor 
did  he  afterwards  forswear  allegiance  to 
the  British  Flag. 

Benjamin  Tasker  Dulany,  unlike  his 
elder  brother,  was  in  full  sympathy  with 
the  Colonists,  and  he  joined  the  Army 
in  Virginia,  and  threw  himself  into  the 
mighty  struggle  with  all  the  ardor  of 
youth  and  all  the  abandon  of  a  reckless 
nature,  upon  which  he  put  no  curb 
throughout  his  long  life.  He  had  the 
interesting  distinction  of  having  the  hand 
of  the  lovely  Elisabeth  French  given  to 
him  in  marriage,  when  he  was  but  nine- 
teen   years   old   and    she   but   sixteen,   by 


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General  George  Washington,  who  had 
been  her  guardian  since  the  death  of  her 
father,  Daniel  French,  and  of  the  mar- 
riage General  Washington  says  in  a  letter 
to  a  friend :  "  Our  celebrated  fortune. 
Miss  French,  whom  half  the  world  was 
in  pursuit  of,  gave  her  hand  ...  to  Mr. 
Ben.  Dulany  of  Md."  Elisabeth  French 
was  the  only  child  of  Daniel  French 
of  "  Claremont,"  in  Fairfax  County, 
Virginia,  and 
his  wife,  Pene- 
lope Manley, 
also  of  Vir- 
ginia. It  was 
owing,  in  no 
small  measure, 
to  the  fact  that 
the  vast  estates 
in  that  colony, 
brought  to  him 
by  his  youthful 
bride,  that 
Benjamin 
Dulany  identi- 
fied himself 
with  Virginia 
rather  than  JNIaryland  from  the  time  of 
his  marriage. 

After  this  marriage.  Mr.  Dulany  pre- 
sented to  General  Washington  the  cele- 
brated horse  called  "  Blueskin,"  which  the 
General  rode  throughout  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  and  at  the  close  of  the  War, 
he  returned  it,  with  the  following  note  to 
Mrs.  Dulany : 

"  General  Washington  presents  his  best  re- 
spects to  Mrs.  Dulany  with  the  horse.  Blue- 
skin,  which  he  wishes  was  better  worth  her 
acceptance.  Marks  of  antiquity  have  supplied 
the  place  of  those  beauties  with  which  nothing 
but  the  recollection  of  which,  and  of  his  having 
been  the  favorite  of  Mr.  Dulany's  of  the  days 
of  his  courtship,  can  reconcile  her  to  the  meagre 
appearance  he  now  makes. 

"  Mrs.  Washington  presents  her  compliments 
and  thanks  to  Mrs.  Dulany  for  the  Roots 
of   Scarcity." 


I'ARI--.H     CHLRCH,      FA  1  CHl.SCJ.      tNULANU.     WHICH     CUM  AIN      THt 

RKMAINS   OF  REBECCA  T.ASKER   DULANV.  THOSE  OF  HER 

SON.  DAMEI.  AND   HER   DAUGHTER  ANNE 


Benjamin  Dulany  was  a  great  lover 
of  horses,  and  widely  noted  for  his  splen- 
did mounts  and  for  the  six-in-hand  which 
he  drove  with  acknowledged  skill,  but 
often  with   surprising  daring. 

.A-t  the  close  of  the  War,  though  no 
longer  entitled  to  a  share  in  the  vast 
estates  once  owned  by  his  father  (the 
tracts  of  the  confiscated  lands  alone  sold 
at  public  auction  by  the  newly  established 
Gove  rnment 
for  £84,602) 
owing  to  the 
great  wealth  of 
his  wife,  Elisa- 
beth French, 
the  )•  o  u  n  g 
couple  was  en- 
abled to  indulge 
their  tastes  for 
elegance  and 
luxury,  and 
each  of  their 
eleven  children 
was  provided 
with  handsome 
estates  in  Vir- 
ginia. The  favorite  country  seat  of 
Benjamin  Dulany  and  his  wife  was 
"  Shuters  Hill,"  a  short  mile  from  Alex- 
andria, with  a  splendid  view  of  the  Capi- 
tol, but  that  mighty  building  has  arisen  in 
its  pallid  beauty  since  their  time.  About 
three  miles  from  Alexandria  is  "  Clare- 
mont," named  for  the  old  estate  of  the 
F"renches  in  Ireland,  of  which  family 
Lord  de  Freyne  is  the  head.  There  Elisa- 
beth French  was  born,  and  there  her 
father,  Daniel  French,  was  buried,  and 
on  his  large,  flat  grave-stone  it  is  recorded 
that  he  died  in  1771,  in  the  fortieth  year 
of  his  age. 

As  has  already  been  stated,  Daniel 
Dulany  3rd  had  come  to  Maryland  at  the 
time  of  his  father's  death  and  his  mother. 
Rebecca     Tasker     Dulany,     accompanied 


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him  on  his  return  to  Europe.  His  house 
in  London  was  in  Downing  Street,  the 
exclusive  httle  street  near  White  Hall 
Palace,  with  only  six  or  eight  houses  in 
it,  two  of  which  have  been  thrown  into 
one  and  are  so  widely  known  today  as 
the  British  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs. 
Mrs.  Dulany,  his  mother,  had  her  princi- 
pal residence  on  the  Grand  Parade  at 
Brighton,  which  in  those  days  was  very 
fashional:)le,  and  a  villa,  called  to  this  day, 
"  Dulany's  Cottage,"  about  a  mile  from 
that  then  gay  resort. 

Mrs.  Dulany's  home  was  for  twenty- 
five  years  a  meeting-place  for  many  of 
her  old  friends  and  relatives  living  in  that 
country,  and  during  that  time  her  cousin, 
Harriet  Bladen,  daughter  of  her  uncle, 
Thomas  Bladen,  Governor  of  Maryland, 
had  married  the  Earl  of  Essex.  Mary 
Caton,  also  of  Maryland,  who  was  the 
wife  of  the  Marquess  of  Wellesley,  the 
elder  brother  of  the  great  Duke  of  Well- 
ington, was  among  the  intimate  friends. 
It  was  from  the  house  of  the  Marquess 
of  Wellesley  that  Mrs.  Dulany's  grand- 
daughter was  married  shortly  after  the 
death  of  her  mother. 

]\Irs.  Rebecca  Tasker  Dulany's  only 
daughter,  Anne  Dulany,  had  married  in 
America,  shortly  before  her  mother  went 
to  live  in  England,  a  dashing  French  offi- 
cer by  the  name  of  de  la  Serre,  but  he 
vanished  soon  afterwards  as  completely 
as  if  he  had  never  existed,  save  that  there 
was  a  child  born  of  the  marriage.  All 
efforts  through  years  following  his  mys- 
terious disappearance  proved  unavailing, 
and  in  the  course  of  time,  the  wife  he 
had  deserted,  by  due  process  of  the  Brit- 
ish law,  resumed  her  maiden  name  and 
was  afterwards  known  as  Mrs.  Dulany, 
and  the  child,  Rebecca  Anne  de  la  Serre, 
was  legally  adopted  by  her  uncle,  Daniel 
Dulany,  taking  his  name  and  afterward 
inheriting  his  large  fortune. 


The  grounds  of  "  Dulany  Cottage " 
reached  almost  to  the  little  parochial 
church  at  Paching,  and  here  beneath  the 
floor  before  the  High  Altar  is  the  vault 
containing  the  remains  of  Rebecca  Tasker 
Dulany  and  those  of  her  son,  Daniel 
Dulany,  and  of  her  daughter  Anne 
Dulany,  and  of  the  latter's  daughter, 
Rebecca  Anne  de  la  Serre  Dulany,  who 
was  the  wife  of  Sir  Richard  Hunter.  In 
the  right  transept  are  mural  tablets  with 
the  following  inscriptions : 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Anne  Dulany 
this  monument  is  erected  by  her  devoted  and 
affectionate  daughter,   March   1835. 

Rebecca  Anne  Dulany  Hunter,  wife  of  Sir 
Richard  Hunter,  Knight  and  daughter  of  the 
above  Anne  Dulany,  died  29th  of  March  1835. 
Aged  forty  two  years. 

Of  her  kindly  and  generous  spirit,  deriving 
its  highest  sanction  from  a  sense  of  Christian 
duty,  .she  found  her  chief  refreshment  and 
delight  during  a  life  of  much  bodily  weakness 
and  suffering,  in  the  unostentatious  perform- 
ance of  works  of  charity  and  mercy,  while  the 
unaffected  simplicity  of  her  manners  endeared 
her  to  the  hearts  of  all  with  whom  she  was 
engaged  in  social  intercourse.  Deeply  imbued 
with  the  principles  of  Christian  truth,  and 
resting  in  humble  thankfulness  on  the  support 
and  consolation  of  the  Gospel,  she  resigned 
her  soul  in  peace  in  the  steadfast  hope  of  a 
blessed  resurrection  through  the  merits  of 
Christ   her   Saviour." 

Inscription  of  tablet  on  the  opposite  side 
reads : 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Rebecca  Tasker 
Dulany,  who  was  for  a  series  of  years  the 
beloved  wife,  and  afterwards  the  faithful  relict 
of  the  late  Honorable  Daniel  Dulany.  Secre- 
tary and  Member  of  the  Council  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  Maryland,  North  America.  She  calmly 
resigned  her  soul  to  God  the  29th  of  August 
1822  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety  eight  years." 

In  the  same  vault  are  deposited  the  remains 
of  their  eldest  son  Daniel  Dulany,  Esq.,  late 
of  Downing  Street,  Westminster,  and  the  be- 
loved and  deeply  lamented  brother  of  Mrs. 
Dulany  of  Brighton.  He  died  the  12th  day 
of  August,  1824,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of 
his  age. 

"  This  tablet  was  erected  as  a  small  but  sin- 
cere  tribute   of    filial   and   sisterly  affection   by 


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her  who  knows  best  how  to  appreciate  the 
amiable  quahtics  of  those  whose  loss  she 
deplores." 

In  the  same  vault  are  deposited  the  remains 
of  Anne,  the  only  daughter  who  survived  Daniel 
and  Rebecca  Tasker  Dulany.  She  died  at 
Brighton  the  2nd  of  August,  1828. 


Benjamin  Tasker  Dulany,  who  died  in 
1819,  and  Elisabeth  French  Dulany,  his 
widow,  who  survived  him  many  years, 
are  buried  at  "  Shuter's  Hill,"  Va.,  and 
her  long  life  which  at  the  commencement 
was  so  brilliant,  was  serene  and  lovely 
at  its  close. 


PUBLICATION    OF   D.  A.  R.  REMEMBRANCE 
BOOK    DISCONTINUED 


By  a  vote  of  the  31st  Continental  Con- 
gress, National  Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  the  semi-annual 
publication  of  the  Rememljrance  Book 
has  been  discontinued. 

In  its  place  a  Book  of  Rememljrance 
will  be  kept  in  the  Liljrary  of  Alemorial 
Continental  Hall.  In  it  will  be  registered 
a  list,  alphal)etically  arranged,  of  deceased 


members  of  the  National  Society.  The 
names  of  the  persons,  date  of  death,  anfl 
name  of  chapters  will  be  recorded.  No 
obituary  notices  will  be  included,  except 
in  the  case  of  National  and  Ex-national 
Officers  of  the  Society. 

The  Book  of  Remembrance  will  be 
compiled  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Chaplain  General. 


The  National  Society, 

Daughters 

of  the  A 

nericaii 

Revoluti 

)n 

reci 

l-ds 

w  itii 

deep  sorrow 

the  death  on 

December 

14, 

1922, 

of  Mrs 

Sara  Tl 

onison 

Kinney, 

Honorary  \' 

ice  President  General  a 

nd 

formerly  State  Regent 

of 

Cijnnecticut 

for  fourteen 

years. 

Historical  Program 

ConducteH  by 
GEORGE  MORTON  CHURCHILL,  Ph.D. 

V.  Southwestern  Expansion,  1840-1860. 


A  general  account  of  this  phase  of  expan- 
sion is  given  in  Austin :  Steps  in  the  Expansion 
of  Our  Territory,  165-178;  Sparks:  Expansion 
of  the  American  People,  ch.  xxvi ;  or  Johnson : 
Century  of  Expansion,  ch.  vi. 

I.  The  Santa  Fe  Trail. 

For  the  geographical  characteristics  of  the 
Southwest — fertile  Texas,  sterile  New  Mexico, 
and  the  arid  plains,  see 

Semple :     American    History    and    its 
Geographic    Conditions,    168-176,    185- 

199. 
Brigham :     Geographic     Influences     in 
American  History.  230-240. 
The    isolation    of    New    Mexico    from    Old 
Mexico    and   the    development   of    river   trans- 
port  in   the   United    States   brought    Santa   Fe 
nearer  to  Pittsburgh  than  to  Vera  Cruz.     The 
Santa  Fe  trail,  first  opened  about  1824,  marked 
out  under  Benton's  bill  in  1825,  was  the  high- 
way   of     frontier    trade    until     1843    and    the 
route     of     Kearney's     expedition     to     conquer 
New  Mexico. 

Paxson :      Last      American      Frontier, 

ch.  iv. 
Coman :   Economic    Beginnings   of   the 
Far  West,  ii,  75-93. 

II.  Texas. 

Originally  a  border  province  between  France 
and  Spain.  American  colonization  began  with 
the  grant  to  Moses  Austin  in  1820.  By  1850 
other  Americans  had  followed  to  the  number 
of  fifteen  thousand. 

Garrison :  Westward  Extension.  22-34. 

Channing:  United  States,  v,  516-530. 

Roosevelt :   Thomas  H.  Benton,  173-183. 

Mexican  political  troubles  and  essential  racial 

differences    (slavery  entering   as   one  element) 

led  to  a  revolt  and  independence. 

McMaster:  United  States,  vi,  251-270. 
Smith,  J.  H. :  Annexation  of  Texas. 
The  first  offers  of  annexation  were  refused, 
but  fear  of  English  and  French  intrigues  and 
30 


desire  for  more  land  for  cotton  cultivation  led 

to  annexation   in    1845,   after   much  opposition. 

Garrison :     Westzvard     Extension,    ch. 

viii  and  x. 
Channing:    v.    531-534;    541-547. 
McMaster:  vii,  304-331;  391-406. 
Schouler:  United  States,  iv,  441-451. 
Wilson :  History  of  the  American  Peo- 
ple, iv,  104-112. 

III.  The  Mexican  Cessions. 

For  brief  accounts  of  the  war  with  Mexico 
see: 

Garrison  :  Westzvard  Extension,  ch.  xv. 
Channing:  v,  552-563;   581-610. 
Burgess :  Middle  Period,  327-339. 
Smith,    J.    H. :    War   zfith    Mexico,    i, 
284-297. 
A     promising    movement    to    take     "  all    of 
Mexico "  was  checked  by  Trist's  unauthorized 
conclusion     of     the     Treaty     of      Guadeloupe 
Hidalgo. 

Smith,    J.    H. :    War   zvith    Mexico,   ii, 

233-248. 

The  Gadsden  Purchase   (1853)   was  made  to 

secure  a  future  southern  railroad  route  to  the 

Pacific  by  giving  the  United  States  control  of 

both  banks  of   the  Gila  River. 

McElroy,  R.  M. :   Winning  of  the  Far 
West,  346-348. 

IV.  Expansion  and  the  Civil  War. 

The  later  phases  of  the  slavery  controversy : 
Texas,  the  Wilmot  Proviso,  the  Kansas- 
Nebraska  bill. 

Wilson  :  History  of  the  American  Peo- 
ple, iv,  136-141 ;  165-189. 
The  Republican  party,  whose  reason  for  exist- 
ence was  based  on  opposition  to  the  extension 
of  slavery,  could  not  accept  the  various  pro- 
posals for  compromise  by  which  Crittenden  and 
others  sought  to  avert  the  Civil  War. 

Rhodes :  United  States,  iii,  262-269. 
Chadwick :   Causes   of   the   Ciz'il    War, 
ch.  X. 


THE  INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL  FOR 

MOUNTAIN  GIRLS  AT 

TAMASSEE,  S.  C. 


Bv  Grace  Ward  Calhoun 


VER  since  the  Congress  of  1920, 
when  the  National  Society  welcomed 
so  enthusiastically  and  so  helpfully 
the  industrial  school  for  mountain 
girls  which  the  South  Carolina 
Daughters  had  recently  established, 
Tamassee  has  been  a  familiar  name 
and  a  live  interest  to  all  Daughters  who  keep 
in  touch  with  the  educational  work  of 
our  organization. 

It  took  wonderful  courage  for  a  small  state, 
then  with  a  membership  less  than  2000,  to 
undertake  the  es- 
tablishment  of  a 
school.  Yet  in  the 
face  of  war  demands, 
the  South  Carolina 
Daughters  pushed  their 
project  and  when  the 
cause  was  presented 
to  the  National  So  - 
ciety,  there  was  an 
actual  school,  in  a 
completed  building , 
and  an  endowment 
fund  of  $10,000  se- 
cured by  enrolling  100 
Founders  of  Tamassee. 
In  all  of  this  not  a 
single  large  gift  was 
represented,  the  max- 
imum    being     $100. 

Doubtless  the  task  would  have  been  infinitely 
easier  had  some  fairy  godmother  said,  "  Your 
cause  is  most  worthy.  Here  is  the  money  to 
build  your  school."  But  Tamassee  could  never 
have  meant  as  much  as  when  it  was  a  com- 
posite of  the  small  contributions,  the  sacrifices, 
the  heart  interest  of  Daughters  all  over  South 
Carolina.  One  chapter  had  built  a  chimney, 
one  had  completed  the  porch,  another  furnished 
a  room,  and  still  another  planted  the  orchard, 
so  that  in  addition  to  a  general  interest  in  the 
whole,  the  chapters  had  some  tangible  bit  of 
Tamassee  which  was  their  very  own. 

Realizing  how  much  this  sense  of  personal 
ownership  had  meant  to  her  own  Daughters, 
when   South   Carohna   presented   the   cause   to 


the  National  Society  she  did  not  say,  "  Just 
give  us  your  money  and  let  us  put  it  where 
we  see  fit."  Instead  she  increased  the  limit 
for  the  roll  of  Founders  to  500,  and  further 
offered  to  any  state  the  opportunity  to  place  at 
Tamassee  a  building  which  should  give  its 
Daughters  proprietorship  in  some  definite  seg- 
ment of  the  whole. 

It  is  a  matter  of  great  pride  to  all  friends 
of  Tamassee  that  among  our  Founders  we  have 
enrolled  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  our 
President  General,  Mrs.  George  Thacher 
Guernsey,  our  former  President  General,  many 
of  our  present  and 
former  national 
officers,  the  state  or- 
ganizations of  Colo- 
rado, Connecticut, 
Florida,  Michigan, 
Rhode  Island,  Texas, 
West  Virginia,  Wis- 
consin, and  the  Na- 
tional Society  Children 
of  the  American  Rev- 
olution. Chapters  all 
over  the  country 
pledged  on  this  roll, 
from  Washington  to 
Florida,  from  Maine 
to  California  and  far 
off  Honolulu,  as  well 
as  every  chapter  in 
South  Carolina.  Illi- 
nois, Pennsylvania,  Indiana  and  Iowa  have  been 
especially  generous,  each  of  these  states  having 
given  over  $2000  to  the  endowment   fund. 

The  New  York  Daughters  have  been  the  first 
to  catch  the  vision  of  what  united  effort  can  do 
to  make  at  Tamassee  a  school  worthy  of  the 
strength  and  power  of  our  Society,  which  shall 
be  a  monument  to  real  Americans,  for  real 
Americans,  by  real  Americans.  They  are  now 
erecting  a  $10,000  cottage  dormitory.  It  was 
so  beautifully  planned  that  this  building  should 
be  ready  for  the  opening  of  school  the  first  of 
October,  and  that  immediately  following  the 
South  Carolina  State  Conference,  on  November 
17th,  Mrs.  Charles  Nash,  State  Regent  of  New 
York,  with  her  state  committee,  our  President 

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FIRST  ROW — MRS.  HUNTER.  MRS.  MINOR.  MRS  HANGER. 
MRS.  CAIN;  SECOND  ROW — MRS.  BAILEY.  MRS.  JONES. 
MRS.  CALHOUN;  THIRD  ROW — MRS.  BRYAN.  MRS.  BEAL- 
TON;  FOURTH  ROW  —  MRS.  RICHARDSON.  VISITORS 
AND  SCHOOL  BOARD 

General,  Mrs.  Minor,  and  her  party,  together 
with  many  South  Carolina  Daughters,  would 
journey  to  Tamassee  to  dedicate  this  building. 
To  the  great  disappointment  of  all,  the  railroad 
strike  made  it  impossible  for  the  contractor 
to  secure  materials  and  the  cottage  will  not  be 
completed  until  the  first  of  January.  Mrs.  Nash 
and  her  committee  therefore  postponed  their 
visit  until  such  time  as  the  cottage  is  finished 
and  furnished  and  ready  to  be  turned  over  for 
occupancy.  However,  on  the  appointed  day, 
Mrs.  Minor  and  her  party,  including  the  Treas- 
urer General,  Mrs.  Livingston  L.  Hunter ;  the 
Organizing  Secretary  General,  Mrs.  G.  Wallace 
W.  Hanger ;  and  Miss  Dorothy  Hunter,  did 
make  the  trip  to  the  school.  They  were  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Cain,  State  Regent  of  South 
Carolina,  and  several  members  of  the  Tamassee 
School  and  Advisory  Board. 

Leaving  the  train  at  Seneca,  the  party  was 
met  by  the  mayor  of  Walhalla,  the  president 
of  the  Walhalla  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Regent   of    the   Walhalla    Chapter   and   others. 


i. 


Li^te,!?*. 


They  motored  from  Seneca  to  Walhalla  through 
the  picturesque  foothills  of  the  Blue  Ridge, 
past  cotton  fields  with  occasional  bits  of  white 
still  stringing  from  the  brown  bolls,  and  woods 
gorgeous  in  their  reds  and  yellows.  Though 
a  perfect  autumn  day,  the  morning  haze  still 
obscured  the  mountains  which  bound  the  hori- 
zon to  the  north  and  west. 

As  the  red  clay  road  wound  up  from  Walhalla 
toward  Tomassee, 

"  Up  to  the  hills,  the  far  blue  hills. 
The  strong,  high  hills  of  God," 

the  blue  haze  began  to  dissolve  into  shadowy 
outlines,  and  soon  one  could  distinguish  the 
sheer  slope  of  Old  Whiteside,  the  crooked 
knob  on  Raben  Bald,  and  the  rounding  back 
of  Big  Bear.  Still  nearer  Tamassee  Knob 
showed  green  and  wooded,  and  on  beyond  curled 
the  smoke  of  a  forest  fire.     The  cabins  passed 


IlSOARDlNG  GIRLS  THE  FIRST  WEEK  AT  TAMASSEE 

seemed  empty.  Why,  certainly,  for  everyone 
had  already  started  for  the  school  to  see  for 
themselves  whether  the  heralded  distinguished 
visitors  would  really  materialize. 

Across  rocky  foaming  Mauldin  Shoals  from 
which  must  some  day  come  the  power  for  a 
large  plant  at  the  school,  through  a  little  stretch 
of  woods,  and  they  were  on  D.A.R.  soil.  At  the 
school  they  were  welcomed  by  Miss  James,  the 
superintendent,  and  her  little  corps  of  teachers, 
and  heard  the  girls  in  a  song  of  greeting  to 
Mrs.  Minor.  Then,  with  the  girls  as  guides, 
they  were  conducted  through  the  building,  even 
to  the  roof  for  the  view,  and  around  the 
grounds.  The  whole  110  acres  could  not  be 
explored,  but  the  general  plan  of  the  New  York 
cottage  could  be  enthused  over,  the  farmer's 
cottage  and  barn  inspected  and  the  most  ven- 


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turcsomc  even  tramped  down  to  the  cheese  fac- 
tory and  heard  the  busy  chug,  chug  of  the  ram 
as  it  sent  water  up  to  the  buildings. 

Back  again  at  the  main  building  luncheon  was 
served,  and  the  girls  sang  several  songs.  The 
guests  were  presented  with  some  handiwork 
of  the  pupils  and  with  bunches  of  galax  leaves, 
which  are  native  to  these  woods.  Mrs.  Minor, 
Mrs.  Hanger  and  Mrs.  Hunter,  each  with  sweet 
graciousness,  then  talked  to  the  community  peo- 
ple and  the  pupils.  As  one  of  the  men  re- 
marked, "  'Pears  like  they's  all  mighty  nice  and 
friendly   for  bein'   such  high-up   folks !  " 

Throughout  this  whole  section  the  term 
"  D.A.R."  has  meant  "  people  who  come  to 
give  you  a  school  and  a  chance  when  you 
didn't  have  one."  It  spells  opportunity.  It  is 
difficult  to  estimate  the  inspiration  given  to 
everyone  by  this  official  visit.  It  has  translated 
an  organization  into  gracious,  interested  per- 
sonality. These  girls  will  tell  their  children's 
children  of  the  time  they  shook  hands  with 
"  our  "   President  General. 

Tamassee  is  a  young  school  and  a  small 
school,  but  one  great  in  needs  and  great  in 
potentialities.  It  has  the  distinction  of  being 
thus  far  the  only  boarding  school  for  mountain 
girls  established,  owned  and  controlled  by 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  The 
students  are  from  North  Carolina  and  Georgia, 
as  well  as  from  South  Carolina.  It  is  for  the 
girl  who  otherwise  would  not  have  a  chance. 


The  aim  of  the  school  is  broader  than  the 
education  of  the  children's  minds.  It  is  to  teach 
them  how  to  live,  how  to  make  home  neat 
and  attractive,  how  to  sew,  how  to  prepare  nour- 
ishing food,  and  how  to  care  for  children. 
While  the  boarding  department  is  only  for  girls, 
there  is  a  mixed  day  school.  Nor  is  the  ser- 
vice confined  to  the  needs  of  the  children.  The 
women  of  the  community,  some  of  whom  walk 
several  miles  to  Tamassee,  are  welcome  at  the 
industrial  classes  and  canning  clubs.  At  the 
night  school  for  adults  many  have  learned  to 
read  and  write.  Non-sectarian,  but  distinctly 
Christian,  the  school  endeavors  in  all  its  teach- 
ings to  point  the  way  to  better  living.  Church 
and  Sunday  School  are  held  weekly  in  the 
school  building  and  more  than  140  people  of  the 
community  join  there  for  worship. 

The  site  of  the  school  is  of  historic  interest, 
for  it  is  part  of  the  land  grant  to  Gen.  Andrew 
Pickens  for  his  Revolutionary  services,  and  here 
the  General  spent  the  declining  years  of  his  life. 
In  a  church  yard  not  far  from  the  school  are 
buried  several  Revolutionary  soldiers.  Many 
children  in  the  school  could  be  members  of  the 
C.A.R.  The  faithful  workers  at  Tamassee.  the 
school  board,  and  the  community  people  join 
the  South  Carolina  Daughters  in  appreciating 
most  deeply  the  aid  and  interest  of  all  who  have 
proven  themselves  friends  of  Tamassee.  They 
thank  you  for  helping  these  children  of  the 
hills,  and  hope  that  some  day  they  may  greet 
each  one  of  you  in  our  sunset  corner  of 
South  Carolina. 


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NEW  YORK 

The  New  York  State  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  gathered  at  Poughkeepsie 
on  October  25th.  26th  and  27th,  for  their  twenty- 
seventh  State  Conference,  with  Mahwenawasigh 
Chapter  as  their  hostess.  The  meetings  were 
held  in  the  Masonic  Temple.  Wednesday  morn- 
ing the  Nominating  Committee  and  Chairman 
of  State  Committees  held  their  several  meetings. 
At  10.30  o'clock  Mrs.  Nash  held  a  Counsel  of 
Regents,  which  proved  so  successful  a  feature 
last  year. 

The  Conference  opened  at  1.45  o'clock  with 
the  processional  of  State  and  National  Officers, 
escorted  by  pages  and  preceded  by  the  Flag 
Bearer,  using  for  the  first  time  the  beautiful 
silk  Flag  given  to  the  state  by  Mrs.  Leonard 
H.  Giles.  Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash,  State 
Regent,  declared  the  twenty-seventh  New  York 
State  Conference  opened.  The  invocation  given 
by  Mrs.  Silas  W.  Sherwood,  State  Chaplain, 
was  followed  by  singing  "  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner,"  "  Salute  to  the  Flag "  and  reciting 
The  American's  Creed.  Mrs.  Daniel  Webster 
Wilbur,  Regent  of  Mahwenawasigh  Chapter, 
welcomed  the  Daughters  most  cordially.  Honor- 
able George  D.  Campbell,  Mayor  of  Poughkeep- 
sie, voiced  the  city's  welcome.  Mrs.  Nash  re- 
sponded ;  her  earnest  address  was  followed 
with  close  attention,  the  keynote  being  "  our 
country,"  unity  of  aim,  and  effort,  coopera- 
tion, our  watchword,  and  our  guide.  At  its 
close  the  National  Officers  and  distinguished 
guests  were  introduced.  Mrs.  Charles  Sey- 
mour Whitman,  Vice  President  General  from 
New  York,  brought  greetings  from  the  National 
Society.  She  also  presented  a  handsome  mahog- 
any ballot  box  to  the  state  organization.  Mrs. 
George  Maynard  Minor,  our  honored  President 
General,  delivered  an  inspiring  address,  the 
entire  Conference  rising  to  express  its  appre- 
ciation. After  the  singing  of  "America,"  cordial 
greetings  were  given  by  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne 
Cook,  Vice  President  General  from  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  Miss  Alice  Louise  McDufFee,  Vice  Presi- 
dent General  from  Michigan ;  Mrs.  Jolin 
Laidlaw  Buel,  Vice  President  General  from 
Connecticut.  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger, 
Organizing  Secretary  General,  Mrs.  Livingston 
L.  Hunter,  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  Franklin 
P.  Shumvvay,  State  Regent  of  Massachusetts, 
Mrs.  John  H.  Stewart,  State  Regent  of  Ver- 
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mont,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bissell,  State  Regent  of 
Connecticut,  and  Airs.  George  Schuyler  Gardner, 
State  Chaplain  of  Mississippi,  all  paying  well- 
deserved  praise  to  our  own  honored  State 
Regent,   Mrs.  Nash. 

Mahwenawasigh  Chapter  provided  a  sight- 
seeing trip  for  visiting  Daughters,  Wednesday 
afternoon,  ending  with  a  tea  at  its  Chapter 
House,  the  former  home  of  Governor  Clinton. 
Airs.  Nash  held  her  State  Board  meeting,  dur- 
ing the  afternoon,  Wednesday  evening  at  8.15 
o'clock  the  State  and  National  Officers  and  dis- 
tinguished guests  entered,  preceded  by  the  pages 
and  color-bearer — singing,  "  Song  of  the  Em- 
pire State,"  led  by  Miss  Edith  L.  Hubbard, 
Hon.  Frank  Hasbrouck  delivered  an  interesting 
sketch  of  Poughkeepsie.  A  group  of  songs 
by  Miss  Bennedetta  di  Francisca,  our  student 
at  "  American  International  College,"  was  en- 
thusiastically received.  Chancellor  C.  S.  Mc- 
Gown,  followed,  giving  an  address  on  the 
college.  Dancing  of  the  Alinuet  in  costume,  by 
members  of  the  High  School,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Prof.  George  Rutherford,  was  a  pleasing 
feature  of  the  program.  Impersonation  of 
"  Dolly  Aladison,"  by  Mrs.  Lucy  Allen  Stewart, 
with  musical  accompaniment  by  Aliss  L.  V. 
Gorse,  and  singing  of  the  "  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner,"  in  costume,  by  Mrs.  A.  H.  Candleish, 
closed  a  delightful  evening. 

Thursday  morning  at  8.30  o'clock,  the  State 
Tamassee  Committee  met,  when  a  goodly 
amount  was  pledged  toward  the  completion  of 
the  New  York  State  building  there.  Conference 
opened  at  10  o'clock.  Airs.  Nash  presiding. 
Invocation  by  Mrs.  Sherwood,  followed  by 
singing  "  America  the  Beautiful."  Mrs.  Nash's 
annual  report  as  State  Regent,  outlining  the 
work  accomplished  by  the  one  hundred  and 
forty-eight  chapters,  from  each  of  which  a 
most  gratifying  report  was  received,  proved 
of  great  interest  to  the  Conference.  The  total 
membership  in  the  state  is  15,000  and  new  chap- 
ters are  organizing.  The  reports  of  all  the 
State  Officers  told  of  splendid  patriotic  work 
accomplished.  A  beautiful  tribute  to  the  one 
hundred  and  twenty-six  Daughters  who  have 
"  gone  home "  during  the  year,  was  given  by 
Airs.  Sherwood,  the  entire  Conference  standing 
a  moment  in  their  memory. 

Learning  that  the  New  Jersey  State  Confer- 
ence was  also  being  held,  a  greeting  from  the 
New  York  Conference,  in  which  Airs.  Shum- 


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way,  State  Regent  of  Massachusetts,  asked  that 
they  might  join,  was  sent  to  the  New 
Jersey   D.A.R. 

At  1  o'clock,  a  "  Get  Together  "  luncheon  was 
served  in  the  dining  room  of  Masonic  Temple, 
when  over  three  hundred  Daughters  were  pres- 
ent. Thursday  afternoon  session  opened  at  2.30 
o'clock,  Mrs.  Nash  presiding.  "  Friendliness  " 
was  sung  by  the  Conference,  followed  by  five- 
minute  reports  of  all  State  Committees. 
Thursday  evening  at  8.30  o'clock  the  reception 
by  Mahwenawasigh  Chapter,  to  the  State  and 
National  Officers,  and  the  entire  conference, 
was  held  in  Masonic  Temple.  Previous  to  the 
reception,  Mrs.  Wilbur  entertained  the  State 
Board  and  National  Officers  at  dinner.  Friday 
morning  Mrs.  Nash  opened  the  Conference  at 
9.30  o'clock.  Invocation  by  Mrs.  Sherwood, 
and  singing  of  "  The  Battle  Hymn  of  the 
Republic."  Mrs.  J.  S.  S.  Remsen,  a  member  of 
Ellen  Hardin  Walworth  Chapter,  and  also  a 
member  of  the  National  Committee,  reported 
the  wonderful  work  being  done  at  Ellis  Island 
for  the  immigrant  women  and  children  in  the 
detention  wards.  Many  gifts  were  presented 
for  Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Voting  for  the 
State  Board  of  Officers  during  the  morning 
resulted  as  follows — for  term  of  three  years : 
Regent,  Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash ;  Vice  Re- 
gent, Mrs.  Radcliffe  B.  Lockwood ;  Recording 
Secretary,  Miss  Ruth  Barber ;  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Miss  Pauline  H.  Wilson ;  Treasurer, 
Mrs.  John  W.  Griffiths ;  Historian,  Miss  Amelia 
Day  Campbell ;  Consulting  Registrar,  Mrs. 
Frank  W.  Farnham ;  Librarian,  Mrs.  R.  H. 
Gibbs ;  Chaplain,  Miss  Mary  M.  Badger.  State 
Directors. — Term  expires  April,  1924.  Mrs. 
William  B.  Hale,  Rochester.  Term  expires 
April,  1926,  Miss  Harriet  L.  Gates,  Elmira. 
Mrs.  H.  Lynford  Henry,  Geneva.  Mrs.  Louise 
Haile  Case,  Gouverneur. 

With  the  singing  of  "  God  Be  with  Us  'Til 
We  Meet  Again,"  the  twenty-seventh  New  York 
State  Conference  closed. 

Tuesday,  October  24,  1922,  preceding  the 
D.A.R.  Conference,  the  State  Society,  Chil- 
dren of  the  American  Revolution,  held  their 
Annual  Convention,  and  were  also  guests  of 
Mahwenawasigh  Chapter,  meeting  in  Vassar 
Brother's  Institute.  Mrs.  John  P.  Mosher, 
State  Director,  had  arranged  an  interesting 
program,  begining  at  2.15  o'clock,  with  singing 
"  America,"  the  Invocation  by  Mrs.  Silas  W. 
Sherwood,  State  Chaplain.  "  The  American's 
Creed,"  recited  by  Master  Howard  Lee  Nos- 
trand,  and  "  Pledge  of  Allegiance  "  by  Sheridan 
Atkinson,  the  color-bearer.  Greetings  from 
Mrs.  Daniel  Webster  Wilbur.  A  beautiful 
tribute  to  Miss  Grace  M.  Pierce,  the  late 
Registrar  General,  by  Miss  Josephine  C. 
Mason,    State    Secretary,    C.A.R.     Reports    of 


State  Officers  showed  splendid  work  accom- 
plished by  the  children.  Presidents  of  many 
Societies  gave  fine  reports.  Dancing  of  the 
Minuet  in  costume,  by  members  of  the  Yonkers 
Society,  received  hearty  applause.  Mr.  W.  J 
Reagan,  Principal  of  Oakwood  School,  spoke 
on  "  Patriotic  Education."  At  the  evening  ses- 
sion, Master  Rudyard  S.  Uzzell  recited  "  The 
American  Boy's  Creed,"  by  Theodore  Roose- 
velt. Mrs.  Mosher  spoke  of  the  aims  and  needs 
of  the  C.A.R.  Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash,  State 
Regent,  D.A.R.,  and  Mr.  Clement  C.  Gaines, 
of  the  Empire  State  Society,  S.A.R.,  brought 
greetings  and  suggestions   for  cooperation. 

Two  papers  written  for  the  prize  were  read. 
"  A  Child  of  the  American  Revolution  as  a  Boy 
Scout,"  by  Master  William  C.  Uzzell,  and 
"  Schenectady,"  by  Elizabeth  Parsons,  a  mem- 
ber of  Betsey  Ross  Society,  of  Schenectady, 
who  received  the  prize,  a  handsome  silk  Flag. 
The  Convention  closed  with  the  Pledge  of 
Allegiance,  singing  "  Star  Spangled  Banner," 
and  "  Parade  of  The  Colors." 

"  The  hope  of  the  nation  lies  in  its  Children." 
(Mrs.  Frederick)  Florence  S.  B  Menges, 

State  Historian. 


5790a^ 


,'gST  VIRGINIA 

The  Seventeenth  Annual  Conference, 
N.S. D.A.R.,  was  held  at  Clarksburg,  the  ses- 
sion opening  on  October  10th,  West  Virginia 
Day,  so  called  because  of  the  battle  of  Point 
Pleasant,  by  many  claimed  to  have  been  the 
first  battle  of  the  Revolution.  This  Conference 
was  perhaps  the  largest  ever  assembled  in  the 
State,  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  delegates  and 
visitors  being  in  attendance. 

Mrs.  Robert  Reed,  of  WTieeling,  State  Re- 
gent, presided  at  the  meeting  Tuesday  night, 
which  was  opened  with  the  singing  of  "  Amer- 
ica." Mrs.  Z.  F.  Robinson  led  a  salute  to  the 
flag  and  following  this  Judge  Haymond  Max- 
well, of  Clarksburg,  welcomed  the  conference 
to  the  city.  Mrs.  Conaway  responded  and  there 
was  also  a  greeting  from  Mrs.  Clark  W. 
Heavner,  much  beloved  Honorary  State  Regent. 
Then  followed  a  series  of  living  pictures 
arranged  by  the  State  Historian,  entitled  the 
Heroines  of  our  State,  represented  by  a  mem- 
ber from  practically  each  of  the  twenty-seven 
chapters  in  the  State.  The  pictures  were  pre- 
sented on  a  stage  in  a  large  gold  frame  with  a 
Colonial  background.  As  the  characters  posed 
motionless  within  the  frame  two  dainty  maidens 
in  Colonial  garb  drew  aside  the  curtains,  and 
Mrs.  Izetta  Jewel  Brown  read  the  sketches 
which  showed  how  the  characters  depicted  had 
W'On  for  themselves  an  honored  place  upon  the 
pages  of  history.  Many  of  those  who  took 
part  were  the  direct  descendants  of  those  whom 
they  portrayed.     A   number  of   delightful   old- 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


time  songs,  arranged  by  the  Daniel  Davisson 
Chapter,  added  a  quaint  touch  to  the  program. 
At  the  close  of  the  program,  the  visitors  were 
tendered  an  informal  reception  at  the  Waldo 
Hotel  by  the  Daniel  Davisson  Chapter. 

At  the  Wednesday  morning  session  a  memo- 
rial service  in  honor  of  the  members  who  passed 
away  during  the  year  was  held.  Mrs.  Reed, 
the  Regent,  submitted  her  annual  report,  in 
which  was  set  forth  the  accomplishments  of  the 
various  state  chapters  and  the  work  the  national 
organization  is  planning.  The  reports  of  Chap- 
ter Regents  and  State  Officers  followed,  after 
which  the  conference  adjourned  for  luncheon 
at  the  Waldo  Hotel  by  the  hostess  chapter.  On 
Wednesday  afternoon  an  address  by  Miss 
Hettie  Hazlett,  of  Wheeling,  on  the  State 
Child  Welfare  Commission  and  the  "  History 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
in  West  Virginia,"  by  Mrs.  Stuart  W.  Walker. 
State  Historian,  were  heard.     The  Wednesday 


evening  session  was  held  in  the  First  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church.  The  State  Regent,  Mrs. 
Reed,  introduced  Mrs.  George  DeBolt,  of 
Fairmont,  Honorary  State  Regent,  who  ex- 
tended greetings  to  the  Daughters  and  in  a  very 
pleasing  manner  told  of  the  tendencies  of  the 
present  generation  to  pass  the  things  which 
■'  our  forefathers  held  so  dear."  The  speaker 
of  the  evening.  Madam  Grouitch,  was  intro- 
duced by  Mrs.  H.  T.  Wilson  in  a  graceful 
speech.  The  address  of  Madam  Grouitch  was 
so  interesting  that  she  held  the  rapt  attention 
of  her  audience  for  over  an  hour.  She  spoke 
with  great  feeling  of  Serbia  and  the  ever-great 
menace,  the  Turks. 

On  Thursday  morning  followed  the  election 
of    officers,    and    a    beautiful    luncheon    at    the 
Waldo     Hotel     concluded    this    most     success- 
ful conference. 
(Mrs.   Stuart  W.)    Annette  T.   Walker, 

State  Historian. 


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ANSWERS 

1022.1  DvE.— If  you  will  write  to  the  State 
Librarian  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  enclosing  one 
dollar  he  will  send  you  a  certified  copy  of  the 
.service  of  Enoch  Dye.  He  was  a  sol  in  the 
Washington  Co.,  Mil.,  Capt.  Wm.  Leet's  Co., 
3rd  Bat.  Ref. :  Pa.  Archives,  6th  Series,  Vol. 
2,  p.  115.  Do  you  know  anything  of  the  par 
of  Rebecca  Lcet  and  when  and  where  she  was 
m?  Her  fir.st  ch  Mary  was  b  Dec.  10,  1781.— 
G.  C.  Ridr^vav.  403  Main  St.,  Evansville,  Ind. 

10503.  Delano.— Philip  (1),  John  (2),  John 
(3),  m  Anna  Ladd,  their  dau  Anna  Delano  m 
Asa  Smith.  John  (2)  Delano  was  a  lieut,  and 
m  Mercy  Warren  a  Mayflower  desc.  Would 
like  a  corres  with  you. — Mrs.  A.  K.  Scarcr.  311 
Seventh  Ave.  E.,  Twin  Falls,  Idaho. 

10520.  H.\LL.— Wm.  Hall  b  in  Ga.  Mar.  24, 
1786,  m  Jane  Williams  b  nr  Boiling  Green.  Ky.. 
July  25,  1784.  William  had  bros  Edward  and 
Reason  and  possibly  John,  and  sis  Mary  who  m 
Robert  Scott  of  Cass  Co.,  111.  Tradition  says 
that  Wm.'s  f  came  from  N.  Y.  immediately 
after  Rev  and  obtained  a  w  and  grant  of  Ga. 
land.  Remained  in  Ga.  only  a  short  time,  re- 
moving to  Louisville,  Ky.  Wm.  and  Jane  lived 
nr  Boiling  Green  until  1825,  when  they  removed 
with  their  six  ch  and  Wm.'s  bros  and  sister  to 
Illinois,  where  in  1832  Wm.,  Jane  and  their 
youngest  ch  were  massacred  by  Indians  in  La 
Salle  Co.  on  May  20th.  Their  daus,  Sylvia  and 
Rachel,  were  carried  away  and  rescued  a  fort- 
night later,  having  suffered  no  bodily  harm. — 
Mrs.  Jcannctic  McLennan.  7\7  F  St.,  Fair- 
bury,  Neb. 

10560.  HoxiE. — Stephen  Hoxie  may  be  fol- 
lowed up  in  Mrs.  Hammond's  Madison  Co., 
N.   v.,   pub.    Syracuse,    1872,   pp.    188-189.     He 


was  at  Brookfield  and  was  one  of  the  prominent 
men  of  his  time  and  locality,  d  1839,  aged  101 
yrs  4  mos.— .;i/r,v.  H.  J.  Carr.  919  Vine  St., 
Scranton,   Pa. 

10592.  TKniBLE.— il/;-.f.  W.  A.  Thompson.  Jr.. 
282  E.  17th  St.,  Flatbush,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  is 
of  the  Trimble  Family  of  Tug  Mill  Run,  West- 
moreland Co.,  Pa.,  and  would  like  to  corre- 
spond with  you. 

10601  (d).  Wheeler. — Lydia  w^as  the  dau  of 
Samuel  Wheeler,  b  Nov.  23,  1680  ("Concord, 
Mass.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  1635  to 
1850,  p.  24).  Her  mother  was  Joanna  Walcott, 
I)  Jan.  22.  1686,  d  July  4,  1751  (Brookfield, 
Mass.,  Records).  Thev  were  m  in  Concord, 
Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1704  (Brookfield  Vital  Rec- 
ords, p.  436). — Miss  Edla  S.  Gib.wn.  396  Porter 
Ave.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

10603.  H.\RRiNGT0N. — Wm.  Harrington,  b  in 
R.  I.  abt  1764,  m  Sarah  Baker;  their  ch  were 
Paul,  Thcosophilus,  Wm.,  James,  Elisha  and 
Benjamin.  This  family  lived  in  the  vicinity  of 
Shaftsbury,  Vt.,  after  the  Rev,  Thcosophilus 
Harrington_  was  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Vt.  to  whose  memory  a  monument  was 
erected  in  Bennington. — Mrs.  A.  B.  Johnson. 
Caledonia,  N.  Y. 

10604.  Waring. — James  Waring,  s  of  Solo- 
mon and  his  w  Ariaantje  Snediker  Waring 
bapt  in  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.,  1782,  was  b  Apr.  8,  1782.  Solo- 
mon Waring  was  a  Rev  soldier;  in  1790  he  was 
living  in  New  Paltz,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  had 
ten  ch.  Would  be  glad  to  corres. — Mrs.  /-.  T. 
Var,  .IntT.K'crj).  70  Moran  Rd.,  Groose  Pointe  „ 
Farms,    Detroit,   Mich. 

10615.  HiiLT. — "Genealogical  History  of  the 
Holt  Family  in  the  U.  S.  by  Daniel  Durrie  " : 

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Nicholas  Holt  of  Romseby,  England  and  New- 
bury, and  Andover,  Mass.,  b  England  abt  1602. 
Came  in  ship  James  of  London  Apr.  16,  1635, 
m  in  England  Elizabeth  Short.  She  d  at  And- 
over 20th  June,  1658,  he  d  Andover  30th  of 
Jan.,    1685.      Their    fourth   ch    Samuel    Holt   b 

Newbury  6th  of  Oct.,  1641,  m  Sarah  .     He 

d  Andover  7th  of  Nov.,  1703.  Was  made 
Freeman  1691.  His  s  Samuel  b  Andover  3rd 
of  Aug.,  1670,  d  20th  Julv,  1747,  m  Hannah 
Farnum  28th  of  Mar.,  1693.  She  d  30th  Jan., 
1758,  aged  91.  Samuel  Holt,  their  second  ch, 
b  Andover,  1697,  d  25th  Nov.,  1758,  m  Jemima 
Gray  14th  Nov.,  1724,  she  d  Aug.,1775,  aged  74. 
Their  s  Samuel  b  Andover  18th  Dec,  1730,  d 
3rd  Feb.,  1802,  m  14th  Feb.,  1760,  Abigail 
dau  of  Josiah  Blanchard,  she  d  1st  of  Nov., 
1814,  aged  80.  Their  s  Isaac  Holt  b  Andover 
21st  January,  1764,  d  25th  July,  1843,  m  6th 
Dec,  1789,  Tabitha  Blunt,  who  d  24th  June, 
1840,  aged  75.  Isaac  Holt,  their  fourth  ch, 
was  b  Andover  27th  Oct.,  1794,  d  29th  Jan., 
1848.  He  was  a  sol  in  War  of  1812,  stationed 
at  Fort  Warren;  m  16th  of  Nov.,  1816,  Hannah 
Lacey,  who  d  21st  July,  1838,  m  secondly  17th 
Feb.,  1839,  Mary  Dale.  Children  of  Isaac  and 
Hannah  Lacey  Holt  were  Sarah  b  Andover 
17th  Jan.,  1819,  m  30th  Dec,  1838,  John  M. 
White;  John  A.  b  Andover  26th  Oct.,  1820; 
Isaac  O.  b  Merrimac  N.  H.,  17th  Apr.,  1822, 
m  6th  Jan.,  1851,  Mary  Jane  dau  of  Elijah  and 
Huldah  Fuller  of  Danvers ;  Arno  A.  b  Andover, 
m  2nd  of  Mar.,  1851,  Martha  A.  Russell  of 
Bethel    and    resided    at    Cambridge;    Alfred    b 

Allertown,    N.    H.,    1825,    m    Clara    W.    , 

residence  Andover ;  a  son  b  Allertown  16th 
Oct.,  1827,  d  15th  Feb.,  1828;  Samuel  Warren  b 
Allertown  28th  Feb.,  1828:  a  ch  b  Allertown 
d  28th  Dec,  1829;  Wilham  P.  b  Aug.  18,  1830; 
James  H.  b  Allertown  7th  May,  1832,  d  12th 
Feb.,   1833;   Oliver  W.  b  Allertown  m  Almira 

;  Hannah  b  Allertown  m  Bumpers  of 

Ballard  Vale.  Author's  note :  This  family  may 
not  be  properly  arranged  said  to  have  been  six- 
teen oh.— Mrs.  Milne  Hume  Broumtcc,  917 
Phelan  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

10617.  Joy. — David  Joy  b  Rehoboth,  Mass., 
Dec,  1724,  d  Russia,  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y,,  1809. 
He  ser  in  the  French  and  Indian  War  and  was 
at  the  taking  of  Fort  Ticonderoga,  1775,  m 
Bristol,  R.  I.,  Dec.  1,  1747,  Elizabeth  Allen  of 
Rehoboth,  Mass.  Ref . :  p.  74,  "  Thomas  Joy 
and  His  Descendants,"  by  James  R.  Joy.  Abel 
Joy,  s  of  David,  b  Oct.  26,  1750,  d  Brattleboro, 
Vt.,  April  11,  1813,  a  Rev  sol  (Joy  Family  by 
Mrs.  Dyer)  m  Oct.,  1779,  at  Guilford,  Vt., 
Elizabeth  Chase.  Ref. :  p.  81,  Thomas  Joy  and 
His  Descendants.— Mr,f.  H.  Rogers.  1929  Eigh- 
teenth St.,   Bakersfield,  Calif. 

10626.  Plumb. — The  Plumb  Genealogy,  1635- 
1900,  by  H.  B.  Plumb,  Pleely,  Luzerne  Co.,  Pa., 


gives  the  following  information :  Robt.  Plumb 
m  Jan.  9,  1642,  Mary  Baldwin  their  s  Robt.  b 
Dec.  21,  1648,  d  Dec.  4,  1703,  m  Ruth  Clark 
and  d  childless.  Robert's  bro  John  b  Aug.  12, 
1646,  d  Mar.,  1728,  m  Nov.  24,  1668,  Elizabeth 
Norton  their  s  John,  Jr.,  b  July  29,  1671,  m 
Rachel  Bunnel  and  their  dau  Rachel  b  Mar.  4, 
1716,  m  June  6,  1739,  Enoch  C\ir\is.—Mrs.  T. 
B.  Plumb.  2041  Ashbourne  Drive,  So.  Pasa- 
dena, Calif. 

10626.  Plumb. — This  was  also  ans  by  Mrs. 
T.  J.  MeHugh.  137  Remington  St.,  Fort  Col- 
lins, Colo. 

10626  (c).  Merriman. — History  of  Stoning- 
ton.  Conn.,  gives  the  ch  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  and 
Abigail  Olney  (wid  of  Jacob  Lines)  Merriman : 
Hannah  b  May  16,  1651.  m  Nov.  12,  1668;  John 
Ives;  Abigail  b  Apr.  18,  1664,  d  1690  m  Jan. 
18,  1670,  John  Hitchcock;  Mary  b  July  12, 
1657,  d  June  9,  1674,  m  Thomas  Curtis ;  John 

b   Feb.  28,   1659,   d   Sept.  26  m   Hannah 

Lines,  secondly  Mary  Doolittle ;  Samuel  b 
Sept.  29,  1662,  d  Oct.  10.  1695,  m  Anna  Fields 
Street  and  secondlv  Elizabeth  Peck ;  Caleb  b 
May  4,  1665,  d  July  9,  1703,  m  1693  Mary 
Preston  ;  Moses  b  1667,  m  Judith  Beach ;  Eliza- 
beth b  Sept.  14,  1669,  m  Ebenezer  Lewis  Dec. 
2,  1685 ;  Ann.— Mrs.  G.  H.  Ripley,  Poultney,  Vt. 

10628.  Hadley. — Biographical  Sketch  of 
James  T.  Hadlev,  Hendricks  County  Historv, 
pp.  518,  SSS,  68i:  James  T.  Hadley  b  N.  C. 
July  16,  1796,  was  the  s  of  Simon  and  Elizabeth 
Hadley,  gr  son  of  Joshua  gr  gr  s  of  Joshua 
and  gr  gr  gr  s  of  Simon  Hadley  who  was  b  in 
Ireland  of  English  parentage  and  set  in  the  Pa. 
Colony  in  the  latter  part  of  17th  Century. 
They  were  Quakers.  Joshua  Hadley  was  a 
member  of  the  N.  C.  branch  and  was  b  May  23, 
1743,  he  m  Ruth  Lindley  who  was  b  at  London 
Grove,  Pa.,  Mar.  25,  1745.  Their  s  Joshua  was 
b  in  Chatham  Co.,  N.  C,  Dec.  13,  1783,  the  thir- 
teenth of  sixteen  ch.  Joshua,  Jr.,  m  first  Lydia 
Hyatt  and  had  one  dau,  who  m  Wm.  White. 
Joshua's  second  w  was  Rebecca  Hinshaw  who 
was  b  in  Randolph  Co.,  N.  C,  Feb.  20.  1789. 
They  had  eleven  ch  and  in  the  fall  of  1838  set 
in  Clay  Township,  Hendricks  Co.,  Ind.  He  d 
Aug.  23,  1847,  and  his  w  d  Apr.  19,  1882,  aged 
93.  Mordecai  Hadley  b  Chatham  Co.,  N.  C, 
June  30,  1827,  m  first  Sarah  Jane  Clark,  b 
Chatham  Co.,  N.  C,  July,  1827,  d  Oct.,  1877; 
m  secondly  Susan  Lindley.  Simon  Hadlev  b  in 
N.  C,  Oct.  6,  1765,  m  May  10.  1787,  Elizabeth 
Thompson  of  N.  C,  b  Aug.  7,  1770.  In  1829 
with  sons  Thomas  and  Wm  they  came  to 
Marion  Twp.  Here  Simon  d  Apr.  3,  1843,  and 
the  mother  Aug.  16,  1844.  Their  ch  James  T., 
Joshua  T.,  Simon  T,,  and  John  T.  set  in  Hen- 
dricks Co. ;  Jonathan  set  in  Clinton  Co.,  Ohio ; 
Martha  Thompson,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Mary 
Hadley  set  in  Morgan  Co.,  Ind.,  and  Ruth  re- 


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mained  in  N,  C.  James  T.  m  in  N.  C.  Elizabeth 
Richardson  and  moved  to  Ind.  in  1825 ;  she  d 
Aug.  8,  1863,  he  d  Feb.  28.  1871.— il//-.s.  ;=■.  G. 
Putnam.  130  E.  4th  St.,  Mt.  Carmel,  111. 

10628.  Hadley. — In  the  following  named 
publications  you  will  find  good  accounts  of 
Lindleys  and  Hadleys :  "  Notes  on  the  Quaker 
Family  of  Hadley,"  by  Chalmers  Hadley, 
Librarian  of  Denver,  Colo.,  Public  Library,  pub. 
1916;  "History  of  Alamance,"  by  S.  W.  Stock- 
ard,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  1900;  A  Letter  to  Harlow 
Lindley,  Sec'y  of  Indiana  Hist.  Commission, 
State  House,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  will  put  you  in 
communication  with  some  one  who  knows  a 
great  deal  abt  Thomas  Lindley's  ances  and  desc. 
- — E.  G.  Browtiing,  Ass't  Librarian,  Indianapolis 
Public  Library. 

10628.  Hadley. — This  query  was  also  ans  by 
Mrs.  H.  B.  Simmons.  Chestertown,  Md. 

10628.  Dix  -  Hyatt  -  Hadley. — "  The  immi- 
gration of  the  Irish  Quakers  into  Pa.,  1682  to 
1750,"  by  Albert  Cook  Myers,  p.  340:  "Simon 
Hadley  and  w  from  Mote  Meeting  County  west 
Meath  rec'd  June  4,  1716."  They  came  from 
Ireland  abt  1712  and  set  in  New  Castle  Co. 
Their  ch  Joseph  Aug.  25,  1698 :  Deborah  b  Feb. 
25,  1701 ;  Joshua  b  Mar.  6,  1703;  Simon  b  Dec. 
23,  1704;  d  Nov.  4,  1730;  Hannah  b  Nov.  16, 
1709;  Ruth  b  Dec.  6,  1711;  Katherine  b  Feb. 
25,  1715;  Ann  b  Dec.  7,  1717.  The  mother 
d  Dec.  18,  1750,  and  was  bur  at  New  Garden. 
Simon  m  secondly  Phebe  wid  of  Richard  Buf- 
fington  of  Bradford,  Chester  Co.  (History  of 
Chester  Co.,  p.  576).  See  Calendar  of  Dela- 
ware Wills,  New  Castle  Co.,  1682  to  1800,  pp. 
53,  54,  for  Simon  Hadley  mentioning  marriages 
of  his  ch.  Same  ref  p.  54  will  of  Thomas  Hyatt 
dated  1756  mentioning  sons,  John,  Thomas, 
Valentine,  Isaac,  Abraham,  Ephraim,  w  Cather- 
ine, dau  Catherine  Cannon,  Mary  Hyatt,  Rachel 
Davis,  Sarah  McGraugh,  Anne  Griffin,  Rebecca 
Hyatt,  Eleanor  and  Susannah  Hyatt ;  gr  dau 
Catherine  Hill.  James  Lindley  and  w  Eleanor 
fr  Carlow  Meeting,  Ireland,  reed  Mar.  3,  1713, 
Eleanor  Lindley  was  the  sis  of  Thomas  Carr. 
The  ch  of  James  and  Eleanor  were  Thomas 
b  Feb.  25,  1706;  Rachel  b  May  11,  1707;  James 
b  Apr.  30,  1709;  Marjorie;  Robert,  April  22, 
1712;  Wm.  Dec.  20.  1714;  Alice  b  Feb.  25, 
1716;  Mary  b  Sept.  4,  1717;  Jonathan  b  Mar. 
11,  1719,  m  Deborah  Halliday  in  1741;  Eliza- 
beth b  Aug.  4,  1720;  Hannah  b  Jan.  11,  1723; 
Eleanor  b  Jan.  11,  1727.  James  Lindley  d  Oct. 
13,  1726;  his  wid  m  Henry  Jones.  Thomas 
Lindley  m  Ruth  Hadley  and  went  to  Orange 
Co.,  N.  C.  The  ch  of  Jonathan  and  Deborah 
Lindley  were  Jacob  who  became  an  eminent 
minister  in  the  Societv  of  Friends  b  Sept.  18, 
1744,  m  Nov.  14,  1782,  Hannah  wid  of  Wm. 
Miller;  James  b  Jan.  18,  1746;  Jonathan  b  Oct. 
18,   1750;   Deborah  b   Dec.   26,   1753;    Ruth  m 


Nov.  6,  1800,  David  Wilson.  Ref.:  History 
of  Chester  Co.,  p.  637,  and  Emigration  of 
Irish  Quakers,  p.  336.— Mi'.!-.j  H.  E.  Wilson, 
Port  Matilda,  Centre  Co.,  Pa.,  Route  2. 

10629.  Armstrong. — Write  to  Miss  Susan 
Hide,  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  she  may  be  able  to 
help  you  with  this  line.  Also  you  may  be  able 
to  get  some  data  by  writing  to  the  Secretary  of 
State,  Montpelier,  Vt.,  as  the  Armstrong  fam 
lived  in  Bennington,  Vt. — Bertha  W.  Robinson, 
S.  Hero,  Vt. 

10629.  (b)  Brown. — In  the  genealogy  of  the 
Brown  Family  Theoda  is  given  as  the  dau  of 
Capt.  Dan'l  Brown  and  his  first  w  Theoda 
Park.  Nathan  and  Lydia  Dewey  Brown  had  no 
dau  Theoda.  Capt.  Dan'l  and  Nathan  were 
bros.  Capt.  Dan'l  Brown  is  said  to  have  been 
a  Quaker  and  no  record  of  Rev  ser  can  be 
found. — /.  B.  Brozi'n,  128  Harmon  St.,  War- 
ren, Ohio. 

10629.  (b)  Brown. — The  Brown  fam  was  of 
English  origin  and  most  of  them  descend  from 
three  bros,  Thomas,  John  and  Eleazer,  sons  of 
Thomas  Brown,  of  Lynn,  Mass.  Thomas 
Brown  b  1628  m  Mary  Newhall  b  1637.  Their 
ch  were  Thomas  b  Lynn  d  Dec.  27,  1723,  m 
Feb.  8,  1677,  Hannah  Collins;  Mary  b  Feb.  10, 
1655,  d  Mav  18,  1662;  Sara  b  Aug.  20,  1657, 
d  Aug.  1,  1658;  Joseph  b  Feb.  16,  1658,  m  Sarah 
Jones  Jan.  22,  1680;  Sarah  b  Sept.  13,  1660,  d 
Apr.  2,  1662 ;  Jonathan  d  Apr.  12,  1662 ;  John ; 
Mary  b  July  26,  1666,  m  Thomas  Norwood 
Aug.  24,  1685;  Jonathan  b  Feb.  11,  1668;  Elea- 
zer b  Aug.  4,  1670;  Ebenezer  b  Mar.  16,  1672; 
Daniel  b  Apr.  24,  1673;  Ann  and  Grace  twins  b 
Feb.  4,  1674,  both  d  Feb.  7,  1674,  and  Daniel 
b  Feb.  1,  1676,  d  on  the  Brown  Homestead. 
The  ch  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Collins  Brown 
were  Samuel  b  Dec.  8,  1678 ;  Hannah  b  Dec.  5, 
1680;  Mary  b  May  26,  1683,  m  Thomas  York; 
Jerusha  b  Dec.  25,  1688:  Sarah  b  July  1,  1689; 
Thomas  b  Feb.  14,  1692;  Elizabeth  b  May  9, 
1694;  Daniel  b  Oct.  9,  1696,  m  Mary  Breed; 
Priscilla  b  Jan.  30,  1699;  Humphrey  b  Sept. 
16,  1701.  The  ch  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Breed 
Brown  were  Samuel  b  Oct.  14,  1722 ;  Daniel  b 
Mar.  20,  1725;  Martha  b  Feb.  1,  1728;  Amos 
b  Oct.  28,  1730;  Desire  b  July  5,  1733;  Christo- 
pher b  Mar.  12,  1736;  Nathan  b  June  20,  1738; 
Nehcmiah  b  July  11,  1740.  Daniel  Brown  and 
Mary  Breed  were  m  June  21,  1721,  by  Rev. 
Hezekiah  Lord,  Pastor  of  the  Church  at  Pres- 
ton, Conn.  No  reference  to  Nathan  being  in 
the  Rev  War.  Nathan  Brown  and  Lydia 
Dewey  Brown  were  m  Sept.  17,  1761.  Their 
ch  were:  Lydia  b  Mar.  8,  1762;  Nathan  b  June 
18,  1765;  Charles  b  Feb.  6,  1767;  Esther  b  May 
1,  1771;  Deborah  b  Aug.  14,  1773;  Dudley  b 
Dec.  16,  1774:  Joseph  b  Mar.  16,  1778;  Avery  b 
May  28,  1780;  Theoda  b  Apr.  16,  1786;  m 
Col.  George  Denison;  Polly  b  Feb.  7,  1789. 


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10629.  (h)  Breed. — Allen  Breed  the  progeni- 
tor of  the  Breed  fam  in  America  b  in  England, 
1601,  appears  in  Lynn.  Mass..  in  1630.  d  Mar. 
17.  1692;  name  of  w  unknown.  His  s  Allen  b 
1626  m  Mary  and  their  s  John  b  Jan.  18.  1663. 
d  1761,  m  first  Apr.  28.  1686,  Mary  Kirtland 
and  ni  second  June  18,  1690,  Mercy  Palmer.  He 
d  Jan.  28,  1752.  He  resided  in  L\'nn  until  after 
the  death  of  Mary  Kirtland  and  then  moved  to 
Stonington.  Their  ch  were  Sarah  b  July  IS, 
1687,  d  Jan.  28,  1688.  The  ch  of  John  and 
Mercy  Palmer  Breed  were  Anna  b  Nov.  8, 
1693,  m  Israel  Hewitt;  Mary  b  Jan.  8,  1697, 
m  June  1,  1721,  Daniel  Brown;  John  b  Jan.  26, 
1700,  m  Mary  Prentice;  Elizabeth  b  Jan.  28, 
1702,  m  John  Hinckley;  Sarah  b  Feb.  1.  1704. 
m  James  Miller;  Zereviah  b  Aug.  27,  1706,  m 
Samuel  Hinckley;  Joseph  b  Oct.  4.  170S.  m 
Priscilla  Avery;  Bethia  b  Dec.  30.  1710;  Allen 
b  Aug.  29.  1714,  m  1st  Anna  Cole,  2nd  Hannah 
Dewey;  Gershom  b  Nov.  IS.  1715,  m  Dorothv 
McLaren    May    10,    1747. 

10629.  (d)  Hewitt.— Thomas  Hewitt  a  sea- 
faring man  was  the  first  of  the  name  to  settle 
in  Stonington.  Thomas  Minor  speaks  of  him 
as  in  command  of  a  vessel  on  the  Mystic  River, 
1656,  where  he  received  the  surplus  product 
of  the  early  planters  in  exchange  for  Boston 
goods.  In  his  business  transactions  he  made 
the  acquaintance  of  Walter  Palmer  whose  dau 
Hannah  he  m  Apr.  26,  1659.  He  purchased 
land  in  Stonington  where  he  built  a  primitive 
dwelling  but  continued  his  trading  to  the  West 
Indies.  In  1662  with  a  full  cargo  he  set  sail 
for  the  West  Indies ;  months  passed,  but  no  tid- 
ings came  of  his  arrival  and  his  friends  were 
forced  to  believe  that  the  ship  had  foundered 
and  all  had  been  lost.  His  ch  were  Thomas 
b  May  2.  1660;  m  Lydia  Utley ;  Benjamin  b 
1662  m  Marie  Fanning.  The  court  under  con- 
sideration of  a  petition  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Palmer 
Hewitt  wid  of  Thomas  for  liberty  to  marry 
again  that  she  had  not  heard  of  her  husband  in 
eight  years.  The  court  granting  the  petition, 
she  m  Roger  Sterry  and  third,  John  Fish.  The 
ch  of  Benjamin  and  Marie  Fanning  Hewitt 
were  Benjamin  b  July  24,  1692,  m  Ann  Palmer; 
Israel  b  July  24,  1692.  m  March  8.  1714,  Anna 
Breed;  Tabitha  b  July  24,  1692  (triplets). 
Mary  b  Aug.  12,  1694,  m  James  Billings; 
Joseph  b  Dec.  13,  1696,  m  Mary  Cheesebor- 
ough;  Elkana  b  May  7,  1699,  m  Temperance 
Kenney;  Hannah  b  June  29,  1701,  m  Increase 
Billings;  Henry  b  July  30,  1704,  m  Joanna 
Denison;  Content  b  Apr.  3,  1708,  m  first  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Russell ;  second  Deacon  Joseph  Den- 
nison;  Hannah  b  June  3,   1711.     Ch  of  Israel 


and  Anna  B.  Hewitt;  Aime  b  Aug.  10.  1716,  m 
Nathaniel  Williams ;  Zereviah  b  May  3,  1619, 
d  young;  Israel  b  Jan.  12,  1723,  m  Tabitha 
Wheaton  May  23,  1750,  at  Little  Compton, 
R.  I.;  Rufus  b  July  9,  1726,  m  Abigail  Frink; 
Charles  b  Aug.  16.  1730.  m  Hannah  Stanton; 
Anna  b  Nov.  8,  1734.  m  Simeon  Miner  Nov. 
15,  1753.  Ch  of  Israel  and  Tabitha  W.  Hewitt 
were  Mary  b  Feb.  25,  1751,  d  young;  Israel 
b  Sept.  15,  1753,  d  voung;  Marv  b  Mar.  28, 
1755  ;  Cynthia  b  May  18,  1757,  m  Stephen  Bill- 
ings; Israel  b  Oct.  10,  1758,  m  Sarah  Williams; 
Nancy  b  Jan.  5,  1760,  m  George  Williams; 
Wheaton  b  Jan.  4,  1763;  Dudlev  b  Apr.  29, 
1765;  Gurdon  b  Mar.  10,  1767;  Russell  b  Feb. 
1,  1769,  m  Wealthy  Averv ;  Darius  and  Dia- 
dama,  twins,  b  Oct.  28,  \77l.—Mrs.  G.  H.  Rip- 
Icy.  Poultney.  Vt. 

10634.  Williams. — Write  to  me  and  I  may 
be  able  to  furnish  what  you  wish  abt  William 
Williams  b  in  Brooke  Co.,  Va.,  1800.— !Fih!'- 
frcd  D.  Brozi'ii.  Ipava,  111.- — - 

10644.  Avery. — I  would  suggest  writing  to 
the  Hon.  Elroy  M.  Avery,  of  New  Port  Richey, 
Fla.,  who  with  his  former  w  Catherine  Pilgrim 
Avery  some  years  ago  compiled  an  exhaustive 
history  of  the  Avery  Clan  in  America,  dating 
back  to  English  ancestry  as  well  with  Coats 
of  Arms.— !\Irs.  T.  V.  Schcllv.  1020  S.  60th  St., 
Philadelphia.  Pa. 

10651.  Morse.— Send  to  Mr.  Daniel  P. 
Morse,  in  care  of  Morse  and  Burt  Shoe  Com- 
pany, Flushing  and  Carlton  Aves.,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  and  get  the  Morse  Genealogy  ($2.00) 
and  follow  out  the  Anthony  Morse  line  as  given 
therein  and  you  will  find  what  you  are  looking 
for. — Jcanncttc  L.  Bohannan.  Waldorf-Astoria, 
New  York  City. 

10662.  ToBv  Wing. — Mrs.  George  W.  Wing, 
Kewaunee,  Wis.,  is  President  of  the  "Wing 
Family  of  America,  Inc.,"  and  no  doubt  can 
give  you  the  desired  inf. — Lora  Lezvis  Faring. 
307  E.  Otterman  St.,  Greensburg,   Pa. 

10698.  Swift.— John  Swift  b  in  Milton, 
Mass.,  m  Jerusha  dau  of  Aaron  and  Susannah 
Wade  Clark  June  7,  1743,  Mansfield,  Conn., 
Records.  Their  ch  w-ere  Betsey  b  Apr.  18, 
1744;  Ruth  b  Dec.  16,  1745,  Thomas  b  Aug. 
14,  1747;  Jerusha  b  May  9,  1749;  Esther  b 
June  16,  1751;  Eunice  b  May  14,  1753;  Desire 
b  May  25,  1755  ;  Susannah  b  Dec.  1,  1757;  John, 
Jr.,  b  Aug.  3,  1761.  John,  Jr..  m  Anna  Throope. 
Their  ch  were  Daniel  b  June  23,  1783;  John  b 
Aug.  3,  1785;  Rachel  b  Oct.  23,  1787;  Charles 
b  May  7,  1790;  Anna  b  Jan.  4.  1793;  Mansfield, 
Conn.,  Records.— Mrs.  Sally  B.  Cook.  1506  P 
St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


To  Insure  Accuracy  in  the  Reading  of  Names  and  Promptness  inPubllca.tion 
Chapter  Reports  must  be  Typewritten  EDITOR. 


mini  Chapter  (^Ottawa,  Illinois)  observed 
Constitution  Day  on  Saturday.  September  16. 
1922.  by  unveiling  and  dedicating  a  bronze  tab- 
let erected  at  the  north  entrance  of  the  La 
Salle  County  Court  House.  The  tablet  bore 
the  following  inscription : 

"  In  honor  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  who  prac- 
ticed law  from  1851  to  1859  before  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Illinois  at  its  sessions  then  held  at 
the  old  La  Salle  County  Court  House  on 
this  Site." 

"  Erected  by  the  Illini  Chapter 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 

1922." 

The  program  of  the  day  was  in  charge  of  the 
first  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Fred  A.  Sapp,  and  the 
Chairman  of  the  Dedication  Committee,  Mrs. 
Charles  W.  Irion,  and  was  as  follows :  Salute 
to  the  flag ;  "  America."  "  Community  singing." 
led  by  Prof.  John  Hofif;  Invocation,  the  Rev. 
William  Whitsitt ;  address  of  presentation.  Mr. 
Clarence  Griggs;  unveiling  of  the  tablet,  Mrs. 
Samuel  E.  Parr,  Sr. ;  address  of  acceptance, 
Mr.  Howard  Farnsworth,  Chairman,  Board 
of  Supervisors. 

It  is  worthy  of  mention  that  in  the  interested 
group  gathered  on  the  Court  House  lawn,  there 
were  five  persons  who  were  present  at  the  first 
Lincoln-Douglas  debate  in  Washington  Park, 
Ottawa,  in  1858.  They  were  Mrs.  Parr,  an 
honored  member  of  Illini  Chapter,  who  unveiled 
the  tablet;  Mrs.  Hollicker.  Mrs.  Baker.  Mrs. 
Clairmont  and  Mr.  Center.  This  Lincoln  tablet 
is  the  third  memorial  erected  in  Ottawa  by  Illini 
Chapter.  The  first  w-as  a  huge  granite  boulder 
with  bronze  marker,  commemorating  the  first 
Lincoln-Douglas  debate,  in  Washington  Park ; 
the  second  was  a  Caen  Stone  fountain  in  memory 
of  the  explorer  Rene  Robert  Cavelier  de  la 
Salle.  It  stands  on  the  Armory  grounds  and 
was  presented  to  the  State  on  the  occasion  of 
the  Illinois  Centennial  Celebration. 

The  Chapter  plans  the  placing  of  a  bronze 
marker  on  the  house  where  Abraham  Lincoln 
was  entertained  the  night  after  the  epoch- 
making  debate. 

There  stands  in  Ottawa,  at  the  junction  of 
the  Illinois  and  Fox  rivers,  a  Bedford  stone 
sun  dial,  a  personal  gift  to  the  city  commemo- 


rating  the  fact  that  on  that  spot  Abraham 
Lincoln  was  mustered  out  as  captain  and  mus- 
tered in  again  as  private  in  the  Black  Hawk 
War   of    1832. 

As  will  be  seen,  Ottawa  is  rich  in  its  sacred 
associations  with  Abraham  Lincoln  and  in  its 
memorials  of  the  French  explorers  of  the  late 
seventeenth  century  who  paddled  down  her 
rivers  to  Fort  St.  Louis,  now  known  as  Starved 
Rock,  located  about  ten  miles  west  of  Ottawa. 
Illini  Chapter  deeply  appreciates  her  privilege 
of  marking  these  historic  spots. 
(Mrs.  George  W.)  Georgia  Gilm.\n  Farr.\r,-^— 

RcgciU. 

Sacramento  Chapter  (Sacramento.  Calif.) 
was  organized  November  17,  1921.  Eighteen 
names  were  on  the  organizing  roll.  Mrs.  F.  F. 
Gundrum  was  the  organizing  regent  and  is  the 
present  regent.  Sacramento  was  chosen  for 
the  name  of  the  Chapter  in  order  to  definitely 
localize  it  as  well  as  for  the  reason  that  Sacra- 
mento has  figured  so  largely  in  the  early  history 
of  the  West.  The  first  few  meetings  were 
taken  up  with  the  work  of  organizing  but  with 
the  February  meeting  definite  programs 
were  begun. 

Americanization  is  an  important  part  of  the 
Chapter's  work.  Large  numbers  of  foreigners 
are  admitted  to  citizenship  in  Sacramento.  The 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  cooper- 
ating with  other  patriotic  societies  hold  recep- 
tions for  these  new  citizens,  welcoming 
them  to  their  new  privileges  with  appro- 
priate ceremonies. 

Sacramento's  "  Days  of  '49 "  celebration  in 
May  was  unique.  The  entire  population  of 
northern  California  turned  back  in  thought  and 
custom  as  well  as  in  costume  to  pioneer  days. 
Many  historic  documents  and  relics  came  to 
light  and  were  exhibited  in  all  parts  of  the  city. 
The  whole  celebration  awakened  a  great  inter- 
est in  things  historic  and  was  an  education  to 
adults  as  well  as  children. 

There  are  few  Revolutionary  relics  in  the  Far 
West.  In  Sacramento,  however,  is  the  grave  of 
William  Stephen  Hamilton,  youngest  son  of 
Ali"xander  Hamilton.  William  Stephen  Hamil- 
ton came  West  in  1850  and  died  in  Sacramentc 

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that  year  during  a  cholera  epidemic.  The 
Sacramento  Chapter,  D.A.R.,  is  caring  for  his 
grave ;  it  has  already  been  appropriately  marked 
in  honor  of  the  father  as  well  as  the  son  by 
patriotic  citizens. 

Since  its  organization  the  Chapter  has  had 
the  privilege  of  marking  the  graves  of  two  Real 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  On 
June  third  the  members  of  the  Chapter  jour- 
neyed to  the  old  Cottonwood  cemetery  between 
Woodland  and  Winters,  in  Yolo  County,  to 
mark  the  grave  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Dickson 
Adams,    grandmother   of    the    Chapter    Regent, 


m:.^ 


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THE  "REAL  DALGHTER"  .MARKER  ON  THE  GR.WE  OF 
MRS.  MARGARET  DICKSON  ADAMS.  PLACED  THERE  ON 
JUNE  J.    1922.    BV  THE  SACRAMENTO  CHAPTER,    D.    A.    R. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Adams  Gundrum.  The  service 
at  the  cemetery  included  the  reading  of  the 
obituary  from  Mrs.  Adams'  own  Bible  by  Mrs. 
Gundrum,  and  an  address  on  George  Rogers 
Clark,  and  his  exploration  of  the  West  by 
Mrs.  B.  A.  Reynolds.  Mrs.  Adams  was  born 
in  Tennessee  in  1788,  the  daughter  of  Josiah 
Dickson  and  Isabella  Reid.  She  was  married 
to  David  Adams  in  Bourbon  County,  Kentucky. 
in  1807.  Later  they  immigrated  to  Missouri 
and  after  her  husband's  death,  Mrs.  Adams  came 
to  California  to  live  with  her  son.  She  died  in 
Yolo  County  in  1879  at  the  age  of  ninety.  Mrs. 
Adams'  father,  Josiah  Dickson,  enlisted  from 
Pittsburgh  with  George  Rogers  Clark,  going 
down  the  Ohio  River  with  ammunition  for  the 
forts  there  and  to  act  as  a  guard  in  this  terri- 


tory. He  was  captured  by  the  Indians,  traded 
to  the  English  at  Detroit,  and  later  returned 
from  Quebec  with  other  prisoners. 

On  Flag  Day,  June  14th,  after  a  special  meet- 
ing where  an  appropriate  program  was  given, 
exercises  were  held  by  the  Sacramento  Chapter 
in  Sacramento  East  Lawn  cemetery  at  the 
grave  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Agnes  Stargel,  another 
Real  Daughter  of  the  Revolution.  Mrs.  F.  B. 
Gillett,  a  member  of  the  Chapter,  who  had  been 
a  friend  of  Mrs.  Stargel's.  delivered  the  address, 
telling  of  Mrs.  Stargel's  life  and  work  and  also 
comparing  life  in  the  Revolutionary  days  with 
life  now.  Others  spoke  briefly  and  several 
musical  numbers  were  given  before  the  "  Real 
Daughter  "  marker  was  unveiled.  Mrs.  Stargel 
was  the  daughter  of  John  Keeler,  who  was  born 
in  Goshen,  New  York,  in  1764.  and  enlisted  in 
the  Revolutionary  army  in  1782.  Mrs.  Stargel 
was  born  in  1840,  her  father  being  76  years  old 
at  the  time  of  her  birth.  She  crossed  the  plains 
to  California  in  1862,  living  in  Placerville  for 
many  years,  Later  she  moved  to  Sacramento, 
living  with  her  daughter  here  until  her  death  in 
1916.  Mrs.  E.  A.  Stickney.  the  daughter,  is  a 
member  of  the  Sacramento  Chapter,  D.A.R. 
Helen  M.  Beuner, 

Historian. 

Captain  Job  Knapp  Chapter  (East  Doug- 
las. Mass.).  The  Chapter  has  had  a  successful 
year  in  many  ways.  The  most  interesting  and 
notable  event  being  the  unveiling  of  a  Bronze 
Tablet  on  Memorial  Day,  May  30,  1922,  which 
was  erected  in  memory  of  the  Revolutionary 
Soldiers,  buried  at  Old  Douglas.  The  tablet 
bears  this  inscription : 

"  The  Old  Boston  and  Hartford  Turnpike, 
Douglas  Center  Cemetery,  To  the  memory  of 
forty-six  soldiers  of  the  American  Revolution, 
who  are  buried  here.  They  endured  hardship 
and  death — for  freedom  and  independence. 

Erected  by  Captain  Job  Knapp  Chapter, 
D.A.R.  1922." 

The  tablet  was  unveiled  by  the  little  son  of 
one  of  our  members,  and  flowers  were  placed 
upon  it  by  the  small  daughter  of  the  same  mem- 
ber. An  appropriate  program  was  given — clos- 
ing with  the  Salute  to  the  Flag  and  Taps — fol- 
lowed by  the  benediction. 

Money  was  sent  to  the  Frances  Willard  Set- 
tlement Work,  also  to  the  Piney  Woods  School 
and  the  Martha  Berry  School. 

Our  Chapter  numbers  thirty-six,  two  new 
members  having  joined  this  year.  Our  "  In 
Memoriam  "  list  contains  twelve  names ;  one  a 
Real  Daughter.  One,  our  Regent  for  the  years 
1921-1922,  another,  our  Chaplain,  both  being 
Charter  members. 

(Miss)  Grace  L.  Smith, 

Historian. 


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George  Rogers  Clark  Chapter  (Oak  Park. 
111.)  celebrated  its  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
January  26.  1921.  Since  its  organization,  the 
Chapter  has  grown  and  has  kept  ever  before  it 
the  fact  that  it  is  a  part  of  the  National  Society 
and  has  contributed  its  quota  to  all  National 
and  State  projects.  It  has  also  contributed  to 
the  Library,  to  the  Museum,  to  the  Banquet 
Hall  and  to  the  building  fund. 

One  of  the  special  yearly  events  is  the  essay 
contest  in  the  senior  history  class  in  the  High 
School.  The  subject  is  of  a  patriotic  or  historic 
nature  and  is  chosen  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Patriotic  Education  Committee,  and  the  head 
of  the  history  department  in  the  High  School. 
The  name  of  the  successful  contestant  is  en- 
graved on  a  silver  cup  which  was  presented  to 
the  High  School  in  1918,  during  the  Regency 
of  Mrs.  C.  G.  Bird.  The  Regent  announces 
the  name  of  the  winner  in  the  contest  to  the 
assembled  teachers  and  pupils,  nearly  two  thou- 
sand in  number.  The  essay  is  then  read  by 
the  pupil,  who  is  greeted  with  cheers  that  are 
only  rivalled  by  those  given  inter-scholastic 
honors.  It  is  a  thrilling  moment  both  for 
regent  and  pupil. 

The  notable  event  during  the  past  year  was 
the  historical  exhibit  held  in  February.  It  was 
a  revelation  to  those  who  had  the  affair  in 
charge  to  discover  what  a  wealth  of  material, 
artistic,  useful,  quaint  and  historical,  could  be 
produced  from  the  attics  and  treasure  chests  of 
the  community.  The  World  War,  the  Civil 
War,  as  well  as  the  Revolutionary,  Colonial 
and  Pioneer  periods,  were  all  represented  by 
valuable  exhibits. 

The  last  event  in  the  Chapter's  history  was 
the  placing  of  a  tablet  set  in  a  boulder  of  red 
and  green  granite  on  the  site  of  an  Indian 
village  on  the  bank  of  the  Des  Plaines  in  the 
Forest  Preserve  near  Oak  Park.  On  the  tablet 
is  this  inscription : 

"  This  Boulder  Marks  the  Site  of  One  of  the 
Oldest  Indian  Villages  in  the  State  of  Illinois 
Erected  by  the  George  Rogers  Clark  Chapter 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Octo- 
ber 14,  1922." 

As  the  placing  of  the  boulder  was  a  part  of 
the  unfinished  work  of  the  past  year,  the  pro- 
gram was  in  charge  of  the  former  Regent,  Mrs. 
Thomas  O.  Perry. 

A  fine  program  for  a  year  of  earnest  work 
has  been  outlined  by  the  present  Board  of 
Management  of  which  Mrs.  O.  B.  Batch  is 
Regent.  An  increase  in  dues  and  initiation 
fees  which  was  voted  by  the  Chapter  a  year 
ago,  will  make  it  possible  to  meet  all  requests 
of  both  National  and  State  organizations  and 
to  make  more  generous  contributions  to  special 
causes  than  ever  before.  Our  State  Regent, 
the  State  officers  and  chairmen  of  committees 


are  frequent  guests  of  the  Chapter.  This  in- 
sures cooperation  with  the  State  in  all 
its  undertakings. 

While  we  have  little  patience  with  those  who 
base  their  claims  to  honor  and  respect  entirely 
upon  the  good  deeds  of  those  who  have  long 
since  received  their  reward,  we  realize  that  the 
Chinese  idea  of  ancestral  worship  may  not  be 
entirely  without  value  when  rightly  under- 
stood. W'e  are  an  historic  organization,  yet 
we  keep  our  faces  forward,  not  forgetting  that 
we  are  ancestors  in  the  making. 
(Mrs.  Ch..\ri.e.s  H.)  Jexxie  Cole  Wilcox, 

Historian. 

Multnomah  Chapter  (Portland,  Ore.). 
During  the  Triennial  Episcopal  Convention  held 
here  for  three  weeks  in  September,  our  Chap- 
ter entertained  the  D.A.R.  women  w-ho  were 
among  the  delegates  and  visitors.  This  is  the 
mother  chapter  of  Oregon.  The  date  was  Con- 
stitution Day,  and  the  place  was  the  beautiful 
home  on  Portland  Heights  of  Mrs.  Fletcher 
Linn,  Vice  Regent.  Officers  of  the  Chapter 
assisted  the  hostess,  and  also  the  program  com- 
mittee. In  the  receiving  line,  besides  the  hostess, 
were  Mrs.  J.  B.  Montgomery,  first  State  Regent, 
as  also  organizer  of  the  Chapter ;  Miss  Anne 
Lang,  present  State  Regent ;  and  Mrs.  Walter 
Taylor  Sumner,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Parker  and  Mrs. 
L.  B.  Stearns,  two  of  the  Episcopal  members, 
poured  tea. 

The  Chapter,  which  had  presented  many 
flags  to  others,  had  decided  to  do  a  little 
"  home "  missionary  giving,  remembering  per- 
haps that  "  he  that  looketh  not  to  his  own 
household  is  worse  than  an  infidel."  so  a  silk 
flag  of  regulation  army  size  aw^aited  the  dedi- 
cation services,  which  distinguished  visiting 
clergymen  conducted. 

In  the  enforced  abscence  of  Mrs.  George  M. 
Reed,  the  Regent,  Mrs.  Linn  presided,  first 
introducing  Mrs.  W.  G.  Obterteuffer,  Chairman 
of  the  Flag  Committee,  who  with  a  few  re- 
marks handed  the  precious  emblem  to  Mrs. 
Montgomery,  who  held  the  stafT  during  a 
beautiful  prayer  of  dedication  by  Right  Rev. 
Arthur  W.  Moulton,  Bishop  of  Utah.  The  resi- 
dent Bishop,  Walter  T.  Sumner,  then  introduced 
Bishop  C.  H.  Brent,  of  Western  New  York, 
who  gave  a  fine  and  stimulating  address  on 
the  old  and  the  new  meaning  of  the  flag — 
formerly  to  be  held  aloft  to  guide  in  battle ; 
today  to  lead  in  the  great  opportunity  born 
of  peace,  service.  The  salute  was  given,  and 
for  the  first  time,  to  our  own  flag. 

Mr.  P,  A.  Ten  Haaf  sang  with  high  spirit 
and  splendid  voice  a  ringing  tribute  to  the 
beloved  banner,  composed  by  our  own  Mrs, 
Parker.  Here  is  the  poem  which  we  believe 
will  live: 


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O  flag  of  our  fathers  !     Dear  flag  of  the  free ! 

Our  hearts  are  atlanie  with  de\'otion  to  thee. 

As  we  see,   in  thp  sunlight,  thy  splendor  unfurled 

To  the  breezes   that  blow   from   the  ends  of  the  world. 

Those  breezes  have  blown   from  the  east  and  the   west. 

And  flags  they   have  seen,    of  the   worst  and   the  best ; 

But  none  so  inspiring  and  joyous  to  see 

As   our  own  starry  banner,   the  flag  of   the   free ! 

The  tyrant  and  traitor  behold  thee  with  dread, 

For  thy  crimson  is  blood  that  for  freedom  was  shed. 

And   thy  white  is  the  white  of  the  pure  and  the  free. 

And  thy  blue  is  the  gift  of  the  sky  and  the  sea. 

Thou   shalt   ne'er   be   dishonored  or  trailed    in   the   dust. 

Or  be  seen  on  the  side  of  a  quarrel  unjust ; 

And   the   nations    shall   hail   thee,    on    land   and    at    sea, 

As  the  ever-victorious  flag  of  the   free. 

O  flag  of  the  lowly  and  flag  of  the  great, 
AVe   love  and  revere  thee,  what'er  our  estate  ; 
ICver   foremost   for   peace,    but   resistless  in  fight. 
Thou  shalt  shine  as  a  symbol  of  freedom  and  light. 
Thou     hast     waved     o'er     our     fathers     and     gladdened 

their  hearts, 
Tliou   -^tialt  wave  over  us  till  our  youngest  departs, 
Anil   ttiDsc  who  come  after,   in  times  far  awav. 
Shall  liail  thee  with  joy  as  we  hail  thee  today. 

R.imm 
Emblem  of  majesty,   mercy  and  might. 
Lead  us  to  triumph,   but  lead  us  aright; 
Thy  glory  nndimmed   through   the  ages  shall   be. 
Dear  flag"  of  our  country,   proud  flag  of  the  free ! 

A  large  number  of  visiting  Daughters 
accepted  our  hospitality  and  were  warm  in  ex- 
pressions of  appreciation  both  for  that  and 
for  the  work  we  were  accomplishing.  They 
represented  all  parts  of  the  country,  the  larger 
proportion  coming  from  the  Atlantic  seaboard. 
We  were  delighted  with  our  guests  and  the 
opportunity  to  entertain  them ;  and  all  in  all 
it  was  a  rare  and  gala  day. 

In  connection  with  the  Triennial  it  is  appro- 
priate to  relate  that  during  the  war  our  present 
State  Regent,  Miss  Anne  Lang,  who  was  then 
State  Chaplain,  secured  from  the  then  and  now 
presiding  Bishop,  the  venerable  Daniel  S. 
Tuttle.  a  prayer  written  by  him  especially  for 
Oregon  Daughters.  Miss  Lang  had  this  printed 
to  circulate  among  members  in  this  State.  She 
had  been  a  long-time  resident  of  The  Dalles — 
.gateway  to  the  vast  Inland  Empire  to  the 
East  where  Bishop  Tuttle  pioneered  many 
years  before. 

In  part  it  follows,  as  a  benediction : 

"  Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Father,  we 
tliank  Thee  for  all  Thy  goodness  and  loving 
kindness  to  us  and  to  all  men,  and  especially 
for  the  national  blessings  wrought  for  us  in  the 
American  Revolution.  Give  grace  and  wisdom 
to  all  in  authority  over  us  that  by  their  counsel, 
upheld  and  guided  by  Thy  power  and  blessing, 
righteousness  and  justice  and  patriotism 
may  prevail. 

"  Over  the  manifold  sorrow  and  sufferings 
make  Thy  light  to  shine,  to  comfort  saddened 
hearts  and  to  brighten  darkened  homes.  In 
Thine  own  time  and  by  Thine  own  might,  we 
pray  Thee,  make  the  right  to  conquer,  to  the 
glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  men,  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen." 
(Mus.  J.  TuoRBURx)  E^t^.v  Lixdsley  Ross. 


Commodore  Richard  Dale  Chapter  (Al- 
bany. Ga. )  has  enjoyed  a  most  prosperous 
career  during  the  two  years  of  its  existence. 
Mrs.  John  D.  Pope  was  the  prime  mover  in  its 
organization.  She  was  unanimously  elected 
Regent  at  its  organization,  and  has  served  with 
signal  ability  and  devotion  to  its  every  interest. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  chapter  on  Thurs- 
day afternoon.  May  25th,  officers  for  the  ensu- 
ing year  were  elected  as  follows  :  Regent,  Mrs. 
Sam  S.  Bennett ;  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  James  P. 
Champion ;  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Frank 
S.  Cochran;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs. 
W'm.  C.  Fripp ;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Gwynn  N. 
Pope  ;  Auditor,  Mrs.  George  Jones  ;  Historian, 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Haley ;  Registrar,  Mrs.  Jake  Ven- 
tulett ;  Genealogist,  Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Myers; 
Parliamentarian,  Mrs.  F.  C.  Jones. 

Regrets  were  expressed  that  Mrs.  Pope  could 
no  longer  act  as  Regent  and  she  was  unani- 
mously elected  Honorary  Regent  and  presented 
with  an  ex-Regent's  bar  pin  by  the  Chapter  in 
token   of    its   love   and  esteem. 

The  last  meeting  of  the  Chapter  year  was 
held  Flag  Day,  June  14th.  at  which  time  the 
Commodore  Richard  Dale  and  Thronatceska 
Chapters  had  a  joint  meeting  at  the  Kincha- 
fonce  Country  Club.  In  May  we  had  an  in- 
structive thrift  meeting.  Later  on  we  united 
witli  our  sister  chapter  in  giving  a  reception 
to  our  beloved  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Tyler  Land.  All  the  patriotic  organizations  in 
the  city  united  in  observing  Armistice  Day. 
The  Regent  had  the  pleasure  of  entertaining 
the  forty  members  in  her  home  at  a  seated 
luncheon   on   Washington's   Birtliday. 

The  Chapter  has  forty  (40)  members,  two  of 
them  life  members;  two  non-residents  have 
transferred  to  other  chapters.  The  monthly 
meetings  have  been  well  attended  and  all  im- 
portant days  appropriately  observed.  The  Chap- 
ter celebrated  its  first  birthday,  April  17,  1921, 
with  a  real  party,  carrying  out  the  birthday 
idea.  Each  member  gave  a  birthday  offering 
which  amounted  to  a  nice  sum.  On  this  happy 
occasion  the  Chapter  was  presented  with  the 
$10  gold  piece  awarded  last  year  at  the  State 
Conference,  for  having  the  largest  percentage 
of  new  subscribers  to  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  Magazine. 

Cash  from  dues,  $38 ;  cash  from  contributions. 
$308.25;  cash  from  entertainments.  $375.75. 
All  obligations  paid. 

We  have  been  interested  in  Educational 
Work,  and  have  given  three  Scholarships  this 
year :  One  to  Freeman  Business  College,  Al- 
bany. Ga.,  $70;  to  Martha  Berry  School,  $130; 
to  South  Georgia  State  Normal  College,  Val- 
dosta.  $173.50;  to  St.  John's  Haven,  honie  and 
school  for  little  orphan  boys  on  St.  Simon's 
Island,  Ga..  $10;  a  box  of  clothing   (value  $.^0) 


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and  a  large  box  of  jellies  and  preserves.  The 
superintendent  writes  they  are  grateful  for 
anything,  but  the  boys  were  happiest  over  the 
sweets,  which  they  seldom  have ;  to  Georgia 
Memorial  Scholarship.  Athens,  Ga.,  $50.  We 
have  given  a  history  medal  in  High  School, 
Albany,  $5 ;  a  book  "  The  Moravians  in 
Georgia"  to  Continental  Library.  $1.50;  to 
the  Empty  Stocking  Fund,  $5;  to  Woodrow 
Wilson  Foundation.  $5 ;  to  Meadow  Garden. 
Augusta.  $2;  to  Pilgrim  Mothers'  Memorial 
an  additional  $5 :  to  Veterans'  Reunion. 
Albany.  $25  ;  to  "  Georgia  Bay  "  Washington 
Memorial.  Valley  Forge.  $50;  to  rolling  chair 
for  hospital,  Albany,  $50 ;  to  publishing  of 
Dougherty  County  History,  $25.  We  combined 
Americanization  and  Welfare  of  Women  and 
Children  Works,    contributed  $75. 

We  have  distributed  50  American's  Creed 
Cards;  clothing  (value  $50),  and  furnished  58 
school  books  in  rural  schools,  making  it  pos- 
sible for  30  children  to  attend  school  this  year. 
The  Chapter  was  active  in  the  Red  Cross 
drive,  and  subscribed  100  per  cent.  Miscella- 
neous expenses,  $25 ;  State  dues,  20  cents  per 
capita.  $8;  total  paid  out.  $715. 

(Mrs.  J.  C.)   Clifford  Blue  Freeman. 

Bedford  Chapter  (Bedford,  Pa.)  held  its 
regular  meeting  at  the  Arandale  Hotel.  The 
meeting  was  opened  in  the  regular  form ;  the 
attendance  was  large  as  invitations  had  been 
extended  to  all  ladies  in  the  county,  eligible  to 
membership,  to  meet  with  us.  The  members 
of  the  S.A.R.  residing  in  the  county  were 
also  invited  to  be  present. 

The  President  General's  message  in  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine  was  read  by  Mrs.  John  H.  Jordan. 
A  vocal  solo  was  rendered  by  Miss  Cornelia 
Pennell ;  resolutions  of  the  State  Conference 
were  read  by  Mrs.  Martha  Jordan  Gates.  Brief 
addresses  were  made  by  our  Regent,  Miss 
Fannie  Enfield,  Dr.  A.  Enfield,  Hon.  John 
H.  Jordan,  Judge  Albert  Cessna  and 
Howard  Cessna. 

The  Chapter  was  presented  with  a  book,  tell- 
ing of  Gen.  Geo.  Washington's  early  visit 
through  this  part  of  the  country,  by  Dr.  A. 
Enfield.  After  the  singing  of  "  America."  re- 
fresliments  were  served.  The  meeting  was  not 
only  enjoyable,  but  very  helpful  and  instructive. 
Mrs.  John  H.  Jord.\n, 

Vice  Regent. 

Thomas  Johnson  Chapter  (Baltimore, 
Md.)  was  organized  December  15.  1905,  at  the 
home  'of  the  Organizing  Regent,  Mrs.  Wm.  H. 
Rogers.  From  the  beginning  it  has  been  on  the 
alert  to  do  not  only  its  bit,  but  its  best,  in  the 


response  it  has  made  to  calls  from  the  National 
Society  and  the  State  Board  of  Maryland,  as 
evidenced  by  the  hundred-dollar  donation  to  the 
Maryland  Column  in  Continental  Hall  two 
months  after  organization.  In  the  selection  of 
its  name,  the  Chapter  saw  fit  to  honor  the 
patriotic  services  of  Thomas  Johnson,  who  was 
not  only  a  patriot  and  Governor  of  Maryland, 
but  enjoyed  the  proud  distinction  of  being  the 
one  who  nominated  George  Washington  as 
Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Continental  Army. 
The  observance  of  the  first  birthday  found  the 
Chapter  with  a  membership  of  thirty-nine,  more 
than  doubled,  eighteen  members  having  been 
admitted  at  its  organization,  which  has  since 
increased  to  fifty-eight.  Many  worthy  causes 
are  numbered  among  the  Chapter's  activities, 
which  include  two  French  orphans.  The  Manual, 
Scholarship  Fund.  Hinderman  School.  Children 
of  the  Republic  and  Pilgrim's  Fund. 

Under  the  leadership  of  our  Regent,  Mrs. 
Wm.  M.  Powell,  all  national  and  state  obli- 
gations have  been  met.  While  justly  proud 
of  this  official  record,  that  which  is  jealously 
guarded,  is  the  spirit  of  harmonious  cooperation 
which  characterizes  all  Chapter  activities.  We 
have  been  signally  honored  for  many  years  in 
having  state  officers  selected  from  our  ranks, 
including  Recording  Secretary,  Treasurer  and 
State  Regent.  The  seventeenth  anniversary  was 
observed  on  December  15th  at  the  home  of  our 
Vice  Regent.  Mrs.  David  Moore  Robinson.  At 
the  conclusion  of  the  business  program,  a  recep- 
tion followed  in  honor  of  the  State  Regent,  Mrs. 
Adam  Denmead,  one  of  our  valued  members. 
The  presence  of  State  Officers,  Chapter  Re- 
gents, delightful  music  and  enjoyable  refresh- 
ments, combined  to  make  it  an  eventful  birth- 
day celebration  with  all  wishing  that  there 
might  be  many  "  happy  returns."  Realizing 
that  knowledge  is  the  foundation  of  all  intelli- 
gent and  worthwhile  activities,  the  Chapter  is 
unceasing  in  its  efforts  to  arouse  the  interest 
of  the  members  in  its  efficient  publication, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine,  twenty-two  of  whom  subscribed  last 
year.  As  an  endorsement  of  the  Magazine's 
merit,  selections  from  it  are  read  at  the  Chap- 
ter meetings,  which  always  prove  of  helpful 
interest.  Two  subscriptions  are  annually  placed 
in  Enoch  Pratt  Library,  thereby  enabling  the 
general  public  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  wide 
sweep  of  Daughters  of  American  Revolution 
activities.  We  desire  to  take  advantage  of  this 
opportunity  to  express  the  great  inspiration  de- 
rived from  the  monthly  message  of  our  Presi- 
dent General.  Such  leadership  as  Mrs.  Minor's 
has  been,  combining  a  personality  of  keen 
intellectuality  and  deep  spirituality,  could  not 
help  but  be  individually  and  collectively  felt  by 


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the  host  of  D.A.R.'s,  whom  siie  has  so  ably 
guided  during  her  term  of  office.  We  assure 
her  that  her  "  Works  will  long  live  after  her  " 
in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  members  of  the 
Thomas  Johnson  Chapter. 

(Mrs.  G.  M.)   Mary  Marsh.vll  Scott, 

Histoi'ian. 

Mercy  Warren  Chapter  (Springfield, 
Mass.).  Thirty  years  ago,  on  June  17th,  our 
Chapter  was  organized,  and  since  then,  June 
17th  has  been  the  day  for  the  summer  outing. 
These  June  meetings  have  been  held  at  different 
places,    at    Deerfield,    at    the    Oliver    Ellsworth 


Regents :  Mrs.  W.  W.  McClench.  Mrs.  Joshua 
L.  Brooks  and  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Metcalf.  The 
principal  address  of  the  afternoon  was  given 
by  Mrs.  A.  O.  Squier,  another  Past  Regent, 
who  brought  out  to  our  minds  some  of  the  deeds 
done  in  the  past  by  this  energetic  Chapter :  In 
December,  1891,  Mrs.  Marshall  Calkins  was 
appointed  Organizing  Regent;  on  June  17,  1892, 
the  Constitution  and  By-laws  were  ratified,  and 
twenty-three  names  were  enrolled  as  char- 
ter members. 

Mercy  Warren's  name  was  selected  for  the 
Chapter  because  of  her  prominence  in  the  Revo- 
lution, her  literary  activities,  and  her  strength 


Home,  which  belongs  to  the  Connecticut  D.A.R., 
at  the  Summit  House  on  Mount  Tom,  and  at 
various  country  clubs.  Some  of  the  members 
have  entertained  the  Chapter  at  their  country 
homes.  This  year,  Atrs.  C.  P.  Chase,  of  Six- 
teen Acres,  opened  her  house  and  spacious 
grounds  for  the  celebration  of  the  thirtieth 
anniversary,  to  which  automobiles  brought 
more  than  one  hundred  members. 

Our  Regent.  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Bemis,  presided 
at  the  exercises.  After  greetings  from  our 
hostess  and  Miss  Grace  Robinson,  Chairman  of 
the  Outing  Committee,  who  read  a  telegram  of 
good  wishes  from  our  former  Regent,  Mrs. 
Russell  W.  Magna,  Mrs.  Charles  L.  Chapin,  a 
charter  member,  spoke  of  the  forming  of  the 
Chapter.     Brief     talks     were     given     by     past 


of  character.  The  first  meetings  were  held  in 
the  rooms  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  Historical 
Society,  later  in  Church  parlors,  in  the  G.A.R. 
Building,  and  at  present  the  meetings  are  held 
in  the  Women's  Club  House.  Among  the 
various  activities  of  the  Chapter  during  these 
years  were  the  placing  of  markers  upon  the 
graves  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  in  Springfield 
and  in  other  towns  of  Hampden  County,  with 
the  observation  of  appropriate  exercises  at  the 
cemeteries  every  year  on  the  Sunday  nearest 
Memorial  Day. 

During  the  Spanish  War,  Mercy  Warren 
Cliapter  forwarded  clothing,  magazines,  and 
other  supplies  to  the  soldiers,  looked  after  their 
families,  and  served  food  at  the  station  as  the 
boys  passed  through  on  their  way  to  service. 


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The  Chapter  has  never  failed  to  respond  to 
the  call  of  the  National  and  State  Societies  in 
any  line  of  work.  Education  has  held  a  promi- 
nent place  in  the  work  of  the  Chapter,  and 
pmong  the  schools  aided  are  the  Martha  Berry, 
the  Tamassec.  Hillside.  Frances  Willard  Settle- 
ment. Philippine  Scholarship,  Southern  Indus- 
trial and  Educational  Association,  the  Roose- 
velt Memorial,  and  the  American  Interuotional 
College.  Other  organizations  assisted  are  the 
Girls'  Club,  the  Boys'  Club,  the  Y.W.C.A.,  the 
Wilcox  Post  of  G.A.K..  the  Safe  and  Sane 
Fourth,  and  the  Anti-Tubercular  Society. 

Another  beneficent  welfare  work  financed  by 
the  Chapter  and  carried  on  by  one  of  its  mem- 
bers. Mrs.  Julia  E.  Judd,  is  known  as  the 
Mothers'  Club,  which  consists  of  women  of  sev- 
eral different  nationalities,  whose  lives  are 
brightened  and  helped  by  this  meeting  once  a 
week,  at  which  a  simple  supper  is  served,  and 
talks  are  given  by  its  leader. 

The  Conservation  Committee  cooperated 
with  the  Hampden  County  Improvement  League 
in  establishing  a  home  department  of  the  league, 
and  securing  the  right  woman  as  home  ad- 
viser. One  hundred  dollars  is  contributed  every 
year  to  this  valuable  part  of  the  League's  activi- 
ties. Several  markers  have  been  erected  com- 
memorating events   of   historical   interest 

The  Chapter  has  had  seventeen  Real  Daugh- 
ters (one  of  whom,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Judd,  of 
Holyoke,  is  still  living),  and  four  real  grand- 
daughters now  belong. 

During  the  World  War,  the  activities  of  the 
Chapter  in  Red  Cross  and  war  relief  work 
were  unremitting.  For  two  years  twelve  French 
orphans  were  supported  by  this  Chapter. 

Its  work  on  Apremont  Day  in  Westfield  needs 
a  chapter  by  itself. 

After  this  resume  of  the  work  of  the  Chapter 
had  been  given,  an  original  hymn  written  by 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Phillips,  a  charter  member,  was 
sung  to  close   the  meeting. 

At  this  June  meeting  an  invitation  to  assist 
in  the  dedication  of  the  new  six  million  dollar 
Hampden  County  Memorial  Bridge  over  the 
Connecticut  River  was  read.  It  was  voted  to 
appropriate  fifty  dollars  for  this  purpose,  and 
that  Mercy  Warren  Chapter  should  be  repre- 
sented in  the  historical  parade  by  a  float. 
Accordingly,  on  August  3rd,  this  float,  decor- 
ated with  running  pine  and  laurel,  carried 
Betsy  Ross  (Miss  Harriet  Tuttle)  at  work  on 
the  flag.  Mercy  Warren,  represented  by  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Moore,  and  her  friends,  Martha 
Washington  (Mrs.  A.  O.  Squier),  Abigail 
Adams  (Mrs.  W.  C.  Dexter),  and  Margaret 
Winthrop  (Mrs.  Roy  Booth).  At  the  formal 
dedication  exercises  on  the  bridge,  in  the  after- 
noon of  the  same  day,  our  Regent,  Mrs.  Bemis, 
with  a  descendant  of  General  Shepard  of  Revo- 


lutionary fame,  both  dressed  appropriately  in 
colonial  costume,  unveiled  the  tablet  commemo- 
rating the  Revolution. 

Thus  Mercy  Warren  Chapter,  with  over  four 
hundred   members,   enters   into   the   life   of   the 
city,  helping  wherever  there  is  need,   and  ever 
working  for  patriotism  and  Americanization. 
Annie  L.  Towxe, 

Historian. 

Agnes  Woodson  Chapter  ( Belton,  Texas) 
has  met  monthly,  in  the  homes  of  the  members, 
from  October  to  May.  The  program  has  in- 
cluded interesting  papers  on  "  Women  in  Early 
American  History,"  "  Facts  About  Woman 
Suffrage,"  "  Good  Citizenship,"  and  "  Home 
Life  in  the  Colonies."  Eight  new  members 
have  been  added,  two  by  transfer ;  seven  appli- 
cations are  now  pending ;  one  member  was  with- 
drawn by  transfer ;  and  one  marriage  recorded, 
Miss  Florida  Tyler  to  Mr.  Chas.  Kennon ; 
no  deaths.  All  dues  have  been  paid ;  the  pledge 
of  $31  to  the  Tilloloy  Restoration  Fund  ful- 
filled :  contributions  as  follows :  Philippine 
Scholarship  Fund,  $15;  Denton  Norman 
Scholarship  Fund.  $S6 ;  Florence  B.  Clark 
Alemorial,  $10;  Martha  Berry  School,  $5; 
Personal  Pledges,  $31  ;  Wreath  to  Unknown 
Soldier,  $1. 

Five  new  lineage  books  were  placed  on  the 
Library  shelves.  At  the  December  meeting 
we  were  honored  by  having  with  us  Mrs. 
Harry  Hyman,  ex-State  Regent,  who  gave  a 
very  interesting  talk.  An  informal  reception 
at  Baylor  College  was  tendered  Mrs.  A.  D. 
Potts,  retiring  State  Vice  Regent,  on  her  return 
from  Washington.  The  Chapter  had  as  its 
guests  the  faculty  of  Baylor  College  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Betty  Martin  Chapter  of  Temple. 
There  were  several  musical  numbers  and  the 
report  of  the  Continental  Congress  by  Mrs. 
Potts,   who  attended  as  our  delegate  this  year. 

Daisy  Ray, 
Regent. 

(Mrs.)    Slape  Yarrell. 

Recording    Secretary. 

Captain      William      Hendricks      Chapter 

(Marion,  Ohio)  closed  the  fifth  year  of  its 
existence  with  seventy-five  members  and  several 
papers  pending.  The  new  officers  for  the  com- 
ing year  are :  Mrs.  Frank  C.  Hughs,  Regent ; 
Mrs.  M,  A.  Turney,  First  Vice  Regent;  Mrs. 
J.  W.  McMurray,  Second  Vice  Regent ;  Mrs. 
Charles  Waters,  Registrar;  Mrs.  George  B. 
Scofield,  Secretary;  Miss  Sarah  J.  Cooper, 
Treasurer ;  Mrs.  J.  E.  Smith,  Historian,  and 
Board  of  Management,  Mrs.  George  Frank, 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Guthery  and  Mrs.  Will  H.  Hunt. 
On   Constitution   Day  the   Chapter   presented 


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a  framod  copy  of  the  Constitution  to  the  Hard- 
ing High  School.  At  our  October  meeting, 
Miss  Fanny  Harnit,  of  Toledo,  gave  a  vivid 
and  realistic  description  of  the  pageant  given  at 
Plymouth   during   the   tercentenary   celebration. 

In  the  summer  of  1921  we  marked  eight 
graves  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  with  bronze 
markers   and  have   one   more   to  mark. 

We  celebrated  Washington's  birthday  with  a 
luncheon   at   the   Manse,   home   of    Mrs.    L,   L, 


there  were  approximately  one  hundred  and  fifty 
present.  A  very  interesting  and  entertaining 
program  was  given. 

Our  city  of  Marion  is  one  hundred  years 
old,  having  been  founded  in  1822,  The  event 
was  commemorated  by  a  three  days'  celebration 
on  July  3rd,  4th  and  Sth,  Members  of  our 
Chapter  have  acted  on  committees  and  written 
historical  sketches  for  the  newspapers,  which 
will  be  bound  in  pamphlet  form  for  the  use  of 


FLOAT  OF    I'HF  CAP  F,    WILLIAM    HENDRICKS   CHAPTER,    .MARION.    OH  11. 


Strock,  on  which  occasion  Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Wil- 
son, State  Regent,  was  our  honored  guest.  She 
favored  us  with  a  very  interesting  and  help- 
ful address. 

Our  Chapter  was  represented  at  the  State 
Conference  held  at  Akron,  Ohio,  by  five  dele- 
gates, and  at  the  Continental  Congress  by  our 
Regent,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Robinson,  one  delegate  and 
one  alternate. 

We  have  pledged  a  hundred  dollars  to  the 
Caroline  Scott  Harrison  Memorial,  making  a 
hundred  and  fifty  in  all. 

Although  our  foreign  population  is  small,  we 
secured  a  few  copies  of  the  Manual  for  Immi- 
grants and  they  have  been  successfully  used  in 
preparin.g  them  for  citizenship. 

Flag  Day  was  celebrated  by  giving  a  tea 
at  "  Gray  Gables,"  the  beautiful  home  of  four 
of  our  members:  Mrs.  S.  K.  Gorham,  the 
Misses  Gorham,  and  Mrs.  Hilda  Gorham 
Mouser.      Each   member   brought   a   guest,   and 


the  school  children.  Among  some  of  the  most 
interesting  are  "  Lamps  of  Early  Days,"  by 
Mrs.  Eugenia  Dickson :  "  Revolutionary  Heroes 
Find  Their  Way  to  Marion  County,"  by  Miss 
Louise  Cunningham,  and  "  The  North-West 
Territory,"  by  Miss  Harriet  Christian.  Our 
Chapter  had  a  very  beautiful  float  in  the  parade 
on  Wednesday  afternoon,  whicli  represented  the 
costumes   of    1776. 

Our  city  had  as  guests  during  this  celebration, 
President  and  Mrs.  Harding  and  General 
Pershing. 

(Mrs.   Frep)    Grace  Gray   Hoch, 

Historian. 

Maryville  Chapter  (Afaryville,  Mo.)  has 
had  a  splendid  period  of  work  during  the  past 
two  years,  under  the  regency  of  Miss  Mary  Q. 
Evans,  We  have  been  especially  interested  in 
establishing  a  memorial  avenue  of  hard  maple 
trees  on  the  campus  of  the  Northwest  Missouri 


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State  Teachers  College  in  our  city.  This  is  a 
memorial  to  the  forty- four  Nodaway  County 
boys  who  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  in  the 
World  War,  On  the  pillars  at  the  entrance  to 
the  avenue  of  forty-four  trees  are  placed  bronze 
tablets  bearing  the  names  of  the  heroes.  This 
avenue  was  established  by  the  D.A.R.  at  a 
cost  of  over  $2000.  Each  of  the  four  pillars 
is  surmounted  by  two  bronze  lamps. 

One  of  the  principal  additions  we  have  made 
lo   our   scrapbook   is   the   war   record,   together 


school  showing  the  best  float  depicting  an  inci- 
dent in  United  States  History  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary Period. 

We  have  secured  Immigrant's  Manuals  and 
Correct  Use  of  the  Flag  leaflets  and  placed  them 
in  the  hands  of  the  Court  to  be  handed  to  each 
immigrant  upon   application   for  naturalization. 

Along  the  line  of  civic  work  we  have  full 
care  of  an  old  cemetery  which  lies  in  the  heart 
of  the  city  and  have  joined  with  other  organiza- 


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witli  the  picture  of  each  of  the  husbands,  sons 
and  brothers  of  our  Chapter  members  who 
served  in  the  World  War. 

We  were  the  instigators  of  the  movement 
which  resulted  in  the  placing  of  a  marker  on 
the  site  of  the  first  house  built  in  Maryville. 
This  marker,  bearing  bronze  tablet,  was  un- 
veiled at  the  celebration  of  the  Missouri  Cen- 
tennial, on  which  occasion  we  also  participated 
in  the  parade  with  an  historical  float. 

Believing  that  our  flag  should  be  in  all 
schools  to  incite  patriotism,  we  presented  a 
beautiful  silk  flag  to  the  Northwest  Missouri 
State  Teachers  College,  This  year  we  pre- 
sented two  medals  to  school  children  for  effi- 
ciency in  United  States  History. 

On  County  School  Day,  in  October,  we 
awarded   a    ten-dollar   gold   piece   to   the    rural 


tions  in  beautifying  the  Court-house  yard  and 
maintaining  a  public  rest  room. 

Our  regular  programs  have  dealt  with  cur- 
rent issues  and  each  year  we  observe  Washing- 
ton's Birthday  with  a  church  service  on  the 
Sunday  nearest  February  22nd  and  a  special 
social  aftair  on  the  22nd.  Flag  Day  is  appro- 
priately observed  eadi  year  by  our  Chapter. 
(Mrs.  C.  H.)   Beulah  Craig  Coe, 

Historian. 

Jemima  Johnson  Chapter  (Paris,  Ky.). 
"  Auvergne,"  the  home  of  Mrs.  Cassius  M. 
Clay,  was  the  scene  of  the  first  of  our  fall  meet- 
ings, when  representatives  from  chapters 
throughout  Central  Kentucky  accepted  the 
charming  hospitality  of  this  gracious  hostess 
to  have  a  part  in  the  celebration  of  the  twenty- 
sixth  anniversary  of  its  organization.     The  fol- 


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lowing  invitation  was  extended,  to  which  more 
than  a  hundred  responded : 

Jemima  Johnson  Chapter 

Will   have  a   birthday  fete, 
And  every  daughter  must  be  there 

To  help  celebrate  j 
So   bring  your   pennies  twenty-five 

To  show*  vou're  glad  she's  still  alive  ; 
At  three  o'c'lock,  with  Mrs.  Clay — 

September   nineteenth   is  the   day. 

The  Chapter  was  organized  in  1896.  with 
Miss  Emma  Scott,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Hugh  Mont- 
gomery, as  its  first  Regent,  and  the  Silver  Anni- 
versary should  have  been  celebrated  a  year  ago, 
but  the  time  was  not  auspicious,  and  to  alone 
for  the  delay  the  members,  through  their  Re- 


marking the  resting  place  of  generations  of 
the  Clay  family.  To  one  side  is  the  old  flower 
garden  with  its  quaint  old  sundial  marking  the 
time  o'  day,  and  the  low  marble  benches  so 
inviting  and  suggestive  of  the  good  old  days. 
Back  are  the  cabins  where  the  negroes  were 
wont  to  gather  in  the  evening  when  the  day's 
work  was  finished.  And  today  as  one  enters, 
the  old  family  servant  stands  waiting  to  bid 
you  welcome. 

A  series  of  slides  had  been  secured  from 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  at  Washington,  pic- 
turing the  historic  places  of  Colonial  history. 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Lafferty,  of  Lexington,  wife  of 
Judge  Lafferty,  dean  of  Law  at  the  University, 


AUVERGNE.  THE  HOME  OF  MRS.    C.^SSIfS   M.    CL.^Y.    P.^RIS,    KV. 


gent.  Mrs.  Clay,  gave  to  Jemima  Johnson  a 
celebration  in  keeping  with  the  cause  for  which 
the  organization  stands. 

Nestled  back  in  a  cluster  of  holly  trees, 
hardy  hydrangias  and  grand  old  forest  trees, 
stands  "  Auvergne."  The  pictures  on  the  walls, 
and  shelves  weighted  down  with  volumes,  yea 
the  massive  old  furnishings,  the  grandfather 
clock,  all,  breathe  an  air  of  anti-bellum  days 
when  the  hospitality  of  the  master  of  the  house 
knew  no  bounds.  Somewhere  within  its  walls 
may  be  found  a  parchment,  an  old  land-grant 
signed  by  Patrick  Henry,  Esquire,  Governor  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  "  Conveying  a 
certain  tract  or  parcel  of  land  to  one  General 
Green  Clay."  The  present  Cassius  M.  Clay 
and  John  Harris  Clay  are  the  heirs  of  this 
same  tract.  To  the  right  of  the  mansion  is  the 
old    grave    yard    with    its    tall    granite    shafts 


was  the  speaker  of  the  afternoon,  and  described 
the  pictures  as  they  were  thrown  on  the  screen. 
At  the  close  of  the  program  Mrs.  Clay  spoke 
of  the  achievements  of  the  Chapter  for  the 
year,  stating  that  every  obligation  had  been  met 
in  full,  and  that  the  Treasurer  had  sent  seven- 
teen subscriptions  for  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  Magazine.  During  the 
term  of  the  present  Regent,  twenty-seven  mem- 
bers have  been  added,  making  a  total  of  one 
hundred  and  two.  A  monument  marking 
Martin's  Fort,  where  artillery  was  first  used  in 
Kentucky  during  the  Revolution,  was  unveiled. 
Gifts  for  educational  purposes  have  been  nride. 
Armistice  Day.  Washington's  Birthday  and 
Flag  Day  have  been  celebrated  with  appropriate 
programs ;  one  program  was  given  to  Stephen 
A.  Foster,  his  home,  "  Federal  Hill."  and  his 
songs,    among    which    is    "  My    Old    Kentucky 


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Home  " ;  programs  on  historic  places  in  Ken- 
tucky, including  Harrodsburg,  Danville,  Shaker- 
town,  Bardstown  and  the  old  Indian  Mounds  in 
Bourbon  County.  Recently  the  Chapter  visited 
"  Ashland,"  the  home  of  Henry  Clay,  in  Lexing- 
ton, with  Mrs.  Thomas  Bullock  and  Mrs.  Minor 
Simpson,  descendants  of  the  Great  Commoner, 
as  hostesses. 

The  Chapter  is  enthusiastic  over  an  even 
larger  work  for  the  coming  year. 

(Miss)   L.\ur.\  M.  Lilleston, 

Recording  Secretary. 

Oxbow  Chapter  (Newbury,  Vt.).  During 
a  recent  enterprise  to  raise  funds  toward  erect- 
ing a  World  War  Memorial,  the  Oxbow  Chap- 


who  were  quilting  an  intricate  pattern  into  a 
pink  and  white  quilt.  Mistress  Atkinson 
dressed  as  the  fashion,  dictated  about  1850,  in  a 
satin-striped  green  silk  barege,  an  embroidered 
lace  cape  covering  the  bodice,  and  a  lace  turban 
upon  her  head.  Very  fascinating  was  Mistress 
Keyes  in  dark  green  striped  silk  with  a  full 
gathered  skirt  and  close  fitting  bodice.  A  finely 
embroidered  collar,  narrow  and  dainty,  com- 
pleted her  costume.  The  third  of  this  trio, 
Mistress  Kimball,  wore  a  black  grenadine  gown, 
the  bodice  draped  with  an  embroidered  fichu, 
which  was  caught  at  the  neck  and  waist  with 
cameo  brooches.    Her  cap  was  a  century  old. 

Another  group  which  attracted  much  atten- 
tion— and  justly — was  the  spinning  group.   Mis- 


IMMNG    FROM     rHK 


ter  look  an  appropriate  part  in  restoring  for  a 
day  the  arts,  crafts,  accomplishments  and  cos- 
tumes of  our  grcat-great-grandmothers.  The 
historic  old  brick  school  house,  which  has  been 
the  official  headquarters  of  an  United  States 
Marshal,  and  later  a  community  club  house, 
was  a  perfect  setting  with  its  white  wainscot- 
ing, cream-colored  walls,  high  windows  and 
fireplace    deep   and    cavernous. 

Our  Charter  Regent,  Mrs.  Louise  F. 
Wheeler-Taisey,  welcomed  the  guests  at  the 
door,  and  very  charming  she  was  in  black  satin 
and  rose  point  lace,  wearing  diamond  car  drops 
and  a  mosaic  pin  surrounded  with  pearls  and 
diamonds.     Inside  the  house   were  three  ladies 


tress  Darling  was  busily  engaged  carding  rolls 
and  bats  (rolls  for  the  spinner  and  bats  for 
the  comforters,  which  like  our  grandmothers 
have  long  since  pas.sed  into  the  realm  of  sweet 
memory).  She  wore  a  brown  silk  gown  made 
with  a  gathered  skirt  and  a  bodice  so  tight 
that  one  wondered  how  the  w-omcn  of  a  hundred 
years  ago  ever  breathed.  L'pon  her  head  she 
wore  the  sweetest  of  caps  made  of  darned 
black  and  white  lace,  which  belonged  to  Mis- 
tress Darling's  grandmother  some  hundred  odd 
years  ago.  Mistress  Greer  it  was  who  could 
so  expertly  spin  these  rolls  into  fine  yarn,  and 
watching  the  process  one  could  not  but  marvel. 
She   wore   a   gown   of   white   nuns-veiling   em- 


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broidered  from  the  high  Empire  waist  to  the 
very  hem  of  the  full-gathered  skirt,  and  upon 
her  snow-white  hair  she  wore  a  Honiton  lace  cap. 
Mistress  Hibbard  took  the  yarn  from  the  clock 
reel,  a  device  which  clicks  every  so  many  turns 
— hence  it  name — and  wound  it  upon  the  swifts. 
Her  gown  was  a  heavy  black  silk  with  a  long 
basque  worn  over  an  elaborate  skirt  of  many 
rows  of  shirring  and  box  pleats,  and  the  bodice 
was  draped  with  a  rare  old  fichu  fastened  at 
the  neck  with  a  cameo. 

A  milk  maid  in  a  chintz  dress  and  saucy 
sunbonnet  added  to  the  charm  of  the  picture 
with  her  churn,  milk  pail  and  stool. 

Tea  was  served  from  the  silver  service  oi 
five  generations — which  is  now  the  property  of 
the  Chapter,  by  Mistress  Cobb  in  a  pattern  dress 
of  buff-colored  barege,  the  bodice  draped,  form- 
ing a 'fichu  caught  at  the  neck  with  a  cameo. 
She  was  assisted  by  four  winsome  lassies  in 
Puritan  costumes. 

Braided  rugs  upon  the  floor,  old  blue  and 
white  coverlets  for  hangings,  quaint  chairs  here 
and  there,  the  low,  walnut  cradle  and  the 
mother's  rocker  and  footstool,  pot  hooks  and 
trammels,  pewter  platters  and  candlesticks — 
this  the  frame  for  the  canvass  upon  which  was 
restored  for  a  day  a  picture  which  will  remain, 
ever  and  anon,  within  the  memory  of  all  those 
who  saw  it. 

Lois  Goodwin   Greer, 

Regent. 

Huntington  Chapter  (Huntington,  Ind.),  in 
recognition  of  the  supreme  sacrifice  paid  by  the 
youth  of  Huntington  County  in  the  \\'orId  War, 
the  Huntington  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  unveiled,  and  dedicated 
on  July  4,  1921,  a  beautiful  bronze  tablet,  set 
in  one  of  the  pillars  at  the  Jefterson  Street 
entrance  of  the  Court  House. 

It  measures  twenty-two  by  twenty-four 
inches,  and  reads  as  follows:  "In  Memory  of 


the  Huntington  County  Boys,  Who  Lost  Their 
Lives  in  the  World  War."  Then  follows  the 
list  of  eighteen  names  accredited  to  Huntington 
County  by  the  Indiana  War  Historical  Society. 


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Edward  Euessok  Wasty 
Edward  D.  Hoover 


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At  the  bottom  of  the  tablet  is  this  inscription : 
"  Erected  by  Huntington  Chapter,  DaugiUcrs  of 
the  American  Revolution." 

The  Chapter  voted  to  reserve  $100  for  the 
local  American  Legion  to  be  used  in  their  Me- 
morial Home.  A  Memorial  Tree  in  honor  of 
the  Revolutionary  War  Soldier  buried  at 
Warren,  Indiana,  was  donated.  Other  contri- 
butions were  :  Health  Bond,  $5  ;  Caroline  Scott 
Harrison  Memorial.  $10 :  Valley  Forge,  $5 ; 
American  College,  $5;  Tamassee  School,  $30; 
National  Society,  $73 :  State  Organiza- 
tion, $24.30. 

(Mrs.   Jas.    H.)    Agnes   Hessin, 

Historian,  '21-22. 


HONOR  ROLL  OF  THE 

DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

MAGAZINE 


In  this  Honor  Roll  the  list  of  membership  in   each  State  is  shown  in   the 
outer  rim,  and  the  list  of  subscribers  according  to  States  is  in  the  inner  circle 

IN  THE  HUB  OF  THE  WHEEL  IS  GIVEN  THE  TOTAL 
ACTIVE  MEMBERSHIP  OF  THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY 

The  Magazine  also  has  subscrihers  in 

JAPAN,    KOREA,   CHILI,   FRANCE.    WEST    INDIES, 
PANAMA.  PORTO  RICO  AND  CHINA 

Pennsylvania  at  this  date  of  publication 
leads    all   States   with    911    subscribers 


NATIONAL-BQARD-OF 
MANAGEMENT 

Special  Meeting,  December  6,  1922 


SPECIAL  meeting  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management  for  the  admis- 
sion of  members  and  authorization  of 
chapters  was  called  to  order  by  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  George  May- 
nard  Minor,  in  the  Board  Room  of 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Wednes- 
day, December  6,  1922,  at  3.05  p.m. 

The  President  General  led  the  members  in 
reciting  the  Lord's  Prayer,  the  Chaplain  Gen- 
eral not  being  present. 

The  President  General  then  introduced  Mrs. 
Getzendanner,  whom  she  had  asked  to  act  as 
stenographer   for  the  meeting. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General,  Mrs. 
Yawger,  being  absent,  Mrs.  Buel  made  the 
following  motion,  seconded  by  Miss  Nettleton, 
which  was  unanimously  adopted : 

"  Moved  that  Mrs.  George  W.  White 
be  elected  Recording  Secretary  pro 
tern   for  the  meeting." 

The  following  members  responded  to 
roll  call :  President  General,  Mrs.  George  May- 
nard  Minor;  Vice  Presidents  General,  Mrs. 
James  T.  Morris.  Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel ; 
Organising  Secretary  General,  Mrs.  G.  Wallace 
W.  Hanger ;  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  Living- 
ston L.  Hunter ;  Corresponding  Secretary  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  A.  Marshal!  Elliott ;  Registrar 
General,  Miss  Emma  T.  Strider ;  Curator  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  George  W.  White ;  State  Regent, 
Mrs.  George  Morley  Young,  North  Dakota; 
State  Vice  Regents.  Miss  Katharine  A.  Nettle- 
ton,  Connecticut ;  Mrs.  John  M.  Beavers,  Dis- 
trict of   Columbia. 

Miss  Strider  read  her  report  as  follows : 

Report  of   Registrar   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
I  have  the  honor  to  report  1600  applications 
for  membership. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

(Miss)  Emma  T.  Strider, 

Registrar  General. 

Miss  Strider  moved  that  the  Secretary  be 
instructed  to  cast  the  ballot  for  the  admission 
of  i6oo  applicants  for  membership.  Seconded 
by  Mrs.  Hanger,  and  carried.  The  Secretary 
pro  tern  announced  the  casting  of  the  ballot 
and     the     President     General     declared     these 


1600    applicants    elected    as    members    of    the 
National  Society. 

Mrs.  Hanger  read  her  report  as  follows : 

Report  of  Organizing  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to   report  as   follows : 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members-at-large  are  presented  for 
confirmation  as  Organizing  Regents :  Mrs. 
Bertha  Robinson  Murray,  Eureka,  Calif. ;  Miss 
Alma  Tangier  Smith,  Piedmont,  Calif.;  Mrs. 
Rosetta  Noble  Harris,  Carbondale,  Colo. ;  Mrs. 
Lillian  Miller  Ganiard,  La  Grange,  Ind. :  Mrs. 
Carrie  Taylor  Hinckley,  Owatonna,  Minn. ; 
Miss. ;  Mrs.  Phoebe  B.  Linden,  Deer  Lodge, 
Mont. ;  Mrs.  Grace  Taylor  Romig,  Neligh, 
Nebr. ;  Mrs.  Willie  Simmons  Webb,  Shelby, 
N.  C. ;  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Plurlburt  Lampson.  Jef- 
ferson, Ohio. """ 

The  following  Organizing  Re.gencies  have 
expired  by  time  limitation:  Mrs.  Theata  Sackett 
Babcock,  Bellevue,  Mich. ;  Miss  Eudora  H. 
Savage,  East  Lansing,  MichfT-  Mrs.  Alice 
Bryant  Zeller,  Yazoo   City,   Miss. 

The  reappointments  of  the  following  Organ- 
izing Regents  are  requested  by  their  respective 
State    Regents :     Miss     Mary    Glenn     Roberts, 
Canton,    Ga. ;    Mrs.    Theata    Sackett    Babcock,' 
Bellevue,  Mich. 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
resignations  of  the  following  Organizing  Re- 
gents are  reported :  Mrs.  Bevvie  L.  Smoke, 
Carbondale,  Colo. ;  Miss  Aleen  M.  Fell,  State 
College,    Pa. 

The  following  Chapter  names  are  submitted 
for  approval :  Leni  Lenape  at  Delhi.  New  York ; 
James  Huntington  at  Castle  Rock,  Wash- 
ington. These  chapters  are  in  the  process 
of  organization. 

The  authorization  of  the  following  chapters 
has  been  requested :  Athens,  Dayton  and  Hunt- 
ington, Tenn. ;  Churchland  and  Culpeper, 
Matthews    and    Williamsburg,    Va. 

The  following  chapters  have  submitted  their 
names  for  approval  and  the  completed  organ- 
izations are  now  presented  for  confirmation : 
Red  Bluff  at  Red  Blufif,  Calif.;  Col.  Tench 
Tilghman  at  Bethesda,  Md. ;  Eunice  Day  at 
Holyoke,    Mass. ;    Clarence    at    Clarence.    Mo. ; 

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Michael  Myers  at  Toronto.  Ohio;  Col.  Charles 
Lynch  at  Altavista,  Va. ;  Col.  Morgan  Morgan 
at  Fairmont,  W.  Va. ;  Ravenswood  at  Ravens- 
wood,  W.  Va. 

Although  there  has  been  a  noticeable  increase 
in  the  work  of  my  office,  it  gives  me  pleasure 
to  report  the  work  up  to  date. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mks.  G.  Wallace  W.)  Lucv  Galt  Hangeu, 

Org(iiii::ijii!  Secretary   General. 

The  Report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary  Gen- 
eral was  accepted  on  the  adoption  of  the  fol- 
lowing motion,  by  Mrs.  Elliott,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  White: 

"  I  move  the  acceptance  of  the  Report 
of  the  Organizing  Secretary  General." 
The   Treasurer   General,    Mrs.    Hunter,    read 
her  report. 

During  the  reading  of  her  Report,  the  Board 
arose  in  silent  memory  of  the  388  members  lost 
by  death. 

The  following  motion  made  by  Mrs.  Hunter, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Morris,  was  unanimously 
adopted,  after  the  acceptance  of  the  Report  of 
the  Treasurer  General : 

"  I    move    that    70   members    having 
complied  with  the  requirements  of  the 


National  By-laws  and  desiring  rein- 
statement, be  reinstated  and  that  the 
Secretary  be  instructed  to  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  reinstatement  of  these 
70  members." 

The  Secretary  announced  the  casting  of  the 
ballot  and  the  President  General  declared  these 
former  members  reinstated.  Mrs.  Hunter  re- 
ported also  153  resignations. 

The  President  General  told  of  the  death  of 
"  The  Little  Mother  "  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood, 
and  of  one  of  our  Honorary  Vice  Presidents 
General,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Boynton,  saying  she  would 
appoint  a  Committee  to  draw  up  Resolutions 
on  the  death  of  these  National  Officers  to  be 
presented  at  the  February  Board  meeting ;  and 
also  to  arrange  for  a  Memorial  Service  at 
Congress  in  memory  of  Mrs.  John  W.  Foster, 
Honorary  President  General,  Mrs.  H.  M. 
Boynton,  Honorary  Vice  President  General, 
Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  Pen  Founder 
of  the  Society,  Miss  Grace  M.  Pierce,  former 
Registrar  General,  and  other  ex-National  Offi- 
cers of  the  organization  who  have  passed  away. 

On  motion  of  Mrs.  Hunter,  seconded  by  Mrs. 

Morris,  and  unanimously  carried,  the  National 

Board  of   Management  adjourned  at  3.35  p.m. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Louise  C.  White, 
Secretary,   pro    tciii. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST 


Where  one  desires  to  leave  both  real  and 
personal  property  to  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  any  one 
of  the  following  forms  can  be  used : 

"  I  hereby  give  devise  and  bequeath,  absol- 
utely and  in  fee  simple,  to  the  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
having  its  headquarters  at  Washington,  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  (here  describe  the  nature 
of  the  property  to  be  given),  to  be  used  and 
expended  for  the  objects  and  purposes  for 
which  said  National  Society  was  incorporated." 

In  case  a  cash  legacy  only  is  desired  to 
be  given. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath,  absolutely,  to  the 
National     Society    of    the     Daughters    of     the 


American  Revolution,  having  its  headquarters 
at  Washington,  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  the 
sum  of 

($  ),    to   be    used   and    expended    for    the 

objects  and  purposes  for  which  said  National 
Society  was  incorporated." 

In  case  a  devise  of  real  estate  only  is  desired 
to  be  given  to  the   National   Society. 

"  I  give  and  devise,  absolutely  and  in  fee 
simple,  to  the  National  Society  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  having  its  head- 
quarters at  Washington,  in  the  District  of 
Cohmibia,  (here  describe  the  real  estate  in- 
tended to  Ix'  devised"),  to  be  used  and  ex- 
pended for  the  objects  and  purposes  for  which 
the    said    National     Society    was    incorporated. 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS 

OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

HEADQUARTERS 

MEMORIAL  CONTINENTAL  HALL 

SEVENTEENTH  AND  D  STREETS,  N.  W..  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 
1922-1923 

President    General 

Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor, 

Memorial    Continental   Hall,   Washington,   D.C. 

Vice   Presidents   General 

(Term    of    office    expires    1923) 

Mrs.   Cassius   C.   Cottle,  Mrs.  Charles   S.   Whitman, 

1412  Victoria  Ave.,   Los  Angeles,  Calif.  54  East  83d  St.,  New  York,  N.Y. 

Mrs.   Edward   Lansing   Harris,  Mrs.    Henry    McCleary, 

6719   Euclid   Ave.,    Cleveland,    Ohio. McCleary,  Wash. 

Mrs.  James  T.  Morris,  Mrs.   Anthony   Wayne  Cook, 

2101  Blaisdell  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Cooksburg,   Pa. 

Mrs.   Edward    P.   Schoentgen,  407  Glenn  Ave.,  Council  Bluffs,  la. 

(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.   John   Trigg   Moss,  Mrs.   C.   D.   Chenault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,    Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D    Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcote,   Charlotte,  N.C.  316    Willow    St.,    Ottawa,    Kan. 

Mrs.    Lyman    E.   Holden,  Mrs.  .Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

8  Park  Place,   Brattlcboro,  Vt.  226  Blackstone   Boulevard,   Providence,   R.  I. 

Mrs.    Howard    L.    Hodgkins,  1821  Kalorama  Road,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(Term  of  office  expires   1925) 

Miss   Alice  Louise  McDuffee, ■  Mrs.  Willtard  T.  Block,— — 

1012    West    Main    St.,    Kalamazoo,    Mich.  5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.' 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming.  Rochester,   N.   H. 

Mrs.  John  L.mdlaw  Buel,  Mrs.   Howard  H.   McCall, 

Litchfield,  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.   Everest   G.    Sewell,    143  S.  E.  2nd   St.,   Miami,  Fla. 

Chaplain    General 
Mrs.  Selden  P.  Spencer, 
2123  California  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,    D.C. 

Recording    Secretary    General  Corresponding  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  John   Francis   Yawger,  Mrs.   A.   Marshall   Elliott, 

Memorial   Continental  Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Organizing   Secretary   General  Registrar  General 

Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger,  Miss  Emma  T.  Strider, 

Memorial    Continental    Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Treasurer   General  Historian  General 

Mrs.   Livingston   L.    Hunter,  Miss  Jenn   Winslow   Coltrane, 

Memorial    Continental    Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Reporter  General  to  Smithsonian  Institution 

Miss  Lillian  M.  Wilson, 

Memorial   Continental   Hall. 

Librarian  General  Curator  General 

Mrs.  Frank  D.  Ellison,  Mrs.  George  W.  White, 

Memorial    Continental    Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 


58  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTIOX   MAGAZINE 

STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1922-1923 


ALABAMA 

MRS.  WALTER  AMBROSE  ROBINSON, 

639  Walnot  St.,  Gadsden. 
MRS.    STANLEY    FINCH, 

110   N.    Conception   St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.  HOVAL  A.  SMITH, 

BiSBEE. 

MRS.  WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 
Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS  „ 

MRS.   ALEXANDER  M.  BARROW, 
817  W.  6th  Ave.,  Pine  Bi.off. 

MRS.    HARRY    C.    ANDERSON, 
Amity. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.  LYMAN  B.   STOOKEY, 
1240  W.  29th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.    ALLEN    H.    VANCE, 

170   Central  Avbnob,    Sacsalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.  HERBERT  B.  HAYDEN, 

803  Spboce  St.,  BonLDEit. 
MRS.  CLYDE  O.  DAWSON, 
1211  Race  St.,  Denver. 

COHHECTICTJT 

MRS.  CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

236    N.    Main    St.,    SonTHiNQTON. 
MISS     KATHARINE    ARNOLD     NETTLETON, 
61   Seyhoor  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS  ELEANOR  EUGENIA  TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.  EDWARD  FARRELL, 

Suyrna. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.     WILLIAM    B.    HARDY, 

119    5th    St.,   N.    E..    Washington. 

MRS.    JOHN    M.    BEAVERS, 

1752  Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.  JAMES  A.  CRAIG, 

233  W.  DovAL  St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.   THEODORE    STRAWN, 
Db  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.     CHARLES     AKERMAN, 

106  Culver  St.,  Macon. 
MRS.    JULIUS    Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295  Prince  Avenue,  Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.  SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.  O.  Box  346,  Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.    KENNEDY   PACKARD,, 

421  Second  Ave.,  E.  Twin  Falls. 

MRS.   D.   W.   STANDROD, 

648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.    H.    EUGENE    CHUBBUOK, . 

Grand  View  Drive,  Peoria. 
MRS.    VINTON  EARL   SISSON, 

6456    Ferdinand    St.,    CHiCAao. 

INDIANA 

MRS.  SAMUEL  ELLIOTT  PERKINS, 

1011    N.   Penna    St.,   Indianapolis. 
MRS.    JAMES   B.    CRANKSllAW, 
3128  Faikkiuld  Ave.,  Ft.  Wayne. 


Grand  Rapids. 


IOWA 


MISS   AMY   GILBERT, 

State    Center. 
MRS.    n.    A.    WHITE, 

816  5th  Ave.,  Clinton. 


KANSAS 

MRS.  GEORGE  THACHER  GUERNSEY, 

Independence. 
MRS.  ROBERT  BRUCE  CAMPBELL, 

"Riverside,"    Wichita. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.    WILLIAM   RODES, 

152  E.  High  St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.  JOHN  W.   CHENAULT, 

2217    Glenmaky    Ave.,    Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.  S.  A.  DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs   St.,   Shreveport. 
MRS.  THOMAS  D.  STEWART, 
2331  Chestnut  St.,  New  Orleans. 

MAINE 

MISS   MAUDE   M.    MERRICK, 

282  Main  St.,  Waterville. 
MRS.  B.  G.  W.  CUSHMAN, 

122  GOFF  St.,  Auburn. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.    ADAM    DENMEAD, 

2224  N.  Calvert  St.,  Baltimore. 

MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 

2004   Maryland  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.  FRANKLIN  P.  SHUMWAY, 

25  Bei.levde  Ave.,  Melrose. 
MRS.   GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

PiNEHURST,  Concord. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.  L.  VICTOR  SEYDEL,^ — 
143    Lafayette    Ave.,    N.    E., 

MRS.     ADDISON  DRAKE   KENT, 
622  State  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.  MARSHALL  H.  COOLIDGE, 

1906  Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 
MRS.   L.   C.   JEFFERSON 

1126   Summit   Ave.,   St.   Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.    ERNEST    ELIOT    BROWN, 

Natchez. 
MRS.     ROBERT    SOMERVILLE, 

Cleveland. 

MISSOURI 

MRS.    PAUL   D.    KITT, 

Chillk-othe. 
MRS.    HENRY   W.   HARRIS, 

Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.    E.    BROOX    MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.   ADELPHUS  B.   KEITH, 
418  S.  Washington  St.,  Buttb. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    CHARLES    F.    SPENCER, 

2511  R  St.,  Lincoln. 
MRS.  ELIZABETH  ANNE  O'LINN  SMITH, 
Chadron. 

HEW  HAMPSHIRE 


MRS.    LESLIE  P.    SNOW, 
Roch'Wter. 

„ ■    D.    FITTS, 

448  Ridge  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    CHARLES   R.    BANKS, 

1308   Watchunq  Ave.,  Plainfield. 

HEW   MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.    FRANCIS    CUSHMAN    WILSON, 
Buena   Vista   Road,    Sintb  Fb. 


OFFICIAL 


IfEW   YORK 

MRS.   CHARLES  WHITE   NASH, 
8  Lafayette  St.,  Albany. 

MRS.  CHARLES  M.  BULL. 
269  Henry  St.,  Brooklyn. 

NORTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.   W.  O.   SPENCER, 

Winston-Salem. 
MRS.  CHARLES  W.  TILLETT, 
801  N.  Tryon  St.,  Charlotte. 

HORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.  GEORGE  MORLEY  YOUNO, 

Valley    City. 
MRS.   MELVIN  A.   HILDRETH, 
300    8th    St.,    Sodth    Fahgd. 


OHIO 


MRS.  WILLIAM  MAGEE  WILSON^ 

Church  and  Kino  Sts.,  Xenia. 


OKLAHOMA 

MRS.  H.   H.   McCLINTOCK, 

903    Johnston    Ave.,    Bartlestillb. 
MRS.  W.  L.  MAYES, 

231    S.    13th    St.,    Moskogek. 

OREGON 

MISS    ANNE    M.    LANG, 

115  W.  4th  St.,  The  Dalles. 
MRS.   BRUCE   L.   BOGART, 

962  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  EDWIN  ERLE  SPARKS, 

State  College. 
MRS.  JOHN  B.   HERON, 

Hadston,  Linden  Ave.,  Pittsburuh. 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MRS.  SAMUEL  H.  DAVIS, 

Westerly. 
MRS.  FREDERICK  MORSE, 

4  Summit  St.,  Pawtucket. 

SOUTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.   FRANKLIN  C.  CAIN, 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 
Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.  LESLIE  GRANT  HILL, 
Sioux  Falls. 


TENNESSEE 

illi^.    LOGAN    SEITS    GILLENTINB, 
MURFREESBORO. 

MRS.    JOHN    H.    CANTRELL, 

H'li     Vine    St.,    Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.   GARLINGTON, 
2701  Fairmocnt  Ave.,  Dallas. 

MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY, 
710  Polk  St.,  Amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.    JOHN    EDWARD    CARVER, 

718  25th  St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.  CLESSON  S.  KINNEY, 

820  E.  4th  South,  Salt  Lake  Citt. 

VERMONT 

MRS.     JOHN    H.    STEWART, 
MiDDLEBURY. 

MISS  JENNIE  VALENTINE, 

Bennington. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

408  Duke  St.,  Alexandria. 
MRS.   JAMES   REESE   SCHICK, 
911   Orchard  Hill,   Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.  WILLIAM  S.  WALKER, 

1804   15th  Ave.,   Seattle. 
MRS.  HENRY  W.  PATTON, 

724  7th  St.,  Hoquiam. 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.    ROBERT  J.   REED, 

100   12th   St.,   Wheeling. 
MRS.    W.    H.    CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.  GEORGE  L.  PARKER, 

805   Court   St.,  Janesvillb, 
MRS.  ISAAC  P.  WITTER, 
Wisconsin    Rapids. 

WYOMING 

MRS.    BRYANT  BUTLER  BROOKS, 

Bos  1070.  Casper. 
MRS.    MAURICE    GROSHON, 

Cheyenne. 

ORIENT 

MRS.    CAROLINE   E.   McWILLIAMS    HOI.I . 

744    A.   Mabini,   Manila,   P.    I. 
MRS.    ELAINE    CHILDS    ELSER, 

600    M.     H.    DEL    PELAR,    MAKILA,    P.    1 


HONORARY  OFFICERS  ELECTED  FOR  LIFE 

Honorary    Presidents     General 

MRS.    WILLIAM   GUMMING    STORY, 
MRS.     GEORGE     THACHER     GUERNSEY 


Honorary    President    Presiding 
MRS.    MARY    V.    E.    CABELL. 


Honorary  Vice    Presidents   General 

MRS.    A.    HOWARD    CLARK,    1899.  MRS.    J.    MORGAN    SMITH,    1911. 

MRS.    MILDRED    S.    MATIIES,    1899.  MRS.    THEODORE    C.    BATES,    1913. 

MRS.    E.    GAYLORD   PUTNAM,    1913. 

MRS.     WILLIAM     LINDSAY,     1906.  MRS.    WALLACE    DELAFIELD,    1914. 

MRS.    DRAYTON    W.    BUSHNELL,    1914. 

MRS.    JOHN    NEWMAN    CAREY,     1918 

MRS.    GEORGE    M.    STERNBERG,    1917. 


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VOL.  LVII,  No.  2 


FEBRUARY,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  366 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON'S  COURTSHIP 
AND  MARRIAGE 

By  Charles  Moore 
Chairman  of  the  National  Commission  of  Fine  Arts 


I  NI<"  I'V-hruary  (la\-  in  1758,  Colonel 
I  ( leort^^L'  \\  ashin|L,'ton,  accom- 
panied b_v  his  hody  servant 
l')idio]i,  rode  out  of  the  gates  of 
.Mount  Vernon  on  his  way  to 
W'illiamsbiu'g  on  business  con- 
nected with  his  duties  as  commander  of 
the  \'irginia  forces.  Throughout  the  i)re- 
vious  autumn  he  had  been  suffering  from 
stomach  trouble  that  had  become  so  acute 
during  November  that  he  could  not  walk 
and  so  he  had  been  forced  to  repair  to  his 
home  for  recovery.  He  had  gone  back  to 
Fort  Louden  in  January,  much  to  the  ap- 
prehension of  Doctor  Craik.  and  of  his 
superior  officers  and  his  friends,  all  of 
whom  urged  the  plea  that  his  prospective 
services  to  his  country  were  too  valuable 
to  be  risked  by  a  premature  return  to  duty 
— none  of  which  things  moved  him.  In- 
deed, his  condition  had  been  so  precarious 
that  the  report  of  his  death  had  again 
gone  abroad. 

Pursuing  his  way,  Washington  rode 
first     through     the     estate     of     William 

Editor's  Note:  The  first  of  Mr.  Moore's 
articles  on  George  Washington  appeared  in  the 
November,  1922,  D.\vghters  of  the  Americ.\n 
Revolution  Mag.vzixe. 


I-'airfax,  known  as  "  Bclvuir,"  and  ne.xt 
through  that  of  George  Ma-nn,  who  was 
then  completing  Gunston  Hall  anrl  who 
was  in  need  of  ready  money  to  pay  the 
workmen — if  one  may  venture  that  cx- 
|)lanation  of  the  impurtunate  request  he 
had  sent  to  Mount  \'ernon  almost  demand- 
ing the  ]iayiiient  tn  bearer  of  an  account 
for  military  su];plies. 

\\'ashington's  way  led  through  Dum- 
fries, a  settlement  6f  Scotch  traders,  whose 
once  fine  mansions  are  now  given  over  to 
transient  tenants:  then  through  the  old 
Town  of  Falnidulh,  iK'>tling  on  the  bills 
of  the  Rap]5ahanock  near  the  falls, 
from  which  heights  in  December,  1862, 
Burnsides'  army  looked  across  the  river 
to  their  well-intrenched  foes.  Washington 
may  have  passed  the  night  at  Ferry  Farm, 
where  his  mother  was  then  living.  To-day 
the  railroad  to  Richmond  passes  Ihrough 
Frederickslnirg ;  hut  in  all  the  ten  old 
\"irginia  counties  between  that  railway 
and  the  Potomac  there  is  no  vestige  of 
the  iron-horse.  Throughout  the  Northern 
Neck,  as  the  country  between  the  Potomac 
and  Rappahanock  is  still  called,  the  roads 
known  to   George   \\'ashington   still   run 

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through  field  and  forest,  over  hills  and 
down  dales  much  as  they  did  in  his  day. 
Motor-bus  and  river-boat  are  now  the 
only  regular  connection  with  the  industrial 
world ;  ferries  are  still  in  use,  with  ferry- 
men as  leisurely  and  independent  as  they 
w'ere  a  century  and  a  half  ago ;  the  county 
courthouse  and  the  church  in  the  woods  are 
still  social  centres.  The  great  plantation 
with  its  self-contained  community  life  was 
dissolved  by  the  Civil  War.  In  the  towns 
an  occasional  granite  soldier  of  the  Con- 
federacy, rough  hewn  at  the  quarries  in 
Vermont  rises  from  a  group  of  obsolete 
cannon  and  cannon-balls.  On  the  walls  of 
thehouseshang  pictures  of  General  Robert 
E.  Lee.  Enterprising  youth,  male  and 
female  seek  the  opportunities  afiforded  by 
the  city.  Occasionally  men  who  have  be- 
come wealthy  elsewhere  have  come  to 
tide-water  Virginia  to  rejuvenate  the  old 
homes  and  find  refuge  in  a  region  where 
time  is  not  the  essence  of  life's  contract. 
Many  of  the  old  estates  are  still  in  the 
possession  of  families  that  have  never  re- 
covered from  the  ravages  of  the  Civil 
War ;  but  their  glory  has  departed,  and 
with  difficulty  one  traces  the  outlines  of 
formal  gardens,  or  in  some  God's-acre 
near  the  once  stately  mansion  scrapes  the 
moss  from  the  tombstone  of  a  man  whose 
name  shines  resplendent  in  American  his- 
tory. The  most  permanent  thing  among 
permanent  things  is  Virginia  hospitality, 
exercised  towards  all  whose  credentials  or 
manners  give  claim  to  it. 

It  was  the  25th  of  February,  175(S,  when 
Colonel  Washington  came  to  a  ferry  on 
the  Pamunkey,  not  far  from  where  it 
changes  its  name  to  York  River.  In  those 
days  a  gentleman  on  his  travels  usually 
dined  in  the  afternoon  or  supped  and 
passed  the  night  with  an  acquaintance. 
The  inns,  or  ordinaries,  were  for  people 
of  less  consideration.  Whether  by  acci- 
dent or  design,  Washington  dined  that  day 


with  a  Mr.  Chamberlain,  who  lived  near 
the  crossing.  There  he  met,  possibly  for 
the  first  time,  Mrs.  Martha  Dandridge 
Custis,  the  widow  of  Daniel  Parke  Custis, 
and  the  mother  of  two  children.  If 
Washington  was  looking  for  a  mistress 
for  Mount  Vernon  none  could  have  been 
more  suitable  than  the  marriage  of  this 
man  and  this  woman.  They  were  born 
in  the  same  year;  both  were  independent 
financially ;  they  moved  in  the  same  social 
circles ;  both  were  well  born  and  well  bred  ; 
they  had  the  same  ambitions  and  the  same 
outlook  on  life.  Mount  Vernon  needed  a 
housekeeper ;  she  needed  some  one  to 
guide  and  direct  the  education  of  her 
children  and  to  care  for  their  and  her 
considerable  property. 

Those  who  look  for  romance  find  it  in 
the  story  that  the  young  soldier  was 
quickly  smitten  with  the  attractions  of  the 
beautiful  widow;  that  he  lingered  in  her 
presence  while  the  impatient  Bishop  led 
the  horses  around  and  around  the  drive 
while  despatches  of  the  royal  government 
were  allowed  to  wait;  that  it  was  not 
until  the  next  morning  that  farewells  were 
said,  and  then  only  for  a  brief  interval 
before  the  returning  officer  should  call  at 
\\'hite  House,  the  home  of  his  inamorata, 
to  plead  his  suit  and  win  her  consent. 
There  is  not  so  much  romance  int 
Washington's  life  that  one  would  willingly 
forego  a  whit  of  it ;  but  as  a  matter  of  fact 
there  were  no  despatches,  Washington 
having  gone  to  Williamsburg  on  his  own 
motion,  perhaps  for  the  very  purpose  of 
renewing  an  acquaintance  with  Mrs. 
Custis  possibly  begun  in  Williamsburg 
some  time  before  this  meeting.  The  real 
test  of  their  romance,  however,  is  found 
in  a  life-companionship  of  forty  years 
lived  in  home,  in  camp  and  in  ofificial  resi- 
dence, and  ever  with  admiration,  helpful- 
ness and  consideration  on  both  sides. 

Colonel  Washington  being  the  leader  of 


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the  \'irgiiiia  forces  in  a  British  war  for  the 
conquest  of  North  America,  both  the  in- 
terests of  his  country  and  his  own  honor 
required  that  he  continue  in  his  command 
to  the  end  of  the  campaign  for  the  re- 
covery of  the  ( )hio  country.  And  inas- 
much as  this  end  was  not  then  in  sight, 
"  the  happy  hour  when  they  made  their 
pledges  to  each  other  "  was  to  remain  their 


Her  fitful  and  uncertain  letters  had  stop- 
ped during  the  spring,  although  probably 
he  saw  her  at  Belvoir  on  his  way  to  and 
from  Williamsburg  in  May,  and  probably 
he  then  told  her  of  the  change  in  his 
fortunes.  He  wrote  to  her  in  September, 
expressing  in  his  own  vehement  fashion 
his  impatience  at  the  delays  in  the  cam- 
paign, due  to  mismanagement  and.  as  he 


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ST.    I'EIEK'S  fHLKCH  WHICH  COLUNLL.\M)  MR.s.  \V,i 

secret,  although,  like  most  secrets  of  that 
kind,  it  gradually  became  known  to  the 
friends  of  both. 

In  April,  Beverly  Robinson,  writing 
from  New  "S'ork,  conveyed  the  compli- 
ments of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris.  Thus  the 
episode  with  Mary  Phillipse  was  closed. 
There  remained  the  afljustment  of  the 
friendshi])  with  Mrs.  (ieorge  ^^'illiam 
Fairfa.x,  whose  ])ro])rietary  interest  in  her 
protege    must    cease    with    his    marriage. 


IIINC  ION  \  ISI  ]  lil)    IHl;  DAY  ATI  HR    lHlilR  MARRIAG1-- 

believed,  to  the  ]wlitics  played  by  the 
Pennsylvanians  in  the  matter  of  cutting  a 
new  road  to  the  Ohio  instead  of  using  the 
old  Braddock  Road. 

The  nimble-witted  Mrs.  Fairfax  sug- 
gested that  his  impatience  was  due  not  so 
much  to  his  devotion  to  public  interests  as 
to  "  the  animating  prospects  of  possessing 
Mrs.  Custis."  He  admitted  the  imputation, 
and  acknowlerlged  himself  "a  votarv  of 
lo\e."    Tlieii,  after  some  enigmatical  ex- 


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pressions  referring  to  their  friendship,  he 
continues,  "  You  have  drawn  me,  dear 
Madam,  or  I'ather  I  have  drawn  myself, 
into  an  honest  confession  of  a  simple  Fact. 
Misconstrue  not  my  meaning;  douht  it 
not,  nor  expose  it.  The  world  has  no  busi- 
ness to  know  the  object  of  my  love 
<leclared  in  this  manner  to  you,  when  I 
want  to  conceal  it.  One  thing  above  all 
things  in  this  world  I  would  wish  to  know 
and  only  one  person  of  your  acquaintance 
can  solve  me  that,  or  guess  my  meaning. 
But  adieu  to  this  till  happier  times,  if  I 
shall  ever  see  them.  The  hours  at  present 
are  melancholy  dull — Neither  the  rugged 
toils  of  war,  nor  the  gentler  conflict  of 
A[ssembly  B[alls]  is  in  my  choice.  I  dare 
believe  you  are  as  happy  as  you  say.  1 
wish  I  was  happy  also.  Mirth,  good  hu- 
mor, case  of  mind,  and — what  else? — 
cannot  fail  to  render  you  so  and  consum- 
mate your  wishes." 

Attempts,  based  largely  on  this  letter 
and  another  written  to  Mrs.  Fairfax 
when  she  was  old,  friendless  and  alone  at 
Rath,  England,  have  been  made  to  prove 
that  she  was  "  the  object  of  George 
Washington's  early  and  passionate  love." 
His  obligations  to  her  were  great.  She 
was  the  merriest,  brightest,  most  sophisti- 
cated woman  of  his  acquaintance.  She  ral- 
lied him  on  his  seriousness,  teased  him  about 
his  affairs,  played  with  his  professions 
of  interest,  threw  about  their  occasional 
letters  a  tantalizing  air  of  mystery,  and  so 
for  ten  years  contributed  to  his  education. 
If  she  e\er  sacrificed  either  time  or  affec- 
tion for  his  sake,  that  fact  has  not 
a])peared.  Undoubtedly  the  training  he 
received  at  her  hands  made  him  particular 
and  discriminating  in  the  choice  of  a  wife. 
She,  on  her  part,  never  swerved  from  her 
straight  wifely  path.  There  was  never 
any  diminution  in  the  intercourse  be- 
tween    the     Fairfax     and     Washington 


families,  save  such  as  separation  and 
death  created. 

In  July,  Mount  Vernon  was  put  into 
condition  to  receive  its  new  mistress.  The 
roof  was  raised  ;  Triplett  burned  bricks  for 
the  under-pinning,  and  under  the  compe- 
tent direction  of  Mr.  Patterson  the  repairs 
were  made  to  the  complete  satisfaction  of 
William  Fairfax,  whom  Washington 
asked  to  have  an  eye  to  the  job.^ 

On  the  28th  of  November,  1758, 
Washington  wrote  to  Governor  Farquier 
that  "  Fort  du  Quesne — or  the  ground 
rather  on  which  it  stood — was  possessed 
by  His  Majesty's  troops  on  the  25th 
instant.  The  enemy  after  letting  us  get 
within  a  day's  march  of  the  place  burned 
the  fort  and  ran  away  (  by  the  light  of  it) 
at  night  ....  The  possession  of  this 
post  has  been  a  matter  of  great  surprise 
to  the  whole  army — and  we  cannot  attrib- 
ute it  to  more  probable  causes  than  those 
of  weakness,  want  of  provisions  and 
desertion  of  their  Indians  who  ])r(ivi- 
dentially  fell  into  our  hands  at  Loyal 
Hannon,  at  a  time  when  we  despaired  of 
proceeding,  and  a  council  of  war  had  de- 
termined that  it  was  not  advisable  to 
advance  beyond  the  place  above  men- 
tioned this  season."  On  December  9th, 
Washington  again  wrote  to  the  Governor 
that  he  was  setting  out  (although  much 
indisposed)  for  his  own  home ;  and  that  if 
he  could  get  the  better  of  his  present  dis- 
order he  "should  hope  for  the  honor  of 
kissing  his  hand  about  the  25th  instant." 

On  December  30th,  he  was  in  Williams- 
burg and  on  Saturday,  January  6,  1759, 
he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Custis,  probably 
at  the  bride's  home,  \\'hite  House,  on 
York  River,  New  Kent  County.  The  bride 
wore  white  brocaded  silk  interwoven  with 
silver  thread  and  an  embroidered  satin 
petticoat,  from  beneath  which  peeped  the 
purple  satin  slippers  trimmed  with  silver 
'Fairfa.x,  July  25,  1758. 


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lace  that  are  still  preserved  at  the  home 
of  her  descendants,  Tudor  Place,  in  Wash- 
ington. Her  ornaments  were  pearl  neck- 
lace, earrings  and  bracelets.  He  appeared 
in  citizen's  dress  of  blue  cloth,  the  coat  of 
embroidered  white  satin,  shoe  and  knee 
buckles  of  gold,  a  dress  sword,  and 
powdered  hair.  Among  the  guests  were 
Speaker  Robinson  and  several  members 


from  \Mlliamsburg ;  but  the  wedding  was 
a  quiet  one.  The  next  day  Colonel  and 
:\Irs.  \\'ashington  attended  St.  Peter's 
Church,  the  rector  of  which.  Rev.  David 
]\Iossom,  had  performed  the  ceremony 
on  the  previous  day.  Probably  the  drive  to 
and  from  church  and  the  greetings  that  fol- 
lowed the  religious  service  gave  rise  to  the 


of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  who  rode  over     impression  that  there  was  a  church  wedding. 


PRIZE  WINNERS  IN  THE  D.  A.  R.  MAGAZINE 
SUBSCRIPTION  CONTEST 


The  prize  winning  states  in  the  four 
groups  are ; — 

Group       I — Connecticut. 
Group     II — Cahfornia. 
Group  HI — Washington. 
Group  IV — Florida. 
The  history  of  the  contest  is  as  follows  : — 
The    Committee,   Mrs.   Charles   White   Nash, 
Chairman,    appointed    to    handle    the    Colonel 
Walter  Scott  One  Thousand  Dollar  Prize  Fund, 
awarded  $400  to  be  used  in  prizes  to  promote  the 
circulation   of   the   Daughters   of   the   Amer- 
ic.\N    Revolution    Magazine. 

It  was  decided  to  divide  the  money  into  four 
prizes  to  be  awarded  to  the  states  securing  the 
greatest  number  of  subscriptions  in  proportion 
to    their    inonbcrship. 

The  states  were  divided  into  four  groups,  viz. 

Group  I — States  having  a  membership  of  over 
5000:  New  York',  Pennsylvania.  Massachusetts, 
Illinois,  Ohio,  Connecticut,  Missouri  and  Iowa. 
Prize  offered— $125. 

Group  II — States  having  a  membership  of  less 
than  5000  and  over  2000 :  Michigan,  Georgia, 
Indiana,  California,  District  of  Columbia,  New 
Jersey,  Texas,  Wisconsin,  South  Carolina,  New 
Hampshire,  Kansas  and  Nebraska.  Prize 
offered— $100. 


Group  III — States  having  a  membership  of 
from  1000  to  2000 :  Vermont,  Tennessee,  Maine, 
Colorado,  Virginia.  Kentucky.  Washington, 
Minnesota,  North  Carolina,  West  Virginia. 
Alabama,  Rhode  Island,  Maryland,  Oklahoma 
and  Mississippi.     Prize  offered — ^$100. 

Group  IV — States  having  a  membership  of 
less  than  1000 :  Oregon,  Florida,  Arkansas, 
Montana,  South  Dakota,  Louisiana,  Idaho, 
North  Dakota,  Wyoming,  Utah,  New  Mexico, 
Delaware,  Arizona,  Hawaii,  Orient,  Philippine 
Islands    and    Cuba.     Prize    offered — $75. 

The  contest  began  July  15th  and  closed 
December  31,  1922.  The  percentage  is  com- 
puted from  the  total  membership  of  each  state 
as  recorded  on  the  books  of  the  Treasurer 
General  at  midnight,  July  14th. 


State 
Connecticut 

Member- 
ship 

..   5941 

Subscrip- 

395 

Per- 
centage 

.066 

California     .  . 

..   3281 

209 

.063 

Washington 
Florida    .... 

..    1803 
..     993 

107 
133 

.092 
.133 

The   contest  was   close  and   very   interesting. 

The  Chairman  is  most  grateful  to  the  State 
and  Chapter  Chairmen  who  took  such  active, 
enthusiastic  interest  in  the  contest  and  did  such 
splendid  work  for  the  Magazine.  To  them  and 
to  each  subscriber  we  extend  our  sincere  thanks. 

Eva  V.  M.  Bissell. 
National  Cliairnian.  MaiH'cini'  Committee. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM 
THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


N  this  message  I  propose  to  stress  the 
work  of  our  National  Committees. 
We  are  nearing  the  date  when  our 
National  Chairmen  will  call  on  their 
State  Committees  for  their  reports  of 
the  work  undertaken  in  the  states 
under  their  leadership. 
tie  most  earnestly  that  the  few  remaining 
weeks  be  devoted  to  speeding  up  this  national 
work  in  all  our  states  that  your  reports  to 
Congress  may  be  worthy  of  you.  Through  our 
National  Standing  Committees  our  Society 
functions  nationally  along  the  definite  lines 
laid  down  in  our  Constitution  for  memorial, 
liistorical,  commemorative  and  educational 
work.  Let  us  run  over  the  list  of  these  com- 
mittees :  they  tell  their  own  story  in  their  titles : 
Preservation  of  Historic  Spots ;  Correct  Use 
of  the  Flag;  National  Old  Trails  Road;  His- 
torical and  Literary  Reciprocity ;  Conservation 
and  Thrift;  Liquidation  and  Endowment  Fund; 
Real  Daughters ;  Revolutionary  Relics ;  Genea- 
logical Research ;  Historical  Research  and 
Preservation  of  Records :  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  Library  and  the  Philippine  Scholarship 
Endowment  Fund. 

Space  forbids  detailed  reference  to  these 
committees.  They  are  all  important  and  worthy 
of  the  support  of  the  chapters.  Some  have 
been  stressed  before,  such  as  the  Patriotic 
Education  Committee,  with  its  subdivisions 
which  handle  the  Manual  for  Immigrants ;  our 
Americanization  work  at  Ellis  Island  and  else- 
where ;  the  Southern  Mountain  Schools  and 
other  educational  institutions. 

There  are  a  few  others  that  need  special 
mention  at  this  time,  as  redoubled  effort  seems 
necessary  in  their  dcpartinents.  The  chief 
activity  of  the  Committee  on  Historic  Spots  is 
our  effort  to  induce  the  Government  to  appro- 
priate a  sum  of  money  sufficient  to  save  the 
battlefield  and  fortifications  of  Yorktown  and 
convert  them  into  a  National  Military  Park. 
To  this  end  a  bill  is  pending  in  Congress  asking 
tliat  a  committee  be  appointed  to  have  a  survey 
of  the  fortification  made  in  order  to  determine 
the  location  of  the  most  important  historic  spots 
in  this  immortal  battlefield.  The  bill  is  known 
as  H.R.,  6774.     Your  influence  with  your  Sena- 


tors and  Representatives  is  urged,  that  they 
may  realize  that  we  are  in  earnest  in  our  desire 
to  preserve  this  historic  shrine.  At  Yorktown 
began  our  independence  as  a  nation.  In  this 
connection  it  is  pertinent  to  recall  what  the 
British  Ambassador,  Sir  Aukland  Geddes,  said 
of  Yorktown  in  his  address  at  our  last  Con- 
gress. He  stated :  "  It  was  from  the  independ- 
ence won  by  what  were  the  thirteen  colonies, 
from  the  iniluences  which  flowed  from  that 
winning,  that  a  great  part  of  the  freedom  of 
the  British  people  in  their  own  lands  was  won. 
It  was  the  lesson  of  Yorktown,  taught  us  by 
the  French  and  the  Americans,  that  made  the 
British  Empire  possible.  We  learned  there 
how  to  handle  distant  communities  and  we  have 
been  grateful  ever  since.  And  around  the  les- 
son we  learned  on  that  historic  field,  around 
the  memories  that  were  burned  into  the  British 
mind,  there  now  circle  the  freedom  of  the 
dominions  and  the  growing  freedom  of  the  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  British  Empire."  That  is 
a  good  deal  for  the  defeated  side  to  say,  is  it 
not?  And  if  those  who  were  defeated  can 
see  in  the  victory  at  Yorktown  such  momentous 
and  beneficial  consequences  for  themselves,  can 
iVmericans  see  less?  Therefore,  write  at  once 
and  urge  the  passage  of  our  bill  to  save  York- 
town  for  the  nation. 

There  is  still  much  to  be  done  to  teach  our 
people  the  correct  use  of  our  flag.  There  is 
a  great  amount  of  ignorant  misuse.  The  abuse 
of  the  flag  as  mere  decorative  material  is  flag- 
rantly universal.  Wherever  I  go,  I  see  it  tied 
in  knots  and  rosettes  and  loopings  and  hung 
upside  do\m.  Will  you  not  use  your  influence 
to  promote  the  use  of  the  flag  only  as  a  ftaci 
on  its  staff  and  to  use  it  sparingly,  thus  empha- 
sizing its  meaning  when  displayed?  Nowhere 
in  England  and  France  did  I  find  their  flags 
used  as  decorations ;  instead  they  flew  from 
their  staffs  in  dignified  impressiveness,  as  when 
the  streets  of  Metz  blazed  forth  with  the  flags 
of  France  and  America  in  welcome  to  the 
American  Legion.  I  contrast  Metz  when  I  see 
the  streets  of  American  cities  festooned  with 
our  flag,  its  dignity  and  sacredness  lost.  Use 
red,  white  and  blue  blunting  for  decorating 
purposes   and   not   the   flag. 

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Another  conimittoc  slumld  have  whole- 
hearted support.  This  is  tlie  Committee  on 
Conservation  and  Thrift  W'e  are  the  most 
wasteful  nation  of  the  world.  Abundance  of 
riches  has  made  us  careless  with  w-eaith — the 
wealth  of  forest,  field  and  stream,  of  mines 
and  manufactures.  As  a  nation  we  are  careless 
with  our  individual  resources  and  extravagant 
in  our  expenditures.  "  New  England  Thrift  " 
is  proverbial,  but  New  England  is  not  the  whole 
country  and  even  New  England  has  man\- 
sins  of  extravagant  carelessness  to  answer  for. 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  Mellon,  in  a  New 
Year's  appeal  to  the  country  for  greater  econ- 
omy, stated  that  the  Government  had  reduced 
its  debt  by  one  billion  dollars  and  was  cutting 
expenditures  "  to  the  limit,"  thus  taking  the 
lead  in  saving,  "  Let  us  make  1923  a  better 
and  more  prosperous  year  than  1922,"  he  said : 
"  it  can  be  done,  if  all  of  us  will  unite  to  sai'r 
more  atid  ivasic  less."  It  would  be  "  little  short 
of  a  national  calamity,"  he  said,  "  if  the  lessons 
of  thrift  and  sound  investment  learned  during 
the  war  should  be  lost  in  these  days  of  recon- 
struction when  the  need  of  avoiding  waste  and 
extravagance  is  as  great  as  ever."  Let  us 
remember  that  the  wealth  of  a  nation  lies  in 
the  savings  of  its  people. 

There  is  one  more  subject  I  wish  to  touch 
upon   before    I   conclude.      This   nation   is    still 


without  an  Archives  Building  for  the  safe  be- 
stowal of  its  priceless  records.  It  is  the  only 
nation  to  be  so  careless  of  its  documents — and 
another  instance  of  our  extravagant  waste,  this 
time  the  waste  of  valuable  historic  material  by 
fire  and  decay.  Already  the  list  of  fires  in 
Government  buildings  from  1801  to  1916  is  an 
appalling  record  of  irreparable  loss.  Hundreds 
of  thousands  of  records,  documents,  rare  books, 
medals  and  relics  have  been  thus  destroyed. 
The  project  providing  for  "the  erection  of  a 
National  Archives  Building  in  keeping  with  the 
dignity  and  wealth  of  these  United  States  "  has 
been  urged  for  years.  The  purchase  of  a  lot 
has  been  authorized,  also  appropriations  for  the 
erection  of  a  building,  but  this  latter  has  been 
stricken  out  of  the  Budget.  This  is  a  matter 
for  protest  to  Senators  and  Representatives. 
As  a  Society  our  last  Congress  reindorsed  the 
measure  for  the  erection  of  a  National  Archives 
Building.  Follow  that  up  with  appeals  to  your 
Congressmen.  The  need  is  great.  We  who 
are  organized  to  preserve  historic  documents 
and  perpetuate  the  memory  of  our  glorious 
past — we  must  not  be  laggards  in  remedying 
this  unpardonable  neglect  on  the  part  of  our 
nation  to  take  proper  care  of  our  priceless 
archives,  which  could  never  be  replaced. 

Awe  Rogers   Minor, 

President  Ge)ieral. 


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THE  INDEPENDENT  CITIZENSHIP 
OF  MARRIED  WOMEN 


By  Ellen  Spenc 
Honorary  Dean,  Wash 

(  )R  thf  tir.^t  time  in  the  history  of 
the  United  States,  Congress  has 
recognized  that  a  married  woman 
may  have  a  legal  entity  and 
recognition  as  a  citizen  separate 
from  her  husband.  On  Septem- 
ber 22,  1922,  after  ten  years  of  petitioning 
Congress,  the  bill  was  passed  and  became 
a  law,  which  permitted  a  married  woman 
who  was  herself  an  American  citizen 
previous  to  her  marriage  to  an  alien,  to 
resume  her  American  citizenship,  and  it 
further  provides  that  "  from  that  date  a 
woman  citizen  of  the  United  States  shall 
not  cease  to  be  a  citizen  by  reason  of  her 
marriage  to  an  alien,  unless  she  makes  a 
formal  renunciation  of  her  citizenship 
before  a  court  having  jurisdiction  over 
naturalization  of  aliens.  The  exception  to 
this  rule  is,  that  a  woman  citizen  who>e 
husband  is  not  eligible  for  citizenship,  as 
for  example  a  Chinese,  may  not  be 
naturalized  during  the  continuance  of  the 
marital  status. 

A  woman  who,  l:)efore  the  passage  of 
this  Act,  was  an  American  citizen  and  lost 
her  citizenship  by  marriage  to  an  alien 
does  not  automatically  resimie  her  Amer- 
ican citizenship.  There  appears  to  be  in 
the  mind  of  American  women,  who  are 
married  to  aliens,  the  idea  that  the 
law  has  conferred  upon  them  their  origi- 
nal political  status.  Under  the  Act 
a  woman  who  has  lost  her  citizenship 
by     marriage     to     an     alien     and     who 


er  Mussey 

ington  College  of  Law 

desires  to  be  again  an  American  citi- 
zen, must  file  a  ]5etition  for  naturaliza- 
tion and  become  naturalized  upon  com- 
])l\ing  with  all  the  requirements  of  the 
law.  excejjt  that  no  declaration  of  intention 
is  required  and  only  one  year's  continuous 
residence  in  the  United  States  immediately 
jireceding  the  filing  of  her  petition  is  re- 
(|uired.  Neither  is  it  necessary  to  file  a 
certificate  of  arrival  if,  during  the  continu- 
ance of  the  marriage,  she  shall  have  re- 
sided in  the  United  States.  It  is  necessary, 
however,  that  the  petition  should  show  the 
date  and  jilace  of  her  marriage  and  the 
name,  date  and  place  of  liirth  of 
the  husband. 

This  Act  provided  that  a  woman  citizen 
of  the  United  States  who  marries  an  alien 
nia\'  make  a  formal  renunciation  of  her 
citizenshi])  before  a  court  having  jurisdic- 
tion over  naturalization  of  aliens.  Several 
cases  have  already  been  reported  of  women 
who  have  availed  themselves  of  this  right 
so  that  they  should  be  citizens  of  the  same 
country  as  their  husbands. 

b'rom  and  after  the  date  of  this  .\ct,  an 
alien  born  woman  who  is  married  to  an 
alien  who  has  declared  his  intention  ot 
l)econiing  an  American  citizen  canudt  hie 
a  petition  for  naturalization  at  the  same 
time  as  the  husband  expecting  to  be 
Naturalized.  She  must  wait  until  the 
husband  has  become  naturalized  before 
she  can  file  a  petition  without  tlie  re- 
quired declaration  of  intention. 

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This  new  law  provides  that  a  woman 
who  marries  a  citizen  of  the  United  States 
whose  husband  is  naturalized  after  the 
passage  of  the  Act  does  not  become  a  citi- 
zen by  reason  of  such  marriage  or 
naturalization.  She  may  be  naturalized 
upon  full  compliance  with  all  requirements 
of  the  naturalization  laws,  with  the  excep- 
tion that  no  declaration  of  intention  will 
be  required  and  instead  of  a  five  years' 
residence  within  the  United  States  and  a 
year's  residence  within  the  State  or  Ter- 
ritory where  the  naturalization  court  is 
held,  she  will  only  be  required  to  reside 
continuously  in  the  United  States,  Hawaii, 
Alaska,  or  Porto  Rico  for  at  least  one 
year  immediately  preceding  the  filing  of 
the  petition. 

One  of  the  great  benefits  of  this  law  is 
that  we  shall  no  longer  have  women  who 
know  absolutely  nothing  and  care  less 
about  American  citizenship,  made  auto- 
matically citizens  by  the  priest  who  mar- 
ries them  to  the  male  American  citizen.  It 
has  been  estimated  that  we  have  received 
into  this  country  during  the  last  three  years 
not  less  than  twenty  thousand  of  these 
women.  No  doubt  many  of  them  will 
become  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  this 
country,  and  so,  valuable  citizens,  but 
there  is  still  another  class  who  have  no 
interest  in  the  country  and  who  have 
perhaps  returned  to  their  individual 
native  countries. 

By  this  new  law  many  American  women 
have  had  the  way  opened  for  the 
disability  to  be  removed  which  prevented 
them  from  full  participation  in  national 
affairs,  and  restored  to  them  many 
rights  of  which  they  were  deprived;  as 
to  become  members  of  the  bar;  to  act  as 
executors  or  administrators,  and  in  many 
municipalities  they  were  ineligible  to  be 
teachers.  It  has  been  the  theory  that 
American  women  married  aliens  in  order 


to  acquire  foreign  titles,  or  were  married 
by  fortune  seekers  who  desired  to  enjoy 
the  wealth  so  often  bestowed  on  our 
American  women  by  their  parents.  The 
fact  is  that  there  are  many  women  who  lost 
their  American  citizenship  without  the 
knowledge  that  marriage  would  deprive 
them  of  it.  Along  the  border  line  between 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  many  men 
who  had  declared  their  intention  to  be 
naturalized  were  allowed,  under  the  State 
laws,  to  vote,  but  after  the  passage  of  the 
Nineteenth  Amendment  the  law  held  that 
this  privilege  could  not  be  accorded  to  the 
wife,  although  she  may  never  have  resided 
outside  of  the  United  States.  It  is  par- 
ticularly desirable  that  in  working  for  the 
education  of  aliens  desiring  to  be  natural- 
ized, that  full  account  be  taken  of  the  new 
conditions  under  this  present  law  of  Sep- 
tember 22,  1922.  Under  present  con- 
ditions named,  women  will  appear  in  court 
to  receive  their  individual  citizen- 
ship papers. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  International 
Council  of  ^^■omen,  which  took  place  in 
Christiana,  Norway,  the  twenty-eight 
countries  affiliated  adopted  the  resolutions 
presented  by  the  National  Council  from 
the  United  States  recommending  that  the 
women  from  all  countries  should  work  for 
legislation  permitting  the  married  woman 
to  have  her  individual  citizenship.  The 
United  States  is  the  first  to  realize  this 
intention,  and  when  the  International 
Council  of  Women  meets  with  us,  as  it  will 
in  three  years  more,  we  may  hope  that 
other  progressive  countries  will  have  fol- 
lowed the  example  of  the  United  States  in 
recognizing  the  right  of  every  human 
being  to  maintain  an  individual  citizenship 
free  from  any  entangling  alliances. 

*  Thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  Raymond  Crist, 
Commissioner  of  the  Naturalization  Bureau  for 
information  furnislicd.  as  to  requirements  under 
the  new  law.  £    g.  M. 


ADDRESS  BY  MRS.  GEORGE  MAYNARD  MINOR 

PRESIDENT  GENERAL,  NATIONAL 

SOCIETY  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

Dc-livered  before  the  Southern  Society  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  December  6,  IQ22, 
when  M.  Georges  Clemenceau,  the  '''Tiger''  of  France,  was  its  guest. 


N  behalf  of  the  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution  it  is  my  great 
privilege,  as  their  President 
General  to  welcome  the  Southern 
Society  and  their  distinguished 
guest  to  Alemorial  Continental  Hall. 

Our  Hall  has  many  times  been  honored 
by  the  presence  on  its  platform  of  noted 
men  and  women  of  many  nations,  ^^'e  still 
feel  the  thrill  of  pride  and  pleasure  which 
was  ours  when  for  months  this  Hall  was 
the  scene  of  that  brilliant  gathering  of 
nations  known  as  the  Conference  on  Limi- 
tation of  Armament.  There  where  you 
are  sitting  to-night,  the  great  statesmen  of 
the  civilized  world  met  around  the  council 
table  and  with  faith  and  vision  hewed  a 
pathway  toward  peace.  I  say  civilized 
advisedly,  for  the  nations  here  assembled 
comprised  those  liberty-loving  peoples 
whose  ideals  are  founded  upon  justice, 
righteousness  and  humanity. 

At  the  annual  Congresses  of  our  Society, 
held  always  in  this  Hall,  we  have  wel- 
comed the  distinguished  ambassadors  of 
many  friendly  nations  ;  we  have  been  hon- 
ored by  their  addresses ;  but  none  have 
we  welcomed  with  greater  and  more 
genuine  happiness  than  the  representatives 
of  our  old-time  friend  and  ally,  our  sister 
Republic  of  France. 

To-night  we  are  rejoiced  with  the  pres- 
ence  here   of    one    who   adds    still    more 


brilliance  to  the  group  of  world-renowned 
statesmen  who  have  gathered  under  our 
roof,  one  whom  we  welcome  with  the 
admiration  and  the  honor  which  we  have 
ever  given  to  his  heroic  nation.  This  man 
is  Clemenceau,  the  great  war-leader 
of  France. 

\\'e  liring  grateful  tributes  to  him  and 
to  his  country — that  martyr  coimtry  which 
1,'ore  the  l)runt  of  Germany's  first  savage 
onslaughts  and  thus  saved  the  world  from 
the  horrors  of  German  conquest.  The 
sight  of  him  kindles  once  more  the  exalted 
flame  of  patriotism  which  united  the  Allies 
in  that  supreme  struggle  to  save  liberty, 
humanity  and  civilization  from  destruc- 
tion. United  in  war — shall  we  not  strive 
to  remain  united  in  peace  ?  Are  the  fruits 
of  that  supreme  sacrifice  to  be  lost  through 
disunion  or  misunderstanding?  Shall  we 
fail  to  understand  ?  No !  not  while  the 
indelible  remembrance  of  those  devastated, 
martyred  regions  lives  in  our  hearts  and 
the  devastator  eludes  the  penalty  of  his 
crime.  Who  are  we  to  ask  the  heroes  of 
\'erdun  to  disarm  in  the  face  of  a  still 
living  peril  ? 

Ah  no !  Rather  let  us  pay  the  tribute  of 
gratitude,  understanding  and  moral  sup- 
port to  France  the  martyr,  France  the 
defender  of  the  world's  liberty. 

It  is  not  militarism  that  stirs  France 
to-day:  it  is  the  sacred  right  of  self- 
defense,  it  is  the  soul  of  Joan  of  Arc.  the 

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deliverer,  guarding  the  ruined  homes,  the 
shattered  cities,  the  shell-torn  fields  from 
further  horrors  and  assaults.  It  was  the 
si)irit  (if  Joan  of  Arc  that  led  the  Allied 
flags  to  victory  under  the  immortal  Foch ; 
it  was  her  spirit  that  gathered  the  hosts  of 
freedom  at  the  Marne  and  at  Verdun;  it 
was  she  who  said  to  the  German  invaders. 


have  seen  all  this  and  marvelled  at  the 
coiu'age  and  the  faith  and  the  vmceasing 
industry  and  toil  which  has  brought  it  to 
pass.  The  days  of  miracles  are  not  over; 
the  visions  of  a  Joan  are  not  vanished  or 
grown  dim. 

To    the    great    leader    who    toiled    for 
France  in  those  terrible  days  we  tender 


Copyright  by  Uniler 


M.   GEORGES    CLEMENCEAU.   THE    "TIGER"    OF    FRANCE,    ADDRF-SSING  IN    MEMORIAL  CONTINENTAL  HALL.   WASH- 
INGTON.  DECEMBER    8.    1922.  THE   CONFERENCE    ON   WORLD    PEACE.   HELD    I'NDER  THE  AUSPICES  OF  THE  INTER- 
NATIONAL LYCEUM   AND  CHAUTAUQUA  ASSOCIATION. 


■■  They  shall  not  pass."  And  this  mighty 
spirit  of  France  is  rising  again  from  the 
ruins,  unconquered,  undaunted,  immortal. 
What  the  invader  struck  down,  France  is 
herself  building  up,  without  reparations, 
without  redress.  I  liave  seen  the  miracle 
of  reconstruction;  the  toiling  peasants; 
the  fields  blooming  once  more  in  the  midst 
of  devastation,  as  inch  by  inch,  acre  by 
acre,  the  soil  has  been  reclaimed,  the 
trenches   filled   in,   the   homes   rebuilt.      I 


our  understanding  svmpathy  and  profound 
respect.  To  France  we  tender  the  love 
and  the  friendship  of  America  that  has 
ever  been  hers,  but  now  how  much 
more  abundantly. 

We  do  not  forget  the  France  of  1776. 

-As  descendants  of  the  American  patriots 
who  fought  .shoulder  to  shoulder  with 
I^afayette  and  Rochambeau,  we  pay  our 
grateful  and  everlasting  tribute  to  the 
heroic  spirit  of  France. 


ADDRESS  BY  MRS.  GEORGE  MAYNARD  MINOR 


As  the  mothers,  wives,  sweethearts,  of 
the  boys  who  carried  the  Stars  and  Stripes 
to  the  defense  of  France  and  the  world,  in 
1918,  we  proclaim  that  on  that  day  which 
saw  our  flag  flying  with  the  flags  of 
France  and  the  Allies,  America  did  but  her 
simple  duty  to  liberty  and  humanity  and 
in  that  deed  saved  her  soul  alive. 

United  in  that  mortal  struggle,  the 
Allied  nations  saved  the  world  for  peace 
and  liberty ;  imited  we  must  remain,  in 
spirit  and  in  aims,  in  friendliness  and  co- 
operation, if  that  struggle  is  not  to  be 
in  vain. 

Let  the  exalted  spirit  of  the  struggle  live 
again  in  our  hearts,  urging  us  to  greater 
effort  toward  that  unity  of  spirit  and 
mutual  understanding  between  us  that 
make  for  peace. 


^Vhen  Christ  was  born  in  Bethlehem 
there  was  peace  throughout  the  then 
known  world  ;  to  simple  shepherds  it  was 
given  to  hear  the  angels'  song  with  ears 
attuned,  it  may  be,  to  the  universal  peace. 
Yet  men  had  not  disarmed  ;  the  peace  was 
in  their  hearts. 

And  so  to-day,  after  twenty  centuries  of 
Christianity,  surely  we  can  incline  men's 
hearts  again  to  that  peace  which  flows  only 
from  unity  and  good  will.  Thus  shall  we 
hear  again  the  angels'  song:  "Glory  to 
God  in  the  Highest,  and  on  earth  peace, 
good  will  toward  men." 

Three  nations  can  bring  this  vision 
to  reality — France,  England  and  Amer- 
ica, holding  together  in  righteousness, 
can    maintain    the    peace    of    the    world. 


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"THE  REPUBLICAN  COURT" 

By  Dolores  Boisfeuillet  Colquitt 


NE  of   the  most  important  and 

elaborate  paintings  in  American 

art  is  the  "  RepubHcan  Court," 

a  mammoth  canvas  and  one  of 

the      masterpieces     of      Daniel 

Huntington,    N.    A.,    native    of 

New  York,  who  attained  a  reputation  as 

portrait  and  genre  painter  not  only  in  his 

own  country  but  in  Europe. 

This  painting,  sometimes  referred  to 
as  "  Martha  Washington's  Reception," 
first  attracted  attention  at  a  fair  held  in 
New  York  during  the  Civil  War  and  was 
later  highly  commended  when  exhibited 
at  the  Paris  Exposition  of  1866  and  at 
the  Centennial  in  Philadelphia.  It  repre- 
sents an  assemblage  of  notable  persons  of 
the  Revolutionary  period  grouped  and 
posed  in  a  most  pleasing  manner,  and 
costumed  true  to  the  era. 

From  an  eyewitness  of  that  time  infor- 
mation has  come  down  to  us  that,  during 
her  husljand's  presidency,  Mrs.  Wash- 
ington's receptions  "  were  numerously 
attended  by  all  that  was  fashionable,  ele- 
gant, and  refined  in  society.  *  *  *  They 
were  select  and  more  courtly  than  have 
been  given  by  any  of  his  successors. 
Proud  of  her  husband's  exalted  fame, 
and  the  honors  due,  not  only  to  his  lofty 
character,  but  to  the  dignified  station  to 
which  a  grateful  country  had  called  him, 
Mrs.  Washington  was  careful  in  her 
drawing  rooms  to  exact  those  courtesies 
to  which  she  knew  he  was  entitled,  as 
well  on  account  of  personal  merit,  as  of 
official  consideration.  *  *  *  The  charms 
of  social  intercourse  were  heightened  by 
a  reasonable  attention,  in  the  best  circles, 
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to  those  forms  and  usages  which  indicate 
the  well-bred  assemblage,  and  fling 
around  it  an  air  of  elegance  and  grace, 
which  the  envious  only  affect  to  decry, 
and  the  inately  vulgar  only  ridicule.  *  *  * 
None,  therefore,  were  admitted  to  the 
levees,  but  those  who  had  either  a  right 
by  official  station  to  be  there,  or  were 
entitled  to  the  privilege  by  established 
merit  and  character ;  and  full  dress  was 
required  of  all." 

In  the  same  letter  descriptive  of  the 
time  it  was  the  etiquette  at  a  large  gather- 
ing to  "  enter  a  room  with  a  set  curtsy, 
and  after  the  how-dos,  things  are  fin- 
ished ;  all's  a  dead  calm  till  the  cards 
are  introduced." 

The  President's  residence  at  New  York 
was  "  large,  and  its  rooms  generally  of 
such  ample  dimensions  as  were  necessary 
in  the  home  of  a  public  character  apt  to 
be  surrounded  by  numerous  visitors." 
Before  President  Washington  took  pos- 
session Congress  had  authorized  "  the 
removal  of  the  partition  between  two  of 
the  large  apartments,  to  make  a  drawing- 
room  sufficiently  capacious  for  the  Presi- 
dent's receptions  and  public  audiences. 
*  *  *  The  state  coach  was  the  first  car- 
riage in  the  city.  It  was  usually  drawn 
by  four  horses,  but  when  it  conveyed  the 
President  to  Federal  Hall,  always  by 
six.  The  body  was  cream-colored,  and 
ornamented  with  cupids  supporting  fes- 
toons, and  with  borderings  of  flowers 
around  the  panels." 

Thus  has  the  artist  Huntington  in  his 
"  Republican  Court,"  truthfullv  pictured 
a  superb  drawing-room  of  excellent  archi- 


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tecture  and  decoration,  ladies  in  rich  and 
beautiful  costumes,  gentlemen  in  official 
and  civil  regalia,  and  has  even  cleverly 
produced  the  quiet  well-bred  atmos- 
phere that  we  know  pervaded  those  his- 
toric gatherings. 

In  the  painting  Madam  Washington 
appears  as  a  handsome  woman  as  she 
stands  in  a  stately  manner  upon  the  car- 
peted dias  before  which  courtiers  and 
ladies  bow  their  respects.  Beside  her 
stands  her  well-loved  little  granddaughter, 
Nelly  Custis,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Lawrence  Lewis,  nephew  of  General 
Washington.  Mrs.  Robert  Morris,  wife 
of  the  great  financier  of  the  Revolution, 
also  occupies  a  place  of  honor  on  the  dias. 

Washington  seems  left  free  to  mingle 
informally  with  the  guests  while  his  wife 
does  the  honors  of  the  levee,  and  appears 
in  conversation  with  Harriet  Chew  (Mrs. 
Charles  Carroll,  Jr.)  and  the  Duke  of 
Kent,  son  of  King  George  III  and  father 
of  Queen  Victoria.  Harriet  Chew  was 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Chew,  Chief 
Justice  of  Pennsylvania.  She  was  a 
great  favorite  with  Washington,  who 
delighted  in  her  company. 

On  Washington's  right  stands  Miss 
Habersham,  daughter  of  Major  Joseph 
Habersham,  Postmaster  General  in  the 
Cabinet,  formerly  a  member  of  the  Con- 
tinental Congress  and  of  Revolutionary 
fame  in  Georgia. 

Another  lady  of  the  Cabinet  circle, 
Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton,  appears  in  the 
group  at  the  extreme  left-hand  corner 
of  the  painting.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
General  Schuyler,  and  of  her  it  is  said 
that  she  was  a  most  agreeable  "  charming 
woman,  who  joined  to  the  graces  all  the 
candor  and  simplicity  of  the  Ameri- 
can wife." 

Mrs.  John  Adams,  who  was  later  to 
occupy  the  exalted  position  of  "  first  lady 
of   the   land,"   is  the   first   figure  at  the 


extreme  left  of  the  painting  and  is 
described  as  "  one  of  the  most  remark- 
able characters  of  her  age.  She  was  not 
without  tenderness  and  womanly  grace, 
but  her  distinction  was  a  masculine  under- 
standing, energy,  and  decision,  fitting  her 
for  the  bravest  and  delicate  parts  in 
afifairs.  *  *  *  During  the  war  and  the 
diplomatic  career  of  Mr.  Adams  in 
Europe,  she  managed  his  moderate 
estate  with  a  discretion  which  saved  him 
from  the  mortification  of  such  poverty 
in  his  last  days  as  embittered  the  closing 
years  of  some  of  his  contemporaries.  At 
the  age  of  forty,  *  *  *  public  duties  still 
detaining  her  husband  abroad,  she  left 
her  modest  and  now  quiet  home  in  Bain- 
tree  to  mingle  in  the  shows  of  a  magnifi- 
cent court,  where  intercourse  was  gov- 
erned by  set  forms  and  the  stateliest 
courtesy,  and  it  became  her  duty  to  sus- 
tain not  only  the  dignified  position  of  the 
Minister,  but  the  social  fame  of  her 
country.  *  *  *  She  remained  in  Paris 
and  London  four  years  "  and  soon  after 
her  return  to  America  was  "  summoned 
to  New  York  by  the  election  of  Mr. 
Adams  to  the  office  of  Vice  President. 
She  was  forty-five  and  still  in  the  most 
perfect  maturity  of  her  presence  and  in- 
telligence. In  coming  to  New  York  she 
had  the  happiness  of  being  reunited  to 
her  daughter  "  Abigail  (Mrs.  William  S. 
Smith)  who  also  appears  in  the  painting 
of  the  "  Republican  Court." 

In  the  group  immediately  behind  Mrs. 
Washington  is  John  Dickinson  who 
was  brigadier-general  in  the  Continental 
army,  Mrs.  Rufus  King,  Mrs.  Van 
Rensselaer,  daughter  of  General  Schuy- 
ler, and  Mrs.  Genet  (Cornelia  Clinton  of 
New  York),  wife  of  the  Minister 
from  France. 

Mrs.  Rufus  King,  whose  husband  was 
one  of  General  Sullivan's  aides  in  the 
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personal  beauty ;  her  face  was  oval,  with 
finely  formed  nose,  mouth  and  chin,  blue 
eyes,  a  clear  lirunette  complexion,  black 
hair,  and  fine  teeth.  Her  movements 
were  at  once  graceful  and  gracious  and 
her  voice  musical.  She  had  been  finely 
educated.  Few  women  in  the  city  were 
more  admired  than  Mrs.  Rufus  King, 
though  she  possessed  little  of  that  fond- 
ness for  display  which  made  others  more 
conspicuous.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Aslop,  an  opulent  merchant,  whose 
large  abilities,  patriotism  and  well- 
known  integrity  had  secured  his  election 
to  the  Continental  Congress." 

At  the  right  of  the  dias  upon  which 
Madam  Washington  stands.  Colonel  John 
Trumbull,  the  artist,  is  bending  to  con- 
verse with  the  seated  figure,  who  was 
his  father,  the  Honorable  Jonathan 
Trumbull  "  chosen  friend  and  counsellor 
of  Washington."  Thomas  Jefiferson, 
author  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence ;  Oliver  Wolcott,  a  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence ;  George 
Hammond,  British  ^linister ;  Mrs.  Wads- 
worth  ( Faith  Trumbull,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Trumbull),  and  the  before- 
mentioned  Miss  Habersham,  comi)lete 
this  group. 

In  the  immediate  foreground  of  the 
centre  of  the  painting  attention  is  drawn 
to  four  ladies:  Mrs.  Bingham  (Ann 
Willing),  Mrs.  Theodore  Sedgwick 
(Pamela  Dwight),  Mrs.  John  Jay  (  Sarah 
Livingston),  and  Sophia  Chew,  wife  of 
Henry  Philipps. 

Mrs.  John  Jay,  wife  of  the  Chief  Jus- 
tice, is  turned  in  a  graceful  pose  away 
from  the  observer  of  the  scene  of  the 
painting,  as  if  her  profile  had  been  to  a 
certain  degree  followed  by  the  artist 
Huntington  after  the  portrait  of  her  by 
Pine  which  shows  Mrs.  Jay  in  a  girlish 
outdoor  costume  with  a  large  picture  hat 
tied  with  broad  ribbons  under  her  chin. 


Huntington,  who  lived  and  painted 
long  after  these  notables  had  passed 
away,  relied  on  the  portraits  done  by 
others  for  the  base  work  of  his  painting, 
and  ii  is  remarkable  how  he  was  able  to 
preserve  the  likenesses  in  changing  the 
poses  and  reclothing  the  characters  to  fit 
his  historic  subject.  Had  he  no  other 
model  for  his  portrayal  of  ]\Irs.  Bingham, 
perhaps  the  painting  of  her  by  Gilbert 
Stuart  was  his  inspiration  for  her  arms, 
though  the  latter  artist  posed  them  in 
decidedly  difl:erent  positions. 

Mrs.  Bingham,  a  noted  beauty,  held 
full  sway  over  society  at  Philadelphia, 
and  was  "  distinguished  among  the 
women  of  the  presidential  court,  and  was 
elevated  in  some  respects  above  them  all, 
in  being  the  centre  of  a  court  which  was 
all  her  own.  Her  style,  her  beauty,  her 
influence,  the  elegance  of  her  house,  the 
taste  and  aristocratic  distinction  of  the 
assemblages  which  adorned  it,  have  be- 
come as  household  words  in  the  city 
which  was  the  scene  of  them  and  indeed 
are  historical  in  the  annals  of  the  higher 
social  life  of  America.  *  '^^  *  She  died 
before  she  was  thirty-seven  years  of  age. 
Her  beauty  was  splendid.  Her  figure, 
which  was  somewhat  alaove  the  middle 
size,  was  well  made.  Her  carriage  was 
light  and  elegant,  while  ever  marked  by 
dignity  and  air.  Her  manners  were  a 
gift.  She  spent  some  time  in  France  and 
was  presented  at  the  court  of  Louis  XVI, 
where  she  attracted  particular  attention." 

Louis  Philippe,  Duke  of  Orleans, 
afterwards  king  of  France  during  the 
Restoration,  and  who  also  appears  in  this 
painting  of  the  "  Republican  Court,"  was 
at  that  time  a  penniless  refugee  in  Amer- 
ica. He  was  intimate  with  the  Binghams 
and  "  oflfered  himself  to  one  of  the 
daughters.  The  senator  declined  the 
royal  alliance :  '  Should  you  ever  be  re- 
stored   to   your    hereditary    position,'    he 


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said  to  the  Duke,  '  You  will  be  too  great 
a  match  for  her;  if  not,  she  is  too  great 
a  match  for  you.'  " 

At  the  extreme  right  of  the  painting  is 
seen  Mrs,  Thomas  Mann  Randolph  with 
little  George  Washington  Parke  Custis, 
grandson  of  Lady  Washington,  She  was 
Martha  Jefferson,  whom  John  Ran- 
dolph pronounced  "  the  sweetest  young 
thing  in  Virginia,"  Mrs,  Smith,  the 
before-mentioned  daughter  of  Mrs.  John 
Adams,  also  said  of  her  that  "  delicacy 
and  sensibility  are  read  in  her  every 
feature,  and  her  manners  are  in  unison 
with  all  that  is  amiable  and  lovely." 

Edmund  Randolph  appears  in  the 
painting,  and  of  him  it  is  said  that  his 
"  courtly  manners  and  fine  colloquial 
abilities  had  caused  him  to  be  described 
as  the  '  first  gentleman  of  Virginia,'  " 

The  two  genial  looking  gentlemen  in 
the  upper  group  at  the  extreme  right  of 
the  painting  are  General  Lincoln  and 
General  Knox,  while  another  hero  of  the 
Revolution,  the  Baron  Von  Steuben,  is 
in  the  group  with  Edmond  Randolph  and 
Rev.  Dr,  Ashbel  Green, 

Just  below  them  can  be  seen  the  youth- 
ful faces  of  Mrs,  Chauncy  Goodrich  and 
Mrs,  Richard  Caton,  whose  "  amiable  and 
graceful  manners  made  her  a  general 
favorite,  and  Washington,  in  particular, 
was  extremely  partial  to  her."  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Charles  Carrol,  of  Car- 
rolton,  Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, whose  manners  are  described 
as  very  gracious  and  polished.  He  ap- 
pears in  the  painting  of  the  "  Republican 
Court,"  standing  beside  the  Reverend 
William  White,  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania, 
as  if  in  conversation  with  Mrs,  Harrison 
Gray  Otis,  wife  of  the  statesman,  and 
with  Catherine  Duer,  daughter  of  Lord 
Sterling,  This  last  mentioned  lady  and 
Miss  Livingston,  whose  face  is  seen  in 
profile  just  behind  Mrs.  Bingham,  were 


mentioned  as  among  the  most  distin- 
guished women  at  Washington's  inau- 
gural ball. 

Beside  Miss  Livingston  is  seen  two 
South  Carolinians :  Mrs.  Drayton  and 
Arthur  Middleton,  Signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  Mrs.  Drayton  was 
the  widow  of  John  Drayton,  Chief  Jus- 
tice, President  of  the  Provincial  Congress 
in  1775,  and  who  died  in  Philadelphia 
while  a  member  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress. The  artist  Huntington  seems  to 
have  modelled  the  portrait  of  Mrs.  Dray- 
ton after  her  miniature  by  Saint  Memin. 

In  the  centre  of  the  group  in  the  back- 
ground, framed  by  the  arched  doorway, 
is  seen  Robert  Morris  to  whom  "  Ameri- 
cans certainly  owed,  and  still  owe.  as 
much  acknowledgment  to  his  financial 
operation,  as  to  the  negotiations  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  or  even  to  the  arms  of 
Washington,"  Lewis  Morris,  Signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  is  seen 
standing  next  to  him,  while  Gouveneur 
Morris  of  New  York,  U.  S.  Minister  to 
France,  appears  in  profile  in  the  same 
framing  just  to  the  right  of  General 
Greene.  The  others  of  the  group  in  the 
doorway  are :  Benjamin  Huntington, 
member  of  the  Continental  Congress  and 
grandfather  of  the  artist ;  Thomas 
McKean,  Signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  Governor  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; James  Iredell  of  South  Carolina, 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  Dr. 
Benjamin  Rush,  Signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence. 

As  to  the  ladies  seated  at  the  right  in 
the  painting:  the  elder  is  Mrs.  George 
Clinton,  wife  of  the  governor  of  New 
York,  and  the  younger  is  Mrs.  Ralph 
Izard  of  South  Carolina,  famed  for  her 
beauty.  She  had  graced  the  courts  of 
London  and  Versailles.  Her  hair  is 
dressed  in  the  same  manner  even  to  the 


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decoration  of  pearls,  as  is  shown  in  her 
portrait  painted  by  Gainsborough. 

Bending  for  conversation  with  Mrs. 
Chnton  and  Mrs.  Izard  is  Mrs.  Cutler, 
wife  of  Manasseh  Cutler,  minister  of  the 
Gospel,  Revolutionary  soldier  and  states- 
man, while  just  above  her  is  seen  the  face 
of  John  Hancock,  President  of  Congress. 
To  the  left  of  the  latter,  the  group  framed 
in  the  columns  is  composed  of  Gilbert 
Stuart,  the  artist,  General  O.  Williams, 
Robert  Livingston,  Chancellor  of  New 
York,  and  Francis  Hopkinson,  Signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence. 


In  the  foreground  at  the  right  of  the 
painting,  the  figure  of  the  lady  whose 
back  is  turned,  is  Mrs.  Winthrop,  the 
adopted  daughter  of  Governor  Bowdoin 
of  Massachusetts.  "  With  him  she  lived 
during  the  whole  period  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, meeting  at  his  house  Franklin  and 
Lafayette,  and  the  French  and  American 
officers  of  distinction  who  visited  the  city. 
Lafayette  was  a  great  admirer  of  hers, 
and  called  often  to  see  her  during  his 
visit  to  America.  She  was  long  a  reign- 
ing belle  of  Boston." 


NEW  ENGLAND'S  HILLS 

By  Jeanie  Gould  Lincoln 

New  England's  hills,  New  England's  hills,  how   beautiful  they   stand. 
Their  purple  outlines  seek  the  sky  above  the  lovely  land, 
As  mirrowcd  in  the  calm  blue  lakes  or   on  the  river's  breast. 
They  fill  the  heart  with  ecstacy,  the  soul  with  peace  and  rest. 


O'er   all   the   land,   our    favored   land,    arc   hills   and    mountains   green, 
From  where  the  rugged  Rockies  rise  in  grandeur  o'er  the  scene 
To   Maine's   tall    forests — but  to  eyes   and   hearts   who   distant   roam 
What  hills  are  like  New  England  hills,  the  hills   we  loved   at  home? 


New   England's   hills — their  outlines   dear   are  graven  on   our   hearts. 
With  touch  so  tender,  hand  so  true,  that  when  the  vision  parts. 
By  day  or  night,  they  come  to  us  and  'mid  fond  Memory's  scenes, 
Thy  hills.   New   England,  rise  aloft,  the   Paradise   of   dreams! 


IN  THE   HALLOWED  AREA  OF  OUR 
EARLY  SEA  STRUGGLES 

By  Frank  J.   Brunner 


l-i|^T|  T-||HEX  the  history  of  the  United 
l(S/Ai5)  States  Navy  in  the  World  War 
sliall  be  written,  the  records  of 
the  operations  in  European 
waters  will  suffer  much,  should 
their  romance  be  minimized  for 
the  sake  of  official  formality.  For  there 
were  many  romantic  incidents  in  our 
Navy's  service  in  association  with  the 
British  sea  forces.  None  of  its  actions, 
however,  had  the  delightful  and  patriotic 
touches  of  coincidence  as  had  the  activi- 
ties of  the  United  States  Naval  Aviation 
Forces,  operating  on  the  coast  of  France. 
Looking  back  upon  the  early  days  of  1917 
following  the  declaration  of  war  with  the 
German  Empire,  it  would  seem  as  though 
the  French  Admiralty,  with  characteristic 
tact  and  appreciation  of  the  fitness  of 
things,  had  directed  the  United  States 
Navy's  representatives  entrusted  with 
establishing  aviation  stations  to  those 
coastal  sections  associated  with  the  early 
struggles  of  America  to  attain  sea  power 
— struggles  which  were  so  graciously 
encouraged,  assisted  and  sustained  valo- 
rously  by  France  more  than  a  cen- 
tury ago. 

From  the  very  first  the  Navy's  air 
activities  were  in  the  area  hallowed  by 
our  heroes,  whose  deeds  of  daring  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  and  in  the  War  of 
1812,  in  the  waters  about  the  French 
coast  and  the  British  Isles  are  foremost 
among  our  proudest  traditions  of  the  sea. 
Of  the  twenty-five  naval  air  stations  in 
operation  when  the  war  ended  on  Novem- 


ber 11,  1918,  almost  a  score  were  located 
at  or  near  ports  which  came  to  know 
the  aroused  spirit  of  America  from  its 
brave,  intrepid,  fighting  seamen  whose 
remarkable  victories  will  ever  be  an  in- 
spiration to  the  nation  no  less  than  to 
our  Navy. 

Our  pioneer  Naval  Air  Force  detach- 
ment, which  also  had  the  distinction  of 
being  the  first  armed  force  from  the 
United  States  to  touch  French  soil, 
arrived  on  June  5,  1917,  at  Pauillac  on 
the  Gironde  River.  This  town  was  later 
to  see  the  extensive  base  of  aero  opera- 
tions, where  American  bluejackets  con- 
structed 179  buildings,  including  120 
barracks  accommodating  12,000  men,  the 
station  and  aviation  field  covering  220 
acres.  The  slogan  of  this  detachment 
appropriately  might  have  been  "  Lafay- 
ette, we  are  here,"  for  within  one-half 
mile  of  the  point  of  debarkation  stands 
the  stone  pier  from  which  Count  de 
Lafayette  sailed  for  America  to  help  the 
Colonists  in  their  battle  for  independence. 

The  second  detachment  of  our  naval 
air  forces  landed  June  9,  1917,  at  St. 
Nazaire,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Loire  River, 
a  few  miles  from  Paimboeuf,  the  port 
where  Captain  John  Paul  Jones,  "  Father 
of  the  American  Navy,"  arrived  in  the 
Ranger  after  a  voyage  of  thirty-one  days 
from  Portsmouth,  on  his  initial  voyage 
to  France.  The  log  of  the  Ranger  gives 
the  date  of  anchoring  December  2  or  3. 
1777,  but  French  records  fix  the  date  at 
November    30,    1777.      This    is    usually 

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spoken  of  as  Jones's  arrival  at  Xantes, 
on  the  Loire,  at  the  mouth  of  which 
Painiboeuf  is  situated. 

At  Paimboeuf,  our  Navy  installed  an 
airship  station  with  a  view  to  protecting 
the  transports  bringing  thousands  of  men 
and  shiploads  of  material  to  St.  Nazaire. 
Paimboeuf  knew  Paul  Jones  well,  for  his 
vessel  lay  at  anchor  off  the  town  for  more 
than  two  months,  the  Ranger  sailing  Feb- 
ruary \2,  1778,  for  Queberon  Bay,  where 
she  arrived  the  next  day. 

Continuing  the  voyage  the  Ranger  a 
day  later  arrived  at  the  Loire  River.  Here 
a  momentous  incident  occurred — the  first 
gun  salute  to  the  American  flag  bv  anv 
foreign  power.  It  was  on  February  14. 
1778,  that  the  French  Navy  paid  its 
respects  b}-  firing  a  salute,  which  was 
promptly  acknowledged  by  Jones.  And 
at  La  Croisic,  within  sight  of  the  scene 
of  this  valued  recognition  from  France 
of  our  flag,  the  first  United  States  Naval 
Air  Station  was  put  in  commission  almost 
exactly  140  years  later. 

Our  venturesome  naval  airmen,  patrol- 
ling the  enemy  submarine-infested  waters 
from  these  stations,  must  have  felt  the 
influence  of  scenes  familiar  to  their  dar- 
ing forebears,  for  Paimboeuf  had  been  a 
favorite  rendezvous  of  American  priva- 
teersmen  during  the  War  of  1812-15. 
The  famous  Captain  George  Coggeshall 
long  made  Paimboeuf  and  the  nearby 
Lorient  and  Roche  fort  his  ports  for  sal- 
vaging prizes.  The  Salem  privateer  Lion, 
Captain  Hitch ;  the  Baltimore  privateer 
schooner  Kemp.  Captain  Jacobs;  the 
Philadelphia  privateer  Spencer.  Captain 
G.  Moore,  and  many  others  took  into 
Paimboeuf  nearly  $10,000,000  worth 
of  ])rizes. 

A  particularly  imjjortant  air  station 
was  established  l>y  our  Navy  at  Brest,  the 
port  of  intense  activities  of  both  the 
American  I^xiieditiimarv  I'urces  and  the 


French  Admiralty.  Brest  was  familiar 
to  Paul  Jones,  for  he  entered  its  almost 
land-locked  harbor  in  the  Ranger  on 
March  23,  1778,  and  from  this  port  he 
conducted  many  of  his  important  nego- 
tiations with  the  French  government. 
Again  the  American  flag  had  been  saluted 
on  March  3,  1778,  as  the  Ranger  sailed 
into  Comaret  Bay,  and  on  entering  Brest 
harlior,  Admiral  Count  D'Orvilliers,  com- 
manding the  French  fleet,  for  the  third 
time  gave  greeting  to  the  new  standard 
of  freedom. 

From  Brest  the  Ranger  put  to  sea 
April  10.  1778,  for  a  cruise  around  the 
British  Isles,  and  returned  to  port  on 
May  8th  with  the  British  sloop  of  war 
Drake  as  a  prize.  While  negotiating  for 
a  fleet  from  the  French  to  augment  the 
gallant  little  Navy,  Jones  waited  at  Brest 
until  December  1st,  when  he  sailed  for 
Lorient,  arriving  December  6,  1778.  On 
February  4,  1779.  Jones  received  from 
King  Louis  XVI  the  French  man-o'- 
war  Diiras  which,  in  honor  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  was  renamed  the 
/to;;  Homuie  Riehard. 

Brest  was  also  the  fitting  out  port  of 
American  privateers  during  the  Revo- 
lution and  the  War  of  1812.  According 
to  JMaclay's  "  liistory  of  American 
Privateers,"  Captain  Daniel  McNeil  had 
the  honor  in  1778,  while  in  command  of 
the  American  20-gun  privateer  General 
Mifflin,  to  receive  a  salute  from  the 
French  admiral  at  Brest.  The  British 
ambassador  regarded  this  act  as  offensive 
and  threatened  to  leave  the  country.  On 
December  24,  1814,  the  privateer  Sur- 
prise, Captain  J.  Barnes,  of  Baltimore, 
sailed  into  Brest  with  several  British 
prizes  and  received  a  salute  of  eleven 
guns.  J\Iany  other  American  vessels 
used  this  extremely  friendly  port  when 
hard  pressed  liy  the  Piritish  channel  fleet, 
and    although    our    "air    sailors"    were 


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strangers  to  the  ancient  harbor,  our  Hag 
and  our  Navy  have  been  known  and  wel- 
comed there  for  more  than  a  century.  So 
it  was  fitting  that  our  naval  air  station 
should  be  placed  adjoining  the  French 
navy  yard  west  of  the  city  of  Brest,  and 
that  the  station  foundation  was  laid  upon 
stones  brought  from  the  surrounding  hills 
and  earth  dredged  from  the  harbor — 
truly  a  cementing  of  the  long  friendship 
lietween  France  and  the  United  States 
that  has  resisted  the  political  designs  and 
changes  of  time. 

Brest  was  the  rendezvous  in  1813  of 
the  renowned  privateer,  the  True  Blooded 
Ynnkcc,  Captain  Hailey,  of  Rhode  Island, 
while  cruising  the  Irish  channel.  This 
intrepid  skipper  took  prizes  almost  daily, 
seized  an  island  near  the  Irish  coast  and 
held  it  for  six  days,  and  after  thirty-seven 
days  at  sea  returned  to  Brest  with  seventy 
prisoners  and  valuable  cargoes.  Captain 
Hailey  landed  and  held  several  small 
towns  for  ransom,  and  he  burned  seven 
vessels  anchored  in  an  Irish  port.  In 
Alav,  1813,  he  ran  into  Dublin  harbor 
and  sank  a  schooner  which  had  eluded 
him  the  day  previous.  Sailing  again  from 
Brest,  Septemljer  21,  1813,  the  True 
Blooded  Yankee  was  inflicting  heavy 
damage  on  British  commerce  in  the  chan- 
nel when  she  was  captured,  and  with  her 
complement  taken  to  Gibraltar,  to  be  in- 
terned until  the  end  of  the  war.  In  all, 
Captain  Hailey  had  taken' 27  vessels,  one 
of  his  prizes  being  worth  $400,000. 

The  naval  air  station  located  at  St. 
Trojan,  for  the  protection  of  convoys 
bound  in  and  out  of  the  Gironde  River 
and  coastal  traffic  from  the  Gulf  of  Gas- 
cony  to  the  mouth  of  the  Loire,  was 
situated  in  an  area  which  had  witnessed 
stirring  scenes  in  which  early  American 
seamen  were  the  princiiials.  The  village 
is  at  the  southern  end  of  the  He  D'Oleron, 
which  was  a  rendezvous   for  our  priva- 


teers attacking  British  shipping  in  the 
Ba}'  of  Biscay.  Commodore  Joshua  Bar- 
ney, as  lieutenant  and  later  as  captain, 
became  famous  for  his  sea  fights  near  the 
He.  first  in  the  brig  Poinouu.  then  in  the 
Hyder  .Illy.  In  1796,  owing  to  a  dis- 
agreement with  his  superiors,  Barnev  left 
the  American  service  and  entered  the 
French  Navy,  remaining  several  vears 
and  attaining  the  rank  of  commodore. 
Commodore  Thomas  Truxtun,  famed  no 
less  than  Barney,  in  the  shi]>  Independ- 
ence, won  renown  for  his  successes 
against  the  British  off  the  He  D'Oleron 
and,  in  1781,  with  the  twenty-gun  priva- 
teer St.  James,  was  entrusted  with  the 
perilous  task  of  conveying  to  France  our 
consul  general,  IMr.  Barclay.  Truxtun's 
third  officer  on  this  voyage  was  ^^'i^iam 
Jones,  afterward  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy.  The  privateer  Yankee  "  infested  " 
these  waters,  being  accredited  with  the 
capture  of  more  than  forty  British  craft 
in  the  Bay  of  Biscay. 

The  famous  privateer  David  Porter, 
commanded  by  Captain  George  Cogge- 
shall,  operated  from  LaRochelle.  This 
hardy  ship  and  her  skipper  occupy  a 
proud  place  in  our  Navy's  traditions,  for 
her  crew  was  largely  composed  of  men 
from  the  U.  S.  S.  President.  Her  great 
exploit  was  the  capture  of  several  British 
prizes,  from  which  a  heavy  cargo  of 
stores  and  goods  was  taken  and  the  cap- 
tives released,  all  in  sight  of  a  British 
frigate,  the  Porter  making  her  escape  liy 
a  ruse  which  caused  the  frigate  to  fire 
upon  the  released  British  craft. 

The  naval  air  station  at  Arcachon,  in 
the  southwest  e.xtremity  of  the  Province 
of  the  Gironde,  was  a  strategic  base  for 
our  naval  vessels  and  privateers  during 
the  Revolutionary  War  and  the  War  of 
1812.  It  was  the  rendezvous  where  our 
captains  lay  in  wait  for  British  shipping 
on  the  voxage  from  .Siiain.  which  headed 


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across  the  Bay  of  Biscay  for  the  west 
entrance  to  the  British  channel.  Off  the 
French  coast  in  the  vicinity  of  Arcachon 
it  was  that  Captain  Harraden,  in  command 
of  the  privateer  General  Piekcring,  cap- 
tured the  English  schooner  Golden  Eagle 
at  night  Ijy  boldly  running  up  to  the 
enemy  and  demanding  surrender,  threat- 
ening that  he  would  blow  the  schooner 
out  of  the  water  with  his  "  frigate." 

On  June  4,  1780,  Harraden  in  the 
General  Pickering  fought  an  engagement 
in  the  Bay  of  Biscay  off  Bilboa,  Spain, 
with  the  London  privateer  Achilles  in 
full  view  of  the  land,  thousands  of  Span- 
iards gathering  to  witness  a  naval  battle. 
The  Achilles  mounted  forty-two  guns 
and  carried  140  men.  The  General 
Pickering  had  but  sixteen  guns,  and  after 
three  hours  of  fighting  compelled  the 
Achilles  to  crowd  on  sail  and  run  away. 
Harraden,  who  had  been  compelled  to 
relinquish  the  captive  Golden  Eagle,  re- 
captured the  schooner  with  a  British  prize 
crew  and  the  second  officer  of  the 
Achilles  on  board.  At  the  conclusion  of 
the  battle,  small  boats  surrounded  the 
General  Pickering  and  when  Harraden 
went  ashore  the  enthusiastic  Spaniards 
raisL'il  him  on  their  shoulders  and  bore 
him  in  triumph  about  the  streets  of 
Bilboa.  This  engagement  was  the  early 
"precedent"  for  a  later  historic  naval  duel, 
that  was  fought  off  Cherbourg  on  June 
19,  1864,  between  the  Kcarsarge  and  the 
Alabama  in  full  view  of  thousands  of 
English  and  French  spectators  gathered 
on  the  shores  of  the  English  channel. 

The  patrolling  area  for  our  naval  air 
forces  in  the  Bay  of  Biscay,  north  of 
the  Gironde  River  was  the  scene  in 
April.  1S14,  iif  an  exploit  in  running  the 
British  lilockade  of  LaRochelle,  which 
is  a  brilliant  chapter  in  the  records  of 
American  seamanship.  The  American 
vessels  involved  were  the   Boston  priva- 


teer Ida,  Captain  Jeremiah  Mantor;  the 
Rattlesnake.  Captain  David  Maffitt,  of 
Philadelphia,  and  the  Decatur,  Cciptain 
Brown,  of  Portsmouth.  At  a  conference 
in  LaRochelle  to  plan  a  course  of  action, 
Captain  George  Coggeshall  of  the  famous 
privateer  David  Porter,  who  had  pre- 
viously dispatched  his  vessel  to  America, 
was  present.  The  time  was  one  of  sus- 
pense, for  the  allied  armies  had  invested 
Paris  on  March  30th.  But  the  American 
skippers  could  see  but  one  means  at  their 
command,  and  that  was  to  try  and  break 
through  the  cordon  of  British  warships. 

On  April  8,  1814,  the  three  American 
vessels  stood  down  the  harbor,  but  the 
commanders  of  the  Rattlesnake  and  the 
Decatur,  deeming  it  footless  to  run  the 
strong  blockading  force  at  anchor  in  the 
roads  off  LaRochelle,  put  back  to  port. 
The  Ida,  in  plain  sight  of  the  enemy, 
took  the  desperate  chance  and  dashed  for 
freedom.  Captain  Mantor's  very  bold- 
ness took  the  English  wholly  by  surprise. 
He  eluded  a  huge  ship  of  the  line,  ran 
across  a  war  schooner  and  weathered 
her  broadside,  crossed  the  bow  of  still 
another  warship,  and  got  away.  At  night- 
fall fully  ten  British  warships  were  in 
full  chase,  which  continued  all  through 
the  next  day  and  night,  the  Ida  finally 
outfooting  her  pursuers  by  daylight  on 
April  10th  and  heading  for  Boston,  which 
she  reached  in  safety. 

The  Rattlesnake  and  Decatur  soon 
after  the  Ida's  escape,  seized  opportuni- 
ties and  dashed  out  of  LaRochelle,  but 
both  vessels  were  subsequently  captured, 
the  Rattlesnake  by  the  frigate  Hyperion, 
June  3,  1814,  and  the  Decatur  by  the 
British  squadron,  September  3,  1814. 

In  the  struggle  for  independence  1151 
American  privateers  were  commissioned, 
whose  known  captures  were  343  British 
vessels,  the  lesser  portion  of  them  about 
the  French  coast.      In  the  War  of   1812 


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87 


there  were  515  privateers  commissioned, 
and  they  are  known  to  have  captured 
1345  British  craft,  a  ver\'  large  portion  of 
them  in  foreign  waters,  and  in  exploits 
in  and  about  the  Bay  of  Biscay  that  will 
li\-e  in  sea  history  to  the  end  of  time. 

Every  area  that  saw  activities  of  the 
United  States  Navy  in  the  World  War, 
moreover,  knew  in  our  early  days  as  a 
nation  that  genius  of  naval  warfare  of 
whom  Napoleon  had  said  after  Trafal- 
gar :  "  Had  Jones  lived  to  this  day  France 
might  have  had  an  admiral."  Paul  Jones, 
as  he  desired  to  he  known,  was  twenty- 
eight  years  old  when  he  joined  the  Ameri- 
can cause  in  1775.  and  in  the  next  five 
years  commanded  the  Ranger,  the  Bon 
Hoiiiinc  Richard,  the  Scrapis.  and  the 
Alliance,  when  his  reputation  as  the  great- 


est naval  commander  of  his  time  was 
secure,  when  he  was  recognized  as  Brit- 
ain's most  formidable  enemy  on  the  sea, 
creator  of  the  American  Navy,  the  trusted 
adviser  of  Washington  and  Lafayette, 
and  the  friend  of  Louis  XVI  of  France 
and  Catherine  of  Russia,  the  latter  of 
whom  he  served  as  a  rear  admiral  in  the 
Black  Sea  in  the  war  against  Turkey. 
He  died  in  Paris  in  1792,  at  the  age  of 
forty-five  years. 

Our  Navy  in  the  World  War,  through 
its  service  honored  the  genius,  who  had 
said :  "  I  have  drawn  my  sword  in  the 
present  generous  struggle  for  the  rights 
of  men.  *  *  *  I  am  ready  to  sacrifice 
my  life  also  with  cheerfulness,  if  that 
forfeiture  could  restore  peace  and  good- 
will among  mankind." 


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DEPARTMENT 

HISTORIAN 


Historical  Program 

Conducted  by 
GEORGE  MORTON  CHURCHILL,  Ph.D. 

VL  Northwestern  Expansion,  1803-1867. 


I.  Exploration  and  the  Fur  Trade. 

1.  Jefferson's  interest  in  the  West  led  him  to 
plan  the  Lewis  and  Clark  expedition  even  be- 
fore the  Louisiana  Purchase.  By  it  the  Missouri 
River  was  explored,  a  practicable  path  found 
across  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and  another  point 
made  in  the  American  claim  to  Oregon. 

Coman :    Economic    Beginnings   of   the 

Far   West,  i,  236-282. 
McAlaster :  History   of  the   People   of 
the  United  States,  iii,  142-144. 
For    more    extended    accounts    see    Lighten : 
Leivis  and  Clark  (Riverside  Biographies)  Noah 
Brooks:  First  Across  the  Mountains. 

2.  Pike's  expedition,  while  unsuccessful  in 
exploring  the  sources  of  the  Red  River,  his 
avowed  object,  explored  the  upper  course  of  the 
Arkansas,  and  owing  to  the  unskilful  action  of 
the  Spanish  authorities,  brought  back  the  first 
definite  knowledge  of  New  Mexico  and  the 
possibilities  of   the    Santa   Fe  trade. 

Coman :  i,  44-55. 
McMaster :  iii,  144-145. 

3.  The  fur  trade  had  led  French  trappers  to 
the  foot  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  It  did  not 
flourish  under  Spanish  rule,  but  revived  with 
the  American  occupation. 

Coman:   i,  289-309. 

Eucyclof'edia    Americana,    article    Fur 

Trade. 

Astor's    connection    with    it    is    fully    told    in 

Irving's    Astoria:    for    a    briefer    account    see 

McMaster,   iv,  470-473;  or   Coman,  i,  307-332. 

4.  Fremont's  expeditions,  actuated  by  the 
growing  interest  in  Oregon  revealed  nothing 
not  hitherto  known  to  hunters  and  trappers, 
but  surveyed  the  country  for  the  first  time, 
and  scientifically  indicated  the  route  to  the 
Columbia  valley. 

Thwaites :    Rocky    Mountain    Explora- 
tions, 228-239." 


II.  Oregon. 

For  a  general  account  see  Johnson:  Century 
of  E.xpension,  ch.  vi ;  or  McElroy,  R.  AI. : 
Winning  of  the  Far  J  Vest.  ch.  iv. 

1.  American  claims  to  Oregon  were  founded 
on  the  discovery  of  the  Columbia  River  by 
Captain   Gray. 

Laut :   J''ikings  of  the  Pacific,  ch.  viii. 

Coman:    i,  211-221. 
Treaties  in  1819  and  1824  transferred  to  the 
United     States     whatever     claims     Spain     and 
Russia    had    to   the    countrv    between    42°    and 
54°40'; 

McMaster:  v,  18-27. 

Garrison:  H'cstzi'ard  E.vtension.  34-39. 

Channing:  United  States,  v,  499-505. 
leaving  England  and  the  United  States  in 
joint  occupation  with  the  question  of  division 
or  ultimate  ow-nership  still  to  be  settled. 

McMaster:  v,  477-483. 

Burgess:  Middle  Period.   311-317. 

Barrows  :  Oregon,  ch.  x. 

2.  The  Oregon  Trail,  up  the  Platte  and 
Sweetwater  and  down  the  Snake  Valley,  long 
known  to  trappers,  became  the  main  highway 
for  immigration. 

Semple :  American  History  and  its 
Geographic  Conditions.  200-215  the  classic  ac- 
count is  Parkman's  Oregon  Trail:  good  illus- 
trative reading  is  Emerson  Hough's  Tlie 
Covered  Wagon. 

3.  The  American  influx  began  with  the  fur 
traders,  was  continued  by  the  missionaries,  of 
whom  Marcus  Whitman  is  best  remembered ; 
for  the  story  of  his  ride  see  Barrows :  Oregon, 
ch.  xviii ;  from  1842  annual  caravans  began  to 
move  over  the  trail. 

McMaster:  vi,  108-113;  447-454. 
Paxson  :  Last  American  Frontier,  70-85. 

4.  The  increased  immigration  gave  new  force 
to  the   American  claim,  and  led  to  a   demand 


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for  the  termination  of  the  joint  occupancy. 
British  insistance  on  the  Columbia  River  as  a 
boundary  was  met  by  a  demand  for  "  Fifty- 
four  forty  or  fight !"  As  a  compromise  the  Hne 
of   forty-nine   degrees   was  adopted. 

lilcMaster:   vii,  286-304;   407-120. 

Garrison:  U'cslzvard  Extension.  157- 
173. 

Burgess:  Middir  P.-riod:  324-326. 

III.  Al.\sk.\. 
Alaska  had  been  discovered  by  the  Russians 


in    the    eighteenth    century    and    its    fur    trade 
exploited. 

I.aut:  J'ikini/s  of  the  Pacific,  ch.  iii-iv. 
Coman  :  i,  193-204. 
Its  furs  were  now  becoming  exhausted,  main- 
tenance of  the  dependency  was  expensive,  and 
its  loss  in  war  likely.  The  United  States  was 
glad  to  remove  possibilities  of  future  trouble 
by  accepting  Russia's  offer  to  sell. 

Rhodes  :  United  States,  vi.  211-213. 
Johnson :  Century  of  Expansion,  ch.  vii. 
Fish,  C.  R. :  The  Path  of  Empire,  ch. 
iii   (Chronicles  of  America.  No.  46.) 


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9,    1796. 
Hugh  Ferguson  to  Martha  Craig,  Nov.  9,  1796. 
William  Ewing  to  Betty  McNutt,  Nov.  9,  1796. 

Alexander  McCullock 
James  Hamton  to  Alary  Gillespie,  Oct.  6,  1796, 

Barkley  McGhee 
John  Hannah  to  Jane  Trimble,   Feb.   15,    1796. 
John  Hannah  to  Martha   Aliller,  Sept.  5,   1796. 

Wm.  Miller 
Josiah   Hutton   to    Isabella    McConual,    Jan.    5, 

1796.  James  McConnal 
Isaac    McGuire    to    Martha    Tackson,    Tulv    14, 

1796. 
Wm.  Nickel  to  Elizabeth  Vaune,  Aug.  19,  1796. 
John  Roberts  to  Rachel  Robinett,  Dec.  9.  1796. 
Thomas   Rogers   to   Mary    W.    Carter,   July    5, 

1796 
90 


John  Shankland  to  Lidda  Hart,  June  14,  1796. 

Joseph  Hart 
William   Wittenbarg   to   Mary   Robinnett,   Jan. 

30,  1796.  Jacob  Sleek 

1797 

Burrel   Bell   to   Sophia   Yancey,  Jan.    17.    1797. 

Austin   Yancey 
James    Boyd    to    Ann    Miller,    Feb.    15.    1797. 

James    Sloss 
Hugh   L.   Cochran  to   Margaret   Reagan,   Sept. 

4,  1797.  George  Blackburn 
John   Cowan   to  Ann   Gillespie,   Aug.   28,    1797 
Robert  Cowan  to  Nancy  Martin,  Aug.  20,  1797. 

James   Martin 
Miles  Cunningham  to   Mary  Donney   (?)    May 

22,  1797. 
Adam  Dunlap  to  Margery  Porter,  Jan.  31,  1797 
David    Egleton    to    Elizabeth    Hooks,    Time    2, 

1797 
James   Edmiston  to  Agnes   Alexander,   Oct.  7, 

1797 
Esom   Frankland   to   Rebecca   Major,   July    17, 

1797.  Samuel  Major 
John  Frankland  to  Polly  Erwin,  Aug.  20,  1797. 

Wm.  E.  Erwin 
Wm.    Gammell   to    Ann    McGaughey,    Oct.    12, 

1797 
John  Gilmore  to  Elmor   McKinnev,   March  13, 

1797 
Samuel  Gold  to  Martha  Jackson,  Sept.  17,  1797. 

Robert  Wilson 
Joseph    Hannah    to   Mary    Walker,    March    25, 

1797 
McAjor    Hash   to    Susannah    Roberts,    Sept.   5, 

1797.  John  Roberts 
Ephraim    Howard    to    Elizabeth   ^^aught,    Tune 

13,  1797 
Andrew  Jackson  to  Jean   Sloan,  June  8,    1797. 
Samuel  King  to  Agnes  Hannah.  Aug.  26.  1797 
William   Lowrey   to   Ann   Wallace,    March    17, 

1797.  W.  Wallace 
James  McClure  to  Margaret  Gamble.   Sept.  12, 

1797.  Samuel  King 
John  McDowell  to  Pheby  Frankland,  Sept.  20, 

1797.  Francis   Irwin 
John  Netherton  to   Elizabeth  Hardon,   Aug.  9, 

1797 


MARRIAGE  BONDS  FROM  MARYVILLE,  BLOUNT  COUNTY,  TENNESSEE 


John    Stephens    to    Rehecca    Clampet,    Oct.   24, 

1797. 
Samuel  Terry  to  Sarah  Hail,  Oct.  3,  1797 
James   Thompson  to   Susannah   Weer,   June   3, 

1797.  John  Weer 

Hugh  Walker  to  Nancy  Cochran,  June  S,  1797, 

Hugh  Cochran,  Sr. 
John  Williams  to  Agnes  Bogle,  Sept.  17,  1797. 

Samuel  Bogle 
John  Weer  to  Jenny  Weir,  June  3,  1797. 

1798 

James  Berry  to  Rebecca  Rogers — Aug.  20,  1798 
Isom  Bradley  to   Susannah  Mattucks — May  13, 

1798 
John  Cabe  to  Margaret  Cooper — Feb.  21,  1798 
Joel   Copeland  to  Rebecka  Huchison,   Sept.   14, 

1798.  John    Huchison 

David  Cunningham  to   Prissy  Dennis,  Jan.   13, 

1798.  Miles  Cunningham 
James    Dunlap   to    Margaret   Palmer,    Dec.    26, 

1798.   Stephen  Graves 
James    Ewing    to    Mary    Thompson,    April    30, 

1798. 
John  Gamble  to  Sarah  Williams,  November  21, 

1798.  Richard  Williams 
John   Garner   to   Rachel   Henry.    Oct.    17,    1798 
William  Hanna  to   Mary   Moor,   May   1,   1798. 

John    Cochran 
Samuel  Henrv  to  Elizabeth  Garnor,  March  26, 

1798 
Isaac  Legg  to  Mary  Horsley  (?)   Sept.  6,  1798. 

Ambrose   Legg 
Barton  Lovelace  to  Marv  Lann    (?)    June   30, 

1798 
Thomas    Maxwell   to    Esther    Hogg.    Sept.    17, 

1798 
John  McCammon  to  Elizabeth  Tipton.  May  14, 

1798 
James    McGaughey    to    Margaret    McCan    ( ? ) 

April  12,  1798.  Wm.  McGaughey 
Samuel   McKinzey  to  Jenny  Tippett.    Dec.   20, 

1798. 
James  McTeer  to  Jenny  McTeer.  Aug.  7,  1798 
John   Montgomerv   to   Peggy   Alexander,   Nov. 

23,   1798.  Geo.  Wallace 
Edward  Richardson  to  Sarah  Reed.  ^larch  31, 

1798.  Jas.  Blair 
Samuel  Rowan  to   Jean   Cowan.   Aug.   7.   1798. 
Thomas  Siplman  to  Charity  Jones.  July  2,  1798. 

Lewis  Jones 
Magness  Tauge  to  Frances  Rogers.  Jan.  2,  1798. 

John   Rogers 
David    Wallace    to    Sarah    Justice,    April    23, 

1798.  Moses  Justice 
John    Wallace    to    Jean    Blackburn.    Mav    22, 

1798.  John  Cowaii 
Jacob    Willis    to    Alargaret    Majors.    Aug.    20, 

1798. 


1799 

Benjamin    Alexander    to    Ruth    Wallace.    Sept. 

16,  1799.  Robert  Hook 
William  Blair  to  Betsy  McDowell.  Dec.  2,  1799 
Tames    Boyd   to    Hannah    McMurrav.    Sept.    3. 

1799.  Gideon  Blackburn 
John   Boyd  to  Cathy  Holoway.   Sept.  30,   1799 
Abraham   Bvrd   to   Betsy    Gillespie,    March  20, 

1799. 
Wm.  Bradley  to  Mary  Alurphy.  June  24,  1799. 

Thos.    Murphy 
Isaac   Cochran  to   Polly   Kelly.   April    10,    1799 
Isaac   Cochran  to   Polly   Kelly.   April   20,   1799 
Richard   Coulter   to    Alinner    Kitchin.    Tune    19, 

1799. 
John    B.    Cusock   to    Hulda    Durliam.    Oct.    9, 

1799. 
George  Doherty  to  Nancy  McDowell.  April   1, 

1799.  John  McDowell 
John   Friar   to  Jobetha   Avery.    Nov.    11,    1799. 
Joseph    Galahar    to    Margaret    Gillespie.    .April 

16,  1799. 
Andrew  Gamble  to   Elizabeth   Davidson.   April 

23,  1799.  Wm.  Armstrong 
Hugh    Gamble    to    Bctsv    Whittenbnrger.    Dec. 

21,  1799. 
William   Gamble   to    Sarah    Gillespie.    Dec.    10, 

1799. 
Alexander   Gillespie  to  Margaret  Yoimg.  Aug. 

3,   1799 
John  Gillespie  to  Patsy  Houston.  Feb.  7,  1799. 

Robert  Gillespie 
Robert    Gillespie    to    Betsv    Houston.    Feb.    7, 

1799.  John  Gillespie 
Arthur  Greer  to  Jenny  Hart.  Aug.  29,  1799. 
Wm.  Girffits  to  i^Iary  Matthews.  June  IS,  1799. 
Hugh  Hackney  to  Ann  Lambert,  June  15.  1799. 
John  Kelly  to  Nancy  Mayho.  Nov.  9,  1799. 
Win.    Letherdale    to    Elizabeth    Willis.    March 

16,  1799.  James   Willis 
John  Likens   (?)   Isabella  Sloan.  Aug.  22,  1799. 
James   AlcDowell   to   Nancy   Conner.    Sept.   30. 

1799. 
Tohn    McReynoIds   to    Tane    McRevnolds.    Nov. 

27,  1799. 
Rolx-rt   AIcTeer   to   Marv    Sherrell.    March  22, 

1799. 
David    Montgomerv    to    Margaret    McColIum. 

Jan.  7,  1799. 
Thomas    Morrison   to   Frances    Beard.    August 

13,  1799. 
David    Parkhill   to    Martha   Washani.    Aug.   2, 

1799.  John  Trimble 
John   Sanders   to   Silvia   Baless.   May  27,   1799. 
John  Tedford  to  Jean  Henderson.  Dec.  11,  1799. 
John  Thompson  to   Margaret   AlcConald.    Mav 

30,    1799. 
William   Wallace   to    Pollv    Wallace.   June   29, 

1799.  Gideon  Blackburn 
Patrick    Woods    to   Jenney    Hanna.     June    12. 

1799. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Samuel  Weer  to  Polly  Gillahan.  Sept.  30,  1799. 
Jacob  Johnson 

1800 

William    Alexander   to   Ana    Bigham,    Sept.    5, 

1800.  Joseph  Alexander 
Richard' Blevins  to  Elizabeth  Arenton.  Nov.  5, 

1800 
Adam  Borden  to  Betsy  Huchison.  Sept.  4,  1800 
Michael  Bowcrman  to  Cathy   Bowers.  Feb.  25, 

1800 
James  Cowan  to  Margaret  Montgomery.  April 

22,  1800.  Samuel  Cowan 
Joseph    Falkncr    to    Martha    Franks.    July    21, 

1800 
Bclderin  Harlc  to  Isabella  Miller.  Feb.  13,  1800 
Samuel  Jones  to  Joanna  Allin.   Nov.   23,   1800 
James    McConnell    to    Ann    McKee.    Aug.    26, 

1800.   Andrew   Gamble 
Thomas  Ritchie  to  Jenny  Gannaway.   May   25, 

1800. 
Branner  Shields  to  Peggie  Weir.  Feb.  5,  1800. 
Andrew   Vault    to    Susanna    Broiles.    Sept.    16, 

1800 

1801 

James  Cuhon  to  Peggy  Weir.  January  20,  1801 
John  McCoIIum  to  Betsy  Bolton.  Feb.  9,  1801 


John   McComb  to  Lethia  Davis.  May  13,  1801. 

Henry   Long 
John  Rankin  to   Margaret  Weir.  Feb.  3,  1801. 
Jesse  Ray  to  Margaret  Blair  Dec.  7,  1801.  Wm. 

Blair 
Robert   Sloan   to   Peggy   Cooke.   Dec.  26,   1801. 

David   Cooke 
Tames  Wallace  to  Sarah  (?)   Dec.  31,  1801 
Hugh  Weer  to  Jean  Weir,  Jan.  28,  1801.  James 

Weir 
Hugh  Wilson  to  Agnes  Shields.  Jan.   10,  1801. 

1802 

Jacob  Broiles  to  Mary  Vaught.  April  19,  1802. 

George  Broiles 
Joseph  Colville  to  Martha  Smartt.  Dec.  21,  1802. 

Gideon  Blackburn 
John    Gillespie   to    Ann    Chamberlain.    Oct.    18, 

1802.  Wm.  Gillespie 
Franic   Johnston    to   Polly   Johnston.   Nov.   23, 

1802. 
Tames  Montgomery  to  Charity  Garritson.  Sept. 

9.    1802. 
Wm.    Moore.   Jr.   to   Jenny   Montgomery.   May 

5,  1802.  Hugh  Montgomery 
Samuel   Walker   to   Rebekah   Davidson.   March 

20,  1802.  John  Walker 
James    White    to    Polly    Tool.    July    20,    1802. 

John  Gillespie 
James   Weir   to    Patsy    Rankin.   July    12,    1802. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST 


Where  one  desires  to  leave  both  real  and 
personal  property  to  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  any  one 
of  the  following  forms  can  be  used : 

"  I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath,  abso- 
lutely and  in  fee  simple,  to  the  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
having  its  headquarters  at  Washington,  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  (here  describe  the  nature 
of  the  property  to  be  given),  to  be  used  and 
expended  for  the  objects  and  purposes  for 
which  said  National  Society  was  incorporated." 

In  case  a  cash  legacy  only  is  desired  to 
be  given. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath,  absolutely,  to  the 
National     Society    of    the    Daughters    of    the 


American  Revolution,  having  its  headquarters 
at  Washington,  in  the  District  of  Columbia, 
the   sum   of 

($  ),  to  be  used  and  expended  for  the 

objects  and  purposes  for  which  said  National 
Society   was   incorporated." 

In  case  a  devise  of  real  estate  only  is  desired 
to  be  given  to  the  National  Society. 

"  I  give  and  devise,  absolutely  and  in  fee 
simple,  to  the  National  Society  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  having  its  head- 
quarters at  Washington,  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  (here  describe  the  real  estate  in- 
tended to  be  devised),  to  be  used  and  ex- 
pended for  the  objects  and  purposes  for  which 
the    said    National    Society    was    incorporated. 


^^<.r"f'-:.         ;^  .:*|^':#  conducted  by  |v^         \         A  |    ^^ 

^^1""    Edith  Roberts  Ramsburgh     ^^^      ^  ll^'^ 


Suiift 


Drawings  by 

Zoe  Lee  H.  Anderson 


JBigflt 


SWIFT 

The  name  Swift,  Swiff,  Swithen  is  variously 
written  by  the  Saxons,  and  is  found  in  the 
Annals  of  England.  As  early  as  1164,  several 
persons  by  name  of  Swift  had  lands  alloted  to 
them  in  Counties  of  Berk  and   Suffolk. 

In  1300,  Robert  Swift  and  his  wife,  Margaret 
lived  at  Canterbury,  on  land  granted  by  Edward 
I.  One  thousand  three  hundred  and  fourteen, 
Gilbert  Swift  of  Devizes,  in  Shire  of  York,  was 
a  knight  in  Parliament.  In  1398,  according  to 
the  proceedings  of  the  King's  Pri\'y  Council, 
Mr.  Swift  was  Secretary  to  the  writ  of 
Summons  of  Richard  II.  One  thousand  five 
hundred  and  eight,  Peter  Swift  was  auditor 
of  St.  Pauls,  London,  and  Richard  rector  in 
Hereford.  One  thousand  five  hundred  thirty 
five,  Robert  Swift  was  rector  of  Rotherham  in 
Yorkshire,  and  his  sons,  Robert  and  William 
were  auditors. 

Of  this  family  was  Thomas  Swift  who  mi- 
grated from  Rotherham,  1620-1629  to  Mass- 
achusetts Bay  and  brought  with  him  the  family 
Arms.  Of  this  Rotherham  family  was  the 
Dean  of  St.  Patrick's  and  also  Robert  Swift, 
who  in  1550  was  the  proprietor  of  Wakefield 
Manor  in  Yorkshire,  and  whose  son,  Robert  be- 
came sheriff  of  the  County  and  was  knighted 
1599  by  Queen  Elizabeth.  Thomas  Swift  was 
the  son  of  Robert  of  Rotherham  Yorkshire, 
England  and  his  name  appears  on  the  town 
records  as  early  as  1634  as  the  grantee  of  five 
acres  of  land,  and  from  that  date  acquired 
many  more.  Freeman  of  the  Colony  1635,  he 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Bernard  Capen 
of  Dorchester,  England.  His  great,  great, 
grandson.  General  Joseph  G.  Swift,  1783-1865 
married  Louisa  M.,  daughter  of  Captain  James 
Walker      of      Wilmington,      North      Carolina. 


EIGELOW 


Used  through  the  courtesy  of  Mrs.  Sallie  B. 
Cook,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Richard  de  Baguley,  Lord  of  Baguley. 
County  of  Chester  1243,  married  Alice,  daughter 
of  Ralphe  de  Vernon.  Their  son  Ralph  de 
Baguley,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Hamon 
Massey,  Baron  of  Dunham  Massey,  owned 
lands  in  Baguley  and  Ollerton,  in  the  parish  of 
Knutsford.  They  had  three  sons,  Sir  John, 
William  and  Hamon,  but  only  through  Hamon 
has  the  name  been  perpetuated. 

One  of  his  descendants,  Ralph  de  Baguley, 
died  1540,  leaving  two  sons,  Randall  and 
Nicholas,  and  both  of  them  dying  left  two 
sons.  Ralph  Baguley,  son  of  Philip  and  grand- 
son of  Randall  (above),  married  1583  Elizabeth 
Hill  and  had  nine  children.  His  will  was 
proved  at  Chester  1617.  But  it  was  from 
Robert  Baguley  of  Ollerton,  buried  November 
4,  1582,  through  his  son  Randall  who  married 
Jane,  and  who  died  at  Wrentham,  County 
Suffolk,  England,  1626,  that  the  American 
branch    springs. 

John  Bigelow,  the  first  American  ancestor, 
baptized  1616  in  Wrentham,  County  Suffolk, 
settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts  1632  and 
died  there  1703,  aged  87  years.  He  served  in 
both  the  Pequot  and  King  Philip's  Wars  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Watertown  Traine  Band, 
1650.  In  a  deed  dated  1642  he  is  called  "  John 
Baguley "  a  descendant  of  the  Baguley s  of 
Baguley  Hall,  Chesire.  He  married  first,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Warren  and  had  thirteen 
children.  He  married  secondly,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Bemis.  The  Bigelows,  have  been 
men  of  prominence  in  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut  and  Asa  Bigelow  born  1779  in  Con- 
necticut, founder  of  Malden-on-Hudson,  opened 
the  first  road  to  the  Catskills.  Honorable  John 
Bigelow,  Author  and  Diplomat,  was  his  son. 
He  married  June,  1850,  Jane  Tunis  Poultney, 
of  Baltimore,  Md. 

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REVOLUTIONARY  SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS  OF 
ONONDAGA  COUNTY,  N.Y. 

By  Olive  H.  Harwood  Lash 

The  following  Roll  of  Honor  of  soldiers 
and  sailors  who  lived  in  Onondaga  County, 
N.  Y.,  is  copied  from  the  bronze  memorial  tablet 
erected  on  the  portico  of  the  Syracuse  Post 
Office  by  the  Onondaga  Chapter,  N.S.D.A.R., 
and  the  Syracuse  Chapter,  S.A.R. : 


Abbe,  William 
Adams,    Roderick 
Albro,    Stephen 
Annable,    Edward    A. 
Atkins,   Chauncy 
Avery,    Dennisoii 

Bailev,    Enoch 
Baker,    James 
Baker,  Louis 
Baker,    John 
Balch,    John 
Baldwin,  Elisha 
Balsley.    Andrew 
Bannister,   Jesse 
Barber,  Job 
Barnes,   Heartwell 
Barrows,    Lemuel 
Badgely, 
Barnes,   Phineas 
Beach,  John 
Beard,     David 
Becker,   Henry 
Beelje,   James 
Belding,    John 
Benedict,    Amos 
Bennett,   Miles 
Betts,    Nathan 
Belden,    Augustus 
Bennett,  Nathan 
Billings,  Leavitt 
Bishop,    Sylvanus 
Bishop,    Lewis 
Bishop,  Joseph 
Bishop,     Levi 
Blackman,   David 
Bogardus.    Henry 
Blackman,    Samuel 
Bookhunt,  James 
Bogardus,    Peter 
Bowen,    Benijeh 
Bowen,   Elijah 
Bragden,  Samuel 
Breed,    Allen 
Brewster,    Joseph 
Bristol,    John 
Britten,   John 
Brooks,  John 
Bunce,   Daniel 
Burdick,    Thomison 
Burke,    Silas 
Bush,   Conradt 
Butler,     Ebeue/er.     Sr. 
Butler,    Ebenezer,    Jr. 
Burroughs,  John 

Cadwell,  John 
Caldwell,    John 
Carr',   Levi 
OaXer,    Rufus 
Caton.    Richard 
ramnbell,    Nathan 
Tandee,     Daniel 
Carpenter,    Neliemiah 

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Case,    Giles, 
Chappel,    Curtiss 
Christian,    Michael 
Clapp,    Paul 
Clark,   Eliakim 
Clarke,   Hezekiah 
Clark,    Tohn 
Clark,    Reuben 
Clark,    Samuel 
Clark,  William 
Clarke,    George 
Cleaveland,    Nehemia 
Cleveland,    Roswell 
Clute,    Isaac 
Cockley,  John 
Cole,    Adonijah 
Cole,   Jabez 
Cole,  John 
Conkling.    John 
Conner,    Daniel 
Conner,    William 
Cook,  Lemuel 
Cook,   William 
Covin,    Ebenezer 
Coy,   Joseph 
Coy,    Vim 
Crandal,    Jeremiah 
Cross,    John 
Cunningham,    John 
Curtiss,  Eliphalet 

Daggett,   James 
Danks,   Isaac 
Dallila,   John 
Danforth,  Asa 
Darling,     Benjamin 
Dean,   William 
De  La  Matre,   Isaac 
Delong,  Joseph 
Depuy,   Benjamin 
Desbrow,    Henry 
Dill.    John 
Dixon,   Thomas 
Dorchester,    Reuben 
Dunham.     Tames 
Dunham.   Jeremiah 
Dyer,    Thomas 

Eager,    George 
Eaton,    Ephraim 
Eaton,   Stephen 
Eaton,    Orlgen 
Edick,   George 
Ellis,    John 
Enclis,  Andrew 
Evans,    Sheribiah 
Evans.   William 
Everson,  John 


Foot.  Ebcuezt 
Foot,   Jekel 
Foster,   Willi; 


Fox,    William 

Leech,    Ephraim 

Faver,   George 

Loomis,    Elijah 

Freeman,    Stiles 

Lynn,    John 

French,    Ebenezer 

Mallorv,   Gill 

Frisbi,    Israel 

Marble,    Ephraim 

Fuller,   James 

Marvin,   Thomas 

McCracken,  Willia 

Gage,    Nathaniel 

McCulloch,    Robert 

Gaylord,    Chauncy 

McGee,   Patrick 

Gannett,  Joseph 

McHarrie,    Tohn 

Gilbert,    Samuel 

McMiUen,  Joseph 

Goodale,   Nathan 

McMillen,   Peter 

Goodrich,   Jacob 

Medler,   Christophe 

Gow,  Jacob 

Meigs,    Phineas 

Green,     Caleb 

Melfin.    Atchison 

Green,  Jacob 

Merrill,   Asa 

Green,    John 

Merrill,    Caleb 

Greenfield.    Enos 

Merrill,   Caleb  B. 

Grinnell,   George 

Middler,   Tames 

Gridley.    Elijah 

Miles,  William 

Grow,    Ambrose 

Moffet,   Zebulon 

Gunn,    Noble 

Mowk,  Christopher 

Moore,    Ebenezer 

Hagar,   Stephen 

Moore,    Isaac 

Hale,    Francis 

Morlev.    Ebenezer 

Hall,   Ephraim 

Moulthrop.  Moses 

Hall,    Isaac 

Morgan,   Charles 

Hayden,    Allen 

Monroe,    Squier 

Hayes,    Benjamin 

Miller,  Gad 

Harrington,    James 

Miles,   Nathaniel 

Helmer,     John 

Hennigan.    Joseph 

Nearing,   John 

Herrick,     Tohn 

Nearing,    Loam 

Hess,  John 

Northrup,   Jacob 

Hibbard,    David 

Northrup,   David 

Higbee,    Hendrick 

Northway,  Ozias 

Hins,    Daniel 

Northway,    Zenas 

Hiscock,    Richard 

Norton,    Elon- 

Hiscock,    Tames 

Norton,    Freeman 

Hobart, 

Holbrook.   David 

Olcott,  Hezekiah 

Hooker,    Israel 

Orcutt,  William 

Howard,    John 

Owen,   Daniel 

Hoyt, 

Holbrook,    Josiah 

Pain,    Robert 

Holbrook.    JBaruch 

Palmer,    Gilbert 

Houser,  Jacob 

Palmer,   John 

Holmes,    Samuel 

Palmer,    Gilbert 

Humphreys,    Samuel 

Palmer,   Nathaniel 

Huntlev,    Solomon 

Parks,    Asa 

Hurlburt.    John 

Peck,   Daniel 

Hyde,    Oliver 

Penoyer,   James 

Perry,    David 

Ingolsbee,   Tohn 

Phares,   Simeon 

Ingersoll.   Thomas 

Pickard.    Nicholas 

Ives,  John 

Pitts.  Gideon 

Pitts,  Charles 

Jackson,     Jeremiah,     Sr. 

Potter,   Caleb 

Jackson,  Jeremiah,  Jr. 

Potter,   Zebudee 

Johnson,    Justus 

Preston,    Shubal 

Johnson,   Samuel 

Prindel.    Samuel 

Johnson,    William,    Sr. 
Tones,    Samuel 

Pratt.    Stephen 

Perry,  William 

June,   Benjamin 

Ransier.  George 

Keeler,    Uriah 

Reed,    Richard 

Kellogg,   Phineas 

Reynolds.    Renomy 

Redder.   Reuben 

Ripley.    Pelham 

King,   Appollos 
Knapp,    Moses 

Richardson,    David 

Roberts,    Freelove 

Robinson.  Benjamin 

Ladlow,    Tohn 

Robinson.    Stephen 

I.akins,  William 

Robinson.  Thomas 

Lawrence,   David 

Root,   Nathaniel 

Lawrence.    Bigelow 

Ross,    Edward 

Lamson,    Benjamin 

Rounds,    Lemuel 

Leonard,  Stephen 

Rust,  Lemuel 

REVOLUTIONARY  SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS 


95 


San 


Ja 


Scott,    John 
Scofield.    Silas 
Seely,  Gideon 
Seymour,   Zadock 
Shepherd,   John 
Siver,   Joseph 
Skeels,   Simeon 
Slauson,   John 
Sloan,    Israel,    Sr. 
Smith,    Austin 
Smith,    Daniel 
Smith,    Dow 
Smith,  Jared 
Smith,    John 
Smith,   James 
Smith,    Simeon 
Smith,  Job 
Sparling,  John 
Spoor,  John 
Squires,    Ambrose 


Staples,    Isaac 
Stevens,    WiUian 
Stevens,    Oliver 
Steenburgh,   Elia 
Stone,  Samuel 
Sutton,  Jienjamii 
othy 


Sweetii 


Lev 


Tappan,    lohn 
Taylor,  John   D. 
Teague,   Jesse 
Teall,  Timothy 
Tenbroeck,  Peter 
Thompson,    Stephen 
Townsend,   Richard 
Tripp,   Calvin 
Truair,  Manuel 
Tyler,    Comfort 
Tyler,    Samuel 
Tuttle,    Moses 


Van  de  Werker,  Albert 
Vermilyea,    William 

Wagoner,   George 
Walsh,  John 
Walter,    John 
Walter,    Jacob 
Walter,    Martin 
Ward,   Elijah 
Waters,    Elis.ia 
Waterman,    Calvin 
Watkins,    David 
Watson,     Major 
Waldo,  Rev.   Daniel 
Wallace,    Benjamin 
Webb,   Benjamin 
Webber,   William 
Webster.   Ephraim 
Welsh,    David 
Wentworth,    Henry 
Wetherbee,    Isaac 


Whedan.    Denison 

Wheelock,   Ralph 

Whipple,    Thomas 

White,    Henry 

White,  Joseph 

Wilcox,   John 

Wilcox,    Samuel 

Wilkens,   Amos 

Wilkinson,    John, 

Will 

Will 

Will 

Wils 

Wils 


Joseph 
Ebe 


Joseph 
son,    Robert 
....ichell.  Jeredith 
Wood,    Ebenezer 
Wood,    Enoch 
Woodworth,   Reuben 
Warden,  Walter 


Yarringto 
Young,   John 


Willi: 


PRIZES  FOR  ESSAYS  ON  "WHAT  I  HAVE  LEARNED 
FROM  THE  A/[ANUAL  FOR  IMMIGRANTS" 


The  Committee,  of  which  Mrs.  Charles  White 
Nash  is  Chairman,  appointed  by  the  President 
General  to  administer  the  Colonel  Walter  Scott 
One  Thousand  Dollar  Prize  Fund,  recom- 
mended to  the  National  Board  of  Management 
at  its  October,  1932  meeting,  the  following  prize 
essay  contest  among  students  of  the  Manual 
for  Immigrants,  in  order  to  stimulate  the  use 
and  study  of  the  Manual.  The  recommendation 
was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Board  and  is 
herewith  presented  to  the  States  in  the  hope 
that  all  will  take  part.     It  is  as  follows : 

"That  a  prize  of  $5  in  gold  be  given 
to  each  State  to  be  awarded  to  the  person, 
either  foreign-born  or  southern  mountain- 
eer, who  submits  the  best  essay  in  English, 
of  not  less  than  1000  words  or  inore  than 
2000,  on  the  subject:  'What  I  Have 
Learned  from  the  Manual  for  Immi- 
grants ;'  each  State  to  arrange  the  details 
of  its  own  contest  through  its  Patriotic 
Education  Committee,  and  the  judges  to  be 
a    committee    of    the     Daughters    of     the 


American     Revolution     appointed     by     the 
State  Regent. 

"And  that  we  offer  an  additional  prize  of 
$10  to  be  awarded  as   follows  : 

"Five  dollars  to  the  foreign-born  for  the 
best  essay  among  the  winning  essays,  and 
$5    to    the   southern   mountaineers    for    the 
best  essay  among  the  winning  essays,  these 
winning  essays  from  the  States  to  be  sub- 
mitted   to    a    committee    of    judges    to    be 
appointed    by    the    National    Chairinan    of 
Patriotic   Education." 
The   essays   should  be  in   the  hands   of   each 
State  Chairman  on  Patriotic  Education  not  later 
than    February    1,    1923.     The    winning    essay 
in  each  State  should  be  sent  by  the  State  Regent 
not  later  than  March  1st  to  the  National  Chair- 
man on  Patriotic  Education. 

All  essays  should  be  numbered  and  the 
name  and  address  of  the  writer  attached  in  a 
sealed    envelope. 

The  names  of  the  winners  in  each  State  and 
of  the  w'inner  of  the  additional  prizes  will  be 
announced  at  the  coming  Congress. 


STATE  gonferj:nges 


MONTANA 
The  Montana  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  held  their  nineteenth  annual  State 
Conference  at  Dillon,  October  18th  and  19th, 
1922,  by  invitation  of  the  resident  Chapter, 
Beaverhead. 

There  was  a  large  attendence,  all  the  Chapters 
in  the  State  being  represented.  The  meetings 
were  held  at  the  State  Normal,  in  the  attrac- 
tive parlor.  The  opening  session  was  called  to 
order  Wednesday  morning  by  the  State  Regent 
Mrs.  E.  Broox  Martin  and  opened  with 
Washington's  Prayer;  all  joining  in  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  after  which  the  American's  Creed  and 
the  Flag  Salute  were  given.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Walker, 
Regent  of  Beaverhead  Chapter,  extended  a 
cordial  welcome  to  the  members  which  was 
responded  to  by  the  State  Regent  in  a  few  well- 
chosen  words.  Her  report  followed  and  she 
emphasized  the  importance  of  our  organization 
taking  up  most  seriously  the  work  of  the 
National  Society,  making  it  our  first  considera- 
tion always  and  urging  an  even  deeper  loyalty 
to  the  principles  of  the  Society. 

The  local  Chapter  of  the  American  Legion 
sent  to  the  Conference  a  large  basket  of  roses 
with   greetings. 

A  letter  was  read  from  our  lieloved  Pres- 
ident-General, Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor, 
expressing  regret  at  her  inability  to  be  present. 
Also  a  telegram  of  greetings  from  Mrs.  A.  B. 
Keith,  ex-Vice  Regent,  who  has  left  the  State. 
The  reports  of  the  State  Officers  and  various 
committees  occupied  the  morning  hours.  The 
State  Registrar's  report  showed  a  substantial 
gain  in  membership.  Under  the  head  of  "Preser- 
vation of  Historic  Sites"  was  reported  the 
placing,  by  Beaverhead  Chapter,  of  a  marker  on 
Lemhi  Pass  where  the  Stars  and  Stripes  were 
first  unfurled  on  the  crest  of  the  Rockies  by 
Merriwether  Lewis.  The  State  Historian's  re- 
port showed  the  great  interest  manifested  by 
the    Chapters. 

At  one  o'clock  a  luncheon  was  served  by  the 
girls  of  the  Domestic  Science  Department  of 
the  Normal.  At  two  the  afternoon  session  was 
called  to  order.  A  State  Scholarship  was  sent 
to  the  Martha  Berry  School  and  $10  was  sent  to 
the  Neighbor's  League. 

Oro  Fino  Chapter  of  Helena  had  the  privelege 
of  naming  the  beneficiary  for  tlie  State  Scholar- 
ship this  year,  a  young  girl  whose  mother  is  a 
Daughter    of    the     American     Revolution    and 
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whose  father  was  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  She  is  attending  the 
State  University. 

Black  Eagle  Chapter  of  Great  Falls  extended 
an  invitation  to  the  State  Conference  for  1923 
and  the  invitation  was  accepted  with  thanks. 
In  the  evening  a  banquet  was  served  at  the 
Normal,  small  tables  seating  four  were  attrac- 
tively decorated  in  the  National  Colors.  Our 
D.  A.  R.  Insignia  was  the  inspiration  for  the 
toast.  Mrs.  Laura  Tolman  Scott  proved  a 
talented  toastmistress  and  the  responses  were 
well  given. 

Music,  both  vocal  and  instrumental,  and  inter- 
pretive dancing  followed,  thus  closing  the  first 
day,  a  most  delightful  one. 

On  Thursday  morning  three  historic  markers 
were  placed  with  appropriate  ceremonies;  one 
at  the  Selway  Bridge,  north  of  the  city,  the 
second  at  the  River  Bridge  Crossing,  one  mile 
west  of  Dillon.  These  mark  spots  where  Lewis 
and  Clark  crossed  the  Beaverhead  River;  the 
third  marker  was  placed  in  the  centre  of  the 
station   square. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows : 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  E.  Broox  Martin;  Vice- 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  Verne  D.  Caldwell;  Sec- 
retary, Mrs.  Mary  L.  Doane ;  Treasurer,  Mrs. 
George  B.  Conway;  Registrar,  Mrs.  Chester  H. 
Steele;  Historian,  Miss  Mary  Agnes  Sulgrove ; 
Librarian,   Mrs.   H.   R.   Wahoski. 

(Mrs.  Ch.\s.  A.)  Emma  M.  BL.^CKB^RN, 
Acting  State  Historian. 

TENNESSEE 

The  Tennessee  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  held  their  seventeenth  annual  State 
Conference  in  Murfreesboro,  November  7,  1922, 
guests  of  the  Colonel  Hardy  Murfree  Chapter. 
From  the  opening  bugle  call,  the  signal  for  as- 
sembly, to  the  sounding  of  taps  on  the  evening 
of  November  7th,  the  Conference  was  a  pat- 
riotic one  and  an  occasion  of  peculiar  brilliance. 

The  historic  interest  attaching  to  Murfrees- 
boro renders  it  an  ideal  setting  for  such  an 
assemblage.  The  town  was  named  for  Colonel 
Hardy  Murfree,  a  hero  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution ;  it  was  the  scene  of  one  of  the  bloodiest 
battles  in  the  War  between  the  States,  and  it 
w^as  the  home. of  Mary  N.  Murfree. 

Delightful  features  of  the  evening  sessions, 
held  in  the  auditorium  of  the  First  Baptist 
church,  were  the  presence  in  the  large  audience 


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of  a  group  of  ex-service  men ;  the  procession  of 
national  officers  and  state  officers,  and  preceded 
by  charming  young  pages  ;  the  musical  numbers  ; 
the  inspiring  messages  on  timely  and  patriotic 
themes  brought  by  speakers  of  national  note. 

Distinguished  guests  present  at  the  Con- 
ference were :  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor, 
President  General;  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 
\"ice  President  General  from  Pennsylvania; 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDufifee,  Vice  President 
General  from  Alichigan;  Mrs.  Livingston  L. 
Hunter,  Treasurer  General ;  Mrs.  G.  Wallace 
Hanger,  Organizing  Secretary  General ;  I^Irs. 
Charles  Holt,  Vice  State  Regent  of  Georgia; 
Mrs.  Clarence  S.  Steward,  President  of  Tennes- 
see Federation  of  Women's  Clubs ;  and  Mrs. 
W.  M.  Goodman,  State  President  of  United 
Daughters   of    Confederacy. 

The  presence  of  five  National  officers  was  of 
itself  an  inspiration,  and  the  messages  brought 
by  these  leaders   were   inspiring   and   practical. 

Mrs.  Minor  delivered  an  able  address  on 
"Internationalism"  in  which  she  urged  that  the 
supreme  sacrifice  of  American  heroes  and  the 
clear-cut  issues  of  the  World  War  should  not 
be  forgotten  and  that  evil  should  not  be  white- 
washed in  the  name  of  Christian  forgiveness. 
She  made  a  distinction  between  false  inter- 
nationalism which  tears  down  and  true  inter- 
nationalism which  builds  up.  Mrs.  Cook  made 
an  eloquent  appeal  to  the  women  of  the  organ- 
ization to  "build  for  the  future."  Miss 
McDuffee  as  national  chairman  of  the  important 
department  of  "Americanization"  made  a  strong 
address  on  this  subject.  She  commended  the 
work  the  daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution are  doing  in  the  Naturalization  Courts 
and  advised  that  further  efforts  be  made 
towards  befriending  the  alien  in  these  courts. 
Mrs.  Hunter  contributed  valuable  practical  de- 
tails and  suggestions  as  to  the  possibilities  of 
the  local  chapters  for  making  more  efficient 
her  department.  Mrs.  Hanger,  appearing  as 
Chairman  for  the  Buildings  and  Grounds  of 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  reported  e-xcellent 
progress  on  the  new  annex  to  that  building  in 
Washington.  Mrs.  Hanger  also  held  an  open 
forum  in  which  she  answered  questions  and 
gave  helpful  suggestions. 

Other  notable  addresses  of  the  Conference 
were  made  by  Mrs.  L.  S.  Gillentine,  the  State 
Regent,  on  Literacy  and  Law  Enforcement ;" 
Hon.    L.    D.   Tyson   on    "Citizenship;"   Arthur 


Guy  Empcy  on  "Building  for  .America."  "The 
Story  of  a  Tennessee  Mountain  Girl"  an  ac- 
count given  with  touching  simplicity  by  Minta 
Carter,  teacher  at  Devil's  Fork,  in  the  Tennes- 
see mountains,  of  her  life  story  and  of  the  needs 
of  her  community  made  a  profound  impression. 
Miss  Carter's  strong  plea  for  a  community 
worker  to  serve  her  people  led  the  Conference 
to  adopt  a  resolution  providing  for  such  a 
worker  and  for  her  maintenance. 

Noteworthy  incidents  of  the  Conference 
were  :  a  visit  to  the  Middle  Tennessee  Normal, 
on  which  occasion  the  Governor  of  the  state 
and  the  national  officers  extended  greetings  to 
the  students ;  a  visit  by  the  national  officers  to 
the  Hermitage,  the  home  of  Andrew  Jackson ; 
a  pilgrimage  by  all  the  delegates  to  the  grave  of 
Hilary   N.    Murfree. 

The  hospitality  of  the  ]Murfreesboro  Daugh- 
ters and  friends  expressed  itself  in  a  series  of 
beautifully  planned  social  functions.  A  luncheon 
tendered  by  the  Alurfreesboro  chapter  of 
U.  D.  C.  at  the  home  of  the  President,  Mrs. 
Frederick  Smith  on  Thursday  was  followed  by 
a  reception  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Mahlon  Brown, 
state  D.  A.  R.  secretary  and  regent  of  the 
hostess  chapter.  Mrs.  Brown  and  Mrs. 
Gillentine,  State  Regent,  were  joint  hostesses 
on  this  occasion.  Friday  the  delegates  and 
visitors  were  guests  of  the  Woman's  Club  at 
a  buffet  luncheon  served  at  the  Club  House. 
Later  they  enjoyed  an  auto  ride  to  all  points 
of  historic  interest  in  and  near  Murfrccsboro. 
Li  the  evening  they  were  tendered  a  buffet 
supper  and  reception  by  the  faculty  of  Ten- 
nessee  College. 

The  Seventeenth  Conference  set  a  record  for 
the  successful  conduct  of  business.  The  re- 
port of  the  State  Regent,  giving  a  resume  of 
work  accomplished  and  of  plans  for  advance- 
ment showed  her  administration  to  have  been 
one  of  enthusiastic  interest  and  splendid 
achievement.  Every  department,  as  outlined  by 
the  national  board,  is  actively  organized.  The 
present  membership  is  2066,  an  increase  of  143, 
since  .April.  The  reports  from  state  officers, 
standing  committees,  and  chapter  regents  re- 
flected the  same  spirit  of  enthusiasm  and 
earnestness. 

The  conference  adjourned  to  meet  again  in 
Novemljer,  1923. 

(Mrs.  M.\hi.on)   Eliz.\  Luc.\s  S.  Brown, 
Slalc  Secretary. 


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Chapter  Reports  must  be  Typewritten  EDITOR- 


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Peterborough  Chapter  (Peterborough,  N. 
H.)  has  a  membership  of  sixty -two.  Fifteen 
members  are  non-resident.  We  gained  four 
new  members  last  year  and  lost  three  by  death. 
We  have  nine  subscribers  to  D.xuchters  of  the 
American  Revolution  M.\G-\zine  and  we  give 
a  subscription  every  year  to  the  reading  room 
in  Town  Library.  We  have  31  Lineage  Books 
and  have  placed  them  in  Town  Library  where 
they  can  be  used  for  reference. 

We  have  held  nine  regular  meetings  at  the 
homes    of    members,    as    we    have    no    Chapter 


house  yet.  Our  meetings  are  held  from  Oct 
ober  to  June,  the  third  Thursday  of  the  month. 
Our  average  attendance  is  thirty.  We  have 
Year-books  with  programs  printed  each  year, 
and  have  had  some  very  interesting  meetings 
during  the  year  1921-1922  with  Mrs.  William 
M.  Thomas,  Regent. 

At  the  November  meeting.  Miss  A,  Maude 
Taggart  gave  a  talk  describing  her  trip  from 
New  York  to  Panama  via  The  Panama  Canal. 
The  Chapter  voted  to  send  Miss  Jane  Seccombc, 
a  Red  Cross  Nurse  during  the  World  War, 
and  then  was  at  Portsmouth  caring  for  our 
wounded  sailors  and  soldiers,  the  sum  of  $10 
to  help  them  have  as  merry  a  Christmas  as 
possible.     Miss  Seccombe's  home  is  in  this  town. 

At  the  December  meeting,  Hon.  Ezra  M. 
Smith  gave  a  talk  on  Immigration  and  Natural- 
ization  laws   as   they   apply   to   women,   and   a 


Christmas  box  was  packed  for  the  children  at 
the  Orphan's  Home,  Franklin,  N.  H.,  filled 
with  clothing,  books  and  toys. 

The  January  meeting  program  was  entitled 
"  An  afternoon  in  Japan."  The  hostesses  and 
all  those  taking  part  were  dressed  in  Japanese 
costumes  and  the  rooms  were  decorated  with 
Japanese  lanterns.  Miss  Fanny  Greene,  who 
has  lived  in  Japan  gave  a  talk  on  the  country, 
the  people  and  their  customs.  The  Japanese 
National  Hymn   was   sung  by   four  girls. 

The  February  meeting  roll  call  comprised 
'some  sayings  of  Washington  and  Lincoln,  and 
a  paper  on  the  lives  of  these  two  great  men 
was  read  by  Miss  Etta  M.  Smith,  ex-Regent. 
Our  quota  toward  the  fund  for  the  Pilgrim 
Memorial  Fountain  at  Plymouth,  The  Painting 
of  Troopships  bound  for  France,  and  the  Man- 
ual   for   Immigrants   was  paid  at  this   meeting. 

At  the  March  meeting  we  had  as  our  guests 
members  of  Alolly  Aiken  Chapter,  Antrim,  N. 
H.  who  furnished  part  of  the  entertainment. 
A  paper  on  the  life  of  Col.  Theodore  Roosevelt, 
and  some  letters  written  by  him  to  his  children 
were  read.  A  box  of  fruit,  candy  and  flowers 
was  sent  to  each  of  the  seven  G.  A.  R.  Veterans 
here  in  town. 

At  the  April  meeting  we  had  as  our  guest, 
Mrs.  Robert  Walbridge  who  gave  a  talk  on 
the  work  of  the  Salvation  Army  from  the 
first  mission  down  to  the  present  time.  Our 
May  meeting  was  held  at  the  home  of  one  of 
our  non-resident  members,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Gowing 
Dublin,  N.  H.  The  Daughters  assisted  in 
making  wreaths  for  G.  A.  R.  and  American 
Legion  on  Memorial  Day.  June  14th,  Flag 
Day,  members  of  the  Chapter  visited  the  Old 
Cemetery  on  East  Hill  and  placed  Betsy  Ross 
flags  on  graves  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  and 
lield  services  suitable  for  the  day.  We  have 
taken  this  date  as  our  D.  A.  R.  Memorial  Day. 
The  last  meeting  of  the  year,  and  annual  meet- 
ing June  IS,  1922  was  held  with  Mrs.  John 
W.  Derby  who  was  elected  Regent  for  the 
coming  year. 

We  have  contributed  $5  to  Berry  School,  $1 
to  Audobon  Society,  $5  for  the  protection  of 
New  Hampshire  forests  and  $10  to  the  Tuber- 
culosis   Hospital,    Fort    Bayard,    New    Mexico 


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where   Mrs.    Craig,    formally   of   this   town,    is 
a  Government  worker. 

We  furnished  a  decorated  auto  with  two  of 
the  members  riding  in  it,  representing  George 
and  Martha  Washington,  at  the  July  4th 
celebration  parade  and  won  a  silver  cup.  The 
auto  was  decorated  with  blue  and  white  bunt- 
ing, Betsy  Ross  flags,  and  shields  of  red,  white 
and  blue,  D.  A.  R.  on  one  side  of  auto  and 
"  Our  Emblem "  on  the  other.  The  driver 
wore  a  tall  hat  with  band  of  patriotic  colors 
with  U.  S.  upon  it. 

The  first  meeting  of  years  1922-1923  was 
held  October  19th  and  we  had  as  our  guest 
Hon.  Robert  P.  Bass  who  gave  a  talk  on 
Citizenship.  At  the  November  meeting  a  paper 
"  Wilbur-by-the-Sea  "  was  read  by  Mrs.  Need- 
ham  one  of  our  members  who  spends  her 
winters   in  Florida. 

We  are  working  now  to  secure  information 
about  historic  spots,  and  the  names  of  the 
pioneers  of  New  Hampshire  for  the  Old 
Trails  Committee. 

(Mrs.  G.  F.)  Emm.^  S.  Diamond. 
Historian. 

Olde  Towne  Chapter  (Logansport.  Ind.)  has 
just  entered  its  seventh  year.  It  has  a  member- 
ship of  fifty-eight.  The  meetings  this  year 
will  be  held  in  the  new  Memorial  Home  given 
by  Cass  County  to  the  Veterans  of  the  World 
War,  six  members  acting  as  hostesses  each 
meeting.  During  the  past  year  eight  regular 
meetings  were  held.  The  Chapter  quota  of 
manuals  were  given  to  foreigners  in  the  city. 
Sixty-two  Creed  Cards  were  given  to  newly 
naturalized  citizens.  One  dollar  to  Philippine 
Scholarship.  Ten  dollars  to  Red  Cross  Soup 
Kitchen.  Ten  Dollars  to  Valley  Forge  Mem- 
orial. Five  dollars  for  best  essay  on  Patriotism 
submitted  by  a  member  of  the  1922  graduating 
class  of  the  Logansport  High   School. 

February  19th  Olde  Towne  Chapter  held  a 
patriotic  service  at  the  Christian  Church  in 
which  all  the  patriotic  orders  of  the  city  were 
invited  to  participate.  February  22nd  a  patri- 
otic meeting  was  held  at  the  Toledo  Street 
Mission,  which  is  attended  mostly  by  foreigners. 
At  the  close  of  the  program  a  small  silk  flag 
was  given  to  each  person  present.  May  3rd 
the  annual  anniversary  banquet  and  election  of 
officers  were  held  at  the  Murdock  Hotel.  May 
14th  Olde  Towne  Chapter  had  a  float  in  the 
parade  preceding  the  dedication  of  the  Mem- 
orial Home ;  also  a  float  for  the  C.  A.  R.  Jan- 
uary 30th  the  Amy  Dunkle  Chapter.  C.  A.  R. 
was  organized,  Mrs.  Naomi  Gearhart,  President. 

A  year's  subscription  to  the  D.\ughters  of 
THE  American  Revolution  Magazine  has 
been  given  to  the  Public  Library  and  one  to 
the  reading  room  in  the  Memorial  Home.     On 


June  1st  the  new  regent,  Mrs.  (F.  E.)  Josephine 
Berry,  appointed  a  committee  consisting  of 
Miss  L-aura  D.  Henderson,  Chairman,  Mrs. 
Sarah  Green  and  Mrs.  Harriet  Mohr  Shultz 
to  mark  the  site  of  the  Battle  of  Olde  Towne. 
At  the  Flag  Day  picnic  held  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  Margaret  Michaels  the  committee  sub- 
mitted plans  and  specifications,  and  the  Chap- 
ter awarded  the  contract  to  Carl  H.  Billman, 
a  veteran  of  the  World  War.  The  marker 
was  dedicated  August  6th  with  patriotic  and 
religious  services  in  the  presence  of  several 
hundred  people.  The  program  consisted  of  the 
singing  of  America,  the  Call  to  the  Colors  by 


Charles  L.  Stuart,  an  overseas  World  War 
Veteran ;  the  unveiling  of  the  marker  and  the 
placing  of  flowers  for  the  soldiers  by  the 
Misses  Jane  Shultz,  Grace  Alice  Johnson, 
Maxine  Pershing,  Arthura  Gerhart  and  Dorothy 
Logan,  members  of  the  C.  A.  R.,  prayer  by 
Rev.  Ranke  of  the  Miami  Baptist  Church, 
"  Objects  of  the  D.  A.  R."  by  the  Regent. 
William  Henry  Harrison  recounted  the  story 
of  the  battle,  as  it  was  told  him  nearly  eighty 
years  ago  by  an  old  man,  an  eye  witness  of  the 
battle.  The  "  History  of  the  Battle  "  and  "  The 
Causes  that  led  up  to  it"  by  Judge  John  S. 
Lairy,  and  the  singing  of  the  Star  Spangled 
Banner  by  those  present. 

The  marker,  an  uncut  block  of  grey  Barre 
granite,  bears  on  the  front  the  insignia  of  the 
D.  A.  R.,  below  which  is  the  inscription  "  Olde 
Towne  Battle,  fought  August  7,  1791 — erected 
by    Olde    Towne    Chapter,    Daughters    of    the 


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American  Revolution,  1922."  It  is  placed  at 
the  exact  site  of  the  charge,  on  the  south  bank 
of  Eel  River,  seven  miles  east  of  Logansport 
and  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  the  village 
of  Adamsboro.  Permission  for  placing  it  was 
given  by  the  owner  of  the  land,  Wm.  R.  Moore. 
This  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  pictur- 
esque spots  in  Cass  County  and  the  marker 
has  attracted  visitors  from  all  over  the  state. 
The  village  of  Olde  Towne  was  the  rallying 
place  for  the  Indians  of  Indiana,  Ohio  and 
Michigan  from  whence  they  set  out  upon  their 
murderous  forays  against  the  border  settle- 
ments in  Kentucky.  In  1791  the  Secretary  of 
War  ordered  General  James  Wilkinson,  of  the 
Revolution,  to  proceed  against  them.  On 
August  1st  with  five  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
riflemen  recruited  from  the  vicinity  of  Danville 
and  Lexington,  Ky.,  many  of  whom  had  seen 
service  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  he  left  Fort 
Washington  (now  Cincinnati)  and  on  August 
7th  came  upon  the  village  of  Olde  Towne.  He 
completely  destroyed  this  village  and  burned 
more  than  two  hundred  acres  of  corn.  This 
battle  broke  the  power  of  the  Indians  on  the 
Waliash  and  made  Kentucky  safe  for  settlers. 
L.\rR-\  D.  Henderson, 
Historian. 

Mary  Wade  Strother  Chapter  ( Sahna, 
Kan.)  was  organized  October  9,  1922,  with 
thirteen  organizing  members,  by  Mrs.  George 
Thacher  Guernsey,  State  Regent  of  Kansas. 

The  officers  are.  Regent,  Mrs.  Grace  Sears- 
Snyder  ;  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Lucile  Gary  Surface  ; 
Treasurer,  Miss  Caroline  Higley ;  Secretary, 
Mrs.  Lela  West-Monahan ;  Registrar,  Mrs. 
Russella   Dustin-Rising. 

After  the  organization  meeting  in  the  after- 
noon a  banquet  was  held  to  which  the  pros- 
pective members  were   invited. 

A  reception  was  held  in  the  parlors  of  the 
Elks  Building  for  Mrs.  Guernsey  to  which  the 
members  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps, 
Woman's  Auxiliary  and  city  clubs  were  invited. 
At  this  meeting  Mrs.  Guernsey  gave  a  very 
interesting  description  of  the  work  done  in 
France  by  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution which  awakened  a  still  deeper  interest 
in  the  work  of  the  organization. 

Mary  Wade  Strother,  for  whom  our  Chapter 
was  named,  was  the  daughter  of  James  Wade 
of  Hanover  County,  Virginia,  and  Sarah  his 
wife.  She  went  from  the  parental  home  in 
Hanover  to  the  new  home  her  husband,  John 
Dabney  Strother  had  prepared  for  her  in  the 
"  Northern  Neck  of  Virginia,"  on  horseback 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles.  A  tire- 
some wedding  journey  but  she  carried  with 
her  a  small  apple  tree  and  a  tiny  sweet  pear 
tree.  These  she  planted  at  her  new  home 
named   "  Wadefield  "   in   Iter  honor.     The  pear 


tree  is  still  alive  and  from  a  piece  of  its  wood 
the  barrel  of  a  gavel  was  made.  A  piece  of 
a  cherry  tree  from  the  old  home  of  Captain 
Thomas  Sears  in  Putnam  Coimty,  New  York, 
was  used  for  the  handle  and  the  gavel  pre- 
sented to  our  Chapter  by  its  Regent. 

Mary  Wade  Strother  was  a  pious  woman  of 
unusual  ability  and  charm.  She  persuaded  her 
husband  to  Ijuild  a  private  school  near  her 
home  where  her  children  and  their  relatives 
might  be  educated.  Captain  Strother  sent  to 
England  for  a  Mr.  Cruden  to  teach  the  school, 
where  were  educated  not  only  the  Strother 
children  but  their  cousin,  Sarah  Strother,  who 
became  the  mother  of  President  Zachary 
Taylor ;  and  Margaret  Strother  who  married 
Captain  John  Hancock.  Among  their  descen- 
dants were  Colonel  Wm.  Preston  Johnson, 
President  of  Tulane  University,  Mrs.  Albert 
Sidney  Johnson  and  others  as  noted. 

One  of  Mary  Wade  Strother's  descendents, 
Air.  Harry  Kirk  of  Baltimore,  now  owns  her 
home.  Five  of  her  relatives  from  widely 
separated  branches  of  the  family  are  charter 
members  of  this  new  Chapter. 

Salina  has  a  population  of  nearly  seventeen 
thousand  and  offers  a  splendid  field  for  in- 
creasing membership.  Alany  women  are  work- 
ing on  their  records  and  at  the  last  board 
meeting  fifteen  applications  were  accepted. 

We  hope  to  secure  at  our  state  conference  the 
flag  offered  by  our  State  Regent,  for  the  great- 
est  increase    in    membership. 

(Mrs.)    Lela  West-Mox.\han, 

Secretary. 

Patrick  Henry  Chapter  (Martinsville,  Va.) 
on  November  2.  1922.  unveiled  a  handsome 
marker  of  granite  and  bronze,  showing  the 
entrance  to  the  landed  estate  and  home  place, 
in  Henry  County,  Va.,  from  1778  to  1784  of 
the  great  orator,  Patrick  Henry. 

Here  he  brought  his  wife,  Dorothea,  and  his 
growing  young  family  to  live  in  his  namesake 
county  for  eight  years. 

Some  of  his  grandchildren  are  buried  near 
wliere  the  marker  now  stands,  eight  miles  from 
Martinsville  the  county  seat,  and  whose  court 
house  contains  Henry's  will  and  other  docu- 
ments executed  by  him  during  these  years. 

November  the  2nd  was  a  typical  Virginia  fall 
day.  Bright  and  balmy.  A  good  attendance 
of  both  rural  and  town  people  was  present  to 
listen  to  a  program  of  patriotic  song  and  speech. 

Mrs.  Faith  T.  Parrott,  our  Regent  presided 
and  presented  the  Marker  to  the  State  through 
Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett,  Virginia's  State 
Regent  who,  in  receiving  it,  was  eloquent 
and  effective. 

The  flag,  covering  the  Marker,  was  drawn 
aside  by  two  children  Nancy  and  John  Fontaine 
who  were  direct  descendents  of  the  orator. 


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The  Marker,  a  granite  shaft  ten  feet  tall,  was 
the  gift  of  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Keesee.  state 
endowment  chairman  and  local  \'ice  Regent. 

It  stands  upon  a  tongue  of  land  on  one  side 
of  which  is  the  Danville  and  Western  Railway, 
on  the  other  the  highway  which  was  thick  with 
automobiles  on  this  occasion. 

The  bronze  tablet,  facing  the  road,  records 
the  dates  and  name  of  the  local  Chapter.  The 
words  "  Patrick  Henry "  facing  the  railway 
are  deep  and  tall  and  easily  read  by  passengers. 

A  strong  flag  socket,  attached  to  the  granite 
holds  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  and  a  committee 
was  selected  to  renew  the  colors  regularly. 

A  beautiful  reception  was  given  the  evening 
before,  by  Mrs.  James  D.  Glenn,  in  honor  of 
Dr.   Barrett. 

One  factor  sustaining  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
Chapter  has  been  the  Magazine,  read  from  the 
beginning  with  keen   interest   and  appreciation. 
(Mrs.)    Eliz.\   R.    P.-\xxill, 

Corresponding  Secretary. 

Mahantongo  Chapter  (Pottsville,  Pa.) 
We  meet  Monday  afterncon  of  the  first  week 
of  each  month,  from  October  to  June  inclusive. 
At  present  we  have  43  members  with  several 
applications  in  for  approval. 

There  is  a  spirit  of  interest  and  activity 
prevailing  and  the  program  for  the  coming 
year  is  very  attractive.  During  the  past  year 
we  have  met  our  state  obligations,  contributing 
to  the  Near  East  Relief.  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  addition,  etc.  We  alwavs  observe 
Flag   Day. 

A  paper  written  in  the  form  of  a  book  review 
of  Owen  Wister's  well  known  work  "  A  Straight 
Deal  or  the  Ancient  Grudge "  was  executed 
and  presented  by  Mrs.  T.  R.  (Jane  Parmley) 
Daddow.  This  paper  was  highly  commented 
upon  by  the  chairman  of  The  Literary  and 
Reciprocity  Committee. 

The  crowning  work  of  the  past  year  was 
the  erection  of  a  bronze  tablet  in  our  Public 
Library  in  memory  of  twenty-seven  Pottsville 
boys  who  met  their  death  on,  or  from  wounds 
contracted  on  the  field  of  battle  of  the  Great 
War.  It  is  a  handsome  Plaque  of  dull  burnished 
bronze  3  -x  4  feet,  encased  in  a  frame  in  harmony 
with  the  letters,  also  of  burnished  bronze.  It 
occupies  a  place  above  the  main  staircase  as 
you  enter  the  library.  It  bears  the  inscription : 
—  "  This  tablet  is  dedicated  with  pride  and 
grateful  reverence  to  the  boys  who  gave  their 
lives  for  their  country  in  the  World  War  1917- 
1918.  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this. 
Erected  by  the  Mahantongo  Chapter.  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  Pottsville, 
1922."  The  cost  of  the  tablet  was  $650.  The 
efforts  of  six  months  splendid  work  by  the 
Chapter,  accomplished  the  payment  in  full  of 
this   debt.     For  this   successful   furtherance  of 


plans  we  owe  grateful  appreciation  to  Mrs. 
A.  J.  Pilgram.  chairman  of  the  Tablet  Com- 
mittee and  Mrs.  J.  T.  Jennings,  chairman  of 
the  Ways  and  Means  Committee. 

At  the  unveiling  of  the  Tablet  we  were  as- 
sisted by  our  noted  Third  Brigade  Band  and 
several  interested  and  talented  townspeople. 
Roliert  Woodbury  Jr.,  a  son  of  one  of  the 
beloved  heroes  unveiled  the  Plaque  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Howard  S.  Talbot,  who  served  overseas 
as  Chaplain  of  the  116th  Infantry  and  112th 
.Artillery,  gave  the  address  of  the  occasion. 
Some  of  our  plans  for  the  coming  year  are: 
To  contribute  a  section  of  historical  books 
pertaining    to   the    Colonial    and    Revolutionary 


Periods,  to  our   Public   Library  :   also  to   place 

the  D.\VGHTERS  OF  THE  AmeRIC.\N  REVOLU- 
TION M.\c.\ziXE  upon  the  Library  tables.  Co- 
iiperate  with  the  Y.M.C.A.  in  Americanization 
work.  To  present  the  creed  to  every  natural- 
ized citizen.  To  place  copies  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  and  the  Constitution  in  our 
schools  and  public  buildings.  To  present 
patriotic  films   in   our  mining  settlements. 

We  are  making  research  for  all  unmarked 
Revolutionary  Soldiers  graves  in  the  county 
and  will  have  an  Auto  Run  in  the  Spring  for 
that  purpose. 

The  Equal  Rights  Bill  which  President  Hard- 
ing recently  approved  aflfect  400  women  of  this 
county  (Pottsville  is  the  county  seat)  whose 
husbands  have  naturalization  petitions  before 
our  court.  As  they  must  take  out  separate 
petitions  you  can  see  that  we  could  have  no 
broader  work  than  tliis  type.  Our  naturaliza- 
tion work  runs  about  1,000  male  petitions 
a  year. 

LixY  A.  Helms, 
Regent. 


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Dolly  Todd  Madison  Chapter  (Tiffin,  Ohio). 
It  has  been  some  time  since  our  Chapter  has 
chronicled  her  achievements  in  the  Magazine. 
Since  our  last  report  some  years  a~o,  our 
membership   has   increased   to  ninety-four. 

Patriotic  work  of  all  kinds  has  been  done. 
The  Harrison  trail  marked  with  a  tablet  at 
Old  Fort  and  a  tree  in  the  city  also  marked, 
denotes  the  site  of  old  Fort  Ball.  A  book 
was  published  for  the  members  on  "  Early 
State  and  Local  Ilistorv,"  which  is  considered 


Manuals  in  Polish  and  Italian  have  been  given 
out  to  the  members  of  the  Americanization 
classes. 

Last  year  the  Chapter  was  delighted  to 
entertain  the  Northern  Division  of  the  Ohio 
D.  A.  R.  Also,  recently,  we  have  had  with  us 
our  State  Regent,  Mrs.  William  McGee  Wilson. 

This  year  we  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth 
anniversary  of  the  organization  of  Dolly  Todd 
Madison  Chapter,  and  it  is  with  pleasure  that 
wc  note  the  splendid  growth  of   fine   activities 


A  CROUP  OF  EX-REGENTS  OF  DOLLY  TODD  MADISON  CHAPTER  IN'  COLONIAL  COS  LIMES, 


very  valuable.  For  twelve  years  we  have  given 
a  medal  to  the  pupil  of  the  eighth  grade  making 
the  best  record  in  American  History. 

Our  programs  have  been  out  of  the  ordinary 
having  been  instructive  as  well  as  entertaining. 
A  study  of  the  Constitution  was  made  and 
copies  of  the  Constitution  distributed,  also  rules 
concerning  the  Flag  sent  to  all  schools  through- 
out  the   county. 

The  Schaufifler  School  in  Cleveland  has  been 
well  supported  on  the  part  of  the  Chapter,  as 
have  the  mountain  schools  and  other  interests 
of  a  patriotic  nature,  including  a  gift  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  to  our  local  American  Legion  to 
assist  in   furnishing  their  hall. 

On  Flag  Day  of  this  year  the  graves  of  our 
deceased  members  were  visited  and  decorated, 
also  the  graves  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  in  the 
county,  which  were  furnished  with  markers 
of  1776. 


of  the  Chapter  in  the  last  quarter  of  a  century. 
Mrs.   George   Tillotson. 

Secretary. 

Valley  Forge  Chapter  (Norristown,  Pa.). 
On  December  1,  1920  the  roll  of  our  Chapter 
showed  a  membership  of  121.  The  present 
membership,  October  1,  1922,  of  the  Chapter 
is   144. 

In  December  1920,  several  of  the  members 
represented  the  Chapter  at  the  reception  and 
luncheon  given  in  honor  of  General  Robert 
Georges  Neville,  the  hero  of  Verdun,  at  the 
Washington  Memorial  Chapel  at  Valley  Forge ; 
and  on  June  S,  1921  when  President  Harding 
spoke  in  the  Woodland  Cathedral  of  the 
Washington  Memorial  Chapel.  Both  of  these 
distinguished  men  were  presented  with  the  gold 
insignia  of  the  Valley  Forge  Historical  Society 
and    the    Patron's    Certificate    of    membership. 


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At  the  request  of  the  Historian  General 
through  the  State  Historian,  the  Chapter 
adopted  the  use  of  the  Historical  Program  as 
outlined  in  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine  beginning  October.  1921, 
and  found  the  subjects  most  interesting. 

Valley  Forge  Chapter  was  honored  by  havin.g 
one  of  its  faithful  members.  Miss  Isabella 
Walker,  selected  to  represent  Pennsylvania  and 
pose  as  Betsy  Ross  in  the  "  Living  Pictures  " 
at  the  Thirtieth  Continental  Congress,  in 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mrs.  Mary  Stauffer  Naylor  was  appointed  a 
Page  at  the  sessions  of  this  same  Congress. 
Miss  Anna  Hunsberger  and  Miss  Edith  C. 
Fisher  were  selected  to  act  as  Pages  at  the 
Thirty-first  Continental  Congress  in  April.  1922. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee 
reports  45  members  subscribing. 

Interest  in  locating  and  marking  Revolution- 
ary Soldiers'  graves  continues  as  heretofore. 
The  Chapter  continuing  the  custom  established 
some  years  ago  of  placing  on  Evacuation  Day, 
June  19th.  a  laurel  wreath  tied  with  the  colors 
of  the  National  Society  on  the  marker  which 
indicates  the  burial  place  of  the  Unknown 
Dead  at  Valley  Forge.  The  neglected  grave 
of  Captain  J.  W^  Davis  a  Revolutionary  soldier, 
buried  at  Bethal  Meeting,  Worcester  Township, 
Montgomery  County,  Pa.,  received  attention 
and  the  headstone  was  reset. 

Fifteen  War  Service  records  have  been  for- 
warded to  the  State  Historian. 

The  organization  on  Constitution  Day,  1921, 
of  a  Society  of  The  Children  of  the  American 
Revolution  with  49  members,  most  of  whom  are 
the  children  of  the  Chapter  members,  goes  to 
prove  that  the  duty  and  responsibility  of 
"fostering  true  patriotism  and  love  of  country-" 
is  fully  recognized  and  will  be  maintained. 

Active  interest  in  a  building  fund  toward 
a  permanent  meeting  place  for  the  Chapter  has 
been  kept  alive  and  several  successful  social 
affairs  have  been  held  for  this  purpose.  The 
first,  a  Card  Party  at  the  Ersine  Tennis  Club 
House  on  October  26,  1920  netted  $172.50.  the 
second  a  Garden  Party,  held  on  the  lawn  of 
Judge  and  Mrs.  John  Faber  Miller  on  June 
23,  1921,  at  which  $525  were  realized.  A 
Rummage  Sale  in  October,  1921  and  a  very 
successful  Card  Party  in  May,  1922,  netted  the 
Chapter  $101  and  $300  respectively. 

Cash  membership  dues  for  1921  and  1922 
amounting  to  $578.50  have  been  forwarded  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Valley  Forge  Historical 
Society,  to  this  amount  $98.29  were  added, 
representing  profit  from  the  sale  of  Christmas 
cards  for  1920  and  1921.  Forty-eight  dollars 
were  subscribed  by  members  to  a  card  party 
given   by   Philadelphia   and   neighboring   Chap- 


ters for  the  building  fund  of  this  same  Society. 
Red  Cross  Christmas  Seals  were  sold  to  the 
amount  of  $21.52.  Fifty  dollars  have  been 
sent  to  The  Near  East  Relief.  Thirty  dollars 
have  been  sent  to  Maryville  College,  Tennessee. 
Fifteen  dollars  to  the  Pine  Mountain  School 
Kentucky.  In  April,  1922  a  large  box  of  worn 
clothing  was  sent  to  the  Crossnor  School, 
North  Carolina.  Ten  dollars  were  subscribed 
to  the  fund  for  the  Memorial  Flag  Pole  which 
was  dedicated  by  the  George  N.  Althouse  Post, 
American  Legion  on  Memorial  Day,  1922,  in 
Elmwood  Park,   Norristown. 

The  Chapter  has  fully  subscribed  the  60  cents 
per  capita  tax  amounting  to  $72.60  for  the 
"  Manual  for  the  Information  of  Immigrants," 
"  The  Memorial  Fountain  in  honor  of  the 
Pilgrim  Mothers  "  and  the  oil  painting  to  be 
presented  to  the  French  Government  and  to 
be  placed   in  the   War  Museum  at  Paris. 

To  this  amount  the  Chapter  has  added  an 
additional  $25  toward  the  printing  of  the  Man- 
ual and  also  the  25  cent  per  capita  voluntary 
contribution  amounting  to  $36  for  the  Con- 
tinuance of  this  splendid  work. 

Twenty-five  dollars  have  been  subscribed 
toward  the  Pennsylvania  State  Room  in  the 
new  Administration  Building  in  Washington 
and  $5  toward  the  State  Tablet  to  be  erected. 
Twenty-five  dollars  have  been  pledged  to  the 
National  Old  Trails  Road  Committee  toward 
marking  the  82  miles  of  National  Road 
in  Pennsylvania. 

The  Chapter  was  instrumental  in  having 
"  Better  American  Speech  "  week  November  6, 
to   12,  1921,  observed. 

(Mrs.  N.  Howlaxd)   Frances  Daily  Brown, 

Regent. 

Saratoga  Chapter  (Saratoga  Springs.  N.  Y.) 
has  had  a  most  active  year.  With  a  member- 
ship of  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
daughters,  its  onward  march  is  one  of  progress 
and  helpfulness.  We  are  complying  with  the 
National  and  State  Societies'  plans,  and  ful- 
filling all   quotas,   complying   with   all   requests. 

Committees  have  been  appointed  to  carry  on 
the  work  of  the  Chapter.  Many  Manuals  for 
Immigrants,  both  in  English  and  foreign 
languages,  have  been  presented  to  our  newly 
arrived  foreigners,  and  to  those  taking  out 
final  citizenship  papers.  The  Neighborhood 
House  and  Americanization  Committee  has  been 
most  active.  The  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  ^I.\g.\zine  has  been  placed  in  all 
schools  and  libraries  in  the  city. 

Saratoga  Springs  has  a  very  fine  new 
Athletic  Field.  Saratoga  Chapter  is  to  present 
to  them  a  seventy-five  foot  pole,  with  American 


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flag,  so  that  over  the  clean  athletic  sports  of 
America,  the  spot  of  rest  and  play,  there  may 
ever  be  the  spirit  of  America  hovering  above, 
flinging  in  silent  beauty,  against  the  blue  of 
heaven,  its  "  Stars  and  Stripes "  as  the  living 
emblem  of  the  historic  growth  of  the 
American  Nation. 

During  the  past  year  many  Revolutionary 
graves  have  been  located  and  are  soon  to  be 
marked.  On  July  12th  a  marker  was  placed 
on     the    tombstone    of     Mrs.     Amanda     Ward 


Northrup,  a  Real  Daughter,  who,  a  respected 
and  loved  member  of  Saratoga  Chapter,  passed 
away  in  April,  1920.  The  simple  ceremony 
observed  at  the  grave,  upon  the  placing  of  the 
marker  was  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Florence  J.  D. 
Guy,  head  of  Real  Daughter's  Committee  and 
Chapter  Registrar ;  Mrs.  Nellie  Lohnas  Hay- 
den,  Past  Regent ;  Mrs.  Mary  Northrup  Doris, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Northrup ;  and  Miss  Frances 
M.  Ingalls,  Chapter  Regent. 

Members  of  the  North  Granville  Chapter 
were  present  by  invitation  of  Saratoga  Chapter, 
since  the  burial  place  was  in  the  North  Gran- 
ville Cemetery.  Flowers  and  a  silk  flag  were 
placed  upon  the  grave. 


Saratoga  Chapter  is  proud  to  have  atnong  its 
membership,  a  prominent  officer  of  the  New 
York  State  Society — jMrs.  Frederick  Menges, 
who  as  State  Historian,  compiled  the  thirteen 
beautiful  books  of  War  Records  now  in 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  and  who  also  dur- 
ing her  regime  as  State  Historian,  compiled 
the  histories  of  all  New  York  State  D.  A.  R. 
Chapters.  This  book  includes  the  histories  of 
the  New  York  State  Conference,  written  by 
Mrs.  Adelbert  C.  Hayden,  a  member  and  past 
Regent  of  Saratoga  Chapter.  The  book  is  to 
be  sold  to  Chapters  and  Chapter  members. 

Knowing  that  the  liberty  of  true  American- 
ism carries  with  it  a  sense  of  duty,  Saratoga 
Chapter  has  planned  its  year  with  that  in 
mind.  The  study  of  the  winter  is  to  be  that  of 
"  Early  New  York  State — The  Period  of  Ex- 
pansion." This  has  been  carefully  divided  in- 
to subtopics,  anl  will  undoubtedly  prove  of 
value  as  an  historical  study  as  well  as  to  pro- 
mote a  more  vigorous  patriotism. 

Fr.\nces    M.    Ixg.\lls, 
Regent. 

Louisa  St.  Clair  Chapter  (Detroit,  Mich.) 
On  June  26,  1922,  our  Chapter,  helped  to  mark 
the  grave  of  Mrs.  Nancy  De  Graf?  Toll,  one 
of  its  "  Real  Daughters." 

Judge  Isaac  De  Grafif  was  a  zealous  patriot 
and  served  throughout  the  Revolution  as  inajor, 
receiving  the  oath  of  office,  prescribed  by  Con- 
gress in  1778,  from  General  Lafayette.  The 
war  over,  he  resumed  his  office  as  Judge  in 
Schenectady  County,  New  York.  On  Septem- 
ber 18,  1797,  his  daughter  Nancy,  worthy 
descendant  of  a  distinguished  Holland  ances- 
try, was  born.  After  a  memorable  girlhood  in 
the  beautiful  Mohawk  Valley  she  was  married 
at  the  age  of  twentv  to  Captain  Philip  Rvlev 
Toll  (January  4,  1817).  Captain  Toll  had 
served  in  the  mounted  artillery  during  the  War 
of  1812.  Eight  children  were  born:  Isaac  D., 
Elizabeth  (wife  of  Rev.  E.  S.  Lane),  Susan  D., 
Jane  Anna,  Charles,  Alfred,  Sarah  G.  (married 
Dr.  A.  T.  Sawyer)  and  a  daughter  who  died 
in    infancy. 

In  1834  the  Toll  family  moved  from  Schenec- 
tady to  St.  Joseph  County  in  the  wilderness  of 
Western  Michigan,  settling  on  Fawn  River. 
The  village  of  Fawn  River  was  located  on  lands 
belonging  to  Captain  Toll,  where  he  built  the 
first  house  in  1838.  This  was  followed  by  the 
erection  of  a  saw-mill,  a  flouring  mill  and  a 
general  store. 

Captain  and  Mrs.  Toll,  although  belonging 
to  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  joined  a 
Scotch  Presbyterian  society  that  was  being 
organized.  Their  house  was  always  the  home 
of  the  clergymen  who  came  that  way,  to  whom 
their  lavish  hospitality  was  extended  irrespec- 


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tivc  of  creeds  or  doctrines.  In  some  cases 
they  personally  paid  the  tninisters'  salaries. 

\\'hen,  in  1838,  an  epidemic  broke  out  in  the 
village,  leaving  scarcely  a  family  alive,  Mrs. 
Toll,  although  a  newcomer,  led  in  organizing 
bands  of  heroic  women  who  went  from  house 
to  house,  ministering  to  the  living  or  paying 
the  last  offices  to  the  dead. 

Throughout    the    Mexican    War,    her    eldest 


brighter  as  her  physical  strength  waned. 
Fortunate  indeed  were  those  who  called  her 
friend  !  It  was  not  her  wealth,  her  social  position 
or  her  cultured  mind  that  chiefly  attracted  them, 
but  her  beautiful  Christian  life,  her  strong 
faith  and  her  love  for  her  Saviour.  She  was 
always  dainty  in  dress  and  personal  appearance 
and  relaxed  not  a  whit  in  this  respect  as  old 
a.se  advanced.     She  died  on  March  28.  1898,  in 


DESCENDANTS  OK      RE.\L  D.^UCHTKR"   N.'VNCV   DE  CR.M'K  TOLL,    OK  MICHIGAN. 


son,  Isaac  D.,  served  as  a  captain  in  General 
(afterwards  President)   Pierce's  brigade. 

In  October,  1852,  Captain  Philip  R.  Toll 
moved  with  his  family  to  Monroe,  Michigan, 
where  he  purchased  a  beautiful  home  with 
extensive  grounds  sloping  down  to  the  historic 
River  Raisin.  Ten  years  later,  after  forty-five 
years  of  happy  married  life,  he  passed  away, 
beloved  and  respected. 

Madam  Toll  lived  on  through  the  closing 
years  of  the  wonderful  century,  the  birth  of 
which  she  had  seen  when  a  little  child.  In 
her  charming  home,  surrounded  by  her  loved 
ones,    her    mental    faculties    seemed    to    grow 


her  101st  year.  Eight  grandchildren  and  twelve 
great  grandchildren  still  live  to  "  rise  up  and 
call   her  blessed." 

In  a  lovely  setting  of  ascension  lilies  and  field 
daisies,  the  bronze  tablet  marking  her  grave, 
joint  gift  of  Louisa  St.  Clair  Chapter,  Detroit, 
and  the  recently  organized  Nancy  De  Graff 
Toll  Chapter,  Monroe,  was  unveiled  in  the 
cemetery  at  Monroe.  Mr.  Frances  Cicotte  of 
Monroe,  a  veteran  of  the  World  War  (Rainbow 
Division),  sounded  the  assembly.  The  invo- 
cation by  Rev.  Charles  O'Meara,  rector  of 
Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  Monroe,  was  followed 
by  the  recital  of  the  Lord's  prayer,  Mrs.  Jared 


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W.  Finney,  State  Chaplain  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  leading.  Mrs. 
William  H.  Holden,  Regent  of  Louisa  St. 
Clair  Chapter,  who  presided,  led  in  the  reading 
of  passages  from  the  44th  and  78th  Psalms, 
the  responses  being  given  by  members  from 
the  two  Chapters.  Mrs.  C.  C.  Rogers,  Regent 
of  Nancy  De  GrafT  Toll  Chapter,  read  a 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Toll  which  was 
supplemented  by  Mrs.  Holden  who  drew  a 
valuable  lesson  from  the  life  of  this  patriot. 
Mrs.  Frank  H.  Croul  of  Louisa  St.  Clair 
Chapter,  charmed  all  by  her  recital  of  the  many 
graces  of  mind  and  heart  which  marked  the 
life  of  her  beloved  grandmother. 

Then  came  the  unveiling,  the  cord  releasing 
the  flag  being  drawn  by  a  great  granddaughter. 
Miss  Nancy  De  Graff  Toll  (Wellesley,  1922). 
This  was  followed  by  the  salute  to  the  flag  and 
singing    the   national    anthem    and    "  America." 

The  guests  then  went  to  the  home  of  Miss 
Jennie  Toll  Sawyer  of  Monroe  where  refresh- 
ments were  served  and  a  happy  hour  was  spent 
in  viewing  many  pieces  of  needlework  made  by 
Mrs.  Toll's  skillful  fingers.  The  following 
lineal  descendants  were  in  attendance :  Grand- 
daughters :  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Croul,  of  Detroit, 
Miss  Jennie  Toll  Sawyer  of  Monroe;  Grand- 
sons :  Mr.  Alfred  I.  Sawyer  of  Monroe,  Mr. 
Philip  R.  Toll  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri ;  Great 
granddaughters:  Mrs.  Paul  P.  Brinkman  of 
Chicago,  Mrs.  Frances  McPherson  of  San 
Francisco,  California,  and  Miss  Nancy  De 
Graff  Toll  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  About 
thirty-five  members  of  Louisa  St.  Clair  Chapter, 
to  which  Mrs.  Toll  belonged,  were  present,  also 
two  members  of  Fort  Ponchartrain  Chapter, 
Llighland  Park. 

Gr.\cie    Br.mnerd    Krum, 
Historimi. 

Fincastle  Chapter  (Louisville,  Ky.)  On 
Armistice  Day,  November  11,  1921,  at  10  o'clock, 
A.M.  a  bugler  from  the  Boy  Scouts,  announced 
the  opening  of  the  program  unveiling  the  gran- 
ite marker  and  bronze  tablet  erected  by  the 
Fincastle  Chapter  at  Camp  Taylor,  in  honor 
of  the  thousands  of  aliens  who  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  to  the  United  States  Government 
during  the  World  War,  1917-1918.  The  day 
was  cloudy,  but  as  the  flag  was  unfurled,  the 
clouds  parted  for  a  moment  and  the  sun  cast 
its  rays  over  the  entire  scene.  In  spite  of  the 
numerous  events  in  the  observance  of  the  day, 
a  large  gathering,  approximately  three  hundred 
people,  including  all  of  the  patriotic  organ- 
izations of  our  city,  had  assembled  around  the 
elm  tree,  where  the  marker  was  placed.  This 
tree  is  now  on  our  Government's  honor  roll 
as   "  Naturalization   Flm."      The    National    So- 


ciety of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution was  represented  by  Vice  President 
General,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault  of  Lexington. 
Kentucky ;  Regents  of  three  of  the  largest 
Chapters  in  the  State,  The  Jemima  Johnson, 
The  Boonesborough  and  the  John  Marshall 
Chapters  were  present.  The  Reverend  E.  T. 
Gouwens  opened  the  exercises  with  prayer.  The 
Regent,  Mrs.  Samuel  H.  Stone,  made  a  short 
address  of  welcome,  and  then  introduced  Mrs. 
Lelia  C.  Leidenger,  who  dedicated  the  tablet. 
The  tablet  was  unveiled  by  Mrs.  Middleton  and 
Miss  Lida  Ramey.  It  was  Miss  Ramey  who 
suggested  the  preservation  of  the  tree  to  the 
Chapter.     Fine  addresses   were  made  by   Hon. 


,<^...;»#^-^' 


M.^RKER  ERECTED  BY  .MEMBERS  OF  FINCASTLE  CH.\PTER. 

LOUISVILLE.      KV.,     AT     CAMP    ZACHARY     TAYLOR,     TO 

COMMEMORATE     THE    NATURALIZATION       OF    SEVERAL 

THOUSAND  ALIENS. 

.Attilla  Cox,  who  represented  the  American 
Legion ;  Mr.  E.  T.  Hutchings,  representing  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  Colonel 
Bambrilla  of  Camp  Knox,  the  Government. 
"  The  Star  Spangled  Banner  "  was  then  rendered 
by  the  band,  and  at  its  conclusion  a  Victory 
Wreath,  was  placed  at  the  base  of  the  marker 
by  Miss  Katherine  Strother.  Chaplain  William 
Baird,  of  Camp  Knox  pronounced  the  benedic- 
tion, after  which  taps  were  sounded.  It  was 
an  interesting  and  awe-inspiring  scene,  with  our 
Stars  and  Stripes,  the  flags  of  the  patriotic 
organizations  flying,  and  the  whole  assembly 
standing  at  attention.  Martin  Nemas,  a 
naturalized  Hungarian,  showing  his  patriotism 
and  allegiance,  stepped  forward  and  placed  a 
wreath  on  the  marker. 

(Miss)    Katherine   Pryor   Strother, 
Historian. 


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Mary  Isham  Keith  Chapter  (Fort  Worth, 
Texas. )  The  enronmeiit  of  the  Chapter  shows 
a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-two, 
thirteen  of  whom  are  non-resident  members. 
The  active  membership  is  hmited  to  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five.  The  general  topic  for  the 
ensuing  year  is  "  The  War  of  1812."  E.x- 
cellent  papers  and  interesting  talks  are  given 
at  each  meeting.  Last  year  we  studied  "Special 
Days."  At  the  November  meeting  we  had  a 
beautiful    dramatic    presentation    of    "  A     Pil- 


a  perpetual  monument  upon  the  site  where  the 
old  Fort  Worth  Post  of  the  army  was  located, 
and  is  on  the  lawn  of  the  Criminal  Courts 
Building.  It  is  cut  from  Texas  cranite,  corres- 
ponding with  the  stone  used  in  the  Criminal 
Courts  Building,  and  is  upon  a  foundation  of 
concrete.  On  the  front  and  back  of  the 
granite  are  inscriptions  on  bronze  tablets.  Here 
is  the  wording  on  the  front : — "  This  stone 
marks  the  site  of  Camp  Worth,  a  United 
States   Military  Post,  named   in  honor  of  Gen- 


grim  Mother's  Thanksgiving ;  "  in  December,  a 
cantata,  "  The  Babe  of  Bethlehem "  with  an 
artistic  tableau. 

Washington's  birthday  anniversary  was  cele- 
brated with  a  fine  musical  program  at  the 
Texas  Hotel,  followed  by  a  reception  for  Chap- 
ter members  and  friends,  at  which  refreshments 
were  served.  We  have  the  Lineage  Books  of 
the  D.  A.  R.  from  one  (1)  to  fifty-six  (56), 
and  are  ordering  the  remaining  volumes.  We 
appropriated  two  hundred  dollars  last  year  to 
various  benefactions. 

The  bronze  and  granite  marker  erected  by 
the  Chapter  was  unveiled  and  presented  to  the 
City  with  imposing  ceretnonies  Wednesday 
afternoon,    December    28,    1921.      It    stands    as 


eral  William  J.  Worth,  and  Commanded  by 
Major  Ripley  A.  Arnold,  1849-1853.  The 
camp  protected  the  frontier  against  Indians, 
and  was  the  beginning  of  the  City  of 
Fort  Worth." 

Upon  this  tablet  is  carved  a  typical  scene  of 
the  frontier  days  when  Indians,  prairie 
schooners  and  cowboys  were  common  around 
the  section  now  covered  by  Fort  Worth.  Broad 
prairie  is  shown  in  the  view. 

On  the  tablet  placed  on  the  rear  of  the 
granite  is  this  inscription :  "  Erected  by  Mary 
Isham  Keith  Chapter  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  1921."  The  extreme  dimensions 
of  the  rugged  granite  are  seven  and  one-half 
feet  long,  five   feet  high,  and  three   feet   wide. 


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Mrs.  Louis  J.  Wortham  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  for  the  raising  of  the  funds.  It 
cost  $2670,  and  was  paid  for  before  the 
dedicatory  exercises. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Ammer.max, 

Historian. 

Chancellor  Livingston  Chapter  (  Rhinobcck, 
N.  Y.)  on  Saturday,  October  28th,  unveiled  a 
memorial  bqulder  to  mark  the  crossing  of  two 
old  trails,  the  King's  Highway  and  the  Ulster 
and    Salisbury    Turnpike.      Preceding    the    un- 


Western  New  York.  Erected  by  Chancellor 
Livingston  Chapter  Daughters  of  American 
Revolution,  1922."  A  large  number  of  citizens 
witnessed  the  ceremonies. 

Louise   C.   Esselstvx, 

Historian. 

Anne  Adams-Tufts  Chapter  (Somerville, 
Mass.)  celebrated  its  twenty  fifth  amtiversary 
on  March  20,  1922,  in  Unitarian  Hall.  It  was 
a  delightful  occasion  and  one  long  to  be  re- 
inembered.     Over   three  hundred  members  and 


BOULDER   ERECTED    BY  CHANCELLOR  LIVINGSTON    CHAPTER,    RHINEBECK.    N.    Y. 


veiling,  members  and  guests  of  the  Chapter 
attended  a  delightful  luncheon  at  Beekman 
Arms.  The  unveiling  ceremonies  took  place 
upon  the  lawn  and  were  of  a  high  order.  Mrs. 
de  Laportc,  Regent,  told  the  story  of  the  trails 
and  introduced  Judge  Clearwater  of  Kingston 
who  delivered  an  address  dealing  with  Rev- 
olutionary times.  The  memorial,  when  disem- 
barrassed of  two  concealing  flags,  proved  to  be 
all  that  one  could  desire  in  the  way  of  beauty 
and  fitness,  a  native  boulder,  polished  by 
glacial  action  and  of  exquisitely  fine  and  satin- 
like surface,  imbedded  with  a  bronze  tablet 
bearing  the  interesting  inscription.  "  This  stone 
marks  the  crossing  of  the  King's  Highway  and 
the  Sepasco  Indian  Trail,  later  named  the  Ulster 
and  Salisbury  Turnpike,  over  which  traveled 
tlie  Connecticut   pioneers  to  their  new  Iiomcs  in 


guests  w'ere  present,  and  many  of  the  mem- 
bers were  in  Colonial  costume.  A  reception 
preceded  the  entertainment,  and  in  the  receiving 
line  were  Mrs.  Josephine  F.  \Vhitney,  Regent 
of  the  Chapter,  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway, 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  John  M.  Webster,  wife  of 
the  mayor,  and  Mrs.  Julia  M.  Fletcher, 
^'ice  Regent. 

The  exercises  were  opened  by  a  word  of 
welcome  by  the  Regent,  Mrs.  Josephine  F. 
Whitney.  "  America "  was  sung,  and  prayer 
offered  by  the  State  Chaplain,  Mrs.  Mattie  M. 
Jenkins,  and  the  Salute  to  the  Flag  given, 
following  which  all  joined  in  repeating  "The 
American's  Creed."  In  her  remarks,  the  State 
Regent,  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway,  stated  that 
there  were  now  one  hundred  Chapters  of  the 
Daughters  of  tlie   .American   Revolution   in  the 


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state  with  a  membership  of  over  seven  thousand 
women.  She  expressed  her  pleasure  at  being- 
present  at  the  silver  anniversary  of  the  Chap- 
ter, which  was  the  first  to  make  her  an  honorary 
member.  Mrs.  Shumway  was  followed  by 
Mayor  Webster,  who  extended  the  greetings 
of  the  City,  and  spoke  of  "  the  strength  and 
support  of  such  organizations  in  keeping  alive 
the  spirit  of  patriotism  and  the  principles  of 
justice  and  freedom."  Mrs.  Florence  Mahcw 
then  gave  an  interesting  sketch  of  the  Chapter 


scrap  book  containing  clippings  of  the  work 
of  the  Chapter  from  the  start  to  the  present 
time.  The  Chapter  deeply  appreciates  this 
valuable  gift.  A  group  of  songs  was  given 
by  Miss  Nina  Mae  Hatch,  who  was  dressed  in 
old-fashioned  costume.  "  Believe  me,  if  all 
Those  Endearing  Young  Charms,"  and  "  Loves 
Old  Sweet  Song "  were  charmingly  rendered. 
Mrs.  Isabella  Taylor  of  the  Old  Belfry  Chapter, 
delighted  all  with  the  reading  of  the  two  act 
play,  "  Dolly  Madison."     Miss  Hatch  followed 


ANNli  AUAMS-l  Ills.    I).    A     R. 

which  was  formed  March  10,  1897,  and  an 
account  of  the  life  and  services  rendered  during 
the  Revolution  by  Anne  Adams-Tufts,  for 
wliom  the  Chapter  is  named.  Reference  was 
made  to  the  tablet  erected  by  the  Chapter  in 
Paul  Revere  Park,  the  smallest  park  in  the 
world,  in  June,  1909.  The  gavel  used  by  the 
Chapter  is  made  from  the  wood  of  a  sweet 
apple  tree  planted  before  1800  on  the  old  .-\danis 
homestead,  occupied  by  Rebecca  Adams ;  and 
the  charter  of  the  Chapter  is  framed  in  wood 
from  the  same  tree.  An  interesting  part  of  the 
program  was  the  presentation  to  the  Chapter 
by  Miss  Alarion  Brazier,  founder  and  organizer 
and  active  in   D.  A.   R.  circles,   of   a   valuable 


-i.(>\r.  somi:r\ii,i.i:.  ma>s. 

with  a  group  of  modern  songs  "  My  Love  is  a 
Mulceteer  "  and  a  Welsh  folk  song. 

A  social  tea  followed  the  entertainment. 

The  Chapter  has  taken  an  active  part  in  all 
patriotic  work  and  has  met  all  the  requirements 
of  the  National  Society,  paying  in  full,  its 
quota  to  tlie  Immigrants'  Manual.  The  Paint- 
ing and  Memorial  Fountain.  The  Chapter  has 
also  contributed  largely  to  the  International 
College  at  Springfield  and  various  other  lines 
of  work,  and  assisted  in  the  Americanization 
work  in  the  Public  Schools,  distributing  the 
"American's  Creed  "  and  Manuals  to  the  classes. 

In  July,  Somerville  held  its  fiftieth  anni- 
versary   celebration    and    Anne    Adams-Tufts 


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Chapter  had  the  most  picturesque  float   in  the 
long   Hue   of    beautiful    floats. 

The   Peter  Tufts   Society,    C.   A.   R.   will  be 
named   for  the  patriotic  son  of   Anne   Adams- 
Tufts,  and  he  was  a  Minute  Man  in  the  Lexing- 
ton Alarm,  also  serving  in  other  companies. 
Josephine  F.  Whitney. 
Historian. 

Clinton  Chapter  (Clinton,  Iowa)  has  just 
passed  a  year  of  interesting  social  events  and 
splendid  work.  In  addition  to  our  eight  social 
ineetings,  there  were  many  other  interesting 
bits  of  work  of  which  any  chapter  might  be 
proud.  The  first  unrecorded  meeting  was  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  Robbins  of  Fulton,  February 
22,  1921. 

June  14th,  Flag  Day,  sixteen  foreign  born 
men  and  their  families  were  made  citizens  of 
the  United  States.  The  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  the  Colonial  Dames  and 
the  American  Legion  agreed  that  an  impressive 
service  would  add  to  their  appreciation  of  their 
new  honors.  Accordingly  all  met  at  the  Court 
House.  There  were  flags  and  flowers,  music 
by  the  Citizens'  band,  addresses  of  welcome 
by  Judge  Barker,  Earnest  Work,  Mrs.  Alay, 
and  Mrs.  White,  a  presentation  of  the  Ameri- 
can's creed.  The  response  was  made  by  Emil 
Bockman  of  Switzerland.  The  program  was 
completed  with  refreshments,  roses  for  the 
women  and  cigars  for  the  men,  a  very  happy 
day   for  all  concerned. 

October  28th,  we  met  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
A.  C.  Stuith  to  welcome  the  State  Regent,  Mrs. 
Frisbic.  She  spoke  of  the  things  we  should 
know  concerning  the  state  and  nation.  The 
first  question  touched  on  morals  and  we  were 
warned  to  keep  our  eyes  and  ears  open  to  the 
dangers  that  menace  the  Republic.  In  North 
Dakota  a  law  had  reached  its  second  reading 
to  nationalize  women.  She  dwelt  on  American- 
ization and  showed  us  the  questionnaire  to  give 
to  foreign  born  citizens.  It  was  printed  in  a 
number  of  languages  and  told  of  an  immigrant 
woiTian  who  surpassed  all  in  her  examinations 
because  she  had  studied  the  questionnaire.  Mrs. 
Frisbie  said  Iowa  was  supporting  six  foreign 
born  girls  in  work  among  their  own  nation ; 
also  that  the  marking  of  historical  spots  is  to 
be  carried  on  more  actively,  among  theiu  John 
Brown's  home.  Mount  ^'ernon  and  an  active 
search  for  George  Washington  relics.  She 
reported  78  chapters  in  Iowa  and  5,000  luembers. 

The  first  event  in  November  was  Armistice 
Day.  November  11th,  a  parade,  the  finest  ever 
staged  in  Clinton  with  sixty  floats  to  tell  the 
story  of  Liberty.  The  Betsy  Ross  float  was 
arranged    by    the    Clinton    Chapter,    Daughters 


of    the    American    Revolution,    the    part    being 
taken  by  Miss  Vivian  Polly  Stoik. 

The  three-hundredth  anniversary  of  the  first 
Thanksgiving  was  celebrated  by  a  tea  and  pro- 
gram at  the  LaFayette  hotel,  the  event  in 
charge  of  Airs.  Stuart  Towle,  assisted  by  an 
able  committee.  The  long  table  was  arranged 
in  Colonial  style,  a  fine  program,  dancing  by 
the  children  of  Mrs.  Walter  Drury  and  Miss 
Merrill  gave  "  The  Littlest  Rebel,"  in  a 
charming  manner. 

December  7th  the  Chapter  met  with  Mrs. 
Robert  Taylor.  At  this  meeting  we  welcomed 
a  real  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Wallace.  The  event 
of  the  day  was  the  story  of  Betsy  Ross,  told 
by  Mrs.  Mudgett,  a  blood  relation.  Then 
followed  civil  war  stories,  making  an  inter- 
esting afternoon. 

January  11th  the  Chapter  met  with  Mrs. 
Lubbers,  an  item  of  interest  was  the  reading 
of  a  letter  from  a  French  orphan  boy,  one  of 
our  orphans.  "  In  as  much  as  ye  have  done  it 
unto  one  of  the  least  of  these,  ye  have  done 
it  unto  me." 

February  23rd,  the  Chapter  was  entertained 
b\-  Mrs.  Whitley.  A  book  review  was  given 
liy  Airs.  Harry  Eaton,  Mary  Johnston's  book, 
"  To  Have  and  To  Hold." 

April  Sth  our  meeting  was  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  Charles  Chase.  To  me  the  choice  pro- 
gram of  the  year  was  the  talk  by  Mr.  Welker 
Given.  His  subject  was  the  colonial  beauty 
and  belle,  Peggy  Shippen.  By  her  strength 
of  character,  her  sacrifice  and  above  all  her 
great  love,  she  won  a  place  of  honor  among 
the  D.  A.  R.  immortals. 

During  this  year  a  number  of  good  articles, 
concerning  the  older  residents  of  Clinton  have 
appeared  in  the  newspaper  and  found  their 
place  in  our  scrap  book.  The  Americanization 
committee  suggested  the  presentation  of  the 
Iowa  State  emblem  to  the  high  school,  also 
prizes  to  the  highest  ranking  student  in 
.American  history. 

Isabel  Goonwix  Ch.\ttertox, 

Historian. 

Palestrello  Chapter  (Wallingford,  Ver- 
mont) has  not  reported  to  the  Magazine  for 
several  years  but  that  does  not  mean  that  the 
Chapter  is  not  alive  and  growing.  It  is,  very 
much   so. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  we  have  lost  several 
members  by  death  and  several  by  removal,  we 
have  kept  our  membership  at  about  forty  by 
the  addition  of  new  luembers.  We  have  held 
twelve  lueetings  each  year,  and  that  fact  alone, 
in  a  country  village  in  this  climate,  speaks  for 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  luembers  and  the  effi- 
ciency of  the  oflicers.  We  have  fulfilled  all 
our    financial   obligations   at    hoiue   and   abroad 


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and  have  been  able  to  do  local  patriotic  work 
besides.  We  subscribe  for  the  Daughters  of 
THE  American  Revolution  Magazine  for  the 
reading  table  in  our  Library  each  year.  We 
send  delegates  to  the  State  Conferences  and 
are  benefited  by  the  enthusiastic  reports  of 
what  other  chapters  in  the  State  are  doing. 

The  past  year  has  been  a  memorable  one  in 
that  we  have  been  able  to  secure  noted  speakers 
for  some  of  our  meetings.  One  of  these  was 
Mrs.  Dorothy  Canfield  Fisher  who  gave  us  a 
most  interesting  address  upon  the  topic,  "Ver- 
mont, the  Switzerland  of  America,"  and  em- 
phasized the  great  influence  of  our  rural  schools 
upon  the  future  American  citizen — that  too 
little  is  done  for  country  school-children  in 
the  way  of  good  school  buildings  and  first 
quality  teachers.  The  meeting  at  which  Mrs. 
Fisher  addressed  us  was  held  at  "The  Locusts," 
the  home  of  the  Misses  Ballou,  both  Daughters, 
and  it  was  a  most  suitaljle  meeting  place  for 
an  historical  society,  as  the  building  was 
erected  over  200  years  ago.  During  the  Revo- 
lution the  place  was  owned  by  Matthew  Lyons, 
an  Irishman,  who  was  brought  to  this  country 
"in  bond."  In  1823  the  place  came  into 
the  possession  of  the  grandfather  of  the 
present  owners  and  has  remained  in  the  family 
ever   since. 

One  meeting  was  addressed  by  Mrs.  O.  R. 
Houghton  on  the  subject,  "Old  Trails  and  Their 
Markers,"  a  subject  most  interesting  to 
Daughters,  and  presented  by  Mrs.  Houghton  in 
a  very  able  and  attractive  manner. 

We  have  presented  the  ofiicial  spoon  to  each 
baby  born  into  our  Chapter  and  hope  sometime 
to  be  able  to  form  a  Children's  Chapter  with 
those  babies,  grown-Iarger. 


We  hope  that  you  have  missed  hearing  from 
Palestrello  Chapter,  (named  from  the  pretty 
Felipa  Moniz  Palestrello,  wife  of  Christopher 
Columbus,  who  came  to  America  with  her 
husband,  long,  long  ago)  and  will  give  this 
short  message  from  her  a  welcome. 

Laura  Newton   Scribner, 

Historian. 

Pocahontas  Chapter  (San  Angelo,  Texas) 
organized  February  22,  1910,  has  thirty-five 
members.  This  year,  as  in  our  work  in  the  past, 
we  have  tried  to  make  our  endeavors  count  in 
the  lives  of  others  as  well  as  in  our  own.  We 
have  pledged  $20  a  year  to  the  Denton,  Texas, 
scholarship ;  $10  a  year  for  American  history 
for  the  public  school  of  San  Angelo,  Texas ; 
have  given  flags  and  ode  to  the  Mexican  and 
negro  schools  of  San  Angelo ;  contributed  to 
the  restoration  of  Tilloloy.  to  the  Immigrant's 
Manual ;  adopted  a  French  orphan  during  the 
war  and  sent  hira  gifts  at  Christmas. 

A  committee  has  been  appointed  to  investi- 
gate the  cost  of  erecting  markers  on  soldiers' 
graves  in  our  cemetery. 

One  of  our  enjoyable  social  meetings  was 
the  Colonial  tea  given  by  our  Chapter  at  the 
American  Legion  Hall.  It  was  the  12th  anni- 
versary of  our  organization,  as  well  as  the 
birthday   of    the   "Father   of   our    Coimtry." 

An  artistic  arrangement  of  American  flags, 
ferns,  and  cut  flowers  made  the  hall  beautiful. 
A  number  of  the  house  party  wore  Colonial 
costumes.  The  feature  of  the  afternoon  was 
the  beautiful  minuet  danced  by  eight  of  our 
young  daughters  in  Colonial  dress. 

Mattie  Ballinger  Bryan, 
Historian. 


GENEALOGICAL 
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GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 

Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

10699.  Lewis. — Thomas  Lewis,  second  s  of 
John  and  his  w  Margaret  Lynn  was  b  in  Ire- 
land. 1718.  He  m  Jane  dau  of  William  Strother 
of  Stafford  Co.,  Va.,  1749,  and  had  following- 
ch:  John  b  1749;  Margaret  Ann  b  1751;  m  first 

McClanahan  and  second  William  BoAvyer ; 

i\satha  b  1753  m  1st  Capt.  John  Frogg  and 
isecond  John  Stuart;  Jane  b  1755  m  Thomas 
Hughes;  Andrew;  Thomas;  Mary  b  1762  m 
John  Mcllhaney;  Elizabeth  b  1765  m  Thomas 
N.  Gilmer  and  was  the  mother  of  George  Rock- 
ingham Gilmer,  who  was  twice  Governor  of 
Georgia  and  many  yrs  a  member  of  Congress 
from  that  State;  Ann  b  1767  m  first  H.  M. 
Doutliat  and  second  Mr.  French;  Frances  b 
1769  m  Layton  Yancy ;  Charles  b  1772  m  Miss 
Yancy;  Sophia  b  1775  m  John  Cathrae ; 
William  Benjamin  b  1778  m  M.  Hite;  Thomas 
Lewis  was  surveyor  of  Augusta  County,  Va., 
was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  and 
of  the  Va.  Convention  in  1776  and  was  one 
of  the  Commissioners  of  Confederation  in  1777 
to  treat  with  the  Indian  Tribes  who  had  been 
defeated  at  the  Battle  of  Point  Pleasant.  This 
data  was  taken  from  the  genealogies  of  the 
Lewis  and  kindred  families. — Mrs.  Annie  E. 
McA.   Grigfi.  Gainesville,   Ga. 

10699. — This  was  also  answered  by  Mrs. 
William   Ardery,    "  Rocclicgan,"    Paris,   Ky. 

10682.  RiDcwAV.— Both  Richard  and  David 
Ridgway  were  Quakers  and  performed  no  mili- 
tary ser.  Richard,  the  immigrant,  was  Judge 
of  Burlington  Co.,  from  1700  to  1720,  and  d 
1723.  Richard  Ridgway  m  Elizabeth  Drews, 
but  that  was  an  error  put  out  by  myself  through 
a  misprint  or  misreading  of  letters  in  1870,  and 
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sliould  have  been  Elizabeth  Andrews.  I  am  at 
present  engaged  on  a  genealogical  history  of  the 
Ridgways  and  hope  soon  to  have  it  completed. — 
George  C.  Ridgivay.  Evansville,  Ind. 

10651.  Morse. — See  Morse  Genealogy  by 
Morse  and  Leavitt,  pp.  53  and  54.  Joseph  (4) 
Morse  s  of  Peter  (3)  (Lt.  Anthony  (2)  An- 
thony (1))  and  Priscilla  Carpenter  Morse  was 
b  Woodstock  Feb.  13,  1705.  He  m  first  Apr. 
27,  1730,  Keziah  dau  of  Josiah  and  Abigail 
Paine  Cleveland  who  was  b  Canterbury,  Conn., 
Nov.  11,  1711,  d  Sept.  1758.  He  m  second  Mrs. 
Ruth  Williams.  He  d  in  Canterbury,  Mar.  1, 
1777.  His  ch  were  Benjamin  b  May  15,  1732, 
m  Jan-  16.  1760,  Bettv  Allen;  Joseph  b  Oct. 
25,  1734;  Abigail  b  Nov.  23,  1735;  Rebecca  b 
Sept.  5,  1736;  Anthony  b  Apr.  11,  1738,  m  May 
11,  1762,  Sarah  Warren;  Esther  b  Oct.  14,  1740, 
m  Caleb  Faulkner;  Peter  b  Sept.  2,  1742,  m 
Nov.  16.  1762.  Sarali  Ransom;  Keziah  b  Nov. 
14,  1744,  m  William  Clark;  Josiah  b  Oct.  25, 
1746,  removed  to  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Deida- 
mia  b  Feb.  24.  1748,  m  first  Oliver  Davidson 
second  Elisha  Litchfield  third  Moses  Butterfield 
and  fourth  Mr.  Brewster;  Mary  b  May  9, 
1752,  m  Dr.  Ebcnezer  Adams;  Priscilla.  Na- 
thaniel Morse  (p.  129)  s  of  Daniel  (4) 
(Deacon  William  (3)  Deacon  William  (2) 
Anthony  (\))  and  Elizabetli  (Morse)  Morse 
b  Newbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  20,  1728,  lived  in  Pres- 
ton, Conn.,  where  he  m  Oct.  11,  1749,  Mary 
dau  of  David  and  Dorothy  Morgan  who  was  b 
Apr.  27,  1732;  he  d  June  5,  1781.  His  ch-were 
Nathaniel  b  June  24,  1751  ;  Major  Anthony  b 
Dec.  22,  1753,  m  Huldah  Taylor,  lived  at 
Worthington.  Mass.;  David  b  Feb.  27,  1756; 
Mary  b  July  27.  1758,  in  Preston,  m  Asa 
Spalding    of    Worthington    and    had    ch    Silas, 


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Marv.  Alfred.  Alanson,  Pauline,  Asa,  Laura: 
Robert  b  Jan.  16,  1764:  Elijah  b  Dec.  23,  1755, 
m  Mary  dau  of  Daniel  and  Ann  Morse  his 
cousin :  Ann  d  unmarried  and  Elizabeth  b  Oct. 
7,  1771,  m  Mr.  Shepard. — Mrs.  A.  L.  Ocman. 
Lead.  South  Dakota. 

10453.  LovETT.— Vol.  1,  p.  25,  The  Tyler 
Book,  says  that  Hopestill  Tyler  m  Mary  Lovett, 
dau  of  Daniel  Lovett  of  Braintree  and  Mendon 
in  1668.  In  1692,  during  the  witch-craft  perse- 
cution, she  was  accused  of  witch-craft  and  im- 
prisoned but  finally  released.  She  d  in  Preston, 
Conn.,  in  1732.  Try  "  Savage  Genealogical 
Dictionary "  for  Daniel  Lovett. — Bertha  Kel- 
logg Tyler.  Dalton,  Ga. 

QUERIES 

10811.  Fowler. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Abra- 
ham Fowler  of  Bladensburg.  Md.,  called  the 
Paul  Revere  of  Md.  His  s  Alonzo  Randolph 
Fowler  m  Frances  Emily  Draper,  sister  of 
Gen'l  Draper.  Their  s  Alonzo  Eugene  Fowler 
m  Martha  Ellen  Shultz.  Wanted  also  Rev  rec 
of  ances  of  Emily  Frances  Draper. — M.  B.  T. 

10812.  BiGGs-BiGGEN-HowARD. — Did  Samuel 
Howard  a  pioneer  of  W.  Va.  m  Polly  Biggs  or 
Mary  Biggen?  Wanted  ances  of  Samuel  How- 
ard and  also  of  his  w. — O.  H.  D. 

10813.  Cropper. — Wanted  ances  and  dates  of 
W'm.  Peter  Cropper  who  m  March  24,  1813, 
Patty  Bowen  (Court  House  Record  Snow  Hill, 
Md.).  Atr.  of  Jeptha  Bowen  and  Katie  Truitt. 
Their  ch  were  Elton  Castlerugh,  Margaret, 
Wm.,  Martha,  Eliza.  Elton  m  1835  Mary 
Wells.  Atr.  Peter  Wells  of  Balto.,  Md.,  later 
moved  to  Rock  Island   111.— F.  W.  C. 

10814.  Crosby. — Wanted  par  of  Katherine 
Crosby  b  abt   1789  in  Conn,  or  N.   Y.,  d  1874 

in  Blue  Earth  Co.,  Minn.     Had  two  bros  

and   Chas.,   sis   Betsy  m  Phillips ;    Nancy 

m  Herrick :  Polly  m  Skinner ;  Kath- 
erine Crosby  m  Calvin  Eastman  b  Conn.  June 
7.  1779,  d  Minn.  1866.  set  first  in  N.  Y.  Chil- 
dren were  Luther,  Tilton  b  1814  m  in  N.  Y. 
Ann  Palmer  in  1837  ;  George  :  Henry  ;  Albert : 
Harris:  Andrew;  Fanny;  Emily;  Eliza.  Did 
father  of  Katherine  have  Rev  rec? — C.  A. 

10815. — Walker  -  Coleman. — Thomas  Ran- 
dolph Walker  b  in  Va.,  June  11,  1799,  d  in 
Texas,  Oct.  8,  1870,  m  Elizabeth  Coleman  b 
Sept.  20,  1800,  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  later 
moved  to  Bastrop  Co.,  Tex.  Thomas  Randolph 
Walker  had  a  bro  Wm.  and  sis  Sally  who  ra 
Bill  Irwin.  Elizabeth  Coleman  had  bro  Robert 
M.  who  was  on  Gen'l  Sam  Houston's  Staff  in 
Texas  Mexican  War.  Children  of  Thomas 
Randolph  and  Elizabeth  Walker  were  Lysan- 
der,  James  Coleman,  Sarah,  Francis  and  John 
G.,  all  b  in  Tenn,  and  all  moved  to  Texas. 
Wanted  Walker  and  Coleman  gen. 

(a)   Egcleston  -  Moseley. — Stephen        Van 


Rensselaer  Eggleston  b  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  m 
Julia  Ann  Moseley  in  N.  C.  He  was  a  ship 
carpenter  and  lived  near  a  canal  in  N.  C. 
Later  moved  to  Texas  and  was  one  of  the 
six  men  who  set  the  town  of  Bastrop.  Te.xas. 
Their  ch  were  Maria,  Mina,  Mary,  Zilphie,  Zina, 
John,  Permelia,  Sarah,  all  b  in  N.  C.  and  all 
moved  to  Bastrop,  Texas.  Stephen  was  killed 
by  Indians  in  Bastrop  Co.,  Texas ;  Permelia 
Eggleston  m  James  Coleman  Walker,  s  of  Thos 
Randolph  and  Elizabeth  Coleman  Walker. 
Wanted  Eggleston  and  Moseley  gen. — H.  H.  H. 

10816.  Starr. — Would  like  to  corres  with 
dcsc  of  Anna  Starr  of  New  London,  Conn., 
who  m  Stephen  Prentice  of  New  London  in 
1750.  Their  dau  Anna  m  Joseph  (?)  Champlin 
and  had  s  Joseph,  and  one  dau  Nancy.  Anna 
Prentice  Champlin  m  second  Elnathan  Hatch 
of  East  Haddam  and  had  two  dau  b  in  New 
London.  Elnathan  was  lost  at  sea  and  Anna 
and  her  dau  went  to  Ohio. — E.  L. 

10817.  Gkaff. — Wanted      maiden      name      of 

Elizabeth  w  of  Hans  Graff,  Jr.     She  was 

the  mother  of  Jacob  b  1737,  d  1819,  bur  at 
Sharpsburg,  Md.  Had  Elizabeth's  father  Rev 
rec?— E.   E.   S. 

10818.  Deax.— Wanted  dates  of  b,  d  and  m 
of  Joseph  Dean  of  Va.,  also  maiden  name  and 
dates   of   his   w. — G.    D.   R. 

10819.  Carter. — Wanted  Rev  rec  and  par  of 
Joshua  Carter  who  m  Ann  Aliston  of  Odessa, 
Del.,  abt  1796;  tradition  says  he  came  from  Va. 

(a)  Jackson. — Wanted  Rev  rec  and  maiden 
name  of  w  of  Daniel  Jackson  of  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  also  his  gen.  His  dau  m  Jean  Baptiste 
Dauphin   in    1782.— H.    C.    M. 

10820.  Jones. — Wanted  all  inf  of  gen  and 
war  rec  of  Abram  Jones  and  his  s  Thomas 
Jones. — S.  M.  S. 

10821.  Marshall-Kirchev.\l. — Wanted  par 
and  gen  of  Wm.  Marshall  who  d  Aug.  31,  1857, 
at  Covington,  Ky.,  m  Elizabeth  Kirchevel  1805 
at  Versailles,  Ky.  Wanted  also  names  of  his 
bros   and   sis. — W.    S.    B. 

10822.  Montague. — Wanted  ances.  Rev  rec 
and  dates  of  b,  d  and  m  of  Clement  Montague 
who  d  in  St.  George's  Parish,  Spottsylvania 
Co.,  Va.,  Oct.  28,  1791.  Wanted  also  maiden 
name,  gen  and  dates  of  his  w  Hannah.  Their 
ch  were  Clement,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  m  Jona- 
than Carpenter;  Isabel  m  James  Ballard;  Sarah 
m  Charles  Whiting ;  Susannah  m  Joseph 
Duerson. 

(a)ENDicoTT. — Wanted  ances  of  Sarah  Endi- 
cott  b  Dec.  25,  1791,  who  m  Clement  Whiting 
nr  Cyntiana,  Ky.,  abt  1814. 

(b)  Hall. — Wanted  ances  of  Daniel  Hall  b 
abt  1788  and  of  his  w  Susannah  Ames  b  abt 
1793.  Their  ch  were  Joseph,  Eliza  m  Chas. 
Fuller;  Lucy  m  Henry  Bundy;  Susan  Rebecca 
b  at   Brant,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  4,   1827,  m 


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Elihu  Spear  White  in  Erie  Co..  N.  Y.,  Jan.. 
1814:  Delilah  m  Harvey  Campbell;  Permelia  m 
Jonathan  Cantield.  Daniel  Hall  ser  in  war  of 
1812.— M.   O.  W. 

10823.  Lucas.— Wanted  d  and  place  of  b  of 
Rebecca  sis  of  Robt.  Lucas.  Gov.  of  Ohio  and 
territorial  Gov.  of  Iowa.  Also  d  and  place  of 
her  m  to  John  Kendall ;  also  d  of  their  s  Jesse 
Kendall  who  m  Caty  Ann  Rickey.— D.  H.  W. 

10824.  HoRTON.— In  Officers  and  Men  of  N.  J. 
in  the  Rev  War,  p.  395.  a  Captain  Nathaniel 
Horton  is  mentioned  who  enl  fr  Morris  Co.. 
N.  J.  Is  he  the  same  Nathaniel  Horton  (s  of 
Caleb  and  Phebe  Terrv)  who  was  b  in  South- 
old,  L.  I.,  Oct.  13,  1719,  m  Mehetable  Wells  in 
1740  and  moved  to  Chester,  Morris  Co.,  N.  J., 
in  1748? 

(a)  Robinson. — Wanted  par  of  Rebecca 
Robinson  b  June  21,  1742,  d  Dec.  14,  1819,  m 
Deacon  Nathaniel  Horton  in  1761,  prob  in 
Chester,  N.  J.  Did  her  father  have  Rev 
rec?— A.  T.  S. 

10825.  Van  Buskirk. — Wanted  Rev  rec  and 
par  of  Peter  Van  Buskirk,  Allegany  Co.,  Md. 
Wife  Ruth  Rhodes  immigrated  to  Ohio,  1799 
d  1836. 

(a)  Rowland. — Wanted     par     and     maiden 

name  of  w  Mary  of  John  Rowland,  Del., 

immigrated  to  Ohio,  1811. 

(b)  NoRRis. — Wanted  to  corres  with  some- 
one who  has  gen  data  of  Ellen  Norris  wlio  m 
Jeremiah  Thomas  nr  Harper's  Ferry,  W.  Va., 
and  immigrated  to  Ohio,  1810. 

(c)  DvER. — Wanted  par  of  Rebecca  Dyer 
who  lived  nr  Harper's  Ferry,  W.  Va.,  b  1792, 
immigrated  to  Ohio,  Pickaway  Co.,  and  m 
Samuel  Rowland  in  1819.— J.  R. 

10826.  Pike. — Wanted  evidence  that  John 
Pike  who  d  at  Cornish.  Me.,  1808,  and  whose 
w  was  Mary  Bennett,  wid  of  Noah  Davis,  was 
lineally  desc  from  Major  Robt.  Pike,  mentioned 
by  the  poet  Whittier.  This  desc  is  claimed  by 
the  Pikes  of  Cornish,  Me.,  and  Exeter,  N.  H. — 
K.  T.   H. 

10827.  Simpson. — Wanted  names  of  ch  of 
Wm.  Simpson,  1710-1794.  bur  in  Newtown 
Cemetery,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  Did  he  have  a  grand- 
son named  Wm.  Simpson? — E.  C.  M. 

10828.  Stanley. — Wanted  par  of  John  Stan- 
ley who  was  Lord  Surveyor  of  Md.  and 
presumably  the  founder  of  the  Stanley  family 
in  America,  also  names  of  liis  w  and  ch. — 
A.  M.  M. 

10829.  LoNOFELLOw. — William  Longfellow  m 
Ann  Scwell ;  was  he  a  desc  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla  Alden  and  what  relation  did  he  bear  to 
the  poet  Longfellow? — H.  N.  R. 

10830.  Pickett. — Wanted  names  of  the  ch  of 
Adam  Pickett  who  m  Hannah  Wctlieroll  May 
16,  1680.— M.  R.  T.  B. 


10831.  Rogers. — Wanted  ances  and  dates  of 
Joanna  Rogers  who  m  1761  Joshua  Brown, 
Stonington,  Conn. 

(a)  MoREY. — Wanted  par  and  dates  of 
Susannah  Morcy  who  m  1799  Adam  s  of  Joshua 
Brown  and  lived  in  Stephentown,  N.  Y. 

(b)  Chapman. — Wanted  ances  of  Roxanna 
Chapman,  b  1790,  m  1808,  Edmond  Chereboy 
and  lived  in  Stephentown,  N.  Y.  Think  both 
were  from  Conn. 

(c)  Jacobi-Shuck. — Wanted  ances  and  dates 
of  both  Wilhelm  Jacobi  and  his  w  Anna  Eva 
Shuck  of  Columbia  Co.,  N.  Y.  Their  ch  were 
Anna.  Magdalena.  Lizabeth,  and  Eva  b  1756, 
who  m  Philip  Wolfram.— J.  B.  B. 

10832.  R.VNT10LPH. — Wanted  ances  of  Ann 
Randolph  b  Feb.  14,  1784,  on  the  North  River 
and  d  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  in  1858,  m  Wm.  John- 
ston of  Clayton,  N.  Y. — E.  D. 

10833.  Sherwood. — Wanted  ances.  d  and  place 
of  m  and  d  and  maiden  name  of  w  of  Daniel 
Sherwood  who  lived  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and 
whose  s  Joseph  was  b  1801.  Did  Daniel  have 
more  than  one  w? 

(a)  Russell. — Wanted  ances  and  all  data  of 
Tristam  Russell  who  d  1840.  lived  in  Nantucket. 
Dutchess  Co..  and  Orange  Co..  N.  Y.,  m  1783 
Huldah  Rogers  b  1760.  Where  did  she  d?— 
T.   W.   S. 

10834.  Fautleroy. — Wanted  proof  of  Rev 
ser  of  Col.  Wm.  Fauntleroy  b  Richmond  Co., 
Va..  1713,  d  1793.  His  ch  were  Elizabeth.  Apphia, 
Wm.,  Dr.  Moore.  John,  Griffin,  Murdock,  Jane, 
Mollie,  Sallie,  Joseph,  Henry  and  Robert. 
Wanted  dates  of  their  b,  d  and  m.  Wanted  also 
proof  of  Rev  rec  of  Joseph  s  of  Col.  Wm.  and 
Peggy  Murdock  Fauntleroy  of  Richmond  Co., 
Va.,  b  May  30,  1754,  m  his  cousin  Elizabeth 
Foushee  Fauntleroy  of  Northumberland  Co., 
or  Spottsylvania  Co.,  Va.,  d  Dec.  1,  1815,  at 
Greeneville,  Clarke  Co.,  Va.  His  ch  were  Wm. 
Moore,  Maria,  Bushrod,  Joseph  Murdock, 
Emily  Carter,  Thomas  Turner,  Daingerfield, 
Lawrence  Butler,  Robert  Henry  and  Dr.  John 
Foushee.  Wanted  also  proof  of  Rev  rec  of 
Capt.  Bushrod  Fauntleroy  son  of  Griffin  and 
Ann  Bushrod  Fauntleroy,  also  dates  of  b,  m 
and  d.  He  was  b  in  Cherry  Point,  Northumber- 
land Co.,  and  his  estate  was  called  "  Betty's 
Neck "  and  later  known  as  "  Quentin  Oak." 
He  m  Elizabeth  dau  of  Dr.  John  Foushee,  of 
Richmond  County.  His  dau  Elizabeth  Foushee 
Fauntleroy  m  her  cousin  Joseph  Fauntleroy, 
Mar's  Hill,  Richmond  Co.,  Va.  Bushrod 
Fauntleroy  moved  to  Spottsylvania  Co.,  and  was 
commissioned  Capt.  of  Foot  1755.  Wanted  inf 
also  of  the  Foushee  family  of  Va. — M.  E.  F. 

10835.  Goodrich-Hubbard. — Alpheus  Good- 
rich of  Rocky  Hill,  Conn.,  b  Mar.  4,  1727 
(David   (3)   David   (2)   William   (1))   m  Dec. 


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20,  1753.  Hepezibah  Hubbard,  Rock  Hill,  Conn. 
Their  s  David  b  Dec.  12,  1754,  m  Adah  Holden, 
Sept.  25,  1783.  Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Alpheus 
and  David  Goodrich  and  par  of  Hepezibah  Hub- 
bard and  Adah  Holden. — M.  G. 

10836.  MoRTox. — Wanted  any  inf  concerning 
ances  and  immigration  of  Jeremiah  Morton  to 
Ky.  He  came  from  either  Orange  or  Culpeper 
Co.,  Va.,  and  founded  the  village  of  Mortons- 
ville  in  Woodford  Co.  and  was  living  there  in 
1793  and  had  grown  ch  at  that  time.  He  d 
1827.— L.  W.  H.  G. 

10837.  Reed.— Wanted  par  of  Nathan  Reed 
b  June  3,  1813,  in  Uniontown,  Fayette  Co.,  Pa., 
and  set  in  Winchester,  Ind. 

(a)  Way.— Wanted  date  of  m  of  Paul  W. 
Wav  and  his  w  Ashsah  Moorman.  Their  dau 
Anna  b  in  Randolph  Co.,  N.  C,  abt  1808. 
Wanted  exact  date  of  her  b.  Wanted  all  data 
concerning  these  families. 

(b)  Jarrett. — Wanted  par  of  Wright  Jar- 
rett  who  d  in  White  Co.,  Ind.,  his  w  was 
Edith  Rockhill.  Wanted  all  dates  for  both.— 
F.  J.  W. 

10838.  Graves. — Wanted  par  of  Pacy  Graves 
b  nr  Chadds  Ford,  Pa.,  1772,  d  1840,  m  John 
Cheney  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  1794. 

(a)  Van  Ettek. — Wanted  par  of  Blandina 
or  Dinah  Van  Etten  b  Minisink,  N.  Y.,  1763,  m 
Capt.  Abraham  Westfall  at  Minisink,  Orange 
Co.,   N.   Y.,   1781.— N.   V. 

10839.  Ganger. — Wanted  given  name  of  

Ganger,  iron  founder  of  Coatesville,  Pa.,  who 
cast  cannon  for  the  Rev  army.  Wanted  also 
dates  of  his  b  and  d  and  maiden  name  of  his  w 

with  her  dates.     Their   dau  m  James  of 

Chester  Co.  and  their  dau  Amelia  James  b  1799 
m  George  Barton  McCormick  of  Middletown, 
Pa.— D.  V.  McC.  P. 

10840.  Gillespie. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  James 
Gillespie,  native  of  Ireland,  m  Mary  McLaugh- 
lin from  Scotland,  ser  from  N.  C.  and  later 
set  nr  Murfreesboro,  Tenn. — M.  J.  M. 

10841.  Jexkixs. — Fireash  and  Margaret  Eliza- 
beth Jenkins  immigrated  to  Ga.  at  an  early 
date.  Their  ch  were  Margaret,  Elizabeth, 
Mary,  Rebecca,  James.  Wm.  and  Harriett. 
What  was  the  origin  of  this  family? — C.  I.  G. 

10842.  Ashley.— Robert  Ashley  m  1641  Mrs. 
Mary  Horton  wid  of  Thos.  Wanted  her 
maiden  name  and  par. 

(a)  PicKFTT. — Ruth  Brewster  b  Oct.  3, 
1631,  m  1st  John  Pickett  Mar.  14,  1651.  Among 
their  ch  was  Adam  who  m  May  16,  1680,  Han- 
nah Wetherell.  Wanted  ances  of  Hannah  and 
names  and  dates  of  their  ch. 

(b)  TiCE. — Richard  Tice  b  Gloucester  Co., 
N.  J.,  Oct.  28,  1762,  m  Letitia.  After  Rev  lived 
for  a  while  in  Phila.  and  L.  I.  and  in  1843 
removed  to  Independence,  Texas,  where  he  d 
1850.      Their    dau    Eliza    Cheeseman    Tice    b 


Phila.,  Apr.  7,  1792,  m  in  Phila.,  Dec.  31, 
1816,  James  Hall,  b  Lewes,  Del.,  July  4,  1783, 
where  he  lived  until  1797,  when  he  moved  to 
Phila.  and  became  an  architect.  Their  ch  were 
Richard  Tice   Hall  b   1817:   Elizabeth  b   1821; 

Mary  b   1824  m  Brady;   Sarah   Louise  b 

1832;  Adam  John  b  1827,  all  from  Phila. 
Wanted  ances  of  Richard  Tice,  maiden  name 
and  ances  of  his  w  Letitia  and  ances  of  James 
Hall.— H.  L.  S. 

10843.  WiLSON-OwiiXGs.— In  1779  Sarah  Ryon 
a  wid  m  Chas.  Walker  in  Md.  Her  maiden 
name  was  Wilson  and  her  mother  was  a  Miss 
Owings.  Wanted  Wilson  and  Owings  gen. — 
R.  A.  M. 

10844.  Leonard.— Would  like  all  data  of  the 
Leonard  family  of  N.  J.  Henry  Axtell  of 
Plymouth  Co.,  Mass.  m  Jemima  Leonard  of 
Taunton,  Mass.  in  1737.  They  moved  with  the 
Leonards  to  N.  J.  Wanted  Jemima's  par  and 
did  her  f  have  Rev  rec  ? 

(a)  Pratt. — Daniel  Axtell  m  Thankful 
Pratt  1702  a  dau  of  Elder  Pratt.  Wanted  her 
gen.—  H.  P.  C. 

10845.  Key. — Wanted  names  of  w  and  ch  of 
John  Ross  Key  was  he  a  s  of  Martin  Key 
of  Albemarle  Co.,  Va.  ?  Did  Martin  Key  m 
Ann  Dahney? — D.  S.  C. 

10846.  Post.— Wanted  gen  of  Harlow  Post 
b  1798  in  Georgia,  Vt.,  m  Calista  dau  of 
Frederick  and  Alice  Haswell  Cushman  in  1820. 
What  relationship  does  Harlow  bear  to  Jesse 
Post,  Capt.  Vt.,  Mil  at  Battle  of  Plattsburg 
and  Dr.  Martin  M.  Post  b  Vt.  immigrated 
1829  to  Logansport,  Ind.? 

(a)  Hoover. — Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec  of 
family  of  Michael  Hoover  b  1803  Dauphin  Co., 
Pa.,  m  Mary  Eby,  dau  of  Christian  Hershey. 
Is  Michael  a  desc  of  Christian  or  John  Huber 
who  arrived  in  Phila.,  Sept.  21,  1832  from 
Switzerland  ? 

(b)  Hershey. — ^\'anted  par  and  name  of  w 
of  Rev.  Christian  Hershey  of  Lancaster  Co. 
Pa.  who  removed  to  Iowa,  1847.  Wanted  any 
data  of  the  Flershey  family. 

(c)  Stockwell. — Wanted  gen  of  Sarah 
Stockwell   w'ho  m  Chas.   Warner   Oct.  5,   1789. 

(d)  Elliott-Ayres. — Wanted  gen  and  dates 
of  both  Andrew  Elliott  and  his  w  Jennie  Ayres. 
Their  ch  were  Daniel,  Lucretia,  Elisha,  Jacob, 
George,  A'lollie,  Peter,  Luke,  Hannah,  Betsv  and 
Elias  b  1795  d  1841  m  1813  Charity  dau  of 
Chas.  and  Sarah   Stockwell  Warner. — L.  P.  E. 

10847.  Owens. — Wanted  par,  name  and  dates 

of Owens  a  wid,  who  m  James   Magruder, 

Montgomery  Co.,  Md.  Wanted  also  date  of 
his  b,  he  d  in  1815.  Their  ch  were  Charlotte, 
Elizabeth  and   Sally.— W.  D.  B. 

10848.  Bibb-Farrar, — Wanted  proof  of  Rev 
rec  of  John  Bibb  and  Wm.  Farrar  prob  from 
Tenn.     Wanted  also  their  gen. — A. 


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10849.  Webster. — Wanted  name  of  \v  of 
Isaac  Webster  of  Harford  Co..  Mil.  mother  of 
Aliceanna  Bond. 

(a)  Hall.— Wanted  par  of  Lydia  Hall  who 
m  Edward  Skidmore  and  of  Elizabeth  Hall 
who  m  Wm.  Carlin. 

(b)  Johnson-Adams. — Wanted  par  of 
Louisa  Catherine  Johnson  Adams  w  of  Pres- 
ident John  Qiiincy  Adams  also  names  of  their 
ch.— A.  H.  E. 

10850.  Parham-Incram.— Presley  Ingram 
and  Charles  Ingram  came  from  Va.,  to  Hand- 
cock  Co.,  Ga.,  abt  1780  later  removed  to 
Baldwin  Co.,  Ga.  and  Charles  moved  to  La. 
Their  f  was  Benjamin  Ingram  who  m  Betty 
Nelson  Dec.  27,  1756.  Presley  Ingram  m 
Elizabeth  dau  of  Stith  Parham  from  Va.  Any 
inf  of  this  Ingram  and  Parham  ances  desired. 
— M.  H. 

10851.  Tyler.— Wanted  par  of  Samuel  Tyler 
b  July  16,  1782  m  Betsy  Purdy  lived  in  Chen- 
ango Co.,  N.  Y.  at  time  of  death  Mar.  20,  1855. 
Their  ch  were  Lucinda,  Morris,  John,  James, 
Orville,  Samuel,  George,  Rachel,  Almira, 
Almon,  Alma,  Col.  Wm.  and  Alson. 

(a)  Babcock. — Wanted  gen  and  name  of  w 
of  Rodger  Babcock  lived  in  Chenango  Co., 
N.  Y.  abt  1800.  His  ch  were  Almeron,  Chester, 
and  Alva.  Wanted  also  name  of  w  of  Chester 
Babcock.— L.  L.  T. 

10852.  O'Neal.— Joseph  Turpiu  O'Neal  was 
the  s  of  John  O'Neal  who  went  with  the 
soldiers  to  Lewistown,  Del.  at  a  time  when 
the  British  soldiers  were  expected  to  land.  For 
this  ser  his  w  Elizabeth  Windsor  O'Neal  re- 
ceived a  small  pension.  Wanted  Windsor  and 
O'Neal  gen.— C.  S.  H. 

10853.  Duvall. — Wanted  par  and  given  name 

of Duvall  who  m  Rebecca  Beckett  both  of 

Prince  George  Co.,  Md. — J.  H. 

10854.  Beall.— Wanted  inf  of  the  desc  of 
Samuel  Beall  a  Rev  sol.  Was  he  the  f  of 
Samuel  Beall  who  had  twin  sons  Enoch  and 
Elisha    of    Rockville,    Montgomery    Co.,    Md. 

10855.  Coiner-Kyner. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of 
Conrad  Kyncr  of  Pa. ;  also  date  of  b,  d  and  m 
of  his  w  Elizabeth  Stombough.  Wanted  also 
dates  of  b,  m  and  d  of  John  Kyner  and  Susan 
Myers  his  w.  Wanted  also  dates  of  b,  m  and  d 
of  John  Kvner  and  Elizabeth  Brubaker. — 
E.   P.   H. 

10856.  Clark. — Wanted  par,  names  of  bros 
and  sis  of  George  Clark  of  Pa.  who  fought  as 
a  sol  and  later  as  second  lieutenant,  fiffli  com- 
pany, fourth  battalion,  Lancaster  Co.  Mil., 
James  Burd,  Col.  (Pa.  Archives,  fifth  scries 
vol.  seven,  page  four  thirty-five).  Was  he  a 
Mayflower  desc? — H.  S.  A. 

10857.  Morris- Wiiarton-Hasey. — Wanted 
par,  date  and  pi  of  b  of  John  Morris  of 
Huntingdon  Co.,  Pa.,  ser  in  Capt.  John  Reed's 


Co.  8th  Bat.  1779.  Was  his  w  Elizabeth  Whar- 
ton? Their  s  John  m  Martha  Burns  Hasey  in 
1830.     When  was  she  b?— A.  B.  F. 

10858.  McCain-Johnson.— Wanted  dates  of 
b  and  m  of  Wm.  McCain  d  1807  and  of  his  w 
Charlotte  Johnson  of  Warwick,  N.  Y. — S.  M.  K. 

10859.  Prince.— Wanted  par  of  Mary  Prince 
who  m  Joseph  Gould  b  Nov.  6,  1695  prob  in 
Hull.  Mass.,  s  of  Robert  and  Judith  Percy 
Gould.— F.   E.   T. 

10860.  Lanich.— Wanted  all  inf  and  given 
names  of  the  Lanich  family  who  lived  in  Va. 
and  left  there  abt  eighty  years  ago.  Names  of 
the  ch  were  Joseph,  Thomas,  Christopher, 
Andrew  Jackson,  and  Delilah. — V.   I.  L. 

10861.  Marshall.— Wanted  names  and  dates 
of  the  ch  of  Samuel  Marshall  and  his  w  Mary 
Branch.  Samuel  Marshall  was  the  s  of  Alex- 
ander d  1774  and  his  w  Sarah  (?)  d  1783. 
They  came  from  Chesterfield  Co.,  Va. 

(a)  Childress.— Am  tracing  the  Childress 
family  and  would  be  glad  to  corres  with  any 
of  that  name. — J.  F.  T. 

10862.  Squier.— Wanted  par,  place  of  res, 
name  of  w  of  Jonathan  Squire.  Jonathan  Squier 
bought  land  from  Andrew  and  Lewis  Johnston 
in  Livingston,  Essex  Co.,  N.  J.  in  1744  his 
will  was  proved  Dec.  14,  1789,  witnesses  Ellis 
Cook,  Rees  Davids,  Samuel  Squier  His  second 
wife's  name  was  Lvdia  b  abt  1702  d  Jan.  3, 
1777,  ch  John  by  first  w  d  bef  1806;  Nathaniel 
b  1727  d  1789,  m  Apr,  24,  1751  Mary  Beach  b 
1732  d  1815;  Zopher  b  July,  1731  d  Mar.  2, 
1800,  m  Annabel  (mentioned  in  his  will)  ; 
Elijah  b  Nov.  21,  1738  d  Sept.,  1808,  m  Eliza- 
beth  b  May  26,  1734  d  Oct.  27,  1805 ;  Jona- 
than d  Jan.   1800  m  Hannah   (mentioned  in  his 

will)  ;  Rachel  m Williams;  Mary  bapt.  May 

20,   1750  m Reynolds.     Wanted  also  names 

of   ch  of   Nathaniel.— B.    S.   N. 

10863.  Reed.— William  Reed  of  Pa.  Rev  sol 
had  s  Allen  who  as  late  as  the  40's  lived  in 
Versailles,  Darke  County,  Ohio.  Want  to 
establish  the  ser  of  this  particular  William  Reed 
as  there  were  other  soldiers  of  the  same  name 
from  the  State  of  Pa.— R.  C.  Y.  S. 

10864.  Miller. — Wanted  all  inf  possible  of 
James  Miller  and  his  w  Mary.  Their  dau 
Sarah  m  Joseph  Miller  Black  and  lived  in 
Lincoln  or  Rutherford  Co.,  N.  C. — A.  E.  G. 

10865.  Bennett. — Ephraim  Bennett  b  1762 
m  Hannah  Bently  had  s  Samuel  in  the  War 
of  1812.     Did  either  have  a  sister  Ruby  who  m 

first Eggleston    and    second   James    Austin  ? 

Wanted   par  of   this   Ruby   Bennett   b    1775   in 
New  Bedford,  Mass. — C.  A.  M. 

10866.  Moorhead. — Samuel  Moorhead  was 
Capt.  1779  in  Westtnoreland  Co.  Pa.  Mil, 
Christopher  Hayes,  Colonel.  Joseph  and 
Thomas  Moorhead  were  soldiers  in  Capt,  John 
Van  Mater's  Co.  3rd  class  4th  battalion  West- 


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moreland  Co.  Alil.  Alexander  Moorhead  was 
sol  second  class  in  Capt.  John  Van  Mater's  Co. 
4th  Battalion  Westmoreland  Co.  Mil.  Would 
like  to  know  if  any  of  these  had  s  Wm. 
Moorhead  who  m  Elizabeth  Barnett. — L.  L.  F. 

10867.  Holmes. — John  Holmes  lived  in  Rye, 
Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.  prior  to  1772.  He 
learned  the  Miller's  trade  left  Rye,  Sept.,  1772 
and  removed  to  what  is  now  the  town  of 
Charlton,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.  and  built  and 
operated  the  first  grist  mill  there.  Soon  after 
he  brought  his  w  Ruth  and  four  small  ch  to 
his  new  home.  Wanted  par  of  Ruth.  John 
Holmes  d  1814  aged  78.  Ruth  d  1822  aged  91 
and  was  interred  at  Charlton,  N.  Y.  Their 
ch  were  Abigail  m  James  Low ;  Ruth  b  Ston- 
ington.  Conn.,  Jan.  2,  1767  m  John  Alexander; 
Pruella  in  Elias  Smith ;  Lydia  m  Lewis  North- 
rup;  John;  Caleb.  Did  either  the  father  of 
John  or  Ruth  Holmes  have   Rev  rec? 

(a)  NoRTHRUP. — In  the  Northrup  Genealogy 
the  following  persons  are  listed  of  Saratoga 
County,  N.  Y. ;  Eli  d  Charlton,  N.  Y.  1802; 
Abigail  (prob.  his  w)  d  1810;  Thaddeus,  Anna 
and  Abraham  Northrup,  Charlton,  N.  Y.  Lewis 
Northrup  m  Lydia  Holmes  who  d  1834.   Their 


sons  were  Lewis  and  Major  D.  Where  did  the 
Northrups  live  before  coming  to  Saratoga  Co., 
N.  Y.  ?  Would  like  to  corres  with  any  North- 
rup desc. — A.   B.  J. 

10868.  Jones-Foster. — Two  bros,  Benjamin 
and  George  Jones  m  sisters,  Elizabeth  and 
Phoebe  Foster.  Par  of  both  families  desired. 
These  bros  removed  to  Wilkesboro,  N.  C.  soon 
after  the  Rev  from  Orange  Co.  Va. — L.  C.  R. 

10869.  Threlkeld. — Wanted  ances  with  dates 
of  Daniel  Threlkeld  and  w  Delilah  Nichols  (?) 
of  Culpeper,  Va.,  who  removed  to  Ky.  soon 
after  the  Rev.  Daniel  had  bros  and  sis  Hans- 
ford, Nellie,   Ruth,   Polly. 

(a)  Floyd-Crosby. — Wanted  ances  with 
dates  of  Henry  Helm  Floyd  and  his  w  Frances 
Crosby  whose  mother  was  a  Fleming.  Henry 
Helm  Floyd  was  b  Sept.  21,  1761  Prince  William 
Co.  Va.,  enl  in  Rev  army  Faulquier  Co.  Va. 
1781.  His  mother  was  Miss  Helm  and  his 
bro  Nathaniel  Helm  Floyd.— B.  P.   F. 

10870.  Strong. — Wanted  gen  of  John  Strong 
of  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

(a)  Russell. — Wanted  gen  of  Phoebe  Russell 
of  Nantucket,  Mass.,  who  m  E.  Squires  and 
removed   to   L.    I. — W.   E.    B. 


RESPECT  THE  FLAG 


When  you  see  the  Stars  and  Stripes  dis- 
played, son,  stand  up  and  take  off  your  hat. 
Somebody  may  titter.  It  is  in  the  blood  of 
some  to  deride  all  expression  of  noble  senti- 
ment. You  may  blaspheme  in  the  street  and 
stagger  drunken  in  public  places,  and  the  by- 
standers will  not  pay  much  attention  to  you, 
but  if  you  should  get  down  on  your  knees  and 
pray  to  .Mmighty  God,  or  if  you  should  stand 
bareheaded  while  a  company  of  old  soldiers 
marches  by  with  flags  to  the  breeze,  most  people 
will  think  you  are  showing  off. 

But  don't  you  mind !  When  Old  Glory  comes 
along,  salute,  and  let  them  think  what  they 
please !  When  the  band  plays  The  Star 
Spangled  Banner  in  a  restaurant  or  hotel  dining 
room,  get  up,  even  if  you  rise  alone;  stand  there, 
and  don't  be  ashamed  of  it,  either. 

Don't  be  ashamed  when  your  throat  chokes 
and  the  tears  come  when  you  see  the  flag  flying 
from  the  masts  of  our  ships  on  the  great  seas 
or  floating  from  every  flagstaff  of  the  Republic. 
You  will  never  have  a  worthier  emotion.  For 
of  all  the   signs  and  symbols  since  the  world 


began  there  is  none  su  full  of  meaning  as  the 
flag  of  this   country. 

Other  flags  mean  a  glorious  past ;  this  flag 
means  a  glorious  future.  It  is  not  so  inuch  the 
flag  of  our  fathers  as  it  is  the  flag  of  our 
children,  and  of  countless  children  yet  unborn. 
It  is  the  flag  of  to-morrow,  the  signal  of  the 
"Good  time  coming."  It  is  not  the  flag  of 
your  king;  it  is  the  flag  of  yourself  and 
your  neighbors. 

Your  flag  stands  for  humanity,  for  an  equal 
opportunity  to  all  the  sons  of  men.  Of  course, 
we  have  not  yet  arrived  at  that  goal;  injustice 
still  dwells  among  us ;  senseless  and  cruel 
customs  of  the  past  still  cling  to  us,  but  the  flag 
leads  tlie  way  of  righting  the  wrongs  of  men. 

Our  flag  is  the  world's  symbol  of  liberty. 
That  piece  of  red,  white,  and  blue  bunting 
means  five  thousand  years  of  struggle  upwards. 
It  is  the  full-grown  flower  of  generations  fight- 
ing for  liberty.  It  is  the  century  plant  of  human 
hope  in  bloom. — Col.  Alvin  M.  Owsley.  National 
Commander  of  the  American  Legion. 


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SEVENTEENTH  AND  D  STREETS.  N.  W..  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 
1922-1923 

President  General 

Mrs.   George   Maynard   Mixor, 

Memorial   Continental   Hall,   Washington,   D.C. 

Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term  of  office  expires  1923) 

Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman, 

54  East  83d  St.,  New  York,  N.Y. 
Mrs.   Henry   McCleary, 

AlcCleary,   Wash. 
Mrs.   Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 
Cooksburg,   Pa. 


Mrs.  Cassius  C.  Cottle. 

1412  Victoria  Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif 
Mrs.  Edward  Lansing  Harris, 

6719  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Mrs.  James  T.  Morris, 

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(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.   John   Trigg   Moss.  Mk.'^.  C.   D.  Chexault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,   Ky. 

Mrs.   Benjamin  D.   Heath.  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Hcathcote,   Charlotte,   N.C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden.  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

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Mrs.  Howard  L.  Hodckins.   1821  Kalorama  Road,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1925) 


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1012  West  Main   St.,  Kalamazoo,   Mich. 
Mrs.  Frank  W.   Mondell, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming. 
Mrs.  John  Laidlaw   Buel, 

Litchfield,  Conn. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell.  143   S. 


AIrs.   Williard  T.   Block, 

5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Rochester,  N.  H. 
Mrs.   Howard  H.   McCall, 

Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
E.  2nd   St.,   Miami,   Fla. 


Chaplain  General 

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Recording   Secretary   General 

Mrs.   John   Francis   Vawger. 
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Organizing  Secretary  General 

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Treasurer    General 

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Corresponding  Secretary   General 

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Registrar  General 

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Historian   General 

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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1922-1923 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER    AMBROSE    EOBIXSOX, 

639  Walkut  St.,   Gadsek. 
MRS.    STANLEY    FINCH, 

110  N.  Conception  St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.    HOV.\L    A.    SMITH, 
BiSBEE. 

MRS.  WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 
rH<i:slx. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.    ALE-XAKDER    M.    BARROW, 
S17   W.    5th    Ave.,   Pine    Bluef. 
MRS.    HARRY    C.   ANDERSON, 
Amitt. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.   LYMAN  B.   STOOKEY, 

li!40    W.    29th    St.,   Los   Angeles. 

MRS.    ALLEN   H.   VANCE, 

170   Central   -\venue,  Sausalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.    HERBERT    B.    H.\YDEN, 

K03  SpnucE  St.,  BouLUEn. 
MRS.    CLYDE   C.    DAWSON, 

1211  Race  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.    CHARLES   HUMPHREY'   BISSELL, 
235   N.  Main  St..  SonTiiiNGTON. 

MISS   KATHARINE   ARNOLD   NETTLETON, 
01   SEY.Moun  Ave.,  Derdy. 

DELAWARE 

MISS    ELEANOR    EUGENIA    TODD, 

27  W.  Main   St..  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FABRELL, 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA 

MRS.    WILLIAM   B.    HARlJY, 

119  5th  St..  N.  E.  Washington. 

MRS.   JOHN   M.   BEAVERS, 

1752   Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.    JAMES    A.    CRAIG, 

233    \y.   Duval   St..  Jacksonville. 

MRS.    THEODORE    STR.MVN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

100   Culver   St..  Macon. 
MRS.   JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE. 

1295  Prince  Avenue,  Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.  SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.    0.    Bo.i;   346,   Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.  KENNEDY  PACKARD, 

421   Second  Ave..  E.  Twin  Falls. 

MRS.  D.   W.   STANDROD, 

64S  N.   Garfield  Ave.j  Pocitello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  H.  EUGENE  CHUBBUCK, 
Grand    View    Drive,    Peoria. 

MR.S.  VINTON  EARL  SISSON, 
5450  Ferdinand  St.,  Chicago. 

INDIANA 

MRS.    SAMUEL   ELLIOTT    PERKINS, 
inil    N.    Penna    St.,    Indianapolis. 

MRS.  JAMES  B.  CRANKSHAW. 
3128   Fairfield   .\ve..   Ft.    Wayne. 


KANSAS 

MRS.    GEORGE    THACHER    GUERNSEY, 

Independence. 
MRS.    ROBERT    BRUCE    CAMPBELL, 

'*  Riverside,"   Wichita. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.   WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.   High   St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.  JOHN  W.   CHENAULT, 

2217     GLENilARY     .\VE.j     LoUISVILLE. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.    S.    A.    DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 

MRS.  THOMAS  D.    STEWART, 

2331  Chestnut  St.,  New  Orleans. 

MAINE 

MISS   MAUDE    M.    MERRICK, 

2S2  Main  St.,  Waterville.    . 
MRS.   B.   G.    W.    CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.    ADAM    DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,   Baltimore. 

MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryland  .\ve.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.    FRANKLIN    P.    SHUMWAY', 

2.1    Bellevue    Ave.,    Melrose. 
MRS.   GEORGE   MINOT  BAKER, 
PinehfrsTj  Concord. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rai 
MRS.    ADDISON    DRAKE    KENT, 

622    State   St.,    St.    Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    H.    COOLIDGE, 

l!MiO    Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 


MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.    ERNEST  ELIOT  BROWN, 

Natchez. 
MRS.    ROBERT    SOMERVILLE, 

Cleveland. 


MONTANA 

MRS.    E.    BROO.Y   martin, 

814  S.  Central  .\ve.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.    ADELPHUS    B.    KEITH, 

41S  S.  Washington  St.,  Butte. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    CHARLES    F.    SPENCER, 

2511   R.    St..  Lincoln. 
MRS.    ELIZABETH    ANNE    O'LINN    SMITH, 

Ciiadron. 


IOWA 


MISS   AMY   GILBERT, 

State    Center. 
MRS.   H.  A.   WHITE, 

815   5TII   Ave.,  Clinton. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


NEW    JERSEY 

MRS.    HENRY    D.    FITTS, 

44S  Ridge  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    CHARLES   R.   BANKS, 

1308  Watchung   .\ve.,  Plainfield. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES, 

.\LBrQUEROrE. 

MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 
BUENA    VisTA   Road,    Santa    Fe. 


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121 


NEW  YORK 

.MJfS.   CHARLES  WHITE   NASH, 

S  Lafayette  St.,  Albany. 
MRS.    CHARLES    M.    BULL, 

269    Henry    St.,   Bi;ooklyx. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.    W.    0.    SPENCER, 

Winston-Salem. 
MRS.   CHARLES   W.   TILLETT, 

sol    N.    Tryon    St.,    Charlotte, 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    GEORGE    MORLEY   YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.    MELVIN    A.    HILDRETH, 
300  8th  St.,  South  Fargo. 

OHIO 


OKLAHOMA 

MK.S.    IL    H.    McCLINTOCK, 

903   Johnston   Ave.,  Bartlesville 
MRS.   W.    L.    MAYES, 

231  S.  13th  St.,  Muskogee. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.   LANG, 

115  W.   4th  St..  The  Dalles. 

)IRS.    BRUCE    L.    BOGART, 
!>G2  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.    LOGAN    SEITS    GILLENTINE, 

Murfreesboro. 
MRS.   JOHN   H.   CAKTRELL, 
821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.   WILLIAM   G.    GARLINGTON, 

2701   Faikmount   Ave.,  Dallas. 
MRS.    SAMUEL    L.    SEAY, 

710  Polk  St.,  Amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.    JOHN    EDWARD    CARVER, 

718   26th   .St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.    CLESSON    S.    KINNEY, 

820  E.  4th  South,  Salt  Lake  City. 

VERMONT 

MRS.   JOHN   EDWARD    STEWART, 

MlDDLEltURY. 
MISS    JENNIE    VALENTINE, 

Bennington. 


MRS. 
911 

■'(.,: 'Iiu:,! 

11 

^r.    SCHICK, 
1,1.,     ROANOIiE 

V7ASHINGT0N 

MliS.  WILLIAS 
1804  l.iTH  A\ 

MRS.  HENRY 
724    7Tn   St., 

S 
w 

H 

WALKER, 

'  PATTON, 
JQIIAM. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.    EDWIN    ERLE    SPARKS. 

State  College. 
MRS.  JOHN   HERON, 

Hadston,   Linden   Ave.,    Pittsdu 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MRS.   SAMUEL  H.  DAVIS, 

Westerly. 
MRS.    FREDERICK    MORSE, 
4  Sujijiit  St.,  Pawtucket. 

SOUTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.    FliANKLIN   C.    CAIN, 

ST.     M  (TTIIEVVS. 

MRS.   J.   A.   BAILEY, 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    LESLIE   GRANT    HILL, 
Sioux    Falls. 


WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.    ROBERT    J.    REED, 
100  12TII  St..  Wheeling. 
MRS.    W.    H.    CONAWAY, 

ino    Virginia   Ave.,   Fairjiont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.    GEORGE    L.    PARKER, 
SO.'i  Court  St.,  Janesvii.i.e. 

MRS.    ISAAC    P.    WITTER, 
Wisconsin   Rafids. 

WYOMING 

MRS.    BRYANT    BUTLER    BROOKS, 

Bn.\-    1070.    CAsrETl. 
MRS.    MAURICE    GROSHON, 


Cm 


ORIENT 

.MRS.    CAROLINE    E.    McWILLIAMS    HOLT, 

744   A.   Mabini.  Manila.  P.  I. 
MRS.    ELAINE    CHILDS   ELSER, 

COO    M.    H.    DEL    PeLAR,    M.4NILA,    P.    I. 


HONORARY  OFFICERS  ELECTED  FOR  LIFE 

Honorary    Presidents    General 

MRS.     WILLIAM    GUMMING    STORY. 
MRS.   GEORGE  THACHER    GUERNSEY. 

Honorary  President   Presiding 
MRS.    MARY   V.    E.    CABELL. 


Honorary    Vice    Presidents    General 

MRS.    HOWARD    A.    CLARK,    1890.  MI!S.   J.   .MORGAN  SMITH,    1011. 

MRS.    MILDRED    S.    MATIIES,    1899.  MRS.   THEODORE  C.  BATES,  1913. 

MRS.  E.  GAYLORD  PUTNAM,  1913. 

MRS.   WILLIAM   LINDSAY,    1906.  MRS.    WALLACE  DELAFIELD,   1914. 

MRS.  DRAYTON  W.  BUSHNELL,  1914. 

MRS.  JOHN   NEWMAN   CAREY,    191C. 

MRS.  GEORGE  M.   STERNBERG.  1917. 


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VOL.  LVII,  No.  3 


MARCH,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  367 


SIR  DUDLEY  DIGGES,  HIS  ENGLISH 

ANCESTRY  AND  THE  DIGGES 

LINE  IN  AMERICA 


Bv  Edith   Roberts  Ramsbursh 


OVERS  of  American  history 
and  those  with  an  inchnation  for 
genealogical  research  find  much 
to  absorb  their  interest  in  the  pic- 
turesque careers  of  the  founders 
of  the  Province  of  Maryland. 
Traditions  and  records  have  preserved  the 
story  of  their  early  struggles,  privations 
and  achievements.  In  many  instances 
celebrated  artists  have  immortalized  their 
faces,  and  in  their  canvases  have  baffled 
the  destructive  hand  of  time. 

To  Mrs.  Richard  Hill  of  Washington 
and  her  brother,  the  late  Doctor  James 
Dudley  Morgan,  a  prominent  physician  of 
the  National  Capital,  rest  the  distinction 
of  having  inherited  portraits  of  their 
ancestors  painted  by  such  artists  as  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds,  John  Singleton  Copley, 
and  Benjamin  West — a  legacy  the  value 
of  which  increases  with  the  years. 

Mrs.  Hill's  ancestors  whose  portraits 
were  painted  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds 
were  George  and  Thomas  Attwood  Digges  ; 
while  Mrs.  Ann  Rozier  Carroll,  another 
ancestor,  and  her  daughters,  Mary,  wife 
of  Ignatius  Digges,  and  Eleanor,  wife  of 


Commissioner  Daniel  Carroll,  wei'e  painted 
by  John  Singleton  Copley.  Ann  Attwood 
Digges,  Mrs.  Hill's  great,  great-grand- 
mother, had  her  portrait  painted  by 
Benjamin  West.  A  brief  sketch  of  these 
artists  would  not  be  amiss. 

Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  was  an  English 
painter,  born  in  1723,  and  his  life  was  an 
unbroken  success.  Not  to  be  painted  by 
Reynolds  was  considered  in  his  day  almost 
a  breach  of  duty,  and  his  canvases  mirror 
the  men  and  women  who  contributed,  in 
whatever  department,  to  the  eminence  of 
the  period ;  all  are  there,  snatched  as  it 
were,  from  the  midst  of  life,  the  expres- 
sion and  action  of  the  moment  caught  and 
held  in  suspension  by  the  genius  of  the 
artist.  Reynolds'  original  price  for  a  head 
was  five  guineas,  gradually  increasing  to 
fifty  guineas  in  his  later  years.  He  re- 
ceived six  sitters  a  day,  and  calculated 
upon  finishing  a  portrait  in  four  hours. 

John  Singleton  Copley  was  the  first 
great  American  portrait  painter,  and  was 
born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1737.  In  1769 
he  married  Susannah  Farnum,  daughter 
of  Richard  Clarke,  a  wealthy  and  dis- 
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Photo  by  Handy.  Washington. 

GEORGE  D 
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tinguished  Boston  merchant, 
agent  for  the  East  India  Com- 
pany, whose  name  was  later  to 
become  famous  as  the  consignee 
of  the  cargoes  of  tea  which  were 
thrown  into  Boston  harbor  by 
way  of  protest  against  the  tax 
imposed  by  England  upon  that 
commodity.  At  the  time  of  his 
marriage,  Copley  had  as  many 
commissions  for  portraits  as  he 
could  execute,  and,  although  his 
prices  were  not  high,  ranging 
from  five  to  fourteen  guineas,  he 
was  in  receipt  of  a  comfortable 
income.  His  earlier  work  in- 
cludes a  long  series  of  portraits 
of  our  colonial  dignitaries, divines, 
judges  and  merchants,  and  their 
ladies,    and    is    most    interestinir 


and  characteristic,  having  an  indi- 
vidual importance,  for  they  are 
the  only  pre-Revolutionary  relics 
on  which  we  can  depend  to  put 
before  our  eyes  the  very  age  and 
body  of  the  time.  Copley's  por- 
traits show  the  sitters  themselves 
that  he  tried  to  put  in  the  canvases 
in  the  cold,  clear  light  of  America, 
unmodified  by  any  golden  mist  of 
\'enice  or  facile  brushwork  of 
the  Netherlands. 

Benjamin  West  was  a  Pennsyl- 
vania Quaker  born  in  1738,  whose 
career  will  never  lose  its  interest 
to  aspiring  Americans.  The 
eighteenth  century  believed  that 
he  was  not  much  below  Michael 
Angelo.  West  triumphed  over 
almost  inconceivable  obstacles 
which  then  lay  in  the  way  of  an 
artistic  career  in  America,  and  at 
the    earlv   age   of    eighteen    was 


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THOMAS  ATTWOOD  DIGGES.     PORTRAIT  BV  SIR  JOSHUA  REYNOLDS. 


SIR  DUDLEY  DIGGES  AXD  THE  DIGGES  LINE  IN  AMERICA 


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painting  passable  portraits  in 
Philadelphia  and  New  York. 
Friends  came  to  his  assistance, 
and  three  years'  study  in  Italy 
gave  him  his  opportunity.  Later, 
he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Royal  Academy  in  England,  and, 
after  the  death  of  Reynolds,  in 
1792,  he  was  for  twenty-eight 
years  its  president,  an  honor  not 
since  attained  by  any  American 
artist.  He  painted  many  por- 
traits, among  them  that  of  Ann 
Attwood  Digges. 

Sir  Dudley  Digges,  grandson 
of  Leonard  and  son  of  Thomas 
Digges,  of  the  County  of  Kent, 
England,  was  her  husband's  an- 
cestor. He  was  born  in  1583, 
was  educated  in  University  Col- 


Photo  by  Handy.  Wasliinglon. 

DANIEL  CARROLL.  THE  COMMISSIONER. 


Phoco  by  H,indy.  Washington. 

MARY  CARROLL  (MRS.  IGNATIUS  DIGGES). 
PORTRAIT  BY  JOHN  SINGLETON  COPLEY. 

lege,  Oxford,  studied  law,  was 
knighted,  and  was  the  author  of 
several  authoritative  works ;  he 
was  a  member  of  Parliament  in 
the  reign  of  James  I  and  of 
Charles  I,  Master  of  the  Rolls, 
and  was  sent  as  Ambassador  to 
Russia.  Sir  Dudley  built  Chil- 
ham  Castle,  in  Kent,  and  on  his 
death  in  1639  was  buried  there. 
Always  interested  in  the  colony  of 
Virginia,  he  was  one  of  the  most 
active  members  of  the  Lon- 
don Company. 

Edward  Digges  (1620-1675) 
fourth  son  of  the  preceding,  im- 
migrated to  Virginia  about  1650. 
and  lived  on  his  large  estate, 
Bellefield,  taking  a  very  active 
part  in  colonial  affairs.     He  was 


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a  member  of  the  Council,  Auditor  General,  nish  the  colonists  with  proper  teachers, 
and  in  1656  the  Assembly  elected  him  he  imported  two  Armenians  skilled  in  this 
Governor    of    the     Colony.      Under    the      industry.      During   his   gubernatorial    in- 


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Commonwealth  of  Cromwell,  Governor  cumbency  an  Act  was  passed  directing  the 
Digges  was  very  zealous  in  fostering  ])lanting  of  ten  mulberry  trees  for  every 
silk  manufacture,   and   in   order  to    fur-      one  hundred  acres  held  in  fee,  and  tending 


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said  trees,  offering  five  thousand 
pounds  of  tobacco,  out  of  public 
levy,  to  the  person  who  would 
first  make  one  hundred  pounds  of 
wound  silk  within  the  colony.  The 
industry  was  abandoned  later,  but 
it  is  stated  that  part  of  the  coro- 
nation robe  of  Charles  II  was 
nmde  from  silk  sent  from  Vir- 
ginia. Edward  Digges  was  also 
Provincial  Agent  to  England. 

^^' i  1  1  i  a  m  Digges.  son  of 
Edward  (died  1698),  was  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  Sheriff  of 
York  County,  and  Captain  of 
Horse  (1674).  He  married  the 
accomplished  widow  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Sewall  Wharton,  step- 
daughter of  Charles  Calvert,  3rd 
Lord  Baltimore,  and  removed  to 
Maryland  about  1679,  patenting 
large     tracts     of     land     in     that 


MRS.   ANN   ATTWOOD   DIGGKS.      PORTRAIT  BY    BHNJAMIN    VVKST. 


Province.  Lord  Baltimore  on 
May  5,  1684,  at  Mattapony 
Sewall,  commissioned  Colonel 
William  Digges  and  four  others, 
"  tru.st\-  and  well-beloved  Coun- 
cillors of  the  Province,"  and  in  the 
])eri(ul  1684—88  was  one  of  the 
Deputy  (iovernors  to  act  in  the 
ab>ence  of  the  Governor.  Colonel 
Digges  was  Lord  of  W'arburton 
Manor,  now  Fort  Washington,  in 
Prince  George's  County,  situ- 
ated iip]iosite  Mount  Vernon, 
and  the  families  residing  in 
these  colonial  mansions  were 
cldse  friends. 

The  son  William  Digges  mar- 
ried Eleanor,  daughter  of  Major 
Thomas  Brooke,  and  is  the  ances- 
tor of  the  Melwood  family. 
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married  Susannah  Maria  Lowe,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Henry  Lowe,  and  continued 
the  Warburton  line.  One  of  the  children 
of  the  latter  union  was  William  Digges,  of 
Warburton,  who  married,  June  3,  1739,  at 
Bladensburg,  Ann  Attwood,  a  daughter 
of  George  Attwood  and  Ann  Petre,  of 
England,  and  had  several  children,  among 
whom  were  George  Digges  and  Thomas 
Attwood 
Digges. 

At  the  time 
that  tried  men's 
souls  in  the  be- 
ginning of  our 
country's  his- 
tory, George 
and  Thomas 
Attwood 
Digges  were 
sent  to  pursue 
their  studies 
at  Oxford, 
England.  We 
are  told  that 
they  were  inti- 
mate friends 
of  General 
Washington 
and  he  did  not 
lose  any  time  in 
securing  their 
services.  George 
Digges  returned 
to  America  and 
j  o  in  e  d  the 
American  forces,  while  Thomas  Attwood 
Digges,  enjoying  all  privileges  of  wealth 
and  social  position  abroad,  was  utilized  as 
American  secret  agent  in  England,  staying 
in  London  and  being  of  great  assistance  to 
the  American  cause. 

George  Digges  married  Catherine 
Brent,  daughter  of  Robert  Brent,  of 
Aquia,  Va.,  a  niece  of  Archbishop  Carroll, 
and    their    son    William    Dudlev    Digges 


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( 1790-1830j  married  Eleanor,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Carroll,  of  Duddington,  and 
Ann  Brent  (1791-1864).  This  Daniel 
Carroll,  in  1790,  after  a  visit  from 
President  Washington,  began  the  erection 
of  Duddington  Manor  near  Greenleaf's 
point,  south  of  the  site  of  the  Federal 
Capitol.  The  plateau  of  land  east  of  the 
future  capitol  was  considered  at  the  time 
as  the  most  de- 
T  sirable  region 
for  residences, 
and  it  was  in 
those  days,  as 
compared  with 
the  hills  and 
swamps  of 
the  northwest- 
ern quarter  or 
lowlands  along 
the  river. 
Daniel  Carroll 
was  the  princi- 
pal owner,  and 
he  built  what 
was  then  con- 
sidered a  very 
fine  mansion 
\\-hich  he  styled 
Dudd  ington 
Manor.  It  was 
spacious,  com- 
fortable and 
elegant,  upon 
a  tree-shaded 
knoll,  and  the 
stories  its  walls  might  repeat  would  in- 
clude the  social  chronicles  of  the  capital. 
Major  Pierre  Charles  L'Enfant,  a 
French  engineer  who  had  served  in  the 
Continental  Anny,  was  appointed  by  the 
Commissioners  to  lay  out  the  city,  follow- 
ing the  plans  outlined  by  \A^ashington, 
believed  to  be  derived  from  the  outlines 
of  Versailles,  France.  L'Enfant  became 
discouraged  on  account  of  obstacles  placed 


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in  his  way,  and  was  blamed  for  being 
irreconcilable  to  discipline,  but  his  plan 
was  essentially  followed  by  his  successor, 
Andrew  Ellicott,  a  Pennsylvania  engineer. 
It  appears  that  L'Enfant,  in  running 
his  lines  for  New  Jersey  Avenue,  discov- 
ered that  the  Carroll  hou'^e  projected  over 
said  avenue,  and,  by  his  orders,  in  1791, 
the  objectionable  walls  were  pulled  down. 


patient  labor  and  sterling  achievement  did 
not  save  L'Enfant  from  dying  in  penury. 
He  was,  in  his  later  life  sustained  by  the 
bounty  of  others,  and  the  only  articles 
of  his  estate  found  when  he  died  were 
the  two  engravings  which  are  now  in 
the  possession  of  Mrs.  Hill.  L'Enfant's 
name  is,  however,  indelibly  associated 
with    Washington,    the    Citv    Beautiful. 


Photo  hy  Handy,  W.ishiiicton. 

SILVER  AND   CLASS.    IN'HKRITEI)    BV   MRS.    RICHARD   HILU    FROM    HER  CARROLL  AND   BRENT  ANCESTORS, 


Carroll  was  incensed  at  the  treatment,  and 
it  was  due  to  the  calm  mediation  of 
Washington  that  peace  was  restored  be- 
tween the  contending  parties,  Carroll 
being  indemnified  for  the  damage  done. 

It  seems  the  irony  of  fate  to  read  that 
L'Enfant's  last  years  were  passed  and  his 
death  occurred  in  the  house  of  Eleanor 
Carroll  Digges,  daughter  of  the  man  he 
had  offended.  His  remains  were  buried 
at  Melwood,  another  holding  of  the  Digges 
family,  and  rested  there  until  190*^^,  when 
they  were  removed  to  Arlington.    Talent. 


Daniel  Carroll  (1730-1796)  of  Rock 
Creek,  (known  as  The  Commissioner,  son 
of  Daniel  Carroll  of  Marlboro,  and 
brother  of  John  Carroll,  the  Archbishop,) 
was  a  delegate  from  Maryland  to  the 
Continental  Congress,  Maryland  delegate 
to  the  Convention  that  framed  the  Federal 
Constitution,  and  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Washington,  in  1791,  one  of  the 
three  Commissioners  to  purchase  lands 
from  its  owners  in  the  District  of 
Columbia  to  provide  suitable  buildings  for 
the   President,    Congress   and  the  public 


Photo  by  Handy,  Wasliington, 


Photo  by  Handy.  Washin^on. 

CHINA  AND   GLASS   HEIRLOOMS 


IN  THE  FAMILY   OF  MRS.   RICHARD   HILU 


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offices  of  the  government.  This  work  in- 
volved great  difficulties,  at  first,  because 
the  inhabitants  declined  to  sell  their  prop- 
erty at  reasonable  figures.  Arrangements 
were  made  with  the  proprietors  to  cede  to 
the  United  States  the  whole  land,  on  con- 
dition that  after  surveying  the  same  and 
the  city  laid  oflf,  the  proprietors  should 
retain  every  other  lot,  such  parts  of  the 
lands  taken  for  public  use  to  be  paid  for 
at  a  certain  price  per  acre  and  the  land- 
holders to  have  the  use  of  the  land  until 
taken  by  the  government. 

Commissioner  Daniel  Carroll  married 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Daniel  Carrol  (son 
of  Charles  Carroll  the  1st,  settler),  and 
Ann  Rozier,  and  was  a  brother  of  Charles 
Carroll,  the  father  of  Charles  Carroll  of 
Carrollton.  Therefore,  it  will  be  noticed, 
that  Eleanor  was  a  first  cousin  of  Charles 
Carroll  of  Carrollton,  and  her  brother 
Charles  was  the  father  of  Daniel  Carroll 
of  Duddington  who  was,  consequently, 
her  nephew. 

Daniel  Carroll,  The  Commissioner,  had 
a  son,  Daniel  (died  1790),  who  married 
Elizabeth  (1753-1845)  daughter  of 
Ignatius  Digges,  of  Melwood ;  both  are 
buried  at  Forest  Glen.  Her  mother  was  a 
sister  of  the  Commissioner's  wife,  so  they 
were  first  cousins. 

Mrs.  Ignatius  Digges,  of  Melwood,  was 
Mary  Carroll,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Ann  Rozier  Carroll.  An  interesting  story 
reminiscent  of  the  War  of  1812  hinges 
about  the  portrait  of  the  latter.  Mrs. 
Digges  (her  daughter  Mary)  happened 
to  be  alone  at  Melwood,  her  residence  on 
the  Marlboro  Pike,  when  she  learned  of 
the  approach  of  General  Ross  and  his 
British  troops  on  their  march  to  capture 
the  city  of  Washington.  She  promptly 
instructed  an  old  servitor  to  hide  her 
silver  and  other  valuables  in  an  under- 
ground excavation,  well  concealed,  in 
the  cellar. 


As  night  was  approaching  General  Ross 
sent  word  to  her  house  that  he  and  his  staff 
planned  to  spend  the  evening  there,  and 
wished  supper  to  be  served  for  them, 
whereupon  Mrs.  Digges  ordered  her  silver 
unpacked  and  a  banquet  cooked.  General 
Ross  was  much  astonished  and  pleased 
at  the  preparations  in  his  honor,  and  sent 
one  of  his  officers  to  escort  Mrs.  Digges  to 
the  table.  His  surprise  wasgreat  when  Mrs. 
Digges  returned  word  that  she  had  pre- 
pared the  meal  as  one  befitting  his  rank,  but 
that  no  power  on  earth  could  make  her  break 
bread  with  an  enemy  of  her  country.  It  is 
stated  that  General  Ross  and  his  staff  were 
so  impressed  by  her  courageous  conduct 
that,  when  ready  to  retire  for  the  night, 
they  removed  their  shoes  onpassing her  door. 

The  portrait  of  Mrs.  Digges'  mother 
had  been  placed  in  the  fire-place  to  pro- 
tect it  from  being  damaged  by  the  visitors. 
Unfortunately  an  over-zealous  British 
soldier  conceived  the  idea  that  an  American 
might  be  lurking  behind  the  portrait,  and 
drawing  his  sword  thrust  it  through  the 
right  eye.  The  slash  in  the  canvas  was 
afterward  repaired  by  an  English  artist. 

Members  of  the  Digges  family  in  every 
generation  have  taken  part  in  the  wars 
participated  in  by  the  United  States,  from 
the  Colonial  days  to  the  present.  Their 
militant,  as  well  as  their  civil  history,  be- 
fore their  ancestors  immigrated  to  Amer- 
ica, is  most  meritorious,  and  they  can 
justly  claim  descent  from  royalty  in  the 
following  lines : 

1.  Malcolm  2nd,  King  of  Scotland,  b  abt  954, 

reigned  1005-1031,  died  Glamis,  1034. 

2.  Alice   ot    Thora   married    Sigurd,    Earl    of 

Orkney,  Norwegian  ancestor  of  Bruce, 
and  had  issue. 

3.  Brusi  or  Brusee,  Privy  Councillor  to  King 

Olans,  d  1031,  mar.  Ostrida  dau.  of 
Regenwald  Wolfsen,  Earl  of  Gothland 
and  had  issue. 

4.  Rognvald,  killed  abt  1046,  mar.  1st  Arlogia, 

dau.  of  Duke  Waldamar  mar,  2nd 
Felicia,  dau.  of  Duke  Robert  of  Norm- 
andy and  had  issue. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  A'lAGAZINE 


5.  Brusi  or   Robert  de  Brusee,  went  to   Eng- 

land with  William,  The  Conqueror,  mar. 
Emma,  dau  of  Alain,  Earl  of  Brittany 
and  had   issue. 

6.  Robert  de  Brusee,  d  1094,  mar.  Agnes,  dau. 

of  Walderne,  and  had  issue. 

7.  Adelme  or  Adam  de  Brusee,   d   1080  mar. 

Emma  dau.  of  Sir  Wm.  Ramsay  and 
had  issue. 

8.  Robert   de   Brusee,   b    1078    1st    Robert   of 

Bruce  and  1st  Baron  of  Skelton  and 
Annandale,  d  1141,  mar.  1st  Agnes  and 
had  issue. 

9.  Agatha,   mar.   Ralph,   son   of   Ribald   Lord 

of  Middleham,  in  Yorkshire  and  had 
issue. 

10.  Robert  Fitz  Randolph,  Lord  of  Middleham, 

who  built  the  castle  of  Middleham  and 
mar.  Helowisa  de  Glanvill  and  had  issue. 

11.  Randolph  Fitz  Randolph,  Lord  of  Middle- 

ham, who  mar.  Mary,  dau.  of  Roger 
Bigot,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  had  issue. 

12.  Randolph  Fitz  Randolph,  Lord  of  Middle- 

ham, who  mar.  Anatasia,  dau.  of  William, 
Lord  Percy,  and  had  issue. 

13  Mary  Fitz  Randolph,  a  rich  and  benevolent 
woman  who  mar.  Robert  de  Neville. 
She  d  1320  having  survived  him  49 
years,   and    had   issue. 

14.  Randolph  de  Neville,  Lord  of   Middleham, 

whose  2nd  wife  was  Margaret,  dau.  of 
Marmaduke  Thweng,  d  1332  and  had 
issue. 

15.  Randolph  de  Neville,  Lord  of   Middleham, 

who  mar.  Alicia,  dau.  of  Hugo  d'Audley 
who  d  1368,  and  had  issue. 

16.  John  de  Neville,  Lord  of   Middleham  who 

mar.  Matilda  Percy  d  1389  and  had  issue. 

17.  Sir  Ralph  de  Neville,  Knight  of  the  Garter 

(the  highest  order  of  Chivalry  in  Great 
Britain)  Lord  of  Middleham  and  1st 
Earl  of  Westmoreland  who  mar.  2nd 
Joan  de  Beaufort,  dau.  of  John,  Duke 
of  Lancaster  and  granddau.  of  Edward 
3rd,  King  of  England. 

18.  Sir  Edward  de  Neville,  K.  G.  Baron  Aber- 

gavenny d  1476  mar.  as  his  1st  wife  in 
1435,  Lady  Elizabeth  Beauchamp  1415- 
1447,  dau.  of  Richard  de  Beauchamp 
created  1421,  Earl  of  Worcester,  and  his 
wife  Lady  Isabel  le  Despencer,  dau.  of 
Baron  le  Despencer  created  in  1337,  Earl 
of  Gloucester,  beheaded  in  1400  and  his 
wife  Lady  Constance  Plantagenet. 


It  may  be  interesting  to  give  here  the 
account  of  the  ancestry  of  this  Baron  le 
Despencer.  His  great  grandfather  Hugh 
le  Despencer,  Jr.,  died  1326,  married 
Alinore,  daughter  of  Gilbert  de  Clare,  Earl 
of  Hertford  and  Gloucester,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Richard  de  Clare,  Earl  of 
Hertford  and  Gloucester,  a  very  distin- 
guished personage  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  HI.  He  was  one  of  the  noblemen 
present  in  Westminster  Hall  when  Boni- 
face Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  pro- 
nounced a  solemn  curse  from  the  Altar 
against  all  those  who  should  thenceforth 
violate  the  Magna  Charta.  Both  Sir 
Gilbert  and  his  father,  Sir  Richard  de 
Clare  were  Sureties  for  the  Magna  Charta. 
Sir  Richard  married  Maud,  daughter  of 
John  de  Lacie,  who  married  second,  after 
his  marked  gallantry  at  the  siege  of 
Damietta,  Margaret,  only  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Robert  de  Ouincy,  a  fellow 
crusader,  who  died  in  the  Holy  Land.  He 
was  the  eldest  son  of  Saier  de  Ouincy, 
Earl  of  Winchester,  one  of  the  twenty- 
five  Sureties  for  the  Magna  Charta.  John 
de  Lacie  was  the  grandson  of  Roger  de 
Lacie,  who  married  Alice  de  Mandeville, 
daughter  of  Geoffrey,  third  Baron  Mande- 
ville. Roger  de  Lacie,  Lord  of  Halton  and 
Pontefract,  in  1192  assisted  at  the  siege  of 
Aeon,  under  Richard  Coeur  de  Lion  and 
shared  in  subsequent  triumphs  of  this  chiv- 
alrous monarch.  He  was  one  of  the  noble- 
men who  escorted  William  of  Scotland  to 
Lincoln  to  confer  with  King  John,  he  was 
also  present  the  next  year  at  Lincoln  when 
David  of  Scotland  did  homage  and  fealty 
to  King  John.  To  go  back  to  the 
direct  line : 

19.  Sir  George  de  Neville,  2nd  Baron 
Abergevenny  and  Lord  Latimer  1440- 
1492,  mar.  1st  Lady  Margaret,  d 
1485,  dau.  and  heiress  of  Sir  Hugh 
Fenne,  sub-treasurer  of  England,  and 
had     issue. 


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139 


20.  Sir  George  de  Neville,  K.  B.  &  K.  G.  3rd 

Baron  Abergavenny  d  1S35,  mar.  Lady 
Marym  dau.  of  Edward  Stafford,  Duke 
of  Buckingham,  beheaded  on  Tower  Hill. 
1521,   and   had  issue. 

21.  Lady   Ursula   de   Neville  who   mar.   as  his 

1st  wife.  Sir  Warham  St.  Leger,  of 
Ulcombe,  Kent,  High  Sheriff,  1S60  Chief 
Governor  of  Munster,  Ireland,  1566, 
Member  of  the  Privy  Council,  1585, 
killed  in  battle  in  Ireland,  1599,  and 
had  issue. 

22.  Lady  Anne  St.  Leger,  buried  in  St.  Mary's, 

Chilham  in  1636,  aged  81,  mar.  Thomas 
Digges  of  Digges  Court,  in  Kent,  Muster- 
Master  General  of  the  English  Army  in 
the  low  countries. 

23.  Sir  Dudley  Digges. 

The  Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  Sir  Dudley 
Digges,  reads  as   follows : 

In  the  reign  of  Henry  3rd,  John,  the  son  of 
Roger  of  Mildenhal  who  was  called  Digges, 
bought  an  estate  called  Bynwitu  in  Cantuaria 
and  at  an  opportune  time  carried  thither  his 
brothers.  He  was  buried  there,  and  his  son 
Thomas,  also,  whom,  besides  John  and  Daniel, 
were  clergymen,  he  had  by  his  wife  Agnes  de 
Sandrino,  Thomas  left  among  other  sons,  Roger 
who  was  buried  together  with  Albina  his  wife, 
who   was   the   daughter   and   heiress   of    Roger 


Norwood,  a  soldier;  in  the  parish  of  Barham; 
and  their  son  John,  who  was  buried  in  the 
same  parish,  had  his  wife  Juliana  the  sister 
and  heiress  of  Jacob  Home  and  armor-bearer, 
besides  Adomarus  who  was  most  skilled  in  law 
the  father  of  the  Digges  family  of  Nuington 
near  Sittingebourne,  John,  Sr.  whose  son  John 
had  by  Joanna  the  daughter  of  Mauritius 
Brume  a  soldier  another  John.  This  last  John 
had  by  a  second  Joanna  the  daughter  of  Ger- 
vasius  Clifton  a  soldier  (she  was  buried  in  the 
parish  of  Braborn)  Jacob  Digges  of  Barham. 
Jacob  Digges  had  by  Phillipa  his  second  wife 
the  daughter  of  Engham  of  Chart,  the  celebrated 
mathematician,  Leonard  Digges.  Leonard 
Digges  had  by  his  wife  Sarah  the  sister  of  the 
very  brave  soldiers,  Jacob  and  Thomas  Wilford, 
the  very  remarkable  mathematician  Thomas 
Digges,  who  was  buried  in  the  church  of  St. 
Mary,  Aldermanbury,  London.  He  had  by 
Anna  the  daughter  of  Warham  St.  Ledger  a 
soldier   Dudley    Digges. 

Note:  An  article  on  the  Digges-Livingston 
connection,  will  appear  in  a  future  issue  of  the 
Magazine. 

The  Magazine  is  deeply  indebted  to  Mrs. 
Richard  Hill,  of  Washington,  for  her  courteous 
permission  to  publish  reproductions  of  her 
valuable  collection  of  heirlooms  and  celebrated 
family  portraits.     Editor. 


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A  MESSAGE  FROM 
THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


NLY  once  more  after  this  will  it  be 
my  privilege  to  bring  messages  to 
our  Society  through  our  Magazine. 
Therefore  I  am  especially  glad  to  be 
able  to  tell  you  of  some  very  gratify- 
ing things  in  this  next  to  the 
last  message. 
The  first  is  that  we  have  finally  succeeded 
in  purchasing  the  last  three  lots  of  land  in  the 
rear  of  our  Administration  Building  which  did 
not  belong  to  us  and  over  which  we  had 
no  control. 

We  are  most  fortunate  in  being  able  to  acquire 
this  land  when  we  did,  for  since  our  purchase 
the  Government  has  spent  $1,500,000  in  the 
purchase  of  land  near  us,  on  which  to  erect 
buildings  in  accordance  with  the  beautiful 
plans  laid  out  for  city  development,  which  in- 
cludes the  tract  stretching  from  the  Capitol 
to  the  Lincoln  Memorial  and  across  the  pro- 
posed memorial  bridge  to  Arlington.  Truly 
we  owe  much  to  the  far-seeing  wisdom  of 
those  who  bought  the  small  plot  on  which 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  stands— then  a 
swamp  surrounded  by  huts  and  tenements,  no 
Pan-American  Building,  no  Red  Cross  Building, 
nothing  but  waste  land  and  rubbish.  This  land 
was  bought  in  Mrs.  Fairbanks'  administra- 
tion. Under  her  administration  Memorial 
Continental  Hall  was  erected  to  a  point  which 
admitted  of  the  first  Congress  being  held  there 
under  her  gavel.  From  that  time  to  this  each  ad- 
ministration has  added  to  our  property  as  our 
needs  grew  and  our  Society  developed,  until 
now  the  Society  may  take  just  pride  in  owning 
the  whole  block  on  which  stands  majestic 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  with  its  fine,  but 
suitably  subordinated  Administration  Building 
and  enough  land  to  yield  to  the  art  of  the 
landscape  gardener. 

I  deem  it  one  of  the  greatest  privileges  that 
my    administration   has   been   enabled   to   com- 
plete the  work  so  notably  begun  in  memory  of 
our  country's  founders. 
140 


It  is  another  source  of  satisfaction  that  the 
Administration  Building  is  completed  and 
the  officers  have  been  moved  into  their 
new  ciuarters. 

Another  work  that  is  progressing  most 
happily  is  our  Society's  endeavor  to  bring  cheer 
and  comfort  and  encouragement  to  the  women 
and  children  detained  at  Ellis  Island.  We  have 
engaged  the  social  worker  authorized  by  the 
National  Board  toward  whose  salary  the 
chapters  have  been  paying  at  the  rate  of  $2 
a  chapter.  Great  opportunities  lie  before  us 
in  this  work,  opportunities  so  great  that  it 
deserves  to  be  in  charge  of  a  separate  and 
independent  National  Committee,  and  the  Board 
so  ordered  at  its  February  meeting.  Our 
Manual  brings  help  and  instruction  to 
thousands  on  the  Island,  but  the  human  touch 
and  the  human  sympathy  enter  with  our  social 
worker  and  the  efficient  committee  in  charge. 
These  women  and  children  at  the  gates  of  a 
strange  land,  frightened,  anxious,  and  often 
suffering,  will  find  blessed  comfort  and  re- 
lief ministered  to  them  by  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution.  Therefore  I  feel  sure 
that  all  our  chapters  will  want  to  pay  this 
small  sum  toward  the  salary  of  our  worker 
and  tlie  supplies  needed  for  her  use  in  this 
work   of   relief   and   education. 

These  achievements  lead  me  once  more  to 
the  thought  of  the  great  responsibilities  and 
opportunities  that  are  ours  as  a  Society.  To 
whomsoever  little  is  given,  of  him  little  is 
expected ;  but  to  whom  much  is  given,  of  him 
is  much  expected,  even  tenfold  and  running 
over.  We  are  but  stewards  of  our  great  re- 
sources. As  we  have  received,  so  let  us  freely 
give  of  ourselves,  all  that  we  are  and  all  that 
we  have,  to  the  loyal  service  of  our  country  and 
the  perpetuation  of  its  ideals.  In  our  hands 
and  in  the  hands  of  all  truly  loyal  Americans, 
whether  native  or  of  foreign  stock,  lie  the 
destinies  of   America   and   whether  or   not  she 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


141 


will  remain  the  America  founded  by  our  fore- 
fathers  and  foremothers. 

This  one  big  thought  I  want  to  leave  with 
you  in  this  message,  a  thought  suggested  by 
our  stewardship ;  you  of  American  tradition 
and  background — it  is  you  who  must  save  the 
country.  If  its  principles,  bought  at  the  high 
cost  of  blood,  toil  and  suffering,  are  worth 
saving — and  who  but  a  Bolshevist  says  they 
are  not  ? — it  is  you  who  must  do  it. 

You  have  the  background  of  America  and 
its  beliefs:  you  are  brought  up  in  the  faith  of 
the  fathers  in  civil  and  religious  liberty ; 
you  are  the  heirs  of  all  the  ages  of  Anglo- 
Saxon    freedom. 

Hundreds  of  thousands  come  here  yearly 
who  have  not  that  background,  whose  ideas  of 
a  government  are  those  of  a  tyrant,  whose  ideas 
of  liberty  are  merely  license  and  who  think  of 
law  and  order  as  a  despotism  to  be  overthrown 
as  a  Czar  or  Kaiser.  Which  group  is  going  to 
rule  this  country  in  the  next  generation,  yours 
or  theirs? 

We  are  already  beginning  to  see  our  American 
background  vanishing  here  and  there  into 
the  dimness  of  the  past.  That  background  must 
be  painted  in  again   in  unfading,  living  colors. 


It  must  be  a  background  that  will  throw   out 
the  bold  outlines  of  our  American  democracy. 

The  great  picture  must  grow  out  of  it,  strong 
and  true  and  glowing.  There  is  already  too 
much  red  in  the  foreground,  drawing  the  eye 
away  from  the  main  composition,  distracting 
our  attention  from  the  structure  that  is  purely 
American.  Radical  lines  have  no  place  in  such 
a  picture.  Only  the  stripes  in  the  Flag  should 
be  red.  This  thought  need  not  be  carried  further. 
As  painters  of  the  picture  of  American  ideals 
in  the  minds  of  aliens  and  of  natives  who  need 
it,  you  will  know  what  to  do.  Go  forth  and  do 
it.  You  have  done  marvellously  well  in  the 
past,  but  it  is  not  enough. 

The  fundamental  character  of  our  country  is 
in  the  balance  of  a  transition  period ;  on  the  one 
side  is  the  pressure  of  radical  destructiveness ; 
on  the  other  is  your  inheritance  of  constructive, 
law-abiding  principles  of  American  freedom 
and  the  American  home.  Your  mission  is 
clear,  and  the  path  lies  open  before  you. 

Shall  we  not  all  walk  in  it  unswervingly  for 
the  salvation  of  America  and  the  preservation 
of  her  destinies? 

Anne    Rogers    Minor, 

President  General. 


"Our  Flag — It  has  long  been  known  as  the  emblem  of  strength  and  power. 
The  stricken  nations  of  the  earth  have  learned  sweeter  attributes,  kindly  sympathy, 
loving  service,  generous  helpfulness.  By  these  thou  art  welcome  throughout 
the  earth." 

— Apostrophe  to  the  Flag,  by  Maria  Sanford. 


WASHINGTON  IN  THE  HOUSE 
OF  BURGESSES 

By  Charles  Moore 
Chairman  of  the  National  Commission  of  Fine  Arts 


OLONEL  WASHINGTON  had 
prepared  the  way  for  retirement 
from  mihtary  hfe  by  securing 
an  election  to  the  House  of 
Burgesses,  a  position  to  which 
every  Virginia  gentleman  as- 
pired, and  which  his  half-brother  Law- 
rence had  held  during  his  life  time.  The 
Fairfax  seats  being  held  by  George 
Mason  and  George  Johnston,  he  decided 
to  take  the  poll  for  Frederick  County  at 
Winchester,  where  he  could  count  on  the 
influence  of  Lord  Fairfax.  "  I  fear," 
wrote  his  Lordship,  "  that  Coll.  Washing- 
ton will  be  very  hard  pushed,"  a  prognos- 
tication quite  justified  by  the  fact.  The 
election  cost  him  £39  6s.,  spent  on  a  hogs- 
head and  a  barrel  of  punch,  thirty-five 
gallons  of  wine,  forty-three  gallons  of 
strong  beer,  cider,  and  a  dinner  for  his 
workers. "^  His  colleague  was  Thomas 
Bryan  Martin,  nephew  and  agent  of 
Lord  Fairfax. 

On  his  twenty-seventh  birthday  George 
Washington  began  his  legislative  career. 
The  journal  entry  records:  "A  new 
Member,  having  taken  the  Oaths  ap- 
pointed to  be  taken  by  Act  of  Parliament, 
instead  of  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and 
Supremacy,  and  taken  and  subscribed  the 
Oath  of  Abjuration,  and  also  subscribed 
to  the  Test,  was  admitted  to  his  Place  in 
the  House."  On  the  day  following  he 
was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Commit- 
tee of  Propositions  and  Grievances, 
142 


Richard  Bland  being  the  chairman  and 
George  Wythe,  Henry  Peyton,  Randolph 
Dandridge,  Lewis  Burwell,  Archibald 
Cary,  Benjamin  Harrison,  and  Francis 
Lightfoot  Lee  being  among  the  members. 

The  Journal  for  February  26,  1759,' 
states  that,  "  Upon  a  Motion  made,  Re- 
solved, Nemine  contradicente,  That  the 
Thanks  of  this  House  be  given  to  George 
Washington,  Esq. ;  a  Member  of  this 
House,  late  Colonel  of  the  First  Virginia 
Regiment,  for  his  faithful  services  to  his 
Majesty,  and  this  Colony,  and  for  his 
brave  and  steady  Behaviour,  from  the 
first  Encroachments  and  Hostilities  of  the 
French  and  their  Indians,  to  his  Resig- 
nation, after  the  happy  Reduction  of  Fort 
De  Ouesne.  And  accordingly  Mr. 
Speaker,  from  the  Chair,  returned  him 
(he  standing  in  his  Place)  the  Thanks 
of  the  House." 

As  the  story  goes,  Speaker  Robinson, 
"  following  the  impulse  of  his  own  gener- 
ous and  grateful  heart,  discharged  the 
duty  with  great  dignity,  but  with  such 
warmth  of  coloring,  and  strength  of 
expression  as  entirely  to  confound  the 
young  hero.  He  rose  to  express  his 
acknowledgments  for  the  honor ;  but  such 

Editor's  Note:  The  first  of  Mr.  Moore's 
articles  on  George  Washington  appeared  in  the 
November,  1922,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine. 

'  Neill's  Fairfaxes  of  England  and  America, 
p.  98. 

'Journals  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  of  Vir- 
ginia, 1758-1761,  p.  65. 


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was  his  trepidation  and  confusion,  that 
he  could  not  give  distinct  utterance  to  a 
syllable.  He  blushed,  stammered,  and 
trembled,  for  a  second ;  when  the  Sp)eaker 
relieved  him,  by  a  stroke  of  address,  that 
would  have  done  honor  to  Louis  the 
Fourteenth,  in  his  proudest  and  happiest 
moment.     '  Sit  down,   Mr.   Washington,' 


common  mistake  of  flattering  himself 
that  because  he  was  proficient  in  the 
military  calling,  he  had  no  need  to  apply 
himself  to  learning  the  business  of  a  legis- 
lator, and  the  methods  of  procedure  in 
the  Assembly.  After  the  first  session  he 
took  an  active  part  in  the  proceedings. 
Particularly  did  he  concern  himself  with 


THE   CKI.IiBRATEl)    COIR]'    HOISH 


said  he,  with  a  conciliating  smile,  '  your 
modesty  is  equal  to  your  valor,  and  that 
surpasses  the  power  of  any  language  I 
possess.'  "  ^  No  introduction  could  have 
been  more  flattering  to  a  young  member 
of  a  legislative  body,  made  up  of  men 
who  were  soon  to  lay  the  firm  founda- 
tions of  a  new  nation. 

Colonel  Washington,  having  entered  on 
his  legislative  career,  took  pains  to  learn 
his   new   duties.     He   did   not   make   the 


the  claims  of  officers  whose  services  were 
rendered  under  his  personal  command. 
The  first  law  with  which  his  name  is 
associated  originated  on  April  4,  1761, 
when  "  leave  was  given  to  bring  in  a  bill 
to  preserve  the  Water  for  the  Use  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Winchester, 
and  the  limits  thereof,  by  preventing 
Hogs  from  running  at  large  therein,  and 
it  is  referred  to  Mr.  Pendleton  and  Mr. 
'  Wirt's  Life  of  Patrick  Henry. 


WASHINGTON  IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  BURGESSES 


Washington  to  prepare  and  bring  in  the 
same."  The  bill  having  been  passed,  it 
was  "  Ordered  that  Air.  Washington  do 
carry  up  said  bill  to  the  Council  for 
their  concurrence." 

Mrs.  Washington  owned  in  Williams- 
burg the  House  of  Six  Chimneys,  and 
there  the  newly  married  couple  made 
their  home  during  sessions  of  the  Assem- 
bly. Williamsburg  was  laid  out  on  a 
large  scale  for  those  days,  and  the  main 
features  of  its  design  were  used  in  1792 
for  the  location  of  the  Congress  House 
and  the  President's  House  in  the  Federal 
City.  A  broad  avenue  still  known  as 
Duke  of  Gloucester  Street,  begins  at 
Capitol  Square  and  extends  to  the 
grounds  of  the  College  of  William  and 
Mary,  next  to  Harvard  the  oldest  college 
in  America.  This  main  axis  of  the  town 
has  a  broad  cross  axis  terminating  at  the 
gardens  of  the  Governor's  Palace.  Capi- 
tol and  Palace,  together  with  Mrs.  Wash- 
ington's house,  have  disappeared.  George 
Wythe's  stone  mansion  on  Palace  Green 
is  now  a  college  club ;  and  Tazewell  Hall, 
the  home  of  Edmund  Randolph,  and  the 
Coleman,  Blair,  Tucker  and  Cary  houses 
remain  to  tell  of  departed  glory ;  while 
the  Powder  Horn,  built  by  Governor 
Spottswood  in  1714  carries  one  back  over 
two  centuries.  The  great  Sir  Christopher 
Wren  (whose  office  turned  out  the  plans 
of  an  hundred  London  churches  built 
after  the  Great  Fire  of  1666)  is 
credited  with  the  design  of  the  modest 
little  court-house. 

Near  the  entrance  to  the  college 
grounds  stands  a  marble  statue  of  Lord 
Botetourt.  Designed  by  Haward,  a 
London  sculptor,  this  refined  and  delicate 
work  has  withstood  not  only  the  vicissi- 
tudes of  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and 
the  Civil  War,  but  also  the  thoughtless 
indignities  practiced  by  generations  of 
college  students  and  the  well-meant  but 


ill-considered  efforts  of  would-be  re- 
storers. Marred  and  discolored,  it  stands 
today  one  of  the  art  treasures  of  Amer- 
ica. The  older  buildings  of  the  college, 
notably  the  president's  house,  are  sub- 
stantially untouched ;  and,  most  happily, 
the  rapid  expansion  of  the  ancient  seat 
of  learning  is  being  directed  physically 
as  well  as  scholastically  by  President 
J.  A.  C.  Chandler,  a  man  of  feeling  for 
the  fine  architectural  traditions  that  have 
come  down  to  us  from  Colonial  days,  and 
himself  a  graduate  of  William  and  Mary. 

"  The  crowning  feature,  however,  of 
Williamsburg,  is  Old  Bruton  Parish 
Church  (1714),  whose  white  tower  rises 
above  an  ancient  gravej'ard,  the  whole 
mellowed  with  age  and  half  covered  with 
vine.  It  is  a  building  of  supreme  beauty, 
the  color  of  its  brick  walls  laid  up  in  a 
Flemish  bond  with  glazed  headers,  the 
white  blinds  and  fat  muntins,  the  rare 
colored  vines  clambering  up  the  walls  and 
along  the  perfect  cornice,  giving  an  effect 
in  Colonial  unsurpassed."  *  In  the  well- 
executed  restoration  of  1907,  King 
George  VII,  contributed  the  Bible,  and 
President  Roosevelt  gave  the  lectern ;  and 
the  hangings  of  Governor  Spottswood 's 
day  were  found  and  placed  above  the 
pew  once  occupied  by  the  royal  governors. 

On  April  2nd,  Washington  was  ex- 
cused from  further  attendance  on  the 
Assembly  for  the  remainder  of  the  ses- 
sion, doubtless  because  of  ill  health.  On 
May  1st,  he  wrote  from  Mount  Vernon 
to  Robert  Cary  &  Co.,  merchants,  Lon- 
don, inclosing  the  minister's  certificate  of 
his  marriage  with  Mrs.  Martha  Custis, 
and  requesting  that  "  for  the  future  they 
address  to  him  all  letters  which  relate  to 
the  affairs  of  the  late  Daniel  Parke 
Custis,  Esqr.,  as  by  marriage  he  was  en- 
titled to  a  third  part  of  that  estate,  and 

'  Brick  Architecture  of  the  Colonial  Period 
in   Maryland  and  Virginia. 


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THF    FXMOUS    STATUE  OF   LORD  BOTETOURT.   DESIGNED  BY 
HAWARD.    A'.lLONDON     SCULPTOR.    IT    STILL  STANDS   ON   THE 
CAMPUS    of"-  WILLIAM    AND    MARY  COLLEGE.   IN   WILLIAMS- 
BURG, VA. 


was  invested  likewise  with  the  care  of 
the  other  two-thirds  by  a  decree  of  the 
General  Court,  which  he  obtained  in 
order  to  strengthen  the  power  he  had 
by  reason  of  the  fact  that  his  wife  had 
the  administration  of  the  estate."    He 
promised  to  continue  to  deal  with  the 
firm  so  long  as  they  satisfied  him  of 
due  attention  to  his  business ;  and  at 
the  same  time  he  ordered  a  consider- 
able quantity  of  furniture  and  apparel, 
seeds    and    agricultural    books.      In 
September    he    sent    another    large 
order :  for  Mrs.  Washington  "  a  sal- 
mon-colored Tabby  of   the  enclosed 
pattern,  with  satin  flowers,  to  be  made 
in   a   sack  and   coat,"   and   "  a   Cap, 
Handkerchief, Tuckerand Ruffles  to  be 
made  of  Brussels  lace,  or  point,  proper 
to  wear  with  the  above  negligee,  to 
cost  £20,"  together  with  satin  shoes, 
both  black  and  white,  "  of  the  smallest 
5s ;  "  for  the  house  3  lbs.  of  Scotch 
snuff,  an  hogshead  of  best  Porter,  3 
gallons  of  "  Rhenish  in  bottles,"  and 
fjusts  of  Alexander  the  Great,  Julius 
Cffisar,     Qiarles     XH     of     Sweden, 
Prince  Eugene,  the  Duke  of    Marl- 
borough, and  "two  Wild  Beasts,  not 
to  exceed  twelve  inches  in  height  nor 
eighteen  in  length." 

John  Augustine  Washington  occu- 
pied and  managed  Mount  Vernon 
during  his  elder  brother's  military 
service;  and  when  the  former  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Colonel 
John  Bushrod,  the  bride  and  groom 
]iassed  their  honeymoon  there.  Before 
the  Colonel's  marriage  the  John 
.\ugustine  Washingtons  repaired  to 
her  ancestral  home,  Bushfield,  in 
Westmoreland  county.  The  substan- 
tial brick  house,  set  up  in  the  midst  of 
spacious  gardens,  still  looks  out  on 
the  broad  Potomac,  where  the  river 
is  joined  by  Nomini  Creek.    Beauti- 


WASHINGTON  IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  BURGESSES 


fill  for  situation,  the  restored  mansion 
is  now  owned  by  Mark  Skinner  Willing, 
of  Chicago,  and  is  still  a  centre  of 
hospitality.  Mount  Airy,  the  seat  of 
Tayloes,  and  Sabine  Hall,  a  home  of  the 
Harrisons,  are  within  easy  distance;  but 
Nomini  Hall,  a  focal  point  of  Virginia 
culture  and  fine  living  in  pre-Revolution- 


from  the  courts  and  camps  of  Europe, 
acquaintance  with  society  in  New  York, 
Boston  and  Philadelphia,  the  intimate 
friendship  of  Lord  Fairfax  and  his  fam- 
ily connections  male  and  female,  all  these 
opportunities  for  education  were  ear- 
nestly embraced  by  a  man  who  from  early 
youth    had    aspired    to    be    a   gentleman. 


BRUTON    PARISH   CHL-RCH    (1714) 

ary  days,  has  long  since  disappeared. 
Happily  the  diary  of  Philip  Vickers 
Fithian,  a  tutor  in  Colonel  Robert 
Carter's  family,  has  preserved  an  unsur- 
passed record  of  family  and  social  life 
during  later  Colonial  days. 

From  the  time  he  left  Fredericksburg 
at  the  age  of  eleven  years,  George  Wash- 
ington had  been  used  to  the  amenities  of 
life.  Ease  of  living,  the  luxuries  of  the 
table,  the  sports  of  the  hunting-field, 
association   with  governors   and    soldiers 


OF  WILLIAMSBURG.    VIRGINIA. 

At  the  same  time,  he  acquired  a  thorough 
understanding  of  human  nature.  Essen- 
tially a  man  of  action  rather  than  a  stu- 
dent, his  mind  was  so  trained  that  in 
matters  where  he  had  no  first-hand 
knowledge,  his  unerring  instinct  led  him 
to  seek  out  the  advice  of  those  best  ac- 
quainted with  the  particular  subject.  He 
was  patient  in  listening  to  all  sides ;  and 
his  judgments  were  sure.  In  all  Virginia 
there  was  no  man  better  fitted  for  leader- 
ship,   and    on    the    other    hand,    none    to 


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whom  life  could  bring  more  real  satisfac- 
tion. Therefore  it  was  with  profound 
conviction  that  he  could  write  to  his 
cousin  in  London :  "  I  am  now  I  believe 
fixed  at  this  seat  [Mount  Vernon]  with 
an  agreeable  Consort  for  Life.  And  hope 
to  find  more  happiness  in  retirement  than 


the  North  Carolina  boundary  and  had 
died  (1743)  as  an  officer  in  the  Royal 
Navy.  On  her  mother's  side  she  was 
descended  from  that  Reverend  Rowland 
Jones  who  had  been  the  minister  at 
Bruton  Church  from  1674  until  his 
death  in  1688.     At  the  age  of  fifteen  she 


MUUNT  VERNON    ON    THE  POl'OMAC.    IHE  HOME  OE  GEOR(;E  AND    NEMIEHA  WASHINGTON. 


I    ever   experienced    amidst   a    wide    and 
bustling  world." 

Martha  Dandridge,  according  to  the 
record,  was  born  on  June  21,  1731,  which 
would  make  her  the  senior  of  her  husband 
by  about  eight  months.  Her  father,  John 
Dandridge,  had  died  in  Fredericksburg 
two  years  before  her  marriage  to  Wash- 
ington. He  had  held  the  lucrative  posi- 
tion of  clerk  of  the  county  of  New  Kent. 
His  brother,  Honorable  William  Dan- 
dridge, with  Colonel  Byrd,  had  surveyed 


began  her  social  career  at  Williamsburg, 
and  at  eighteen  she  was  married  to 
Daniel  Parke  Custis,  a  man  of  thirty. 
Four  children  were  born  to  them,  of 
whom  the  elder  two  died  in  infancy,  while 
Martha  and  John  Parke  Custis  survived 
their  father,  who  died  in  the  spring  of 
1757,  just  a  year  before  Colonel  Wash- 
ington and  Martha  Custis  met. 

Thanks  to  the  friendly  supervision 
e.xercised  by  Honorable  William  Fairfax, 
the  mansion  house  at  Mount  Vernon  was 


WASHINGTON  IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  BURGESSES 


in  good  order  for  the  advent  of  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Washington.  The  great  prob- 
lem of  the  garret  stairs  was  successfully 
solved  after  repeated  letters,  and  rooms 
were  finished  on  the  upper  floor  for  the 
entertainment  of  guests  too  numerous  to 
find  accommodations  on  the  second  floor. 
The  house  then  was  about  half  the  size 
of  the  one  we  know ;  for  the  dining  room 
and  the  library  ends  were  not  built  until 
after  the  Revolution.  The  overseer,  also, 
had  got  the  plantations  in  fairly  good 
shape,  and,  weather  permitting,  there 
would  be  a  good  crop  of  tobacco  to  pay 
for  the  goods  ordered  from  England. 

What  Colonel  Washington  wrote  about 
retiring  from  a  busy  world  must  be  taken 
with  a  grain  of  salt;  for  he  had  too  many 
irons  in  the  fire  and  was  too  ambitious 
to  settle  down  to  the  self-contained  life 
of  a  plantation,  no  matter  how  exacting. 
His  services  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war  would  entitle  him  to  large  grants  of 
land  in  the  Ohio  country,  so  soon  as  the 
King  could  be  induced  to  act. 

Also  schemes  were  afoot  to  set  up 
proprietary  colonies  in  the  western  com- 
pany. Benjamin  Franklin  and  his  son, 
Sir  William  Franklin,  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  together  with  Sir  William  John- 


son, were  urging  the  Walpole  Grant,  with 
the  latter  as  the  prospective  governor ; 
and  Washington  himself  drew  up  articles 
of  association  for  the  ^Mississippi  Com- 
pany, in  which  he  was  to  be  associated 
with  his  brother,  John  Augustine,  Francis 
Lightfoot  and  Richard  Henry  Lee,  Henry 
Fitzhugh  and  Thomas  Bullett,  one  of  the 
earliest  settlers  of  Kentucky ;  'together 
with  fourteen  Virginians  of  standing 
and  repute. 

Airs.  Washington,  for  her  part,  had  a 
numerous  household  to  administer.  In 
addition  to  her  two  children,  there  were 
many  servants  to  be  trained  and  kept 
busy,  and  a  constant  stream  of  visitors  to 
be  entertained  and  cared  for,  since  the 
established  reputation  of  Mount  Vernon 
for  hospitality  must  be  restored  after  the 
vacant  years.  Altogether  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Washington  had  a  large  task  cut 
out  for  them. 

Moreover,  although  Quebec  and  Mon- 
treal had  fallen  to  the  British,  and  the 
French  had  surrendered  Detroit  with  the 
control  of  the  western  country,  Indian 
troubles  were  by  no  means  ended,  and  at 
any  time  Washington  might  be  com- 
pelled again  to  take  the  field  in  defense 
of     the     frontier    borders     of     Virginia. 


STATE  GONFEI^NGES 


INDIANA 

The  twenty-second  annual  Conference  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  in 
Indiana,  met  with  the  General  De  Lafayette 
Chapter,  at  Lafayette,  October  10,  11,  and 
12,  1922. 

The  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Samuel  Elliot  Perkins, 
called  a  meeting  of  the  State  Board,  at  ten 
o'clock,   Tuesday    morning,   and    a    meeting    of 


ing.  The  Invocation  was  given  by  the  State 
Chaplain,  Mrs.  John  Lee  Dinwiddie,  Salute  to 
the  Flag,  led  by  Miss  Mary  Britton,  Third 
State  Vice  Regent,  was  followed  by  the  sing- 
ing of  "  America."  "  Greetings  and  Welcome  " 
were  given  by  Mrs.  G.  I.  Christie,  Regent 
of  the  Lafayette  Chapter,  the  "  Response " 
by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Crankshaw,  First  State  Vice 
Regent.  "  Our  Society ",  was  the  subject 
of     a     short     address,     by     Mrs.     James     M. 


State  Regents  at  two  in  the  afternoon.  Both 
meetings  were  well  attended. 

The  hospitality  of  the  Lafayette  Chapter 
commenced  before  the  regular  sessions.  Mrs. 
Charles  Q.  Erisman,  the  efficient  Secretary, 
gave  a  luncheon,  for  the  officers  to  meet  Mrs. 
Robert  Wiles,  and  the  Lafayette  Chapter  a  tea 
at  the  Community  House,  for  the  delegates. 

The  regular  sessions  of  the  Conference  were 
held  in  the  Elks  Home,  the  Auditorium  being 
charmingly  decorated  by  the  Lafayette  Chapter. 
The  Conference  was  called  to  order  on  Tuesday 
evening,  by  the  State  Regent  after  the  pro- 
cessional of  state  officers,  led  by  the  pages,  had 
been  seated.  More  than  forty  Chapters  were 
represented  by  delegates  for  this  opening  meet- 
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Fowler,  former  Librarian  General.  This 
was  followed  by  a  "  Song  of  Thanksgiving ", 
and  the  State  Song  of  Illinois,  complimentory 
to  the  speaker  of  the  evening,  Mrs.  Robert  Hall 
Wiles.  The  solos  were  beautifully  given  by 
Miss  Marcia  Kenwon,  with  Miss  Arlina  Knob- 
lock  at  the  piano.  The  address  by  Mrs.  Wiles, 
"  Safety  for  American  Democracy ",  was  a 
literary  treat  as  well  as  a  patriotic  address.  An 
informal  reception  closed  the  program  for 
the  evening. 

Wednesday  morning  the  program  included 
the  reports  of  the  state  officers  announcement 
of  Conference  committees,  necessary  amend- 
ments to  the  By-laws,  and  reports  of  the 
Chapter  Regents. 


STATE  CONFERENCES 


A  luncheon  for  State  and  Chapter  Officers 
was  given  at  the  Hotel  Lahr.  The  afternoon 
program  comprised  reports  of  National  Com- 
mittees, Chapter  Regents  reports  continued,  and 
nominations  of  officers  for  the  new  year,  be- 
ginning April  20,  1923.  The  Lion's  Club  in 
the  afternoon,  assisted  in  the  splendid  hospi- 
tality, by  taking  the  Conference  members  in 
autos,  to  visit  the  new  hospital  at  the  State 
Soldier's  Home,  and  the  proposed  site  for  the 
Paul  Dresser  Memorial  Park.  The  newly 
installed  Commandant-Major  William  M. 
Louden  gave  a  reception  and  tea,  having 
Governor  and  Mrs.  McCray  as  honor  guests. 
This  was  a  very  enjoyable  reception,  and  the 
courtesy  and  kindness  of  Major  and  Mrs.  Louden 
was  appreciated  by  all  the  delegates.  A  dinner 
was  served  at  the  Lafayette  Club,  the  honor 
guests  being,  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger, 
Organizing  Secretary  General,  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Wiles,  Chairman  of  the  Legislative  Committee. 

Thursday  morning  the  reports  of  Chapter 
Regents  were  concluded,  showing  the  splendid 
work  accomplished  all  over  the  State.  These 
reports  were  well  given,  and  an  inspiration 
for  the  new  work  of  the  year.  A  good  report 
was  also  given  of  the  "  Children  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution."  Mrs.  John  Downing  Johnson 
being  State  Director.  The  Conference  was  de- 
lighted that  the  State  Regent  had  discovered 
another  "  Real  Daughter,"  making  six  in  In- 
diana. The  "  Real  Daughter  "  is  Mrs.  Phoebe 
Davis  Touhig,  of  Noblesville,  who  celebrated 
her  ninetieth  birthday  in  December.  She  had 
her  first  pension  check  for  $20  in  December, 
and  will  receive  this  each  month  during 
her   lifetime. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Perkins  Elliot,  resigning  the 
State  Regency,  a  resolution  was  adopted  sup- 
porting Mrs.  Perkins  in  her  view  of  wider 
service.  The  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  new  year,  beginning  April  21,   1923. 

State  Regent.  Mrs.  Mindwell  Crampton  Wil- 
son ;  Vice  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Ross ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  Sue  R. 
Wallace ;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Harriet  V.  Rigdon ; 
Chaplain,  Mrs.  Frank  Felter ;  Registrar,  Mrs. 
Theadore  D.  Craven ;  Librarian,  Miss  Caroline 
Ford;  Historian,  Mrs.  Harvey  Morris;  Audi- 
tor, Mrs.  Wm.  Matthews ;  Directors,  Miss  Julia 
Landers,  Mrs.  Charles  Q.  Erisman,  Mrs. 
Charles   Hartley,    Mrs.    Henry   A.    Beck. 

A  luncheon  was  given  at  Ladies'  Hall,  Pur- 
due University,  planned  by  Mrs.  G.  L  Christie, 
Regent,  and  her  assistants  of  the  Lafayette 
Chapter,  making  a  fitting  climax  to  a  very 
successful  Conference. 
(Mrs.  H.^rvev)  M.^rtha  Tucker  Morris, 

State   Historian. 


VIRGINIA 

The  Virginia  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  held  their  twenty-sixth  annual  State 
Conference  in  historic  old  Yorktown,  October 
11,  12  and  13,  1922,  being  the  invited  guests 
of  the  youngest  Chapter  in  the  State,  and  the 
Comte  de  Grasse,  organized  by  Mrs.  George 
Durbin  Chenoweth. 

Yorktown,  one  of  the  most  important  places 
in  the  Revolution,  has  been  overlooked  so  many 
years,  together  with  its  significance  in  history. 
Dr.  J.  A.  C.  Chandler,  president  of  the  college 
of  William  and  Mary,  speaking  before  the  Con- 
ference, said  that  on  a  recent  visit  to  Boston, 
Lexington  and  Concord,  he  was  struck  by  the 
number  of  monuments  and  markers  on  every 
hand,  commemorating  the  opening  scenes  of 
the  Revolution ;  but  that  here  in  Yorktown, 
where  the  long  war  was  brought  to  a  close, 
and  where  the  decisive  victory  was  achieved  that 
established  American  independence,  there  is 
hardly  anything  to  show  that  events  of  such 
far-reaching  effect  ever  occurred,  save  the 
monument,  tardily  placed  here  by  the  govern- 
ment one  hundred  years  after  the  surrender 
of     Cornwallis. 

Encroachment  of  business  and  real  estate 
has  made  inroads  into  the  old  earthworks  and 
threatens  to  destroy  the  historic  landmarks. 
Unless  something  is  done  speedily,  not  only  by 
the  Virginia  Daughters,  but  by  those  all  over 
the  country,  the  opportunity  to  preserve  this 
hallowed  spot  intact  will  be  lost  forever. 

It  was  with  this  thought  in  mind,  that  the 
enterprising  Regent  of  the  new  Chapter  at 
Yorktown,  Mrs.  Chenoweth,  invited  the  Vir- 
ginia Daughters  to  meet  here ;  that  it  might 
awaken  in  them  an  enthusiam  to  do  the  things 
for   which   their    Society   was    founded. 

The  Conference  was  called  to  order  by  the 
State  Regent,  Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett,  on 
Wednesday  morning,  October  11th,  in  the  Court 
House ;  the  large  room  presenting  a  dignified 
and  beautiful  appearance,  with  the  magnificent 
flag  loaned  by  the  Loyal  Legion  of  Newport 
News,  and  flowers  in  profusion.  Invocation 
was  given  by  the  Rev.  Andrew  Jackson  Ren- 
forth,    of   Yorktown. 

Dr.  Barrett  then  introduced  the  Regent  of 
the  Comte  de  Grasse  Chapter,  Mrs.  George 
D.  Chenoweth.  who  delivered  an  address  of 
welcome  to  the  delegates.  She  paid  especial 
tribute  to  Comte  de  Grasse.  Had  it  not  been 
for  his  timely  appearance  with  his  fleet  in  the 
harbor,  Washington  could  not  have  carried  to 
a  successful  close  the  final  struggle.  It  was 
the  combined  efforts  of  all  the  forces,  and 
most  of  all  the  fleet,  which  guarded  the  entrance 
to  the  harbor,  that  prevented  Cornwallis'  escape 
and  forced  him  to  surrender. 


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Two  responses  were  given  by  the  Regents  of 
neighbor  chapters,  Mrs.  Edward  W.  Finch,  Re- 
gent of  the  Frances  Bland  Randolph  Chapter, 
of  Petersburg,  spoke  first.  Mrs.  W.  B.  Livezey, 
Regent  of  Hampton  Chapter,  followed  her. 
She  referred  to  the  wonderful  accomplishments 
of  the  Comte  de  Grasse  Chapter,  in  the  few 
months  of  its  existence;  mentioning  especially 
the  republishing  of  the  volume  entitled  "  The 
Yorktown  Campaign  and  the  Surrender  of 
Cornwallis  1781,"  a  book  long  out  of  print,  and 
a  most  valuable  history  perpetuated  to  future 
generations  by  the  efforts  of  this  Chapter.  She 
also  paid  a  most  appreciative  tribute  to  the 
Chapter  for  their  efforts  to  bring  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  here,  and  prophe- 
sied that  the  days  are  numbered  when  one  can 
say  there  is  not  a  single  monument  or  marker 
in  Yorktown  placed  by  the  Society  "  to  tell 
their   sons  how  their   fathers   died." 

The  Conference  then  gave  the  Salute  to  the 
Flag,  followed  by  the  "  Star  Spangled  Banner," 
played  by  the  orchestra  of  the  U.  S.  S.  Wyom- 
ing, furnished  through  the  courtesy  of  Rear 
Admiral  J.  D.  MacDonald. 

Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett,  the  State  Regent, 
then  delivered  her  inspiring  address  to  the  Con- 
ference. She  took  as  her  text  the  inscription 
from  the  gavel  presented  to  Mrs.  Chenoweth 
by  her  former  Regent,  and  State  Regent  of 
Rhode  Island,  Mrs.  Richard  J.  Barker,  which 
was  as  follows : 

"  Wood  from  old  Weetamoe  pear  tree, 
Fully  grown,   1695. 
Still  bearing  luscious  fruit,  1922." 

She  spoke  of  the  indominable  spirit  of  our 
ancestors  and  their  desire  for  liberty  and  inde- 
pendence ;  of  the  old  mulberry  trees  outside 
the  Court  House,  planted  in  the  early  days  of 
the  colonies,  for  silkworm  culture,  that  are  still 
living,  while  the  bodies  of  the  men  who  fought 
the  battles  here,  have  long  since  gone  to  dust. 
"  But,"  she  said.  "  it  was  not  the  physical,  but 
the  spiritual  inheritance  that  lives.  And  the 
spirit  of  those  men  will  live  on  and  on,  till  the 
Golden  Jubilee,  the  last  of  the  physical  and  the 
triumph  of  the  spiritual  world." 

Letters  of  regret  were  read  from  the  Presi- 
dent General  and  other  National  and  State 
Officers  who  were  unable  to  attend,  and  this 
was  followed  by  music  by  the  orchestra  of  the 
U.  S.  S.  IVyoiiiiiig.  Mrs.  Caldwell,  of  Roa- 
noke, was  recognized  and  said :  "  I  am  a  friend 
and  lover  of  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  after  listening 
to  this  wonderful  music,  I  propose  Three 
Cheers  for  the  Navy."  The  Director  of  the 
orchestra  was  then  introduced. 

The  afternoon  session  was  taken  up  with  the 
reports  of  State  Officers  and  Chairmen  of 
Committees,  followed  by  a  splendid  address  by 


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Dr.  J.  A.  C.  Chandler,  president  of  the  college 
of  William  and  Mary  at  Williamsburg.  He 
referred  to  the  value  of  the  history  recently  re- 
published by  the  Comte  de  Grasse  Chapter, 
and  made  a  stirring  appeal  to  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  "  to  whom  we  all 
look  for  this  high  ideal,  the  perpetuation  of 
our  history,  and  that  they  give  more  and  more 
attention  to  their  great  State  of  V^irginia,  and 
Virginia  history ;  to  Yorktown  and  all  it  repre- 
sents, and  to  put  forth  greater  effort  to  have 
our  young  people  realize  the  importance  of  the 
vital  matter  of  what  our  country  stands   for." 


The  State  Regent  laid  a  wreath  on  the  tomb, 
and  taking  for  her  text  "  He  gave  all  for 
Liberty,"  she  paid  a  touching  tribute  to  the  life 
and  character  of  this  patriot. 

The  Delegates  were  then  taken  by  automo- 
biles out  through  Yorktown,  over  the  battle- 
fields, where  Cornwallis  made  his  last  stand, 
to  the  "  Moore  House,"  where  on  the  18th  of 
October,  1781,  the  Terms  of  Capitulation  were 
drawn  up,  followed  on  October  19th  by 
the  surrender. 

York  Hall,  the  home  of  Governor  Nelson, 
so  beautifully  restored  by  the  patriotic  devotion 


•i4  ^'^'t'  irT^. 


The  Conference  adjourned  for  a  trip  over 
historic  Yorktown ;  first  visiting  the  tomb  of 
Thomas  Nelson,  Jr.,  in  the  churchyard  of 
Grace  Episcopal   Church,  built  in   1700. 

The  inscription  on  the  tomb  is  as  follows : 

"  General   Thomas    Nelson,   Jr. 
Patriot,  Soldier,  Christian,  Gentleman, 
Mover  of  the   Resolution  of   May   16,   1776,   in 
The  Virginia  Convention  Instructing  Her  Dele- 
gates   in    Congress    to    Move    that    Body    to 
Declare   the   Colonies   Free   and   Independent 
States ; 

Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  ; 

War  Governor  of  Virginia ; 

Commander  of  the  Virginia  Forces. 

He  Gave  All   for  Liberty." 


of  the  late  George  P.  Blow,  was  then  visited. 
After  this,  following  the  lovely  winding  road 
through  beautiful  woods  and  fields,  we  were 
taken  out  to  visit  the  Curtis  Farm,  where 
Washington  and  his  tired  army  refreshed  them- 
selves at  the  spring,  when  on  their  march  from 
Williamsburg  to  Yorktown.  The  old  farm 
house  was  used  as  a  hospital  for  the  wounded 
from  the  battlefields  of  Yorktown. 

In  the  evening  a  reception  was  given  by  the 
hostess  Chapter  in  "  Ye  Olde  English  Tavern  " ; 
music  was  furnished  by  a  band  of  twenty-five 
pieces  from  the  U.  S.  S.  Wyoming.  About 
three  hundred  Daughters  and  guests  attended. 
The  U.  S.  Navy  was  represented  by  Admiral 
MacDonald,      Admiral      Scales,      Admiral      de 


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Steiger.  and  their  staff  officers,  who  in  their 
white  uniforms  gave  brilHancy  to  the  scene. 
The  quaint  httle  inn  has  not  for  a  long  time 
been  the  scene  of  so  much  gaiety. 

Tuesday,  October  12th,  the  Conference  was 
opened  at  10  a.m.,  the  State  Regent  presiding. 
The  Invocation  was  by  Lieutenant  John  H.  S. 
Putnam,  Chaplain,  U.  S.  Navy,  of  the  U.  S.  S. 
Arkansas.  The  entire  morning  was  occupied 
with  reports  and  business.  These  were  con- 
tinued in  the  afternoon  session.  Committee  and 
Chapter  reports  showing  great  progress  in  the 


for  a  term  of  three  years.  Other  officers  re- 
elected for  the  same  term  were :  State  Vice 
Regent,  Mrs.  James  R.  Schick,  Roanoke;  State 
Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Thomas  Smythe 
Wallis,  Cherrydale ;  State  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, Mrs.  James  R.  Kyle,  Lynchburg;  State 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Samuel  F.  Work,  Roanoke ; 
State  Historian,  Mrs.  Robert  L.  Peirce,  Wythe- 
ville ;  State  Librarian.  Mrs.  W.  W.  Richard- 
son, Norfolk,  and  Mrs.  Edwin  S.  Bethel, 
Vienna,  was  elected  State  Registrar.  An  invi- 
tation   was   extended   bv    Mrs.    Edward    Willis 


ON   BOARD   U.   S.    BATTLESHIP  VVVONnNG. 


work  all  over  the  State.  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler, 
former  president  of  William  and  Mary,  deliv- 
ered a  scholarly  address,  closing  with  these 
words :  "  Heartily  and  warmly.  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  I  greet  you.  I  do 
so  in  the  spirit  of  the  Fathers,  counting  upon 
you  to  cherish  and  uphold  the  principles  which 
they  dedicated  and  sanctified  with  their  blood 
and  patriotic  suffering.  It  is  for  you  to  keep 
the  Government  in  the  right  track,  true  to  the 
principles  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  this 
can  best  be  done  by  teaching  at  every  turn,  the 
authority  of  the  Fathers." 

The  election  of  officers  next  took  place  and 
Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett,  the  brilliant  and  be- 
loved leader  was  again  reelected   State  Regent 


Finch  to  the  Conference,  to  meet  at  Peters- 
burg in  1923. 

A  recess  was  taken  at  4  o'clock  to  visit  the 
Fleet  of  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  York  River.  These 
were :  The  battleships  Wyoming,  Arkansas, 
and  North  Dakota.  The  hospital  ship  Relief, 
the  only  ship  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  and 
several  Divisions  of  Destroyers.  Each  of  the 
four  large  ships  sent  two  launches  to  convey 
the  delegates  and  their  guests. 

The  State  Officers  were  entertained  on  Ad- 
miral MacDonald's  Flagship,  the  JVyoming. 
After  being  shown  over  the  ship,  tea  was 
served  in  the  Admiral's  cabin.  Mrs.  Chenoweth, 
being  invited  by  Captain  Wainwright,  to  pre- 
side.     Admiral    MacDonald   made   a   brief   ad- 


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dress  of  welcome,  followed  by  Mrs.  Chenoweth, 
who  spoke  of  the  hospitality  of  the  officers 
and  paid  a  high  tribute  to  the  United 
States  Navy. 

The  State  Regent,  Dr.  Barrett,  was  then 
introduced,  and  thanked  the  Admiral  for  the 
welcome  accorded 
the  delegates 
and  for  the 
pleasure  and  in- 
spiration it  had 
been  to  see  the 
great  battleship. 
She  then  spoke  of 
her  trip  to  South 
America  and  her 
visit  to  Valpar- 
aiso, where  she 
visited  the  graves 
of  the  twenty- 
seven  sailors  who 
were  drowned 
when  the  British 
sunk  the  Essex 
during  the  War 
of  1812.  These 
graves,  she  said, 
were  kept  in 
beautiful  order 
and  covered  with 
flowers  each  day 
by  the  women  of 
this  place.  In 
connection  with 
this  incident  she 
told  a  story  of 
young  Farragut 
who  was  put  in 
command  of  the 
Essex,  Jr.,  when 
but  twelve  years 
old,  a  bit  of  his- 
tory not  generally 
known.  Mrs. 
Caldwell  gave  an 
interesting  talk, 
followed  by 
Admiral  M  a  c  - 
Donald,  who  paid 
a  fine  tribute  to 
the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  and  mentioned  the 
high  respect  paid  to  this  Society,  not  only  in 
America,  but  abroad. 

The  evening  session  was  opened  by  the  State 
Regent  at  8  o'clock.  Invocation  was  given  by 
Chaplain  J.  J.  Brokenshire,  of  the  U.  S.  S. 
Relief.  Admiral  A.  H.  Scales  was  then  intro- 
duced, and  in  his  interesting  address  he  said,  in 
part :  "  It  is  with  much  interest  I  note  that 
the   Conference   is   held   in   historic   Yorktown, 


TABLET    PLACED    IN    THE   CAPITOL.    RICHMOND.   VA..   liV  THE 

VIRGINIA    DAUGHTERS  OF    THE    AMERICAN    REVOLUTION.    IN 

MEMORY    OF   THE    VIRGINIA    SIGNERS    OF    THE  DECLARATION 

OF  AMERICAN  INDEPENDENCE. 


whose  very  soil  is  saturated  with  the  history 
of  our  country,  and  whose  name  is  a  well- 
spring  of  martial  tradition  and  patriotic 
ideals,  in  many  geographical  strategy  there  is 
always  a  keypoint.  Yorktown  is  one  of  those 
keypoints.  During  the  World  War  and  the 
years  that  have 
elapsed  since,  the 
Navy  has  used 
Yorktown  as  an 
anchorage,  and  no 
matter  how  much 
the  Navy  may 
forget  this  beauti- 
ful York  River 
in  peace-times,  in 
war-times  a  sound 
strategy  compels 
its  use....  York- 
town  is  one  of 
the  greatest  stra- 
tegic centres  on 
the  Atlantic  coast. 
"It  is  ex- 
tremely interest- 
ing to  note  the 
name  of  the  local 
Chapter  of  your 
Organization,  the 
Comte  de  Grasse 
Chapter.  Remem- 
bering the  dis- 
tinguished career 
and  achievements 
of  this  great 
Admiral,  it  is 
with  pride  I 
stand  before  you 
to-night  and  pro- 
claim that  we  of 
the  Navy,  whose 
ships  are  an- 
chored in  the 
York  River,  be- 
long to  the  same 
brotherhood,  bred 
in  the  same  mag- 
nificent school  of 
the  sea  that  pro- 
duced the  Admiral 
whose  memory 
you  have  honored  in  the  name  of  your  local 
Chapter.  Unless  you  are  profound  students  of 
history,  you  do  not  realize  what  tremendous 
effect  Admiral  de  Grasse,  and  the  gallant 
Frenchmen  under  his  command,  had  upon  the 
surrender  at  Yorktown,  and  the  independence 
of  the  United  States." 

Mrs.  William  B.  Ferguson,  of  Newport  News, 
gave  a  beautiful  recitation,  "America  Mine," 
and    following    this    the   orchestra    played    the 


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iOCIET- 

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"  Star  Spangled  Banner,"  the  audience  stand- 
ing at  "  Attention."  The  next  speaker  intro- 
duced was  Colonel  G.  A.  L.  Dumont,  Military 
Attache,  French  Embassy,  representing  Comte 
de  Chambrun,  descendant  of  Lafayette,  who 
was  unable  to  be  present.  In  his  address  he 
spoke  of  the  friendship  of  France  and  America 
in  the  days  at  Yorktown  which  has  continued 
unbroken  in  all  the  years,  and  made  a  plea  that 
France  be  not  misunderstood,  in  the  present 
trying  times.  J.  J.  Brokenshire,  then  made  a 
brief   address. 

A  few  minutes  were  given  to  allow  those 
wishing  to  contribute  to  the  fund  to  purchase 
the  old  Custom  House  at  Yorktown,  and  led 
by  Mrs.  Moran  with  $100  in  a  few  minutes  a 
sum  of  $480  was   raised. 

After  passing  several  resolutions  and  music 
by  the  orchestra  the  Conference  adjourned 
to  meet  again  at  the  Capitol  of  Richmond, 
October  13th,  for  the  unveiling  of  the  Tablet 
to  the  Virginia  Signers  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence. 

On  Friday  morning  the  Delegates  bade 
farewell  to  the  hostess  chapter  and  took  the 
train  to  Williamsburg,  where,  at  the  invitation 
of  Dr.  Chandler,  they  visited  the  college  of 
William  and  Mary  and  its  beautiful  Library, 
and  were  served  a  delicious  luncheon.  After 
which  they  visited  old  Bruton  Parish  Church, 
with  all  its  historic  association,  and  left  in 
time  to  reach  Richmond  for  the  unveil- 
ing exercises. 

The  ceremony  took  place  in  the  Capitol  at 
Richmond  on  the  afternoon  of  October  13, 
1922,  in  the  presence  of  the  Governor  of  the 
State,  the  Attorney  General,  the  members  of 
the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  the  Signers 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  the 
Daughters  of  the   American  Revolution. 

Attorney  General  Saunders  presided.  Rev. 
George  Washington  Dame,  D.  D.,  great-great- 
grandson  of  Thomas  Nelson,  Jr.  offered  the 
invocation.  Doctor  Barrett  introduced  Mrs. 
Benjamin    L.    Purcell,    as   the    mother    of    the 


tablet  who  was  the  originator  of  the  idea  of 
presenting  it  to  Virginia.  Giving  a  signal  the 
flags,  our  National  Flag  and  the  Virginia 
State  Flag  were  drawn  aside  by  Katherine 
Spotswood  Watson  and  Frederick  Horsley. 
Descendents  of  Carter  Braxton,  and  the 
beautiful  Tablet  was  revealed.  Mrs.  Purcell 
said ;  "  The  Tablet  is  before  you,  it  speaks 
for  itself."  The  tablet  bears  the  names 
of  the  Virginia  Signers  in  the  sequence  in 
which  they  were  attached  to  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  as  follows :  George  Wythe, 
Richard  Henry  Lee,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Ben- 
jamin Harrison,  Thomas  Nelson,  Jr.,  Francis 
Lightfoot  Lee,  Carter  Braxton.  At  the  top 
of  the  tablet  is  the  seal  of  Virginia  and  at 
the  bottom  the  seal  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett,  State  Regent, 
presented  the  tablet  to  the  Commonwealth  of 
Virginia.  "  In  the  memory  of  the  spiritual  in- 
heritance which  we  have  received." 

Governor  Trinkle  accepted  the  tablet  for 
Virginia  and  in  closing  said :  "  I  accept  it  as 
a  tribute  to  those  heroic  dead  who  can  never 
die;  to  those  lost  leaders  whom  we  still 
follow;  to  those  stars  of  freedom  which  shine 
forever  out  of  a  night  that  has  passed  away; 
to  thos-  ieven  golden  candle-sticks  which  the 
young  Virginia  set  on  the  alter  of  American 
liberty,  and  which  have  saved  to  illuminate 
the  world." 

Russel  Duane,  President  of  the  Descendents 
of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration,  made  a 
scholarly  address,  after  which  all  recited  the 
American's    Creed. 

Following  the  unveiling  exercises  a  reception 
was  given  by  Governor  and  Mrs.  Trinkle  at  the 
Governor's   Mansion. 

Thus  was  brought  to  a  close  the  largest, 
and  one  of  the  most  interesting  State  Con- 
ferences ever  held  in  Virginia  by  the  Daughters 
of    the    American    Revoultion. 

Ellen  Schutt  Wallis, 
State  Recording  Secretary. 


Historical  Program 

Conducted  by 
GEORGE  MORTON  CHURCHILL,  Ph.D. 

VU.     Expansion  on  the  Pacific,   1845-1898. 


For  the  geographical  basis  see  Semple : 
American  History  and  its  Geographical  Condi- 
tions, ch.  xix. 

I.    California. 

1.  Spain  had  occupied  California  since  1760 
with  garrisons  and  missions,  but  with  the 
independence  of  Mexico  the  missions  were  sec- 
ularized and  the  results  of  their  work  lost. 

Channing:   United  States,  v,  S12-516. 
Smith,   Justin  H. :    War  zvith  Mexico,  i, 

315-322. 

Coman :     Economic    Beginnings    of    the 

Far  West,  i,   172-189. 

The   impotence   of   the    Mexican   government 

left     California     practically     independent     and 

France   and    England    as    well    as    the    United 

States  were  taking  an  interest  in  the  situation. 

Smith,    J.     H. :     War    ivith    Mexico,    i, 

322-330. 
Channing :  United  States,  v,  562-570. 

2.  American  influence  was  reaching  Cali- 
fornia from  two  directions,  from  1822  a 
regular  trade,  hides  for  eastern  manufactures, 
was  carried  on  with  the  coast  towns ;  at  the 
same  time  Americans  coming  overland  had 
begun  to  settle  in  the  Sacramento  valley. 

Royce :    California,    30-47. 
Coman:  i,  156-172;  ii,  227-241. 
The  classic  account  of  the  coast  and  "  hide- 
droghing "  is  in  Dana's  Tzco   Years  before  the 
Mast,  ch.  ix-xxix. 

3.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Mexican  War 
the  American  settlers  in  northern  California, 
with  the  cooperation  of  Colonel  Fremont's 
surveying  party,  rose  against  the  Mexican 
government  in  the  "  Bear  Flag  Revolt  ".  Mean- 
time an  American  squadron  under  Commo- 
dores Sloat  and  Stockton  had  seized  the  coast 


towns.     The  southern  settlements  were  occupied 
after  a  little  fighting. 

Smith :  War  with  Mexico,  i,  331-346. 

MacMaster :    History    of    the    People    of 
the    United   States,   vii,   464-471. 

Royce:   California,  48-83,  175-198. 

McElroy,    R.   M. :    Winning    of   the   Far 
West,  187-202. 

The  four  references  here  given  cover  the 
same  groimd :  other  accounts  may  be  found  in 
Channing :  v,  570-579 ;  Garrison,  Westward 
Extension,  232-239;    Coman:   ii,  241-248. 

4.  The  news  of  the  discovery  of  gold  on  the 
Sacramento  led  to  an  exodus  from  San  Fran- 
cisco in  the  spring  of  1848,  followed  as  soon 
as  the  news  reached  the  East  by  a  hoard  of 
gold-seekers  from  the  Atlantic  ports  by  way 
of  the  Isthmus  or  Cape  Horn,  and  when  the 
season  opened  by  thousands  of  immigrants 
across  the  plains. 

MacMaster:    vii,   585-609. 

Royce :   California,  234-246. 
For  descriptions  of  California  at  the  period 
see  S.  E.  White:  The  Forty-Niners  (Chronicles 
of   America,   No.   25)    Royce:   California,  344- 
368;   Coman:   ii,  255-264. 

II.     Hawaii. 

The  American  interest  in  Hawaii  began 
with  the  Oregon-China  fur  trade  and  the  whale 
fishery.  Traders  were  followed  by  mission- 
aries, and  American  influence  became  dominant 
in  the  islands. 

Carpenter,    E.    J.:    America    in   Hawaii, 

ch.  i-iii. 
Foster,   J.   W. :   American   Diplomacy   in 
the   Orient,  365-375. 
Trouble  between  Queen  Liliuokalani  and  the 
white  inhabitants  led  to  the  revolt  of  1893  and 
a  petition   for  annexation  to  the  United   States. 
Dewey :   National  Problems,   297-304. 
Peck :    Twenty    Years    of    the    Republic, 
243-251. 

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President  Cleveland  refused  annexation,  but 
was  unable  to  restore  the  monarchy.  Hawaii 
remained  a  republic  until  its  annexation  came 
as  a  feature  of  the  war  with  Spain. 

Peck:    Tzventy    Years   of   the   Republic, 

327-335. 
Wilson:  History  of  the  American  People, 

V,  240-244. 
Foster,   J.   W. :   American   Diplomacy   in 
the   Orient,  378-385. 

III.    Samoa. 

For  the  story  of  the  tri-partite  interests  in 
Samoa,  the  United  States,  Great  Britain  and 
Germany,  the  quarrel  over  the  native  govern- 
ment, the  hurricane,  and  the  adjustment  by  the 
Berlin  conference  in  1889,  see : 


Dewey :    National   Problems,   203-205. 
Foster :     American    Diplomacy     in     the 
Orient,  386-398. 
IV.     The  Philippines. 

Spain  had  held  and  misgoverned  the  Philip- 
pines since  the  sixteenth  century.  Dewey's 
victory  at  Manila  (May  1,  1898)  overthrew  the 
Spanish  power ;  Spain  ceded  the  islands  to  the 
United  States ;  the  suppression  of  Aguinaldo's 
rebellion  established  American  authority. 

Latane :    America    as    a    World    Pozver, 

33-38,    69-99. 
Wilson:  v.  276-278,  290-298. 
Hawnrth,   P.   R. :   The    United  States  in 
our  ozi'H  Time,  259-273. 

For  the  views  of  those  opposed  to  taking  the 
Philippines  see  Hoar's  Autobiography  of  Seventy 
Years,  ii,  ch.  xxxiii. 


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MARRIAGE  RECORDS  FROM 
WASHINGTON  COUNTY.  VA. 

Copied  by  Mrs.  Penelope  Johnson  Allen 
State  Historian,  Tennessee  D.A.R. 


HE  following  marriage  records  are 
all  that  have  been  preserved  in 
Washington  County,  Virginia,  before 
1790,  and  are  taken  from  the  returns 
of  the  various  ministers  of  the  Gospel 
in  compliance  with  the  law  to  the 
County  Court.     They  are  to  be  found 

in  a  book  of  marriage  records. 

Certificates  of  marriage  issued  by  John  Frost 

and   his   returns   to   the    Court   of   Washington 

County,  August  17,   1787. 

P.   2 — John     Sproles     &      Margaret     Binglin, 
Feb.   13,   178S 
Alexander    McFarland   &    Lvdia   Priest, 

May  20,  1785 
JefFery   Hildreth   &    Lilly    Bowen,    May 

20,   1785 
Thomas     Johnston     &     Rachel     Miller, 

April    1785 
Ephriam  Curchill  &  Anne  Nappcr,  June 
22,    1785 
P.    3 — John  Breeding  &  Elizabeth  Napper,  July 
6,  1785 
Ericus     Smith    &    Rosy    Puckett,    Aug. 

20,    1785 
Thomas     Young     &     Sarah     Neil,     Dec. 

24,  1785 
Reuben    Roush    &    Sylvia    Scaggs,    Mar. 

1,  1786 
Jeremiah    Puckett   &   Aggy   Willoughbv, 

Jan.   2,    1786 
Henrv  Arsberry  &  Martha  Moore,  Mav 

18,  1786 
Moses  Hickenbothom  &  Betsey  Garrison, 
May  18,  1786 
P.    -1 — Joseph  Castle  &  Geminey  Henslcv,  Apr. 
17,  1786 
Joseph    Robertson   &    Chloe    Bavs,    June 

20,   1786 
Drury   Fletcher   &   Sarah   Benhani,   July 

6,  1786 

Joseph     Frost     &     Anne     Brooks,     Julv 

20,    1786 
Reuben  Young  &    Hagatha   Frost,   Sept. 

7,  1786 

Makijah   Frost  &  Nancy  Robbins,   Sept. 
12,    1786 


Daniel    Mungle    &    Abigail     McKinney, 

Sept.  14,  1786 
George  Lindar  &  Elizabeth  Taylor,  Oct. 

10,   1786 

Marriages  solemnized  by  Thomas  Woolsey 

'.    5 — Joseph  Elder  &   Elizabeth   Stoarh,  .A.ug. 
6,  1785 
Michael   Sword   &   Hannah   Richardson, 

Aug.   12,    1785 
Johnson  Nelson  &  Rebecca  Hilton,  Aug. 
29,  1785 
.    6 — Robert    Campbell   &   Mary   Young,   Oct. 

15,  1785 

Peleg  Tillson  &  Rebeccah  Dungings,  Oct. 

20,    1785 
George   Pemberton  &  Mary  Lyon,   Nov. 

5,  1785 

Adam    Hope    &    Rachel    Wallace,    Nov. 

17,  1785 
William    Belcher    &    Hannah    Markum, 

Nov.    17,    1785 
Charles    Carroll   &   Agnes    Gibson,    Dec. 

22,  1785 

Jacob  Beck  &  Sarah  Lloyd,  Dec.  29,  1785 

Joshua  Walker  &  Elizabeth  Bunde,  Jan. 

25,    1786 

.    7 — John  Henderson  &  Margaret  Hammond, 

Jan.  29,  1786 

Philip   Minton   &   Levina   Watkins,   Feb. 

16,  1786 

David     Smith     &     Sarah     Stuart,     Mar. 

6,  1786 

Elias  Woolman  &  Esther  Raffertv,  Mar. 

14,  1786 
John  Brvan  &  Elizabeth  McHenrv,  May 

9,  1786 
Enoch    Moore    &    Mary    Whitelv,    Mar. 

23,  1786 

James    Muchton    &    Mary    Mnore,    .^pr. 

5,   1786 
Elenezer    Minton    &    Elizabeth    Fletcher, 
May  13,   1786 
8 — Isaac  Minton  &  Martha   Johnston,  June 
2,  1786 
Alexander    Aleek    &    Agness    Buchanan, 
June   2,    1786 

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James     Peery     &     Ann     Faires,     June 

IS,   1786 
William   Alexander   &   Barbarra   Rollen, 

June    20,    1786 
Alexander  Whitley  &  Sarah  Ramsey,  July 

26,    1786 
James  Belsher  &  Fanny  Lee,  Aug.  10,  1786 
William  Snodgrass  &  Sarah  Long,  Aug.       P. 

22,  1786 
P.    9— James    Bates    &    Mary    Murphy,    Aug. 

22,   1786 
Thomas   Faires   &  Jane  Murphey,   Aug. 

22,  1786 
Alexander  Forgey  &  Agness  Meek,  Sept. 

5,  1786 
Bennet  Roberts  &  Agnes  Congleton,  Sept. 

7,  1786 
Stephen  Woolsey  c&  Catherine  Wilkison, 

Sept.  7,  1786 
Abram    Hayter    &    Jane    Hulton,    Sept.      p 

14,   1786 
Wm.     Clark     &    McHenry, 

Sept.  14,  1786 
P.  10 — Francis  Arbough  &  Matlany   Minnegar, 

Dec.  17,  1786 
Thomas    Carberry   &   Catharine   Abrian, 

Dec.   26,    1786 
Samuel    Britton    &    Mary    Crow,     Jan. 

4,  1787 

William   Tillson   &   Ruth   Randals,   Jan. 

11,  1787  p 
William    Philips    &    Mary    Crosswright, 

Jan.  11,  1787 
John   Knox   &   Elizabeth    Thomas,    Mar. 

5,  1787 

William    Lynch    &    Mary    Lvnom,    Apr. 

12,  1787 

James  Anderson  &  Esther  Anderson,  Apr. 

12,    1787 
P.  11— Robert     Stuart    &    Mary    Colton,    Apr. 

12,   1787 
William    Calhoun    &    Mary    Hays,    May 

7,  1787 
John  Widner  &  Mary  Rouse,  May  10,  1787 
Edward    Austin    &    Sarah    Fork,    May      P 

10,  1787 
Tchn    Orr    &    Montgomerv, 

June  21,    1787 
Macon  Whitney  &  Rachel   Delnisk,  July 

S,    1787 
James    Smith    &    Hannah    Parker,    Auc;. 

2.   1787 
P.  12— Elisha  Debusk  &  Margaret  Stuart,  Aug. 

23,  1787 
Edward  Smith  &  Hannah  Crabtrcc,  Sept. 

7,   1787 
John     McHenry     &     Hannah     Crabtree, 

Sept.  12,  1787 
Joseph  Snodgrass  &  Anne  Huttoii,  Sept. 

15,  1787 


Joel    G.    Moher    &    Elizabeth    Dickinson, 

Sept.  21,   1787 
Lewis  Thomas  &  Elizabeth  Widner,  Sept. 

23,  1787 

John  Lee   &   Mary   Lee,   Sept.   24,    1787 

Return  of  John  Frost 

13_Joseph     Head     &     Mary     Young,     Feb. 
S,  1788 
Lynch    Brooks    &   Mary    Hawkins,    Feb. 
20,  1788 

Return  of   Rev.   Chas.   Cummings. 

Joseph    Campbell    &    Mary    Keys,    Feb. 

26,  1788 

Thomas  Preator  &  Milly  Wheeler,  May 

27,  1788 

Archibald  Roan  &  Anne  Campbell,  July 

24,  1788 

14— Samuel  White  &  Jany  Laird,  July  29,  1788 
Joseph     Laird     &     Anne     Laird,     July 

31,  1788 
Samuel    Marrs    &    Lattice    Laird,    Aug. 

S,  1788 
Abraham  Young   &   Nancy   Bond,   Aug. 

12,  1788 

Thomas    Berry    &    Mary    Hope,     Sept. 
18,  1788 

Return  of  Rev.  Thomas  Woolsey. 

15 — Turner  Lane  &  Martha  Anderson,  Sept. 

27,  1787 
David  Dryden  &  Mary   Buchanan,  Oct. 

4,  1787 
Levi   Jones   &   Mary   Cunningham,   Oct. 

11,  1787 
George  Wallis   &   Sarah   Kennedy,   Oct. 

23,  1787 

John  Jones  to  Susannah  Courtney,  Nov. 

3,  1787 
George  Clark  to  Rebecca  Hallaird,  Nov. 

13,  1787 

Samuel   Buchanan  to  Jenny  Keys,   Nov. 

29,  1787 
16 — Nathaniel  Potter  to  Charlotte  Loy,  Nov. 

29,  1787 
James     Crow     to     Mary     Long,     Dec. 

20,  1787 
Abraham    Docerty    &    Elizabeth    Forks, 

Dec.  27,  1787 
Henrv    Burk    &    Mary    McKinney,    Jan. 

1,  1788 
John    Shannon    to    .'^nne    ALirshall.   Jan. 

10.  1788 
William    Edwards    &    Susanna    Hnrris, 

Trn.  22.   1788 
William    Caldwell    &    Rachel    McBrien, 

Jan.  24.   1788 
Joseph  Feebel  &  Elizabeth  Belther,  Tan. 

24.  1788 


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P.  17 — John    Her    &     Susanna    Harrais,    Mar. 

20,  1788 

Charles     Stigler    &     Elizabeth    Widner, 

Mar.  25,  1788 
James    Elegereg   &    Marev    Done,    Apr. 

21,  1788 

Isaac    Williams    &    Sarah    M.    Randals, 

Apr.  24,  1788 
Even  Lee  &  Sarah  Faires,  May  8,  1788 
James     Fletcher    &     Jane     Black,     May 

4,  1788 

Hezikizh    Clem    &    Mary    Smith,    June 

17,  1788 

Dennis  Laughlin  &  Mary  O'Brien,  Aug. 

21,  1788 
P.  18 — John   Thomas  &   Elizabeth   Gross,   Sept. 

2,  1788 
Thomas    Hansford    &    Margaret    Beaty, 

Sept.  2,  1788 
William  Dunn  &  Liddy  Mucgrove,  Oct. 

7,  1788 

Nicholas    Talbott    &    Jane    Bates,    Oct. 

18,  1788 

John    Brush    &    Mary    McNeeley,    Feb. 

8,  1789 

James  Jackson  &  Rosanna  Philips,  March 

23,  1789 

James    Smith    &    Catherine    Snodgrass, 

Apr.  2,  1789 
John  Maxwell  &  Elizabeth  Watson,  Apr. 

2,  1789 

Return  of  Rev.  John  Frost 

P.  19 — Jacob    Weaver    &    Nancy    Funkhouser, 

Aug.  26,  1788 
Samuel     Sprouts     &     Susanna     Thomas, 

Sept.  4,  1788 
Jacob  Henrick  &  Elizabeth  Kahler,  Sept. 

16,  1788 

Return  of  Rev.  Chas.  Cummings. 

James    Campbell    &    Esther     McCarrol, 

Sept.  30,  1788 
David    Evans    &    Hannah    Greer,    Oct. 

2,  1788 
Joshua    Ewing    &    Rachel    Craig,     Oct. 

2.  1788 

P.  20— Eazil     Talbott     &     Mary     Logan,     Dec. 
15,  1788 
John     Jenkins     &     Ann     Stevens,     Dec. 

31,   1788 
John   McCulIough   &  Mary  White,   Feb. 

5,  1789 

John    Stuart    &    Rosanna    Beatie,    Feb. 

24,  1789 

Robert    Glenn    &    Agness    Denny,    Mar. 

3,  1789 

Reuben  Bradley  &  Elizabeth  Lusk,  Mar. 
10,  1789 


Joseph     Ray     &     Fanny     Breden,     Mar. 

17,  1789 
Alexander  Denny  &  Rachel  Bryan,  Mar. 

19,  1789 
P.  21 — Esau   Hayter  &   Elizabeth  Allison,  Apr. 

23,  1789 

Robert  Johnston  &  Mary  Breeden,  May 

4,  1789 
John    Lane    &    Barbara    Devault,    July 

31,  1789 
Jacob    Young    &    Jane    Hallaird,    Aug. 

13,  1789 
Elizah    Ferguson    &    Hanah    McDowell, 

Sept.  24,  1789 
John  Fulkison  &  Elizabeth  King,   Sept. 

8,  1789 
Alexander    Breeden   &   Margaret   Doran 

Oct.  22,  1789 
John     Young     &     Sarah      Hale,      Dec. 

31,  1789 
John    McCanley    &    Rachel    McCroskev, 

Jan.  12,  1790 

Return   of    Rev.    Ebenezer    Brooks. 

P.  22 — James  Cunningham  &  Elizabeth  Gillispie, 

Mar.  22,  1781 
James    Rogers   &   Agness   Forgey,    Apr. 

26,  1781 
James     McElwee    &    Agness     Johnston, 

May  10,  1781 

Return    of    Mr.    Simon    Cockrall. 
Marriages  solemnized  by  him. 

P.  23— William  Prator  &  Elizabeth  Fuget,  Apr. 

26,  1785 
Thomas  Tohnston  &  Rachel  Mullen,  May 

17,  1785 
Jeffery   Hildreg   &    Lilley    Bowen,    May 

17,  1785 
Alexander    McFarland    &    Lida    Priest, 

May  19,  1785 
Benjamin  Jones  &  Frankis  Bocock,  May 

24,  1785 

Henrv    Nash    &    Agness    Bundy,    June 

7,  1785 
Isaac   Bristor  &   Margaret  Hanna,  June 

22,  1785 

P.  24 — John  Breeden  &  Elizabeth  Napier,  June 

23,  1785 

Arrick    Smith    &    Roas     Pucket,    Aug. 

25,  1785 

Richard   Oney  &   Sarah  Highland,   Oct. 

30,  1781 
James    Elkins    &    Molly    Jackson,    Sept. 

23,  1782 
William    Evans    &    Matty    Farril,    Jan. 

17,  1783 
Eley  Smith  &  Jane  Denny,  Mar.  8,  1783 
James   Fuget  &   Susanna    Deskins,   May 

4,  1783 


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George  Green  &  Christena  Hanna,  July 
6,    1783 

By  the  Return  of  some  of  the  ministers 
it  appears  that  they  had  solemnized  the 
Rites  of  Matrimony  between  the  follow- 
.    ing  persons  to  wit : 

P.  25— John    Scott    &    Sarah    Kincannon,    May 

3,  1782 
James   Vance   &   Bethia   Kinkaad,   Aug. 

15,  1782 
Martin     Duncan    &    Elizabeth    Wright, 

Sept.  5,  1782 
George  Gobble  &  Elizabeth  Linder,  Sept. 

18,  1782 
Abraham     Nowland     &     Molly     Creves, 

Sept.  27,  1782 
John   Litton   &   Rachel   McCanley,   Sept. 

27,  1782 

Return  of  Rev.  John  Frost. 

P.  26— John  Fleenar  S:  Elizabeth  Hensley,  Oct. 

6,  1789 

John    Lion    &    Lucy    McCormick,    Nov. 

3,  1789 
John    Gobble    &    Jemima    Linder,    Nov. 

17,  1789 
Frederick    Shell    &    Catherine    Crisman, 

Feb.  23,  1790 
William   Cornet    &   Rhoda    Gilam,    May 

7,  1790 

Return  of  Rev.  Charles  Cummings. 

Jonathan   Marney   &  Anne   Bryan,   Feb. 

2,  1790 
James    Bradley    &    Naomi    Wells,    Feb. 

2,  1790 
P.  27 — Lewis     Moore    &    Mary    Owens,     Mar. 

5,  1790 
William  Russell  &  Agness  McCuUough, 

Mar.  18,  1790 


Patrick    Lynch    &    Katy    Droake,    Mar. 

25,  1790 
William   Craig    &    Mary    Carson,    Apr. 

8,  1790 
John  McCroskey  &  Margaret  Duff,  Apr. 

IS,  1790 
David  Logan  &  Hannah  Robinson,  Apr. 

27,  1790 
William  Airs   &   Betsy  Grigberry,   May 

27,  1790 

William    Mackado    &    Elizabeth    Evans, 
June  1,  1790 
.  28— William     Doran    &    Mary     Duff,     July 

20,  1790 

James   Maxwell   &  Grizzel  Berry,  Aug. 

12,  1790 
Josiah    Danford    &    Sarah    Roan,    Sept. 

2,  1790 
William    Berry    &    Jane    Beatie,    Sept. 

28,  1790 

Philip    Kerr     &    Nancy     Comer,     Sept. 

28,  1790 
John     Black    &     Peggy     O'Neal,     Sept. 

28,  1790 
John     Young     &    Cynthia    McCullough, 

Oct.  21,  1790 
William   Berry   &   Elizabeth   Duff,    Oct. 

21,  1790 

',  29— James  Craig  &  Catherine  McClannahan, 
Dec.  7,  1790 

I  certify  that  I  have  joined  together 
in  the  Holy  state  of  Matrimony  William 
Wheeler  and  Mary  Friend,  the  22nd 
day  of  November,  1790. 

Daniel  Lockett. 

I  do  certify  on  the  17th  day  of  April, 
1787,  a  marriage  was  celebrated  between 
William   Yocomb   and   Jane    Smith,    re- 
lict of  Alexander  Smith,  deceased,  by  me. 
Charles   Cummings. 


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EASTER 

The  name  Easter  from  the  East(er)  being 
only  a  male  termination,  was  first  associated 
with  Kenneth  MacAlpin,  Duke  of  Northumber- 
land, who  had  just  returned  from  serving  in 
the  East,  through  a  crusade  with  Richard  Coeur 
De  Lion,  between  1189  and  1200.  He  married 
Edith  Plantagenent  (first  cousin  of  Richard 
Coeur  De  Lion).  Kenneth  MacAlpin  Easter, 
Duke  of  Northumberland,  was  a  direct  de- 
scendant of  Kenneth  MacAlpin,  first  King  of 
Scotland.  The  name  Easter  having  been  taken 
as  surname  by  the  (Duke  of  Northumberland 
branch  of  the  MacAlpin  family)  in  honor  of 
the  Crusade  in  the  East,  (it  having  been  con- 
sidered a  glorious  privilege  in  those  days  to 
have  fought  for  the  cross  in  Palestine). 

In  1594,  Lord  Kenneth  MacAlpin  Easter,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Kenneth  MacAlpin  Easter, 
Duke  of  Northumberland,  was  made  Lord 
of  Edinburg. 

Li  1649,  Lord  James  Easter,  a  direct  de- 
scendant of  Laird  Kenneth  became  the  head  of 
"  The  House  of  Easters  ".  When  King  Charles 
the  First  of  England  was  accused  of  treason, 
fled  to  Scotland,  Lord  James  Easter  hid  him 
on  his  Estate  and  for  this  act  he  had  to  flee 
for  his  own  life.  He  escaped  to  Spain  and 
was  protected  by  Phillip  the  Fourth.  Later  he 
married  the  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Barcello 
of  the  Royal  House  of  Castile. 

In  1703,  Sir  Robert  Easter  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  James,  the  Duke  of  Hamilton.  In 
1830,  five  generations  after  this  alliance,  four 
of  their  great-great-grandchildren,  Hamilton, 
John  MacMpin,  William  and  Archibald 
O'Hanlen  Easter  settled  in  Maryland. 

Used  through  the  courtesy  of  Mrs.  Chas.  IV. 
Johnston,  Front,  Royal,  Virginia. 


DAVIS 

This  family  is  of  most  ancient  origin  tracing 
back  through  several  centuries  B.  C.  Constan- 
tine.  The  Great,  Roman  Emperor,  belongs  to 
this  family,  also  Beli  Mawr,  King  of  Britain, 
100  years  B.  C. 

Several  generations  later  Roderick  The  Great, 
King  of  All  Wales  and  of  the  Isle  of  Man,  843- 
877,  slain  defending  his  country  against  the 
Saxons,  married  Angharad,  heiress  of  South 
Wales.  He  divided  his  kingdom  into  three 
parts,  giving  to  his  oldest  son  Anarand,  the 
Kingdom  of  North  Wales ;  to  Cadell,  2nd  son, 
the  Principality  of  South  Wales ;  and  to  Merfyn 
3rd  son,  the  Principality  of  Powes.  For  each 
of  these  Kingdoms  Roderick  built  a  palace 
and  the  sons  were  called  the  three  crowned 
princes  on  account  of  their  being  the  first 
to  wear  diadems  around  their  crowns  like 
kings  in  other  countries,  before  which  time  the 
kings  and  princes  of  Wales  wore  only  golden 
bands.  Through  his  wife  Angharad.  Roderick 
acquired  the  Kingdom  of  Cardigan  and  thus  be- 
came sovereign  of  all  Wales  (time  of  King 
Alfred   of   England.) 

Griffith,  Prince  of  South  Wales  died  1137, 
married  Gwenllian,  daughter  of  Griffith,  ap 
Cynan,  Prince  of  North  Wales,  slain  1136. 

In  the  eighth  generation  from  Rces,  David 
Davis  assumed  the  name  of  Davis  for  a  patron- 
ymic, married  Maude,  daughter  of  Llewellyn 
ap   Morgan  of  Rydodin. 

At  Tickenham,  Somerset  County.  England 
are  the  ruins  of  Rees  Davis  dated  1500  and  in 
the  banquet  hall  is  carved  the  Coat  of  Arms 
which  formed  the  Seal  to  the  will  of  Ichabod 
Davis,  son  of  William  of  Roxbury,  Mass- 
achusetts who  settled  there  before  1640. 
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Colonel  Charles  Lynch  Chapter  (Alta- 
Vista, Va.)  was  organized  with  18  members  at 
"Avoca,"  near  Altavista,  the  historic  residence 
of  the  descendants  of  Colonel  Lynch,  on 
November  10,  1922,  by  Mrs.  Arthur  Rowbotham, 
former  Regent  of  the  Margaret  Lynn  Lewis 
Chapter  of  Roanoke,  Va. 

The  meeting  was  opened  with  The  Lord's 
Prayer,  followed  by  singing  "America"  and  the 
ceremony  of  "The  Salute  to  The  Flag."  Brief 
words  of  welcome  to  and  appreciation  of  the 
Chapter  were  spoken  by  former  State  Senator 
Major  John  C.  Hurt. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  Mrs. 
Arthur  Rowbotham,  Regent;  Miss  Juliet 
Fauntleroy,  First  Vice  Regent;  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Rierson,  Second  Vice  Regent;  Miss  Irene 
Adams,  Corresponding  Secretary ;  Miss  Ethel 
Hancock,  Recording  Secretary;  Mrs.  Walter 
Fauntleroy,  Treasurer;  Mrs.  Clara  Arthur, 
Registrar;  Mrs.  R.  L.  Cumnock,  Historian; 
Miss  Betty  Hewitt,  Chaplain ;  Rec.  T.  C.  Page, 
Honorary  Chaplain ;  to  whom  the  oath  of  office 
was  duly  administered,  and  the  name  of  the 
the  new  Chapter,  "Colonel  Charles  Lynch"  an- 
nounced by  the  Regent. 

A  paper  was  read  by  Miss  Juliet  Fauntleroy. 
First  Vice  Regent,  a  descendant  of  Colonel 
Lynch,  of  which  the  following  is  a  brief  extract : 

"Colonel  Charles  Lynch  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  South  River  Monthly  Meeting 
of  Friends,  and  was  Clerk  of  that  Meeting  from 
1758  to  1767  when  he  was  'disowned  for  taking 
solemn  oath  contrary  to  the  order  and  discipline 
of  Friends,'  as  the  Minutes  express  it.  He  was 
a  member  of  The  House  of  Burgesses  from 
Bedford  County  in  1769  and  was  one  of  the 
signers  of  a  Non-importation  Agreement  adopted 
by  the  members  after  Governor  Botetcourt  dis- 
solved the  Assembly.  He  was  again  a  member 
of  The  House  of  Burgesses  in  1774-177S. 

During  the  latter  years  of  the  Revolution  he 
raised  a  Regiment  of  Riflemen  and  took  an 
active  part  in  the  fighting.  In  the  Battle  of 
Guilford  Court  House.  March  IS.  1781,  Colonel 
Lynch's  regiment,  reduced  to  200  men,  held 
position  on  the  right  flank  of  Green's  army  and 
did  gallant  service. 
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Colonel  Charles  Lynch,  with  .his  brother-in- 
law.  Captain  Robert  Adams,  Jr.,  and  other  de- 
voted patriots,  during  the  closing  years  of  The 
Revolution,  protected  society  and  supported 
the  Revolutionary  Government  in  the  region  of 
Satunton  River.  If  proven  guilty,  offenders 
were  suspended  from  an  old  walnut  tree,  (still 
standing  and  marked),  at  Colonel  Lynch's  home 
where  the  trials  took  place,  and  received  thirty- 
nine  lashes  on  the  bare  back,  and  sometimes  a 
coat  of  tar  and  feathers. 

The  old  rhyme  ran  : — 
Hurrah   for  Colonel  Lynch,   Captain   Bob,  and 

Callaway, 
They  never  let  a   Tory  rest   until  he  shouted, 
'Liberty.' 

"Although  the  death  penalty  was  never  in- 
flicted, the  proceedings  of  this  court  gave  rise 
to  the  term,  'Lynch  Law.' 

"In  Henning's  Statutes  at  Large,  Vol.  2,  ap- 
pears an  Act  passed  by  the  Virginia  Legislature 
in  October,  1782,  exonerating  William  Preston, 
Robert  Adams,  Jr.,  James  Callaway,  and  Charles 
Lynch  from  all  penalties,  suits,  damages,  etc.,  in- 
curred by  their  action  in  suppressing  a  conspiracy 
against  the    Commonwealth   in    1780." 

James  Lynch,  the  founder  of  the  city  of 
Lynchburg.  Virginia,  25  miles  from  this  place, 
was  a  brother  of  Colonel  Charles  Lynch.  James 
remained  a  member  of  the  Friends'  Meeting, 
and  is  buried  in  the  Quaker  Burial  Ground 
near   Lynchburg. 

After  the  Regent  had  saluted  the  Chapter, 
"The  American's  Creed"  was  read  in  concert, 
and  the  singing  of  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner" 
brought  the  formalities  of  the  organization  to 
a  close. 

Mrs.  R.  L.  Cumnock, 
Historian. 

Cherokee  Outlet  Chapter  (Alva,  Okla.), 
after  two  years  of  activity,  completed  an  event 
of  widespread  interest  to  the  town  and  the 
community  of  Woods  County  on  July  4,  1922. 
This  important  occasion  was  the  unveiling  of 
the  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the 
soldiers  of  Woods  County  who  gave  their  lives 
in  the  World  War.  The  handsome  red  granite 
monument  was   placed  in  the  courtyard   square 


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and  was  presented  to  the  Meyer  Shiel  Post  of 
the  American  Legion,  who  took  part  with  the 
Cherokee  Outlet  Chapter  in  the  following  im- 
pressive ceremonies  : 

Music  by  the  Band.  Singing  of  "  America  " 
by  the  Chapter.  Invocation  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Cummings.  Presentation  of  Monument  to 
Meyer  Sheil  Post,  by  Mrs.  G.  AI.  Lisk,  Regent. 
Acceptance  for  Post,  by  Mr.  Wallace  Blakey. 
Short   Talk  on   work  of   D.A.R.   bv   Mrs.   Ed. 


TABLET  ERECTED  BY  THE  CHEROKEE  OLTLET  CHAPTER. 
.ALVA.  OKLAHOXLA. 

S.  Roberts.  Patriotic  Address,  by  Judge  R. 
M.  Chase.    Salute  to  the  Flag.    Taps. 

As  Mrs.  Lisk  finished  her  tribute  to  the 
soldier  dead,  the  flags  veiling  the  monument 
were  drawn  aside  by  Miss  Frances  West  and 
Miss  Marjorie  Lisk  and  when  the  folds 
•drew  apart  a  beautiful  white  dove  flew  sky- 
ward. While  the  band  played  "The  Star 
Spangled  Banner. 

The  amount  required  for  the  purchase  of  the 
■stone  and  its  setting  up  was  raised  through  the 
zealous  efforts  of  the  local  Chapter,  splendidly 
assisted  by  the  business  men  of  the  city. 

The  Cherokee  Outlet  Chapter  was  organized 
in  1913,  with  Mrs.  Grant  Grumbine  as  Chapter 
Regent,   and   a   membership   of   fifteen.     Since 


then  our  membership  has  grown  to  thirty-six, 
but  with  over  half  of  these  non-resident 
members.  We  were  honored  last  year  when 
Mrs.  Ed.  S.  Roberts  was  reelected  for  the 
fourth   year   to   the   office    of    State    Registrar. 

Our  Chapter  has  been  further  honored  by 
having  one  of  our  members.  Miss  Sarah 
Crumley,   as   the    State   Regent   for   two  years. 

Though     of     small     number     we     are     alive, 
enthusiastic  and  always  ready  to  help  with  any 
civic  or  patriotic  work  demanded  of  us. 
(Mrs.  John  W.)  Ada  Loomis  Barry, 
Historian. 

Tulsa  Chapter  (Tulsa,  Okla.)  is  doing' 
efficient  work  under  the  leadership  of  its 
Regent,  Mrs.  John  Murray  Ward,  with  the 
splendid  cooperation  of  each  member.  The 
rapid  growth  of  its  membership  is  a  strong 
indication  of  the  attractiveness  of  the  ideals 
and  purposes  of  the  Society  as  exemplified  by 
the  activities  of  the  Chapter. 

The  year  started  off  successfully,  with  the 
Regent  entertaining  the  Executive  Board  with 
a  luncheon  at  the  Country  Club,  after  which 
the  regular  business  was  transacted  by  the 
Board  members. 

Flag  Day  was  observed  by  a  luncheon  on 
June  14th.  Toasts  and  music  in  keeping 
with  the  day  were  responded  to  very 
graciously,  also  patriotic  music  by  the  orchestra 
was   inspiring. 

Educational  work  was  observed  by  the 
Chapter  holding  a  contest  in  the  public  schools 
for  sixth,  seventh  and  eighth  grade  pupils. 
Three  prizes,  consisting  of  Caprini  bronze 
jilaques  of  Washington,  La  Fayette  and  Indians 
signing  a  treaty  were  awarded. 

The  Chapter  had  the  pleasure  and  honor  of 
entertaining  the  State  Board  Executives  Com- 
mittee for  a  day,  November  9th.  The  Regent 
and  officers  were  hostesses  at  the  Country  Club 
at  a  luncheon  for  the  visitors  and  afterwards 
they  were  taken  on  a  tour  of  the  city.  As  is  the 
custom  each  year,  the  Chapter  will  give  a 
scholarship  to  a  girl  in  the  Helen  Dunlap 
school  of  Winslow,  Arkansas,  also  a  box  to 
the  mountain   women   of   Kentucky. 

The  Chapter  will  cooperate  with  other 
chapters  in  marking  "  The  National  Old  Trail 
of  Middle  West,"  each  member  paying  10 
cents  per  capita. 

It  was  our  honor  to  be  one  of  36  states  to 
send  a  can  of  soil  to  the  Elizabeth  Cummins 
Jackson  Chapter  of  Grafton,  West  Virginia, 
participating  in  planting  a  tree  on  Arbor  Day. 

Armistice  Day  was  fittingly  observed  Nov- 
ember 11th.  The  Chapter  participated  in  the 
celebration  by  a  decorated  float. 

(Mrs.   E.  P.)    Cora  Hawker-Hill, 
Historian. 


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Ponce  de  Leon  Chapter  (Winter  Haven, 
Fla.).  During  1922,  Ponce  de  Leon  Chapter 
has  participated  locally  on  Flag  Day  and  on 
the  Fourth  of  July.  A  short  article  on  the 
history  of  the  flag  was  written  for  our  paper. 
Citizens  and  merchants  were  asked  to  display 
flags.  It  was  interesting  to  see  the  variety 
and    the 


Rochester  Chapter  (Rochester,  Minn.) 
for  1921-22  accomplished  much  along  lines  of 
Americanization  and  Patriotic  Educational 
Work,    locally. 

The  Chapter  has  been  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  Evart,  physician  in  charge  at  the 
Rochester    State   Hospital.     At   the   June   term 


was    interesting    to    see    the    variety       Rochester    State   Hospital.     At   the   June   term 
ingenuity    used    in    making    attractive       of  Court,  Dr.  Evart,  representing  the  Chapter, 


FI.O.^T  or  THE  PONCK  DE  LEON   CHAPTER,  WINTER  HAVEN,  FLORIDA. 


patriotic  windows  in   the  stores.     In  the   Park 
the  flag  was  flying  all  day. 

Winter  Haven  invited  the  county  to  enjoy 
its  hospitality  on  the  Fourth.  Special  features 
were  prepared  for  a  continuous  program 
throughout  the  day.  The  most  attractive  was 
the  wonderfully  pretty  parade.  The  floats 
would  have  done  credit  to  many  a  larger  town. 
The  accompanying  picture  shows  George  and 
Martha  Washington,  Betsy  Ross  and  her  flag 
and  Uncle  Sam.  Unfortunately  the  little  flax 
wheel  is  hidden  from  sight.  The  flag,  the 
emblem  and  the  letters  in  blue  on  the  white 
background  with  blue  trimmings  completed  a 
unique  and  effective  patriotic   float. 

M.^RY  Frances  Bvington, 

Hislorian. 


presented  to  each  newly  made  citizen,  with  ap- 
propriate words  an  American  flag  and  Im- 
migrant's Manual.  For  the  benefit  of  foreign 
speaking  women  at  the  State  Hospital,  our 
Regent,  Dr.  Evart,  has  organized  an  Amer- 
icanization school,  conducted  by  the  patients. 
In  May  the  Chapter  gave  an  entertainment  of 
music  and  dancing  for  the  disabled  veterans 
of  the  World's  War,  who  are  at  the  State 
Hospital  for  the  Insane.  Cookies  and  polar 
pics  were  served  after  the  amusements.  Our 
leading  social  event,  was  a  reception  tendered 
the  patriotic  societies  of  Rochester.  Costumes, 
tableaux,  refreshments  and  games  were  of 
Revolutionary  times. 

A  photostatic  copy  of  several  old  Bibles  found 
in  this  locality,  were  forwarded  to  the 
State   Historian. 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


A  Year's  subscription  to  the  Daughters  of 
THE  American  Revolutiox  Magazine  was 
favorably  voted  for  the   City  Library. 

Our  membership  has  increased  at  least  by 
seven  new  members.  The  Registrar  has  pro- 
vided a  permanent  folder  for  the  records  of 
the  Society.  A  list  of  names  of  Rochester 
men  eligible  for  the  S.  A.  R.  was  mailed  to  the 
St.   Paul    Society.   S.  A.    R. 

Financially,  the  Chapter  has  taken  care  of 
its  quota  to  the  National  Society,  the  State 
Historical  Society,  the  Tennessee  School 
Founders  Fund,  and  contributed  to  other  just 
and  worthy  causes. 

We  have  endorsed  the  following  bills :  The 
Yorktown  Reservation  Project,  Shepard- 
Towner  bill,  also  the  bill  directed  against  the 
illicit  traffic  in  drugs.  We  have  sent  a  letter 
of  protest  against  the  exploitation  of  our 
National    Parks    for    commercial    purposes. 

The  line  of  study  for  1921-22  was  Amer- 
ican History,  the  Story  of  the  Army,  the  Navy, 
the  R.  R.,  etc.  At  each  meeting  a  review  of  the 
Daughters  ok  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine  is  given  by  some  member. 

The  programs  are  unusual,  in  that  the  Flag 
code,  the  purpose  of  the  National  Society,  the 
names  of  the  National,  state  and  local  officers 
are  included  with  the  outline  of  the 
year's   work.  Belle  Eoynton   Welch, 

Historian. 

Lewis  and  Clark  Chapter  (Eugene,  Ore.). 
Sixty  years  ago,  following  the  course  the 
McKenzie  River  had  cut,  came  Felix  Scott  and 
his  band  of  intrepid  pioneers  who  blazed  the 
first  wagon  trail  by  way  of  the  McKenzie, 
over  the  summit  of  the  Cascade,  linking 
Central  and  Western  Oregon. 

On  June  25,  1922,  at  the  call  of  Lewis  and 
Clark  Chapter  a  large  number  of  patriotic, 
history-loving  people  gathered  at  McKenzie 
Bridge  to  dedicate  a  plaque  to  commemorate  the 
accomplishment  of  Scott's  Band  and  to  do 
honor  to  all  Oregon  pioneers.  The  program 
was  held  at  the  summer  home  of  Mrs.  Bruce,  L. 
Bogart,  State  Vice  Regent,  who  had  been  an 
untiring  worker  in  the  task  of  transacting  the 
business  of  purchasing  the  marker,  supervising 
it's  placing,  with  the  aid  and  hearty  cooperation 
of  the  men  of  the  government  forest  service, 
who  had  also  promised  to  look  after  the 
grounds  surrounding  the  memorial ;  and  in  pro- 
viding for  the  services  of  dedication. 

Here  on  the  banks  of  one  of  "  Oregon's 
fairest  streams,"  surrounded  by  the  lofty 
mountains  and  with  the  deep,  deep  blue  of  the 


sky  over  head  the  voices  of  all  the  throng  rose 
in   "  America." 

"  My   Native  country,  thee, 
Land   of   the   noble    free. 
Thy  name  I  love, 
I  love  thy  rocks  and  rills. 
Thy  woods  and  templed  hills. 
My    heart    with    rapture    thrills. 
Like  that  above." 

Airs.    Bogart    welcomed    the    guests    to    her 
home    and    our    Chapter    Regent,    Iilrs.    J.    E. 


Hudson  gave  the  welcoming  address.  She  was 
followed  by  Miss  Anne  Lang,  our  state  regent, 
who  talked  most  convincingly  on  the  purposes 
of  our  organization.  The  principal  address  of 
the  day  was  delivered  by  Dr.  J.  M.  Walters, 
pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Eugene.  "  This  memorial  symbolizes  the  deeds 
of  the  many,  who  through  hardships  and 
danger  braved  the  perils  of  the  unknown 
country  and  made  possible  the  Oregon  of  to- 
day," said  Doctor  Walters.  "  Memorial  mon- 
uments  are   mile   stones   of   the    past,    pointing 


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out  the  courageous  deeds  of  those  who  have 
gone  before  and  are  of  vast  educational  value 
to  the  future  generation,  as  a  tribute  to  the 
pioneers  and  as  a  lesson  to  those  who  reap  the 
advantages  of  their  early  efforts,  for  posterity." 

Mr.  John  McClung,  85  year  old  pioneer, 
read  a  paper  describing  his  first  trip  through 
McKenzie  Pass,  prior  to  the  opening  of  the 
trail  by  Felix  Scott  and  his  loaded  wagons. 
Then  after  short  talks  by  two  other  old  settlers, 
Cary  Thompson  and  George  M.  Miller,  the 
marker  was  unveiled  by  Mrs.  George  Frizzel, 
who  dedicated  it  to  the  people  of  Oregon  in 
honor  of   the  early  pioneers. 

The  plaque  is  of  a  bronze  set  into  a  huge 
boulder  and  bearing  the  inscription  "  Dedicated 
to  the  pioneers  of  the  McKenzie  Pass,  1863,  by 
the  Lewis  and  Clark  Chapter  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,   1922." 

Georgia  Dillon  Gilstrap, 

Historian. 

Menominee  Chapter  (Menominee,  Mich.) 
has  dispensed  with  the  time  honored  custom  of 
meeting  at  the  homes  of  members,  and  all 
regular  meetings  for  the  year  are  held  in 
the  cosy  reading  room  of  the  D.A.R.  Boys  Club. 

Two  of  our  members  have  been  transferred 
to  other  chapters  and  our  secretary-treasurer 
has  removed  to  Iowa.  We  have  had  the 
pleasure  of  welcoming  one  new  member  and  the 
applications  of  nine  others  are  pending.  Our 
membership  is  now  49,  seventeen  of  whom  are 
non-residents. 

The  result  of  a  campaign  for  new  sub- 
scribers to  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine  is  twelve  subscriptions 
as  against  four  of  last  year.  The  Chapter  also 
takes  a  copy  for  the  public  library  as  well  as 
the  genealogical  issue  of  the  Boston  Transcript 
at  a  cost  of  $4.25  and  the  New  England 
Historical  and  Geneological  Register  at  $5. 
Three  lineage  books  have  been  purchased,  cost- 
ing $9  and  two  lineage  books  bound  for  $6.20. 
A  total  of  $876.73  has  passed  through  the 
treasurer's  hands.  Among  the  expenditures  are 
$35  to  the  state  budget,  $25  to  the  Serbian 
Relief,  $8.59  for  year  books,  $5  for  stationery, 
and  $10  to  the  janitor  of  the  Boys  Club  for  a 
Christmas  gift. 

Our  Chapter  is  one  of  18  out  of  the  53 
chapters  of  Michigan  which  was  100  per  cent, 
on  the  three  national  projects,  vie:  The 
Plymouth  Fountain,  The  Painting  for  France 
and  the  Manual  for  Immigrants,  aggre- 
gating $30.60. 

The  Chapter  was  represented  in  the  Fourth 
of  July  parade  by  a  float,  "  The  Spirit  of  76  " 
which  cost  $10.71.  We  own  two  $50  Liberty 
Bonds.      Twenty-nine    of    our    members    filled 


large  Christmas  bags  for  tubercular  soldiers  in 
the  hospital  at  Camp  Custer.  The  inmates  of 
the  County  Infirmary  were  made  happy  by  the 
receipt  of  two  large  boxes  containing  work 
bags,  neckties,  oranges,  candy,  tobacco,  pieces 
for  quilting,  etc.,  at  Easter  time. 

Through  its  Regent  and  Corresponding- 
Secretary  the  Chapter  has  uttered  a  protest  to 
our  senator  and  representative  against  com- 
mercializing, for  private  gain,  the  Yellow- 
stone and  Roosevelt  Sequoia  Parks,  also  in 
response  to  the  appeal  of  the  Coldwater  Chapter, 
the  Menominee  Chapter  has  protested  to  the 
Governor  of  Michigan  against  using  Cold- 
water  State  School  for  a  home  for  sub- 
normal  children. 

Our  Committee  on  patriotic  education  has 
had  the  American's  Creed  pasted  in  all  new 
histories  used  in  the  public  schools  this  year. 
This  committee  has  also  stimulated  the  observ- 
ance of  Constitutional  Day  in  the  schools  and 
secured  60  Manuals  for  Immigrants  for  use  in 
the  night  school  which  is  held  twice  a  week  in 
the  high  school  building,  there  being  two 
classes,  one  in  beginning  English  and  one 
in  Americanization. 

The  chief  social  event  of  the  year  was  a 
luncheon  given  in  honor  of  our  State  Regent, 
Miss  Alice  McDufifee  at  the  Riverside  Golf  Club 
House,  September  6,  1921.  Twenty  members 
were  present  to  greet  Miss  McDuffee.  After 
the  luncheon,  an  automobile  trip  was  made, 
visiting  the  five  spots  where  markers  had  been 
placed  by  the  Chapter,  as  well  as  the  Walton 
Blesch  Athletic  Field,  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
state.  The  ride  ended  at  the  D.A.R.  Boys  Club 
where  Miss  McDuflee  was  shown  over  the 
beautiful   club   quarters   for   the   boys. 

A  card  party,  given  at  the  D.A.R.  Boys 
Club,  October  4th,  a  moving  picture  show  on 
December  27th  and  a  dancing  party  on  January 
2.  1922,  replenished  the  treasury  to  the  amount 
of  $145.85. 

Three  of  our  members  are  on  state  com- 
mittees, vi:: :  Mrs.  McCormick,  chairman  of 
National  Old  Trails,  Mrs.  Vennema,  vice  chair- 
man of  Children  and  Sons  of  the  Republic,  and 
Mrs.  Trudell,  vice  chairman  of  Monuments, 
Memorial-trees  and  Highways. 

The  historian  has  located  the  grave  of  one 
of  her  Revolutionary  ancestors,  secured  the 
inscription  from  his  grave  stone  and  written 
to  a  chapter  in  Connecticut  giving  his  service 
and  suggesting  the  propriety  of  marking 
his  grave. 

The  program  on  Women  in  American  History, 
as  outlined  in  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine  is  now  demanding 
our  attention,  having  had  to  date:  The 
Spanish     Women,     Indian    Women,     Southern 


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Colonial  Women  of  Virginia,  Maryland,  and 
the  Carolinas. 

We  also  had  a  fine  report  of  the  State 
Conference,  held  at  Detroit,  by  Mrs.  West, 
and  Mrs.  McCormick  gave  a  delightful  ac- 
count of  her  trip  to  England,  Scotland, 
Denmark,  Germany,  Belgium  and  France, 
with  illustrations. 

Our  chief  efforts  in  Americanization  work 
are  devoted  to  our  D.A.R.  Boys  Club,  now 
in  its  seventh  year.  It  is  a  far  cry  from  the  club 
of  30  bovs  who  met  in  the  basement  of  one  of 


The  radio  equipment  of  our  club  is,  probably, 
the  finest  amateur  outfit  in  the  country.  There 
is  a  class  of  30  or  more  busy  and  interested 
boys.  The  club  now  has  a  government  license 
and  a  call  number. 

There  are  several  basketball  teams,  the 
younger  squads  being  sponsored  and  refereed 
by  the  Big  Brothers,  and  play  outside  teams. 
Our  Chapter  has  expended  $141.36  for  the  up- 
keep of  the  club. 

Our  Regent,  Mrs.  Margaret  Harmon  during 
her   long  continued  illness,  was  deeply  touched 


the  ward  school  buildings  once  a  week,  to  the 
610  boys  now  enrolled  who  meet  in  different 
squads  five  nights  in  the  week  in  our  cominodi- 
ous  club  house.  Eleven  speakers  have  enter- 
tained the  boys  on  such  topics  as  "  Moral 
Courage,"  "  Business  Success,"  "  Fire  Preven- 
tion,"  "  Value  of  Amusement,"  etc. 

Friday  night  is  given  over  to  Troop  5  Boy 
Scouts,  all  members  of  the  D.A.R.  Boys  Club. 
The  cartoon  work  of  the  boys  is  very  com- 
mendable. Our  D..'\.R.  Club  feel  a  little  bit 
"  puffed  up "  at  winning  second  prize  by  its 
collection  of  cartoons  sent  to  the  National  Con- 
ference of  Boys  Clubs  held  at  Binghampton, 
N.  Y.  The  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago 
winning  first  prize.  This  was  more  gratifying 
because  the  boys  have  had  no  training  whatever. 


V   (  LI   II.    MEN'OMIN'EE   MICHIGAN. 

by  the  sympathy  of  the  boys  who  presented  her 
with  the  beautiful  emblem  of  the  D.A.R. 

Our  director,  Mrs.  Vennema  has  come 
nearer  this  year  than  in  any  of  the  preceding 
si.x  to  sailing  over  unruffled  seas,  due,  not  only 
to  the  gifts  of  many  people,  but  also  to  her 
efficient  organization  of  all  lines  of  work.  The 
16  Big  Brothers  look  after  the  building  and 
the  equipment,  supervise  the  younger  squads 
in  their  games,  superintend  the  shower  baths, 
run  the  movies,  repair  wiring,  help  in  the 
library  and  take  care  of  the  magazines.  The 
telephone  maintained  by  the  Chapter  in  Mrs. 
\'ennema's  home  at  an  annual  expense  of  $34.56 
simplifies  her  work.  Not  the  least  of  the  con- 
tributing causes  is  the  efficiency  of  the  D.A.R. 


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members   who   so   faithfully   assist   evenings   in 
the  handling  of  over  600  boys. 

The  officers  for  the  year  were :  Regent,  Mrs. 
Margaret  Harmon ;  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Mary 
Trudell ;  Sccretarj',  Miss  Abigail  Lyon; 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Bertha  Green ;  Registrar,  Mrs. 
Anna  McCormick ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Mrs.  Ada  Hutchinson;  Historian,  Mrs.  Harriet 
W.  Bill. 

(Mrs.  A.W.)  Harriett  W.  Bill,   

Historian. 

Rhoda  Hinsdale  Chapter  (Shullsburg,  Wis.), 
though  not  a  new  Chapter,  has  sent  no  com- 
munication to  the  Magazine  since  its  first  year. 
A  report  of  its  history  and  activities  may  be 
of  interest  to  Magazine  readers,  as  few  Chap- 
ters, probably,  are  formed  in  communities 
where  there  is  so  little  opportunity  for  growth. 
Organized  in  a  town  of  twelve  hundred  people 
with  thirteen  charter  members,  the  Chapter 
now  has  a  membership  of  twenty-tive,  ten  only 
of  whom  are  residents.  In  the  intervening 
years,  however,  forty  names  have  appeared  on 
our  Chapter  roll.  Due  to  the  activities  of  our 
first  Regent,  Miss  Jannette  Burlingham,  an  ex- 
pert genealogist,  three  prosperous  chapters  have 
been  formed  by  Rhoda  Hinsdale's  daughters, 
who  withdrew  their  membership  here  to  found 
chapters  in  their  home  towns.  Aside  from  the 
personal  gain  arising  from  membership  in  the 
Society  which  comes  through  the  knowledge  of 
ancestry  that  we  acquire,  the  mental  develop- 
ment which  comes  from  historical  papers  that 
we  prepare,  the  acquaintanceship  with  other 
chapters,  we  have  been  of  some  help  to  the 
community  in  which  we  live. 

The  oldest  gravestone  in  our  cemetery  has 
been  restored,  we  have  placed  a  handsome 
granite  marker  bearing  the  insignia  of  the 
Society  and  the  words  "  This  stone  marks  the 
old  Chicago  stage  road  and  the  tavern  built  by 
Fortunatus  Berry  in  1829.  Erected  by  Rhoda 
Hinsdale  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  of   Shullsburg." 

A  beautiful  memorial  tablet  cast  from  metal 
recovered  from  the  U.S.S.  Mnin  was  procured 
by  our  Regent  and  placed  in  the  assembly  room 
of  the  High  School.  In  January  of  1917,  we 
organized  a  Red  Cross  Chapter  which  in  April 
was  re-organized  to  include  the  entire  town, 
with  our  Regent,  Miss  Burlingham  as  chair- 
man. One  of  the  signers  of  that  first  organiza- 
tion. Miss  Mary  Gratiot,  served  in  France.  We 
are  much  interested  in  the  preservation  of  the 
ancient  Indian  village  of  Aztolan  in  our  state 
and  have  contributed  to  the  fund  for  its 
purchase.  In  June  the  gold  medal  given  an- 
nually by  the  Chapter  to  the  senior  class  in 
High     School     for       excellence     in     American 


history  was  won  by  Joseph  Blackstone,  a  proven 
lineal  descendant  of  William  Blackstone,  who 
welcomed  the  settlers  to  Boston  in  1630.  In 
October  we  unveiled  a  marker  on  the  scene  of 
the  Battel  of  the  Pecatonica  in  La  Fayette 
County,  some  twenty-five  miles  from  this  place. 
The  bronze  tablet,  mounted  on  a  base  of  heavy 
concrete,   bears  this   inscription,"  At   this   place 


on  June  16,  1832,  between  Wisconsin  pioneers 
under  Col.  Henry  Dodge,  and  a  band  of  Black 
Hawk  Sacs,  was  fought  the  battle  of  the 
Pecatonica.  The  annals  of  Indian  warfare 
offer  no  parallel  to  this  battle.  Of  the  twenty- 
one  volunteer  soldiers  engaged,  three  were 
mortally  and  one  severely  wounded.  The 
seventeen  Indians  were  slain.  Thus  was  our 
land  made  safe  for  settlement.  Erected  by 
Rhoda  Hinsdale  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
.American  Revolution,  and  by  the  town  of 
Wiota,  1922."     The  men  engaged  in  this  battle 


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had  gathered  the  preceding  day  at  Fort  Hainil- 
ton,  the  home  of  William  S.  Hamilton  (son  of 
Alexander  Hamilton)  who  was  a  resident  of 
this  county  1827  to  1850,  when  he  removed  to 
Sacramento  and  died  that  year,  as  mentioned 
in  the  January  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine.  The  marker  stands 
far  from  any  town  but  over  four  hundred 
people  witnessed  its  unveiling  and  gave,  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  program,  the  first  salute  to 
the  Chapter's  new  silk  flag.  The  members  of 
this  Chapter  take  much  interest  in  the  acquisition 
of  ancestral  bars,  one  member  proudly  wearing 
fifteen,  one  has  eight  with  an  additional  Chap- 
ter bar  worn  for  her  ancestress,  Rhoda  Hins- 
dale; another  member  eight  with  more  in 
prospect,  one  wears  seven,  one  five,  and  four 
have  each  three  bars.  Among  our  resident 
members  are  descendants  of  Edward  Winslow, 
John  Alden,  John  Rowland,  William  White, 
William   Blackstone,    Roger   Williams,    Deacon 


John  Doan  and  Anne  Dudley  Bradstreet.  The 
Chapter  has  but  two  ex-regents,  Miss  Burling- 
ham  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Simpson,  both  of  whom 
are  members  of  the  Milwaukee  Chapter  of  the 
Daughters  of  Founders  and  Patriots.  We,  with 
our  families,  enjoy  an  annual  picnic  as  the 
guests  of  members  who  live  at  Benton,  a 
neighboring  town.  Our  monthly  meetings  are 
held  at  the  homes  of  members.  The  program 
of  the  year  book  is  followed,  one  feature  of 
which  is  a  review  of' the  Magazine.  Lunch 
tea  or  dinner  is  served  by  the  hostess,  who  is 
required  to  fly  a  flag  on  the  day  of  meeting. 
Two  of  our  members  continue  to  aid  their 
French  orphans. 

Under  our  newly  elected  Regent,  Mrs.  William 
H.  Look,  we  hope  to  fulfill  a  number  of  in- 
teresting plans  of  which  we  may  tell  you  in 
some   later   Magazine. 

(Mrs.  J.  B.)   Luella  Simpson,    ""^ 
Historian. 


PRIZES  FOR  ESSAYS  ON  "WHAT  I  HAVE  LEARNED 
FROM  THE  MANUAL  FOR  IMMIGRANTS" 


The  Committee,  of  which  Mrs.  Charles  White 
Nash  is  Chairman,  appointed  by  the  President 
General  to  administer  the  Colonel  Walter  Scott 
One  Thousand  Dollar  Prize  Fund,  recom- 
mended to  the  National  Board  of  Management 
at  its  October,  1922  meeting,  the  following  prize 
essay  contest  among  students  of  the  Manual 
for  Immigrants,  in  order  to  stimulate  the  use 
and  study  of  the  Manual.  The  recommendation 
was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Board  and  is 
herewith  presented  to  the  States  in  the  hope 
that  all  will  take  part.     It  is  as  follows  : 

"  That  a  prize  of  $5  in  gold  be  given 
to  each  State  to  be  awarded  to  the  person, 
either  foreign-born  or  southern  mountain- 
eer, who  submits  the  best  essay  in  English, 
of  not  less  than  1000  words  or  more  than 
2000,  on  the  subject:  'What  I  Have 
Learned  from  the  Manual  for  Immi- 
grants;' each  State  to  arrange  the  details 
of  its  own  contest  through  its  Patriotic 
Education  Committee,  and  the  judges  to  be 
a    committee    of    the    Daughters    of    the 


American     Revolution     appointed     by     the 
State  Regent. 

"  And  that  we  offer  an  additional  prize  of 
$10  to  be  awarded  as  follows  : 

"  Five  dollars  to  the  foreign-born  for  the 
best  essay  among  the  winning  essays,  and 
$5    to   the   southern   mountaineers    for   the 
best  essay  among  the  winning  essays,  these 
winning  essays  from  the  States  to  be  sub- 
mitted   to    a    committee    of    judges    to    be 
appointed    by    the    National    Chairman    of 
Patriotic   Education." 
The   essays   should  be   in  the  hands   of  each 
State  Chairman  on  Patriotic  Education  not  later 
than    February    1,    1923.      The    winning    essay 
in  each  State  should  be  sent  by  the  State  Regent 
not  later  than  March  1st  to  the  National  Chair- 
man on  Patriotic  Education. 

All  essays  should  be  numbered  and  the 
name  and  address  of  the  writer  attached  in  a 
sealed  envelope. 

The  names  of  the  winners  in  each  State  and 
of  the  winner  of  the  additional  prizes  will  be 
announced  at  the  coming  Congress. 


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EDITH  ROBERTS  RAMSBURGH 

GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 

Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

10672.  White.— Capt.  Joseph  White  was  s 
of  Thomas  White,  who  was  b  abt  1599,  and 
was  in  Weymouth  in  1630  dying  there  in  1679. 
His  wife's  name  is  not  known.  He  was  Capt. 
of  Mil  and  Representative  to  the  Legislature 
several  yrs.  The  s  Joseph,  date  of  b  not 
found,  removed  to  Mendon  returning  to  Wey- 
mouth after  the  Indian  uprising  at  Mendon 
abt  1675.  He  m  Sept.  19,  1660  Lydia  dau  of 
John  and  Judith  Rogers,  b  Mar.  27,  1642,  and 
d  May  8,  1729.  John  Rogers  came  on  the 
Lion    in    1632    and    resided    in    Weymouth,    he 

married  Judith ,  Apr.  16,  1639  and  d  Feb.  11, 

\662.— Mrs.   H.   H.   Hozvard.    Brockton,    Mass. 

10697.  Howard. — William  Howard  b  Aug. 
17,  1795  lived  in  Ky.  until  shortly  after  his 
m  to  Nancy  b  Jan.  3,  1802,  dau  of  Jarrett 
Young  b  in  Va.,  1762  and  raised  in  Camden 
District,  S.  C,  he  enl  in  1780  and  ser  three 
enlistments,  lived  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  and  Ky. 
and  d  1835  in  Knox  County,  Ind.  William 
Howard  and  his  w  Nancy  Moved  to  Bruceville 
near  Vincennes,  Ind.,  and  in  1848  moved  to 
Iowa  County,  Wis.— il/r.?.  N.  S.  Wright,  2245 
Rowley   Ave.,    Madison,   Wis.  ' 

10700.  Houston. — If  you  will  communicate 
with  me  I  may  be  able  to  give  you  some  in- 
formation.—il/c.?.  /.  S.  H.  Patter,  508  North 
Ave.,  East,   Baltimore,   Md. 

10713.  Thompson. — Sheldon  Thompson,  s  of 
Jabez,  grandson  of  Jabcz,  and  desc  from 
Anthony  Thompson  of  New  Haven  was  b  at 
Derby,  Conn.,  July  2,  1785  he  d  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
Mar.  13,  1851.  He  had  ten  ch  four  of  whom 
lived  to  maturity.  Sally  Ann  m  Henry 
K.  Smith;  Agnes  Lattc  m  Edward  S. 
Warren:  Laetetia  Porter  m  Henry  K.  Biclle; 
172 


Augustus  Porter  m  Matilda  Cass  Jones  of 
Detroit. — C.  H.  Thompson,  "  Mt.  Pleasant " 
Amherst,  Mass. 

10719.  Marshall. — Colonel  Thomas  Marsh- 
all, father  of  John  Marshall,  Chief  Justice 
U.  S.,  Col.  Marshall  helped  to  organize  the 
Culpeper  Minute  Men  one  of  the  very  earliest 
organizations  formed  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Rev.,  was  Captain,  then  Major  of  the  Regt  and 
distinguished  himself  at  the  battle  of  Great 
Bridge ;  was  at  the  battles  of  Brandywine, 
Germantown,  etc.,  and  then  through  the  hard- 
ships of  Valley  Forge  with  his  sons  John  and 
Thomas.  At  the  battle  of  Germantown  he 
succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  Third  Va. 
Regt  at  the  death  of  General  Murphy.  Colonel 
Marshall  had  no  dau  Sarah.  He  had  a  dau 
Susan  Tarlton  Marshall  who  m  Judge  William 
McCling  of  Rockbridge  Co.,  Va.  His  second 
ch  was  a  dau  Elizabeth  b  1756  in  Fauquier 
Co.,  Ya..  and  m  March  15,  1785  Raleigh  Colston 
of  Northumberland,  Co.,  Va.  References  :  The 
Marshall  Family  by  W.  M.  Paxton  and 
Campbell's  Historv  of  Va. — Mrs.  R.  C.  Maiipin, 
2004  Md.  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

10746.  Hatch.— Amey  b  July  10,  1687, 
Falmouth,  Mass.,  d  1762,  Tolland,  Conn.  Her 
sister  Ruth  Hatch  b  1693,  m  Solomon  Swift  of 
Tolland,  Conn ;  Rebecca  Hatch  b  1700  m 
William  Berry  and  settled  in  Kent,  Conn. 
.\mcy  Hatch's  father  was  Capt.  Jirch  Hatch  b 
i\ray  7,  1654,  Barnstable,  Mass.,  m  Dec.  7, 
1683,  Falmouth,  Mass.,  d  Dec.  16,  1738  at 
Falmouth,  resided  at  Falmouth,  Mass.  (sol  in 
King  Philip's  War  1675-6.  Lieut.  1702; 
Captain.  His  father  Jonathan  Hatch  b  prob 
in  Eng.  m  April,  11,  1646  at  Barnstable,  Mass., 
(1   Dec.   1710  at   Falmouth,  Mass.     Res.   Barn- 


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stable  and  Falmouth,  Mass.  1645  at  Barnstable, 
1661  at  Falmouth.  His  w  was  Sarah  Rowley. 
Am.  Anc.  Vol.  6.  The  mother  of  Amey  Hatch 
was  Amey  Allen,  b  Aug.  14,  1665  at  Sandwich, 
Mass.,  m  Dec.  7,  1683,  Capt.  Jireh  Hatch,  d 
at    Falmouth,    Mass.      Her    father    was    James 

Allen,  Esq.  b  1636  at   Braintree,  Mass.  m , 

d  July  25,  1714  at  Tisbury,  Mass.  Res.  Sandwich, 
Mass.  and  Tisbury,  Mass.  1668,  and  eminent 
citizen  of  the  Vineyard  after  1668  and  a  local 
magistrate.  His  w  was  Elizabeth  Perkins,  b 
1643  d  Aug.,  1722.  James  Allen's  father  was 
Deacon  Samuel  Allen  b  in  England.  Died 
Aug.,  1669  at  Braintree,  Mass.  R.  Boston  and 
Braintree,    Mass.,    prob    came    to    N.    E.   about 

1630.     His   w  was  Ann ,  d   Sept.  29,   1641. 

Deacon  Samuel  Allen's  father  was  George  Allen, 
Sr.  b  1568  in  England,  buried  May  28,  1648 
at  Sandwich,  Mass.,  came  to  N.  E.  about  1632. 
His  first  w  d  in  England. 

Amey  Hatch  who  m  Capt.  Jonathan  Delano 
June  20,  1704  at  Falmouth,  Mass.  was  b  Jan. 
30,  1680  d  March  26,  1752  Tolland,  Conn. 
Town  clerk  of  Tolland  1724-36,  Selectman 
1724-35;  styled  Captain.  His  father  Lieut. 
Jonathan  Delano  b  1647  at  Duxbury,  Mass., 
m  Feb.  28,  1678  at  Plymouth,  Mass.,  d  Dec. 
23,  1720,  Dartmouth.  Constable,  Surveyor  and 
selectman  of  Dartmouth.  Commissioned  Lieut, 
by  Gov.  Hinckley,  Dec.  25,  1689.  Deputy  from 
Dartmouth  to  Plymouth  Court,  1689,  w  Mercy 
Warren  b  Feb.  20,  1657/8  Plymouth  d  after 
1727  Dartmouth.  His  father  Philip  Delano  b. 
1602  Leyden,  Holland  m  Dec.  19,  1634  Duxbury, 
Mass.,  d  Aug.,  1681,  Bridgewater,  Mass.  Came 
in  the  Fortune  1621.  His  w  Hester  Dewsberry  d 
before  1657.  His  father  Jean  de  la  Noye,  of  Ley- 
den, traced  back  to  Charlemagne  and  Adam. 
Mercy  Warren's  father  was  Nathaniel  Warren, 
born  1627  d  1667  his  w  Sarah  Walker. 
Nathaniel  Warren's  father  Richard  Warren  of 
the  Mayflozver,  1620.  Authorities.  Delano; 
Delano  Gen.  pp.  99-102,  294,  295,  296.  Pope's 
Pioneers  p.  136.  Waldo's  History  of  Tolland, 
Conn.,  p.  114.  N.  E.  H.  &  G.  Reg.  Vols.  71,  p. 
367,  72  p.  68.  Records  of  Tolland,  Conn, 
f original  copy  book  1  pp.  67-68,  84.  Hatch; 
History  of  Barnstable  County  p.  474,  Pope's 
Pioneers  pp.  218-219.  Gen.  Notes  of  Barn- 
stable Families  (Swift)  revised  and  corrected 
pp.  463^*69.  Allen,  Savages.  Gen.  Diet.  \'ol.  1. 
p.  32.  Tisbury,  Mass.,  Vital  Records  p.  195. 
George  Allen  1882,  p  S-6.--Mrs.  Roland  M. 
Jones,  3336  Centre  St.,  Omaha,  Neb. 

QUERIES 

10370.  C.\RR.— Wanted  birthplace   and  par  of 

Jonathan  Carr  and  of  his  w  Martha;   Wanted 

also  her  maiden  name.     They  lived  in  Morgan 

Co.,     Ind.,     in     1831     and    had     sons     William 


and  John  b  in   1804.     Wanted  also  Rev  rec  in 
either  line. 

Stewart. — Wanted  par  of  James  Stewart 
and  of  his  w  Rebecca  Jackson  of  Morgan  Co. 
Ind.  They  had  ch  Jane,  Susanne,  Nick,  John, 
Cager,    and    Aleck. — G.    B.    W. 

10371.  Donaldson. — Wanted  par  of  John 
Donaldson,  Decatur  Co.  Ga.,  b  Mar.  1773,  d 
Nov.  19,  1826,  m  1791  Agnes  Peel,  dau  of 
Richard  and  Mary  Gamble  Peel  of  Burke  Co., 
Ga.  John  Donaldson  and  his  bro  Wm.  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  South  Ga.  and  in 
their  wills  left  large  tracts  of  land  in  Pulaski, 
Early  and   Decatur   Counties,  Ga. 

10372.  Jones. — Wanted  name  of  w  and  date 
of  m  of  Benjamin  Tones  b  in  King  William 
Co.,  Va.,  Mar.  28,   1754.— R.  E.  R. 

10373.  Burr. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  John  s  of 
Jonathan  Burr  b  April  4,  1729  d  Feb.  11, 
1790  m  Jan.  1,  1755  Emma  Gushing  of  Hing- 
ham,   Mass. — C.  L.  K. 

10374.  Robinson. — George  Robinson  b  1727 
d  1814  ser  in  4th  Pa.  Regt  under  Capt.  David 
Plunkett  d  in  Lexington,  Ky.  His  first  w  was 
Anne  Wiley.  Wanted  name  of  his  second  \v 
also  of  his   sons. — J.   B.  H. 

10375.  Helley.  —  Wanted  par  of  Corp. 
William  Helley  of  Barrington,  R.  I.,  who  ser 
in  Capt.  Thomas  Allin's  Co.  and  appeared  on 
the  Alarm  of  Bristol,  R.  I.,  Apr.  1,  1776.  He 
also  ser  on  the  mil  guard  of  Barrington  from 
Apr.  5  to  May  20,  1778  and  was  a  corp.  in 
Capt.  Viall  Allin's  Co.  in  1780.— E.  L.  C. 

10376.  Harper.— Wanted  ances  of  Elizabeth 
Harper  b  July  20,  176S  and  who  m  Asa  Pea- 
body.  Her  father  was  Capt.  Wm.  Harper  had 
he  Rev  rec— I.   B.   I. 

10377.  Moon.— Wanted  gen  of  Peleg  Baxter 
Moon  who  m  Mehitable  Taft,  Aug.  18,  1822, 
and  prob  lived  at  that  time  in  the  twp  of 
Sweden,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  Wanted  Rev  rec 
of  their  respective  fathers. — H.  E.  M.  C. 

10378.  Anderson.— Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec 
of  John  Anderson  b  abt  1757.  He  lived  in 
Augusta  Co.,  Va.  abt  1770;  in  Rockbridge  Co. 
abt  1781  ;  in  Botetourt  Co.  1787  and  later  in 
Giles  Co.  He  m  first  Sarah  Bess  or  Beck  and 
had  ch  James,  Mary,  Nancy,  Isabella,  Fanny, 
Polly  and  Joseph.  He  m  second  Catherine 
Wilson  and  had  ch  William  and  Rachel  Re- 
becca. He  ser  in  the  Continental  Army  until 
sur  of   Cornwallis. — H.   C.   A. 

10379.  Hinds-Lee.— Wanted  ances  of  Stephen 
Hinds  b  in  Miss,  abt  1775,  d  1838,  m  Nov. 
4,  1793  at  Dauphin,  Pa.,  Mary  Ann  Lee,  b  1775 
in  Chester  Co.  Pa.,  and  d  1855. 

(a)  Llewellyn. — Wanted  par  and  given 
names  of  two  Miss  Llewellyns  of  Md.  One  m 
Judge  Swain  and  the  other  a  Afr.  Jordon.  Mr. 
Jordnn  had  a  dau  Anna  Eden  Jordan. 


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(b)  Steptoe. — Wanted  ances  of  James  Step- 
toe  d  abt  1757  and  of  his  w  Elizabeth  wanted 
also  her  maiden  name.  Their  dau  Elizabeth 
who  d  abt  1789  m  Philip  Ludwell  Lee  of  Va. 
Wanted  his  dates  and  Rev  rec.  He  was  of 
Belmont,   Loudoun   Co.,   Va. 

(c)  Mitchell-Bound. — Wanted  ances  and 
Rev  rec  of  Hugh  Mitchell  of  Fauquier  Co.,  Va., 
who  m  Susan  Bound  prior  to  1800.     They  had 

ten    ch:     Lithenia,    m Leffler ;    Margaret    m 

Absalon  Leffler;  Nancy  m  Colin  McFarquarhar 
Wilson;  Sarah,  Mary,  Wiley,  Andrew,  Robert, 
John  and  Samuel.  Wanted  par  of  Susan 
Bound. — C.  S.  L. 

10380.  Gordon.— Thomas  R.  Gordon  b  Aber- 
deen Scotland  was  a  sol  in  Rev.  Moved  from 
Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  to  Ohio,  1799.  His  s 
Robert  m  Susanna  Bacon  Winslow.  Wanted 
name  of  w  of  Thomas  Gordon  and  date  of  m. 

(a)  Marshall. — John  Marshall  of  Va.,  m 
at  Youngstown,  Ohio,  Dec.  9,  1813,  Margaret 
Moody  Grant.  Wanted  gen  with  dates  of  John 
and  also  names  of  his  bros  and  sis. 

(b)  Warner. — Wanted  Rev  rec  and  dates 
of  Sgt.  Obadiah  Warner,  Waterbury,  Conn., 
and  of  his  w  Sarah  Lewis. 

(c)  Miller. — Wanted  Rev  rec  dates  and 
name  of  w  of  Col.  Miller  of  Jamestown,  Va. 

whose  dau  Rachel  m  first Kelly  and  second 

Capt.  Noah   Grant. 

(d)  Lawson. — Wanted  name  of  w  dates  and 
names  of  ch  of  Lt.  William  Lawson  of  Va. 
His  s  James  was  also  a  sol. — C.  G. 

10381.  Sand  (r)  idge. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of 
Larkin  Sandridge  of  Va.  Name  of  w  and 
dates  of  each  and  names  of  ch. 

(a)  Coleman. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Daniel 
Coleman,  signer  of  Albemarle  Declaration  of 
Independence ;  name  of  w  dates  of  each  and 
names  of  their  ch.  He  went  to  Clark  Co.,  Ky., 
would  like  to  corres  with  any  of  his  desc. 

(b)  Phillips. — Want  Rev  rec  of  John 
Philips  who  is  bur  in  Christian  Co.,  Ky.,  wanted 
also  name  of  w  and  dates  of  each  and  names 
of  ch.  Would  like  to  corres  with  his  desc.^ 
M.    B.   M. 

10382.  Bryan.— Wanted  par  of  Robert  Bryan 

who  m  Elizabeth .     Their  s  Lewis  b  Oct.  2, 

1756,  m  Lucretia  their  s  John  b  Oct.  28,  1788, 
m  Cherry  Price.  Wanted  also  maiden  names 
of  Elizabeth  and  Lucretia.  John  Bryan  lived 
in  Martin  Co.,  N.  C.  and  had  bros  who  went 
to  Ga.  and  Texas.^J.  W.  B. 

10383.  Michael.— John  Michael,  Sr.,  b  Nov. 
14,  1766,  in  Frankfort-On-Main  and  came  to 
Hanover,  Pa.,  when  young  m  Catherine  Beltz, 
b  Apr.  1,  1769.  Was  this  John  Michael  the  sol 
in  Capt.  John  Smullcrs  Co.  of  Lancaster  Co.  in 
1782  referred  to  in  Pa.  Archives  Sth  Series. 
Vol.  7,  p.  319? 


(a)  Beltz.— Was  Jacob  Beltz,  Sr.,  b  in 
Weisbaden,  Germany,  May  6.  1747  and  a  tax- 
payer in  Hanover,  Pa.  in  1783  the  same  Jacob 
Beltz  who  was  a  sol  in  Isaiah  Davis'  Co. 
Philadelphia  Co.,  Mil  4th  Bat.,  ser  Oct.,  1781 
(Pa.  Archives,  6th  Series,  Vol.  1,  p.  778)  the 
father  of  Catherine  Beltz  who  m  John  Michael? 
Wanted  name  of  his  w  and  date  of  m. — M.  L.  C. 

10384.  Clark. — Wanted  par  of  Joseph  Clarke 
b  1810  d  1854  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Wanted 
also  dates  of  Joseph  Clarke  who  m  Barbara 
Smith  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio  abt  1780  or  1785.— 
G.  M.  K. 

10385.  Buckles-Barr.— John  Buckles  b  Jan. 
18,    1799   in   Shepherdstown,   Va.   d   in   Illinois, 

Jan.  14,  1889.     Wife  Nancy b  Jan.  14,  1798 

d  Nov.  14,  1849.  Their  ch  were  Esther  b  1821 
d  1857;  Susannah  b  1826;  Wm.  b  1823;  Robert 
b  1828;  Joseph  b  1830;  Nancy  b  1831  d  1864; 
John  b  1834;  James  b  1837  d  1905;  Silas  b 
1841  d  1851;  James,  1837-1905,  m  in  Illinois, 
Mar.  22,  1866,  Clementine  Clarinda  Barr,  who 
was  b  in  Ohio,  July  3,  1843  and  d  in  Illinois, 
1910.  John  Buckles  Sr.,  was  an  only  ch. 
Wanted  par  John  Sr.,  I^Iaiden  name  and  par 
of  his  w  Nancy  and  par  of  C.  C.  Barr.  and 
Rev  ser  on  these  different  lines. 

(a)  Douglas- Wood- Reeves-Nye-Temple- 
MAN. — Stephen  Douglas  was  one  of  three  bros 
who  came  over  from  Scotland  and  set  in  N.  Y. 
abt  the  time  of  the  Rev.  Stephen  m  Lydia 
Cole  and  their  ch  were  Stephen,  Nathaniel, 
Daniel,  Peleg,  Sparry  and  Elizabeth.  Peleg 
Douglas  m  Eleanor  Wood  and  their  ch  were 
Roxina,  Lerao,  Elizabeth,  Alfred,  Lewis,  Ann 
and  George.  Elizabeth  Douglas  m  Daniel 
Reeves,  Feb.  7,  1825  in  Urbana,  N.  Y.  their  ch 
were  Cythia,  Mary,  Eleanor,  Henry,  Louisa, 
Alvina,  Eunice  and  Alma.  Alma  Reeves  m 
Feb.  2,  1870  Jasper  Newton  Templeman  s  of 
Moses  and  Catherine  Nye  Templeman  (Moses 
b  1807  in  StafTord  Co.,  Va.,  and  Catherine  b 
1812  in  Fairfield  Co.,  Ohio).  Wanted  data  and 
Rev  rec  on  any  of  these  lines. 

(b)  Morse. — Daniel  Winchester  Morse  b 
Duxsbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  6,  1810  d  Mar.  5,  1894  at 
Union  Springs.  N.  Y.,  m  Apr.  2,  1825  at  Tioga, 
N.  Y.,  Jane  Kendall  Carruth  b  July  31.  1811  at 
Athol.   Mass..    dau   of   Amos    Carruth   and   his 

w Kendall,  who  were  living  in  Candor,  N.  Y. 

1837  and  in  Peruville.  N.  Y.  1837  and  had  ch 
Kendall,  Amos,  Levi,  Jane  and  Lavinia. 
Daniel  and  Jane  Morse  had  s  Mortimer 
Ogilvie  Morse  b  May  19,  1836  at  Tioga  and  m 
Marv  Chrestene  Van  Duscn  dau  of  Richard 
Van"  Duscn  (1813-1894)  and  his  w  Eliza. 
Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec  on  these  lines. 

(c)  Howser. — Aaron  Howser  b  LaRue  Co., 
Ky.,  nr  Hodgenville.  m  Elizabeth  Hawes  b 
nr  same  place. 


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Their  dau  Sarah  Howser  b  Atlanta,  111.,  m 
Warren  Aloorhead,  s  of  Hiram  Moorhead  of 
Dayton,  Ohio,  and  his  w  Mary  Judy  b  Illinois. 
Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec  on  these  lines. — 
B.  R.  M. 

10386.  Sweet-Seelve. — Oliver  Sweet  b  Mar. 
30,  17S8  in  R.  I.,  d  Oct.  24,  1825  at  Pompey, 
N.  Y.,  m  Mar.  6,  1780  Charlotte  Seelye  b  in 
Conn.,  Oct.  28,  1767  and  d  June  7,  1855  at 
Pompey,  N.  Y.  Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Oliver 
Sweet  and  Seelye  ances. 

(a)  HoncES. — Miriam  Hodges  b  Sept.  24, 
1779  Cambridge,  N.  Y.  m  Henry  Tiffany,  Jan. 
8,  1798  at  Cambridge,  N.  Y.  They  moved  to 
Pompey,  N.  Y.  where  he  d  Dec.  29,  1848. 
Hodges  ances  and  Rev  rec  desired. 

(b)  Harrington. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Henry 
Harrington  b  Sept.  27.  1738  Exeter,  R.  I.,  m 
May  30,  1765  at  Exeter,  Freelove  Harrington 
b  Oct.   13,   1742. 

(c)  Austin. — Wanted  ances  and  Rev  rec  of 
father  of  Edward  Austin  b  in  R.  I.,  1773  d 
Sept.  6,  18S4  North  Creek,  N.  Y.  Tombstone 
savs  Edward  2nd  m  Anna  Harrington  b  Apr. 
20   1774  Exeter  R.  I.,  d  Jan.  28,    1813. 

(d)  Warner  -  Bates.  —  Wanted  ances  of 
James  Warner  b  in  Saybrook,  Conn.,  1736. 
m  .Abigail  Bates  who  d  Oct.  12,  1807  they  moved 
to  Cambridge,  N.  Y.  in  1780  where  he  d  Dec. 
11,  1812.    Wanted  his  Rev  rec— E.  A.  M. 

10387.  Buford. — Wanted  names  of  w  and  ch 
of  Col.  Abram  Buford  of  Va.  Whom  did  ch 
m?— C.   G.  K 

10388.  Barber. — Wanted  name  of  w  and  ch 
of  Jonathan  Barber  of  Exeter,  R.  I.  a  Rev  sol 
and  Pensioner  in  Generals  Spencer  and  Sulli- 
van's Expeditions.  Applied  for  pesion  in  1833 
then  89  yrs  old.  Doubtless  bur  at  Exeter, 
R.  I.-C.  C.  H. 

10389.  Collins. — Wanted  ances  and  name  of 
w  of  John  Collins  of  Lynn.,  Mass.,  their  dau 
Hannah  m  Thomas  Brown  in  1723.  Wanted 
also  Brown  gen. 

(a)  Baker. — Wanted  name  of  w  of  Lyman 
Baker  a  Rev  sol  from  Mass. 

(b)  Raymond. — Wanted  par  of  Judith  w  of 
Richard  Raymond  of  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1634. — 
W.   S.  G. 

10390.— Allen. — Joseph  Allen,  s  of  Samuel 
of  Windsor,  Conn.,  m  Mary  Hewlett,  Hulit  or 
Hulet.  Wanted  her  par;  dates  and  places 
of  residence. 

(a)  AIcKxight. — John  McKnight  of  New 
Haven,  Hartford  and  Ellington,  Conn.,  from 
1712  to  1785  m  1720  Jerusha  Crane,  an  English 
girl.  He  was  a  merchant  and  had  dealings 
with  Mr.  Richard  Edwards  the  leading  merchant 
of  Hartford  and  John  Hancock  of  Boston. 
Wanted  his  dates  and  names  of  his  ch.— M.  E.  T. 

10391.  Usher.— Maryland  Calendar  of  W'ills 
gives  will  of  Thomas  Usher  of  Kent  Co.,  Md., 


Nov.,  1714.  Mentions  w  Elizabeth  sons  John, 
George  and  Thomas ;  dau,  Elizabeth,  Jean, 
Sarah  and  Mary.  Has  any  one  the  marriage 
records  of  these  sons  ?  Names  of  wives  and 
ch  with  dates  wanted.  In  the  History  of 
Baltimore,  Thomas  Usher  is  stated  to  have 
come  to  Baltimore  abt  1771  was  he  the  s 
Thomas  of  Thomas  of  Kent  County  ? 

(a)  Phillpotts. — Will  of  Edward  Phill- 
potts  1718  of  Charles  Co..  Md.,  mentions  w 
Eleanor,  sons  Edward,  John  and  Charles, 
daughters  Eleanor  and  Mary.  John  evidently 
m  Ann  Cottrell  dau  of  James  Cottrcll,  Sr.,  and 
w  Ann  before  the  latters'  will  was  made  in 
1722.  Charles  m  Elizabeth,  gr-dau  of  William 
Barton  who  mentions  her  in  his  will  in  1717. 
Edward  seems  to  have  d  in  1724-S  leaving  w 
Margaret  and  sons  John  and  Edward.  Wanted 
names  of  all  the  ch  with  dates  of  each  of 
these  sons. 

(b)  Scott-Edwards. — Wanted  ances  of  both 
Peter  Scott  and  his  w  Hannah  Edwards  of 
Coventry,  Conn.,  m  Nov.  5,  1740.  One  ch 
Zebidiah,  Nov.  22,  1741  recorded  in  Coventry 
other  ch  and  place  and  dates  of  death  desired. 
— B.   A.   C. 

10392.  Tripp. — Wanted  par  of  Mercy  Tripp 
b  Mar.  22,  1785  d  July  24,  1826  Coventry,  R.  I., 
m  James  (4)  Colvin  (Stephen  3)  (Elder 
James  2)    (John   1). 

(a)  Bl'rlingame. — Wanted  par  of  Mercy 
Burlingame  b  Nov.  30,  1759  d  1842;  m  Peter 
(4)  Colvin  (Moses  3)  (James  2)  (John  1) 
Rev  sol. 

(b)  Johnson. — Wanted  ances,  dates  of  Ann 
Johnson  of  Coventry,  R.  I.,  m  James  (3) 
Catwell   (Stephen  2,  Stephen  1,)   Rev  sol. 

(c)  Whitford. — Wanted  ances,  dates  and 
all  inf  possible  of  Hannah  Whitford  b  1757  d 
Sept.  18,  1849  m  Mar.  23,  1774  at  West  Green- 
wich, R.  I.,  (Stephen  (3)  Catwell)  (Stephen  2, 
Stephen  1).— A.  E.  L. 

10393.  Hubert. — Wanted  name  of  w  and 
place  of  m  of  Paul  Hubert  Rev  sol;  also 
maiden  name  of  Philadelphia  w  of  his  s 
David.     Did  he  have  other  ch  ? 

(a)  Simpson. — Wanted  par  of  Walter 
Simpson  and  maiden  name  and  par  of  his  w 
Ann.  They  lived  in  Md.  abt  1816  and  had 
eleven  ch.  John,  Bessie,  m  John  Chambers ; 
Anna  Maria  m  Benjamin  Hubert;  and  others. 
W^ilter  Simpson  was  in  Alabama  in  1839. — 
E.  B.  T. 

10394.  Wood  (sVGrow. — Wanted  ances  and 
Rev  rec  of  Samuel  Wood  (s")  of  Madison  and 
Chenango  Counties,  N.  Y.  His  ch :  Salen  was 
b  June  4,  1789  and  m  June  12,  1823,  Cornelia 
Grow ;  Jonas  m  Ethelinda  Grow ;  Ira  m  Sarah 
Grow.  Samuel  and  twins  John  and  Asa. 
Wanted  also  the  Grow  ances. — J.  L.  P. 


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10395.  Copeland-Edmiston. — Wanted  gen 
and  given  name  of  father  of  Priscilla  Edmis- 
ton,  her  mother  was  Esther  Copeland,  and  their 
home  was  in  Juniata  Co.,  Pa.  Wanted  also 
Copeland  gen. — E.  M.  E. 

10396.  Youxc. — Wanted  par  with  dates  of 
Elizabeth  Young  of  Va.  who  m  Henry  Harter 
of  Franklin  Co.,  Va.  Their  s  Joseph  m  Susan- 
nah Dodd  in  1833 ;  they  removed  to  Hancock 
County,  111.,  the  same  year.  Did  Elizabeth's 
father   have    Rev    rec? 

(a)  Barnes. — Wanted  par  with  dates  of 
Lucy  Barnes  of  Middletown,  Conn.,  who  m 
Reuel  Pelton,  April  9,  1792;  she  d  June  24, 
1851.     Did  her  father  have  Rev  rec?— M.  P.  D. 

10397.  Skinner. — Thomas    Skinner    lived    in 

Md.,   Va.,   and  N.   C.     His  s  Thomas  m  

Parrish  of  either  Warrick  or  Elizabeth  City 
Counties,  Va.,  and  had  several  sons.  Their  s 
Thomas  m  1st  Sarah  Anne  Hayes  of  Elizabeth 

City    Co.,     secondly    Folkes,     and    third 

Martha  Green.  Wanted  any  inf  of  this  Skin- 
ner line. — W.   H.   C. 

10398.  Eaton. — Wanted  par  of  Pinkethman 
Eaton  and  names  of  bros  and  sis.  Rev  rec  of 
bros  and  father.  Pinkethman  Eaton  was  taken 
prisoner  at  Stono,  N.  C,  and  killed  by  his  own 
sword  in  1780.— A.  E.  S. 

10399.  Chumlev. — Wanted  name  of  w  with 
her  dates  of  Daniel  Chumley  of  Halifax  Co., 
Va.,  who  d  in  Wilson  Co.,  Tenn. 

(a)  Harvey. — Wanted  par  of  Isaac  Harvey 
who  m  Nancy  Chumley  in  Va.  or  Tenn. 

(b)  Lewis. — Wanted  dates  of  Col.  Samuel 
Lewis  who  d  at  Bolivar,  Tenn.,  1828,  also 
maiden  name  of  his  w  Esther  and  her  dates. 

(c)  Williams- Vandecriff. — Wanted  ances 
of  Bassett,  James  and  Thomas  Williams. 
Wanted  also  ances  of  Nancy  and  Vinie  Vande- 
grifi,  b  abt  1825,  both  of  whom  m  Thomas 
Williams,  Wilson  Co.,  Tenn. 

(d)  Adams. — Wanted  dates  and  maiden  name 
of  w  of  William  Adams,  bro  of  Isaac  Adams  of 
Va.,  who  fought  at  Yorktown.  He  is  thought 
to  be  related  to  President  Adams. — L.  B.  V. 

10400.  Gill. — Arch  Gill  was  m  two  or  three 
times.  Wanted  names  of  his  wives  in  the  order 
in  which  they  came  and  also  the  places  of 
marriages.  Arch  Gill's  Rev  rec  is  mentioned 
in  the  "  Women  of  the  Revolution."  Vol.  3,  pp 
278,  394.— M.  C. 

10401.  Gray  -  Baskin  -  Braddock.  —  David 
Matthew  and  John  Gray,  bros,  settled  in  Wash- 
ington Co.,  now  Greene  Co.,  Pa.,  in  1770.  and 
built  block  house  on  land  near  Graysville  (now 
Harvcys),  Pa.  Indians  soon  drove  them  away 
and  they  went  to  Fort  Jackson  (now^  Waynes- 
burg),    Pa.,   where   they   remained  during   Rev. 

Matthew  Gray,  who  m Baskin  and  had  two 

ch,  was  killed  by  Indians  while  going  from 
Fort   to    farm.      No   rec   of    John's   m.      David 


Gray  m  Baskin,  sis  of  his  bro's  w.     Their 

s  David  b  Aug.  14,  1781,  in  Fort  Jackson,  no 
record  of  bro  or  sis.  David,  Jr.,  m  1802 
Elizabeth  Braddock  their  only  ch  Francis 
Washington,  b  Aug.  23,  1803,  in  Block  House 
built  by  his  grandfather  in  1770,  m  Dec.  16, 
1824,  Sarah  Roseberry,  b  June  27,  1804;  they 
had  nine  ch  who  were  heirs  to  an  estate  where 
a  portion  of  Baltimore  now  stands.  Francis 
Washington  Gray  died  of  fever  Jan.,  1844,  be- 
fore claim  was  perfected.  Wanted  Rev  rec 
of  David  Gray ;  Francis  Braddock,  f  of  Eliza- 
beth, and  Baskin,  f  of  David  Gray's  w. 

(b)  Roseberry  -  Hughes.  —  Mathais  Rose- 
berry  of  Washington  Co.,  now  Greene  Co.,  Pa., 
m  abt  1796,  Sarah  Hughes.  Their  ch  were 
Mary  or  Polly ;  b  abt  1797,  m  first  Robert  Scott 
and  second  Elijah  or  Archibald  Guthrie;  Eliza- 
beth (Betty)  m  Shadrack  Mitchell;  Martha 
(Patty)  b  Nov.  7,  1801,  m  Ephraim  Morris; 
Sarah  or  Sally  b  Jan.  27,  1804,  m  Francis 
Washington  Gray ;  Thomas  m  Polly  Hill ; 
Nancy  m  Thomas  Hill;  Mathais  (Tice)  m 
Sally  McClain;  Catherine  m  Joshua  Burleigh; 
John  m  Polly  McClain ;  Lucinda  b  Apr.  16, 
1819,  m  John  Vannatta  Apr.  14,  1839;  James 
never  m.  Wanted  Rev  rec  of  the  fathers  of 
Sarah  Hughes  and  Mathais  Roseberry. — 
V.  P.  H. 

10402.  Bell-Been. — Wanted  ances.  dates  and 
place  of  b  of  Robert  Bell  and  w  Jane  Been. 
Their  s  William  was  b  Dec.  25,  1759,  in  Rowan 
Co.,  N.  C.  Would  like  to  corres  with  anyone 
having  inf  of  this  family. — M.  B.  Z. 

10403.  Rice. — Stephen  Rice,  Lord  Lieutenant 
of  Ireland,  had  sons  Thomas,  Hezekiah  and 
Ibjan,  who  immigrated  to  Hanover  Co.,  Va., 
when  it  was  a  colony.  Wanted  date  of  the 
immigration,  gen  and  m  of  Thomas. 

(b)  GuEss-GuEST-GiST. — Wanted  gen  of 
John  Guess,  said  to  have  been  from  Hanover 
Co.,  Va.,  before  the  Rev. 

(c)  Trethre. — Nathaniel  Trethre  made  his 
will  in  Elberton  Co.,  Ga.,  in  1822.  Evan  Trethre 
made  his  will  in  Elberton  in  1817,  supposed  to 
be  bros.  Understand  that  Evan  Trethre  is  on 
pay-roll  of  Rev.  Wanted  date  of  this  pay-roll 
and  proof  that  he  is  the  same  Evan  that  made 
his  will  at  Elberton  and  that  he  had  ch  Nathan- 
iel and  Evan  mentioned  above.  Zylphania  w  of 
Nathaniel  Trethre  made  her  will  in  Elberton ; 
was  her  maiden  name  Morgan  ?  \\'anted  her 
lineage.  Isham  Morgan  made  his  will  in  Elber- 
ton, 1823,  mentioning  w  Elizabeth,  dau  Sarah. 
Elizabeth,    Ridgeway.— S.    G.   J. 

10404.  Harris.— Wanted  ances  of  John  Har- 
ris, b  1794,  Boston,  Mass.;  m  Armenia  Fargo. 
— F.  B. 

10405.  Bronson.— Wanted  par  of  John 
Bronson,  b  Feb.  19,  1794,  in  Susquehanna  Co., 
Pa.,  d  .\pr.  14,  1866,  m  Phoebe  Blakeslee,  b  Oct. 


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177 


18,  1793,  d  Oct.  13,  1831.  Their  dau  Emmaline 
m  Cyrenus  Johnson  and  moved  to  Indiana  in 
1831.  Wanted  also  par  of  Phoebe  Blakeslee. — 
M,  D.  B. 

10406.  WiGGiNTON. — Wanted  name  of  place 
from  which  Roger  and  William  Wigginton  im- 
migrated to  Westmoreland  Co.,  Va.,  1655. 
William  was  a  Baptist  preacher  and  attended 
church  in  Capel  Parish  that  was  known  as 
Wycomico,  between  the  years  1655  and  1706. 
The  will  of  Henry  Wigginton,  s  of  Roger, 
mentions  his  cousin  Samuel,  s  of  Peter  Rust, 
also  his  cousin  Elizabeth,  w  of  Dr.  Thomas 
McFarland.  Richard  and  George  Lee  were  the 
executors  of  Henry  Wigginton's  will  dated  the 
8th  day  of  Aug.,  1748.  Were  they  from  Scot- 
land or  England  or  were  they  Scotch-Irish? — 
J.  W.  W. 

10407.  Plunkett. — Wanted  par  of  Margaret 
Martin  who  lived  in  Mifflin  Co.,  Pa.,  in  1790, 
and  afterwards  moved  to  Mayesville,  Ky.,  and 
who  m  Armstrong  Plunkett.  Wanted  also  his 
gen  and  Rev  rec  on  either  side. 

(a)  HuFFM.\N. — Catherine  Huffman,  a  wid, 
m  Capt.  John  Ashby,  1783,  Fauquier  Co.,  Va. 
Wanted  maiden  name  of  Catherine  and  given 
name  of  the  Huffman   she  m. 

(b)  Dickinson. — George  Dickinson  had  s 
Elisha  Lafayette,  b  in  Caroline  Co.,  Va.,  and 
moved  to  Arkansas,  1835.  Wanted  name  of  w 
of  George  and  Rev  rec  of   father. — M.  H.   C. 

10408.  Shattuck. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of 
Samuel  Shattuck  of  Mass.,  b  1726,  d  1805,  and 
m  Elizabeth  Wesson. 

(b)  Thomas. — Wanted  ances  of  John  Har- 
ris Thomas  of  S.  C.  and  Ga.,  s  of  Thomas  and 
Emily  Harris  and  his  w  Margaret,  dau  of 
Jesse  and  Margaret  Robinson  Karlile. — A.  V.  R. 

10409.  Miller. — Wanted  dates  of  b  and  m 
and  maiden  name  of  w  of  James  Miller  who 
received  large  tracts  of  land  in  Claiborne 
Co.,  Tenn. 

(a)  Moody. — Wanted  dates  and  Rev  rec  of 
John  Moody  of  Fluvania  Co.,  Va.,  also  sur- 
name of  his  w  Susannah  : — A.   S.  B. 

10410.  Medcalf. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  James 
Medcalf  who  came  from  England,  ni  Margaret 
Curtis,  and  of  their  s  Abraham  who  m  Mary 
Pyle,  June  18,  1767,  and  had  ch  Margaret  b 
1769;  Moses  b  1771;  James  b  1773:  Jesse  b 
1775;  Mary  b  1777;  Phoebe  b  1780;  Abraham  b 
1782;  David  b  1783. 

(a)  Thayer. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Uriah 
Thayer  who  m  Rachel  Taft  in  1727;  he  was  of 
Bellingham,  Mass.,  afterward  removing  to  Men- 
don.  Mass.  Their  s  Simeon  m  Zervia  Bolton 
in  1764  and  settled  in  Richland,  N.  H.  Wanted 
his  Rev  rec  also. 

(b)  McCartv. — Wanted  par  with  dates  and 
Rev  rec  of   father  of   Peter  McCarty  who  was 


a  sol  in  War  of   1812  and  a  resident  of  Win- 
chester,  Va.— A.   C.   T. 

10411.  Neale  -  Talbott  -  Demoville.  —  Has 
anyone  inf  regarding  the  Neale  genealogical 
material  which  was  being  compiled  by  Miss 
Ellen  S.  Neale  of  Mercer's  Bottom,  Va.,  in 
1906,  who  died  before  the  book  could  be  pub- 
lished. Daniel  Riiodam  and  Christopher  Neale 
joined  Cooper's  Run  Church  in  Bourbon  Co., 
Ky.,  1804.  Demoville  Talbott  of  Fairfax  Co., 
Va.,  appeared  to  be  a  member  of  the  same 
church ;  what  was  their  relationship  and  did 
they  come  to  Ky.  together  ?  Demoville  Talbott 
had  bros  Daniel,  Rhodam  and  Presley  (also  a 
Neale  family  name)  and  a  sis  Hannah  Neale 
Talbott.— W.  H.  W. 

10412.  Harris. — Martha  (Patty)  Harris  b  in 
Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  was  the  dau  of  Asa  Harris 
of  Harris  Hill  or  Clarence,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y., 
who  came  from  the  eastern  part  of  Alleghany 
Co.,  now  Columbia,  close  to  the  Mass.  line  on 
Military  Land  Grants;  was  in  the  17th  Regt 
Albany  Mil,  1776.  Wanted  par  and  dates  of 
.^sa  Harris  and  his  relationship  to  Asa  Harris 
of  Pittsfield,  Mass.  In  1821,  Martha  Harris 
m  Minnah  Hyatt  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  who  d 
several  yrs  later,  leaving  his  wid  and  ch,  Mary 
Alice  and  Sylvia  Amelia.  Later  his  wid  in 
Eleazer  Wakeley.  Wanted  par  of  Minnah 
Hyatt  and  dates  and  Rev  rec  of  his  ances.  The 
Hyatts  are  of  English  desc. 

(a)  Weiser. — Henrietta  Weiser,  dau  of 
Henry,  had  a  twin  bro  Wm.  all  of  whom  were 
b  near  Harrisburg,  Pa.  What  relation  were 
these  Weisers  to  Conrad  Weiser?  Was  there 
Rev  ser  in  this  line? — T.  J.   H. 

10413.  Price. — Wanted  par  of  Augustine 
Price  and  his  bros  Daniel  and  Henry  who 
bought  land  in  Augusta  Co.  See  Records  Vol. 
1,  page  308.  Is  this  Henry  the  one  mentioned 
in  Way  land's  Rockingham  County,  p.  101, 
under  Rev  claims  allowed  ? 

Wanted  dates  for  Henry  and  dates  and  maiden 
name  of  his  w  Madalena. 

(a)  Coger-Cooger. — Was  Michael  Coger 
mentioned  in  Wayland's  Rockingham  Countv 
pp.  73.  85,  92,  95  the  father  of  Elizabeth  who 
m  Henry  Miller  (1743-1784)?  Wanted  dates 
for    Elizabeth.— M.   J.    W. 

10414.  NoRRis. — Wanted  par  of  Martha 
Norris  who  m  March  10,  1803,  Thomas  King 
of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  did  her  father  have 
Rev  rec? 

(a)  Jackson. — Wanted  par  of  Nancy  Jack- 
son who  m  in  Ireland,  Alexander  King  and  d 
in  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  1825.  Wanted  also  par 
of  Alexander  King  b  in  Ireland  lived  at  New 
London  Cross  Roads,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  and 
was  a  Rev  sol  d  in  Huntingdon.  Pa..  1826. — 
M.  W.   C. 


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Special  Meeting,  January  29,  1923 


SPECIAL  meeting  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management  for  the 
admission  of  members,  confirmation 
of  two  State  Vice  Regents,  and 
autliorization  and  confirmation  of 
chapters  was  called  to  order  by  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  George  May- 
nard  Minor,  in  the  Board  Room  of  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  Alonday,  January  29,  1923, 
at  3  :05  p.m. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Chaplain  General,  the 
members  joined  with  the  President  General  in 
repeating  the  Lord's   prayer. 

In  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Yawger,  Mrs.  Hunter 
moved  that  Mrs.  White  be  elected  Secretary 
pro  tern.  The  motion  was  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Elliott  and  carried. 

The  roll  was  then  called  and  the  following 
members  responded :  National  Officers :  Mrs. 
Minor,  Mrs.  Morris,  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs.  Hodgkins, 
Mrs.  Mondell,  Mrs.  Buel,  Mrs.  Hanger,  Mrs. 
Hunter,  Mrs.  Elliott,  Miss  Strider,  Miss  Col- 
trane,  Mrs.  White ;  State  Regents  :  Mrs.  Hardy, 
District  of  Columbia;  State  Vice  Regents: 
Miss  Nettleton,  of  Connecticut  and  Mrs.  Maupin 
of  Maryland. 

The  President  General  then  announced  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Sara  T.  Kinney,  Honorary  Vice 
President  General  and  Honorary  State  Regent 
of  Connecticut  who  had  served  as  State  Regent 
for  fourteen  years ;  and  stated  that  a  Committee 
had  been  named  to  draft  resolutions  for  the 
February  Board  meeting,  and  that  memorial 
services  would  be  held  during  Congress  for 
all  National  Officers.  ex-National  Officers  and 
Daughters  who  have  passed  away  during 
the  year. 

Miss  Strider  read  her  report  as  follows : 

Report   of   Registrar  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of   Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  1600  applications 
for  membership. 

Respectfully  submitted. 
(Miss)    Emm,\    T.    Strider, 

Registrar  General. 

Miss  Strider  moved  that  the  Secretary  be 
instructed  to  cast  the  ballot  for  the  admission 
of  1600  applicants  for  membership.  Seconded 
by   Mrs.  Hanger   and   carried.     The   Secretary 


pro  tern  announced  the  casting  of  the  ballot 
and  the  President  General  declared  these  1600 
applicants  elected  as  members  of  the  Na- 
tional Society. 

Mrs.  Hanger  then  read  her  report  as  follows : 

Report  of  Organizing  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  as  follows : 

I  present  for  confirmation  the  State  Vice 
Regent  of  Ohio,  Mrs.  Lowell  F.  Hobart  of 
Milford  to  succeed  Mrs.  James  Henry  Allen 
of  Kenton,  deceased. 

Also  the  State  Vice  Regent  of  Wisconsin, 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Spence  of  Milwaukee,  to  succeed 
Mrs.  Isaac  P.  Witter  of  Wisconsin  Rapids, 
who  has  resigned. 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation  as  Organizing  Regents :  Mrs. 
Sallie  Cowan  Laben,  Crown  Point,  Ind. ;  Mrs. 
Ella  Rosemond  Mackin,  Mt.  Pleasant,  la. ; 
Mrs.  Helen  Harrison  Gentry,  Lexington,  Ky. ; 
Miss  Lettie  K.  Marks,  Hartford,  Ky. ;  Mrs. 
Louisa  C.  Osburn  Haughton,  Ellicott  City,  Md. ; 
Mrs.  Cordelia  Anna  Simmons,  Chestertown, 
Md. ;  Mrs.  Lucia  Glidden  Strong,  Minneapolis, 
Minn. ;  Mrs.  Clara  Hampton  Whittle  Noland, 
Poplarville,  Miss. ;  Mrs.  Helen  Johnson, 
Parker,  S.  D. ;  Mrs.  Kate  Bassler  Matteson, 
Darien,  Wis. 

The  authorizaton  of  the  following  Chapters 
has  been  requested :    Bristol,  Va. ;  Elkton,  Md. 

Through  the  State  Regent  of  Kentucky,  the 
resignation  of  Mrs.  Mary  Taylor  Logan,  as 
Organizing  Regent  at  Hartford,  Ky.,  has 
been  reported. 

The  following  names  for  organizing  Chap- 
ters have  been  submitted :  Lieut.  Joseph  M. 
Wilcox  at  Camden,  Ala. ;  Redwood  Forest  at 
Eureka,  Calif.;  Elisha  Arnold  at  Homer,  Ind.; 
Nineteenth  Star  at  Peru,  Ind.;  Owatonna  at 
Owatonna,  Minn. ;  Beaver  Valley  at  St.  Ed- 
ward, Nebr. ;  Gen.  William  Campbell  at 
Bristol,  Va. 

The  State  Regent  of  Arkansas  requests  the 
official  disbandment  of  the  "  Ezra  Downer " 
Chapter  at  Blytheville,  because  of  not  having 
enough  members  to  carry  on  the  work. 

The  State  Regent  of  Missouri  requests  the 
official  disbandment  of  the  "  Laclede "   Chapter 

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at    St.    Louis,    because    "  it    was    not    a    work- 
ing  organization." 

The  following  Chapters  submit  their  names 
for  approval  and  the  completed  organizations 
are  now  presented  for  confirmation :  Seminole 
at  West  Palm  Beach,  Florida;  Cairo  at  Cairo, 
Georgia ;  Kankakee  at  Kankakee,  Illinois ; 
Green  Tree  Tavern  at  Charlestown,  Indiana; 
Henry  Helm  Floyd  at  Morganfield,  Kentucky ; 
Saint  Cloud  at  Saint  Cloud,  Minn. ;  Con- 
tinental Congress  at  Marceline,  Mo. ;  Mary  S. 
Lockwood  at  Coleridge,  Nebr. ;  Ebenezer  Clark 
at  Minatare,  Nebr. ;  Beacon  Fire  at  Summit,  N. 
J. ;  Winnipesaukee  at  Wolfeboro,  N.  H. ;  Leni 
Lenape  at  Delhi,  N.  Y. ;  Gu-ya-no-ga  at  Penn 
Yan,  N.  Y. ;  Jacob  Roberts  Brown  at  Alount- 
ville,  S.  C. ;  Unaka  at  Erwin,  Tenn. 

Respectfully    submitted, 
(Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.)   Lucy  Galt  Hanger, 
Organizing  Secretary  General. 

The  adoption  of  the  report  of  the  Organizing 
Secretary  General  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Cook, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Hunter  and  carried. 

The  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  Hunter,  read 
her  report. 


During  the  reading  of  the  report  of  the 
Treasurer  General,  the  Board  rose  in  silent 
memory    of    the    279    members    lost    by    death. 

The  following  motion,  made  by  Mrs.  Hunter, 
seconded  by  Miss  Strider,  was  unanimously 
adopted  after  the  acceptance  of  the  report  of 
the   Treasurer  General : 

"  One  hundred  and  five  members  having 
complied  with  the  requirements  of  the 
Constitution  and  By-laws  and  having  made 
requests  to  be  re-instated,  I  move  that  they 
be  re-instated  and  that  the  Secretary  be 
instructed  to  cast  the  ballot  for  the  re- 
instatement of  the   105  members." 

The  Secretary  announced  the  casting  of  the 
ballot  and  the  President  General  declared  these 
former  members  reinstated.  Mrs.  Hunter  also 
reported  318  resignations. 

The     minutes     having     been     read     by     the 
Secretary    and     approved    by    the    Board,     on 
motion    the    meeting    adjourned    at    3:30    p.m. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Louise  C.  White. 
Secretary,  pro  tcm. 


I 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST 


Where  one  desires  to  leave  both  real  and 
personal  property  to  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  any  one 
of  the  following  forms  can  be  used : 

"  I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath,  abso- 
lutely and  in  fee  simple,  to  the  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
having  its  headquarters  at  Washington,  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  (here  describe  the  nature 
of  the  property  to  be  given),  to  be  used  and 
expended  for  the  objects  and  purposes  for 
which  said  National  Society  was  incorporated." 

In  case  a  cash  legacy  only  is  desired  to 
be  given. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath,  absolutely,  to  the 
National     Society    of     the    Daughters    of    the 


American  Revolution,  having  its  headquarters 
at  Washington,  in  the  District  of  Columbia, 
the   sum   of 

($  ).  to  be  used  and  expended  for  the 

objects  and  purposes  for  which  said  National 
Society  was   incorporated." 

In  case  a  devise  of  real  estate  only  is  desired 
to  be  given  to  the  National  Society. 

"  I  give  and  devise,  absolutely  and  in  fee 
simple,  to  the  National  Society  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  having  its  head- 
quarters at  Washington,  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  (here  describe  the  real  estate  in- 
tended to  be  devised),  to  be  used  and  ex- 
pended for  the  objects  and  purposes  for  whidi 
the    said    National    Society    was    incorporated. 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS 
OF  THE  AMERICAN   REVOLUTION 

HEADQUARTERS 
MEMORIAL  CONTINENTAL  HALL 

SEVENTEENTH  AND  D  STREETS.  N.  W.,  WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 
1922-1923 

President  General 

AIrs.   George   Maynard   Minor, 

Memorial   Continental   Hall,   Washington,   D.C. 

Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term  of  office  expires  1923) 

Mrs.  Cassius  C.  Cottle,  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman, 

1412  Victoria  Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif.  54  East  83d  St.,  New  York,  N.Y. 

Mrs.  Edward  Lansing  Harris,  Mrs.   Henry   McCleary-^ 

6719  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  McCIeary,   Wash. 

Mrs.  James  T.  Morris,  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 

2101  Blaisdell  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Cooksburg,   Pa. 

Mrs.  Edward  P.   Schoentgen,  407  Glenn  Ave.,  Council  Blufifs,  la. 

(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.   John   Trigg   Moss.  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chexault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,   Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell. 

Heathcote,   Charlotte,   N.C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden.  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder.  2nd, 

8    Park    Place,    Brattleboro,   Vt.  226    Blackstone    Boulevard,    Providence,    R.    I. 

Mrs.  Howard  L.  Hodgkins,   1821  Kalorama  Road,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1925) 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Williard  T.   Block, 

1012  West  Main   St.,  Kalamazoo,   Mich.  5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.   McCall, 

Litchfield,  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell,  143   S.  E.  2nd   St.,  Miami,  Fla. 

Chaplain  General 

Mrs.  Selden  P.  Spencer, 
2123   California  St.,   N.  W.,  Washington,   D.C. 

Recording   Secretary   General  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

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STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1922-1923 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER    AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 

639  Walnut  St.,  Gadsen. 
MRS.    STANLEY   FINCH, 

110  N.  Conception  St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.    HOVAL    A.    SMITH, 

BiSBEE. 

MRS.   WILLIAM   LEE   PINNEY, 

PiKENlX. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.    ALEXANDER    M.    BARROW, 
817    W.    .5th   Ave..   Pine    Bluff. 
MRS.    HARRY    C.    ANDERSON, 


CALIFORNIA 

MRS.    LYMAN   B.    STOOKEY, 

1240    W.    29tii    St.,    Los   Anoeles. 

MRS.   ALLEN    H.   VANCE, 

170  Central  Avenue,  Sausalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.    HERBERT    B.    HAYDEN, 

803  Spruce  St.,  Boulder. 
MRS.    CLYDE    C.    DAWSON, 

1211  Race  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.   CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 
23.'»  N.  Main  St.,  Southington. 

MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD  NETTLETON, 
61   Seymour  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS    ELEANOR    EUGENIA    TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FARRELL, 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.    WILLIAM    B.    HARDY, 

119  5th  St.,  N.  E.  Washington. 

MRS.   JOHN   M.   BEAVERS, 

1752  Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.   JAMES   A.   CRAIG, 

233   W.   Duval   St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.    THEODORE    STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106  Culver   St.,  Macon. 
MRS.  JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295  Prince  Avenue,  Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.  SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.   0.    Box   346,    Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.    KENNEDY   PACKARD, 

421  Second  Ave..  E.  Twin  Falls. 

MRS.  D.  W.   STANDROD, 

648  N.   Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  H.  EUGENE  CHUBBUCK, 
Grand    View    Drive,    Peoria. 

MRS.  VINTON  EARL  SISSON, 
5456  Ferdinand  St.,  Chicago. 

INDIANA 

MRS.    SAMUEL    ELLIOTT    PERKINS, 
1011    N.    Penna    St.,    Indianapolis. 
MRS.   JAMES   B.    CRANKSHAW. 

3128   Fairfield   Ave.,   Ft.    Wayne. 


IOWA 


MISS    AMY    GILBERT, 

State    Center. 
MRS.   H.  A.   WHITE, 
815   5tii   Ave.,   Clinton. 


KANSAS 

MRS.    GEORGE    THACHER    GUERNSEY, 

Independence. 
MRS.    ROBERT    BRUCE   CAMPBELL, 

"  Riverside,"  Wichita. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.  WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.  High   St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.   JOHN   W.    CHENAULT, 

2217    Glenmary    Ave.,    Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.    S.    A.   DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 

MRS.   THOMAS  D.    STEWART, 

2331  Chestnut  St.,  New  Orleans. 

MAINE 

MISS   MAUDE    M.    MERRICK, 

282  Main  St.,  Waterville. 
MRS.    B.   G.   W.    CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFP  St.,  Auburn. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.  ADAM  DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,   Baltimore. 
MRS.  RE.\  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryland  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.    FRANKLIN   P.   SHUMWAY, 

25    Bellevue    Ave.,    Melrose. 
MRS.   GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

PiNEHURST,  Concord. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.    L.     VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rapids. 
MRS.    ADDISON    DRAKE    KENT, 

622    State   St.,    St.   Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    II.    COOLIDGE, 

1906   Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 
MRS.    L.    C.    JEFFERSON, 

1126  Summit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.   ERNEST  ELIOT  BROWN, 

Natchez. 
MRS.    ROBERT    SOMERVILLE, 
Cleveland. 

MISSOURI 

MRS.   PAUL  D.   KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.  HENRY   W.   HARRIS, 
Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.    E.    BROOX  MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.    ADELPHUS    B.    KEITH, 
418  S.  Washington  St.,  Butte. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    CHARLES    F.    SPENCER, 

2511   R.    St.,  Lincoln. 
MRS.    ELIZABETH    ANNE    O'LINN    SMITH, 

Chadron. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


NEW    JERSEY 

MRS.    HENRY    D.    FITTS, 

448  Ridge  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.   CHARLES  R.   BANKS, 

1308  Watchung   Ave.,  Plainfield. 

NEW  MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CITSHMAN  WILSON, 
BuENA    Vista    Road,    Santa   Fb. 


OFFICIAL 


NEW  YORK 

MRS.   CHARLES  WHITE   NASH, 
8  Lafayette  St.,  Albany. 

MRS.    CHARLES    M.    BULL, 
269    Henry   St.,   Brooklyn. 

NORTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.    W.    O.    SPENCER, 

Winston-Salem. 
MRS.   CHARLES   W.   TILLETT, 

SOI    N.    Tryon    St.,    Charlotte. 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    GEORGE   MORLEY   YOUNG, 

Valley  Cjty. 
MRS.    MELVIN   A.    HILDRETH, 

300  8th  St.,  South  Fargo. 

OHIO 

MRS.   WILLIAM   MAGEE  WILSON, 

Church  and  King   Sts.,  Xenia. 
MRS.  LOWELL  F.   HOBART, 

MiLFORD. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.    H.    H.    McCLINTOCK, 

903   Johnston   Ave.,  Bartlesville. 

MRS.   W.    L.   MAYES, 

231  S.  13th  St.,  Muskogee. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.   LANG, 

115  W.   4th  St.,  The  Dalles. 

MRS.    BRUCE    L.    BOGART, 
962  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.   EDWIN   ERLE   SPARKS, 

State  College. 
MRS.  JOHN  HERON, 

Hadston,  Linden   Ave.,    Pittsburgh. 

RHODE  ISLAND 

MRS.   SAMUEL  H.  DAVIS, 

AVesterly. 
MRS.    FREDERICK    MORSE. 

4   Summit  St.,  Pawtucket. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.    FRANKLIN   C.    CAIN, 

St.   Matthews. 
MRS.  J.   A.   BAILEY, 

Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.   LESLIE  GRANT  HILL, 
Sioux    Falls. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.    LOGAN    SEITS    GILLENTINE, 

MURFREESBORO. 

ilRS.   JOHN   H.   CANTRELL, 

821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.    WILLIAM   G.    GARLINGTON, 

2701   Fairmount  Ave.,  Dallas. 
MRS.    SAMUEL   L.    SEAY, 

1406  Taylor  St.,  Amarillo. 
UTAH 

MRS.    JOHN    EDWARD    CARVER, 

718   25th   St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.    CLESSON    S.    KINNEY, 

820  E.  4th  South,  Salt  Lake  City. 

VERMONT 

MRS.   JOHN   EDWARD   STEWART, 

Middlebury, 
MISS    JENNIE    VALENTINE, 
Bennington. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.    KATE    WALLER   BARRETT, 

408    Duke    St.,    Alexandria. 
MRS.    JAMES    REESE    SCHICK, 

911    Orchard   Hill,    Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.    WILLIAM    S.    WALKER, 

1804  15T11  Ave.,  Seattle. 
MRS.    HENRY    W.    PATTON, 

724    7th   St.,   Hoquiam.  • 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.    ROBERT    J.    REED, 

100  12th  St.,  Wheeling. 
MRS.    W.    H.    CONAWAY, 

109    Virginia   Ave.,   Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.   GEORGE  S.   PARKER. 
805  Court  St.,  Janesville. 
MRS.    T.    W.    SPENCE, 

107   Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.    BRYANT    BUTLER    BROOKS, 

Box    1070.   Casper. 
MRS.    MAURICE   GROSHON, 
Cheyenne. 

ORIENT 

MRS.    CAROLINE    E.    McWILLIAMS   HOLT, 
744   A.   Mabini.  Manila.  P.   I. 

MRS.    ELAINE    CHILDS    ELSER, 

600  M.  H.   DEL  Pelar,  Manila,  P.  I. 


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VOL.  LVII,  No.  4 


APRIL,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  368 


THE  BANDS  OF  THE  CONTINENTAL 

ARMY 

By  John  C.  Fltzpatrick,  A.M. 
Assistant  Chief,  Manuscript  Division,  Library  of  Congress 


HE  elaborate  military  brass  band 
of  to-day  has  little  in  common 
with  "  The  Spirit  of  76,"  for 
the  military  music  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  was  nothing  more 
than  what  we  would  call  a  drum 
and  fife  corps  and  rather  a  small  one  at 
that.  But  it  was  a  most  valuable  adjunct 
to  the  fighting  rank  and  file,  and  it  is  ques- 
tionable if  a  smile  of  fancied  superiority 
is  justified  at  the  thought  of  it.  Of  course 
we  have  heard  fife  and  drum  corps ;  at 
times,  if  fortunate,  we  have  heard  what 
is  called  good  ones  ;  but  we  cannot  be  sure 
that  we  have  ever  heard  one  that  is  really 
as  good  as  the  drums  and  fifes  that  swung 
through  the  streets  of  old  Philadelphia 
when  Washington  was  marching  to  cut  ofif 
Cornwallis  at  Yorktown ;  that  squealed 
down  the  Jersey  road  when  he  pounded 
after  Clinton's  retreating  troops,  or  that 
filled  in  the  hoarse  cheer  of  the  charge  at 
Monmouth,  swirling  it  to  a  shrill  scream  of 
triumph,  punctuated  by  the  crash  of  mus- 
ket and  cannon-shot. 

The  drums  and  fifes  of  the  Continental 
Armv  were  taken  verv  seriously  1)v  the 


men  of  the  Revolution,  and  their  contri- 
bution to  the  service,  the  discipline  and 
efficiency  of  the  army  was  very  real.  Tlie 
appeal  of  uniforms,  arms  and  flags  would 
not  carr_\-  so  easily  without  the  drums  and 
fifes  to  wake  them  into  life  and  action.  The 
scraping  thud  of  marching  feet,  the  flutter 
and  snap  of  the  colors  gain  vividness  and 
spirit  from  the  rythmic  tap  of  the  drum 
anfl  the  high,  clear  shrill  of  the  fife. 

The  camp  and  garrison  calls  (if  our 
army  have  long  been  given  by  the  bugle,  an 
instrument  almost  unknown  in  America 
during  the  Revolution,  though  the  dra- 
goons, or  cavalry,  had  a  trumpet.  The 
late  world  war  developed  a  system  of 
whistle  and  silent  arm  signals  for  the 
march  and  battlefield  that  supjilanted 
other  sound  orders  for  obvious  reasons ; 
but  the  Continental  Army  took  its  orders 
from  the  drum.  By  the  drum  it  rose  in  the 
morning,  assembled,  paraded,  saluted, 
marched  off,  ceased  work  and  retired  for 
the  night.  These  signals  (termed  "  calls  " 
for  the  bugle)  were  known  as  "  beats  "  for 
the  drum.     The  principal  ones  were  the 

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Reveille,  the  General,  the  Assembly,  the 
Retreat  (at  sunset,  which  was  the  finish  of 
the  day's  work,  when  all  troops  returned 
to  their  barracks,  or  encampment),  and 
the  older  Taptoo.  later  Tattoo  and  now 
Taps,  which  originally  meant  to  put  the 
tap  to,  or  close  the  tap  or  drinking  vats  of 
the  public  tavern,  which,  necessarily  was 
the  signal  for  closing  the  tavern.  Taps 
then,  as  a  military  meaning,  is  "  lights 
out  "  for  the  night.  These  were  the  prin- 
ciple "  beats  " ;  there  were  others,  of 
course,  which  will  be  mentioned  later,  but 
these  were  the  main  signals  of  the  mili- 
tary day. 

The  drum  itself,  with  which  these  sig- 
nals were  given,  was  much  like  our  present 
day  instrument  (bearing  in  mind  that  the 
huge  bass  drum  was  unknown  to  the 
Continental  Army),  but  differing  from  it 
in  size,  proportion  and  weight.  It  was 
a  snare  drum,  so  called  from  the  gut 
strings,  or  snares,  stretched  across  the 
bottom,  which  add  to  the  resonance 
and  give  a  timbre  to  the  vibrations 
impossible  to  obtain  in  any  other  way. 
The  diameter  of  the  Revolutionary  drum 
was  only  slightly  larger  than  that  of 
to-day,  but  it  was  about  three  times 
as  long  and  its  side  was  of  wood ;  the 
usual  cords,  laced  into  the  head  and  base 
rims  were  held  tight  by  sliding  leather 
clips  and  kept  the  skin  drum  heads  taut. 
The  drum  was  carried,  as  now,  in  front  of 
the  body,  against  the  left  leg,  supported 
by  a  shoulder  belt  and  slings  in  such  man- 
ner as  to  incline  its  head  at  a  proper  angle 
for  easy  beating. 

The  fifer  was  inseparalile  from  the 
drummer  when  the  army  was  on  the 
march,  and  his  fife  dilifered  little  from  the 
fife  of  to-day;  it  was  a  little  larger,  a  little 
cruder  in  workmanship  finish,  but  that  was 
all.  The  uniform  of  both  drummer  and 
fifer  was  the  same  as  that  of  the  regiment 


to  which  they  belonged,  and  they  carried 
no  arms  of  any  kind.  Together  the  drums 
and  fifes,  twenty  to  thirty  each  to  a  regi- 
ment, constituted  the  bands,  or  "  music  " 
of  the  army.  The  terms  music  and  musi- 
cian in  the  Continental  Army  are 
somewhat  confusing  to  us  because  of  the 
great  advances  made  in  the  invention  and 
manufacture  of  band  instruments  since 
the  days  of  Seventy-Six.  Then  the  dis- 
tinction apparently  was  one  of  numbers. 
If  there  were  only  three  or  four  drums  and 
fifes  grouped  together  they  were  merely 
"  drums  and  fifes  "  or  the  "  music  "  ;  if 
there  were  from  ten  to  fifteen  or  more  of 
each  it  was  then  a  "  band."  Colonel 
Christian  Febiger,  of  the  Second  Virginia 
Regiment,  in  a  letter  to  the  Commander- 
in-Chief,  in  February,  1782,  wrote  that 
his  bandsmen  were  enlisted  as  "musicians 
and  fifers,"  a  curious  distinction,  and 
though  some  of  the  army  returns  dis- 
tinguish drummers,  fifers  and  musicians, 
no  returns  of  supplies  mention  any  musi- 
cal instruments  other  than  drums  and  fifes. 
In  the  British  army  many  of  the  bands 
by  1776  and  later  had  evolved  beyond  the 
drum  and  fife,  and  by  1783  the  British 
Guard  regiments  generally  boasted  of 
bands  consisting  of  oboes,  clarinets,  horns 
and  bassoons  in  addition  to  drums  and 
fifes.  But  these  brass  wind  instruments 
were  unlcnown  to  the  Continentals,  who 
possessed  no  musicians  skillful  enough  to 
play  them.  A  delightful  commentary  upon 
this  situation  and  the  then  new  instru- 
ments is  found  in  Major  General  Henry 
Knox's  report  on  the  British  stores  cap- 
tured at  Stony  Point.  To  Knox  was 
assigned  the  appraisement  of  the  captured 
property  in  order  that  the  Light  Infantry 
might  be  paid  the  prize  money  awarded 
them  for  their  brilliant  exploit  and.  while 
the  chief  of  artillery  was  perfectly  con- 
versant with  the  value  of  cannon,  shell, 


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powder,  rammers,  carcasses,  caissons  and 
such,  he  was  completely  at  sea  when  he 
encountered  2  French  horns,  2  bassoons 
and  2  clarinets  He  wrote  down  that  he 
was  unacquainted  with  the  value  of  these, 
but  as  he  had  heard  that  the  Light  In- 
fantry was  offered  1000  dollars  for  them 
he,  therefore,  naively  appraised  them  at 
1000  dollars. 

So  far  as  America  was  concerned  the 
progress  of  military  music  was  slow.  The 
author  of  an  old  work  on  this  class  of 
harmony,  published  some  years  after  the 
Revolutionary  War  says  in  his  preface : 
"  Martial  music  has  been  too  generally 
considered,  not  only  by  people  in  general, 
but  by  military  characters  as  an  object  of 
small  importance  and  worthy  of  but  little 
of  their  attention  and  encouragement  .... 
and  ....  notwithstanding  its  ...  .  utility 
....  it  has  remained  with  us  in  a  very  low 
and  depressed  state."  However  there  was 
proper  appreciation  of  the  value  of  the 
drum  and  life  music  by  the  Commander- 
in-Chief  and,  indeed,  there  is  a  deal 
of  evidence  to  show  that  Washington  not 
only  recognized  the  military  value  and 
utility  of  music,  but  that  he  took  personal 
pleasure  in  hearing  it,  and  that  this  liking 
extended  to  all  kinds  of  music  with  which 
he  was  acquainted.  It  was  a  common 
knowledge  in  the  armj'  of  this  partiality 
of  the  Commander-in-Chief  for  melody 
that  brought  about  the  first  public  recogni- 
tion of  Washington's  birthday.  This  oc- 
curred at  Valley  Forge  when  the  bands- 
men of  Procter's  Artillery  marched  over 
the  frozen  road  of  that  gloomy  encamp- 
ment, down  into  the  bleak  valley,  bravely 
paraded  before  Headquarters  in  the  biting 
cold  and  chill  and  serenaded  their  Com- 
mander-in-Chief. It  was  a  military 
compliment  that  Washington  would  not 
let  pass  unnoticed,  and  from  the  scanty 
funds  in  his  possession  he  ordered  a  small 
gratuity  of  "  hard  money  "  distributed  to 


the  doughty  players  in  recognition  of  their 
efforts.  It  may  be  of  passing  interest  to 
know  the  names  of  the  men  who  were  the 
first  to  publicly  celebrate  Washington's 
birthday.  They  appear  on  the  returns  of 
Colonel  Procter's  regiment  as  follows : 
Drum  Major  William  Norton ;  Fife 
Major  Thomas  Guy;  Music  Master 
Charles  Hoffman;  Musicians  William 
Shippen,  Peter  Colkhoffer,  Jacob  Snell. 
Thomas  Mingle,  George  Weaver ;  Drum- 
mers John  Spade,  Henry  Gregor,  Hugh 
Fegan,  George  Thompson,  Thomas 
Connelly,  Michael  King,  William  Mc- 
Daniel ;  Filers  Jacob  Smith,  James 
Crutcher,  David  Broderick,  Michael 
Clingan,  Jacob  Bryan  and  Robert 
Patterson.  All  of  these  were  Pennsyl- 
vanians  except  Fifer  Patterson,  who  was 
from  New  Jersey  and  enlisted  in  Trenton  ; 
Hoffman,  Colkhoffer  and  Weaver,  though 
Pennsylvanians  had  been  born  in  Ger- 
many; Clingan  had  been  born  in  London 
and  Drum  Major  Norton  in  Ireland. 

It  was  the  fifes, of  course,  that  furnished 
the  music,  so-called,  the  drums  added  the 
color  and  emphasis.  It  does  not  appear 
that  the  drummers  ever  had  any  sheet 
music,  or  practiced  from  written  notes. 
The  army  returns  of  the  Revolution  show 
that  the  fifers  were  furnished  with  music 
sheets  on  which  the  music  was  written  or 
copied  out  by  the  fife  majors,  who  kept 
record  of  the  established  marches  and 
other  pieces  in  blank  books  which  were 
furnished  them  for  preserving  the  original 
scores  against  loss  by  accident.  It  is 
regrettable  that  none  of  these  score  books 
seem  to  have  survived. 

But  while  the  fifes  were  the  real  music 
of  the  Continental  Army  the  drums  were 
the  more  important  instruments.  The 
method  of  playing,  the  various  strokes 
used  by  the  Revolutionary  drummer  have 
not  been  greatly  added  to  or  developed  by 
later  knowledge.    The  principle  strokes  or 


THE  BANDS  OF  THE  COXTIXEXTAL  ARMY 


taps  were  the  "  flam,"  the  "  roll  "  and  the 
"  drag."  The  "  flam  "  was  a  light  tap  fol- 
lowed by  a  hard  one  with  the  other  stick ; 
the  "  roll  "  was  two  clean,  sharp  strokes 
with  one  stick  followed  by  two  similar 
strokes  with  the  other,  alternating  as 
rapidly  as  need  be ;  the  "  drag  "  was  one 
hard  stroke  with  one  stick,  then  two  light 
strokes  with  the  other  and  alternating  the 
hard  strokes  with  either  hand.  The  pos- 
sible combinations  of  these  strokes  are 
almost  infinite,  and  an  early  American 
treatise  warns  that  "  the  drummer  should 
lie  careful  never  to  fill  up  the  beat  or  march 
with  unnecessary  or  superfluous  strokes  or 
rolls  as  any  more  than  are  necessary  to 
keep  the  time  correctly  and  coincide  with 
the  air  of  the  tune  for  which  the  beat  is 
intended  is  highly  disgusting." 

Among  the  pieces  necessary  for  the 
drummer  to  learn  was  a  slow  march,  a 
parade  march,  a  funeral  march,  the  quick- 
step, the  "  troop,"  sometimes  used  as  the 
assemlily,  which  was  specially  a  British 
march,  to  the  time  of  a  slow  waltz  and  was 
nicknamed  by  the  soldiers  the  "  Ladies 
Parade  " ;  the  cadence  of  this  was  about 
72  to  the  minute.  The  quick  step,  or 
ordinary  marching  pace  was  about  120  to 
the  minute ;  the  double  time  or  old  double 
quick  was  about  140  to  the  minute.  As  to 
the  titles  of  the  various  popular  airs  played 
by  the  Continental  Army  "  bands  "  it  is 
not  possible  to  give  them  with  any  degree 
of  certainty.  "  Yankee  Doodle  "  was,  of 
course,  quite  well  known  and  doubtless 
often  played  after  1777;  but  there  is  no 
evidence  to  show  that  it  was  a  prime 
favorite  with  the  military.  Of  the  titles  of 
pieces  that  have  survived  since  the  War 
of  1812,  we  cannot  be  sure  that  many  of 
them  were  popular  or  even  known  in  the 
days  of  the  Revolution. 

The  Drum  Major  was  in  charge  of  the 
entire  band  (both  drums  and  fifes)  while 


on  parade  or  march  ;  he  selected  the  pieces 
to  be  played  and  governed  the  starting  and 
stopping  of  the  music.  He  carried  a  cane 
or  staiT  that  was  not  so  very  different  from 
that  now  used.  There  was  a  Fife  Major 
whose  office  does  not  now  exist  in  the 
army.  He  had  charge  of  the  fifes,  saw  to 
their  proficiency  and  ordered  all  things 
connected  with  them.  He  necessarily  had 
to  be  more  of  a  musician  than  the  drum 
major,  but  was  under  the  latter's  com- 
mand at  all  times  when  the  drums  and  fifes 
were  together.  The  drums  are  first  noticed 
in  the  general  orders  of  the  Commander- 
in-Chief,  July  14,  1775,  eleven  days  after 
he  took  command  of  the  army,  in  fixing  the 
honors  to  be  paid  to  the  General  officers 
by  the  guards.  The  Commander-in-Chief 
was  to  be  received  with  rested  arms  and 
the  drums  were  to  beat  a  march;  a  Major 
General  was  received  with  rested  arms 
and  the  drums  beat  two  ruffles  ;  a  Brigadier 
General  received  the  same  arms  honor  and 
the  drums  beat  one  ruffle.  The  "  ruffle  " 
was  a  short  roll,  played  in  a  subdued  tone. 
This  regulation  was  modified  in  May. 
1778,  so  far  as  it  applied  to  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, by  omitting  the  drum 
honor  whenever  the  troops  were  near  the 
enemy,  as  it  was  considered  unwise  to  thus 
announce  the  presence  of  the  head  of  the 
army  to  the  British. 

The  pay  of  drummers  and  fifers  was 
fixed  by  Congress  July  29,  1775,  as  the 
same  as  that  of  a  corporal,  seven  and  one- 
third  dollars  per  month.  The  war  was  a 
year  old  before  the  matter  of  the  pay  of 
the  Drum  and  Fife  Majors  was  settled, 
although  their  exact  regimental  status 
seemed  to  have  been  a  matter  of  some 
doubt  for  the  entire  period  of  the  war. 
Washington  objected  to  following  the 
practice  of  the  British  army,  which  was  to 
increase  the  pay  of  the  Drum  and  Fife 


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Majors  above  that  of  the  drummers  and 
fifers  by  stoppages  of  small  amounts  from 
the  pay  of  the  rank  and  file.  It  would,  he 
thought,  cause  uneasiness  and  trouble  and 
he  suggested  to  the  Board  of  W'ar  that 
the  pay  of  these  music  directors  be  in- 
creased to  one  dollar  a  month  more  than 
that  of  the  common  soldier.  This  was 
done  and,  later,  this  small  increase  was 
cannily  sequestered  under  the  specious 
plea  of  economy. 

The  Continental  Army  drummer  seemed 
to  be  a  persistent  enthusiast  in  his  deter- 
mination to  master  the  art  of  making 
rythmic  noise.  He  revelled  in  every 
opportunity  to  drum  vehemently  and,  in 
October,  1776,  a  general  order  was  di- 
rected against  him.  He  was  forbidden  to 
beat  his  drum  except  on  parade  and  main 
guard,  the  practice  of  marching  the 
fatigue  parties  to  their  work  with  a  full 
compliment  of  drums  and  fifes  playing 
gaily,  was  stopped  and  after  retreat  no 
drums  were  allowed  to  beat  on  any  account. 
The  drummer  practiced  at  any  time  he 
felt  the  spirit  move  him,  and  the  harassed 
soldier  did  not  know  whether  he  should 
fly  to  arms  or  not.  A  regular  practice 
hour  for  drumming  was  set  later  on  and, 
at  Valley  Forge,  as  spring  advanced,  this 
hour  was  put  forward  and  the  drummers 
allowed  to  drum  from  5  to  6  a.m.,  and 
from  4  to  5  P.M.  Practicing. at  any  other 
times  than  these  incurred  severe  penalty, 
the  matter  being  put  before  the  troops  by 
general  orders  in  this  wise  :  "  The  use  of 
drums  are  as  signals  to  the  army,  and  if 
every  drummer  is  allowed  to  beat  at  his 
pleasure  the  intention  is  entirely  destroyed, 
as  it  will  be  impossible  to  distinguish 
whether  they  are  beating  for  their  own 
pleasure  or  for  a  signal  to  the  troops." 

That  our  forefathers  sometimes  de- 
velopcil  cases  of  "nerves"over  the  frequent 


hullabaloo  of  the  drum  enthusiasts  is 
evident  from  Major  General  Heath's 
orders  in  Boston  during  the  month  of  May, 
1777.  The  inhabitants  complained  of 
Sabbath  Day  practicing,  and  Heath 
ordered  that  the  beating  of  drums  on  the 
Lord's  Day  (except  for  certain  special 
reasons)  be  omitted.  A  few  days  later  the 
honorable  the  General  Court  complained 
that  the  frequent  beating  of  drums  around 
the  court  house  interrupted  the  debates 
and,  it  appearing  that  the  eloquence  of  the 
legislators  was  a  much  more  important 
noise  than  that  caused  by  a  well  beaten 
drum,  all  drumming  was  forbidden  while 
the  Legislature  \\Tas  sitting  "(except  on 
special  occasions),  either  for  practice  or 
on  duty." 

A  good  picture  of  the  place  of  the  drum 
in  the  daily  life  of  the  camp  is  found  in 
the  orders  of  Captain  Leonard  Bleeker 
to  the  troops  encamped  at  Canajohary 
Creek,  June  18,  1779.  Captain  Bleeker 
evidently  had  had  some  trouble  with  his 
drummers  and  drumming,  and  he  straight- 
ened matters  out  in  the  following  manner : 
"  For  the  future,  until  further  orders,  one 
drummer  will  be  for  duty  from  each  regi- 
ment, and  the  daily  beats  shall  be  as 
follows :  The  different  daily  beats  shall 
begin  on  the  right  of  the  camp,  and  be  in- 
stantly followed  by  the  whole  army,  to 
facilitate  which,  the  drummer's  call  shall 
be  beat  by  the  drummer  then  on  duty  of 
each  regiment  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before 
the  time  of  beating,  when  the  drummers 
will  assemble  before  the  colors  of  their 
respective  regiments,  and  as  soon  as  the 
beat  begins  on  the  right,  it  shall  be  in- 
stantly taken  up  by  the  whole  army.  The 
dnnnmers  beating  along  the  front  of  their 
resj>ective  regiments,  from  the  centre  to 
the  right,  from  thence  to  the  left,  and  back 
again  to  the  centre,  where  they  finish.   The 


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different  beats  and  signals  are  to  be  as  fol- 
lows. The  General  is  to  beat  only  when 
the  whole  is  to  march,  and  is  the  signal  to 
strike  the  tents  and  prepare  for  the  march. 
The  Assembly  is  the  signal  to  repair  to  the 
colors,  the  March,  for  the  whole  to  move. 
The  Reveille,  is  to  beat  at  daybreak,  and  is 
the  signal  for  the  soldiers  to  rise,  and  the 
sentries  to  leave  ofif  challenging.  The 
Troop  assembles  the  soldiers  together  for 
the  purpose  of  calling  the  roll  and  inspect- 
ing the  men  for  duty,  it  will  begin  to- 
morrow at  half  after  seven  in  the  morning, 
and  the  men  ordered  for  duty,  to  be 
on  the  grand  parade  at  8  o'clock.  The 
Retreat  is  to  beat  at  sunset  for  calling  the 
roll,  warning  the  men  for  duty,  and  read- 
ing the  orders  of  the  day.  The  Tattoo,  is 
for  the  soldiers  to  repair  to  their  tents, 
where  they  must  remain  until  Reveille 
beating  the  next  morning,  unless  ordered 
otherwise.  To  Arms,  is  a  signal  for  get- 
ting under  arms  in  case  of  an  alarm.  The 
Parley  is  to  desire  a  conference  with 
the  enemy." 

The  marching  regulations  laid  down 
by  General  Washington  for  the  Main 
army,  ordered  that  the  "  drummers  are 
to  beat  the  first  division  of  the  foot  march 
to  be  taken  from  the  front  to  the  rear 
and  upon  the  last  flam  of  the  first  division 
being  struck,  the  whole  are  to  march."  The 
drummers  on  the  march  were  forbidden  to 
put  their  drums  into  the  wagons,  just  as 
the  rank  and  file,  unless  they  were  sick  or 
lame,  were  forbidden  so  to  stow  their 
muskets.  If  detected  in  such  an  attempt 
they  were  to  be  flogged  on  the  spot. 

There  was  a  scarcity  of  drums  and  fifes 
throughout  the  war,  and  many  were  the 
complaints  and  calls  for  a  supply  of  the 
first  mentioned  instrument.  The  thin 
wooden  sides  of  the  drums  made  them  par- 
ticularly vulnerable,  and  a  large  number  of 
them  were  broken  and  out  of  repair  at  all 


times.  The  Continental  Board  of  War 
finally  found  means  to  have  drums  made, 
but  even  after  this  was  arranged  a 
scarcity  of  materials  continued  to  cause 
delays.  The  Commissary  of  Artillery 
reported  to  Washington,  in  January,  1777, 
in  despairing  tones  that  he  had  no  drums 
to  issue  except  40  broken  ones ;  that  not  2 
of  these  were  fit  for  service,  and  that  he 
had  no  heads  or  other  materials  with 
which  to  repair  them. 

In  August,  1778,  the  music  of  the 
army  was  put  upon  a  consistent  basis  by 
the  appointment  of  an  Inspector, or  Super- 
intendent of  Music  for  the  entire  army. 
Lieutenant  John  Hiwill,  of  Crane's  artil- 
lery regiment,  was  appointed  to  this 
position  by  general  orders  of  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, August  19th,  and  held 
the  position  until  the  disbanding  of  the 
Continental  Army.  \\'hile  he  still  retained 
his  lieutenant's  rank,  he  was  given  the  pay 
and  rations  of  a  captain  of  artillery.  This 
was  one  of  the  imique  appointments  of 
the  war  and  was  the  beginning  of  the  sys- 
tematizing of  the  music  of  the  army. 
There  were  many  difficulties  to  be 
smoothed  over  and  the  new  Inspector's 
days  were  full  of  activity.  The  main 
trouble  lay  in  the  lack  of  drums  and  fifes 
and  a  secondary  difficulty  was  the  lack  of 
uniformity  in  the  status  of  the  musicians. 
An  example  of  this  was  the  trouble  over 
Colonel  Henry  Jackson's  regimental  band. 
Washington  wrote  to  Major  General  John 
Sullivan,  December  20,  1778,  that  a  band 
was  no  part  of  the  army  establishment  and 
no  privileges  could  be  granted  Jackson's 
musicians  without  causing  difficulties  with 
other  regiments.  It  seems  odd  that  a  band 
was  no  part  of  the  army  establishment, 
when  an  Inspector  of  Music  had  been 
appointed  four  months  prior  to  this  state- 
ment from  Washington,  but  such  was  the 


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fact.  Drummers  and  fifers  were  practical 
necessities  in  the  army  and  means  had 
been  found  to  obtain  them  and  continue 
them  from  the  beginning  of  the  war ;  but 
their  status  was  somewhat  akin  to  inde- 
pendent or  partisan  troops,  though  they 
lacked  the  coherent  organized  entity  even 
of  these.  They  were  strictly  non-com- 
batants who  did  not  appear  to  possess  any 
of  the  specified  qualifications  of  the  com- 
mon soldier.  It  is  but  another  example 
of  the  general  looseness  of  the  Revolution- 
ary organization.  Difficulty  arose  on  this 
score  in  the  third  year  of  the  war  by  the 
drummers  and  fifers  refusing  to  do  guard, 
sentry,  police  and  other  duties  of  the 
soldier,  and  the  Board  of  War  recom- 
mended to  Congress  that  all  able-bodied 
drummers  and  fifers  be  obliged  to  do  duty 
as  soldiers  and  that  they  be  furnished 
with  arms.  Unfortunately  for  this  hasty 
recommendation  of  method,  the  enlistment 
agreements,  under  which  the  drummers 
and  fifers  were  secured,  blocked  such 
summary  exercise  of  slap-dash  authority, 
and  the  matter  was  not  settled  until  many 
months  later.  After  the  Board  of  War 
was  replaced  by  the  appointment  of  a 
Secretary  of  War,  this  tangle  of  enlist- 
ment agreement  and  soldier  duty  again 
arose,  and  the  Secretary  of  War  wrote 
to  Congress,  December  21,  1781,  that  the 
method  heretofore  used  for  enlisting  men 
as  drummers  and  fifers  with  additional 
pay  injured  the  service.  Men  fit  for  the 
ranks  escaped  the  duties  of  soldiers  by 
engaging  as  drummers  and  fifers,  while 
boys,  hardly  able  to  bear  arms,  were 
drafted  into  the  ranks.  He  recommended 
to  Congress  that  no  men  be  enlisted  as 
drummers  and  fifers,  but  that  command- 
ing officers  be  given  authority  to  draft 
men  from  the  ranks  for  that  purpose  with 
such  additional  pay  as  the  commanding 


officers  saw  fit  to  oi"der  them.  But  the 
Secretary  thriftily  suggested  that  this 
additional  pay  be  stopped  from  the  soldier 
and  used  as  a  fund  to  keep  the  drums  and 
fifes  in  repair.  This  suggestion  appealed 
to  Congressional  economy  so  it  was 
ordered  that  in  future  no  recruit  should 
be  enlisted  to  serve  as  a  drummer  or  fifer. 
When  such  were  needed  they  were  to  be 
taken  from  the  ranks  in  such  numbers  and 
of  such  description  as  the  Commander- 
in-Chief,  or  the  commanding  officer 
of  a  separate  army,  should  direct  and 
be  returned  back  to  the  ranks  and  others 
drawn  out  as  often  as  the  good  of  the 
service  made  necessary.  A  good  drum 
and  fife  were  to  be  furnished  to  each 
musician,  but  that  stoppages  out  of  his 
pay  should  be  made  to  keep  the  instru- 
ments in  good  order. 

When  the  French  army  arrived  at 
Rhode  Island,  the  Continental  drums  and 
fifes  were  thrown  somewhat  in  the  back- 
ground by  the  more  showy  bands  of 
Rochambeau's  force.  On  W'ashington's 
visit  to  Newport  in  ]\Iarch,  1781,  to  con- 
fer with  the  French  commander,  the 
French  officers  arranged  a  ball  in  his 
honor.  They  decorated  the  ballroom  widi 
flags,  swords,  drums,  streamers  and  all  the 
fanciful  color  that  the  army  possessed,  and 
General  Washington  opened  the  ball  by 
request.  He  danced  the  first  number  with 
Miss  Margaret  Champlin,  one  of  the 
reigning  belles  of  Newport,  and,  as  the 
signal  was  given,  the  French  officers  took 
the  instruments  from  the  hands  of  their 
musicians  and  flourished  the  opening 
strains  of  "  A  Successful  Campaign." 
which  piece  Miss  Champlin  Iiad  chosen  as 
the  one  with  which  the  ball  should  open. 
The  fife  music  of  this  old  and  popular 
Revolutionary  composition  has  survived 
and  is  here  given  : 


THE  BANDS  OF  THE  CONTINENTAL  ARMY 


It  proved  a  prophetic  choice  for,  eight 
months  afterwards  the  two  generals 
present  at  that  Newport  ball  finished  a 
successful  campaign  by  forcing  the  sur- 
render of  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown ;  a 
defeat  so  crushing  in  its  effects  and  so 
humiliating  to  the  troops  involved  that  the 
British  bands,  permitted  to  play  a  British 
march  while  the  ranks  moved  out  to  sur- 
render, attempted  a  satire  by  viciously 
beating  out  upon  their  drums  "The  World 
Turned  Upside  Down."  But  instead  of 
satire  those  drums  were,  all  unconsciously, 
beating  a  powerful  truth  into  the  ears  of 
the  entire  world,  for  they  were  announcing 
the  beginning  of  the  end  of  monarchy  as  a 
system  of  government  and,  in  the  year 
1781,  that  truly  was  a  world  turned  up- 
side down. 

After  Yorktown  the  Continental  army 
began  to  take  real  definite  shape  as  a  dis- 
ciplined, fighting  machine.  The  experi- 
ences of  seven  years  of  war  were  beginning 
to  tell,  and  nowhere  does  the  results  show 
more  clearly  than  in  the  general  orders  of 
the  Commander-in-Chief.  A  tightening 
of  discipline  is  plainly  evident,  and  the 
loose  ends  of  the  army  were  caught  up  and 
woven  into  the  military  fabric  as  never 
liad  been  the  case  before.  Contact  with 
the  trained  veterans  of  France  probably 
helped  largely  by  furnishing  a  standard. 


but,  whatever  the  cause,  a  more  systematic 
routine  of  management  is  evident.  The 
Inspector  of  Music  was  ordered  to  per- 
form his  duties  in  conjunction  with  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  to  be 
present  with  the  Inspectors  and  report  to 
the  Commander-in-Chief  the  condition 
and  number  of  the  instruments.  This 
report  disclosed  such  a  deficiency  of 
drums  and  fifes  that  Inspector  Hi  will  was 
sent  on  special  mission  to  the  Secretary  of 
War  in  Philadelphia  to  lay  the  matter  per- 
sonally before  that  official.  He  was 
ordered  to  stay  in  Philadelphia,  if  neces- 
sary, and  lend  his  aid  and  advice  in  the 
manufacture  of  the  instruments.  In 
August,  1782,  he  was  ordered  to  see  to  it 
that  there  was  exact  uniformity  in  the 
different  "  beats  "  throughout  the  entire 
army.  Drum  signals  were  to  be  continu- 
ally made  use  of  and  pointedly  attended  to. 
The  drum  and  fife  majors  were  to  as- 
semble daily  and  receive  instruction  from 
the  Inspector  of  Music,  and  this  was  to 
continue  until  they  were  perfect  in  their 
duties.  By  this  it  seems  evident  that,  even 
as  late  as  1782,  there  was  a  noticeable  lack 
of  skill  among  the  bandmasters,  and  in  one 
of  Hiwill's  reports  there  is  to  be  found 
this  delicious  bit :  "  N.  B.  The  Fife 
Majors  and  Fifers  of  the  5th  Regt.  are  in 
bad  order." 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


The  value  of  the  band  in  the  army,  as 
well  as  the  difficulties  under  which  it  often 
struggled  are  well  portrayed  in  a  letter 
from  Colonel  Febiger,  March  14,  1782,  to 
Washington.  He  had  tried  to  raise  a  band 
but  had  had  such  small  success  that  he  con- 
ceived the  notion  of  inducing  British  and 
German  deserters  to  serve  as  such.  He 
soon  found  that  no  dependence  could  be 
placed  upon  these,  so  he  next  tried  to 
train  native  youths ;  boys  too  young  for 
military  service  in  the  ranks.  He  suc- 
ceeded in  forming  a  band  of  eight,  though 
he  could  not  obtain  these  recruits  without 
promising  the  soldier's  bounty,  clothing 
and  rations.  He  paid  for  the  drums  and 
fifes  out  of  his  own  pocket  and  then  the 
Board  of  War  refused  to  reimburse  him 
for  the  outlay  on  the  ground  that  every 
regiment  would  make  similar  claims  even 
though  it  did  not  take  any  pains  to  raise  a 
band.  Febiger  proudly  stated  that  his 
youths'  "  music  had  more  influence  on  the 
minds  and  motions  of  the  militia  last 
summer  in  this  state  than  would  the 
oratory  of  a  Cicero,  &  in  the  recruiting 
business  they  are  at  least  as  useful  as  a 
well  spoken  recruiting  sergeant." 

After  Yorktown  the  Continental  Army 
marched  north,  leaving  the  French  to 
winter  in  Virginia,  and  the  next  summer 
the  French  moved  north  and  joined  the 
Continentals  on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson. 
The  American  troops  were  at  Newburgh 
and  they  moved  down  the  river,  to  join 
the  French  at  Verplanck's  Point,  in  boats. 
Practically  the  entire  army  went  down 
by  water,  and  only  the  artillery  and  heavy 
baggage  marched  by  land  to  King's  Ferry. 
This  was  the  first  grand  water  manoeuvre 
of  the  army,  and  it  was  accomplished 
without  delay  or  hitch  in  one  day.  The 
troops  moved  down  to  the  boats  and  em- 
barked according  to  plan  in  which  the 
drums  and  fifes  played  an  important  part. 


After  all  were  embarked  and  the  lines 
formed,  the  rear  brigade  beat  a  march 
which  was  taken  up  and  repeated  to  the 
head  of  the  line.  Three  cannon  shot  were 
then  fired  from  the  artillery  park  at  West 
Point  and  the  boats  immediately  got  into 
motion.  The  carrying  power  of  the  Con- 
tinental drum  and  fife  is  well  attested  by 
this,  for  it  is  evident  that  the  music  carried 
from  the  \'icinity  of  Newburgh  through 
the  Highlands  to  the  ears  of  the  waiting 
artillerymen  at  West  Point.  Blue  and 
white  flags  were  flown  at  front  and  rear  of 
the  column  of  boats  to  regulate  the  speed, 
and  the  bands  of  the  diiTerent  regiments 
were  ordered  to  play  alternately  through- 
out the  line.  Inspector  Hiwill  had  charge 
of  this  and  regulated  the  "  beats." 

Never  has  the  Hudson  River  beheld  so 
beautiful  a  picture  as  when  the  army  that 
gained  liberty  for  a  nation  came  down  its 
broad  bosom  that  August  morning.  The 
early  morning  sun  sparkled  upon  the  river 
and  bathed  in  splendor  the  massive  cliffs 
of  Storm  King  and  Crow's  Nest.  At  the 
foot  of  these  mighty  buttresses  of  the 
Hudson  Highlands,  where  the  river 
narrows  to  a  cool,  shadowed  curve,  the 
mile  long  line  of  buff  and  blue  filled  craft 
\\ound  through  that  age  old  waterway ; 
bayonets  sun  tipped  with  silver,  flags  flut- 
tering and  snapping  in  the  breeze  and  the 
stirring  music  of  drums  and  fifes  dancing 
cheerily  across  the  sparkling  water  to  echo 
sweetly  back  from  the  green  and  purple 
heights  far  above. 

The  movement  was  so  perfectly  carried 
out  that  \\'ashington  thanked  the  army 
in  general  orders  the  following  day. 
Shortly  thereafter  a  grand  review  was 
held  in  honor  of  Conite  Rochambeau.  He 
was  met  at  King's  Ferry  by  a  dragoon 
guard  of  honor  and  escorted  through  the 
entire  American  army,  drawn  up  in  two 
lines,  facing  each  other  fully  clothed  and 


THE  BANDS  OF  THE  CONTINENTAL  ARMY 


equipped  for  the  first  time  during  the  war, 
with  supplies  furnished  by  France. 
During  the  entire  manoeuvres  of  the  day 
all  the  marches  played  by  the  Continental 
bands  were  French. 

Practically  the  last  regulation  issued 
for  the  music  was  given  in  general  orders 
at  \'erplanck's  Point  in  September,  1782, 
fixing  the  position  of  the  drum  and  fife 
when  the  guards  marched  by  platoons. 
The  music  was  to  dress  on  the  front  rank 
of  the  first  platoon,  the  drum  to  the  right 
of  the  sergeant  and  the  fife  to  the  right  of 
the  drum.  When  the  Continental  Army 
finally  disbanded  the  men  of  the  rank  and 


file  were  allowed  to  retain  their  muskets ; 
the  drummers  and  fifers  thought  they 
should  also  be  given  arms  and,  as  they  had 
been  drafted  from  the  ranks,  the  Secretary 
of  War  thought  this  idea  reasonable. 
Congress  thought  otherwise  and  forbade 
arms  being  given  to  the  musicians.  They 
were  allowed  to  take  home  with  them  their 
drums  and  fifes  and  that  was  all.  Little  of 
the  military  music  of  the  Revolution  has 
survived  ;  but  in  the  back  of  an  old  book  of 
fife  music  the  writer  was  fortunate  enough 
to  discover  a  few  pages  of  manuscript  and 
one  of  them  bore  the  title  "  Old  Conti- 
nental IMarch."    It  is  here  given : 


A  MESSAGE  FROM 
THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


HIS  is  the  last  time  that  I  shall 
address  you  through  these  pages  as 
President  General.  This  is  a  sad 
thought  to  me.  for  the  three  years 
that  I  have  spent  in  your  service 
have  brought  many  beautiful  ex- 
periences to  lighten  the  hard  and  in- 
creasing labors  of  the  office.  Foremost  among 
them  are  the  friendships  made,  the  harmonious 
personal  relationships  with  one  and  all  of  you, 
the  inspiration  that  has  come  to  me  from  your 
splendid  loyalty  and  cooperation.  These  are 
the  things  that  have  made  the  past  three  years 
stand  out  from  the  rest  with  a  depth  of  mean- 
ing all  their  own.  They  have  given  me  courage 
and  strength  to  go  on  and  give  the  best  that 
was  in  me  to  our  Society  and  to  its  high  and 
sacred  calling  as  a  servant  of  our  country, 
working  for  our  country's  good. 

For  we  are  nothing  if  we  are  not  the  servants 
of  patriotism.  We  have  done  nothing  if  we 
have  not  added  our  just  measure  of  service, 
big  or  little,  to  the  cause  of  "  Home  and 
Country."  In  all  my  effort  to  make  our  service 
measure  up  to  what  it  ought  to  be,  I  have  felt 
and  deeply  appreciated  your  ever  ready  re- 
sponse. Everywhere  the  chapters  have  loyally 
supported  our  national  work,  often  at  much 
sacrifice  to  themselves.  That  their  contributions 
and  cooperation  are  voluntary,  adds  to  the 
grace  and  honor  of  their  response.  Everywhere 
their  spirit  has  been  fine  and  loyal,  and  filled 
with  the  enthusiasm  which  gives  life  to  every 
undertaking.  Without  this  spirit  of  enthusiastic 
cooperation  I  could  have  accomplished  but 
little.  If  my  administration  has  done  anything 
that  is  worth  while  and  abiding,  it  is  due  to  the 
fine  harmony  and  loyal  response  of  our 
National  Officers  and  Chairmen,  and  our 
State  and  Chapter  Regents,  for  it  is  your 
administration,  yours  and  mine  together.  To- 
198 


gether  we  have  done  many  things  that  I  believe 
are  of  abiding  worth.  For  this  I  am  sincerely 
grateful — grateful  to  have  had  the  opportunity 
to  lead  our  great  organization  in  ways 
of  usefulness. 

For  we  are  not  organized  for  ourselves  and 
our  own  pleasures  or  advantages ;  we  are 
organizing  to  be  of  use  to  someone  else — and 
that  someone  else  is  our  country,  our  city,  our 
little  town. 

It  is  not  what  we  get  out  of  a  society  for 
ourselves  that  counts ;  it  is  what  we  put  into  it. 
Many  members  try  to  calculate  what  they  get 
in  return  for  their  dues ;  they  try  to  strike  a 
balance  to  see  which  comes  out  ahead,  them- 
selves or  their  society.  This  is  the  wrong  way 
to  go  about  it.  It  is  what  they  give  to  their 
society  that  counts  to  their  credit  on  the 
eternal  record  books  of  service.  And  they  will 
get  out  of  it  exactly  what  they  put  into  it. 
If  they  gave  nothing,  they  will  get  nothing 
back.  This  is  the  law  of  selfishness.  But  to 
her  who  gives  her  heart  and  soul  to  the  service 
of  the  society  who  cooperates  with  friendliness 
and  good  will,  who  does  her  share,  both  in  and 
out  of  office,  to  her  will  flow  the  rich  reward 
of  good  work  well  done,  and  the  blessing  of 
those  beautiful  human  relationships,  born  of 
loyally  bearing  one  another's  burdens  and  work- 
ing for  one  another's  good.  These  are  the 
things  that  cannot  be  bought  by  merely  paying 
dues.  They  are  bought  at  the  priceless  ex- 
penditure of  one's  self. 

The  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  is  worthy  of  this  expendi- 
ture, this  priceless  gift  of  one's  self.  If  I 
could  only  make  you  realize  all  that  it  means 
simply  to  be  a  Daughter  of  the  American 
Revolution,  I  should  feel  that  one  thing  alone 
had  crowned  my  three  years  with  success. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


199 


These  are  the  days  of  changing  ideals.  The 
standards  of  the  past  seem  too  often  like  the 
tattered  and  blood-stained  standards  of  a  war 
long  gone  by,  which  are  placed  in  glass  show- 
cases to  be  reverently  remembered,  but  never 
again  to  be  followed  in  the  thick  of  battle  for 
the  ends  they  sought.  The  standards  of  your 
past  must  never  be  furled — not  for  them  the 
museum,  but  the  battlefield  of  life,  guiding 
the  nation  still  in  the  pathways  where  our 
fathers'  feet  have  trod.  America  needs  every 
one  of  you  to  keep  her  to  their  well-beaten 
path,  holding  high  aloft  their  standards  of 
patriotism,  of  home  life  and  public  service,  of 
liberty  under  law,  of  religion  held  fast  in  the 
daily  lives  of  the  people.  Those  are  your 
standards,  your  heritage  of  ideals.  They  are 
unknown  to  hundreds  of  thousands  in  our 
country  today.  They  are  scoffed  at  by  thousands 
more,  even  by  those  whose  heritage  they  are. 
Many  cry  out  for  "  progress."  "  Away,"  they 
shout,  "  from  the  musty  notions  of  a  dead  age!" 
They  forget  that  progress  can  go  backward, 
even  to  the  cave-dwellers,  if  they  get  off  the 
beaten  track  of  God's  evolution  onward 
and  upward. 

In  that  beaten  track  your  ancestors  trod,  with- 
out swerving  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 
Their  faces  were  turned  toward  the  light  of 
human  liberty;  in  its  glow  they  built  up  this 
nation.  It  is  for  you  to  cherish  what  they 
built  up,  and  guard  it  from  desecrating  hands. 
This  is  what  it  means  to  be  a  Daughter  of  the 


American  Revolution.  Realizing  this,  and 
giving  of  yourselves,  heart  and  soul,  to  the 
service  of  our  great  National  Society,  organized 
for  these  most  sacred  purposes,  can  you  not  see 
what  a  power  you  are  in  this  country — 135,000 
of  you,  all  working  together  to  keep  it  true  to 
the  farseeing  vision  of  the   fathers? 

Administrations  come  and  go,  but  this  re- 
mains :  You  are  your  country's  keeper ;  you 
are  the  preserver  of  its  homes;  you  are  the 
mothers  of  its  children ;  upon  your  shoulders 
lies  its  future. 

Shall  it  be  the  America  we  know  and  love, 
or  some  strange  product  of  the  "  melting  pot  " 
that  does   not  melt? 

Keep  America  American  in  thought  and 
soul — this  is  our  eternal  purpose  as  a  society. 
This  is  my  last  message  to  you  and  to  those 
who  come  after  me  in  the  administration  of 
your  affairs.  Above  play  and  politics  and 
persons  are  the  sacred  purposes  of  our 
organization ;  upon  her  who  leads  us  as 
President  General  lies  a  sacred  responsibility. 
For  my  successor,  I  can  ask  no  greater  boon 
than  the  loyal  support  you  have  given  to  me 
while  bearing  the  responsibilities  of  this  high 
office.  May  she  realize  that  its  sacred  obliga- 
tions are  greater  than  its  honors,  for  only  thus 
can  a  Daughter  of  the  American  Revolution 
lead  Daughters  in  the  perpetuation  of  their 
God-given  heritage  of  freedom. 

Anne  Rogers  Minor, 
President  General. 


NEW  ADMINISTRATION  BUILDING  NOW 
OCCUPIED    BY    HEADQUARTERS    STAFF 


jELEGATES  and  members  of  the 
32nd  Continental  Congress  of 
tlie  National  Society  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  will  see  another 
milestone  of  achievement  in  the 
history  of  the  organization  in  the  com- 
pleted Administration  Building,  which  is 
one  of  the  most  modern  and  com- 
pletely equipped  office  buildings  in  the 
National  Capital. 

Congratulations  are  due  the  President 
General,  Mrs.  George  Maynard  ^Nlinor 
and  Mrs.  George  Thacher  Guernsey, 
Honorary  President  General,  who  served 
as  chairman  of  the  Administration  Build- 
ing Committee,  and  her  able  assistants  on 
that  committee  for  the  splendid  result  of 
their  labors.  The  cooperation  of  chapters 
and  Daughters  throughout  the  country 
added  to  the  committee's  work  made  the 
erection  of  the  building  possible. 

It  was  through  a  resolution  passed  in 
the  29th  Continental  Congress  that  the 
project  of  an  Administration  Building,  the 
need  of  which  had  long  been  felt,  was 
launched.  The  text  of  the  resolu- 
tion follows : 

Whereas,  the  National  Society  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  deems 
it  necessary  in  the  proper  management  and 
conduct  of  its  affairs  to  erect  an  additional 
building  or  buildings  on  the  land  owned  by  the 
National  Society,  in  the  City  of  Washington. 
District  of  Columbia,  and  to  provide  for  the 
financing  thereof;  be  it 

Resolved,  that  for  the  purpose  of  enabling 
the  National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  to  erect  a  building 
or  buildings  on  the  land  of  the  National 
Society,  situate  in  the  City  of  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  in  accordance  with 
200 


plans  and  specifications  prepared  by  an 
architect  to  be  selected  by  a  committee 
appointed  for  the  purpose  by  the  President 
General,  said  architect  to  be  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment, the  National  Board  of  Management  be 
and  hereby  is  authorized,  empowered  and  di- 
rected to  negotiate  on  behalf  of  the  National 
Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  a  loan  in  the  sum  of  Two  Hundred 
Thousand  Dollars  ($200,000),  or  such  part  or 
parts  thereof  as  said  National  Board  of 
Management  my  deem  necessary,  from  any 
bank,  trust  company  or  other  financial  institu- 
tion, or  from  an  individual  or  individuals, 
on  the  note  or  notes  of  said  National  Society, 
and,  if  necessary  in  order  to  borrow  the  money 
aforesaid,  t®  secure  the  repayment  of  said  note 
or  notes  by  a  mortgage  or  deed  of  trust  on 
the  real  estate  of  the  National  Society  situate 
in  the  District  of  Columbia ;  and 

Be  it  further  resolved,  that  the  National 
Board  of  ^lanagement  and  the  officers  of  the 
National  Society  be  and  they  are  hereby  author- 
ized, empowered  and  directed  to  do  all  acts 
and  things,  and  to  execute,  acknowledge,  de- 
liver and  file  all  instruments  and  papers  that 
may  be  necessary,  convenient  or  proper  to 
carry  out  the  foregoing  resolution. 

The  Committee  headed  by  Mrs. 
Guernsey,  began  work  immediately  after 
the  closing  of  the  29th  Continental  Con- 
gress. Plans  of  architects  were  inspected, 
and  by  October,  1921,  the  work  had  so  far 
progressed  that  it  was  possible  to  lay  the 
cornerstone  on  October  19,  1921,  the 
140th  anniversary  of  the  surrender  of 
Lord  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown. 

Interesting  but  simple  ceremonies 
marked  the  cornerstone  laying.  Among 
the  special  guests  were  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management  who  had 
remained  in  Washington  after  the  comple- 
tion of  the  October  Board  meeting  to 
attend  the  ceremony.    An  eager  spectator 


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THE  TREASURER  GENERAL 


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THE  PERIL  OF  DESTRUCTION  BY  FIRE  FOR  THE  PRICELESS  RECORDS  OF  THE  SOCIETY  HAVE  BEEN   ELIMINATED  BY 
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was  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood, 
Honorary  Chaplain  General,  "  The  Little 
Mother  of  the  D.  A.  R." 

In  her  brief  address  Mrs.  Guernsey  as 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Erection  of 
the  Administration  Building  and  author  of 
the  recommendation  of  the  29th  Congress 
that  started  the  Society  on  the  practical 


ty,"  Mrs.  Lockwood  made  the  first  resolution 
in  any  of  our  gatherings  that  we  should  have 
a  building  of  this  kind." 

Mrs.  George  Maynard  Alinor,  the 
President  General,  gave  an  interesting 
resume  of  the  achievements  of  the  Society, 
its  aims  and  ideals.  In  the  course  of  her 
address  she  said : 


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plan  of  such  a  building,  pointed  out  vital 
facts  in  the  history  of  the  Society  and  said 
in  particular : 

"  This  morning  we  have  arrived  at  another 
stepping  stone  in  our  national  history.  To-day 
there  are  three  outstanding  things  for  which 
we  are  thankful;  first,  our  thanks  are  due 
to  our  Heavenly  Father  for  giving  us  this 
perfect  day  to  lay  the  corner  stone  of  this 
building ;  second,  that  our  United  States 
Senate  has  ratified  the  treaty  and  we  are  now 
at  peace  with  the  world ;  third,  that  we  have 
here  with  us  this  morning  to  be  present  at  the 
laying  of  the  corner  stone  the  dear  little  lady 
whom  we  call  the  "  Little  Mother  of  our  Socie- 


"  Our  Society  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the 
development  that  has  made  this  building  a  ne- 
cessity. More  than  anything  else  is  this  build- 
ing a  visible  evidence  of  the  high  place  we  hold 
in  the  Nation's  esteem  because  we  have  drawn 
to  ourselves  such  numbers  and  influence.  We 
stand  for  the  ideals  and  principles  of  the  fore- 
fathers and  foremothers.  We  are  seeking  to 
perpetuate  them  in  our  national  life.  We  are 
guardians  of  the  spirit  of  '76.  and  defenders 
of  the  Constitution  set  up  by  the  fathers.  We 
are  on  guard  against  radicalism  in  all  its  insidi- 
ous forms.  Because  of  this  we  have  won  the 
recognition  of  our  Government  and  the  respect 
of  the  public,  and  have  attracted  loyal  and  patri- 
otic   .American    women    to    our    ranks    in    ever 


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increasing  numbers.  With  the  greater  facili- 
ties offered  by  this  building,  our  Society  enters 
upon  a  new  era  of  progress  and  usefulness. 
No  longer  cramped  in  the  conduct  of  its  busi- 
ness and  its  patriotic  work,  it  will  proceed  to 
larger  and  larger  fields  of  service  for  '  Home 
and  Country.'  " 

Generous  gifts  from  the  several  states 
as  well  as  from  individual  Daughters  have 
provided  the  attractive  furnishings  and  fit- 
tings of  the  building.  The  fountains  and 
windows  were  paid  for  by  different  mem- 
bers of  the  Society.  The  gifts  of  the 
various  states  and  the  rooms  for  which 
they  were  responsible  are  as  follows  : 

Basement. — Clerks'  Rest  and  Lunch 
rooms,  Kansas. 

First  Floor. — Historian  General's  room. 
North  Carolina ;  Recording  Secretary's 
room,  Tennessee ;  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary's room,  New  Hampshire  ;  Organizing 
Secretary's  room  (private  office)  Wash- 
ington State ;  Treasurer  General's  private 
office,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Hunter;  Business  Office, 
Georgia ;  Registrar  General's  private 
office,  Florida. 

Second  Floor. — President  General's 
suite,  Connecticut ;  Smithsonian  Reporter's 
room,  Nebraska;  Magazine  and  Editor's 
office,  ;  Children  of  American  Revo- 

lution, Children  of  American  Revolution; 
two  committee  rooms,  Pennsylvania;  Cre- 
dential room,  South  Carolina ;  large 
assembly  room.  National  Officers'  Club; 
South  Corridor,  West  Virginia ;  four 
marble  columns,  Mrs.  Magna. 

On  February  5,  1923,  which  will  remain 
a  red  letter  day  in  the  annals  of  the 
Society,  the  working  staff  and  adminis- 
trative equipment  of  the  organization  was 


moved  into  the  new  Building  without 
formality,  and  in  a  few  hours  everything 
was  moving  smoothly  and  the  new  plant 
was  running  at  full  blast.  The  staff  was 
delighted  with  the  efficient  arrangements 
that  had  been  provided  for  them.  Ample 
light  and  air  and  sufficient  space  makes  the 
building  ideal  for  working  purposes,  leav- 
ing Memorial  Continental  Hall  free  for  its 
original  purposes  as  a  memorial. 

The  new  Administration  Building  is 
about  one  hundred  feet  back  of  Memorial 
Continental  Hall  and  contains  two  stories 
and  a  high,  well-lighted  basement.  It  is 
connected  with  the  Hall  in  two  ways — by 
an  underground  passage  from  basement 
to  basement,  and  through  an  artistic  per- 
gola on  the  land  between  the  buildings. 

The  card  catalogue  room  occupies  the 
centre  of  the  building,  two  stories  high, 
with  high  windows  and  skylights  for 
plenty  of  light  and  ventilation.  Suitable 
fireproof  rooms  have  been  provided  for  the 
official  records  of  the  Society.  Near  the 
main  entrance  is  placed  the  office  of  the 
business  manager. 

On  the  second  floor  is  a  beautiful 
assembly  room ;  several  small  committee 
rooms  and  the  living  quarters  of  the 
superintendent. 

In  the  basement  are  fireproof  storage 
and  stock  rooms  for  all  the  offices  ;  suitable 
lockers  for  use  of  employees  ;  a  rest  room, 
kitchenette  and  lunch  room  for  the  clerks ; 
coal  bins  and  heating  plant. 

The  Library  and  Museum,  of  course, 
remain  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  to- 
gether with  the  offices  of  the  Librarian 
General  and  Curator  General. 


STATE  GONFEI^NCES 


FLORIDA 

The  twenty-first  Annual  Conference  of  the 
Florida  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
was  held  in  Orlando,  January  IS,  16,  17,  192j, 
and  was  one  of  the  most  constructive  in  the 
histor}'  of  the  organization. 

The  State  Regent,  Mrs.  James  A.  Craig, 
presided  at  all  the  sessions  of  the  Conference, 
and  her  grace  and  charm,  as  well  as  her  efficiency 
as    a    presiding   officer    was    noted    throughout. 

Florida  was  honored  by  a  number  of  dis- 
tinguished guests,  whose  presence  contributed 
to  the  enjoyment  and  also  to  the  worth  of  the 
Conference.  The  honor  guests  included  ]Mrs. 
George  Maynard  Minor,  President  General; 
Mrs.  George  Thacher  Guernsey,  e.x-President 
General ;  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger,  Organiz- 
ing Secretary  General;  Mrs.  Benjamin  D. 
Heath,  Vice  President  General  from  North 
Carolina;  Mrs.  Howard  McCall,  Vice  President 
General  from  Georgia ;  Mrs.  E.  G.  Sewell. 
Vice  President  General  from  Florida;  and  Miss 
Katherine  Nettleton,  Vice  State  Regent  of 
Connecticut.  All  were  heard  from  at  the 
various  sessions  of  the  Conference,  both  in  in- 
spirational addresses,  and  in  technical  dis- 
cussion, the  members  getting  a  clearer  idea 
than  ever  before  of  the  scope  and  work  of  the 
Society.  Ten  states  and  the  District  of 
Columbia  were  represented  among  the  visiting 
Daughters,  who  brought  greetings  to  the 
Florida  Conference. 

The  hostess  of  the  Conference  was  the 
Orlando  Chapter,  and  it  had  neglected  nothing 
that  would  add  to  the  pleasure  of  the  guests. 
Receptions  and  luncheons  and  teas  were 
planned,  and  rides  about  the  beautiful  city  of 
Orlando,  all  being  arranged  so  that  nothing 
would  interfere  with  the  business  sessions,  and 
duty  and  pleasure  would  go  hand  in  hand. 

Reports  of  State  Officers,  Chairmen  of 
Committees,  and  Chapter  Regents  showed  all 
have  been  keeping  in  touch  with  the  ideals  of 
the  Society,  and  rendering  service  along  the 
lines  laid  down  for  them.  Conspicuous  among 
these  was  the  work  of  the  Registrar,  and 
planning  for  a  State  Genealogical  Library, 
which,  thanks  to  her  efforts,  and  the  generosity 
of  the  Orlando  Chapter,  will  be  established  this 
year  in  Orlando. 

Among  the  constructive  steps  taken  at  this 
Conference   were:    the   placing   of   the    Society 


upon  a  firmer  business  basis  by  having  books 
opened  by  a  qualified  accountant;  appointing 
a  committee  to  investigate  school  conditions  in 
Florida  and  decide  upon  a  school  giving  edu- 
cational and  industrial  instruction  to  boys  and 
girls,  to  receive  the  D.A.R.  endorsement ; 
undertaking  the  work  of  marking  appropriately 
the  landing  of  Jean  Ribault  on  the  St.  John's 
River  near  Jacksonville,  accepting  the  generous 
offer  of  Jacksonville  Chapter,  with  whom  the 
work  originated  as  a  nucleus ;  stressing  the 
work   for  better   films. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows : 
Regent,     Airs.    James    A.    Craig,    Katherine  ' 
Livingston    Chapter,    Jacksonville ;    First    Vice 
Regent,     Mrs.     Theodore      Strawn,     DeLand;  - 
Second     Vice     Regent,     Mrs.     Amos     Norris, 
Tampa;     Recording     Secretary,     Mrs.     H.     B.  , 
Smitz,  St.  Petersburg ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Mrs.     Brooke     G.     White,     Jr.,     Jacksonville; 
Treasurer,   Mrs.   Guy  F.   Williams,   Everglades 
Chapter,   Miami ;    Auditor,   Mrs.   Raynor,   Day- 
tona ;  Registrar,  Mrs.  John  Leonardi,  Sanford ; 
Historian,  Airs.  Adhemar  Brady,  Titusville. 
WiLMA  E.  Davis. 
State   Corresponding  Secretary.  ' 

SOUTH   CAROLINA 

The  twenty-si.xth  Annual  Conference  of  the 
South  Carolina  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  was  held  in  Spartanburg,  No- 
vember 14,  15  and  16,  1923.  Cowpens  and  Kate 
Barry    Chapters   acting    as   hostesses. 

From  the  opening  session  at  Converse  College, 
Tuesday  evening,  until  the  close  of  the  Con- 
ference,  every  minute  was   full  of   interest. 

We  were  fortunate  in  having  with  us  our 
President  General.  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor, 
Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Hunter  and  the 
Organizing  Secretary  General,  Mrs.  G.  Wallace 
W.  Hanger.  The  presence  of  these  women  was 
inspirational,  and  by  their  coming,  there  will 
be  greater  interest  in  the  new  year's  work. 
Another  charming  guest  was  Miss  Dorothy 
Hunter,    daughter    of    the    Treasurer    General. 

The  business  sessions  were  held  in  the  church 
of  Advent  Parish  House,  in  the  spacious 
dining  room  luncheons  were  tendered  by  the 
Kiwanis  and  Rotary  Clubs  of  the  city. 

The  convention  body  was  one  of  the  most 
representative  of  the  noble  womanhood  of 
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South  Carolina,  women  who  are  working  with 
a    dignity    of    purpose    and    with    high    ideals. 

The  report  of  the  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Franklin 
Clark  Cain,  showed  a  membership  of  2400, 
56  chapters,  3  new  ones  having  been  organized 
during  the  year.  She  told  of  many  lines  of 
endeavor  whereby  there  was  much  accomplished. 

The  Treasurer's  splendid  report  showed  that 
the  funds  had  been  handled  wisely  and  well. 
The  reports  of  all  State  Officers  and  State 
Committees  clearly  demonstrated  how  actively 
they  had  been  engaged. 

In  the  Manual  for  Immigrants,  South  Carolina 
is  answering  the  second  call,  although  the 
foreign  element  does  not  directly  effect 
the   State. 

Old  graves  are  being  searched  out  and 
marked,  and  historic  landmarks  are  being  pre- 
served. Eighteen  medals  and  prizes  have  been 
given  for  historical  work.  The  correct  use  of 
the  flag  is  being  taught  in  the  schools.  The 
Chairman  of  South  Carolina  room  of 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  reported  that  funds 
had  been  raised   for  furnishing  the  room. 

The  War-stained  flag  from  the  Battleship 
South  Carolina  was  on  exhibition,  the  flag 
having  recently  been  secured  by  a  special 
D.A.R.  Committee  as  the  Battleship  was  about 
to  be  "  scrapped."  Likewise,  this  committee 
secured  from  that  Battleship,  the  Silver  Service 
which  was  donated  to  it  by  the  State  of  South 
Carolina.  The  South  Carolina  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  have  been  made 
custodians  of  this  Silver  Service,  which  is 
valued  at  $5,400. 

One  of  the  chief  points  of  interest  was  the 
South  Carolina  D.A.R.  Industrial  School  at 
Tamassee.  The  report  on  this  work  thrilled  the 
heart  of  each  Daughter.  The  problem  of  edu- 
cation in  our  State  is  one  in  which  the  D.A.R., 
standing  for  patriotic  education,  is  vitally 
interested.  The  superintendent  of  the  school 
was  present  and  told  of  the  great  work  done. 
The  school    is   a  young  one  and   a  small   one 


but  the  building  is  crowded  to  its  utmost 
capacity.  The  cottage  donated  by  the  New 
York  D.A.R.,  is  being  built,  and  in  it  will  be 
domiciled,  very  soon,  twelve  girls,  a  matron, 
and  a  teacher.  This  cottage  will  indeed  be  "  a 
thing  of  beauty  and  a  joy  forever."  It  is  the 
first  building  to  grace  the  Cottage  Trail,  though 
it  is  hoped  that  another  will  be  erected  very 
soon.  The  Library  work  of  the  State  D.A.R. 
has  put  at  Tamassee  a  splendid  library,  which 
is  an  asset  to  the  school. 

Along  the  line  of  patriotic  education,  much 
work  has  been  done  to  blot  out  illiteracy,  as 
was  shown  by  the  energetic  Chairman  who  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Tamassee  School  Board. 

The  Georgetown  School,  supported  by  the 
Georgetown  Chapter,  received  valuable  aid 
from  the  chapters  and  individuals  over 
the  state. 

A  most  interesting  feature  of  the  Conference 
was  the  drive  out  to  the  Battleground  of 
Cowpens,  fifteen  miles  from  Spartanburg. 
Here  fitting  exercises  were  carried  out.  A 
body  of  school  children  had  walked  two  miles 
to  participate.  The  American  Legion  Drum 
Corps  gave  a  touch  of  the  military.  The 
splendid  address  by  Dr.  D.  D.  Wallace  and 
the  presence  of  the  President  General  and  other 
distinguished  guests  and  the  great  body  of 
D.A.R.,  impressed  the  Senator  and  Congress- 
man who  were  present,  and  they  were  further 
inspired  to  push  more  than  ever  the  appropria- 
tion for  a  larger  and  more  lasting  monument 
than  the  one  which  now  marks  the  spot. 

The  social  features  of  the  Conference  were 
delightful.  At  the  final  reception,  as  the 
President  General  and  other  national  officers 
entered,  they  were  greeted  by  twelve  maidens 
in  Revolutionary  costume,  who  on  either  side, 
courtesied  as  they  passed  through  the  line, 
while  inspiring  music  was  played  by  the 
American   Legion  Band. 

Mrs.  M.  T.  Turner, 
Corresponding  Secretary. 


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EDITH  ROBERTS  RAMSBURGH 

GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 

Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 
4490.  MusGROVE. — Sarah  Elizabeth  Musgrove 
was  the  dau  of  Halla  and  Eskeran  or  Esteran 
Musgrove  who  came  from  Ky.,  to  Mo.,  abt 
1830-31.  Said  Sarah  Elizabeth  Musgrove  b 
abt  1812  m  Thomas  Holman.  Am  interested 
in  data  on  this  Musgrove  line. — Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Holman  Clements,  La  Plata,  Mo. 

8979  a.— Please  corres  with  Mrs.  Rosvie 
Findley  Paul,  138  Vine  St.,  Kittanning,  Pa. 
10651.  Morse. — There  is  an  error  in  your 
query  that  will  prove  very  misleading  if  further 
research  is  attempted  on  this  line.  Referring 
to  Nathaniel  (5)  Morse,  son  of  Daniel  (4)  it 
says:  Dea.  WiUiam  (3)  Dea.  Wm.  (2) 
Anthony  (1)  etc.  Now  there  is  no  Dea.  Wm. 
(2)  but  it  should  be  Dea.  Benjainin  (2). 
Write  to  me;  I  will  gladly  send  you  informa- 
tion you  may  be  glad  to  have  concerning  the 
wives  of  Dea.  Benj.  and  Dea.  Wm.  and  their 
families  and  can  also  tell  you  the  desc  of  Eliz. 
Morse  who  m  Daniel  Morse. — hirs.  A.  L. 
Ocmuii,  209  Irwin  Ave.,  Lead,   S.  D. 

10670.  Cox.— Nancy   b    1788,    Nancy   b    1808, 

Nancy    b    1825     (Cox)    were    desc    of    Ensign 

George    Co.x    and   his    w    Susanna    Decker    of 

Brooke   Co.,    W.   Va.,   whose    father   was    Col. 

Isaac  Co.x.     Can  give  data  in  full  if  desired. — 

I    Anna  M.  Priest,  18  N.  Sth  St.,  Newark,  Ohio. 

!       10674.  S.\NB0RN. — Cabel  Mastin  Sanborn  (1) 

I   b  in  Lockport,  N.  Y.  Aug.  26,  1836.    A  merchant 

i   and    prominent    man    in    Maquoketa,    Iowa,    m 

1   Oct.  15,   1857  to  Harriet   Burd  of   Maquoketa, 

I   b  in  Mercer   Co.,  Pa.,   Mar.  2i,   1839,  d   1893. 

I   Children,     Nettie      Marcelia,      Leroy      Luther, 

1   Charles  Henry,  Wm.,  Harriet  B.  and  Ella.    Son 


of  Caleb  Mastin  Sanborn  b  .\ug.  12.  1788.  A 
farmer  and  blacksmith  in  N.  Y.  and  111.,  m 
Hulda  Hanks  of  Hoosick,  N.  Y.  b  Mav  11, 
1798,  d  July  23,  1877.  He  d  in  1848.  Children, 
Luther  Hanks,  Nelson  Porter,  Julia  A.  Caleb, 
Mastin  and  Marcelia  Huldah.  Son  of  Caleb 
Marston  Sanborn  b  in  North  Hampton,  N.  H., 
abt    1761,    m    (1)     Hannah    Hobbs    of    North 

-  Hampton  (2)  Judith  Ingalls  of  Canterbury. 
Settled  in  Sanbornton  and  d  there.  Children 
Caleb  Marston  and  Hannah.  Son  of  Thomas 
Sanborn  b  in  North  Hampton,  May  17,  1738. 
Lived  on  the  homestead  at  North  Hampton  m 
Anne  Marston  dau  of  Caleb  of  Hampton. 
Thomas  signed  the  Test  in  Hampton.  Died 
on  a  visit  at  Sanbornton,  Nov.,  1807.  Son  of 
Dea.  Daniel  Sanborn,  b  at  North  Hampton 
Feb.  17,  1702,  a  wealthy  and  prominent  man. 
Lived  in  North  Hampton:  was  a  granter  of 
Sanbornton,  m  Jan.  14,  1725,  Catherine  Rollins, 
d  1786.  Will  dated  1764,  proved  1787.  Children, 
Phebe,  Anne,  Catherine,  Daniel,  Sarah,  Rachel, 
Thomas,  Moses,  Aaron,  Sarah,  Abijah.  Son 
of  Ensign  John  Sanborn  b  Nov.  6,  1681,  son  of 
Richard  Sanborn  b  Jan.  4.  1655,  son  of 
Lieutenant  John  Sanborn  b  1620.  I  have  much 
Sanborn  data  and  would  be  glad  to  help  yon 
further    if    necessary. — Mrs.    Myrtle    E.    Sj^eer, 

"415  West  Jefferson  St.,  Washington,  Iowa. 
10752.  How.\RD. — According  to  Henrv  Ames 
Blood's  History  of  Temple,  N.  H.,  1758-1858, 
pp.  97,  107,  112,  115  Deacon  Samuel  Howard 
was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Sixth  Co.,  15th  Regt., 
N.  H.  Mil.  Samuel  Howard  was  b  at  Maiden, 
Mass.,  Oct.  5,  1739  and  d  Feb.  11,  1815.  m 
Elizabeth  Barrett  b  Jan.  24,  1743.  I  have  also 
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a  record  of  their  twelve  ch  and  dates  of  their 
births  and  marriages  and  would  be  glad  to 
corres  with  G.  G.  O. — No  name  given.  Add : 
508  Crossett   St.    Syracuse,   N.   y/ 

10784.  Martin. — The  ancestors  of  this  Martin 
family  were  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians  who 
lived  nr  Silver  Springs,  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa. 
The  first  is  William  Martin  of  Allen  Twp. 
whose  will  probated  July  2,  1785  is  on  record 
in  the  Register  of  Wills  Office  at  Carlisle,  Pa. 
He  may  be  your  William  Martin  b  Mar.  29, 
1718.  The  executors  were  Mrs.  Martin  and 
Samuel  Martin,  probably  his  w  and  s.  The 
next  in  desc  is  this  Samuel  Martin  also  called 
Senior,  b  1744  and  d  Sept.  28,  1828  and  bur  in 
the  cemetery  at  Silver  Springs  Church ;  his 
w  Margaret  was  b  1785  d  Feb.  12,  1802  and  is 
bur  beside  him.  He  has  a  Rev  rec  described 
in  Pa.  Archives,  the  Silver  Springs  Church 
Books  and  a  monument  at  the  Church.  He 
had  one  s  Samuel  Jr.,  who  appears  on  the  tax 
lists  and  another  s  William  who  was  b  Dec. 
25,  1785  and  d  1839.  William  Martin  m 
Catherine  Leamer  of  Cumberland  Co.  and  in 
1815,  removed  to  Harrisburg,  Pa.  One  dau 
Mary  Elizabeth  m  Robert  Vaughan.  In  the 
cemetery  at  Silver  Springs  there  are  two  other 
gravestones  described  as  follows;  "Mary  wife 
of  Thomas  Martin,  died  1818;"  "James  Martin 
died  1841  aged  25  years."  I  know  of  no 
Martins  in  Cumberland  County  nor  nr  Harris- 
burg except  the  desc  of  the  one  son  of  William 
Martin. — Mrs.  Samuel  P.  Poivell,  Spot-- 
sylvania,   Va. 

10806.  Wilson. — Samuel  Wilson  (formerly 
spelled  Willson)  was  not  the  s  of  Ezra  but 
of  Edward  Wilson,  Sr.  Both  Samuel  Wilson 
and  his  father  were  residents  of  Troy,  N.  Y., 
and  both  are  bur  there.  Samuel  d  July  31, 
1854  at  the  age  of  88.—/.  f.  Wheeler, 
Troy,  N.  Y. 

QUERIES 

10415.  BoYCE. — Wanted  dates  and  names  of 
ch  of  Peter  Boyce  and  Abigail  Cowan  of  that 
part  of  Albany  Co.,  N.  Y.  which  was  later 
Charlotte  Co.  and  now  Washington  Co.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  volunteers  from  Albany 
Co.,   dur   the   Rev.— H.  H.   H. 

10416.  Cunningham. — Major  William  Cun- 
ningham b  in  N.  C.  was  Lieut,  of  the  first  Va. 
Regt  and  commanded  a  company  under  Col. 
Richard  Parker.  He  ser  as  Aide  to  Gen. 
Washington  and  received  land  warrant  from 
Va.  for  ser  in  the  Rev.  This  grant  was 
located  where  now  Columbus,  Ohio,  stands. 
Wanted  names  of  William  Cunningham's  ch 
and  whom  they  m  with  dates  of  b  and  m. 

(a)  Scott. — Wanted  maiden  name  of  w  of 
James    Scott    who    settled    in    Franklin    Twp 


Franklin    Co.,    Ohio,    in    1799.      Wanted    also 
date  of  his  m. — M.   B.  B. 

10417.  Oliver. — Wanted  gen  of  Alexander 
Oliver  of  Conway,  Mass.,  who  m  1770, 
Mary  Warner. 

(b)  Brown. — Wanted  gen  of  Thomas  Brown 
b  Jan.  7,  1733  d  Dec.  31,  1820,  m  Lydia  Barclay 
b  Dec.  5,  1739.  Lydia  Barclay  lived  at  Perth 
Amboy,  N.  J.  Thomas  Brown  lived  at  Root, 
Montgomery   Co.,   N.   Y. — AI.   L.   B. 

10418.  Knight. — Wanted  maiden  name  with 
her  dates  of  w  of  Jonathan  Knight  who  was 
1)  at  Scarborough,  Maine  and  lived  during  the 
Rev  at  Englishman's  River  now  Rogue  Bluff. 
He  took  part  in  the  sea  fight  Machais  Bay  on 
June  12,  1775  in  which  the  British  armed 
schooner  Margaretta  was  captured.  He 
moved  to  Calais,  Maine  in  1790.  Wanted  also 
dates  of  his  dau  Mary  who  m  Arthur  Hil! 
Gilmore  abt  1790.  Arthur  Hill  Gilmore  came 
to  Calais  from  Ireland  in  1786  and  later  moved 
to  St.  George,  New  Brunswick.  Will  be 
grateful  for  any  inf  or  correction  on  this 
line.— M.  W.  C. 

10419.  Eno. — Wanted  gen.  Rev  rec  of  ances, 
or  any  verified  data  of  Roger  Eno  or  Enos 
who  married  Lydia  Gates  at  Amenia  Dutchess 
Co.,  N.  Y.  before  1804  lived  there  for  some 
time  and  then  moved  to  Hartland,  Conn.,  where 
he  took  charge  of  a  farm  for  his  father-in-law, 
Theophilus  Lord  Gates.  After  the  death  of 
Gates  in  1822  he  went  to  Portage  Co,,  Ohio, 
where  he  d,  Sept.,  1834.  Did  Theophilus  Lord 
Gates  have  Rev  rec?  His  father  Jesse  Gates 
enlisted  with  Capt.  Morgan's  Co.,  Sept., 
1776.— R.  M.  J. 

10420.  Wilson. — Would  like  to  corres  with 
some  desc  of  Joseph  Wilson,  s  of  Edward  and 
Lucy  Francis  Wilson,  who  was  b  at  West 
Cambridge,    Mass.,   Oct.   9,    1759,   m   March   6, 

-1785,    Elizabeth    Caldwell.— D.    C.    D. 

10421.  Brooks. — Would  like  to  corres  with 
desc  of  Jeremiah  Brooks  b  Mar.  13,  1754  in 
Bowentown,  N.  J.  who  m  Dorcas  Smith  who  d 
Nov.  13,  1775,  and  of  his  sis  Phoebe  Brooks 
who  m  Moses  Harris  (1779-1822)  moved  to 
Warren  Twp,  Trumbull  Co.,  Ohio,  with  Capt. 
Oliver  Brooks  and  Richard  Brooks.  Correspond 
with  me:  Robert  P.  Brooks,  347  East  37th 
St.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

10422.  Cobb. — Andrew  Cobb  s  of  Chipman 
Cobb  and  Elizabeth  Ingersoll  b  Falmouth,  Me., 
March  27,  1734  d  Livingston,  Me.,  July  22,  1822. 
He  ser  in  Rev  in  Capt.  Samuel  Whitman's  Co. 
Col.  Reuben  Fogg's  Regt,  m  Hannah  dau  of 
Daniel  Green  and  Mary  Bloom.  Did  Daniel 
Green  have  Rev  rec. — N.  S.  W. 

10423.  Kenner. — Wanted  par  and  any  inf  of 
James  Kenner  b  abt  1765  in  Va.,  m  Miss 
Wilkinson  and  lived  at  Culpeper  Court  House, 


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Va.,  in  1800  and  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  in  1812; 
had  ch  Mrs.  KincFieloe,  Mrs.  Robinson, 
Ale.xander  b  1800,  James  said  to  have  owned 
and  sailed  merchant  ships  out  of  Baltimore  and 
to  have  died  at  sea. 

(a)  BuRGAN. — Wanted  par  and  any  inf  of 
James  Burgan  b  abt  1760  m  Miss  Friend  and 
lived  nr  Sharpsburg,  Md.  Had  dau  Maria  b 
1812  m  1840  Alexander  Kenner  at  St.  James 
Parish,  near  Sharpsburg,  Md. — W.  O.  H. 

10424.  Harvey.— Wanted  proof  that  David 
Harvey  the  father  of  Judith  Harvey  Sargent 
ser  in  the  Rev.  He  was  b  in  Amesbury,  Mass., 
Apr.  24,  1726,  bapt.  1729,  m  Feb.  19,  1746  Judith 
Chase  b  Oct.  24,  1727.  He  d  July  27,  1815. 
Wanted  also  Rev  rec  of  John  Harris  the 
father  of  Rosamond  Butler  Harris  who  m 
Sair  Sargent.  In  Hyde  Family  Genealogy, 
Vol.  1,  p.  127,  John  Harris  was  b  in  Norwich, 
Conn.,  1759  and  m  first  Elizabeth  Hyde  and 
second  Jerusha  Tracy. — G.   M.   C. 

10425.  Adams. — Wanted  par  of  Jesse  Adams 
and  of  his  w.  Their  s  Zebulon  Adams  b  July 
11,  1789  lived  nr  Williamsborough,  on  head  of 
Lake   Champlain,    Essex   Co.,    N.    Y.     Was    a 

lumber  merchant  and  farmer  and  m Collins. 

A  second  cousin  of  John  Quincy  Adams. 
Moved  to  Illinois  abt  1840.— J.  O.  A. 

10426.  Wade.— Wanted  par  of  Mary  Willis 
Wade  w  of  John  Strother  (1721-1795)  of 
Culpeper  Co.,  Va.  Was  she  a  desc  of  Henry 
Willis  and  Mary  Washington  or  was  she  desc 
from  Armiger  Wade  of  York  Co.,  Va. 

(a)  Pearce-Shephard. — Wanted  par  of 
Willis  Pearce  b  1767  in  Sussex  Co.,  N.  J.  His 
bros  Benjamin  b  1757  and  Jonathan  b  1762 
fought  in  the  Rev.  Wanted  all  inf  of  Mary 
Shephard  who  m  Willis  Pearce,  Jan.  8,  1791. — 
V.    W. 

10427.  Pruet  -  Prewett  -  Prewitt.  —  Henry 
Pruet  is  listed  with  the  heads  of  families  in 
Henrico  Co.,  Va.,  in  An  Account  of  ye  Fortye 
Tythables  in  the  same  Fortye  with  Col.  William 
Byrd.  Did  Henry  Pruet  m  a  dau  of  Col. 
William  Byrd?  If  so  please  give  name  and 
all  particulars.  Was  he  an  ances  of  Gen. 
George  Byrd  Pruet  who  was  father  of  Michael 
Pruet  of  Va.  and  Ky.  and  of  Byrd  Pruet  b  in 
Va.,  1752,  m  abt  1779  in  Campbell  Co.,  Va., 
to  Ellen  Hurt  and  removed  to  Fayette  Co.,  Ky. 

(a)  Elam. — Wanted  par  and  any  inf  con- 
cerning Jesse  Elam  b  1781  in  Ga.  and  of  his 
w  Rosa  Evans  b  in  Va.,  1781.  They  im- 
migrated to  Ky.,  possibly  Morgan  Co.,  where 
their  s  Isaac  was  b  June  2,  1803  and  m  Margaret 
Lanham.  They  later  moved  to  Adams  Co.,  111. 
and  Scott  Co..  Mo.,  before  finally  settling  with 
the  pioneers   in    Dallas   Co.,   Texas.— L.    P.   G. 

10428.  Hart.— Wanted  par  of  Col.  David 
Hart  b  Aug.  15,  1770  and  ser  in  War  of  1812. 


(a)    Moon. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Simon  Moon 

who   m   Judith .     Their    s    John   was    b    in 

Guilford  Co.,  N.  C,  1775,  m  first  Diana  Menden- 
hall  dau  of  Aaron  and  Mariam  Mendenhall. 
lohn  Moon  removed  to  Ohio  from  N.  C.  in 
1807,— M.  M.  M. 

10429.  Kramer. — Wanted  all  inf  possible  of 
John  Kramer  of  Pa.,  who  ser  in  the  Rev. — 
\Y.   F.   W. 

10430.  Perry. — Ezekiel  Perry  Sr.  m  Eliza- 
beth Docton  in  N.  C.  and  moved  to  S.  C.  after 
the  Rev.  She  d  abt  1800.  Their  known  ch 
were  Ezekiel  Jr.,  m  Mary,  dau  of  Capt.  Michael 
Watson  of  96  District  S.  C. ;  James  m  Sarah 
supposed  to  be  a  Watson;  Simeon  m  Miss 
Cotton,  dau  of  Cullen  Cotton ;  Sarah  m  Jesse 
Pitts ;  Docton  m  Miss  Yarborough  and  moved 
with  his  family  to  Ga.  before  1820.  His  ch  were 
Abner,  Ezekiel,  Simeon,  Jane  and  Sarah. 
Abner  b  in  Edgefield  Co.,  S.  C,  1811,  m  in 
Ga.  Mary  Ann  Thompson.  Wanted  dates  and 
Rev  rec  of  Ezekiel  Perry  Sr.,  of  N.  C. ;  also 
par  and  given  name  of  Miss  Yarborough  and 
par  and  Rev  rec  of  ances  of  Mary  Ann 
Thompson. — S.  B.  H. 

10431.  McCoNNELL. — Wanted  dates  and  place 
of  birth,  m  and  date,  names  of  w  and  ch  of 
Andrew  McConnell,  who  was  killed  in  the 
Battle  of  Blue  Licks,  Ky.,  in  1782.  His  dau 
Sarah  McConnell  m  Ephriam  January  who  is 
said  to  have  been  in  the  same  battle.  Wanted 
proof  of  same  and  date  of  his  death  and 
marriage. — F.   A.    C. 

10432.  Thurber. — James  Thurber,  a  native 
of  N.  Y.  State,  ser  in  the  War  of  1812  pension 
claim  5958,  in  Capt.  Hull's  Co.  of  N.  Y.  Mil. 
Wanted  place  of  b,  par  and  anv  inf  of  this 
family.— I.  T.  T. 

10433.  Bailey. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  rec  of 
Benjamin  Bailey  d  in  Cuylerville,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
10,  1855  aged  eighty  wanted  also  par  of  his 
w  Mary  Burr,  who  d  in  Cuylerville,  Jan.  30, 
1849.  said  to  be  a  cousin  of  Aaron  Burr. — 
O.   F.   B. 

10434.  Meech. — Family  tradition  is  that 
Margaret  Meech  who  eloped  from  a  N.  Y.  City 
Boarding  School  with  John  Henry  was  desc 
from  a  Rev  Officer  named  Burlington, 
Birmingham  or  Burlingham,  and  that  his 
family  homestead  was  invaded  by  Burgoyne 
and  searched  for  valuable  papers.  At  one 
time  the  Meech  Family  lived  in  or  nr  Albany 
but  no  desc  has  definite  dates.  This  inf  is 
very  vague  but  I  would  like  to  corres  with  any 
desc  of  the  Meech  family.— J.  T.  W. 

10435.  Wells. — Wanted  maiden  name  of 
mother  of  Martha  Wells  of  Conwav,  Mass., 
dau  of  Benj.  b  Nov.  25,  1776,  m  Nov.' 14,  1799, 
Abner  Dickinson,  Jr.,  of  Whately.  Wanted  also 
Rev  rec  of   Benjamin   Wells. 


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(a)  HoTCHKiss. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Dea- 
con Joseph  Hotchkiss,  s  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
Cruttenden  Hotchkiss  b  Oct.  12,  1736  in  Guil- 
ford and  removed  to  Cheshire  and  in  July  30, 
1761,   Hannah  Atwater.— I.   L.   D. 

10436.  Dale. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  ances  of 
John  Henry  Dale  and  his  five  sisters.  He 
was  b  abt  1809  presumably  in  Tenn.,  m  Eliza- 
beth  Ann   Hall  of   Ohio   in    1833   in   Claiborne 

Co.,     Miss.       His     sister     Mary     m Russell 

prior  to  1818;  Elizabeth  m  Charles  Richie  in 
Claiborne  Co.,  1825  and  removed  to  Fla. ; 
Martha  m  Evan  Griffith  from  Claiborne  Co. 
in    1826 ;    Leah   no    definite   data  except   in   the 

same  section.   Margaret  m Robinson.    Were 

there  more  bros  and  sisters  in  this  family? 
Froin  where  and  when  did  they  come  to 
Tenn.  r — C.   G.   K. 

10437.  HiNTON. — Wanted  gen,  dates  and 
place  of  residence  of  James  Hinton  of  Va.,  who 
m  Catherine  Hyatt  of  Md.  and  d  in  Ky.,  in 
1819.  He  was  much  older  than  his  w  Catherine 
who  was  b  in  1778.  He  was  the  youngest  of 
four  bros  who  ser  in  the  Rev.  They  lived 
in  Wellsburg,  Xa...  in  1806.  His  w  m  again 
and  d  1856  in  III.  Their  second  s  Judge 
Alfred  Hinton  (1800-1888)  m  Lucretia 
Pruitt.— T.   A.    C. 

10438.  Westcott. — John  Leeland  Westcott 
was  b  in  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.  His  ances  were 
from  Boston,  Mass.  Wanted  any  inf  along 
this    hne.— B.    C.    P. 

10439.  Brown. — Wanted  par  of  Moses  Brown 
who  m  Polly  ( ?)  Bisbee,  in  Whitman  then 
South  Abington  or  East  Bridgewater,  Mass. 
Had   he    Rev   ances  ? 

(a)  Pratt. — Wanted  par  of  Lucy  Pratt  of 
Weymouth,  Mass.,  who  m  1795  Noah  Stowell 
of   Hingham.     Had  she  Rev  ances? 

(b)  NoTT.— Wanted  par  of  Ruth  Nott  of 
Walco,  N.  H.,  who  m  Jan.  21,  1781  Joshua 
Emery  of    Haverhill. 

(c)  Webster. — Wanted  par  of  Abigail 
Webster  who  m  John  Emery  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1751,  and  m  second,  Oct.  14, 
1766.  Thomas  Webster.— M.   B.  P. 

10440.  Clark. — Wanted  proof  of  Rev  rec  of 
John  Clark  in  Madison  Co.,  Ky.  in  1788.  In 
a  deed  drawn  up  in  1797  his  wife's  name  was 
Obedience.  Children,  Ann  m  James  Hill ; 
Prudence  m  lohn  Metcalf,  Sr. ;  John  E.  b  June 
13,  1773  m  Mary  (Polly)  Hall  1792;  Probably 
another  s  Jesse  m  Elizabeth  Sullivan.  Feb.  IS, 
1799.  Three  sons  of  Jesse  Clark  deceased  were 
mentioned  in  an  agreement  drawn  up  in  1821 
by  John  Clark.  These  people  lived  in  Ky., 
but  James  and  Ann  Hill  removed  to  Greens- 
burg,  Ind.  This  John  Clark  is  confused  with, 
and  even  bought  part  of  the  Shelby  County  land 
owned   by   John    Clark   the    father   of    George 


Rogers  Clark.  The  ch  of  John  B.  and  Mary 
Hall  Clark  were  Sarah  b  Jan.  25,  1793,  m 
Elijah  Maddox;  Prudence  b  Dec.  28,  1794 
in  Wilson  Maddox ;  Asa  Winslow  b  Jan.  IS, 
1797  m  Lavinia  Winn  Snead,  dau  of  John 
Patrick  and  Elizabeth  Gathright  Snead,  Dec. 
15,  1818 ;  Spicy  b  Aug.  24,  1799  d  Sept.  6.  1801 ; 
Levi  b  Dec.  30,  1801  m  Keziah  Jones,  dau  of 
Major  Israel  and  Margaret  Connor  Jones,  July 
28,  182S;  Cinthy  b  Apr.  1,  1805  m  Andrew 
Shuck ;  Israel  b  Aug.  13,  1807  m  Sarah  Owen ; 
Eliza  b  Apr.  IS,  1810  m  Sam  Richardson. 
Would  like  to  corres  with  anyone  interested 
in  these  families  and  would  like  to  know  the 
Rev  history  of  these  families. — J.  A.  C. 

10441.  GAREGUS-GARRicrEs. — Wanted  dates 
and  places  b,  m  and  d  and  maiden  name  of 
w  of  Jacob  Garrigues  who  ser  in  Rev  from 
Marion  Co.,  N.  J.  and  d  1830;  his  w  d  1824. 
Their  s  James  b  1783  m  Elizabeth  Godden  and 
removed  to  Indiana  abt   1820. 

(a)  ScHOOLEY. — Jonathan  Schoolev  b  1777 
d  1856,  m  1st  Mary  Clancy  Clark 'b  1768  d 
1837  and  m  second  Mary  Morris  b  1785  and 
d  1867.  Lived  for  a  time  in  Pa.  and  previous 
to  that  in  N.  J.,  removed  to  Claremont  Co., 
Ohio,  in  1816.  Wanted  par  of  Jonathan  and 
the  names  of  his  ch. 

(b)  Plummer. — Wanted  dates,  name  of  w 
with  dates  of  Samuel  Plummer  b  1742;  came 
from  Durham,  Cumberland  Co.,  Me.,  to  Dear- 
born Co.,  Ind.  in  1817.  He  d  there  in  1820.  His 
ch   were   Joseph   b    1779   m   1st    Sarah   Taylor, 

2nd    Mary ;    Rev    Daniel   b    1783    m    Lucy 

Freeman  and  Luther  b  1790  m  Lydia  Sylvester; 
War  Records  show  that  three  Samuel  Plummers 
ser  in  the  Rev  from  Ale.  Wanted  Rev  rec 
of    this    Samuel. 

(c)  Whitehead. — Wanted  par,  names  of  ch 
etc.,  of  John  Whitehead  b  in  Morris  Co.,  N.  J., 

1791  d   1867   m   1814   Mary   Redding   Carter  b 

1792  d  1873  removed  to  Ripley  Co.,  Ind.,  1818, 
had  ten  ch. — L.   M.   S. 

10442.  Leamer. — Wanted  dates  of  b,  m  and 
d  and  Rev  rec  of  George  Leamer  who  m  Mary 
Siever  wanted  also  her  par.  All  came  from 
Cainbra    and     Clearfield     Counties,     Pa,      His 

bros    and    sis    were    John,    Eliza    who    m 

Redman  ;    Susie  m Turner   and   Ann   m 

Glasgow.  Would  like  to  corres  with  anyone 
having  inf  of  any  of  these  families. — I.   L.  S. 

10443.  Homes. — Wanted  any  inf  of  Capt. 
John  Homes  of  Hopkenton,  Mass.  a  Rev  sol. 
His  record  may  be  found  in  Mass.  Soldiers  and 
Sailors,  vol.  8  p.  208.— E.  R.  R. 

10444.  Smith. — Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec  of 
Joseph  Smith  who  lived  nr  Putney,  Vt.,  in  1790 
he  was  b  1744  and  m  Olive  Griggs  b  1752. 
Their  ch  were  Joseph  Jr.,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
Nathan,  and  Isaac  P.,  who  m  Abigail  Johnson 


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b  1788.  Wanted  her  par  also.  She  had  a  sis 
Tabitha.  Joseph  and  Olive  later  removed  to 
N.  Y.  State.  Joseph  d  1823  and  Olive  1838. 
Would  like  to  corres  with  anyone  interested 
in  this  line. 

(a)  Crabb. — Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec  of 
John  Crabb  b  1753  m  Ann  Lownsbury  and 
lived  at  Lansingburg  near  Troy,  N.  Y.  They 
had  a  s  Abijah  b  1780  who  m  Louisa  Button  b 
1784  d  1861.  Would  like  to  corres  with  any- 
one interested  in  these  families. — R.  L.  D. 

10445.  R.\ND0Li'H. — Wanted  par  with  dates 
of  Samuel  Randolph  s  of  James  Fitz  Randolph, 
Monmouth  Co.,  who  m  Sally  Harrison,  dau  of 
John.     Wanted  also  par  of  John  Harrison. 

(a)  Fairchild. — Captain  Abner  Fairchild  m 
Phoebe  Russell  wanted  par  of  each. — 
M.  F.  R.  P. 

10446.  Swank. — Daniel  Swank  came  from 
The  Hague  Holland  and  set  in  Juniata  Co.,  Pa. 
and  resided  there  during  the  Rev.  Wanted 
his  Rev  rec.  Many  of  his  desc  later  moved  to 
Allen   Co.,   Ind.— E.   S.   McC. 

10447. — I  am  compiling  a  history  of  ''  The 
Colonial  Pioneers  of  the  South  "  embracing  the 
families  of  Anderson,  Alexander,  Boswell, 
Crawford,  Hudson,  Barnett.  Meriwether,  Mark, 
DeWoody.  Boggan,  Wade,  Thornton,  Talia- 
ferro. Smith  (Maj.  Lawrence),  with  some  of 
their  allied  families.  Would  like  to  corres 
with  desc  of  any  of  the  above  mentioned.  Mrs. 
Clarence  IV.  Peftigrezi',  519  W.  Sth  Ave.,  Pine-^ 
Bluff,  Ark. 

10448.  Davis.— According  to  the  1850  Census 
of  Mobile,  Ala.,  David  Roger  Williams  Davis 
was  aged  36  b  in  S.  C. ;  w^  Mary  aged  25,  b 
in  Ala.  They  had  ch  b  in  Ala. :  John  Bradford 
1841  ;  Harry  Gray  1843;  David  Roger  Williams, 
Jr.,  1845;  Clement  Billingslea  1846;  Margaret 
Allison  1848;  Richard  Maiden  1849;  Franklin 
Pierce  1852.  David  Roger  Williams  Davis 
Sr.  is  said  to  have  m  Mary  Billingslea  Norris 
whose  mother  was  a  granddaughter  of  James 
Clement  Billingslea  a  Rev  sol  who  went  from 
the  Eastern  Shore  of  Md.  before  that  War  and 
set  in  Ga.,  supposed  to  be  the  Clement  Billings- 
lea who  was  a  pensioner  in  1841  (aged  84) 
residing  in  Autauga  Co.,  Ala.  Inf  is  desired 
as  to  the  ances  of  David  Roger  Williams 
Davis  Sr.  and  of  the  Billingslea  familv. — 
L.  A.  N. 

10449.  Carey-Maricle. — Barnabas  Carey  d 
abt  1822  will  probated  Apr.  9,  1849  in  Luzerne 
Co.,  Pa.,  of  which  Lackawanna  Co.,  was  then 
a  part.  His  ch  were  John,  Benjamin,  Elvina 
m  James  Brown.  Cornelius,  Lucy  m  Josiah  Van 
Luben,  Mary  m  Benjamin  R.  Maricle,  Scott, 
Hannah  m  Leverett  Chapman,  Barnabas  Jr.  and 
Daniel.     Wanted   all  data  of   Barnabas   Carey 


and  his  w  Sarah  who  d  abt  1859  was  there  Rev 

ser    in   either    line?     Wanted   also    Carey    gen. 

(a)   Hl'gg. — Isaac  Hugg  b  Jan.   10,   1784,  m 

Sept.   19,    1815  and   d  June  21,    1829   in   N.   Y. 

His  w  Lucy was  b  Nov.  2,  1794  and  d  Feb. 

12.    1850.     Their  ch   were   Hannah  b   May   19, 

1816,  m Vasbinder ;   Elizabeth  Anna  b  May 

3,  1818,  m  John  Argetsinger  and  d  1849; 
Electa  b  Sept.  6,  1820;  William  L.  b  Aug.  3, 
1822;  Amanda  b  Feb.  7,  1825,  m  William 
Wheat ;  Harry  b  Nov.  7,  1826 ;  and  Harvey  b 
Mar.  27,  1829.  Wanted  ances  of  Isaac  Hugg, 
maiden  name  and  ances  of  his  w  Lucy.  Was 
the  name  Hugg  originally  Hogg  ? — A.  D.  A. 

10450.  Kimball. — Wanted  ances  of  William 
H.  Kimball  b  in  Mass.,  who  m  for  his  1st  w 
Catherine  Adains,  niece  of  John  or  John  Quincy 
.Adams.  His  second  w  was  Hester  Beam. 
Wanted  also  all  data  of  the  Beam  family  of 
eastern  Pa.— S.  R.  B. 

10451.  Pitcher. — Wanted  gen  with  Rev  rec 
of  ances  of  Susan  Pitcher  b  Jan.  31,  1806  d 
July    7,    1834,    m    Michel   J.    Rouse.— B.    K.    C. 

10452.  Cathey-Carson. — Wanted  dates  and 
Rev  rec  of  William  Cathey  and  of  his  w  Alice 
Hagin.  He  was  b  in  Va.  and  d  in  N.  C. 
Their  s  James  m  Honor  Carson.  Wanted  her 
par  and  dates. — A.  L.   N. 

10453.  Chapmax. — Wanted  par  of  Jonas 
Chapman  b  Aug.  25,  1769  d  Jan.  9,  1830  and 
of  his  w  Susannah  Peabody  b  1770  d  1863. 
Did  his  father  have  Rev  rec  ? 

-  (a)  Kelly. — Wanted  ances  of  William  Kelly 
who  m  Emmaline  Wickofif  Jan.  26,  1833. — - 
C.   R.   McD. 

10454.  Preston. — Wanted  gen  of  Hiram 
Preston  who  ser  in  War  of  1812  m  Cclia  P. 
Savage.  His  remote  ances  was  Roger  Preston 
who  came  from  Preston,  England,  in  1635  and 
set  in  Ipswich,  Mass.  To  Roger  Preston  were 
h  four  sons  one  of  whom  spelled  his  name 
Prcsson.— E.   R.   P. 

10455.  Keene. — Wanted  date  of  death  of 
Gallian  Keene  of  Pembroke,  Mass.,  b  JaiL  19, 
1768  also  dates  and  par  of  Diana  Garnet  whom 
he   m    Feb.   2,    1794.    also    names    of    their    ch, 

Isaiah    father    of    Gallian   Keene   m   Ruth . 

Wanted  date  of  m  and  maiden  name  and  par 
of  Ruth,  and  Rev  rec  of  Isaiah  Keene. — L.  T.  C. 

10456.  Hikes. — Levi  Hines  one  of  the  1st 
settlers  of  Va.,  bought  his  w  with  tobacco  he 
later  removed  to  Ky.  and  some  of  his  ch 
moved  to  Blount  Co.,  Ala.,  where  they  lived 
for  years.  His  s  Calvin  Ben  Hines  m  Polly 
Childress  dau  of  John.  Levi  Hines  and  John 
Childress  were  Legislators  in  Va.  Ky  or  Ala. 
Wanted  any  inf  of  this  family. — H.  S. 

10457.  McHenrv.— Wanted  gen  of  Van 
McHenry  Capt  or  Colonel  in  the  War  of  1812 
whose  s  Joseph  was  b  Nov.  22,  1798.    Joseph's 


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s  Samuel  McHenry  was  b  Sept.  5,  1827  nr 
New  Baltimore,  Ohio.—  M.  C.  McH. 

10458.  Wheeler.— Ear  Wheeler  b  in  Hamp- 
den Co.,  Mass.,  1802,  d  in  Bethany,  Pa.,  Dec. 
30,  1873.  At  an  early  age  his  parents  moved 
to  Hancock,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y.  His  w  was 
Fanny  dau  of  Silas  Freeman  of  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Pa.  Silas  Freeman  had  nine  ch  namely  Calvary 
who  m Bartholomew;  Sally  m  Alvah  Nor- 
ton; Silas  Jr.  m  Lucretia  Spencer;  Sidney  m 
Talitha  Doty;  Pamilia  m  Franklin  Wheeler; 
Fanny  m  Earl  Wheeler ;  Rodney  and  Margaret 
who  m  John  B.  Taylor.  Wanted  par  and 
dates  of  Earl  Wheeler,  his  Rev  rec  and  maiden 
name  of  his  w,  with  her  gen. — H.  P.  M. 

10459.  Bentley.— Col.  Bentley  b  1762  at  East 
Greenwich,  R.  I.  d  1850.  Anna  his  w  b  1769 
at  Warwick,  R.  I.  Was  there  Rev  rec  in 
either   line? 

(a)  Wheeler.— Wanted  dates  of  b,  m  and 
d  of  Lt.  Nathan  Wheeler,  Sr.  of  Royalston, 
Mass.  His  ch  were  Nathan  Jr.;  Amos; 
Nathaniel.  David  and  Levi.  He  removed  to 
Bethlehem  N.   H.— P.   W.   D. 

10-460.  Permar. — Wanted  Rev  rec  with  proof 
of  two  bros  named  "  Permar "  wlio  came  to 
this  Country  with  Lafayette's  army  and  at  the 
close  of  the  War  one  bro  set  in  Ohio  and  the 
other  in  Pa.,  or  Md.— E.  P.  R. 

10461.  ^L\DDOCKS. — Wanted    date    of     m    of 

Daniel    ^laddocks    and    Hannah who    were 

m  abt  1764.  He  d  in  Durham,  Conn.,  Mar.  18, 
1767  and  his  wid  Hannah  m  Lt.  John  Camp 
Apr.  19,   1770.— R.   M.  Z. 

10462.  WooLFOLK. — Michael  Wigglesworth  b 
in  Eng.,  1631,  d  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  1705.  Wanted 
data  of  his  desc.  John  Woolfolk,  Spottsylvania 
Co.,  Va.,  b  Nov.  6,  1727,  d  Jan.  13,  1816.  m 
1750  Elizabeth  Wigglesworth,  b  Mar.  23.  1732. 
Their  s  John  Woolfolk  b  Sept.  9,  1760  in 
Spottsylvania  Co.,  d  1843,  m  1791  Elizabeth 
Lewis  b  1772.  Can  proof  be  found  that  Mary 
Woolfolk  b  in  Spottsylvania  Co.,  Yz..  Oct.  1, 
1752  d  1808  m  William  Webber  b  Aug.  15, 
1747,  d  1808  was  the  dau  of  John  Woolfolk  and 
Elizabeth    Wigglesworth?      Her    parents    being 

John      Woolfolk      and      Elizabeth William 

Webber  mentioned  above  was  the  s  of  Augus- 
tine  Webber  and    Peggy i^f   Goochland   Co. 

Were  there  other  ch  and  what  was  Peggy's 
maiden  name? 

(a)  Bowles. — Wanted  par  of  John  Bowles 
of  Middlesex  Co.,  Va.  and  of  his  w  Mary 
whose  children's  names  are  recorded  in  the 
Register  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church.  Their 
dau  Mary  b  Sept.  1,  1748  m  Jan.  6,  1770  Reuben 
Ford,  a  Baptist  Minister,  b  Hanover  Co,,  Va., 
Aug.  19,  1742,  d  Oct.  26,  1823,  s  of  William 
Ford   and   Elizabeth .     Wanted    Elizabeth's 


maiden  name  and  Rev  rec  in  either  Bowles  or 
Ford  line.— M.  F.  R. 

10463.  Thompson.— Wanted  ances.  Rev  rec 
and  name  of  w  of  John  Thompson,  who  came 
from  County  Antrim  Ireland  in  1732  and  set 
in  Delaware.  His  ch  were  John  Thompson  b 
1727  d  1790  m  Letitia  or  Dorothea  McKean, 
dau  of  William  McKean,  Gov.  of  Pa.,  and  his 
w  Letitia  Finney ;  David ;  Anne  who  m  David 
Finnev  of  New  Castle,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 
(Scharff's  History  of  Delaware  pp.  222,  624). 

(a)  Owen. — Wanted  ances  of  Hannah  Owen 
b  June  18,  1763  m  Sept.  18,  1779  in  New  Leba- 
non, Albany  Co.,  N.  Y.  John  Bivins,  a  Rev 
sol,  1775-1779.  Removed  to  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio. 
Was   Hannah's    father   a   Rev  sol?— H.  W.   S. 

10464.  Payne. — Wanted  ances  of  Fanny 
Payne  b  Nov.  18,  1775  in  N.  J.,  m  1795, 
Lawrence  Winkler. — V.  B.  S. 

10465.  Herring-Williams. — Wanted  inf  on 
the  Herring  line  of  the  desc  of  David  Williams, 
one  of  the  three  men  who  captured  Major 
Andre.— F.  S.  U. 

10466.  Gilbert. —Wanted  inf  of  William  and 
Abraham  Gilbert  who  lived  near  Newbury 
Court  House,  S.  C,  1780-1800.  William  Gilbert 
may  have  been  founder  of  Gilbert  Town. 
Abraham  G.  removed  to  Ga.,  and  thence  to 
Texas.— C.  E.  G. 

10467.  Botts-Tyler. — Benjamin  Botts  m  Jane 
Tvler  both  were  burned  to  death  in  Richmond 
Va.  Theatre,  Dec.  26,  1811.  Wanted  Botts 
and  Tyler  gen  and  would  like  to  corres  with 
any  desc. — Z.   W.    M. 

10468.  Kisling-Pence. — Wanted  data  and 
par  of  Jacob  Kisling  of  German  Swiss  desc 
b  1760  in  Rockingham  or  Augusta  Co.,  Va. 
a  Rev  sol  m  Barbara  Bear  Tingle,  wid  of 
PhiHp  Tingle,  1781.  Their  ch  were  Christine 
b  1783,  m  Joseph  Mauzy ;  Henry  b  1786  m 
Catherine,  dau  of  Jacob  Miller;  Mary  b  1788 
m  Philip  Hopkins  of  Staunton,  Va. ;  Elizabeth 
b  1796  m  Edward  Stevens;  Ann  b  1792  m 
John  Pence  who  d  in  1822;  In  1823  she  m 
Rodham  Kemper.  Wanted  par  and  gen  of 
John  Pence.  Was  he  a  s  of  William,  s  of 
Jacob,  who  d  abt  1750  and  whose  bro  Valentine 
was  appointed  executor  of  his  will?  See 
Augusta  Co.  Will  Book  No.  1,  p.  305,  Feb. 
27,  1750.  A  Rev  claim  was  allowed  one 
William  Pence,  May  30,  1782  or  1783,  was  he 
the    father   of   John? 

(a)  Link. — Wanted  inf  concerning  the  Link 
family.  David  Link  b  nr  the  Old  Stone  Church 
in  Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  Sept.  20,  1811,  lived 
at  Mt.  Sidney,  Va..  in  1843  and  later  bridge- 
water,  Va.  Would  like  to  corres  with  any 
desc  in  this  line. — M.  C.  P. 

10469.  Fox. — Wanted  any  inf  concerning  John 
Fox  and  his  family.     He  was  a  Rev  sol  1778- 


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1783;  Ranger  on  the  Frontier,  and  received  a 
pension.  He  m  Miss  Mary  Warner  and  had 
a  dau  Charity  Fox  who  m  Hugh  Ferguson  in 
1818  in  Niagara  District.  Wanted  all  dates  of 
John  Fox  and  his  w.  They  are  thought  to  have 
been  m  in  Glen  William,  Ontario. — B.  B. 

10470.  Burnett. — Wanted  par  of  William, 
Enos  and  Edmund  Burnett  who  removed  from 
Sussex  C,  N.  J.  to  Ohio  in  1801.  William 
Burnett  was  b  Dec.  8,  1771  and  m  Feb.  28,  1792 
Mary  Wallen.— M.   B. 

10471.  Sunderland.  —  Samuel  Sunderland 
mentioned  on  Roll  of  Freemen  of  Middletown, 
Conn.,  as  over  21  years  old  removed  to  Shore- 
ham,  Vt.  He  was  a  grand  juryman  in  Middle- 
town,  Mar.  7,  1785  and  d  in  Shoreham.  He 
was  the  grandfather  of  Dr.  Byron  Sunderland, 
Chaplain  of  the  U.  S.  Senate  who  performed 
the  marriage  ceremony  for  President  Grover 
Cleveland  and  Frances  Folsom.  Wanted  his 
par  and  any  authentic  inf  abt  him. — M.  B.  A. 

10472.  Donaldson. — Wanted  par  of  John  and 
William  Donaldson  who  owned  land  in  Pulaski 
and  Early  or  Decatur  Co.  John  was  b  1773 
and  d  1826  m  1793  Agnes  dau  of  Richard  Peel 
of  Burke  Co.— A.  D.  G. 

10473.  Leamer  or  LeMer. — Wanted  ances 
with  Rev  rec.  Catherine  LeMer  (French 
desc)  b  Nov.  29,  1790  d  Dec.  30,  1863.  She  was 
raised  in  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.  and  m  in 
Harrisburg,  :March  28,  1815,  William  Martin.— 
D.  E. 

10474.  Knight. — Wanted  name  and  Rev  rec 
of  father  of  Abel  Knight  b  Worcester,  Mass., 
Feb.  1,  1777  and  m  Lucy  Flagg.  Wanted  her 
ances  also. 

(a)  Beardslev. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  David 
s  of  Obadiah  Beardsley  who  was  b  nr  Fair- 
field, Conn.,  July  1.  1752.  Did  the  father 
Obadiah  hold  civil  oiTice  during  the  Rev? 

(b)  Thayer. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  rec  of 
father  of  Olive  Thayer  b  1760,  m  1780  Isaac 
Gould.— E.  E.  N. 


10475.  Wheeler.— Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Calvin 
Wheeler  b  1742  d  1831  m  1766,  Mary  Thorp. 
Wanted  her  par  also. 

(a)  Davenport. — Wanted  par  with  dates  of 
Frances  Davenport  who  m  Abraham  Willsey 
in  1805. 

(b)  Bates. — Wanted  par  with  dates  and 
maiden  name  of  w  of  Elias  Bates  who  was  the 
f  of  Martha  Bates  who  m  Joseph  Bradley. 

(c)  Congdon. — Wanted    par    and     dates    of 

Elijah   Congdon   of    Conn.,   who   m Touslee 

of  Powna!  Vermont  both  bur  nr  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Wanted  Touslee  gen  also. — H.   B.   C. 

10476.  Cooke- Wright-Price. — Would  like  to 
corres  with  any  desc  of  Mary  Wright  who 
m  Mr.  Price  and  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Francis  Cooke  who  signed  the  Mayflower  Com- 
pact.—T.  H.  G. 

10477.  Crofut. — Wanted  ances  of  Florilla 
Crofut  b  Sandy  Hook.  Conn.,  Dec.  25,  1787.  m 
Cushman  Colley,  Sept.  3,  1810  and  lived  at 
Canaan,   N.   Y. — E.   E.   M. 

10478.  Rhoades. — Would  like  to  corres  with 
anyone  having  data  of  Susannah  Rhoades  who 
m  Peter  Newmyer  in  1783.  Her  parents  were 
Henry  and   Elizabeth   Rhoades. 

(a)  Maine. — Would  like  to  corres  with  any- 
one having  gen  data  of  Polly  B.  Maine  who  m 
Jonas   Chapman,  Jr. — C.   R.  McD. 

10479.  Sheltox-Shepard. — Will  the  corres 
who  wrote  me  through  a  Shelton-Shepard  query 
and  to  w-hom  I  sent  the  original  list  of  the  15 
legatees  of  Henry  Shelton  (who  d  in  Albemarle 
Co.,  Va...  1799)  kindly  return  same  or  a  copy 
of  it,  as  I  need  the  information. — Mrs.  IV.  H. 
Whitley,   525   \'ine    St.,   Paris,   Ky. 

10480.  Harrod-Herod. — Wanted  par  of  John 
Harrod  b  1808  who  m  Rachel  Veach  b  1811. 
Wanted  her  par  also. 

(a)   Hopkins. — Wanted      par      and      maiden 

name  of  Marv ,  b  Sept.  13,  1781  and  d  Jan. 

12,   1862  and'm Hopkins.— H.  E.   M. 

10481.  Harrison. — Wanted  the  name  of  the 
bros  of  Benjamin  Harrison  (1726)  one  of  the 
signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
and  the  names  of  the  sons  of  each. — E.  S. 


DEPARTMENT 

HISTORIAN 


Historical  Program 

Conducted  by 
GEORGE  MORTON  CHURCHILL,  Ph.D 
VIIL  Building  up  the  West,  1850-1890. 

General  accounts  of  the  development  of  the  These  plans  had  thi 
plains  and  mountain  region  in  this  period  are 
given  in  Bassett :  Short  History  of  the  United 
States,  676-692;  Haworth:  United  States  in 
our  own  Time,  100-124.  Forman :  Our  Re- 
public,  416-418,  536-542,  621-626.  For  the 
geographical  conditions  see  Brigham :  Geo- 
graphic Influences  in  American  History,  ch.  viii. 
ix ;  for  a  foreign  observer's  impressions  at  the 
end  of  the  period,  Kipling's  American  Notes. 
Useful  statistics  and  technical  information 
may  be  found  in  the  article  in  the  Encyclopa-dia 
Americana  on  individual  states  and  on  irrigation 
and  Dry  Farming. 
L  The  Mormons  in  Utah. 

Driven  from  Missouri  and  Illinois  the  Mor- 
mons, under  the  leadership  of  Brigham  Young, 
planned  an  exodus  beyond  the  territory  of  the 
United  States  and  settled  in  the  Salt 
Lake  Valley. 

For  a  general  account  see  Paxson,  F.  L. :  Last 
American  Frontier,  ch.  vi.;  a  more  detailed 
account  of  their  antecedents  and  journey  across 
the  plains : 

Coman ;  Economic  Beginnings  of  the  Far 
West,  ii,   167-206. 

McMaster :  History  of  the  People  of  the 
United  States,  viii,  208-220;  disputes  with  the 
national  government  led  to  an  expedition  against 
them  in  1857,  with  only  qualified  success : 

Schouler :  History  of  the  United  States,  v, 
403^06. 

McMaster:  vii,  371-387. 

An  interesting  description,  if  accessible,  is  R. 
R.    Burton's    City    of    the    Saints;    for    a   later 
period  Kipling's  American  Notes,  ch.  xi. 
II.  The  Pacific  Railroads. 

Plans  for  a  railway  across  the  continent 
appear  as  early  as  1834.  After  1844  Asa 
Whitney  conducted  a  vigorous  propaganda  for 
a  railroad  from  Lake  Michigan  to  the  Pacific. 

Paxson:  Last  .Unerican  frontier,  ch.  xii. 

McMaster:  vii,  579-584. 

Davis,  J.  P. :  Union  Pacific  Railn'ay,  ch.  ii. 
220 


part  in  the  genesis  of 
the  Kansas-Nebraska  bill.  They  were  taken  up 
seriously  during  the  Civil  War,  and  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  was  given  a  national  character 
and  national  aid. 

Warman,  Cy. :  Story  of  the  Railroad,  13-30. 

Davis :  Union  Pacific  Railzi'ay,  96-135. 
Paxson:  Last  American  Frontier,  ch.  xiii,  xix. 
A  picturesque  account  of  its  building  may  be 
found  in  Grenville  M.  Dodge's  Hozv  We  Built 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  or  in  Cy  Warman's 
Story  of  the  Railroad,  ch.  iii-vi. 

For  the  scandals  which  developed  out  of 
government  assistance,  see  Credit  Mobilier,  see 
Rhodes  :  United  States,  vii,  1-12. 

Davis :    Union   Pacific  Railivay,  ch.   vi. 
III.  Mixing,  Stock-Raising  and  Agriculture. 

The  later  history  of  the  plains  and  mountain 
states  is  a  story  of  economic  development  with 
occasional  political  interludes  turning  largely 
on  the  question  of  statehood.  In  some  states 
the  frontier  developed  as  a  mining  frontier,  in 
others  as  a  stock-raising  frontier,  agriculture 
was  the  dominant  interest  in  some  and  important 
in  all. 

Emerson  Hough's  Passing  of  the  Frontier, 
ch.  V  (Chronicles  of  America  series)  shows  the 
character  of  the  mining  frontier,  with  especial 
reference  to  Alontana ;  for  Colorado,  the  first 
of  the  inland  mining  states,  see  Paxson :  Last 
American  Frontier,  ch.  ix,  or  McMaster,  viii, 
392-400;  for  Nevada,  Shinn,  Charles  H. :  Story 
of  the  Mine.  8-21. 

An  account  of  the  cattle  country,  the  cow- 
boy's frontier,  beginning  in  Texas,  extending 
north  to  meet  the  railways,  passing  away  as 
the  farmers  came  in,  is  given  by  Emerson 
Hough:  The  Story  of  the  Coivboy,  1-49,  or 
his  Passing  of  the  Frontier,  ch.  ii-iv„  and  (the 
last  capitalistic  stage)  viii.  Good  illustrative 
reading    is    Owen    Wister's    Virginian. 


HISTORICAL  PROGRAM 


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Agriculture  came  in  the  farther  west  as  the 
sucessor  to  mining  and  cattle  raising.  For  the 
new  methods  made  necessary  by  a  dry  climate 
see  Smythe,  W.  E. ;  Conquest  of  Arid  America, 
30-51,  and  compare  its  economic  position  in 
Colorado  (161-174)  and  Wyoming  (221-231). 
The  coming  of  the  Homesteader  into  the 
former  cattle  ranges  is  told  in  Hough's 
Passing  of  the  Frontier,  ch.  i.x. 


IV.  The  Dis.\ppe.\raxce  of  the  Frontier. 

The  last  section  of  the  West  to  be  occupied 
was  the  northern  part  of  the  cattle  range  be- 
tween the  Missouri  and  the  Rockies.  A  brief 
account  of  the  Indian  wars  which  made  its 
settlement  possible  is  given  in  Hough's  Passing 
of  the  Frontier,  ch.  vii ;  in  more  details  in 
Pa.xson's  Last  American  Frontier,  ch.  xv-xviii 
and  -xxi.  In  Hough's  work,  ch.  i  and  p.  171- 
173.  is  written  the  epitaph  of  the  Frontier. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  REVISED  FLAG  CIRCULAR 
ISSUED  BY  THE  WAR  DEPARTMENT 


For  a  number  of  years  there  has  been  prescribed  in 
Army  Regulations  a  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  on  the 
national  standards  of  mounted  regiments  and  on  the 
national  colors  of  unmounted  regiments.  The  War  De- 
partment, however,  knows  of  no  law  which  either  requires 
or  prohibits  the  placing  of  a  fringe  on  the  flag  of  the  United 
States.  No  act  of  Congress  or  Executive  Order  has  been 
found  bearing  on  the  question.  In  flag  manufacture  a 
fringe  is  not  considered  to  be  a  part  of  the  flag  and  it  is 
without  heraldic  significance.  In  the  common  use  of  the 
word  it  is  a  fringe  and  not  a  border.  Ancient  custom 
sanctions  the  use  of  fringe  on  the  regimental  colors  and 
standards,  but  there  seems  to  be  no  good  reason  or  pre- 
cedent for  its  use  on  other  flags. 

There  is  no  Federal  law  now  in  force  pertaining  to  the 
manner  of  displaying,  hanging,  or  saluting  the  United 
States  flag,  or  prescribing  any  ceremonies  that  should  be 
observed  in  connection  therewith.  In  fact,  there  are  but 
four  Federal  laws  on  the  statute  books  that  have  any 
bearing  upon  this  subject,  one.  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  February  20,  1905  (33  Stat.  L.  p.  725),  providing 
that  a  trade-mark  can  not  be  registered  which  consists  of 
or  comprises,  inter  alia,  "the  flag,  coat  of  arms,  or  other 
insignia  of  the  United  States,  or  any  simulation  thereof"; 
the  second,  a  joint  resolution  of  Congress  approved  May 
8,  1914  (38  Stat.  L.  p.  771),  authorizing  the  display  of  the 
flag  on  Mother's  Day;  the  third,  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  February  8,  1917  (39  Stat.  L.  p.  900),  providing 
certain  penalties  for  the  desecration,  mutilation,  or  im- 
proper use  of  the  flag,  within  the  District  of  Columbia;  and 
the  fourth,  the  act  of  Congress  approved  May  16,  1918 
(40  Stat.  L.  p.  554).  providing,  when  the  United  States 
is  at  war,  for  the  dismissal  from  the  service  of  any  em- 
ployee or  official  of  the  United  States  Government  who 
criticizes  in  an  abusive  or  violent  manner  the  flag  of  the 
United  States.  Several  States  of  the  Union  have  enacted 
laws  which  have  more  or  less  bearing  upon  the  general 
subject,  and  it  seems  probable  that  many  counties  and 
municipalities  have  also  passed  ordinances  concerning  this 
matter  to  govern  action  within  their  own  jurisdiction. 

Warning  against  desecration  of  the  American  flag  by 
aliens  was  issued  by  the  Department  of  Justice,  which 
sent  the  following  notice  to  Federal  attorneys  and  marshals. 

"Any  alien  enemy  tearing  down,  mutilating,  abusing, 
or  desecrating  the  United  States  flag  in  any  way  will  be 
regarded  as  a  danger  to  the  public  peace  or  safety  within 
the  meaning  of  regulation  12  of  the  proclamation  of  the 
President  issued  April  6,  1917.  and  will  be  subject  to  sum- 
mary arrest  and  punishment." 

Many  inquiries  concerning  the  proper  method  of  dis- 
playing, hanging,  and  saluting  the  United  States  flag  are 
being  received  in  the  War  Department  with  the  evident 
object  of  securing  some  authoritative  statement  relating 
to  the  subject.  lyi  this  connection  it  should  be  remarked  that 
while  it  is  within  the  province  of  the  War  Department  to 
prescribe  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  matter  in  ques- 
tion for  observance  within  the  Army,  vet  it  is  beyond  its 
province  to  prescribe  any  such  rules  or  regulations  for  the 
guidance  of  civilians  or  to  undertake  to  decide  Questions  con- 
cerning the  subject  that  are  presented  by  civilians. 

There  are.  however,  certain  fundamental  rules  of  her- 
aldry which,  if  understood  generally,  would  indicate  the 
proper  method  of  displaying  the  flag.    There  are  also  cer- 


tain rules  of  good  taste  which,  if  observed,  would  preclude 
the  improper  use  of  the  flag.  The  matter  becomes  a  very 
simple  one  and  the  answers  to  the  various  questions  which 
"'  arise  will  be  evident  if  it  is  kept  in  mind  that  the  national 
flag  represents  the  living  country  and  is  itself  considered  as 
a  living  thing.  The  union  of  the  flag  is  the  honor  point; 
the  right  arm  is  the  sword  arm  and  therefore  the  point  of 
danger  and  hence  the  place  of  honor.  The  staff  edge  of  the 
flag  is  the  heraldic  dexter  or  right  edge.  When  the  nat- 
ional flag  is  carried,  as  in  a  procession,  with  another  flag 
or  flags,  the  place  of  the  national  flag  is  on  the  right,  i.  e., 
the  flag's  own  right.  When  the  national  flag  and  another 
flag  are  displayed  together,  as  against  a  wall  from  crossed 
staffs,  the  national  flag  should  be  on  the  right,  the  flag's 
own  right,  i.  e.,  the  observer's  left,  and  its  staff  should  be 
in  front  of  the  staff  of  the  other  flag.  When  a  number  of 
flags  are  grouped  and  displayed  from  staffs  the  national 
flag  should  be  in  the  centre  or  at  the  highest  point  of  the 
group.  When  the  national  flag  is  hung  either  horizontally 
or  vertically  against  a  wall  the  union  should  be  uppermost 
and  to  the  flag's  own  right,  i.  e..  to  the  observer 's  left. 
When  displayed  from  a  staff  projecting  horizontally  or  at 
an  angle  from  a  window  sill  or  the  front  of  a  building,  the 
same  rules  should  be  observed;  the  union  should  go  clear 
to  the  "truck,"  as  the  peak  of  the  staff  is  called,  unless 
the  flag  be  at  half  staff.  When  the  flag  is  suspended  be- 
tween buildings  so  as  to  hang  over  the  middle  of  the  street, 
a  simple  rule  is  to  hang  the  union  to  the  north  in  an  east 
and  west  street  or  to  the  east  in  a  north  and  south  street. 

When  flags  of  States  or  cities  or  pennants  of  societies  are 
flown  on  the  same  halyard  with  the  national  flag,  the 
national  flag  must  always  be  at  the  peak.  When  flown 
from  adjacent  staffs  the  national  flag  should  be  hoisted 
first.  There  is  a  chaplain's  flag  authorized  in  Army  Reg- 
ulations, but  there  is  no  church  pennant  prescribed. 
Neither  the  chaplain  's  flag  nor  any  other  flag  or  pennant  is 
authorized  to  be  placed  above  or  to  the  right  of  the 
national  flag. 

As  already  stated,  there  is  no  Federal  law  governing 
the  subject,  but  it  is  suggested  that  the  national  flag,  when 
not  flown  from  a  staff,  be  always  hung  flat,  whether 
indoors  or  out.  It  should  not  be  festooned  over  door- 
ways or  arches  nor  tied  in  a  bowknot  nor  fashioned  into  a 
rosette.  When  used  on  a  rostrum  it  should  be  dis- 
played above  and  behind  the  speaker's  desk.  It  should 
never  be  used  to  cover  the  speaker's  desk  nor  to  drape 
over  the  front  of  the  platform.  For  this  latter  pur- 
pose as  well  as  for  decoration  in  general,  bunting  of 
the  national  colors  should  be  used,  and  since  the  blue 
union  of  the  flag  always  goes  to  the  honor  point,  the  colors 
should  be  arranged  with  the  blue  above,  the  white  in  the 
middle,  and  the  red  below.  Under  no  circumstances 
should  the  flag  be  draped  over  chairs  or  benches  nor 
should  any  object  or  emblem  of  any  kind  be  placed  above 
or  upon  it.  nor  should  it  be  hung  where  it  can  be  easily 
contaminated  or  soiled.  No  lettering  of  any  kind  should 
ever  be  placed  upon  the  flag. 

When  flown  at  half  staff  the  flag  is  always  first  hoisted 
to  the  peak,  the  honor  point,  and  then  slowly  lowered  to 
the  half-staff  position  m  honor  of  those  who  gave  their 
lives  to  their  country,  but  before  lowering  the  flag  for  the 
day  it  is  raised  again  to  the  head  of  the  staff,  for  the  Nation 
lives  and  the  flag  is  the  living  symbol  of  the  Nation 


To  Insure  Accuracy  in  the  Reading  of  Names  and  Promptness  in  Publication 
Chapter  Imports  must  be  Typewritten  EDITOR. 


^"^ — ^^ry 


Bonny  Kate  Chapter  (Knoxville,  Teiin.,) 
held  eight  regular  meetings  during  the  year, 
1921,  with  splendid  addresses  on  Patriotic 
Education,  Americanization,  Disarmament  Con- 
ference, and  Plymouth  Celebration.  King's 
Mountain  Day  and  Flag  Day  were  celebrated 
with  patriotic  programs. 

Patriotic  Education  was  the  %vork;  of  the  year, 
and  the  aim  to  complete  the  D.  A.  R.  Hall  at 
Lincoln  Memorial  University,  a  dormitory  for 
a  hundred  and  twenty  boys.  Two  Rummage 
Sales,  a  July  Campaign  and  contributions, 
amounted  to  $1450,  with  $1300  previously  re- 
ported, makes  $2750  and  $2534.86  collected  by  the 
State  Regent,  Aliss  Temple,  a  member  of 
Bonny  Kate  who  made  a  most  wonderful  record, 
makes  a  total  of  $5284.86  for  Bonny  Kate  for 
Lincoln  Memorial   University. 

Bonny  Kate  gave  two  scholarships  to  Lincoln 
Memorial  University,  and  a  one-half  scholarship 
of  $50  to  Tusculum  College,  at  Greenville.  The 
Chapter  being  one  hundred  per  cent,  on 
Americanization  Booklet,  Guernsey  Scholarship, 
Plymouth  Statue,  Paris  Museum,  and  $1000 
fund  for  Mrs.  J.  Harvey  Mathes  American 
History  Scholarship.  It  is  a  regular  contributor 
to  Travellers  Aid  Society,  gave  $10  to  Caroline 
Scott  Harrison  Foundation.  $10  to  Mrs.  Matthew 
T.  Scott  miniature,  $5  to  Philippine  Scholarship, 
$75  to  State  Monument  at  Watauga  Olds  Fields 
at   Elizabcthton. 

Twenty-two  new  members  were  admitted  dur- 
ing the  year,  four  were  transferred  from  other 
Chapters,  and  three  transferred  to  other  Chap- 
ters, two  deaths  occurred,  totalling  a  member- 
ship of  one  hundred  and  twenty. 

Thirteen  Committees  based  on  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 
have  been  appointed  for  the  work  of  the  Chapter. 
Copies  of  the  Americanization  Booklet  are 
being  presented  to  the  newly  made  citizens  of 
Knox  County.  Three  hundred  leaflets  on  the 
proper  use  of  the  Flag  were  presented  to  the 
Boyd  School  to  be  pasted  in  the  Histories.  The 
Committee  for  the  Flag  called  on  the  Post- 
master to  keep  a  clean  flap  on  the  Post  Office 
building.  A  poster  on  Conservation  and  Thrift 
was  placed  in  the  Post  Office. 
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Our  Regent,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Gates,  requested  the 
City  and  County  Superintendents  to  have  one- 
half  hour  excercises  on  King's  Mountain  Day 
to  devote  to  the  history  of  the  battle  and  its 
results.  Also  during  Education  Week  asked 
moving  picture  theatres  to  run  special  slides 
on  Education ;  requested  ministers  to  preach  on 
it ;  the  Mayor  to  issue  a  Proclamation ;  and  all 
Clubs  to  cooperate  in  the  campaign. 

Our  Chapter  took  an  active  part  in  selling 
stamps  for  the  Anti-tuberculosis  Hospital  with 
gratifying    results. 

A  number  of  graves  of  Revolutionary 
soldiers  were  reported  in  Blount  and  Roane 
Counties,  all  of  which  will  be  marked  by  the 
State.  A  great  many  historic  spots  in,  and 
around,  Knoxville  were  reported  and  will  be 
marked    by    Bonny    Kate    Chapter. 

The  histories  of  ten  Pioneer  Women  of 
Tennessee  will  be  written  for  the  N.  S.  D.  A.  R., 
copies  of  which  will  appear  in  local  papers  to 
stimulate  interest  in  the  history  of  Revo- 
lutionary women.  Took  special  notice  of  the 
death  of  the  only  real  Daughter  in  Tennessee. 
The  Historian  is  compiling  a  Lineage  Book  for 
Bonny  Kate  Chapter,  each  member  furnishing 
a  short  sketch  of  her  ancestor,  or  ancestors. 

Bonny  Kate  won  the  $10  prize  offered  by 
Mrs.  Day  of  Memphis  for  largest  number  of 
subscribers  to  the  D.\ughters  or  the  American 
Revolution    Magazine. 

Our  Chapter  entertained  the  State  Conference 
November  3,  4  and  5,  1921.  The  special  guests 
were  Mrs.  Wm.  N.  Reynolds  of  North  Carolina, 
Mrs.  Anthony  W.  Cook  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
Mrs.  H.  F.  Lewis  of  ^'irginia.  There  was  dis- 
appointment and  regret  over  the  absence  of  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  George  M.  Minor. 

The  dedication  of  the  D.  A.  R.  Hall  at  Lincoln 
Memorial  LTniversity  at  Harrogate  took  place 
November  fifth.  A  special  coach  carried  45  dele- 
gates to  Lincoln  Memorial  LTniversity  where  a 
splendid  program  was  rendered  and  the  degree 
of  L.  L.  D.  was  conferred  upon  Miss  Temple  in 
recognition  of  her  wonderful  work  throughout 
the   State. 

This  Chapter  cooperated  with  Hon.  S.  G. 
Heiskell,  one  of  our  Tennessee  historians,  in 
bringing  back  to  Knoxville,    from  Russellville, 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


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Ala.,  the  remains  of  Bonny  Kate  Sevier,  to 
be  placed  beside  her  husband,  John  Sevier,  the 
first  Governor  of  Tennessee.  The  Chapter  was 
named  for  Bonny  Kate  and  its  members  acted 
as  guard  of  honor  throughout  the  day  that  the 
remains  lay  in  state  in  the  Woman's  Building — 
also    as    honorary    pallbearers. 

An  account  of  our  mountain  work  has  been 
filed  in  New  York  at  the  request  of  "Conference 
of  Southern  Mountain  Workers." 
(Mrs.  L.  W.)  Bettie  Lewis-Avers  Hoskins/ — 
Historian. 

Dorcas  Bell  Love  Chapter  (Waynesville. 
N.  C).  On  Armistice  Day,  November  11,  1922, 
the    Dorcas    Bell    Love    Chapter    unveiled    a 


services,  both  as  a  soldier  and  a  pioneer,  of 
each  Revolutionary  soldier,  whose  name  is 
inscribed  on  the  tablet. 

The  Chairman  of  the  County  Board  of  Com- 
missioners, Mr.  Arthur  Osborne,  accepted  the 
gift  in  behalf  of  the  people  of  Haywood 
County.  Four  descendants,  great,  great,  grand- 
children of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers;  Robert 
Love  Sloan,  Martha  Sloan  Way,  Josephine 
Plott  and  Hardin  Howell  Jr.,  unveiled 
the  tablet. 

Our  Chapter  was  organized  by  Mrs.  Mary 
Love  Stringfield  Wulbern  on  January  9,  1899, 
Charter  No.  456,  and  was  the  second  D.A.R. 
Chapter  to  be  organized  in  the  State.  Of  the 
fifteen  charter  members,  thirteen  were  descend- 


DORCAS  BELL  LOVE  CHAPTER    UNVEILS  MEMORIAL  TABLET  AT  WAYNESVILLE    N. 


Memorial  Tablet  to  the  ten  Revolutionary 
soldiers  buried  in  Haywood  County.  The 
Chapter  Regent  Miss  Jessie  Rogers  presided 
over  the  patriotic  exercises,  which  opened  with 
the  singing  of  "America."  Rev.  S.  R.  Crokett, 
a  Chaplain  in  the  World  War,  offered 
the  invocation. 

Major  J.  H.  Howell  introduced  the  speaker. 
Colonel  Albert  Cox,  a  distinguished  officer  of 
the  113th  Field  Artillery  in  the  World  War. 
Colonel  Cox  made  an  inspiring  patriotic  address 
and  in  its  conclusion  stressed  that  splendid 
thought ;  "  Patriotism  is  not  alone  to  be  used 
in  time  of  War,  but  to  be  lived  in  time  of 
Peace,"  and  he  paid  a  high  tribute  to  the 
patriotic  work  being  accomplished  by  the 
Daughters  of  the  American   Revolution. 

The  Chapter  Regent,  Miss  Jessie  Rogers, 
presented  the  tablet  to  the  County.  Miss 
Rogers   gave   a   brief   historical    sketch   of   the 


ants  of  Colonel  Robert  Love,  and  the  Chapter 
was  named  in  honor  of  Colonel  Love's  mother, 
Dorcas  Bell  Love  of  Augusta  County,  Virginia. 

Miss  Mary  Love  Stringfield,  a  great  grand- 
daughter of  Colonel  Love,  and  who  was  the 
second  State  Regent,  organized  the  first  North 
Carolina  State  Conference  in  Waynesville,  on 
July  4,  1901. 

The  Chapter  was  again  honored  by  having 
one  of  its  members  on  the  State  executive  board. 
Miss  Jessie  Rogers,  the  present  Chapter  Regent, 
served  as  State  Registrar  from  1912  to  1916,  and 
it  was  through  her  eflforts  that  the  first  com- 
plete Roster  of  the  State  D.A.R.  membership 
was  compiled. 

Colonel  Robert  Love  served  as  a  Lieutenant 
under  General  "  Mad  Anthony "  Wayne  at 
Stoney  Point.  He  came  to  Western  North 
Carolina  in  the  early  part  of  the  Nineteenth 
Century,  and  was  instrumental  in  framing  the 
bill   for  the  organization  of  Haywood  County. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


In  1808  when  the  County  was  formed  and  the 
town  located  Colonel  Love  named  Waynesville 
in  honor  of  the  hero  of  Stony  Point. 

Our  Chapter  has  forty-eight  members.  We 
hold  regular  monthly  meetings,  and  have 
adopted  the  Historical  Program  from  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine  for  our  course  of  study.  Mrs. 
Minor's  letters  published  therein  are  read  at 
each  meeting,  as  well  as  other  articles  of  in- 
terest. Our  dues  are  $5  [Jer  year,  and  this 
amount  enables  us  to  meet  all  obligations,  both 
National  and  State,  of  our  organization,  as 
well  as  to  contribute  to  other  worthwhile  calls. 
During  the  World  War  our  Chapter  was 
actively  interested  in  all  war  work ;  now  we 
have  turned  our  attention  to  patriotic  education. 

It  has  been  the  custom  of  the  Chapter  for 
a  number  of  years  to  observe  Washington's 
Birthday  with  the  High  School ;  the  program 
consisting  of  appropriate  patriotic  exercises 
and  a  declamation  contest  given  by  the  High 
School  Boys ;  D.A.R.  Medal  being  awarded  to 
the  boy  w'ho  acquits  himself  most  creditably 
in  the  contest. 

Our  special  work  this  year  will  be  to  aid 
the  Supervisor  of  the  School  for  adult  illiteracy. 
As  an  organization  we  are  actively  interested  in 
all  community  work,  for  we  believe  that 
"  patriotism  should  be  lived  "  for  the  "  better- 
ment of  mankind." 

Jessie  Rogers. 
Regent. 

Joseph  Koger  Chapter  (Elackville,  S.  C.) 
was  organized  on  June  26,  1919,  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  B.  F.  Storne,  Organizing  Regent,  with 
a  charter  membership  of  twenty-two.  The 
Chapter  was  named  in  honor  of  Joseph  Koger, 
a  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  twelve  of 
our  charter  members  being  descendants  of 
Joseph  Koger. 

Since  its  organization,  our  Chapter  has  Ijeon 
enthusiastic  in  its  support  of  all  D..\.R.  work 
carried  on  by  the  National  Organization,  meet- 
ing all  dues  and  pledges. 

We  are  proud  of  our  mountain  school. 
Tamassee,  and  our  Chapter  is  ever  willing  to 
do  its  part  to  make  it  a  success. 

We  always  celebrate  Washington's  Birthday, 
the  celebration  for  1921,  being  held  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Newsom  in  Williston,  S.  C.  and 
the  1922  celebration  being  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
S.  H.  Still  of  Blackville,  S.  C.  at  which  time 
many  interesting  relics  of  the  Revolutionary 
and  pioneer  days  were  on  exhibit,  each  relic 
having  a  short  history  attached  to  it.  Among 
the  relics  exhibited  on  this  occasion,  was  a  jewel 
snufF  box.  given  Mary  Watson  by  George 
Washington,  a  silver  service,  known  to  have 
been  used  during  the   Rovohitionary   War.   and 


an  old  book  containing  the  first  address  of 
George  Washington  to  Congress.  Joseph  Koger 
has  recently  lost  two  of  its  members  by  death. 
The  celebration  for  1923  will  be  a  book 
shower  given  by  the  Chapter  to  Blackville  High 
School  Library,  the  books  so  given  to  be  a 
memorial  to  our  deceased  members. 

Flag  Day  was  also  celebrated  on  June  14, 
1922,  a  splendid  program  being  carried  out  in 
keeping  with  the   day. 

Joseph  Koger  has  met  all  its  per  capita  taxes, 
contributed  to  Manual  for  Immigrants  at  each 
call,  and  is  one  hundred  per  centum  to  the 
South  Carolina  Room  at  Washington,  to 
Tamassee,  and  all  otlier  calls  from  the 
National    Society. 

In  1921,  as  successor  to  Airs.  B.  F.  Storne, 
Organizing  Regent,  Airs.  I.  F.  Still  was  elected 
Regent  and  is  still  serving  as  such.  Our 
present  membership  is  twenty-nine.  At  one 
time  the  Chapter  had  as  many  as  forty-seven 
members,  but  in  1922,  sotne  of  our  members, 
residents  of  Williston,  S.  C,  withdrew  for 
the  purpose  of  forming  another  chapter. 
Hence  Joseph  Koger  has  the  honor  of  being 
the  mother  chapter  of  the  Martha  Watson 
Chapter  at  Williston. 

Joseph  Koger  is  busy  procuring  all  available 
data  as  to  the  exact  location  of  the  "  Slaughter 
Field  "  and  the  grave  of  Patrick  Cain,  who  is 
said  to  be  buried  on  this  battlefield,  which  is 
about  four  miles  out  from  Blackville.  The 
battlefield  received  its  name  from  the  terrible 
slaughter  of  both  Whigs  and  Tories  which 
occurred  there.  Joseph  Koger  hopes  to  erect  a 
lioulder   there,   commemorating   the   occurrence. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Joseph  Koger 
Chapter  is  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  each 
month  at  the  homes  of  the  members,  and  a 
vacation  from  regular  work  is  taken  during 
the   summer  months. 

It  has  been  decided  and  committee  appointed 
to  take  charge  of  the  same,  that  the  Chapter 
will  plant  trees  on  the  grounds  of  the  Black- 
ville High  School,  as  a  memorial  to  the 
Blackville  boys  who  gave  their  lives  in  the 
World  War. 

Joseph  Koger  intends  to  continue  taking  an 
active  part  in  the  constructive  work  being 
fostered  by  the  National  Society  and  hopes  to 
make  itself  among  the  leading  chapters  in 
the  Union. 

(Mrs.  A.  H.)   Florence  Jarrett  Ninestein,   ~ 
r/iii/'/i-r  Publication   Manager. 

Sally  De  Forest  Chapter  (Norwalk,  Ohio) 
bears  the  name  of  Sally  De  Forest,  brave  wife 
of  Piatt  Benedict,  and  first  woman  settler  of 
Norwalk.  Ohio.  Many  of  her  descendants  are 
cliarter  members  of  the  Chapter. 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


Sarah  De  Forest  was  Ijoni  in  1775  at  Wilton, 
Conn. ;  married  Piatt  Benedict  of  Danbury, 
Conn.,  November  12,  1795.  In  September, 
1815,  Piatt  Benedict  first  caine  to  Ohio  to 
look  for  a  location  for  a  new  home,  and 
visited  the  present  site  of  Norwalk.  In  January, 
1817,  he  came  again  and  erected  a  log  house, 
which  was  the  first  building  constructed  by 
white  men  within  the  present  corporate  limits 
of  the  village  of  Norwalk.  In  July,  1817,  he 
brought    his    family    in    a    covered    wagon    to 


their  new  home,  only  to  learn  that  the  house 
which  he  had  built  in  the  spring  had  been 
burned  down.  The  house  was  replaced  with 
a  log  cabin  twenty  feet  square,  with  no  doors 
nor  windows  nor  fireplace,  and  no  furniture 
except  some  cooking  utensils  used  on  the 
journey.  Thus  Sally  De  Forest  began  her 
home,  making  it  the  house  destined  to  be  the 
forerunner  of  a  city  of  beautiful  homes. 

Sally  De  Forest  Chapter  has  tried  to  make 
her  accomplishment  worthy  in  some  degree  of 
the  brave  spirit  of  the  pioneer  whose  name 
she  bears. 

The  Chapter  is  eight  years  old,  and  not- 
withstanding losses  by  death  and  transfer  has 
a  membership  of  75.  The  most  noteworthy 
accomplishments  have  been  a  $300  scholarship 
to  Shauffler  School  in  Cleveland.  Ohio,  and  a 
total  sum  of  $145  for  the  Caroline  Scott 
Harrison  Memorial  Dormitory  at  O.xford 
College  for  women. 


The  Americanization  Committee  has  made 
a  specialty  of  the  resolution  adopted  by  the 
Thirtieth  Continental  Congress,  to  encourage 
reverence  for  the  playing  of  the  "  Star  Spangled 
Banner."  A  motion  picture  slide  was  prepared 
and  is  exhibited  in  the  local  theatres,  a  few 
days   in  advance  of  national   holidays. 

Posters  of  the  resolution  have  been  pre- 
sented to  the  schools,  together  with  folders  of 
the  American's  Creed  and  the  resolution ;  flag 
code  posters,  and  copies  of  the  Manual.  The 
Manual  has  been  placed  in  the  library  and 
court  house,  and  is  presented  by  the  Committee 
to  incoming  citizens. 

The  full  quota  has  been  paid  to  the  Manual, 
and  the  three  cents  per  capita  for  the  work  in 
the  Detention  Room  at  Ellis  Island  has  been 
subscribed.  Last  year  we  led  the  state  with 
56  per  cent,  of  our  members,  subscribers  to  the 
Magazine.  Two  subscriptions  are  maintained 
regularly,  one  for  the  Regent  and  the  other 
for  the  public  library. 

Annual  contributions  are  made  to  Hindman 
School,  Pine  Mountain,  Epiphany  Mission,  the 
Philippine  Scholarship  Fund,  and  the  Annette 
Phelps  Lincoln  Memorial.  We  also  assisted  in 
placing  the  bronze  marker  on  Campus  Martins. 

War  records  have  been  completed  and  filed. 
The  equipment  of  our  war  time  community 
kitchen  has  been  presented  to  the  School  of 
Opportunity,  Norwalk's  work  among  deficient 
children.  We  contribute  annually  to  a.  fund 
for  keeping  a  caretaker  in  Firelands  His- 
torical Museum. 

Brigadier  General  John  R.  McQuigg,  lovingly 
called  by  his  men,  "  Old-go-and-get-'em,"  was 
the  honored  guest  at  a  brilliant  meeting.  He 
spoke  of  his  war  time  experiences,  and  of  his 
work  with  the  American  Legion.  Mrs.  Kent 
Hamilton  of  Ursula  Wolcott  Chapter,  Toledo, 
was  our  guest  at  another  time  and  told  of  the 
dedication  of  the  water  works  system  at  Tillo- 
loy.  We  were  invited  to  be  the  guests  of 
Martha  Pitkin  Chapter  of  Sandusky  to  meet 
the  State  Regent,  Mrs.  William  Magee  Wilson, 
and  on  the  following  day  she  was  the  guest 
of  the  Chapter  at  a  luncheon  in  Norwalk.  .At 
another  meeting  a  Chapter  member,  Miss  Anna 
Beattie,  who  is  a  trained  Americanization 
worker,  told  of  her  experiences  with  the 
Associated  Charities  in  Cleveland.  At  a 
recent  meeting,  Attorney  Stephen  M.  Young 
of  Cleveland  gave  a  talk  on  the  question,  "  Have 
we  outgrown  our  Constitution." 

On  Flag  Day,  the  Chapter  held  its  annual 
pilgrimage.  .\t  sundown  the  flag  cereinony 
was  held.  The  flag  was  lowered  by  two  service 
men  with  all  guests  giving  the   salute. 

C.\THARIXE    AmaXD.\    SkILTON, 

Regent. 


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John  Sevier  Chapter  (Johnson  City,  Tenn.) 
was  organized  July  26th.  The  first  gavel  used 
was  made  from  the  wood  taken  from  the 
home  of  John  Sevier.  From  the  first  our 
Chapter  has  been  active  in  assisting  or  putting 
up  markers  on  historic  spots.  We  aided  in 
putting  up  a  marker  at  Sycamore  Sholes,  in 
connection  with  the  Eonney  Kate  and  Sycamore 
Chapters.  We  also  erected  a  tablet  to  mark 
Sheling  Rock,  the  first  resting  place  for  the 
patriots  on  their  march  to  King's  Mountain. 
Early  in  our  organization,  work  was  taken  up 
concerning  Devils  Fork  school  in  Uni- 
coi Alountains. 

Our  Chapter  has  always  contributed  to 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  when  called  upon. 
It  his  sent  delegates  both  to  the  Continental 
Congress  and  the  State  Conference.  It  has 
presented  a  large  flag  to  City. 

Each  year  a  D.A.R.  Pin,  for  school  prizes 
is  given  to  the  pupil  in  High  School  making 
the  highest  grade  in  history.  Also  it  has 
placed  our  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine  in  our  new  public 
Library.  Much  war  work  was  accomplished, 
several  members  adopted  French  babies. 

Last  year  $200  was  sent  to  swell  the  fund 
for  the  D..A.R.  building  at  Lincoln  Memorial. 
Recently  a  bo.x  of  books  for  the  school  and 
$10  was  sent  to  Devils  Fork  School ;  at 
Christmas  a  box  of  oranges  and  90  bags  of 
candy  was  sent  to  this  school. 

Recently  a  beautiful  portrait  of  John  Sevier, 
copied  by  Lloyd  Bransom  from  the  original 
by  Peale,  was  presented  to  the  new 
Public    Library. 

A  marker  is  being  made  for  the  site  of 
Washington  College,  "  1st  seat  of  learning 
East  of  Alleghanies,"  founded  by  Samuel  Doak. 
The  Chapter  owns  a  Regent  Pin  that  is  worn 
by  the  Regent  during  her  term  of  ofiice.  The 
Regent  has  copied  deeds,  wills,  and  marriages 
at  the  Jonesboro  court  house.  We  contributed 
our  share  in  the  water  works  of  Tilloloy, 
Painting  and  Manual,  and  are  now  collecting 
money  toward  the  Tennessee  Room  in  the  new 
D.A.R.  Administration  Building  and  the  Manual. 

John  Sevier  has  made  it  a  custom  to  cele- 
brate Washington's  Birthday,  usually  with  a 
banquet  or  tea.  This  year  we  are  to  be  the 
guests  of  the  Volentier  Chapter  at  Bristol,  Tenn. 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Cass,  ,^ 
Regent. 


Neville,  the  wife  of  Nebraska's  "  War 
Governor."  All  our  obligations  have  been  met 
and  we  are  planning  for  the  successful  growth 
of  the  D.A.R.  Museum,  now  located  in  the 
basement  of  the  City  Library.  We  have  given 
each  year  two  medals,  one  for  the  pupil  in 
the  City  schools  and  one  for  the  pupil  in  the 
rural  schools  of  the  County  who  have  received 
the  best  grades  in  American  History.  Our  be- 
loved State  Regent,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Spencer,  a 
member  of  this  Chapter  gave  a  medal  last 
June  to  the  pupil  writing  the  best  essay  on 
our  Lincoln  County.  We  have  an  active  Chap- 
ter of  C.A.R.  who  entertined  the  members  of 
Sioux  Lookout  Chapter.  We  are  very  proud 
of  our  name,  it  being  the  highest  hill  south  of 
our  City  and  used  by  the  Indians  in  early  days 
as  a  "  Lookout  station."  One  can  see  for  miles 
in  every  direction  from  its  summit  and  it  was 
here  many  of  the  attacks  were  planned  on  the 
trains  of  "covered  wagons"  as  they  slowly 
moved  along  the  old  Morman  trail,  which  wound 
its  way  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  and  on  into  the 
prairie  distances.  Occasionally  one  can  still 
see  the  deep  ruts  of  the  trail  in  some  fields.  We 
are  proud  of  our  National  Cemetery  at  Fort 
McPherson,  where  each  year  our  Chapter 
assists  with  the  Memorial  Day  Services ;  the 
State  Chairman  being  one  of  our  members. 
We  have  celebrated  our  anniversary  each  year 
on  November  22nd  with  a  Banquet,  and  when 
I  tell  you  our  birthday  cake  held  six  candles 
last  time,  you  will  know  how  old  we  are.  We 
are  a  Chapter  of  seventy  members,  and  if  it 
were  not  for  the  transfer  card,  would  be 
much  larger.  But  to  give  as  well  as  get 
is  "  Divine  Doctrine "  and  Sioux  Lookout 
Chapter  has  passed  on  with  regret  some 
wonderful  building  material  that  will  be  active 
anywhere  in  loyal  patriotic  service.  I  think 
we  have  never  missed  having  representatives 
in  the  National  Congress  and  have  been  honored 
three  times  by  having  our  young  Daughters 
selected  as  pages.  We  could  write  so  much 
on  what  we  would  like  to  do  as  well  as  what 
we  have  done,  but  it  is  all  summed  up  in  the 
fact,  we  are  trying  to  give  service  each  day 
worthy  of  our  historic  ancestors  and  to  be 
loyal  and  true  to  the  teachings  of  our  National 
Society.  We  have  pledged  allegiance  to  our 
God,  our   Country  and  our  Fag. 

Daisy    C.   Hinman, 
Historian. 


Sioux  Lookout  Chapter  (North  Platte, 
Nebr.1.  sends  prcctinss  to  the  Daughters  of 
the  Society.  We  have  met  monthly  in  the 
homes  of  the  members  from  October  to  June. 
We  have  interesting  programs  and  an  en- 
thusiastic   leader    in    our    Regent,    Mrs.    Keith 


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Tucson  Chapter  (Tucson,  Ariz.).  Promptly 
at  two  o'clock,  the  Tucson  Chapter  surrounded 
by  a  crowd  of  appreciative  citizens,  gathered 
on  the  Court  House  green  to  unveil  a  lasting 
monument  to  pioneer  courage  when  Tucson 
was   young.     The  native   granite  boulder   with 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


22; 


its  tablet  of  bronze,  bearing  the  message  of 
historic  interest  to  future  generations,  was  the 
crowning  effort  of  the  Chapter's  work  last  year. 

Save  for  lettered  cars  shrouded  in  our  colors, 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
took  no  part  in  the  parade,  for  the  feature  of 
the  day  for  the  Tucson  Chapter,  was  the 
dedication  of  the  historic  town  wall  "  Marker," 
the  result  of  months  of  activity  among 
its  members. 

The  flag  which  veiled  the  Marker  was  lifted 
by  two  yoimg   girls.   Miss    Elizabeth    Still   and 


BOULDER    ERECTED     in      lli-<i\     illxrilR,      Hisi]\. 
AKI/"\A, 

Miss  Virginia  Roberts,  children  of  pioneer 
Mothers.  Mrs.  Fred  Roberts,  who  was  one  of 
the  speakers,   was  born   in   Arizona,   and    Mrs. 

J  Arthur  Still,  who  has  been  an  enthusiastic 
worker  in  the  Tucson  Chapter  since  its  infancy. 

^  Mrs.  B.  L.  Motfit,  Regent,  of  the  Tucson 
Chapter,  presented  the  Marker,  and  in  a  few, 
concise,  well  worded  remarks  outlined  the  work 
of  dedicating  to  the  city  historic  spots  in  and 
around  Tucson,  and  thanked  its  citizens  for 
the  cooperation  which  made  the  placing  of  the 
initial  monument  possible.  She  asked  further 
support  and  interest  in  the  perpetuation  of 
similar  landmarks. 

Reverend  Oliver  Comstock,  one  of  the 
pioneer  ministers  of  Tucson,  in  a  voice  of 
reverent  emphasis  invoked  divine  guidance  in 
the  work  of  establishing  lasting  evidence  of  the 
debt   we  owe   to   the  early   settlers   who   stood 


their  ground  even  after  the  United  States 
Government  had  branded  Arizona  unfit  for 
white   habitation. 

Mayor  Rasmessan  then  accepted  the  marker 
in  the  name  of  Tucson  and  promised  to  do  all 
in  his  power  to  aid  in  the  proposed  work. 

Mrs.  Fred  Roberts  outlined  the  wall,  its  lo- 
cation and  "  Block  Houses,"  which  were  a  part 
of  the  structure.  She  gave  the  date  of  their 
destruction,  a  fact  which  necessitated  con- 
siderable engineering  on  the  part  of  the  Chapter 
in  order  to  authentically  locate  the  four  corners. 
Mrs.  Roberts  was  followed  by  the  speaker  of 
the  occasion,  Hon.  Moses  Drachman,  who  was 
born  on  Arizona  soil.  He  graphically  detailed 
the  progress  of  this  desert  country  from  the 
day  of  Indian  menace  to  the  present  of  prosper- 
ous, peaceful,  productive,  safety  and  unparelled 
climatic  conditions. 

Novell.^  Routt  Reynolds, 

Historian. 

Palo  Alto  Chapter  (Palo  Alto,  Cal.).  In 
1  )ecember,  1922,  our  Chapter  completed  ten 
>  ears  of  existence  as  a  part  of  the  National 
Organization.  It  is  a  small  Chapter,  having 
but  twenty-five  members  who  meet  at  the  homes 
of  the  individuals,  the  fourth  Thursday,  nine 
months   of   the   year. 

We  have  devoted  our  time  to  research  work 
on  historical  subjects,  having  presented  more 
papers  to  the  State  Reciprocity  Bureau  than 
any  other  chapter,  surveys  of  current  events, 
and  our  money  to  local  welfare  and  patriotic 
purposes.  Framed  copies  of  the  history  of  the 
Flag  have  been  given  each  school,  and  last 
year  a  gold  medal  to  the  high  school  student 
most  proficient  in  American  History — this  we 
plan  to  continue  each  year.  This  month  we 
presented  a  large  flag  to  the  Palo  Alto 
Community  House. 

In  1920,  some  of  our  members  started  a  night 
class  for  foreigners  in  Americanization.  After 
a  successful  year  this  was  taken  over  by  the 
school  board  and  is  now  a  permanent 
night  school. 

The  Base  Hospital  for  War  Veterans,  the 
Stanford  Convalescent  Home,  the  Women's 
Club  House,  and  the  Palo  Alto  Library  have 
all  been  assisted  by  our  contributions.  During 
the  War  we  made  a  record  in  the  amount  of 
knitting  and  Red  Cross  work  done,  and  one 
day  a  month  we  were  responsible  for  the 
National   Defender's   Club. 

Four  of  our  members  have  at  different  times 
held  state  offices,  one  a  Chaplain,  one  Historian, 
one  Reciprocity  Chairman,  and  our  present 
Regent  is  Chairman  of  Indian  Welfare. 

We  have  recently  revised  our  constitution 
whereby  we  raise  our  membership  to  fifty — our 


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dues  to  three  dollars  and  have  changed  the 
meetings  to  the  second  Tuesday;  so  we  hope 
to  extend  our  usefulness.  We  have  alwfays 
stood  one  hundred  per  cent,  perfect  in  state 
and    National   demands. 

Considering  the  fact  that  we  are  all  busy 
mothers  or  teachers,  we  feel  the  decade  has 
been  filled  with  profitable  labor  and  inspir- 
ing associations. 

(Mrs.  E.  p.)   Lillian  V.  Lesley, <^ — " 
Historian. 

Fort  Nelson  Chapter  (Portsmouth  Va.) 
presented  Grimes  Battery  with  a  silk  Guidon, 
made  by  one  of  our  members,  Miss  Mary 
Emmerson.  The  exercises  were  held  in  the 
auditorium  of  the  Woodrow  Wilson  High 
School. 

Governor  E.  Lee  Trinkle  of  Virginia  and  his 
wife  were  present  as  the  guests  of  our  city. 
Grimes  Battery  was  organized  in  1809,  and 
saw  service  in  the  War  of  1812,  also  in  the 
late  World   War. 

Addresses  were  made  by  Governor  Trinkle, 
Mayor  Robert  Hutchins,  City  Manager  General 
Jervey,  United  States  .Army,  retired,  and  Dr. 
W.  V.  Savage.  Music  was  furnished  by  our 
Naval  Post  Band.  The  Guidon  was  presented 
by  the  Honorary  Regent  of  Fort  Nelson  Chap- 
ter, Mrs.  Chas.  R.  Nash,  a  descendant  of  Mr. 
John  Marshall,  Chief  Justice  of  the  United 
States.  In  accepting  it  Captain  Cooper  made 
well  chosen  remarks.  On  the  platform  also 
was  Miss  Annie  Emmerson,  who  is  a  descend- 
ant of  the  organizer  of  Grimes  Battery  and  its 
Captain,   Arthur   Emmerson. 

After  the  above  exercises,  the  Governor  and 
his  wife  were  given  a  reception  at  the  Monroe 
Hotel  by  two  of  our  Chapter  members,  Mrs. 
McMurran  and  Mrs.  Collins,  which  was  at- 
tended by  hundreds  of  our  prominent  citizens. 
Altogether  the  occasion  was  a  most  delightful 
and  successful  affair. 

(Mrs.  Jerome  P.)    Martha   Womble  Carr,- — 
Historian. 

Namaqua  Chapter  (Loveland,  Colo.).  An 
interesting  event  in  the  history  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  at  Loveland, 
Colorado,  was  the  marking  of  the  site  of 
Namaqua,  the  first  settlement  in  the  Big 
Thompson  Valley,  for  which  the  Chapter 
was   named. 

At  sunset  on  July  24th.  before  a  large 
gathering  of  Chapter  members  and  old  settlers, 
the    ^farker    was    unveiled    by     Mrs.    Marian 


Vanderburgh       Benson,       granddaughter       of 
Colonel  Vanderburgh  of  New  York. 

The  principle  address  was  given  by  Mrs. 
Winfield  Scott  Tarbell,  past  State  Regent  of 
Colorado,  and  organizer  of  the  Chapter.  Our 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  Herbert  Heyden,  followed 
with   appropriate   remarks. 

The  Regent  of  the  local  Chapter,  Mrs.  R.  H.- 
Oviatt,   told   of    Mariano    Modeno,    first   settler 
and   founder   of   Namaqua   and   introduced   the 


only  survivor  of  the  family,  his  stepson,  Louis 
Papa.  Led  by  the  Regent,  a  salute  was 
given  to  the  pioneers  of  this  region  who  en- 
dured hardships  and  worked  with  indomitable 
courage  to  subdue  this  country  and  make  it 
the  present  paradise  in  which  we  now  live. 

After  singing  "America"  the  company  viewed 
the  "  Old  Log  Cabin "  built  by  Modeno  and 
his  stepson,  Louis  Papa,  soon  after  they  arrived 
in  this  country  in  1858.  This  Log  Cabin  which 
was  located  on  the  old  trail  leading  from 
Denver  to  Laramie,  Wyoming,  became  noted 
throughout  the  country  as  a  place  of  enter- 
tainment. Many  famous  men,  among  them 
General  Grant  and  Fremont  the  explorer, 
stopped  there  to  partake  of  the  hospitality 
whicli   the  place  afforded. 

Mrs.  R.  R.  Finley, 
Historian. 


^  ^age  in 
5|eralbrp 

Conducted  by 

Edith  Roberts  Ramsburgh 

Drawings  by 
Zoe  Lee  H.  Anderson 


BOYD 

About  the  time  of  the  Xorinan  Conquest, 
there  was  living  in  Scotland,  a  no1)Ie  warrior 
named  "  Alan "  who  was  created  Lord  High 
Steward  of  his  country  and  died  1153.  He 
married  Margaret,  a  daughter  of  Fergus,  the 
Earl  of  Galloway  and  had  by  him  five  children. 

Their  third  son  "  Simon,"  second  Lord  High 
Steward  of  Scotland,  whose  name  is  found  in 
the  Foundation  Charter  of  the  Monastery  of 
Paisley  in  1161,  was  the  progenitor  of  the 
family  of   Boyds. 

His  oldest  son,  Robert,  being  of  a  fair  com- 
plexion was  named  Boyt  or  Boyd,  taken  from 
the  gaelic  word  meaning  fair  or  yellow,  and 
from  this  fact  the  first  surname  "  Boyd " 
arose.  Robert  died  before  1240  leaving  a  son 
Sir  Robert  Boyd,  who  was  singularly  brave  at 
the  Battle  of  Large  in  1263,  when  Acho,  King 
of  Norway  entered  Scotland  and  was  put  to 
flight.  For  his  bravery  Sir  Robert  was  re- 
warded by  Alexander  3rd,  then  King  of 
Scotland,  with  Grants  of  land  in  Cunningham. 
He  died  in  1270. 

His  grandson  Sir  Robert  Boyd  4th,  was  one 
of  the  first  Scottish  noblemen  to  rally  round 
the  standard  of  Robert  Bruce,  when  he  offered 
defiance  to  the  King  of  England. 

Most  of  the  Boyd  family  trace  their  descent 
through  the  branch  of  this  family,  who  for  po- 
litical reasons,  removed  to  Kilmarnock,  Ireland. 

There  were  also  prominent  settlements  of 
Boyds  in  other  parts  of  Ireland,  descendants 
of  whom  removed  to  America,  James  Boyd 
settling  in  New  Jersey  in  1735,  and 
Reverend  William  Boyd  who  came  to  New 
England  in  1718. 


GROUT 

Grout  is  not  Welsh,  Irish  or  Scotch,  nor  is 
England  regarded  as  its  birthplace.  The  con- 
clusion is  that  Grout,  alias  Groot  and  Gros, 
were  originally  identical  and  of  Continental 
origin  and  the  same   literal  meaning — "  great." 

In  central  Germany  it  became  Grote,  in 
northern  Germany,  in  the  Saxon  and  German 
dialects,  it  became  Gros,  from  which  have 
sprung  Gross  and  Grouse  in  England,  and 
Graus   in  Prussia. 

But  whence  came  the  name  "  Grout "  in 
England?  Supposedly  it  was  brought  by  the 
Flemish  weavers   in   1154-'89. 

In  1587,  Richard  Groutte  of  Walton,  County 
of  Derby,  was  knighted  and  certified  to  be  a 
descendant  of  an  ancient  family  of  that  name  in 
the  west  of  England.  Such  reference  to  his 
family  in  the  16th  century  implied  an  elevated 
standing.  Cornwall  was  believed  to  be  the 
earliest  seat  and  Gros  the  original  name  of  the 
family  of  Sir  Richard  Groutte.  If  knighted 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  he  might  have  been 
the  grandfather,  and  if  at  forty-six,  the  great 
grandfather  of  John  and  William  Grout,  the 
first  of  the  name  of  the  American  family. 

Captain  John  Grout  was  of  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,    1640,    died    in    Sudbury,    1697; 

married      first      Mary ;      secondly      Sarah 

(Busby)  Cakebread.  He  served  in  the 
Colonial  Wars  and  received  special  mention  by 
the  General  Court  for  meritorious  service.  He 
was  a  man  of  wisdom  and  great  courage, 
characteristics  of  the  family  to-day. 

From  this  ancestor  are  descended  Lewis 
Grout,  Missionary  to  South  .\frica  and  Senator 
Henry  W.  Grout  of  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

Used  through  the  courtesy  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Bnice  Jones,  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 
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NATIONAL-BOARD'OF 


Regular  Meeting,  February  13,  1923 


REGULAR  meeting  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management  was  called  to 
order  by  the  President  General,  Mrs. 
George  Maynard  Minor,  in  the  Board 
Room  of  Memorial  Continental  Hall, 
on  Tuesday,  February  13,  1923,  at 
10:15  A.M. 

The  President  General  then  announced  that 
the  Chaplain  General  being  unable  to  be  present 
she  would  repeat  a  prayer  that  had  been  help- 
ful to  her,  after  which  the  members  of  the 
National  Board  joined  her  in  repeating  the 
Lord's   Prayer. 

The  President  General  then  introduced  Mrs. 
Voorhorst,  our  new  stenographer. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  being 
absent,  on  motion  of  Mrs.  Morris,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Elliott  and  carried,  Mrs.  White  was 
elected  to  act  as  Secretary  pro  tern,  for 
the  meeting. 

The  roll  was  called  by  the  Acting  Secretary. 
Those  responding  to  the  roll  call  were : 
National  Officers:  Mrs.  Minor.  Mrs.  Morris, 
Mrs.  Whitman,  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs.  Hodgkins, 
Miss  McDufifee,  Mrs.  Mondell,  ^frs.  Buel,  Mrs. 
Block,  Mrs.  Hanger,  Mrs.  Hunter,  Mrs. 
Elliott,  Miss  Strider,  Mrs.  Ellison,  Mrs. 
White:  State  Regents  and  State  Vice  Regents: 
Miss  Nettleton,  Mrs.  Hardy,  Mrs.  Chubbuck, 
Mrs.  Perkins,  Miss  Gilbert,  Mrs.  Guernsey, 
Mrs.  Denmead,  Mrs.  Seydel,  Mrs.  Kitt,  Mrs. 
Fitts,  Mrs.  Shumway,  Mrs.  Nash,  Mrs.  Young, 
Mrs.  Wilson,  Mrs.  Heron,  Mrs.  Gillentine, 
Dr.  Barrett,  Mrs.  Conaway. 

The  President  General  read  her  report. 

Report  of  President  General 

Members  of  the  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment : 

Since  her  last  report  your  President  General 
has  made  many  visits  to  State  Conferences  and 
State  meetings. 

In  October,  she  attended  the  State  Conference 
of  New  York,  at  Poughkeepsie,  the  New  Jersey 
Annual  State  meeting  at  Orange,  and  on  the 
31st  left  for  an  extended  trip  south  and  west 
to  the  State  Conferences  of  North  Carolina, 
Tennessee,  Texas,  and  South  Carolina.  The 
South  Carolina  State  Conference  included  a 
drive  to  the  battlefield  of  Cowpens,  where 
ceremonies  were  held  in  commemoration  of  the 


battle,  with  addresses  by  the  Congressman 
from  that  district,  your  President  General 
and   others. 

From  Spartanburg  your  President  General 
went  to  Tamassee,  where  she  had  the  pleasure 
of  a  iTiost  interesting  visit  to  the  D.A.R.  School. 

The  Regent  of  Walhalla  Chapter  and 
members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  who 
had  kindly  loaned  their  cars  for  the  occasion, 
inet  us  at  Seneca  early  in  the  morning  and 
drove  us  to  Walhalla,  eight  miles  distant, 
where  a  group  of  Daughters  from  the  Chapter 
met  us  and  entertained  us  at  breakfast.  From 
there  we  drove  to  Tamassee,  accompanied  by 
the  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Cain,  and  past  Vice 
President  General,  Mrs.  Calhoun,  Mrs.  Bratton, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and 
other  prominent  Daughters. 

We  were  introduced  to  the  pupils,  who  took 
us  for  a  tour  of  inspection  of  the  school.  We 
visited  among  other  buildings,  the  dormitory 
given  by  the  State  of  New  York,  construction 
of  which  was  just  begun.  Before  luncheon  the 
pupils  entertained  us  with  songs,  after  which 
there  was  a  meeting  attended  by  the  pupils  of 
the  school  and  some  of  the  neighbors  from  the 
surrounding  country.  This  school  has  made 
marked  progress  in  developing  its  good  work 
for  these  girls  whose  earnestness  of  purpose 
makes  them  deserving  of  every  effort  in 
their  behalf. 

After  this  we  drove  back  to  Seneca  and  took 
the  train  for  Washington,  arriving  at  Memorial 
Continental   Hall  on   November   18th. 

In  January,  your  President  General  attended 
the  Florida  State  Conference  at  Orlando,  and 
other  meetings  arranged  for  her  at  Daytona, 
Jacksonville  and  St.  Augustine. 

On  November  21st,  your  President  General 
went  to  Boston  where  she  interviewed  Mr. 
Lord,  in  an  effort  to  have  the  business  of  the 
Memorial  Fountain  expedited  ;  here  she  attended 
a  reception  and  dinner  given  in  her  honor  by 
Mrs.  Ellison,  our  Librarian  General,  and  on 
the  next  day  paid  a  visit  to  the  American 
International  College  at  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. After  having  luncheon  at  the  college, 
she  had  the  pleasure  of  addressing  the  students 
in  general  assembly,  and  visiting  some  of  the 
classes,  in  all  of  which  she  was  most  impressed 
with  the  fine  educational  work  being  done  by 
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these     earnest     young     men     and     women     of 
foreign  birth. 

On  December  6th,  your  President  General  had 
the  honor  of  presenting  greetings  from  our 
Society  at  a  meeting  of  the  Southern  Society 
held  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  at  which 
time  Clcmenceau  was  the  guest  of  honor  and 
delivered  an  address. 

On  December  12th,  she  appeared  in  behalf  of 
our  Yorktown  Bill,  at  the  hearing  before  the 
Committee  on   Military   Affairs. 

On  December  27th,  the  American  Historical 
Association  held  a  luncheon  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  as  part  of  their  Annual  Conven- 
tion, and  invited  your  President  General  to 
represent  our  Society  and  deliver  an  address. 
Two  special  Board  meetings  have  been  held 
since  October  for  the  admission  of  members, 
confirmation  of  Regents,  and  authorization  and 
confirmation  of  chapters;  also  three  Executive 
Committee  meetings,  in  December  January 
and   February. 

From  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee 
you  will  learn  of  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Ezekiel 
for  so  many  years  the  Chief  Clerk  of  the 
Recording  Secretary  General  and  the  able 
Official  Stenographer  of  this  Board.  The  work 
of  transcribing  the  past  stenographic  records 
of  the  Board  is  being  continued  at  her  home 
by  Mrs.  Ezekiel  at  the  regular  rates  for 
such  work. 

You  will  be  pleased  to  know  that  word  has 
come  to  your  President  General  from  Major 
Gimperling  in  Paris  that  the  painting  "  A  Con- 
voy of  Troopships  Bound  for  France,"  which 
our  Society  presented  for  the  War  Museum 
arrived  in  exceedingly  good  condition  and  has 
been  hung  in  a  very  good  position,  with  refer- 
ence to  lighting  effects,  other  objects  etc.  It 
has  been  much  admired  by  the  Museum 
authorities.  The  collection  of  exhibits  from  the 
United  States  Government,  of  which  our  paint- 
ing is  a  part,  is  among  the  most  notable  of  the 
World  War  exhibits  of  the  Allies.  The 
French  authorities  are  planning  a  formal  cere- 
mony (or  the  opening  of  the  Museum  on  March 
1st,  at  which  it  is  jirobablc  our  Society  will 
be  represented. 

Your  Executive  Coniinittec  released  Mrs. 
Pepper  as  Executive  Manager  nn  January  1st, 
and  nlTered  her  the  iiosition  of  head  clerk  in 
the  Business  Ofiice,  at  $150  per  month,  which 
position  she  is  now  filling. 

On  February  1st,  the  Executive  Committee 
(ifTered  the  jxisition  of  F.xecntivc  Manager  to 
Miss  Flora  I'eriiald,  subject  to  ratification  by 
this  Board,  Miss  Fernald  has  acted  as 
Sei-relary    to    the     I'resideTil    General     for    the 


past  three  years  and  was  before  that  Secretary 
to  Mrs.  Guernsey,  our  Past  President  General. 
Previous  to  that  she  held  the  position  of  Chief 
Clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  General.  It  was  the  opinion  of  the 
E.xecutive  Committee  that  Miss  Fernald  is 
well  fitted  for  this  position  because  of  her 
familiarity  with  the  business  of  our  Society, 
her  ability  and  uniform  courtesy. 

You  doubtless  read  in  the  newspapers  of 
the  proposed  return  of  Roscoe  Arbuckle  as  an 
actor  in  the  moving  picture  business,  as  recom- 
mended by  Mr.  Will  Hays,  President  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Producers  and  Distributors  of 
America.  Your  President  General  desires  to 
state  that  this  was  done  without  consulting  the 
"  Committee  of  Twenty,"  appointed  to  represent 
large  national  organizations.  As  a  member  of 
this  committee  representing  our  Society,  she 
wrote  oflicially  to  Mr.  Hays  protesting  in  your 
name  against  the  restoration  of  Arbuckle, 
knowing  that  you  would  wish  to  be  numbered 
among  those  who  disapprove  of  subjecting  the 
public,  and  especially  our  young  people,  to  the 
continued  sight  of  a  man  of  evil  reputation, 
merely  for  the  sake  of  giving  him  "  another 
chance "  to  retrieve  his  character  and  fortune. 
It  seemed  to  your  President  General  that 
considerations  of  public  decency  are  of  more 
importance  than  the  rehabilitation  of  one  man. 
Because  of  the  numerous  protests  received,  it 
has  been  stated  that  Arbuckle  will  not  return 
to  acting,  but  will  be  given  "another  chance" 
in  some  other  way. 

At  the  October  Board  meeting,  your  President 
General  reported  that  the  Government  had  in- 
formed her  it  was  preparing  a  tablet  to  be 
presented  to  our  Society,  in  commemoration  of 
the  fact  that  the  Conference  on  Limitation  of 
Armament  was  held  in  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  and  in  acknowledgment  of  our  act  in 
loaning  the  Hall  to  the  Government  for  this 
purpo.se.  She  was  also  informed  that  the 
Government  was  proposing  to  present  this 
tablet  with  considerable  ceremony  in  the  pres- 
ence of  high  officials  on  the  anniversary  of  the 
opening  of  the  Armament  Conference  on 
November  11th  last.  Later  it  developed  that 
the  State  Department  deemed  it  unwise  to  give 
such  publicity  to  the  presentation  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  all  of  the  signatory  powers  had 
not  as  yet  ratified  the  treaties  signed  at  the 
Conference.  Consequently  the  tablet  was 
fiuictly  presented  and  placed  without  any  cere- 
mony on  the  rear  wall  of  the  platform  im- 
mediately back  of  the  spot  where  President 
Harding  stood  when  addressing  the  Conference. 
The    Inscription    on   the    tablet    is    as    follows: 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 


23i 


In   Response 

To  an   invitation   by    the 

President  of  the  United  States 

Delegates  from 

The    United    States    of    America-The    British 

Empire-France-Italy- Japan 

Assembled     in     this     auditorium     November 

12.    1921 

For  a 

Conference  on  the  Limitation  of  Armament 

Together  with  delegates  from 

Belgium-China-The  Netherlands  and  Portugal 

Invited  to  participate   in  the  discussion   of 

Pacific  and  Far  Eastern  questions 


On   February  6,   1922   at   the  close   of  the 

Conference  the   following  treaties   were  signed 

by  Represenatives  of  the  participating  nations 

Treaty  Limiting  Treaty  Relating  to 

Naval  Armaments  Submarines  and  Gases 

Treaty   Relating  to 

Insular  Possessions 

And  Insular  Dominions 

In  the  region  of  the 

Pacific   Ocean 

Treaty   Relating  to  Treaty   Relating  to 

Policies  Concerning  China      Chinese  Customs 

Tariflt 


This  tablet  was  presented  by  the  Government 
of  the  United  States,  November  12,  1922  as  a 
token  of  Appreciation  to  the  officers  of  the 
National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
America  Revolution  for  making  available 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  for  the  sessions  of 

the  Conference 
Seal 
Charles  E.  Hughes  Warren  G.  Harding 

Secretary  of  State  President 

of  the  LJnitcd  States 
Washington,   November   12,   1922 

At  the  meeting  of  the  National  Board  on 
February  8,  1922,  your  President  General  an- 
nounced that  there  was  still  one  parcel  of  land 
in  the  rear  of  our  Hall  which  we  did  not  own 
and  which  there  was  an  opportunity  to  pur- 
chase. The  Board  voted  full  power  to  your 
President  General  to  secure  the  remaining  three 
lots,  numbered  8-9-10  in  Square  173  not  owned 
by  the  Society.  It  was  most  desirable  and 
necessary  for  our  own  protection  that  we  own 
the  whole  block  on  which  our  Hall  and 
Administration  Building  stand,  as  land  in  this 
neighborhood  is  in  great  deinand  and  might 
be  sold  to  those  who  would  perhaps  put  up  the 
kind  of  building  that  would  be  detriiuental  to 
our  property. 


Accordingly  your  President  General  began 
negotiations  for  the  purchase  of  these  lots,  and 
carried  them  on  until  her  departure  for 
California  when  she  placed  the  matter  in  the 
able  hands  of  the  Chairman  of  our  Advisory 
Committee,  Mr.  George  W.  White.  On  her 
return  she  found  them  progressing  so  satis- 
factorily that  she  thought  best  to  leave  them 
in  Mr.  White's  hands.  He  has  kept  her  in 
touch  with  every  move  in  his  dealings  and 
finally  in  December,  1922,  the  purchase  was 
successfully  concluded.  The  total  cost  was 
$60,062.68  for  14,601  square  feet,  at  the  very 
reasonable  average  price  of  $4.1  U4  per  foot. 
Vour  President  General  is  much  gratified  to 
have  been  able  to  secure  these  last  remaining 
lots  and  to  report  this  whole  block  ours.  The 
deeds  are  now  in  the  Recorder's  hands  and  the 
land  has  been  paid  for.  cash  down,  out  of  our 
current  fund.  We  have  every  reason  to  feel 
fortunate  in  having  secured  land  in  this  locality 
at  such  a  price.  It  is  constantly  advancing  in 
value.  The  Government  has  recently  purchased 
land  in  our  vicinity  at  a  cost  of  $1,500,000  on 
which  to  erect  several  important  Govern- 
ment buildings  as  a  part  of  the  plan  of 
improvements  extending  from  the  Capitol  to 
the  Lincoln  Memorial. 

It  is  your  President  General's  intention  to 
have  this  land  cleared,  seeded  down  to  grass 
and  inclosed  by  a  hedge  along  the  line  of  the 
sidewalks.  She  would  have  liked  to  employ  a 
landscape  gardener  to  lay  it  out  in  the  way  it 
should  eventually  be  done,  but  she  did  not  con- 
sider that  she  would  be  justified  in  incurring 
that  additional  large  e.xpense  at  this  time,  when 
the  debt  on  the  Administration  Building  inust 
be  taken  care  of.  All  that  can  be  done  now  is 
to  eliminate  its  unsightliness  as  a  place  of  weeds 
and  rubbish. 

The  .Administration  Building  is  practically 
completed,  as  you  will  hear  later  from  your 
Chairman.  Steps  have  been  taken  toward  the 
furnishing  of  the  various  rooms,  and  the 
offices  have  been  moved. 

Your  President  General  takes  justifiable 
pride  and  pleasure  in  reporting  that  the 
President  General's  suite  of  three  rooms, 
furnished  in  her  honor  by  her  own  state, 
Connecticut,  has  already  been  completed,  and 
she  has  been  living  in  them  whenever  in 
Washington  since  December  4th.  Their  quiet 
comfort  and  convenience  do  much  to  lighten  her 
day's  work. 

Recently  the  Society  received  two  bequests, 
one  from  Miss  Jane  Van  Kcuren.  who  be- 
queathed $500  "  toward  reducing  the  mortgage 
on  Continental  Hall  or  in  any  other  way  the 
Board  may  direct." 


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A  check  for  only  $343.74  was  received,  how- 
ever, owing  to  depreciation  in  the  value  of  Miss 
Van  Keuren's  estate.  The  other  bequest  was 
from  Miss  Nettie  Lovisa  White,  charter  meni- 
ber,  for  purchase  of  a  clock  "  to  be  placed  in 
Continental  Hall  or  their   Museum  to  be." 

You  will  be  glad  to  know  that  our  work  at 
Ellis  Island  in  the  women's  and  children's 
detention  room  has  been  progressing  satis- 
factorily and  may  be  said  to  be  at  last  on  a 
permanent  basis. 

Your  President  General  has  to  report  the 
resignation  of  Mrs.  John  S.  Remsen,  as  our 
representative  on  the  Island.  She  has  ap- 
pointed in  her  place,  Mrs.  Alfred  J.  Brosseau, 
our  able  Chairman  of  Transportation  for  the 
past  two  years.  Mrs.  Brosseau  has  taken  hold 
of  the  work  with  an  intelligent  grasp  of  its 
official  requirements  and  its  opportunities  for 
human  service.  She  has  succeeded  in  engaging 
a  young  woman  worker  as  authorized  by  the 
vote  of  this  Board,  the  salary  being  $1800  a 
year.  The  following  extracts  from  Mrs. 
Brosseau's  first  report  to  your  President  Gen- 
eral, serves  to  put  you  in  touch  with  the  nature 
of  the  work  being  done  by  our  Society  on 
^llis  Island : 

"  I  spent  one  day  on  the  Island,  visiting  the 
different  departments  and  talking  with  the 
social  workers  representing  the  various  re- 
ligious and  civic  organizations,  who  are  grouped 
under  what  is  known  as  '  The  General  Com- 
mittee  of    Immigrant    Aid.' 

"  The  Commissioner  took  much  of  his  valu- 
able time  to  go  into  the  psychology  of  the  work 
at  Ellis  Island  and  to  explain  that  relief  from 
mental  unrest  is  what  the  detained  immigrant 
needs  more  than  anything  else ;  and  it  is  to 
the  unquiet  spirit  in  the  detention  room  that 
we  are  to  minister  by  guiding  and  directing  the 
only  too  willing  hands. 

"  I  foresee  that  our  work  of  organization 
is  going  to  be  slow  and  it  may  be  some  time  be- 
fore there  arc  tangible  evidences  of  results,  but 
the  path  of  the  social  worker  on  Ellis  Island 
is  not  strewn  with  roses. 

"  If  we  are  content  with  a  humble  beginning, 
going  quietly  but  surely  about  our  tasks,  we 
have,  I  am  sure,  a  wonderful  work  before  us 
among  these  alien  peoples." 

It  has  seemed  best  to  your  President  General 
to  put  this  social  work  at  Rllis  Island  in  a 
class  l)y  itself,  under  a  Chairman  of  its  own, 
instead  of  conducting  it,  as  heretofore,  as  a 
sub-division  of  a  sub-division  under  the  \'icc- 
Chairman  of  Americanization.  This  point  of 
view  is  concurred  in  by  Miss  McDuffee,  V'icc- 
Chairman  of  Americanization,  with  whom 
your  President  General  conferred  in  the 
matter.     Furthermore,  in  view  of  the  fact  that 


any  work  at  Ellis  Island  must  be  done  in 
absolute  obedience  to  Government  rules  and 
regulations  and  in  perfect  cooperation  with 
Government  officials,  it  is  the  opinion  of  your 
President  General  that  your  work  there  should 
constitute  a  national  committee,  under  its  own 
national  chairman,  on  a  par  with  all  other 
national  committees,  accountable  to  no  one  but 
the  President  General,  the  National  Board  and 
Congress,  and  therefore  free  to  conduct  its 
work  with  greater  expediency  and  efficiency. 
Therefore  your  President  General  recommends 
that  a  national  committee  be  created  to  take 
charge  of  our  social  and  educational  work  at 
Ellis  Island,  subject  to  ratification  by  the 
Congress,  and  that  said  committee  be  known  as 
the   "  Ellis   Island   Committee." 

Respectfully    submitted, 

Anne  Rogers  Minor, 
President  General. 

The  report  of  the  President  General  was 
greeted  with  applause. 

It  was  inoved  by  Doctor  Barrett,  and  variously 
seconded,  that  the  Report  of  the  President 
General  be  accepted  without  its  recommenda- 
tions. Mrs.  Seydel  spoke  in  favor  of  the  letter 
written  by  the  President  General  to  Mr.  Will 
Hays,  and  the  following  motion  made  by  Mrs. 
Seydel,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Guernsey  and  put  to 
vote  by  Mrs.  \\'hite  was  carried : 

That  the  National  Board  of  Management 
approve  of  the  letter  written  to  Mr.  Will  Hays, 
President  of  the  Motion  Picture  Producers  and 
Distributors  of  America,  protesting  against  the 
reinstatement  of  Roscoe  Arbuckle  as  detri- 
mental to  public  morals. 

Mrs.  Nash  then  offered  a  motion,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Gillentine,  and  carried : 

That  the  recommendation  of  the  President 
General  that  the  Committee  for  Immigrant  Aid 
in  the  women's  detention  room  at  Ellis  Island 
be  made   a   National    Committee,   be   approved. 

The  President  General  then  called  for  the 
Report  of  the  Recording  Secretary  General. 
In  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Yawger,  the  Recom- 
mendations adopted  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee on  December  7,  1922,  January  29,  1923 
and  on  February  10,  1923  were  read  by  Mrs. 
White,   the   Acting   Secretary. 

Report   of   Executive   Committee 

Krconinieiidalioiis    AJoplcd    by    the    Executive 
Committee,  December  ",  1922 

1.  That  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Ezekiel  be 
accepted  and  that  a  letter  be  sent  her  expressing 
appreciation  of  her  services  and  regretting  the 
ill-health  which  has  compelled  her  resignation. 

2.  That  tlie  Vice-Chairman  in  Charge  of 
Manual    be    authorized    to    order    an    English 


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edition  of   100,000  copies   at  the   cost  of  $6450 
as  quoted  by  Judd  and  Detweiler. 

3.  That  we  appropriate  $300  toward  the  plan 
proposed  by  J.  B.  Lippincott  and  Co.,  in  their 
letter  of  November  24th,  for  securing  advertise- 
ments for  the  Magazine. 

4.  That  the  Chairman  of  Printing  Com- 
mittee be  authorized  to  place  the  printing  of 
Vols.  63,  64  and  65  of  the  Lineage  Book  at  the 
prices  submitted  by  Judd  and  Detweiler  in  their 
letter  of  December  6,  1922,  the  number  ordered 
to  be  left  to  the  Printing  Committee  in  consulta- 
tion with  the  Historian  General. 

5.  That  as  the  Chicago  and  Alton  R.  R.  has 
gone  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver,  the  Treasurer 
General  be  authorized  to  deposit  the  bonds  of 
the  Chicago  and  Alton  R.  R.  held  by  the  So- 
ciety with  the  bondholders'  protective  com- 
mittee in  order  to  receive  as  large  a  repayment 
of  principal  and  interest  as  possible. 

6.  That  the  Treasurer  General  be  authorized 
to  open  an  account  with  the  office  of  Chap- 
Iain  General. 

7.  That  the  Treasurer  General's  draft  of  her 
proposed  credential  committee  circular  be 
approved. 

8.  That  a  suitable  room  in  the  Administra- 
tion Building  be  assigned  to  the  Credential 
Committee,  for  use  during  Congress. 

9.  That  the  National  Officers  be  asked  to 
submit  their  reports  to  the  Board  in  duplicate, 
one  for  filing  in  the  Recording  Secretary 
General's  office  and  one  for  the  Editor  of 
the   Magazine. 

10.  That  the  Registrar  General  be  granted 
authority  to  procure  a  temporary  expert 
genealogist. 

Recommendations    Adoftcd    by    the    Executive 
Committee,  January  29,  1923 

1.  That  Mrs.  Pepper  having  been  released  as 
executive  manager,  the  position  of  executive 
manager  at  a  salary  of  $2000  a  year  be  oflered 
to  Miss  Fernald  with  the  request  that  she  also 
continue  her  duties  as  secretary  to  the  President 
General  with  the  aid  of  a  stenographer  until  the 
close  of  the  32d  Continental  Congress,  such 
action  to  take  effect  February  1,  1923. 

2.  That  the  Treasurer  General  be  authorized 
to  transfer  from  the  current  fund  to  the  per- 
manent fund  seventy-five  thousand  dollars, 
($75,000)  in  order  to  take  care  of  the  purchase 
of  lots  8,  9  and  10,  Square  173,  and  a  payment 
on  the  .Administration    Building. 

3.  That  the  Treasurer  General  be  authorized 
to  have  the  new  Administration  Building  in- 
sured for  $200,000  and  the  furniture  for  $25,000. 

4.  That  in  response  to  the  request  of  the 
chairman    of    Real    Daughters    in    Oklahoma, 


the  name  of  Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Elhs  of  Antlirs, 
Okla.,  be  placed  upon  the  Pension  roll  as  of 
December,   1922. 

5.  That  the  Registrar  General's  request  for 
guide  cards  be  granted. 

6.  That  the  request  of  the  Organizing 
Secretary  General  for  manila  files  and  fasteners 
be  granted. 

7.  That  the  request  of  the  Treasurer 
General  for  a  new  typewriter  for  the  filing 
room  of  her  office  be  granted. 

8.  That  the  estimates  as  submitted  by  Plitt 
and  Co.  for  re-decorating  pantry,  clerks' 
dining  room,  banquet  hall  and  corridors 
be  accepted. 

Recommendations  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
February  10,  1923 

1.  That  all  clerks  who  have  been  on  the 
permanent  roll  of  the  Society  for  one  year  or 
more  as  of  March  1,  1923,  and  who  are  re- 
ceiving less  than  $150  a  month  be  granted  $5.00 
per   month   increase  in   salary. 

2.  That  the  Chairman  of  the  Sub-Committee 
on  Clerks  write  those  National  Officers  who 
have  requested  increases  for  clerks,  stating  the 
parallel  salaries  of  clerks  in  other  offices  hav- 
ing many  clerks  under  them,  and  calling  at- 
tention to  the  unprecedented  increases  made  in 
salaries  in  the  beginning  of  this  Administration, 
whereby  the  minimum  was  raised  from  $55.00 
to  $75.00  per  month,  and  every  clerk  given  an 
increase  of  IZyi  per  cent.;  and  explaining  that 
the  Committee  does  not  feel  justified  at  the 
end  of  this  Administration,  in  recommending 
such  large  increases  as  were  requested  for  the 
higher  salaried  clerks. 

3.  That  the  resignation  of  Miss  Dolly  Busam, 
clerk  in  the  Registrar's  office,  be  accepted. 

4.  That  Miss  Anna  Block,  temporary  clerk 
in  the  office  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
General,  be  placed  on  the  permanent  roll  at 
$75.00  per  month,  dating  from  March   1,  1923. 

5.  That  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jones  be  transferred 
to  the  permanent  roll  as  a  Genealogist  in  the 
office  of  the  Registrar  General,  at  a  salary  of 
$115.00  per  month,  dating  from  March  1,  1923. 

6.  That  Miss  Rea  Kaufifman,  temporary  clerk, 
be  transferred  to  the  permanent  roll  in  the  office 
of  the  Registrar  General,  at  a  salary  of  $75.00 
per  month,  dating  from  March  1,  1923. 

7.  That  the  salary  of  Miss  Margaret  Rea, 
clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Recording  Secretary 
General,  be  increased  to  $85.00  per  month, 
dating   from  March   I,   1923. 

8.  That  Mrs.  Stearns,  having  been  promoted 
to  the  work  of  verifying  application  papers, 
her  salary  be  increased  to  $85.00  per  month, 
dating  from  March  1,  1923. 


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9.  That  Miss  Molcr,  having  been  promoted 
to  the  work  of  verifying  appHcatioii  papers 
her  salary  be  increased  to  $80.00  per  month, 
dating  from  March   1,    1923. 

10.  In  accordance  with  the  action  of  Con- 
gress authorizing  part  time  of  a  clerk  at  $5.00 
per  month  for  the  Committee  on  Patriotic 
Lectures  and  Lantern  slides,  Mrs.  Boston  has 
been  so  assigned. 

11.  That  a  temporary  clerk  be  engaged  for 
the  House  Committee  from  April  11th  until 
the  end  of  Congress. 

12.  That  the  Credential  and  Program  Com- 
mittees be  furnished  clerical  service  as  needed. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Guernsey,  seconded 
by  Miss  Strider  and  others;  and  carried; 

That  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee 
be   accepted. 

Acceptance  of  report  carried  with  it  approval 
of  recommendations  contained  therein. 

In  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Yawger  no  further 
report  was  offered  relative  to  the  work  of  the 
Recording   Secretary  General. 

The  report  of  the  Registrar  General.  Miss 
Strider.  was  presented. 

Report  of  Registrar  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management ; 
Three    hundred    and    sixty    applications    pre- 
sented to  the  Board ;  and  355  suplemental  papers 
verified;    715    total   number   of   papers    verified. 
Permits  issued  for  1453  insignias,  542  ances- 
tral bars  and   1063  recognition  pins. 

Papers  returned  unverified:  211  originals 
and  5  supplementals. 

Five  hundred  and  eighty  new  records  verified. 
Respect  fully    submitted, 

Emm.v  T.  Striiikk, 
Rryistrar  Gciuval. 

The  Report  of  the  Registrar  General  was 
accepted,  and  it  was  moved  by  Miss  Strider, 
seconded  liy  Mrs.  Hanger,  and  carried  : 

That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  Admission  of  360  new  members. 

The  Acting  Secretary  announced  the  casting 
of  the  ballot  and  the  President  General  declared 
the  361)  applicants  inemliers  of  the  National 
Society,  and  stated  that  1600  new  members 
had  been  admitted  at  the  Board  Meeting  on 
January  29th  which  accounted  for  so  few  com- 
ing in  at  this  time.  Mrs.  Wilson  asked  if  these 
1600  new  members  were  included  in  February 
Magazine.  The  President  General  replied 
"No"  but  stated  they  would  .ippe.ir  in  the 
March  Magazine. 

The  Report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary 
General,    Mr-..    Hanger,   w.is   then    read   bv    her. 


Report  of  Organizing  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management: 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  as   follows : 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation   as   Organizing    Regents : 

Miss  Annie  Gillet  Houghton,  Leadville,  Colo.; 
Mrs.  Patricia  Ballard  Turner  Price,  Eiuinence, 
Ky. ;  Mrs.  Laura  Bennett  Stokes,  Freehold,  N.  J. 

The  following  Organizing  Regencies  have  | 
expired  by  tiine  limitation: 

Mrs.  Mary  Ida  Sipple  Bromley,  Sarasota, 
Fla. ;  Mrs.  Ola  F.  Dee,  Beverly  Hills,  Chicago, 
111.;  Mrs.  Mabel  Fisher  Malcolm,  Haverhill, 
Mass. ;  Mrs.  Lillis  Egleston  Farmer,  McKinley, 
Miim. ;  Mrs.  Jessamine  Bailey  Castelloe,  Pres- 
cott.  Wis. 

The  State  Regent  of  Minnesota  requests  the 
re-appointment  of  Mrs.  Lillis  Egleston  Farmer, 
as  Organizing  Regent  at  Gilbert,  Minn.,  instead 
of  at   McKinley. 

The  authorization  of  the  following  Chapters 
has  been  requested : 

Beardstown,  Edwardsville,  and  Winetka, 
Illinois.  Hammond,  Hartford  City,  Liberty, 
Sullivan.    Vernon    and    Worthington,    Indiana. 

The  authorization  of  Chapters  at  the  follow- 
ing places  has  expired  by  time  limitation : 

Globe  and  Miami,  Arizona,  Tuscola,  Illinois. 

The  State  Regent  of  Illinois  requests  the  re- 
authorization of  the  Chapter  at  Tuscola, 
Illinois. 

The  following  Chapters  have  submitted  their 
names  for  approval  and  their  completed  or- 
ganizations are  now  presented  for  confirmation: 

Edmund  Rogers,  at  Glasgow,  Kentucky; 
Nineteenth  Star,  at  Peru,  Indiana;  Willapa, 
at   Raymond,   Washington. 

The  following  Chapter  names  have  been  sub- 
mitted for  approval : 

Remember  Allerton  for  Monticella,  111. ;  John 
Laurens  for  Laurens,  la. ;  Rebecca  Spaulding 
for  Atlanta,  Mo. ;  Nevada  Sagebrush  for  Reno, 
Nevada ;  Monmouth  Court  House  for  Freehold, 
N.  J.;  Roger  Gordon  for  Lake  City,  S.  C. ; 
Heiskell-Jacob-Foreman    for   Romney,    W.   Va. 

Charters  issued,  12. 

Permits  for  Regents  and  ex-Regents  bars,  86. 

Chapter  Regents  lists  issued  without  pay  to 
National  Officers  and  Chairman  of  Com- 
mittees, 18. 

Chapter  Regents  lists  issued  with  pay,   13. 
Respectfully    submitted, 
(  Mrs.  G.  W.\i.i,.\rE  W.)  Lucv  G.\lt  H.vncer, 
Oryanizing   Secretary    General. 

The  report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary 
( ieiieral  was  accepted  as  read. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  General,  Mrs. 
Ilunter.  was   read  bv   her. 


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Report  of  Treasurer  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the  National  Board  of  Management ; 

I  herewith  submit  the  following  report  of  receipts  and  disbursements  from  October  1,  1922 
to  January  31,  1923: 

CURRENT  FUND 

Balance  in   Bank  at   last  report,   September  30.   1922    $14,743.52 


Annual  dues.  $116,656;  initiation  fees,  $21,025;  reinstatement  fees.  $615; 
Supplemental  fees,  $1,377;  Apostrophe  to  the  Flag,  $2.74; 
certificates.  $10;  copying  lineage,  $1.49;  creed  cards,  $33.73; 
D.A.R.  Reports.  $18.79;  die  of  insignia.  $.75;  directory,  $1.25; 
duplicate  papers  and  lists,  $461.35;  exchange,  $1.91;  hand  books. 
$8.25;  Immigrants'  Manual,  sale  of  copies.  $165.47;  index  to 
Library  books.  $1.13;  interest.  $166.01;  interest.  Life  Member- 
ship Fund,  $21.25;  lineage,  $1,514.31;  Magazine,  subscriptions. 
$10,071.66;  advertisements.  $1,747.50;  single  copies,  $80.48;  sale 
of  old  magazines.  $131.82;  post  cards,  $3.65;  proceedings,  $16.25; 
rent  from  slides.  $47.34;  ribbon.  $27.42;  sale  of  waste  paper, 
$24.05;  stationary.  $20.27;  telephone.  $19.23;  auditorium  events. 
$2,350.21;  Library  Fund.  $14;  refund  Salary.  $37.50. 
Total    receipts     156.672.81 


$171,416.33 


DISBURSEMENTS 

Refund:  annual  dues,  $1,644;   initiation    fees,   $743;   reinstatement    fee, 

$5 ;    supplemental    fees,   $25    $2,417.00 

President  General :  clerical  service.  $650.90 ;  hotel  and  traveling  ex- 
penses,  $1,173.28 ;    postage,   $62 ;    telegrams,   $91.83    1.978.01 

Organizing   Secretary   General:    clerical   service,   $1,239.88;   engrossing. 

$23.50;  postage,  $20;  telegrams,  $7.65;  cards,  envelopes,  information 

leaflets,  $85.65;  Regents  Lists,  $133.40;  repairs  to  typewriter.  $17  .  1.527.08 
Recording  Secretary  General :  clerical  service.  $608.83 ;   binding  books. 

$8.40;    telegrams.   $3.23    620.46 

Certificates:    clerical    service,    $661.48;    certificates,    $540;    engrossing. 

$758.10;  postage.  $560;  tubes,  $173.80;  book,  $8.70;  telegram,  $.35.  2.702.43 
Corresponding   Secretary   General:  clerical   service.  $722.22;   paper   for 

application     blanks.     $1,040.00;     postage.     $40;     dictionary,     $2.75; 

repairs    to    statnp.    $2.50 ;    paper,    $21.69    1.829.16 

Registrar    General:    clerical    service.    $5,736.54;    binders    and    binding 

records,  $209.50;  cards,  and  permit  books,  $55.25;  postage,  $30 6.031.29 

Treasurer   General:   clerical   service,   $5,411.87;   cards,   binders,    sheets. 

receipts  and  copying,  books.  $325.27;  repairs  to  typewriter.  $14.50  . .  5.751.64 
Historian  General :  clerical  service.  $906.24 ;  binding  books.  $12 ;  reports. 

$17.75 ;   expressage,  $1.11    937.10 

Reporter  General:  blanks  and  reports,  $23.91;  telegram,  $.70   24.61 

Librarian  General:  clerical  service,  $837.52;  accessions.  $37.61;  binding 

books.  $47.90 ;  binders,  paper  and  reports,  $15.35 ;   postage.  $5    ...  943.38 

Curator    General:    clerical    service,    $348.72;    repairing    and    mounting 

manuscripts.    $100    448.72 

Chaplain  General,   book    7.30 


238  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

General  Office:  clerical  service,  $949.98;  messenger  service,  $160; 
postage  and  stamiJcd  envelopes,  $473.58 ;  postage  and  expressage  on 
manuals,  $201.52;  information  leaflets,  $88.80;  paper  for  Apostrophe 
to  the  Flag,  $24.70;  repairs  to  typewriter,  $18.40;  binding  books, 
$2.50;  carfare,  $2.80;  telegrams,  $2.55  and  expressage,  $1.21; 
supplies,  $252.31;  flowers,  $35;  Gift-  Miss  Griggs,  for  25  years' 
service,  $100;  Parliamentarian's  expenses  to  Board  meeting,  $33.20; 

professional  service,  $500.50   2,847.05 

Committees:  Building  and  Grounds,  clerical  service,  $20;  Conservation 
and  Thrift;  circulars,  reports,  resolutions  and  programs,  $85; 
Finance,  clerical  service,  $40;  Historical  Research,  circulars  and 
folders,  $25.70;  Historical  and  Literary  Reciprocity,  clerical,  $6; 
postage,  $1.50;  Legislation  in  U.  S.  Congress:  expressage,  $1.36; 
Liquidation  and  Endowment,  engrossing,  $61.30;  postage,  $10; 
National  Old  Trails  Road ;  postage,  $48.62 ;  expressage,  $3.09 ; 
Patriotic  Education,  clerical  service,  $13.55;  postage,  $31.27;  tubes, 
circulars,  bulletins,  envelopes  and  paper,  $175.93;  teacher,  Ellis 
Island,  $45;  Patriotic  Lectures  and  Slides,  clerical  service,  $6.50; 
postage,    $10.72 ;    Preservation    of    Historic    Spots,    postage,    $3 ; 

circulars,  $7.35    595.89 

Expense,  Continental  Hall:  employees'  pay  roll,  $2,954;  electric 
current  and  gas,  $211.01;  ice  and  towel  service  and  water  rent, 
$128.47;  coal,  $1,489.74;  repairs  to  elevator,  heater  and  plumbing, 
$40.47;  uniforms,  caps  and  overalls,  $181.80;  silver  for  lunch  room, 
$10.20;  supplies,  $236.11  expressage  and  hauling,  $47.33;  telegram, 
$1.45;    account    repairs    to    roof,    $2,400;    premium,    elevator    and 

furniture,    insurance,    $1,503.07     9,203.65 

Printing  Machine  expense:  printer,  $160;  ink,  $8.70;  electros  Apostrophe 

to  the  Flag,  $15.35    184.05 

Magazine  Committee:  clerical  service,  $447.52;  cards  and  folders, 
$74.52;  postage,  $98;  expressage,  $4.15;  Editor,  salary,  $800; 
articles  and  photos,  $335.50;  postage,  $93.24;  telegram,  $.83; 
Genealogical  Editor,  salary,  $200;  printing  and  mailing  October, 
November  and   December  issues,  $7,040.72 ;   cuts,   $459.25 ;   refund, 

subscriptions,  $2   9,555.73 

Auditing  accounts  150.00 

Duplicate  paper  fee — refunded  2.00 

Lineage,   Vol.   61   and   62,   $3,242.75 ;    refund   and   old   volumes,   $20.25 

Postage,   $100    3,363.00 

Proceedings,   $2,453.86;    refund,   $1.25    2,455.11 

Ribbon  10.50 

State    Regents'    postage    241.15 

Stationary   285.23 

Support   of    Real    Daughters     1.520.00 

Telephone   225.23 

Thirty-second  Congress : 

Credential   Committee — paper,  $27.37 ;   postage,   $19.25  ;   transporta- 
tion,  paper,   $2.64 ;   and  certificates,   $31.50    80.76 

Auditorium  events:  refunds,  $808.50;  labor,  $436.25;  heat,  $177;  lights, 

$147;    decorations,   $137.50;    telephone,  $6.96    1,713.21 


Total    disbursements    $57,650.74 


$113,765.59 
Transferred    to    Permanent    Fund    by    order    of    National    Board    of 

Management   95,000.00 


Balance $18,765.59 


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PERMANENT  FUND 
Balance    in    Bank   at    last    report,    September   30,    1922    •  •  $3,620.47 

RECEIPTS 

Charters     $180.00 

Administration   Building   contributions    10,827.09 

Continental  Hall  contributions   1,206.00 

Liberty  Loan  and    interest    1,331.36 

Liquidation  and  Endowment  Fund   540.20 

Commission — Insignia     $796.00 

Recognition   pins    143.40  939.40 

Interest    7.08 

Refund — on  purchase  of  land   28.02 

Total   receipts    $15,059.15 

Notes  Payable— National  Metropolitan  Bank   60,000.00 

Transferred   from   Current   Fund    95,000.00 


$173,679.62 

DISBURSEMENTS 

Administration    Building    Payments $80,163.95 

Architect's    fee    2,000.00 

Decorations     1,831.50 

Furnishings     2,000.00 

Interest — Notes  payable    5,007.28 

Premium — Insurance   on    Building    532.00 

Purchase  of  Lots  8,  9  and  10   60,087.03 

Refund — Liquidation   and   Endowment    Fund,    N.    J 2.00 

Total   disbursements    151,623.76 


Balance    $22,055.86 


Petty  Cash   Fund    '  $500.00 


SPECIAL  FUNDS 

LIFE     MEMBERSHIP 

Balance,    September   30,    1922    $57.17 

Receipts    400.00 

Balance    $457.17 

immigrants'  manual 

Balance,  September   30,   1922    2,090.25 

Receipts  9,378.15 

Balance    11,468.40 

pilgrim    mothers'    MEMORIAL    FOUNTAIN 

Balance,    September   30,    1922    25,000.00 

PATRIOTIC  EDUCATION 

Balance,   September   30,    1922    $98.25 

Receipts  19,945.92 

20,044.17 
Disbursements     20,044.17 


2-10  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AIMERICAX  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

ELLIS    ISLAND 

Receipts   1,523.68 

Disbursements    33.80 

Balance    

PHILIPPINE    SCHOLARSHIP 

Balance,    September   30,    1922    121.65 

Receipts    344.98 

Balance    

PRESERV.\TION   OF    HISTORIC   SPOTS 

Balance,  September  30,  1922  85.00 

Receipts     31.00 

116.00 
Disbursements     31.00 

Balance    

PRIZE — COL.    WALTER    SCOTT    GIFT 

Balance,   September  30,   1922    

MARKERS — NATIONAL  OLD  TRAILS 

Balance,    September    30,    1922    15.00 

Receipts     320.70 

Balance    

RELIEF    SERVICE 

Balance,  September  30,  1922  435.85 

Receipts  1,934.61 

2,370.46 
Disbursements    1,895.61 

Balance    

Total   Special    Funds    

RECAPITULATION 

Funds  Bal.  9-30-22        Receipts        Disbursements 

Current    ?14,743.52  $156,672.81    $152,650.74 

Permanent    3,620.47  170,059.15       151.623  76 

Petty    Cash    500.00 

Life  Membership   57.17  400.00 

Immigrants'    Manual     2,090.25  9,378.15 

Pilfirim   Mothers'    Memorial    Fountain    25,000.00 

Patriotic  Education   98.25  19.945.92        20.044.17 

Ellis  Island  l,523.l>8  33.80 

Philippine    Sch..larship     121.65  344.98 

Preservation   of   Historic   Spots    85.00  31.00               31.00 

Prizes     1,000.00 

Markers— National    Old   Trails    Road    15.00  320.70 

Relief    Service    435.85  1,934.61          1,895.61 

Totals    $47,767.16    $360,611.00    $326,279.08 


1,489.88 


466.63 


85.00 
1,000.00 


335.70 


474.85 


$40,777.63 


al.  1-31-23 


$18,765.59 

22,055.86 

500.00 

457.17 

11,468.40 

25,000.00 

1,489.88 
466.63 
85.00 

1,000.00 
335.70 
474.85 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEiMEXT 

DISPOSITION   OF  FUNDS 

National    Metropolitan    Bank    $81,599.08 

Petty   Cash — In    Treasurer   General's    Office    500.00 

Total    

INVESTMENTS 

Permanent    Fund— Liberty    Bonds    $100,000.00 

Permanent   Fund — Chicago   and  Alton    Bonds    2,314.84 

Permanent  Fund— Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Bonds   1.000.00 

Philippine  Scholarship  Fund— Liberty  Bonds   10,000.00 

Life  Membership  Fund— Liberty  Bonds    1,000.00 


$82,099.08 


$114,314.84 


INDEBTEDNESS 

order  of  the  29th  and  31st  Continental  Congresses: 

Real   Estate   Notes    $200,000.00 

Demand   Notes,   National    Metropolitan   Bank    50,000.00 


$250,000.00 


Respectfully, 


The  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee  was 
then  read  by  Mrs.  White,  Chairman  of  that 
Committee. 

Report  of  Finance  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
During  the  past  four  months  vouchers  have 
been  approved  to  the  amount  of  $228,862.08 
which  includes  $20,044.17  received  as  con- 
tributions for  Patriotic  Education  and  $1,895.61 
for  Relief  work. 

The  following  large  expenditures  have  been 
made; 
Four    payments    on    Office    Building 

totaling  $80,163.95 

Purchase  of   lots   8,   9   and    10    60,087.03 

Architects    2.000.00 

Repairing    roof    of    Memorial    Con- 
tinental Hall  2,400.00 

Clerical  service    18,708.75 

Magazine   9,555.73 

Interest,    Notes    Payable    5,007.28 

Employees   of    the   Hall    3,710.25 

Lineage    (vols.  61-62)    3,242.75 

Proceedings      of      31st      Continental 

Congress    2,192.40 

Postage    2,108.61 

Insurance  on  building  and   furniture       1,894.00 

Support   of    Real    Daughters    1,520.00 

Coal    1,666.74 


(Mrs.  Livingston  L.)  Lilli.\n  A.  Hunter, 
Treasurer  General. 

Paper   for  application  blanks    1,040.00 

Miscellaneous     as     itemized     in     the 
Treasurer    General's    report    ....       11,624.81 

The    following   resolutions   were   adopted : 

1.  That  the  Finance  Committee  approve  of 
the  action  of  the  Executive  Committee  in 
placing  an  insurance  of  $200,000  on  the  New 
Administration  Building,  and  $25,000  on 
the  contents, 

2.  That  the  Committee  approve  of  the 
placing  of  a  fireproof  door  between  the  base- 
ment of  the  Memorial  Building  and  the  boiler 
room,  in  order  to  safeguard  the  Memorial 
Building   and   decrease   the    rate   of    insurance. 

Respectfully    submitted, 
(Mrs.  George  W.)   Louise  C.  White. 

Chairman. 
The    report   of   the    Finance    Committee    was 
accepted  as   read. 

The  report  of  the  Auditing  Committee,  in  the 
absence  of  Miss  Jenn  Winslow  Coltrane,  Chair- 
man, was  read  by  the  Acting  Secretary. 

Report  of  Auditing  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
I  have  the  honor  to  report  that  the  Auditing 
Committee  has  met  each  month  since  the  last 
Board  Meeting.  The  reports  of  the  Treasurer 
Genera!  up  to  and  including  January  31.  1923 
and   the  audit   thereof   by  the   American   .Audit 


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Company,  have  been  compared,  found  to  agree 
and  placed  on  file  with  the  Recording 
Secretary  General. 

Since  our  last  report  the  Committee  has  lost 
one  of  its  most  faithful  members,  Mrs. 
Helen  M.,  widow  of  Gen.  H.  V.  Boynton.  Mrs. 
Bovnton's  death  is  a  loss  not  only  to  the 
Auditing  Committee  but  to  the  National 
Organization  with  which  she  has  been  affiliated 
for  many  years  and  to  the  welfare  of  which 
she  has  materially  contributed. 

Respectfully    submitted, 

Jenn  Winslow  Coltrane, 

Chairman. 

Mrs.  Guernsey  offered  the  following  motion, 
which  was  seconded  by  Mrs.  Chubbuck, 
and  others  : 

That  the  Report  of  the  Auditing  Committee 
be  accepted. 

The  President  General  explained  that  the 
acceptance  of  the  Auditors'  report  carried  with 
it  the  acceptance  of  the  Treasurer  General's 
report.     Motion  carried. 

Report  of  the  Historian  General,  Miss  Jenn 
Winslow  Cohrane,  in  the  absence  of  Miss 
Coltrane,  was  read  by  the  Acting  Secretary. 

Report  of  Historian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management: 
Your  Hi.torian  General  has  no  report  ready 
for  this  Bdard  Meeting  because  of  the  fact 
that  we  are  striving  in  every  way  to  give  you 
our  best  at  Congress.  I  do  believe  our  His- 
torians have  never  striven  harder  than  this 
year  to  obtain  results  and  these  results  of  our 
labors  are  just  coming  in  and  a  complete  re- 
port will  be  given  later. 

The  work  on  the  Lineage  Books  is  progress- 
ing as  rapidly  as  circumstances  will  permit  and 
Volumes  62  and  63  are  in  the  hands  of  the 
printer.  Volume  64  is  copied  and  compared 
and  Volume  65  is  being  compiled. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Jenn   Winslow   CoLTR.^NE, 

Historian  General. 

The  report  of  the  Historian  General  was 
accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Reporter  General  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  Miss  Lillian  M.  Wilson, 
in  the  absence  of  Miss  Wilson,  was  read  by 
the  Acting  Secretary. 

Report   of  Reporter  General  to 
Smithsonian  Institution 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 
Your   Reporter   General   begs  to   report,   that 
carlv   in    the   siimnicr,   lilank    forms    for  making 


their  reports  together  with  letters  of  instruction 
were  sent  to  each  State  Regent  and  State 
Historian  with  the  request  that  the  blanks  be 
filled  out  and  returned  not  later  than  November 
1st  and  as   much  earlier  as  possible. 

Several  of  the  reports  were  sent  in  promptly. 
The  early  part  of  October  and  again  the  latter 
part  of  the  month,  reminders  were  sent  to  the 
states  which  had  not  responded — and  still  more 
urgent  letters  were  sent  early  in  November. 
As  a  result,  by  the  ISth  of  November,  a  report 
had  been  received  from  every  state.  In  a  few 
cases,  only  one  of  these  officers  (State  Regent 
or  State  Historian)  made  a  report;  but  with 
these  few  exceptions,  reports  were  received 
from  both  officers.  The  delays  and  delinquen- 
cies were  for  the  most  part  due  to  illness 
or   inexperience. 

The  Report  to  the  Smithsonian  Institution  was 
therefore  completed  before  January  1st  and 
mailed  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Institution  who 
acknowledged  it,  stating  that  it  was  entirely 
satisfactory  and  that  it  had  been  passed  at  once 
to  the  Printing  Committee.  A  few  days  later, 
the  Editor  of  the  Institution  advised  me  that 
the  Report  will,  in  all  probability,  be  ready  for 
distribution  at  our  Congress  in  April. 
Respectfully    submitted, 

Lillian  M.  Wilson, 
Reporter  General  to  the 
Smithsonian   Institution. 

The  report  of  the  Reporter  General  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  was  accepted,  with 
applause. 

The  Report  of  the  Librarian  General,  Mrs. 
Ellison,    was   read   by   her. 

Report  of  Librarian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

The  following  accessions  have  been  received 
since  the  October  Board  Meeting:  269  volumes; 
145  pamphlets ;  8  manuscripts ;  6  book  plates 
and  46  periodicals. 

The  interest  shown  by  the  members  of  the 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  Library  has  brought 
about  this  gratifying  result  which  is  so 
creditable  to  the  State  Librarians,  who  form 
its   membership. 

We  also  received  from  the  estate  of  Mrs. 
Mary  S.  Lockwood,  240  volumes  for  which 
the  usual  formal  acknowledgement  has  been 
sent  her  niece  Mrs.  Jane  B.  Teal.  This  makes 
a  total  of  509  volumes. 


The  following  6  volumes  from  Miss  Mary  C.  Thurber: 
Gairral  .-ids  of  Alabama  JS'JS-1S09. 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 


History  of  Alabama  from  13^0-1872.  W.  Brewer. 
1872. 

Charter  and  Code  of  Mobile.  Alabama,  P.  J.  Hamilton. 
1897. 

Digest  of  the  Laus  of  Alabama.     J.  G.  Aiken.     1836. 

Aets  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Alabama.     1881. 

Code  of  Alabama.     Volume   2.      1S87. 

California 

Eldorado,  or  Adventures  in  the  Path  of  Empire.  B. 
Taylor.  1850.  Volume  I  from  California.  Chapter. 
Volume  II  from  Gaviota  Chapter. 

In  and  Out  of  the  Old  Missions  of  California.  G.  W. 
James.     1907.     From    .Santa    Anna    Chapter. 

CoNXECTICUT 

History  of  Connecticut.  E.  B.  Sanford.  192-2.  From 
Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel  through  Mary  l^oj'd  Tallmadge 
Chapter. 

The  following  3  %'olumes  from  Miss  Mary  V.  Wakeman; 

Elements  of  Useful  Knouledye.  Volume  1.  N. 
Webster.     1812. 

Ambrose   and    Eleanor.     1834. 

Catechetical  Compend  of  General  Histoni.  F.  Butler. 
1818. 

Manual  of  First  Congreontional  Church,  Xew  Milford, 
Conn.     1916.     From  Mrs.  C.  M.  Beach. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Martha  Pitkin 
Wolcott  Chapter: 

First  Conyrepational  Church.  East  Hartford.  Conn. 
1702-1902.     W.   B.   Tuthill.     1902. 

Glimpse   of  an    Old  Parish.     J.   A.    Stoughton.     18S3. 

DisTKUT   OF    Columbia 

National  Capital  Centennial.  \V.  V.  Cox.  1900. 
From   Mrs.    C.   W.    Allen. 

Incomplete  Directory  of  Descendants  of  my  Great 
Grand  Parents.  A.  R.  .Johnston.  From  Mrs.  A.  R. 
Johnston    through    Abigail    Hartman    Chapter. 

The  following  3   volumes  from  Miss  Jean   Stephenson : 

Centennial  History  of  .Issociate  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church.     1906. 

Pictorial   History   of    the   American  Revolution. 

The  Federalist.      1852. 

Georgia 

Personal  Recollections  and  Private  Correspondence  of 
Dr  Crawford  II'.  Long.  J.  Jacobs.  1919.  From  Mrs. 
John  M.  Graham. 

Subscription  to  South  Georgia  HUtorial  and  Genea- 
logical   Quarterly.     From    Hannah    Clarke    Chapter. 


The  following  3  volumes  from  Hannah  Jameson 
Chapter : 

Story  of  a  Kansas  Parish.     Rev.  F.  S.  White. 

History   of  Republic   Countii.     I.   O.    Savage.     1901. 

Kansas   at    the    Worlds  Fair.     1893. 

Illustrated  Doniphan  County.  W.  B.  Montgomery. 
From  Mrs.  L.  W.  Bixler. 


from     Pocahontas    Idaho 


The     following     2     v 
Chapter: 

Early  History  of  Idaho.  W.  J.  McConnell.  1913. 
Gift  of  Mrs.  T.   A.  Walters.  Regent 

Hi.^tory  of  State  of  Idaho.  C.  J.  Brosnan.  1913. 
Gift  of  author  through  Miss  Margaret  Knowlton. 

■  Illinois 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Asa  Cottrell  Chapter: 
Past  and  Present  of  Doone  County,  Illinois.  1877. 
Livmgston   County,  Illinois   in   the    World    War. 

I  X  DIANA 

Hi«(orj/  of  Perry  County.  T.  J.  De  La  Hunt.  1916. 
Presented  by  author  through  .State  Librarian,  Mrs. 
Mlndwell   C.   Wilson. 

History  of  St.  Joseph  Conntu.  T.  E.  Howard.  2  Vols. 
1907.     From    Schuyler    Colfax    Chapter. 

ir,i;nne  Genealogy.  T.  B.  Deem.  1907.  From  Major 
Hugh   Dinwiddle   Chapter. 


Public  Documents  Concerning  the  Ohio  Canals.     1823. 
I    From  Mrs.  R.  W.  Neale. 

!        American    Revolution    from    ]77r,    to    17S3.     J.    Thacher. 
1857.     From  Mrs.  T.  R.  Campbell 


Kent 


CKT 


Biographical  Encyclopedia  of  Kentucky.  1878.  From 
Logan   Whitley   Chapter. 

History  of  Jessamine  County.  B.  H.  Young.  1898. 
From  Trabue  Chapter. 

The  2  following  volumes  from  Miss  Emily  G.  Morrow: 

History  of  the  American  Xation.  A.  C.  McLaughlin. 
1910. 

Three   Young  Continentals.     E.   T.  Tomlinson.     1896. 

SIaine 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Esther  Eayres  Chapter: 

Report  of  the  Maine  State  liar  Association  for  1920 
and   mil.     N.   L.    Bassett.      1921. 

.itumni  and  Non-Graduate  Directory  of  University  of 
Maine.     1921. 

History  of  Boudoin  College.     1882.     A.  S.  Packard. 

Old  Hallowell  on  the  Kennebec.  E.  H.  Nason.  1909. 
From  Prof.  Arthur  H.  Nason  through  Koussinoc  Chapter. 

Vital  Records  of  Lebanon.  Maine.  Volume  1.  1922. 
From  Elizabeth  Wadsworth  Chapter. 

History  of  the  City  of  Belfast.  2  Vols.  1877  and 
1913.  J.  and  A.  Williamson.  From  Miss  Lucy  Cochran 
through  John  Cochran  Chapter. 

Maryland 

Historical  .Sketch  of  St.  John's  Church.  Havre  De 
Grace,  Md.  L.  B.  Browne.  1917.  From  Go\-.  William 
Paca  Chapter. 

Old  Brick  Churches  of  Maryland.  H.  W.  Ridgely. 
1894.     From  Mrs.  Adam   Denmead.  State  Regent. 

Historical  Account  of  the  Trego  Family.  A.  T. 
Shertzer.  1884.  From  Mrs.  B.  J.  Williams,  State 
Librarian. 

Maryland  .Archives.  Volumes  12  and  16.  From  Mrs. 
Robert  E.  Prigg. 

Maryland  Archives.  Volume  11.  From  Mr.  Louis  H. 
Dielman  through  Mrs.  B.  J.  Williams. 

Life  and  Times  of  Henry  Clay.  C.  Colton.  2  Vols. 
1.846.     From  Mrs.  J.   Cookman  Boyd. 

The  following  5  volumes  from  Major  William  Thomas 
Chapter : 

Parson    Weems.     L.    C.    Wroth.     1911. 

History  of  Life  and  Death,  Virtues  and  Ejrploits  of 
General    George    Washington.      M.    L.    Weems.     1918. 

Life   of  Benjamin   Franklin.     M.   L.    Weems.     1884. 

Life  of  Gen.  Francis  Marion.     1845. 

Life  of  William  Penn.     M.  L.  Weems.     1829. 

History  of  Bethel  Presbyterian  Church.  Rev.  A.  B. 
Cross.     i8S6.     From  Miss  Annie  H.  Caimes. 

MaSSACHI'SETTS 

History  of  Richard  Bourne  and  Some  of  Hi.^  Pe. 
scendants.  1922.  Compiled  and  presented  by  Mi-JS 
Hannah    S.    B.    Dvkes. 

History  of  First  Church  of  Middlcborouph.  1854. 
From   Mrs.   Virgil   Thompson. 

Early  Coins  of  America.  S.  S.  Crosby.  1875.  From 
Mrs.  Edward  H.   Crosbv. 

Historu  of  Town  of  Medfield.  lS.in-lSS6.  W.  R. 
Tilden.     1SS7.     From   Mrs.   Jane  W.   Root. 

yew  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register. 
Volumes  74,  75  and  76.     From  Miss  Florence  A.  Miller. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  N'atick  Chapter: 

Soldiers  of  Oakham  in  Revolutionary  War.  War  of 
1S12  and  Civil  War.      H.  P.  Wright.      1914. 

Town    Records  of  Dudley.  1732-1731,.     1S93. 

History  of  Western  Ma.^sachusetts.  J.  G.  Holland. 
2   Vols.     1855.     From    Peace   Party   Chapter. 

Xorthborough  History.  J.  C.  Kent.  1921.  From 
Col.   Timothv  Bigelow  Chapter. 

Vital  Records  of  Wilbraham.  Prior  to  ;.S.M.  C.  E. 
Peck.  3  Manuscript  Vols.  From  Mrs.  C.  E.  Peck 
through  Mercy  Warren  Chapter. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  Lester  M.  Bartlett. 

History  of  Medfield,  Mass.     W.   S.  Tilden.     1887. 


244  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

The  Founders   of    The   First   Parish,  Dover,  Mass.     F.  Minnesota 


Smith.     1908. 

Hislory  oj  the  Town  0/  Lexington.  C.  Hudson.  2 
Vols.     1913.     From   Mrs.   Sarah  Bow-man  Van  Ness. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Ft.  Massachusetts 
Chapter.     2  Vols.     J.   G.    Holland.     1855. 

Babcock  Genealoijy.  S.  Babeoek.  1903.  From  Miss 
Laura    Brockway    Waterman. 

American  Generals  and  their  Distintfuished  Officers. 
J.    Frost.     1869.     From   Betsy  Ross  Chapter. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Anne  Adams  Tufts 
Cliapter : 

The  Ilistory  and  Antiquities  oj  Boston. 


Drake. 

1892. 
1886. 


List  of  Merchant  Vessels  of  the  United  State. 

Personal    Memoirs    of    V.    S.    Grant.     Vol    ; 
From   Mrs.    George   O.   Proctor. 

The   following   2   volumes   from   Mrs.   J.    W.    Fletcher: 

A  Complete  History  of  the  Great  Rebellion.     J.  Moore. 
1868. 

Grant   in  Peace.     A.  Badeau.     1888. 

The     following    4     Volumes    from    Hannah    Winthrop 
Chapt<T : 

History     of     Western     Massachu.setts.      2     Vols.      .1.     G. 
Holland.     1855. 

Records    of    the    Toun    of    Duxhury.    Mass.,    from    lS!,i 
to    mo.      1893. 

Vital    Records    of   Xorthborouf/h,   .Va.ss.      G.    B.    Howe. 
1901. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Mrs.  W.  De  V.  Field: 


Tho 


Star 


Patriot    and    Pi 


C.     W. 


of    the    Birth    Place    House 
Ago.     Z.    W.    Pease. 


Vendte.     1921. 

Proceedings   at    Celebro 
of  Daniel   ll>6.«(pr.      1913 

Life   in    New   Bedford  100    Yi 
1922. 

The  following  4  volumes  from  Abigail  Phillips  Qubicy 
Chapter : 

Letters  of  Mrs.  Adams,  The  Wife  of  John  Adams.  2 
Vols.      C.    F.    Adams.      1840. 

Memoir  of  Life  of  Josiah  Quiney,  Jun.  J.  Quincy. 
1825. 

Journal  of  Correspondence  of  Miss  Adams.     1841. 

Grecian  History.  Dr.  Goldsmith.  1S26.  From  Liberty 
Tiee  Chapter. 

Towns  of  Neiv  Fngland  and  Old  England.  Ireland  and 
Seotlnrid.  Port  2.  1921.  From  Old  State  House 
Chapter. 

MirHlfi.iN- 

The  Sand  Doctor.  A.  Mulder.  1922.  From  Hannah 
Mcintosh  Cady   Chapter   for   Michigan   Room. 

Journal  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  Detroit.  1802-1805. 
1922.     2  Copies.     From  Louisa  St.  Clair  Chapter. 

Michigan,  Its  History  and  Government.  W.  Cook. 
1905.     From  Saginaw  Chapter. 

Five  volumes  by  James  Oliver  Curwood  presented  by 
author  through  Shiawassee  Chapter  for  the  Michigan 
Room. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Amos  Sturgis  Chapter: 

Daughters    of   America.     P.    A.    Hanaford.     1882. 

Geological  Survey  of  Michigan.  1876.  C.  Rominger. 
Vol.  3. 

History  of  St.  Joseph  County,  Michigan.     1SV7. 

Anne.  C.  F.  Woolson.  1882.  For  Michigan  Room 
from    Algonquin    Chapter. 

Th<'  following  2  volumes  from  Lansing  Chapter: 

Pioneer  Recollections.     D.    S.   Mevis.     1911. 

The  Wolrerinr.  A.  L.  Lawrence.  1904.  For  Michigan 
Room. 

The  following  :!  volumes  from  Mrs.  P.  R.  Cleary,  State 
Librarian : 

Michigan  Almanac.     1887. 

Detroit  Journal  Year  Book.     1891. 

Proceedings  and  Addresses  at  a  Sanitan/  Convention, 
1893. 

History  of  Xorth  America.  Cooper,  isn.  From 
Miss  Bulah  Van  Camp. 

Governmint  of  the  People  of  Michigan.  .1.  A.  King. 
1890.     From  Miss  0.  Walton. 

Oakland  County  Pioneer  Pajiers.  From  General 
Ricliardson  Chapter. 

For  the  Michigan  Room,  three  volumes  were  received, 
one  presented  bv  Miss  Alma  Blount  and  two  presented 
by   Mrs.    W.    W.    Beman. 


Ancestors    and    Descendants    of    Abel    Russell.     A.    J. 
Russell  and  S.  R.  Child.     1922.     From  Mrs.  S.  R.  Child. 


of  a   Mississippinn  in  Peace  and   War. 
Montgomery.     From  Mississippi  Delta  Cliapter. 


Mn 


14     volumes    from     Elizabeth    Benton 
lissippi  Valley.     J.  R.  Spear  and  A.  H. 


The    following 
Chapter : 

History   of  Mi: 
Clark.      1903. 

Reminiscences  of  Bench  and  Bar  of  Missouri.  W.  V.  N. 
Bav.      1878. 

Annals     of     Platte     Crninty.     W.     M.     Paxton.     1897. 

History    of   Carrol    County.      Ihh2. 

The  State  of  Mis.wuri.      W.   Williams.     1904. 

In  Memoriam  James  Si<h,ey  Rollins.     1891. 

Histoni  of  Monroe  and  Shelby  Counties.     1884. 

Five  Famous  Missourians.  W.  R.  HoUister  and  H. 
Xorman.     1900. 

The  Lights  and  Shadows  of  Society.  W.  J.  Dougherty. 
1891. 

Proceedings  of  Mississippi  Valley  Historical  Association. 
3  Vols. 

L'nited  States  Biographical  Dictionary  of  Missouri. 
1S78. 

History  of  Adair,  Sullivan.  Putnam  and  Schuyler 
Counties.      1888. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  J.  J.  Born: 

History    of    Centennial    Exhibition.     1876. 

Histor'ii  of  Howard  and  Chariton  Counties.     1883. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  Ada  MacLaughlin: 

Legislative  Manual  of  State  of  Michigan  for  1S81.  W. 
.Jennev.      1881. 

.Manual  with  Rules  and  Orders  of  General  Assembly 
of   Rhode   Island,  18m-1898.     C.   P.    Bennett.     1898. 

Clay  County  Centennial  Souvenir.  18ii-19Zi.  Com- 
piled and  presented  by  Alexander  Doniphan  Chapter. 

New  HiiirSHiRE 

History  of  White  Mountains  from  First  Settlement  of 
Vpper  Coos  and  Pequaket.  L.  Crawford.  1886.  From 
Mrs.   Florence  W.   Morey. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  L.  H.  AVentworth: 

History  of  Wolfeborough,  Xew  Hampshire.  B.  F. 
Parker.      1901. 

John  Wentworlh,  Governor  of  Xew  Hampshire, 
nffr-irrr,.     L.  S.  Mayo.      1921. 

New  Jersey 

.1  Histori/  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Haddonfield, 
V.   ./.   S.   C'.    Hillman.    1918.    From    Haddonfield   Chapter. 

Historic  Morristoun.  X.  J.  A.  M.  Sherman.  1905. 
From  Morristown  Chapter. 


Ne 


York 


General  Catalogue  of  MiMlehury  College.  1800-1900. 
Howard  and  Prentiss.  1901.  From  Benjamin  Prescott 
Chapter. 

Reminiscences  of  the  12Sd  Regiment,  X.  Y.  S.  V. 
II.  C.  Morhousc.  From  Mr.  Harrv  O.  Morhouse,  son  of 
author  thnnigli  Willanl's  Mountain  Chapter. 

The  following  3  volunus  from   Miss  Helen   Stevenson: 

Annirer.-:ani  Sourenir  of  l'nited  Presbyterian  Church. 
1896. 

Histoni   of   the  Prrsbi/terti   of   Argyle.     1880. 

The  Story  of  the  Token.     R.  Shiells. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Mr.  Charles  A.  Dittnas 
through  Fort  Green  Chapter: 

Personal  Reminiscences  of  Men  and  Things  on  Long 
Island,      n.   M.   Treadwell.     2  Vols. 

IIi.itorle  Homesteads  of  Kings  County.     C.  A.  DitmM. 

Ili.'ilorii  of  Fir.it  Congregational  Church,  Norwich,  N.  Y. 
I8t!,-19]i.  C.  R.  Johnson.  From  Captain  John  Harru 
Chapter. 

Geneaoloinl  of  the  Haines,  Rogers.  Austin,  Taylor, 
Ganeoo<l.  Reich  and  Hunt  Families.  Compiled  and  pre- 
sented \n  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Baldry. 

(;a:elirer    of    the    State    of   Xew    York.     1842. 
Mrs.    Esther   M.    Espey. 

The  following  3  volumes  front  Mr 

Old    Times    in    Huntington.     1876. 


From 
John  Fleet  Wood. 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 


Ancestry  of  George  Wnshingion.     H.  F.  Waters.     1889. 

Records  of  the  First  Churcli  in  Huntington,  L.  I. 
mS-mS.      1899. 

Huntington  Town  Records,  me-lSTJ.  C.  R.  Street. 
\olumc  3.     1889.     From  Ketewamoke  Chapter. 

Penn.sylvanu 

Historic    Philadelphia,      192'2.      From    Merion    Chapter. 
The  following  3   Volumes  from  Mrs.  J.   A.    Stearns. 
Lile  of  Patrick  Henry.     W.  Wirt.     1836. 
Biography  of  Henry  Clay.     G.  D.  Prentice.      1831. 
Life  of  George    Washington.     J.   Marshall.     1839. 
.-Imericaniznti^n  of  Edward  Bok.     E.   W.   Bok.     1922. 
from  Morion  Chapter. 

South  Carolina 

History  of  Grindal  Shoals  and  Some  Early  Adjacent 
Families.  Rev.  J.  D.  Bailey.  From  Daniel  Morgan 
Chapter. 


Genealogy  of  the  Wvman  Familii.  1883.  From  Miss 
Harriet  P.  Bradlej. 

Notable  Southern  Families.  Zella  Armstrong.  Volume 
2.     Presented   bj' — 


llistorv  and  Biographical  Record  of  Sorth  and  West 
Texas.  B.  B.  Paddock.  Volume  1.  1906.  From 
Rebecca   Crockett   Chapter. 

Vekmont 

The  following  3  Volumes  from  Mrs.  CJcorge  H. 
Riplc.v : 

Tercentenary  Celebration  of  the  Discoieni  of  Lake 
Champlain  and   Vermont.      1910. 

Proceedings  of  the  Vermont  Historical  Society.  2 
Vols.     1910    and    1913. 

Virginia 

Yorkloun  Campaign  and  the  Surrender  of  Cornuallis. 
I7Si.  H.  P.  .Johnston.  1881.  From  Miss  Enmia  L. 
Chenoweth. 

Heritaoe  of  the  South.  J.  A.  Early.  191.'..  From 
Miss  Ruth  Early. 

West  Virginia 

Meyer's  History  of  West  Virginia.  S.  Me.\'ers.  2 
Vols.     From  Potomac  Vallev  Chapter. 

Funk  Familii  Histoni.  '  Rev.  A.  J.  Fretz.  1899. 
From  William   Morris   Chapter. 

William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly.  Vol.  8. 
From  Mrs.  Robert  J.  R'eed,  State  Regent. 

Wisconsin 

History  of  Green  Cnuntu.  Wisconsin.  H.  M.  Bingham. 
1877.     From   Colonel   Benjamin    Harrison    Chapter. 

Lineage  and  Histoni  of  William  Rlackstonr.  J.  W. 
Bl.nckstone.     1907.     From  Mrs.  Jeanette  B.  Look. 


Cmidibrc    in    .Xmrrica.      W.    L.    Cuddeback.      1919. 

deneahgii  of  the  Family  of  Winchell.  A  Winchcll. 
1869. 

Aiidreic  Warde  and  Bis  Descendants.  G.  K.  Ward. 
1910. 

The  Woodruffs  of  yew  Jerseu.      F.  E.  Woodruff.      1909. 

The  Pratt  Family.     F.  W.  Chapman.     1864. 

Family  History  and  Gencalonv  of  the  Descendants  of 
Robert  Augur  of  Xew  Haren   Colon,,.    E.   P.  Augur.    1904. 

MO  Years  of  the  Wadsuorth  Familv.  H.  A.  Wadsworth. 
1883. 

The  Duyckinck  and  Allied  Families.  W.  C.  Duvckinck 
and  Rev.  J,   Cornell.     1908. 

History   of   the    Putnam    Family.     E.    Putnam.     1891. 

Genealogy  nf  Family  of  Sambome  or  Sanborn  of 
England   and   America.      V.    C.    Sanborn.      1899. 

The    Treat    Family.     J.    H.    Treat.      1893. 

The  Van  Voorhees  Family.     E.  W,  Van  Voorhis.     1888. 


.1  Record  of  the  Descendants  of  Samuel  Slowell  of 
Hingham,  Mass.     W.   H.   H.    Stowell.     1922. 

Some  Descendants  of  Arthur  Warren.  W.  W.  Foster, 
1911. 

The  Piatt  Lineage.     G.   L.  Piatt.     1891. 

The  Descendants  of  John  Vpham  of  Mass.  F.  K. 
Upham.     1892. 

Wakeinan  Genealogy,  1630-1890.  R.  P.  Wakeman.  1900. 

Sargent   Record.     W.    Sargent.      1899. 

History  of  Descendants  of  Elder  John  Strong.  B.  W. 
Dwight.     2     Vols.     1871. 

Fifth  Record  Book,  Society  of  .Mayflower  Descendants 
in  State  of  Xew  York.     1922.     From  the  Society. 

Seal  and  Flag  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.  0.  G. 
Hammond.  1916.  From  New  Hampshire  Historical 
:>ocietv. 

Family  Tree  Book.  W.  A.  Smith  i  W.  T.  Smith. 
1922.     From  Mr.  W.  Thomas  Smith. 

Capt.  John  Grout  of  Watertown  and  Sudbury, 
.Massachusetts  and  Some  of  His  Descendants.  E.  E.  B. 
Jones.     1912.     From  Mr.  Henry  W.  Grout. 

Report  of  State  Librarian  of  Connecticut.  1920. 
From  Connecticut  State  Library. 

Report  of  the  .list  Reunion  of  the  Reynolds  Family 
.Issociation.     1922.     From    Mrs.     A.    C!.    Rippier. 

Some  Veterans  of  the  American  Revolution.  J.  E. 
Bowman.     2  Vols.     1923. 

.Moravians  of  North  Carolina.  A.  E.  Fries.  1922. 
From    North    Carolina    Historical    Commission. 

Arthur  Aylsworth  and  His  Descendants  in  .America. 
J.  N.  Arnold.     1887. 

The    Bard   Family.     G.    O.    Seilhamer.      1908. 

Record  of  Descendants  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Bull.  J. 
H.   Bull.      1919. 

Genealogy  of  the  Chipmans  in  America.  B.  L. 
Chipman.     1920. 

Genealogical  .Memoir  of  the  Lo-Lathrop  Family.  E.  B. 
Huntington.     1884. 

Descendants  of  Joseph  Loomis.     E  Loomis.     1875. 

Waiiarsing  Reformed  Dutch  Church  Records.  1922. 
R.   W.   Vnsburgh. 

Famihi  of  Bolton  in  England  and  America,  1100  (0/894- 
R.   Bolton. 

.Minutes  of  the  Court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck. 
A.  J.   F.  Van  Lacr. 

History  of  Banking  in  Iowa.  H.  H.  Preston.  1922. 
From    Stale   Historical    Societv    of   Iowa. 

Skeltons  of  Pa.rton.  Powhatan  County.  Va.  1922. 
Compiled  and  presented  by  Mr.  P.   H.  Basker^-Ul. 

The  following  9  volumes  received  from  a  friend  of 
the  Society  through  Mrs.  George  W.  White,  Curator 
(General : 

State      Papers      of      Scir      Hampshire.     Vols.      14-17 


Archi. 


2d     Series,    volumes    10,     11 


Pennsylv^ 
and    13. 

Official  Register  of  Officers  and  Men  of  Xew  Jersey  in 
the    Rerolutittn.      1872. 

.irchires  of  State  of  Xew  York.     Vol.  1. 

Proceedinns  of  20th  and  21st  Annual  Sessions  of  State 
Literary  and  Historical  Association  of  North  Carolina. 
From  North  Carolina  Historical  Commission. 

IVar  Book  of  Carnegie  Endowment  for  International 
Peace.     1922.     From    the    Society. 

Histoni  and  Proceedinos  of  Poeumtuck  Valley  Memorial 
Association.  Vols.  3,  4,  5  and  6,  From  Poeumtuck 
Vallev  Memorial  Association. 

British  in  Iowa.  J.  Van  Der  Zee.  1922.  From  State 
Historical  Society  of  Iowa. 

Genealogv  of  the  Family  of  George  Weeks  of 
Dorchester.'  Mass.     R.    D.   Weeks.     ISS."). 

Youngs  Familii.     S.  Youngs  Jr.     1906. 

Macdonough-llackstaff  .incestry.  R.  Macdonough.  1901. 

De.icendants  of  Cornelius  Barentse  Van  Wyck  and  Anna 
Polhemus. 

Rev  John  Moore  of  Xewtown.  Long  Island  and  Some 
of  His  Descendants.     J.   W.  Moore.      1903. 

History  of  Kings  County,  Xora  Scotia.  A.  W.  Eaton. 
1910. 

27th  Annual  Report  of  the  American  Scenic  and  Historic 
Preservation   Society,  1921-22.     From  the  Society. 

Justices  of  Peace  of  Colonial  Virginia,  nSl-tTTS. 
From  Virginia   State  Library. 

.Abstracts  of  Original  Pension  Papers.     Vol.  59. 

Xew  Hampshire  Pinsion  Records.  Vols.  25,  :«.  27 
and    2R. 

Viroinia  .Magazine  of  History  and  Biography.      Vol.  30. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Tyler's  Quarterly  Historical  and  Genealogical  Magazine. 
Vol.  3. 

Mayflower  Descendant.     Vol.   23. 

New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Record. 
Vol.  53. 

Western  Pennsylvania  Magazine.     "Vol.  4. 

Historical    Collections   of  Essex   Institute.     Vol.    33. 

Report  of  N.  S.  D.  A.   R.     Vol.   24. 

Lineage  Book.     Vol.   62    (2  copies). 

Official  Program,  Florida  Historical  Pageant.  1922. 
From  Mr.  John  S.  Edmonds. 

Year  Booh  and  Membership  Roster,  Louisiana 
Society,  S.  A.   R.     1922-1923.     From   the   Society. 

Roster  and  Chronological  List  of  First  1000  Members, 
Society   S.    R.    of   California.     From   the    Society. 

PAMPHLETS 


My  Children's  Ancestors.  1922.  Compiled  and  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Jobe  McGuire. 

Connecticut 

The  following'  2  pamphlets  from  Miss  Annie  M. 
Holmes,   through  Miss  Mary  V.   Wakeman : 

Manual    of    the    Congregational    Church.     1913. 

150th  Anniversary  of  3d  Church  of  Christ  of  East 
Haddam,    Conn.     1896. 

Dedication  of  Monument  to  Major  General  Joseph 
Spencer.     1904,     From  Miss  Lucy  Gelston. 

Historical  Address j  New  Canaan,  Connecticut,  by 
Samuel  St.  John.     1876.     From  Miss  Jennie  C.  A.  Weed. 

Also  received  from  Green  Woods  Chapter  photostat 
copies    of : 

Pay  abstract  of  Ensign  Peter  Corbin's  Company,  1777. 

Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Shubael  Griswold's  Company, 
1777. 

Commission   of  Peter  Corbin,  as  Lieutenant,  J777. 

200  Years  in  an  Old  New  England  Parish.  1916. 
From    Mrs.    Charles    M.    Beach. 

Dedication  of  Memorial  Tablets  to  Rev.  Samuel  Spring, 
D.  P.  and  Rev.  Theodore  James  Holmes.  1910.  From 
Martha  Pitkin  Wolcott  Chapter. 

District  of  Coi-fmbia 

Life  and  Ancestry  of  John  Ainsworth  Dunn.  From 
Mrs.    F.    S.   Right 


De   Kalb  County  Centennial  Celebratit 
1922.     From  Baron  De  Kalb  Chapter. 


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Mrs 

Geneaotogy  of   the  Lovedridge  Family.     Compiled  and 
presented  by  Mrs.  Almeda  Harpel. 


TU,'  Passage  of  the  Arrinhl  Ej-pedilion  Ihroligh 
Skuiihegan.  Compiled  and  presented  by  Miss  Louise 
H.  Coburn. 


Hi.iloni     of     Old      rninn      rhnjiel,     Harford     Countu. 
Maryland.     E.    E.    Lantz.      Emm    Mrs.    Otho  S.   Lee. 


Massachusetts 

I'ear  Book  of  D.  A.  R.  of  Massachusetts  1923-1923. 
From  Mrs.  Rufus  K.  Noyes. 

Genealogy  of  Descendants  of  Richard  Haven  of  Lynn, 
Mass.     J.    Adams.     1843.     From    Mrs.    Nellie    R.    Fiske. 

Story  of  Jones  River.  S.  Y.  Bailey.  1920.  From 
Tea  Rock  Chapter. 

I'ear  Book  D.  A.  R.  of  Massachusetts,  1920-1921  and 
1921-1922.     From  Mrs.   Rufus  K.  Noyes. 

Historical  Leaflet  for  Forefathers'  Sunday,  Dec.  17, 
1922.     From   Mrs.    P.    A.    Uffard. 

Historical  Sketch  of  Norfolk  Conference  of  Unitarian 
and  Other  Christian  Churches.  G.  M.  Godge.  1900. 
From   Mrs.    W.    De   Y.    Field. 

George  Morton  of  Plymouth  Colony  and  Some  of  His 
Descendants.  J.  K.  Allen.  1908.  From  Mrs.  T.  W. 
Green. 

Second  Meeting  of  Richard  Haven's  Descendants. 
From  Mrs.  Nellie  R  Fiske. 

Christ  Church,  Salem  Street.  Boston,  1723.  C.  K. 
Bolton.     From  Miss  Ewie  F.  Dalby.  , 


Michigan 
pamphlets 


from     Amos     Sturgia 


The     following 
Chapter : 

True  Tales  of  the  Pioneers.     Alle  Mac.     1920. 

Michigan,  History  Magazine.     3  numbers. 

Thirtieth  Commencement  Address  at  Cleary  College, 
and  23  Year  Books.  From  Mrs.  P.  R.  Cleary,  State 
Librarian. 

New  York 

The  following  2  pamphlets  from  Benjamin  Prescott 
Chapter : 

Reminiscences  of  the  Revolution.  Caleb  Foote.  1S89 
and  Pen  Record  of  Foote  Families. 

Biographical  Sketch  of  George  Washinoton  Cleveland. 
1893. 

The  following  2  pamphlets  from  Mrs.  Lucy  F. 
Townsend. 

Centennial  Program  of  Greenwich,  K.   Y. 

Minutes  ef  Sird  Annual  Meeting  of  Washington-l'nian 
Baptist   Association.     1915. 

.1  Brief  History  of  the  Protestant  Reformed  (Dutch) 
Church.  C.  H.  Van  Ness.  1912.  From  Mrs.  Anna 
W.    Van   Ness. 

Wa-^hinnton  Countii  Almanac.  1922.  From  Mrs. 
Grant    J.    Tefft. 

The  following  3  pamphlets  from  Mr.  Charles  A. 
Ditmas  through  Fort  Green  Cliapter. 

The  Life  and  Service  of  Mafor-General  William 
Alexander.     C.   A.   Ditmas. 

The   Battle   of  Long    Island. 

Dedication    of    Monument    and    Altar 
Battle  Hill. 


Liberty    on 


Nnw   Jersey 


Ma 


veil. 


Mri 


.4  Retrospect  of  Colonial  Times  in  Burlington  County. 
Dr.  A.  M.  .Stackhouse.  1906.  From  Moorestown 
Chapter. 

Ohio 


0/f(0       Archaeological      and      Historical       Qu 
October,   1922.     From  Columbus  Chapter. 


Pennsylvania 


trterlp. 


Calendar  of  the  Colonies,  1923.     From  Merion  Chapter. 

Yanks.  A  Book  of  Verse.  1918.  From  Mrs.  V.  S. 
Vndrick. 

I'ublications  of  Lancaster  County  Historical  Society, 
2    numbers.     From   Mrs.    C.    M.    Steinmetz. 


South   Carnlln 
.la   Chapter. 


South  Carolina 

I.  K.   Hennig. 


Tennessee 
endant     for     July 


1922.     From     Mis3 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 


nUliiim  and  Marii  College  Quarterly.  6  Xuinbers. 
From  Mrs.  Robert  J.'  Reed,  State  Regent. 

Other  Sotikces 

How  I  Lost  Mij  Job  as  a  Preacher.  Compiled  and 
presented    bv    J.    D.    M.    Buckner. 

Year  Book  of  American  Clan  Gregor  Societij.  19-21. 
From  the  Society. 

Proceedings  of  the  Bostonian  Society.  41  Numbers. 
1822-1922.     From  the   Society. 

ira/(er  Ham's  and  Some  of  His  Descendants.  1922. 
From    Western    Reserve    Historical    Society. 

Karty  Rich  History  and  .-incestry  of  Jonathan  liich. 
Jr.,  of  Fort  Covington,  N.  Y.  1922.  Compiled  aTid 
presented  by  George  Rich. 

Supplement  for  .iverell-.iveriU-.ivery  Family.  From 
Miss  Clara  A.  Avery. 

Burton  Historical  Collection  Leaflet.  7  Numbers. 
From   Detroit  Public    Library. 

.innual  Report  of  Connecticut  Historical  Society. 
1922.     From    Connecticut   State   Library. 

Dedication  of  Memorial  Tablet  to  Rev.  Samuel  Spring, 
D.  v.,  and  Rev.  Theodore  James  Holmes.  From  East 
Hartford    Public    Library. 

MANUSCRIPTS 

Illixois 

Framed  Copy  of  Lovis  Joliet's  Letter  to  Count  dc 
Frontenac.     From    Louis   Joliet    Chapter. 


The  Forks  of  Elkhorn  Baptist  Church.  Woodford 
County.  Ky,  Organized  June  7,  37SS.  From  Susannah 
Hart  Shelby  Chapter. 

D'eds  and  .Varrinnes  of  Lincoln  County,  liii. 
Previous    to   1800.     From    Logan    Whitley   Chapter. 

Roll  Call  of  Kentucky  Poets  and  'Artists.  M.  B. 
Steele  Harris. 


Sketch  of  Spr.iulia  Church.  Compiled  and  presented 
by  Mrs.  Faniiv  H.   Strasbaugh. 

■Tunius  Brutus  Booth's  Life  and  Character  as  a  Man 
and  Actor.  ISSS.  W.  S.  Forwood.  From  Mrs.  B.  .). 
nilliams,  State  Librarian. 

New  Jersey 

Settlements  of  Old  Gloucester  Cnunttl.  V  J 
Blackwood  and  Chews  Landing.  From  HaddoiiliPlti 
Chapter. 

CHARTS 

Throckmorton    Pedigree. 

BOOK     PLATES 

2  hook  plates  from  J(r.  Anton  Zichtl. 
1  book  plate  from  the  President  General,  Mrs.  George 
Maynard   Minor. 

1  book  plate  from  the  Librarian  General,  Mrs.  Frank 
D.  Ellison. 

2  hook  plates  from  Mrs.   Frank  D.   Anthony. 

NEWSPAPERS 


Manuscript  Account  of  the  Historical  Exhibit  of 
^eorge  Rogers  Clark  Chapter  and  .iccount  of  Historic 
Rehcs  owned  by  Members  of  George  Rogers  Clark  Chapter. 
Given  by  the  Chapter. 


Newspaper  Sketch  of  Life  and  Times  of  Elkanah 
Watson.     From  Miss  Clara  C.  Fuller. 

Newspaper   Article.     Presented   by   Mrs.   C.   B.    Porter. 

PERIODICALS 

Annals  of  Iowa.     January. 

Burton's  Historical  Collection  Leaflet.     November. 

C.  A.  R.  Magazine.     December. 

County   Court  Note  Book.     September  and   November. 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolutio.n  Magazine. 
November,    December,    January    and    February. 

Essex  Institute  Historical  Collections.     October. 

Genealogy.     October. 

Georgia  Historical  Quarterly.  September  and  December. 

Illinois  State  Historical  Society  Journal.  Nos.  1  and 
2,  Vol.   14. 

Iowa  Journal  of  History  and  Politics.     October. 

Kentucky  State  Historical  Society  Register.  September 
and    January. 

Louisiana  Historical  Quarterly.     April. 

.Maryland  Historical  Magazine.     December. 

Mayflower    Descendant.     July. 

Michigan   History  Magazine.     Nos.    2   and    3. 

Missouri  Historical  Review.     October. 

New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register. 
Januar}'. 

New  Jersey  Historical  Society  Proceedings.  October 
and  January. 

Newport   Historical   Society  Bulletin.     January. 

New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Record. 
January. 

New  York  Historical  Society  Quarterly  Bulletin. 
January. 

New   York  State  Historical  Association  Journal.  July. 

New  York  Public  Library  Bulletin.     January. 

.V.  S.  S.   A.   R.  Bulletin.     October  and  December. 

.V,  S.  U.  S.  D.  of  ISIB  News-Letter.     November. 

Old  Time  New  England.     January. 

Palimpsest,  The.     October  and  November. 

South  Carolina  Historical  and  Genealogical  Magazine. 
January  and   April. 

Sprague's  Journal  of  Maine  History.     December. 

Tiller's  Quarterly  Historical  and  Genealogical  Magazine. 
October. 

Virqinia  Magazine.     October   and    January. 

Western    Pennsylvania    Historical    Magazine.     October 

William    and  Mary  College   Quarterly.     October. 

Respectfully    submitted. 
(Mrs.   Frank   D.)    Axxie   C.    Ellison, 
The      Report      of      the      Librarian      General 
was    accepted. 

The  Report  of  the  Curator  General,  Mrs. 
\\'hite  was  then  read  by  her. 

Report  of  the  Curator  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board   of   Management: 

I  have  the  honoV  to  report  the  following 
accessions  in  the  Museum  since  the  Board  Meet- 
ing of  October  17,  1922: 

Colorado:  Books;  3  volumes  of  the  Rise, 
Progress  and  Termination  of  the  Revolutionary 
War  by  Mrs.  Mercy  Warren;  printed  in  180S; 
this  history  was  published  when  Mrs.  Warren 
was  seventy-seven  years  of  age.  She  was  the 
author  of  a  number  of  books. 

The  above  books  were  presented  by  Mr. 
James  M.  Pierce,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  through 
Miss  Caroline  Rust,  of  Arapahoe  Chapter. 
Boulder,    Colo. 

Book;  ]\'ho  will  Enter  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven,  by  Increase  Mather;  printed  in  1713. 
Increase  Mather  was  a  clergyman,  and  the 
author  of  many  books.  He  was  born  in  Dor- 
chester,  Mass.,  June   21,   1639;   was   the   father 


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of  Rev.  Cotton  Mather,  the  famous  preacher  of 
a  family  of  preachers.  Presemed  by  Mrs. 
Jessie  H.  Hayden.  through  Mrs.  Cowie,  Arapa- 
hoe Chapter,  Boulder. 

Connecticut  :  Seven  beautiful  handmade  em- 
broidered collars ;  one  hand  embroidered  baby's 
cap;  relics  in  donor's  family.  Presented  by 
Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  President 
General,  N.S.,D.A.R.,  Waterford,   Conn. 

District  of  Columbi.\:  Six  silver  teaspoons, 
"  S.  C.  C."  on  handle ;  one  silver  salt  spoon, 
"  S.  Cargill  "  on  handle ;  tan  embroidered  silk 
shoulder  shawl,  all  relics  of  donor's  grand- 
mother, Mrs.  Silbella  Poppleton  Cargill;  Pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  B.  C.  Yorks,  Martha  Washing- 
ton Chapter ;  Silhouette  of  Captain  John 
Hammond,  of  Rhode  Island;  on  black  satin; 
gold  frame ;  ancestor  of  donor. 

Large  Platter,  Willow  ware  Pattern,  form- 
erly used  in  the  Evans  family,  of  which  "Fight- 
ing Bob  Evans  "  was  a  descendant. 

Both  presented  by  Mrs.  Catherine  L.  Allen, 
Constitution   Chapter. 

Bequest  of  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  the 
Pen  Founder  of  the  N.S.D.A.R.,  the  relics 
consisting  of : 

Founders'  Pin.  presented  by  Congress  to  Mrs. 
Lockwood,  in  1898;  2  Charter  member  pins;  1 
National  Officers  Club  Pin ;  1  Honorary  Chaplain 
General  Pin ;  Franco-American  Memorial  Com- 
mittee Medal;  Sulgrave  Manor  Washington 
Memorial  Association  Medal ;  4  pieces  pink 
Staffordshire  china;  2  pieces  Chelsea;  (cup 
and  saucer);  2  pieces  Continental  Money;  S 
shillings ;    and    Two   dollars. 

Bequest  of  Miss  Matilda  J.  Ramsey,  Our  Flag 
Chapter,  consisting  of : 

Articles  of  domestic  handiwork — Coverlet, 
stool  covers,  beaded  bag,  cushion,  mits  and 
gloves,  sampler,  black  lace  shawls ;  1  hand- 
wrought  iron  sadiron  stand ;  3  Flip  glasses ; 
silver  lorgnette ;  wampum ;  small  china  urn ; 
2  pieces  of  Wedgwood  gold  liracelet  and  card 
case ;  sunshade ;  and  two  fans  ;  3i  articles  in  all. 

Letter,  dated  December  31.  1696,  written  by 
William  Murray,  to  his  son  William;  very 
interesting. 

Newspaper,  Paulson's  Ainrrlcan  Dnily  Ad- 
vertiser: contains  most  interesting  advertise- 
ments and  announcements. 

Two  Newspaper  Supplements — one  a  Supple- 
ment to  Poulson's  American  Daily  Advertiser; 
the  other,  Suf'plciiiciil  tn  the  .■Uircra,  dated 
Saturday,  February  14,  1801.  This  latter  con- 
tains account  of  the  tic-hallot  of  Jefferson  and 
Burr  in  the  House  of  Representatives ; 

The  above  Letter  and  Newpapers  presented 
by  Mrs.  Louise  D.  Carman,  Our  Flag  Chapter ; 

Newspaper,  The  Ji'eslem  Spy  and  Hamilton 
Cazetle,  published  at  Cincinnati,  Wednesday, 
September  2,   1801. 


Two  spinning  wheel  spools,  one  with  thread 
on ;  one  shuttle,  belonging  to  loom ;  one  child's 
shoe  last;  one  snuff  box,  with  decorated  lid; 
piece  of  wood  from  Old  Nye  Homestead, 
Sandwich,  Mass.;  Piece  of  Continental  Money, 
$5.00,  printed   in   Phila.,  February,   1776. 

Relics  in  the  ancestral  families,  Blinn  and 
Nye,  and  presented  by  a  descendant,  Mrs. 
Bertha  Blinn  Johnson,  (Mrs.  Sylvanus  John- 
son)  E.   Pluribus   Unum   Chapter. 

Indiana  :  Bank  Note,  or  draft,  on  Farmer's 
Bank,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  drawn  by  Vermont  Glass 
Factory,  Salisbury,  Vt.,  Samuel  Swift, 
President.  Presented  by  Mrs.  Wilbert  Rogers, 
through  Twin  Forks  Chapter. 

Kentucky  :  Deed,  to  land  in  Windham, 
Conn.,  dated  1775;  from  Ebenezer  Luce  to 
Josiah  and  Cotriel  Smith.  Presented  by  Mr. 
M.  C.  Smith,  of  Norwood,  Ohio,  through  Mrs. 
Virginia  Weatherhead. 

Maryland  :  Old  Dutch  Glass  Dish,  brought 
to  America  in  1700,  by  the  Anderson  family, 
an  ancestor  of  donor ;  Match  box,  with  cover, 
quaint;  one  of  the  first  match  boxes  made, 
formerly  owned  by  Margaret  Cabell  McClelland, 
grandmother  of  donor;  Sheffield  plate  snuffers; 
sixteen  manuscripts ;  embracing  letters,  deeds, 
appointments,  statements  of  account,  and 
affidavits,  confidential  communications,  several 
autographed  letters  of  the  early  Presidents  of 
the  United  States,  Secretaries  of  State,  1778 
to  1800. 

Five  (5)  books :  English  Grammar,  1193, 
Jones'  British  Theatre,  written  by  General 
Burgoyne,  in  1795;  Schoolmasters  Assistant, 
published  in  1765 ;  Elegant  Extracts  on  the  Art 
of  Speaking;  Dictionary,  by  Thomas  Sheridan, 
1790. 

Six  Volumes  of  The  Spectator,  published  in 
1711-12-13;  by  Addison,  Steele,  and  others;  the 
first   newspaper. 

The  above  thirty  (30)  relics  presented  by 
Mrs.  Margaret  C.  Loughborough,  Colonel 
Tench  Tilghman  Chapter. 

Large  door  key,  from  the  Jail  at  Chester- 
town,  Md.  Key  weighs  nineteen  ounces  and  is 
9  inches  long.     The  Jail  was  built  in  1793. 

Presented  by  Miss  Sarah  Elizabeth  Stuart, 
Regent  Old  Kent  Chapter. 

Massachusetts  :  Almanack,  published  in 
1794  by  Nathaniel  Low. 

Presented  by  Mrs.  Rhoda  L.  Larkin, 
Margaret   Corbin  Chapter. 

Leeds  Basket  Plate;  also  Bulfinch  Front  Mass. 
State  House  Plate. 

Both  presented  by  The  Old  North  Chapter, 
through   Mrs.   Theoda  Josephine  Hi'l. 

Michigan:  Small  silver  teaspoon,  initials 
"  M.  T.  H."  on  handle,  1784;  formerly  belonged 
to  Mehitable  Saltmarsh  Hoyt,  Giffstown,  N.  H.; 
Towcloth,  spun  by  Mehitable  Saltmarsh  Hoyt, 


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1784;    great   grandmother    of   the   donor,    ]Mrs. 
T.  T.  Ransom,   St.  Joseph,   Mich. 

New  Jersey  :  Glass  bell  knob,  from  the  home 
of  General  Arnold. 

Presented  by  Orange  Mountain  Chapter. 

New  York:  Fork  and  spoon,  carried  during 
the  Revolutionary  War,  folds  shut  into  handle. 

Presented  by  Mrs.  Ann  Hickey,  Benjamin 
Prescott  Chapter. 

Pewter  Plate,  eight  inches  in  diameter;  name 
of  maker  on  back — "  Thomas ;"  inscription  on 
back  giving  origin  of  plate. 

Presented  by  Miss  Frances  M.  Ingalls, 
Regent,   Saratoga  Chapter. 

Beaded  Bag ;  "  butterfly  "  design ;  used  by 
Mary  Kennedy,  who  became  the  wife  of  Col. 
Arthur  Erwin,  of  Erwinia,  Pa.,  who  furnished 
the  boats  for  Washington  to  cross  the  Delaware ; 
also,  bonnet ;  a  winter  calash,  worn  by  Jane 
Chevalier,  of  Philadelphia,  a  belle  who  lived 
on  Old  Fifth  Street,  "  when  the  British  under 
General  Howe  were  in  the  city ;"  she  was  the 
great  great  aunt  of  the  donor. 

Both  gifts  presented  by  Mrs.  Arthur  Erwin 
Iredell,    Corning    Chapter. 

North  Carolina  :  Continental  Money,  "  Three 
Dollars ;"  presented  by  Mrs.  Daisy  Shipp 
McCoy,   William   Gaston    Chapter. 

Ohio  :  "  The  Peregrine  White  Spoon  ;"  pew- 
ter, with  etching  on  handle,  and  also  on  back 
of  bowl ;  most  interesting  history  going  back  to 
William  White  of  the  MayAozvcr ;  presented 
to  the  Moses  Cleveland  Chapter  by  Mrs. 
Greenleaf  W.  Simpson,  and  by  that  Chapter, 
presented   to   the   Museum. 

Pennsylvania  :  Newspaper,  Boston  Ga::eite, 
March  12,  1770;  contains  account  of  Boston 
Massacre. 

Presented  by  Mr.  John  Hilton,  Erie,  Pa., 
through    Presque    Isle    Chapter. 

Lowestoft  china  cup  and  saucer ;  brought  to 
Smithfield  by  Peter  Tren,  a  sea  captain  of 
Revolutionary  War  time. 

Presented  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Tracey, 
Os-co-hu   Chapter. 

Three  silver  teaspoons.  "  S.  L.  T."  on  handle : 
formerly  owned  by  Sarah  Lord  Tracey,  whose 
father  Nehemiah  Tracey.  was  the  great  grand- 
father of  the  donor,  Mrs.  Blanche  Tracey 
Woodworth,    Os-co-hu    Chapter. 

One  hundred  thirty  three   (133)   gifts  in  all. 
Respectfully   submitted, 
(Mrs.  George  W.)  Louise  C.  White, 

Curator    General. 

The  report  of  the  Curator  General  brought 
forth  hearty  applause.  The  President  General 
commented  that  it  looked  as  though  the  Mu.seum 
was  a  popular  place  to  send  gifts  and  the  in- 
dications were  that  in  the  future  a  very  valuable 
collection   would   be   assembled. 

The  report  was  then  accepted. 


The  report  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
General,  Mrs.  Elliott  was  then  read  by  her. 

Report  of  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

The  following  report  covers  the  work  done 
in  the  oftice  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
General   from  October  to  February. 

The  number  of  supplies  issued  were : 

Application    blanks    28,204 

Leaflets  "  How  to  Become  a  Member  "  .     1,589 

Leaflets    of    General    Information    859 

Pamphlets  of  Necessary  Information   . .        885 

Transfer    Cards    .' 2,039 

Constitutions    759 

The  Manuals  sent  from  this  office  for  free 
distributions  totalled  36,828,  of  which  \2,i2i 
were  in  the  English  language;  1,097  Spanish; 
8,702  Italian;  6,068  Hungarian;  2,356  Polish; 
6,282  Yiddish. 

Eighteen  hundred  thirty-three  letters  and 
cards  were  received  and  recorded,  and  seven- 
teen  hundred  and   seventy-seven   were   written. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  a.  Marshall)  Lilly  Tyson  Elliot, 

Corresponding  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  Elliott  made  a  brief  supplementary 
verbal  report  relating  to  a  letter  of  importance 
from  the  Manhatten  Chapter,  conveying  a 
Resolution  passed  by  that  Chapter  on  December 
28,  1922,  which  letter  and  resolution  were  read. 
"Manhattan  Chapter 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York 

Mrs.    Everett    Barnes,    Regent. 
My  Dear  Madam   Secretary  : 

At  the  last  meeting  of  Manhattan  Chapter, 
the  enclosed  resolution  was  made  by  a  former 
Regent,   Mrs.  Jas.  Griswold   Wentz. 

I  have  been  instructed  by  the  Regent  to  send 
a  copy  to  you. 

Most  sincerely  yours, 
(Mrs.  Paul  G.)  Caroline  McClintic  Clark, 
Recording   Secretary. 

Resolution  of  Manhattan  Chapter,  New  Vorh 
City    D.A.R. 

Whereas  the  Red  radical  propaganda  is 
actively  spreading  over  our  Country  and  preach- 
ing Revolution  against  our  Government,  there- 
fore be  it 

Resolved,  that  Manhattan  Chapter  urge  the 
National  Society  D.A.R.  and  the  New  York 
State  D.A.R.  and  all  the  Chapters  through  them 
to  start  active  work,  on  a  prearranged  plan,  to 
check  this  treason.  And  ask  that  punishment 
he  meted  out  immediately  by  the  Congress  of 
the  L'nitcd  States;  and  that  this  Resolution  be 
spread  upon  the  minutes  of  the  (Chapter  and 
sent  to  State  and  National  Officers. 

Adopted  Dec.  28,  1922." 


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The  formal  report  of  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  General  was  accepted,  the  concensus 
of  opinion  being  that  the  Resolution  be  left 
for  consideration  under  new  business.  In  the 
discussion  concerning  the  Resolution,  Mrs. 
Denmead  reported  Maryland's  activities  against 
the  Reds. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Building  and 
Grounds  was  read  by  Mrs.  Hanger,  Chairman 
of  that  Committee : 

Report  of  Committee  on  Building 
and   Grounds 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of   Management : 

The  Building  and  Grounds  Committee  begs 
leave  to  report  as   follows : 

For  the  month  of  December,  in  accordance 
with  the  request  of  the  State  Department  and 
the  Pan  American  Union,  with  the  permission 
of  the  President  General,  five  rooms  in 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  were  allowed  as 
Committee  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  Central 
American  Republics.  The  Kentucky  Room  was 
assigned  for  the  use  of  Honduras  Delegation; 
Maine  Room,  Costa  Rica ;  West  \"irginia  Room, 
Guatemala ;  Delaware  Room,  Salvadorean ; 
Virginia  Room,  Nicaraguan.  The  State 
furniture  in  the  aforementioned  rooms  was 
carefully  stored  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall, 
the  United  States  Government  providing 
regulation  office  furniture. 

The  following  meetings  have  been  held  in 
the  Auditorium  since  the  October  Board 
meeting : 

November  16-18.  Conference  on  Training 
the  Youth  of  our  Country ;  request  from  the 
War  Department. 

December  6.  Meeting  of  the  Southern  So- 
ciety, at  which  M.  Clemenceau  and  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  Minor  were  the 
principal   speakers. 

December  7,  8  and  9.  Conference  on  Public 
Opinion  and  World  Peace.  Request  for  the 
auditorium  made  by  Dr.  Thomas  Greene  of  the 
American  Red   Cross. 

December  IS.  Inauguration  of  the  Chancellor 
of  the  American  University. 

January  17.  Lecture  by  M.  Couc.  It  is  of 
interest  to  note  that  the  proceeds  from  this 
lecture  were  devoted  to  M.  Cone's  free  clinic 
in  Paris 

January  20.  United  States  War  Department 
for  a  Conference  with  the  Budget  Bureau. 

Permission  has  been  given  by  the  President 
General   for  the    following  meetings : 

February  22.  Joint  Celebration  of  George 
Washington's  Birthday  by  the  D.C.,  D.A.R..  and 
National  Society,  S.R.,  and  N.S.,  S.A.R., 


February  22  (later  in  the  day)  George 
Washington  University. 

February  23.  A  meeting  of  Lawyers  for  the 
Establishment  of  a  permanent  organization  for 
the  Improvement  of  the  Law. 

February  28.  Meeting  in  the  interests  of 
Constitutional    Government. 

March  5,  6  and  7.  D.C.,  D.A.R.  State 
Conference. 

Upon  request  of  the  following  officers  and 
authority  of  the  Executive  Committee  the 
following  special  purchases  have  been 
authorized : 

For  the  Treasurer  General,  a  typewriter ;  for 
the  Registrar  General,  set  of  Guide  Cards  for 
the  Ancestors  Catalogue ;  for  the  Organizing 
Secretary  General,  triple  manila  folders  for 
the  refiling  of  Chapter  records. 

The  new  Administration  Building  now  houses 
our  clerical  force.  On  Saturday,  February  3rd, 
upon  request  of  your  Chairman,  the  President 
General  approved  an  extra  half  holiday  for  the 
clerks  in  addition  to  the  half  holiday  which, 
according  to  the  Board  ruling,  is  always 
granted  on  Saturday  following  a  Board  meet- 
ing. In  planning  the  move  your  Chairman 
consulted  with  each  chief  clerk,  in  the  absence 
of  the  National  Officer,  asking  that  she  desig- 
nate the  desired  arrangement  of  the  individual 
room.  Plans  being  completed,  the  actual  moving 
was  begun  early  Saturday,  February  3rd,  under 
the  able  supervision  of  the  Superintendent, 
Mr.  Phillips.  When  the  clerks  reported  for 
duty  Monday,  February  5th.  each  office  was 
cleaned,  office  furniture  catalogues  and  files, 
as  well  as  steel  stacks  and  record  books  in  the 
Registrar  General's  rooms  w-ere  in  place,  and 
by  noon  that  same  day  all  the  offices  were  in 
good  running  order.  All  the  office  furniture 
has  not  arrived  as  yet,  but  this  committee  de- 
lights in  reporting  that  there  has  scarcely  been 
any  interruption  to  the  clerical  work  of 
our   Society. 

Rcdecoration,  as  authorized  by  the  States,  has 
been  started  in  the  various  rooms  in  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  as  well  as  the  corridors, 
Banquet  Hall,  and  adjacent  pantries. 

The  following  portraits  have  been  received 
and  favorably  acted  upon  by  the  Art  Committee: 

Portrait  of  "  Colonel  William  Piatt."  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  D.  E.  Weatherhead  of  Kentucky. 

Portrait  of  Mrs.  William  Cummings  Story, 
Honorary  President  General,  This  portrait  of 
Mrs.  Story  was  accepted  by  her  while  President 
General,  at  the  Congress  of  1917,  but  rejected 
by  the  Art  Committee  because  of  artistic  de- 
fects, and  returned  to  Mrs.  Story  for  alterations. 
In  September,  1922,  it  was  returned  to  Memorial  ' 
Continental  Hall  by  the  artist,  J.  Campbell  j 
Phillips,    and   is   herewith   brought   to   the   first 


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regular  Board  Meeting  following  its  acceptance 
by  the  Art  Committee. 

Your  Committee  unanimously  recommends 
the  increase  of  the   following  salaries  : 

Mr.  Phillips  from  $135  to  $140  per  month. 
Roland  Dorsey,  Head  Janitor,  from  $77.50  to 
$80.00  per  month ;  Joseph  Williams,  Janitor, 
from  $75.00  to  $77.50  per  month;  Frank 
Chatterbuck,  Janitor,  from  $75.00  to  $77.50  per 
month;  Estes  Scott,  Guide,  from  $80.00  to  $85.00 
per  month ;  Lecount  Woodson,  Printer,  from 
$80.00  to  $85.00  per  month;  George  Hughes, 
Messenger,  from  $80.00  to  85.00  per  month; 
Frank  Smith  transferred  to  permanent  roll  at 
$70.00  per  month ;  Four  charwomen  from  $2.00 
to  $2.25  per  day,  as   follows : 

Ella  Stinnett,  Ellen  Carmody,  Gussie  Kinsey, 
Maude  Steepe. 

Your  Committee  calls  attention  to  the  fact 
that  notwithstanding  the  additional  care  of  the 
Administration  Building,  it  has  been  found 
necessary  to  add  only  one  employee  to  the 
permanent  roll. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  G.  Wall.\ce  W.)    Lucy  G.\lt  H.^nger, 
Chairman  Building  and  Grounds  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Building 
and  Grounds  was  accepted  without  recommen- 
dations. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Guernsey  and  seconded 
by  Miss  McDufifee  : 

That  recommendation  No.  1  in  the  report  of 
Building  and   Grounds   Committee  be   adopted. 

Motion   carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hanger  and  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Hunter : 

That  the  salaries  of  the  three  janitors  be  in- 
creased $2.50  per  month. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Morris  and  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Elliott: 

That  the  employees — guide,  messenger  and 
printer — each  receiving  five  dollars  a  month 
increase,  be  acted  on  together  and  that  the 
increase  be  allowed. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs  Seydel,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Chubbuck : 

That  Frank  Smith  be  put  on  the  permanent 
roll. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Guernsey,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Block : 

That  the  pay  of  the  four  charwomen  be 
raised  from  two  dollars  to  two  dollars  and 
twenty-five  cents  a  day. 

Motion  carried. 

The  report  of  the  Editor  of  the  Magazine, 
Miss  Lincoln,  was  then  read  by  her. 


Report  of  Editor  of  the  Magazine 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

Mrs.  Bissell,  our  National  Chairman  of  the 
Magazine  Committee,  is  ill  at  her  home  with 
the  grippe.  She  has  asked  me  to  include  in 
my  report  a  brief  account  of  the  Magazine 
subscription  contest  and  the  names  of  the 
winning  States.  They  were :  in  the  first  group 
— Connecticut,  $125.00;  2nd  group,  California, 
$100.00;  3rd  group,  Washington,  $100.00;  and 
4th  group,  Florida,  $75.00 

This  money,  from  the  Colonel  Walter  Scott 
fund,  was  divided  into  four  prizes  and  awarded 
to  the  States  securing  the  greatest  niuiiber  of 
subscriptions  in  proportion  to  their  membership. 

The  contest,  which  ran  from  July  15  to 
December  31,  1922,  aroused  much  enthusiam 
throughout  the  country  and  resulted  in  securing 
many  subscriptions,  both  new  and  renewals. 
We  are  deeply  grateful  to  the  State  and  Chap- 
ter Chairmen  who  were  untiring  in  their  zealous, 
loyal  work  for   the   Magazine. 

Miss  Bessie  Bright,  in  charge  of  Magazine 
subscriptions  in  the  Treasurer  General's  office, 
deserves  the  highest  praise  for  her  careful, 
efficient  handling  of  the  records  during  the 
contest,  which  she  carried  out  without  assist- 
ance,   although    it    doubled    her    regular    work. 

The  sum  of  $1747.50  for  advertising  from 
April  1  to  September  30,  1922,  was  received  by 
the  Treasurer  General  too  late  to  be  included 
in  Mrs.  Bissell's  report  to  the  National  Board 
in  October  last.  There  will  be  another  check 
coining  to  the  National  Society  from  the  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Company,  who  handle  our  advertis- 
ing, covering  the  period  from  October,  1922,  to 
March   31,    1923. 

LTpon  the  recommendation  of  the  Lippincotts, 
the  Executive  Committee  appropriated  $300  to 
pay  a  salary  to  Mr.  Roney  of  New  York,  a  well 
known  advertising  solicitor.  It  is  found  that 
this  sum  will  not  have  to  be  touched,  as  Mr. 
Roney "s  salary  can  be  met  from  a  refund  re- 
ceived for  a  lighter  weight  of  paper,  used  in 
two  issues  of  the  Magazine,  than  the  printing 
contract  called  for.  Mr.  Roney  is  Tin  longer 
employed  on  a  salary  basis,  but  will  hereafter 
receive  a  commission  from  all  advertising  which 
he  secures. 

The  sale  of  old  Magazines  brought  in  $131.82. 
Single  copies  of  every  edition  are  still  in  de- 
mand, the  Business  Office  reports,  which  is  most 
gratifying,  as  it  shows  a  continuous  interest 
in  the  Magazine.  The  December,  1922,  edition 
is  sold  out. 

A  year  ago,  in  January,  1922,  our  expirations 
were  986,  while  the  subscriptions  we  received 
in  that  month  totalled  889 — less  than  we  lost. 
In  the  January  just  past,  our  expirations  were 


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487  and  we  received  1286  subscriptions — doubling 
what  we  lost — a  truly  encouraging  result. 
To  date  we  have  11,196  subscriptions. 

Mr.  Charles  Moore's  series  of  articles  on 
General  Washington  are  bringing  in  many 
commendatory  letters ;  also  the  articles  on  the 
Calverts  and  Dulanys  of  Maryland  by  Mr. 
William  Dulany  Hunter,  and  Mr.  John  C. 
Fitzpatrick's  valuable  account  of  the  aides-de- 
camp of  General  Washington  have  stirred  up 
much  interest  and  requests  to  republish  in  other 
periodicals.  An  article  on  the  family  of  Sir 
Dudley  Digges  in  England  and  America, 
written  by  Mrs.  Ramsburgh,  will  appear  in  the 
March  issue.  It  is  not  only  of  interest  histor- 
ically, but  of  great  value  genealogically. 

Since  my  report  to  the  National  Board  in 
October  there  has  been  expended  for  nine 
articles  and  photographs  the  sum  of  $206.00, 
leaving  $306.00  still  to  the  credit  of  the 
Magazine.  Of  the  sum  expended,  $21.00  was 
for  photographs  taken  especially  to  illustrate 
articles,  and  the  remaining  $185.00  was  paid 
for  nine  articles,  several  of  which  have  not 
yet  been  published. 

I  desire  to  extend  tny  sincere  thanks  to  the 
President  General,  to  Mrs.  Bissell,  our 
National  Magazine  Chairman,  and  to  the 
members  of  the  National  Board  for  their  whole- 
hearted enthusiastic  support  of  every  plan  for 
the  betterment  of  the  Magazine. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

Natalie  S.  Lincoln, 

Editor. 

Miss  Lincoln's  formal  report  was  supple- 
mented by  a  verbal  statement  relative  to 
the  promise  of  a  large  advertising  contract 
from  a  steamship  company  which  would  use  the 
space  later  when  travel  becomes  more  extensive. 

The  report  of  the  Editor  of  the  Magazine, 
which  included  also  the  Report  of  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Magazine  Committee,  was  accepted 
with  applause. 

The  report  of  the  Printing  Committee  was 
submitted  by  Mrs.  Hunter,   Chairman. 

Report  of  Printing  Committee 

Printing  done  in  the  Building  (October  16, 
1922  to  February   9,   1923). 

Letter  heads  2,365 

Circular  letters   12,910 

Postal    cards     5,550 

Envelopes    3,610 

Blanks    42,000 

(20.000  applications  blanks) 

I-ists   4,000 

Cards : 

Creed    10,000 


Appointment   650 

Transfer     5,000 

Notices   405 

Printing    done    outside   of    the    Building. 
October     20 — Chapter     Regents     Copies     Cost 

Lists     40    $133.40 

October  25 — Necessary  Informa- 
tion  for   Chapters    2500        88.00 

November    28 — Envelopes    with 

return   address    10.000         19.00 

December  5 — Lineage  volumes  63,  64  and  65, 
1(X)0  copies  each  at  $4.25  per  page. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Lillian   A.   Hunter, 
Chairman,  Printing  Committee. 
The   report   of   the   Printing   Committee  was 
accepted  as  read. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Administra- 
tion Building  was  read  by  the  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Guernsey. 

Report  of  Committee  on 
Administration   Building 

"  The  Committee  reports  with  a  great  deal 
of  pleasure  that  the  new  building  is  practically 
finished.  The  workmen  are  still  in  the  base- 
ment completing  shelves  in  the  storage  room,  but 
the  building  itself  is  finished  and  occupied. 

The  sub-committee  on  furnishing,  spent  many 
busy,  busy  days  in  January — first  in  deciding 
upon  the  furniture  necessary,  and  then  in 
its  purchase. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  furniture  in  the 
Hall  is  Mahogany  and  the  general  color  of 
draperies  blue,  it  was  decided  to  have  the  same 
color — and  wood  in  the  new  building. 

It  was  decided  to  have  rugs  in  the  private 
offices  and  two  of  the  committee  rooms,  the 
remaining  floors  to  remain  uncovered. 

The  rugs  and  furniture  have  been  ordered 
and  a  few  articles  have  been  delivered,  and 
the  rest  will  come  as  soon  as  it  is  possible  to 
get  it  from  the  factories.  (The  committee 
found  to  its  distress  that  very  little  furniture 
is  carried  in  stock  these  days.  Most  of  it  has 
to  be  bought  from  samples  and  then  made.) 

In  spite  of  the  lack  of  furniture  the  business 
of  the  Society  is  going  on  without  interruption, 
and  in  two  of  the  most  crowded  departments — 
those  of  the  Treasurer  General  and  Registrar 
General — the  office  forces  are  able  to  carry  on 
their  work  without  serious  danger  to  their 
health  which  was  present  in  the  cramped  spaces 
occupied   in  our   Hall. 

Tlie  President  General  has  been  occupying 
her  apartments  for  the  past  two  months,  and 
the  Superintendant  is  also  in  his  more 
spacious  quarters. 


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The  committee  invites  your  inspection  of  the 
new  building  and  feels  sure  that  you  will  approve 
of  the  work  so  far  accomplished. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Sarah  E.  Guernsey, 

Chairman. 

Mrs.  Guernsey  offered  a  supplementary  verbal 
report  as  follows : 

I  wish  to  say,  Madam  President  General, 
there  are  five  fountains  over  there,  two  in  the 
basement  not  as  attractive  as  the  other  three, 
and  two  attractive  windows  divided  into  three 
parts,  one  is  already  taken  as  a  memorial  window, 
one  with  glass  in  the  centre,  where  the  Organiz- 
ing Secretary  General  has  the  catalog ;  they 
can  be  taken  as  special  features  by  any  Chapter, 
and  the  corridors  connecting  the  two  buildings, 
one  of  these  is  still  open  to  any  State  wishing 
it.  West  Virginia  took  one,  the  South  one,  we 
still  have  the  North  one  which  can  be  taken 
for  the  small  sum  of  $1200. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Administra- 
tion Building  was  accepted.  The  President 
General  expressed  appreciation  of  the  ar- 
rangements  for  her  comfort. 

Mrs.  Gillentine  presented  a  gift  of  $586.15 
from  Tennessee  for  the  Administration  Build- 
ing, bringing  up  the  total  from  that  State  to 
$1500.  This  was  accepted  with  much  apprecia- 
tion by  the  President  General. 

Mrs.  Guernsey  reported  verbally  that  the 
Officers  Club  had  voted  at  a  meeting  held  the 
previous  day,  to  turn  over  $5,000  before  the  end 
of  the  week.  The  President  General  expressed 
appreciation  for  this  splendid  gift. 

Mrs.  Buel,  Vice  Chairman  in  charge  of 
Manual  for  Immigrants  spoke  of  the  new 
English  edition  of  the  Manual  being  ready  for 
distribution.  Mrs.  Buel  expressed  appreciation 
of  the  way  contributions  have  come  in  from 
the  States  for  the  Manual ;  she  reported  over 
$11,000  already  subscribed  for  the  new  editions 
and  thought  it  would  be  possible  to  soon  trans- 
late another  foreign  language  besides  paying  for 
the  new  English  edition. 

The  informal  verbal  report  of  Mrs.  Buel  was 
accepted. 

Mrs.  Kitt  read  an  extract  from  a  letter  from 
Mrs.  Moss  on  the  subject  of  Forestry,  referring 
to  a  previous  resolution  urging  State  Chapters 
to  study  forestry  and  conduct  forestry  drives, 
and  stating  that  the  date  of  closing  contest  had 
been  extended  from  April  1,  1923  to  May  15, 
1923,  on  account  of  some  of  the  Northern 
States  not  being  able  to  plant  so  early 
as  April  1st. 

The  Report  of  the  Liberty  Loan  Fund 
Committee  was  then  read  by  the  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Helen  N.  Joy  : 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Liberty  Loan  Fund 
Committee  held  Monday,  February  12,  1923, 
at  10.30  A.M.  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  at 
which  were  present  the  President  General,  Mrs. 
Minor,  the  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  Hunter, 
and  Mesdames  Ellison,  Hanger,  Lord  and  Joy, 
the  following  resolution  was  unanimously 
adopted  and  is  presented  for  your  consideration  : 

Whereas ;  the  pensions  of  Real  Daughters  is 
the  most  important  Patriotic  Relief  work  of 
our  Society  : 

Therefore  Be  it  Resolved, 

That  the  income  from  our  Liberty  Loan 
Bonds  be  used  for  the  Real  Daughters  pensions 
as  long  as  may  be  necessary. 

(Signed)  Helen  N.  Joy, 
Chairman,    Liberty    Loan    Fund    Comtnittcc. 

The  report  of  the  Liberty  Loan  Fund  Com- 
mittee was  accepted  without  its  recommen- 
dations. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Guernsey  and  seconded 
by  Miss  McDuffee : 

That  the  recommendation  of  the  Liberty  Loan 
Fund  Committee  be  adopted. 

Mrs.  Guernsey  asked  for  information  regard- 
ing the  number  of  Real  Daughters  and  the 
amount  of  pension.  Mrs.  Joy  stated  there 
were  31  Real  Daughters,  that  20  of  them  re- 
ceived pensions  of  $20  a  month,  amounting  to 
$4,800  a  year ;  that  the  income  from  the 
Liberty  Bonds  amounted  to  $4,250,  which  would 
be  $550  less  than  would  be  paid  as  pensions, 
but  an  accrued  income  of  $6,925.50  would  care 
for  the  additional  amount  to  be  paid  to  the 
Real  Daughters  of  $4,800. 

The  President  General  stated  that  there  had 
been  only  18  Real  Daughters  drawing  pensions 
but  during  the  last  year  two  more  had  asked 
for  and  been  granted  pensions  as  it  was  found 
they  needed  them ;  also  that  one  more  Real 
Daughter  had  been  added  to  the  list,  making 
31  now  living  and  20  on  pension  list.  (Entire 
number  of  Real  Daughters  admitted  to  the 
Society  747.) 

Motion  was  put  to  vote  and  carried. 

Report  of  the  Col.  Walter  Scott  Fund  Com- 
mittee was  read  by  the  Chairman,   !Mrs.  Nash. 

Report   of   Col.   Walter   Scott 
Fund  Committee 

Recommendations  of  Col,  Walter  Scott  Prize 
Fund  Committee  Submitted  to  and  adopted  by 
the  National  Board  of  Management. 

February   13.   1923 
Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board : 

The  committee  appointed  by  the  President 
General  to  administer  the  Colonel  Weaker  Scott 
Fund  met  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall  at 
3  :30  P.M.  on  February  12,  1923  with  the  follow- 


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iiig  members  present :  Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash, 
Chairman;  Mrs.  H.  Eugene  Chul)buck;  Miss 
Natalie  Sumner  Lincoln,  and  Mrs.  L. 
Victor  Seydel. 

It  was  moved,  seconded  and  unanimously 
carried  that  the  Committee  present  the  following 
recommendation  to  the  National  Board  of 
Management  for  action : 

That  the  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  conduct  a  prize  essay  con- 
test, open  to  members  only,  to  be  known  as 
the  Anne  Rogers  Minor  Essay  Contest,  on  the 
topic  "  The  Value  of  the  Patriotic-Historic 
Society  in  America ;  its  force  as  compared  with 
civic  and  philanthropic  societies,  its  power 
against  radicalism,  its  influence  upon  the  alien." 

That  this  contest  begin  on  October  1,  1923 
and  close  February  1,  1924  and  that  it  be 
announced  at  the  Continental  Congress  in  April, 
1923  (the  last  over  which  Mrs.  Minor  is  to 
preside),  the  prize  to  be  awarded  by  Mrs. 
Minor  at  the  Continental  Congress  of 
April,   1924. 

That  there  shall  be  two  prizes  consisting  of 
a  suitable  division  of  the  balance  remaining  in 
this  special  fund  (now  amounting  to  about 
$350),  and  the  two  winning  essays  shall  be 
published  in  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine. 

That  all  details  of  arrangements  connected 
with  the  contest  shall  be  left  in  charge  of  the 
Col.  Walter  Scott  Fund  Committee. 

The  committee  desires  to  state  that  full  de- 
tails as  to  judges,  conditions,  etc.,  will  be 
published  in  the   September   Magazine. 

Submitted  for  the  Committee  by, 
(Mrs.  Charles  W.)    Frances  Tupper  Nash, 
Cliainiian. 

The  President  General  stated  that  as  the 
whole  report  seetns  to  be  a  recommendation 
she  could  hardly  ask  that  the  report  be  ac- 
cepted without  its  recommendation,  so  she 
would  jilace  the  recommendations  before  the 
Board  for  approval.  Before  asking  for  a  vote 
she  expressed  her  appreciation  of  the  honor 
paid  to  her. 

A  motion  was  made  by  Mrs.  Heron,  seconded 
by  Mrs  Gillentine  and  out  of  compliment  to 
the  President  General  carried  by  a  unamimous 
rising  vote : 

That  the  recommendations  of  the  Col. 
Walter  Scott  Fund  Committee,  that  a  prize 
essay  contest  on  "  The  Value  of  the  Patriotic- 
Historic  Society  in  America,"  to  be  known 
as  the  "  Anne  Rogers  Minor  Essay  Contest," 
with  its  provisions  as  to  details,  as  presented 
by  its  Chairman,  Mrs.  Nash,  be  adopted. 

Mrs.  Nash  referred  to  the  recommendations 
of  the  Committee  relative  to  publishing  details 
of  contest   in   September,   1923,    Magazine,   and 


award  of  prizes  in  1924  Congress,  explaining 
the  reason  for  taking  so  much  time  was  be- 
cause after  Congress  the  work  of  the  Chapters 
came  to  a  standstill  and  only  began  again  in 
the  fall,  and  the  subject  was  of  such  importance 
and  the  prizes  so  large  it  was  worth  giving 
ample  time. 

Mrs.  Morris  then  presented  a  verbal  report 
on  the  Yorktown  Bill,  stating  that  it  had  been 
found  necessary  to  have  a  Supplementary  Bill 
as  the  first  resolution  asking  that  a  committee 
be  appointed  had  been  eliminated  from  the  Bill, 
so  it  had  been  found  necessary  to  get  the  Bill 
on  the  House  calender  by  unanimous  consent, 
which  was  done  a  week  ago,  but  the  Bill  was 
No.  40  and  the  House  had  adjourned  when  it 
came  to  No.  37  on  the  Journal.  She  expressed 
a  hope  that  it  might  be  possible  to  go  before 
the  Senate  within  a  day  or  two. 

The  verbal  report  of  the  Chairman  of  the 
Yorktown  Committee  was  accepted. 

The  President  General  then  asked  that  further 
reports  of  regular  committees  be  held  over 
until  after  luncheon,  and  asked  for  a  report 
from  Mrs.  Guernsey,  Chairman  of  the  Special 
Committee  on  Departed  Members. 

Mrs.  Guernsey  reported  that  the  Committee 
consisted  of  three  members,  the  other  members 
being  Mrs.  Buel  and  Mrs.  Hodgkins,  and 
stated  that  she  had  asked  Mrs.  Buel  to  prepare 
a  resolution  for  Mrs.  Kinney,  and  Mrs.  Hodg- 
kins to  prepare  a  resolution  for  Mrs.  Boynton. 
Mrs.  Guernsey  then  presented  the  following: 
Resolutions  for  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood 

Whereas;  God  in  his  infinite  Wisdom  has 
taken  to  Himself  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood 
whose  bright  cheerful  presence  and  unfailing 
willingness  to  serve  at  all  times  the  Society  she 
so  greatly  loved,  endeared  her  to  all  who  came 
in  close  contact  with  her  : — and 

Whereas:  From  the  moment  when  her  in- 
spired pen  focussed  the  thoughts  of  wotnen  upon 
the  desirability  of  forming  a  Society  of  the 
descendants  of  the  men  and  women  who 
established  our  Republic ;  through  the  forma- 
tive days  of  our  Society  which  was  organized 
in  her  home;  and  to  the  time  of  her  death — her 
whole  hearted  interest  and  her  keen  mind  were  . 
active  for  the  Society's  progress  and  highest 
development : — and 

Whereas;  It  was  Mrs.  Lockwood  who  early 
visioned  the  necessity  for  a  home  of  our  own  in 
which  to  house  our  valuable  documents,  and  it 
was  Mrs.  Lockwood  who  never  for  a  moment 
lost  sight  of  the  national  scope  of  our 
Society :  and 

Whereas;  In  the  many  offices  she  hel.I  the 
inspiring  of  her  presence  and  labors  left  an 
indelible  imprint  upon  the  future  conduct  of 
each  and  every  one : — and 


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Whereas:  As  long  as  her  health  permitted 
she  was  indeed  a  wise  counsellor,  a  good  friend, 
and  a  faithful  guardian  of  the  highest  aims 
and  development  of  the  Society  she  so  gladly 
served : — and 

Whereas;  We  who  have  followed  with 
sympathetic  interest  her  failing  strength  would 
not  wish  her  back  again,  but  will  miss  her 
unfailing  interest  in  the  Society  whose  formation 
and  establishment  on  its  highest  plane  she  had 
so  large  a  part.  We  will  indeed  miss  her 
cheery  "  All's  well  with  the  world." 

Therefore    Be    it    Resolved 

That  we  the  members  of  the  Board  of 
Management  record  our  reverent  thanks  to  the 
all  wise  Father  of  us  all  for  having  given  His 
servant,  Mrs.  Lxjckwood,  the  inspiration  w-hich 
brought  forth  the  National  Society,  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  and  for  having 
spared  her  to  serve  the  Society  and  its  members 
for  so  many  years  : — and  be  it  further 

Resolved;  That  because  of  the  untiring  loyal 
service  she  rendered  we  will  hold  her  memory 
dear,  and  will  endeavor  to  carry  on  the  noble 
work  for  our  Country  made  possible  by  the 
formation   of   our   National    Society. 

Sarah  E.  Guernsey, 
Chairman    of   Resolutions   Committee. 

Resolutions  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Lockwood 
were  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  of  the  Board  with 
bowed  heads. 

Mrs.  Buel  then  presented  the  following 
Tribute  and  Resolution  to  Mrs.  Sara 
Thomson  Kinney. 

Sara  Thomson  Kinney 

A   Tribute : — 

In  the  death  of  Sarah  Thomson  Kinney  on 
December  14.  1922.  Honorary  Vice  President 
General  and  Honorary  State  Regent  of  the 
Connecticut  Daughters  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution, the  National  Society  has  lost  from  its 
earthly  membership  a  noble  and  gallant  soul 
whose  ideals  of  patriotism  and  service  have 
left  an  indelible  impress  upon  our  Society's 
early   history. 

Entering  upon  the  duties  of  State  Regent 
of  Connecticut  in  1895,  Mrs.  Kinney  devoted 
her  life  and  energies  to  the  service  of  the 
National  Society  and  of  her  State,  and  was 
reelected  every  year  for  fourteen  years  until 
her  retirement  at  her  own  request. 

Mrs.  Kinney  inspired  all  who  knew  her  with 
her  own  abounding  enthusiasm.  She  had  a 
clear  and  far-seeing  vision  of  the  national  scope 
and  influence  of  our  Society.  She  sensed  its 
possibilities ;  she  had  a  keen  insight  into  its 
developing  opportunities  and  what  it  could  be 
made    to    mean    to    our    country    in    terms    of 


patriotic  service.  She  was  a  patriot  above 
all  else,  a  sturdy  American,  true  to  her  heritage 
of  New  England  ancestry.  Hers  was  a  buoy- 
ant soul,  full  of  a  rare  humor  and  an  abiding 
faith.  Wise,  kindly,  tolerant,  her  advice  was 
sought  by  all,  her  earnestness  of  purpose  was 
an  inspiration  to  all,  and  her  marvelous  power 
of  leadership  swayed  the  hearts  of  all  who 
followed  with  a  loving  devotion  which  knew 
no  bounds.  Her  Daughters  of  Connecticut 
idolized  her.  She  built  up  our  Society's  work 
in  her  State  on  the  solid  foundations  of  high 
achievement  and  of  a  united  and  harmonious 
action  among  her  chapters  that  was 
truly   notable. 

In  the  Congresses  she  was  an  outstanding 
figure,  quietly  influential  and  forceful,  seldom 
speaking  in  debate  but  sought  after,  honored 
and  esteemed  for  her  loyalty,  her  wisdom,  her 
calm,  unruffled  judgment,  her  fairness  and 
absolute    integrity. 

To  her  memory  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  pays 
reverential  tribute.  To  her  ideals  of  service 
and  unselfish  devotion  the  Society  owes  much 
of  its  successful  development. 

Therefore, 

Resolved;  That  we,  the  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management  assembled  at 
its  meeting  on  this  the  13th  day  of  February, 
1923,  record  our  sorrow  in  the  death  of  one 
who  loved  our  Society  and  ever  sought  its  wel- 
fare with  all  the  power  of  her  true  and  forceful 
spirit ;  that  we  hold  her  loyal  service  in  grate- 
ful remembrance ;  and  that  the  name  of  Sara 
Thomson  Kin>iey  shall  be  forever  remembered 
among  those  whom  we  rejoice  to  have  known 
and   loved  : — and 

Resolved;  That  copies  of  these  resolutions 
be  forwarded  to  Mrs.  Kinney's  family  with 
expressions  of  our  profound  sympathy,  and  also 
to  the  State  Regent  of  Connecticut,  as  a  token 
of  our  deep  sense  of  loss  in  the  death  of  one 
whom  we  have  ever  held  in  high  honor  and 
whose  memory  will  be  forever  cherished 
amongst  us. 

Resolution  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Thomson 
Kinney  was  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  of  the 
Board  with  bowed  heads. 

Mrs.  Hodgkins  then  presented  the  following 
Resolutions    for    Mrs.   Helen    Mason    Boynton : 

Whereas;  The  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion has  learned  with  deep  sorrow  of  the 
passing  of  Mrs,  Helen  Mason  Boynton  on 
October  21,  1922,  after  an  illness  of  many  weeks, 
from  her  earthly  home  to  the  eternal  rest  to 
which  she  had  looked  forward  longingly  for 
some   time  : — and 


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Whereas;  Mrs.  Boynton  was  one  of  our 
dearly  beloved  Charter  Members  (National 
Number  28)  and  Honorary  Vice  President 
(jeneral  of  our  Society  and  served  as  the  first 
Organizing  Secretary  General  and  later  in 
other  National  Offices  and  as  Chairman  or 
member  of  many  National  Committees,  giving 
willingly  and  gladly  of  her  time  and  strength 
to  help  perpetuate  the  aims  and  objects  of  our 
Society,  and  was  especially  interested  in  the 
Auditing  Committee,  having  taken  an  active 
part  in  its  work  from  the  "  early  days  "  until 
her  last  illness  : — and 

Whereas;  Mrs.  Boynton's  name  is  closely 
identified  with  the  war  work  undertaken  by 
the  National  Society  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution : — and 

JJ'hercas;  Mrs.  Boynton,  ably  assisted  by  her 
distinguished  husband.  General  Henry  V. 
Boynton,  set  an  example  of  Christian  Interest 
and  support  in  the  very  beginning  of  our 
endeavors  : — Therefore 

Be  it  Resolved;  That  we  earnestly  commend 
to  present  and  future  members  of  our  organiza- 
tion a  like  zeal  for  our  patriotic  work  and 
record  our  sorrow  in  the  death  of  this  be- 
loved member : — and 

Be  it  Resolved;  That  this  Resolution  be 
spread  on  the  minutes  of  this  meeting  and 
that  a  copy  be  sent  to  her  niece.  Miss  Marie 
Boynton,  with  expressions  of   sympathy. 

Resolution  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Boynton  was 
adopted  by  a  rising  vote  of  the  Board,  with 
bowed   heads. 

The  President  General  paid  a  personal  tribute 
to  these  fine  women  and  their  work. 

Recess  for  luncheon  at  1  p.m. 

Afternoon  Session 

The  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order 
by  the  President  General  at  2:15  and  the  hear- 
ing of   reports   was   continued. 

Reference  was  made  to  the  Yorktown  pro- 
ject, with  mention  of  a  commercial  project 
for  which  endorsement  of  the  Daughters  had 
been  asked.  It  was  the  concensus  of  opinion 
that  since  action  was  still  pending  on  the  Bill 
which  the  National  Society  had  already  en- 
dorsed and  was  supporting,  it  would  be  unwise 
to  endorse  any  other  project. 

Mrs.  Chubbuck,  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Insignia,  reported  that  the  Committee,  con- 
sisting of  Mrs.  Wilson,  Mrs.  Seydel  and  Mrs. 
Chubbuck,  had  met  and  wished  to  submit  a 
recoiiunendalion  to  the  National  Board  thai 
a  pin  for  Past  State  Officers  as  requested  by 
Mrs.  l-red  Pall.  Past  Slate  Historian  of 
Illinois,   he  aulhoriced. 


Mrs.  Chubbuck  submitted  two  designs  which 
had  been  prepared  at  the  request  of  the  Com- 
mittee on   Insignia,  for  inspection. 

A  motion  to  adopt  recommendation  was 
offered  by  Mrs.  Chubbuck,  and  variously 
seconded. 

In  the  discussion  following  this  motion  the 
concensus  of  opinion  was  that  it  would  be 
advisable  to  have  a  pin  for  active  as  well  as 
past  state  officers. 

A  motion  was  then  offered  by  Mrs.  Nash 
and  seconded  by  Mrs.   Heron : 

To  atnend  this  recommendation  of  the  Chair- 
man of  Insignia,  Mrs.  Chubbuck  of  Illinois, 
by  inserting  the  words  "  active  and "  before 
"  past   state  officers." 

Motion  to  amend  recommendation  carried. 

Motion  authorizing  pin  for  active  and  past 
state  officers  carried. 

It  was  the  concensus  of  opinion  that  the 
Chairman  of  the  Insignia  Committee  be  in- 
structed to  procure  several  designs  and  prices 
from  different  firms  for  the  proposed  pin  for 
active  and  past  state  officers. 

Mrs.  Buel  stated  that  she  had  just  received 
a  copy  of  the  English  Manual  from  the  printer, 
which  she  exhibited. 

Miss  McDuiifee  reported  verbally  on 
Americanization  work,  stating  that  several  of 
the  states  had  been  more  than  generous  and 
had  gone  over  the  top ;  she  expressed  a  hope 
that  every  State  Regent  would  see  that  her 
State  reached  100  per  cent,  and  that  an  amount 
equal  to  $2  from  each  Chapter  would  be  forth- 
coming. The  amount  on  hand  is  $1463  and  if 
every  Chapter  responds  the  total  amount  would 
be  something  like  $2600  to  $3000.  She  said  the 
Committee  would  be  very  happy  if  at  the 
coming  Congress  they  had  enough  money  on 
hand  to  carry  the  work  on  uninterruptedly. 
The  new  worker  at  Ellis  Island  seems  to  be 
a  very  able  women,  able  to  overcome  obstacles, 
adjust  small  details,  very  clever  in  her  particular 
work  and  with  a  great  love  for  the  foreign 
born,  which  is  very  essential  to  the  work. 
Commissioner  Todd  has  asked  that  a  report  of 
our  work  be  made  to  him.  In  reference  to 
boxes  of  clothing.  Miss  McDufifee  said  that 
people  coming  in  the  fall  from  southern  climes 
found  it  very  cold  here  in  the  fall  and  winter, 
and  clothing  was  needed  that  could  be  made 
over  for  the  children,  which  would  serve  a 
double  purpose  as  the  women  could  be  working 
on  it ;  but  rummage  was  not  wanted.  She 
emphasized  the  fact  that  boxes  must  be  sent 
charges  prepaid. 

The  verlial  report  of  Miss  McDuffee  was 
accepted  and  the  President  General  requested 
the    Board    Members    to    take    word    back    to 


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their    Chapters    that    cxj'rcss    on    boxes    must 
be  prepaid. 

Mrs.  Hunter  referred  to  the  bequest  of  Miss 
Van  Keuren,  and  offered  the  following  motion, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Guernsey : 

That  the  bequest  of  $343.74  left  by  Miss 
Van  Keuren  to  Memorial  Continental  Hall  or 
to  be  used  at  discretion  of  the  Board,  be  used 
in  the  purchase  of  a  clock  or  clocks,  to  be 
placed  in  the  Administration  Building,  the 
clock  or  clocks  to  be  properly  marked,  in 
memory  of  Miss  Van  Keuren. 
Unanimously  carried. 

Mrs.  Hunter  then  oflfered  the  following 
motion  seconded  by  Mrs.   Elliott : 

That  the  Treasurer  General  be  authorized  to 
invest  the  Life   Membership  Fund  now   in   the 
Treasury  in  the  1st  issue  of  the  4%   per   cent. 
Registered  Gold  Bonds  of  1932^7. 
Motion  carried. 

The  question  of  method  of  voting  at  Con- 
gress was  brought  by  the  President  General  to 
the  attention  of   the   Board. 

The  following  motion  was  made  by  ^Irs. 
Guernsey  and   seconded  by   Mrs.   Morris  : 

That  the  same  system  of   voting  be   used  at 
the  coming  Congress  as  has  been  used  for  the 
past  few  years. 
Motion  carried. 

The  following  motion  was  made  by  Mrs. 
Nash  and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Heron  and 
Mrs.  Shumway : 

To  amend  the  minutes  of  the  Board  meeting 
held  on  October  17,  1922  (relating  to  state- 
ment and  resolution  presented  by  Mrs.  Nash) 
by  removing  the  word  "  another "  and  insert- 
ing the  word  "  the  "  so  that  as  amended  they 
will  read  "  the  project." 

The  President  General  called  for  a  standing 
vote,  explaining  that  this  motion  required  a 
two-thirds  majority.     Motion  carried. 

The  Treasurer  General  submitted  a  supple- 
mental report  giving  the  following  data : 
Members  deceased  88,  resigned  75,  applications 
for  reinstatement  30. 

The  following  motion  was  offered  by  Mrs. 
Hunter,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Elliott : 

That  30  members,  having  complied  with  the 
requirements  of  the  by-laws  and  desiring  to 
be  reinstated,  be  reinstated  and  the  Secretary 
be  instructed  to  cast  the  ballot  for  the  rein- 
statement of  these  30  members. 

Motion  carried  and  the  Secretary  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  reinstatement  of  these  30 
members,  and  the  President  General  declared 
them  reinstated  as  members  of  the  Society. 

Requests  for  privilege  of  incorporation  were 
granted  on  the  following  motions : 
Moved  by  Mrs.  W.  H.  Conaway,  State  \'ice 


Regent  (W.  Va.)  seconded  by  Mrs.  Scydel 
and  carried  : 

That  the  Elizabeth  Zanc  Chapter  of  Buck- 
hannon,  W.  Va.,  be  permitted  to  become  in- 
corporated in  order   to  hold  property. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Buel,  seconded  by  Miss 
McDuffee,  and  carried : 

That  permission  be  given  to  Abraham  Clark 
Chapter  of  New  Jersey  to  incorporate  in  order 
to  hold  property. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Ellison,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Elliott  and  carried : 

That  La  Junta  Chapter  of  Colorado  be 
permitted  to  incorporate. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Wilson,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Gillentine  and  carried  : 

That  the  Cuyahoga  Portage  Chapter,  Akron, 
Ohio,  be  allowed  to  incorporate  for  the  purpose 
of  holding  property. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Nash,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Heron,  and  carried : 

That  Fanueil  Hall  Chapter  of  Wakefield, 
Mass.,  be  allowed  to  incorporate  in  order  to 
hold  property. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Hodgkins,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Hardy  and  carried : 

That  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion of  Florida  be  allowed  to  incorporate. 

Supplemental  report  of  the  Registrar  General 
was  read  by  Miss   Strider  : 

Supplemental    Report   of   the 
Registrar    General 

I  have   the  honor  to  report  380  applications 
presented  to  the  Board,  making  a  total  of  740. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Emm.\  T.  Strider, 
Registrar  General. 

Supplemental  report  of  the  Registrar  General 
was  accepted. 

A  motion  was  offered  by  Miss  Strider  and 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Ellison : 

That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  cast  the 
ballot   for  the  admission  of  380  new  members. 

Motion  carried. 

The  Secretary  cast  the  ballot  for  380  new 
members,  and  the  President  General  declared 
these  applicants  members  of  the  Society. 

Doctor  Barrett  made  the  following  motion, 
which  was   seconded  by  Mrs.   Perkins : 

That  the  Compte  de  Grasse  Chapter,  D.A.R. 
have  authority  to  sell  to  N.S.,  D.A.R.  the  His- 
tory of  Yorktown  and  the  Jack  Jouett  Chapter 
of  Charlottesville  to  sell  history  of  Jack 
Jouctt's  Raid. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  Nash  then  asked.  "  Do  I  understand  we 
cannot  circularize  and  sell  anything  from  one 
State  to  another  without  permission?"  to  which 


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the  President  General  replied,  "  I  believe  that 
is  the  rule."  Mrs.  Nash  then  mentioned  an 
attractive  booklet  by  Airs.  Harriet  Ross  Jorris, 
giving  the  "  Story  of  Our  Flag  in  Jingles," 
for  which  she  said  there  was  a  demand  from 
other  States  and  requested  that  permission  be 
given  to  circularize  for  the  sale  of  this  booklet, 
which  she  thought  sold  for  about  15  cents. 

The  following  motion  was  offered  by  Mrs. 
Chubbuck  and  seconded  by  Miss  McDuffee : 

That  the  request  made  by  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Nash,  State  Regent  of  New  York,  asking  that 
Mrs.  Harriet  Ross  Jorris,  author  of  the 
"  Story  of  Our  Flag  in  Jingles  "  be  allowed  to 
circularize  for  sale  in  N.S.,D.A.R.  her  booklet 
of  that  title,  be  granted. 

Motion   carried. 

Mrs.  Hanger  inquired  whether  the  Organiz- 
ing Secretary  General  is  allowed  to  issue  list 
of  Chapter  Regents  without  charge  where  per- 
mission is  given  to  circularize.  The  concensus 
of  opinion  was  that  a  charge  should  be  made 
for  the  issuing  of  such  lists. 

The  following  motion  was  offered  by  Mrs. 
Hardy  and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Hodgkins : 

That  we  rescind  the  action  of  the  Board 
Meeting  of  February  S,  1920  in  re  the  cele- 
bration of  George  Washington's  birthday  and 
that  hereafter  February  22nd  be  celebrated  by 
the  D.A.R.  nationally. 

Motion  lost. 

The  drawing  of  seats  for  Congress  then 
took  place,  the  Acting  Secretary  drawing  for 
those  States  not  represented. 


The   drawing  resulted  as    follows : 


1  California 

2  Utah 

3  Oregon 

4  Hawaii 

5  New  Jersey 

6  Minnesota 

7  Pennsylvania 

8  North  Dakota 

9  Nebraska 

10  Oklahoma 

11  Iowa 

12  Ohio 

13  Te.xas 

14  New  York 

15  Alabama 

16  Connecticut 

17  Alichigan 

18  Georgia 

19  Ilhnois 

20  Kansas 

21  North    Carolina 

22  Orient 

23  Massachusetts 

24  Cslorado 

25  Tennessee 

26  Mississippi 


27  Delaware 

28  Virginia 

29  Maine 

30  \ermont 

31  South   Carolina 

32  Montana 

33  Rhode  Island 

34  \\''yoming 

35  Missouri 

36  Arkansas 

37  South  Dakota 

38  Cuba 

39  New  Mexico 

40  W'ashington 

41  Idaho 

42  District  of  Columbia 

43  Louisiana 

44  Florida 

45  Kentucky 

46  New   Hampshire 

47  Wisconsin 

48  Maryland 

49  West  Virginia 

50  Arizona 

51  Indiana 


There  being  no  further  business  the  Board 
recessed  at  5 :30  p.m.  until  April  12,  1923, 
at   2   P.M. 

(Mrs.  George  W.)   Louise  C.  White, 
Acting  Secretary. 


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(Term  of  office  expires  1923) 
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Mrs.  Edward  Lansing  Harris,  Mrs.   Henrv   McClearv, 

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Mrs.  James  T.  Morris,  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 

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Mrs.  Edward  P.  Schoentgen,  407  Glenn  Ave.,  Council  Bluffs,  la. 

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6017  Enright  Ave.,  St  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,   Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcote,   Charlotte,   N.C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder.  2nd, 

8   Park   Place,    Brattleboro,    Vt.  226    Blackstone    Boulevard,    Providence,    R.    I. 

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(Term  of  office  expires  192S) 

Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Williard  T.   Block, 

1012  West  Main   St.,  Kalamazoo,   Mich.  5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  III. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.   Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw   Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.   McCall, 

Litchfield,  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell,  143  S.  E.  2nd   St.,  Miami,   Fla. 

Chaplain  General 

Mrs.  Selden  P.  Spencer, 
2123   California  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.C. 

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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1922-1923 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER    AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 

639  Walnut  St.,  Gadsen. 
MRS.    STANLEY    FINCH, 

110  N.  Conception  St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.    HOVAL   A.    SMITH, 

MRS.    WILLIAM   LEE   FINNEY, 

PutENlX. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.    ALEXANDER    M.    BARROW, 
817    W.    DTH   Ave..   Pine    Bluff. 

MRS.  HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 
Amitv. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.   LYMAN  B.  STOOKEY, 

1240    W.    29th    St.,    Los   Angeles. 
MRS.   ALLEN   H.   VANCE, 

170  Central   Avenue,  Sausalito, 

COLORADO 

MRS.    HERBERT    B.    HAYDEN, 

803  Spruce  St.,  Boulder. 
MRS.    CLYDE   C.   DAWSON, 

1211   Race  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.   CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

235   N.  Main  St.,  Southington. 
MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD  NETTLETON, 
61   Seymour  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS    ELEANOR    EUGENIA    TODD, 

27  W.  Main   St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FARRELL, 
Smviina. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.    WILLIAM    B.    HARDY', 

119  .'JTH  St.,  N.  E.  Washington. 

MRS.    JOHN    M.    BEAVERS, 

1752  Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.    JAMES    A.    CRAIG, 

233   W.    Duval   St.,  Jackso.nvillb. 

MRS.    THEODORE    STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106  Culver  St.,  Macon. 
MRS.   JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295  Prince  Avenue,  Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.  SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.    0.    Box   346,    Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.    KENNEDY   PACKARD, 

421   Second  Ave.,  E.  Twin  Falls. 

MRS.  D.   W.   STANDROD, 
648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  H.  EUGENE  CHUBBUCK, 
Grand    View    Drive,    Peoria. 

MRS.  VINTON  EARL  SISSON, 
5456  Ferdinand  St.,  Chicago. 

INDIANA 

MRS.    SAMUEL    ELLIOTT    PERKINS, 
1011    N.    Penna    St.,    Indianapolis. 

MRS.  JAMES  B.  CRANKSIIAW, 
8128   Fairfield  Ave.,   Ft.    Watnb. 


IOWA 


MISS    AMY  GILBERT, 

State    Center. 
MRS.   H.   A.   WHITE, 

81S   6th   Ave.,  Clinton. 


KANSAS 

MRS.    GEORGE    THACHER    GUERNSEY, 

Independence. 
MRS.    ROBERT    BRUCE    CAMPBELL, 

"  RiversidEj"   Wichita. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.   WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.   High   St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.  JOHN  W.   CHENAULT, 

2217    Glenmary    Ave.,    Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.    S.    A.    DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,   Shreveport. 

MRS.    THOMAS  D.    STEWART, 

2331  Chestnut  St.,  New  Orleans. 

MAINE 

MISS  MAUDE   M.    MERRICK, 

282  Main  St.,  Waterville. 
MRS.   B.   G.    W.    CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.    \DAM    DENMEAD. 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,  Baltimore. 
MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryland  Ave.,  Baltijiore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.    FRANKLIN    P.    SHUMWAY, 
25    Bellevve    Ave.,    Melrose. 

MRS.    GEORGE   MINOT   BAKER, 
PiNEHURST,   Concord. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rapidb. 
MRS.    ADDISON    DRAKE   KENT, 

622    State   St.,    St.   Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL   H.    COOLIDGE, 

1906   Kenwood  Parkway,   Minneapolis, 
MRS.    L.   C.    JEFFERSON, 

1126  Summit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.   ERNEST  ELIOT  BROWN, 

Natchez. 
MRS.    ROBERT    SOMERVILLE, 

Cleveland. 

MISSOURI 

MRS.    PAUL    D.    KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.   HENRY   W.   HARRIS, 

Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.    E.    BROOX   MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.    ADELPHUS    B.    KEITH, 
418  S.  Washington  St.,  Buttb. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    CHARLES    F.    SPENCER, 

2511    R.    St.,  Lincoln. 
MRS.    ELIZABETH    ANNE    O'LINN    SMITH, 

Chadron. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


NEW   JERSEY 

MRS.    HENRY    D.    FITTS, 
448  RiDOB  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    CHARLES   R.    BANKS, 

130S  Watchunq   Ave.,  Plainfield. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 
Buena    Vista    Road,    Santa    Fb. 


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261 


NEW  YORK 

Mlis.   CHARLES   WHITE   NASH, 
8  Lafayette  St.,  Albany. 

MRS.    CHARLES    M.    BULL, 
269    Henry    St.,   Brooklyn. 

MORTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.    W.    O.   SPENCER, 

Win.ston-Salem. 
MRS.   CHARLES   W.   TILLETT. 

801    N.    Tryon    St.,    Chajilottb. 
NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    GEORGE    MORLEY    YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.    MELVIN   A.    HILDRETH, 

300  8th  St.,  Sooth  Fargo. 

OHIO 

MRS.    WILLIAM   MAGEE  WILSON, 
Church  and  King  Sts.,  Xenia. 

MRS.    LOWELL   F.    HOBART, 
MiLFORD. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.    H.    H.   McCLINTOCK, 

903   Johnston   Ave.,  Bartlesvillb. 
MRS.   W.   L.    MAYES, 

231  S.  13th  St.,  MnsKOGEE. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.   LANG, 

115  W.   4th  St.,  The  Dalles. 

MRS.    BRUCE   L.   BOGART, 
962  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.   EDWIN   ERLE   SPARKS. 

State  College. 
MRS.  JOHN  HERON, 

Hadston,   Linden   Ave.,    Pittsburgh. 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MRS.  SAMUEL  H.  DAVIS. 

Westerly. 
MRS.    FREDERICK    MORSE, 

4  Sujimit  St.,  Pawtucket. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.   FRANKLIN   C.    CAIN, 

St.   Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 

Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.   LESLIE  GRANT  HILL, 
.Sioux    Falls. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.     LOGAN    SEITS    GILLENTINE, 

Murfreesboro. 
MRS.   JOHN   H.   CANTBELL, 

821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

.MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTOX. 

2701    Faikmount   Ave.,   Dalla^^. 
MRS.    SAMUEL   L.    SEAY. 

1406  Taylor  St.,  Amarillo. 
UTAH 

MRS.  JOHN   EDWARD   CARVER, 

718   25th   St.,  Ooden. 
MRS.    CLESSON    S.    KINNEY, 

820  E.  4th  South,  Salt  Lake  Oiti. 

VERMONT 

MRS.    JOH.V    H.    STEWART, 

MiDDLEBURY. 
MISS  JENNIE  A.   VALENTINE, 

Bennington. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.    KATE   WALLER   BARRETT, 

408    Duke   St.,    Alexandria. 
MR.S.    JAMES    REESE   .SCHICK, 

911    Orchard   Hill,    Roanokb. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.   WILLIAM   S.    WALKER, 

1804  15th  Ave.,  Seattle. 
MRS.    HENRY    W.    PATTON, 

724    7th   St.,  Hoquiau.  '' 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.    ROBERT    J.    REED, 

100  12th  St.,  Wheeling. 
MRS.    W.    H.    CONAWAY, 

109    Virginia   Ave.,   Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.    GEORGE    S.    PARKER, 

805  Court  St.,  Janeshlle. 
MRS.  T.   W.   SPENCE. 

107    Prospect   Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.    BRYANT    BUTLER   BROOKS, 

Box  1070,  Casper. 
MRS.   MAURICE   GROSHON, 

Cheyenne. 

ORIENT 

MRS.    CAROLINE    E.    McWILLlAMS   HOLT, 
744   A.   Mabini.  Manila.  P.  I. 

MRS.    ELAINE    CHTLDS    ELSER, 

600  M.   H.  DEL  Pelar,  Manila,  P.  I. 


HONORARY  OFFICERS  ELECTED  FOR  LIFE 


MRS.  DANIEL     MANNING. 
MRS.  MATTHEW  T.  SCOTT, 


Honorary   Presidents    General 

MRS.    WILLIAM    GUMMING    STORT. 
MRS.   GEORGE  THACHER   GUERNSEY. 


Honorary   President   Presiding 
MRS.    MARY  V.    E.    CABELL. 


Honorary   Vice   Presidents   General 

MRS.    HOWARD    A.    CLARK.    1899.  MRS.  J.  MORGAN  SMITH.  1911. 

MRS.    MILDRED    S.    MATHES,    1899.  MRS.   THEODORE   O.   BATES.   1913. 

MRS.   E.   GAYLORD   PUTNAM.   1913. 

MRS.  WILLIAM   LINDSAY,    1906.  MRS.    WALLACE   DELAFIELD.   1914. 

MRS.   DRAYTON   W.    BUSHNELL.   1914. 

MRS.   JOHN    NEWMAN    CAREY,    1916. 

MRS.  GEORGE   M.   STERNBERG.  1917. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

MAGAZINE 


VOL.  LVII,  No.  5 


MAY,    1923 


WHOLE  No.  369 


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THE  THIRTY-SECOND  CONTINENTAL 

CONGRESS  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS  OF 

THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 


ATRIOTIC  ardor,  recognition 
of  vital  problems  affecting 
womankind  today  and  the  edu- 
cation of  the  young  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  Americanism  and 
loyalty  to  American  institutions 
and  ideals  characterized  the  opening  ses- 
sions of  the  32nd  Continental  Congress 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution which  convened  in  Memorial  Con- 
tinental   Hall    on    April    16,     1923,    at 

10.30  A.M. 

A  clarion  call  to  the  organization  to 
stamp  out  the  growing  menace  of  paci- 
ficism, socialism,  bolshevist  and  the  de- 
bauchery of  youthful  minds  by  radical 
societies  masquerading  as  "  peace  and 
freedom  organizations  "  was  sounded  by 
Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  the  Presi- 
dent General,  in  her  annual  address  at 
the  first  session  of  the  Congress.  She 
deplored  lack  of  reverence  for  the  past 
and  said  that  in  "  America  we  build  only 
to  tear  down." 

Mrs.   Minor's  address   follows  in   full. 

"What  is  the  National  Society  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution?  What 
does  it  mean?     What   does   it   do?" 


My  answer  is.  that  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  is  a 
living  force.  Every  society  which  one  has 
loved  and  worked  for  is  a  living  force  in  the 
community.  The  kind  of  force  it  is  depends 
upon  the  kind  of  influence  it  e.xerts  in  that 
community.  And  the  kind  of  influence  it  ex- 
erts depends  upon  the  kind  of  love  you  put 
into  it.  It  depends  on  the  kind  of  spirit  in  which 
you  do  its  work.  It  depends  on  what  you 
give  to  it,  not  what  you  get  out  of  it. 

Oh,  you  women,  gathered  here  today  from  all 
the  States,  representatives  of  hundreds  of 
chapters  throughout  our  broad  land,  if  I  could 
only  make  you  realize  all  that  it  means  to  be 
a  Daughter  of  the  American  Revolution,  I 
should  regard  that  one  thing  alone  as  worth 
all  the  toil  and  care  and  anxiety  and  thought 
that  have  gone  into  my  service  as  President 
General  during  the  past  three  years ! 

What  does  it  mean  to  be  a  Daughter  of  the 
American  Revolution?  It  means,  in  its  deepest 
sense,  a  self  dedication  to  Home,  Country, 
and  God. 

But  many  may  say,  "  I  am  dedicated  to  these 
things  without  being  a  Daughter  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution."  That  is  very  true.  Many  are, 
but  you,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
arc  the  heirs  of  those  patriots  who  gave  us 
our  ideals  of  home,  who  founded  our  country, 
who  had  supreme  faith  in  God  and  who  brought 
this  faith  into  their  daily  lives.  Yours  is 
the  heritage  which  means  America  and  all  that 
America  stands  for,  and  yours  is  the  sacred 
obligation  to  perpetuate  and  defend  it.  By 
joining  this  Society  you  acknowledge  that 
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heritage  and  assume  that  obligation  before 
the  world. 

It  has  been  well  written  that  those  who  have 
no  reverence  for  their  ancestors  will  have  noth- 
ing worthy  to  transmit  to  their  descendants. 
It  is  true  that  we  are  a  Society  that  looks 
backward,  but  it  is  not  into  a  dead  past,  as  the 
critic  calls  it,  but  into  a  living  past.  No  past 
that  is  worth  anything  can  ever  be  called  dead. 
And  is  not  the  past  which  gave  us  our  homes 
and  built  up  our  country  worth  something  ?  We 
look  backward  only  that  we  may  go  forward 
with  greater  hope  and  courage.  It  is  the  fashion 
to  sneer  at  the  past,  to  make  it  the  butt  of 
superficial  jokes  and  radical  denunciation.  But 
the  fluttering  leaves  of  a  tree  might  just  as  well 
give  themselves  airs  of  superiority  and  deny 
the  roots.  Where  would  they  be  were  the  axe 
laid  to  the  roots  and  the  tree  cut  down?  This 
is  what  many  Americans,  calling  themselves 
"  Liberals,"  are  trying  to  do.  Unstable,  waver- 
ing, changeful  as  the  wind  that  blows,  they 
seek  to  cut  the  roots  from  under  the  tree, 
forgetful  that  the  tree  will  come  crashing 
down,  carrying  them  and  their  cheap  theories 
to   ruin. 

It  has  been  pointed  out  that  the  immovable 
stability  of  Britain  is  her  reverence  for  her 
past.  When  I  was  in  England,  the  thing  that 
impressed  me  most  was  her  safeness.  One  felt 
so  secure,  so  safe,  for  there  was  changelessness 
in  the  midst  of  progress,  there  was  a  live  past 
in  the  midst  of  the  living  present.  It  breathed 
from  the  great  cathedrals  and  the  venerable 
homes,  big  and  little,  where  the  sajne  families 
had  lived  for  generations;  it  lived  in  the  ancient 
streets  of  cities,  which  for  generations  have 
preserved  the  landmarks  of  past  ages ;  it 
flourished  in  the  hearts  of  a  people  who  loved 
it  as  a  sacred  trust,  to  guard  and  pass  on  to 
future  generations.  In  the  sermon  of  a  certain 
American  clergyman  preaching  in  London  I  find 
these  words:  "The  English  have  a  beautiful 
fondness  for  things  which  are  old.  Yesterday 
is  held  in  reverence.  The  past  is  considered 
sacred,  and  is  carried  forward  into  the  new 
generation.  *  *  *The  illustrious  dead  are 
not  allowed  to  slip  out  of  the  mind.  *  *  * 
The  nation  stands  face  to  face  continuously 
with  its  mighty  dead.  Blessed  are  the  people 
who  reverence  the  great  and  good  of  the 
generations  that  are  gone.  Britain  is  immovable 
because  of  her  tight  grip  on  the  past." 

The  same  may  he  asserted  of  any  nation  that 
holds  to  its  traditions  with  the  same  tight  grip; 
but  as  yet  it  cannot  be  said  so  surely  of  America. 
We  build  only  to  tear  down.  Our  families 
rarely  live  in  the  homes  of  their  ancestors,  or 
even  of  their  fathers  and  mothers.  The  chang- 
ing aspects  of  American  life  are  admitted  as  an 


outstanding  characteristic.  Here  today  and 
gone  tomorrow,  has  become  a  proverb.  It  is 
with  difficulty  that  we  have  aroused  interest 
in  our  past.  It  took  a  conscious  effort.  The 
e-xistence  of  our  patriotic  societies  is  a  proof 
of  this  statement.  They  sprang  up  to  meet  a 
need,  which  was  literally  the  salvation  of  our 
past  from  oblivion.  There  are  no  patriotic 
societies  of  this  kind  in  England.  They  are 
not  needed  there.  But  in  America  our  past  was 
fast  vanishing  out  of  sight,  and  reverence  for 
it  zvas  an  unknown  sentiment.  The  great  ones 
of  our  history,  Washington,  and  Franklin,  and 
the  rest,  were,  it  is  true,  remembered  in  marble, 
song,  and  story,  but  we  lacked  that  living 
consciousness  of  the  past  which  would  make  its 
greatness  a  part  of  the  present  and  an  inspira- 
tion for  the  future.  It  is  this  consciousness  that 
the  patriotic  society  has  stirred  within  us,  and 
in  this  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion have  been  preeminent  in  their  power  and 
influence.  To  you  it  has  been  given  especially 
to  arouse  such  reverence  for  the  past  as  shall 
be  among  the  most  stabilizing  of  the  elements 
that  will  mould  the  future  out  of  the  changing 
ideals  and  standards  of  today. 

For  these  are  changing  in  this  age  of  unrest. 
The  standards  of  the  past  seem  no  longer  the 
standards  of  today.  The  craze  for  "  progress," 
and  for  so  called  "  liberal  thought "  is  in  danger 
of  discarding  the  good  in  the  past  that  should 
be  permanent,  along  with  the  chaff  that  should 
be,  and  is,  transitory.  People  are  being  led 
away  from  the  well-trodden  paths  of  their 
ancestors  and  are  following  ivill-o'  the  wisps 
into  the  swamps  of  illusive  and  deceptive  propa- 
ganda.    We  sing : 

"  O  beautiful  for  pilgrim  feet 
Whose  stern,  impassioned  stress 
A  thoroughfare  for  freedom  beat 
Across  the  wilderness." 
but  are  we  keeping  to  that  thoroughfare?  It  led 
onward  and  upward  in  God's  evolution,  to  the 
framing  of  a  mighty  nation,  conceived  in  liberty 
and  dedicated  to  the  proposition  that  all  men 
are  created  equal.  A  false  semblance  of 
this  equality,  dedicated  to  the  socialistic 
proposition  that  all  men  should  have  equality  of 
possessions,  has  led  another  mighty  nation  to 
destruction.  Yet  tliis  false  semblance  of  equality 
still  lures  thousands  into  the  belief  that  it  is 
the  ultimate  goal  of  human  destiny.  Under  the 
mask  of  peace  and  freedom  movements,  of 
human  brotherhood  movements,  of  international 
friendship  moveincnts,  this  socialism,  by  what- 
ever name  you  call  it,  masquerades  as  though 
it,  and  it  only,  were  that  "  one  far-off  divine 
event  toward  which  the  whole  creation  moves." 
Tear  oft'  the  mask  and  you  will  see  it  as  it  is — 
the  denier  of  homes,  the  denier  of  country,  the 


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d-enier  of  God,  the  negation  of  all  that  men 
have  held  sacred  from  time  immemorial.  Has 
not  this  onslaught  upon  religion — this  attempt 
of  socialists  to  abolish  God,  to  eliminate  Him 
from  His  universe,  had  frightful  proof  in  the 
murder  of  a  Vicar  General  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church  by  the  Reds  of  Russia?  The 
whole  world  stands  aghast  at  a  crime  perpe- 
trated not  alone  against  the  individual,  but 
against  the  sacred  religious  instincts  of  all  man- 
kind, regardless  of  church  or  creed. 

It  was  an  example  of  bolshevist  repudiation 
of  God.  And  bolshevism  is  socialism,  and  it 
is  not  confined  to  Russia.  It  is  here  in 
this  country,  deriding  our  faith  in  a  God  of 
righteousness,  sneering  at  spiritual  things,  lead- 
ing astray  our  young  people,  some  of  whom 
are  saying,  "  There  is  no  God." 

To  combat  this  "  spirit  that  denies,"  this 
spirit  of  evil  in  our  midst,  is  the  sacred  task 
of  every  Daughter  of  the  American  Revolution. 
This  is  one  of  the  things  it  means  to  be 
a    Daughter. 

Here  is  another.  We  are  the  makers  and 
guardians  of  our  homes.  Are  we  keeping  them 
true  to  the  standards  of  the  past,  when  large 
families  of  Americans  gathered  about  the  hearth 
and  learned  to  shoulder  one  another's  burdens 
and  rub  off  one  another's  faults  ?  Where  are 
the  large  families  of  Americans  now?  This 
question  compels  attention  when  we  remember 
that  our  country  today  is  forty-three  per  cent, 
foreign.  It  is  not  birth  control  that  America 
needs  today,  for  this  control  will  not  be  practised 
by  the  foreigner  and  the  poor,  whom  it  pro- 
fesses to  benefit.  /(  aims  straight  at  the  heart 
of  the  American  home  and  the  most  sacred  re- 
lations of  life.     Make  no  mistake  about  that. 

Great  was  the  influence  that  went  out  from 
those  large  families  of  our  ancestors,  brought 
up  as  they  were  in  righteousness  and  the  sturdy. 
solid  virtues  that  make  up  the  character  of 
the  nation.  The  same  influence  cannot  be 
wielded  by  the  small  families  of  today. 

A  book  has  recently  come  out  which  is  entitled, 
"  What  is  Wrong  with  Our  Girls  ?"  I  do  not 
believe  there  is  anything  radically  wrong  with 
our  girls,  I  do  not  believe  in  thus  taking  it 
for  granted  that  there  is  something  wrong. 

The  negative  thought  is  always  a  weakness. 
Believe,  rather,  in  our  girls  and  boys.  I  believe 
they  are  just  as  good  as  we  were  when  we  were 
of  their  age.  In  every  generation  human  nature 
— ;uid  youthful  human  nature — is  the  same  at 
bottom,  and  human  nature  is  good,  not  bad. 
Laxities  there  surely  are,  but  boys  and  girls 
are  not  the  only  culprits.  They  but  reflect  what 
they  find  arovmd  them.  Look  well,  then,  to 
these  surroundings  and  these  influences,  and  the 


thoughts  that  prevail  in  the  home  and  at  school. 
Are  they  all  that  they  should  be  for  building  up 
a  foundation  of  honor  and  honesty,  truth  and 
integrity  ?  We  are  the  descendants  of  a  genera- 
tion which  named  its  daughters  Prudence  and 
Mercy,  Hope  and  Faith.  In  these  days  we 
think  we  are  the  discoverers  of  the  law  of 
auto-suggestion,  of  the  power  of  mind  over 
matter,  of  holding  to  right  thoughts.  Yet  it 
all  goes  back  to  the  good  Book,  which  says, 
"  As  a  man  thinketh  in  his  heart,  so  is  he."  Did 
not  our  ancestors  dimly  recognize  this  power 
of  thought  when  they  gave  such  names  to  their 
children,  in  the  belief  that  constant  repetition 
would  inculcate  these  virtues  in  those  who  bore 
the  names  ?  There  is  nothing  new  in  Coue-ism, 
but  now  we  confine  it  to  the  physical,  while  in 
those  days  it  was  applied  to  the  building  up  of 
character,  and  character  builds  homes. 

Many  are  the  disintegrating  influences  that 
afifect  the  homes  of  today — the  movies,  the 
automobile,  the  spirit  of  restlessness,  all  urging 
to  excitement  and  change.  It  is  for  you  to  keep 
the  homes  of  the  nation  firmly  built  up  on  the 
sure  foundations  of  the  past — the  foundations 
of  a  strong,  pure  family  life  around  the  family 
lamp  as  a  centre,  from  which  flows  all  that  is 
highest  and  best  in  the  nation's  character. 

For  a  nation  can  rise  no  higher  than  the 
level  of  its  homes  and  the  character  if  its 
mothers.  There  can  be  no  higher  service  to  the 
nation  than  being  a  good  mother. 

Are  the  homes  of  the  future  safe  in  the  hands 
of  our  girls  ?  I  believe  that  they  are.  Our  girls 
will  follow  the  sure  instincts  of  good  mother- 
hood and  home-making.  And  as  long  as  millions 
of  little  homes  dot  the  hillsides  and  broad  plains 
of  America,  the  socialist  will  never  realize  his 
vain  dream  of  sinking  them  and  all  else  in  the 
collective  ownership  pool  of  the  Reds. 

And  next  to  being  a  good  mother  is  being  a 
good  teacher.  Look  well  to  your  schools  and  the 
kind  of  teachers  zvho  are  teaching  your  children. 
Next  to  our  homes,  our  schools  are  the  fountain- 
head  of  the  Republic.  We  want  teachers  who 
are  of  high  character,  high  ideals,  and  unim- 
peachable loyalty  to  America.  Better  the  man 
or  woman  who  teaches  truth  and  integrity, 
orderliness  and  obedience,  loyalty  and  love  of 
country,  than  the  most  brilliant  mind  you  can 
hire  with  money. 

Character  and  patriotism  and  obedience  to 
law — these  are  the  essentials  of  training  in  the 
schools.  Do  we  find  them  everywhere?  There 
are  many  who  feel  that  there  is  a  weakness  of 
moral  fibre  in  the  teaching  in  many  of  our 
schools.  And  it  is  well  known  that  there  is  an 
organized  movement  of  many  years'  standing 
among  radicals  to  insinuate  their  doctrines  into 
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It  is  alleged  that  there  are  over  eight  thousand 
teachers  in  our  schools  who  are  not  loyal  to 
the  Government  and  Constitution  of  these 
United  States  and  who  are  using  their  oppor- 
tunities to  teach  disloyal  doctrines  and  to  throw 
discredit  upon  the  ideals  and  principles  of  our 
National  Government.  It  is  further  a  fact  that 
this  insidious  danger  has  increased  alarmingly 
throughout  the  country.  Here  is  a  fertile  field 
for  your  watchful  care.  See  that  your  teachers 
are  honestly,  and  not  merely  outwardly,  loyal. 
See  that  they  teach  the  principles  of  this 
Republic  with  that  spirit  of  pride  in  this  Country 
that  befits  a  true  American.  We  want  no 
teachers  who  say  there  are  two  sides  to  every 
question,  including  even  our  system  of  govern- 
ment; who  care  more  for  their  "academic 
freedom  of  speech  "  and  opinion  (so  called) 
than  for  their  country.  Academic  freedom  of 
speech  has  no  place  in  school,  where  the  youth 
of  our  country  are  taught  and  their  unformed 
minds  are  developed.  .There  are  no  two  sides 
to  loyalty  to  this  country  and  its  Hag.  There 
is  nothing  debatable  about  allegiance  to  that 
flag  and  the  Republic  for  which  it  stands. 
Freedom  of  speech  does  not  giz'e  the  right  to 
teach  disloyalty  to  our  children  and  college 
youth.  The  teacher  who  does  not  wish  to  teach 
loyalty  toward  the  land  that  employs  him,  has 
one  good  remedy.  He  or  she  may  resign  and 
go  where  disloyal  opinions  can  find  expression 
without  harm  to  anyone. 

Guard  zvell  your  schools,  lest  the  life  of  the 
nation  be  poisoned  at  its  source.  In  the  hands  of 
our  teachers  lie  the  character  and  sound 
Americanism  of  our  children,  and  the  kind  of 
men,  women,  and  citizens  they  will  grow  up 
to  be. 

For  our  country  is  calling  today  for  loyalty, 
and  for  service  such  as  our  forefathers  and 
foremothers  gave,  willingly,  unselfishly,  and 
without  recompense. 

What  we  need  more  today  is  a  revival  of 
the  spirit  of  its  founders,  who  counted  no 
sacrifice  too  great  to  be  placed  upon  its  altars. 
America  is  calling  to  each  one  of  us  to  keep 
this  spirit  alive— to  keep  aloft  its  high  standards 
of  patriotism,  of  home-life  and  public  service, 
of  liberty  under  law,  of  religion  held  fast  in 
the  daily  lives  of  the  people.  Those  are  your 
standards,  your  heritage  of  ideals.  Yet  they 
are  unknown  to  hundreds  of  thousands  in  our 
country  today  ;  ihcy  arc  scoffed  at  by  thousands 
more,  who  are  waging  deliberate  w'ar  upon 
patriotism,  and  are  seeking  to  discredit  love  of 
country  in  the  minds  of  the  rising  generation. 
Therein  lies  our  danger.  Pacifists,  socialists, 
internationalists  of  a  certain  type — all  are  work- 
ing   together     to    eradicate    the    sentiment     of 


patriotism  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  Why  ? 
Because,  they  argue,  patriotism  means  war,  and 
war  means  armament  for  national  defense,  and 
national  defense  means  safety  against  the  hoped- 
for  world  revolution  and  the  "  dawn  of  the  new 
day."  And  so  they  would  disarm  America  and 
kill  patriotism  in  the  hearts  of  her  defenders. 
It  is  a  vain  dream.  The  neiv  day,  so  called,  of 
the  socialist  and  the  bolshevist  zvill  never  dawn 
out  of  its  sea  of  blood  and  destruction.  The 
faces  of  our  ancestors  were  ever  turned  toward 
the  light  of  true  liberty,  not  toward  the  lurid 
glare  of  the  fires  of  license  and  destruction.  In 
that  light  of  true  liberty  they  built  up  the 
nation.  It  is  for  us,  their  descendants,  to 
cherish  what  they  built  up,  and  guard  it  from 
desecrating  hands. 

The  need  is  great.  What  does  it  mean  when 
justice  fails  in  this  country,  when  it  yields  to 
the  desecrating  hand  of  lawlessness,  as  has 
happened  in  Herrin,  Illinois,  where  no  jury  can 
be  found  to  convict  men  responsible  for  cold- 
blooded massacre?  What  does  it  mean  when  a 
jury  divides  and  fails  to  convict  an  acknowl- 
edged Red  caught  plotting  against  the  Govern- 
ment in  the  communist  meeting  in  Berrien 
County,  Michigan? 

It  means  that  in  localities  where  such  things 
can  happen  there  has  grown  up  a  spirit  of  law- 
lessness foreign  to  America.  It  means  that 
disloyalty  to  the  principles  of  American  justice 
and  American  liberty  has  undermined  the 
character  of  the  people.  It  means  that  the 
principles  of  communism  have  defied  the 
Constitution  and  sowed  the  deadly  seeds  of 
treason  in  our  midst. 

It  is  time  to  awaken  to  this  danger  and 
to  tell  all  radical  agitators  that  there  is  no 
room  in  this  country  for  the  Reds. 

Stand  by  the  Constitution  and  the  flag,  for 
many  are  seeking  to  mutilate  or  destroy  the 
Constitution,  and  to  haul  down  the  flag.  Rather 
let  us  run  up  the  flag  safe  in  the  hearts  of  all 
Americans,   where  no   other   flag   can   fly. 

Up  to  the  breeze  of  the  morning   I   fling  you, 
Blending  your  folds  with  the  dawn  in  the  sky; 

There  let  the  people  behold  you  and  bring  you 
Love  and  devotion  that  never  shall  die. 

Proudly,  agaze  at  your  glory  I  stand. 
Flag  o'  my  land !   Flag  o'  my  land ! 

Standard  most  glorious,  banner  of  beauty, 
Whither  you  beckon  me,  there  will  I  go. 

Only  to  you,  after  God,  is  my  duty ; 
Unto  no  other  allegiance   I  owe. 

Heart  of  me,  soul  of  me,  yours  to  command, 
Flag  o'my  land  !  Flag  o'my  land  I 


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Pine  to  palmetto  and  ocean  to  ocean, 
Though  of  strange  nations  we  get  our  increase, 

Here  are  your  worshipers,  one  in  devotion, 
Whether  the  bugles  blow  battle  or  peace. 

Take  us  and  make  us  your  patriot  band. 
Flag  o'my  land !   Flag  o'my  land ! 

Now  to  the  breeze  of  the  morning  I  give  you. 

Ah !  but  the  days  when  the  staff  will  be  bare. 
Teach  us  to  see  you  and  love  you  and  live  you 

When  the  light  fails  and  your  folds  are  not 
there. 
Dwell  in  the  hearts  that  are  yours  to  command. 

Flag  o'my  land !  Flag  o'my  land  ! 

"  Only  to  you,  after  God,  is  my  duty."  That 
is  the  kind  of  patriotism  that  made  us  a  nation. 
It  gave  us  that  flag  with  its  circle  of  stars. 
It  is  the  vital  flame  that  burns  on  the  altars  cf 
the  nation's  life.  It  is  our  sacred  duty  to  keep 
it  burning.  That  is  what  it  means  to  be  a 
Daughter  of  the  American   Revolution. 

In  view  of  this  it  is  very  proper  that  each 
one  of  us  should  search  our  own  hearts  and  ask 
ourselves,  "  What  kind  of  service  am  I  giving  to 
the  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  to  my  State,  to  my  Chapter. 
What  kind  of  love  am  I  putting  into  it?  Am 
I  in  it  for  what  I  can  get  out  of  it  in  return 
for  my  dues,  or  in  the  way  of  social  pleasure 
or  of  self-advancement?  Am  I  in  it  for  the 
satisfaction  of  ambition — for  the  office  I  can 
get?  Or  am  I  in  it  for  love  of-  country  and 
what  I  can  do  to  be  of  service  to  America?  Am 
I  in  it  as  a  sworn  guardian  of  the  Constitution 
and  the  flag,  or  only  as  a  seeker  of  my  own 
interests  and  pleasures  ?" 

On  the  answers  to  these  questions  depends 
the  kind  of  a  living  force  our  Society  is  in 
the  country  today — whether  it  be  selfish,  or 
whether  it  be  high,  and  patriotic,  and  ennobling. 
When  we  look  back  over  the  years  at  the 
achievements  of  our  Society,  I  think  we  can 
answer  these  questions. 

The  hearts   and   lives   of   good   women   have 
been  put  into  our   Society ;   the  service  of  un- 
selfish women  has  been  put  into  it — women  who 
have  loved  God  and  country  more  than  them- 
selves, women  who  had  a  vision  of  patriotism 
'  and  put  reality  into  it.     If  this  were  not  so,  the 
j  wonderful    growth    of    our     Society     and     its 
I  splendid  memorial  and  educational  achievements 
I  all    over     this     country     today,     would     never 
'  have  been. 

They  who  have  had  the  vision  of  an  unselfish 
patriotism,  who  have  served  God,  Home,  and 
I  Country,  are  the  women  who  have  made,  and 
I  are  making,  of  our  Society  a  living  force  for 
righteousness  and  loyalty.  They  are  the  ones 
who  have  put  the  right  kind  of  love  into  it  and 
the  right  kind  of  service.     They  have  believed 


in  it — believed  in  its  warth-whilncss,  in  its 
ultimate  development  as  a  mighty  power,  rally- 
ing around  the  Constitution  and  the  flag, 
"  whether  the  bugles  blow  battle  or  peace," 
and  directing  the  footsteps  of  men  and  women 
in  the  paths  of  liberty  and  faithful  public  service, 
blazed  by  their  ancestors,  the  founders  of 
this  country. 

Nobody  paid  much  attention  when  a  little 
group  of  women  came  together,  nearly  thirty- 
three  years  ago,  and  formed  a  society  based  on 
descent  from  Revolutionary  ancestry.  It  was 
held  to  be  a  phase  of  ancestor  worship,  an 
outbreak  of  snobbishness,  a  futile  looking  back- 
ward to  a  dead  past. 

But  those  women  founders  and  their  later 
associates  saw  further  and  deeper,  and  today 
the  deeper  meaning  of  our  organization  stands 
revealed  in  all  its  significance.  We  realize  that 
the  finest  and  best  use  we  can  make  of  our 
lives  is  to  do  all  we  can  to  build  up  such  an 
organization  as  ours,  standing,  as  it  does,  for 
Home,  Country,  and  faith  in  God.  For  are 
not  these  things  fundamental?  Is  there  any- 
thing else  more   fundamental? 

We  were  born  a  nation  of  worshipers.  Our 
ancestors  of  every  sect  came  here  seeking 
freedom  to  pray  and  praise  as  they  wished. 
Faith  in  God  was  the  cornerstone  of  our 
national  structure.  We  need  a  revival  of  that 
faith.  Faith,  affirmations,  constructive  thought 
— these  are  the  things  we  need  today — just 
the  simple,  "  Lord,  I  believe ;  help  Thou 
mine  unbelief." 

Life  today  is  like  one  big  question  mark. 
Everybody  is  talking  about  problems.  Nobody 
solves  them.  Everybody  is  asking  questions. 
Nobody  answers  them.  There  is  too  much 
questioning  and  denying,  and  too  little  affirming. 
We  are  being  steeped  in  the  literature  of  pessi- 
mism, and  negation,  and  problems— ever  prob- 
lems— without   solutions. 

The  result  is  a  mass  of  ill-considered  re- 
forming, hectic  organizing,  and  much  orating 
in  halls  of  legislation  and  otherwise.  Feverishly 
people  get  together  to  push  this  and  to  promote 
that;  to  tinker  at  the  Constitution;  to  bombard 
the  President  or  Congress  or  the  Legislature; 
to  form  leagues  or  anti-leagues;  to  organize 
nationally  and  internationally  in  the  name  of 
millions,  who  know  little  of  what  is  being  done 
in  their  name.  Out  of  all  this  surge  the  still, 
small  voice  of  faith  must  be  heard,  if  we  are 
ever  to  get  anywhere,  and  to  hear  it  one  must 
stop  and  listen.  Like  an  overdosed  patient 
the  world  needs  to  be  let  alone  for  mvhilt,  to 
get  quiet  and  to  settle  dozvn  to  the  business  of 
getting  well.  We  need  faith,  and  a  leader,  and 
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In  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount  there  are  no 
problems  feverishly  discussed ;  there  are  no 
negations.  There  are  only  strong,  quiet 
affirmations,  yet  they  changed  the  course  of  the 
world.  "  For  He  taught  them  as  one  having 
authority,  and  not  as  the  scribes,"  and  He  said  : 
"  I  am  not  come  to  destroy,  but  to  fulfiH!" 

This  faith  is  our  heritage,  it  is  our  country's 
heritage.  "  In  God  we  trust,"  is  the  nation's 
motto.  See  to  it  that  we  live  up  to  it  in  our 
every  day  lives. 

Give  out  a  spirit  of  confidence.  Show  re- 
liance on  things  higher  than  the  material.  Be 
a  constructive,  not  a  negative  influence.  Believe 
in  America.  Believe  that  God  guides  her  now, 
as  ahcays  throughout  our  history.  "  Lord,  I 
believe.  Help  Thou  mine  unbelief."  Thus  shall 
we  help  to  steady  our  country  in  this  welter  of 
groping  minds.  This,  too,  is  what  it  means  to 
be  a  Daughter  of  the  American  Revolution. 

And  with  this  deep  meaning  comes  power — 
power  to  serve,  and  to  mould  and  to  guide  the 
destinies  of  this  land.  You  who  are  the  heirs 
of  the  fathers,  you  who  are  the  mothers  of 
the  children,  you  who  are  the  makers  of 
America's  future — to  you  women — and  men,  too 
— of  America's  heritage,  tradition,  and  back- 
ground, the  country  looks  for  the  perpetuation 
of  its  most  sacred  past;  it  looks  to  you  for 
the  safety  of  its  future  as  the  America  we 
know  and  love. 

This  is  what  our  Society  means.  It  is  a 
living  force  for  righteousness  and  patriotism 
only  so  long  as  you  put  into  it  the  spirit  of  a 
service  that  enriches  the  life  of  the  people.  In 
each  community  throughout  the  nation,  wher- 
ever a  chapter  exists,  let  it  be  the  centre  from 
which  radiates  the  spirit  of  true  democracy, 
building  up  an  enlightened  citizenship,  a  public 
conscience,  a  civic  pride  in  good  schools  and 
honest   public   service. 

Remember  the  kind  of  work  we  do  and  the 
kind  of  influence  we  exert  depends  on  the  kind 
of  love  we  put  into  them.  Your  chapter  will 
reflect  the  spirit  of  its  members  as  from  a 
mirror,  and  the  whole  National  Society  will 
reflect  the  spirit  of  the  chapters.  Thus  on  each 
and  every  one  of  us  devolves  the  solemn  re- 
sponsibility of  a  sacred  service  to  be  performed 
for  Home  and  Country,  because  we  are  mem- 
bers of  the  National  .Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  heirs  of  a  sacred 
trust.  Can  you  not  see,  then,  the  power  you  are 
in  this  country,  all  working  together  to  keep 
is  true  to  the  far-seeing  vision  of  the  Fathers? 

What  you  fliiv  to  such  a  Society  is  more 
priceless  by  far  than  what  you  get  out  of  it. 
For  all  life  is  giving,  not  getting.  All  life  is 
the  expenditure   of  one's  self,   and   if   this  ex- 


penditure is  for  high  and  noble  ends  we  are  of 
all  women  the  most  blessed. 

Look  beyond  the  limits  of  your  chapter  and 
your  town.  Put  your  love  and  your  loyalty  into 
the  great  National  Society  of  which  you  are 
a  part.  Make  it  and  keep  it  a  mighty  power  in 
the  land,  holding  America  safe  in  the  footsteps 
of  the  great  who  have  gone  before.  Thus  will 
it  grow  mightier  and  mightier  in  the  service  of 
Home  and  Country,  moulding  Americans  in  the 
image  of  a  IVashington,  and  shedding  the  light 
of  the  great  and  constructive  thought  of  the 
past  along  the  dark  and  hidden  pathways  of 
the  future. 

This  is  the  service  to  which,  as  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  we  are  dedicated. 

Great  is  the  stewardship  and  rich,  indeed, 
will  be  the  reward — an  America  made  beauti- 
ful by  God's  grace  as  the  temple  of  liberty  and 
justice,  righteousness  and  peace. 

Colonel  W.  I.  Lincoln  Adams,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, presented  the  greetings  of  that 
society  and  made  the  suggestion  that  in 
the  future  there  might  come  a  merger  of 
all  the  patriotic  societies  devoted  to  memo- 
rializing the  American  Revolution. 

Commissioner  Cuno  H.  Rudolph, 
brought  the-  best  wishes  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  District  of  Columbia  and 
residents  of  Washington  to  the  delegates, 
and  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  President 
of  the  Children  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, expressed  the  interest  of  that  organ- 
ization in  the  gathering  of  the  parent 
society.  She  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that  the  founder  of  the  C.  A.  R.,  Mrs. 
Daniel  Lothrop,  of  Boston,  author  of 
"  Five  Little  Peppers,"  was  in  attendance 
at  the  Congress. 

Mrs.  Livingston  Hunter,  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Credentials,  reported 
that  904  delegates  had  registered  out  of 
a  possible  2873  who  were  entitled  to  rep- 
resentation in  the  Congress.  Of  the  num- 
ber present  10  were  national  officers,  18 
vice  presidents  general,  40  state  regents, 
488  chapter  regents  and  347  delegates. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  and 
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an  enthusiastic  ovation  when  they  ap- 
peared at  the  afternoon  session  of  the 
Congress.  Rousing  cheers  were  given  as 
the  President  entered  through  the  Memo- 
rial Portico  and  was  escorted  by  his  mili- 
tary aides  and  a  committee  from  the 
National  Board  of  Management  to  the 
platform.  Meantime  Mrs.  Harding  was 
conducted  to  the  stage  box  where,  as  soon 
as  her  presence  became  known,  the  dele- 
gates accorded  her  a  spontaneous  ovation 
of  her  own,  waving  their  handkerchiefs 
and  calling  out  "  We  are  glad  to  see  you 
well  again,"  and  similar  tributes  of  respect 
and  affection.  Mrs.  Harding  bowed  her 
thanks  from  the  box,  while  the  President 
smiled  his  appreciation  of  the  greeting 
being  given  to  his  wife. 

Mrs.  Harding  was  deeply  interested  in 
the  proceedings  and  watched  with  close 
attention  the  renewed  applause  that 
greeted  President  Harding's  formal  pres- 
entation to  the  Congress  by  the  President 
General,  Mrs.  Minor. 

The  delegates  sat  in  rapt  eagerness,  so 
still  that  a  pin  could  be  heard  as  the  Presi- 
dent delivered  a  brief  address  which  rang 
with  Americanism.  Round  after  round  of 
applause  broke  across  the  most  telling 
points  of  his  speech,  and  the  audience 
seemed  keenly  appreciative  of  the  various 
points  which  he  brought  out.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  his  prepared  remarks  the  Presi- 
dent digressed  for  a  minute  to  tell  of  a 
recent  meeting  he  had  with  a  man  whose 
father  had  known  George  Washington. 

President  Harding  said : 

Daughters  of  the  Revohition :  It  is  a  great 
pleasure  to  greet  and  join  in  the  welcome  which 
the  nation's  Capital  gladly  extends  to  the  notable 
body  of  enlightened  and  patriotic  women  who 
gather  annually  to  renew  their  pledges  of  high- 
est national  usefulness. 

I  am  sure  that  Washington  rejoices  in  the 
presence  and  profits  by  its  contact  with  an 
association  wherein  long  ago  you  merged  the 
finest    aspirations    for    service    and    submerged 


every  consideration  of  section,  faction,  ancient 
division  and  merely  selfish  ambition.  It  has 
been  the  unifonn  object  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  Revolution  to  preserve  and  promote  those 
sentiments  of  civic  duty,  of  broadly  national 
concern,  of  genuine  patriotism,  which  con- 
stitute our  richest  inheritance  from  the  fathers 
who  laid  the  foundation  of  our  national  estate. 

Our  country  will  have  done  well  when  it  is 
assured  of  the  full  enlistment  of  all  the  unselfish 
devotion  of  its  womanhood  in  the  supreme  duty 
of  implanting  sentiments  of  real  Americanism 
in  the  hearts  of  all  our  citizens.  It  is  because 
your  order  has  so  long,  so  earnestly,  so  un- 
swervingly led  in  enlisting  womanhood  for  this 
splendid  service  that  these  yearly  conventions 
are  recognized  as  occasions  of  refreshment  to 
the  spiritual  welfare  and  reinforcement  to  the 
physical  reserves  on  which  depend  the  national 
movement  forward  and  upward.  Yours  is  an 
unceasing,  a  self-perpetuating  crusade.  You 
seek  constantly  to  draw  in  new  armies  of  re- 
cruits to  the  forces  which  uphold  the  banners 
of  exalted  nationalistn  and  of  ennobling  citizen- 
ship. Your  service  to  country  finds  its  recruits 
in  the  youth  of  the  oncoming  generation ;  it 
gains  in  strength  through  the  training  and 
discipline  of  these ;  it  seeks  always  to  expand 
and  improve  its  ideals  and  aims  through  its 
efiforts  to  open  a  wider  and  a  truer  vision  to  those 
who   will  be  the   leaders  of   tomorrow. 

It  is  in  this  conception  of  your  organization 
that,  I  think,  we  shall  most  justly  appraise  its 
usefulness  to  our  country.  You  have  made  it 
your  especial  endeavor  to  train  the  rising 
generation  in  the  ways  of  righteous  and  useful 
citizenship.  In  your  zeal  for  a  better  tomorrow 
you   have  wrought  greatly   for  a  better   today. 

The  Daughters  of  the  Revolution  have  pre- 
served for  us  all  a  lesson  in  the  desirability  of 
forbearance,  patience  and  tolerance.  In  the 
beginnings  of  the  nation  there  were  wide 
divergences  of  judgment  about  institutions, 
methods,  directions,  means  and  measures. 
There  were  conflicts  of  sentiment,  section  and 
fundamental  social  procedures.  Passions  were 
often  inflamed,  and  jealousy  often  was  threat- 
ened. These  conflicts  required  to  be  settled 
through  mutual  concessions,  through  generous 
recognition  of  inevitable  and  yet  perfectly 
honest  differences.  Fortunately  for  our 
country's  great  experiment,  there  was  a  sufticient 
endowment  of  wisdom,  moderation  and  selfish- 
ness to  make  possible  the  adjustment  of  all 
the  differences.  The  great  project  of  govern- 
ment of  the  people,  for  the  people,  by  the 
people  was  sent  forth  in  the  world  because  no 
group  or  faction  or  narrow  interest  assumed 
to  be  or  to  represent  all  the  people.    No  group 


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arrogated  to  itself  all  the  political  righteousness 
of  the  young  republic. 

Because  it  has  ever  been  the  aim  and  object 
of  your  organization  to  keep  this  general  attitude 
at  the  front  among  your  policies,  one  is  proinp- 
ted  to  note  the  striking  coincidence  between  the 
complexities  of  those  early  days  in  our  history 
and  the  problems  which  the  world  confronts 
today.  Never  has  mankind  faced  difficulties  of 
such  varied  character,  or  on  so  huge  a  scale,  as 
now  propound  to  it  the  riddle  of  the  Sphinx. 
The  very  destiny  of  the  race,  the  future  of 
civilization,  seem  to  depend  on  our  finding 
answer,  and  on  our  sincere,  generous,  broad- 
minded  acceptance  of  that  answer  when  it  is 
found.  Until  the  new  paths  are  well  revealed, 
we  must  hold  secure  those  which  we  inherited. 
We  shall  not  find  an  answer  which  will  be 
completely  satisfactory  to  any  State,  or  race  or 
people.  IJut  if  we  shall  pursue  our  quest  with 
open  mind,  and  with  purpose  of  achieving  the 
largest  benefit  for  the  greatest  number,  I  be- 
lieve we  shall  in  the  end  discover  that  we  have 
attained  also  a  large  advantage  for  those  who 
seemed  to  be  making  something  of  sacrifice  to 
the  common  welfare. 

Such  was  the  spirit  in  which  the  fathers  of 
our  country  reached  the  compromises  which 
made  this  nation  possible.  It  is  the  spirit  which 
your  organization  has  sought  to  inculcate  among 
all  the  elements  of  the  community,  and  to 
whose  nurture  you  have  contributed  so  gener- 
ously and  well.  It  is  the  spirit,  I  am  sure,  in 
which  the  world  of  today  must  attack  the 
problems  that  beset  its  way  toward  realization 
of  the  higher  destiny  we  all  believe  is  in  store 
for  humanity. 

It  is  good  to  recall  the  beginning.  The  war- 
torn  world  of  today  easily  might  find  a  helpful 
lesson  and  cheering  encouragement  therein.  In 
a  chaos  of  victory,  prostrate  in  material  fortunes, 
wrecked  financially,  with  interests  conflicting 
and  ideas  opposing,  the  founding  fathers  found 
a  way  to  imion  and  concerted  eft'ort  to  re- 
storation and  attainment.  World  wonder, 
sometimes  world  envy,  has  attended  the  astound- 
ing development.  But  there  has  come  to  us  a 
glorious  country,  a  cherished  nationality,  an  in- 
heritance which  it  is  an  inspiration  to  preserve, 
and  we  have  the  prospect  of  future  advance- 
ment, for  ourselves  and  helpfulness  to  the 
world,   ever   to   impel   America   onward. 

I  can't  resist  telling  it  to  you — it  is  only  a  few 
days  since  I  had  the  extraordinary  fortune  to 
shake  hands  with  a  gentleman  who  told  me  his 
father  knew  George  Washington.  Isn't  that  a 
wonderful  thing — that  I  could  meet  in  1923  an 
American  whose  father  knew  the  founder  of 
our   Republic?     It  serves   to   remind   you   how 


brief  is  the  span  of  time  between  the  immortal 
beginning  and  the  wonderful  now. 

On  numerous  occasions  I  have  met  grand- 
daughters and  grandsons  of  some  of  the 
immortal  founders.  I  have  met  two  grand- 
daughters of  Alexander  Hamilton.  Only  three 
generations  between  the  beginning  and  now — 
less  than  a  century  and  a  half!  And  yet,  here 
in  Ameri'ca,  with  so  unpromising  a  beginning, 
we  have  come  to  the  point  when  I  think  it  no 
unseemly  boast  to  say  that  America  is  one  of 
the  governmental  marvels  of  the  world — the 
highest  type  of   democracy  on  earth. 

It  was  the  inspiration  of  the  fathers — oh, 
I  believe  the  founding  was  inspired.  Somehow 
there  were  laid  the  broad  principles,  and  there 
was  given  a  beginning  on  which  we  Americans 
have  builded,  not  for  ourselves  alone,  but  we 
have  furnished  an  asylum  of  hope  to  the  op- 
pressed peoples  of  the  world,  and  given  them  the 
opportunity  to  drink  in  the  inspiration  of 
American  freedom,  to  embrace  the  offerings  of 
American  opportunity,  to  stand  exalted  amid 
the  rights  and  privileges  of  American  citizenship. 

We  have  never  been  remiss  except  in  one 
thing — I  speak  of  it  now  because  I  rejoice  in 
your  efforts  to  correct  that  remissness — we 
offered  much  and  we  asked  too  little.  It  is 
not  right  for  anybody  on  earth  to  have  the 
fortunes,  the  privileges,  the  favors  and  the 
opportunities  of  American  citizenship  without 
assuming  every  duty  and  every  obligation 
thereof.  No ;  I  do  not  see  how  any  American 
can  escape  a  sense  of  satisfaction  in  comtemplat- 
ing  this  great  plan,  and  if  I  had  one  word  to 
say  on  this  happy  occasion — and  it  is  a  very 
great  and  pleasing  occasion  to  me — I  want 
America  to  preserve  the  things  that  came  to  us, 
and  then  in  the  best  conscience  of  the  republic 
to  go  on  for  ourselves  and  to  play  our  part 
in  helping  humanity  forward  throughout 
the  world. 

Interesting  statistics  were  contained  in 
the  annual  report  of  Mrs.  Minor,  as 
President  General,  at  the  afternoon  ses- 
sion. It  was  a  review  of  her  three  years' 
service  in  this  office  and  the  noteworthy 
achievements  of  her  administration. 
Ten  thousand  one  hundred  and  forty-five 
members  were  admitted  during  the  past  { 
year,  making  the  total  number  admitted  | 
33,876  during  these  three  years.  I 

In  her  three  years  of  service  Mrs. 
Minor  has  visited  chapters  and  state  con- 
ferences in  28  states  and  has  travelled 


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many  thousands  of  miles  in  the  interests 
of  the  Society.  Three  hundred  and  seven- 
ty-five thousand  copies  of  the  Immigrant's 
Manual,  a  guide  to  newly  arrived  aliens, 
have  been  printed  and  distributed  in  two 
English  and  five  foreign  language  trans- 
lations. More  than  $48,000  has  been 
subscribed  for  this  purpose.  Eleven 
lineage  books  have  also  been  published 
giving  the  details  of  the  descent  of  thou- 
sands of  members  from  their  Revolu- 
tionary ancestors. 

The  crowning  achievements  of  the  ad- 
ministration was  the  holding  of  the  Arms' 
Conference  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall, 
making  it  forever  historic  in  the  annals 
of  the  country,  and  the  erection  of  the 
new  administration  building  at  a  cost 
of  more  than  $200,000  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  special  committee  headed  by 
Mrs.  George  Thacher  Guernsey,  Chair- 
man, Honorary  President  General  of 
the  Society. 

In  concluding  her  report  Mrs.  Minor 
made  the  final  recommendations  of  her 
administration  as  follows : 

That  the  expenses  of  the  President  General 
while  on  official  business  be  defrayed  by  the 
Society  not  to  exceed  $3000  a  year. 

That  the  creation  of  a  Social  Service  Com- 
mittee at  Ellis  Island  by  the  Board  of  Manage- 
ment be  ratified. 

That  the  balance  of  the  Tilloloy  Fund  be  made 
a  permanent  fund  the  interest  of  which  to  be 
used  as  a  maintenance  and  repair  fund  for  the 
water  works  erected  by  the  D.A.R.  as  a  war 
memorial  at  Tilloloy,  France  and  that 

The  cup  given  at  Annapolis  yearly  be  awarded 
for  excellence  in  practical  seamanship  rather 
than  for  the  best  record  in  International  Law 
and  Seamanship  as   formerly. 

Before  closing  her  report,  the  President 
General  said : 

"  I  want  to  express  my  very  great  apprecia- 
tion of  the  faithful  and  efficient  service  given 
to  this  Society  by  our  clerical  force.  They  are 
exceptionally  fine  young  women,  intelligent, 
'oyal ;  taking  a  genuine  interest  in  their  work, 
cheerful  and  willing  to  work  early  and  late 
when  the  necessity  arises. 


"  Of  Miss  Flora  Fernald,  who  has  served  so 
faithfully  as  my  private  secretary  throughout 
the  three  years,  I  cannot  say  enough  in  praise 
and  appreciation.  Her  services  have  been 
invaluable  to  me.  She  is  worthy  of  every  confi- 
dence and  I  appreciate  her  untiring  and  devoted 
service  more  than  I  can  say." 

Other  National  Officers  who  reported 
were  the  Corresponding  Secretary  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  A.  Marshall  Elliott;  the  Or- 
ganizing Secretary  General,  Mrs.  G. 
Wallace  W.  Hanger,  who  received  an 
ovation  when  she  appeared. 

Mrs.  Hanger  reported  the  total  number 
of  Chapters  to  be  1923  and  the  total  ad- 
mitted membership  189,454.  In  briefly 
summing  up  her  work  for  the  past  three 
years,  she  said  216  organizing  regents 
have  been  appointed,  129  chapters  author- 
ized, and  254  chapters  organized,  includ- 
ing the  Benjamin  Franklin  Chapter  in 
Paris,  France.  This  is  the  largest  num- 
ber of  chapters  ever  organized  in  the  same 
length  of  time. 

Interesting  reports  were  then  given  by 
Miss  Emma  T.  Strider,  Registrar  Gen- 
eral; Mrs.  Livingston  L.  Hunter,  Trea- 
surer General ;  Mrs.  George  W.  White, 
Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee ; 
Miss  Jenn  Winslow  Coltrane,  Chairman, 
Auditing  Committee;  Miss  Lilian  M. 
Wilson,  Reporter  General  to  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution ;  Mrs.  Frank  Dexter 
Ellison,  Librarian  General,  and  Mrs. 
George  W.  White,  Curator  General. 

Miss  Strider,  Registrar  General,  stated 
that  since  the  last  Continental  Congress 
10,145  members  have  been  admitted  to  the 
National  Society.  The  last  national  num- 
ber accorded  at  the  National  Board  meet- 
ing on  April  14th,  was  189,454.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  original  papers,  2189  supple- 
mentals  have  been  accepted,  making  a 
total  of  12,334  papers  verified,  of  which 
1125  added  new  records  to  our  files. 

The  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  Living- 
ston L.   Hunter,  brought  rounds  of  ap- 


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plause  by  her  report.  The  total  receipts 
for  the  year  were  $248,412.71  and  the 
disbursements  amounted  to  $172,914.80. 
Of  the  $132,872.63  balance,  $95,000  was 
transferred  to  the  permanent  fund; 
$5,000  was  transferred  to  the  Magazine 
account,  and  a  working  balance  remained 
on  hand  March  31st,  when  the  books  were 
closed  for  the  year,  of  $32,872.63. 

A  brilliant  scene  was  presented  at  the 
night  session  when  the  delegates 
assembled  to  hear  Secretary  of  State 
Hughes  speak  on  the  international  poli- 
cies of  the  United  States.  In  introducing 
Secretary  Hughes,  Mrs.  Minor  put  the 
Society  on  record  as  being  for  a  strong 
army  and  navy  to  protect  the  United 
States  from  all  foes.  Tremendous  ap- 
plause greeted  this  statement  of  policy. 

Secretary  Hughes'  speech  follows  in 
full : 

It  is  always  a  pleasure  to  address  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  because 
you  represent  a  spirit  and  purpose  that  are  of 
vital  importance  in  our  national  life.  You  pre- 
serve the  memories  of  a  great  struggle  of  arms, 
but  you  do  this  in  the  spirit  of  international 
friendship  and  for  the  purpose  of  buttressing 
the  interests  of  peace.  You  erect  memorials 
to  the  great  heroes  of  that  struggle,  but  only 
to  inculcate  the  principles  to  which  they  de- 
voted their  lives.  Above  all,  you  aim  to  inspire 
that  love  of  country,  that  burning  zeal  of  true 
patriots  which  is  our  unifying  force  and 
final  security. 

We  pay  our  tribute  to  the  founders  of  the 
republic  but  the  republic  is  not  an  end,  but  an 
opportunity.  We  fought  the  great  war  to  pre- 
serve the  essentials  of  liberty  and  security,  but 
these  again  spell  opportunity.  We  need  now 
the  applied  patriotism  of   peace. 

In  this  effort  we  have  special  difficulties  to 
surmount.  Our  racial  inheritances  give  us  the 
strength  of  many  lands,  but  we  are  Irnubled 
by  the  defective  assimilation  and  a  vivid  sense, 
on  the  part  of  many  among  our  people,  of  blood 
relation  to  other  peoples,  instead  of  promoting 
good-will  afllicts  our  life  with  divisions  and 
traditional  animosities  which  are  foreign  to 
our  soil. 


We  have  also  inescapable  diflferences  in  the 
economic  interests  of  different  vocations  and 
activities;  and,  when  the  unifying  power  of  a 
supreme  issue  disappears,  the  harmony  of  the 
patriotic  music  of  common  endeavor  is  lost  in 
the  strident  and  discordant  noises  of  controversy 
over  the  interests  of  particular  groups.  Then 
we  have  the  privileges  and  difficulties  of  con- 
stant political  agitation.  Politics  is  our  chief 
staple.  We  have  not  only  a  fertile  soil  but  an 
unexample  producing  organization  in  our 
Federal  system  with  full  national  equipment 
and  48  States  with  a  host  of  municipalities.  Thus 
we  have  the  maximum  opportunity  for  divisive 
counsels  and  we  take  full  advantage  of  it. 
When  our  patriot  looks  for  the  path  to  national 
salvation  he  is  confronted  by  a  labyrinth. 

It  is  the  function  of  patriotic  organizations, 
amid  these  inevitable  strivings,  to  look  for  the 
common  ground  on  which  all  citizens,  despite 
differences  of  race,  creed,  party  and  economic 
interest  can  unite  to  promote  the  general  wel- 
fare. We  begin  by  recognizing  that  loyalty  to 
the  flag  is  not  loyalty  to  a  particular  race. 

It  is  loyalty  to  our  institutions.  That  is  the 
essence  of  Americanism.  They  are  institutions 
of  an  ordered  liberty,  of  a  system  of  govern- 
ment designed  to  secure  requisite  national 
power  without  unnecessary  impairment  of  local 
autonomy,  to  give  opportunity  to  the  majority 
to  rule  while  safeguarding  the  essentials  of 
personal  freedom.  They  are  institutions  pro- 
viding for  orderly  changes  but  not  making 
them  too  easy,  so  that  the  expression  of  the 
people's  will  may  be  deliberate.  They  are  insti- 
tutions grounded  in  respect  for  law.  There  is 
no  room  here  for  those  who  plot  revolution. 

We  believe  in  free  speech  and  free  assembly, 
but  there  is  no  freedom  to  councel  violence  or 
the     overturning     of     the     government.       The 
question  is  the  one  which  Lincoln  put — whether 
a     constitutional     republic    or     democracy    can  , 
maintain  its  integrity  against  its  own  domestic  | 
foes.      "  Whether,"    as    he    said,    "  discontented  | 
individuals,  too  few  in  numbers  to  control  ad- 
ministration   according    to    organic    law,"    can 
upon     any     pretence,     or     arbitrarily     without  | 
pretense,  "  break  up  their  government  and  thus  [ 
practically  put  an  end  to  free  government  upon  | 
this  earth." 

Wc    are     ready    with    our    answer    to    this 
question.       Against     insidious     propaganda,    as  | 
well  as  open   assault,   against  all  revolutionary  j 
efforts  we  stand  united,  not  to  serve  any  selfish  I 
interests,  but  to  protect  the  fundamental  interests 
of  all  citizens  alike;  in  defense  of  liberty  and 
order,  which  are  inseparable ;  in  defense  of  free 
labor,   wOiich   is    the    foundation   of   prosperity. 
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Respect  for  our  institutions  is  mure  than  a 
sentiment  against  revolution  and  anarchy.  It 
has  intelligent  regard  for  the  method  in  which 
power  is  exercised  under  our  system  of  govern- 
ment. We  have  a  very  comphcated  system,  and 
the  applied  patriotism  of  peace  demands  an  un- 
derstanding of  it.  How  many  controversies 
and  recriminations  we  should  be  spared,  if  re- 
gard would  only  be  had  to  a  few  simple  rules 
which  should  govern  political  proposals  I 

There  are  so  many  who  wage  a  battle  of 
generalities  when  particularization  would  end 
the  struggle.  They  demand  that  something  be 
done,  but  they  fail  to  tell  precisely  what  it  is ; 
they  do  not  reflect  whether  what  they  think 
should  be  done  can  be  done;  or  if  it  can  be 
done,  with  what  branch  of  the  government 
power  and  responsibility  lies.  Is  it  for  the 
President,  or  for  the  President  and  Senate, 
or  for  the  Congress?  There  is  always  time 
for  the  expression  of  an  aspiration,  but  an 
aspiration  is  not  a  program,  and  programs  call- 
ing for  action  of  responsible  authorities  should 
be  definite  and  capable  of  realization. 

Patriotism  demands  not  simply  loyalty  to 
the  conception  of  law  but  loyalty  to  the  actual 
laws  of  the  land  so  long  as  they  remain  laws. 
We  are  ruled  by  preponderating  opinion  ex- 
pressed in  the  constitutional  method.  You  can 
not  afford  to  breed  disrespect  for  law  because 
you  dislike  the  will  of  the  majority  which  has 
been  duly  ascertained.  The  reign  of  law  is  not 
an  abstraction ;  it  can  not  be  had  save  as  there 
is  obedience  to  the  rules  of  action  established 
by  the  community.  You  can  not  maintain 
order  by  inciting  disorder;  you  can  not  protect 
the  rights  you  cherish  if  j'ou  imperil  the  su- 
premacy of  law  by  which  alone  they 
are  safeguarded. 

But  we  desire  our  laws  to  be  the  actual  ex- 
pression of  prepondering  opinion.  There  is  an 
ever  present  danger  in  the  attempted  rule  of 
minorities,  who  by  skillful  organization  and 
constant  propaganda  seek  to  assert  a  political 
power  to  which  they  are  not  entitled.  How  are 
you  to  meet  this?  Not  by  denying  the  right 
to  organize;  that  would  be  futile.  Still  less 
by  denying  freedom  of  the  press  and  liberty 
of  advocacy ;  we  can  not  curtail  the  privileges 
which  are  of  the  essence  of  freedom. 

We  are  always  brought  back  to  the  same 
conclusion  that  self-government  in  democracy 
is  the  most  difficult  of  human  tasks ;  that  there 
is  no  artificial  formula  by  which  capacity  for 
self-government  can  be  supplied.  The  protec- 
tion of  the  community  and  of  the  individual, 
and  the  remedy  for  the  ills  of  democracy,  can 
only  be  found  in  the  cultivation  of  an  intelligent 
public  judgment  which  demands  accuracy  and 
fairness ;   which  insists  that  proposals   shall  be 


precisely  framed  and  shall  be  discussed  upon 
their  merits ;  which  demands  dignity  and  re- 
straint in  public  representatives. 

This  is  especially  important  in  connection 
with  our  relation  to  the  peoples  of  other 
countries.  Good  faith  and  good  will — these 
form  the  foundation  of  the  temple  of  peace. 
It  can  have  no  other,  and  no  architectural  con- 
trivance without  them  will  avail. 

As  citizens  we  are  justified  by  faith,  by 
fidelity  to  the  ideals  of  the  republic.  But  this 
faith  without  works  is  dead,  and  the  works  of 
mere  political  activity  will  not  suflSce.  This 
fidelity  can  only  be  realized  in  a  sane,  strong 
and  just  character.  The  leaders  whom  we  re- 
vere had  it;  their  endeavors  are  a  precious 
memory  because  they  revealed  it.  It  is  your 
special  opportunity  and  privilege  to  reinforce 
the  lessons  of  their  lives  and  thus  to  aid  in 
reproducing  among  the  men  and  women  of  to- 
day the  same  principles  of  action  which  made 
the  service  of  these  heroic  leaders  possible 
and  imperishable. 

"  All  hail  to  France !  We  wish  her  well 
in  her  struggle  for  justice  which  can  alone 
compensate  for  all  she  has  suffered,"  said 
Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  the  Presi- 
dent General,  in  introducing  M.  Jules 
Jusserand,  Ambassador  of  France,  at  the 
evening  session.  Instant  applause  proved 
that  the  delegates  approved  her  remarks 
and  the  Ambassador  appeared  greatly 
gratified  at  this  demonstration  as  he  began 
his  talk. 

The  Ambassador  complimented  the  So- 
ciety for  its  patriotic  ideals  and  also 
praised  their  plans  for  the  preservation  of 
Yorktown  which  he  declared  was  one  of 
the  world  shrines  of  liberty.  The  British 
ambassador  was  sitting  by  him  as  he  spoke 
and  half  turning  to  him  Ambassador 
Jusserand  continued : 

"  I  can  say  this  even  in  the  presence  of  the 
British  Ambassador  because  the  three  nations 
of  Yorktown  have  maintained  a  friendship  now 
for  more  than  a  century  and  it  helps  world 
peace  to  preserve  such  ancestral  souvenirs  of 
heroic  days. 

"  The  friendship  between  France  and  America 
will  never  be  an  entangling  one "  he  con- 
tinued, "  In  1917  you  came  to  the  rescue  of 
France  and  her  allies  because  the  principles  of 
Lincoln's    Gettysburg    speech    were    threatened 


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and  in  remembrance  I  believe  of  the  help  my 
country  had  been  able  to  give  you  in  the 
American  Revolution.  We  had  no  treaties,  you 
just  came  and  helped.  The  love  and  trust  of 
nations  is  better  than  written  pledges  and  I 
endorse  what  President  Harding  said  this  morn- 
ing that  good  will  and  trust  will  one  day  rule 
the  world. 

It  is  a   long  journey  to  real  peace  but  such 
sentiments  will  bring  it  nearer." 

Referring  to  Mrs.  Minor's  statement 
bearing  on  the  French  struggle  to  collect 
reparations  from  the  Germans,  the  Am- 
bassador said  that  in  1871,  although  a 
beaten  nation,  France,  with  one-fourth  of 
her  territory  occupied,  Alsace  and  Lor- 
raine lost,  and  an  indemnity  of  five  million 
francs  to  pay,  paid  the  whole  sum  through 
the  willingness  and  sacrifice  of  her  people 
to  keep  faith  a  whole  year  ahead  of  time. 
"  We  should  like  to  leave  the  Ruhr," 
ended  the  Ambassador.  "  We  received 
nothing  but  promises  for  four  years.  We 
long  for  a  change  in  the  minds  of  the 
Germans.  If  they  would  only  say  '  we  are 
sorry.'  France  has  no  intention  of  an- 
nexation. As  soon  as  Germany  fulfils  the 
treaty,  we  will  leave." 

The  British  Ambassador,  Sir  Auckland 
Geddes,  who  was  the  next  speaker,  ex- 
pressed his  admiration  for  Ambassador 
Jusserand  and  declared  that  although  he 
always  tried  to  follow  him  yet  he  felt  it 
would  not  be  wise  for  a  British  Ambassa- 
dor to  keep  harping  on  Yorktown.     The 


delegates  greeted  this  sally  with  laughter 
while  the  Ambassador  gravely  continued 
that  he  would  like  to  see  the  anniversary 
of  the  Battle  of  Yorktown  a  Brit- 
ish festival. 

"  However,"  he  said,  "  while  it  is  well 
to  keep  the  great  deeds  of  the  past  alive 
it  is  not  good  to  perpetuate  its  hatred  or 
misunderstandings.  All  nations  have 
things  to  forget.  In  the  forgiveness  of 
nations  for  the  mistakes  of  each  other  is 
the  way  to  peace." 

That  economic  distress  and  disturb- 
ances provide  the  fertile  soil  for  socialism 
was  pointed  out  by  the  Ambassador,  who 
further  stated  that  the  economic  interest 
of  the  nations  are  interlocked. 

He  expressed  the  opinion  that  the 
greatest  need  of  the  world  is  to  get  trade 
going  and  in  that  way  much  of  the  unrest 
would  cease.  "  A  well-fed  people  are 
unusually  content,"  concluded  Sir  Auck- 
land. "  It  is  starving  peoples  who  talk 
and   enact  revolution. 

•'  History  teaches  us  that  in  periods  of 
stable  prosperity  we  have  had  our  nearly 
complete  periods  of  peace.  The  most 
urgently  required  thing  at  present  is  the 
return  to  the  full  volume  of  international 
trade.  When  we  get  that  the  world  will 
see  the  skies  in  every  direction  lighten- 
ing rapidly." 


(The  week  of  Congress  will  be  concluded  in  the  June  Magazine) 


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NATIONAL  OFFICERS  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS  OF 
THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  ELECTED  AT  THE 
THIRTY-SECOND  CONTINENTAL  CONGRESS 

I  HE  distinguished  women  elected 
to  national  office  at  the  32nd 
Continental  Congress  have  loy- 
ally served  the  National  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  for  many  years. 

They  bring  to  the  positions  they  will  fill 

executive  ability  and  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  organization,  its  needs  and 

its  requirements.     Representing  as  they 

do  every  section  of  the  country,  they  will 

uphold  the  tra- 
ditions    a  n  d 

ideals     of     the 

National 

Society. 

Mrs.    A  n  - 

thony      Wayne 

Cook,      of 

Cooksbu  r  g , 

Pennsylvania, 

is  the  first 

President  Gen- 
eral   from    the 

Keystone  State. 

She     has      al- 
ready served 

the    Society    in 

many  capacities 

— Rege  n  t  of 

B  rook  ville 

Chapter,  1899- 

1914;     State 

Vice  Regent  of 

Pennsylvania, 

1914-1917; 

State     Regent, 

19  17-1920; 


and  Vice  President  General  from  that 
State  from  1920  to  1923.  Both  in  state 
and  national  work,  Mrs.  Cook's  executive 
ability  has  gained  her  the  chairmanship  of 
many  important  committees. 

Under  her  State  Regency,  in  eighteen 
months  the  Pennsylvania  Daughters  con- 
tributed in  money  and  gifts  the  sum  of 
$319,212.10  toward  war  work. 

Mrs.  Cook's  parents  were  Lewis  Gregg 
and  Sarah  Jones  Haines,  both  distin- 
guished in  the 
.Society  of 
Friends.  Of 
late  years,  Mrs. 
Cook  has  iden- 
tified herself 
with  the  Pres- 
b  y  t  e  r  i  a  n 
Church. 

Among  the 
societies  of 
which  Mrs. 
Cook  is  a  mem- 
ber are  the  Co- 
lonial Gover- 
nors, Founders 
and  Patriots, 
and  the  Colo- 
nial Dames  of 
Pennsylvania. 

As  a  college 
woman,  Mrs. 
Cook  has  al- 
ways been  in 
active  sym- 
pathy with  the 
most  progres- 
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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTIOX  MAGAZIXE 


sive  methods  of 
education.  An 
able  parliamen- 
tarian, a  just 
presiding  offi- 
cer, conversant 
with  local  and 
state  club  work, 
an  executive  of 
established  rec- 
ord, and  with 
great  personal 
charm,  she  is 
admirably 
equipped  to  fill 
the  high  office 
of  President 
General. 

Noted  for 
her  ph  i  la  n  - 
thropic  activi- 
ties and  her 
deep  interest  in 
Americaniza- 
t  i  o  n  ,  Mrs. 
Thomas  A. 
Edison  will  bring  to  her  work  as  Chap- 
lain General  a  big  heart  and  willing  ser- 
vice. She  is  regent  of  the  Essex  Chapter 
of  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist-Episcopal  Church.  Mrs.  Edi- 
son's husband,  the  eminent  inventor,  is 
known  the  world  over.  During  the  world 
war,  Mrs.  Edison's  patriotic  work 
brought  her  many  honors.  She  served 
with  distinction  as  Vice  Chairman  of  the 
D.A.R.  War  Relief  Service  Committee. 

Elected  to  the  important  post  of  Re- 
cording Secretary  General,  Mrs.  Frank 
Herbert  Briggs,  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  will 
bring  to  it  executive  ability  and  a  working 
knowledge  of  the  requirements  of  the 
National  Society  with  which  she  has  been 
affiliated  for  many  years,  her  national 
number   being   6175.      Slie   has   attended 


MRS.     WILLIAM     D.     WALKE 
ORGANIZING  SECRETARY    GENERAL 


every  Conti- 
n  e  n  t  a  1  Con- 
gress and  has 
served  on  both 
the  Legislative 
and  Finance 
Committees. 

Besides  her 
work  in  the 
National  So- 
c  i  e  t  y,  Mrs. 
Briggs  was 
president  of  the 
Maine  Federa- 
tion of  Wo- 
men's Clubs  in 
1898,  and  since 
residing  in  the 
City  of  Wash- 
ington, she  has 
been  a  vice- 
president  of  the 
Congressional 
Club  and  also 
of  the  20th 
Century  Club. 
Mrs.  Briggs  is  the  daughter  of  Sena- 
tor and  Mrs.  William  P.  Frye  and  was 
born  in  Lewiston,  Maine.  She  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  at  Fessen- 
den  School  at  Stamford,  Conn.  She 
married  Mr.  Frank  H.  Briggs,  who  for 
twelve  years  has  been  marshal  of  the 
United  States  Court  of  Customs  Appeals. 
Mrs.  Flora  Bredes  Walker,  the  wife  of 
Mr.  William  Sherman  Walker,  of  Seattle, 
Washington,  has  already  proven  herself 
well  fitted  for  the  office  of  Organizing 
Secretary  General,  having  organized  nine 
new  chapters  in  her  state  during  her  two 
years  as  state  regent.  Mrs.  Walker  was 
born  in  Bedford,  Ohio,  on  November  1, 
1881.  and  is  of  New  England  ancestry — 
the  Palmer,  Bishop.  Glasier,  Matteson, 
Iving  and  Green  families  being  among  the 


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early      settlers. 

She    conies 

from  the  same 

Bishop   line  as 

Oliver  Wendell 

Holmes. 

Her    parents 

moved    to    the 

Middle  West 

when   she  was 

five    years    of 

age,   and  three 

years     of     her 

academic 

school   work 

was     done     at 

Bethany    C  o  1  - 

lege,    Linds- 

borg,     Kansas. 

Later    she    at- 
tended    Lake 

Erie  College  in 

Pai  ne  s  ville, 

Ohio,    for   two 

years.  Her  uni- 
versity training 
was  received  at  the  State  Universities  of 
Kansas  and  Washington. 

Mrs.  Walker  has  resided  in  Seattle, 
Washington,  for  twenty-two  years  and 
has  been  actively  identified  with  and  an 
indefatigable  worker  in  many  organiza- 
tions. As  secretary,  president  and  trustee 
of  The  Day  Nursery,  which  is  one  of  the 
largest  philanthropic  societies  of  Seattle, 
and  as  an  active  worker  in  such  organiza- 
tions as  The  Children's  Orthopedic  Hos- 
pital, she  has  found  an  outlet  for  some 
of  her  extraordinary  energies.  She  has 
been  a  member  of  The  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  for  sixteen  years 
and  has  served  her  chapter  and  state  in 
various  capacities.  Her  most  notable 
achievement  during  the  two  years  of 
State  Regency  just  ended  is  the  establish- 
ment  of   a   University   home    for   young 


women  mem- 
bers who  may 
be  attending 
the  State  Uni- 
versity. This 
house  is  oper- 
ated along  the 
lines  of  other 
organized 
houses  on  a 
University 
Campus. 

During  the 
War  Mrs. 
Walker  was 
one  of  the  first 
to  organize  the 
local  Chapter 
of  the  Red 
Cross  on  a  war- 
time basis  and 
was  a  leader  in 
the  work  of 
The  National 
Council  of  De- 

K      I)  FBI)  I,   I  J      ~, 

jENiiRAi.  fense  and    ine 

National  League  for  Women's  Service. 

The  Army  has  supplied  one  National 
Officer  in  the  wife  of  Major  James 
Howard  Stansfield,  who  has  been  elected 
Registrar  General.  Mrs.  Stansfield  is 
already  known  to  thousands  of  D.A.R. 
members  as  the  efficient  and  beloved 
Registrar  National  of  the  N.S.U.S. 
Daughters  of  1812.  She  has  served  that 
Society  for  twelve  years  on  the  state 
board  of  Illinois  and  as  Honorary  Presi- 
dent. She  served  eight  years  as  Vice 
President  and  President  of  White  Star 
Auxiliary  to  the  2nd  Regiment,  Illinois 
National  Guard;  two  years  on  National 
B(iarcl  of  the  Spanish  War  Veteran 
Auxiliary  as  Judge  Advocate ;  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Chicago  Colony  of  New  England 
Women ;  of  Founders  and  Patriots,  and 


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Vice  President 
of  the  Connec- 
t  i  c  u  t  Society 
of  Daughters 
of  American 
Colonists. 

Mrs.  Stans- 
(ield  first  joined 
the  Tuscarora 
Chapter,  N.S.- 
D.A.R.,  of  Bir- 
mingham, N. 
Y.,  and  later 
transferred  to 
the  George 
Rogers  Clark 
Chapter  of  Oak 
Park,  Illinois. 
She  served  in 
that  chapter  for 
seven  years  as 
Secretary,  His- 
t  o  r  i  a  n  ,  and 
Registrar. 

Mrs.  Stans- 
field,  before  her  reporter  ..eneral  to  th 

marriage  to  Major  Stansfield,  was  Miss 
Inez  Snyder.  Her  husband  is  on  duty  in 
the  Judge  Advocate  General's  Department 
in  Washington. 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau,  the  Treasurer 
General,  whose  national  number  is  8730, 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  ever  since  her 
girlhood.  Her  first  chapter  was  the 
Mary  Little  Deere  of  Moline,  Illinois. 

In  1906,  she  organized  the  Hannah 
Tracy  Grant  Chapter  of  Albion,  Michi- 
gan, and  was  its  regent  for  several  years. 
Later  she  served  as  treasurer  for  an  equal 
length  of  time.  She  still  retains  her 
membership  in  the  Hannah  Tracy  Grant 
Chapter,  although  a  resident  of  New 
York  City  and  an  associate  member  of  the 
Manhattan  and  Ellen  Hardin  Walworth 
Chapters.     For  two  rears  she  served  as 


State  Director 
of  Michigan 
and  for  three 
years  was  State 
Recording 
Secretary. 

For  three 
years  she 
served  as 
Chairman  of 
Michigan  Sol- 
diers' Welfare 
Work  in  New 
York  City,  hav- 
ing charge  of 
money  and  all 
contributions 
made  by  Michi- 
gan women  for 
the  comfort  of 
the  wounded 
soldiers  of  that 
state  in  the 
New  Y'  o  r  k 
City  hospitals. 
Mrs.  Bros- 
seau has  for  three  years  been  National 
Chairman  of  Transportation,  and  she  is 
at  present  National  Chairman  of  the  Ellis 
Island  Immigrant  Aid  Committee. 

While  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  has  made  the  greater  claim 
upon  her  time,  she  has  always  been  keenly 
interested  in  all  organizations  of  a  civic 
and  charitable  character,  and  has  had 
much  experience  along  the  lines  of  prac- 
tical endeavor. 

West  Virginia  is  justly  proud  of  Mrs. 
George  DeBolt,  who  holds  the  ofiice  of 
Historian  General.  She  has  served  that 
state  in  many  important  positions,  among 
them  State  Chairman  of  Committee  on 
By-laws,  State  Librarian,  State  Vice  Re- 
gent, State  Regent  and  Honorary  State 
Regent.  She  has  served  the  National 
Societv  as  Chairman  of  the  Elastern  Divi- 


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sion  Committee 
on  National 
Old  Trails 
Road.  She  is 
a  graduate  of 
Wellesley  Col- 
lege, and  her 
tastes  and  train- 
ing make  her 
peculiarly  fitted 
for  the  position 
she  now  fills. 
She  was  the 
organizing  re- 
gent and  the 
first  elected 
regent  of 
William  Hay- 
mond  Chapter 
and  is  a  life 
member  of  its 
executive 
board. 

Mrs.  DeBolt 
was  war  presi- 
dent  of  the  curator 

West    Virginia 

Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  and  has 
since  been  State  Chairman  of  the  Public 
Welfare  Department  of  the   Federation. 

The  newly  elected  Reporter  General  to 
the  Smithsonian  Institution,  Airs.  Alvin 
Henry  Connelly,  of  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri, known  in  the  literary  world  as 
Clyde  D.  Connelly,  is  State  Historian  of 
the  Missouri  Daughters.  Mrs.  Connelly 
was  the  first  to  appoint  a  State  Research 
Committee,  and  has  succeeded  in  compil- 
ing a  number  of  interesting  books, 
among  them  the  "  History  of  Early  Mis- 
souri Women." 

While  a  resident  of  the  State  of  Mis- 
souri, Mrs.  Connelly  was  born  and  partly 
educated  in  Kentucky.  For  a  short  time 
she  resided  in  Kansas  and  upon  her 
marriage  moved  to  Missouri. 


Mrs.  Con- 
nelly is  a  mem- 
ber  of  the 
American  Fed- 
eration of  Art 
and  a  lecturer 
on  art  and 
other  subjects; 
organizer  and 
President  for 
seven  years  of 
the  Betsy  Hall 
C.  A.  R.;  a 
member  of  the 
League  of 
American  Pen 
Women;  a 
writer  and  pro- 
ducer of  his- 
torical plays 
and .  sketches ; 
General  Feder- 
ation of  Wo-  I 
men's  Clubs ; 
Parliamenta- 
rian ;  Treasurer 
of  Arts  and  i 
Crafts  of  the  Art  Institute,  and  a  mem-  i 
ber  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  , 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  I 

The  Museum  of  Memorial  Continental    j 
Hall  is  gaining  many  valuable  historical    I 
relics  and  the  work  of  the  Curator  Gen-    i 
eral    and    her    responsibilities    have    in- 
creased   rapidly    thereby.      Mrs.    Charles 
Seymour   Whitman,   who   now   fills  that    i 
office,  has  been  actively  interested  in  the 
Daughters   of   the   American   Revolution 
for  many  years,  and  has  served  as  Vice 
President  General  from  New  York  from 
1920  to  1923.     She  was  a  member  of  the 
National  Committee  of  the  Fountain  and 
Painting ;  the  Rosa  Bonheur  Committee, 
Committee  on  Public  Relations,  chairman 
of  the   New  York  State  D.  A.  R.  gift 
to  Schuyler  Mansion  Committee,  and  for- 


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merly  regent  of 
the  Mohawk 
Chapter  at 
Albany. 

Mrs.  Whit- 
man, before 
her  marriage  to 
Charles  S. 
Whitman,  for- 
mer Governor 
of  New  York 
State,  was  Miss 
Olive  Hitch- 
cock, and  was 
born  in  New 
York  City  in 
1882.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Whitman 
have  two  chil- 
dren, Olive 
and  Charles 
Seymour,  Jr. 
She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  fol- 
lowing clubs: 
Colony     Club,  corresi-onuinc  > 

Cosmopolitan  Club,  Woman's  City  Club, 
National  Woman's  Republican  Club, 
Woman's  Republican  Association  State 
of  New  York,  Woman's  Republican  Club, 
Vice-President  Seaside  Home  for  Crip- 
pled Children,  City  Federation  Woman's 
Club,  State  Federation  of  Woman's  Club, 
Woman's  Forum,  Colonial  Dames,  State 
of  New  York,  Colonial  Daughters,  Hol- 
land Dames,  Huguenot  Society,  National 
Society  of  New  England  Women,  Civic 
Federation  and  the  Mary  Washington 
Colonial  Chapter  D.  A.  R.  She  has 
received  the  "  Medaille  Reconnaissance 
Francaise  "  from  the  French  Government 
for  war  work. 

Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  the  Librarian  General,  is 
an  earnest  supporter  of  the  aims  and 
ideals  of  the  National  Society.  Being  an 
author  herself,  she  has  a  love  and  vener- 


ation for  books 
and  is  deeply 
interested  in 
the  develop- 
ment of  the  al- 
ready notable 
library  at  Me- 
morial Conti- 
nental Hall. 

Mrs.  Ander- 
s  o  n  is  the 
daughter  of  the 
late  Commo- 
dore George  H. 
Perkins,  U.  S. 
Navy,  and  his 
w  i  f  e  ,  A  n  n  a 
Weld,  and  be- 
ing born  and 
educated  in 
Boston,  she  was 
early  enrolled 
among  its  au- 
t  h  o  r  s  .  Her 
books  of  travel, 
her  diplomatic 
experiences  and  some  very  interesting 
books  for  children  are  her  best-known 
literary  work. 

In  1897,  she  married  Mr.  Larz  Ander- 
son, and  has  made  her  winter  home  in 
Washington,  except  during  her  husband's 
terms  of  foreign  service,  as  Minister  to 
Belgium  and  Ambassador  to  Japan. 

During  the  World  War  Mrs.  Ander- 
son's services  were  brilliant  and  notable 
as  a  member  of  National  and  Inter- 
national Relief  and  Red  Cross  Commit- 
tees, and  in  the  French  and  Belgian 
front-line  Hospitals.  These  last  brought 
her.  among  her  many  other  decorations, 
the  medal  of  Elizabeth  of  Belgium  and 
the  coveted  Croi.x  de  Guerre. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  General, 
Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway,  of  Melrose, 
Massachusetts,  has  given  many  years  of 
devoted  service  to  the   National  Society. 


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She  has  been  for  twenty-six  years  a  mem- 
ber of  this  organization  and  during  that 
period  has  helped  to  increase  its  member- 
ship to  more  than  8000  members.  Nine 
new  chapters  have  been  organized  during 
her  three-year  term  of  office  as  State  Re- 
gent, making  103  chapters  now  in  Massa- 
chusetts. Mrs.  Shumway  organized  in 
1911  the  Old  State  House  Chapter  in  her 
own  city,  of  which  she  was  regent  for  five 
years.  For  three  years  she  served  with 
marked  success  as  State  Registrar  and  on 
completion  of  her  term  of  office  was 
elected  State  Vice  Regent,  and  served  for 
four  years  with  such  satisfaction  that  in 
1920  she  was  elected  State  Regent  by  the 
largest  majority  of  votes  secured  by  any 
state  regent  for  fifteen  years. 

During  the  time  she  was  State  Vice 
Regent  she  was  appointed  State  Chairman 
of  the  Valley  Forge  Committee,  and  after 
long  effort  secured  contributions  from 
Massachusetts  Daughters  of  more  than 
$2000,  to  pay  for  a  memorial  bell  for  the 
Memorial   Chapter,   in  honor   of   Massa- 


chusetts men  who  served  at  Valley  Forge 
during  the  Revolutionary  War.  The 
great  needs  of  the  International  College 
at  Springfield  were  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Daughters  by  Mrs.  Shumway, 
in  1920,  and  during  her  term  as  regent  the 
chapters  have  contributed  several  thou- 
sand dollars  toward  the  current  expenses 
of  this  school  and  at  the  recent  State 
meeting  the  chapters  pledged  $60,000  to 
pay  for  building  a  new  dormitory. 

The  six  Vice  Presidents  General  elected 
at  the  32nd  Continental  Congress  were : 
Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  of  New  Jer- 
sey; Mrs.  Ellet  G.  Drake,  of  Nebraska; 
Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck,  of  Indiana;  Mrs. 
William  McGee  Wilson,  of  Ohio;  Mrs. 
Gerald  Livingston  Schuyler,  of  Colorado ; 
and  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe,  of  California. 

The  Honorary  Vice  Presidents  Gen- 
eral elected  to  fill  the  three  vacancies 
were  Mrs.  John  Franklin  Swift,  Mrs. 
William  Butterworth,  and  Mrs.  Julius 
J.  Estey. 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  PRIZE  ESSAY  CONTEST 

The  Colonel  Walter  Scott  Prize  Fund  Committee  announces  the  Anne 
Rogers  Minor  Prize  Essay  Contest  on  the  topic:  "  The  Value  of  the  Historic- 
Patriotic  Society,"  the  contest  to  begin  in  October,  1923,  and  close  in 
February,  1924. 

Two  prizes  will  be  offered.  The  contest  will  be  open  to  members  only, 
and  the  details  of  arrangements  will  be  given  in  the  September  issue  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Magazine. 

(Mrs.  Charles  White)  Frances  Tupper  Nash, 

Chairman  of  Fund  Committee. 


WASHINGTON'S  FAMILY  LIFE 
AT  MOUNT  VERNON 

By  Charles  Moore 
Chairman  of  the  National  Commission  of  Fine  Arts 


Editor's  Note;  The  first  of  Mr.  Moore's 
articles  on  George  'Washington,  appeared  in 
the  November,  1922,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can  Revolution   Magazine. 

EW  YEAR'S  DAY,  1760,  at 
Mount  \'ernon  was  spent  by 
Washington  in  visiting  his  plan- 
tations. On  his  return  he  found 
Mrs.  Washington  "  broke  out 
with  the  IMeazles,"  and  the  next 
day  he  took  the  occasion  of  her  indisposi- 
tion to  post  his  books  and  put  them  in  good 
order.  On  the  fifth  day  of  her  illness,  Mr. 
Green  came  from  Pohick  rectory  and 
"  prescribed  the  needful,"  and  at  dinner- 
time Dr.  James  Laurie  (the  family  physi- 
cian on  an  annual  stipend  of  il5) 
appeared.  Mrs.  George  William  Fairfax 
spent  the  day  with  Mrs.  Washington,  and, 
the  evening  being  cold  and  windy,  was 
sent  home  to  Belvoir  in  the  chariot,  which 
did  not  return  in  time  to  take  the  family 
to  church  next  day.'  Relieved  by  the 
improvement  of  his  wife's  health, 
Washington  was  plagtied  by  an  oyster- 
man's  disorderly  conduct,  who  inter- 
fered with  hauling  the  seine  for  fish ;  and 
there  was  further  trouble  over  "  Mr. 
French's  great  love  of  money,"  which  led 

'  Monciire  D.  Conway's  gossip  that  "  Martha 
'Washington  was  always  rather  cool  to  this 
beautiful  Mrs.  G.  'VV^  Fairfax  of  Belvoir,"  has 
no  better  basis  than  the  presumption  that  a  wife 
must  of  necessity  be  jealous  of  her  husband's 
prenupli.il  female  friends.  The  abundant 
correspondence  between  the  families  gives  no 
substance  for  even  a  shadow. 
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the  latter  to  break  his  contract,  because 
pork  had  risen  from  20/  to  22/6. 

Mrs.  Washington's  sister  Anna,  Mrs. 
Burwell  Bassett  of  Eltham,  on  York 
River,  came  for  a  visit.  She  and  Colonel 
\\'ashington  spent  a  day  at  Belvoir,  and 
on  a  Saturday  the  two  set  out  for  Port 
Royal,  where  Washington  was  to  meet  her 
husband,  Colonel  Bassett,  on  matters  of 
estate  business.  The  morning  was  clear 
and  fine,  but  remarkable  white  frosts 
presaged  falling  weather.  The  travellers 
"past  Occoquan  witht.  any  great  difficulty 
notwithstanding  the  wind  was  something 
high  and  lodgd  at  Mr.  McCrae's  in 
Dumfries."  Here  he  was  told  "that 
Colonel  Cocke  was  disgusted  at  my  House 
and  left  it  because  he  see  an  old  negro 
there  resembling  his  own  Image,"  a  not 
uncommon  but  always  disagreeable 
reminder.  Monday  afternoon  they  were 
met  by  Colonel  Bassett.  who  ferried  them 
across  the  Rappahannock  to  Port  Royal. 
Business  concluded.  Colonel  Washington 
again  set  out  on  Tuesday  morning.  He 
dined  at  Colonel  Carter's  where  the  host 
had  assembled  a  goodly  company:  but 
Colonel  Champe,  with  whom  he  stipped 
and  passed  the  night,  had  been  less  provi- 
dent, and  the  result  was  "  a  very  lonesome 
evening,  not  anybody  favoring  us  with 
their  company  but  himself."  Slipping  out 
.  '  the  Cliampe  house  before  the  family 
was  stirring,  Washington  writes :  "  abt  lo 
reachd  mv  mothr.  where  I  breakfasted  and 


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then  went  to  Fredericksburg  with  my 
brother  Sam  who  I  found  there ;  .  . .  was 
disappointed  of  seeing  my  Sister  [Betty] 
Lewis  &  getting  a  few  goods  which  I 
wanted  out  of  the  [Fielding  Lewis]  Stores, 
returned  in  ye  Evening  to  Mother's  all 
alone  with  her."  The  next  noon,  the  snow 
and  rain  having  turned  to  mist,  he  set  out 
in  time  to  reach  Dumfries  at  dusk,  and  on 
Friday  he  reached  Mount  Vernon,  to  find 
there  Doctor  Craik,  who  was  attending 
Mrs.  Washington. 

On  the  evening  of  February  15th,  the 
Washingtons  "  went  to  a  Ball  at  Alex- 
andria, where  Musick  and  Dancing  was 
the  chief  Entertainment ;  however,  in  a 
convenient  room  detached  for  the  purpose 
abounded  great  plenty  of  bread  and  but- 
ter, some  biscuits,  with  tea  and  coffee, 
which  the  drinkers  could  not  distinguish 
from  hot  water  sweet'ned.  Be  it  remem- 
bered that  pocket  handkerchiefs  served  as 
Tal)le  cloths  &  Napkins  and  that  no 
apologies  were  made  for  either.  I  shall 
therefore  distinguish  this  ball  by  the  stile 
and  title  of  the  Bread  &  Butter  Ball.  The 
Proprietors  of  the  ball  were  Messrs. 
Carlyle,  Laurie  and  Robert  Wilson;  but 
the  Doctr.  [Laurie]  not  getting  it  con- 
ducted agreeable  to  his  own  taste  would 
claim  no  share  of  the  merit  of  it.  We 
lodged  at  Colo.  Carlyles."  To  Colonel 
Washington  it  must  have  been  a  humilia- 
tion to  take  his  wife,  used  as  she  was  to 
the  formality  and  state  of  the  Williams- 
burg entertainments,  to  so  meagre  and  ill 
arranged  an  affair;  and  that  night,  before 
they  climbed  the  winding  stairs  of  the 
"  Braddock  House,"  the  Washingtons 
doubtless  joked  with  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Carlyle  over  the  "  bread  &  butter  Ball." 
On  the  Colonel's  part  the  chagrin  shown 
in  his  diary  probably  found  vent  in  his 
speech,  for  he  was  a  plain-spoken  man 
even  to  his  friends. 


Ten  days  later  the  Washingtons  gave  a 
dinner  for  Lord  Fairfax,  who  was  visiting 
at  Belvoir.  Colonel  George  William 
Fairfax  and  his  lady;  Colonel  Martin, 
nephew  and  companion  of  the  guest  of 
honor;  Bryan  Fairfax,  who  succeeded  to 
the  title  as  the  eighth  Lord  Fairfax;  Mr. 
Green,  the  minister  at  Pohick,  and  the  lady 
who  came  to  be  accepted  as  his  wife, 
were  of  the  party.  The  day  had 
been  particularly  fine,  and  Washington 
had  spent  the  morning  "  laying  the 
worm  "  and  fencing  the  peach  orchard, 
and  disposing  of  Jolly,  one  of  his  best 
wagon-horses,  that  had  a  right  foreleg 
smashed  by  a  falling  tree.  He  was 
"  unprovided  for  a  demand  of  £90,  his 
note  of  hand  to  Sampson  Darrel ;  but 
promised  the  payment  and  interest  at  the 
April  Court  next." 

So  the  days  passed  at  Mount  Vernon. 
Doctor  Laurie  was  drunk  when  he  came 
for  a  professional  visit;  Nation's  horse, 
destrained  for  rent,  was  sold  for  £5  ;  a  bad 
compass  prevented  accurate  surveying; 
"  91  dozn.  Cyder "  was  bottled.  Mr. 
Clifton  bargained  with  Thomson  (son  of 
George)  Mason  to  sell  1800  acres  of 
Northern  Neck  lands  for  £50  more  than 
he  had  agreed  to  sell  to  Washington, 
thereby  convicting  himself  of  being 
"  nothing  less  than  a  thorough  pac'd 
rascall  disregardful  of  any  engagements  of 
words  or  oaths  not  bound  by  penalties." 
However,  Washington  did  not  think  him- 
self "  restrained  by  any  rules  of  honor 
conscience  or  &c"  from  raising  Thomson 
Mason's  offer  by  £50,  and  finally  he 
bought  the  land  at  a  court  sale  for  £1210, 
thereby  saving  £40.  Meantime,  he  had 
been  in  Winchester  to  care  for  his  negroes, 
who  had  come  down  with  small-pox ;  and 
had  made  a  trip  to  Williamsburg,  visiting 
his  brother  at  Bushfield  on  the  way. 

In  1760,  Washington  kept  a  diary  of  his 


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A  PAGE  FROM  WASHINGTON'S  DIARY 


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Photo  by  handy,  Washingion,  D.  C. 

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daily  doings,  usually  confining  himself 
closely  to  facts,  with  occasional  brief  com- 
ments on  things  that  annoyed  or  dis- 
tressed him.  Also  he  kept  records  of  the 
weather  and  statements  of  crops,  using  for 
the  purpose  blank  pages  of  the  Virginia 
Almanac,  printed  and  sold  at  Williams- 
burg. The  calendar  for  the  month  was 
headed  by  a  bit  of  verse;  and  at  the  back 
of  the  little  book  were  recipes  for  various 
concoctions  and  two  pages  of  jokes. 
Several  of  the  verses  and  witicisms  are  so 
Elizabethan  in  character  that  they  could 
not  now  be  printed ;  but  evidently  in  those 
days  the  publication  circulated  freely  and 
no  one  took  offense  thereat. 

George  \\'ashington  never  had  any  boy- 
hood. He  was  only  eleven  years  old  when 
his  father  died  and  he  left  Fredericksburg 
to  live  with  his  brother  Augustine  in 
^^'estmoreland  County.  For  five  years  he 
must  have  worked  incessantly  at  school  in 
order  to  learn  surveying;  for  learn  he  did, 
as  his  neat,  exact  and  well  ordered  copy- 
books abundantly  prove.  The  years  from 
sixteen  to  twenty-two,  instead  of  going  to 
England  for  his  education,  as  his  elder 
brothers  had  done,  he  was  working  for  his 
living.  Before  he  was  twenty-one  he  had 
responsibilities  that  might  well  have  taxed 
the  judgment  of  a  mature  man.  Nothing 
illustrates  his  wisdom  better  than  the  tone 
of  letters  addressed  to  him  by  men  twice 
his  years,  who  sought  his  advice  and  were 
satisfied  with  his  decision. 

Having  himself  been  deprived  of  that 
pleasurable  period  in  the  life  of  a  Virginia 
boy  of  good  family  with  comfortable 
means,  the  prospect  of  acting  as  step- 
father to  a  boy  and  a  girl  of  distinguished 
and  proud  ancestry  and  of  wealth,  mav 
well  have  seemed  to  Washington  a  dutv 
preeminent  among  his  many  large  respon- 
sibilities, especially  as  it  was  one  for  which 
he  had  no  training.     However,  he  under- 


took the  task  with  the  same  conscientious- 
ness that  he  bestowed  upon  all  his  duties. 
From  the  time  of  his  marriage  to  the 
day  of  his  death  there  were  young  people 
depending  upon  him  for  guidance  and 
direction.  Naturally  affectionate  to  the 
point  of  indulgence,  and  dearly  loving 
children,  he  was  keenly  disappointed  at 
not  having  offspring ;  and  he  made  up  for 
this  lack  by  fatherly  care  for  his  wife's 
children  and  grandchildren,  and  for  his 
own  nephews  and  nieces.  It  is  this  par- 
ticular phase  of  Washington's  develop- 
ment which  hereafter  will  receive  par- 
ticular attention. 

In  September,  1759,  Washington  had 
directed  Robert  Cary  &  Co.,  of  London, 
who  had  been  the  agents  of  Daniel  Custis, 
to  raise  three  accounts,  one  for  him,  one 
for  the  Custis'  estate  and  one  for  Miss 
]\Iartha  Parke  Custis,  or  if  more  eligible 
to  make  him  debtor  for  both  John 
Parke  and  Miss  Patty  Custis.  Their 
part  of  the  estate  would  be  assigned 
to  them  in  the  fall ;  the  whole  would 
remain  in  his  management,  and  he 
"  would  take  particular  care  to  distinguish 
always  from  whom  tobaccos  were  shipped 
and  for  whose  use  the  goods  were  pur- 
chased." He  insisted  on  particular  care, 
so  that  settlements  might  be  made  from 
time  to  time  in  the  General  Court.  In  all 
financial  matters  he  was  punctilious  to 
the  last  degree.  For  Master  Custis.  six 
years  old,  he  ordered,  among  other  things, 
6  pocket-handkerchiefs  small  and  fine;  6 
pairs  of  gloves  and  2  laced  hats ;  6  pairs 
of  fine  thread  stockings,  4  pairs  of  pumps; 
1  piece  of  black  hair  ribbon:  1  pair  hand- 
some silver  shoe  and  knee  buckles ;  10 
shillings  worth  of  toys;  6  little  books  for 
children  beginning  to  read  ;and  1  light  duf- 
fel cloak  with  silver  frogs.  For  Miss  Custis, 
four  years  old,  the  order  included  8  pair.'? 
of  kid  mits,  4  pairs  of  gloves,  2  pairs  of 


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silk  shoes,  4  pairs  Calamanco  shoes,  4  pairs 
of  leather  pumps,  besides  caps,  tuckers, 
bibs,  and  aprons  (if  fashionable),  2  fans. 
2  masks,  2  Ijonnets.  a  stiffened   coat  of 
fashionable  silk 
made  to   pack- 
thread stays, 
silver    sleeve- 
buttons     with 
stones,  a   fash- 
ionably dressed 
baby  (10  shill- 
ings), and  other 
toys    (10  shill- 
ings). 

The  portraits 
of  the  Custis 
children  at 
about  this  age 
show  the  little 
manikins  ar- 
rayed in  all  the 
finery  worn  by 
their  elders, 
after  the  fash- 
ion of  the  day. 
It  is  to  be  pre- 
sumed that  at 
this  stage  of 
his  career  the 
Colonel  had  to 
rely  on  lists 
furnished  by 
his  wife,  but 
the  items  are 
set  down  in  his 
own  faultless 
chirography, 
and  if  mistakes 
were    made    in 

carrying    out  Trn.EPAGEoK  a  dei'ense  by 

the  orders  the  fault  lay  with  Cary  &  Co., 
and  not  with  the  guardian.  It  is  to  be 
observed  that  the  requirements  of  fashion 
were  consonant  with  his  own  and  his 
ideas.     The  price,  when  mentioned,  was 


ANSWER 

T  O     A 

Scurrilous  Libel, 

I  N  T  1  T  L  E  D 

A  Letter  to  Mr.  G.French, 

OccaOon'dby  his  HISTORY  of 
Col.  PARKE's  ADMINiSTRATION,<yf, 

To  wliich  isj  added 

The  Ch.'i rafter  and  Conduct,  ;!s  well  of 
TKiher  Hxvnhcv,  Efq^  the  prefcnt  Captain- 
General  of  the  Leavard  IJlanh,  as  of  the 
princip::l  Fojncntors  and  Aftors  in  the  JaC-- 
licUlOlt  and  09U!;tICl*  meiuioa'd  in  that 
Hifton-. 


rather  a  guide  than  a  limit ;    for   in  his 
dealings  with  his  agents  there  is  no  ques- 
tion of  expense ;  everything  must  be  the 
best  the  marla-t  afforded.     English  goods 
represented  the 
hne-artsof  life; 
and   in  all  that 
])ertainecl  to  liv- 
ing     Washing- 
ton    was    an 
artist. 

On  June  1, 
17  6  0,  Mrs. 
Washin  g  t  o  n 
wrote  to  her 
sister,  j\Irs. 
I'assett.this  one 
of  the  few  of 
her  letters  ex- 
tant :  - 


By  Mr.  Geo  k  g  £  1' a  e  ,\  c  h. 


Thus  Traytos  s  glory  hi  mipiyiijlul  Gu'ih, 
Slip  thro  the  Laws,  and  Inujl  the  BhoJ  thcyfi'ih  : 
Bold  evnt'i  Ivipiideme,  the  MijcreavU  d.ne 
Contemn  the  very  Mercy  which  thyfiarc ! 
For  tho  the  Sword  h  Pow^r^s  aihwirkdgd  Pkdge, 
It  awes  not  Villains  Ydlthry [edits Kdgc. 


LONDON, 
Printed  for  J.  BettejiKun  at  the  Gcrrv  in  Pater 

mfur  Ro^.     I719.     Prict  (lirc!;'d  5 1.  6</.   Imuncl  4  j. 


Where  may   be  luj  the   Hiftoiy  of  Coloiie:  r.:r<c'i  .-VOnunifbj 
lion,  Vrice  ;  J. 

.-■01..    DANIHr,    I'ARKE 


Dear  Sister  :  I 
liave  had  the 
pk-asure  of  re- 
cc.ving  your  very 
welcome  and 
affecte  Letters  of 
tlic  10th  of  may 
intended  to  come 
by  Jack  and  the 
23d  by  Mr.  Bas- 
sctt  who  \  must 
acknowledge  my- 
self greatly 
obliged  to  for 
the  favour  of 
his  last  visit.  I 
should  not  have 
suffered  him  to 
go  without  a 
k'tter  to  you  had 
I  not  known  of 
the  opportunity 
that  now  offers 
and  here  I  must 
do  myself  the 
pleasure  of  congratulating  you  very  sincerely 
on  your  happy  deliverance  of,  I  wish  I  could 
say  boy,  as  I  know  how  much  one  of  that 
sex  was  desired  by  you  all.  I  am  very  sorry  to 
hear  my  mamma's  complaints  of  ill  health  and 

'Harper's  Magazine,  .April,   1889,  p.  739. 


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I  feel  the  same  uneasiness  on  that  account 
that  you  doe  but  I  hope  Mr.  S[co]tt's  pre- 
scriptions will  have  the  desired  effect — the 
children  are  now  very  well  and  I  think  myself 
in  a  better  state  of  helth  than  I  have  been  in 
for  a  long  time  and  don't  dout  but  I  shall  pre- 
sent you  a  fine  healthy  girl  again  when  I  come 
down  in  the  Fall  which  is  as  soon  as  Mr.  W-ns 
business  will  suffer  him  to  leave  home.  I  am 
very  much  pleased  to  hear  Betsey  continues  to 
grow  a  fine  hearty  child. .  . . 

Mr.  Bassett  will  inform  you  of  the  mirth 
and  gaietys  that  he  has  seen  so  I  hope  I  have 
no  occasion  to  enlarge  upon  that  head  in  order 
to  induce  you  to  Try  Fairfax  in  a  pleasanter 
season  than  you  did  last  time.  I  shall  now 
conclude  but  not  till  I  have  desired  you  to 
present  my  Best  good  wishes  to  Mrs.  Dawson 
and  Judy  in  which  Mr. Washington  desires  to 
join,  we  also  beg  you  will  give  our  Blessing 
to  the  dear  little  children  and  to  Each  of  them 


half  a  dozen  Kisses  and  hope  you  will  not 
imagin  that  yourself  and  Mr.  Bassett  is 
forgot  by  ray  dear  nancy  your  sincere  and 
Loveing   sister. 

Martha  Washington. 

The  hope  of  oflfspring  having  come  to 
naught,  George  Washington's  pent-up 
affections  turned  themselves  first  to  Mrs. 
Washington's  children ;  and  when  they 
too  passed  out  of  his  life  through  death, 
to  her  grandchildren,  whom,  "  since  his 
expectation  of  having  issue  had  ceased," 
he  came  "  to  consider  in  the  same  light  as 
he  did  his  own  relations  and  to  act  the 
friendly  part  by  them."^ 

''  Washington's  Will. 


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WAR  MEDALS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
ISSUED  BY  INDIVIDUAL  STATES 

By  Theodore  T.  Belote 
Curator  of  History,  United   States  National  Museum 


IE  National  Government  has 
not  been  alone  in  the  practice 
of  issuing  medals  in  recognition 
of  services  rendered  during  war 
periods.  The  individual  States 
of  the  Union  have  at  various 
times  also  expressed  appreciation  for  the 
services  of  their  citizens  in  such  a  man- 
ner. As  early  as  the  War  of  1812-15 
such  medals  were  awarded  by  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Pennsylvania  to  the  mili- 
tary and  naval  volunteers  of  that  State 
who  participated  in  the  battle  of  Lake 
Erie  in  1813,  and  medals  were  also 
awarded  by  the  State  of  Xew  York  for 
services  during  the  War  with  i\Iexico. 
In  a  number  of  other  instances  medals  of 
a  special  character  were  awarded  by  indi- 
vidual States,  such  as  the  gold  medal 
awarded  to  Commodore  Oliver  H.  Perry 
by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  in  recog- 
nition of  his  victory  on  Lake  Erie,  the 
gold  medal  awarded  by  the  State  of 
Virginia  to  ALijor  General  Winfield  Scott 
in  recognition  of  his  services  during  the 
War  with  Mexico,  and  the  gold  medal 
awarded  by  the  State  of  Mississippi  to 
Major  General  Zachary  Taylor  for  his 
services  during  the  same  period.  Medals 
of  almost  the  same  type  as  those  at  jires- 
ent  awarded  by  the  National  Government 
for  such  services  were  awarded  by  the 
I  State  of  West  Virginia  to  citizens  of  that 
I  State  in  recognition  of  services  during 
jthe  Civil  War. 

Prior  to  the  period  of  the  \\'orld  War, 


however,  the  number  of  medals  of  this 
character  which  had  been  issued  by  the 
individual  States  was  negligible  as  com- 
pared to  those  recently  issued,  and  the 
progress  shown  in  connection  with  the 
development  of  this  custom  is  gratifying 
to  those  who  are  interested  in  such 
awards.  Owing  to  the  great  interest  in 
such  matters  aroused  by  the  entry  of  the 
United  States  into  the  World  War,  a 
numlier  of  individual  States  issued  medals 
for  service  during  that  conflict  and  in 
some  cases  for  services  with  the  National 
Guard  on  the  Mexican  border  prior  to 
the  entry  of  the  United  States  into  that 
War.  Medals  of  this  type,  issued  by  the 
various  States  in  recognition  of  military 
or  naval  service  during  the  World  War, 
have  not  been  confined  to  any  one  locality, 
but  have  been  issued  by  States  as  widely 
separated  as  New  Hampshire,  Texas  and 
Oregon.  The  total  number  of  States 
which  have  issued  such  medals  is,  how- 
ever, regrettably  small,  and  many  parts 
of  the  L'nion  are  not  represented  in  the 
series  at  all.  New  England  is  repre- 
sented, in  this  connection,  by  medals 
issued  by  New  Hampshire  and  Rhode 
Island ;  the  Middle  Atlantic  region,  by 
New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania, 
and  Delaware ;  the  South,  by  North  Caro- 
lina; the  Middle  West,  by  Missouri;  and 
the  Far  West,  by  Wyoming  and  Oregon. 
A  medal  of  exceptional  interest  in  this 
connection,  both  on  account  of  the  source 
of  issue  and  its  artistic  design,  is  the 
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bronze    cross    awarded    by    the    District 
of  Columbia. 

The  New  Hampshire  medal  is  in  the 
form  of  a  heavy  armed  cross  with  the 
central  portion  extended  to  form  a  square 
upon  which  appears  in  bold  relief  a  side 
view  of  a  large  boulder  representing,  in 
general  shape,  a  human  profile,  sur- 
rounded by  a  scroll,  inscribed  "  New 
Hampshire's  award  for  service  in  World 
War."     At  the  lower  right  hand  corner 


Aviation,  Ordnance,  Artillery,  Medical, 
Signal,  and  Engineer  Corps.  The  cross 
is  suspended  from  a  ribbon  of  three  equal 
red,  white,  and  blue  stripes,  with  a  plain 
bar  above. 

The  Rhode  Island  medal  is  circular  in 
shape,  and  the  obverse  bears  the  follow- 
ing design  in  relief ;  an  eagle,  displayed, 
with  wings  overlapping  the  edge  of  the 
medal,  and  the  arms  of  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island  below ;  the  whole  is  super- 


MEDAL  AWARDED  liV  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE,   FOR  SERVICE  DURING  WORLD   WAR 


of  the  profile  are  two  tall  fir  trees,  and 
immediately  below,  an  anchor,  flanked  by 
rifles,  and  intertwined  with  two  scrolls 
inscribed  respectively,  "  1917,"  and 
"  1919."  The  whole  is  superimposed 
upon  an  eagle  displayed.  The  reverse  of 
the  cross  bears  the  arms  of  New  Hamp- 
shire within  a  laurel  wreath  surrounded 
by  the  insignia  of  the  following  branches 
of  the  United  States  Army  and  Navy; 
the    Marine    Corps,    Cavalry,    Infantry, 


imposed  upon  a  laurel  wreath  with  a 
scroll  running  through  the  centre,  in- 
scribed, "  For  Home  and  State  " ;  around 
the  edge  of  the  medal  runs  the  legend,  j 
"  Rhode  Island  State  Guard,"  and  above  I 
the  head  of  the  eagle  appears  three  stars 
and  a  spray  of  laurel.  The  reverse  is  in- 
scribed in  seven  lines,  as  follows :  "  The 
State  of  Rhode  Island  to  those  who  have 
served  for  her  protection  during  the' 
World  War,  1918-1920."    The  medal  is 


WAR  MEDALS  OF  THE  UXITED  STATES 


suspended  from  a  riljljon  of  two  equal 
stripes  of  blue  and  white,  surmounted  by 
a  plain  rectangular  bar. 

The  New  York  medal,  which  is  one 
of  the  most  artistic  of  the  entire  series,  is 
circular  in  shape  and  bears  on  the  obverse 
in  the  foreground  an  American  infantry- 
man advancing  to  the  right  with  a  female 
figure  of  victory  floating  above  to  the  left. 
In    the    back'grounfl    appears    a    fleet    of 


bon    with    narrow    stripes    of    white    at 
the  sides. 

The  Xew  Jersey  medal  bears  on  the 
oljverse  a  military  force  moving  to  the 
attack  and  a  fleet  manceuvring  in  the 
distance  with  airplanes  above.  In  the  left 
foreground  appears  the  female  figure  of 
America  advancing  to  the  right,  the 
shield  of  the  United  States  in  her  left 
band   ami   a   swurd   in  her  ritrht.      Below, 


>  XMX's-  -t^rif^'- 


WORLD  WAR  MEDAL,   AWARDED 

transports  with  a  naval  escort  leaving 
New  York  Harbor,  and  above  is  the 
legend  "  World  War."  The  reverse  de- 
sign consists  of  a  wreath  of  laurel  and 
oak,  bound  with  scrolls  inscribed  respec- 
tively, "  Belgium,  Italy,  Siberia,  France, 
Germany  and  Russia."  Within  the 
wreath  appears  the  arms  of  New  York 
State,  above  the  following  inscription  in 
seven  lines,  "For  Service  1917-1919. 
Presented  by  the  State  of  New  York." 
The  medal  is  suspended  from  a  blue  rib- 


BV  THE  STATE  OF  RHODE  ISLAND. 

api)ears  a  tablet  flanked  by  sprays  of  oak 
leaves.  Alxive,  the  design,  appears  the 
word  "  Victory,"  and  below  the  dates, 
"  1917-1918."  The  reverse  bears  the 
following  inscription  in  seven  lines  be- 
tween sprays  of  laurel.  "  Presented  by 
the  State  of  New  Jersey  to  its  citizens 
who  served  in  the  W'orld  War,"  with  the 
arms  of  the  State  below.  The  medal  is 
suspended  from  a  ribbon,  half  blue  and 
half  yellow,  surmounted  by  a  bar  in- 
scribed "  Xew   lersev." 


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The  Delaware  medal  is  of  an  exception- 
ally odd  design  and  shape,  the  obverse, 
bearing  the  arms  of  the  State  surrounded 
by  a  raised  circle,  inscriiaed,  "  World  War 
Service  Delaware."  The  whole  is  super- 
imi)osed  upon  a  Maltese  Cross,  the  arms 
of  which  are  united  by  a  lavu'el  wreath, 
the  upper  one  being  surmounted  by  an 
eagle  displayed.    The  reverse  is  inscribed, 


which  divides  the  inscription,  "  World 
War  " ;  above,  is  the  legend,  "  Pennsyl- 
vania National  Guard."  The  reverse 
design  shows  a  large  eagle  amid  storm 
clouds  hovering  over  the  coast  of  France, 
towards  which  an  American  convoy  is 
approaching ;  below  appears  the  Ameri- 
can flag,  and  a  keystone  inscribed,  "  28," 
above    sprays    of    laurel    and    oak.      The 


WORLD  WAR  MliUAL.    AWARDED   IIV    IHli  SI  ATE  UK   Di;i,AW  ARK. 

ribbon  is  dark  lilue  with  a  central  rain- 
l>ow  stripe,  edged  with  white. 


"  Awarded  to  (  blank  scroll)  by  Act  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Dela- 
ware 1919,"  with  a  second  scroll  below 
bearing  the  number  of  the  medal.  The 
whole  is  suspended  from  a  rainbow  ribbon 
without  a  clasp. 

The  Pennsylvania  medal  bears  on  the 
obverse,  the  bust  of  William  Penn  in 
armor  to  the  right ;  within  a  circlet  com- 
posed of  fasces  and  oak  leaves,  the  latter 
bearing  a  kevstone  inscribed  "  P.  X.  G.", 


The  Xiirth  Carolina  medal  is  likewise 
of  exceptional  design,  the  general  shape 
being  that  of  a  pine  cone,  the  stem  con- 
sisting of  a  slender  United  States  shield 
bearing  the  arms  of  the  State  of  North 
Carolina,  and  the  cone  being  formed  In- 
heavy  sprays  of  oak  leaves  flanking  the 
shield  at  the  top  and  bearing  three  scrolls 
inscriijed.  respectively,  "World,"  "War." 


WORLD  WAR   MEDAL,    AWARDED   BY  THE  STATE   OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


WORLD  WAR   MIDAL.   AWARDED  BY  THE  STATE  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 


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and  "Service."  The  reverse  bears  the 
inscription,  "  Presented  by  the  State  of 
North  Carolina  to  .  .  .  for  honor- 
able service,''  in  eight  lines  within  a 
wreath  of  laurel.  The  medal  is  suspended 
from  a  ribbon  of  three  equal  stripes,  red, 
white,  and  blue,  respectively. 

The  District  of   Columljia  medal  con- 
sists of  a  bronze  cross,  the  obverse  bear- 


War  Service."  The  reverse  bears  in  five 
lines  the  inscription,  "  Presented  by  the 
citizens  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  Feb- 
ruary, 1919."  The  ribbon  is  half  green 
and  half  white. 

The  State  of  Missouri  issued  two  types 
of  medals  for  service  during  the  World 
War.  One  was  awarded  to  members  of 
the  National  Guard  of  the  State,  and  the 


.MK[)A],  AWARUEU    BY  THK   DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA.    FOR  SERVICE  DURINc;   WORLD    WAR. 


ing  a  winged  figure  of  Fame,  sounding  a 
trumpet  which  is  supported  by  her  right 
hand,  and  holding  a  wreath  of  oak  leaves 
in  her  left.  The  figure  stands  upon  a 
globe,  showing  the  Atlantic  Ocean  and 
the  eastern  and  western  coasts  of  Amer- 
ica and  Europe,  respectively;  above  the 
whole  is  the  dome  of  the  United  States 
Capital  building.  To  the  left  of  the 
figure,  appears  the  date,  "  1917,"  and  to 
the  right,  "  1919."  while  a  narrow  scroll 
below     bears     the     inscri])tion,     "  World 


other  to  residents  of  the  State,  who  while 
not  members  of  the  Guard,  served  with 
the  United  States  forces  during  that 
period.  Both  of  these  medals  bear  on  the 
obverse  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  State 
with  the  inscription,  "  War  with  Ger- 
many," above,  and  the  dates,  "  1917- 
1919,"  below.  The  medals  awarded  to 
members  of  the  National  Guard  bear  on 
the  reverse  a  wreath  of  laurel  and  oak 
enclosing  the  inscription,  "  The  State  of 
Missouri    for  service."   with   the   iiiscrip- 


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tion,  "  National  Guard  Missouri,"  above, 
and,  "  United  States  Forces,"  below,  re- 
spectively. The  reverse  of  the  medals 
awarded  to  residents  of  the  State  who 
were  not  members  of  the  National  Guard, 
bear  within  the  wreath  the  legend,  "  For 
service,"  with  the  inscription,  "  The  State 
of  JXIissouri,"  above,  and,  "  United  States 


erty."  "  Freedom,"  "  1917,"  and  "  1918." 
The  whole  is  superimposed  upon  a  laurel 
wreath  which  is  attached  to  the  keystones. 
The  reverse  of  the  disk  is  inscribed  in  six 
lines,  "  Presented  b\f  the  State  of  Wyom- 
ing for  services  rendered  in  the  War 
with  Germany  and  her  Allies."  The 
whole    is    suspended    bv    a    ring    from   a 


Forces,"  below.  In  both  cases  the  riljlion 
from  which  the  medal  is  suspended  is 
blue  with  a  narrow  central  stripe  of  red 
ilanked  l)y  narrow  strijjes  of  white. 

The  medal  issued  by  the  State  of 
Wyoming  is  perhaps  the  most  unique  in 
design  of  any  in  the  entire  series  under 
<liscussion.  The  obverse  consists  of  a 
disk  bearing  the  arms  of  the  State,  sur- 
rounded by  a  circle,  inscribed  "  For 
World  War  Service."  To  the  top,  bot- 
tom and  sides  of  the  disk  are  susjiended 
keystones,    inscrilied    rcs[)eclively,    "  Lib- 


clasp  inscribed,  "  Presented  by  the  State 
of  Wyoming." 

The  design  of  the  medal  issued  by  the 
State  of  Oregon  is  likewise  very  ornate 
and  interesting.  The  general  shape  is 
that  of  a  cross,  the  ends  of  each  arm 
terminating  in  scroll  work.  The  centre 
bears  an  eagle,  displayed,  with  the  in- 
scri])tion,  "  World  War  Service  "  on  a 
scroll  aliove,  and  the  arms  of  the  State 
below.  The  reverse  is  inscrilied  in  eleven 
lines,  "  Presented  by  the  State  of  Oregon 
in  grateful  recoijnition  of  faithful  service 


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rendered  during  the  World  War  1917- 
1918,"  with  fasces  at  either  side  and  one 
below  crossed  by  the  American  shield. 
The  medal  is  suspended  from  a  rainbow 
ribbon  without  a  clasp. 

In  recognition  of  services  rendered 
prior  to  the  entry  of  the  United  States 
into  the  \\'(irl<l   War,  medals  have  been 


sented  by  the  State  of  New  York."  The 
medal  is  suspended  from  a  l)lue  rib- 
bon with  narrow  red  Jjorders  and  a 
central  stripe  of  green  with  narrow 
yellow  borders. 

The  medal  issued  liy  the  State  of 
Indiana  in  the  same  connection,  consists 
of  a  disk  uixm  the  lower  circumference 


WORLD   WAR  MKDAI,,    AWARDED    UV  THK  STA  IE   OF  WYOMING 


awarded    by   the    States   of    New    York, 
Indiana  and  Wisconsin. 

The  New  York  medal  for  service  on 
the  ;\Iexican  Border  with  the  New  York 
National  Guard  liears  on  the  obverse 
the  huge  bulk  of  an  Aztec  idol  resting 
upiin  a  ledge  above  the  Mexican  arms;  in 
the  background  to  the  right  apjJears  a 
volcano  and  on  either  side  of  the  whole 
is  a  spray  of  yucca  plant.  The  reverse 
bears  the  arms  of  New  York  State  sur- 
rouiuled  by  the  inscriijticm.  "  Mexican 
Border  Service.   1<^16-1<^17,"  and  "  Pre- 


of  which  is  superimposed  a  smaller  disk 
bearing  the  arms  of  the  State.  The 
upper  portion  of  the  larger  disk  bears  an 
eagle  displayed,  the  United  States  shield 
on  his  breast;  aljove  a  scroll,  inscrilied, 
"  U.  S.  .Service  Mexican  Border,  1916." 
The  whole  is  surrounded  by  a  wreath  of 
laurel  and  oak.  The  reverse  is  inscribed 
in  eight  lines,  "  Presented  by  State  of 
Indiana  to  her  National  Guardsmen  who 
rendered  service  on  the  Mexican  border 
in   the   vear    H'16."      The   medal   is   sus- 


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pended  from  a  clasp  inscribed,  "  National 
Guard  of  Indiana." 

The  State  of  Missouri  has  lieen  more 
prodigal  than  any  other  in  the  issue  of 
service  medals.  In  addition  to  those 
issued  for  service  during  the  World  War, 
which  have  been  described  above,  this 
State  has  also  issued  medals  for  service 
during  the  War  with  Spain  and  the  mobi- 


wreath  of  laurel  and  oak,  "  The  State  of 
Missouri  for  Service " ;  above  appears 
the  legend  "  Missouri  Volunteers,"  and 
below,  five  stars.  The  medal  is  sus- 
pended from  a  Ijlue  ribbon  with  a  broad 
white  central  stripe  bearing  a  yellow 
stripe  with  narrow  red  borders  in  the 
centre.  The  medal  awarded  to  members 
of   the    National   Guard   is   the    same   in 


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lization  along  the  Mexican  border.  Two 
types  of  medals  were  awarded  by  Mis- 
souri for  Spanish  American  War  service, 
one  to  members  of  the  National  Guard  of 
that  State  who  served  during  that  conflict 
and  one  to  residents  of  the  State  who 
served  during  the  same  period  as  volun- 
teers. The  first  of  these  bears  on  the 
obverse  the  arms  of  the  State  with  the 
legend,  "  War  with  Spain "  above,  and 
"  189S  "  below.  The  reverse  bears  the 
following  inscription  in  six  lines  within  a 


design  as  the  one  just  described,  except 
that  on  the  reverse,  the  legend  "  National 
Guard  Missouri,"  appears  above  the 
wreath  and,  "  U.  S.  Volunteers,"  below. 
The  medal  awarded  by  the  State  of 
Missouri  to  members  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  for  service  on  the 
Mexican  border  bears  on  the  obverse  the 
arms  of  the  State  with  the  legend  "  Mexi- 
can Border  Service  "  above,  and  the  date 
"  1916 "  below.  The  reverse  design 
shows  an  eagle  strangling  a  serpent  upon 


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a  cactus  spray  with  the  legend,  "  National 
Guard  Missouri  "  above,  and  "  The  State 
of  Missouri  for  Services  "  below^.  The 
ribbon  is  blue  with  a  central  green  stripe 
bordered  by  narrow  stripes  of  white 
and  red. 

A  medal  of  interest,  in  this  same  con- 
nection, although  not  granted  for  war 
service  is  that  awarded  by  the  City  of 
Galveston  to  members  of  the  Texas 
National  Guard  who  assisted  in  maintain- 
ing order  in  the  City  after  the  destructive 
fire  of  September,  1920.  The  obverse  of 
this  medal  bears  two  National  Guardsmen 
holding  a  fire  hose  between  them  with 
rifles  flung  at  their  backs  and  two  crossed 
swords  at  their  feet.  Above  on  a  scroll 
appears  the  legend,  "  Galveston  Port  De- 
fenders," "  1920."  The  reverse  is  in- 
scribed, "  Texas  Cavalry  National  Guard 
by  Galveston  Citizens.  Presented  to  .  .  . 
for  efficient  service  fire,  Piers  35  and  41, 
Sept.  29-Oct.  2." 

In  addition  to  the  medals  of  this  char- 
acter issued  by  the  states  and  municipali- 
ties, a  number  of  medals  of  the  same  type 
have  been  issued  by  patriotic  societies  to 


their  members  in  recognition  of  services 
during  war  periods.  Prominent  among 
these  are  the  medals  issued  by  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution  in  recog- 
nition of  services  performed  during  the 
War  with  Spain  and  the  World  War. 
The  first  of  these  is  a  replica  in  bronze 
of  the  insignia  of  the  Society  suspended 
from  a  ribbon  with  a  broad  central  stripe 
of  blue  flanked  by  narrow  stripes  of 
orange  and  white;  the  reverse  of  the 
medal  is  engraved  as  follows :  "  War  with 
Spain,  1898,  presented  to  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution."  The  corre- 
sponding medal  awarded  for  service 
during  the  World  War  is  a  plain  disk ; 
the  design  on  the  obverse  showing  the 
insignia  of  the  Society  and  bears  in  addi- 
tion the  dates  "  1778^1783,"  and  "  1917- 
1919."  The  reverse  is  inscribed,  "  Pre- 
sented to  Compatriot  (a  blank  tablet  for 
the  name  of  the  recipient)  by  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution  for  Service 
in  World  War  "  within  a  laurel  wreath. 
The  ribbon  is  the  same  as  that  used  with 
the  Spanish  American  War  service  medal 
described  above. 


DEPARTMENT 

HISTORIAN 


IX. 


I.  Florida. 

Owing  to  Spain's  inability  to  maintain  order, 
Florida  was  a  source  of  constant  annoyance  to 
the  adjacent  territory  of  the  United  States. 
Tacl<son  had  invaded  it  once  in  pursuit 
of  marauders, 

Channing:  United  States,  v,   333-336; 

McMaster :  History  of  the  People  of  the 
United  States,  iv.  439-446,  or 

Babcock:  Rise  of  Aincriean  Nationaiitx, 
271-279 ; 
and  the  possibility  of  losing  it  without  compen- 
sation made  Spain  more  inclined  to  listen  to 
our  offers.  At  the  same  time  the  boundaries 
of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  were  adjusted  and 
Spain  relinquished  to  us  her  claims  upon  the 
Oregon  county. 

Channing :  v,  336-342. 

McMaster :  iv,  476-483,  or 

Babcock:  282-289. 
F"or    a    general    account    see    Wilson :    History 
of   the  American  People,  iii,  255-258;    for  the 
controversv  over  "  West  Florida,"  Schouler,  ii, 
54-58,  106^108. 

II.  The   Monroe   Doctrine. 

The  purchase  of  Florida  left  the  United 
States  free  to  announce  its  position  as  to  the 
newly  created  Spanish-American  republics.  The 
circumstances  under  which  the  Monroe  Doctrine 
was  stated  are  given  in 

Turner,   F.   J.;   Rise  of   the   Nexv   West, 

ch.   xii. 
Channing :    United  States,  v,  342-346. 
for  its   later  expansion,  see 

Bassett:    Short    History    of    the    United 

States,  777-7S\.  826-827. 
Coolidge,    A.    C. :     United    Stales    as    a 

IVorld  Poii'cr,  ch.  v,   or 
Latane,    J.    H. :    America    as    a    World 

Poiver,  ch.  xv,   xvi. 
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Historical  Program 

Conducted  by 
GEORGE  MORTON  CHURCHILL,  Ph.D. 

SouTHW.^RD  Expansion,  1819-1916. 


III.  CtB... 
The    geographical    relation    of    Cuba   to    the 

United  States  had  always  forced  this  country 
to  take  great  interest  in  its  condition  and 
ownership.  A  typical  instance  was  the  "  Ostend 
Manifesto"  (Rhodes;  United  States,  ii,  10-44; 
Smith,  T.  C;  Parties  and  Slavery,  80-88) 
After  rebellion  began  in  1868  American 
sympathy  was  so  strong  that  the  government 
had  great  difficulty  in  maintaining  neutrality. 

Lodge,  H.  C. :  Our  War  zs.'ith  Spain,  ch  i. 
Peck,  H.  T. :   Twenty  Years  of  the  Re- 
public, S29-S45. 
Coolidge,    A.    C. :     United    States    as    a 

ll'orld  Pozver,  ch.  vi. 
Bassett :    Short    History    of    the    United 
States,  782-786. 
The  affair   of    the   Maine   and   the    resulting 
war   is   told  in  Wilson :   v.   267-275. 

For  the  position  of  Cuba  under  the  Treaty 
of  Paris,  see  Andrews,  E.  B. :  United  States 
in  Our  Ozi'n  Time,  827-832;  for  Porto  Rico, 
822-827. 

For  a  fuller  account,  Latane  :  America  as  a 
World  Pozver,  ch.  x. 

IV.  The   Isthmus   and   the  Canal. 
Serious  interest  in  the   Isthmus   began   when 

our    acquisition    of     territory    on    the    Pacific 
brought   the   question  of    transit   to   the    front. 
Our  interests  and  British  aggression  in  Nicara- 
gua  led   to   the   Clayton-Bulwer   treaty : 
Rhodes:    United  States,  i.   199-202. 
Smith,  T.  C. :  Parties  and  Slavery,  88-93. 
Latane :    The    United    States    and    Latin 
America,  152-165. 
The   story   of   Walker's   filibustering  expedi- 
tions is  given  in 

Smith,  T.  C. :  Parties  and  Slaz^erv,  251- 

256. 
Munro,   D.   G. :    The   Five   Republics   of 
Central  America,  80-86. 


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With  the  Spanish  war  and  the  obvious  faikire 
of  the  French  project,  interest  revived.  For 
the  story  of  the  negotiations  with  Colombia, 
the  revolt  of  Panama  and  the  acquirement  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  see 

Roosevelt :  Autobiography,  512-532. 
Coolidge,    A.    C. :    United    States    as    a 

World  Power,  ch.  xv. 
Latane  :  United  States  and  Latin  America, 

183-192,  268-276. 
Bassett:  814-821. 
V.  The  United  States  in  The  Caribbean. 

Aside  from  the  canal  question  and  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Virgin  Islands,  the  action  of  the 


United  States  in  the  Caribbean  Sea  has  been 
confined  to  intervention  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
tecting American  interests,  restoring  order,  or 
averting  intervention  by  other  powers.  A 
general  sketch  of  its  activities  is  given  in 
Roosevelt :  Autobiography,  502-512. 
Jones,     C.     L. :     Caribbean    Interests    of 

the  United  States,  17-33. 
Latane  rt/niVi'd  States  and  Latin  America. 
261-291. 
For  the  Virgin  Islands  see 

Latane  :  United  States  and  Latin  America, 

289-290. 
Annual  International  Encyclopedia,  1918. 


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ANSWERS 

10386.  Warner.— James  Warner  was  b  1736, 
in  Saybrook,  now  Chester,  Conn.;  d  Dec.  11, 
1812,  bur  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y.  With  his  two 
bros  he  was  among  the  first  settlers  in  1780  of 
Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  the  Cambridge  pat- 
ent, from  which  Jackson  was  largely  made  up. 
They  moved  their  effects  through  the  wilder- 
ness with  an  ox-team,  finding  their  way  by 
means  of  marked  trees.  The  town  clerk's  book 
of  1787,  Cambridge,  has  the  following  entries 
regarding  him:  quit-rents  on  lot  number  11,300 
acres,  land  taken  or  damaged  during  the  Rev; 
mark  of  the  stock,  a  slit  in  the  end  of  each  car. 
In  1791  a  petition  was  entered  for  a  road  to  run 
cast  along  James  Warner's  land  on  the  south 
side  through  to  the  Annaquasicoke  road.  His 
tombstone  notes  him  as  a  Rev  sol.   Married  (1) 

Abigail .  who  d  Oct.  12,  1807,  aged  66,  bur 

in  Cambridge.  Married  (2)  Elizabeth  Bates, 
who  d  June  12,  1809,  aged  65.  Children:  Infant 
li  and  d  in  Chester,  1766.  James  Warner,  Jr.  b 
1767,  perhaps  m  Rebecca  Hatch.  Graves  War- 
ner, b  1770,  in  Saybrook;  was  a  subscriber  to  the 
Cambridge  Washington  Academy,  Cambridge, 
N.  Y.,  in  1814;  resided  later  in  Silver  Creek, 
N.  Y.,  Graves  and  Polly  Warner  made  a  deed 
in  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.  in  1830.  Arnold  War- 
ner, b  1772,  m  Polly  Cutter.  Abigail  Warner, 
b  1774;  d  June  18,  1794,  was  the  first  person  bur 
in  the  cemetery  of  the  First  United  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y. ;  m  Seth  Rising. 
Joseph  Warner,  b  in  Saybrook;  d  Jan.  6,  1813, 

aged    37,    bur    in    Cambridge,    N.    Y. ;    m . 

Children  of  Joseph  were;  Joseph  Jr.    (perhaps 
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had  s  James,  b  in  Jackson,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1833; 
m  Charlotte  B.  Townsend ;  removed  to  Sand- 
wich, Illinois  in  1855,  where  he  was  a  teacher 
and  later  a  merchant ;  had  a  s  James  Leroy,  b  in 
Sandwich,  May  19,  1863,  a  merchant  of  Sand- 
wich) James,  Tilla  and  Frances.  Prudence 
Warner  b  1777,  in  Saybrook;  resided  in  Rome, 
N.  Y. ;  m  Clark  Putnam.  Soloman  Warner  b 
1778;  m  Elizabeth  Woodworth.  Ezra  Warner 
b  1782,  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y. ;  resided  in  Florence, 
Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d  Nov.  7,  1807  or 
1817;  m  Cynthia  Carpenter,  b  Dec.  3,  1783,  d 
Aug.  24,  1839.  Their  ch  were :  Lucy,  Harriett. 
His  widow  m  (2)  Adnah  Abbott  of  Tolland  and 
Cambridge,  N.  Y.  who  moved  to  Hartford, 
Washington  Co.,  in  1832.  Sally  Warner,  re- 
sided in  Cambridge,  N.  Y. ;  m  William  More  or 
Moore.  Polly  Warner  m  Edward  Wells. 
.\ndrew  Warner  (4)  father  of  James  (5). 
Andrew  Warner,  Jr.  s  of  Andrew  (3)  and 
Ruth  (Clark)  Warner,  b  in  Saybrook,  Conn., 
Jan.  25,  1703;  d  Sept.  23,  1751.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  is  said  to  have  been  a  lieutenant  of  a  mil 
company.  Both  he  and  his  w  are  bur  in  the 
Old  Chester  Cemetery.  Married  Sarah  Graves, 
who  d  Feb.  10,  1756.  Children :  Ruth  Warner, 
m  Charles  Deming  before  1750.  Jonathan,  b 
Oct.  1,  1728;  m  Elizabeth  Selden.  David,  b 
Aug.  7,  1730;  m  (1)  Sarah  Ward,  (2)  Eunice 
Prout.  Sarah,  b  1732;  d  1811.  Eleazer,  b  1733; 
m  Elizabeth  Kirtland.  James,  b  1736;  m  Abi- 
gail (or  Elizabeth)  Bates.  Andrew,  b  1738; 
d  in  Chester,  1757.  Seth,  b  Jan.  28,  1743;  m 
Mrs.  Hannah  LeMoyne  DeAngelis.  Prudence,  I 
d   in    Chester,    1765.     Deborah,    d   in    Chester,! 


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Feb.  1,  1813;  ni  John  Lewis.  Lucy,  m  in 
Saybrook,  Nov.  11,  1762,  Samuel  Watrous  (or 
Waterhouse).  Thankful,  m Shepard.  An- 
drew Warner  (3)  father  of  Andrew  (4). 
Andrew   Warner,   s   of   Lieut.   Daniel    (2)    and 

Mary ,  b  in  Hadley,  Mass.,  June  24,   1667; 

was  a  large  landholder  in  Hadley  and  removed 
to  Saybrook,  Conn,  abt  1696,  where,  in  partner- 
ship with  Joseph  Seldcn  and  John  Church,  he 
purchased  Twelve  Mile  Island  Farm,  situated 
on  both  banks  of  the  Connecticut  River  in  the 
towns  of  Lyme  and  Saybrook.  A  deed  of  John 
Leverett  of  Boston,  dated  Feb.,  1695,  conveyed 
this  land  to  Joseph  Selden,  who  on  June  22, 
1697,  deeded  the  Saybrook  part  to  Andrew 
Warner.  Part  of  the  land  is  still  owned  by  the 
family  (1919).  The  early  dwelling  house  stood 
about  one-quarter  mile  northeast  of  where  the 
Middlesex  Turnpike  crosses  the  Warner's 
Ferry  Road,  or  from  the  present  homestead. 
Married  (1)  Ruth  Clark,  who  d  1704/5. 
Married  (2)  April  4,  1706,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Stannard.  Children,  recorded  in  the  L'Hom- 
medieu  transcript  of  Saybrook  records  (Conn. 
State  Library)  with  the  note,  "  which  three  ch 
said  Andrew  had  by  his  first  w.  Ruth  Clark." 
Ruth  Warner,  b  Nov.  27,  1701.  Andrew  War- 
ner, Jr.  b  Jan.  25,  1703 ;  m  Sarah  Graves. 
Ichabod  Warner,  b  July  8,  1704;  Daniel  (2) 
Warner  father  of  Andrew  (3).  Daniel  War- 
ner, s  of  Andrew  Warner  (1)  was  probably  b 
after  his  parents  came  to  America.  His  birth 
record  has  never  been  found  and  the  year  is 
uncertain,  although  the  evidence  would  be  in 
favor  of  a  date  between  1632  and  1635.  He 
d  in  Hatfield,  Mass.,  April  30,  1692.  He  went 
in  1659  with  his  father  from  Hartford,  Conn., 
to  Hadley,  and  settled  in  the  part  of  town  that 
was  set  off  as  Hatfield  in  1670.  Daniel  Warner, 
freeman,  Hatfield,  May  7,  1673  (Mass.,  Bay 
Records,  Vol.  4— pt.  2,587).  Daniel  Warner 
was  appointed  ensign  to  the  foot  company  in 
Hadley,  Oct.  7,  1674,  and  returned  a  bill  for 
caring  for  soldiers.  May  30,  1679  (Mass.  Bay 
Records  Vol.  S-239-336-etc.)  He  is  designated 
in  early  records  as  Lieut.  Daniel  Warner.  He 
was  a  grantee  of  Northfield  in  1682  and  was 
there  at  the  Second  Settlement  (History  of 
Northfield).  With  seven  other  from  Hadley 
he  signed  a  letter  to  the  General  Court  sent 
I  from  Hadley  April  29,  1676,  regarding  the  near- 
1  ness  of  the  enemy  (N.  E.  Reg.  41-202)  This 
I  was  during  the  French  and  Indian  war. 
I  The  settlers  on  the  two  sides  of  the  river  at 
I  Hadley  were  obliged  to  do  many  things 
i  separately  on  account  of  the  treacherous  swift- 
,  ness  of  the  water  at  the  point  of  crossing.  The 
I  Church  was  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  and 
the   ninety    residents    of   the    west    side    found 


great  difficulty  in  attending  services.  In  May, 
1667,  Daniel  Warner  was  one  of  those  who  sent 
a  petition  to  the  General  Court  asking  to  be 
set  off  as  a  separate  parish  or  society.  They 
had  lived  on  the  west  side  for  six  years  and 
found  it  difficult  and  dangerous  to  cross.  "  Our 
vessels  tossed  up  and  down  so  that  our  women 
and  children  do  screech  and  are  so  affrighted 
that  they  are  made  unfit  for  ordinances,  and 
cannot  hear  so  as  to  profit  by  them  by  reason 
of  their  anguish  of  spirit."  When  we  do  go 
over  the  river  we  leave  our  relatives  and  estates 
lying  on  the  outside  of  the  colony,  joining  to 
the  wilderness,  to  be  a  prey  to  the  heathen 
when  they  see  their  opportunity.  Thrilling  tales 
were  told  of  the  canoes  filling  with  water,  or  of 
the  worshipers  breaking  through  the  ice.  (His- 
tory of  Hadley.)   Daniel  Warner  m   (1)   Marv 

,  who  d  Sept.  29  (or  19),  1672.  Married  (2) 

April  1,  1674,  Martha  Boltwood,  who  d  Sept. 
22,  1710,  dau  of  Robert  and  Mary  Boltwood. 
Children  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Warner.  Mary 
(n  Warner  b  Feb.  24,  1662  (Hadley  town 
records,  1-61).  Daniel  Warner,  b  1666;  m 
(1)  Mary  Hubbard,  (2)  Thankful  Billings. 
Sarah  Warner,  m  Isaac  Sheldon.  Andrew 
Warner  b  June  24,  1667  (Hadley  town  records, 
1-61);  m  (1)  Ruth  Clark,  (2)  Mrs.  Hannah 
Stannard.  Anna  b  Nov.  17,  1669  (Hadley  town 
records  1-61)  m  Isaac  Hubbard.  Mary  Warner, 
again,  b  Sept.  19,  1672;  probably  m  Samuel 
Sheldon.  Andrew  Warner  (1)  father  of  Lieut. 
Daniel.  Andrew  W^arner  came  to  America 
from  nr  Hatfield,  England  abt  1632.  The  name 
of  Andrew  Warner's  first  w  has  not  been  found. 
He  m  second,  Hester  Wakeman,  widow  of 
Thomas  (1)  Seldon,  and  dau  of  Frances  Wake- 
man  of  England,  and  his  w  Anne  Goode.  The 
father  of  Andrew  Warner  was  John,  who  m 
Mary  Purchas.  dau  of  John  Purchas  of  Wal- 
tham,  England.  Children  of  Andrew  (1). 
Mary  -  Andrew  -  Robert  -  John  -  Hannah  - 
Daniel  -  Isaac  -  Ruth  -  Jacob.  Mrs.  Nellie  C. 
Reimers,  Genoa,  Nebraska. 

QUERIES 

11482.  W.\LKER.— Wanted  ances  with  Rev  rec 
of  Joseph  Walker  who  lived  nr  Chelsea  Ver- 
mont, abt  1825  and  had  sons  Joel  and  Samuel 
and  dau  Lucrctia  who  m  Elisha  Spear  and 
lived  nr   Chelsea   in   1832. 

(a)  D.wvsox-HoLMES.— Wanted  ances  of 
James  Dawson  and  of  his  w  Sarah  Tinsley 
Holmes  who  were  m  in  1827  and  lived  nr 
Louisville,  Ky.  Was  there  Rev  rec  in  either 
line?— E.  G.  S. 

11483.  Br  ACE- J.\CK  SON. —Wanted  par  and 
dates   of   Joseph   Brace   who   ni   Lucy    Jackson 


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at  Sharon,  Conn..  Feb.  15,  1776.  Wanted  her 
par  also.  Did  this  Joseph  Brace  remove  with 
his   family  to  Wyoming  Co.,  Pa. 

fa)  Berry. — Who  was  the  Joseph  Berry  who 
m  Anna  Wight  in  Scituate,  R.  I.  Dec.  24,  1738, 
and  had  ch  Marion,  Charles,  Anne,  Joseph, 
Jemima,  Mercy,  Bernajah  and  Sarah  who  m 
Philip  Colvin  of  Scituate.  Was  Joseph  Berry 
from  Mass.? 

(b)  Carver. — Wanted  par  of  Samuel  Carver, 
b  1768  d  1835.  He  removed  to  nr  Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa.  and  became  pastor  of  a  church  at  Wyoming, 
Pa.  His  wife's  name  was  Jane.  Wanted  her 
par. — L.  C.  T. 

11484.  DuRBix. — Wanted  ances  of  Samuel 
Durbin  abt  1780  in  Pa.  Removed  to  Fairfield 
Co.,  Ohio  and  in  1808  settled  in  Knox  Co., 
Ohio  where  he  d  in  1822.  His  three  bros  Scott, 
Thomas  and  John  also  moved  to  Ohio  and  John 
later  removed  to  Oregon.  Samuel  and  Thomas 
m  sis  Rebecca  and  Abi  Collins  whose  parents 
were  m  in  Cambridge,  Md.,  in  1782.  Similarity 
of  names  will  indicate  that  these  Durbins  were 
desc  of  the  Durbin  Family  of  Md.  Can  this 
be  proven? — M.  G.  D. 

11485.  GiLMORE. — Wanted  dates  and  places 
of  b,  m  and  d  maiden  name  of  w  and  place  of 
residence  during  the  Rev  of  Thomas  Gilmore 
who  was  in  the  First  S.  C.  Regt.  In  1820  he 
was  living  in  Marengo  Co.,  Ala.  and  prob  d 
there.  His  ch  were  John,  Thomas,  James, 
William.  Elizabeth,   Annie  and   Nancy. — M.   D. 

11486.  Dodge. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  rec  of 
father  of  Ezra  Dodge  who  located  in  Pompev, 
N.  Y.,  abt  1795.  He  m  Mary  (Polly)  Foote 
in  Conn.  Their  ch  were  David  who  m  1834 
Ada  D.  Roberts.  Ira  whose  ch  were  Harvey, 
Daniel,  Homer  and  Clarissa;  Hezekiah  m  1819 
Granville  Haines;  Clarissa  d  unmarried;  Sea- 
bred  m  Jane  Town ;  Ezra  Jr.  m  Armena  Hen- 
dricks ;  Ezra  Dodge's  bro  Hezekiah  also  located 
in  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  in  1795  he  m  Hannah  Roberts 
in  Conn,  and  their  ch  were  Nehemiah  who  m 
Fanny  Bcebc ;  Oren  who  m  first  Almira  Russ 
second  Almira  Lyboult ;  and  third  Susan  Smith  ; 
Julia  who  m  Dr.  George  Morley ;  Charles  ra 
Nancy  Wells ;  Joanna  ni  Jerome  Sweet ; 
William  m  Juliette  Dunham.  Wanted  also 
Rev  rec  of  ancestors  of  Mary  Foote. 

(a)  Pou-OCK. — Wanted  gen  and  Rev  rec  of 
ances  of  Robert  Pollock  b  in  Delaware,  Dec. 
23,  1784,  m  Oct.  2,  1806,  Margaret  Hurley  who 
was  b  Sept.  27,  1787.  Their  ch  were  Kathcrine, 
Harriett,  John  D.,  Mary,  William  A.,  Eliza 
Aim,  Robert,  Eleanor,  Margaret,  Nancy,  Eliza- 
beth, and  Sarah  Jane. — A.  P.  P. 

11487.  Robertson. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  rec 
of  Samuel  Robertson  who  d  in  Charleston,  S.  C, 
Oct.  22,  1816.  Would  like  to  corres  with  some 
of   his  desc— J.   O.   B. 


11488.  H.-^rper. — Wanted  Rev  rec  and  dates 
of  Nathan  Harper  b  in  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.  and 
ser  in  the  Rev. — N.  M. 

11489.  Philips. — Wanted  ances  of  Elizabeth 
Philips  b  in  Tappahannock,  Essex  Co.,  Va.  who 
m  Tisdale  Paull  in  183-  Wanted  her  dates 
also.— J.    B. 

11490.  C.^LHOUX. — Wanted  names  of  the  ch 
of  Patrick  Calhoun  and  of  his  w  Martha  Cald- 
well and  the  names  of  the  parties  they  m. — 
M.   J.   L. 

10491.  NoRBEL. — Wanted  dates  of  George 
Norbel  and  of  his  s  Spencer  of  Albemarle  Co., 
Va.,  and  of  their  place  of  bur. 

(a)  Oliver. — Wanted  dates  of  b  and  m  of 
John  Oliver  s  of  Capt.  Dionesius  Oliver  b  in 
Petersburg,  Va.  and  bur  in  Elbert  Co.,  Ga. 
Wanted  also  his  place  of  bur  and  name  of 
w.— C.  L. 

11492.  St.\nlev. — Wanted  inf  of  the  parents 
(in  England)  of  John  Stanley  Lord  Surveyor 
of  Md.,  the  founder  of  the  Stanley  family 
in  America. 

(a)  Armistead. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  John 
Armistead  of  Caroline  Co.,  Va.,  Member  of 
Committee  of  Safety,  1775-76.— A.  M.  M. 

11493.  Troutwixe. — Rebecca  Logan  b  1798 
m  Hannibal  Troutwine.     What  relation  was  she 

to    Frederick    Troutwine    who    m    Barbara 

and  had  dau  Mary  who  m  May,  1790,  in  what 
is  now  Hardy  Co.,  W.  Va.,  Jonathan  Hutton 
b  June  3,  1769.  Wanted  Troutwine  gen. — 
F.  L.  W. 

11494.  Carpenter. — Wanted  inf  of  Increase 
Carpenter  of  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  who  is  on  the  list 
of  Rev  soldiers  of  N.  Y.  State. — A.  R.  D. 

11495.  Napier. — Wanted  par  of  Nancy  Napier 
thought  to  be  the  dau  of  Rene  s  of  Patrick  and 
Martha  Claiborne  Napier.  This  branch  set 
in  Franklin  Co.  and  removed  to  Washington 
Co.  and  Nancy  m  in  Lincoln  Co.,  Ky.,  1792. 
Want  to  know  the  yr  that  Col.  Benjamin 
Napier  and  his  branch  of  the  family  moved 
to   Ky. 

(a)  Roscoe -  Roscow.  —  Wanted  par  of 
Katherine  Roscoe  who  m  1st  George  Wynne 
Sessums,  2d  Rev.  William  Williams  and  lived 
on  Chowan  River,  N.  C.  They  had  at  least 
these  ch :  Elizabeth  who  m  William  Chalk  in 
1808  and  moved  to  Maury  County,  Tenn ;  Polly 

who  m Sowell ;  and  Billy  who  m  and  lived 

in   N.   C— H.   H. 

11496.  Mills. — Wanted  par  and  ances  of 
Clarke  Mills  the  sculptor  b  in  Onondago  Co., 
N.  Y.  in  IBIS  and  d  in  Washington,  D.  C.  in 
1883.— J.   M.    D. 

11497.  Bowman-Blackmar. — Thomas  Bow- 
man m  Sarah  Blackniar  1746,  their  ch  were 
Ephraim  b  1747;  Joseph  b  1749;  Walter  b 
1750 ;  Sarah  b  1753  ;  and  Peggy  b  1755.    Wanted 


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any  inf  concerning  cither  dcsc  or  ances  of 
the  ahove  named. — \[.  E.  W. 

11498.  AfETLIX-MAITL.XND-jENNISON  OR  GeNI- 

sox. — Wanted  all  inf  possible  of  the  ances  of 
Samuel  Dale  Metlin  b  Feb.  14,  1811  in  West- 
moreland Co.,  Pa.  and  of  those  of  his  w  Nancy 
Eliza  Jennison  b  Apr.  18,  1815  in  Stillwater, 
N.  Y.— D.  C.  W. 

11499.  Wilson. — Wanted  the  maiden  name 
of  w  and  names  of  ch  of  Robert  Wilson,  Jr., 
(s  of  Robert  Wilson,  Sr.,  1735-1783  and  Eliza- 
beth Greer  his  w),  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Would 
like  to  corres  with  anyone  interested  in  this 
line.— H.  G.  B. 

11500.  Harding. — Wanted  par  maiden  name 
of  w  and  names  of  ch  of  Joseph  Harding  who 
fought  in  Capt.  James  Gill's  Co.  of  Augusta  Co., 
Va.,  1742.— B.  W. 

11501.  John. — Wanted  given  name  of  husband 
of  Mary  John  of  Mechlenliurg,  N.  C.  whose 
will  was  dated  July  27,  1777,  leaving  to  her 
four  sons  Daniel,  Zephaniah,  Benjamin  and 
Roger  her  property  in  Mecklenburg  Co.  and  in 
Ga.  Daniel  m  Elizabeth  AlcClcndon,  their  s 
Abel  had  a  s  Reid  who  went  to  Ala.  Please 
give  all  inf  of   his   family. 

(a)  Davis. — Stephen  Davis  s  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Shelton  Davis  and  grandson  of  Sir 
John  Davis  and  Katy  Ragland  m  Oct.  9,  1773, 
Elizabeth  Bovve  and  removed  from  Va.  to  Ky. 
in  1787.  Wanted  his  dates  of  b  and  d  and  his 
Rev  rec. 

(b)  Reid.— Joseph  Reid  of  N.  C.  b  in  Lim- 
erick, Ireland,  1734  d  1823,  m  Isabella  Nelson 
and  fought  in  the  Battle  of  Camden  would  like 
proof  of  his  ser. 

(c)  Jones. — Tignal  Jones  of  Va.  m  Martha 

■ .    Their  s  Thomas  Anderson  Jones  b  Mav 

1.  1772  m  Dec.  19,  1799  Mary  Crenshaw  b  Feb. 
5,  1781.  Would  like  any  inf  of  Tignal  Jones 
and  his  ser  in  the  Rev. — S.  J,  E. 

11502.  BiviNs.— Wanted  all  inf  of  William 
s  of  Sir  William  Bivins  of  England  who  d  in 

Philadelphia  in  1803.     He  m  Eliza and  had 

ch  William  ;  Eliza  m  John  Sherman  Owen ;  and 
Harriet  who  m  Henry  Gideon,  lived  in  New- 
castle Ky.,  from  1820  to  1842. 

(a)  Potter. — Wanted  inf  of  Thomas  Potter 
b  in  Va.,  1797  and  m  Elizabeth  Allen ;  lived  in 
Kno.x  Co.,  Ky.,  until   1835.— W.   M. 

11503.  Patton. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  rec  of 
f  of  Robert  Patton  b  in  Delaware,  Feb.  7,  1770 
and  d  1839  in  Adams  or  Brown  Co.,  Ohio.  He 
m  Eleanor  Evans  and  their  ch  were  Mathcw, 
Unity,   Edward,   William,    Sally   and    Priscilla. 

(a)  Carr. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  John  Carr 
native  of  County  Down  Ireland,  who  came  to 
American  in  1741  and  in  1750  set  in  Loudoun 
Co.,  V'a.  His  ch  were  Thomas ;  John ;  Peter ; 
and  others.     W.    B.    Carr   compiled   a    gen    of 


this  family  up  to  1876.  Would  like  to  corres 
with  some  of  the  Loudoun  Co.,  Va.  Carrs  who 
have  this  gen. 

(b)  Moore. — William  Moore  came  to  America 
from  Ireland  when  but  twelve  years  old  and 
set  in  Pa.  Among  his  ch  were  William  b  1782 
and  Joseph  who  was  older.  Had  this  William 
Moore  a  Rev  rec?  Would  like  to  corres  with 
some  of  his  desc. — W.  M.  G. 

11504.  Eeall. — Wanted  par  and  all  dates  of 
Ninian  Beall  who  m  Ann  Maria  Strieker,  Mar. 
7,   1780  in   Frederick  Co.,   Md. 

(a)  Taylor. — Wanted  par  with  dates  of 
Thomas  Taylor  b  1772  m  Elizabeth  Drury  or 
Drurah.— J.    T.    B. 

11505.  Gale. — Wanted  par  and  birthplace  of 
Sarah  Gale  who  m  Paine  Converse,  Jr.,  in  1798 
and   lived  at   Bridgeport,   Vt. 

(a)  CuRTiss. — Wanted  par  and  birthplace  of 
Julius  B.  Curtiss  b  1813  d  1858  Kent,  Ohio,  m 
his  second  w  1854  Lovinia  Converse  Fessen- 
den. — M.  C.  G. 

11506.  Creel. — Matthew  Creel,  Widower,  m 
for  his  second  w  Lucinda  Allen  at  Culpeper 
Courthouse,  Va.  James  Lee  Sampson  b  1805 
m  May  10,  1839  Emily  Ann  Riley  b  Feb.  28, 
1818.  Would  like  gen  of  each  of  these  lines. — • 
E.    C   .B. 

11507.  DeHart. — Wanted  maiden  name  of  w 
and  names  of  ch  of  Jacob  DeHart  of  N.  Y. 
and  N.  J.  He  was  an  officer  from  N.  J.  in 
the  Rev  and  d   1870. 

(a)  Archer. — Wanted  maiden  name  of  w  and 
names  of  ch  of  Edmond  Archer  who  fought  at 
Yorktown.  Wanted  maiden  name  of  w  of  his 
s  James  Archer. — A.  F.  H. 

11508.  Cobb. — Wanted  names  of  ch  and 
grandchildren  of  Samuel  Cobb  of  \'t.,  who 
fought  with  Stark's  army  at  the  Battle  of 
Bennington.  Wanted  names  of  ch  and  grand- 
children of  John  Cobb  1744-1851  from  Norwich 
Conn.,  who  d  at  Pawlct,  Vt.  Wanted  also  names 
of  ch  and  granchildren  of  Nathan  Cobb  who 
d  in  Hartford,  Vt.,  1845,  was  a  minute  man 
in  1780.— L.  W. 

11509.  Mustard. — There  was  a  family  of 
Mustards  in  Delaware  and  in  Cool  Spring. 
Del.,     there     was     a     John     Mustard     who     m 

Lydia b    1737    d    Nov.    12,    1825.      Is    this 

John  Mustard  the  progenitor  of  the  American 
family?  Wanted  maiden  name  of  his  w  Lydia 
and  any  inf  of  these  lines. 

(a)  Oliver. — Wanted  gen,  dates  and  place  of 
res  of  Polly  Oliver  who  m  Feb.  25,  1801 
John  Mustard. 

(b)  McCracken— Wanted  gen  and  date  of 
death  of  Josephine  McCracken  b  Dec.  25,  1773 
and  m  Nov.  12,  1832  John  Oliver  Mustard  and 
resided  in  Smyrna,  Del. — M.  P.  H. 


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11510.  Perrv. — Wanted  ances  and  all  gen  data 
of  Nancy  Perry  b  Mar.  10,  1784  and  m  Mar. 
20,   1800,   in  Va.  or  Ky.,  Robert  White. 

(a)  White. — Wanted  ances,  dates  and  Rev 
rec  of  father  of  William  White  who  d  1787  in 
Louisa  Co.,  Va.     His  ch  were  William ;   Sarah 

m     John     Poindexter ;     Milly     m Maupin ; 

Moses  m  Sarah  E.  Poindexter ;  John ;  Richard ; 

Mary  m Thomson ;  Catherine  m^ — Bruce. — 

H.  H.   McC. 

11511.  ToLSON. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  George 
Tolson  of  Stafford  Co.,  Va.,  who  was  the  f 
of  William  Tolson  a  Rev  sol  b  1760.  Wanted 
also  par  of  Elizabeth  Wright  who  m  said 
William  Tolson. 

(a)  WiLLiFORD. — Wanted     par     of     Mildred 

Williford  who  m  1st Curlew  and  then  David 

Crews    in    1802,    the   noted    Indian    Fighter    of 
Madison   Co.,   Ky. 

(b)  Turner. — Wanted  par  and  location  of 
the  gunshop  of  John  Turner,  during  the  Rev. 
Wanted  also  par  of  his  w  Isabel  Bishop. — 
R.   D.  A. 

11512.  Hard.\ge-Lane. — Wanted  ances  of 
Lydia  Hardage,  b  1723,  m  James  Lane,  and  d 
1793  in  Loudoun  Co.,  Va.  Was  she  a  desc  of 
WilHam  Hardage,  member  of  Va.  House  of 
Burgesses   in   1688? 

(a)  Rogers. — A  commission  of  letter  of  mar- 
que and  reprisal,  dated  Oct.  20,  1777,  issued 
Jan.  28,  1778  to  John  Rogers,  master  of  the 
schooner  General  Smalhvood,  belonging  to  the 
State  of  Md.  Was  he  the  same  John  Rogers 
who  was  appointed  2nd  Lieut,  of  the  ship  De- 
fence, Alay  1,   1777?     His  gen  wanted. 

(b)  Rogers-Gaither.— Wanted  information 
about  Capt.  John  Rogers  of  Prince  George's 
Co.,  Md.,  whose  dau  Agnes  m  John  Gaither 
of  "Bite  the  Biter."  Was  he  the  immigrant? 
Was  he  the  the  Mr.  John  Rogers,  naval  officer 
of  the  Potomac  district  in  1711?  Was  he 
kin  to  Sir  John  Rogers,  merchant  of  Plymouth 
and  trader  to   Md.  ' 

(c)  Rogers- WARriELD-DoRSEY-I  JAMS. — John 
Rogers  of  Anne  Arundel  and  Montgomery  Cos., 
Md.,  and  Susannah  Gassaway  his  w  had  three 
daus  of  whom  Anne  m  John  Warfield  and 
moved  from  Md.  to  Ky. ;  Mary  m  Delaiah  Dor- 
sey;  Catherine  m  Mordecai  I  jams.  Wanted 
desc  of  the  three  marriages  and  ances  of  Dorsey 
and  Ijams. 

(d)  Carrell-Hall. — Wanted  ances  of  Dcnip- 
sey  Carrell,  b  May  31,  1740,  d  Md.  (?)  Julv 
14,  1806,  and  of  his  w  Mary  Hall,  m  Aug.  10, 
1761.  Tlicir  desc  moved  to  Washington  Co., 
Pa.  and  thence  to  Ky. 

(e)  Raymond-Kinnear. — Wanted  ances  of 
William  Raymond,  b  May  8,  1799  at  Wilton, 
Conn.,  and  his  w  Nancy  Kinnear.  Their  home 
was  at  Franklin,  Pa. — A.  C.  R. 


11513.  Bradfield. — Wanted  par  of  Eleanor 
Eradfield  who  m  John  Crozer  abt  1783  in 
Pa.  He  was  b  in  Delaware  Co.,  Pa.  and  d  in 
Ohio,  and  was  a  Rev  sol. — M.   McP. 

11514.  Jenkins. — Wanted  gen  and  dates  of 
Ruth  Jenkins  who  m  Azarah  Eastman  abt 
1735  New  Fairfield,  Conn. 

(a)  Downs. — Wanted  ances  and  dates  of 
Elizabeth  Downs  who  m  Timothy  Minor  of 
Woodbury,  Conn.,  June  5,  1764. 

(b)  FoBEs. — Wanted  gen  of  Eunice  Fobes 
who  m  in  Somers,  Conn.,  Aug.  4,  1790,  Joseph 
Parsons. 

(c)  Allen. — Wanted  ances  of  Margaret 
Allen  of  Deerfield,  Mass,  who  m  1st  Eleazer 
Hawks  and  2d  Moses  Mims  of  Deerfield,  June 
20,  1748. 

(d)  Hills. — Wanted  ances  of  Mercy  Hills  b 
July  20,  1766  m  Nov.  10,  1784,  Appleton  McKee 
of  East  Hartford,  Conn.— A.  P.  E. 

11515.  MoRLEV. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Eben- 
ezer  Morley  of  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  whose  name 
appears  on  the  Honor  Roll  of  Onondago  Co. 
Wanted  also  maiden  name  and  gen  of  w 
Prudence.— C.  S.  W.  L. 

11516.  Littlepage. — Wanted  any  inf  regard- 
ing John  Dickinson  Littlepage  names  of  his 
two  wives  and  proof  of  his  Rev  rec.  He  lived 
at  Charleston,  W.  Va.  and  was  the  father  of 
Charles  Pierson  Littlepage. — I.  S.  T. 

11517.  Vance. — Wanted  dates  of  James  Vance 
s  of  William  who  set  in  this  country,  abt  1736 

(a)  Collins. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  father  of 
John  Collins,  Gov.  of  R.  I.  1829.  Wanted  also 
names  of  his  ch  and  grandchildren. — K.  V.  H. 

11518.  Rockwell. — Wanted  gen  of  Sarah 
Rockwell  of  Conn.,  and  Coram,  L.  I.  who  m 
Isaac  Smith.  He  with  his  four  bros  and 
father  Isaac  were  in  the  Rev.  References — 
"Mather's  Refugees  from  L.  I.  to  Conn.;" 
"  Bayles  Suffolk  County ;"  "  Rivington's  Gazette 
August,  1779;"  "New  York  in  the  Rev.;" 
"  A  copy  of  Document  in  Conn.  State  Library 
at  Hartford."  Isaac  Smith  (2)  was  the  s  of 
Isaac  1731-1789  and  Martha  1738-1790.  This 
branch  of  Smiths  date  back  to  John  Smith  who 
came  to  Coram,  Suffolk  Co.,  L.  I.  in  1657. 
Isaac  and  Sarah  Rockwell  Smith  had  ch :  Evi, 
John,  Japheth,  Isaac  and  Thomas  and  dau  La- 
vinia  who  m  1st  Bartlett  Dan  ford  and  2d 
Wilh'am  Wallace  Donaldson. — I.  L.  J. 

11519.  Brewer. — \\^anted  gen  and  all  inf  of 
Jacob  Brewer  who  m  one  of  the  desc  of  Anneke 
Jans  and  Bogardus  Families  in  1682.  Wanted 
also  the  names  of  his  ch. — J.  R.  N. 

11520.  Lord. — Wanted  ances  and  Rev  rec  of  j 
Andrew    Lord    who    m    Elizabeth    Kirtland   of  | 
Saybrook,   Conn,  b   1760.     Their   dau   Mary  b  i 
.Apr.  7,  1807  was  raised  in  the  family  of  Joseph 
and  Ann   Kirtland  Vail.— E.  F.  W. 


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11521.  Clark. — Wanted  data  concerning  Rev 
ances  of  Agnes  Clark,  1742-1832  who  m  1759 
Israel  Gibbs   a  Rev  sol. 

(a)  Morton. — Wanted  Rev  ances  of  Fanny 
Morton,  1772-1836  who  m  Elijah  Gibbs  a 
Rev  sol. 

(b)  CoLLiSTER. — Wanted  gen  of  Marv  Collis- 
ter  1798-1870  who  m  1825  Loring  Gibbs.  All 
of  these  families  were  of  Mass. — H.  G.  D. 

11522.  HoRTON. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Capt. 
Joseph  Horton  who  m  abt  1755,  Jannetje 
Van  Vorhees. 

(a)  Van  Wyck. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Col. 
Richard  Van  Wyck,  b  Nov.  25,  1730  m  May  12, 
1747  Barbara  Van  Voorhees.— E.  H.  M'D. 

11523.  De  Duzette. — Wanted  dates  and  ances 
of  Philemon  De  Duzette  who  m  Betsy  .Tane 
King  of  Va.  His  father  came  to  America  with 
Lafayette  and  fought  in  the  Rev.  Would  like 
to  corres  with  his  desc. — E.  W. 

11524.  Scott. — Wanted   given   name   of    

Scott  who  came  from  the  North  of  Ireland  of 
Scotch-Irish  desc ;  moved  to  Franklin  Co.,  Pa. 
where  he  owned  a  section  of  land.  His  s 
William  Scott  1779-1829  ra  Elizabeth  Eaker.— 
J.  E.  W. 

11525.  Hendrvx. — Wanted  ances  and  inf  of 
the  family  of  William  Hendryx  which  lived  in 
Conn,  and  possibly  Vt.  after  the  Rev.  His  s 
John  Hendryx  b  in  R.  I.  1776,  m  in  Cazenovia, 
Madison  Co.,  Dolly  Smith  a  native  of  Conn. 
Their  f^fth  ch  Thomas  b  1807  m  Harriet  Bishop 
and  was  a  merchant  in  Cohocton,  Steuben  Co., 
N.  Y.  until  1864  when  he  removed  to  Lenawee 
Co.,  Mich.  Information  is  also  wanted  of 
Dolly  Smith  and  Harriet  Bishop. — H.  E.  B. 

11526.  L.\NE. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Capt. 
William  Lane  whose  s  Benedict  Middleton 
Lane  m  in  1811,  Ann  Peake  Adams.  Their 
ch  were  Frances  Maria ;  .\nn  Susanne ;  Julia 
Peake ;  Maria  Waugh ;  and  Francis  William 
Did  any  of  Sir  Ralph  Lane's  (first  Gov.  of 
Va.  Under  Sir  Walter  Raleigh)  family  settle 
in  .'\merica? 

(a)  Robinson. — Wanted  gen  of  James  F. 
Robinson  Gov.  of  Ky.  in  1861.— H.  C.  S. 

11527.  Fry. — Wanted  ances,  dates,  Rev  rec  and 
name  of  w  of  Henrv  Fry  of  Germantown, 
N.  C.  b  Oct.  9,  1738.  '  Is  John  Fry  b  Jan.  IS, 
1778  who  m  Margaret  Evans  his  s  or  grand- 
son?—E.   P. 

11528.  Sprowl. — Wanted  all  inf  of  ances  of 
John  Sprowl  who  lived  in  Chester  Dist.,  S.  C. 
before  1811  and  m  first  Rosanna  Orr  and  second 
Mary  Richmond ;  removed  to  Princeton,  Ind., 
1833.  Was  a  Scotch-Irish  Covenanter ;  his 
mother  was  Janette  Bryson. 

(a)  Owen. — Wanted  to  corres  with  desc  of 
Dr.  Griffith  Owen,  Welsh-Quaker,  came  to 
Phila.  in  1684.     Have  a  complete  gen  back  to 


eleventh  century  to  anyone  interested. — W.  M. 

11529.  Warth. — Wanted  name  of  Benjamin 
Harrison's  aunt  who  m  Robert  Warth,  in  Va. 
1720;  also  her  dates  and  dates  of  their  dau  Ann 
or  Hannah  Warth  who  m  Samuel  Vance. 

(a)   English. — Wanted  dates  and  given  name 

of  his  w Wells  of  John  English,  1703-1795 

Second  N.  J.  Regt.— S.  J.  E. 

11530.  Kendrick. — Wanted  par  of  John 
Kendrick,  Frederick  Co.,  Md.,  1759,  m  1787, 
Rebecca  Doy  of  Richmond  Co.,  Ga.,  entered 
army,   1777  in   Savannah,   Ga. 

(a)  Head. — Wanted  par  of  James  Head  d 
1796  in  Elbert  Co.,  Ga.,  m  Elizabeth  dau  of 
Simon  Powell  of  Orange  Co.,  Va.,  James  Head 
fought  with  Orange  Co.  Mil  came  to  Ga.  after 
the  Rev.— J.  A.  H. 

11531.  Hall. — Wanted  par  and  bros  of  Sarah 
Hall  whose  dau  Susan  m  Richard  Long  a 
Rev  sol. 

(a)  Phipps. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  ances  of 
Major  Claibourne  McCullough  Phipps,  1806- 
1888. 

(b)  Neill. — Wanted  Rev  rec  and  ch  of 
William  Neill' came  to  this  country,  1730  set- 
tled in  Burke  Co.,  N.  C.  and  d  there  in  1800.— 
T.  E.   P. 

11532.  Nelson-Austin. — Wanted  par  of 
James  Nelson  and  of  his  w  Maria  Austin  who 
lived  nr  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  and  she  d  there. 
Their  dau  Emeline  Cordelia  b  Poughkeepsie 
June  2,  1823  m  Dec.  12,  1839  James  Partridge 
Blake.  They  finally  set  in  Waterbury,  Conn. 
Would  like  to  corres  with  desc  of  this   family. 

(a)  Fairbanks. — Wanted  par  and  Rev  rec  of 
father  of  Freelove  Fairbanks,  who  m  Lt. 
Ebenezer  Pond,  of  Wrentham,  Mass.  Their 
ch  were  Freelove  b  Oct.  15,  1755;  Penuel  b 
Nov.  23,  1757;  David  b  Mar.  21.  1761;  Jane 
b  Mar.  21,  1763;  Ebenezer  b  Apr.  2.  1765;  Free- 
love b  Apr.  8,  1767;  Adam  b  July  16,  1769; 
Olive  b  July  2,  1772;  Billy  b  Nov.  5,  1774  and 
David  b  Nov.  22,  1777. 

(b)  Kennedy-Canada. — Wanted  gen  of 
Thomas  Kennedy  of  East  Hartford  or  Bolton, 
Conn,  who  d  1751.  Wanted  also  gen  and 
maiden  name  of  his  w  Elizabeth.  Their  ch  b 
at  Bolton,  Conn.,  were  Sainuel  b  July  30,  1743 ; 
Sarah  b  July  31,  1743  (twins);  Diademia  bapt. 
Dec.  1,  1745;  may  be  others.  Samuel  1743  enl 
in  the  Lexington  Alarm  from  Hartford. 
Wanted  name  and  dates  of  his  w.  Their  ch 
were  Satnuel  b  Sept.  2,  1764;  John  b  Sept.  14, 
1766:  Timothy  b  Oct,  16.  1768;  Ruth  b  Dec. 
2.  1770;  Katv  h  Mav  21,  1775;  Elizabeth  b  Nov. 
23,  1777  and  Ann  b  Oct.  13,  1782.— M.  B.  A. 

11533.  BowNE. — Wanted  ances  of  Elizabeth 
Bowne  who  m  Feb.  25,  1793  John  Combs  of 
N.  J.  and  moved  to  Butler  Co.,  Ohio.  Did  her 
father  have  Rev  rec? — A.   C.  L. 


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Chapter  Reports  must  be  Typewritten  EDITOB- 


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Major  Hugh  Moss  Chapter  (Modesto, 
Calif.)  holds  regular  meetings  on  the  last 
Saturday  of  each  month,  excepting  July  and 
August.  As  our  membership  is  limited  to 
twenty-five,  meetings  are  held  in  the  homes  of 
our  members. 

Under  our  efficient  and  enthusiastic  Regent, 
Miss  Estella  F.  Smith,  our  Chapter  did  good 
work  along  Americanization  lines  during  1921- 
22.  Through  the  aid  and  influence  of  the 
Society,  an  Americanization  Board  was  organ- 
ized, under  which  instructions  were  given  to 
more  than  a  hundred  aliens  in  our  vicinity. 
These  usually  assembled  for  night  classes,  a 
few  mothers,  however,  receiving  instructions  in 
their  own  homes  during  the  day.  Later  on  the 
Board  arranged  a  reception  to  our  resident 
aliens  in  which  general  interest  was  shown  by 
a  large  attendance.  A  commodious  hall  was 
secured,  divided  into  booths,  in  which  a  fine 
international  display  of  fancy  work  was  ex- 
hibited, our  aliens  taking  great  pride  in  exhibit- 
ing cherished  possessions  such  as  needlework 
and  articles  of  personal  adornment  brought  by 
them  from  their  over-seas  homes.  Our  Chapter 
had  its  own  booth  in  which  were  displayed 
prized  heirlooms  and  relics  of  bygone  days.  An 
interesting  and  instructive  program  was  given, 
the  closing  number  of  which  was  the  presenta- 
tion by  our  Society  of  a  silk  American  Flag 
to  each  of  our  new  citizens. 

While  Americanization  was  for  some  time  an 
absorbing  interest,  we  met  responsibilities  along 
other  lines.  As  has  been  our  custom,  we  not 
only  presented  a  gold  medal  of  the  value  of 
five  dollars  to  the  pupil  of  the  eighth  grade  of 
our  City  Public  Schools  who  had  made  the 
highest  average  grade  in  United  States  History, 
but  gave  a  similar  medal  to  a  pupil  of  the 
outside   schools   of   the   County. 

We  gave  a  book  shower  to  the  inmates  of  the 
Ahwance  Tubercular  Sanitarium,  sending  them 
twenty-two  volumes  of  interesting  current 
literature.  We  have  met  and  discharged  the 
nuiTierous  small  obligations  which  courtesy  and 
kindness  demanded,  have  met  all  requests  from 
the  National  Society,  and  have  complied  with 
many  other  small  demands. 
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Our  only  purely  social  meetings  of  the  year 
are  held  on  Washington's  Birthday  and  Flag 
Day.  The  former  of  these  we  usually  observe 
by  a  Colonial  Luncheon  in  the  home  of  some 
member,  the  Daughters  attending  for  the  most 
part  in  colonial  costumes.  Flag  Day  is  the 
guest  day  of  the  year,  on  which  occasion  we 
have  a  program  of  dignity  and  propriety. 

Because  of  holding  our  meetings  in  the 
homes  of  our  members,  the  meetings  are  al- 
ways enjoyable  and  pleasant. 

There  is  much  interest  in  our  work  and  en- 
tire harmony  in  our  associations. 

Mrs.  Ella  Gilkey  Chamberlain, 

Historian. 

Springfield  Chapter  (Springfield,  111.)  has 
had  a  splendid  year  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs. 
John  R.  Leib,  Regent.  It  entertained  the  state 
officers  on  October  13,  1921,  at  a  luncheon  at 
the  Country  Club.  This  was  followed  by  a 
meeting  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  C.  J.  Doyle  at 
which  the  officers  outlined  their  work.  The 
inspiration  of  this  meeting  could  be  felt  through- 
out the  year.  Mrs.  Harry  C.  Lee,  state  chap- 
lain, came  again  in  November  and  gave  a 
valuable  address  on  the  subject,  "  Children  as  a 
National  Asset."  Other  noteworthy  addresses 
given  before  the  Chapter  during  the  year  were 
"  The  Pilgrim  Mothers "  by  Mrs.  W.  F. 
Rothenberger  of  the  local  Chapter,  and  "  Legis- 
lation from  a  Woman's  Standpoint "  by  Mrs. 
J.  W.  Templeman,  member  of  the  Spring- 
field bar. 

On  November  3rd,  delegation  of  Springfield 
Daughters  went  to  Carlinville  as  guests  for 
the  day  of  President  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hudson 
of  Blackburn  College,  and  five  members  of  the 
Springfield  Chapter  who  reside  in  Carlinville : 
Blackburn  College  is  said  by  one  of  its  students 
to  have  the  biggest  heart  and  the  least  front  of 
any  institution  of  learning  in  the  country.  The 
whole  purpose  of  the  college.  President  Hud- 
son says,  is  to  give  young  people  an  opportunity 
to  help  themselves.  No  one  is  admitted  who 
is  able  to  pay  all  his  expenses.  This  college  is 
for  those  who  have  little  or  no  money  and  are 
willing  to  work  for  an  education.     Every  one 


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must  work  part  of  the  time.  The  boys  carry  on 
a  farm  of  200  acres  under  a  farm  superintendent, 
raise  the  vegetables  and  take  care  of  the  dairy. 
The  girls  do  the  housework  and  cooking.  The 
popularity  of  the  school  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  it  can  accommodate  only  one-half  of  those 
who  are  clamoring  for  admission.  On  the  day 
of  our  visit,  the  girls  of  the  culinary  depart- 
ment served  a  delicious  luncheon.  Springfield 
Chapter  showed  its  appreciation  of  the  enter- 
tainment   by    purchasing    and     sending    to    the 


of  the  Sharpless  Portrait  of  Washington ;  $2 
for  Daughters  of  the  Americ.\x  Revolu- 
tion Mag.\zine  for  the  Springfield  Lincoln 
Library ;  $12.50  for  a  city  flag  to  present  to 
the  Art  Association.  (Gift  of  Mrs.  Ralph 
Tobin)  ;  $2.12  for  Block  Certificates;  $2.50  for 
a  book  as  a  gift  to  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 
The  regular  expenses  of  the  Chapter,  and  the 
state  and  national  taxes,  are  not  included  in  this 
list.  These  gifts  have  been  made  from  the 
regular   dues   of   members.     Xn   entertainments 


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college  a  beautiful  rug  for  the  living  room.  It 
also  made  a  gift  of  $100  to  the  college 
endowment  fund. 

Gifts  made  by  the  Chapter  to  other  objects 
during   the   year   were : 

Three  hundred  dollars  to  the  Springfield 
Board  of  Education  to  apply  on  the  salary  of 
Miss  Geneva  Bane,  Americanization  teacher 
among  foreign  women ;  $125  to  the  Martha 
Berry  School  ($35  of  this  amount  was  given 
by  Mrs.  Charles  Ridgeley  and  Mrs.  Burton 
Reid,  Chapter  members)  ;  $30  to  the  American- 
ization Shop,  Chicago ;  $10  to  the  Philippine 
Scholarship ;  $5  for  a  picnic  for  foreign 
children;  $1  for  Christmas  gift  for  Real 
Daughter ;  $2  to  the  City  Tuberculosis  Associa- 
tion ;  $25  to  the  High  School  Opportunity  Fund  ; 
$64.25  for  history  medals ;  $5  for  Near  East 
Relief;  $31.50  toward  a  marker  for  the  grave 
of  a  Real   Daughter;   $5  toward  the  purchase 


were  given  for  the  purpose  of  raising  money, 
but  Mrs.  Burton  Reid,  treasurer,  is  continually 
adding  to  the  Chapter  income  by  the  wise  in- 
vestment of  surplus   funds. 

On  February  11,  1922,  bronze  tablets  mark- 
ing thirteen  additional  sites  of  important  events 
in  the  life  of  Abraham  Lincoln  in  Springfield, 
were  dedicated  with  appropriate  exercises  in 
the  county  court  house  which  was  the  state 
house  in  Lincoln's  time.  The  exercises  were 
held  in  the  old  hall  of  representatives  where 
Lincoln  spoke  the  famous  words  "  A  house 
divided  against  itself  can  not  stand."  In  this 
room  his  body  lay  in  state  when  brought  to 
Springfield  for  burial.  The  bronze  tablet  com- 
memorating these  two  events  had  been  erected 
on  the  front  wall  of  the  room,  and  the  unveil- 
ing of  this  tablet  symbolized  the  unveiling  of 
the  other  twelve  markers  in  various  parts  of  the 
citv.     The  address  of  the  afternoon  was  made 


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by  Miss  Helen  Nicolay  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
daughter  of  John  G.  Nicolay,  secretary  to 
President  Lincoln  and  later  his  biographer. 

Another  event  of  historical  significance  to 
the  Chapter  and  the  community  was  the  unveil- 
ing of  the  Lincoln  Circuit  Marker  on  the 
courthouse  grounds.  May  8,  1922.  The  Lincoln 
circuit  is  the  old  Illinois  eighth  judicial  circuit 
over  which  Mr.  Lincoln  and  his  associates 
travelled  in  attending  court  in  various  counties 
of  the  circuit.  One  of  the  markers,  a  bronze 
tablet  on  a  small  granite  pedestal,  has  been 
placed  in  the  county  seat  of  each  county  in  the 
circuit.  The  work  of  marking  the  circuit  was 
undertaken  by  the  Illinois  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  has  been  largely 
carried  on  by  them ;  but,  when  the  undertaking 
became  too  big  for  one  organization  of  limited 
means,  the  Lincoln  Marking  Association  was 
organized,  and  membership  was  open  to  any- 
one interested  in  perpetuating  the  memory  of 
Abraham  Lincoln.  Each  county  had  to  work 
for  its  own  marker.  Mrs.  Jessie  Palmer 
Weber,  chairman  of  the  Lincoln  Circuit  Road 
committee  in  the  Springfield  Chapter,  was  the 
leading  spirit  in  raising  funds  for  the  marker 
in  Sangamon  County,  and  in  making  arrange- 
ments for  the  placing  and  unveiling  of  it.  At 
the  unveiling  of  the  marker  in  Springfield,  ad- 
dresses were  made  by  Miss  Lottie  Jones  of 
Danville,  State  Chairman  Lincoln  Circuit  Mark- 
ing Committee,  and  by  Captain  Oscar  E.  Carl- 
strom,  Commander  of  the  American  Legion. 
The  marker  was  unveiled  by  Margaret  Ellen 
Jayne  and  Julia  Williams  McPherson  descend- 
ants of  early  settlers  in  Sangamon  County. 

The  local  Chapter  has  gathered  and  sent  to 
Mrs.  Charles  E.  Davidson,  State  Historian,  at 
her  request  the  following  material :  List  and 
story  of  historical  figures  and  groups  of  figures 
in  bronze  in  the  county;  Photographic  copies  of 
old  land  grants  and  transfers  of  land;  History 
of  early  cross  roads  and  also  of  early  taverns 
with  rates  charged ;  History  of  early  settlement, 
platting  and  incorporation  of  villages  and  towns, 
their  first  officers  and  terms  of  service;  His- 
tory of  the  first  academy ;  Information 
concerning  early  industrial  life  in  these  com- 
munities, their  methods  of  bartering  and 
copies  of  old  bills  of  goods. 

An  ancient  sage  has  said,  "  That  nation  which 
allows  its  traditions  to  die  must  itself  soon 
perish."  Every  Daughter  should  be  engaged 
actively  in  the  work  of  preserving  our  records 
and  traditions — a  task  that  is  fascinating 
and  limitless. 

(Mrs.   Charles   E.)    M.\ry   M.   Kn.\pp, 
Retiring  Historian. 


Taliaferro  Chapter  (Georgetown,  Ohio),  has 
held  nine  regular  meetings  in  the  J'ear,  and  one 
special  on  Washington's  Birthday.  We  assisted 
in  Decoration  Day  services,  held  special  mem- 
orial services  for  our  own  dead,  and  attended, 
in  a  body,  special  Armistice  Day  services.  We 
held  a  profitable  Flag  Day  program  at  the 
home  of  one  of  our  Russellville  members. 

We  gave  five  dollars  in  gold  to  the  pupil  in 
our  local  school  who  made  the  highest  grade  in 
American  History,  and  the  same  amount  to  the 
pupil  in  the  Russellville  school  doing  the  same. 

We  contributed  the  3  cents  a  member  asked 
for  the  Ellis  Island  teacher,  and  $1  each  to 
the  Annette  Phelps  Lincoln  Memorial,  and  the 
Philippine  Scholarship,  and  $5  to  the  Berry 
School.  Also  $36.50  to  the  support  of  our  little 
French  orphan  girl.  All  our  National  and 
State  dues  are  paid. 

Our  ways  and  means  committee  managed  a 
picture  show  and  candy  sale  on  the  night  of 
Lincoln's   Birthday. 

Eleanor  Gordon  Walker, 
Regent. 

Baron  DeKalb  Chapter  (Decatur,  Ga.). 
This  has  been  a  season  of  commemoration  for 
our  Chapter.  Our  membership  comes  from 
the  towns  of  Decatur,  and  Clarkston,  DeKalb 
County,  Georgia.  Nearby  is  that  huge  monolith, 
Stone  Mountain,  the  greatest  piece  of  granite 
known  to  be  exposed  on  the  earth's  surface.  It 
is  seven  miles  around  and  nine  hundred  feet 
high,  fascinating  alike  to  scientist  and  historian. 
The  northern  exposure  is  a  sheer  declivity, 
gigantic,  bleak,  awe  inspiring  upon  which  is 
being  carved  the  Confederate  Memorial  by 
Gutzon  Borglum.  It  is  also  a  natural  sounding 
board,  throwing  the  human  voice  a  mile  dis- 
tant. The  southern  side  affords  a  gradual  in- 
cline to  the  summit,  along  which  one  crosses 
remains  of  an  old  Spanish  fort.  Pine,  cedar, 
oak,  and  other  vegetation  rooted  in  the  very 
dust  of  ages  abound. 

Here  winds  an  Indian  trail,  a  tributary  of 
the  great  Hightower  Trail,  called  the,  "Cut 
Road,"  ending  precipitately  six  hundred  feet 
above  the  base.  From  this  point  many  a  Pale 
Face,  unable  to  retrace  his  steps  has  fallen  to 
his  death,  but  the  wary  Indian  descended  by 
foot  holes  known  to  himself.  The  approach  to 
this  has  been  marked,  "  Dangerous,"  by 
our  Chapter. 

On  October,  21,  1922,  we  unveiled  a  hand- 
some marble  tablet  at  that  point  in  the  trail 
where  Washington's  commissioner.  Colonel 
Willett  perfected  a  treaty  with  the  Lower 
Creeks  in,  1790.  It  was  uncovered  by  two 
little  boys,   James   Wade,  son  of   our   Regent, 


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dressed    as    a    Continental    soldier    and    Dana 
Burgess,  Jr.,  representing  an  Indian  warrior. 

The  invocation  was  by  Rev.  O.  B.  Elackwell 
and  the  address  by  Captain  Augustin  Sams,  a 
world  war  veteran.  Interesting  talks  were 
made  by  Mrs.  Howard  McCall,  Vice  President 
General  and  Mrs.  E.  A.  Thomas,  state  chair- 
man of  historic  spots.  The  three  Atlanta 
Chapters  of  the  n..A.R.   were   represented. 


No  feature  was  more  imposing  than  the 
D.A.R.,  float  depicting  the  death  or  rather  the 
wounding  of  the  gallant  DeKalb  upon  the  battle- 
field near  Camden,  South  Carolina.  The  part 
was  assumed  by  Captain  Lay  Everhart,  who 
is  a  collateral  descendant  of  DeKalb.  DeKalb 
was  supported  by  his  faithful  Lieutenant 
DuBuissy  and  other  Continental  captives,  sur- 
rounded by  Red  Coats. 


MARBLE  TABLET  PLACED  UPON  OLD  INDIAN  TRAIL.  STONE  MOUNTAIN.  BV  UARON  UE  KALB 

CHAPTER.      HERE  PRESIDENT  WASHINGTON'S  SPECIAL  COMMISSIONER,  COLONEL  WILLETT. 

MET  THE  CREEK  INDIANS  IN  1790 


Far  above  the  pleasant  landscape,  exhilarated 
and  inspired  by  the  wonderful  autumn  sunshine 
and  by  the  fulfilment  of  our  dreams,  how  our 
song,  "  America,"  resounded  among  the  fallen 
stones  of   De   Soto's   fort. 

Curious  carvings  near  the  summit  are  said  to 
be  the  hieroglyphics  of  a  prehistoric  race.  With 
these,  the  beautiful  insignia  of  the,  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  firm  upon  the 
bosom  of  this  everlasting  hill,  passes  on  to 
future  ages. 

The  next  occasion  that  brought  our  Chapter 
prominently  before  the  public  was  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  centennial  of  our  county,  also 
named  for  Baron  DeKalb,  on  November  ninth. 
The  historical  pageant  parade  was  witnessed 
by  thousands. 


An  occasional  backward  glance  strengthens 
our  effort  to  make  the  future  worthy  of 
the  past. 

Mrs   V.  A.  S.  Moore, 

P'icc  Regent. 

Col.  Jo  Daviess  Chapter  (Stockton,  111.), 
was  organized  in  June,  1918,  with  sixteen 
members,  and  has  now  a  membership  of  twenty- 
four,  many  of  these  being  non-resident  members. 

On  August  23,  1922,  this  Chapter  unveiled 
a  bronze  marker  at  Millville,  once  the  site  of 
a  thriving  village,  now  only  a  beautiful  wild- 
wood  spot  on  the  bank  of  Apple  River.  The 
tablet  is  embedded  in  the  face  of  a  verdure-clad 
bluff,  over-looking  the  trail  at  the  north  entrance 


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to  the  old  town  where  the  bridge   crosses  the 

winding  stream.     The  inscription  is  as  follows  : 

Millville 

Frink  &  Walker  Stage  Route 

Erected  by 

Col.  Jo  Daviess  Chapter 

D.  A.  R. 

Stockton   1922 

Appropriate     music    and     addresses    by     the 

Regent,    Mrs.    Emma   A.    Scofield   Arnold   and 


MARKIiR  AT  MILLVILLE.  U.L. 

others,  made  a  pleasing  program.  An  address 
by  Dr.  Herman  S.  Pepoon  of  the  Department 
of  Botany  and  Zoology,  Lake  View  High 
School,  Chicago,  III.,  furnished  much  of  his- 
torical interest  concerning  the  old  Frink  and 
Walker  trail  which  led  from  Chicago,  then  a 
village  of  three  hundred  inhabitants,  to  Galena, 
the  heart  of  the  lead  mine  region,  with  a  popu- 
lation of  si.xtcen  hundred  people  in  1837. 

Millville    and    the   adjacent    locality    abounds 
in   a   wealth   of   botanical,   geological   and   zoo- 
logical specimens.     An  effort  is  being  made  to 
have  this  region  set  aside  as  a  state  park. 
Mary  A.  Scofield  Stock, 
Historian. 


Merion  Chapter  (Merion,  Pa.).  We  have 
had  a  very  successful  year  under  the  direction 
of  our  Regent,  Mrs.  George  J.  De  Armond. 
We  have  fifty-six  members;  received  fourteen 
applications  for  membership,  five  of  whom  have 
been  admitted,  and  the  papers  of  the  remainder 
have  not  been  returned  from  Washington,  and 
lost  one  by  death. 

The  meetings  are  held  on  the  first  Tuesday 
of  each  month,  from  October  to  May  and  are 
well  attended.  The  reports  of  the  Committees 
show  the  interest  taken  in  their  work,  especially 
the  Americanization,  which  has  been  our 
principal  work  for  the  past  two  years.  The 
Chairman  reports  the  splendid  work  they  are 
doing  among  the  Italian  children  in  this  vicinity. 
Recent  attempts  to  bring  the  mothers  together 
in  a  club,  have  been  very  successful.  They  are 
anxious  to  learn  the  American  way  of  living. 

On  February  16th,  our  Regent  gave  a  tea 
in  honor  of  our  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Edwin  Erie 
Sparks.  It  was  a  very  enjoyable  affair  and  well 
attended.  Mrs.  Sparks  gave  a  most  interesting 
address ;  and  other  members  made  short  ad- 
dresses, followed  by  music  and  refreshments. 

On  Palm  Sunday.  April  9th  last,  we  pre- 
sented a  Flag  to  the  Boy  Scouts  Troop  at 
Gladwyne.  We  met  at  the  Methodist  Church 
and,  after  a  short  service,  the  Flag  was  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  Walter  Fairies,  an  ex-service  man, 
who  made  an  excellent  speech.  The  flag  was 
accepted  by  Scout  Master  J.  C.  Burk.  One  of 
the  boys  made  a  clever  little  speech,  thanking 
the  Chapter  for  its  beautiful  gift.  Our 
Regent,  in  reply,  told  them  that  we  would  now 
consider  them  "  our  boys  "  and  would  always 
be   interested   in  their  welfare. 

In  December,  we  had  as  our  guest.  Miss 
Clemmie  Henry,  of  Marys ville  College,  Tennes- 
see, who  gave  an  interesting  account  of  their 
work.  At  our  February  meeting,  Mr.  C.  S. 
McGowan,  Chancelor  of  the  American  Inter- 
national College,  Springfield,  Mass.,  who  was 
our  guest,  made  a  splendid  address  telling  us  of 
the  good  work  they  are  accomplishing. 

\\'e  are  offering  a  prize  each  year  to  the 
Merion  High  School  for  the  best  essay  on 
local  history.  We  have  responded  one  hundred 
per  cent,  to  all  State  and  National  appeals;  and 
have  given  twenty-five  dollars  to  the  Penn- 
sylvania Room  in  the  new  Administration 
Building  in  Washington ;  fifty  dollars  for 
Americanization  work;  twenty-five  dollars  to 
the  Marysville  College ;  twenty-five  dollars  to 
The  American  International  College,  Spring- 
field, Mass. ;  ten  dollars  for  a  prize  to  the 
Merion  High  School ;  five  dollars  to  the  Valley 
Forge  Memorial;  fifteen  dollars  for  a  Flag  for 
the  Gladwyne  Boy  Scouts ;  and  have  contributed 
books  to  Memorial  Continental  Hall  Library. 


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319 


Our  Regent  is  serving  on  her  third  year.  She 
is  intensely  interested  in  the  work  and  has 
filled  the  office  with  perfect  satisfaction  to 
the  Chapter. 

(Mrs.  Eexj.\min  R.)  Hexriett.\  M.  Br.\isted, 
Historian. 

Ni-ku-Mi  Chapter  (Blair.  Nebr.V  Our 
Chapter  was  organized  in  1906.  It  has  always 
been  active ;  .vet  never  attained  a  large  member- 


band,  first  mills,  first  agricultural  experiment 
station  and  first  extensive  farming  and  garden- 
ing on  the  Missouri  River.  At  this  post  was 
born  first  recorded  white  child  in  1824.  Here 
was  born  the  renouned  Indian  Chief,  Logan 
Fontenelle  and  also  Mary  La  Fleshe  the  wife 
of  his  successor.  This  place  is  now  called  Ft. 
Calhoun,  and  the  marking  of  this  spot  is  of 
extreme  importance,  and  to  this  end  we  are  now 
bending  our  efforts. 


ship  and  have  but  31   enrolled  at  present  time. 

We  have  as  our  Regent  (Mrs.  W.  W.)  Mae 
Pierce  Wilkinson,  and  to  her  able  management 
owe  the  success  of  our  meetings,  which  are 
held  each  third  Friday  of  the  month,  at  meinbers' 
homes.  Improving  and  interesting  papers  have 
been  enjoyed,  followed  by  a  social  hour.  We 
have  responded  to  general  demands  in  patriotic 
work  and  schools  at  all  times ;  have  committees 
oil  Historical  Spots,  Patriotic  Education  and 
Conservation  and  Thrift. 

W'e  are  justly  proud  of  our  historic  County 
— Washington.  It  was  here  that  Ft.  Atkinson, 
farthest  Western  military  station  in  the 
United  States  was  established,  in  1819,  con- 
taining the  first  school,  first  library,  first  brass 


MEMBERS  OFXl-KU-ML"  CHAPTER.  EL.-MR,  NEliRASK.^ 

Our  "  Colonial  Tea  "  was  given  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  W'illiam  Morgan  Haller.  Each  member 
invited  three  guests,  who  wore  the  costumes  of 
"  Ye  long  ago."  Candles  were  used  through- 
out the  rooms  in  candelabra  of  brass,  silver 
and  cut  glass.  The  dining  room  was  typical 
of  the  occasion  with  its  old  silver  and  quaint 
china — here  the  guests  were  served  cafe- 
teria style. 

The  quaint  old  time  dresses  and  Colonial 
costumes,  with  the  beautiful  decorations  made 
a  picture  long  to  be  remeinbered,  and  many 
reminiscences   were   related. 

(Mrs.  a.  J.)   May  Allen  Lazure, 

Historian. 


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Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

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Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault, 

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Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

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Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

8  Park  Place,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  226  Blackstone  Boulevard,  Providence,  R.  L 

Mrs.   Howard   L.   Hodgkins,    1821    Kalorama  Road.    Washington,    D.   C. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1925) 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffek,  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block, 

1012  West  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago.  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle.  Wyoming.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall. 

Litchfield.  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell,  143  S.  E.  2nd  St.,  Miami,  Fla. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1926) 
Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  Mrs.  William  McGee  Wilson, 

448  Ridge  St.,  Newark,  N.  J.  Church  and  King  Sts.,  Xenia.  O. 

Mrs.  Ellet  G.  Drake,  Mrs.  Gerald  Livingston  Schuyler, 

606  N.  6th  St.,  Beatrice,  Nebr.  1244  Detroit  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Mrs.  Henry  E.  Beck,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe, 

1902  N.  New  Jersey  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  1515  Garfield  Ave.   S.,   Pasadena,  Calif. 

Chaplain  General 

Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Memorial   Continental   Hall. 

Recording    Secretary   General  Corresponding   Secretary  General 

Mrs.  Frank  H.  Briggs,  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumwav, 

Memorial   Continental  Hall.  Memorial   Continental   Hall. 

Organizing  Secretary  General  Registrar  General 

Mrs.  William  S.  Walker,  Mrs.  James  H.  Stansfield, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 

Treasurer  General  Historian  General 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau,  Mrs.  GEORr.E  DeBolt. 

Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Memorial   Continental   Hall. 

Reporter  General  to  Smithsonian  Institution 

Mrs.  Alvin  H.  Connelly, 
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ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER    AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 

G20   HAItRALSON  Ave. 
MRS.   STANLEY  FINCH, 

110   N.    Conception    St.^   Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.    HOVAL   A.    SMITH, 

WAItREN. 
MRS.   WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 
Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.  ALEXANDER  M.  BARROW, 

S17  W.  .5th  Ave..  Pise  BLnFF. 
MRS.   HARRY'  C.  ANDERSON, 

Amity. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.    LYMAN   B.    STOOKEY, 

1240  W.  29th  St,,  Los  Anuei.hs. 
MRS.   ALLEN  H.  VANCE, 

Hotel  Holly  OakSj  Sausalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.  JOHN  C.  BUSHINGER, 

115   Batte[(son  St.,  Monte  Vlsta. 

MRS.  ALFRED  B.  TROTT, 
2200  Albion  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.   CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 
2:?.S  N.  Main  St.,  Southington, 

MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD  NETTLETON, 
61  SEVMO0R  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS  ELEANOR  EUGENIA  TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FARRELL, 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA 

MRS.    WILLIAM   B.    HARDY, 
11!)  fiTii  St.,  N.  E..  Washington. 

MRS.  .lOHN  M.  BEAVERS, 

1752   Columbia  Road,  W'ashington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.    ,JAMES   A.    CRAIG, 

23S  W.  Duval   St.,  .TArKSoNvn.LE. 

MRS.   THEODORE  STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106    Culver   St..   Macon. 
MRS.   .JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295    Prince    Avenue,    Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.   SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.  O.  Box  346,  HoNOLUin. 


IDAHO 

MRS.   KENNEDY'  PACKARD, 

421   Second  Ave.,  R.   Twin  Falls. 

MRS.   D.   W.   STANDROD, 

648  N.  Garfield  Ave..  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.   CHARLES  E.    HERRICK, 
:?soo  Ellis  A^'e..  Chicago. 

MRS.   .lAMES   S.    KING, 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springf 

INDIANA 

MRS.   HENRY   B.   WILSON, 

DELrm. 
MRS.  CHARLES  W.  ROSS. 

30!)  E.  Wabarii  Ave..  Orawfobdsvil 


IOWA 


MISS   AMY   GILBERT. 

State  Center. 
MRS.    ALEXANDER  WILLIAM   HAWLEY, 
004  N.   13th  St..  Fort  Dodge. 


KANSAS 

MRS.    ROBERT   B.   CAMPBELL, 

1255  Riverside,  Wichita. 
MRS.   HERMAN   L.   PEPPMEYER, 

1309  Harrison   St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.    WILLIAM   RODES, 

152  E.  High  St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.    JOHN    W.    CHENAULT, 

2217  Glenmary  Ave.,  Lodisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.    S.    A.    DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St..  Shreveport. 
MRS.  C.  S.  WILLIAMSON,  JR., 

1334  Webster  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

MAINE 

MRS.  B.  G.   AV.  CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn, 
MRS.   BLAINE   SPOONER  VILES, 

20  Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.  ADAM  DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert    St..  Baltimore. 

MRS.  RE.X  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryland  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.    CEOROE   MIN'OT   BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMAN  GORDON,  ,      I 

35  Whitman  Road,  Worcester.  i 

MICHIGAN  I 

MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL,  | 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rapids. 
MRS.   ADDISON   DRAKE   KENT, 

622  State  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    H.    COOLIDGE. 

1906  Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 
MRS.    L.   C.   JEFFERSON, 

1126   Summit  Ave.,   St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.   E.  E.  BROWN, 

716  N.  R.iNKiN  St..  Natchez. 
MRS.  ROBERT  SOMERVILLE. 

Cleveland. 

MISSOURI 

MRS.    PAUL   D.    KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.     HENRY     W.     HARRIS, 

705  W.  6th  St.,  Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.    E.    BROOX    MARTIN, 

S14  S.  Central  Ave..  Bozeman. 
MRS.   VERNE  D.   CALDWELL. 
Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    CLARENCE   C.    SMITH, 

ClIADRON. 

MRS.   C.   S.    PAINE, 

1970  Prospect  St..  Lincoln. 


NEW    TERSEY 

MRS.    CHARLES   READ   BANKS. 

122  Westervelt  Ave..  Plainfield. 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SUMMERILL. 
108   S.  Broad  St.,  Woodrurt. 

NEW  MEXICO 

MRS.    R.    P.    BARNES, 

Albuqueroue. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON. 

BtJlNA  ViBTA  HOAD,   SANTA  Fe. 


323 


HEW  YORK 

MRS.  CHAKLES  WHITE  NASH, 
8  Lafayette,  St.,  Albany. 

MRS.    RAUCLIFFE   B.   LOCKWOOD, 
43  Main  St.,  Binghamton. 

HORTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.    CHARLES    W.    TILLETT, 

801  Trvon  St.,  Charlotte. 
MRS.    ROBERT  L.    MAUSEY, 

620  S.  Main  St.,  Salisbury. 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    GEORGE   MORLEY   YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.    ERIC    A.    THORBERG, 

712  4th  St.,  Bismarck. 

OHIO 

MRS.   LOWELL   FLETCHER   HOBART, 

14  The  Clairmont,  Cincinnati. 
MRS.    HERBERT  M.   BACKUS, 

280   E.    State   St.,   Coldmbus. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.    H.    H.    McCLINTOCK, 

903  Johnston  Ave..  Bartlesville. 
MRS.  MILTON   B.   DOWNS, 

520  S.  Oak  St.,  Sapflpa. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.  LAXG, 

115   W.    4th   St.,   The   Dalles. 

MRS.   BRUCE  L.   BOGART, 
9fi2  Pe.arl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  JOHN  BRO^VN  HERON, 

601  S.  Linden  Ate.,  PiTTSBrRGH. 
MRS.   CLARENCE   G.   CRISPIN, 

"  HiLLCREST  "  Berwick,  Pa. 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MRS.   GEORGE   H.  FOWLER, 

72  Mineral  Spring  Ave.,  Pawtcckkt 

MRS.  JOHN  T.  CRANSHAW, 
34  Irving  Ave.,  Providence. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.    FRANKLIN  C.    CAIN, 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 
Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS     C.    M.    CANNON, 

524  1st  St.,  N.  W.,  Watertown. 
MRS.  W.  R.  DAVIS, 
Hitchcock. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.   LOGAN  SEITS  GILLEXTINE, 

MURFREESBORO. 
MRS.   JOHN   H.    CANTRELL, 
821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.   WILLIAM  D.   GARLINGTON, 
2701    Fairm';ilnt    Ave.,    Dallas. 

MRS.   SAMUEL  L.  SEAY, 

1400  Taylok   St.,   Amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.   JOHN    EDWARD   CARVER, 

718    25th    St.,  Oguen. 
MRS.    M.    K.    PARSONS, 

122S  E.  South  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  CiTy 

VERMONT 

MRS.    HORACE    MARTIN   FARNHAM, 

96  Northfield  St.,  Monipelier. 
MRS.   W.   F.  ROOT, 

89  Canal  St.,  Brattleboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

408  Duke  St.,  Alexandria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK,  , 

915   Orchard  Hill,  Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.  W.  G.  HOPKINS, 

Elma. 
MRS.   H.   G.   THOMPSON, 

309  E.  Birch  St.,  Walla  Walla. 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.  ROBERT  J.  REED, 

100  12th  St.,  Wheeling. 
MRS.  W.   H.  CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairsiost. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.   GEORGE   S.   PARKER, 
805  Court  St..  Janesville. 
MRS.   T.   W.    SPENCE, 

107  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.  MAURICE  GROSHON, 

TuppER   Apts.,   Cheyenne. 
MRS.  BRYANT  BUTLER  BROOKS, 

Bos  1070,  Casper. 

ORIENT 

MRS.   CAROLINE   E.   MoWILLIAMS   HOLT, 

744  A.  Mabini,  Manila.  P.  I. 
MRS.   HENRY  W.  ELSER. 

600  M.  H.  DEL  Pelar.  Manila,  P.  I. 


HONORARY   OFFICERS   ELECTED   FOR   LIFE 


MRS.  DANIEL  MANNING, 
MRS.  MATTHEW  T.  SCOTT, 


Honorary  Presidents  General 

MTxS.    WILLIAM   CUMMING   STORY, 
MRS.   (;EiiR(;e  THACHEB  GUERNSEY, 
MRS.   GEORGE  MAYNARD   MINOR. 


Honorary  President  Presiding 

MRS.   MARY   V.   E.   CABELL. 


MRS.   HOWARD  A.  CLARK,  1S99. 
MRS.  MILDRED  S.  M.ATHES,  1899. 
MRS.   WILLIAM   LINDSAY,   1906. 
MRS.  J.  MORGAN  SMITH,  1911. 
MRS.   THEODORE    BATES,    1913. 
MRS.   E.   GAYLORD   PUTNAM,   1913. 


Honorary  Vice  Presidents  General 

MRS.   WALLACE  DELAFIELD.   1914. 
MRS.    DRAYTON   W.    BUSHNELL,    1914. 
MRS.   JOHN  NEWMAN   CAREY,   1916. 
MRS.    GEORGE    M.    STERNBERG,    1917. 
MRS.  JOHN    FRANKLIN    SWIFT,    1923. 
MRS.   JULIUS    J.    ESTEY,     1923. 


MRS.  WILLIAM   BUTTERWOETH,    1923. 


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AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

MAGAZINE 


VOL.  LVII,  No.  6 


JUNE,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  370 


THE  THIRTY-SECOND  CONTINENTAL 

CONGRESS  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS  OF 

THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 


( Continued  from  May  Magazine) 


RESIDENT  HARDING'S  ring- 
ing speech  of  Monday  afternoon 
and  the  notable  address  of  the 
Secretary  of  State,  Hon.  Charles 
E.  Hughes,  at  the  evening  ses- 
sion fired  the  delegates  to  such 
a  pitch  of  patriotic  fervor  that  resolutions 
were  offered  at  the  Tuesday  morning 
session  condemning  the  unpatriotic  efforts 
of  so-called  "  peace  organizations  "  and 
against  the  forces  of  communism, 
socialism,  and  other  forms  of  destruc- 
tive radicalism. 

Following  the  report  of  the  Resolutions 
Committee,  Mrs.  Henry  B.  Joy,  chair- 
man, the  President  General,  Mrs.  George 
Maynard  Minor,  gave  her  report,  as 
chairman,  of  the  Pilgrim  Memorial  Foun- 
tain and  Painting  for  War  Museum  in 
France  Committee.  An  appreciative  let- 
ter from  General  H.  L.  Rogers,  Quarter- 
master General,  U.  S.  Army,  to  whom 
the  painting,  "  A  Convoy  of  Troopships 
Bound  for  France,"  was  turned  over  for 
shipment  to  France,  was  included  in  her 
report.  Mrs.  Minor  spoke  of  the  un- 
avoidable delay  in  selecting  a  site  for  the 
Pilgrim  Memorial  Fountain  in  Plymouth 


and  stated  that  an  appropriate  one  had 
finally  been  decided  upon  and  that  in 
accordance  with  the  resolutions  of  the 
31st  Continental  Congress,  a  sufficient 
amount  to  complete  the  $25,000  required 
for  the  fountain  has  been  transferred 
from  the  painting  account,  and  the  bal- 
ance remaining  in  the  painting  fund,  after 
so  doing,  transferred  to  the  Immigrants' 
Manual  Fund.  Therefore  the  fund  of 
$25,000  is  ready  and  waiting  for  the  work 
on  the  fountain  to  commence. 

A  generous  ovation  was  accorded  Mrs. 
George  Thacher  Guernsey,  Honorary 
President  General  and  Chairman  of 
the  Administration  Building  Committee, 
when  she  appeared  to  give  her  final  report 
in  that  capacity,  the  building  being  erected 
and  now  in  use.  That  the  new  Adminis- 
tration Building  was  now  completed  at 
a  cost  of  $385,129.62  and  an  expenditure 
of  $29,617.97  for  furnishings,  Mrs. 
Guernsey  stated,  was  one  of  the  crowning 
achievements  of  the  Minor  administra- 
tion. She  expressed  gratitude  to  her  com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Mrs.  Henry  B.  Joy, 
vice-chairman ;  Mrs.  L.  L.  Hunter,  Mrs. 
Robert  J.  Johnston,  Mrs.  George  W. 
327 


328 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  IMAGAZIXE 


White,  Mrs.  Robert  G.  Hogan,  Miss 
Katharine  A.  Nettleton,  Miss  Jennie 
Loomis  and  Miss  Emma  L.  Crowell  for 
their  assistance,  and  gave  a  Hst  of  the 
states  and  chapters  that  had  contrib- 
uted to  the  erection  of  the  building 
and  its  furnishings. 

The  report  of  the  Editor  of  the  Maga- 
zine, Miss  Lincoln,  brought  out  the  fact 
that  the  Magazine  is  gaining  pi"estige  as 
an  historical  publication  as  well  as  being 
the  official  publication  of  the  Na- 
tional  Society. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bissell's  report  as 
National  Chairman  of  the  Magazine 
Committee  aroused  deep  attention  and 
great  interest.  Mrs.  Bissell  stated  that 
the  receipts  for  1922-23  were  $29,624.76 
and  the  total  expenditures  $35,310.72. 
Thus  the  cost  of  the  Magazine  exceeded 
the  receipts  exactly  $5685.96.  The  pub- 
lishing costs  this  year  were  very  much 
less  than  for  the  two  previous  years. 

Further  on  in  her  report  Mrs.  Bissell 
stated : 

"  We  have  at  this  date  a  subscription  list  of 
11,191  and  the  Registrar  General  reports  an 
active  membership  of  135.934.  Thus  less  than 
10  per  cent,  of  our  members  are  subscribers. 

"Recently  the  Soz'iet  Russia  Pictorial  sent 
out  a  circular  soliciting  advertising  matter. 
One  of  these  letters  was  received  by  a  member 
of  our  organization  and  came  into  the  hands  of 
your  Chairman.  They  claim  a  paid  circulation 
of  17,800,  with  a  gain  in  three  months  of  6,300. 

"  Here  is  an  object  lesson  for  us.  With  our 
fine  Magazine,  fine  in  contents  and  appearance, 
we  have  by  patient,  hard  work  a  circulation  of 
only  11,191.  The  Daughter  who  received  the 
aforesaid  circular  replied  that  she  had  no  use 
for  Radicals  or  their  Magazine,  and  in  return 
received  this  letter  : 

"  Dear  Madam : 

Your  letter  of  March  26th  received  and  per- 
used with  pleasure. 

"  We  are  indeed  glad  to  Icarn  of  the  rousing 
of  your  ancestral  blood,  as  a  perfect  circulation 
of  the  red  fluid  is  believed  to  promote  the 
thought  process.  Judging  from  your  letter,  it 
would  appear  that  you  are  badly  in  need  of  such 
promotion.     Take,    for   instance,    \our   declara- 


tion of  what  the  word  'Radical'  means  to  you. 
Have  you  ever  consulted  the  dictionary  on  the 
word?  We  find  that  the  Standard  Dictionary, 
one  of  the  most  authoritative  in  the  English 
language,  defines  '  Radical '  as  follows  :  '  having 
to  do  with  or  proceeding  from  the  root,  source, 
origin,  or  foundation.' 

"  It  appears  that  you  have  allowed  your 
ancestors  to  do  your  thinking  in  the  past.  We 
sincerely  hope  that  you  will  now  see  the  ad- 
visability of  catching  up  with  yoiir  generation 
in  this  7uost  important  matter. 

"  While  these  archeological  expeditions  are 
in  vogue,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  thick  layer 
of  ancestral  clay  will  somewhat  be  removed 
from  your  cerebrum. 

"  Taking  into  consideration  the  severe  handi- 
cap of  one's  allowing  one's  ancestors  to  do  her 
thinking,  we  still  remain, 

Very  cordially  yours, 
Soviet  Russia  Pictorial. 

"  This  radical  publication  has  exactly  the 
same  subscription  price  as  the  Daughters  of 
THE  American  Revolution  Magazine.  It 
finds  subscribers  by  the  thousand,  and  our  own 
high  class  publication,  worthy  of  our  organiza- 
tion and  an  actual  need  of  every  Daughter, 
appeals  to  less  than  10  per  cent,  of  our  own 
membership.  Surely  here  is  one  way  to  combat 
Red   propaganda ! 

"  A  circulation  of  25,000  copies  would  put 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine  on  a  paying  basis.  It  is  your 
Magazine;  you  read  it.  Why  not  subscribe 
now?" 

]\Irs.  Charles  W.  Nash,  State  Regent 
of  New  York,  then  announced  the  prize 
winners  in  the  Magazine  contest  for  sub- 
scriptions and  gave  the  prizes  to  the  win- 
ning states,  Connecticut,  California, 
Washington,  and  Florida. 

Mrs.  James  T.  Morris,  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  His- 
toric Spots,  reported  that  in  accord  with 
legislation  adopted  during  the  Congress 
just  closed  a  commission  had  been 
appointed  to  determine  ways  and  means 
of  preserving  the  Battlefield  of  York- 
town  as  a  National   Shrine. 

C)ther  reports  were  made  by  Mrs. 
Henry  B.  Joy,  chairman  of  the  Liberty 
Loan   Fund; 'Mrs.   William   H.   Talbott, 


THIRTY-SECOND  CONTINENTAL  CONGRESS 


chairman  of  the  National  Old  Trails 
Road;  Miss  Annie  Wallace,  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Correct  Use  of  the 
Flag ;  and  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block,  chair- 
man of  the  Liquidation  and  Endow- 
ment Fund. 

The  afternoon  session  on  Tuesday 
was  devoted  to  a  touching  memorial  ser- 
vice for  departed  members.  The  tribute 
to  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  Pen 
Founder,  was  presented  by  Mrs.  George 
Thacher  Guernsey,  Chairman  of  Memo- 
rials, who  asked  to  have  incorporated  in 
the  proceedings  a  resolution  from  the 
Mary  S.  Lockwood  Chapter  in  Nebraska, 
"In  Memoriam"  of  the  "Little  Mother," 
for  whom  they  had  been  permitted  to 
name  their  chapter.  Miss  Janet  Richards, 
historian  of  the  Mary  Washington  Chap- 
ter, of  which  Mrs.  Lockwood  was  a 
member,  gave  intimate  and  touching 
reminiscences  of  the  faith  and  strength 
which  Mrs.  Lockwood  instilled  into  the 
hearts  of  her  co-workers. 

A  tribute  to  Mrs.  John  W.  Foster, 
Honorary  President  General,  was  paid  by 
Mrs.  Amos  G.  Draper,  who  was  Treas- 
urer General  in  Mrs.  Foster's  adminis- 
tration, and  is  the  only  surviving  member 
of  her  Board.  In  memory  of  Mrs.  Helen 
M.  Boynton,  Honorary  Vice  President 
General,  a  tribute,  written  by  Miss  Ella 
Loraine  Dorsey,  was  read  by  Mrs.  How- 
ard L.  Hodgkins,  Vice  President  of  the 
District  of  Columbia.  Mrs.  John  L.  Buel, 
Vice  President  General  of  Connecticut, 
paid  a  beautiful  tribute  to  Mrs.  Sara  T. 
Kinney,  Honorary  Vice  President  Gen- 
eral and  for  fourteen  consecutive  years 
State  Regent  of  Connecticut. 

Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall,  of  Georgia, 
paid  a  loving  tribute  to  Mrs.  Lawson 
Peel,  ex-Vice  President  General,  and 
Miss  Emma  L.  Crowell,  of  Pennsylvania, 
gave  a  beautiful  tribute  to  Miss  Grace  M. 
Pierce,  ex-Registrar  General  and  a  close 


friend  and  companion  of  Mrs.  Lockwood. 
After  a  special  musical  program,  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  Minor,  paid  a 
glowing  tribute  to  those  members  who 
had  passed  into  the  Great  Beyond  since 
the  31st  Continental  Congress,  closing 
with  the  following  quotation: 

"  I  would  be  true, 

For  there  are  those  who  trust  me ; 

I   would  be  pure, 

For  there  are  those  who  care ; 

I  would  be  strong, 

For  there  is  much  to  suffer ; 

I  would  be  brave, 

I"or  there  is  much  to  dare ; 

I  would  be  friend  to  all — the  foe — the  friend- 
less ; 

I  would  be  giving, 

And  forget  the  gift; 

I  would  be  humble 

For  I  know  my  weakness ; 

I  would  look  up — and  laugh — and  love — and 
lift." 

A  touching  scene  was  enacted  after 
the  addresses  when  the  State  Regents 
and  National  Officers  passed  in  a  solemn 
processional  across  the  platform,  each 
adding  a  tribute  of  flowers  to  the  large 
wreath  of  Immortelles  in  memory  of  the 
dead.  The  wreath  was  then  conveyed  by 
the  members  of  the  Memorial  Committee 
to  the  grave  in  Rock  Creek  Cemetery  of 
Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  and  the  dele- 
gates quietly  passed  from  the  Hall  with- 
out formal  announcement  of  the  ad- 
journment of  the   session. 

A  new  page  in  the  social  history  of  the 
National  Society  was  written  on  Tuesday 
night  in  the  brilliant  reception  in  Memo- 
rial Continental  Hall,  by  the  President 
General  and  the  National  Officers  to  the 
delegates  and  members  of  the  Congress. 
The  spacious  corridors  were  thronged 
with  guests  and  the  members  of  the 
receiving  line  shook  hands  with  over  two 
thousand  guests. 

The  appearance  on  Wednesday  morn- 
ing of  Mrs.  R.  Bradford  Wiles,  of  the 
Illinois  delegation,  chairman  of  the  Com- 


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mittee  on  Legislation,  was  greeted  by 
applause.  Mrs.  Wiles  advised  the  D.A.R. 
not  to  write  to  members  of  the  National 
Congress  about  every  bill,  but  to  concen- 
trate their  efforts  on  the  four  bills  espe- 
cially advocated  by  them — those  exempt- 
ing their  office  building  lots  from  taxa- 
tion ;  the  project  of  making  Yorktown  a 
national  military  park ;  the  erection  of  an 
archives  building  in  Washington,  and  the 
establishment  of  a  Federal  department  of 
education,  with  a  cabinet  officer  at 
its  head. 

Mrs.  Caroline  E.  McW.  Holt,  chair- 
man of  the  Philippine  scholarship  endow- 
ment fund,  made  the  tiresome  trip  from 
Manila  to  urge  the  delegates  to  contrib- 
ute more  funds  to  that  purpose,  which 
has  for  its  object  the  education  of 
talented  Filipino  girls  in  America.  She 
was  the  sole  representative  from  the 
Orient  at  the  Congress. 

That  the  D.A.R.  supports  nineteen 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
whose  own  fathers  served  in  the  historic 
struggle  for  freedom  was  brought  out 
in  the  report  of  Mrs.  J.  Morgan  Smith, 
of  Alabama,  chairman  of  the  Real 
Daughters  Committee.  It  was  also  re- 
vealed that  a  movement  has  been  started 
to  enroll  granddaughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  but  this  is  discouraged  by 
the  committee. 

Shortly  after  the  morning  session  con- 
vened, Mrs.  William  N.  Reynolds,  of 
North  Carolina,  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  International  Relations,  was 
given  an  ovation  when  she  appeared  to 
make  her  report. 

The  sum  of  $93,000  was  given  to  the 
work  of  promoting  patriotic  education  by 
the  Society  during  the  past  year  in  gifts 
to  schools  and  institutions  engaged  in  this 
work,  according  to  the  report  of  Mrs. 
Edward  Lansing  Harris,  of  Ohio,  Chair- 


man of  the  Committee  on  Patriotic  Edu- 
cation. Mrs.  Harris  also  stated  that 
chapters  throughout  the  country  were 
working  earnestly  to  expel  objectionable 
school  histories  and  unpatriotic  text- 
books of  all  kind  from  the  schools  of 
the  country,  in  accordance  with  a  reso- 
lution passed  at  the  last  Congress. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  the  Immigrants'  Man- 
ual, stated  that  more  than  100,000  copies 
had  been  published  in  English,  Italian, 
Spanish,  Hungarian,  Yiddish  and  Polish 
editions,  and  distributed  among  aliens, 
that  a  second  English  edition  and  editions 
in  French,  Russian  and  German  of 
50,000  copies  each  were  now  being  pre- 
pared for  distribution. 

In  connection  with  the  work  of  the 
Manual  a  prize  essay  contest  was  con- 
ducted, the  report  said,  among  immi- 
grants and  the  Southern  mountains  deal- 
ing with  the  topic,  "  What  I  Have 
Learned  from  the  Manual  of  Immi- 
grants." Colonel  Walter  Scott,  of  New 
York,  gave  the  fund  for  this  purpose.  It 
was  announced  by  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Nash, 
State  Regent  of  New  York,  that  the 
prize  winners  were:  First  prize,  Fran- 
cisco Taddeiz,  of  Hartford,  Conn. ;  sec- 
ond prize,  Maude  Hurt,  a  mountain 
girl  of  Jackson,  Kentucky;  Magdaline 
Sikorski,  of  Minnesota,  a  Pole,  third 
prize ;  John  E.  Martens,  a  Hollander,  of 
Tennessee,  won  the  fourth  prize,  and 
Nina  Valentine,  of  West  Virginia,  the 
fifth  prize. 

Mrs.  Nash  stated  that  the  committee 
wished  to  use  $350  of  the  Scott  fund  to 
conduct  a  prize  essay  contest  among  the 
members  of  the  D.A.R.  only  on  "  The 
Value  and  Influence  of  a  Patriotic  So- 
ciety in  Combating  Radicalism  "  in  trib- 
ute to  Mrs.  Minor,  to  be  named  the  Anne 
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test  begins  October  1,  1923,  and  will  end 
on  February  1,  1924. 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Brosseau,  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  Ellis  Island,  where  the 
D.A.R.  maintains  social  service  work 
among  the  women  and  children  aliens 
detained  there,  reported  that  through  the 
efforts  of  her  committee  not  only  have 
comforts  been  given  to  the  women  while 
there,  but  1000  women  have  been  placed 
in  positions  when  released.  She  declared 
that  the  women  made  garments  for 
themselves  upon  being  instructed  by 
the  D.A.R. 

Edward  Joy,  representing  Will  Hays, 
followed  the  report  given  by  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward T.  Schoentgen,  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Better  Films.  He  said 
that  the  D.A.R.  had  taken  the  lead 
among  60  other  organizations  which  are 
striving  for  better  films. 

Mrs.  Schoentgen  asked  the  Congress 
to  indorse  the  resolution  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Producers  and  Distributors  of 
America,  calling  upon  the  industry  to 
establish  and  maintain  the  highest  pos- 
sible moral  and  artistic  standards  in 
motion  picture  production. 

A  spirit  of  excitement  and  tension  pre- 
vailed on  Wednesday  night  when  Mrs. 
Minor  declared  the  nominations  opened 
for  President  General  and  the  names 
of  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W. 
Hanger,  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
Mrs.  William  Cumming  Story,  of  New 
York,  were  presented  by  their  nomina- 
tors. Upon  the  presentation  of  her 
name,  Mrs.  Story  arose,  and  asking  the 
special  privilege  of  the  floor,  she  with- 
drew her  name  and  those  of  the  candi- 
dates on  her  announced  ticket. 

Nominaticjns  were  made  as  follows  for 
national  oflicers : 


Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger, 
District  of  Columbia. 
President  General. 

Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

New  Jersey. 

Chaplain  General. 

Mrs.  Samuel  E.  Perkins, 

Indiana. 

Organizing  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  H.  Eugene  Chubbuck. 

Illinois 

Corresponding  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  Robert  J.  Johnston, 

Iowa. 

Treasurer  General. 

Miss  Harriet  Perkins  Marine. 

Maryland. 

Registrar  General. 

Miss  Florence  Crofut, 

Connecticut. 

Historian  General. 

Mrs.  Ida  B.  Macfarland, 

Texas. 

Reporter  General. 

Mrs.  Edward  L.  Harris, 

Ohio. 

Librarian  General. 

Mrs.  Wilson  Barnes, 

Arizona. 

Curator  General. 

Mrs.  Henry  B.  Joy. 

Michigan. 

Recording  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 

Pennsylvania. 

President  General. 

Mrs.  Rhett  Goode, 

.\labama. 
Chaplain  General. 

Mrs.  William  Sherman  Walker. 

Washington. 
Organizing  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  Frankhn  P.  Shumway, 

Massachusetts. 

Corresponding  Secretary  General. 


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Mrs.    Alfred    J. 

Michigan. 
Treasurer  General. 

Mrs.  James  Howard  Stanstield, 

lUinois. 

Registrar  General. 

Mrs.    George    De    Bolt, 
West   Virginia. 

General. 


Mrs.  Alvin  H.  Connelly. 

Missouri. 

Reporter    General. 

Mrs.  Larz  Anderson, 
District  of  Columbia. 
Librarian  General. 

Mrs.    Charles    Seymour    Whitman, 

New  York. 

Curator  General. 

Mrs.  Frank  Herbert  Briggs,  Maine. 
Recording  Secretary  General. 

Nominations  for  the  office  of  Vice 
Presidents  General  were  then  declared  in 
order  and  the  following  women  were 
placed  in  nomination:  Mrs.  Henry  A. 
Beck,  Indiana  ;  Mrs.  Charles  Booth,  Cali- 
fornia ;  ^Nlrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  New  Jer- 


THIRTY-SECUXD  COXTIXEXTAL  COXGRESS 


sey;  Mrs.  William  AlaGee  Wilson,  Ohio; 
Mrs.  Gerald  L.  Schuyler,  Colorado,  and 
Mrs.  Ellet  G.  Drake,  of  Nebraska.  Mrs. 
William  Butterworth,  of  Illinois ;  Mrs. 
John  W.  Swift,  of  California;  Mrs.  Julius 
H.  Estey,  of  Vermont  and  Mrs.  Samuel 
Barker,  of  Rhode  Island,  were  placed  in 
nomination  for  the  three  vacancies  for 
Honorary  Vice  President  General. 

Just  after  the  Thursday  morning  ses- 
sion began  Mrs.  Livingston  Hunter,  as 
Chairman  of  the  Credential  Committee, 
reported  the  entire  voting  strength  of  the 
Continental  Congress  to  be,  at  that  time : 
National  Officers,  10,  Vice  Presidents 
General,  20,  State  Regents,  44;  Chapter 
Regents,  1047,  Delegates,  704;  total,  1825. 

The  President  General  then  announced 
the  Tellers  as  follows :  i\Irs.  Eva  V.  M. 
Bissell,  Chairman,  Connecticut;  Mrs. 
Charles  K.  D.  Chase,  Maine ;  Mrs.  G.  M. 
Brumbaugh,  D.  C. ;  Mrs.  James  A. 
Coates,  Indiana;  Mrs.  John  R.  Rembert, 
Connecticut;  Mrs.  Edward  Ferger,  In- 
diana; Mrs.  John  R.  Pels,  New  York; 
Mrs.  Charles  Fitz  Patrick,  Maryland; 
Mrs.  E.  L.  Ross,  Massachusetts;  Mrs. 
George  T.  Page,  Illinois ;  Mrs.  Francis  R. 
Lewis,  Pennsylvania;  Mrs.  William  S. 
Adkins,  D.  C. ;  Mrs.  James  Charles  Pea- 
body,  Massachusetts;  Lillian  Chenoweth, 

D.  C. ;  Mrs.  J.  E.  Kinney,  Colorado ;  Mrs. 
Wilfred  F.  Root,  Vermont;  Dr.  Lillian 
G.  Perry,  Massachusetts;  Helen  J.  Lee, 
Michigan;  Mrs.  Mabel  H.  Herrick,  Illi- 
nois; Mrs.  L.  M.  Ottafy,  Missouri;  Mrs. 
Charles  H.  Aletcalf,  Michigan;  Miss 
Claribel  Crandall,  Rhode  Island ;  Mrs. 
May  C.  Whitaker,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Eliza 
Ferry  Leary,  Washington  State;  Mrs. 
W.  H.   Conaway,  West  Virginia ;   Mary 

E.  Saint  Clair,  D.  C. ;  Katharine  A.  Net- 
tleton,  Connecticut ;  Sarah  F.  Dearborn, 
New  Hampshire;  Mrs.  Jane  Randolph 
Young,  D.  C;  Laura  H.  McCausland; 
Hazel  L.  Rock ;  Eva  J.  Bright ;  Janie  H. 


Glascock ;  Laura  Lee  Armstrong,  Con- 
necticut; Emma  L.  Crowell,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  Margaret  G.  DeWolf?,  D.  C. ;  May 
Hull  Winders,  Ohio ;  Lucille  L.  Earle, 
Alabama;  Mary  S.  Whittlesey,  Connecti- 
cut; Mrs.  James  Lowry  Smith,  Texas; 
Mrs.  H.  R.  Howell,  Iowa. 

The  voting  booths  were  established  in 
the  basement  of  the  new  Administration 
building  and  the  polls  were  opened  at 
10.40  A.M.  After  the  report  of  the  Reso- 
lutions Committee  and  the  adoption  of 
important  resolutions,  among  them  that 
the  Continental  Congress  again  petition 
the  United  States  Congress  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  fireproof  archives  building  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  the  President  Gen- 
eral presented  Mr.  Selden  M.  Ely, 
who  brought  greetings  from  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution. 

One  of  the  best  speeches  made  at  the 
Congress  was  that  of  Mrs.  H.  H.  Smith, 
representing  Mrs.  Vivian  Minor  Flem- 
ing, President  of  the  Kenmore  Associa- 
tion of  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  who  asked 
the  assistance  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  in  preserving  "Ken- 
more,"  the  home  of  Betty  Washington 
Lewis,  sister  of  George  Washington. 

That  $15,000  is  needed  to  complete  the 
fund  to  buy  the  historic  property  and 
restore  it  was  set  forth  by  Mrs.  Smith. 
She  stated  that  all  donations  from  $1  to 
$1000  would  be  recorded  in  a  "  Book 
of   Remembrance." 

The  afternoon  session  on  Thursday 
was  devoted  to  the  reading  of  reports  of 
State  Regents  and  statements  of  the 
progress  of  the  various  educational  insti- 
tutions which  the  National  Society  assists 
by  scholarships  and  through  other  means. 
These  included  the  American  Indian  In- 
stitute, ]Mrs.  Walter  C.  Rowe ;  Berry 
Schools,  Miss  Martha  Berry;  Southern 
Industrial    Institute,    Miss    Clcmmie    J. 


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Henry;  International  College,  Dr.  C.  S. 
McGown;  Schauffler  Missionary  Train- 
ing School,  Mrs.  Mary  W.  Mills;  Oxford 
College,  Mrs.  Austin  C.  Brant;  and 
Tamassee  D.A.R.  School,  Mrs.  R.  M. 
Bratton. 

Miss  Hermine  Schwed,  whose  address 
closed  the  session,  urged  the  delegates 
to  unfalteringly  support  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States. 

The  two  speakers  at  the  Thursday 
evening  session  were  Hon.  James  Beck, 
Solicitor  General  of  the  United  States, 
and  Judge  Alton  B.  Parker,  of  New 
York.  Mr.  Beck's  interesting  and  schol- 
arly speech  follows : 

Madam  President  General  and  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution :  I  always  with  great 
hesitation  follow  a  song,  for  the  reason  that 
the  spoken  word  is  so  flat  after  the  word  that  is 
graciously  wedded  to  music.  For  was  it  not 
said  of  old  that  the  Pipe  of  Pan  was  exceed- 
ingly harsh  after  the  Lute  of  Apollo. 

I  do  appreciate  as  a  very  great  honor  the 
fact  that  this  association  of  patriotic  women 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  should  ask  me  to 
take  any  part  on  the  program  tonight.  Let  me 
warn  you  I  am  not  here  with  any  prepared 
address.  This  does  not  arise  from  any  lack  of 
appreciation  on  my  part,  either  of  the  distinc- 
tion of  the  audience  or  the  dignity  of  the 
occasion.  But  the  fact  is  that,  apart  from  the 
fact  I  lack  imagination  to  prepare  a  speech  in 
advance,  there  is  a  time  limit  upon  this  speech. 
And  the  architect  of  this  building  very  wisely 
put  a  clock  of  such  preternatural  size  in  front 
of  me  to  condemn  me  if  I  transgress  the  limit 
that  I  did  not  have  the  courage  to  prepare  a 
set    speech. 

I  congratulate  you  very  heartily  upon  a 
notable  convention.  Certainly  measured  by  the 
size  of  the  audience,  it  is  one  nf  the  most  notable 
gatherings  of  women,  I  suppose,  in  the  history 
of  this  association.  It  reminds  me  of  an  actor 
who  lost  his  father,  and  a  friend  stopped  him 
on  the  street  to  condole  with  him.  After  the 
usual  condolences,  his  friend  said:  "Did  he 
have  a  large  fiuieral?"  With  the  professional 
pride  of  the  actor  he  said:  "A  large  funeral? 
Why,  there  was  standing  room  only.  We  turned 
them   away." 

I  want  to  speak  to  you  for  a  very  little  time 
upon  a  great  subject,  hut  my  speech  will  be 
more  of  an   interrogation  than  a  discussion  of 


the  interrogation  mark.  I  want  to  suggest  to 
you  as  you  scatter  to  your  several  homes  at  the 
conclusion  of  this  convention  that  which  seems 
to  me  to  be  the  biggest  question  that  now  con- 
fronts men  and  women.  We  are  living  in  a 
very  sick  world.  There  arc  those,  perhaps  un- 
duly pessimistic,  who  think  our  civilization  is 
sick  unto  death.  I  do  not  share  that  idea. 
But  certainly  it  is  true  that  all  the  doctors,  at 
least  of  the  masculine  persuasion,  who  are 
crowded  at  the  bedside  of  the  patient  have  not 
yet  quite  discovered  what  is  the  matter  with  the 
the  world  or  what  will  be  the  best  cure  for  its 
manifold  ailments. 

I  remember  when  I  was  a  child  my  dear  old 
mother  read  to  me  what  was  then  a  classic,  and 
which  is  now  pretty  well  forgotten,  the  Peter- 
kin  Papers.  The  author  of  the  Peterkin  Papers 
told  the  famous  story  of  how  the  cup  of  coffee 
had  become  spoiled  by  putting  salt  instead  of 
sugar  in  it.  As  you  recall,  the  Peterkin  family 
sent  for  the  physician,  the  doctor,  the  biologist, 
the  chemist,  and  many  other  distinguished 
savants,  only  to  find  that  not  one  of  them  could 
solve  the  mystery  of  how  to  change  back  the 
coffee  to  its  pristine  sweetness.  Then  you  will 
recall  they  sent  for  the  "  wise  lady  from 
Philadelphia " — and  may  I  say  this  has  no 
reference  to  contemporaneous  politics  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  The 
wise  lady  from  Philadelphia  came  and  said  the 
only  thing  to  be  done  was  to  make  an  entirely 
new  cup  of  coffee ! 

Taking  the  cup  of  coffee  as  the  world  today, 
or  at  least  civilization,  I  am  inclined  to  think 
while  there  is  no  immediate  solution  of  the 
problem,  the  only  thing  to  do  is  to  make  a 
new  cup  of  coffee.  As  it  was  the  wise  lady 
from  Philadelphia  who  suggested  that  simple 
remedy,  so  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  it  will 
be  the  women  of  this  and  the  next  generation 
who  will  solve  the  difficuhy  where  mere  man 
has  failed.  I  say  for  this  reason :  I  am  not 
saying  that  to  be  simply  ingratiating  or  pleasant 
or  flattering ;  I  am  saying  it  because  I  am  very 
deeply  persuaded  that  many  of  the  evils  of  the 
world,  I  mean  of  the  political  state  of  what  we 
call  organized  society  will  be  cured  by  the 
spirit  which  is  peculiarly  a  woman's  spirit.  Not- 
withstanding all  the  constitutional  amendments 
and  all  the  laws  and  political  institutions  and 
the  changes  of  society,  there  yet  remains  this 
fact  which  the  God  of  nature  ordained  and 
mere  man  has  not  yet  been  able  to  override, 
namely,  that  while  there  is  an  over-lapping  in 
the  functions  of  the  sexes,  yet  nevertheless  there 
is  for  many  purposes  a  permanent  differentiation 
in  the  social  functions  of  the  two  sexes.  And 
the  differentiation  is  one  of  approach;  because 
the  trouble  with  man  has  been,  and  the  world 


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finds  itself  in  the  present  deplorable  state, 
largely  because  of  that  fact,  that  man  has  pre- 
dominatly  the  faculty  which  we  can  call  "  col- 
lectivism "  or  "  coordination."  Whereas  the 
woman's  faculty  is  peculiarly  individualistic.  I 
say  the  man's  faculty  is  "  collectivistic "  for 
this  reason :  that  from  the  time  man  first  began 
to  appropriate  the  powers  of  nature  and  to  make 
himself  a  superman  by  his  conquest  of  nature, 
he  discovered  the  advantage  of  what  Samuel 
Butler  once  called  "  corporeal  additions "  like 
the  telephone,  or  the  telegraph,  or  the  radio ; 
or  the  locomotive,  or  the  steamship.  He  has 
now  discovered  that  great  as  he  has  become,  out- 
swimming  the  fish,  out-flying  the  eagle,  almost 
divine  in  his  mechanical  dynamic  power,  yet 
he  could  add  to  that  strength  if  two  or  more 
men  combined  and  joined  their  strength  and 
made  a  synthesis  by  aggregate  effort.  The 
trouble  has  come  to  the  world  today  because 
there  has  been  entirely  too  much  of  this  mascu- 
line prospensity  for  coordination.  In  other 
words,  the  individual  has  been  hopelessly  sub- 
merged in  the  group,  the  clan,  the  class  or  the 
race.  In  other  words,  the  very  soul  of  man  has 
been  crushed  by  the  most  highly  organized  form 
of  government  that  the  world  has  ever  known, 
namely,  the  industrial  civilization.  And  in  that 
way  there  has  been,  as  I  believe,  pessimistic  as 
it  seems,  a  marked  deterioration  in  the  character 
of  man  ever  since  the  industrial  revolution  came 
in  in  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century ;  and 
ever  growing  with  accelerating  speed  in  our 
time,  as  man  multiplies  his  conquest  over  nature 
and  builds  up  by  means  of  coordination  this 
aggregate  force,  which  is  the  destruction  of  the 
soul  of  the  individual. 

The  woman  is  essentially  individualistic.  If 
I  were  not  afraid  that  you  would  misunderstand 
me  I  would  say  you  were  egoistic.  I  did  not 
say  "  egotistic "  the  "  t "  is  not  there.  But 
you  are  "  egoistic."  Let  me  e.xplain  what  I  mean 
by  an  illustration.  I  suppose  the  most  delight- 
ful wit,  certainly  the  most  tender,  is  Sir  James 
Barrie.  You  will  remember  that  in  that  delight- 
ful comedy  "  The  Legend  of  Lenora  "  he  tells 
the  story  of  a  young  woman  who  deliberately 
pushed  a  man  through  the  window  of  a  moving 
train,  where  he  was  ground  under  the  wheels 
and  killed.  When  she  was  haled  before  the 
court  on  the  charge  of  murder  her  learned  coun- 
sel tried  to  defend  her  and  tried  to  convince  the 
court  that  she  was  not  guilty;  but  she  said  "  Of 
course  I  did  it  your  Lordship,  my  child  had  a 
little  sniffy  cold  and  this  man  insisted  upon  hav- 
ing the  window  open  and  when  he  would  not 
ptit  it  down  why.  of  course,  my  Lord.  I  just 
pushed  him  through  the  window." 

Of  course  the  idea  was  satirical,  but  it  illus- 
trates  that   there    is    still,    notwithstanding    the 


political  and  industrial  changes  in  the  position 
of  woman,  that  strong  individualistic  sense  in 
woman  that  still  keeps  the  integrity  of  woman's 
soul  against  the  destructive  attacks  of  an  in- 
dustrial civilization  which  has  reduced  man  to 
almost  the  level  of  the  machine. 

This  great  question,  which  I  only  raise  inter- 
rogatively, but  cannot  adequately  discuss,  could 
be  thus  expressed:  Has  the  high  potential  of 
human  character  increased  with  the  high  poten- 
tial of  dynamic  power,  or  has  it  fallen?  In 
my  judgment,  in  the  last  forty  or  fifty  years 
— I  take  that  period  merely  because  I  can  re- 
tuember  it  and  do  not  care  to  make  a  comparison 
with  a  period  anterior  to  my  birth — man  as  the 
worker,  man  as  the  home-builder,  man  as  the 
citizen,  inan  as  the  spirit,  has  steadily  retro- 
graded by  this  submergence  into  the  coordinated 
group  and  that  retrogration  is  manifested  in  the 
steady  disintegration  or  undermining  of  the  great 
primitive  institutions  of  man;  institutions  that 
are  of  infinitely  more  moment  than  any  political 
government,  no  matter  how  benevolent  or  how 
great  the  latter  may  be.  For  in  the  last  analysis 
the  institutions  that  really  make  for  progress  and 
that  are  the  controlling  features  of  progress, 
whose  growth  means  progress  in  civilization, 
whose  decay  means  the  decay  of  civilization,  are 
institutions  like  the  home,  the  church,  the  press, 
with  its  diffusion  of  ideas,  the  theatre,  and 
others  that  will  readily  occur  to  you. 

Now,  I  say  to  you  women,  measuring  the 
effect  of  an  industrial  civilization  upon  human 
character,  that  the  home  in  America  today  is 
not  even  what  it  was  fifty  years  ago.  Fifty 
years  ago  there  was  a  fine  solidarity  to  the 
human  family.  The  family  hearth  was  a  sacred 
place ;  the  evening  lamp  was  the  place  about 
which  father  and  mother  and  children  gathered 
in  the  sweet  communion  of  family  life,  where 
there  was  a  deep  and  ineffaceable  impression 
from  one  generation  upon  another,  whereby  the 
torch  of  a  true  human  spirit  was  passed  on 
from  generation  to  generation.  Today  the  very 
foundations  of  the  home  are  shattered.  And 
this  decay  of  the  home  is  of  a  great  deal  more 
moment  to  the  progress  of  mankind  than  a'l 
the  forms  of  government,  of  mere  artificial 
political  institutions,  that  the  ingenuity  of  ma'i 
can  devise.  I  do  not  think  any  one  here  would 
challenge  my  statement,  that  with  the  scatter- 
ing of  the  family,  with  the  fact  that  no  longer 
about  the  evening  lamp  is  there  this  fine  com- 
munion of  family  spirit  and  this  cultivation  of 
the  solidarity  of  the  family  as  a  unit — there  is 
no  longer  that  family  life  which  existed  fifty 
years  ago.  Today  the  garish  electric  light  has 
scattered  the  members  of  the  family  to  the  four 
corners  of  social  life,  and  parents  and  children 
are  no  longer  sharing  together  the  beauties  of 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


family  life.     There  is  no  longer  that  beautiful 
serene  hour  which  the  most  tender  of  American 
poets,    our    own    Longfellow,    revealed    in    that 
simple  song  of  childhood  when  he  wrote  : 
"  And  the  night  shall  be  filled  with  music 
And  the  cares  that  infest  the  day 
Shall  fold  their  tents  like  the  Arabs, 
And  as  silently  steal  away." 

If  that  is  true  of  the  family,  it  is  true  of 
every  one  of  the  primitive  institutions  of  which 
I  spoke.  If  you  will  allow  me — with  that 
terrible  clock  in  front  of  me,  I  am  reminded  of 
what  Charles  Surface  said  of  his  uncle's  picture  ; 
"  it  has  a  disinheriting  look."  Charles  Surface 
used  another  adjective,  but  I  will  not  quote  that. 
But  I  say,  keeping  my  eye  on  that  fatal  clock, 
and  therefore  confining  myself  to  but  one  other 
institution,  which  is  hardly  less  ancient  bu; 
which  is  less  fundamental  than  the  home,  that 
is  the  theatre.  Fifty  years  ago  your  children 
could  have  seen  Mojeska,  Irving,  Janauschek. 
Terry  and  many  other  great  actors  and  actresses, 
in  the  masterpieces  of  Shakespeare's  genius. 
Lentil  this  last  year,  when  there  has  been  a  dis- 
tinct revival  of  the  classic  drama  and  a  reaction 
toward  seriousness  in  the  drama,  the  theatre  has 
been  largely  the  purveyor  of  all  that  is  trivial 
and  much  that  is  debasing  and  degrading. 

Now  you  may  think  that  is  unimportant.  Oh, 
dear  ladies,  you  will  soon  learn  what  we  men 
have  learned,  and  learned  to  our  disillusion  and 
sadness,  that  the  most  over-rated  institution  is 
the  ballot.  Once  in  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
five  days  you  put  a  piece  of  paper  in  a  box.  If 
it  ever  was  potently  effective,  as  compared  with 
the  other  agencies  of  social  life — if  it  ever  was — 
why,  it  has  ceased  to  be.  It  is  a  complc-  age 
where  any  man  voting  for  John  Smith  or  Paul 
Jones  can  no  longer  differentiate  between  the 
opinions  of  Smith  in  which  he  concurs,  and  the 
opinions  to  which  he  dissents.  In  other  words, 
our  complex  life  has  so  many  involved  issues 
in  one  single  election,  through  the  voting  for 
a  personality,  that  the  ballot  box  in  itself,  al- 
though the  only  method  we  have  of  carrying  on 
the  government,  is  singularly  ineffective.  The 
home  and  the  theatre  and  the  press  and  the 
church,  and  the  other  great  primitive  institutions 
of  man,  when  compared  wih  the  ballot  box  are 
as  a  forty-two  centimetre  cannon  to  a 
toy  pistol. 

What  is  the  diflSculty  that  this  complex  age 
has  brought  about  and  which  you  women  must 
help  right.  The  work  of  regeneration  will  not 
be  the  work  of  a  day;  unfortunately  it  is  going 
to  be  the  work  of  many  generations  to  undo  the 
work  of  many  past  generations.  It  is  simply 
this :  That  man  through  this  passion  for  co- 
ordination and  his  great  desire  to  eliminate 
labor   by   means  of   mechanical   appliances,   has 


made  the  human  soul  less  efficient  and  less 
capable  as  the  generations  pass  by.  It  results 
in  which  I  can  call  "  the  false  sense  of  values." 
That  is  the  characteristic  of  our  age.  We  no 
longer  see  things  in  their  relative  proportion. 
I  am  going,  if  you  will  allow  me  for  a  moment, 
to  give  you  some  of  these  false  senses  of  value 
of  which  I  spoke.  I  will  not  have  time  to  dis- 
cuss them,  but  will  simply  refer  to  them. 

For  instance,  we  very  much  over-value  know- 
ledge but  we  under-value  wisdom.  They  are 
two  entirely  different  things.  We  over-value 
quantity  and  we  under-value  quality.  We  over- 
value speed  and  we  under-value  sureness. 
Speed,  you  know,  is  one  of  the  hallucinations 
of  the  age.  A  man  talks  through  a  radio,  and 
possibly  he  is  talking  to  five  hundred  thousand 
people  within  a  radius  of  one  thousand  miles. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  there  is  no  more  wonder  in 
that  than  in  sunlight,  and,  as  a  matter  of  fact, 
it  has  not  added  a  cubit  to  the  intellectual  stature 
of  man.  Whether  man  can  talk  one  thousand 
miles  is  not  so  important  as  whether  he  has  any- 
thing worth  saying  when  he  does  talk.  Just 
as  it  is  not  as  important  that  you  can  travel 
sixty  miles  an  hour  as  the  vital  question  to 
what  purpose   are   you   traveling. 

I  saw  in  the  White  House  the  other  night, 
through  the  courtesy  of  the  President,  a  wonder- 
ful moving  picture  of  "  The  Covered  Wagon," 
representing  the  immigrant  in  1848  leaving  from 
Kansas  City  and  traveling  all  the  way  to  Oregon. 
I  had  previously  seen  in  New  York  a  play 
called  "  R.U.R."  which  in  the  most  subtle 
symbolism  shows  the  effect  of  a  machine-age 
upon  the  character  of  an  individual.  I  made  up 
my  mind,  when  I  saw  this  picture  of  the  pioneers 
of  1848,  that  the  prairie  schooner,  with  its  cry 
of  human  courage,  "  Pike's  Peak  or  Bust "  was 
worth  all  of  Mr.  Ford's  flivvers,  or  even  the 
luxurious  Rolls  Royce. 

We  over-value  standardization ;  we  under- 
value originality.  We  over-value  automatic 
efficiency ;  and  we  under-value  individual  crafts- 
manship. Automatic  efficiency  is  found  in 
Hecker's  self-rising  buckwheat,  but  for  me 
give  me  my  grandmother's  buckwheat  cakes 
made  by  individual  craftmanship. 

We  over-rate  play  and  under-rate  work. 
Many  of  our  institutions  of  learning  are  fast 
degenerating  from  academies  into  mere  hippo- 
dromes and  if  history  means  anything,  or  teaches 
anything  to  us  dull  men — and  I  am  speaking  in 
the  narrower  sense  of  the  word  "  men  " — then 
the  spirit  of  the  hippodrome  has  always  marked 
a  stage  of  decay  in  human  society.  Today  the 
spirit  of  play,  which  was  once  the  dessert  of 
life  is  now  the  substance  of  the  meal,  and  work 
is  regarded  as  intolerable  servitude  and  only  as 
a  means  to  play,  play,  play  and  play ! 


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We  over-rate  phrases,  and  we  under-rate 
truth.  We  over-rate  rights  and  we  under-rale 
duties.  I  wish  that  the  women  of  America 
could  teach  the  men  of  America  this  simple 
truth :  That  the  time  has  come  for  him  not  to 
be  always  prating  about  his  rights  but  to  give  a 
little  thought  to  his   duties. 

We  over-rate  form,  we  under-rate  substance. 
We  over-rate  the  majority  and  we  under-rate 
the  minority.  The  salvation  of  the  world  has 
generally  come  from  the  latter.  We  over-rate 
the  state  and  under-rate  the  individual.  We 
over- rate  power,  and  under-rate  beauty.  We 
over-rate  the  temporal  and  under-value  the 
eternal.  I  can  sum  it  all  up  by  saying,  the  spirit 
of  a  mechanical  age  is  to  over-value  matter  an  I 
to  under-value  spirit. 

Now  if  I  am  right — and  I  am  going  to  draw 
my  remarks  to  a  conclusion  in  a  moment — and 
that  clock  might  as  well  stop  that  disinheriting 
look — if  I  am  right  that  there  is  to  some  extent 
this  differentiation  in  social  functions  between 
our  sexes,  then  it  is  true  that  woman's  peculiar 
province  is  the  abstract,  and  man's  the  concrete. 
Or,  to  express  it  as  I  did  a  moment  ago,  man 
is  the  one  who  is  collectivistic  and  is  the  co- 
ordinator ;  whereas  woman's  mission  is  to  guard, 
protect  and  maintain  the  individual  human 
soul  in  all  its  divine  integrity.  And  that  is 
what  you  must  do  if  there  is  to  be  any  salva- 
tion for  a  civilization  which  has  lost  its  way, 
and  which,  like  Dante  in  the  opening  passages 
of  the  Divina  Commedia  "  finds  itself  in  a  dark 
and  sombre  wood." 

We  have  put  too  much  emphasis  on  these 
things  that  I  say  we  over-value,  and  we  have 
thought  too  lightly  of  those  things  that  have 
been   under-valued. 

I  shall  conclude  by  telling  you  of  three  women 
who  had  a  great  influence  in  the  world,  and 
each  of  them  had  the  name  of  Mary,  and  each 
in  her  day  was  blessed  above  all  women.  There 
was  the  first,  a  Syrian  Mary,  who  two  thousand 
years  ago  brought  into  the  world  a  Being  who 
only  lived  thirty  years,  and  yet,  as  Jean  Paul 
Richter  said,  before  those  thirty  years  were 
over,  years  that  must  have  owed  much  to  the 
spirit  of  his  mother,"  with  His  pierced  hands 
He  lifted  the  gates  of  the  centuries  oflf  their 
hinges  and  turned  the  stream  of  the  ages  into 
a  new  channel."     That  is  what  Christ  did. 

Then  there  was  another  Mary,  an  English 
woman,  who  lived  not  far  from  the  sweetly 
flowing  Avon.  More  than  three  centuries  ago 
she  brought  forth  a  little  boy,  and  this  boy 
lived  nol  to  an  old  age,  although  lie  passed  fifty. 
But  living  in  a  London  garret,  working  within  .1 
space  of  twenty  years,  he  produced  thirty 
masterpieces,  and  what  is  of  infinite  moment, 
he   illumined   the   whole   human   intellect    from 


that  day  to  this.  And  so  far  as  we  can  see  in 
the  future,  he  will  illumine  the  soul  of  man  as 
the  greatest  iiUellcctual  light  of  civilization  as 
long  as  that  civilization  lasts.  This  afternoon  I 
saw  one  of  his  finest  comedies,  that  sweet  wood- 
land idyl,  "  As  You  Like  It."  This  audience 
could  pay  its  respects  to  that  son  of  an  English 
Mary  by  seeing  "  As  You  Like  It "  and  it  is 
now  being  beautifully  performed  in  this  city. 
I  saw  about  seven  hundred  people  at  the 
matinee  today.  At  the  same  time  two  thousand 
people  were  watching  two  or  three  young  ladies 
enter  upon  a  jazz  marathon.  O  tempora,  0 
mores!  The  boy  of  Stratford  never  got  his 
inspiration  from  that  old  butcher  and  wool 
glover  who  was  his  father.  He  got  it  from  his 
mother,  who  had  the  poetic  name  of  Mary 
Arden.  Perhaps  that  is  why,  when  he  wanted 
to  paint  his  most  exquisite  picture  of  youthful 
love  he  located  it  in  the  Forest  of  Arden. 

Then  there  was  a  third  Mary,  a  Mary  who 
lived  along  the  Rappahannock.  She  brought 
forth  a  boy  who  grew  to  manhood  and  who 
became  the  foun;'er  of  a  great  republic;  who  is 
the  inspiration  of  this  Republic,  as  he  is  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution ; 
who  is  the  guiding  spirit  of  the  greatest  re- 
public the  world  has  ever  known ;  and  of  whom 
it  can  be  said  in  very  truth,  as  it  was  said  of 
William  the  Silent,  "  that  while  he  lived  he  was 
the  guiding  star  of  a  great  nation  and  when  he 
died  the  little  children  cried  in  the  streets." 
George  Washington  the  son  of  the  Virginia 
Aiary,  was  as  we  measure  him,  in  comparison 
with  all  in  secular  history  "  the  noblest  spirit 
that  ever  lived  in  the  tide  of  time. 

One  of  the  most  delightful  treats  of 
the  Congress  was  a  group  of  songs  given 
by  Cecil  Arden  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
Company  of  New  York.  Miss  Arden  re- 
ceived prolonged  applause  and  very 
graciously  responded  by  an  encore. 

After  the  confirmation  of  the  newly 
elected  State  and  State  Vice  Regents, 
word  was  received  from  the  Chairman 
of  Tellers,  Mrs.  Bissell,  that  there  was 
no  possibility  of  a  report  for  several 
hours,  and  the  delegates  voted  to  adjourn 
and  receive  the  report  of  the  tellers  the 
next  morning. 

Mrs.  George  W.  White,  the  Curator 
General,  asked  the  privilege  of  the  floor, 
which  was  granted,  and  placed  in  nomi- 
nation the  name  of   Mrs.   George   May- 


THIRTY-SECOND  CONTINENTAL  CONGRESS 


nard  Minor  as  Honorary  Vice  President 
General,  seconded  by  Miss  Janet  Rich- 
ards. All  arose  and  Mrs.  Cottle,  Vice 
President  General  from  California,  in 
the  Chair,  put  the  motion,  which  was 
passed  unanimously. 

The  President  General  asked  Miss 
Richards  to  tell  the  story  of  the  United 
States  Flag,  made  by  three  women,  and 
flown  over  the  Rosa  Bonheur  chateau 
during  the  World  War,  and  displayed 
the  flag  which  had  been  presented  to  the 
National  Society. 

When  the  Congress  reassembled  on 
Friday  morning,  the  excitement  was  in- 
tense and  the  tellers  were  greeted  with 
hearty  applause  as  they  walked  down 
the  aisle  to  the  platform.  Mrs.  Bis- 
sell's  report,  as  Chairman  of  Tellers, 
was  freciuently  interrupted  with  bursts 
of  applause. 

The  report  showed  that  Mrs.  Anthony 
Wayne  Cook  had  been  elected  by  the  sub- 
stantial majority  of  161  votes  over  Mrs. 
G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger,  the  count  being, 
Mrs.  Cook  940  votes  and  Mrs.  Hanger 
779,  out  of  a  total  of  1719  registered 
votes,  making  necessary  a  vote  of  860 
to  win. 

The  National  Officers  elected  were : 

Chaplain  General,  Mrs.  Thomas  A. 
Edison,  871 ;  Recording  Secretary  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  Frank  Briggs,  874 ;  Organizing 
Secretary  General,  Mrs.  William  Sher- 
man Walker,  923 ;  Treasurer  General, 
Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau,  924;  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  General,  Mrs.  Franklin  P. 
Shuniway,  923 ;  Registrar  General,  Mrs. 
James  H.  Stansfield,  972 ;  Historian  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  George  DeBolt,  919;  Reporter 
General  to  the  Smithsonian  Institution, 
Mrs.  Alvin  H.  Connelly,  916;  Librarian 
General,  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  982;  and 
Curator  General,  IMrs.  Charles  S.  Whit- 
man, 947. 


Six  Vice  Presidents  General  were 
elected  as  follows :  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck, 
Indiana;  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe,  Cali- 
fornia ;  Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  New  Jer- 
sey ;  Mrs.  William  MaGee  Wilson,  Ohio ; 
Mrs.  Gerald  L.  Schuyler,  Colorado ;  and 
Mrs.  Ellet  G.  Drake,  of  Nebraska. 

It  was  announced  that  Mrs.  William 
Butterworth,  of  Illinois,  and  Mrs.  John 
W.  Swift,  of  California,  had  been  elected 
Honorary  Vice  Presidents  General,  but 
that  neither  Mrs.  Richard  Jackson 
Barker  nor  Mrs.  Julius  Estey,  of  Ver- 
mont, had  received  the  two-thirds  vote 
necessary  to  win,  and  a  second  ballot  for 
that  office  was  ordered  and  the  polls 
reopened  for  that  purpose  at  11.30  a.m. 

Immediately  upon  the  announcement 
of  Mrs.  Cook's  election,  Mrs.  Hanger 
crossed  over  to  her  and  shook  hands  with 
her,  giving  gracious  words  of  congratu- 
lation. After  securing  recognition  from 
tlie  chair,  Mrs.  Hanger  addressed  the 
delegates  as  follows : 

"  First  of  all  I  wish  to  thank  you  for  the 
privilege  you  have  given  me  of  serving  as 
Organizing  Secretary  General.  I  have  con- 
sidered it  to  be  an  especial  privilege  to  have 
been  one  of  the  assistants  of  bur  beloved  Mrs. 
Minor,  and  you  have  given  me  three  years  of 
joy  and  service,  which  will  always  be  among 
my  tenderest  recollections.  The  friends  I  have 
made  here  will  remain  with  me  always. 

"  I  wish  to  thank  every  woman  who  supported 
me  in  a  campaign  of  which  I  am  entirely  proud, 
and  to  my  friends  I  say  that  I  consider  it  an 
honor  to  have  been  your  candidate.  And  now 
to  those  who  so  loyally  supported  me,  I 
earnestly  ask  you  to  give  that  same  loyalty  to 
our  President  General-elect,  Mrs,.  Anthony 
Wavne   Cook." 

The  winning  candidates  were  then 
presented  to  the  Congress,  the  only  ab- 
sentees being  Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
detained  in  Florida  by  the  illness  of  Mr. 
Edison;  and  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  called 
out  of  town  by  the  illness  of  her  mother. 

The  keynote  of  Mrs.  Cook's  speech 
of   acceptance   was    that   of    service   and 


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responsibility.        Her 


acceptance       of 
speech   follows : 

"  I  have  come  to  acknowledge  your  selection 
of  me  to  be  your  President  General.  Your 
faces  are  all  in  a  mist  to  me  and  I  believe  I  am 
thinking  in  a  mist.  I  fully  realize  the  signal 
honor  you  have  paid  me,  and  I  wish  to  be 
worthy  and  feel  very  humble.  But,  yet,  I  feel 
proud  that  I  have  been  called  upon  to  fill  so 
high  an  office.  If  I  should  feel  proud  in  the 
wrong  way  the  sight  of  that — (indicating  a 
huge  American  flag  that  hung  from  the  ceiling) 
— will  keep  me  steady. 

"  '  Keep  steady  ' — that  is  my  keynote.  It  is 
surging  up  in  my  heart  now,  and  will  always 
be  the  sobering  thought  that  will  come  to  me  in 
the  crises.  The  work  we  must  do  is  a  work 
of  honor,  as  well  as  a  work  of  necessity.  To 
make  the  efforts  before  us,  no  one  officer  can 
successfully  do  without  the  help  of  this 
whole  society. 

"  Benjamin  Franklin,  in  those  trying  days 
when  our  forefathers  were  founding  this  nation, 
said  to  his  fellow  compatriots :  '  We  must  all 
hang  together,  or  we  will  all  hang  separately.' 
They  hung  together  because  they  knew  what 
they  wanted.  And  their  daughters  today  know 
what  they  want  now  and  will.  I  am  sure,  hang 
together.  To  thank  you  for  electing  me  to  this 
high  office,  I  cannot  do  in  words,  but  I  shall 
try  to  do  it  with  deeds. 

"  I  wish  to  acknowledge  the  good  will  and 
graciousness  of  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger,  and 
to  say  in  conclusion  that  I  accept  this  honor  with 
love  toward  all  and  malice  toward  none." 

The  morning  session  adjonrnecl  after 
the  report  of  the  Resolutions  Committee, 
and  in  the  afternoon  the  members  of  the 
Congress  made  their  annual  pilgrimage 
to  Mount  Vernon.  Dr.  Kate  Waller  Bar- 
rett, State  Regent  of  Virginia,  was  in 
charge  of  the  ceremonies  there. 

After  placing  wreaths  o.n  the  tombs  of 
George  and  Martha  Washington,  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  Minor,  gave  the 
following  address : 

There  is  very  little  now  to  be  said  about 
Washington.  We  who  come  here  today  to  pay 
our  homage  of  admiration  and  reverence,  honor 
ourselves  more  than  anything  we  can  say  or  do 
can  honor  him.  He  stands  out  above  all  tributes. 
The  simple  dignity  of  his  character,  even  more 
than  his  illustrious  deeds,  is  what  the  world 
reverences  todav. 


The  quiet  simplicity  of  this  modest  tomb, 
here  on  the  estate  which  he  loved,  devoid  of 
all  pomp  or  worldly  adornment,  is  an  indication 
of  the  nobility  and  simplicity  of  a  character 
whose  force  lay  in  its  firm  devotion  to  truth 
and  righteousness  and  justice  among  all  men 
and  nations. 

In  an  age  when  friendship  between  nations 
meant  only  some  diplomatic  or  political  alliance 
based  on  the  self-interests  of  the  moment, 
Washington  had  a  clear  vision  of  the  possibili- 
ties of  international  friendship  based  on  genuine 
good  will  and  mutual  understanding,  such  as 
can  exist  between  individuals.  He  held  the 
idea,  unusual  at  that  time,  that  if  nations  would 
hnid  to  the  principles  of  common  justice  and 
mercy,  honesty  and  truth,  in  dealing  with  one 
another,  the  result  would  be  friendliness  and 
peace  as  a  natural  consequence  of  these  funda- 
mental principles  of  human  conduct.  He  held 
that  these  sentiments  could,  and  should,  guide 
all  our  international  relations,  and  to  the  extent 
to  which  they  prevailed,  to  that  extent  there 
would  be  peace  throughout  the  world.  "  For 
what  doth  the  Lord  require  of  thee  but  to  deal 
justly,  to  love  mercy,  and  to  walk  humbly  with 
thy  God?" 

To  a  preeminent  degree  George  Washington 
lived  up  to  the  ideals  expressed  in  these  words 
of  Holy  Writ.  He  was  preeminently  a  just 
man:  he  tempered  justice  with  mercy.  Above 
all  he  was  a  man  of  infinite  modesty,  humbly 
conscious  of  what  he  was  pleased  to  call  his  own 
sliortcomings,  but  with  a  dignity  that  never 
descended  to  self-abasement.  His  was  a  modesty 
which  never  permitted  the  boastfulness  of  self- 
praise,  w-hich  sought  to  retire  into  private  life 
when  the  work  was  done ;  which  took  upon 
itself  the  added  honors  of  the  Presidency  of 
this  Republic  with  sincere  misgivings  as  to 
his  own  fitness  for  this  high  trust,  and  with 
l^raycr — prayer  to  Almighty  God  to  guide  and 
uphold  and  guard  him  forever  from  error  and 
self-seeking. 

His  was  a  deeply  religious  nature,  bringing 
God  into  his  daily  life,  and  recognizing  His 
guiding  hand  in  all  the  events  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  attributing  to  divine  Providence 
the  final  success  of  the  weak  American  arms 
against  the  hosts  of  a  mighty  empire. 

His  soul  was  steeped  in  the  traditions  of  liberty 
which  were  his  English  heritage.  He  raised  his 
sword  against  the  tryanny  of  kings,  as  did  his 
ancestors  before  him  in  the  Motherland  across 
the  sea.  With  hesitation  and  reluctance  he 
took  the  final  steps  toward  the  conception  of 
complete  independence,  but  the  decision  once 
formed,  he  never  wavered  in  his  allegiance  to 
the  cause  of  liberty  against  a  king  who  had 
proved  himself  a  traitor  to  that  cause.   Patience, 


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faith,  endurance — all  these  qualities  were  his 
throughout  the  darkest  hours  of  our  great 
struggle  for  freedom.  With  these  qualities  he 
inspired  his  men.  Devotedly  and  without 
question  they   followed  where  he   led. 

And  today  the  mighty  nation  against  which 
he  fought  acknowledges  his  greatness  and  the 
fundamental  righteousness  of  his  cause.  Today 
England  honors  him  as  one  more  shining  light 
in  the  long  line  of  illustrious  men  who  have 
stood  in  all  ages  for  the  ideals  of  human  liberty 
—a  great  Englishman  and  a  greater  American. 

To  us  of  today  I  say  that  a  great  lesson 
can  be  learned  from  such  a  life  as  Washington's. 
We  can  learn  the  lesson  of  unselfish  public 
service,  the  lesson  of  devotion  to  the  public 
good,  even  against  one's  private  interests.  He 
set  an  example  of  unrequited  public  service. 
Freely  he  gave  his  time,  his  thought,  his  means, 
to  his  country,  asking  no  reward.  This  is  the 
kind  of  service  that  makes  a  country  great. 
What  we  give  to  our  country,  not  what  we  try 
to  get  out  of  it  in  way  of  offices  or  honors  or 
rewards,  is  the  potent  force  in  the  building  up 
of  national  character. 

If  every  individual  has  a  keen  sense  of 
civic  duties  and  responsibilities,  if  each  and 
every  one  is  ready  to  give  of  himself,  all  that 
he  is,  and  all  that  he  has,  for  his  country,  not 
only  in  war  but  also  in  peace,  as  George 
Washington  gave  of  himself,  then  indeed  will 
the  character  of  a  nation  be  moulded  on  noble 
lines  of  justice  and  uprightness  and  honorable 
relationships  between  nations. 

This  is  the  example  of  life  and  character  set 
by  George  Washington. 

Let  us  pray  God  to  keep  our  nation  true 
to  it. 

The  French  Ambassador,  M.  Jules 
Jusserand,  and  representatives  of  other 
allied  countries,  attended  the  ceremonies. 
Major  General  S.  H.  Bntler,  U.S.M.C, 
also  spoke  on  the  influence  of  the  women 
of  the  land  in  carrying  on  the  principles 
of  George  Washington  and  the  founders 
of  the  nation. 

Lieutenant  Jean  Labat,  military  attache 
of  the  French  Embassy,  sang  the  "  Star 
Spangled  Banner,"  and  music  was  fur- 
nished by  the  Marine  Band. 

That  Belgium  will  never  forget  the 
generosity  of  American  women  during 
the  World  War  was  the  declaration  of 
Baron  de  Cartier,  the  Belgian  Ambassa- 
dor, at   the   session   of   the   congress   on 


Friday  evening.  The  Ambassador  was 
the  only  speaker,  as  General  John  J. 
Pershing  had  been  called  out  of  town, 
and  he  made  an  impassioned  plea  to  the 
Society  to  assist  in  restoring  the  famous 
library  of  Louvain. 

General  Herbert  Lord,  Director  of  the 
Budget,  who  was  in  a  stage  box,  came 
to  the  platform  and  made  an  impromptu 
address  in  which  he  told  the  delegates 
there  was  yet  a  call  for  service  for  red- 
blooded  Americans,  and  that  it  was  no 
time  to  lay  down  arms.  He  said  that  this 
feat  might  be  accomplished  only  when  the 
principles  of  the  Golden  Rule  are  uni- 
versally applied. 

The  result  of  the  second  ballot  for 
Honorary  President  General  was  heard 
shortly  after  the  session  convened.  There 
was  still  a  tie  between  Mrs.  J.  H.  Estev, 
of  Vermont,  and  Mrs.  Richard  J.  Barker, 
of  Vermont.  Mrs.  Barker  then  with- 
drew, and  Mrs.  Estey  was  declared 
elected. 

During  the  session  Miss  Janet  Rich- 
ards asked  permission  to  present  a  reso- 
lution and  moved :  That  the  rules  be  sus- 
pended and  action  be  taken  on  this  reso- 
lution at  once.  The  motion  was  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Moss  and  carried. 

Miss  Richards  then  presented  the  fol- 
lowing resolution,  seconded  by  the  Presi- 
dent General,  Mrs.  Anne  Rogers  Minor, 
Aline  E.  Solomons,  Vice  Regent,  Mary 
Washington  Chapter ;  Isabella  D.  John- 
son, Regent,  Mary  Washington  Chapter; 
Annie  Wallace,  Vice  President  General 
from  New  Hampshire;  Mrs.  Howard  H. 
McCall,  Vice  President  General  from 
Georgia;  Alice  Louise  McDufifee,  Vice 
President  General  from  Michigan  ;  Louise 
C.  White,  Curator  General.  1920-23;  Ida 
H.  Mondell,  Vice  President  General  from 
Montana;  Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss,  Vice 
President  General  from  Missouri ;  Mrs. 
George     Thacher    Guernsey ;     Honorary 


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President  General ;  ]\Irs.  Charles  B. 
Bryan,  Regent,  Commodore  Perry  Chap- 
ter, Tenn. ;  Mrs.  Edwin  Earle  Sparks, 
State  Regent  of  Pennsylvania ;  Mrs. 
John  Francis  Yawger,  Recording  Secre- 
tary General ;  Amy  E.  Gilbert,  State  Re- 
gent, Iowa;  Lora  Haines  Cook,  Presi- 
dent General-elect;  Mrs.  Williard  T. 
Block,  Vice  President  General  from  Illi- 
nois; Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash,  State 
Regent  of  New  York;  and  others. 

Whereas,  the  death  of  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lock- 
wood  in  October,  1922,  marks  the  passing  from 
earth  of  the  last  member  of  that  notable  group  of 
far-seeing  women  who  had  the  patriotism,  the 
vision,  the  fidelity  and  courage  to  start  and 
develop  the  great  Society  of  the  Daughters  of 
the    American    Revolution, 

And  U^'hereas,  these  women  builded  better 
than  they  knew  in  founding  a  Society  which  for 
size  and  enthusiasm,  influence  and  vital  patriotic 
service  is  unequaled  in  this  or  any  other  country, 

Therefore  be  it  Resolved,  that  this  Society 
take  under  consideration  plans  for  suitably 
marking  the  graves  of 

Miss  Mary  Desha 
Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lock  wood 
Miss  Eugenia  Washington 
Mrs.  Ellen   Hardin  Walworth 
by  erecting  thereon  appropriate  monuments,   in 
the    nature   of    "  Memorials,"    and    bearing   the 
insignia  of   the   Society — the   expense    for   said 
memorials   to   be   defrayed   from   funds   of   the 
National   Society,  or  as  may  be  hereafter  pre- 
scribed ;   and  to  that  end 

Be  it  Resolved  that  a  committee  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  General  of  which  at 
least  two  members  shall  be  artists,  to  consider 
a  design  for  such  memorials,  such  design  to 
be  submitted  for  approval  to  the  National  Board 
of  Management,  and 

Be  it  Further  Resolved  that  work  on  these 
memorials  be  initiated  as  soon  as  practicable 
after  the  passage  of  this  Resolution. 

The  resolution  was  put  and  carried. 

The  high  points  of  the  closing  sessions 
of  the  32nd  Congress  were:  The  gift  of 
book  shelves  to  the  library  at  Memorial 
Continental  Hall  by  the  Mary  Washing- 
ton Chapter  of  the  District  of  Columbia; 
the  discussion  of  the  Washington  alley 
dwellers  by  Mrs.  Archibald  Hopkins, 
who   licggcd    the    delegates   to    use   tlieir 


influence  with  their  Congressmen  to 
remedy  the  evil;  the  passage  of  a  resolu- 
tion indorsing  the  stand  of  the  United 
States  Government  for  a  policy  of  ade- 
quate armed  preparedness ;  the  passage 
of  resolutions  against  the  narcotic  evil; 
for  a  universal  divorce  law ;  the  restora- 
tion of  the  historic  library  at  Louvain; 
the  reading  of  the  Bible  in  public  schools; 
for  retirement  pay  for  naval  nurses ;  and 
to  restore  and  preserve  Monticello  and 
Kenmore,  the  historic  homes  respectively 
of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Betty  Wash- 
ington Lewis. 

The  32nd  Congress  passed  into  history 
at  3.55  P.M.  on  April  21st,  with  songs,  led 
by  Mrs.  Bertha  Lincoln  Heustis,  cheers 
and  a  general  sentiment  of  good  feeling 
and  harmony. 

As  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook  stood 
beside  her  on  the  platform,  Mrs.  Minor, 
the  retiring  President  General,  placed 
upon  her  the  broad  ribbon,  the  insignia 
of  the  highest  D.A.R.  office,  and  the 
President  General's  pin.  Following  Mrs. 
Cook's  installation  into  office,  the  same 
ceremony  was  performed  by  the  retiring 
National  Officers  and  Vice  Presidents 
General  for  their  successors.  The  Chap- 
lain General,  Mrs.  Selden  P.  Spencer, 
then  administered  the  oath  of  office. 

Mrs.  Minor,  in  turning  over  her  office, 
said : 

"  Airs.  Cook,  with  pleasure  I  invest  you  with 
the  office  of  President  General.  I  know  you  will 
find  in  it  a  great  opportunity  for  service,  and 
may  God  help  you  to  give  your  best  to  it.  I 
wish  you  every  success,  and  bespeak  for  you  the 
loyal  support  of  every  Daughter." 

Mrs.  Cook  responded  in  a  voice  filled 
with  emotion,  saying  : 

"  In   having   this    badge   of   honor   conferred    : 
upon    me,    I    accept    it    prayerfully,    with    the 
earnest  hope  that  you  will  never  be  disappointed    I 
in  me.    I  pray  each  of  you  will  help  me  lead  this 
Society  to  all  that  is  best — first  for  our  country, 
and  then   for  this  organization,  and   I  ask  the    | 
support  and  loyalty  of  you  all."  I 


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A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT 
GENERAL 


HE  writing  of  this  my  first  mes- 
sage to  you  as  your  President 
General  is  an  experience  which 
I  wish  I  could  describe  to  you. 
I    feel   just   what   I   think  each 
one  of  you  would   feel — an  in- 
tense  sense   of    responsibility,    of    rever- 
ence,  of    prayerful    longing    for    wisdom 
and    strength. 

Nationally,  throughout  the  whole 
world,  this  is  a  time  of  troubled  minds. 
It  is  a  time  of  reckless  criticism.  It  is  a 
time  of  special  danger  from  the  effects 
of  that  propaganda  which  is  seeking  to 
undermine  our  Government.  There  is 
a  further  danger  lest  we  ourselves  should 
not  be  thoroughly  informed  before  pass- 
ing judgment  on  those  whose  convictions 
and  methods  we  do  not  fully  understand. 
But,  unmistakably,  it  is  also  a  time  of 
high  hopes. 

Already,  in  these  few  days  of  office,  it 
has  been  a  revelation  to  find  the  faith 
that  people  outside  our  organization  place 
in  us — coming  hopefully  with  their  vis- 
ions, asking  that  we  may  be  the  instru- 
ment of  their  fulfillment.  You,  like  my- 
self, would  try  to  balance  our  potential 
strength  against  the  great  concrete  tasks 
suggested  to  us. 

Before  you  receive  this  IVIagazine,  you 
will  have  learned  of  the  third  annual 
meeting  of  the  Xational  American  Coun- 
cil, in  the  interest  of  better  citizenship, 
held  in  our  own  Memorial  Continental 
Hall,  on  May  24th,  at  which  time  the 
President  of  the  United  States  will  make 
an  address. 

When  Dr.  Charles  R.  Mann,  repre- 
senting  the   War    Department,   and    Mr. 


Sydney  Morse,  representing  the  National 
American  Council,  called  at  the  office  of 
your  President  General,  proposing  the 
cooperation  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  with  the  Govern- 
ment, patriotic  societies  and  many  other 
organizations  throughout  the  United 
States,  our  assent  was  one  of  thankful- 
ness for  the  privilege  of  taking  part  in 
this  great  movement,  so  seriously  needed 
at  this  time. 

You  remember  one  of  the  resolutions 
adopted  at  our  Congress  in  April  was  to 
urge  the  study  of  the  Constitution  in  our 
normal  and  public  schools.  Certainly  we 
can  be  infinitely  more  effective  in  our 
influence  if  we  know  the  Constitution 
thoroughh'  ourselves.  This  is  the  basis 
of  loyal,  intelligent  citizenship. 

Let  us  begin  this  work  first  of  all  in 
our  own  chapters.  In  arranging  your 
programs  for  the  coming  year  I  would 
strongly  recommend  that  you  make  the 
study  of  the  Constitution  its  keystone. 
.Vlong  with  this  I  would  advise  the  study 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence — 
that  great,  inspired  document  whose 
clarion  note  of  human  liberty  finds  a 
responsive  chord  in  every  patriot's  heart. 

Here  is  concrete  preparation  for  every 
part  of  our  national  work. 

If  my  own  part  in  this  service  is  to 
reach    its    fullest    measure,    it    will    be . 
through   the   loyalty   and   cooperation   of 
the  Daughters.     It  is  with  realization  of 
the   high    privilege    of    the    task,    that    I 
dedicate  myself  to  this  term  of  office. 
LoRA  Haines  Cook, 
President  General. 
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SKETCH  OF  MRS.  JULIA  GREEN  SCOTT 

Seventh  President  General  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 


RS.  JULIA  GREEN  SCOTT, 
of  Bloomington,  Illinois,  died  in 
her  home  there  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, April  29,  1923.  Mrs. 
Scott  was  eighty  years  of  age, 
and  was  a  native  of  Danville, 
Kentucky.  Funeral  services  were  held 
at  her  residence  in  Taylor  Street  on 
Wednesday  afternoon,  May  2nd,  and  she 
was  interred  in  Bloomington  Cemetery. 
Upon  the  receipt  of  the  news  of  her 
death  at  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  the 
building  was  closed  to  the  public  and 
the  flag  placed  at  half-staff.  Mrs. 
Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  the  President 
General,  in  a  telegram  to  Mrs.  Carl 
Vrooman,  said : 

"  Sincere  sympathy  for  you  and  your 
family  in  the  demise  of  your  illustrious 
mother,  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott,  our 
Honorary  President  General,  beloved  and 
honored  by  every  member  of  the  Society 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. In  honoring  her  memory,  we 
honor  our  Society." 

Among  the  floral  tributes  sent  to 
Bloomington  for  the  funeral  was  a  sheaf 
of  American  Beauty  roses  from  the 
National  Society.  The  State  D.A.R. 
also  sent  a  beautiful  floral  offering,  as 
did  her  Chapter  in  Bloomington. 

Over  the  railing  of  the  stairway  in  the 
Scott  residence  was  draped  the  American 
flag  which  had  been  sent  to  Mrs.  Scott 
from  the  Letitia  Green  Stevenson  Chap- 
ter, when  she  was  President  General. 
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The  members  of  her  chapter  attended 
the  funeral  in  a  body. 

For  fifteen  years  Mrs.  Scott  made  her 
winter  home  in  Washington,  D.  C.  She 
is  survived  by  two  daughters,  Mrs. 
Charles  S.  Bromwell  and  Mrs.  Carl 
Vrooman,  and  by  two  grandchildren,  Mrs. 
Sidney  Bailey  and  Scott  Bromwell. 

JNIrs.  Scott's  long  and  notable  career 
in  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution culminated  in  her  election  to  the 
office  of  President  General  in  1909,  and 
two  years  later  she  was  reelected  to  fill 
the  same  post.  It  was  during  Mrs.  Scott's 
first  term  as  President  General  that  the 
offices  of  the  National  Society  were  re- 
moved to  Memorial  Continental  Hall 
(March  28,  1910),  and  on  April  18,  1910, 
the  Hall  became  the  actual  headquarters 
of  the  Society.  It  was  in  April  of  the 
same  year  that  President  William  H.  Taft 
addressed  the  Continental  Congress  at  its 
annual  session,  thus  establishing  a  prece- 
dent for  the  Presidents  of  the  United 
States  to  attend  the  formal  opening  of 
the  Congresses  of  the  National  Society. 

From  1901  to  1904,  Mrs.  Scott  served 
the  Society  as  Vice  President  General. 
She  was  a  member  of  Continental  Hall 
Committee,  Committee  to  Select  the  Site; 
Building  Committee ;  Committee  on  Ar- 
chitecture ;  Magazine  Committee ;  Legis- 
lative Committee ;  and  Chairman  of  the 
National  Committee  for  the  Preservation 
of  Historic  Spots. 

Mrs.  Scott  was  the  daughter  of  the 
Rev.   Lewis   Warner   and    Mary   Peachy 


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Fry  Green.  She  came  of  a  long  line  of 
distinguished  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
ancestry,  those  given  on  her  application 
papers  being  Colonel  Joshua  Fry,  Jr., 
James  Speed,  and  Dr.  Thomas  Walker, 
all  famous  Virginia  patriots.  Dr.  Thomas 
Walker,  her  great,  great  grandfather, 
was  Commissary  General  of  the  Virginia 
troops  in  the  Braddock  campaign,  and 
led  the  first  explorers  into  Kentucky  in 
1730.  During  the  Revolution  he  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses, 
while  Captain  James  Speed,  an  ancestor 
on  the  maternal  side,  was  killed  in  the 
Battle  of  Guilford  Courthouse,  N.  C. 

Her  grandfather,  Honorable  Willis 
Green,  grandson  of  Mildred  Washington, 
by  her  third  husband,  Colonel  Henry 
Willis,  was  a  member  of  nearly  all  the 
nine  conventions  held  during  the  war 
and  helped  to  frame  the  constitu- 
tion of  Kentucky. 

Colonel  Joshua  Fry,  another  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  men 
of  Colonial  times.  He  was  from  Somer- 
setshire, England ;  a  graduate  of  Oxford 
University,  and  first  professor  of  Mathe- 
matics in  William  and  Mary's  College, 
Virginia.  Later  on  he  was  commander- 
in-chief  of  the  Colonial  forces  during  the 
French  and  Indian  wars.  He  settled  in 
Jamestown,  Va.,  in  1737,  and  was  asso- 
ciated with  Peter  Jefferson  (father  of 
Thomas  Jefferson)  in  the  compilation  of 
a  map  of  Virginia.  Colonel  Fry  died  of 
fever  on  the  march  at  Will's  Creek,  Va., 
May  31,  1754,  and  George  Washington 
succeeded  him  in  command.  On  a  large 
oak  which  still  stands,  Washington  cut 
the  inscription :  "  Under  this  oak  lies 
the  body  of  the  good,  the  just  and 
noble  Fry." 

Mrs.  Scott  was  a  member  of  the 
Colonial    Dames,   the    Mary   Washington 


Society,  and  the  Letitia  Green  Stevenson 
Chapter,  N.S.D.A.R.,  of  Bloomington, 
Illinois.  She  married  in  early  Ufe 
Matthew  T.  Scott,  of  Lexington,  Ky. 
Mr.  Scott  died  in  1891,  and  his  widow, 
as  a  memorial  to  her  distinguished  hus- 
band, established  the  Matthew  T.  Scott, 
Jr.,  Institute  in  Phelps,  Ky. 

During  the  World  War,  Mrs.  Scott, 
then  Honorary  President  General  of  the 
National  Society,  was  appointed  by  Mrs. 
George  Thacher  Guernsey,  the  President 
General,  chairman  of  the  D.A.R.  War 
Relief  Service  Committee. 

In  recognition  of  her  philanthropic 
work  for  the  war  orphans  of  France, 
Ambassador  Jusserand  presented  her  with 
a  decoration  from  the  French  govern- 
ment. The  occasion  proved  to  be  Mrs. 
Scott's  last  public  appearance.  In  re- 
sponse to  the  Ambassador's  speech  of 
presentation,  Mrs.  Scott  said,  in  part: 

"  Mr.  Ambassador,  your  country  has 
conferred  many  honors  on  the  men  and 
women  of  America  who  have  been  privi- 
leged to  be  associated  with  the  French 
in  this  war.  There  are  many  families 
where  the  croix  de  guerre,  won  on  some 
battle-field  of  France,  will  be  handed 
down  from  generation  to  generation  as  a 
priceless  heritage,  and  there  are  many 
other  families  scattered  over  our  broad 
land  whose  most  sacred  possession  is  a  lit- 
tle wooden  cross  '  somewhere  in  France.' 
"  And  the  other  shining  link,  newly 
forged,  that  binds  us  to  France,  the  link 
of  which  this  medal  is  the  symbol,  is  the 
love  that  has  grown  up  in  the  hearts  of 
our  people  for  those  fatherless  children, 
heirs  of  privation  and  suffering  unspeak- 
able, but  heirs  also  of  glory,  who  are  the 
future  builders  of  the  France  that  is  to  be. 
"  Could  we,  Mr.  Ambassador,  could 
Heaven  itself,  forge  any  links  that  would 


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bind  the  hearts  of  our  people  in  a  closer 
and  more  enduring  friendship  and  under- 
standing than  these  two  links  of  pure 
gold,  purged  of  all  its  dross,  which  binds 
us  to  the  dead  and  to  the  living?  " 

Mrs.  Scott  was  a  life  member  of  the 
Society,     her     national     number     being 


4982.  She  was  admitted  to  meml)ership 
on  April  17,  1894,  when  her  sister,  Mrs. 
Adlai  E.  Stevenson,  was  President  Gen- 
eral. Her  executive  ability  and  strong 
personality  made  her  eminently  fitted  for 
the  many  positions  which  she  filled  with 
Ijenefit  to  the  Society  and  honor  to  herself. 


CHAPTERS,  ATTENTION! 


At  the  Thirty-second  Continental 
Congress,  Colonel  Walter  Scott,  of  New 
York  City,  gave  one  thousand  dollars  to 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion to  be  used  for  prizes  to  increase  the 
circulation  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  Magazine. 

Therefore,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  announce 
that  this  fund  will  be  used  for  prizes 
to  Chapters  for  securing  Magazine 
subscriptions. 

Amounts  and  other  details  of  the  prize 
contest  will  be  announced  in  the  next 
issue  of  the  Magazine. 


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Send  all  remittances  to  the  Treasurer 
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Washington,   D.   C,  and  give  the  name 
of  the  chapter  with  all  subscriptions. 
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EDITH  ROBERTS  RAMSBURGH 

GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 

Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

6305.  Drake. — Colonel  Samuel  Drake  b 
Scarsdale  1730  d  Peekskill,  N.  Y.  1794,  his  1st 
w  is  given  as  Rebecca  Drake.  Their  dau 
Rebecca  m  John  Mandeville.  Col.  Samuel 
Drake  was  commander  of  Westchester  Co.,  N. 
Y.  Mil  and  a  member  of  the  Committee  of 
Safety  of  his  county,  also  represented  said 
county  in  the  General  Assembly  of  N.  Y.  No 
dates  of  these  services  are  given  but  a  closer 
examination  of  the  papers  filed  on  Colonel 
Drake  might  give  more  details  of  his  children 
&  name  of  his  2nd  w. — Eleanor  F.  Gibson, 
Sheldon,  Iowa. 

Sharp. — Rebecca  Sharp  d  1871.  Her  father 
was  Hugh  Sharp  who  d  1742.  Her  mother 
was  Rachel  French,  b  1664,  m  Dec.  9, 
1702.  Rachel  French  had  previously  m 
Matthew  Allen  who  d  1701.  Rebecca  Sharp 
m  Wm.  Coate,  1725.  He  d  1749  and  in  1754 
she  m  Joseph  Lippincott  who  d  1779.  She  had 
a  daughter  Rachel  Coate  who  m  Joseph  Burr. 
—Mrs.  Daisy  A.  Rich],  311  West  Bridge, 
Blackwell,  oicla. 

10141.  Thom.\s. — Elizabeth  Thomas  of  Fred- 
erick Co.,  Md.  made  her  will  Dec.  10,  1772, 
proved  Oct.  6,  1779  naming  her  sons  Daniel, 
William,  Joseph  Jonathan  and  Notley,  and  daus 
Elizabeth   &  Ann.     Other  sons   probably  were 

Anthony  Thomas  who  m  Lousy &  had  a  son 

Nodley  b  Nov.  26,  1784;  and  Thomas  Skinner 
Thomas.  His  father  is  said  to  have  come  from 
St.  Mary's  Co.  originally.  Ref:  Thomas 
Book,  by  Henry  T.  Thomas,  p.  182.— Mrj. 
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Walter  Matthews,  417  Transylvania  Park, 
Lexington,   Ky. 

10236.  Pettus. — Your  query  says  "John 
Pettus  &  Alice  Taylor,  his  w  & "  this  is  not 
correct.  John  Pettus  m  Alice  Winston  dau  of 
Capt.  Anthony  Winston  and  his  w  Alice  Tay- 
lor.—Mr.?.  Mary  B.  Armislead,  1657  31st  St. 
N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

10350.  Wilson. — Robert  Wilson,  who  was  of 
Scotch  ancestry,  was  b  in  York  Co.,  Penna. 
in  1752.  He  was  m  on  Sept.  28,  1786  at  York, 
Penna.  to  Catherine  Fischer,  who  was  of  Hol- 
land Dutch  ancestry.  Robert  Wilson's  Rev 
rec  as  shown  by  Heitman's  Historical  Register 
of  the  Officers  of  the  Continental  Army,  p. 
440,  is  as  follows :  2nd  Lieut.  6th  Pennav 
Battalion,  9th  January,  1776:  Captain,  7th 
Penna.,  20th  March,  1777;  wounded  at  Paoli, 
Sept.,  1777.  He  d  at  York,  Penna.  Jan.  24, 
1834.  Robert  &  Catherine  Fischer  Wilson  had 
tlie  following  ch;  David,  Robert,  Thomas, 
William  &  one  dau  Jane  who  m  Matthew  Kerr. 
— Mrs.  M.  E.  Dicken,  616  South  Iowa  Ave., 
Washington,  Iowa. 

10386b.  Herrington. — In  work  for  the  His- 
toric Research  Committee  of  the  D.A.R.,  I  have 
been  given  the  following :  Henry  Herrington, 
h  Exeter,  R.  I.,  Sept,  27,  1735  d  White  Creek, 
Washington  Co.  N.  Y.  Feb.  3,  1824  (s  of  Capt. 
Job  &  Elizabeth  Spencer  Herrington")  m  May 
20,  1763,  his  2nd  or  3rd  cousin,  Freelove  Her- 
rington b  R.  I.  Oct.  13,  1742  d  White  Creek, 
N.  Y.  Nov.  24,  1817  (dau  of  John  &  Annah  (?) 
Herrington).  Both  bur  in  the  centre  of  White 
Creek  Cemetery,  otherwise  known  locally  as  the 
"  Waite's  Corner's  Yard."     The  inscription  on 


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his  stone  reads  "  Capt  Henry  Herrington." 
Was  Capt.  of  Rhode  Island  troops  in  French 
&  Indian  War,  one  of  those,  it  is  said,  to  carry 
the  body  of  Gen.  Wolfe  from  the  battlefield, 
when  he  fell  mortally  wounded.  In  Revolu- 
tionary War  had  charge  of  the  transportation  of 
mails  and  provisions.  Carried  mail  to  Gen. 
Washington  in  his  stockings  &  escaped  arrest 
as  a  spy,  because  though  his  boots  were  removed, 
his  stockings  were  not.  In  a  private  yard  of 
the  Herrington  family  7  miles  east  of  Cam- 
bridge, N.  Y.  nr  the  Vermont  line,  lies  Henry 
Herrington  b  Exeter,  R.  I.  Feb.  16,  1770  d 
White  Creek,  N.  Y.  Nov.  19,  1852,  and  Sarah 
Manchester,  his  w,  b  Cambridge,  N.  Y.  July 
24,  1786  d  Feb.  7,  1840.  Her  father, Man- 
chester is  said  to  have  had  Rev  rec  can  give 
other  Herrington  data  of  this  yard  if  desired. 
—Mrs.  C.  E.  Tingue,  Sunset  Lodge,  Cambridge, 
New  York. 

10386d.  Warner-Bates.— In  the  "  Old  White 
Church  "  cemetery,  North  Park  St.,  Cambridge, 
N.  Y.  James  Warner  d  Dec.  11,  1812  in  his 
77th  year.  His  stone  was  marked  some  years 
ago  by  the  local  D.A.R.  Chapter,  as  a  Rev 
sol,  and  his  name  appears  in  New  York  in  the 
Rev,  as  a  private,  16th  Regt,  Albany  Co.,  Mil, 
Colonels  Blair  and  Van  Woert.  Glad  to  learn 
the  name  of  his  w  Abigail  as  Bates.  She  lies 
beside  him,  d  Oct.  12,  1807  in  her  66th  year. 
Next  to  them,  in  this  yard,  but  relationship  un- 
known, lies  Eleazer  Warner,  d  Oct.  26,  1817  in 
his  85th  year  and  his  w  Elizabeth  Kirtland  d 
March  29,  1804  in  her  64th  year.  His  stone  is 
also  marked  as  a  Rev  sol  and  his  name  is  found 
in  New  York  in  the  Rev,  as  private  16th  Regt., 
Albany  Co.,  Mil.  Land  bounty  rights.  He  may 
also  have  ser  in  the  7th  Connecticut  Regt.,  Col. 
Heman  Swift. — Mrs.  C.  E.  Tingue,  Sunset 
Lodge,  Cambridge,   N.   Y. 

10385.  Templem AN. — Wm.  Alexander 
Templeman,  b  in  Fauquier  Co.,  Va.,  183S,  was 
the  s  of  Thornton  Hume  Templeman,  b  1806, 
the  s  of  Fielding  Templeman.  b  1780,  the  s 
of  Edward,  b  1745,  d  in  Stafford  Co.,  1842. 
This  Edward  Templeman  was  a  Rev  sol  and 
was  a  sol  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  had  bros 
James  &  Moses. — Mrs.  Bessie  U'anamakcr, 
Bethany,   Missouri. 

103S7.  BuFORD.— Colonel  Buford's  w  was 
Martha  McDowell,  b  June  20,  1766,  they  were 
m  October,  1788.  She  was  the  dau  of  Judge 
Samuel  McDowell  (of  Colonial  and  Rev  fame) 
and  Mary  McClung.  The  ch  of  Col.  S:  Martha 
McDowell  Bnford  were,  Charles,  who  m  1st 
Miss  Adair,  dau  of  Governor  Adair  of  Ky.  & 
2nd  Lucy  dau  of  Basil  &  Charlotte  Marshall 
Duke;  William  who  m  the  dau  of  Hon.  George 
Robertson ;  and  Mary  who  m  James  K.  Duke. 
Col.  &  Mrs.  Buford  were  m  in  Ky.  &  he  acquired 


a  large  landed  estate  in  Scott  Co.,  Ky.  These 
facts  are  recorded  in  "  Green's  Historic  Families 
of  Kentucky "  pp.  101-102. — Mrs.  Susan  M. 
Ball  Alexander,  Paris,  Kentucky. 

10389.  Brown. — Edward  Brown,  m  Jane 
Leids     of     Inkborrow,     Worcestershire,     Eng. 

Their  s  Nicholas,  m   Elizabeth &  settled  in 

Lynn,  Mass.,  1629.  They  brought  their  s 
Thomas,  b  in  Eng.  abt  1628  (Deposition  taken 
July  11,  1766)  d  Lynn,  Aug.  28,  1692.  1652/3 
m  ^lary  Newhall  b  June  1637,  dau  of  Thomas 
&  Mary  Newhall  of  Lynn.  Thomas,  Jr.  b 
Jan.  1,  1654,  Lynn,  d  Stonington,  Conn.,  Dec. 
17,  1723,  m  Feb.  8,  1677  Hannah  Collins.  Ref : 
Brown  Genealogy,  by  Agnes  H.  Brown,  pp.  11- 
12;  History  of  Lynn,  by  Lewis,  pp.  69-/0; 
Wheeler's  History  of  Stonington,  p.  695. — Mrs. 
John  IV.  Fairing,  307  E.  Otterman  St. 
Greensburg,  Penna. 

Dickinson. — David  Dickinson  b  May  29, 
1756  m  Nov.  24,  1774,  Anne  Coleman,  b  Oct. 
29,  1756.  Their  12  ch  were,  Frances  Coleman 
Dickinson  b  Aug.  31,  1775;  Betty  Wuitt  b  June 
10,  1777;  Lucy,  b  Dec.  10,  1778;  Thomas  b 
Aug.  9,  1780;  Anne  b  Oct.  26,  1782;  Fannie  b 
June  30,  1784;  David  b  Sept.  1,  1785;  Samuel 
b  Oct.  6,  1787;  John  b  Oct.  22,  1789;  Wm.  b 
Feb.  23,  1792;  Lucy  b  Feb.  14,  1794;  James 
Okelly  b  Mch.  25,  1796.  Anne  Coleman,  w  of 
David  Dickinson,  d  Aug.  25,  1798  &  David  m 
2nd,  Mary  West.  They  had  sons  George  b 
Oct.  2,  1802  &  Robert  b  June  28,  1805.  This 
Robert  m  Jane  Goodwin. — Emma  Dickinson 
Early,  Pratt,  West  Virginia. 

10432.  Thurber.— Vital  Records  of  Rehobeth, 
Mass.,  or  the  Town  Clerk  can  give  you  informa- 
tion. John  Thurber  &  w  Priscilla  came  from 
England  in  1671,  brought  their  s  James  b  1660 
in  Eng.,  with  them.  He  had  s  James  b  1684  & 
another  James  Thurber  was  b  at  Rehobeth  in 
1726.  James  seems  to  be  a  family  name. — 
Gertrude     A.     McFarland,     5018  St., 

Phila.  Penna. 

10432.  Thurber. — Undoubtedly,  the  James 
Thurber  in  War  of  1812  from  N.  Y.  State  was 
from  the  original  John  Thurber  who  came  to 
Rehobeth  in  1671.  His  s  James  followed  the 
next  yr.  Can  furnish  more  inf. — Mrs.  Mary  B. 
Bishop,  142  Grove  Street,  Putnam,  Conn. 

10439.  Pratt. — Lucy  Pratt,  dau  of  Stephen  & 
Hannah  (Feunce)  Pratt  was  b  at  Weymouth, 
Mass.  bapt.  Oct.  6,  1771  &  d  there  Nov.  17, 
1857.  Int.  of  Marriage  to  Noah  Stowell,  Nov. 
8,  1794.  Ref :  Stowell  Genealogy  p.  U9.—Mrs. 
Helen  S.  Cartledge,  Bainbridce,  N.  Y. 

10458.  Wheeler. — Earl  Wheeler  was  b  in 
Montgomery,  Mass.  &  went  back  there  when  he 
was  a  boy.  to  visit.  From  his  rec  we  have  the 
only  rec  of  the  early  Wheelers.  Mr.  Wheeler 
says  that  Ephraim  Wheeler  lived  in  the  North 


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Parish  of  New  London.  He  had  seven  sons  & 
one  dau.  James  Wheeler,  s  of  Ephraim,  b  abt 
1749,  m  Thankful  French  abt  1772  &  had  eleven 
ch  which  you  will  find  given  in  the  "  Wheeler 
Family  in  America  "  No.  10134,  p.  582.  James 
Wheeler  d  Aug.  31,  1828  at  Montgomery,  Mass. 
His  w  Thankful  d  Nov.  19,  1841.  Royal  fourth 
ch  of  James  &  Thankful  French  Wheeler  was  b 
at  Southampton,  Mass.,  June  1,  1779,  d  Sept.  6, 
1830  m  Caturah  (spelling  on  her  headstone. 
In  the  Moore  genealogy  it  is  spelled  Keturah) 

Moore,  dau  of  Asa  Moore  &  his  w  Abigail . 

Asa  Moore  was  a  Rev  sol.  Ref:  Connecticut 
Men  in  the  Rev,  and  ser  from  July  1,  1780  to 
Dec.  16.  1780.  Caturah  Aloore  was  b  Feb.  16, 
1778  &  d  March  20,  1831.  Royal  Wheeler  &  his 
w  are  bur  in  the  Preston  buryground  at  Stock- 
port Wayne  Co.,  Pa.  Their  ch  are  Earl,  1801- 
1873;  Sophia,  Sept.  14,  1803,  Sept.  23,  1880,  m 
Wm.  G.  Lakin;  Lucinda,  Jan.  2,  1806,  Feb.  28, 
1885,  m  John  Lord;  Ethel inda  Charlotte.  1808, 
m  Dr.  Chas.  Truman  Sheeler ;  Maria  m  Hiram 
K.  Mumford;  Royla.  Dec.  13,  1814,  Apr.  22, 
1902  m  Sally  Jane  Miller,  &  two  others.  Earl 
Wheeler,  Aug.,  1801,  Dec.  30,  1873  m  Fannie 
Freeman,  dau  of  Silas.  Their  ch  Eliza  P.  d 
March  10,  1855  m,  Feb.  22,  1854,  Wm.  Evans  of 
Middletown,  N.  Y.  no  ch ;  Marshall  m  Sarah 
Barlow  of  Narrowsburg,  N.  Y. ;  Mary  m  Wm. 
Henry  Fuller  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  2  ch. ;  Alargaret 
d  young  &  was  bur  at  Bethany.  Pa. ;  Emmet 
Frank  b  May  8,  1858  d  Jan.  24,  1862  &  is  bur 
by  the  side  of  his  grandparents,  Royal  & 
Caturah  Wheeler.  Marshall  Wheeler  m  Sarah 
Barlow  b  1831  d  Aug.  21,  1890,  their  ch  were: 
Earl,  Howard,  Sumner,  Dimmick,  Florence  & 
a  baby  who  d.  Marshall  Wheeler  moved  from 
Honcsdale  to  Meadville,  Pa.  &  afterwards  to 
Grand  Rapids,  !Mich.,  where  Mrs.  Wheeler  d. — 
Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Wheeler,  20  Main  St.,  Deposit, 
N.   Y. 

10475.  Wheei.kr. — I  have  not  the  Rev  rec  of 
Calvin  Wheeler  but  the  most  direct  way  to 
obtain  it  would  be  to  write  to  Hartford,  he  is 
not  in  the  list  of  pensioners.  Calvin  was  the 
s  of  Ephraim  Wheeler  &  his  w  Martha  Buckley, 
who  was  b  1716,  in  Fairfield,  Conn..  &r  d  1806, 
Redding,  Conn.,  &  has  an  accepted  Rev  rec. 
He  responded  to  the  Lexington  Alarm,  serving 
as  a  sol.  Ephraim  &  Martha  had  ch.  Enos  bapt. 
Nov.  4,  1739  m  Hannah  Bradlcv;  Calvin,  bapt. 
Jan.  31,  1742;  Mabel  bapt.  Feb.  12,  1744;  Daniel 
bapt.  Aug.  4.  1745;  Ephraim  b  1751;  Hannah, 
Nov.  12.  1758;  Grace  June  12,  1763.  Ref.: 
New  England  Historical  Register,  vol.  69,  pp. 
47,  1,33;  vol.  68.  p.  171,  Sr  History  of  Redding, 
by  Tndd.     Calvin  Wheeler  bapt.  Jan.  31,   1742, 

evidently  m  1st,  Ruhamah ,  as  in  the  death 

records  of  Redding,  we  find  Ruhamah,  w  of 
Calvin  Wheeler,  aged   19  yrs,   d  Dec.   5,   1762: 


he  m  2nd  Mary  Thorp  b  Aug.  21  1745  & 
according  to  a  sketch  in  vol.  34,  p  67,  Daughters 
OF  THE  American  Revolution  Magazine,  they 
had  ten  ch,  of  whom  Calvin,  Jr.  bapt.  Apr.  12, 
1767  &  Ruhamah  bapt.  May  5,  1769,  are  recorded 
at   Redding.   Mary  Thorp  seems   to  be  dau  of 

David    Thorp    who    m    1st    Mary ,    &    had 

(Ensign)  Stephen  bapt.  March  5,  1737  d  1807 
m  Sarah  Gold :  David  m  Oct.  2,  1744  Naomi 
Williams,  dau  of  Benjamin  &  Rebecca  Williams, 
&  had  Naomi  bapt.  Dec.  21,  1746;  Mary  bapt. 
in  infancy  1748/9;  Ruhamah  bapt.  May  25,  1751; 
Esther  &  Amy  bapt.  Sept.  17,  1758;  Ezekiel 
bapt.  Sept.  28,  1760  in  infancy  &  Aaron  bapt. 
Jan.  23,  1763,  a  month  or  two  old. 

b.  Bates. — -You  do  not  give  any  dates  or  lo- 
cality for  your  Elias  Bates  or  Joseph  Bradley 
&  there  are  several  of  both  names  in  the  same 
vicinity  with  the  above  Wheelers  &  Thorps. 
Elias  Bates  &  w  Sarah  were  received  into 
Church  membership  in  Redding,  abt  1745;  their 
ch  were  Tustus,  bapt.  July  26,  1747;  Sarah, 
Feb.  2,  1752;  Elias  m  2nd  Feb.  25,  1759  Tabitha 
Read  &  had  Walker  bapt.  Jan.  6,  1760;  Elias, 
Feb.   16,   1761 ;   he  probably  also  had  an  older 

s   John   who   m   Esther abt    1750/52   &  had 

eleven  ch.  recorded  at  Redding,  but  no  Elias. 
Ensign  Elias  Bates  d  April  30,  1761,  evidently 
the  father.  Justus  Bates  m  Hannah  Coley 
May  23,  1770/1  &  had  Elias  bapt.  Oct.  4,  1772 
(who  m  Nov.  9,  1793  Lydia  Andrews  &  had, 
Walker,  Amaziah  &  Harriet)  and  Justus  Jr. 
hapt.  Aug.  16,  1771.  Elias  Bates  was  a  Pen- 
sioner from  Conn.  File  S.  12949. — Mrs.  Burton 
Ashley  Crane,  517  West  10th  Street,  Erie,  Penna. 

10499.  Spanglee. — John  Spangler  b  1747,  d 
1796  in  York  Co.,  Pa.  He  was  a  private  in 
Capt.  Godfrey  Fry's  Co.,  3rd  Battalion,  Mil 
Serving  in  Flying  Camp  1776.  His  w  was 
Margaret  Beard.  His  s  John  Spangler  Jr.  m 
Nancy  Barr  &  their  s  Wm.  A.  Spangler  m 
Rebecca  J.  Patterson,  and  their  dau  Anna  M. 
Spangler,  m  Franklin  B.  Speakman. — Eleanor 
f.  Gibson.  Sheldon,  Iowa. 

10606.  White, — Henry  White,  who  lived  at 
one  time  in  Orange  Co.,  Va.  came  to  Bedford 
Co.,  in  1800  from  Buckingham  Co.  &  d  in 
1802  at  the  home  of  his  s  Jacob.  His  Will, 
recorded  in  Bedford  Co.,  mentions  his  sons  but 
only  gives  the  names  of  two,  Jacob  Sz  William, 
also  mentions  a  grandan  Judith  David  of 
Buckingham  Co.  Tacob  White  d  1832.— Mm. 
G.    P.   Parker,    Bedford,   Va. 

10607.  Ransom. — Newton  Ransom  was  a  s 
of  Robert  Ransom  &  his  w  Alice  Newton  &  was 
b  Feb.  21.  1722.  He  m  Sarah  Jones  Sr  had 
ten  ch.  I  have  no  rec  of  Rev  ser  for  Newton 
Ransom.  Newton's  nephew  Peletiah  Ransom 
was  a  sergeant  in  Capt.  Eliphalet  Holmes' 
Company   of    Minute    Men,   which    was    raised 


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in    East   Haddam,    Conn.,    in    1776. — J.    M.    C. 
Usher,  Lock  Box  132S,   Tulsa,  Okla. 

10608.  Norwood. — The  Norwood  family  came 
from  England  to  Va.,  abt  1648.  Theophilus 
Norwood  moved  from  Orange  Co.,  N.  C.  to 
S.  Car.  &  his  s  John  was  b  in  the  Old  Cheraw 
dist.,  now  Darlington  Co.,  S.  Car.  1755.  He 
was  Captain  in  General  Marion's  Brigade  in  the 
Rev  &  d  in  Old  Cheraw  in  1830.  He  m  the 
dau  of  Jesse  &  Martlia  Du  Bose  Warren  Joseph 
Norwood,  1792-1869,  m  Sarah  Mcintosh  b 
Darlington,  S.  Car.  1802  d  1872.  George  Alex- 
ander Norwood  b  Oct.  22,  1831  m  Mary  Louise 
Wilkins  b  Dec.  23,  1836.  Ref :  Vol.  3,  Cleveland 
Genealogy,  devoted  to  the  desc  of  Alexander 
Cleveland  of  Va.  I  have  no  other  data  on  this 
family. — Eleanor  F.  Gibson,  Sheldon,  Iowa. 

10648a.  Craig. — Benjamin  Craig  m  Nancy 
Stuman.  Their  ch  were  Joseph,  never  m ; 
Polly  m  William  O'Neal ;  George  m  Miss 
Morton;  Benjamine  m  Elizabeth  Morris;  Betsie 
m  Isaac  Bledsoe ;  Nancy  m  John  B.  Bernard ; 
Sallie  m  John  M.  Price ;  Levi  m  Catharine 
Craig;  Lewis  m  Millie  Smith;  Silas  m  Paulina 
Peak;  Stuman  m  Betsey  Easterday.  Benjamin 
Craig  laid  out  the  town  of  Port  William  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Kentucky  river  now  called  Carrol- 
ton,  He  lived  &  d  on  his  farm,  two  miles  above 
the  Kentucky  river  on  the  Ohio  river.  Died 
1822.  Benjamin  was  the  s  of  Toliver  &  Mary 
Hawkins  Craig  who  came  to  Ky.  from  Spot- 
sylvania Co.,  Va.  with  Lewis  Craig's  "  Travel- 
ing Church  "  in  1782,— Mr^.  Katharine  B.  Smith. 
721  W.  Main  St.,  Shclbyville,  Ky. 

10697d.  Davis. — The  following  inf  is  quoted 
from  "  The  South  in  History  &  Literature  "  by 
Mildred  Lewis  Rutherford,  Chair  of  Literature, 
Lucy  Cobb  Institute,  Athens,  Ga.  "  In  the 
early  part  of  the  18th  century  three  bros  came 
from  Wales  to  this  country  &  settled  in 
Philadelphia.  The  youngest  of  these  bros  was 
Evan  Davis  who  moved  to  Ga.,  then  a  colony 
under  the  rule  of  Great  Britain.  He  m  a  widow 
whose  fanu'ly  name  was  Emory  &  their  s  was 
Samuel  Davis,  the  father  of  Jefferson  Davis, 
Samuel  Davis  was  a  sol  of  the  Rev  raised  a 
company  in  Ga.  &  fought  for  the  independence 
of  the  colonies  around  Savannah.  After  the 
Rev  he  settled  in  Augusta,  and  later  became 
County  Clerk  at  that  place.  He  m  Jane  Cook 
of  South  Carolina  who  became  the  mother  of 
.TefFersnn  Davis,  Tcfferson  Davis  was  b  Tune 
X  1808,  in  Christian  Co,,  nr  Todd  Co„'Ky, 
While  he  was  yet  an  infant  his  parents  moved 
to  Woodville,  Miss,  From  this  you  will  see 
that  the  father  of  Jefferson  Davis  was  a  Rev 
sol,— il/w.?  Nan  R.  Hoofer,  Oxford,  Miss. 

10823.  Luc/^s.— Wm.  Lucas.  1st  Lieut,  in 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan's  Co.,  Va.  The  Lucas 
family    lived    previous    to    the    Rev    War    in 


Berkeley  Co.,  Va.  They  were  called  the  bravest 
of  the  brave.  Colonel  Morrow  used  to  say 
"  for  coolness,  self-possession  &  true  moral 
courage,  Wm.  Lucas  had  no  equal  in  the 
Regiment "  Wm.  Lucas  was  b  nr  Shepherds- 
town,  Va.  Jan.  18,  1742.  He  moved  to  Ohio 
after  the  Rev.  His  bro  Robert  Lucas  b  Dec. 
3,  1738,  a  noted  Indian  fighter,  was  wounded 
by  them  nr  Laurel  Hill.  He  had  bros  Edward, 
Wm.  &  Job.  They  were  the  ch  of  Edward 
Lucas  who  came  to  the  county,  living  nr 
Shepherdstown,  1732,  Four  of  his  sons  were 
killed  by  Indians,  Robt,,  Benj,,  David  &  Isaac. 
Two  were  wounded.  In  revenge  for  these 
deaths  Edward  Lucas  killed  many  Indians. 
The  s  of  Wm.  Lucas,  was  Robert  one  of  th^ 
early  Governors  of  Ohio  &  is  no  doubt  the 
person  asked  for  in  the  query.  Information 
taken  from  "Historic  Shepherdstown"  by  Mrs, 
D,  D.  Page,  p.  331.  In  addition  it  says : 
"  Edwards  Lucas,  2nd  Lieut,  in  Capt.  Wm, 
Morgan's  Co.  1776/77.  Job  Lucas  fought  in 
the  Southern  campaign  taken  ill,  died  of  small 
pox,  during  the  war.  Tax  list  in  Berkeley  Co., 
\'a.  bet.  1775  &  1783.  Edward  Lucas  owned 
695  &  200  acres ;  Capt.  Edward  Lucas  owned 
313  &  140  acres;  Wm.  Lucas  owned  275  acres. 
No  other  references  are  made. — Eleanor  F. 
Gibson,   Sheldon,   Iowa. 

1082Sa.  Rowland. — Information  concerning 
the  Rowland  family  may  be  had  by  writing 
Mrs.  George  Rowland,  119  Field  Point  Road, 
Greenwich,  Conn.,  who  has  been  collecting  data 
with  the  expectation  of  eventually  publishing 
it. — Edith  Botsford  Szvancott,  11  Greenwood 
Court,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

10829.  Longfellow. — William  Longfellow  m 
Ann  Sewall  &  was  not  a  desc  of  John  & 
Priscilla  Alden.  Wm.  was  a  gr  gr  grandfather 
of  the  poet  Henry  W.  Longfellow.  Would  like 
to  corres  and  anyone  interested  in  this  family. — 
Richard  C.  IVeyand.  712  Quay  Square, 
Beaver,   Pa. 

QUERIES 

11534.  DEvo-DrsENBfRV-P  almatieh.  — 
Wanted  par  &  dates  of  Michael  Deyo  b  in 
New  Paltz,  N.  Y,  &•  of  his  w  Martha  Dusenbury. 

Ca)  Tompkins-Pressler, — Wanted  par  & 
dates  of  Isaac  Tompkins  &  his  1st  w  Hannah 
Pressler,  of  Ulster  Co,,  N,  Y,— F.  G.  F. 

11535.  Dawson. — Am  compiling  the  Maryland 
Dawson  Records,  soon  to  be  published  &  would 
be  glad  to  corres  with  anyone  interested  in  this 
family.— I.  K. 

11536.  Dow, — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Johnathan 
Dow  b  at  Hampton,  N.  H.  May  21,  1734,  m 
1762  Comfort  Brown,  &  d  at  Hampton,  N.  H. 
Nov.  6,  1816. 


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(a)  Crouch.— Wanted  Rev  rec  of  James 
Crouch,  known  to  have  ser  in  Rev  perhaps  from 
New  York.  He  afterwards  lived  nr  Crawfords- 
ville,   Ind.— M.  E.  D.  M. 

11537.  Blake-McCuller.— Wanted  par  of 
William  Ward  Blake,  b  in  Boston,  Mass.  Jan.  23, 
1789  m  July  13,  1813  Nancy  McCuller  b  Jan. 
22,  1791,  ch  :  Caroline,  Amanda,  Roxana  Wyman, 
Nancy  Ward,   Mary  Jane. 

(a)  Lynn  (Linn). — Wanted  par  of  George 
Lynn  who  had  bros  David  and  Henry  sisters 
Mary  and  Lizzie.  George  was  b  nr  Win- 
chester, Va.,  Aug.  14,  1792  d  Nov.  12,  1846; 
m  Elizabeth  Spatz,  Reading,  Pa.  abt  1813,  ch ; 
William  b  in  Va.,  Oct.  2,  1814  Ann,  Jullia, 
Susan,  David,  John,  Oscar. 

(b)  MacDoug.\ll. — Wanted  par  of  Robert 
MacDougall.  Children  by  first  w  Robert ;  ch 
by  second  w  Sarah  b  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  Jan. 
26,  1797  and  Selina,  Winifred,  Stephen.  About 
1800  family  moved  to  Chillicothe,  Ohio. 

(3)  Wilcox. — Wanted  data  of  Lucinda 
Wilcox  whose  father  was  a  physician  ia 
Hartford,  Conn,  did  he  have  Rev  ser?  Lucinda 
Wilcox  m  Patton  Davis,  ch :  David  Wilcox, 
Lucinda,  Patton  Lewis,  Bezaliel,  Delia,  Emlous, 
Henry  Alonzo. 

(d)  Davis. — Eleazer  Davis  m  Phoebe  Doan. 
ch :  Eleazer,  Benjamin,  Bezial,  Patton,  b  abt 
1768.  Wanted  dates  of  both  and  par. — J.  E. 
M.    M. 

11538.  Beall. — Wanted  parentage  of  Wm.  G. 
Beall  b  nr  Martinsburg,  W.  Va.,  Jan.  4,  1782, 
m  April  14,  1809,  Elizabeth  Painter.  Wanted  her 
parentage  also.  Wm.  &  Eliz.  Painter  Beall  re- 
moved to  Ross  Co.,  Ohio.  Was  there  Rev 
ances  in  either  line. 

(a)  Bell. — Wanted  par  of  Elizabeth  Bell  b 
176S  m  1788  John  Montgomery  of  Danville, 
Pa.     Did  her  father  have  Rev  rec? — A.  M.  B. 

11539.  Allen.— Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Major 
Ebenezer  Allen  of  Cambridge  or  White  Creek, 
N.  Y.  b  1734  d  1823  at  White  Creek,  N.  Y. 
Wanted  also  maiden  name  of  w,  given  on  tomb- 
stone at  White  Creek  as  Sybil  Allen.  Did  he 
serve  under  Col.  Samuel  Herrick  of  Vt.? 

(a)  Paine. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Timothy 
Paine  s  of  Stephen,  who  was  b  Aug.  6,  1747 
Bolton,  Conn.,  m  Thankful  Cole,  &  had  3  ch. 
Married  2nd  Azuba  Warren  &  moved  to 
Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.  1782  &  later  set  in  Erie 
Co.,  N.  Y.  Was  a  pioneer  of  Willnil,  now  East 
Aurora,  N.  Y.  where  he  d  Jan.  12,  1822.— N. 
Du  M. 

11540.  Dorris-Baker.— Wanted  gen  &  Rev 
rec  of  James  Dorris  &  of  his  w  Rachel  Baker. 
Their  ch  were  Robert,  Euphemia,  Samuel,  James, 
Millie  &  Maggie.  Robert  m  Rebecca  Wright  & 
Enphcmin  m  Robt.  Wright.  Lived  in  Pa.  at 
the  time  the  ch  m. — B.   S.  O. 


11541.  Dickinson. — Wanted  par  &  Rev  rec 
of  David  Dickinson  b  May  29,  1756  m  1st  Ann 
Coleman,  2nd  Mary  West,  ch  Robert  &  George. 
Wanted  also  dates  &  ances  of  Mary  West. — 
B.  H.  E. 

11542.  Morrison. — Wanted  gen  &  Rev  rec  of 
James  Morrison,  who  ser  with  Chester  Co.,  Mil. 
He  was  b  at  sea,  en  route  from  Scotland  to 
America.  Married  Charlotte  Howell,  b  on 
Eastern  Shore  of  Md.  Both  bur,  Presbyterian 
Grounds,  New  London  Cross  Roads,  Chester 
Co.,  Pa.— M.  W.  C. 

11543.  HiNMAN. — Wanted  ances  of  Harriet 
Hinman  b  March  19,  1779  d  March  22,  1830, 
Rocky  Hill,  Conn.,  m  Jacob  Gibbs. 

(a)  Keith. — Wanted  ances  of  Mark  Keith 
of  Nunda,  N.  Y.  m  in  Nunda,  N.  Y.  Louise 
Trumbull.  Their  dau  Sarah  Keith  b  1818  d 
Mar.,  1869  Nunda,  N.  Y.  m  1840,  Francis 
Henry  Gibbs.— E.  B.  J. 

11544.  Humphreys. — Wanted,  par,  dates,  and 
name  of  w  of  Richard  Humphreys.  His  dau, 
Elizabeth  Humphreys,  1774,  d  1839,  was  the 
second  w  of  Edward  West,  b  1776,  d  1849. 
Also  Rev  ser  of  Richard  Humphreys  wanted. 
On  p.  841  of  Summers  History  of  Southwest 
Virginia,  1740-1783,  Washington  Co.,  1777- 
1870,  Fincastle  County,  1773-1776,  there  is  a 
reference  to  Richard  Humphreys,  1775,  in 
Captain  Campbells  Company.  He,  (R.  H.) 
owned  land  near  the  Sevier  tract  of  land  in 
East  Tennessee,  on  the  Nolichucky  river. 

(a)  West. — Wanted  par,  birthplace,  name  of 
w  and  Rev  rec  of  Thomas  West,  b  abt  1740  in 
Virginia,  d  abt  1809-1811.  He  was  supposed  to 
have  come  into  Tennessee  from  the  Valley  of 
Va.,  when  his  s  Edward  was  about  twelve  years 
old.  His  s  Edward  m  first,  Lydia  Stanfield, 
second,  Elizabeth  Humphreys.  His  name  ap- 
pears on  the  first  tax  list  of  Greene  County, 
Tenn.  Thomas  West  is  said  to  have  been  a  desc 
of  Sir  Thomas  West,  Lord  De  La 
Warr    (Delaware). 

(b)  Nash. — Wanted  any  inf  of  John  Nash, 
infantry  sol  in  the  Va.  troops.  Continental  line. 
Also  information  of  his  parents,  William  and 
Betty,  who  left  their  wills  in  Culpcper,  Va. 
Reuben  Long  is  named  as  executor  and  guard- 
ian and  "  s  John  "  is  mentioned.  John  Nash  m 
Mary  (Polly)  Harrison  Long,  dau  of 
Reuben   Long. 

(c)  Harrison. — Wanted  par  and  any  inf  of 
Mary  Harrison,  cousin  of  General  Benjamin 
Harrison,  who  m  Lieutenant  Reuben  Long, 
whose  dau  Mary  (Polly)  Harrison  Long  m 
John  Nash.— L.  D.  N. 

11545.  Irwin.— Wanted  par  of  Mary  Irwin  b 
Jan.  2.  1783  d  July  IS,  1849,  and  of  her  husband 
Robert  Bain  b  Dec.  30,  1774  d  April  12,  184S. 


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Lived  in  Mecklenburg  Co.,  N.  Car.  but  removed 
to  Jefferson  Co.,  Ind.  abt.  1816.— E.  B.  D. 

11546.  Mattoon. — Wanted  par  &  birthplace 
of  Charles  Mattoon,  who  was  a  private  in  the 
Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.  Mil,  Muster  Roll  dated 
Ticonderoga,  Feb.  26,  1777.  Wanted  also  inf 
of  Charles  Mattoon  who  was  in  Ballston  Spa, 
N.  Y.,  abt  1770,  who  had  a  s  Christopher  who 
m  Naomi  Smith. — F.  H.  C. 

11547.  Chenault. — Wanted  Rev  ances  of 
Morris  S.  Chenault  b  in  Tenn.,  Jan.  7,  1818  d 
at  Raleigh,  111.,  Aug.  24,  1893  m  Sarah  Jones 
b  in  N.  Car.  April  8,  1820  d  Oct.  10,  1910. 
Family  hist,  says  that  Morris  was  the  s  of  Jo.4n 
Chenault  b  in  Va.  1782  d  Little  Rock,  Ark,, 
1864,  m  Hannah  Saunders  from  Scotland. 
Would  like  any  inf  of  this  fam. — E.  C.  R. 

11548.  Yard. — Wanted  par  with  dates  of 
Rachel  Yard,  1760-1852,  who  m  Arthur  Steven- 
son, Hunterdon  Co.,  N.  J.  She  was  the  gr 
granddau  of  Wm.  Yard,  Pioneer  of  Trenton. — 
E.  R.  H. 

11549.  Salmon-Solomon. — Wanted  date  of  m 
and  names  of  ch  of  Ludlum  Salmon  or  Solomon 
&  his  w  Delight  Douglas  b  1750  d  1806.  Wanted 
also  parentage  of  Nathaniel  Salmon  or  Solo- 
mon b  Alorris  Co.,  N.  J.  Feb.  22,  1799. 

(a)  Linn. — Wanted  parentage  of  Sarah  Linn 
b  1748  resided  at  Basking  Ridge,  N.  J. 

(b)  Von  Nortwick. — Wanted  par  of  Corn- 
elia von  Nortwick,  b  1783  d  1820  m  Robt.  Helm 
of   Basking  Ridge,   N.   J. 

(c)  Drehes. — Wanted  dates  of  b,  m  &  d  of 
George  Drehes  &  his  w  Lydia  Heller  who  re- 
sided at  Stroudsburg  abt  1790.— H.  M.  P. 

11550.  Hartshorn-Miner. — Wanted  par  & 
name  of  w  of  Thomas  Miner  b  Stonington, 
Conn.,  who  had  a  s  Thomas,  Jr.  b  abt  1770  & 
m.  Abigail  Page  of  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  179S. 
Wanted  also  par  of  David  Hartshorn  who  m 
Sarah  Birchard  of  Franklin  or  Norwich,  Conn., 
in  1731.  Did  either  Thomas  Miner  or  David 
Hartshorn  have  Rev  rec  &  did  they  ser  frotn 
Conn,  or  N.  H.  ?  Would  be  glad  to  corres  with 
anyone  interested  in  these  lines. — C.  H.  R. 

11551.  Kline-Cline-Kleix. — Wanted  Rev  rec 
of  Casper  or  Carter  Kline  who  lived  in  Balto., 
Md.  &  ser  in  Continental  army.  Probably 
immigrated  from  Lu.xemburg.  Abraham  Cline, 
his  s,  was  a  sol  in  War  of  1812.— N.  C. 

11552.  HoTCHKiss-WiLLiAMS. — In  Cheshire, 
Jemima  Hotchkiss  m  Jonathan  Andrews  abt 
1718.  Jonathan  Williams  m  Eliz.  Miles  &  was 
Postmaster  of  New  Haven  Co.  7  yrs  under 
Benj.  Franklin.  Roswell  Clark  m  Thankful 
Hotchkiss  in  Cheshire  &  removed  to  Wells,  Vt., 


abt  1782.  Robert  Hotchkiss  &  w  Hannah  came 
to  Wells  in  1796.  Dr.  Socrates  Hotchkiss 
(single)  came  from  Cheshire  to  Wells  in  1795. 
David  Lewis  &  w  Rebecca  Hotchkiss  came 
to  Wells  bef  the  Rev.  Isaac  Bassett  m  Desire 
Hotchkiss  of  Cheshire  16  Sept.,  1762.  Samuel 
Bassett  m  abt  1783,  Jerusha  Hotchkiss  b  1762. 
Wanted  to  know  how  these  fams  were  related, 
wanted  also  name  of  f  of  Jemima  &  of  sons 
of   Jonathan  Williams. 

(a)  Hvde. — Wanted  maiden  name  of  w  of 
Timothy  Hyde.  Benj.,  Sam.,  Joseph  &  Abner 
Adams,  bros,  removed  from  New  Marlboro, 
Mass.,  to  Poultney,  Vt.,  at  close  of  Rev.  Abner 
Adams  m  wid  of  Timothy  Hyde  who  came 
from  Conn,  abt  1771,  &  they  had  5  ch:  Parker 
m  1810  Hannah  Holden,  Abner,  Talcut,  Sally  & 
Phebe.    Did  Abner  have  Rev  rec? — G.  W.  P. 

11553.  Washburn. — Wanted  name  of  hus- 
band of  Mary  Wads  worth  Washburn,  whose 
bros  were  Rodney  &'  Horace  of  Hartford, 
Conn.,  and  whose  s  Wm.  Washburn  1795  m 
Lodema,  dau  of  Wm.  &  Phoebe  Ingraham 
Durkee  of  Vt.— S.  I.  S. 

11554.  HoLLOWAY. — Lewis  HoUoway  m 
Rachel,  wid  of  Thos.  Williams,  in  Brunswick 
Co.,  Va.,  Dec.  1787  &  moved  to  Edgefield,  S.  C, 
ch  were  Catharine  Holmes,  Eliza  Jones,  Polly 
Thomas,  Martha  Combs.  Wanted  Rachel's 
maiden  naine  &  parentage  of  Lewis.  Did  he 
have  Rev  rec? 

(a)  HoLLiNCSWORTH. — In  Va.  Mag.  of  His- 
tory &  Biography,  vol.  9,  No.  1,  p.  IS,  appears 
the  name  of  James  HoUandsworth  in  list  of 
Signers  of  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  in  Henry 
Co.,  Va.,  Aug.,  1777.  Wanted  parentage  of 
James  &  name  of  his  w. 

(b)  Terry. — John  &  Wm.  Terry,  Edgefield 
District  1790,  m  sisters,  daus  of  Anna  Maria 
Williams.  2nd  w  of  Maj.  John  Williams.  Her 
will  mentions  her  daus  Sally  w  of  Wm.  Terry; 
Anna  Maria  w  of  John  Terry,  Marcy  Park- 
man,  Ann  Elam,  &  gr  ch  Wm.  &  Joseph  Minter, 
Isabel  &  Stephen  Clement,  Betsy  Roten  &  Anna 
Maria  Jones.  Wanted  name  of  Anna  Maria 
Williams'  1st  husband.  Were  Stephen  &  Sarah 
Fuqua  Terry  parents  of  John  &  Wm.,  &  did 
either  Stephen  or  John  have  Rev  rec  in  Va.  ? — 
S.  B.  H. 

11555. — CoGCESHALL. — Wanted  parentage  & 
date  of  b  of  Hannah  Coggeshall  who  m  1st 
at  Providence,  R.  I.,  6  Feb.,  1706,  Stephen 
Hawkins  &  had  daus  Jemima  b  30  Sept.,  1708, 
&  Kczia  b  30  Jan.,  1710.  Hannah  m  2nd  at 
Smithfield,  R.  I.,  17  Sept.,  1713.  Jonathan  (3) 
Sprague   (Jonathan  (2)  Wm.   (1).— A.  E.  L. 


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CALTHORPE 

This  name  is  variously  spelled  Calthorpe, 
Calthrop,  etc.  In  the  17th  year  of  Henry  6th, 
Richard  Calthorpe,  Esq.  of  Ingham,  the  son  of 
Sir  William  &  Elizabeth  Calthorpe,  who  had 
married  Margaret,  sister  and  heir  of  John 
Irniingland  of  Stiveky,  was  buried  at  Cockthorp. 
Their  son  John,  of  Cockthorp,  a  founder  of 
the  Carmelites  of  Blakeney.  was  buried  in  the 
Church,  1503.  He  married  Alice,  dau  of  John 
Astley  of  Melton.  Their  son  Christopher 
Calthorpe  of  Stirston,  lord  in  his  wife's  right, 
married  Alianore,  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Robert  Bernard  of  Stirston  and  Anne,  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Pygott 
of    Stirston. 

Their  great  grandson  Sir  James  Calthorpe  of 
Stirston,  etc.,  married  Barbara  Bacon,  who  is 
buried  in  Cockthorp  Church.  Their  children 
were  Sir  Henry  Calthorpe,  third  son  whose  son 
Sir  James  of  Ampton,  Suffolk  was  knighted 
by  Cromwell,  1656  and  married  Dorothy,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  James  Reynolds,  Knt.,  the  Suffolk  Co. 
Calthorpes,  descend  from  this  line. 

It  was  from  their  oldest  son  Christopher  of 
Blakeney,  who  married  Maud,  daughter  of  John 
Thurton  of  Brome,  Norfolk,  through  his  son 
Christopher,  that  the  American  Calthorpes 
descend. 

Sixteen  twenty-two,  Christopher  Calthorpe 
came  with  Lieutenant  Purfray  to  Virginia  in 
the  ship  Furtherance  and  married  in  Virginia, 

Anne .      He    was    a    relative    of    President 

Nathaniel  Bacon  of  the  Virginia  Council. 
Si.xteen  thirty-five  was  called  "  Captain "  and 
obtained  a  patent  of  500  acres  in  Elizabeth  City 
County  and  a  patent  for  500  acres  in  York 
County.  Sixteen  fifty-three,  was  Justice  with 
the  title  of  "  Major,"  1659,  Burgess. 

Their     descendants     intermarried     with     the 
Freemans,    Howards,    Claiborne,    Bowens,    etc. 
Used  thrnugh   the  courtesy  of  Mrs.  Leiia  C. 
Handy.  Selnui,  Alnhavw. 
3.=;4 


ARNOLD 

The  family  of  Arnold  is  of  great  antiquity, 
having  its  origin  among  the  ancient  princes 
of  Wales. 

About  the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century,  Ynir, 
King  of  Gwentland,  married  Nesta,  daughter  of 
Jestin  ap  Gurgan,  King  of  Glamorgan.  The 
twelfth  generation  from  Ynir,  in  direct  descent, 
was  Roger  Arnold  of  Llanthony  in  Monmouth- 
shire, the  first  of  the  family  to  adopt  a  sur- 
name. He  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Gamade,  Knt.,   Lord  of   Coytey. 

Their  son  Thomas  Arnold,  Esq.  succeeded  to 
the  estates  in  Monmouthshire  and  married 
Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Warnstead,  Knt. 
Their  grandson  Richard  Arnold  removed  to 
Dorsetshire  and  was  seated  at  Bagbere  in  the 
Parish  of  Middleton.  He  was  lord  of  the 
Manor  of  Bagbere  and  had  estates  at  Alton 
Pancras,  Buckland  Newton,  Melcombe  Horsey 
and  other  places  in  that  County.  His  Manor 
House  at  Bagbere  was  standing  until  1870,  when 
it   was  demolished. 

His  will  was  dated  1593.  He  desired  to  be 
buried  "in  the  parishe  Churche  of  Milton  in  the 
Ille  called  Jesus  Ille  as  we  goe  to  the  Tower." 
His  son  Thomas  resided  at  Melcombe  Horsey 
and  removed  to  Cheselbourne,  was  married 
twice. 

Thomas  Arnold,  American  progenitor  of  the 
family,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  his  second  wife, 
was  born  in  England,  1599  and  came  to 
America,  1635,  in  the  ship  Plain  Joan  from 
Cheselbourne.  He  settled  first  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  1661,  removed  to  Providence,  R. 
I.,  where  he  served  as  Deputy  to  the  General 
.Assembly  and  member  of  the  Town  Council. 

Many  of  his  descendants  settled  in  the 
Shawomet  Purchase,  which  later  became  the 
town  of  Warwick. 


HONOR  ROLL  OF  THE 

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MANAGEMENT 


Adjourned  Meeting.- April  12,  1923 


HE  adjourned  meeting  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management,  National 
Society.  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  was  called  to  order 
at  2.15  P.M.  in  the  Board  Room, 
The  President  General  presiding. 
The  Chaplain  General  being  ill  and 
unable  to  be  present,  the  Board  arose  and  re- 
peated the  Lord's  Prayer. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Recording  Secretary 
General,  the  President  General  asked  Mrs. 
White  to  act  as  Secretary  /to  tciii.,  the  National 
Board  Approving. 

The  following  members  responded  to  the  roll 
call:  National  Officers:  Airs.  Minor,  Mrs. 
Cottle,  Mrs.  Harris,  Mrs.  Morris,  Mrs.  Whit- 
man, Mrs.  McCleary,  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs.  Schoent- 
gen,  Mrs.  Chenault,  Miss  Campbell,  Mrs. 
Hodgkins,  Miss  McDuffee,  Airs.  Alondell,  Airs. 
Buel,  Airs.  Block,  Mrs.  AlcCall,  Airs.  Sewell, 
Mrs.  Hanger,  Airs.  Hunter,  Aliss  Strider,  Aliss 
Coltrane,  Airs.  Ellison,  and  Airs.  White.  State 
Regents  and  State  Vice  Regents:  Airs.  Smith 
CAriz.),  Mrs.  Stookey  (Calif.),  Airs.  Bissell 
(Conn.),  Mrs,  Hardy  (D.  C),  Airs.  Craig  (Fla.), 
Airs.  Chubbuck  (111.),  Airs.  Perkins  (Ind.),  Aliss 
Gilbert  (Iowa),  Airs.  Guernsey  (Kans.),  Mrs. 
Seydel  (Alich.),  Airs.  Coolidge  (Alinn.),  Airs. 
Nash  (N.  Y.),  Airs.  Wilson  (Ohio),  Airs. 
Davis  (R.  I.),  Mrs.  Cain  (S.  C),  Mrs. 
Gillentine  (Tenn.),  Mrs.  Garlington  (Te.xas), 
Airs.  Walker  (Wash.),  Airs.  AVitter  (Wis.). 
Airs.  Schick  (Va.),  and  Airs.  Holt  (Orient). 
The  President  General  announced  that  the 
meeting  being  a  recessed  meeting  from  our 
regular  Board  meeting  of  February  1,3.  192.3. 
appointed  for  a  special  purpose,  no  other  busi- 
ness could  be  transacted.  She  then  proceeded 
to  read  the  report  presented  to  the  February 
Board  meeting  of  the  case  of  illegal  registration 
involving  the  impersonation  of  an  absent  alter- 
nate and  the  signing  of  her  name  in  the 
Credential  Room  at  the  Thirty-first  Continental 
Congress.  The  President  General  stated  that  noti- 
fication had  been  sent  to  the  two  members  in- 
volved, citing  them  to  appear  before  the  Board  on 
April  12,  1923,  at  2  P.M.,  but  that  both  had  replied 
stating  that  they  would  be  unable  to  be  present. 
In  order  to  bring  all  of  the  facts  before  the 
Board,  the  President  General  then  rend  the 
following  statement  of  case  of  illegal  registra- 
tion. Thirty-first  Continental  Congress,  as  pre- 
sented by  her  to  the  National  Board  of 
356 


Alanagement  at  its  regular  meeting,  held  on 
February    13,   1923: 

"A  case  of  illegal  registration  involving  the 
possibility  of  the  casting  of  an  illegal  vote  in 
the  last  Congress  has  been  brought  to  the  at- 
tention of  the  President  General  by  the  Regent 
of  the  State  concerned.  Your  President  General 
presented  the  matter  to  your  Executive  Com- 
tniltee,  and  it  was  their  consensus  of  opinion 
that  a  simple  statement  of  the  case  be  made 
by  the  President  General  to  the  February 
Board  meeting. 

"  The  facts  are  these  :  A  certain  Chapter  by 
reason  of  its  membership  was,  in  addition  to  its 
Regent,  entitled  to  another  voting  delegate  at 
the  Thirty-first  Continental  Congress  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  accord- 
ing to  the  certificate  or  credential  list  of  said 
Chapter,  certified  to  by  the  Regent  and  Treas- 
urer thereof:  the  names  of  the  Regent  and 
delegate  appear  as  the  duly  elected  voters  of 
that  Chapter,  and  the  names  of  a  number  of 
other  members  as  the  duly  elected  alternates 
thereof ;  and  Regent  and  the  duly  elected  dele- 
gate registered  as  such  in  the  office  of  the 
Credential  Committee  at  Alemorial  Continental 
Hall,  and  at  that  time  secured  their  credentials 
as  such  members  of  Congress.  The  delegate 
was  on  Thursday  of  the  week  of  Congress 
suddenly  called  home,  and  by  reason  thereof 
was  unable  to  take  further  part  in  the  proceed- 
ings of  said  Continental  Congress.  Another 
member  of  said  Chapter  was  present  at  said 
Congress,  but  who  was  neither  a  delegate  nor 
alternate  of  said  Chapter,  went  to  the  registra- 
tion room  with  the  Regent  and  registered  under 
the  name  of  a  certain  alternate  who  was  one  of 
the  regularly  elected  alternates  of  said  Chapter, 
but  who  was  not  present  in  Washington  at  any 
time  during  said  Congress ;  and  by  and  under 
said  naiTie  of  said  alternate  sat  in  the  seat  of  the 
Chapter  delegate  in  said  Congress,  and  was 
checked  as  a  voter  in  the  tellers'  room,  going  to 
the  polls  in  company  with  her  Regent — all  this 
as  delegate  of  said  Chapter  in  place  of  the 
regularly  elected  delegate  who  was  called  home. 

"  This  is  a  distinct  violation  of  Article  IV, 
Section  2,  of  the  National  Society  By-laws 
which  designates  the  voting  membership  of  the 
Congress.  These  are  admitted  to  be  the  facts 
by  all  the  parties  involved — the  illegal  registra- 
tion, use  of  seat,  and  being  checked  as  a  voter 
took  place — but  there  is  a  conflict  of  testimony 


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357 


as  to  whether  or  not  the  party,  who  admits  that 
she  signed  the  name  of  and  impersonated  the 
alternate  who  never  came,  actually  cast  her 
vote  when  she  accompanied  her  Regent  to  the 
polls ;  said  party  denies  that  she  voted,  and  in 
this  is  upheld  by  her  Regent.  Another  party 
testifies  that  in  a  conversation  held  with  said 
party  on  the  train  returning  home  the  latter 
told  her  she  had  voted. 

"  The  correspondence  bearing  on  this  case  and 
giving  these  facts  is  filed  with  this  statement. 
It  reveals  much  ignorance  of  the  fundamental 
ethics  of  voting  privileges. 

"  The  parties  to  this  very  serious  violation 
of  the  sacredness  of  the  credential  badge  seemed 
not  to  have  realized  the  gravity  of  the  offense. 
Whether  this  member  voted  or  not,  she  illegally 
gained  the  position  where  she  might  have  voted, 
and  she  impersonated  another  woman  by  passing 
herself  off  as  that  woman  before  the  Credential 
Committee  and  signing  her  name  on  the 
credential  list. 

"  In  a  case  involving  personal  identification, 
your  Credential  Committee  must  depend  on  the 
integrity  of  the  members. 

"  There  are  extenuating  circumstances  which 
should  be  taken  into  consideration.  The  offender 
seemed  not  to  realize  the  gravity  of  the  case 
when  signing  in  place  of  another  woman ;  her 
main  desire  was  to  get  a  seat,  and  she  seemed 
to  be  totally  ignorant  of  the  wrong  she  was 
doing.  She  thought  herself,  as  she  said,  a  '  full- 
fledged  alternate,'  and  supposed  '  an  alternate 
could  substitute  for  another  alternate,  but  did 
not  know  an  alternate  could  substitute  for  a 
delegate  and  vote.'  Her  Regent  claims  that 
the  '  ordeal  of  voting,'  when  she  '  stood  in  line 
over  an  hour,'  was  '  almost  too  much  for  her,' 
especially  as  she  '  had  had  a  'phone  call  announc- 
ing the  death  of  the  delegate's  mother,'  who 
was  a  close  personal  friend,  so  that  she  was 
'  almost  in  a  fainting  condition '  when  the  other 
woman  '  came  to  her  rescue  and  ministered  to 
her,  while  she,  the  Regent,  voted  and  left  the 
room  with  her,  but  assured  her  that  she  did  not 
vote.'  The  credential  list  check  proves  that 
she  received  a  ballot,  but  there  is  no  proof  that 
she  marked  and  actually  deposited  it  in  the  box. 

"  Our  Society  and  our  Congress  must  be 
protected ;  the  sacredness  of  the  credential 
badge  and  of  the  ballot  must  be  guarded  beyond 
all  possibility  of  question.  Therefore,  it  would 
seem  to  be  obligatory  that  this  case  should  be 
made  a  warning  to  all,  that  such  violations  of 
the  laws  of  credentials  and  voting  on  the  part 
of  members  cannot  be  permitted. 

"  It  rests  with  this  Board  to  decide  whether 
the  matter  shall  be  pressed  under  the  disciplin- 
ary  clauses    of    the    By-laws,    or    whether    the 


gravity   of   the   offense   be   pointed   out    to   the 
offenders  in  a  less  public  way." 

(Signed)  Anne  Rogers  Minor, 
President  General. 

The  President  General  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  both  women  admitted  they  had  broken 
the  laws  of  the  Society,  and  stated  that  the  ques- 
tion before  the  Board  for  consideration  was  the 
nature  of  the  punishment  for  this,  the  first  case 
of  illegal  registration  of  which  the  members  had 
any  knowledge.  She  expressed  a  desire  to  have 
the  Parliamentarian,  who  was  present,  point  out 
the  best  way  to  proceed,  and  referred  to  the 
section  of  the  By-laws  which  had  been  violated. 

The  Parliamentarian  pointed  out  that,  re- 
gardless of  whether  these  women  voted  or  not, 
they  had  committed  a  serious  offense  in  im- 
personating the  signing  another  woman's  name ; 
that  they  both  had  pleaded  guilty,  and  she  pro- 
posed two  forms  of  procedure,  first  explaining 
the  three  degrees  of  punishment :  the  extreme 
being  expulsion,  next  suspension,  and  the  least 
reprimand.  One  method  would  be  for  some  one 
to  offer  a  motion  that  one  or  both  women  be 
expelled,  suspended,  or  reprimanded,  as  might 
be  deemed  advisable,  and  the  other  method 
would  be  to  pass  blank  ballots  for  individual 
vote  upon  the  question,  it  being  necessary  to 
have  unanimous  consent  to  dispense  with  the 
ballot.  The  Parliamentarian  stated  also  that  it 
must  be  determined  whether  the  two  women 
were  to  be  voted  on  together  or  taken  separately  ; 
also  that  expulsion  required  a  two-thirds  vote, 
Init  either  of  the  other  forms  of  punishment 
could  be  determined  by  a  majority  vote. 

Mrs.  Morris  inquired  if  there  could  be  a 
motion  from  the  floor,  and  receiving  unanimous 
consent,  made  the  following  motion,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Davis  and  Mrs.  Cain : 

That,    under    the    circumstances,    a    tetter    of 

reprimand  by  the  Board  be  sent  to  Mrs.  

•    and    Mrs.    (the    two    women 

involved). 

The  Parliamentarian  then  explained  that  the 
motion  that  had  been  made  stipulated  the  light- 
est form  of  punishment — reprimand.  Those  who 
approved  of  that  form  of  punishment  should 
vote  yes,  but  those  who  felt  that  reprimand  was 
not  a  strong  enough  punishment  should  vote 
no ;  that  is,  those  who  thought  the  women  should 
be  suspended  or  expelled  should  vote  no  to  the 
motion  before  the  house,  and  if  a  majority 
voted  no  the  motion  would  be  lost,  and  if  a 
majority  voted  yes  it  would  be  sustained. 

It  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  the  vote 
should  cover  both  women.  The  President 
General  appointed  Mrs.  McCleary,  Mrs.  Walker, 
and  Mrs.  Stookey  to  act  as  tellers.  The  result 
of  the  ballot  showed  44  present  and  eligible  to 


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vote,  43  votes  cast,  affirmative  21,  negative  22; 
motion  lost. 

The  President  General  then  stated  the  next 
question  was  to  act  upon  the  next  form  of 
punishment,  and  stated  that  she  would  enter- 
tain a  motion  for  suspension  for  a  given  time. 

The  following  motion  was  offered  by  Airs. 
Ellison,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Buel : 

That  Mrs. and  Mrs. •  be 

suspended  for  Hvo  years. 

Mrs.  Holt  offered  an  amendment,  seconded 
by   Mrs.   Gillentine : 

/  move  to  amend  the  motion  of  Mrs.  Ellison 
to  one  year  instead  of  tzvo. 

Mrs.  Nash  inquired  what  suspension  would 
mean  as  to  payment  of  dues.  The  President 
General,  after  consulting  the  Parliamentarian, 
stated  that  dues  would  be  collected  during 
the  period  of  suspension.  Mrs.  Nash  then  in- 
quired if  it  was  possible  to  resign  while  under 
suspension,  to  which  the  President  General  re- 
plied in  the  negative.  The  amendment  was  then 
put  to  vote  and  lost,  and  the  President  General 
instructed  the  tellers  to  take  the  ballot  on  the 
original  motion.  Mrs.  Nash  inquired  if  sus- 
pension would  automatically  remove  the  Chap- 
ter Regent  from  the  regency  of  her  Chapter,  to 
which,  on  authority  of  the  Parliamentarian,  the 
President  General  replied  in  the  affirmative. 

The  result  of  the  ballot  showed  44  members 
eligible  to  vote,  42  votes  cast,  28  affirmative  and 
14  negative.  Alotion  carried. 

The  President  General  stated  that  it  had 
been  suggested  that  some  report  be  made  of  this 
to  the  Continental  Congress  and  asked  for  an 
expression  of  opinion  in  regard  to  this.  Mrs. 
Spence  asked  if  the  case  could  not  be  cited 
without  giving  names,  Mrs.  Cottle  recom- 
mended that  a  good,  clear  explanation  be  inade 
to  prevent  recurrence.  Mrs.  Wilson  stated  that 
other  Regents  might  attempt  the  same  thing 
unless  they  knew  of  this,  and  with  that  idea  in 
mind  she  had  already  told  the  story  at  her 
State  Conference,  not  mentioning  names,  warn- 
ing the  members  to  be  careful,  especially  the 
Chapter  Regents.  Mrs.  Bissell  asked  if  it 
would  not  be  quite  as  efficacious  if  each  State 
Regent  took  it  up  with  her  State  delegation 
and  conference. 

Mrs.  Nash  stated  that  it  was  almost  impossi- 
ble to  make  every  one  realize  what  our  rules 
mean,   and   said   that   she    felt   anytliing  that   is 

Regular  Meeting. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  National  Board  of 
Management  was  held  in  the  Board  Room, 
Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Saturday  April  14. 
1923,  at  10:15  a.m..  tlie  President  General  in 
the  Chair. 


brought  out  should  show  the  seriousness  of 
this  infringement  of  the  rules,  striking  the 
fundamentals  of   the   Society. 

Mrs.  Cook  ofifered  the  following  motion, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Whitman : 

That  the  matter  of  presenting  this  case  of 
discipline  be  left  to  the  President  General. 

Mrs.  Bissell  and  others  expressed  a  desire  to 
relieve  the  President  General  of  this  responsi- 
bility, making  it  clear  that  they  did  not  question 
her  judgment,  but  felt  it  was  unfair,  with  all  her 
multitude  of  duties,  to  put  this  added  burden 
upon  her. 

The  motion  w-as  put  to  vote  and  was  lost. 

After  further  comments,  the  President  Gen- 
eral stated  that  by  request  of  those  who  had 
voted  in  the  negative,  unless  there  was  some 
objection,  explanation  would  be  made  in  the 
Magazine  as  to  why  the  motion  was  lost,  namely, 
to  relieve  the  President  General  of  an  added  bur- 
den so  near  the  close  of  her  administration. 

The  following  motion  was  then  ofifered  by 
Mrs.  Craig  and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Buel : 

That  the  State  Regents  be  requested  to  e.r- 
plain  this  case  to  their  State  delegation  as  a 
matter  of  warning. 

Motion    carried. 

Mrs,  Nash  expressed  an  opinion  that  some- 
thing should  go  direct  from  this  Board  to  each 
Chapter,  and  offered  the  following  motion, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Wilson  and  Mrs.  Stookey : 

That  a  letter  be  sent  from  the  National  Board 
of  Management  to  each  Chapter  in  the  National 
Society,  making  the  statement  of  the  case  and 
the  action  of  the  Board  regarding  it,  omitting 
names  of  suspended  members  and  of  Chapter 
and  State. 

Motion  was  put  to  vote  and  carried. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  were  then  read 
by  Mrs.  White,  Acting  Secretary,  and  approved. 

Upon  motion,  duly  seconded  and  carried,  the 
meeting  adjourned. 

(Mrs.  George  W.)  Louise  C.  White, 
Acting  Secretary. 

Footnote  : — Throuch  error  the  extracts  from  the  min- 
utes of  the  Adjourned  mectinp  of  April  I2.  ig23.  sent 
throuRh  the  mail  to  Chapter  Regents,  relative  to  the 
question  of  suspended  members  paying  dues,  stated  that 
"dues  would  not  be  collected  during  the  period  of  suspen- 
sion." The  ruling  of  the  Parliamentarian  in  this  connec- 
tion was  as  follows:  •■Question.  Should  suspended  mem- 
bers be  called  upon  to  pay  dues  during  the  period  of 
suspension  ?  .4  »swer.  Yes.  Suspended  members  are 
subject  to  all  of  the  obligations  of  membership  but  are 
entitled  to  none  of  the  privileges." 

April  U,  lO-ZS' 

Those  present  were:  National  Officers:  Mrs. 
Minor,  Mrs.  Cottle,  Mrs.  Harris.  Mrs,  Morris, 
Mrs.  Whitman.  Mrs.  McCIeary,  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs. 
Schoentgen,  Mrs.  Moss,  Mrs.  Heath,  Mrs. 
Chcnault,  Miss  Campbell,  Mrs.  Hodgkins,  Miss 


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McDuffec,  Mrs.  Mondell,  Mrs.  Buel,  Mrs.  Block, 
Miss  Wallace,  Mrs.  McCall,  Mrs.  Sewell,  Mrs. 
Yawger,  Mrs.  Hanger,  Mrs.  Hunter,  Mrs. 
Elliott,  Miss  Strider,  Miss  Coltrane,  Miss 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Ellison,  Mrs.  White.  State 
Regents  and  State  Vice  Regents:  Mrs.  Robinson, 
Mrs.  Hoval  Smith,  Mrs.  Stookey,  Mrs.  Hayden, 
Mrs.  Bissell,  Mrs.  Hardy,  Mrs.  Craig,  Mrs. 
Akerman,  Mrs.  Chubbuck,  Mrs.  Crankshaw, 
Miss  Gilbert,  Mrs.  Guernsey,  Mrs.  Rodes, 
Mrs.  Dickson,  Miss  Merrick,  Mrs.  Denmead, 
Mrs.  Shumway,  Mrs.  Seydel,  Mrs.  Coolidge, 
Mrs.  Brown,  Mrs.  Kitt,  Mrs.  Chas.  F.  Spencer, 
Mrs.  Snow,  Mrs.  Fitts,  Mrs.  Nash,  Mrs.  W.  O. 
Spencer,  Mrs.  Young.  Mrs.  Wilson,  Mrs. 
McClintock,  Mrs.  Sparks,  Mrs.  Davis,  Mrs. 
Cain,  Mrs.  Gillentine,  Mrs.  Garlington.  Mrs. 
Stewart.  Mrs.  Schick.  Mrs.  Walker.  Mrs.  Reed. 
Mrs.  Spence,  Mrs.  Brooks,  Mrs.  Holt. 

The  Chaplain  General  being  absent,  the 
President  General  asked  all  to  rise  while  she 
repeated  her  favorite  prayer,  followed  by  the 
Lord's  Prayer. 

The  President  General  said  the  report  of 
officers  would  follow,  that  the  President  General 
would  not  give  her  report  at  this  time  as  she 
would  give  it  as  her  annual  report  at 
the   Congress. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  gave  her 
report,  followed  by  report  of  two  meetings  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  April  11.  1923  and 
April   14,  1923. 

Report  of  Recording  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  Board : 
I  have  the  pleasure  to  report  that  all  notices 
for  Regular  meetings,  adjourned,  special  and 
Executive  Committee  meetings  have  been  sent 
out;  that  750  membership  cards  notifying  the 
new  members  of  their  admission  into  the 
Society,  also  4515  Certificates  of  Membership 
and  930  Block  Certificates  have  been  sent  since 
that  last  Board  meeting.  That  the  files  are  all 
up  to  date  and  have  been  put  in  new 
steel  cabinets. 

RlT.\  A.  Y.\WGER. 

Recording  Secretary  General. 

Recommendations  from  the 
Executive  Committee 

April  11,  1923. 

(Referring  to  old  oak  office  furniture  includ- 
mg  a  roll  top  desk,  a  typewriter  table,  and 
two  swivel  chairs,  belonging  to  the  office  of  the 
Chairman  of  Magazine  Committee,  which  are 
still  at  her  home  in  Connecticut.  In  view  o' 
oak  furniture  not  now  used  and  the  expense  of 
shipping  it,  it  was  voted). 


On  motion  of   Mrs.  Hunter,  seconded  by   Miss 
Strider : 

That  the  President  General  be  authorized  to 
dispose  of  the  furniture  to  the  best  advantage 
and  send  check  to  the  National  Society. 
On  motion  of  Mrs.  Hunter,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
White : 

That  a  letter  be  ivritien  to  the  President  of  the 
Missouri  Historical  Society  stating  that  in 
accord  with  the  vote  of  our  National  Board  of 
Management  of  April  16,  1921,  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  are  univilling  to 
enter  into  any  negotiations  zvith  the  caveators 
in  connection  with  the  Hugh  IVashington 
will  case. 

On   motion   of    Mrs.    Buel,    seconded    by    Mrs. 
Hunter : 

That  the  report  of  the  E.recutive  Manager  be 
accepted  'with  its  suggestions  and  its  recom- 
mendation rclatiz'e  to  the  Block  Certificates. 
(Referring  to  arrangements  for  engrossing.) 
On  motion  of  Mrs,  Hunter,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Ellison : 

That    the    report    of    the    Sub-Cojinnittee    on 
Clerks  be  accepted  and  the  recommendations  be 
taken   up  ad  sereatim. 
Recommendation  No.   I  was  accepted : 

That  Miss  Lothrop,  hai'ing  served  most 
acceptably  more  than  thirty  days  on  the  tempor- 
ary roll,  be  transferred  to  the  permanent  roll,  as 
secretary  to  the  Curator  General,  at  a 
salary  of  $100  per  month,  as  that  office  now 
virtually  constitutes  her  hostess  in  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  the  other  offices,  except  the 
Library,  where  silence  is  required,  being  removed 
to  the  Administration  Building. 
Recommendation  No.  2  was  accepted : 

That  Mrs.  Voorhorst,  chief  clerk  in  the 
office  of  the  Recording  Secretary  General  and 
stenographic  reporter  for  the  National  Board 
be  placed  upon  the  permanent  roll,  at  $150,00 
per  month  the  regular  salary  for  that  office. 
\'oted  on  motion  of  Miss  Strider,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Ellison  : 

That   Miss   Sullivan    be   asked   to   reconsider 
her  resignation. 
April  14.  1923: 
Moved  by  Mrs.  Buel,  seconded  by  ^^rs.  Ellison : 

That  Miss  .Sullivan,  having  reconsidered  her 
resignation,  be  retained  at  SloO  per  month. 
Moved    by    Mrs.    Yawger,    seconded    by    Mrs. 
White  : 

That    Miss    Turner   be    transferred  from    the 
temporary     to     the     permanent     roll     at     $"^5 
per  month. 
Moved  by  Mrs.  Buel,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Ellison : 

That  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Gelcen- 
danner  secretary  to  the  Curator  General,  be 
accepted,  as  of  May   1.  192.1 


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The  report  of  the  Recording  Secretary  General 
was  accepted  without  its  recommendations. 
Mrs.  Morris  moved: 
The  adoption  of  the  report  of  the  Exeeutive 
Committee     ivith     its     recouimendations.      (As 
above  itemized.) 
Seconded  by  Mrs.  White,  and  carried: 

The  Registrar  General,  Miss  Strider,  gave 
her  report. 

Report  of  Registrar  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

Eleven  hundred  and  thirty  applications  pre- 
sented to  the  Board  ;  and  700  supplemental  papers 
verified ;   1830  total  number  of   papers  verified. 

Permits  issued  for  603  insignias,  315  ancestral 
bars,   and  600  recognition  pins. 

Papers  returned  unverified:  211  originals. 
and  5  supplemental. 

Two  hundred  and  eighty  new  records  verified. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

Emma  T.  Strider, 
Registrar  General. 
Moved    by     Miss    Strider,    seconded    by    Miss 
Coltrane : 

Tltat  the  Secretary  he  instructed  to  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  admission  of  1130  nezv  members. 
Motion  carried: 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  then  cast 
the  ballot  for  1130  new  members  admitted  into 
the   Society. 

The  President  General  then  said,  "  By 
authority  vested  in  me  as  President  General, 
I  now  declare  these  1130  women  members  of 
our  Society." 

Miss  Strider  asked  for  permission  to  present 
a  supplementary  report  later,  which  was 
granted. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General  then  gave 
her  report. 

Report   of   Organizing   Secretary   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of   Management : 
I  have  the  honor  to  report  as  follows : 
Through   their   respective   State   Regents   the 
following  members   at  large  arc  presented   for 
confirmation  as   Organizing  Regents : 

Mrs.  Eva  Crook  Edmundson,  Bessemer,  Ala. ; 
Miss  Rosa  Fay  McKinley,  Florence,  Ala. ;  Mrs. 
Phebe  Gibson  Wills,  Montevallo,  Ala. ;  Mrs. 
Louella  Gary  Helvenston,  Ocala,  Fla. ;  Mrs. 
Lulu  Gumming  Urquhart,  Cochran,  Ga. ;  Mrs. 
Edith  Orcutt  Miles,  Emmett,  Ida. ;  Mrs.  Clara 
Halbcrt  Needles,  Granite  City,  111. ;  Mrs.  Maude 
Edwards  Coulson,  Waukegan,  111. ;  Mrs.  Maude 
L.  Halden,  Grundy  Center,  la. ;  Mrs.  Mala  L. 
Ball,  Jones,  La. ;  Mrs.  Kate  E.  Hayden, 
Bloomington,    Nebr. ;    Miss    Ella    M.    Winsor, 


Greene,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Nellie  Starr  Crumb,  Peek- 
skill,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Sadie  E.  Payne,  Cherokee, 
Okla. ;  Miss  M.  Matilda  McLean,  State  College, 
Pa. ;  Mrs.  Estclle  Guess  Bethea,  Darlington,  S. 
C. ;  Miss  Alaude  Singletary,  Lake  City,  S.  C. 
Miss  Sara  Keeble  Crenshaw,  Hartsville,  Tenn. ; 
Miss  Bettie  D.  Arnold,  Wartrace,  Tenn. ;  Mrs. 
Jessie  Hart  Pritchard,  E.  Seattle,  Wash.; 
Mrs.  Mary  Hitchcock  Foster,  Grandview, 
Wash.;  Miss  Mary  Wilkius  Fullington, 
Waterville,  Wash. 

The  authorization  of  the  following  Chapters 
is  requested :  DeKalb,  Illinois ;  Murf  reesboro, 
Tennessee. 

The  following  Organizing  Regencies  have  ex- 
pired by  time  limitation : 

Mrs.  Mahala  Elizabeth  Gooding  Wilson, 
Augusta,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  Lulu  M.  Pearce  Farmer, 
Thomson,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  Nancy  Byers  Vance  Allred. 
Buhl,  Ida. ;  Mrs.  J.  Myrrl  Morse  Maxfield, 
Emmett,  Ida. ;  Mrs.  Ina  S.  Walker,  Galcsburg, 
Mich. ;  Mrs.  Clara  Minerva  Price  Crossley, 
Weberville,  Mich. ;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clark  Hayes, 
Brainerd,  Minn. ;  Mrs.  Florida  Cross  Lawrence, 
Walcott,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Cynthia  McGraw 
Singletary,  Lake  City,  S.  C. 

The  re-appointments  of  the  following  Organ- 
izing Regents  are  requested  by  their  State 
Regents : 

Mrs.  Mahala  Elizabeth  Gooding  Wilson, 
Augusta,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  Clara  Minerva  Price  Cross- 
ley,  Weberville,  Mich, ;  Mrs.  Mary  Ida  Sipple 
Bromley,  Sarasota,  Fla. 

The  State  Regent  of  Nebraska  requests  the 
official  disbandment  of  the  Clay  Center  Chapter 
at  Clay  Center,  Nebr.  All  members  having 
been  transferred  to  other  Chapters. 

The  Fort  Defiance  Chapter  at  Hicksville, 
Ohio  has  been  below  the  legal  membership  for 
one  year  and  was  automatically  disbanded  by 
the  Treasurer  General. 

The  Weatherford  Chapter  at  Weatherford, 
Texas  wishes  to  change  its  name  to  Thankful 
Avery,  the  name  of  the  ancestor  of  the  Organiz- 
ing Regent. 

The  following  names  for  organizing  Chapters 
have  been  submitted   for  approval : 

Mount  Lookout  for  Golden,  Colo. ;  La  Platte 
Valley  for  Julcsburg,  Colo. ;  Eunice  Grant  for 
Jefferson,  Ohio;  Comemaugh  for  Blairsville, 
Pa. ;  Gen.  James  Robertson  for  Cedar  Hill, 
Tenn.;  Jonathan  Hardin  for  the  Chapter  at 
Mexia,  Texas  which  was  organized  March  28. 
1922;  Fort  Chiswell  for  the  Chapter  at  Bristol, 
Va.,  instead  of  Gen.  William  Campbell,  pre- 
viously submitted;  Col.  William  Preston  for 
Roanoke,   Va. 

The  following  Chapters  have  submitted  their 
names  for  approval  and  their  completed  organ- 
izations are  now  presented  for  confirmation : 


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Lieutenant  Joseph  M.  Wilcox  at  Camden, 
Ala : ;  Eliza  Spalding  Warren  at  Moscow,  Ida. ; 
Egyptian  at  Cairo,  111. ;  Knilka  at  Shelbyville, 
111,;  Douglas  County  of  Tuscola,  111.;  Julia 
Watkins  Brass  at  Crown  Point,  Ind. ;  Blackford- 
Wells  at  Hartford  City,  Ind.;  Elisha  Arnold  at 
Horner,  Ind. ;  La  Grange  de  La  Fayette  at  La 
Grange,  Ind. :  Nathan  Hinkle  at  Sullivan,  Ind. ; 
John  Laurens  at  Laurens,  Iowa ;  Jatnes  Harlan 
at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa  ;  Wellington  at  Wellington, 
Kans. ;  Capt.  Jeremiah  Baker  at  Elkton,  Md. ; 
Nathaniel  Ramsay  at  Savage,  Md. ;  Menotomy 
at  Arlington,  Mass. ;  Beaver  Valley  at  Saint 
Edward,  Nebr. ;  Nevada  Sagebrush  at  Reno, 
Nevada ;  Charlotte  Warrington  Turner  at  Red- 
field,  So.  Dak. ;  John  Ross  at  Chattanooga, 
Tenn. ;  Sequachee  Valley  at  South  Pittsburg, 
Tenn. ;  James  Huntington  at  Castle  Rock, 
Wash. ;  Experience  Wood  at  Garfield,  Wash. ; 
Heiskell-Jacob-Foreman  at  Romney,  W.  Va. ; 
Benjamin  Franklin  at  Paris,  France. 

Charters  issued  10. 

Organizing    Regents   notified,    13. 

Permits  issued  for  Regents  and  ex-Regents 
pins,  53 :  Permits  issued  for  National  Officers 
pins,  7 ;  Chapter  Regents  lists  issued  with  pay,  2. 

As  the  work  and  responsibility  of  issuing 
charters  belongs  to  the  Organizing  Secretary 
General,  I  recommend  that  in  future  the  Organ- 
izing Secretary  General  sign  all  charters. 


In  closing  this  iny  last  report,  to  the  National 
Board  of  Management,  as  your  Organizing 
Secretary  General,  I  wish  to  express  not  only  my 
appreciation  of  the  cooperation  of  the  State 
Regents,  but  appreciation  of  their  endeavors  to 
comply  promptly  and  cheerfully  with  the  tnany 
details  involved  in  the  organization  of 
Chapters.  As  a  National  Officer  it  has 
been  my  pleasure  to  serve  with  many  fine 
women,  and  the  friendships  made  I  count 
among  my  treasures. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  G.  Wall.ace  W.)  Lucy  G.\lt  Hanger, 

Organizing  Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  Fitts  of  New  Jersey  inquired  relative 
to  the  status  of  Mrs.  Howard  of  Pasaaic,  N.  J. 
and  Mrs.  Holt  of  the  Orient  inquired  concern- 
ing report  of  Shanghai  Valley  Chapter.  Mrs. 
Spencer  of  North  Carolina  made  inquiry  regard- 
ing blanks  for  the  Organizing  Regent  at 
Warrenton,   N.   C. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General  asked  per- 
mission to  look  up  the  matters  mentioned  and 
report  later,  which  was  granted. 

It  was  then  moved  by  Mrs.  Ellison,  seconded 
by   Miss   Coltrane : 

To  adopt  the  report  of  the  Organizing  Secre- 
tary  General  Zi'ith    its   recommendations. 
Motion  carried: 

The  Treasurer  General  then  gave  her  report. 


Report  of  Treasurer  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the  National  Board  of  Management : 

I  herewith  submit  the  following  report  of  receipts  and  disbursements  from  Februarv  1,  1923 
to  March  31,  1923  : 

CURRENT  FUND 

Balance  in  Bank  at  last  report,  January  31,  1923   $18,765.59 


Annual  dues,  $16,073;  initiation  fees,  $11,555;  reinstatement  fees,  $280; 
supplemental  fees,  $817;  certificate,  $2;  copying  lineage,  $.76;  creed 
cards,  $12.30;  D.A.R.  Reports,  $14.24;  die  of  insignia,  $2.50; 
directory.  $1;  duplicate  papers  and  lists,  $210.85;  exchange,  $1.24; 
hand  books,  $3.78 ;  index  to  Library  books,  $.75 ;  Immigrants 
Manual,  sale  of  copies,  $64.86;  interest,  $247.88;  lineage,  $547.96; 
Magazine  subscriptions,  $2,809.10;  advertisements,  $1,200;  single 
copies,  $45.37;  printing  minutes  of  National  Board,  $5,000;  post 
cards,  $3.00;  proceedings,  $7.50;  rent  from  slides,  $35.17;  ribbon, 
$25.74;  sale  of  waste  paper,  $7;  stationery,  $42.32;  slot  machine, 
$2.95;  telephone,  $41.14;  books  for  Library,  $16.75;  index  to  Lineage 
books,  $10;  auditorium  events,  $798.15. 

Total   receipts    

Recall  on  Loan  of  $60,000.00  to  Permanent  Fund   


39,879.31 
15,000.00 


$73,644.90 


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DISBURSEMENTS 

Refunds :  annual  dues,  $831  ;  initiation  fees,  $130;  supplemental  fees,  $27.         $988.00 

President  General :  clerical  service,  $151.40;  hotel  and  travelling  expenses, 

$374.62 ;  postage,  $26 ;  telegrams,  $36.63    588.65 

Organizing    Secretary    General :    clerical    service,    $763.98.    engrossing, 

$44.20;  folders  and  cards,  $194.13;  dictionary,  $2.75;  telegram,  $.53.        1,005.59 

Recording   Secretary   General :   clerical   service,   $503.57 ;    officers    lists, 

$15.19   518.76 

Certificates:    clerical    service,    $339.59;    certificates,    $150;    engrossing, 

$458.10     947.69 

Corresponding  Secretary  General :  clerical  service,  $356.36 ;  postage,  $50 ; 

drayage  on  paper,  $4.80   411.16 

Registrar  General :  clerical  service,  $3,242.60 ;  cards  and  installation,  $155  ; 

permit  books,  $14.75    3,412.35 

Treasurer  General:  clerical  service;  $3,157.43;  ledger  sheets,  receipt 
books,  guide,  die  and  pad,  $95.45 ;  rent  of  safe  deposit  box,  $10 ; 
postage,  $20;  telegram,  $1.18;  repairs  to  adding  machine,  $3.23 3,287.29 

Historian  General :  clerical  service,  $463.12  ;  postage,  $3  ;  expressage,  $.57.  466.69 

Reporter  General :  clerical  service,  $44.26 ;  proof  reading  and  indexing, 

$100 ;  postage,  $.60  144.86 

Librarian  General:  clerical  service;  $549.18;  accessions,  $538.16;  binding 
books,  $129.05;  paper,  $9.60;  postage,  $12;  expressage,  $2.36.  rent 
of   typewriter,   $8.50    1,248.85 

Curator  General :  clerical  service,  $250.86 ;  repairs  to  manuscripts,  $6 ; 

postage,  $4   260.86 

Chaplain  General :  clerical  service  for  Remembrance  books  100.00 

General  Office :  clerical  service,  $788.32 ;  messenger  service,  $82.50 ; 
postage  and  stamped  envelopes.  $1,167.12;  postage  and  expressage 
on  manuals,  $190.24;  binding  books,  $29.50;  adjusting  typewriters, 
$20;  carfare,  telegrams  and  expressage,  $5.29;  supplies,  $339.16; 
Parliamentarian's  expenses  to  Board  meetings,  $32.70 ;  Wreaths, 
Washington's   birthday,   $25    2,679.83 

Committees :  Administration  Building,  typing  and  binding  minutes  and 
reports,  $40;  telegram,  $1.25;  Building  and  Grounds,  clerical  service, 
$10;  postage,  $2;  telegrams,  $2.49;  Finance,  clerical  service,  $20; 
Liquidation  and  Endowment,  postage,  $20;  Patriotic  Education, 
clerical  service,  $6.50;  circulars  and  questionnaires,  $62.10;  Patriotic 
Lectures  and  Slides,  clerical  service,  $10 ;  postage  and  telegrams, 
$13.09;  repairs  to  case,  $1.20;  refund,  rental,  $4.41;  Preservation 
of  Historic  Spots,  postage  and  telegrams,  $12.72   205.76 

Expense  Continental  Hall:  Employees  pay  roll,  $1,973.45;  coal,  $1,802.38; 
electric  current  and  gas,  $593.18;  ice  and  towel  service,  $37.18; 
hauling,  $42 ;  laundering,  $7.03  ;  expressage,  $3.26 ;  telegram,  $.53 ; 
supplies,  $168.66 ;  painting  Banquet  Hall  and  corridors,  $662.20 ; 
permit  and  planting  hedge,  $144;  fire  doors,  $460;  repairs  to  roof, 
$1,019.20;  architect's  fee,  $469;  premium,  accident  insurance,  $316.26.         7,698.33 

Printing  machine  expense:   printer,  $82.50;   ink,  $16.69    99.19 

Magazine  Committee,  clerical  service,  $228.76;  postage.  $88;  Editor, 
salary,  $400;  articles,  $115;  postage,  $7.50;  stationery,  $5.75; 
binding  books,  $3;  telegram,  $.69;  Genealogical  Editor,  salary,  $100; 
Printing  and  mailing  January,  February  and  March  issues, 
$6,665.07;    cuts,    $418.74;    index,    $85.17    8,117.68 

Thirty-second  Congress  :  Credential  Committee — clerical  service,  $328.46; 
postage,  $25;  rent  of  typewriter,  $8.50;  paper,  cards  and  tray, 
$30.75;  House  Committee,  cleaners,  $45.30;  Invitation  Committee, 
invitations  and  cards,  $52.38 ;  postage,  $10. ;  Program  Committee, 
clerical  service,  $33.81 ;  postage,  $3  537.20 

Auditing    accounts     300.00 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MAXAGEMEXT 


Auditorium  events:   labor,  $110;   light   $49.50;    decorations,   $65;   heat, 

$59.25;   supplies,   $27.90;    refunds,   $191.25    502.90 

D.A.R.  Reports :  200  copies  vol.  25,  $15.86 ;  postage,  $5   20.86 

Duplicate   papers    fees   refunded    3.00 

Furniture  and  Fixtures:  1  typewriter,  $82.25;  1  electric  heater,  $11.50.  93.75 
Lineage:  1,000  copies  vol.  63,  $1,589.50;  old  volumes,  $21.85;  postage. 

$75.75    1,687.10 

Ribbon    61.25 

Spoon — Real    Daughter    2.71 

State   Regents'    postage    73.05 

Stationery    74.33 

Telephone    234.58 

Transferred  to   Magazine  account    5,000.00 

Total  disbursements   $40,772.27 

Balance    $32,872.63 

PERMANENT  FUND 

Balance  at  last  report,  January  31,  1923   $22,055.86 

RECEIPTS 

Charters    $50.00 

Administration   Building   contributions    11,466.08 

Continental  Hall  contributions   2,781.50 

Liberty    Loan    contributions    459.00 

Liquidation  and  Endowment  Fund   244.50 

Commission    on    Recognition   pins    72.60 

Total   receipts 15,073.68 

Notes  Payable— National   Metropolitan  Bank   30,000.00 

$67,129.54 

DISBURSEMENTS 

Final  payment — Administration  Building   $3,165.67 

Architect's   fee — Administration    Building    6,561.00 

Furnishings — Administration    Building    25,025.47 

Revenue  stamps — Administration  Building   16.00 

Chandelier,  D.   C.  Room  Continental  Hall    402.10 

Decorations,   Continental  Hall    271.50 

Shelves  and  books.   Museum,   Continental  Hall    47.74 

Interest,   Notes   Payable    517.36 

Insurance    800.00 

Refund — Liquidation   and    Endowment    Fund,    Wash 15.00 

Total   disbursements    36,821.84 

$30,307.70 

Transferred   to   Current    Fund    $15,000.00 

Transferred  Liberty  Loan  Fund  to  Special  Fund   10,951.53       25,951.53 

Balance    $4,356.17 

Petty  Cash  Fund  $500.00 


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SPECIAL  FUNDS 

LIFE   MEMBERSHIP 

Balance,   January   31,    1923    $457.17 

Disbursements    450.83 

Balance    $6.34 

immigrants'  manu.\l 

Balance,  January  31,  1923   $11,468.40 

Receipts     10,973.67 

22,442.07 

Disbursements— English    edition    $6,450.00 

Refunds    69.00        6,519.00 

Balance    $15,923.07 

LIBERTY    LOAN 

Transferred   from   Permanent   Fund    $10,951.53 

Receipts   and   interest    1,924.69 

12,876.22 
DisburseiTients — Real    Daughters'    pensions     800.00 

Balance    12,076.22 

riLCRiM  mothers'  memorial  fountain 

Balance,  January  31,   1923   25.000.00 

patriotic  education 

Receipts  $21,706.60 

Disbursements    21,706.60 


ELLIS    ISLAND 

Balance,  January  31,  1923   $1,489.88 

Receipts 1,323.27 

2,813.15 
Disburseinents    430.56 

Balance    2,382.59 

PHILIPPINE  SCHOLARSHIP 

Balance,  January  31,  1923   $466.63 

Receipts     620.48 

Balance    1,087.11 

PRESERVATION    OF    HISTORIC    SPOTS 

Balance,    January    31,    1923    $85.00 

Receipts     32.60 


117.60 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT  365 

Disbursements 32.60 

Balance    85.00 

PRIZES — COL.    WALTER    SCOTT    GIFT 

Balance,  January  31,  1923   1,000.00 

MARKERS — XATIOXAL   OLD    TRAILS    ROAD 

Balance,  January  31,  1923   $335.70 

Receipts     2,384.74 

Balance    2,720.44 

RELIEF    SERVICE 

Balance,  January  31,   1923   $474.85 

Receipts     736.84 

1,211.69 

Disljursenicnls     $566.67 

Translerred  to   Tilloloy   Fund    645.02         1,211.69 

TILLOLOY 

Transferred   from   Relief    Fund    645.02 

Total    Special    Funds    $60,925.79 

■    RFCAPITULATION 

Funds  Bal.  1-31-23        Receipts      Disbursements  Bal.  3-31-23 

Current    $18,765.59  $54,879.31  $40,772.27    $32,872.63 

Permanent    22,055.86  45,073.68  62,773.37        4,356.17 

Petty  Cash  500.00  500.00 

Life  Membership   457.17  450.83  6.34 

Immigrants'   Manual    11,468.40  10,973.67  6,519.00      15,923.07 

Liberty  Loan   12,876.22  800.00      12,076.22 

Pilgrim  Mothers'  Memorial  Fountain  25,000.00  25,000.00 

Patriotic  Education    21,706.60  21,706.60 

Ellis    Island     1,489.88  \.32327  430.56        2,382.59 

Philippine  Scholarship 466.63  620.48  1,087.11 

Preservation  of  Historic  Spots   85.00  32.60  32.60             85.00 

Prizes     • 1,000.00  1,000.00 

Markers— National    Old    Trails    Road    335.70  2,384.74  2,720.44 

Relief  Service   474.85  736.84  1,211.69 

Tilloloy    645.02  645.02 

Totals    $82,099.08  $151,252.43  $134,696.92    $98,654.59 

DISPOSITION  OF  FUNDS 

Balance,   National    Metropolitan    Bank    $98,154.59 

Petty  Cash    ( In  Treasurer   General's   office)    500.00 

Total    $98,654.59 


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IXVESTMEXTS 

Permanent  Fund— Liberty   Bonds    $100,000.00 

Permanent  Fund — Chicago  and  Alton  Bonds   2,314.84 

Permanent  Fund — Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific   Bond    1,000.00 

Philippine  Scholarship  Fund— Liberty  Bonds   10,000.00 

Life  Membership  Fund— Liberty  Bonds   1,450.00 


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114,764.84 


INDEBTEDNESS 


By  order  of  the  29th  and  31st  Continental  Congresses: 

Real   Estate   Notes    

Demand  Notes,  National   Metropolitan   Bank   .  . . . 


$200,000.00 
80,000.00 


$280,000.00 

Respectfully, 

(Mrs.  Livingston  L.)   Lilli.^n  A.  Hunter, 

Treasurer  General. 

The  Treasurer  General  then  offered  the  Memorial  Continental  Hall ;  the  contractor  re- 
following  recommendations :  ceived  for  the  final  payinent  on  the  Administra- 

1.  I  wish  to  state  that  of  the  $100  appropriated  tion  Building  $3,165.67;  and  $25,025.47  was  paid 
by  the  National  Board  of  Management  to  the  for  the  finishings  and  furnishings  of  the 
Kindergarten  work  at  Ellis  Island,  there  still  Administration  Building.  The  last  payment  on 
remains  $15  on  the  books  of  the  Treasurer  repairs  to  the  roof  of  Memorial  Continental 
General.  Since  the  Kindergarten  work  has  now  Hall  amounted  to  $1,019.20;  also  $933.70  was 
become  a  part  of  the  work  done  in  the  Deten-  paid  for  painting  and  redecorating  the  follow- 
tion  Room  at  Ellis  Island  under  the  supervision  ing  rooms  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall :  Ver- 
of  the  one  Instructor,  I  would  recommend  that  mont,  Delaware,  California,  New  Jersey,  Rhode 
the   Treasurer  General  be  authorized  to  credit  Island  and  the  Banquet  Hall. 

the  remaining  $15  to  the  Ellis  Island  Fund.  Other  large  expenditures  were : 

2.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  distribution  of  Clerical  service    $11,348.80 

the    Manuals    now    published    in    six    different  Magazine     8,117.68 

languages  with  three  more  editions  ordered  has  Printing  100,000  copies  of  the  English 

become  so  great,  I  would  recommend  that  the  Manual   6,450.00 

proceeds    from    the    sale    of    the    Manuals    be  Employees     of     the     Hall     including 

credited   to   the    Manual   Fund,    instead   of    the  printer  and  messenger  2,293.75 

current  fund  as  is  now  being  done  and  that  the  Postage 1,635.16 

expense  and  postage  required  in  distributing  the  Support  of   Real   Daughters    800.00 

Manuals  be  charged  against  the  Manual   Fund  Lineage  (vol.  63)    1,589.50 

instead  of  General  Expense.  Coal,    including    heat    for    auditorium 

Mrs.  White,  as  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Com-  events    ($59.25) 1,861.63 

mittee,  gave  her   report.  Miscellaneous  as  itemized  in  the  report 

of  the  Treasurer   General    8,568.54 

Report  of  Finance  Committee  Respectfully   submitted. 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the  (^^^^-  Georce  W.)    Louise  C.  White, 

National  Board  of  Management:  Chairman. 

As    Chairman   of    the   Finance    Committee    I  Report  of  the  Auditing  Committee  was  pre- 

have    the    following   report   to   submit    for   the  sented  by  Miss  Jenn  Coltrane,  Chairman, 

months  of  February  and  March :  .„               ,..,..        ^           . 

Vouchers  have  been  approved  to  the  amount  ^^P""^*  °^  *•"=  Auditing  Committee 

of   $102,112.37,   of   which   $21,706.60   represents  Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 

contributions   received    for   Patriotic   Education  National  Board  of  Management : 

and  $566.67  for  Relief  work.  I  have  the  honor  to  report  that  the  Auditing 

The  architects  were  paid  $7,030.00  which  in-  Committee  has  met  each  month  since  the  last 

dudes  the  fee  of  $469.00  for  repairing  roof  of  Board  Meeting.    The  reports  of  the  Treasurer 


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General  up  to  and  including  March  31,  1923  and 
the  audit  thereof  by  the  American  Audit 
Company,  have  been  compared,  found  to  agree 
and  placed  on  file  with  the  Recording  Secre- 
tary General. 

The  audits  of  the  Committee  for  the  past 
three  years  have  been  placed  in  the  fire  proof 
room  in  our  Administration  Building  provided 
for  them. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Jenn  Winslow  Coltrane, 

Chairman. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Heath,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Whitman : 

That  the   report  of  the  Auditing   Committee 
etc.,  be  accepted. 
Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  White,  seconded  by 
Mrs.   Chubbuck : 

The  adoption  of  the  tn'O  recommendations  of 
the  Treasurer  General. 
Motion  carried. 

Miss  Coltrane,  as  Historian  General,  gave 
her   report : 

Report  of  Historian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Alembers  of  the 

National  Board  of  Management : 

It  is  my  pleasure  to  tell  you  that  the  reports 

of  the  work  of  your  Historians,  both  in  summary 

form  and  as  states,  are  ready  for  Congress. 

i   .  We  have   for   you   reports    from   three   vice- 

;  chairmen  who  work  with  the  Historian  General 

I  and     forty-four     states     who     have     compiled 

■  sketches  of  women  of  history.     Arizona's  State 

Historian,  Mrs.  Clark,  has  sent  in  sketches  of 

j  108  women.     I  call  special  attention  to  this  as 

I  Mrs.  Clark  is  dying  of  tuberculosis  and  she  has 

I  done  such  excellent  work  in  compiling  the  lives 

!  of  these  unrecorded  women,  that  I  want  you  to 

I  know  of  it. 

I  Thirty-si.x  State  Directories  of  historical 
'  facts  have  been  presented.  Many  clippings  of 
:  historic  value  have  been  placed  on  file  since  our 
,  last  quarterly  report.  Colorado  has  sent  us 
j  her  War  Service  Records,  two  volumes,  which 
I  were  unavoidably  delayed.  This  makes  a  file 
I  of  War  Service  Records  from  forty-five  states. 
I  The  copy  of  records  for  volume  65  is  with 
the  printer,  thus  giving  us  a  total  of  eleven 
:  volumes  for  our  three  years.  The  greatest 
number  of  volumes  ever  issued  in  that  length 
I  of  time. 

Thanking  you  for  the  privilege  of  service. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Jenn  Winslow  Coltr.xne. 

Historian  General. 
The    Report    of    the    Historian    General    was 
accepted,  as  read. 


Miss  Wilson  as  Reporter  General  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  being  absent,  no  report 
w'as   given. 

The  Librarian  General,  Mrs.  Ellison,  then 
gave  her  report. 

Report  of  Librarian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  : 
It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  report  the 
following  accessions  to  the  Library  since  the 
February  Board  Meeting,  523  books,  83  pamph- 
lets, 13  manuscripts,  1  chart  and  23  periodicals. 


CAI.IFOItNlA 

The  following  2  volumes  from  .Santa  Ysabel  Chapter: 
History  of  San  Jose  and  Surroundint/s.  F.  Hall.  1871. 
History  of  Santa  Clara  County,  California.  1881. 
California,  Its  History  and  Romance.  J.  S.  McGroarty. 

1911.  From  Long  Beach   Chapter. 

Conte.1t    For    California    in    1861.       E.     R.     Kennedy. 

1912.  From    Pasadena    Chapter. 

California;  Fifty  Years  of  Progress.  1900.  From 
Mrs.  Jessie  .Stilwell  Chcwn. 

The  following  5  volumes  from  Oneonta  Park  Chapter: 

History  of  California.      T.   H.    Hittell.      4    Vols.      1897. 

Discovery  of  ttie  Yosemite  and  Tlie  Indian  War  of  1851. 
L.    H.   Bunnell.     1911. 

California,  Its  History  and  Romance.  J.  S.  McGroarty. 
1911.  2  copies.  One  presented  by  Pomona  Chapter,  and 
one  by  Alhambra-San-Gabriel   Chapter. 

California  Coast  Trails.  J.  S.  Chase.  1913.  From 
Kl  Camino  Real  Chapter. 

History  of  California:  The  American  Period.  R.  G. 
Cleland.  1922.  2  copies,  one  from  .Sierra  Chapter 
;ind  one  from  Tamalpais  Chapter. 

The  following  3  volumes  from   Mi.ss  Marv  L.   Norton: 

Historic  Tales  of  tlie  Old  Mhsions.  L.  B.  Powers.  1902. 

Gospel   Pioneering.      W.    C.    Pond.      1921. 

California,  Its  History  and  Romance.  J.  S.  McGroarty. 
1911. 

Pioneer  Days  in  San  Dernnrdino  Vallrii.  E.  P  R 
Crafts.     1906.     From  Arrowhead  Chapter. 

History  of  Stockton.  G.  H.  Tinkham.  1880.  From 
Miss  Jane  D.   Fanning. 

The  following  2  volumes  from   Mrs.   R.   E.   Holmes: 

Annals  of  San  Francisco.     18.'i.'i. 

History  and  Business  Dtrcctom  of  Humboldt  County. 
1S90. 

History  of  Los  Anarlrs  Ciln.  C.  D.  Willard.  1901. 
From    Holliwood    Chapter. 

Coi.onADo 

The   following    3    volumes    from    Pueblo    Chapter: 
Sixlii    Years    in   Colorado.      I.    W.    Sbinton.      1922. 
Historu    of   Colorado.      F.    Hall.      1889. 
Pathhrenkrrs    and   Pioneers    of   Pueblo    Rmlon.     M.    L. 
Whittaker.     1917.     From  Pueblo  Chapter. 

Connecticut 

The   following  .'i  volumes  from   Ruth  Wvllys  Chapter: 

Early  Lebanon.      O.   D.    Hine.      1880. 

Ilbislrnled  Life  of  Wnshinalon.     J.  T.  Heatllev.      ISfiO. 

Life  nf  .Tonnlhnn  Tnimhull,  .S.ii.    T.   W.   Stew.irt.   18.19. 

Jfemnrlnl  Histnn/  of  Hartford  Caunlti,  Conn.  J.  H. 
Trumbull.      2   Vols.      ISSfi. 

Cnntrihiilion.i  to  History  of  EnsI  nnddom.  Conn. 
F.    H.    Parker.     From    Nathan    Hale    Meiuori.il    Chapter. 

The  following  fi  volumes  frnni  llaiiiuih  Woodruff 
Chapter. 

Monuments   of   Patriotism. 

hires  of  Presidents  of  Vniled  States.  J.  S.  C.  Abbot. 
187.5. 

Historii    of    liattle    Flan    Dnn.     1880. 

Hi.itorv  of   tlie   American    Wars.     B.   Thomas.      18.-|0. 

Pnuohters    of    America.      P.    A.     TTnrnforcl.      1882. 

History  of  the  Indiana  of  Connreticul.  J.  W. 
r>e  Forest. 


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Uistoni  of  Daulmry,  Councclicnt.  .1.  M.  Bailev.  1896. 
From   Jfiss   Mary  E.    Fanton. 

Memorial  History  of  Bartjord  County,  Conn.  J.  H. 
Trumbull.  2    Vols.    18U9.   F'roni   Lucretia    Shaw    Chapter. 

yt'irtown's  Ilisloni  and  Historian,  Ezra  Levan  Johnson. 
J.  E.  JohiiBOri.     1917.     From  Mrs.   Horatio  Allan. 

DeLAW-AUE 

Di'lauare  and  the  Eastern  Shore.  E.  W.  Vallaiidigham. 
1922.     From  Cooch'e  Bridge  Chapter. 


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The  following  5  volumes  from  American  Liberty 
Chapter : 

Synopsis  of  the  Peeraiic  of  Enfiland.  N.  H.  Nicolas. 
2  Vols.     Gift  of  Mrs.   R^   S.   0«en. 

New  York  in  the  Revolution.  .7.  A.  Roberts.  1897. 
2  Vols.     Gift  of  Mrs.  H.  B.  Learv. 

Avthcntie  Life  of  William  McKinley.  A.  K.  McClure 
and  C.  Morrison. 

Triumphant  Life  of  Theodore  Roosevelt.  J.  M. 
Miller.     1905. 

The  last  two  gifts  of  Mrs.  Edgar  Allan. 

Uoolc  of  Bruce.  L.  H.  Weeks.  1907  From  Mrs. 
John  F.  Little  through  Constitution  Chapter. 

The  Chootes  in  America.  E.  0.  .Jameson.  1896. 
From  Mrs.   Jason   Waterman  through  Columbia  Chapter. 

Genealogy  of  John  Marsh  of  Salem.  1888.  From  Mrs. 
F.   B.   Martin   through  Deborah  Knapp  Chapter. 

nistor}/  of  the  Commoners  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland.'  J.  Burke.  Volume  2.  From  Mrs.  A.  W. 
.Spanford    through    Dollv   Madison    Chapter. 

Godchild  of  Washington.  K.  C.  Baxter.  1897.  From 
Mrs.  T.  M.  F.  Knappen  through  E.  Pluribus  Unum 
Chapter. 

Sketches  of  Alumni  of  Ihuthmouth  College.  O.  T. 
Chapman. 

History  of  Wanzer  Family  in  America.  W.  D. 
Wanzer.  1920.  From  Elizabeth  Jackson  Chapter 
through    Miss    Elizabeth   Woodward. 

Genealogical  and  Historical  Notices  of  Martin  Famihi. 
11.  J.  Martin.  1880.  From  Mrs.  M.  A.  Winter  through 
Federal    Citv    Chapter. 

History  of  the  Commoners  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland.  J.  Burke.  Volume  1.  1836.  From  Mrs. 
Henrv  C.   C<iok  through  Independence  Bell  Chapter. 

History  of  the  Commoners  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland.  J.  BurKo.  Volume  4.  From  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Crabtree  through    Judge   Lvnn   Cliapter. 

History  of  the  Commoners  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland.  J.  Burke.  Volume  3.  From  Mrs.  Charles 
Booker   through    Louisa    Adams   Chapter. 

The  following  three  volumes  from  Luc^'  Holcomb 
Chapter: 

Bench  and  Bar  of  South  and  Southwest.  II.  R. 
Footp.     1876. 

Hijstory   and   Genealogy   of   Harlan    Famihi.      1914. 

Calendar  of  Correspondence  of  Genrnr  Washington  with 
Continental    Conorr.is.     J.    C.    Fitzpa'trick.     1900. 

The  above  3  volumes  gifts  of  Sirs.  Jessie  P.  Wood. 

Genealogical  Memoir  of  Lo-Lathrop  Family.  E.  B. 
Huntington.  From  Mrs.  Mary  C.  M.  Brooks  through 
Magvudcr   Chapter. 

Martin  Genealogy.  Volume  1.  T.  A.  Ilav.  1911. 
Frnni    Mrs.    Helen    M.    Hall    through    Moiiticelln    Chapter. 

Potomac  Landings.  P.  Wilstach.  1921.  From  Mrs. 
H.    B.    Polkinhorn,   through    Our   Flag   Chapter. 

American  Armoury  and  Blue  Book.  J.  Matthews. 
1908.     From  Richard   Arnold  Chapter. 

A  Registry  of  American  Families  Entitled  to  Coat 
Armor.  W.  A.  Orozier.  1904.  From  Mrs.  A.  O. 
Eugene  Barr   through   Sarah   Franklin   Chapter. 

The  following  6  volumes  from  Susan  Riviere  Hetzel 
Chapter: 

History  of  Landed  Gentry  of  Great  Britain.  B.  Burke. 
1914. 

Parsons   Family.     H.   Parsons.     Volume   2.     1920. 

The  Mnmion   Record.     M.   A.   Mimson.     2  Vols.     189.5. 

Genealogy  of  Thomas  Fuller  and  His  Descendants. 
W.   H.   Fuller.     Vohime  4.      1919. 

The    Goodridgr    Genealogy.     E.    A.    Goodridgc.     1918. 

The  above  6  volumes  gifts  of  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson. 

Candehec  in  America.  W.  L.  Cuddehaek.  1919.  From 
Mrs.    Edgar    A.    Tibbotts    through    Victory    Chapter. 

The  Life  and  Times  of  Thomas  Smith.'  B.  A.  Konkle. 


Shriner.     1911, 
1883.    From 


1904.  From  Miss  Jean  Stephenson  through  Mary 
Washington   Chapter. 

The  Colonial.     From   Mrs.   Maude  A.  Rucker. 

Historic  Churches  of  America.  N.  U.  Wallington. 
1907.  From  Mrs.  N.  R.  Coleman  through  Continental 
Chapter. 

FL01tlD.\ 

Dr.  Andrew  lurnbull  and  The  Xew  Symrna  Colony  of 
Florida.  C.  Goggett.  1919.  From  C-ol.  Arthur  Erwin 
Chapter. 

The   following   6    volumes   from   Jacksonville   Chapter: 

Florida  Its  History  and  Romance.  G.  R.  Fairbanks. 
1901. 

History  of  Florida.     C.   M.    Brevard.     1919. 

Florida  Historical   Pageant,  Official   Program.     1922. 

Florida,  Past,  Present  and  Future.  G.  M.  Chapin. 
1914. 

History  of  Early  Jacksonville,  Florida.  T.  F.  Davis. 
1911. 

St.  Augustine  Under  Three  Flags.  H.  S.   Wyllie.  1898. 

GEonGi.\ 

History     of    Murraii     County.      I 
From    Mrs.    L.    H.    Smith. 

Public    Men    of    Today.    P.    C.    Headlev 
Major  General  Samuel  Elbert  Chapter. 

Idaho 

The  yez  Perces  Since  Lewis  and  Clark.  K.  C. 
McBeth.     1908.     From   Alice  Whitman   Chapter. 

Early  History  of  Idaho.  W.  J.  McConnell.  From 
Mrs.    Bradley    Sheppard. 

A  Romance  of  the  Sawtooth.  0.  Alia.  1917.  From 
Eedah-how   Cliapter. 

Illinois 

The  Deserndnnfs  of  Ralph  and  John  Houghton  ot 
Lancaster,  Mass.  J.  W.  Houghton.  1912.  From  Fort 
Dearborn  Chapter. 

The    following    9    volumes   from   Illinois    "Daughters." 

History  of  McHcnry  County.     2  Vols.     1922. 

History  of  Stephenson  County.  A.  L.  Fulwider.  2 
Vols.     1910. 

Hi-itorieal  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois  and  History  of 
Henderson   County.     2  Vols.     1911. 

Stark  County  and  Its  Pioneers.  E.  H.  Shallenberger. 
1876. 

Combined  History  of  Edicards,  Lawrence  and  Waba.ih 
Counties.     1883. 

History  of  Massac  County.     O.  .1.  Page.     1900. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois  and  History  of 
Champaign    County.     From   Chemango   Chapter.     2  Vols. 

Lirinoston  County  in  the  World  War.  From  Board 
of  Couritv  Supervisors  through  Miss  Effie  Epler,  State 
Librarian'. 

The  Life  and  S'-n-ices  of  Joseph  Duncan.  Compiled 
and    presented   bv   Miss   Elizabeth  D.    Putnam. 

The    following    3    volumes    from    Illinois    "D.aughters." 

History   of   Wayne   and  Clay   Counties.      1,884. 

History  of  Cumberland.  Ja.fper  and  Richland  Counties. 
1884. 

Hiitory  of  Gallatin.  Saline,  Hamilton,  Franklin  and 
Williamson    Counties.      1887. 

Hi.itoru    of    Deuitt    County.      1882 


Edn 

Historical  Souvenir  of  Vondnlia,  //(/now. 
1904.     From    Mrs.    John    H.    Harley. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Mrs. 
Lnwrenre : 

Honor   Roll   of   Knox   County.   III.      1920. 

Xarva.      1922. 

Centennial     Annals     of     Knoi      Couutu, 


1  Mrs.  O.  S. 
n.  W.  Ross. 
George     A. 


"Daiightcrs." 


Historical    Encyclopedia     of    Illinois     nod    History    o/ 
Coles   County.     1883. 

History    of    White    Couutu.    Illinois.      1883. 


Annual  Conference  of  Indiana  Chapter 
From   Jlrs.   S.  E.   Perkins,   State  Regei 


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Iowa 

OlJicial  Iteijislcr,  oj  Iowa  ;.')..'/■/.');.'..'.  J-roiii  Fi.i  t 
Dodge   Chapter. 

Ltfo  and  Tiims  of  A:ro  II.  F.  Ilihlnth.  C.  Alilrich. 
ISal.     From    Akien    Seiirs    Cli^iiiler. 

Cenealoi/ical  Ki't/lstcr  of  the  Abbot  Family.  A.  Abbot 
and  E.  Abbot.  1874.  From  Mrs.  Bertha  W.  Aitchison 
through  Marv  Kiiiflit  Chapter. 

Ilistury  of  Western  Iowa.  1882.  From  Jlis.  I.jdia 
II.   l'iJ<e. 

llistorji  of  Palo  Alto  County,  Iowa.  J).  G.  McCaity. 
1910.     From   Betty   Alden    Chapter. 

Kansas 


KUNTtlriiV 

LonUvlllv  First  Familii's.  K.  .leiioings.  1920.  From 
Lexington    Cli:ii)ter. 

The  followiii-  3  vohmies  from  Bryan  Station  Cliapter: 

Mctlimlism  ill  K I  III  mill.  A.  II.  Ticdford.  Volumes  1 
and    :<. 

Uislmii  of  III!  Oriihiiii  IliiiiuiW,  )Sf,l  IXr,.-,.  V,.  V. 
Thoniijsoii.     lSi)H. 

il'/ir;  llimjiuphii  of  lilikr  Diiviil  I'lin-iaiicr.  lh4S.  I,, 
rurvunioe.     From    Jemima  .Tohnson    Ch;iprcr. 

Tlie  following  r>  volumes   from   Mrs.    Eugeni'    II.    Itav: 

IHmlwphical  Mnuoir  of  llaiiivl  llimii,:  T.  Film. 
1S:(!I. 

llixlmii  of  Mith,„lism  In  Unit iirlii.  A.  II.  Iledford. 
3    Vols.  '  1808. 

riic  rmliyliiiiiii  lliiirrli  in  iMiiisrilh.  K.  I,.  Warren. 
ISllfi. 

Jlistoiii  of  Kniliirkii.  ■/..  F.  Smith.  ISII.'',.  From 
Susamiah    Ihirl     Sliilliv     Chiipler. 

rimierr  Lif,  in  Kriil iii-l:ii.  I).  Drake.  1870.  From 
Mr.«.    .1.    Ti.    Lnl(n. 

I'iiiiirn-    I.ilr    in     Krnlnrl.n.       I>.     I1nil(c.      1870.      From 


Mi-i 


.lanit 


Ila 


Mrs.    William    Rode 


The    following    0    vohime 
State  Regent. 

A  Ilktoiy  of  Muhlrnhrrff  Comilv.   O.  A.  Rothert.   1  !)!.■?. 

Ili.itnry  of  Kmitm-ky.  .1  Vols.  1(122.  W.  E.  Connellcv 
and   E.   M.    Coulter. 

Mainu 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  Fri'deTJck  E. 
Lowell. 

lllilorp   of  Jay,   Maine.     B.   F.    Lawrcnee.     1012. 

Maine  Historical  Memorials.  1922.  From  Mr.  H.  E. 
Dunnack    through    Mrs.    Lowell. 

The  Letters  iij  John  Fiiirjiehl.  A.  C.  .Slaplis.  1922. 
From    Miss   Lvdia    II.    Iluimewell. 

Sketches  of  Ilistori,  of  Camtlen,  Maine.  .1.  L.  Locke. 
]8.'i9.     From   Lady    Knox    Chaptir. 

The  Slory  of  Iloulton.  V.  Barnes.  1889.  From 
Lydia  Rutnain   Chapter. 

Life  and  Times  nf  Ilonii'Hint  Hamlin.  C.  K.  Hamlin. 
1899.     From  Hon.  I'ereival  Baxter,  Governor  of  Maine. 

When  Xiirth  Winds  lllnw.  W.  Emerson.  1922.  From 
Silenee    Howard    Hav.len    Chapter. 

Life  in  America  lilt)  Years  Ago.  G.  Hunt.  1014. 
From    KslhcT    F.avres    Chapter. 

nistory  of  Jaii,  Maine.  B.  F.  Lawrence.  1912.  From 
Colonial   l)a\ighters   and    Col.   Asa   Whitcomb   Chapter. 

Maine  Historical  Memorials.  1922.  From  Mrs.  C.  B. 
I'orter. 

Collections  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society.  Volumes 
4  to  7  Inclusive  and  9  to  24  inclusive.  From  the 
Governor   of    Maine.    Hon.    Percival    Baxler. 


Mauvi.anii 
•olumes     from     Washiiiglo 


ClIBli- 


The     following     2     v 
Chapter : 

Culiminl     Families     and     Their     Deseenihinls.     M.      B. 
Emery.     1900. 

American    Commonwealth.     \V.     II.    Browiu'.     1893. 

The   following   4   volumes   from    Mrs.    .1.    F.van    Reese: 

Provisional    (lorernment    of    Marnland.     .T.    A.    Silver. 
IRD.'i. 

Collectanea    Topograjihica   and    Genealopiea.     ISa."). 


Minnlis  iif  the  Comieil  oj  .Safety,  of  yew  Jersey.    1872. 

I'ieloriat  Field  Hook  of  the  liecoliUion.  Voiunie  2. 
1852.      li.    ,1.    LobsiJig. 

Tin-  following  3  volumes  from  Carter  Braxton  Chapter: 

Mimiiir  of  tin-  Life  of  Itiijht  lieeerend  William  White. 
li.    Wilson.    1839. 

.■1    llishirn    I'l    Miiriiliind.      II.    Olid. Td. ink.      1808. 

General    Inilrx     of     Wills     of     Amu      Arundel     County, 

mi  nin. 

II,,     rhrlslinn,!    I!i„l    „„.!     li.      I    ,     Triols    of    ISSt. 

W.    r.    llrii,,!.      J'lll.      I  I.  I,.    M;        \l,i.    M.   B.   Mitchell. 

(■„l„i,,,il    .\l„„s,„„s    „l     II,,      i  ...      Ihloleare.      J.    M. 

Hal ml.      I:MJ.      Frniii    Mi       .1  IL    I 'atton  through 

ISalliniorc    C'hapler. 


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Mam  Miilloon  and  Her  Hero  of  the  Itevolntiim.  A.  M. 
Walker.      1!I(12.      From    Mary    Mattoon    Chapter. 

The  following   2   volumes  from  Old    South   Cliapter: 

The  Mtmninij  Families  of  New  Fni/land  and 
D.seendonls.      W.     H.    Manning.      1902. 

Hi.iton/  of  Lenox  and  Richmond.    C.  J.  Palmer.    1904. 

History  of  the  Town  of  Bernardston.  Mass.,  nHS-l'.IOO. 
L.  C.  Kellogg.     1902.     From  Dorothy  Quincy  Chapter. 

/?iii/i/  Settlers  of  Colrain ,  Mass.  C.  11.  McClellan. 
188r,.    "From    Miss    Emma    E.    Barrett. 

ri7«;  Records  of  Peru.  Mass.  1902.  From  Old 
South  Chapter. 

W.slfield  and  lis  Historic  InlUienees.  .T.  II. 
Lockwood.  2  Vols.  ]i)22.  From  Mrs.  Edith  Scott 
M:if;ii:i. 

The  Amcrii'im's  Own  Book.  1855.  From  ilrs.  S.  W. 
Wilsh. 

Hislorii  of  Western  Massachusetts.  .T.  C.  Holland. 
2    V.ils.  '  isri.-i.     From    Miss    E.    Sophia    Eastman. 

/,■,.„,/.,„    \,,,,^  „f  Boston.    H.  P.  Dowst.     1912.    From 


Ml 


/  ,,.     L.      S.     Drake.     1890.     From      Mrs. 

Iriiil.     h      rill  oil,    Librarian    General. 

Ill.sh.rii  of  Freetown,  Mass.  1902.  From  Hannah 
Gndiliird  ■  Chapter. 

Inseriptiims  from  Old  Bmuinq  Ground.  Lynncfield 
Centre.     ,1.   T.   Moulton.     From   Old  North  Chapter. 

The    following    H    volumes   from    Mrs.    F.    H.    Metc.ilf: 

Records  of  William  Spooner  of  Plymouth,  Mass.  T. 
Spooncr.      18S3. 

Hisloni  nf  riinhim  Cniinty.  N.  J.  C.  W.  Winfield.  1S74. 

rii,'    M„l,„„l:    V„ll.,i      W.   M.   Reid.     1901. 

M,i,l,hi   i;:,  ■  ,    „i,.l   i:r„ol;line  Records,  16Si-18SS.    From 

Mrs.     Uilhiilii     \l.     Mi.luall 

.Skileh  1,1  i',,n,ir,,iali,inal  Church.  Belchertown.  Mass. 
1852.     M.    Doolittle.'    From   Mrs.   Arthur  E.   Barter. 

Historical  Hiinhton.  2  Vola.  J.  P.  C.  Winship. 
1899.     From    Col.    Thomas   Gardner   Chapter. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Samuel  Adams  Chapter: 

Historii   of   New  London,   N.    H.     1899. 

History  and  Traditions  of  Marblchcad.  S.  Roads,  .Ir. 
1S97. 

mth  Annirersarn  Xnmlier  of  Sociitii.  S.  /?.  of 
California.      102H.      From   Old   Concor.l   Chapter. 

Boys  and  Girls  ol  .SeeentiiSi.r.  M.  P.  W.  Smith. 
Ifllfl.'     From   Miss   Marv    P.    Wells    Smith. 

A  Narratire  of  John  R.  Jewitl.  From  Mrs.  Edwin 
R.  Fiske. 

Proceedinits  of  Poclimtuck  Valley  Memorial  A.<socta- 
tion.     Volume   1.     1S90.     From    Mrs.    Lucy   O.    Kellogg. 

2i;nth  .-innirrrsary  of  Settlement  of  Cambridge.  1880. 
From  Mrs.  Edwin  F.   Leeds. 

Vital    Records    of   Duxbury.   Mass.     From    5frs.    Rufu« 

The  following  2  volumes  fnom  Deana  Wintlirop 
Chapler: 

Ih'.^eeiHlants  of  Chase  Whiteh.r  of  iril.r.n,  N.  H. 
W.    V.    Whit.h.r.      1907. 

Crnilrii  lUiilon.  X.    II.      W.    F.    Whitchcr.      1905. 

The  f.diowing  2  volumes  from  Samuel   Adams  Chapter: 

I'raiier    Hook.      1818. 

The    Holy    Bible.      1825. 

The  following  9  voUimcs  from  Jlrs.  Russell  W.  Magna: 

Hii^toru  of  Town  of  Carlisle.  Muss.      S.   A.   Bull.      1920. 

Record  of  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  of  Dedham. 
1886. 

Hi:<lory    of    Rotjalston.     L.    B.    Caswell.     191,. 

Vital  Records  of  Timgsborough.     19i:i. 

Births.   Marriages   and   Deaths    of    Watertoun.      4    ^  ols. 

Milton  Records.     1900. 


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Tlie     following     2     volun.es     from     Margaret     Corbiii 

i^th    llevort    oi    the    Record    Commissioners.     1894. 
ronn   Itecold.   of  Uudhy.  Mass.,  mi-llol,.     1893. 
A    History    of    the    Town   of   Freetown.     1902.     From 
Old  Boston  Chapter:  if.,,.;™  Ttmyier  ■ 

The  following  5  volumes  from  Miss  Mauon  Brazier . 
Certain    .Accepted    Heroes    and    Other    Essays.     H.    l^- 

"iVu-    Ce^ntjliest.    E.   E.   Dye.      1903. 
The  True  Aaron  Burr.     C.  B.  Todd.     1902. 
Tt'e  Pilgrims  and  Their  Monuments.     E.  J.  Carpenter. 

""jr/smouf/i  Historical  and  Picturesque.     O.  S.  Gurney. 

"l^e  foUowing  11  volumes  from  Paul  Severe  Chapter : 

Constitution  of  Society  of  Colomal  Mars  in  Rhode 
island.     1914. 

Dr.   Cooper's  Letter.  „        a    i     lonn 

The  Genealogical  Advertiser.  Johm^es  3  and  3.  1900. 

Address  Delivered  by  Honorable  George  F    Hoar.  1901. 

History  of  Lenox  and  Richmond.  C.  J-  Palmer.  1904. 

Rhode  Island  Court  Records.     Volume  1.     1920. 

Half  a  Century  with  the  Providence  Journal.  H.  K. 
Davis.     1904.  .  „„, 

Society   of  Mayflower  Descendants  .-.  Maine      190S. 

Register  for  Empire  State  Society,  S.  A.   R.     1&99. 

Massachusetts  Society  of  the  S.  .4.  R.     1910. 

MlCHIC.\N 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Rebecca  Dewey  Chapter : 
Home   Songs.     M.   A.   Simpson.     1903  „  .    .  , 

Suni-ise,    Midday    and    Sunset.     R.    W.    Van    Schoick. 

The  following  4  volumes  from  Mrs.  Ella  E.  Potts: 

The   Show    at    Washington.     L.    A.    Coolidge. 

Steupino    Himinward.      1899. 

Gems    if    Poesv.     G.    D.    Killeen.     1912. 

Handbook  of  Republican  Institutions  in  United  States 
of  America.     G.    i>.    Bannatj-ne. 

The  World's  Famous  Orations.  From  Mrs.  Aiaage 
E.    Barnes.  ^,,        „.,,  ,. 

Educators  of  Michigan.  1900.  From  Ellen  Gillette 
Baker  through  Ruth  Sayre  Chapter. 

Echoes  of  the  Forest.  W.  E.  Brown.  1918.  From 
Alffoiiouin    Chapter    for   Michigan   Room. 

History  of  Calhoun  County.  2  Vols.  W.  Gardner. 
1913.     From   Charity   Cook   Chapter. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Louis  Joseph  Montcalm 
Chapter  for  Michigan  Room. 

Among   the   Pond  People.     C.    D.   Pierson.     1901. 

Among  the  Farm-Yard  People.     C.  D.  Pierson.     189S. 

Among    the    Forest    People.     C.    D.    Pierson.     1898. 

Some  Gencaloqical  Notes  on  Early  American  Families. 
Mrs.  F.  W.   Culver.     From  Saginaw  Chapter. 

Hiitory  of  Ingham  and  Eaton  Counties,  Michigan. 
S.     W.  "Duront.     1880.     Fiom     Hannah     Tracy     Grant 

^Miihiream.  W.  L.  Comfort.  1914.  From  Mrs.  Roy 
R.' Riddle. 

The  Years  Between.  R.  Kipling.  1919.  From  Miss 
Anne    M.    Brown.  .  „.  ,  .         ^,  , 

The  13  volumes  from  University  of  Michigan  through 
Sarah  Caswell  Angel  Chapter  were  received  for  the 
Micliiiran    Room. 

Five   volumes    from    Captain    Samuel   Felt   Chapter: 

Ui.lnni  ni  Cass  County.  H.  S.  Rogers.  1875.  And 
f,,ni    f.i  '  \]..'   WuW\x:m   Room. 

/  /'  >i,     Detroit.     F.     Palmer.      190C.      From 

1 -      'I.I     Chapter. 

fn,rn„  /■,.(/'<,  F.  L.  Warner.  1921.  From  Mrs. 
I ra     H.     Hniddoek. 

History  of  Henry  County,  Illinois.  1877.  From 
Stevens   Thomas  Mason   Chapter. 

Along  the  Gi/psy  Trail.  M.  Southerland.  1921.  From 
Lucv    Walcritt  '  Ra'rnum    Chapter. 

.r'ust  Folks.  E.  A.  Grout.  1912.  From  Elijah  Grout 
Chapter. 

Thi'  following  3   volumes  from   Mrs.  Louis  Cornelius: 

Inilmn     Sl;,'trhes.     C.     S.     Ilulst.     1918. 

Foini    Itnnds    to    Xeiencc-Toirn.     M.    E.    Hardy.     1919. 

Thr'Yisl<r,l,iiis    nf   Grand   Rallies.     C.   E.   Balknap. 

//i»(c.ri/  ()/  li,nn  mill  Monlrithn  Counties.  Michigan. 
.1.  S.  S'ehcnek.  1881.  From  Louis  .luseph  Montcalm 
Chapter. 

The   following   S   volumes  from   Mrs.   C.    E.   Dolf: 

Michiiim    mid   lis   Resources. 

Annmil     II,  port     uf     Amlilor     General.     1S9C. 


Manual  of  Michigan.  4  Vols.  1875,  1881,  1889 
and   1891. 

General   Histori/   of   Michigan.     C.    R.    Tuttle.     1874. 
The  Honorable'  Peter   White.     R.   D.    Williams.     1905. 

Mississii'i'i 

The  Life  and  Work  of  John  Williamson  Nevin.  T. 
Appel.     1889.     From  Mrs.  John  K.  Bryan. 

History  of  Kentucky.  T.  S.  Artliur  and  W.  II. 
Carpenter.  1852.  From  Miss  Annie  Boggs,  State 
Librarian. 

Biographical  and  Historical  Memoirs  of  Mississippi. 
2    Vols.     1891.     From    Nahonla    Chapter. 

American  Almanac  and  Repository  of  Useful  Knowl- 
edge, for  1854.     From  Miss  Kate  Skipwith. 

Furniture  of  the  Pilgrim  Century.  W.  Nutting.  1921. 
From  Madame  Hodnctt  Chapter. 

Missocitl 

History  of  the  IJapfists  in  Missouri.  R.  S.  Duncan. 
1882.  From  Mr.  G.  W.  Duncan  through  Tabitha 
Walton  Chapter. 

History  of  Clinton  and  Caldwell  Counties,  Missouri. 
O.   P.  Johnson  and  W.   H.   S.  McGlumphy.     1923. 

Encyclopedia  of  the  History  of  St.  Louis.  W.  Hyde 
and  'H.  L.  Conrad.  1899.  4  Vols.  From  Mrs. 
F.  G.  Udell. 

The  following  7  volumes  from  Douglas  Oliver  Chapter: 

History  of  St.  Louis  the  Fourth  City.  W.  B.  Stevens. 
1909.     3  Vols. 

Encyclopedia  of  the  History  of  Missouri.  4  Vols. 
H.  L.  'Conrad.     1901. 

Histoni  of  City  of  St.  Lonis  and  Vicinity.  J.  Devoy. 
From  St.   Louis  Chapter. 

Neruaska 

The   following   10   volumes  from  Mrs.   C.    S.    Paine: 

History  of  Seward  County,  Nebraska.  W.  W.  Cox. 
1SS8. 

Transactions  and  Reports  of  Nebraska  State  Historical 
Society.     Volume   1.     R.   W.   Furnas.     1885. 

Roster  of  Soldiers,  Sailors  and  Marines  in  Nebraska. 
1897. 

Nebraska  State  Historical  Society  Publications.  12 
Vols.  Volumes  2,  4,  5,  7,  8,  10,  16,  17  (2  copies),  18, 
19,  and  20. 

The  Exercise  of  the  Veto  Power  in  Nebraska.  K.  E. 
Carlson.     1917. 

History  of  Buffalo  County,  Nebraska  and  Its  People. 
2    Vols.     From    Fort    Kearney    Chapter. 

History  of  Nebraska.  J.  S".  Morton  and  A.  Watkins. 
1918.  From  Katahdiii,  Three  Trails  and  Ebenezer 
Clark  Chapters. 

Trails  of  Yesterdan.  3.  Briitt  1921.  From  Mrs. 
Elizabeth   Bratt. 

New  Jersey 

History  of  Bergen  County,  N.  J.  J.  M.  Van  Allen. 
1900.     From     General     Washington     Chapter. 

Orderly  Book  of  General  Andrew  Lewis.  C.  Campbell. 
1860.     From     Mrs.     Caroline     Colie. 

Hstory  of  Warren  County,  N.  J.  G.  W.  Cummins. 
1911.     From   Orange   Mountain   Chapter.   2   Vols. 


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York 


History  of  the  Presbi/terian  Church,  Jamaica.  L.  I. 
J.    M.    MacDonald.     1862.     From    Rufus    King    Chapter. 

The  2  following  volumes  from  Southampton  Colony 
Chapter : 

Early  History  of  Southampton,  Long  Island,  N.  Y., 
with    Genralooi'cs.     G.    R.    Howell.     1887. 

Celebration  of  the  ST.'ith  Anniversary  of  Southampton, 
N.  Y.     1915. 

Pcnn.sylvania  Pension  Roll.  From  Miss  Janet  McKay 
Cowing. 

History  of  Suffolk  County,  New  York.  1882.  From 
Mrs.   John   Fleet  Wood. 

Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  Jarcd  Sparks.  1871. 
From   Mrs.    Edith    A.    Ellis. 

NoHTli  Dakota 
The  f(dlowing  7   volumes  from   Minishoshe  Chapter: 
Gorernment   of  North   Dakota  and   the   Nation.     E.  L. 
Young.     1922.  ,„,„ 

Badlands   and   Broncho    Trails.  L.    F.    Crawford.  1922. 


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Com  Amoiiff  the  Indians  of  Upper  Missouri.  G.  F. 
Will    a;id   G.    E.    Hyde.     1917. 

Prairie  Smoke.     M.   E.  Gilmoie.     1921. 

The  State  Park  System  of  North  Dakota.  0.  G. 
Libby. 

The  Mandans,  A  Study  of  Their  Culture,  Archaeology 
and  LangxMye.     G.    F.    Will   and   H.   J.    Spenden.     1906. 

Vses  of  Plants  by  the  Indians  of  the  Missouri  River 
Region.     M.    R.    Gilmore.     1919. 

Ohio 

History  of  Hardin  County,  Ohio.  1S83.  From  Fort 
McArthur    Chapter. 

The   2   following   volumes   from   Steubenville   Cliapter : 

Frederick  William  Von  Steuben  and  the  American 
Revolution.     J.  B.  Doyle.     1913. 

In  Memoriam  Edwin  McMasters  Stanton.  J.  B. 
Doyle.     1911. 

History  of  Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio.  C.  Johnson. 
1879.     From  Moses  Cleaveland  Chapter. 

The  following   4  volumes  from   Cincinnati   Chapter : 

Orations   and  Historical   Addresses.   S.   F.   Hunt.   1908. 

Centennial  History  of  Cincinnati  and  Representative 
Citizens.     1   Vols.     C.   T.    Greve.     1904. 

Sketches  and  Statistics  of  Cincinnati  in  1S.51.  C.  Cist. 
1851. 

History  of  Clinton  County,  Ohio.  1882.  From  Miss 
Effle  Allen. 

Revolutionary  Soldiers  Buried  in  Lake  County,  Ohio. 
From  Mrs.   H.   R.   Oollacott. 

Obcrlin:  The  Colony  and  the  College.  J.  H. 
Fairchild.     1S83.     From    Oberlin    Chapter. 

History  of  Pioneer  and  Modern  Times  of  Ashland 
County,  Ohio.  H.  S.  Knapp.  1S63.  From  Sarah  Copus 
Chapter. 

History  of  Stark  County,  Ohio.  W.  H.  Perrin.  1881. 
From    Massillon    Chapter. 

History  of  Trumbull  County,  Ohio.  H.  T.  Upton.  2 
Vols.     1909.     From   Mary   Chesney  Chapter. 

History  of  the  Maumee  Valley.  H.  S.  Knapp.  1877. 
From  Ft.  Industry  Chapter. 

Historical  Collections  of  Ohio.  H.  Howe.  2  Vols. 
1908.     From  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C.  Morrow. 

Oregon 

The  following   2    volumes   from   Quenett   Chapter: 

The    Two    Islands.     T.    Condon.     1902. 

Songs  of  the  Good  Country.  J.  H.  Cradlebaugh.  1913. 

Pennsylvania 

The  Quaker,  A  Study  in  Costume.  A.  M.  Gummere. 
1901.     From    Mrs.    George   J.    DeArmond. 

The  following  2  volumes   from   Philadelphia   Chapter : 

Silent  Peal  from  the  Liberty  Bell.  A.  M.  Conwav. 
1914. 

The  Correspondence  of  Nicholas  Biddle.  R.  C. 
McGrane.     1919. 

The  Huguenot  Society  of  Penn.-.ylvania.  Volume  4. 
1922.     From    Berks   County   Chapter. 

The   following    19    volumes    from    Bethlehem    Chapter : 

Life  and  Letters  of  Roscoe  Conkling.  A.  R.  Conkling. 
1889. 

Personal  Memoirs  of  P.   H.  Sheridan.     2  Vols.     1888. 

Political  Discussions,  Legislative,  Diplomatic  and 
Popular.     J.    G.    Blaine.     1887. 

Year  Book  of  New  Jersey  Society  S.  A.  R.     1910. 

National  Year  Book,  S.  A.  R.  I'M!,.  2  Copies  of 
1907  and  2  Copies  of  1911. 

National  Register,  Society  S.  A.   R.     1902. 

Proceedings  of  New  Jersey  Society  S.  A.  R.     1893. 

The  Passaic;   Valley.     J.  Whitehead.     2  Vols.     1901. 

Genealooical  and  Memorial  History  of  New  Jersey. 
4   Vols. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  J.   H.  Krom : 

Information    for    the    People.     R.    Sears.      1853. 

Pictorial  Description  of  the   United  States.     R.    Sears. 

Indez  to  the  Honor  Rolls.  10  Vols.  From  Miss  Mary 
Darlington. 

Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography. 
Volume    46.     1922.     From    Mrs.    Robert    Alexander. 

S6th  State  Conference,  D.  A.  R.  of  Pennsylvania. 
1922.     From   Pennsylvania   "Daughters" 


Rhode    Island 

The  following  8  volumes  from  Mrs.  Charles  R. 
Blackmar,  Jr.,   State  Librarian: 

The   Rhode  Island  Book.     A.   0.   Lvnch.     1841. 

Collections  of  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 
Volumes  2,   7,    9  and   10. 

The  Descendants  of  Nathaniel  Mowry.  W.  A.  Mowry. 
1878. 

Annals  of  Centcrdale,  Its  Past  and  Present,  16S01009. 

F.  C.   Angell.     1909. 

Genealogies  of  Potter  Families.     C.  E.   Potter.     1888. 
Re-Union    of  Sons    and   Daughters   of   Newport,    R.    I. 

G.  C.    Mason.     1859. 

South  Cikomna 

The  following  3  volumes  from   Miss  Zena  Payne; 

Register,  St.  Philips  Parish,  S.  C.  A.  S.  Salley,  Jr. 
1904. 

Il'omcn  of  the  South  in  War  Times.  M.  P.  Andrews. 
1920. 

History  of  Orangeburg  County.  S.  C.  A.  S.  Salley,  Jr. 
1898. 

Tennessee 

Tlic  following  3  volumes  from  Mrs.  L.  S.  Gillentine, 
State  Regent: 

The  Life  of  General  John  Sevier.    F.  M.  Turner.    1901. 

Sketches  of  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  Tennessee.  J.  W. 
Caldwell.     1898. 

Notable  Men  of  rerniessee  from  1S.33  to  m7S.  0.  P. 
Temple.     1912. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  George 
Washington:  ,  ,    „„ 

Tennessee  in  the  War  lSOt-1863.     M.  J.  Wright.     1908. 

An  Autohior/raphy  of  General  Samuel  G.  French.  1901. 

Proceedings  of  the  17th  State  Conference,  Tennessee 
D.   A.  R.     Prom  Tennessee  "Daughters." 

Texas 

Memoirs  nf  Mary  A.  Maverick.  R.  M.  Green.  1921. 
From   Mrs.   Stephen   Watts  Kearny. 

Report  of  2.M  Annual  State  Conference,  Teias  D.  A.  R. 
1022.     From    Texas   "Daughters." 

Utah 

History  of  rinh.  H.  H.  Bancroft.  1891.  From 
.Mrs    Fraiik  L.   Holman.  „ 

The  House  of  the  Lord.  J.  E.  Talmage.  1912.  From 
Golden   Spike  Chapter. 

VEItMONT. 

Folklore  of  Springfield,  Vermont.  Compiled  and  pre- 
.scnt.ed  by  Miss  Mary  E.  Baker.     1922. 

Vermont  Rural  Life.  D.  L.  Cady.  1922.  From 
Thomas   Cliittemlen    Chapter. 

Virginia 

State     Conference,     D.     A.     R.     From 


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The   following    4   volumes   from   Mrs.   L.   B.    Penrose: 
SIrelehes    „f  "washingtonions.      1907. 
Illustrated  History  of  Klickitat,  lafinia  and  hitlilas 
Caunlirs.     1904.  „     ,        .  ,    ^ 

Illustrated  History  of  Skagit  and  Snohomish  Cnunliis. 

'^Historic  Sketches  of  Walla  Walla,  Whitman.  Columbia 
and    Garfield   Counties.     F.    T.    Gilbert.     1882. 

West  Viuginia 

History    of   Upshur  County,    W.    Va.     W.    B.    Cutright. 
ri07      From    Elizabeth    Zane    Chapter. 

Borderland      Echoes.      B.      Raymond.      1921.      From 

""-^L^itLnc^^ly,  W.   Va.     E.  C.  Sn.ith.      1920. 
From   Trans  Allcghenv  Chapter. 

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Reminiscences  of  Haverhill  Corner.  A.  Liverniore. 
1902. 

Reminiscences  of  a  Nonagenarian.     C.  Bradish.     1903. 

Chapter  in  Ecclesiastical  History  of  Haverhill,  .V.  //. 
and   Newbury,    Vermont.     F.    P.    Wells.     1906. 

John    Hurd.     W.    F.    Whitcher.      1888 

The  Relaliiin  iif  New  Hampshire  Men  to  the  Siege  of 
Boston.     W.    F.    Whitrher. 

Wells  Rinr  Hri.l.ie  and  Other  Haverhill  Toll  nridges. 
W.    F.    Whitrher.      1904. 

Haverhill,  N.  H.  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  W.  P. 
Whitcher.     1912. 

Hvitory  of  Lenox  and  Richmond.  C.  ,1.  Palmer.  1904. 
From  Marv  Draper  Chapter. 

Historic  Pembrnlce.  W.  W.  Bryant.  1912.  From 
General   Benjamin   Lincoln   Chapter. 

Boston  One  Hundred  Years  A  Citii.  1922.  From 
Mrs.    Edith    1).    Hill. 

Mh  ni(i.4N 

The  following  3  pamphlets  from  Charity  Cook  Chapter: 

Records  from   Fair-View    Cemetery   he'fore  18S1. 

Short  History  of  the  First  Burial  Places  in  Homer 
Village. 

Homer's    Early    History. 

Fifteen  pamphlets  from  University  of  Michigan 
through  .Sarah  Caswell  Angel  Chapter :  for  Michigan 
Room. 

Riverside  Cemetery  Records.  From  Capt.  Samuel  Felt 
Chapter : 

Mississippi 

Memoir  of  Francis  U.  .Johnston,  ,1/.  D.  H.  Aiithon. 
18.58.     From  Mrs.  John  K.   Bryan. 

Christianity  the  Key  to  the  Character  and  Career  nf 
Washington.  P.  Slaughter.  1886.  From  Miss  Kate 
Skipwith. 

Nebraska 

The  following   4   pamphlets  from  Mrs.   C.   S.   Paine: 

Outline  of  Nebraska  History.  A.  Watkins.  1910. 
2  Copies. 

Ludwig  Mohler  and  His  Descendants.  C.  G.  Dunning. 
1921. 

Tiiberculo-tis  Among  Nebraska  Winnebago.  M.  W. 
Koenig.     1921. 

New   Jersey 


West  Virginia 

The  Voice  of  West  Virginia.  From  William  llayniond 
Chapter. 

Annual  Circular  of  Aztec  Club  of  i8^7.  From  the 
Society. 

Ninth  Biennial  Report  of  North  Carolina  Historical 
Commission.     From  the   Society. 

Eddy  Family  Association  Bulletin.  3  Numbers.  From 
the    Association. 

Association  of  State  Presidents,  Past  and  Present,  and 
Charter  Members,  of  N.  S.,  V.  S.  D.  of  181)1.  From  the 
Society. 

MANUSCRIPTS 

Connecticut 


Conneetieul     Gazetteer     and     Comrr 
Cornell.     From  Lucretia  Shaw  Chapter. 

Our    Pilgrim     Fathers    and    Mothers.     Compiled 
presented   by  Mrs.   Effie   S.   Creamer. 

Maine 

Account    of    Vnion    Aeademii    of   Corinna,    Maine.    1 
Rebecca  Weston  Chapter. 


■ipts    fru 


Laura  AVebb- 


The   following    3    Ma 
Peploe : 

Abstract   of  the    Will   of   Charles  Hammond. 

Letter  Concerning  Annapolis  Tea  Party. 

Book  Plates.  Compiled  and  presented  by  Mrs.  Charles 
R.    Marsden. 

Some  Descendants  of  Thomas  Burgess.  From  Noble 
Everett    Chapter. 

Mirillr.AN 

The  following  2  manuscripts  from  Charity  Cook 
Chapter. 

Ancestors  and  Descenelants  of  .iserryl  and  Salome 
(Sumner;    Flint.     E.    S.    Flint.     1922. 

Descendants  of  John  Crandall  and  Ruth  Cross  Crandall. 

New  York 

Brief  Sketch  of  Activities  of  Committee  of  Observation 
and  Correspondence  of  Jamaica  During  the  Revolution. 
F.    W.    Gale.     From    Rufus    King    Chapter. 

Tombstone  Inscriptions  Tompkins  County.  N.  Y. 
Compiled  and  presented  by  Dora  Pope  Warden. 

South  Carolina 


New  York 

S7r,lh  Anniversarie  of  Ye  Towne  of  Southampton. 
From   Southampton  Colon.v   Chapter. 

The  following  3  pamphlets  from  Mrs.  Charles  White 
Nash,  State  Regent: 

Descendants  of  Simeon  and  Anna  (Hail')  Ilazrlton. 
A.   S.   Hazelton   and   R.    M.    Austin. 

150th  Anniversary    of    Tryon   Countif. 

The   Battle    of   Johnstown. 

North  Dakota 

The  following  2  pamphlets  from  Minishoshe  Chapter; 
Hounds  in  North  Dakota.     G.  F.  Will. 

Some  Observations  made  in  Northwestern  South 
Dakota.     G.   F.   Will. 

Pennsylvania 

Historical  Sketch  of  Old  Merion  Meeting  Rouse. 
Uerion,  Pa.     C.  E.  Hires.     1917.     From  Merion  Chapter. 


CHART 

California 

Chart  Showing  One  Branch  of  Hoover  Family.  From 
Palo   Alto   Chapter. 

PERIODICALS 

C.    .i.    R.    Magazine.     March. 

County   Court   Note-Book.     Februar.V- 

Essex    Institute    Historical    Collections.     April. 

Illinois  State  Historical  Society  Journal.  October, 
January. 

Iowa  Journal  of   History   and   Politics.     .January. 

Louisiana  Historical  Quarterly.  July,  October,  January, 
April. 

Michigan  History  Magazine.     Number   4. 

Maryland    Historical    Magazine.     March. 

Newport   Historical  Society   Bulletin.     April. 

Missouri  Historical  Review.     January. 

Neiv  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Record. 
AprU. 

New   York   Public   Library   Bulletin.     February. 


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New     York     State     Historical     Association     Quarterly 
Journal.     October. 
News-Letter.     March. 
Palimpsest.     February. 

Tyler's  Quarterly  HistorU-al  and  Genealogi-cai 
Magazine.     January. 

William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly.     January. 
Virginia  Magazine   of  History   and  Biography.     Aprii. 
New    Jersey    Historical    Society    Proceedings.     April. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Frank  D.)  Annie  C.  Ellison^ 
Librarian  General. 

The  report  of  the  Librarian  General  was 
accepted  as  given. 

The  Curator  General  gave  her  report. 

Report  of  the  Curator  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of    Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  following 
accessions  in  the  Museum  since  the  Board  Meet- 
ing of  February  13,  1923 : 

Colorado  :  Large  wooden  butter  ladle,  formerly 
used  in  the  Fonda  family ;  presented  by  Mrs. 
Mary  Fonda  Fine,  Arapahoe  Chapter ;  Wooden 
Fork,  carved  and  used  by  Revolutionary  soldier, 
Joseph  Kendall,  while  at  Valley  Forge ;  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Alice  Kendall  Spencer, 
Arapahoe  Chapter. 

Connecticut:  Two  pieces  Continental  Money, 
9  pence,  and  1/6  of  a  dollar ;  One  Pair  Steel 
Shoe  Buckles ;  presented  by  Miss  Frances  L. 
Roberts,  Martha  Pitkin  Walcott  Chapter ; 
small  silver  pitcher,  dated  1760 ;  owned  by 
Lieut.  Aner  Bradley  and  his  wife,  Anna 
Guernsey,  of  Watertown ;  Musket  Ball  on  Silver 
Standard,  with  which  Lieut.  Bradley  was 
wounded  at  Danbury ;  Piece  of  Wedding 
Gown  of  Anna  Guernsey,  of  Watertown ; 
the  three  relics  above,  presented  by  Mrs. 
Sarah  E.  S.  Welch,  Eve  Lear  Chapter ; 
Sugar  Breaker,  more  than  200  years  old,  owned 
by  Lady  Baltimore ;  presented  by  Mrs.  Wm. 
Lyons  Phelps,  Eve  Lear  Chapter ;  Bo.x  for 
Sealing  Wax  Wafers,  lined  with  old  newspaper, 
dated  177S ;  presented  by  Mrs.  Annie  S.  Talbot, 
Eve  Lear  Chapter;  Pitcher,  (Chelsea);  be- 
longed to  Electra  Symonds  Landcraft,  great 
aunt  of  donor;  Mrs.  Scarf,  from  Ellsworth 
family ;  Sun  Glass,  belonged  to  Rebecca  Bull ; 
Snufif  Box,  belonged  to  Rebecca  Bull ;  the 
four  relics  presented  by  Mrs.  Rodney  Parker, 
Eve  Lear  Chapter;  Small  Bust  in  Wax,  of 
Colonel  John  Roane,  Jr.,  of  Virginia ;  modeled 
by  George  Miller,  in  1798;  presented  by  Miss 
Natalie  Sumner  Lincoln,  Mary  Floyd  Tal- 
madge   Chapter. 

District  of  Columbi.n  :  Piece  of  Blue  and 
White  Cotton  Print  Valance,  from  Tester  Bed. 
belonging  to  donor's  great-grandfather  Captain 
John  Schcnck,  of  New  Jersey ;  presented  by 
Dr.    Clara    Southmayd    Ludlow ;    Paper    Card 


Case ;  relic  of  Ingalls  family ;  presented  by 
Miss  Marian  White,  Louisa  Adams  Chapter; 
Leather  Pocket  Book,  lined  with  kidskin;  relic 
of  Daniel  Corey,  of  Dighton,  Mass.,  born  1765; 
also  presented  by  Aliss  Marian  White,  Louisa 
Adams  Chapter;  Book,  "Laws  of  the  U.  S. 
Acts  passed  at  the  Second  Congress  of  the 
U.  S.  A.''  Presented  by  Mr.  George  W.  White, 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  Goblet  of  Sandwich  Glass; 
presented  by  Mrs.  Winifred  Johnson  Shepler, 
E.  Pluribus  Unum  Chapter;  Cup  Plate,  (glass;) 
Brooch,  made  of  hair ;  formerly  owned  by  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Chapin  Hall  Buxton ;  Both  of  these 
relics  presented  by  Mrs.  Grant  F.  Chase,  Regent 
Eugenia  Washington  Chapter ;  Linen  napkin, 
formerly  owned  by  the  daughter  of  Lord  Sholte 
Douglas ;  brought  by  Lady  Isabel  Douglas  from 
Scotland,  in  the  17th  Century ;  presented  by 
Jessie  M.  Casanova,  Livingston  Manor  Chapter; 
Brick,  from  cellar  of  Jamestown  Tavern;  pre- 
sented by  Airs.  William  Harding  Carter,  Army 
and  Navy  Chapter ;  Continental  Money,  denom- 
ination $7.00;  dated  1775;  presented  by  Mrs. 
J.  B.  Kendall.  Clock,  made  about  1750;  pur- 
chased with  money  bequeathed  for  this  purpose 
by  Miss  Nettie  Lovisa  White;  Photostat  Copy 
of  two-page  letter  from  Martha  Washington 
to  Congress,  dated  December  31,  1799;  presented 
by  Martha  Washington  Chapter ;  Four  books  of 
reference — Blue  China  Book;  Coin  Collector; 
Fan  Book,  and  Plate  Collector's  Guide;  pur- 
chased with  Victory  Chapter  Fund  for  Books. 

Illinois  :  Manuscript ;  Revolutionary  Pension 
Claim  of  Stephen  Kelley,  of  New  York;  con- 
taining several  valuable  autographs  ;  presented 
by  Mary  Little  Deere  Chapter ;  Blue  Stafford- 
shire Platter,  bought  in  1798  by  Jane  Cahoun; 
Two  Cups  and  Saucers,  pink  luster  bands; 
belonged  to  John  Jordan,  born  17,50;  died  1799; 
Three  Glass  Cup  Plates ;  beaded  edge ;  these 
eight  relics  presented  by  Mrs.  Frances  Moore 
McCulIough.  Letitia  Green   Stevenson   Chapter. 

Iowa:  Book;  "The  Life  of  John  Banks" 
published  1712;  presented  by  Mrs.  W.  T.  Lynch, 
Cumberland   Valley    Chapter. 

Kentucky  :  Snufif  Box,  over  one  hundred  and 
fifty  years  old.  containing  a  vanilla  bean;  owned 
by  Elizabeth  Young  McFerran.  grandmother  of 
the  donor,  Mrs.  Delia  M.  Bogle.  St.  Asaph's 
Chapter. 

Massachusetts  :Wcdding  Vest  of  Thomas 
Rumrill,  of  Roxbury,  Mass..  1795;  presented  by 
Miss  Ellen  W.  Rumrill,  Paul  Revere  Chapter; 
Two  silver  teaspoons,  relics  of  Miss  Sallie 
Messer,  borri  1782;  died  1800;  Methuen,  Mass.; 
presented  by  Airs.  Gertrude  M.  Cross,  Samuel 
Adams  Chapter ;  Black  Basaltes  Urn,  relic  of 
Samuel  Bigelow,  born  1761 ;  Brass  Candlestick, 
relic  of   Putnam   family,    1780;    Colonial   Glass 


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Goblet,  relic  of  the  Adams  family,  1756;  Glass 
Spoon  Holder ;  Adams  family,  Grafton, 
formerly  used  by  Andrew  Adams ;  these  relics 
given  in  memory  of  Mary  L.  Bigelow  Putnam ; 
Colonial  Glass  Goblet,  Cleaveland  family ;  also 
presented  in  memory  of  Mary  L.  Bigelow  Put- 
nam by  Miss  Elizabeth  T.  Cleaveland ;  Wooden 
Goblet,  made  from  wood  of  Hill  Tavern,  built 
in  1716;  by  Caleb  Hill,  Douglass,  Mass.;  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  John  H.  C.  Hadley ;  Three 
Glass  Bottle  Stoppers  of  the  Revolutionary 
period;  presented  by  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Warren; 
these  nine  relics  were  given  through  the  Old 
Oak  Chapter. 

Minnesota:  Indian  Peace  Pipe,  made  of 
Pipestone,  held  sacred  by  the  Indians ;  presented 
by  the  Catlinite  Chapter;  An  Old  Pipe,  carved 
by  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  while  in  a  British 
Prison  Ship,  off  Kittery,  during  the  Revolution; 
carved  from  a  briar  root  in  the  design  of  a  hand 
holding  a  nut ;  has  an  interesting  history ;  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Jennie  A.  Coolidge,  State 
Regent,  Minn. 

New  Jersey  :  Black  Basaltes  Teapot ;  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Frank  Learning.  Greenwich  Tea 
Burning  Chapter ;  Weights,  "  Steelyards,"  used 
in  18th  century  ;  Small  Pewter  Oil  Lamp  ;  Spoon 
Box ;  Lowestoft  Cup  and  Saucer,  with  emblem ; 
Small  Coaster,  made  from  Wood  of  Frigate 
Constitution;  Small  China  Cup;  Lowestoft 
Cup  Plate;  Shell  Snuff  Box;  Paul  Revere 
Lantern ;  these  eleven  relics  presented  by  Mrs. 
Edward  M.  Colie,  Essex  Chapter ;  Invitation 
engraved  from  old  plate  made  in  1767;  used  at 
time  of  graduation  of  Edward  Oxnard,  at  Har- 
vard ;  presented  by  Mrs.  A.  C.  Nason,  great 
granddaughter  of  Edward  Oxnard ;  Book, 
"  Stricture  on  Colonel  Tarleton's  History," 
published  1787 ;  presented  by  the  Essex  Chapter  ; 
Large  Spinning  Wheel ;  presented  by  Mrs.  O. 
H.  Willard,  Haddon  Heights,  N.  J. 

New  York  :  Field  Desk,  formerly  used  by 
Gen.  Richard  Montgomery,  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  in  the  Canadian  Campaign ;  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hill,  Chancellor 
Livingston  Chapter ;  Copper  Teakettle ;  Black 
Lace  Shawl ;  "  Burr "  or  Pine  Cone ;  above 
relics  of  Suzzana  Ostram,  saved  by  her,  when 
fleeing  from  Indians  and  Tories,  Schoharrie, 
N.  Y. ;  presented  By  Saratoga  Chapter,  through 
Mrs.  Mary  Leavens  Dayton.  Windsor  Chair, 
owned  by  Revolutionary  soldier  in  1776-77,  who 
was  with  Washington,  also,  when  he  crossed 
the  Delaware;  presented  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  Blan- 
chard,  Saratoga  Chapter. 

North  Dakota  :  Glass  lamp,  from  the  col- 
lection of  Mrs.  Louie  B.  Ingalls,  deceased, 
Boston,   Mass.,   used   by   Hannah   Elliot    Cilley 


(1768-1852)  ;  presented  by  Mrs.  W.  C.  Badger, 
Mandan,  N.  D. 

Ohio:  Revolutionary  Flag,  with  Thirteen 
Stars  and  Thirteen  Stripes ;  used  in  Revo- 
lutionary War ;  also  in  celebrations  of  victor- 
ies of  our  soldiers  in  every  war  since  1776; 
presented  by  Miss  Anna  Douglas  Dick 
and  Mrs.  Helen  Dick  Cook,  Mary  Washing- 
ton Chapter. 

Rhode  Island:  Pamphlet,  printed  in  1793 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  entitled,  "  Prophecies  of  the 
Rev.  Christopher  Love."  Rev.  Love  was  be- 
headed at  Tower  Hill,  London,  in  1651 ;  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Seth  DuBlois,  William  Ellery 
Chapter ;  Plate  with  lustre  band,  relic  of 
Stevenson  family,  S.  C. ;  presented  by  Mrs.  S. 
C.    Damon,   Narragansett   Chapter. 

Seventy-eight   articles    in   all. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  George  W.)   Louise  C.  White, 

Curator  General. 

The  President  General  commented  upon  the 
collection  of  the  Museum  growing  by  leaps 
and  bounds. 

The  Report  of  the  Curator  General  was 
accepted. 

Mention  was  made  by  Mrs.  McCall  and  Mrs. 
Gillentine  of  the  splendid  work  done  by  Mrs. 
Clark,  of  Arizona,  who  is  an  invalid,  and  it 
was  moved  by  Mrs.  McCall,  seconded  by 
Miss  Coltrane : 

That  a  letter  of  apfreciation  be  sent  to  Mrs. 
Clark  of  Ari::ona  for  her  splendid  historical  work 
for  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
Motion  carried. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  General  then 
gave   her   report. 

Report  of  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management. 

The  following  report  covers  the  work  done 
in  the  office  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
General  since  February  first. 

The  number  of  supplies  issued  were: 

Application  blanks   17,383 

Leaflets  "  How  to  Become  a  Member  "  .        689 

Leaflets   of   General   Information    598 

Pamphlets  of  Necessary  Information    .  .        598 

Transfer    Cards    940 

Constitutions    501 

The  Manuals  sent  from  this  office  for  free 
distribution  totalled  21,653,  of  which  9,973  were 
in  the  English  language;  1.031  Spanish;  4.877 
Itahan;  558  Hungarian;  3,131  Polish;  2,083 
Yiddish. 


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Eleven  hundred  and  forty-eight  letters  and 
cards  were  received  and  recorded,  and  ten 
hundred  and  thirty-three  were  written. 

Respectfully   submitted, 
(Mrs.  A.  Marshall)  Lily  Tyson  Elliott, 
Corresponding  Secretary  General. 

The  Report  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
General   was  accepted  as  read. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Building 
and  Grounds  was  given  by  the  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Hanger. 

Report  of  Committee  on  Building 
and   Grounds 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

The  Building  and  Grounds  Committee  begs 
leave  to  report  as   follows  : 

Since  our  February  report  your  Chairman 
has  been  authorized  by  all  but  one  state  to 
have  the  State  Rooms  in  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  re-decorated  according  to  estimates  ob- 
tained and  submitted. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  report  these  rooms  re- 
decorated, furniture  replaced,  curtains  and 
draperies  hung  and  shades  renewed  where 
necessary  and  our  Memorial  Continental  Hall 
in  order. 

Not  only  have  these  States  re-decorated  their 
individual  rooms,  but  the  National  Society  has 
re-decorated  the  banquet  hall :  kitchen ;  pan- 
tries ;  third  floor  lavatories ;  corridors  and  north 
basement.  The  rooms  recently  acquired  by 
Vermont,  Rhode  Island  and  Wisconsin  have 
been  restored  and  re-decorated  according  to  the 
action  of  the  National  Board  June  7,  1922. 

It  is  interesting  in  looking  back  over  the  past 
fhree  years  of  work  to  remember  that  among 
the  recommendations  of  your  Committee  have 
been,  the  new  roof,  the  blue  rug  for  the  stage 
and  runners  for  the  aisles  of  our  Auditorium, 
the  sound  proof  doors  leading  from  the  lobby, 
tbe  placing  of  Bronze  Markers  on  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  the  paper  cutting  knife.  Uni- 
forms of  our  employees,  also  the  new  multi- 
graph  printing  machine  (so  that  our  application 
blanks  and  form  letters  etc.,)  are  now  printed 
by  our  printer  thus  saving  a  large  expense. 

The  touching  up  of  the  woodwork  and  re- 
finishing  of  floors  unless  otherwise  provided 
for  has  been  done  by  our  own  force  of  em- 
ployees. The  South  Portico  step  has  been 
repaired,  the  lawn  of  Alemorial  Continental  Hall 
has  been  seeded  and  rolled  and  the  usual  care 
given  the  grounds  as  well  as  the  Building. 

In  order  to  make  room  for  the  new  cases  in 
the  Museum  the  Marble  Busts  of  Mary  Ham- 
mond  and   Hugh   Hammond   Washington   have 


been  moved  to  the  second  floor  and  placed  one 
at  each  end  of  the  Corridor. 

A  new  filing  system  has  been  purchased  and 
installed  for  the  records  of  the  Building  and 
Grounds  Committee,  carbon  copies  are  now  used 
as  best  suited  to  this  work. 

While  the  new  Office  Building  is  not  as  yet 
officially  a  part  of  the  work  of  the  Building  and 
Grounds  Committee  yet  there  have  been  many 
details  which  have  naturally  come  under 
our  supervision. 

I  have  purchased  with  the  amount  of  $26.40 
remainder  from  the  State  Regents'  Luncheon, 
lyi  dozen  tea  spoons  and  2^  dozen  salad  forks. 

The  following  Auditorium  events  have  taken 
place  since  our  last  report : 

Concert  of  the  Motet  Choir  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Foundling  Home  on  March  22nd,  and 
on  April  7th  the  Children  and  Sons  of  the 
Republic  Committee  used  our  North  Portico 
for  presentation  of  flags  to  the  Troops  of  Boy 
Scouts  of  the  District  Council,  when  Secretary 
Hughes,  our  President  General,  and  the  State 
Regent  of  the  District  of  Columbia  were  among 
the  speakers. 

There  have  been  many  requests  for  the  use 
of  our  Auditorium  following  the  32nd  Congress, 
these  requests  have  been  placed  on  file  to  be 
brought  to  the  attention  of  the  new  Committee 
as  your  Committee  feels  that  an  outgoing  Com- 
mittee should  not  bind  an  incoming  one. 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  is  now  not  only  in 
good  repair  but  in  readiness  for  the  32nd 
Continental  Congress. 

In  closing  this,  our  last  report,  we  thank  you 
individually  and  collectively.  Madam  President 
General,  for  your  appointment  of  us  on  this 
Committee  and  want  you  to  know  that  we  regard 
it  a  joy  and  privilege  to  have  been  the  house- 
keepers of  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  G.Wallace  W.)  Lucy  Galt  Hanger, 

Chairman.  Building  and  Grounds  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Building  and 
Grounds  was  approved  as  read. 

Miss  Lincoln,  Editor  of  the  Magazine,  was 
sent  for  and  invited  to  give  her  report.  Miss 
Lincoln  explained  that  she  would  have  a  formal 
report  for  the  Congress,  and  gave  a  brief  verbal 
report  that  everything  in  connection  with  the 
Magazine  was  going  splendidly,  that  some  very 
fine  articles  had  been  published,  and  the  Janu- 
ary, February  and  March  issues  were  practically 
sold  out. 

The  verbal  report  of  Miss  Lincoln  was 
accepted. 

Mrs.  Bissell,  Chairman  of  the  Magazine 
Committee,  was  then  called  upon  for  a  report. 
Mrs.  Bissell  said  that  anything  she  could  report 


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now  would  be  a  repetition  of  what  she  had  pre- 
pared for  the  Congress,  and  asked  permission 
to  postpone  a  full  report  until  the  Congress, 
which  was  granted. 

Mrs.  Hunter  gave  a  report  as  Chairman  of 
the  Printing  Committee. 

Report  of  the  Printing  Committee 

The  Chairman  of  the  Printing  Committee 
presents  the  following  report  covering  twelve 
months  from  April  1,  1922  to  March  31,  1923 ; 
There  has  been  taken  care  of  on  your  own 
multigraph  machine  in  the  Building,  the  print- 
ing of  78,000  application  blanks,  also  all  the 
report  blanks,  cards  and  form  letters  sent  out 
from  the  various  offices  as  well  as  programs, 
amendments,  and  other  various  printing  for 
Chairmen  of  Committees,  amounting  in  all  to 
247,697  copies.  This  printing  has  been  done  by 
your  efficient  Printer  under  the  supervision  of 
Mr.  Phillips,  the  Superintendent,  at  a  very  great 
saving  to  the  Society  in  dollars  and  cents. 

Only  such  work  as  could  not  be  handled  on 
your  lithographing  machine  has  been  submitted 
to  outside  printers  for  bids  and  the  work  given 
to  the  Firm  submitting  the  lowest  figures  where 
evidence  was  given  that  the  work  would  be 
satisfactory.  The  printing  done  outside  the 
Building  covers  such  items  as  Information  Leaf- 
lets for  Congress,  the  President  General's  Speech, 
the  Constitution,  Committee,  Reciprocity  and 
Chapter  Regents'  Lists,  Lineage  Books,  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Thirty-first  Congress,  and  other 
items  which  are  given  in  the  accompanying 
itemized  Report,  all  of  which  has  been  at  a  cost 
to  the  Society  of  $5,378.51. 

Printing  done  in  the  Building  (April  1,  1922 
to  March  31,   1923). 

Letters  47,930 

Letter  heads    6,265 

Postal  cards  27,140 

Envelopes    5,745 

Application  blanks    78,000 

Blanks :    Magazine,   Credential,   and   Re- 
mittance          5,000 

Creed  cards   10,500 

Cards :  Motion,  Appt.,  Credential.  Trans- 
fer, Notices,  Pledge    17,185 

Address  and  reference   slips    2,000 

Amendments :    Proposed    substitute    and 

adopted    6,200 

Miscellaneous     1,532 

Program  for  Arlington  Trip   3,000 

Manila  wrapers    2,500 

Lists  4,000 

Notices  of  non-payment  and  dropped  . .  1.700 
Instructions  to  Chapter  Treasurers  . . .  4,0(X) 
Reports    5,000 


Rebate    vouchers     20,000 


Total    247,697 

Printing  done  outside  the  Building   (April  1, 
1922  to   March   31,    1923). 

1922  Copies  Price 

April    4 — Seating     tickets     for 

31st  Congress $32.25 

April   10 — Information  Leaflets 

fur    31st    Congress     3,000         53.00 

April   10— Work  of   McDowell 

Memorial  Association  3,000  14.00 

April  26 — Copies  of  Resolu- 
tions          2,500         25.00 

.^pril    2(5 — President    General's 

Speech   10,000       130.00 

April  26— Constitution    10,000       275.00 

May     1 — General     Information 

Leaflets    5,000         25.00 

May     1 — How     to     Become     a 

Member     5.000         35.00 

July       5 — Lithographing       of 

Charters    60         24.00 

July  5— Committee  Lists   2,100        145.55 

July    18 — Reciprocity    List    of 

Papers     2,500       124.25 

July    18 — Proceedings    of    31st 

Congress     2.100     2,453.85 

August    24 — Reprints,    Reports 

of: 

Historian   General    200  17.75 

Librarian    General     100  5.65 

Conservation     and     Thrift 

Committee    500         22.50 

Patriotic    Education    Com- 
mittee          1.100         63.95 

September   13 — 4  page  Bulletin 

on    information    for    State 

Regents      and      State      Vice 

Regents    2,000         58.00 

October     2 — Chapter     Regents' 

Lists     40       133.40 

October    11 — 24  books  of   per- 
mits for  Recognition  Pins   .  .  13.25 
October    25 — Necessary    Infor- 
mation   for    Chapters    2.500         88.00 

November   28 — Envelopes   with 

return   address    10.000  19.00 

December   S — Lineage   volumes 

63,  64,  and  65  ordered.  1,000 

copies  each  (cf  $4.25  per  page 

\^olume     63     delivered     and 

paid   for    1.000     1,589.50 

I'Vbruary  27 — Twenty-fifth  Re- 
port,   Smithsonian     200  15.86 

March  2 — 24  books  of  permits 

for  Recognition   Pins    14.75 


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March  26 — Immigrants'  Alanual 

ordered :    but    not    yet    paid 

for. 

French   edition    50,000  $3,547.00 

German  edition   50,000    3,547.00 

Total    $5,378.51 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Lillian  A.  Hunter, 
Chairman,  Printing  Committee. 

There  being  no  objection  the  report  of  the 
Printing  Committee  was  accepted. 

Miss  McDuffee,  Vice  Chairman  of  Patriotic 
Education,  in  charge  of  Americanization  section, 
reported  that  her  committee  had  been  asked  by 
the  United  States  Government  for  a  report  on 
Americanization  and  asked  those  who  had  not 
sent  in  a  report,  to  do  so  at  once  as  she  wished 
her  report  before  the  Congress  to  be  the  same 
as  that  she  was  to  make  to  the  United 
States   Government. 

The  report  of  the  Insignia  Committee  was 
given  by  Mrs.  Chubbuck,  Chairman,  verbally. 
She  presented  several  designs  for  the  proposed 
pin  for  present  and  past  State  Officers,  and 
read  a  letter  from  Caldwell  and  Company  quot- 
ing prices.  She  brought  a  recommendation 
from  her  Insignia  Committee  that  the  Board 
adopt  one  of  the  three  designs  marked  "  First, 
Second  and  Third "  and  offered  the  following 
motion  seconded  by   Mrs.    Heath : 

That  one  of  the  three  designs  be  adopted  by 
the  National  Society  for  the  pin  to  be  worn  by 
present  and  past  State  Officers. 

The  President  General  asked  that  the  de- 
signs be  passed  around  and  that  the  matter  be 
left  open  for  consideration  at  the  afternoon 
session,  after  the  designs  had  been  thor- 
oughly examined. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  read  an 
invitation  from  the  Washington  Lewis  Chapter 
to  the  State  Regents  and  the  outgoing  and 
incoming  National  Board,  to  visit  Fredericks- 
burg, Va.,  on  April  24th.  The  President 
General  asked  for  an  informal  vote  of  accept- 
ance and  31  present  expressed  their  desire  to  go. 

The  President  General  asked  the  Recording 
Secretary  General  to  read  the  reports  froin  Miss 
Vivash,  showing  the  work  being  done  by  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  at  Ellis 
Island,  a  letter  was  also  read  written  by  a  stu- 
dent from  Constantinople  who  is  being  detained 
at  Ellis  Island,  also  a  letter  from  the  President 
General  to  the  Commissioner  of  Immigration  in 
reference  to  this  letter. 

Report  of  Ellis  Island  Committee 

It  is  gratifying  to  report  that  the  D.A.R. 
work  on  Ellis  Island  is  at  last  fully  launched 
and  moving  splendidly.  Movement  was  neces- 
sarily slow  at  first,  due  to  technicalities  which 


must  be  observed  in  the  starting  of  a  new  line 
of  work  in  so  large  a  field  as  our  Immigration 
Department,  but  all  has  now  been  satisfactorily 
arranged,  and  made  most  agreeable  for  the 
work  and  for  Miss  Contessa. 

Miss  Contessa  tells  me  that  the  hunger  of  the 
women  in  the  Detention  Room  for  "  something 
to  do  "  is  most  gratifying  and  she  wishes  each 
day  that  everyone  in  the  D.A.R.  might  see  the 
joy  of  these  other  women  when  they  are  given 
a  spool  of  cotton  and  a  crochet  hook — a  piece  of 
outing  flannel,  a  piece  of  gingham,  or  anything, 
no  matter  how  small  it  may  be,  with  which  to 
keep  their  hands — and  consequently  their 
minds — busy. 

Up  to  February  16th  we  worked  entirely  with 
pieces  of  material  as  were  found  among  the 
boxes  sent  from  various  Chapters  throughout 
the  country.  This  included  some  half  finished 
doilies  to  embroider,  some  crochet  and  embroid- 
ery cotton,  but,  most  precious  of  all,  wool.  This 
has  been  sparingly  given  out,  and  there  will 
emerge  from  Ellis  Island  a  flock  of  Tam  o'- 
Shanters  presently  !  No  pieces  of  wool  seem  too 
small  for  these  clever  women  to  use  to  advantage 
and  the  worker  feels  that  it  is  specially  valuable 
in  that  it  keeps  the  women  busy  a  bit  longer 
over  the  same  article,  which  is  desirable— the 
object  of  the  work  being  to  keep  them  busy, 
not  to  turn  out  quantities. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  work  dispensed 
— according  to  nationality — covering  ten  days: 

Armenians   46 

Yiddish     44 

Hungarian     1 

Spanish     9 

Polish   .'..'.      5 

German     IS 

Lithuanian     1 

Russian     6 

Greek    2 

Roimianian    2 

Italian     21 

French    1 

English  2 

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Thirteen  nationalities.  This  does  not  include 
the  vast  amount  of  work  given  out,  as  the  work 
in  question  is  primarily  industrial,  and  the 
specified  report  touched  that  branch  alone. 
During  the  past  week  Miss  Contessa  has  thought 
it  advisable  to  become  acquainted  with  each 
group  in  the  room — so  from  the  vast  amount  of 
scraps  of  material  sent,  she  has  interested  the 
women  in  making  a  crochet  rug.  While  they 
sit  and  talk  together,  some  are  cutting  the  pieces, 
some  sewing,  and  she  crocheting;  she  hopes  to 
interest  every  group  in  the  making  of  this  one 


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rug,  and  to  encourage  their  making  their  own 
later  on,  but  especially,  in  going  from  group  to 
group  in  this  way,  she  hopes  better  to  become 
acquainted  with  their  needs,  and  to  learn  the 
best  way  of  dealing  with  them  all. 

February  23,  1923 
Seventy-seven  (77)  people  were  given 
material  upon  which  to  work,  Forty  of  these 
things  were  enough  outing  flannel  and  gingham 
with  which  to  make  a  one-piece  dress,  the 
maximum  amount  given  to  anyone  being  three 
yards.  Some  bit  of  colored  silk  with  which 
to  trim  or  embroider  them  gave  much  pleasure 
and  the  dress  turned  out  (entirely  by  hand  of 
course)  really  lovely  and  most  surprising. 
According  to  nationality  the  distribution  was 
as  follows : 

Armenian  20 

Yiddish    20 

Italian    12 

Russian     1 

Spanish     5 

Polish     9 

Lithuanian     1 

Roumanian    1 

German    4 

Irish    2 

Portugese     1 

French    1 

77 
Miss   Contessa  reports  all   well  and  a  spirit 
of  contentment  prevailing  in  the  Detention  Room. 
March  2,  1923 
There  has  been  seventy   distributions   during 
the  past  week.     This  does  not  include  the  oft 
repeated   "  a   few   more  buttons "   or   "  a   little 
thread  "  and  so  on — the   above  number   relates 
to  distinct  pieces  of  work.    According  to  nation- 
alities the  distribution  was  as  follows : 

Armenian     11 

German     15 

Italian    8 

Polish     6 

Portugese    2 

Russian     5 

Roumanian     1 

Spanish     3 

Yiddish  IQ 

70 
Miss  Contessa  says  she  realizes  that  the 
more  complicated  the  work,  the  better  do  we 
achieve  our  purpose,  for  being  indefatigable 
workers,  the  women  would  need  a  ton  of  stuff 
and  a  mint  of  money  to  keep  them  all  going 
simultaneously— the  purchases  lately  have  been 
scarfs  and  towels  at  the  ten  cent  store,  which 


have  been  pounced  upon  with  avidity,  and  em- 
broidered furiously — to  the  joy  and  peace  of 
all  concerned. 

The  workable  material  sent  from  various 
Chapters  has  now  given  out — and  the  allotment 
for  the  month  having  been  spent,  movement  has 
been  necessarily  slow — however,  we  have  been 
working  on  the  rug  (the  Polish  group  at  present 
having  it)  and  we  have  also  made  many  handy 
bags,  in  which  the  women  can  carry  combs  and 
brushes,  etc.,  to  and  from  their  quarters.  These 
bags  can  be  made  of  comparatively  small  pieces 
of  gingham  and  give  much  pleasure. 
Week   ending  March   9th 

An  especially  full  week.  One  hundred  and 
thirty-nine  people  were  given  things  with  which 
to  work — canton  flannel  for  nightdress  and 
underclothes,  gingham  for  aprons  and  a  few 
one-piece  dresses,  some  outing  flannel  and  much 
embroidery,   knitting   and  crocheting. 

According  to  nationalities  distributions  were 
as   follows : 

Armenian  17 

Dutch     1 

English     1 

German     25 

Greek    3 

Itahan     16 

Irish    1 

Mexican     1 

Polish   31 

Portugese     3 

Roumanians     2 

Serbian     2 

Spanish     g 

LIkranian    1 

Yiddish     29 

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No  donations  have  been  received  from  any  of 
the  chapters  recently,  and  purchases  will  have 
to  be  made  sparingly  during  the  rest  of  the 
month  in  order  not  to  exceed  our  allowance. 
There  are  about  30O  people  to  be  kept  busy  in 
the  Detention  Room,  so  material  disappears 
very   rapidly. 

Week  ending  March   Itth 

I  have  to  report  a  distribution  of  eighty-two 
(82)    separate  pieces  of  work  for  this   period. 

Several  very  nice  boxes  have  been  received 
from  distant  chapters  and  the  contents  well 
used — especially,  of  course,  material  to  be 
worked  up,  such  as  wool,  crochet  cotton,  etc. 
One  very  much  prized  box  held  crochet  hooks, 
which  are  quite  expensive,  and  while  the  women 
always  promise  to  return  them,  when  the  time 
comes  to  leave,  their  joy  quite  overshadows  their 
promise,  and  it  is  forgotten  in  the  wild  good-bye. 

Miss  Contessa  feels  there  is  a  growing  calm 


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in  the  work — an  understanding  of  the  spirit  in 
which   it  is   being   attempted   and   a   gentle   re- 
sponse among  the  women  in  general. 
Week  ending  March  2-',th 
A   distribution  of    116— according   to   nation- 
alities— as    follows  : 

Armenian     

German     '^ 

Hungarian   "^ 

Italian  ^5 

Greek    ^ 

Polish   3 

Russian     ^^ 

Serbian   

Spanish     

Yiddish     ■*! 

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Miss  Contessa  reports  that  in  the  line  of 
fancy  work,  crocheting  is  the  favorite— that, 
unfortunately,  though  it  is  the  most  practical 
thing  to  give  the  women,  in  that  it  keeps  them 
busy  longest,  it  is  quite  expensive,  so  that  do- 
nations of  crochet  cotton  will  be  most  grate- 
fully received. 

Several  boxes  have  been  received  in  the  past 
week,  but  as  they  contained,  many  of  them, 
clothing,  they  were  passed  over  to  be  given  to 
the  immigrants  through  the  regular  channel — 
namely  the  Social  Service  Department.  ^liss 
Contessa  feels  that  what  the  D.A.R.  needs  is 
material  with  which  to  keep  the  women  busy. 
JVeek  ending  March  30th 
There  has  been  a  marked  decrease  in  the 
number  of  women  in  the  Detention  Room  during 
the  past  week — many  have  been  admitted  to  the 
country  and  many  deported.  This  has  not 
affected  the  numbers  needing  attention  in  our 
work,  but  has  made  it  possible  for  Miss  Con- 
tessa to  give  each  one  a  little  more  careful 
attention,  which  is  hard  for  her  to  do  when  the 
numbers  are  large.  The  pieces  of  work  given 
out  this  week  were  on  hundred  and  seven  (107) 
as    follows : 

Armenian  11 

Austrian     1 

English     ' 

Greek    3 

Hungarian  4 

Irish    1 

Italian     IS 

Polish    2 

Russian     1"^ 

Spanish     ^ 

Portugese    8 

Yiddish    37 

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The  work  is  going  very  smoothly  and  every- 
one in  the  Detention  Room  seems  to  be  very 
busy  and  content.  The  supplies  were  at  their 
lowest  ebb  this  week,  when  several  very  good- 
looking  boxes  came  from  Connecticut  and 
Michigan.  The  rug  which  was  mentioned  in  my 
last  report  is  nearing  completion,  a  young 
Jewish  girl  is  doing  some  e.xcellent  work  on  it 
and  it  will  soon  be  ready  to  be  taken  to  Com- 
missioner Tod's  room  to  show  him  what  the 
women  of  Room  222  have  been  helped  to  do 
by  the  D.A.R.  Miss  Contessa  says  she  hopes 
the  Commissioner  will  like  it  so  much  that  it 
may  be  left  in  his  office  as  a  constant  reminder 
of  the  work — and  the  organization  back  of  it. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

(Signed)    Janet  C.   Vivash, 
For  Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau, 
Chairman,    Ellis    Island   Immigrant    Aid 
Committee. 

There  being  no  objections  recess  was  taken 
until  2  P.M. 

The  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order  by 
the  President  General  at  2  :20  p.m. 

The  President  General  asked  the  Recording 
Secretary  General  to  read  a  communication 
from  Mrs.  Alton  B.  Parker,  Chairman  of  the 
Women's  National  Committee  of  the  Sulgrave 
Institution,  pertaining  to  sending  a  letter  to 
each  State  Regent  asking  for  their  cooperation. 

A  number  of  the  State  Regents  present  stated 
that  their  respective  States  were  already 
cooperating. 

It  was  mored  by  Mrs.  Gillentine,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  McClintock ; 

That  a  rising  vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to 
the  Vice  Presidents  General  for  the  beautiful 
luncheon  given  in  honor  of  our  President  Gen- 
eral, which  all  National  Officers  have  enjoyed. 
Carried  by  a  unanimous  rising  vote. 

The  President  General  said  she  had  a  radio- 
gram and  also  a  letter  from  Madame  De  La 
Grange,  which  she  asked  the  Recording  Secre- 
tary General  to  read.  The  radiogram  stated  that 
the  pump  at  Tilloloy  was  nearly  finished,  and 
the  letter  explained  why  the  original  pump  was 
unsatisfactory,  due  to  drouth  and  consequent 
lowering  of  the  regular  water  level. 

Discussion  followed  relative  to  Mrs  Chub- 
buck's  motion  about  the  pin  for  present  and 
past  state  officers.  Mrs.  Chubbuck  withdrew 
her  motion. 

It  was  then  moved  by  Miss  McDuffee, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  McCleary : 

That  the  question  of  a  design  for  a  Slate  pin 
he  recommitted  and  that  the  Committee  report 
at  the  lunc  Board  Meeting,  submitting  designs 
front  several  firms. 
Motion  carried. 


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The  following  State  Regents  then  requested 
ihat  the  following  Chapters  be  allowed  to 
incorporate : 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Reed,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Nash  : 

That  the  Kanawha   Valley  Chapter  of  IVest 
Virginia  be  permitted  to  incorporate  in  order  to 
hold  property. 
Motion  carried. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Fitts,  seconded  by  Miss 
•Campbell : 

That    the   Morristozcn    Chapter,   Morristozvn, 
N.  J.  be  permitted  to  incorporate  in  order  that 
it  may  own  property. 
Motion  carried. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Coolidge,  seconded  by  Miss 
Campbell : 

That  the  txvo  Chapters  in  Duhtth,  Minnesota, 
Greysolon  Du  Lhnt  and  Daughters  of  Liberty 
■  be    alhni'cd    jointly     to    incorporate     to     hold 
property. 
Motion  carried. 

Moved  by  Mrs.  Stewart,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Shumway.  Mrs.  Heron  and  Mrs.  Nash : 

That  the  Ethan  Allen  Chapter  of  Middlebury, 
Vf.    be    allozvcd    to    incorporate    that    it    may 
oivn  property. 
Motion  carried. 

^^oved  by  Mrs.  Spencer,  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Wilson : 

That    the    Sion.r    Lookout     Chapter,    North 
Platte,  Nebr.,  be  allozved  to  incorporate  in  order 
to  hold  property. 
Motion  carried. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  read  a 
letter  from  Mrs.  Chenoweth,  Regent  Comte  De 
Grasse  Chapter,  Virginia,  following  which  it  was 
moved  by  Mrs.  Heath,  and  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Morris : 

That     the     Comte    De     Grasse     Chapter    of 
Virginia  be  allowed  to  incorporate  in  order  to 
.  hold  property  and  real  estate. 
Motion  carried. 

Also,  a  request  from  the  Comte  De  Grasse 
Chapter  that  they  have  permission  to  circular- 
ize the  Chapters  was  discussed,  and  it  was 
moved  by  Mrs.  Akerman,  and  seconded  by 
Mrs.   Spencer : 

That    the    request    made    by    the    Comte    De 
Grasse   Chapter   to   circularize   the   Society  for 
funds    to    assist    in    buying    the    old    Customs 
House  at   Vorktown  be  granted. 
Motion  carried. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General  reported  in 
response  to  inquiries  made  during  the  morning 
session,  that  in  regard  to  the  Chapter  at 
Warrenton,  no  report  had  been  received ;  in 
regard  to  Mrs.  Howard  having  been  appointed 
'  Organizing  Regent,  from  New  Jersey,  no  such 


request  had  been  received ;  and  asked  if  there 
were  any  other  questions. 

Mrs.  Hunter,  Treasurer  General,  reported 
that  the  National  Society  had  lost  through  death 
330  members.  The  Board  rose  for  a  moment 
in  silent  tribute  to  these  deceased  members. 
Mrs.  Hunter  reported  further  that  121  members 
has  resigned,  and  108  requested  reinstatement, 
they  having  complied  with  the  By-laws. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hunter,  seconded  by 
Miss   Wilson : 

That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to   cast  the 
ballot  for  the  reinstatement  of  io8  members. 
Motion  carried. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  cast  the 
ballot  and  the  President  General  declared  these 
108  members  reinstated. 

The  Registrar  General  made  a  supplemental 
report,  as  follows  : 

Supplemental  Report  of  the 
Registrar  General 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  870  applications  pre- 
sented to  the  Board,  making  a  total  of  2000. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Em.ma  T.  Strider, 
Registrar  General. 

It  was  moved  by  Miss  Strider,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  White: 

That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  admis.<:ion  of  870  members. 
Motion  carried. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  cast  the 
ballot  and  the  President  General  declared  these 
870  applicants  admitted  as  members  to  the 
National  Society. 

The  State  Regent  of  Georgia,  Mrs.  Akerman. 
asked  permission  of  the  Board  to  place  in  the 
Georgia  room  a  portrait  of  General  Pershing.  The 
President  General  explained  that  it  was  not 
necessary  to  have  the  permission  of  the  National 
Board  but  that  the  portrait  would  have  to  be 
passed  upon  by  the  Art  Committee.  Mrs. 
Guernsey,  Chairman  of  Administration  Build- 
ing Committee  Stated  that  as  the  Georgia  room 
was  in  the  Administration  Building,  which  had 
not  yet  been  formally  turned  over,  no  definite 
rules  had  been  formulated  governing  that 
building,  and  as  it  was  the  close  of  this  admini- 
stration, Mrs.  Guernsey  suggested  that  it  would 
be  well  to  leave  it  to  the  new  administration  to 
decide  whether  it  would  accept  portraits  for  the 
Administration  Building. 

Mrs.  Hardy,  State  Regent  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  was  granted  permission  to  make  an 
announcement,  and  conveyed  an  invitation  to  the 
members  of  the  National  Board  to  meet  Mrs. 
Hanger  from  S  to  7  at  the  New  Willard  at  a 


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reception  given  in  her  honor  by  the  District  of 
Columbia   Chapters. 

Mrs.  Spencer  inquired  if  there  was  any  ruling 
relative  to  a  resigned  member  wearing  her 
D.A.R.  insignia,  to  which  the  President  General 
replied  that  she  did  not  know  of  any  ruling  and 
thought  there  was  no  way  of  preventing  it. 

The  President  General  said  that  Miss  Wilson 
had  not  been  in  the  room  when  called  upon  for 
her  report,  and  asked  if  she  had  any  report  to 
offer.  Miss  Wilson,  Reporter  General  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  explained  that  her 
report  had  been  published  and  was  now  in  the 
office,  where  they  could  be  had  for  fifty  cents. 

The  President  asked  the  Recording  Secretary 
General  to  read  the  minutes,  which  stood 
approved  as  read. 


Mrs.  Heath  asked  that  before  the  Board 
adjourns  we  express  our  love  and  respect  for 
our  President  General  by  standing.  The  mem- 
bers all  arose. 

The  President  General  expressed  her  great 
joy  in  having  had  the  opportunity  of  serving 
with  such  a  splendid  Board,  and  spoke  of  the 
sadness  in  her  heart  in  adjourning  her  last 
meeting  with  the  Board,  but  she  felt  that  the 
Board  had  rendered  the  Society  true  service, 
and  so  there  was  also  gladness  in  her  heart. 

Mrs.  Morris,  Vice  President  General,  asked 
for  a  rising  vote  of  thanks  to  all  of  the  active 
National  Officers  for  their  splendid  work 
through  this  administration. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned  at  3:45  p.m. 
(Mrs.  John  Francis)    Rita  A.  Yawgf.r, 
Recording  Secretary  General. 


THE  ELLIS  ISLAND  IMMIGRANT 
AID  COMMITTEE 

The  Ellis  Island  Immigrant  Aid  Committee  will  greatly  appreciate  more  boxes 
of  supplies  from  the  chapters  for  use  in  the  Detention  Room.  The  season  of 
congestion  on  the  Island  is  approaching  and  the  demand  for  hand  work  among 
the  women  will  be  very  great. 

The   most   urgent  need   is   for  cloth — by   the   bolt   or   in   large   pieces — and 
materials  for  embroidery,  knitting  and  crocheting. 
Kindly  send  all  boxes  prepaid  to 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau, 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 

Social  Service  Department, 
Ellis  Island,  New  York  Harbor. 


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NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 
1923-1924 

President  General 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss.  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcote.  Charlotte,  N.  C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

8  Park  Place,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  226  Blackstone  Boulevard,  Providence,  R.  1. 

Mrs.   Howard   L.   Hodgkins,   1821   Kalorama  Road,   Washington,   D.   C. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1925) 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block, 

1012  West  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall, 

Litchfield,  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell,   143  S.  E.  2nd  St.,  Miami.  Fla. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1926) 
Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  Mrs.  William  Magee  Wilson, 

448  Ridge  St.,  Newark,  N.  J.  Xenia,  O. 

Mrs.  Ellet  Grant  Drake,  Mrs.  Gerald  Livingston  Schuyler, 

606  N.  6th  St.,  Beatrice,  Nebr.  1244  Detroit  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe, 

1428  N.  New  Jersey  St.,  Indianapolis,  Iiid.  1515  Garfield  Ave.  S.,   Pasadena,  Calif. 

Chaplain  General 

Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Memorial   Continental   Hall. 

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Mrs.  Frank  H.  Briccs,  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway. 

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Mrs.  William  S.  Walker,  Mrs.  James  H.  Stansfield, 

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Treasurer  General  Historian  General 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau,  Mrs.  George  DeBoi.t. 

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Reporter  General  to  Smithsonian  Institution 

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STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1923-1924 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER   AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 
620  Hahrolsok   Ave.,  G.\dsden. 

MRS.   STANLEY  FINCH, 

110   N.   Conception   St.,   Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.   HOVAL  a.   SMITH, 

Warren. 
MRS.   WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 
Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.  ALE.XANDER  M.  BARROW, 

817  W.  5th  Ave.,  Pine  Bluff. 
MRS.  HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 

Amitt. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.    LYMAN   B.    STOOKEY, 

1240  W.  29th  St.,  Los  Angelbs. 

MRS.  ALLEN  H.  VANCE, 

Hotel  Holly  Oaks,  Sausalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.  JOHN  C.  BUSHINOER, 

115  Batterson  St.,  Monte  Vista. 
MRS.  ALFRED  B.  TROTT, 
2200  Albion  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.   CHARLES   HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

235  N.   Main   St.,   SoHTlllNfiTON. 
MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD  NETTLETON, 

61  Seymour  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS  ELEANOR  EUGENIA  TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD  FARRELL, 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM   B.   HARDY', 

119  5Tn  St.,  N.  E..  Washinqton. 
MRS.  JOHN  M.  BEAVERS, 

1752   Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.   JAMES  A.   CRAIG, 

233  W.  Duval   St..  Jacksonville. 

MRS.   THEODORE   STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106    Culver    St.,    Macon. 
MRS.   JULIUS  Y'.   TALMADGE, 

1295    Prince   Avenue,    Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.   SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.  0.  Box  27,  Honolulu. 


IDAHO 

MRS.  KENNEDY  PACKARD, 

421  Second  Ave.,  E.   Twin  Falls. 

MRS.   D.   W.   STANDROD, 

648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  CHARLES  E.  HERRICK, 

3809  Ellis  Ave..  Chicago. 
MRS.  JAMES  S.  KING, 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDIANA 

MRS.   HENRY   B.   WILSON, 

Delphi. 
MRS.  CHARLES  W.  ROSS, 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  CRAWFonosviLLa 


IOWA 


MISS   AMY   GILBERT, 

State  Center. 
MRS.   ALEXANDER  WILLIAM   HAWLEY, 

604  N.  13th  St.,  Fort  Dodge. 


KANSAS 

MRS.   ROBERT  B.   CAMPBELL, 

1255  Riverside,  Wichita. 
MRS.  HERMAN  L.  PEPPMEYER, 
1309  Harrison   St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.   WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.  High  St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.    JOHN    W.    CHENAULT, 

2217  Glenmary  Ave.,  Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.   S.   A.  DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 

MRS.  O.  S.  WILLIAMSON,  JR., 

1334  Webster  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

MAINE 

MRS.   B.  G.   W.  CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn. 
MRS.  BLAINE  SPOONER  VILES, 
20  Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.  ADAM   DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,  Baltimore. 
MRS.   REX   CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryl.and  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.   GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMAN  GORDON, 
35  Whitman  Road,  Worcester. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rapids. 
MRS.  ADDISON  DRAKE  KENT, 

622  State  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    H.    COOLIDGE, 
1906  Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 

MRS.   L.  C.  JEFFERSON, 

1126  Summit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.   E.  E.  BROWN, 

716  N.  Rankin  St.,  Natchez. 
MRS.  ROBERT  SOMERVILLE, 
Cleveland. 


MONTANA 

MRS.   E.   BROOX   MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL, 
Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    ELIZABETH   O'LINN   SMITH, 
359  Chadron  Ave.,  Cuadron. 

MRS.   C.   S.   PAINE, 

1970  Prospect  St.,  Lincoln. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

MRS.   LESLIE  P.   SNOW, 

N.  Main   St.,  Rochester.  N.   H. 

MRS.  GEORGE  H.  WARREN, 
Manchester. 

NEW    JERSEY 

MRS.  CHARLES  READ  BANKS, 

122  Westervelt  Ave.,  Plainfield. 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SUMMERILL, 

lOS  S.  Broad  St.,  Woodbury. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.    R.    P.    BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 
Buena  Vista  Road,  Santa  Fe. 


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HEW  YORK 

MRS.  CHARLES  WHITE  NASH, 
8  Lafayktte,  St.,  Albany. 

MRS.   RADCLIFFE   B.   LOCKWOOD, 
43  Main  St.,  Binuhamton. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.    CHARLES    W.    TILLETT, 

801  TityoN  St.,  Charlotte. 
MRS.    ROBERT   L.    MAUNEY, 

620  S.  Main  St.,  Salisbury. 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.  GEORGE  MORLEY  YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.   ERIC   A.   THORBERG, 

712  4th  St.,  Bismarck. 

OHIO 

MRS.   LOWELL   FLETCHER   HOBART, 

14  The  Clermont.  Cincinnati. 
MR.S.   HERBERT  M.  BACKUS, 

2S0  E.   State  St.,  Colcmbus. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.    H.   H.   McCLINTOCK, 

903  Johnston  Ave,.  Baktlesville. 
MRS.  MILTON   B.    DOWNS, 

fi20  S.  Oak  St..  Sapolpa. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.  LANG, 

115  W.   4th   St..  The   Dalles. 

MRS.  BRUCE  L.  BOGART, 
962  Pearl  St.,  Eocene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  JOHN  BROWN  HERON, 

601  S.  Linden  Ave.,  Pittsburgh. 
MRS.   CLARENCE   G.   CRISPIN, 
"  Hillcrest  "  Berwick,  Pa. 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MI!S.   GEORGE   H.  FOW^LER, 

72   MlNlMtAL   SPRINC,   Ave.,   Pawtucket, 
MRS.    JOHN    T.    CRANSHAW, 

34  Irving  Ave.,  Providence. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.   FRANKLIN  C.   CAIN, 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 
Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    C.    M.    CANNON, 

524  1st  St.,  N.  W.,  Watertown. 

MRS.  W.  H.  DAVIS, 
Hitchcock. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.   LOGAN  SEITS  GILLENTINE, 

MURFREESBORO. 
MRS.   JOHN   H.    CANTRELL, 
821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTON, 

2701    Faibmount    Ave.,    Dallas. 
MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY, 
1406  Taylor  St.j  amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.   JOHN   EDWARD   CARVER, 

718    25th    St.,   Ooden. 
MRS.   M.   K.   PARSONS, 

1228  E.  South  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

VERMONT 

MRS.    HORACE  MARTIN  FARNHAM, 
iir,  Northfield  St.,  Montpelier. 

MRS,  W.  F.  ROOT, 

M)  Canal  St.,  Brattleboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

40S  Duke  St.,  Alexandria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK, 
915   Orchard  Hill,  Roanoke. 


WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.  ROBERT  J.  REED, 
100  12th  St.,  Wheeling. 

MRS.  W.  H.  CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.   GEORGE   S.   PARKER, 
snr.  Court  St.,  Janesville. 

MRS.   T.   W.    SPENCE, 

107  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.  MAURICE  GROSHON, 

TuPPER  Apts.,   Cheyenne. 
MRS.  BRYANT  BUTLER  BROOKS, 
Box  1070,  Casper. 

ORIENT 

MRS.  TRUMAN  S.  HOLT, 
744  A.  Mabini,  Manila,  P.  I. 

MRS.   HENRY  W.  ELSER, 

600  M.  H.  DEL  Pelar,  Manila,  P. 


HONORARY   OFFICERS   ELECTED   FOR   LIFE 


MRS.  DANIEL  MANNING, 

MRS.   WILLIAM   CUMMING   STORY, 


Honorary  Presidents  General 

MRS.  GEORGE  THACHER  GUERNSEY, 
MRS.  GEORGE  MAYNARD  MINOR. 


Honorary  President  Presiding 
MRS.   MARY   V.   E.   CABELL. 


MRS.  HOWARD  A.  CLARK,  1899. 
MRS.  MILDRED  S.   MATHES,   1899. 
MRS.  WILLIAM   LINDSAY,  1906. 
MRS.  J.  MORGAN  SMITH,  1911. 
MRS.   THEODORE    BATES,    1913. 
MRS.   E.    GAYLORD   PUTN.\M,   1913. 


Honorary  Vice  Presidents  General 

MRS.   WALLACE  DELAFIELD,   1914. 
MRS.   DRAYTON  W.   BUSHNELL,   1914. 
MRS.   JOHN  NEWMAN   CAREY,   1916. 
MRS.   GEORGE   M.   STERNBERG,   1917. 
MRS.  JOHN    FRANKLIN    SWIFT,    1923. 
MRS.   JULIUS    J.     ESTEY,     1923. 


MRS.  WILLIAM   BUTTERWORTH,   1923. 


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VOL.  LVII,  No.  7 


JULY,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  371 


THE  TRAVELS  OF  THE  DECLARATION 
OF  INDEPENDENCE 

By  John  C.  Fitzpatrick,  A.M. 
Assistant  Chief,  Manuscript  Division,  Library  of  Congress 

honor  of  harhoring  the  Declaration  are : 
Philadelphia,  Lancaster  and  York,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  Trenton  and  Princeton,  New 
Jersey;  New  York  City,  Annapolis  an:l 
Baltimore,  Maryland ;  Leesbtirg,  Vir- 
ginia, and  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  Declaration  has  been  out  of  the 
Government's  hands  but  twice  since  1776; 
once  by  force  of  circumstances  and  once 
by  favor.  It  did  not  possess  a  real, 
permanent  home  for  101  years  after  its 
birth,  and  this  home  was  the  huge  granite 
building  in  the  capital  of  the  nation,  just 
west  of  the  A\'hite  House  which  is  known 
to  W'ashingtonians  as  the  State,  War  and 
Navy  Building.  In  the  library  of  the 
Department  of  State  section  of  this 
structtu'e  the  Declaration  remained  imdis- 
turbed  for  a  longer  period  of  time  than  it 
had  ever  before  experienced.  From  here 
it  went  upon  what  will  probably  be  its  last 
journey  when  it  was  transferred  in  1921  to 
the  Library  of  Congress  by  special  order 
of  the  President  of  the  United  States. 

The  travels  of  the  Declaration  since 
July,  1776,  are  interesting  in  many  ways; 
they   are   tyjiical   of   the   early,   unsettled 

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UR  one  hundred  years  after  the 
Declaration  of  Independence 
had  been  given  to  the  world, 
that  immortal  document  was 
without  a  permanent  home.  It 
moved  through  ten  different 
cities  and  towns,  scattered  hither  and  yon 
through  five  different  states.  Three  times 
it  was  hurriedly  carried  oft'  to  escape  cap- 
ture, or  destruction,  at  the  hands  of  the 
troopers  of  the  king  of  the  cotmtry 
against  whom  its  thunder  was  and  had 
^een  directed,  and  once,  at  least,  its 
transfer  to  other  quarters  saved  it  from 
flames  that  completely  gutted  the  sup- 
posedly fireproof  government  building 
in  which  it  had  been  stored.  In  its 
wanderings  it  has  rested  for  periods 
ranging  from  a  few  hours  to  several  years, 
and  the  longest  times  it  has  been  in  any 
one  place  have  been  thirty-six  and  forty- 
four  years,  respectively.  Both  of  these 
lengthy  periods  were  spent  in  ^^'ashing- 
ton,  D.  C,  the  first  in  the  United  States 
Patent  Office  and  the  second  in  the  present 
building  of  the  Department  of  State.  The 
cities    and    towns    which    have    had    die 


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state  of  our  democratic  experiment  in 
government,  and  the  latter  portion  of 
those  wanderings  exemplify  a  mistaken 
idea  in  government  economy  in  not 
making  proper  provision  for  preserving 
the  important  records  of  our  past. 

The  first  journey  of  the  Declaration 
was  from  Philadelphia  to  Baltimore,  in 
the  same  year  that  saw  the  signing  of  that 
historical  parchment.  After  the  Declara- 
tion was  engrossed  and  signed  it  was  filed 
in  the  office  of  Charles  Thomson,  the 
Secretary  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
whose  office  was  in  the  building  where  the 
Congress  sat,  the  Pennsylvania  State 
House,  later  to  be  known  as  Independence 
Hall.  Like  all  parchment  documents  it 
was  rolled  up  (there  is  no  indication  that 
the  Declaration  was  ever  folded)  and 
rested  undisturbed  in  Thomson's  file, 
except  when  brought  out  to  be  signed 
by  different  delegates,  until  the  near 
approach  of  the  British,  closely  pursuing 
Washington,  forced  the  Commander- 
in-Chief  across  the  Delaware  River. 
Congress  hastily  adjourned  from  Phila- 
delphia, December  12th,  to  reconvene  in 
Baltimore,  eight  days  later.  The  papers 
and  records,  including  the  Declaration, 
were  packed  into  two  light  wagons,  which 
Congress  had  purchased  for  its  own  use  in 
October,  and  carried  to  the  Maryland  city. 
It  was  here  that  the  Declaration  was  pub- 
lished, in  printed  form,  for  the  second 
time,  by  order  of  Congress  and,  in  this 
publication,  the  names  of  the  signers 
were  made  public  for  the  first  time. 
Washington's  brilliant  victories  at  Trenton 
and  Princeton  forced  the  British  out  of 
West  Jersey,  and  early  in  March,  1777, 
Congress  returned  to  Philadelphia.  After 
a  short  visit  of  a  little  over  two  months 
the  Declaration  returned  to  its  first  home. 
In  Septemljer,  1777,  came  another  alarm. 
This  time  the  British  moved  by  water  to 


the  head  of  Chesapeake  Bay,  to  march 
overland  against  Philadelphia  from  the 
south.  Brandywine,  where  Washington 
shook  the  British  confidence;  Red  Bank, 
where  the  Hessians  under  Count  Dunlop 
suffered  a  bloody  repulse ;  Fort  Island,  in 
the  Delaware,  that  withstood  terrific 
bombardment  and  destroyed  two  fine 
British  ships  and  Washington's  excellent 
manoeuvring  held  Howe  in  check  for  a 
time;  but  the  end  was  inevitable.  Con- 
gress adjourned  to  Lancaster,  Pennsyl- 
vania, when  it  became  apparent  that 
Philadelphia  could  not  be  saved.  It  was 
ofTered  quarters  in  the  court  house  where 
the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  was  then 
sitting;  this  was  not  to  its  taste  so  it 
removed  to  York.  The  Declaration  of 
Independence  remained  in  the  York  court 
house  until  the  news  came  that  the  British 
had  evacuated  Philadelphia.  The  papers 
and  records  were  again  packed  in  wagons 
and  jolted  down  the  old  York  road  into 
Philadelphia,  July  2,  1778,  the  Declara- 
tion was  home  once  more  in  Philadelphia. 
In  the  yeaV  1777,  the  first  anniversary 
of  the  Declaration,  passed  unnoticed.  The 
situation  then  was  depressing.  Burgoyne 
was  advancing  from  Canada  and  Schuyler 
was  retreating  before  him ;  Howe  had 
sailed  from  New  York  and  the  entire 
coast  from  Massachusetts  to  the  Carolinas 
was  in  dread ;  Congress  was  distrought 
with  the  difficulties  that  pressed  in  upon 
all  sides.  But  in  June,  1778,  matters  had 
improved  greatly.  Lafayette  and  De  Kalb 
had  come  and  France  had  definitely 
promised  aid ;  the  British  had  fled  from 
Philadelphia  and  been  severely  mauled  in 
their  retreat  across  Jersey ;  confidence  had 
replaced  doubt.  Congress  ordered  July 
4th  to  be  celebrated  as  a  holiday,  and  our 
annual  national  celebrations  date  from 
this  year  of  1778.  The  army,  then  at 
Brunswick  Landing,  fired  a  salute  of  thir- 


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teen  guns,  the  troops  paraded  and  fired  a 
musketry  feu  dc  joic,  a  running  discharge 
along  the  entire  front,  and  gave  three 
cheers  for  the  "  Perpetual  and  Undis- 
turbed Independence  of  the  United  States 
of  America."  The  men  adorned  their  hats 
with  "  green  boughs  "  and  a  double  allow- 


York  City  in  June,  1785.  Here  it  stayed 
until  the  Continental  Congress  faded 
out  of  existence  to  be  replaced  by  a 
Congress  of  the  United  States  under  the 
new  Constitution  in  1789. 

In  New  York,  the  Declaration  and  the 
Congress  occupied  the  second  story  of  the 


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ance   of    rum    was    served    in    honor    of 
the  day. 

The  Declaration  remained  in  the  State 
House,  Philadelphia,  from  July,  1778,  to 
June,  1783,  when  the  mutinous  conduct  of 
soldiers  of  the  Pennsylvania  Line  brought 
about  an  adjournment  to  Princeton,  New 
Jersey.  This  move  again  started  the  Dec- 
laration on  its  wanderings  for,  once  away 
from  Philadelphia,  it  seemed  easy  for 
Congress  to  change  to  a  new  location,  and 
each  of  the  next  two  succeeding  years  saw 
it  in  a  new  place.  At  Annapolis,  in  Mary- 
land, in  November,  1783 ;  in  Trenton, 
New  Jersey,  a  year  later,  and   in   New 


old  City  Hall  building,  then  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  Wall  and  Nassau  streets. 
When  the  first  Congress  under  the  Con- 
stitution convened,  the  venerable  Charles 
Thomson  formally  turned  over  to  Presi- 
dent George  Washington  all  the  papers 
and  records  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
including,  of  course,  the  Declaration. 
These  papers  were  given  into  the  custody 
of  the  newly  created  Department  of  State, 
and  so  remained  in  New  York  until 
December,  1790,  when  Congress  met  in 
Philadelphia.  Once  again  the  Declaration 
was  in  the  city  of  its  birth ;  but  this  time 
it  was  not  deposited  in  Independence  Hall. 


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but  in  the  various  buildings  which  were 
occupied  by  the  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  State;  first  on  Alarket  street,  at 
Arch  and  Sixth,  and  next  at  Fifth 
and  Chestnut. 

In  1800,  the  transfer  of  the  Capital  of 
the  United  States  was  made  to  its  agreed 


into  a  group  of  structures,  then  just 
finished  and  called  the  "  Seven  Buildings." 
Less  than  a  year  later  the  Declaration  and 
other  papers  were  transferred  to  the  old 
^^'ar  Office  Building,  then  on  Seventeenth 
street,  where  the  west  front  of  the  present 
State,     \\'ar    and     Navy     Building    now 


upon  permanent  site,  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  when  the  records  and 
papers  reached  the  Potomac  the  only 
building  far  enough  advanced  to  offer 
them  protection  was  the  one  intended  for 
the  use  of  the  Treasury  ;  in  this  the  Secre- 
tary of  State,  his  office  and  records  were 
forced  to  take  shelter.  Alter  two  months 
of  this  crowded  hospitality  the  Depart- 
ment of  State  and  its  archives  moved  to 
Nineteenth    and     Pennsylvania    Avenue, 


1  AVKNUE,    N  W.,    WA'^HINCTOV.    D.  C       IHE  DECLARATION 
HERE  FRO.M   1800  TO  ISOl 

stands.  Here  the  Declaration  remained 
un(Iisturl)ed  until  the  War  of  1812  again 
involved  it  in  sudden  and  precipitate 
movement  which  started  another  period  of 
traveling  that  did  not  end  for  over 
sixty  years. 

In  August,  1814,  a  British  expedition 
sailed  up  the  Chesapeake  Bay  and  marched 
overland  from  the  Patuxent  against 
Washington.  After  a  skirmish  at  Bladens- 
burg  the  Briti^-h  troops  entered  the  city 


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and,  with  wanton  torch,  gave  the  govern- 
ment buildings  to  the  flames.  The  official 
report  of  the  British  officer  in  command 
stated  that  his  troops  were  fired  upon  from 
the  houses  and  the  Capitol  building  itself ; 
but  no  citizen  nor  soldier  was  captured 
as  a  result  and  none  were  court-martialed 
or  executed  for  such  indefensible  conduct ; 
with  exemplary  military  restraint  the 
Capitol  and  other  government  buildings 
were  burned  only  in  retaliation. 

To  the  good  judgment  of  Secretary  of 
State,  James  Monroe,  and  the  activity  and 
energy  of  three  Department  of  State 
employees.  Chief  Clerk  John  Graham, 
Josiah  King  and  Stephen  Pleasanton,  we 
are  indebted  for  the  saving  of  the  Decla- 
ration of  Independence,  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States  and  other  priceless 
records  of  our  country.  Monroe  sent 
orders  from  Benedict,  Maryland,  whither 
he  had  gone  to  reconnoitre  the  British 
movement,  to  pack  and  remove  the 
records  of  the  Department  at  once.  Bags 
had  already  been  prepared  and  the  three 
clerks  set  to  work  with  a  will.  Into  these 
coarse  linen  sacks  all  the  papers  of  the 
Department  were  packed.  The  Declara- 
tion, the  Constitution,  Washington's  com- 
mission as  Commander-in-Chief  and 
treaties  between  the  United  States  and 
foreign  powers,  among  them  treaties  with 
the  very  nation  from  whose  soldiers  those 
self-same  treaties  had  to  be  protected. 
The  work  done  by  these  three  government 
clerks  was  thorough  and  complete.  Some 
volumes  of  the  early  printed  laws  and 
miscellaneous  correspondence  had  to  be 
left  behind,  and  were  destroyed  by  the 
British,  but  Secretary  IMonroe's  report, 
after  the  war,  stated  the  belief  that  all  the 
papers  and  records  of  the  old  Congress 
and  those  of  the  Department  itself,  except 
the  above  mentioned  laws  and  papers, 
were  saved. 


There  was  considerable  difficulty  in 
obtaining  wagons,  but  a  sufficient  number 
were  finally  secured  and  Pleasanton 
traveled  with  them.  They  left  the  city  by 
way  of  old  Georgetown,  and  crossed  into 
\'irginia  by  way  of  the  Chain  Bridge. 
Pleasanton  stored  the  records  in  Edgar 
Patterson's  barn,  about  two  miles  above 
Chain  Bridge ;  but,  the  next  day,  fearing 
the  British  might  send  a  raiding  party  to 
destroy  a  cannon  foundry  nearby,  he 
obtained  new  teams  from  the  country  folk 
and  made  a  long  and  dusty  trip  of  about 
thirty-five  miles  to  Leesburg.  Here  he 
stored  the  papers  in  the  house  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Littlejohn,  locked  them  up  securely, 
and  turned  into  bed  a  completely 
exhausted  man.  That  night  the  British 
put  Washington  to  the  flames,  and  the 
next  day  Pleasanton  learned  that  many  of 
the  Leesburg  folk  had  seen  a  dull,  angry 
glow  in  the  east  that  told  of  the  burning 
of  the  Capital. 

But  the  Declaration  was  safe.  Pleas- 
anton returned  to  Washington  two  days 
later  to  find  the  President's  house  and 
other  buildings  still  smouldering.  The 
papers  he  had  saved  were  not  brought 
back  to  the  city  for  some  weeks,  when  all 
danger  of  the  return  of  the  British  had 
disappeared.  When  the  Declaration  and 
the  other  papers  were  brought  back  from 
Leesburg,  they  were  placed  in  a  building 
on  the  south  side  of  G  street,  near  Eigh- 
teenth, until  the  destruction  wrought  by 
the  British  could  be  repaired.  In  1820,  the 
Department  of  State  moved  into  a  govern- 
ment building,  then  erected  on  the  site  of 
the  present  Treasury  Department.  In 
1841,  the  white  marble  Patent  Office,  still 
standing  at  Seventh  and  F  streets,  was 
finished.  Substantial  in  appearance  and 
built  with  the  best  of  care,  as  care  in 
building  was  then  imderstood,  it  was  sup- 
posed to  be  fireproof  and,  as  the  Patent 


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Office  was  then  under  the  control  and  was 
a  bureau  of  the  Department  of  State,  the 
vakiable  and  interesting  historical  papers 
and  relics  were  transferred  to  it  and 
placed  on  exhibition  in  its  Hall  of  Models. 
The  Declaration  of  Independence  and 
Washington's  commission  as  Commander- 
in-Chief  were  among  the  things  sent,  and 
these  two  parchments  were  placed  in  a 
single  frame  and  hung  up  to  public  view. 
For  thirty-five  years  these  two  precious 
American  documents  hung  exposed  to  the 
light,  and  it  was  this  long  exposure, 
unprotected  in  any  way  from  chill  of 
winter  and  the  glare  and  heat  of  summer, 
that  has  caused  both  the  Declaration  and 
the  Commission  to  fade  out  to  an  uniform 
dimness.  But  it  is  some  consolation  to 
know  that,  while  the  Declaration  has  faded 
greatly,  the  entire  text  is  still  legible;  it  is 
the  signatures  that  have  suffered  the  most, 
and  these  from  other  causes  than  exposure 
to  light  alone.  From  1842  to  1876,  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  slowly  faded 
in  the  Patent  Office  exhibition  hall,  and  it 
might  have  continued  there  until  the 
damage  became  total  had  not  the  Centen- 
nial year  of  1876  stirred  up  a  new  interest 
in  matters  historical.  In  that  year  a  great 
exposition  was  planned  in  Philadelphia, 
the  first  of  the  great  national  and  inter- 
national expositions  that  have  been  held  in 
the  United  States  since  then.  The  man- 
agers of  this  exposition  applied  for  the 
loan  of  the  Declaration  as  a  feature  of  the 
centennial  celebration.  They  wished  to 
display  it  in  Independence  Hall,  as  a  more 
fitting  place  than  in  the  grounds  of  the 
exposition  itself,  and  they  had  prepared 
a  special,  fireproof  safe,  with  a  heavy 
glass  door,  behind  which  the  parchment 
could  be  viewed.  They  offered  to  lock  this 
door,  turn  the  key  over  to  the  Government 
and  let  the  Department  of  State  seal  the 
lock.      The    Government    had,    however. 


already  decided  to  send  the  Declaration 
to  Philadelphia  as  a  part  of  its  own 
exhibit  in  the  United  States  building 
there,  but  the  exposition  managers  wanted 
it  in  Independence  Hall.  After  some 
arg^tment  in  which  the  Philadelphians 
used  George  W.  Childs  as  an  influence, 
President  Grant  directed  that  the  Decla- 
ration be  deposited  in  Independence  Hall. 
The  parchment  was  taken  to  Philadelphia 
by  Alonzo  Bell,  chief  clerk  of  the  Patent 
Office,  and  the  newspaper  notices  of  the 
day  noted  the  fact  that  the  Declaration 
had  greatly  faded.  Secretary  of  State 
Richard  Rush  is  on  record  as  noting,  as 
early  as  the  year  1817,  that  the  signatures 
then  showed  the  effects  of  time,  so  that  the 
reasons  for  the  present  condition  of  the 
Declaration,  both  as  to  text  and  signatures, 
must  be  sought  in  more  than  one  place  and 
in  more  than  one  period.  The  Declaration, 
evidently,  was  subjected  to  careless  or 
improper  handling  for  years  prior  to  1841. 
Until  it  was  framed  by  the  Patent  Office 
for  exhibition  purposes  it  had  been  kept 
rolled  up,  a  method  of  storing  parchments 
that  has  been  used  from  time  immemorial. 
It  had  been  rolled  and  unrolled  hundreds 
of  times  and  the  many  creases  and  cracks 
in  the  surface  of  the  parchment,  caused  by 
this  rolling  being  done  carelessly  is  the 
reason  for  the  damage  to  the  signatures. 
The  text  of  the  Declaration  was  engrossed 
by  a  professional  penman,  a  man  who  was 
careful  of  the  quality  of  his  ink  and  the 
rolling  and  unrolling  of  the  parchment 
has  not  affected  his  work,  except  in  the 
large  lettered  heading,  where  the  ink  was 
laid  on  extra  thick.  Ink  does  not  bite 
into  parchment  as  it  does  into  paper, 
it  lies  more  on  the  surface,  dries 
on  the  surface  and  scales  off  more 
readily  than  it  does  when  laid  on  paper. 
The  large  printed  heading  of  the  Declara- 
tion shows  this  scaling  off  in  the   same 


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manner,  but  not  to  such  a  pitiful  extent  as 
do  the  signatures.  The  curl  of  the  parch- 
ment shows  that  it  was  the  custom  to  roll 
it  up  with  the  writing  on  the  inside  and 
its  condition  indicates  that  the  rolling 
commenced  at  the  top  of  the  Declara- 
tion, the  signatures  of  the  Signers, 
therefore,  were  the  first  and  the  last 
to  be  handled  in  unrolling  and  rolling 
up  the  parchment.  They  received  the 
maximum  amount  of  rubbing.  The  ink 
with  which  the  signatures  were  writ- 
ten varied  in  quality.  The  Declaration 
was  not  signed  by  all  the  delegates  on  the 
same  day,  there  was,  consequently,  dif- 
ferent ink  used  during  the  period  of  time 
in  which  the  signing  was  done — the 
record  shows  that  this  signing  stretched 
over  a  period  of  several  months.  Ink,  in 
Revolutionary  times,  was  made  from  a 
powder  and  the  bottled  liquid  known  to 
us  was  unknown  to  our  Revolutionary 
Fathers,  who  mixed  their  own  writing 
fluid  by  adding  water  to  this  prepared 
powder.  None  of  the  ink,  thus  made  on 
different  days,  appeared  to  have  the  biting 
quality  of  the  carefully  prepared  ink  in 
which  the  text  of  the  Declaration  was 
engrossed.  The  signatures  were  thus 
more  easily  scaled  oft',  and  they  did  scale 
off,  more  than  they  faded,  while  the  text 
itself  merely  faded  out  in  an  almost 
uniform  degree.  Nowhere  in  the  text  does 
the  writing  show  the  slightest  evidence  of 
scaling;  the  only  place  where  such  an 
effect  is  discernible  is  in  the  large  deco- 
rative letters  in  the  caption  heading, 
where  the  ink,  as  before  stated,  was  laid 
on  extra  thick.  The  worst  creases  and 
cracks  in  the  parchment  run  vertically 
through  the  three  middle  columns  of 
signatures,  and  the  signatures  in  these 
particular  columns  are  the  ones  that  have 
suffered  the  most  damage. 

The  comment  aroused  by  the  appear- 
ance of  the  Declaration  in  1876,  resulted 


in  the  passage  of  a  joint  resolution  of 
Congress,  directing  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  the  Secretary  of  the  Smithsonian 
Institution  and  the  Librarian  of  Congress 
to  take  steps  to  restore  the  Declara- 
tion, a  typical  example  of  governmental 
method  in  caring  for  its  priceless  records ; 
the  horse  had  been  stolen,  so  the  stable 
door  was  to  be  officially  locked  ;  but  it  was 
not  until  four  years  later  that  the  door  was 
even  closed.  In  1880,  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior  called  this  committee  together, 
and  the  conclusion  reached  was  to  sum- 
mon a  committee  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Science  to  look  into  the  mat- 
ter. This  Academy  committee  reported 
that  "  press  copies  had  been  taken  from 
the  original  so  that  part  of  the  ink  had 
been  removed  from  the  parchment,"  thus 
continuing  the  questionable  tradition  for 
which  not  the  slightest  evidence  now 
seems  to  be  available.  Fortunately  it  was 
decided  best  to  make  no  attempt  to  restore 
the  Declaration,  and  all  that  the  Govern- 
ment can  do  from  now  on  is  to  hold  the 
parchment  in  the  exact  condition  it  is  at 
present.  All  of  the  present  legilaility  of 
the  parchment  can  be  held  and  sustained 
and  further  fading  can  be  almost  entirely 
prevented,  or  at  least  held  against  every 
enemy  except  time  itself. 

The  exhibition  of  the  Declaration  at 
Philadelphia  in  1876,  in  Independence 
Hall,  which  was  a  long  distance  from  the 
Exposition  grounds,  probably  inspired 
several  publishers  and  business  firms  to 
issue  facsimiles  that  could  be  distributed, 
or  disposed  of  in  the  grounds  themselves; 
the  exact  degree  of  influence  exercised 
by  this  cannot  be  shown,  of  course,  but,  at 
an)'  rate,  a  wave  of  patriotism  swept  over 
the  country  at  the  time  of  the  Centennial, 
and  on  the  crest  of  it  came  a  flood  of 
facsimilies ;  since  then  the  output  of 
replicas  of  the  Declaration  has  been  so 
consistently  steady  that  it  now  has  been 


THE  TRAVELS  OF  THE  DECLARATION  OF  INDEPEXDEXCE 


reproduced  a  greater  number  of  times 
than  any  other  document  of  Ameri- 
can history. 

When  the  Exposition  was  over  the 
citizens  of  Philadelphia  tried  to  obtain 
permission  to  hold  the  Declaration 
permanently  in  Independence  Hall,  but 
the  Government  was  not  acquiescent. 
Philadelphia  did  manage  to  retain  pos- 
session for  a  short  time;  but  finally  the 
Department  of  State  requisitioned  the 
Department  of  the  Interior,  under  which 
the  Patent  Office  then  functioned,  and  the 
Department  of  the  Interior  requested  the 
return  of  the  Declaration  from  Inde- 
pendence Hall,  and  the  Declaration  was 
returned  through  precisely  this  same 
process,  only  reversed. 

Along  with  the  Declaration,  the  Interior 
Department  returned  Washington's  com- 
mission, Franklin's  cane,  Washington's 
camp  chest  and  all  the  other  relics  that 
had  been  in  the  custody  of  the  Patent 
Office.  This  was  in  March,  1877,  and  this 
transfer  probably  saved  the  Decla- 
ration and  these  other  memorials  from 
destruction  for,  a  few  months  later,  the 
supposedly  fireproof  Patent  Office  caught 
fire  and  two  wings  of  the  building  were 
completely  gutted  before  the  flames  could 
be  controlled. 

The  Declaration  when  received  by  the 
Department  of  State,  from  the  Interior 
Department,  was  placed  on  exhibition  in 
the  Library  of  the  present  building  (the 
State.  War  and  Navy  Building),  which 
had  just  then  been  completed,  and  here  it 
remained  for  nearly  a  score  of  years,  until 
its  condition  appeared  to  have  become  so 
desparate  that  it  was  withdrawn  from 
public  view.  About  1894  it  was  placed, 
along  with  the  Constitution,  in  a  specially 
constructed  steel  safe,  in  the  library  of  the 
Department,  and  was  not  shown  there- 
after except  on  special  order  of  the 
Secretary  of  State  himself. 


In  1921,  twenty-seven  years  later, 
both  Declaration  and  Constitution  were 
removed  from  this  safe  by  order  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States  and  trans- 
ferred to  the  Library  of  Congress  for  their 
better  preservation  and  exhibition  to  the 
public  under  proper  safeguards.  This  last 
removal  of  the  Declaration  had  nothing  of 
glamour  or  romance  about  it;  but  was 
accomplished  with  fitting  democratic  sim- 
plicity. The  Secretary  of  State  and  the 
Librarian  of  Congress  were  present  when 
the  safe  containing  the  Declaration  and 
the  Constitution  was  opened ;  both 
documents  were  carried  by  Library  of 
Congress  employees  to  the  Library's  mail 
wagon  and,  resting  upon  a  pile  of  leather 
United  States  mail  sacks  for  a  cushion ; 
guarded  by  three  young  Americans  who 
were  fully  conscious  of  the  vmexpected 
honor  that  had  fallen  to  their  lot,  the 
Declaration  whirled  down  the  rain 
washed  asphalt  of  Pennsylvania  Avenue, 
unnoticed  and  unheeded  amid  the  crowded 
traffic  of  a  September  afternoon,  to  the 
gold-domed,  granite  library  building,  in 
front  of  the  United  States  Capitol.  Here, 
along  with  the  Constitution,  it  will  be 
placed  on  exhibition  as  soon  as  proper 
exhibition  furniture  can  be  completed  and, 
under  artificial  light,  in  which  the  damage 
causing  actinic  ray  has  been  carefully 
neutralized,  these  charters  of  American 
liberty  and  government  will  be  displayed 
to  the  public.  Under  the  plans  worked 
out  no  further  fading  from  this  exposure 
is  possible,  and  this  exhibition  will  be 
made  at  the  direction  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States  "  to  satisfy "  as 
President  Harding  has  fittingly  expressed 
it  "  the  laudable  wish  of  patriotic  Ameri- 
cans to  have  an  opportunity  to  see  the 
original  fundamental  documents  upon 
which  rest  their  independence  and 
tb.eir  Government." 


J^M^BCBJis^^^M 

1 

A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT 
GENERAL 


|URING  the  crowded  month  since  I 
wrote  my  first  message  from  this 
page,  I  have  naturally  had  many 
new  impressions,  thoughts,  questions, 
hopes.  They  come  from  many  people 
and  many  letters,  in  requests,  sug- 
gestions, and  the  hopes  of  others, 
going  to  be  my  endeavor  in  these 
monthly  messages  to  talk  of  these  e.xperiences 
informally  and  frankly.  As  they  come  to  me 
as  your  representative,  so  I  wish,  in  so  far  as 
is  possible,  to  communicate  them  to  you.  And 
as  these  messages  will  be  supplemented  by  my 
reports  to  the  National  Board  of  Management, 
I  hope  to  keep  you  in  complete  touch  with  the 
activities  and  experiences  of  this  office.  As  the 
months  go  by,  they  will,  I  trust,  take  on 
increasing  significance. 

Thus  far,  a  large  part  of  each  day  has  been 
necessarily  given  to  interviews  with  those  who 
come  to  the  office  of  the  President  General  at 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  interviews  which  to 
us  are  at  once  a  duty  and  a  privilege.  It  is 
through  communion  with  such  men  and  women 
that  inspiration  comes. 

A  friend  of  one  of  our  most  distinguished 
Daughters,  the  late  Jane  A.  Delano,  who  is 
called  our  American  Florence  Nightingale,  told 
me  a  story  of  her  which  was  a  comfort  to  me. 
"  After  seeing  people  all  day,"  Miss  Delano 
had  said.  "  I  wonder  when  I  can  get  to  my 
own  work.  Then  it  comes  to  me,  why  this  is 
my  work.  The  other  parts  must  fit  in."  How 
that  great  nurse  and  great  woman  did  all  parts, 
history  already  tells. 

This  birthday  month  of  our  nation  brings  the 
same  thoughts  to  all  of  us  as  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution — thoughts  which  we 
may  enrich  immeasurably  by  the  actual  study 
suggested    last    month    of    our     two    supreme 


national  documents,  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States  and  The  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. There  are  other  means  of  our 
mental  enrichment  as  Daughters  which  we  too 
often  overlook — talks  with  our  school  children 
and  visiting  public  schools  on  patriotic  occa- 
sions. Here  we  will  find  beauty,  imagination, 
and  the  strengthening  of  our  own  hopes. 

During  the  summer  months  in  which  fewer 
Chapter  meetings  will  be  held,  there  is  personal 
work  to  be  done  which  may  bear  rich  fruit  in 
the  fall  and  winter.  One  part  is  the  gaining  of 
new  members.  We  need  in  our  organization 
every  woman  eligible  to  membership.  Growth 
has  been  our  power.  It  has  been  our  joy.  Let 
us  continue  to  go  from  strength  to  strength. 

Another  thing  to  do  is  to  choose  our  reading 
in  such  a  way  that  we  may  learn  more  of  local 
as  well  as  national  history.  And  along  with 
this  we  can  greatly  enhance  the  pleasure  and 
profit  of  the  summer  if  we  choose  for  the 
motor  rides  we  may  be  taking,  routes  which 
will  lead  us  to  historic  places.  Two  things  we 
should  bear  in  mind  with  this :  the  possibility 
of  making  interesting  and  valuable  additions  to 
our  Museum ;  and  gaining  information  as  to 
the  marking  of  the  sites  which  we  have  visited. 
It  will  be  a  gratification  and  delight  to  note 
those  properly  marked ;  and  a  privilege  and 
duty  to  attend  to  this  service  for  those  which 
so  far  have  been  neglected. 

By  so  doing  throughout  our  vacation  months, 
we  can  bring  renewed  enthusiasm  and  precious 
service  to  the  regular  work  in  the  fall ;  and, 
meanwhile,  we  will  find  it  not  only  an  offering 
to  our  Society  and  national  service,  but  an 
added  happiness  in  our  personal  lives. 

LoRA  Haines  Cook, 
President  General. 


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WASHINGTON'S  IN-LAWS 


By  Charles  Moore 
Chairman,  National   Commission  of  Fine  Arts 


HE  relations  that  subsisted  be- 
tween Washington  and  his 
wife's  children  and  grandchil- 
dren, exhibit  an  interesting 
interplay  of  the  forces  of  hered- 
ity and  environment.  On  the 
maternal  side  they  were  Dandridges ; 
while  on  the  paternal  side  they  were 
Parkes  and  Custises.  Martha  Wash- 
ington's father,  Colonel  John  Dan- 
dridge,  the  clerk  of  New  Kent 
County,  lived  on  one  side  of  the  Pamun- 
key  River,  while  his  brother  William,  a 
member  of  the  King's  Council,  dwelt  on 
the  opposite  bank.  On  her  mother's  side 
Martha  was  descended  from  the  Rev. 
Roland  Jones,  a  graduate  of  Merton  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  and  for  fourteen  years 
minister  of  Bruton  Parish — a  representa- 
tive but  not  strongly  characteristic  ances- 
try.' On  the  other  hand,  both  the  Parke 
and  the  Custis  families  were  of  first 
consideration  because  of  wealth,  social 
standing,  official  position ;  and  also  be- 
cause of  a  certain  arrogance  and  lack  of 
consideration  for  others  which  marked 
them  as  persons  to  be  reckoned  with. 

The  element  of  environment  was  fur- 
nished by  the  Mount  Vernon  home  and 
the  personal  attachment  of  Washington, 
which  had  a  marked  effect  on  the  charac- 
ter of  each  of  the  six  children  and  grand- 
children. To  John  Parke  Custis  and 
Martha  Parke  Custis,  Washington  stood 
in  the  relation  of  father  during  all  the 
conscious  years  of  their  lives.  Two  of 
'  Martha  Washington,  by  A.  H.  Wharton,  1897. 


John  Parke  Custis'  children  he  adopted, 
and  they  lived  with  him  nearly  a  score  of 
years ;  and  the  other  two,  who  remained 
with  their  widowed  mother,  were  con- 
stantly at  the  home  of  the  Washingtons', 
whether  at  Mount  Vernon  or  in  Philadel- 
phia; and  after  their  marriages  General 
and  Mrs.  Washington  often  visited  thein 
in  the  City  of  Washington.  It  would  not 
be  possible  to  imagine  closer  family  ties 
than  those  which  existed  between  Wash- 
ington and  the  children  of  the  Parke 
Custis  name. 

To  the  ties  of  aflfection  were  added 
those  of  property  amounting  to  wealth. 
This  property  came  from  the  Parke  and 
Custis  families.  John  Custis,  first  of  the 
name  in  America,  came  from  Ireland, 
by  way  of  Holland,  leaving  a  son  in  Ire- 
land, another  in  London,  a  third  in  Rot- 
terdam, and  bringing  three  boys  with  him, 
when  he  settled,  about  1640,  on  the  East- 
ern Shore  of  Virginia.  His  son  John 
took  an  active  part  in  suppressing  Bacon's 
Rebellion  in  1676;  he  married  a  daughter 
of  Edmund  Scarborough,  thereby  form- 
ing an  alliance  with  a  prominent  family ; 
he  obtained  from  the  Royal  Governor, 
Lord  Howard  of  Effingham,  the  lucrative 
post  of  collector  of  customs  for  the  East- 
ern Shore,  and  died  in  the  odor  of  sanc- 
tity, having  given  "to  the  lower  church  of 
Hungar's  Parish  a  silver  communion 
service.  For  sixty-four  years  a  John 
Custis  was  a  member  of,  first,  the  House 
of  Burgesses  and  afterwards  of  the 
King's  Council  of  Virginia.     The  family 

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estate,  Arlington,  passed  from  the  second 
John  to  his  grandson,  the  fourth  John 
Custis,  who  married  Frances,  the  elder 
daughter  of  Daniel  Parke.  Her  sister 
Lucy  married  William  Byrd  of  Westover 
on  the  James  River. 

Daniel  Parke,  the  immigrant,  came 
from  Sussex,  England ;  his  name  stands 
first  on  the  first  vestry  of  Bruton  Church ; 
he  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses in  1692,  and  of  the  Council  in 
1696;  and  further  he  acquired  the  distinc- 
tion of  a  tablet  in  the  first  church  in 
Williamsburg.  His  son,  the  second  Dan- 
iel Parke,  may  be  considered  the  real 
founder  of  the  family,  by  reason  of  his 
varied  exploits  and  the  manner  of  his  life 
and  particularly  of  his  death. 

The  College  of  William  and  Mary  had 
for  its  first  president  an  able,  argumenta- 
tive and  persistent  Scotchman  in  the  per- 
son of  Rev.  James  Blair,  who  encountered 
the  opposition  of  the  Governor,  Sir 
Edmund  Andres.-  The  latter,  being  no 
match  for  Mr.  Commissary  Blair  in  argu- 
ment, opposed  him  by  all  the  means  his 
office  and  power  could  afford.  There  was 
"  a  handsome  young  man  named  Daniel 
Parke,  who  to  all  the  other  accomplish- 
ments that  make  a  complete  sparkish 
Gentleman  added  quick  resentment  of 
aii-'ronts  or  injuries.  Having  learned  the 
art  of  fencing,  he  was  as  ready  at  giving 
a  challenge  as  the  greatest  Hector  in  the 
Town.  This  Mr.  Parke,  being  a  proper 
tool  for  his  designs,  Sir  Edmund  Andros 
gained  to  his  interest,  advanced  him  into 
the  Council,  made  him  a  Colonel  and 
received  him  into  particular  favor.  There 
was  no  way  this  gentleman  had  to  merit 

"  Andros  was  Governor  of  New  York  from 
1674  to  1681 ;  Governor  of  all  of  New  England 
from  1686  until  he  was  expelled  by  the  Boston- 
ians  in  1689 ;  Governor  of  Virginia  from  1692 
until  his  removal  in  1698.  His  character  is 
sufficiently  indicated  by  the  occurrences  above 
adverted  to. 


a  place  of  profit  from  Sir  Edmund  (which 
he  then  greatly  wanted)  so  ready  as  to 
exercise  his  talent  upon  the  Governor  of 
Maryland  to  whom  Sir  Edmund  owed  a 
particular  grudge  and  enmity." 

In  September,  1695,  Colonel  Parke, 
"  having  a  sword  about  him  much  longer 
than  what  he  commonly  travelled  withal 
(and  which  he  afterwards  bragged  he 
had  caused  to  be  ground  sharp  at  the 
point  that  morning)  came  from  Sir 
Edmund's  house  to  Mr.  Blair's  the  middle 
Plantation,  where  the  Governor  of  Mary- 
land then  was."  Finding  the  company  at 
breakfast,  he  waited  until  after  Grace, 
and  then  said : 

"  Captain  Nicholson,  did  you  receive  a  letter 
I  sent  you  from  New  York?" 

"  Yes,  I  received  it,"  answered  the  Governor. 

"  And  was  it  done  like  a  gentleman  to  send 

that  letter  by  the  hand  of  a  common  post  to  be 

read  by  everybody  in  Virginia — I  look  upon  it 

as  an  affront  and  demand  satisfaction." 

"  You  must  go  to  Pennsylvania  then,"  said 
the  Governor  of  Maryland  "  my  hands  are  tied 
up  in  Virginia.  But  if  you  go  thither  you  shall 
have  the  satisfaction  you  desire." 

"  Come  out  here,"  said  Parke,  and  so  putting 
his  hand  upon  his  sword,  went  towards  the  door. 

"  What,  is  this  your  way,  Mr.  Parke,  of  giving 
challenges  before  so  much  company?  If  you 
have  anything  to  say  you  know  where  to  find 
me.  I  am  often  in  these  parts  and  you  shall 
never  find  that  I  fly  the  road  for  you." 

After   some  more   talk,   Colonel   Parke  said: 

"  You  have  affronted  me  and  I  have  affronted 
you :  now  it  lies  upon  you  to  demand 
satisfaction." 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day, 
"  the  Governor  of  Maryland  being  to 
wait  on  Sir  Edmund  Andros  at  his  house 
(as  he  never  failed  to  do  when  he  came 
to  Virginia  about  the  business  of  the  Col- 
lege) Sir  Edmund  took  occasion  to  quar- 
rel with  him,  alleging  that  he  reflected 
upon  him  in  Maryland,  and  the  Sheriff 
of  James  County  being  present,  he 
ordered  the  Governor  of  Maryland  inte 
cu-stodv.      The    Governor    told    Sir    Ed- 


I'liolo  by  Handy,   W^siiuiyiun 

COLONEL  DftNIEL  PARKE.    AIDE  TO  THE  DUKE  OF  MARLBOROUGH;    hROM   A    PAINTING    nv  SIR  GODFREY 
KNELLER.    IN    POSSESSION    OF  BOILING    LEE.    ESQ..    OF  NEW  YORK   CITY 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


mund  that  he  knew  that  the  design  of  the 
Governor  of  Virginia  and  Colonel  Parke 
was  to  scare  him  from  coming  into  Vir- 
ginia to  wait  upon  the  business  of  the 
College,  but  that  he  would  still  come  and 
perform  his  duty  on  that  trust."  Then 
Sir  Edmund,  fearing  the  effects  of  detain- 
ing a  King's  governor,  ordered  Governor 
Nicholson  set  at  liberty. 

After  this  Colonel  Parke,  "  being  ex- 
tremely caressed  by  Governor  Andros," 
was  made  Collector  of  the  lower  district 
of  the  James  River,  although  the  place 
had  been  promised  to  Col.  Philip  Light- 
foot.  Subsequently  there  was  another 
altercation  between  the.  by  now  over- 
arrogant.  Colonel  and  the  Governor,  at 
which  the  lie  was  passed. 

"  A  lie !  "  exclaimed  Colonel  Parke, 
running  to  the  Governor,  who  was  sitting 
bareheaded,  and  gave  him  a  slash  over 
the  head  with  his  horsewhip.  The  Gov- 
ernor, having  no  weapon,  flew  at  the 
Colonel  with  naked  fists.  The  company 
parted  the  contestants.  "  Governor 
Nicholson  challenged  Colonel  Parke  to 
meet  him  in  Carolina,  a  day's  journey 
from  Jamestown;  but  for  all  his  hector- 
ing Colonel  Parke  would  give  the  Gover- 
nor  no    satisfaction."  ^ 

Colonel  Parke  was  not  one  to  brook 
interference  with  his  mode  of  free  living. 

'  Papers  relating  to  the  Church  in  Virginia, 
1650-1776;  edited  by  W.  S.  Perry;  1870. 
Doctor  Blair's  memorial,  Fulham  manuscripts. 
These  statements,  including  the  conversations, 
are  taken  from  Doctor  Blair's  letters  to  the 
Bishop  of  London.  There  was  a  Conference  at 
Lambeth,  December,  27,  1687,  participated  in 
by  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  Lord 
Bishop  of  London,  on  which  occasion  Doctor 
Blair  easily  routed  his  opponents.  William 
Byrd  (then  a  young  man),  Mr.  John  Povey, 
Mr.  Marshall  and  Mr.  Hamson.  The  Parke 
matters  came  up  at  the  conference.  Mrs.  Blair 
herself  was  something  of  a  character.  On  her 
wedding-day  she  changed  her  mind  and 
her  bridegroom. 


He  even  denied  himself  the  privilege  of 
attending  church  because  of  a  sermon 
preached  by  Samuel  Eburne,  which  dis- 
course he  construed  as  a  reproof  to  him- 
self for  entertaining  "  one  Mistress  Berry, 
whom  he  had  conveyed  away  from  her 
husband  in  London  in  the  year  1692  and 
carried  to  Virginia  along  with  him,  calling 
her  by  the  name  of  his  cousin  Brown." 
Colonel  Parke,  having  conceived  a  great 
dislike  for  Mr.  Commissary  Blair,  vented 
his  spleen  on  Mrs.  Blair,  whom  he  found 
one  Sunday  seated  in  the  pew  of  his 
father-in-law,  Philip  Ludwell.  He  rudely 
seized  her  by  the  arm  and  drew  her  out 
into  the  aisle,  a  breach  of  ecclesiastical 
decorum  which  reverberated  through  the 
courts  of  Lambeth  Palace. 

If  we  may  believe  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ander- 
son's Colonial  History,  quoted  with  ap- 
proval by  Bishop  Meade, ''  the  various 
offenses  of  Parke's  early  life  compelled 
him  to  flee  from  Virginia  to  England, 
where  he  bought  an  estate  in  Hampshire 
and  entered  Parliament,  only  to  be  ex- 
pelled for  bribery.  After  serving  in 
Flanders  with  Lord  Arron,  he  went  as  a 
volunteer  under  the  Duke  of  Marlborough 
and  became  one  of  his  aides-de-camp.^ 

In  August,  1704,  at  the  battle  of  Blen- 
heim, Marlborough  broke  the  long  spell 
of  French  victories,  thereby  shattering 
the  pride  of  France  and  humbling  Louis 
XIV.  "  The  War  of  Succession  "  arose 
when  Charles  II  of  Spain,  dying  without 
children  in  November,  1700,  left  all  his 
dominions  to  a  grandson  of  Louis  XIV, 

*  Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia,  vol. 
i,  p.  181.  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler  says  that  Parke 
had  the  temerity  to  challenge  Governor  Francis 
Nicholson  of  Maryland,  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Visitors  and  Governors  of  William  and 
Mary.  Daniel  Parke's  name  is  not  found  in  the 
Parliament    lists. 

'  Parke  to  his  daughter  Francis,  Custis 
Memoir,    p.   23. 


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who  for  political  reasons  thought  best  to 
accept  the  bequest,  although  he  had 
already  entered  into  negotiations  with  the 
other  powers  to  effect  a  distribution  of 
the  States  composing  the  Spanish  mon- 
archy. The  death  of  William,  King  of 
England,  in  March,  1702,  did  not  give 
pause  to  the  alliance  of  that  nation  with 


Colonel  Parke  was  a  member  of  the 
military  family  of  a  man  renowned  as 
a  judge  of  character  and  worshipped  by 
his  officers  is  high  testimony  to  the  worth 
and  valor  of  the  Virginia  soldier. 

The  battle  of  Blenheim  won,  Marl- 
borough despatched  two  messengers. 
One  was  a  French  prisoner  pledged   to 


Photo  by    Ilaiuly.   Washington.    U-   C. 

CANDLKSTICKS  ONCK  BELONGlNf;  TO  COI.ONKL  DAMEI.  PAR 

OF  WASHING! 

Germany  and  Holland,  and  war  was  de- 
clared against  France,  May  4,  1702,  with 
the  Duke  of  Marlborough  as  captain-gen- 
eral of  the  British  armies,  both  at  home 
and  abroad.  Prince  Eugene  of  Savoy 
was  in  command  of  the  Imperial  forces. 
Both  as  a  statesman  and  as  general 
iMarlborough  was  a  character  of  the  first 
order,  and  today,  after  two  centuries  of 
hot  dispute,  his  abilities,  devotion  and 
integrity     emerge     resplendent.        That 


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make  all  haste  to  Versailles,  where  he 
arrived  six  days  later  to  break  the  ter- 
riljle  suspense  that  formed  the  sombre 
background  of  the  rejoicings  over  the 
birth  of  a  great-grandson  of  the  Grand 
Monarch.  The  news  was  broken  to  the 
King  by  Madame  de  Maintenon,  who 
alone  of  all  the  court  had  the  courage  to 
do  it.  On  the  same  21st  of  August,  the 
second  messenger.  Colonel  Parke,  who 
had  galloped  from  the  Danulje,  arrived  at 


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Windsor  without  having  uttered  a  word 
to  give  inkhng  of  the  momentous  news  he 
bore.  London  had  passed  an  anxious 
summer,  during  which  Marlborough  was 
blamed  for  plunging  recklessly  into  the 
heart  of  Germany,  thereby  taking  the 
aggressive  against  a  larger  and  better 
disciplined  force.  England's  nerves  were 
on  edge.  The  French  were  confident 
and  boastful. 

Colonel  Parke,  when  he  rode  up  Castle 
Hill  at  Windsor,  found  the  Duchess  of 
Marlborough  (to  whom  his  letter  was  ad- 
dressed) in  attendance  on  Queen  Anne. 
No  one  detained  the  bearer  of  tidings 
from  Marlborough.  "  He  was  led  straight 
into  the  little  turreted  chamber,  high  on 
the  outer  wall,  which  now  forms  part  of 
the  Royal  Library,  in  which,  in  memory 
of  that  day.  his  portrait  still  hangs.  It  is 
still  called  Queen  Anne's  closet."  The 
two  women,  Mrs.  Morley  and  Mrs.  Free- 
man, as  they  then  familiarly  called  one 
another,  were  seated  at  a  tea-urn  near  the 
window  that  commands  a  view  of  Eton. 
Colonel  Parke  was  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished looking  officers  in  the  British 
Army — nearly  as  handsome  as  the  great 
soldier  who  had  sent  him.  Bowing  low 
to  the  Queen  he  handed  the  note  to  the 
Duchess.  His  wife,  whom  Marlborough 
worshipped  throughout  his  life,  was  to 
be  the  first  in  all  England  to  know  of  his 
victory.  Imagine  the  feelings  of  the  three 
persons  in  that  little  room  of  but  ten  feet 
square.  To  the  Queen  the  message  meant 
glory  and  honor  beyond  compare — a  vic- 
tory still  ranked  among  the  great  vic- 
tories of  the  world.  To  the  Duchess  it 
meant  immortality  for  the  man  who  was 
her  slave  in  love,  and  her  admiration  and 
consolation  amid  the  troubles  she  brought 
on  herself  by  a  patriotism  unfortunately 
blighted  by  her  own  arrogance  and  head- 
strong temper. 


Colcnel  Parke,  when  assured  by  Queen 
Anne  of  the  reward  of  500  guineas  due 
to  the  bearer  of  news  of  victory,  craved 
instead  her  own  portrait.  The  next  day 
he  received  the  miniature  set  in  dia- 
monds and  with  it  1000  guineas.  The 
little  note,  hastily  written  on  a  leaf  torn 
from  an  account  book,  is  still  preserved 
at  Blenheim  Castle." 

The  miniature,  or,  at  least  the  diamonds 
surrounding  it,  remained  with  the  English 
Parkes ;  but  one  copy  in  water-colors  on 
cardboard  came  to  this  country  and  is 
now  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Mustard, 
of  Baltimore,  a  descendant  of  Eliza 
Parke  Custis  (Mrs.  Thomas  Law);  the 
silver  plate  also  bestowed  on  him  likewise 
found  its  way  to  America  and  was  once 
in  the  ownership  of  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Lee, 
a  daughter  of  George  Washington  Parke 
Custis.  Now  it  is  scattered  among  mem- 
bers of  the  Lee  family.  Colonel  Parke's 
portrait  with  the  miniature  about  his 
neck,  painted  by  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  is 
still  in  the  family. 

In  further  proof  of  Queen  Anne's  ap- 
preciation "  Colonel  Parke,  by  Letters 
Patent,  bearing  Date  the  25th  Day  of 
April,  1806,  was  appointed  Captain- 
General  and  Governor  in  Chief  of  Nevis, 
St.  Christopher,  Antegoa,  Mountserrat 
and  other  Leeward  Caribbean  Islands  in 
America ;  and  in  June  following  arrived 
at  Antegoa."  ' 

While  Colonel  Parke  was  still  at  the 
court  of  Queen  Anne,  John  Custis, 
through  his  father,  asked  for  the  hand 
of  the  Colonel's  elder  daughter  and 
received  this  favorable  if  brutal  reply: 

"  Marlborough  Despatches,  vol.  i,  p.  390.  John 
and  Sarah  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Marlborough, 
1660-1744.  Based  on  unpublished  letters  and 
documents  at  Blenheim  Palace.  By  Stuart  J. 
Reid.  London,  1914,  p.  208  ct  scq.    Custis,  p.  23. 

■  The  History  of  Col.  Parke's  Administration, 
etc.,  London,  1717. 


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405 


Sir: 
yours 
your 


London, 
August 

25.   1705. 
I    received 
relating     to 
son's     desire 
;    of     marrying     my 
I    daughter,  and  your 
I   consent  if  I  thought 
i    well    of     it.      You 
'    may   easily   inform 
I    yourself     that     my 
daughter,    Frances, 
will    be    heiress    to 
all     the     land     my 
father    left,    which 
is  not  a  little,  nor 
the  worst.    My  per- 
sonal estate  is  not 
very  small   in  that 
country,  and  I  have 
!    but  two  daughters. 
I   and  there  is  no  like- 
.    lihood  of  my  having 
I   more,     as     matters 
i   are.  I  being  obliged 
I  to  be  on  one  side  of 
!  the  ocean,  and  my 
I  wife  on  the  other. 
I  I  do  not  know  your 
I  young      gentleman, 
nor  have  you  or  he 
thought  fit  to  send 
me   an    account    of 
his    real    and    per- 
I  sonal  elTects ;  how- 
!  ever,  if  my  daugh- 
i  ter  likes  him.  I  will 
I  give  her   upon   her 
'  marriage  with  him. 
■  half  as  much  as  he 
I  can     make     appear 
I  he  is  worth. 
'      I    have    no    one 
'  else  to  give  my  es- 
tate    to     but     my 
daughters.     This  is 
what    I    think    con- 
!  venient  to  write  at 
t  present. 

:      My  service  to  you 
and   all    friends    in 
!  Virginia. 

From  your  hum- 
ble servant, 

D,\NiEL  Pahke. 

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TiniNGS   OF  THE  VICTORY  AT   BLENHEIM,    CARRIED     BV     COLONEL 

PARKE    TO    THE    DUCHESS    OF    MARLBOROUGH   AND   QUEEN   ANNE. 

THE  ORIGINAL   IS  IN   BLENHEIM  PALACE, 


Frances  Parke, 
or  whether  his 
ardent  protesta- 
tions of  affection 
were  ( hke  the 
plans  of  the  Co- 
lonial houses  of 
the  day )  taken 
from  some  Eng- 
lish books,"  may 
well  be  doubted. 
She  is  reputed 
to  have  had  a 
violent  temper 
and  a  sharp 
tongue.  Even  so, 
the  poor  woman 
lived  but  a  few 
years  before 
small-pox  car- 
ried her  off.  She 
left  a  son,  Daniel 
Parke  Custis  ; 
and  when  her 
husband  came  to 
die  he  left  all 
his  considerable 
property  to  this 
son,  with  the 
proviso  that, 
under  pain  of 
disinheritance, 
there  be  set  up 
over    the    grave 

'  Custis  Reminis- 
cences, p.  16.  He 
prays  that  angels 
may  guard  his 
dearest  "  Fidelia." 
and  deliver  her  safe 
to  his  arms,  which 
"  won't  refuse  their 
protection  to  a 
creature  so  pure 
and  charming  that 
it  would  be  easy 
for  angels  to  mis- 
take her  for  one 
of  themselves." 


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an  English  marble  stone  bearing  this 
inscription,  at  once  so  unchivalrous  and 
so  vindictive  as  to  give  it  place  among  the 
annals  of  Virginia  as  a  crime  against  good 
manners   and  good   taste  : " 

BENEATH   THIS    MARBLE   TOMB   LIES 

YE  BODY 

OF  THE  HON.  JOHN  CUSTIS,  ESQ., 

OF  THE  CITY  OF  WILLIAMSBURG, 

AND  PARISH  OF  BRUTON. 

FORMERLY  OF  HUNGAR'S  PARISH,  ON 

THE   EASTERN    SHORE 

OF  VIRGINIA,  AND  COUNTY  OF 

NORTHAMPTON, 

THE  PLACE  OF  HIS  NATIVITY, 

AGED  71  YEARS,  AND  YET  LIVED  BUT 

SEVEN   YEARS, 

WHICH  WAS  THE  SPACE  OF  TIME 

HE  KEPT 

A  BACHELOR'S  HOME  AT  ARLINGTON 

ON  THE  EASTERN  SHORE  OF 

VIRGINIA, 

The  gay  Colonel  Parke,  refusing  all 
the  importunities  of  his  wife,  to  come 
home  to  look  after  the  welfare  of  his 
attractive  daughters,  sailed  for  the  Lee- 
ward Islands,  where  he  ruled  with  a 
strong  arm  for  four  years,  during  which 
period  his  wave-washed  domain  increased 
in  population  and  in  trade.  He  had  a 
devoted  band  of  followers  to  whom  his 
arbitrary  assertion  of  prerogative  (both 
her  Majesty's  and  her  governor's)  seemed 
the  duty  owed  to  government.  But  the 
people,  an  independent  and  lawless  set, 
would  brook  no  such  assertion  of  author- 
ity. The  members  of  the  Assembly  stood 
on  their  rights  and  gave  encouragement 
to  a  mob  that  trapped  the  Governor  in 
his  house,  and,  at  the  cost  of  the  lives 
of  their  leaders,  killed  his  guards, 
wounded  Colonel  Parke,  seized  him  by 
the  leg  and  pulled  him  down  his  own  stone 
steps,  stripped  him  naked,  broke  his  back, 
left  him  in  the  broiling  sun,  drove  off 
those   who   would   give   him   water,   and 

"He  was  bora  in  1678;  was  married  in  1706; 
and  died  in  1749. 


abandoned  him  to  die,  as  die  he  did  a 
few  hours  afterwards  in  a  friendly  home. 
It  was  a  sorry  ending  of  a  headstrong 
career  shot  through  with  ambition  and 
personal  bravery. 

When,  at  the  instance  of  his  sister  in 
lingland  (Mrs.  Parke  Pepper)  his  mur- 
derers were  brought  to  trial,  Queen  Anne 
was  dead,  the  Marlborough  party  was  no 
longer  in  power,  the  Leeward  Islands 
were  a  long  way  off,  and  so  no  punish- 
ment was  meted  out  to  the  slayers ;  nor 
was  any  recompense  made  for  the  £5000 
worth  of  personal  property  looted  by  the 
mob.  When  his  estate  came  to  be  settled 
it  was  found  that  the  entail  on  the  lands 
given  to  Mrs.  Custis  must  be  broken  by 
the  Assembly  in  order  to  pay  a  portion 
of  his  Virginia  debts.  Her  sister,  Mrs. 
Byrd,  received  by  will  but  a  petty  £1000, 
all  of  which  sum,  together  with  much  of 
her  husband's  property,  went  to  settle 
Colonel  Parke's  English  debts;  for 
Colonel  Byrd  seems  to  have  acted,  in  this 
case  as  in  other  cases,  the  part  of  a  chival- 
rous gentleman,  ready  to  maintain  his 
honor  at  any  personal  sacrifice.'"  He 
bought  from  his  brother-in-law,  Custis, 
Virginia  and  English  lands  and  property 
sufficient,  as  was  thought,  to  pay  Colonel 
Parke's  debts;  but  was  forced  to  pay 
£1000  more  than  the  schedule  showed. 

The  humiliating  thing  to  the  Virginia 
relatives  was  the  fact  that  Colonel  Parke 
left  by  far  the  largest  portion  of  his 
property  (that  in  the  Leeward  Islands), 
to  Lucy  Chester,  ostensibly  the  daughter 
of  Edward  Chester,  but,  as  was  generally 
believed,  his  own  child  by  Catherine 
Chester,  whose  husband  had  turned 
her  out  of  his  house  on  the 
Colonel's   account." 

"  Writings  of  Col.  Wm.  Byrd ;  edited  by 
J.  S.  Bassett,  p.  398. 

"An  Anszi'cr  to  a  Scurrilous  Libel.  By  Mr. 
George   French;    London,   1719,   p.   214. 


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It  is  to  be  noted  here  that  Frances 
Parke's  sister's  son,  a  grandson  of 
Colonel  Parke  and  a  son  of  the  second 
William  Byrd,  married  Elizabeth  Carter 
of  Shirley.  He  was  under  twenty  and 
she  was  not   seventeen.      How  unhappy 


the  marriage  turned  out  may  be  surmised 
from  the  fact  that  that  within  six  months 
from  her  death  he  married  Mary  Will- 
ing, of  Philadelphia.  The  second  mar- 
riage was  more  fortunate,  and  Byrd  be- 
came  a    King's   Councillor,   and   was    in 


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command  of  the  second  Virginia  regiment 
at  Braddock's  defeat,  Washington  being 
his  senior  officer.  During  the  Revolution 
his  sympathies  were  with  the  British ;  his 
passion  for  gaming  played  havoc  with 
the  Byrd  estate,  and  on  New  Year's  day, 
1777,  he  died  by  his  own  hand,  leaving 
a  widow  and  eight  children. 

The  irrascible  John  Custis  of  tomb- 
stone notoriety  desired  an  alliance  for  his 
son  with  the  beautiful  Evelyn  Byrd. 
Colonel  Byrd  definitely  refused  the  over- 
tures, perhaps  because  he  did  not  favor 
the  marriage  of  cousins,  perhaps  because 
he  feared  the  double  inheritance,  or  per- 
haps because  his  daughter  had  then  de- 
termined that  since  a  difference  in  religion 
kept  her  from  marrying  the  Earl  of 
Peterborough,  whom  she  loved,  she 
would  not  marry  another.  At  all  events 
she  remained  single  to  the  end  of  the 
thirty  years  of  her  alloted  span,  thereby 
furnishing  one  of  the  most  romantic  stor- 
ies of  Colonial  days.'- 

Disappointed  in  his  first  hopes,  Daniel 
Parke  Custis,  at  the  age  of  thirty-nine 
years,  sought  the  hand  of  Martha  Dan- 
dridge,  an  alliance  at  first  displeasing  to 
the  paternal  Custis.     Such,  however,  was 

"  The  name,  following  the  English  fashion,  is 
always  pronounced  in  Virginia  E-velyn.  She 
was  born  July  16,  1707,  and  died  November 
13,    1737. 


the  beauty  of  her  person  and  the  tactful- 
ness  of  her  speech  that  the  parent  unbent 
and  before  he  could  change  his  mind  the 
marriage  took  place  in  June,  1749.  It  is 
euphemistically  said  that  this  girl  of  six- 
teen was  the  belle  of  the  Williamsburg 
balls ;  be  that  as  it  may,  it  is  evident  that 
she  took  her  position  easily  and  naturally 
as  the  wife  of  Daniel  Custis,  a  man  of 
large  property  and  of  high  social  stand- 
ing. Children  came :  two  who  died  in 
infancy,  then  a  boy  and  girl,  who  in-  . 
herited  from  their  father  delicate  con- 
stitutions. After  eight  years  of  married 
life  her  husband  slept  with  the  Custises, 
and  at  twenty-five  she  was  left  a  widow 
with  great  possessions,  with  a  charm  that 
had  in  it  more  of  the  matron  than  of  the 
girl,  and  of  capacity  and  strong  will. 
Within  two  years  she  married  Colonel 
Washington.  In  all  her  relations  witht 
Washington  there  was  manifested  a. 
shade  of  motherliness ;  while  on  his  part 
to  the  very  last  day  of  his  life  he  was- 
solicitous  for  her  happiness  and  com- 
fort both  in  mind  and  in  body.  It  was- 
the  union  of  two  fine,  strong  natures  that 
took  the  responsibilities  of  life  seriously 
and  as  a  matter  of  course.  Genuinely 
fond  of  one  another,  neither  of  them  ever- 
shirked  a  duty,  no  matter  how  dangerous^ 
or  what  the  personal  sacrifice. 


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MARINE  OFFICERS  OF  THE 
AMERICAN   REVOLUTION 

By  Major  Edwin  N.  McClellan 
U.  S.  Marine  Corps 


lONTINUED  research  has  dis- 
closed information  and  many 
new  names  of  Marine  Officers 
who  served  in  the  Revolution 
additional  to  that  published  in 
the  June,  1921,  number  of  this 
Magazine.  New  names  of  officers  were 
discovered  in  Allen's  "  Naval  History  of 
the  American  Revolution,"  Vol.  II ;  in  the 
list  prepared  by  Edwin  W.  Callahan,  Reg- 
istrar of  the  Bureau  of  Navigation,  Navy 
Department,  published  in  1901 ;  in 
Emmons'  "  Navy  of  the  United  States ;" 
in  "Spirit  of  Patriotism"  (Sons  of  the 
Revolution,  California),  by  Monnette  and 
French;  in  Isaac  Bailey's  "American 
Naval  Biography  ;"  in  "  General  Register 
of  the  United  States  Navy;"  in  "  Massa- 
chusetts Soldiers  and  Sailors  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary War;"  in  the  "Massachusetts 
Magazine;"  in  the  "General  Register  of 
the  U.  S.  Navy  and  Marine  Corps  for 
One  Hundred  Years,"  by  T.  H.  S. 
Hamersly  ;  the  Pension  Records  and  many 
other  sources.  The  names  of  thirty  Marine 
Officers  serving  in  the  \'irginia  State 
Navy  were  located  in  the  "  Mrginia 
Magazine  of  History  and  Biography," 
\"f)lume  I.  pages  70-71. 

John  Adams:  Acted  as  a  volunteer 
Marine  officer  on  board  the  Boston  in  the 
action  with  the  Martha  on  March  11, 
1778  (Life  of  Samuel  Tucker,  pp.  81,  285  ; 
Principles  and  Acts  of  the  Revolution, 
p.  487). 


Captain  John  Allison  :  A  Alarine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  John  Arell :  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  \^'illiam  Barney:  His 
grandfather,  \\'iniam  Barney,  arrived  in 
America,  from  England,  about  1695  aged 
14;  his  father  was  William  Barney  and 
his  mother,  Frances  Holland  Watts ;  he 
was  one  of  fourteen  children  and  brother 
of  Commodore  Joshua  Barney  ("  Com- 
modore Joshua  Barney,"  by  Airs.  Mary 
Barney,  pp.  1-3)  ;  serving  on  board  the 
frigate  J  'irginia  when  that  vessel  was  cap- 
tured April  1,  1778,  but  was  immediately 
exchanged  (Scharf's  "  Hist,  of  Md.," 
\'ol.  2,  p.  203 ;  "  Commodore  Joshua 
Barney,"  by  Mrs.  Mary  Barney,  p.  67). 

First  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  Bass :  An 
Army  officer  acting  as  a  Marine  officer  on 
the  Connecticut  State  Galley  Trumbull  in 
the  Battle  of  Lake  Champlain,  1776 
(Conn.  Men  in  Rev.,  p.  594). 

Captain  Seth  Baxter :  Prisoner  at 
Halifax  in  October,  1777,  and  was 
exchanged  October  9,  1777,  for  Captain 
John  Aire  (Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  I, 
p.  825). 

Lieutenant  Mctor  Bicker,  fr. :  Ap- 
pointed Lieutenant  of  Marines  on  Con- 
gress. Dec.  4,  1776,  and  directed  to  enlist 
30  Marines  to  guard  Congress,  Montgom- 
ery, stores,  etc.  (N.  Y.  Prov.  Cong. 
Journal,  \"ol.  I,  p.  734). 

Lieutenant  Gurdon  Bill :    Born  in  Nor- 


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wich,  Conn.,  August  26,  1757  (Rec.  and 
Pap.  of  New  London  County  Hist.  Soc, 
Part  IV,  Vol.  I,  p.  747)  ;  served  on  the 
frigate  Confederacy  in  1779  (Conn.  Men 
in  Rev.,  p.  601)  ;  admitted  to  the  Order  of 
the  Cincinnati,  July  7,  1790  (Conn.  Men 
in  Rev.,  pp.  375-376). 

Lieutenant  Charles  Boush:  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Jesse  Breed :  A  midshipman,  acting  as 
Marine  officer  on  the 
Trumbull  when  that 
vessel  engaged  the 
IVatt,  June  2,  1780, 
was  wounded  in  en- 
gagement ;  Jesse  Breed 
was  a  "  Recente  "  at 
Yale  in  July,  1778 
(Yale  Catalog — "  The 
Literary  Diary  of  Ezra 
Stiles,  Vol.  2,  pp.  284, 
286,291,  384). 

Captain  Thomas 
Bronfield ;  On  board 
Maryland  ship  Defence 
April  25  to  October  15. 
1777  (Md.  Archives, 
p.  654). 

Captain  Garret 
Brown :  Serving  on  Maryland  ship  De- 
fence Sept.  19,  1776  (Md.  Archives,  pp. 
606,  654). 

Captain  \Mlliam  Brown :  Commanded 
Marines  of  flagship  Montgomcrx,  Penn- 
sylvania Navy,  until  August  1,  1777,  on 
which  date  he  assumed  command  of  the 
Putnam  Battery  (Pa.  Archives,  Series  2, 
Vol.  L  pp.  324,  328). 

Lieutenant  Windsor  Brown  :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  William  Bubier  (Boubier)  : 
Of  Marblehead,  Mass. ;  Lieutenant  of 
Marines  on  Hancock  when  captured ;  a 
prisoner    at    Halifax,    November,    1777 


(Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  II,  p.  742;  Mass. 
Mag.,Vol.  I,  p.  97). 

Lieutenant  James  Burkhead  (or 
Bank-head)  :  A  Marine  officer  of  the  State 
of  Virginia. 

Captain  Samuel  Carr  :  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Paul  de  Chamillard : 
An  officer  of  the  French  service.  See 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Anthony  Felix 
A\'uibert. 

Second  Lieutenant 
Seth  Chapin :  Son  of 
Ebenezer  and  Abigail 
(Perry)  Chapin;  born 
in  Mendon,  Mass., 
March  31,  1746;  ap- 
pointed Second  Lieu- 
tenant of  Marines  on 
hoard  the  Providence 
on  June  24,  1776;  on 
September  14.  1776,  or- 
dered to  Plymouth, 
Mass.,  to  enlist  men  for 
the  Navy;  later  in  this 
year  he  joined  the 
Army  (Esek  Hopkins, 
by  Fields,  p,  208). 
Lieutenant  John  Chil- 
ton :  Killed  in  action  while  serving  on 
board  the  sloop  Providence  in  the  engage- 
ment with  the  Diligence  in  1779  (Pa. 
Gazette,  June  2,  1779;  Hist,  of  R.  I., 
Arnold,  Vol.  II,  p.  440). 

Captain  John  Catesby  Cock  :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  James  Cokely :  Serving  on 
board  the  Effingham  in  March,  1778  (Out- 
Letters  of  the  Marine  Committee,  Vol.  I, 
p.  216,  to  Barry,  March  11,  1778). 

Lieutenant  Nathaniel  Cooke:  Born  in 
Cumberland,  R.  I.  Entered  Alfred  in 
October,  1776  and  served  on  her  under 
John    Paul    Jones    until    October,    1777. 


MARINE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 


Died  September  27,  1846,  in  the  town  of 
his  birth.  Frank  A.  WiUiamson  is  his 
great,  great-grandson  (Field's  Esek 
Hopkins,  pp.   109-110). 

Second  Lieutenant  William  Cooper : 
Joined  frigate  Boston,  March  28,  1779 
(Mass  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  983). 

Captain  Perez  dishing:  An  officer  of 
Paul  Revere's  Regiment  acting  as 
Marine  officer  on 
JIassachusetts  ship 
Hazard  from 
spring  of  1779  to 
date  vessel  was  de- 
stroyed in  Penob- 
scot Expedition 
(Mass.  Mag.,  Vol. 
I,  p.  199). 

Captain 

Davis:  Of  t  li  e 
Army  acted  as  Ma- 
rine officer  in  Pe- 
nobscot Expedition 
(M.  C.  Gazette, 
December,  1918,  p. 
287). 

Lieutenant  John 
R.  Davis.  A  Ma- 
rine officer  of  the 
State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Samuel 
Dick :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  \\'illiam  Downe :  Commis- 
sioned Lieutenant  of  Marines  February 
23,  1779,  on  Massachusetts  ship  Tyranni- 
cide, and  served  to  September  6,  1779,; 
Captain  of  Marines  on  Massachusetts  ship 
Protector,  October  14,  1779,  to  November 
27,  1780;  died  November  27,  1780  (Mass. 
S.  and  S.,  Vol.  IV,  p.  922;  Mass.  Mag., 
Vol.  Ill,  pp.  182-183). 

Captain  John  Elliott:  Lieutenant  of 
Marines  on  Reprisal  prior  to  serving  on 
Deanc  (John  Paul  Tones  papers,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1778). 


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Lieutenant  Gilbert  Emley :  On  Massa- 
chusetts ship  Mars  October  31,  1780  to 
March  12,  1781  (Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  V, 
p.  366). 

Lieutenant  John  Fiske :  Of  North- 
borough,  Mass.  (Field's  Esek  Hopkins, 
p.  109)  ;  served  on  the  Alfred  in  the 
capture  of  New  Providence,  Bahama 
Islands,  and  in  the  engagements  with  the 
Hawke,  Bolton, 
and  Glasgoiv,  in 
1776;  on  board  Al- 
fred when  Alellish 
and  Active  were 
captured  (Mass.  S. 
and  S.,  Vol.  V,  p. 
732). 

Captain  Thomas 
Forest:  Pennsylva- 
nia Archives,  Se- 
ries 2,  Vol.  I,  p. 
248,  carries  him  as 
a  Marine  officer  of 
the  Pennsylvania 
Navy,  appointed 
March  13,  1776, 
and  commanding 
the  xA.rnold  Battery 
from  May  1,  1776, 
to  at  least  August 
1,  1777;  this  offi- 
cer, however,  served 
in  Proctor's  Artillery  during  part  of 
this  period. 

Captain  James  Foster :  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  John  Grannis  :  Appointed  Cap- 
tain of  Marines,  June  14,  1776,  from  Fal- 
mouth, Mass.  (Field's  Esek  Hopkins,  pp. 
180.  181,  186,  188,  191,  192,  195,  196, 
202.  204,  213,  220)  :  served  on  board  the 
Warren  until  about  November  17,  1777, 
when  he  was  relieved  by  Captain  Richard 
Palmes  (Out-Letters,  Marine  Committee, 
Vol.  I,  p.  171)  ;  Cowell  in  his  "  Spirit  of 


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76  in  Rhode  Island,"  p.  157,  shows  this 
officer's  name  as  Grimes.  ( Sec  also  Mass. 
S.  and  S.,  Vol.  VI,  p.  723.) 

Lieutenant     Richard     C.     Graves :      A 
Marine  officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain    John    Grimes :      See    Captain 
John  Grannis. 

Lieutenant  George  Grumball :  Dis- 
charged March  4,1778  (List  of  Sweeney). 
Captain  Thomas  Hamil- 
ton :  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Samuel  Han- 
way:  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captainjoseph 
Hardy:  A  prisoner  of 
war  at  New  York  in 
October,  1776;  on  Oc- 
tober 27,  1778,  Marine 
Committee  directed 
Navy  Board  of  Eastern 
Department  to  order 
him  to  the  Confederacy 
(Out-Letters,  Marine 
Committee,  Vol.  II,  p. 
22). 


Lieutenant  Richard  Hogg :     A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Hogg :      Arrived    in    Nantes, 

France,  in  February,  1779,  after  escaping 
from  Fortun  Prison  in  England ;  on  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1779,  requested  John  Paul  Jones 
to  appoint  him  a  Marine  officer,  stating 
that  he  had  served  as  such  in  the  past. 
Lieutenant  William  Jennison,  Jr. :  Died 
in     Boston,     December 
24,     1843,    his    widow 
( May )     dying    in    the 
same    city,     April     11, 
1853,  aged  90  (Life  of 
Tucker,  p.  361). 

Captain  Gabriel 
Jones  :  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 
Captain  William 
Jones :  Born  in  New- 
port, R.  I.,  October  8, 
1753;  parents,  William, 
and  Elizabeth  ( Pearce) 
Jones ;  served  as  an. 
Army  officer  in  many 
battles ;  then  commis- 
sioned Captain  of  Ma- 
Lieutenant  Justus  CAPTAIN  OF  MARINES  WILLAM  JONES  SERVED  ON  rjneS  March4  1778  tO' 
J^ieULCUdUl        JUSLUS     THEFRIGATE  PROVIDENCE  FROM   MARCH  4.  1778      ""eb,   iVl  dl  Lll  -f,    1  /  /  O,   lU' 

Harrington  •  Serving  on  to  may  12.  nso  when  he  was  made  a  prisoner   serve  on  frigate  Prow- 

J.ICI1  iiiiguuii  .    ,.Ji.i  Viiif,    uji     jjp  ^^^  ^^    CHARLESTON.  S.    C     GOVERNOR    OF     ^'^^  ""^    ""     iiij,ciLV, 

board  Hazard  Novem-  rhode island, isii-isi?  deuce:  sailed  on  Provi- 


ber  15,  1777,  to  May  20,  1778  (Mass.  S. 
and  S.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  328;  Mass.  Mag., 
Vol.  I,  p.  195). 

Lieutenant  John  Harris :  Included  in 
Allen's  List. 

Lieutenant  Jabez  Hatch :  Of  Pem- 
broke, Mass. ;  Sergeant  of  Marines  on 
Massachusetts  ship  Protector  Nov.  30, 
1779,  to  Nov.  28,  1780;  Lieutenant  of 
Marines  on  Protector  Nov.  29,  1780,  to 
Feb.  25,  1782 ;  part  of  this  period  he  was 
a  prisoner  of  war;  Lieutenant  of  Marines 
on  Massachusetts  sloop  Winthrop  May  4, 
1782,  to  March  17,  1783  (Mass.  S.  and  S., 
Vol.  VII,  p.  491 ;  Mass.  Mag.,  Vol.  IV, 
p.  111). 


dence  April  30,  1778,  with  dispatches- 
concerning  Treaty  for  the  American. 
Commissioners  in  France  and  arrived 
Nantes  May  30th ;  Captain  Jones  car- 
ried the  dispatches  to  Paris  and  left 
that  city  on  June  11th  with  dispatches- 
from  the  Commissioners ;  the  Provi- 
dence returned  to  America;  when. 
Charleston,  S-  C,  fell  in  May,  1780,  the 
Providence  was  captured  and  Captain. 
Jones  becoming  a  prisoner  of  war,  was 
released  on  parole  and  continued  in  that 
status  during  the  remainder  of  the  war;: 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati from  its  beginning ;  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode: 


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Island  in  1807 ;  was  speaker  of  that  body 
from  May,  1809,  to  April,  1811,  when  he 
was  elected  Governor  of  Rhode  Island  and 
continued  in  that  office  until  1817;  died 
April  22,  1822  (Biog.  Cyc.  of  R.  I.,  pp. 
155-156;  "  Spirit  of  76  in  Rhode  Island," 
by  Cowell,  pp.  156,  157,  314;  A 
"  William  Jones  "  acted  as  a  "  Continental 
Express  Rider  "  in  September,  1778  ( (3ut- 
Letters  Marine  Committee,  Vol.  II,  p.  1 ). 

Lieutenant  James  Lambert :  Served  on 
Massachusetts  sloop  Defence,  July  1  to 
September  26,  1781  (Mass.  S.  and  S., 
Vol.  IX,  p.  442;  Mass.  Mag.,  Vol.  V, 
p.  36). 

Captain  Dennis  Leary ;  On  duty  near 
Reading,  Pa.,  in  September,  1780.  getting 
out  masts  for  the  vessels  of  the  Continental 
Navy  (Out- Letters  of  the  Board  of 
Admiralty,  Vol.  II,  pp.  264-265). 

Captain  John  Lee :  A  Marine  officer 
of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Second  Lieutenant  Barnabas  Lothrop : 
Appointed  Second  Lieutenant  of  Marines 
from  Barnstable,  Mass.,  and  served  in 
Hopkins'  fleet  in  1776  ( Esek  Hopkins,  by 
Fields,  pp.  180,  186,  188,  197,  220, 
231,234). 

Lieutenant  Nathaniel  MacClintock : 
Appointed  to  command  the  Marines  of  the 
privateer  General  SHlliz'aii.  November, 
1778  and  killed  in  action  in  1780  while 
serving  on  board  that  vessel  (Harvard 
Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  American 
Revolution,  Blake,  in  Harvard  Graduate 
Mag.,  XXVIII,  pp.  243-249). 

Captain  Gabriel  Madison :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  Eugene  MacCarthy :  In- 
cluded in  List  of  Allen;  ancestor  of 
Colonel  Louis  McCarty  Little,  U.  S.  M. 
C. ;  born  in  Ochtermony,  Countv  Kerrw 
Ireland,  August  17,  1757;  died  London, 
March,  1801  ;  member  of  the  Society  of 
the   Cincinnati.     Promoted   to   Colonel   in 


British  army  January  1,  1801.  (Order  of 
the  Cincinnati  in  France,  by  Gardner, 
p.  165). 

Major McLane  :     An  officer  of 

the  Army  who  acted  as  a  volunteer  Marine 
officer  on  board  the  Congress  when  the 
Sai'age  was  captured  in  September,  1781 
( Book  of  the  Navy,  by  Frost,  pp.  67-68 ; 
Memoirs  of  General  Wilkinson,  p.  839). 

Lieutenant  James  Merewether :  A 
ALirine  officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Thomas  Merewether :  A 
Marine  officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Jacob  Milligan  (or  Millegen)  : 
Of  the  Carolina  Prosper;  participated  in 
the  Battle  of  Fort  Moultrie ,  June  28, 
1776,  particularly  distinguishing  himself 
by  leading  a  boarding  party  on  the  Acteon 
( Anier.  Arch.,  Series  IV,  Vol.  6,  p.  1206; 
Hist,  of  S.  C,  by  David  Ramsay,  Vol.  I, 
p.  155;  Hist,  of  .S.  C,  by  Snowden  and 
Cutler,  \'ol.  I,  p.  348). 

Captain  William  Mitchell:  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  James  Moody :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  William  ?iIorris:  After  Lieu- 
tenant Wallingford,  the  Marine  officer  of 
the  Ranger,  was  killed  in  the  action  with 
the  Drake  on  April  24,  1778,  John  Paul 
Jones  offered  Captain  Morris  the  billet ; 
Captain  Morris  accepted  in  a  letter  dated 
May  26,  1778,  and  informed  Jones  he 
would  leave  America  immediately  for 
Brest,  France  ;  joined  the  Ranger  at  Brest 
in  July,  1778  ( Pension  Records)  and 
served  on  that  vessel  until  it  was  captured 
at  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  IMay,  1780;  was 
exchanged  and  joined  the  AU'ance  in 
November,  1781  (Pension  Records); 
sailed  on  board  the  Alliance,  (cirrying 
Lafayette  as  a  passenger),  December  23, 
1781,  arriving  in  France  on  January  18, 
1782;  when  the  Alliance  arrived  at  New 
London,    Conn.,   in    May,    1782.    Captain 


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Morris  "  carried  dispatches  from  Doctor 
Franklin  to  the  American  Congress  then 
sitting  at  Philadelphia,  at  which  place,  he 
resigned  his  commission  as  a  Marine 
officer"  (Pension  Records ). 

Third  Lieutenant  William  Morris  :  On 
board  Maryland  ship  Defence  September 
19,  1776  (Md.  Archives,  pp.  606,  658). 

Lieutenant  James  Gerald  O'Kelly : 
Included  in  List  of  Allen. 

Captain  George  Jerry  Osborn 
(Osborne)  :  Appointed  to  command 
Marines  of  the  frigate  America  on 
November  20,  1779  (Out-Letters  of 
Marine  Committee,  Vol.  II,  pp.  130-131). 

Captain  Richard  Palmes :  Relieved 
Captain  John  Grannis  as  ]\Iarine  officer  of 
the  Warren  about  November,  1777  (Out- 
Letters  IMarine  Committee,  Vol.  I,  pp. 
170-171 )  ;  then  served  on  the  Boston  on 
some  date  prior  to  the  Penobscot  Expedi- 
tion. Captain  Palmes  joined  the  Warren 
and  participated  in  the  aforesaid  expedi- 
tion (Out-Letters  of  Marine  Committee, 
p.  84  or  184)  ;  joined  the  Boston  and  taken 
prisoner  on  May  12,  1780  v^'hen  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  was  captin-ed ;  placed  on  parole 
and  exchanged  for  Captain  of  Marines 
Hector  McNeil  of  the  Somerset;  Captain 
of  Marines  on  Deane,  May  1,  1781  to 
May  31,  1782  (Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  IX, 
p.  810). 

Lieutenant  ^^'iIliam  Payne :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Valentine  Peers :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Benjamin  Pollard  :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  Thomas  Plunkett :  Commanded 
the  Marines  of  the  frigate  Virginia  in 
March,  1778  (Out-Letters  Marine  Com- 
mittee, Vol.  I,  p.  208),  his  junior  officers 
being  Lieutenants  William  Barney  and 
Samuel  Pownal ;  Captain  Plunkett,  how- 
ever,   was    temporarily    ashore    in    Balti- 


more when  the  Virginia  was  captured  by 
the  British  on  April  1,  1778  Out- Let- 
ters, Marine  Committee,  Vol.  I,  p.  220). 

Lieutenant  Samuel  Pownal :  Captured 
b}-  the  British  when  the  Frigate  Virginia 
fell  into  their  hands  on  April  1,  1778; 
exchanged  in  August,  1778,  for  the  Lieu- 
tenant of  Marines  of  the  British  frigate 
Mermaid  (Out-Letters  Marine  Commit- 
tee, \'ol.  I,  p.  281).  This  must  be  the 
same  officer  as  heretofore  described  as 
"  Thomas  Pownal  "  p.  31  of  Daughters 
OF  THE  American  Revolution  Maga- 
zine) for  the  "  frigate  building  in  Mary- 
land "  was  the  Virginia;  the  vessel 
America  in  that  description  is  probably  in 
error,  as  this  officer  was  captured  in  1778 
in  the  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  Samuel  Prichard  (Pritch- 
ard)  :  While  serving  on  board  the  frigate 
Alliance  was  killed  in  action  in  the  engage- 
ment with  the  Atalanta  and  Trepassy,  May 
28,  1781  ("  Commodore  John  Barry,"  by 
Griffin,  pp.  67-68 ;  See  Out-Letters  of 
Board  of  Admiralty,  Vol.  2,  pp.  211, 
232,  260). 

Lieutenant  James  Ouarles :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  Jerry  (Jeremiah)  Reed: 
Included  in  Lists  of  PauUin  and  Allen; 
serving  as  First  Lieutenant  of  Marines  on 
board  the  frigate  Boston  when  that  vessel 
fell  into  the  hands  of  the  British  in  May, 

1780  (Life  of  Samuel  Tucker,  p.  343; 
Lieutenant  of   Marines   on  Deane  May, 

1781  to  May,  1782;  Lieutenant  of  Marines 
on  Hague,  1783  (Mass.  Mag.,  Vol.  I,  p. 
101 ;  Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  XIII,  p.  71). 

Lieutenant  John  Reynolds :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Second  Lieutenant  John  Rogers :  On 
board  Maryland  ship  Defence,  March  U 
to  December  31,  1777  (Md.  Archives, 
p.  659). 


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First  Lieutenant  George  Ross :  On 
board  Maryland  ship  Defence,  March  18 
to  December  31,  1777  (Md.  Archives, 
p.  659). 

Captain  William  Scott:  Commanded 
Marines  of  South  Carolina  schooner 
Defence  in  action  with  Tamar  and  Chero- 
kee on  November  11,  1776,  at  Charleston, 
S.  C.  (Hist,  of  S.  C,  by  Snowden  and 
Cutler,  Vol.  I,]).  326). 

Scull :     Alarine  officer  of   the 

H\der  Ally  when  that  vessel  captured  the 
General  Monk  on  April  8,  1782  (Hi.story 
of  Philadelphia,  by  Scharf  and  Westcott, 
Vol.  I,  p.  422). 

Second  Lieutenant  James  Sellers: 
Appointed  Second  Lieutenant  of  Marines 
on  Warren  from  Dartmouth,  Mass.: 
served  in  Hopkins'  Fleet  in  1776  (Esek 
Hopkins,  by  Fields,  pp.  180,  186,  188, 
197,220,231,233,234). 

Lieutenant  John  Shields :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Captain  \\'illiam  Shippin :  Served  as 
naval  officer  on  various  dates,  but  was  a 
Marine  officer  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Navy  when  killed  in  action  at  Princeton, 
January  3,  1777,  while  leading  his  Marine 
Guard  of  the  Hancock;  on  shore  with  his 
Marines  of  the  Hancock  at  Burlington 
(Jerseys)  searching  for  Hessians  from 
December  12  to  17,  1776  (Private  Journal 
of  Margaret  Hill  Morris  of  Burlington, 
pp.  6-12;  Stryker's  Battles  of  Trenton 
and  Princeton,  pp.  45-46,  454;  Watson's 
Annals  of  Phila.,  Vol.  2,  p.  312; 
Leatherneck,  Feb.  1,  1921.  p.  3;  Amer. 
Arch.,  5th  Series,  Vol.  3,  p.  1230)  ;  present 
at  the  battles  of  Trenton,  Assanpink  and 
Princeton ;  "  landing  with  his  company  of 
Marines  and  joined  the  forces  of 
Washington  in  his  memorable  crossing  of 
the  Delaware  on  Christmas  night  for  the 
attack  on  Trenton,  and  in  the  subsequent 
Battle  of  Princeton  he  was  killed.    He  was 


buried  first  in  the  Friends'  Cemetery  in 
that  place,  and  twelve  days  after,  his  body, 
together  with  that  of  General  Mercer,  who 
was  killed  in  the  same  action,  was  brought 
to  Philadelphia,  the  hearses  which  bore 
them  crossing  the  river  on  the  ice.  He 
was  interred  in  St.  Peter's  Church- Yard, 
attended  by  the  Council  of  Safety,  Mem- 
bers of  the  Assembly,  a  company  of 
Virginia  Light  Horse,  and  a  large  number 
of  citizens."  (Report  of  Board  of 
Managers,  Pa.  Soc.  Sons  of  Rev.,  1895-96, 
p.  52)  :  a  mural  tablet  erected  by  the  Penn- 
sylvania Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, was  unveiled  in  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Philadelphia,  on  Jan.  3,  1896,  the  Rev.  G. 
Woolsey  Hodge,  M.A.,  Chaplain  of  the 
Society,  preaching  the  sermon  (Rep.  of 
Bd.  of  Mgrs.,  Pa.  Soc.  Sons  of  Rev., 
1895-96,  pp.  49-56;  Philadelphia  Evening 
Bulletin,  Aug.  14,  1920— Article  "  Old  St. 
Peter's")  ;  had  son  and  daughter,  William 
and  Ann,  who  survived  him,  and  who  were 
granted  pensions  (Pa.  Mag.  Hist,  and 
Biog.,  Vol.  42,  No.  167  [1918]  pp.  263- 

265,  266,  270,  273  ;  see  also  Hist,  of  Phila.. 
Scharf  and  Wescott,  Vol.  I,  p.  i37 ;  Col. 
Lamljert  Cadwalader  wrote  Samuel 
Meredith  on  Jan.  7,  1777,  that  "  our  loss 
is  Gen.  Mercer  wounded.  Col.  Haslitt,  and 
a  Captain  of  Marines,  with  a  few  privates 
killed."  (Stryker,  p.  448);  Margaret 
Hill  Morris  in  her  private  Journal  wrote 
under  date  of  Jan.  5,  1777.  on  p.  21,  that 
she  "  learned  today  that  Captain  Shippin. 
who  threatened  to  shoot  my  son  for  spying 
at  the  gunboats  is  killed  ;"  Daughters  of 
THE  American  Revolution  M.\gazine. 
June,  1921  ;  Memoirs  of  General 
Wilkinson,  p.  146;  Penna.  Evening  Post, 
Jan.  18,  1777;  N.  J.  Archives,  2nd  Series, 
Vol.  I,  p.  263;  Penna.  Mag.  of  Hist,  and 
Biog.,  ^'ol.  XLII,  No.  167.  pp.  262-265, 

266,  July.  1918;  Eighth  Annual  Rep.  of 
the    Penna.    Soc.   of    Sons   of   the    Rev.. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


1895-96,  pp.  49-56;  Marines  Magazine, 
July,  1920,  p.  11;  Leatherneck,  Feb.  1, 
1921,  p.  3  ;  The  Amer.  Rev.,  by  Trevelyan, 
Vol.  II,  Part  2,  p.  146. 

Second  Lieutenant  Joseph  Smith :  On 
board  Maryland  ship  Defence,  September 
19,  1776  (Md.  Archives,  p.  606,  660). 

Lieutenant  Edward  (Edmond)  Stack: 
Born  April  28,  1756,  County  Kerry,  Ire- 
land ;  died  at  Calais,  France,  in  December, 
1833 ;  "  The  Commission  of  Mr.  Stack 
was  that  of  Lieutenant  of  Marine  Corps  in 
the  Navy  of  the  United  States.  He  served 
in  that  quality  on  board  the  Bon  Houime 
Richard."  (Journal  of  John  Paul  Jones, 
pp.  179-182;  see  also  Amer.  Cath.  Hist. 
Researches,  21,  1904,  p.  29)  ;  Marine 
officer  from  February  4,  1779  to  February 
13.  1780;  member  of  Society  of  Cincin- 
nati ;  Promoted  through  successive  grades 
in  British  Army  until  he  became  "General" 
on  July  22,  1830  (Order  of  the  Cincinnati 
in  France,  by  Gardiner,  pp.  149-150;  John 
Paul  Jones  Papers,  pp.  179,  80-82). 

First  Lieutenant  George  Shillman : 
Appointed  First  Lieutenant  of  Marines 
from  Barnstable,  Mass.,  and  served  in 
Hopkins'  Fleet  in  1776.  (Esek  Hopkins, 
by  Fields,  pp.  181.  186,  188,  197,  220, 
231,  234). 

Lieutenant  Henry  Stratton  :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

Lieutenant  William  Thompson,  Jr. : 
Served  on  Massachusetts  brigantine 
Tyrannicide  from  July  15  to  December 
18,  1778 ;  joined  Massachusetts  brig 
Active  as  Lieutenant  of  Marines  on  May 
10,1779  (Mass. Mag., Vol.  II, pp.  235-236; 
Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  XV,  p.  662). 

Captain  William  Tidmarsh  :  Of  Hing- 
ham,  Mass. ;  Captain  of  Marines  on  Mass- 
achusetts ship  Mars,  March  18  to  June 
12,  1781  (Mass.  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  XV,  p. 
734;  Alass.  Alag.,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  267). 


Captain  John  Trevett:  Born  at  New- 
port, R.  I.,  in  1757;  transferred  in  1776 
from  the  Andrea  Doria  to  the  sloop  Provi- 
dence as  "  Commander  of  Marines " 
(Biog.  Cyc,  1881,  of  Representative  Men 
of  R.  I.,  p.  147)  ;  '■  a  muster  roll  of  all  the 
officers,  seamen  and  Marines  belonging  to 
the  Continental  armed  sloop  Providence," 
beginning  June  19,  1777,  located  in  the 
Archives  of  The  Shepley  Library,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  shows  John  Trevett  as  Cap- 
tain of  Marines ;  died  very  suddenly  at 
Newport,  R.  I.,  on  November  5,  1833. 

Captain  Thomas  Turner :  Served  on 
Massachusetts  ship  Mars,  from  July  21, 
1780  to  March  12,  1781  (Mass  S.  and  S., 
Vol.  XVI,  p.  192;  Mass.  Mag.,  Vol  III, 
p.  262). 

Lieutenant  Jacob  Valentine  :  A  Marine 
officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia ;  serving 
on  the  brig  Muskito  on  Nov.  8,  1776 
(Amer.  Arch.,  5th  Ser.,  Vol.  3,  p.  596). 

Captain  Samuel  Wales :  Sergeant  of 
Marines  on  Massachusetts  brig  Hazard. 
May  6  to  September  6,  1779 ;  Lieutenant 
of  Marines  on  Massachusetts  ship  Pro- 
tector, Oct.  14,  1779  to  Nov.  20,  1780; 
Captain  of  Marines  on  Protector  from 
Nov.  20,  1780  to  December  18,  1781; 
Captain  of  Marines  on  Massachusetts  ship 
Tartar  from  May  13,  to  November  22, 
1782  (Mass  S.  and  S.,  Vol.  XVI,  p.  428; 
Mass.  Mag.,  Vol.  Ill,  pp  182-183  and  Vol. 
IV,  p.  46). 

Lieutenant  Edmund  Waller :  A 
Marine  officer  of  the  State  of  Virginia;  a 
nephew  of  the  great-grandfather  of  the 
present  IMajor  General  Littleton  W.  T. 
^^'aller,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps ;  General 
^^'aller's  son  is  Major  Littleton  W.  T. 
Waller,  Jr.,  of  the  Marines. 

Captain  John  Welch :  On  duty  on  the 
Cabot  at  Philadelphia  on  January  9,  1776 
(Pa.  Evening  Post,  Jan.  9,  1776); 
Attached    to    the    IVarren    and   killed   in 


MARINE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 


action  in  the  Penobscot  Expedition  in 
1779  (Report  of  Colonel  Paul  Revere  in 
Allen's  Naval  History  of  the  Amer.  Rev., 
Vol.  II;  Hist.  Mag.,  Series  I,  Vol  8,  p.  51 
— Journal  found  on  the  Hunter;  "  Spirit 
of  76  in  R.  I.,"  by  Cowell,  p.  318;  Anna 
Welch,  wife  of  Captain  Welch,  applied 
for  pension — Greenwood's  "  Captain  John 
Manly,"  pp.  168,318). 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Anthony  Felix 
Wuibert  (Wybert)  :  Included  in  Allen's 
list  as  a  Captain ;  served  on  board  the  Bon 
Homme  Richard  when  the  Serapis  was 
captured  in  1779 ;  was  never  commissioned 
as  a  Marine  officer,  but  was  a  Lieutenant 
Colonel  "  of  the  Continental  Corps  of 
Engineers;"  "Came  on  board  the  Bon 
Homme  Richard,"  the  same  as  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Paul  de  Chamillard,  (who  was 
never   commissioned    in    the    Continental 


Service)  "as  a  volunteer,  and  guest  of 
Commodore  John  Paul  Jones,  and  to  be 
useful  if  he  could  find  employment  for 
them."  "  Resolves  of  Congress  consti- 
tuting the  Marine  Corps  at  that  time,  did 
not  sanction  the  issuance  of  commissions 
in  the  same  for  a  higher  grade  than  Cap- 
tain on  an  American  frigate,  and  there  was 
consequently  no  regular  place  "  for  either 
of  these  gentlemen,  whose  positions  were 
therefore,  only  that  of  volunteers  (The 
Order  of  the  Cincinnati  in  France, 
Gardiner,  pp.  207-208). 

Captain  Vachel  Yates :  Sergeant  of 
Marines  on  Maryland  ship  Defence;  Lieu- 
tenant of  Marines,  same  ship,  February 
15  to  October  15,  1777;  Captain  of 
Marines,  same  ship,  October  15  to 
December  15,  1777  (Maryland  Archives, 
p.  661). 


BOY    SCOUTS 


BOV  SCOUTS   HONORED    BY   MEMORIAL  FLAGS 

TO     THE      SCOUT 


FLAG  CODE  ADOPTED 


HE  National  Flag  CVJiifc-rcnce  coinuncd  at  the 
call  of  the  American  Legion  in  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C,  on 
Flag  Day,  June  14,  1923,  composed  of 
delegates  from  the  principal  national 
patriotic,  fraternal,  educational,  and  civic 
organizations,  and  adopted  a  flag  code,  based 
on  the  U.  S.  War  Department  Flag  Circular. 
The  Flag  Code  Committee  comprised  Mr. 
Gridley  Adams,  Chairman ;  Mrs.  Anthony 
Waine  Cook,  Vice  Chairman,  President  General,  N.S., 
II  \  R  ;  Major  O.  C.  Luxford,  Secretary,  D.C.S.A.R.  ; 
Mr.  E.  S.  Martin,  Boy  Scouts  of  America;  Mrs.  Henry 
Osgood  Holland,  National  Congress  of  Mothers ;  Mr. 
John  L.  Riley,  American  Legion,  N.  Y.  Department; 
Lt.  Col.  H.  S.  Kerrick,  American  Legion,  Ohio  Depart- 
ment- Mrs.  Livingston  Eowe  Schuyler,  President 
General,  U.D.C.  ;  Capt.  Chester  Wells,  U.  S.  Navy ;  and 
Capt.  George  M.  Chandler,  U.  S.  Army,  advisors. 

There  is  but  one  Federal  Statute  which  protects  the 
Flag  throughout  the  country  from  desecration.  This  law 
provides  that  a  trade-mark  cannot  be  registered  which 
consists  of  or  comprises  the  Flag,  coat-of-arms  or  other 
insignia  of  the  United  States  or  any  simulation  thereof. 
Congress  has  also  enacted  legislation  providing  certain 
penalties  for  the  desecration,  mutilation  or  improper  use 
of  the  Flag  within  the  District  of  Columbia. 

In  adopting  the  Flag  Code,  at  the  Flag  Conference, 
emphasis  was  laid  on  the  following  suggestions  for  State 
legislation  regarding  the  Flag. 

"  Based  upon  opinion  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  rendered  by  Justice  John  Marshall  Harlan, 
every  State  should  enact  adequate  laws  for  the  protec- 
tion" of  the  National  Flag.  State  Flag  laws  should 
include  the  following: 

1.  That  June  14th,  Flag  Day,  be  set  apart  by  proc- 
lamation of  the  Governor  recommending  that  Flag  Day 
be  observed  by  people  generally  by  the  display  of  the 
Flag  of  the  United  States  and  in  such  other  ways  as 
will  be  in  harmony  with  the  general  character  of  the  day. 

2.  That  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  be  displayed 
on  the  main  administration  building  of  each  public 
institution. 

3.  That  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  with  staff  or 
flag  pole  be  provided  for  each  school  house  and  be  dis- 
played during  school  days  either  from  a  flag  staff  or  in 
inclement  weather  within  the  school  building. 

4.  That  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  be  displayed 
in  every  polling  place. 

6.  That  the  use  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  as 
a  receptacle  for  receiving,  holding,  carrying  or  delivering 
an.vthing  be  prohibited. 

6.  That  the  use  of  the  Flag  for  advertising  purposes 
in  any  manner  he  prohibited. 

7.  That  penalty  (fine  and  imprisonment)  he  pro- 
vided for  public  mutilation,  abuse,  or  desecration  of 
the  Flag. 

The  Code  recommends  that  bunting  of  the  national 
colors  should  be  used  for  covering  speakers'  desks,  drap- 
ing over  front  of  platform  and  for  decoration  in  general. 
Bunting  should  he  arranged  with  the  blue  above,  the 
white  in  the  middle  and  the  red  below. 

During  the  ceremony  of  hoisting  or  lowering  the  Flag 
or  when  the  Flag  is  passing  in  review-,  the  code  recom- 
mends that  all  persons  present  should  stand  at  attention 
facing  the  Flag.  Men's  headdress  should  be  removed  with 
the  right  hand  and  held  at  the  left  shoulder.  Those 
present  in  uniform  should  salute  with  the  right-hand 
salute.  Women  should  stand  at  attention,  facing  the 
Flag,  as  the  Flag  is  passing  in  parade,  salute  by  placing 
the  right  hand  over  the  heart.  If  the  National  Anthem 
is  played  and  no  flag  is  present,  all  stand  at  attention 
when  uncovered  and  salute  at  the  first  note  of  the 
Anthem,  retaining  the  position  until  the  last  note  of 
the  Anthem  is  pla.ved.  If  in  civilian  dress  and  covered, 
men  should  uncover  and  stand  at  attention,  facing  the 
music.     Women  should  stand  at  attention  and  salute. 

The  Pledge  to  the  Flag  is  as  follows:  "I  pledge 
allegiance  to  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  and  to  the 
Republic  for  which  it  stands,  one  Nation  indivisible, 
with  liberty  and  justice  for  all." 

"  The  Star  Spangled  Banner  "  is  recommended  for 
universal  recognition  as  the  National.  Anthem. 

The  code  rules  for  the  proper  manner  of  displaying 
the  Flag  are  as  follows: 

418 


1.  Tile  Flag  should  be  displayed  from  sunrise  to  sun- 
set only  or  between  tuch  hours  as  designated  by  proper 
authority  on  National  and  State  Holidays,  and  on  his- 
toric and  special  occasion.  The  Flag  should  always 
be  hoisted  briskly  and  lowered  slowly  and  ceremoniously. 

2.  When  carried  in  a  procession  with  another  flag  or 
flags  the  place  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  is  on 
the  right,  i.e.,  the  Flag's  own  right,  or  when  there  is 
a  line  of  other  flags,  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  may 
be  in  front  of  the  "centre  of  that  line. 

3.  When  displayed  with  another  flag,  against  a  wall 
from  crossed  staffs,  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should 
be  on  the  right,  the  Flag's  own  right,  and  its  staff 
should  be  in  front  of  the  staff  of  the  other  flag. 

4.  When  a  number  of  flags  are  grouped  and  dis- 
played from  staffs  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should 
be  "in  the  centre  or  at  the  highest  point  of  the  group. 

5.  When  flags  of  Slates  or  Cities  or  pennantj  of 
societies  are  flown  on  the  same  halyard  with  the  Flag 
of  the  United  States  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  must 
always  be  at  the  peak.  When  flown  from  adjacent  staffs 
the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should  be  hoisted  first. 
No  flag  or  pennant  should  be  placed  above  or  to  the 
right  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States. 

6.  When  the  flags  of  two  or  more  Xations  are  to  be 
displayed  they  should  be  flown  from  separate  staffs  of  the 
same  height  and  the  flags  should  be  of  equal  size.  In- 
ternational usage  forbids  the  display  of  the  flag  of  one 
nation  above  that  of  any  other  nation  in  time  of  peace.) 

7.  When  the  Flag  is  displayed  from  a  itajj  projecting 
horizontally  or  at  an  angle  from  the  window  sill,  bal- 
cony or  front  of  building  the  union  of  the  Flag  should 
go  clear  to  the  head  of  the  staff  unless  the  Flag  is 
at  half-staff. 

8.  When  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  is  displayed 
other  than  flown  from  a  staff,  it  should  be  displayed 
flat,  whether  indoors  or  out.  When  displayed  either 
horizontally  or  vertically  against  a  wall,  the  union  should 
be  uppermost  and  to  the  flag's  right,  i.e.,  to  the 
observer's  left.  When  displayed  in  a  window  it  should  be 
displayed  the  same  way,  that  is,  with  the  union  or  blue 
field  to  the  left  of  the  observer  in  the  street.  When 
festoons  or  drapings  of  blue,  white  and  red  are  desired, 
bunting  should  be  used,  but  never  the  Flag. 

9.  When  displayed  over  the  middle  of  the  ctreet  as 
between  buildings,  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should 
be  suspended  vertically  with  the  union  to  the  north  in 
an  east  and  west  stre"et  or  to  the  east  in  a  north  and 
south  street. 

10.  When  used  on  a  speal:er's  platform.  The  Flag 
should  be  displayed  above  and  behind  the  speaker.  It 
should  never  be  useil  to  cover  the  speaker's  desk  nor 
drape  over  the  front  of  the  platform.  If  flown  from 
staff  it  should  be  on  the  speaker's  right. 

11.  When  med  in  unveiling  a  statue  or  monument 
the  Flag  should  not  be  allowed  to  fall  to  the  ground 
but  should  be  carried  aloft  to  wave  out,  forming  a 
distinctive  feature  during  the  remainder  of  the  ceremony. 

12.  When  ftoii-n  at  half-staff  the  Flag  is  first  hoisted 
briskly  to  the  peak  and  then  lowered  to  the  half-staff 
position,  but  before  lowering  the  Flag  for  the  day  it 
is  raised  again  to  the  peak.  On  Memorial  Day,  May  30th, 
the  Flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  from  sunrise  untB 
noon  and  at  full-staff  from  noon  until  sunset  for  the 
Nation  lives  and  the  Flag  is  the  symbol  of  the 
Living  Nation. 

13.  When  used  to  cover  a  casket  the  Flag  should  be 
placed  so  that  the  union  is  at  the  head  and  over  the 
left  shoulder.  The  Flag 'should  not  be  lowered  into  the 
grave  nor  allowed  to  touch  the  ground.  The  casket 
should  be  carried  foot  first. 

14.  Wh.en  the  Flag  is  displayed  in  Church  it  should 
be  from  a  staff  placed  on  the  congregation's  right  as 
thev  face  the  clergyman  with  the  service  flag.  State  flag 
or  "other  flag  on  t"he  left  wall.  If  in  the  chancel  the 
Flag  of  the  United  States  should  be  placed  on  the 
clergyman's  right  as  he   faces  the  congregation. 

15.  When  the  Flag  is  in  such  a  condition  that  it  is 
no  longer  a  fitting  emblem  for  display,  it  should  not  be 
cast  aside  or  used  in  any  way  that  might  be  viewed 
as  disrespectful  to  the  National  colors,  but  should  be 
destroved  as  a  whole,  privatelv,  preferably  by  burning  or 
bv  soiiie  other  method  In  harmony  with  the  reverence  and 
respect  we  owe  to  the  emblem  representing  our  Country. 


ARIZONA 

The  State  Conference  at  Tucson,  Arizona 
February  19th,  and  20th,  was  according  to  our 
State  Regent,  !Mrs.  Hovel  Smith,  "most  enjoy- 
able." In  a  letter  received  since  her  return  to 
her  home,  Bisbee,  Arizona,  she  expresses  full 
appreciation  of  the  earnest  cooperation  of  the 
Tucson  Chapter  in  various  patriotic  enterprises 
under  consideration. 

A  Colonial  evening,  February  19th,  was  the 
introduction  to  a  round  of  the  next  day's  activity. 
One  hundred  and  fifty  guests  graced  the  com- 
modious home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  S.  Bayless 
on  Si.xth  Avenue,  Tucson.  The  Chapter  and 
guests  were  gowned  in  Colonial  Costumes ; 
music  and  laughter  mingled  with  the  swish  of 
silk  and  crinoline ;  merry  banter  with  the  dance  ; 
the  whole,  an  event  long  to  be  remembered  by 
those  who  partook  of  the  hospitality  of  so 
gracious  a  host  and  hostess. 

The  grand  march  was  led  by  our  State 
Regent,  Mrs.  Hovel  Smith  and  ex-Governor 
Thomas  Campbell,  followed  next  in  line,  by  our 
own  and  much  loved  Tucson  Chapter  Regent, 
Mrs.  B.  L.  Moffitt  and  Mr.  John  B.  Wright,  the 
speaker  for  the  convention  banquet  immediately 
after  the  morning  session,  Tuesday  the  20th. 
After  the  banquet  at  the  Santa  Rita  Hotel,  im- 
pressive ceremonies  were  held  at  the  Tucson 
Tubercular  Hospital,  when  the  clinic  rooms  were 
dedicated  by  the  State  Regent.  The  ceremonies 
were  presided  over  by  our  Chapter  Regent  Mrs. 
Moffit,  and  fitting  talks  by  prominent  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution  completed  the  program. 

After  the  dedication  and  devotionals  by  Rev. 
Oliver  Comstock,  the  founder  of  the  hospital 
the  patients  were  made  happy  by  unexpected 
refreshments.  We  left  them  with  the  memory 
of  pinched  faces  alight  with  keen  appreciation, 
of  wonderful  flowers  donated  by  a  kind  florist 
and  the  music  outside  their  windows  by  the 
Tucson  High  School   Band. 

XovELL.\  Routt  Reynolds. 

Histnriau. 

CALIFORNIA 

The  Fifteenth  Annual  State  Conference  of 
California  met  this  year  for  the  first  time  in 
Oakland.  The  six  East  Bay  Chapters,  Oakland, 
Sierra,  Berkeley  Hills,  Copa  de  Ora,  Esperanza 
and  John   Rutledge  being  hostesses.     Thursday 


morning,  March  8th,  the  Conference  was  opened, 
at  the  Hotel  Oakland  at  ten  o'clock.  A  Bugler 
led  the  Pages,  dressed  in  white,  who  opened 
their  ranks  to  permit  the  State  Officers  to  pass. 

\\'e  had  the  honor  to  have  with  us  at  the 
Conference,  Mrs.  Cassius  C.  Cottle,  Vice  Presi- 
dent General  from  California ;  Mrs.  Lyman  E. 
Holden,  Vice  President  General  from  Vermont ; 
Mrs.  John  F.  Swift,  ex- Vice  President  General; 
Mrs.  John  A,  Keating,  National  Chairman  of 
Schools  and  Colleges,  and  Mrs.  O.  H.  Harsh- 
barger,  ex-State  Regent. 

The  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Lyman  B.  Stookey, 
declared  the  Fifteenth  State  Conference  of 
California  opened;  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hoyt,  State 
Chaplain,  gave  the  Invocation.  The  audience 
joined  in  the  singing  of  "  America "  and  the 
salute  to  the  Flag. 

A  charming  address  of  welcome  was  given 
by  the  State  Vice  Regent,  which  was  responded 
to  by  Mrs.  Jesse  H.  Shreve,  Auditor  from  the 
South.  Greetings  were  then  given  by  Mrs. 
Cottle,  Vice  President  General  for  California ; 
Mrs.  Theodore  Gray,  Daughters  of  Founders 
and  Patriots ;  Mrs.  Clement  H.  Miller,  Daugh- 
ters of  1812;  Mrs.  John  A.  Keating,  National 
Board  of  Schools  and  Colleges.  Then  followed 
reports  of  Credential  and  Program  Committees 
and  of  Chairman  on  Standing  Rules. 

The  State  Regent  gave  a  very  inspiring  report 
of  the  work  that  had  been  accomplished  and 
with  a  large  vision  of  what  we,  as  members 
of  our  great  Organization,  might  accomplish. 

This  was  followed  by  a  report  from  the  State 
Vice  Regent  telling  of  work  in  the  North. 
Then  followed  reports  of  Recording  and  Corre- 
sponding Secretaries,  after  which  the  State 
Historian  gave  a  eulogy  of  Mrs.  John  C. 
Lynch,  Past  State  Regent ;  then  came  reports 
of    ten    Chapter    Regents, 

During  the  noon  recess  the  State  Officers 
lunched  together  and  the  afternoon  meeting  was 
preceded  as  were  all  the  meetings  by  the  en- 
trance of  Pages  and  Officers,  Reports  were 
given  by  Committee  Chairmen.  The  Chaplain's 
report  told  that  thirty-four  of  our  members 
had  passed  away  during  the  year. 

The  evening  meeting  opened  at  eight  o'clock, 
the  audience  joined  in  singing  America.  Miss 
Mary  Bird  Clayes,  a  member  of  Sierra  Chap- 
ter, read  an  original  poem,  "  Nation  Building." 
that  she  has  dedicated  to  the  Daughters  of  the 
American    Revolution.      Mrs.    William    Palmer 

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Lucas  gave  a  talk  on  "  Constructive  Patriot- 
ism." Several  vocal  solos  were  given  by  Miss 
Helen  Colburn  Heath.  An  address  followed  by 
Mr.  Edward  Winslow  Gifford  on  the  "  Indians 
of  California."  Mrs.  Frederick  Colburn,  Miss 
Helen  Colburn  Heath  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  McQuarrie 
gave  an  Indian  play. 

Reports  of  seven  Chapter  Regents  were 
heard  and  the  evening  closed  with  a  song  by 
Mr.  Henry  Joseph. 

On  Friday  morning,  minutes  of  the  first  day's 
meeting  were  read  and  accepted,  reports  of  two 
Chairmen.  Historian  and  Librarian.  Proposed 
amendments  to  State  By-laws  read,  report  of 
Treasurer  and  Auditors  of  ten  Chapter  Regents 
and  of  Chairman  of  Indian  Welfare. 

A  Reciprocity  Lunch  was  given  at  which 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  sat  down  in  the 
Gold  Ball  Room  of  the  Hotel.  Dr.  Aurelia 
Reinhardt,  President  of  Mills  College,  member 
of  Sierra  Chapter,  spoke  on  Education,  and 
Mrs.  Godfrey,  Government  Inspector  of  Angel 
Island,  talked  about  Immigration. 

At  the  afternoon  session  we  had  a  report  from 
the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  reports  of  ten 
Chapter  Regents,  a  song  by  Madame  Florence 
Drake  LeRoy,  Unfinished  Business  and 
New   Business. 

Then  came  the  final  Report  of  the  Credential 
Committee.  At  this  time  some  of  the  members 
of  the  California  Society,  Children  of  the 
American  Revolution,  marched  in  singing.  They 
gave  flowers  to  Mrs.  Daniel  Lothrop,  Founder 
of  their  Organization ;  she  responded  in  her 
ever-charming  way. 

Nomination,  Election  and  Installation  of  State 
Officers  followed :  the  old  officers  were  elected 
for  a  second  term :  Regent,  Mrs.  Lyman  B. 
Stookey ;  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Allen  H.  Vance ; 
Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Helen  C.  Wing ; 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  James  Franklin 
Kent ;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Henry  Edgar  Bean ; 
Auditor,  North,  Mrs.  Francis  Gray ;  Auditor, 
South,  Mrs.  Jesse  H.  Shreve ;  Consulting 
Registrar,  Miss  Louise  P.  Merritt ;  Historian, 
Mrs.  Elisha  Tibbits ;  Librarian,  Mrs.  Mary 
Latham  Norton ;  Director,  Mrs.  Charles  B. 
Booth;  Chaplain,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hoyt.  Minutes 
were  then  read  of  Friday's  session. 

The  Friday  evening  session  was  held  in  the 
Gold  Ball  Room.  Reports  of  seven  Chapter 
Regents  were  given,  followed  by  a  fine  musical 
program,  a  string  quartette,  some  songs  by 
Miss  Vance.  Professor  Bolton  was  to  talk  on 
Historic  Spots  of  California  but  was  called 
away,  and  Mrs.  Godfrey  gave  an  interesting 
account  of  her  work.  There  were  some  Span- 
ish dances.  Remarks  by  the  State  Regent, 
singing  of  the  "  Star  Spangled  Banner,"  and 
the  Conference  was  declared  closed. 

The  entire  Conference  was  marked  by  a  spirit 


of  confidence  and  friendship,  the  Parliamen- 
tarian said  it  was  the  most  orderly  and  best 
conducted  meeting  she  had  ever  been  to. 

Of  the  fifty-six  chapters  in  California,  thirty- 
four  sent  delegates.  All  the  chapters  in  the 
State  were  100  per  cent,  in  National  and  State 
requirements.  All  the  reports  were  full  of  a 
spirit  of  enthusiasm,  all  reported  larger  mem- 
bership for  the  year;  and  all  beginning  to 
realize  more  fully  the  national  character  of 
the  Society.  We  are  so  far  away  from 
headquarters  in  California  that  sometimes  this 
is  forgotten. 

Saturday,  the  four  San  Francisco  Chapters, 
Sequoia,  California,  La  Puerta  de  Ora  and 
Tamalpais  gave  an  elaborate  Tea  in  the 
Italian  Ball  Room  of  the  St.  Francis  Hotel, 
San  Francisco. 

All  the  officers  and  delegates  were  guests  at 
this  charming  affair.  There  was  some  delightful 
music,  some  members  of  the  Children  of  the 
American  Revolution  marched  in  singing  with 
their  flag,  some  of  them  danced  a  Minuet  in 
costume.  Mr.  C.  E.  Hale,  President  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  brought 
greetings  from  his  Society. 

The  State  Regent,  in  her  gracious  way, 
expressed  her  thanks  for  all  the  hospitality 
extended  to  the  Board  of  Officers,  and  the  fif- 
teenth State  Conference  was  finished. 

All  united  in  saying  it  was  one  of  the  very 
nicest,  if  not  the  very  nicest,  Conference  ever 
held  here. 

(Mrs.   Elisha)    Cornelia  A.   Tibbitts, 
State  Historian. 

COLORADO 

In  the  Senate  room  of  the  Mackey  Audi- 
torium in  Boulder,  on  the  morning  of  March 
7,  1923,  the  processional  march  of  the  officers 
and  pages,  accompanied  by  a  piano  rendition  of 
Mendelssohn's  "The  Priests'  March  from 
Athalie,"  played  by  Dr.  Frank  Wilbur  Chase, 
formed  the  preliminary  opening  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Annual  Conference  of  the  Colorado 
Daughters  of  the  American   Revolution. 

The  State  song  was  sung  by  Mrs.  Adam 
Weber  of  Boulder  with  Mrs.  C.  D.  Test  as 
accompanist,  at  the  conclusion  of  which  the 
Conference  was  called  to  order  by  the  State 
Regent,  Mrs.  Herbert  B.  Hayden. 

The  invocation  ofi^ered  by  the  Rev.  Lucius  F. 
Reed,  pastor  of  the  Boulder  Congregational 
Church,  was  followed  by  the  Salute  to  the 
Flag  and  the  American's  Creed,  led  by  Mrs. 
Lucas  Brandt  of  Loveland,  and  the  singing  of 
"  The  Star  Spangled  Banner  "  by  the  assembly. 

The  Honorable  J.  O.  Billig,  Mayor  of  the 
city  of  Boulder,  e.xtended  to  the  members  of 
the  conference  a   cordial  welcome  to   the  city, 


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and  Dr.  George  Norlin,  President  of  the  State 
University,  gave  them  a  hearty  welcome  to 
the  University. 

Mrs.  Herbert  S.  Hadley,  Regent  of  Arapahoe 
Chapter,  graciously  expressed  greetings  from 
the  hostess  Chapter,  to  which  our  state  Vice 
Regent,  Mrs.  Clyde  C.  Dawson,  made  a  pleas- 
ing response. 

Governor  William  E.  Sweet  gave  the  address 
of  the  morning,  with  "  True  Democracy "  as 
his  theme.  He  deplored  what  he  regards  as 
the  present  day  tendency  to  put  property  inter- 
ests ahead  of  personal  rights,  and  as  an  example, 
referred  to  the  action  of  the  present  state 
Legislature  in  defeating  the  Child  Labor  bills. 
He  closed  his  remarks  with  the  statement : 

"  Never  was  there  a  time  in  the  history  of 
our  nation  when  real  democracy  needed  intel- 
ligent advocates  more  than  it  does  today.  De- 
mocracy needs  men  and  women  who  will  stand 
four-square  for  the  rights  of  life,  liberty  and 
the  pursuit  of  happiness." 

The  memorial  services  for  the  deceased  mem- 
bers of  the  organization  were  conducted  by  the 
Chaplain,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Millikan,  and  Mrs.  John 
Campbell  of  Denver  paid  especial  tribute  to 
the  memories  of  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Lockwood,  Mrs. 
Sara  T.  Kinney,  Miss  Grace  M.  Pierce  and 
Mrs.  Helen  M.  Boynton. 

Mrs.  Adam  Weber  then  sang  "  The  City 
Four-square,"  which  concluded  the  introductory 
part  of  the  program. 

The  reports  of  the  State  Officers  were  next 
in  order  and  were  received  with  attention  and 
interest.  Mrs.  Hayden  stated  that  the  Colorado 
Society  has  grown  from  1699  members  in  1921, 
to  2000  members  in  1923,  and  that  new  Chapters 
in  Julesburg,  Leadville,  Golden,  Craig  and 
Carbondale  are  ready  for  formal  organization. 
After  the  reading  of  the  Historian's  report,  the 
Conference  promptly  adjourned  for  luncheon. 
In  the  President's  house  on  the  Campus  the 
members  of  the  Conference  and  friends  were 
entertained  by  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Norlin  at  a 
delightful  buffet  luncheon,  to  which  ample  jus- 
tice was  done. 

The  afternoon  session  began  with  the  singing 
by  the  audience  of  "America  the  Beautiful." 
Mrs.  Gerald  L.  Schuyler,  Chairman  of  the 
Credentials  Committee,  read  her  report  and  the 
regents  responded,  giving  the  number  of  votes 
to  be  cast  by  their  respective  chapters.  Mrs. 
W.  E.  Ketterman  of  Boulder  reported  for  the 
Program  Committee,  and  the  twenty-six  chapter 
reports  were  then  given.  These  were  brief  and 
comprehensive  and  indicated  encouraging  pro- 
gress along  lines  of  increasing  membership, 
faithful  service,  generous  contributions  and 
patriotic   enthusiasm. 


Mrs.  Frank  Wheaton  of  Denver,  who  seems 
justly  entitled  to  the  distinction  of  being  called 
the  "  Godmother  "  of  the  Colorado  Daughters, 
presented  the  silk  banner,  made  by  her  own 
hands  years  ago,  to  Pueblo  Chapter,  Pueblo, 
for  its  success  in  securing  the  largest  number 
of  new  members  during  the  past  year,  their 
increase  being  23  members.  This  blue  and 
white  banner  has  traveled  up  and  down  and 
around  the  state  for  a  long  time. 

Reports  from  the  State  Chairmen  of  National 
Committees  were  interesting  and  instructive. 
Mrs.  Lucas  Brandt  emphasized  the  importance 
of  the  correct  use  of  the  flag  and  drew  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  many  dealers  are  selling 
flags  that  have  not  forty-eight  stars  on  them, 
and  purchasers  were  urged  to  be  careful  to 
secure  those  properly  made. 

The  reports  on  Preservation  of  Historic  spots. 
National  Old  Trails  Road,  Patriotic  Education, 
Conservation  and  Thrift,  etc.,  were  practically 
duplicates  of  the  facts  brought  out  in  the  Chap- 
ter reports  previously  read.  Among  the  newly 
marked  historic  spots  is  Soda  Springs,  Canon 
City,  where  General  Marion  Chapter  has  placed 
a  memorial  in  honor  of  Zebulon  Pike.  Mount 
Garfield  Chapter  of  Grand  Junction  has  marked 
the  site  of  the  first  adobe  house  in  Mesa  County. 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Brown  reported  for  Revolution- 
ary Relics  that  she  found  it  difficult  to  persuade 
the  Colorado  possessors  of  these  valued  articles 
to  donate  them  to  the  national  collection  in 
Washington.  This  is  hardly  to  be  wondered  at, 
as  the  very  fact  that  they  are  less  numerous  in 
our  western  homes  than  they  are  in  the  east  and 
south,  makes  them  even  more  precious  to 
their  owners. 

The  address  of  Professor  Herbert  S.  Hadley, 
former  Governor  of  Missouri,  on  "The 
Background  of  History,"  was  indeed  a  privilege 
to  hear  and  was  greatly  enjoyed.  It  was  a 
plea   for  Peace  and  for  Law. 

A  beautiful  reception  was  held  in  the  evening 
at  the  home  of  the  Arapahoe  Chapter  Regent, 
Mrs.  Hadley,  in  honor  of  the  State  Officers. 
Spring  flowers  and  roses  formed  the  decorations 
and  the  Colonial  furniture  and  portraits  made 
a  most  appropriate  setting. 

On  Thursday  morning,  the  program  was  re- 
sumed promptly  at  9  o'clock.  After  the  formal 
opening  and  the  reading  of  the  Minutes,  Mrs. 
Frank  Wheaton  gave  a  brief  talk  on  the  work  of 
the  National  Society  on  Ellis  Island.  Her 
picture  of  the  immigrants  detained  there,  with- 
out employment,  amusement  or  anything  else 
to  relieve  their  homesickness  and  liewildermcnt, 
was  a  realistic  one,  and  her  plea  for  money, 
books,  magazines,  sewing  materials,  toys,  games, 
etc.,  as  well  as  for  used  clothing  met  with  in- 
stant   response.      The    Chapter    representatives 


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vied  with  each  other  in  making  generous  pledges 
and  several  of  the  larger  Chapters  doubled  their 
first  offerings  as  the  giving  went  merrily  on. 
One  hundred  and  ten  dollars  was  quickly  raised 
and  presented. 

At  the  conclusion,  brief  congratulations  to  the 
Colorado  Conference  were  given  by  three  visit- 
ing Daughters,  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Conant  Neill  of 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Inez  Parry  Dobson  of 
Akron,  Ohio,  and  Mrs.  Maude  Luce  Alarshall 
of  Enid,  Oklahoma. 

Then  came  the  reports  of  the  State  Com- 
mittees. Of  these,  that  of  the  Committee  on 
Resolutions  was  the  most  interesting.  It  in- 
cluded a  protest  against  Washington's  Birthday 
not  being  observed  as  a  school  holiday.  This 
caused  some  discussion,  but  was  passed  by  a 
vote  of  50  to  22.  Approval  of  the  Shepherd- 
Towner  Law  was  expressed  and  the  State 
Legislature  was  urged  to  appropriate  the  neces- 
sary $11,337.20  for  its  support.  The  song, 
"  Colorado "  was  adopted  as  the  official  song 
of  the  Colorado  Daug'hters  of  the  Ameri- 
can   Revolution. 

Mrs.  Kerr  of  Pueblo  then  read  the  words 
of  this  song  with  piano  obligate  rendered  by 
the  author  of  its  words  and  music,  Mrs.  Maud 
McFerran  Price  of  Colorado  Springs. 

Of  a  state  enrolment  of  1897  actual  resident 
members,  there  were  79  delegates  and  7  state 
officers  present,  entitling  the  essemblage  to  86 
votes.  (There  were  158  Daughters  present  at 
the  Conference,  but  of  course,  none  but  delegates 
could  vote.) 

The  following  officers  were  elected :  Regent, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Bushinger  of  Monte  Vista;  Vice 
Regent,  Mrs,  Alfred  B.  Trott  of  Denver; 
Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  John  Hall  of 
Colorado  Springs ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Piatt  of  Alamosa ;  Treasurer,  Mrs. 
Mrs.  William  F.  Kimball  of  Pueblo;  Auditor, 
Mrs.  Herman  F.  Ruegnitz  of  Pueblo ;  Organiz- 
ing Regent,  Mrs.  P.  J.  McHugh  of  Fort  Col- 
lins ;  Historian,  Miss  Lucy  E.  Greene  of 
Greeley ;  Chaplain,  Mrs.  Lucas  Brandt  of  Love- 
land;  Librarian,  Miss  Anna  Nutter  of  Delta; 
Hon.  State  Regent,  Mrs.  W.  H.  R.  Stote  of 
Colorado    Springs. 

Mrs.  Gerald  Schuyler  of  Denver  was  chosen 
candidate  for  Vice  President  General  of  the 
National  organization. 

In  the  period  devoted  to  unfinished  business 
and  new  business,  the  following  subjects  were 
presented.  The  gift  of  $270,  which  was  made 
for  the  fountain  in  the  new  Administration 
Building  in  Washington  is  not  to  be  used  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  power  to  aply  it  to  some 
other  need  of  the  building  was  vested  in  the 
delegates  who  are  to  attend  the  Continental 
Congress.    The  budget  plan  of  financial  manage- 


inent  was  advocated  by  Mrs.  Winfield  Scott 
Tarbell  of  Denver  Chapter  and  the  Chapters 
were  asked  to  consider  it  before  the  next  Con- 
ference. An  increase  in  the  per  capita  tax 
from  20  to  30  cents  was  voted  but  must  be 
added  to  the  By-laws  and  cannot  become  effect- 
ive for  one  year.  Mrs.  Tarbell  also  recom- 
mended that  the  State  Regent's  apportionment 
should  include  more  than  the  present  $125  for 
traveling  expenses.  This  caused  a  discussion 
but  the  recommendations  were  approved.  It 
was  voted  to  change  the  By-laws  making  it 
possible  for  the  retiring  State  Regent  to  be- 
come an  officer  of  the  State  Conference. 

A  telegram  of  greeting  was  read  from  Mrs. 
John  L.  McNeil,  a  former  State  Regent,  now  in 
Washington,  D.  C.  and  a  return  message  from 
the  Conference  was  forwarded  to  her.  A  tele- 
graphic greeting  from  the  Colorado  Sons  of 
the   American   Revolution   was   received. 

Monte  Vista  Chapter  requested  the  honor  of 
entertaining  the  Conference  in  1924. 

A  rising  vote  expressed  appreciation  of  Mrs. 
Hayden's  loyalty  and  untiring  devotion  to  the 
interests  of  the  Colorado  Society  during  the 
term  of  her  regency ;  the  reading  of  the  Minutes 
was  heard;  we  sang;  "America;"  and  then 
with  a  tap  of  the  historic  state  gavel,  which  is 
the  hub  of  a  wagon  wheel  once  used  on  the 
Santa  Fe  Trail  in  the  days  of  pioneer  im- 
migration, the  State  Regent,  declared  the 
"  Twentieth  State  Conference  of  the  Colorado 
Chapters,  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  adjourned  sine  die." 

Then  the  banquet.  An  account  of  that  defies 
description.     Just  try  to  imagine  it ! 

This  report  would  be  incomplete  without 
a  tribute  to  the  many  courtesies  extended  by  the 
members  of  Arapahoe  Chapter.  Under  the 
management  of  Mrs.  Harry  B.  McClure,  Chair- 
man of  the  Reception  Committee,  nothing  was 
left  undone  to  make  the  occasion  a  delight- 
ful  one. 

(Miss)   Lucy  E.  Greene, 
State  Historian. 

ILLINOIS 

Tlic  Twenty-seventh  Annual  Conference  of 
the  Illinois  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution was  entertained  by  the  Streator  Chapter, 
at   Streator.   III.  on   March  20.   21,  22,   1923. 

The  State  Regent,  Mrs.  H.  E.  Chubbuck, 
called  the  Convention  to  order  at  2  o'clock  on 
Tuesday  afternoon,  at  Park  Presbyterian 
Church.  The  President  General,  Mrs.  George 
Maynard  Minor,  was  unable  to  be  present  on 
account  of  illness,  but  we  were  honored  by  the 
presence  of  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  Organizing  Secretary  Gen- 
eral ;  Mrs.  William  MaGee  Wilson,  State  Re- 


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gent  of  Ohio ;  Miss  Katharine  Arnold  Nettle- 
ton.  Vice  Regent  of  Connecticut ;  Mrs.  Robert 
Hall  Wiles.  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block,  and  other 
distinguished  Illinois  women. 

The  State  Regent  reported  the  organization 
of  eighteen  new  chapters  during  the  last  three 
years ;  seven  the  past  year  at  Cobden.  Carbon- 
dale,  Shelb)-\'ille.  Kankakee,  Cairo,  Monticello, 
and  Tuscola.  The  total  membership  in  Illinois 
is  now  7841,  and  of  this  number,  7178  are  mem- 
bers of  chapters. 

All  of  the  County  Seat  Markers  for  the  Lin- 
coln Circuit  have  been  dedicated  except  three. 
The  number  of  new  subscriptions  to  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine  has  been  materially  increased.  Illi- 
nois is  fifth  in  number  of  subscriptions.  The 
State  Officers,  State  Chairmen,  Chapter  Regents 
and  Chapter  Chairmen  have  put  forth  renewed 
efforts  in  advancing  the  interests  and  projects 
of  our  splendid  patriotic  organization. 

A  letter  has  been  written  to  Secretary  of 
State,  Mr.  Emerson,  asking  that  a  room  in  the 
new  Centennial  Building  at  Springfield  be  used 
by  the  D.A.R.  for  our  state  records  and  his- 
torical data.  The  State  Regent  has  also  re- 
quested another  appropriation  of  $3000  from 
the  State  Legislature  for  the  Historical  Society 
to  be  used  for  the  Prize  Essay  Contest.  This 
past  year  Miss  Julia  Buck,  of  Monmouth, 
secured  the  gold  medal  in  the  Essay  Contest. 

The  fountain  in  honor  of  our  beloved  Mrs. 
John  A.  Logan  has  been  placed  by  the  Illinois 
Society  in  the  new  D.A.R.  Administration 
Building  in  Washington. 

Illinois  is  urging  the  State  Legislature  to 
purchase  the  Cahokia  Mounds,  as  they  are  of 
International  historic  interest.  Illinois  has  two 
Real  Daughters,  Mrs.  Lucinda  Porter,  of  Law- 
renceville,  and  Mrs.  Josephine  Wodetski,  of 
Lincoln.  Illinois  helps  to  support  many  colleges 
and  also  the  New  America  Shop  in  Chicago. 
The  first  afternoon  session  was  well  attended 
and  was  notable  for  the  brevity  and  conciseness 
of  reports.  Besides  the  State  Regent's  splendid 
report,  excellent  ones  were  given  by  the  other 
State  Officers,  including  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block, 
Vice  President  General  of  Illinois ;  Mrs.  Vinton 
E.  Sisson,  Vice  Regent :  Mrs.  Harry  R.  Dodge, 
Treasurer ;  Miss  Effie  Epler,  Librarian ;  Mrs. 
Nevin  C.  Lescher,  Recording  Secretary ;  Mrs. 
Charles  E.  Davidson,  Historian ;  Mrs.  Noble 
C.  Shumway,  Consulting  Registrar ;  Mrs.  Frank 
J.  Bowman,  Corresponding  Secretary ;  Mrs. 
Mary  C.  Lee,  Chaplain ;  besides  the  reports  of 
Auditing  and  Resolutions  Committees  by  Mrs. 
Ahrens  and  Mrs.  Herrick.  Mrs.  Dodge,  the 
Treasurer,  reported  the  State  to  be  in  good 
financial  condition. 

The  Historian  told  of  the  completion  of  the 
State    Direct«5ry,    which    included    the    Historic 


Art,  paintings,  bronzes,  mural  art,  marbles, 
stained  glass  windows ;  records  of  men,  women, 
places ;  Histories ;  Colonial,  Revolutionary,  and 
pioneer  letters ;  Historic  Manuscripts,  and  a 
complete  list  of  names  and  data  concerning  all 
the  Revolutionary  Soldiers  buried  in  Illinois, 
and  many  pioneers. 

Miss  Effie  Epler,  Librarian,  has  so  ably 
filled  her  office,  that  the  shelves  in  the  Illinois 
section  at  Memorial  Continental  Hall  are  filled. 

The  night  session  Tuesday  was  given  over  to 
greetings  from  our  distinguished  guests ;  a 
splendid  address  of  welcome  by  Mrs.  Strite. 
Regent  of  Streator  Chapter :  greetings  by  Mrs. 
John  C.  Ames,  founder  of  Streator  Chapter 
and  Past  Vice   President  General. 

Fine  music  was  furnished  by  Streator  talent 
throughout  the  Conference.  The  Speaker  of 
the  evening  was  Mr.  Louis  A.  Zearing,  an 
attorney  of  Princeton,  111.  His  address  on 
Americanization  was  most  interesting. 

The  Committee  Reports  were  heard  on 
Wednesday.  An  address  on  Cahokia  Mounds 
w-as  delivered  by  Rev.  Henry  F.  Selcer,  of 
Belleville.  111.,  also  one  by  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Hudson, 
President  of  Blackburn  College ;  and  a  third 
address  by  Senator  T.  G.  Essington.  of  Streator. 
who  chose  as  his  subject  "The  D.A.R.  and 
Their  Present-day  Responsibilities."  He  urged 
that  they  be  interested  in  good  legislation. 

A  reception  was  held  Wednesday  night  at  the 
Elks  Club,  by  the  Streator  Chapter,  for  the 
visiting    delegates    and    guests. 

The  election  of  Officers  occurred  on  Thursday 
morning,  with  the  following  result.  A  number 
of  the  old  officers  were  not  candidates  for  reelec- 
tion :  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Herrick, 
Chicago;  State  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Jas.  S.  King. 
Springfield :  State  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs. 
Frank  J.  Bowman,  Sterling ;  State  Treasurer, 
Mrs.  Harry  R.  Dodge,  Bloomington :  State 
Historian,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Perry,  Oak  Park;  State 
Registrar,  Mrs.  Noble  C.  Shumway,  Chicago ; 
State  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  J. 
Sweeney.  Rock  Island ;  State  Librarian,  Mrs.  P. 
L.  Chapman ;  State  Chaplain.  Mrs.  Mary  C.  H. 
Lee,  Champaign. 

At  the  business  meeting  the  terms  of  office 
were  changed :  Regent,  two  years :  \'ice  Regent, 
one  years ;  Recording  Secretary,  two  years ; 
Treasurer,  two  years ;  Historian,  two  years ; 
Registrar,  two  years ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
one  year ;  Librarian,  one  year ;  Chaplain, 
two  years. 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Davidson. 

Stjtt'  Historian. 

IO^^'A 

The  Iowa  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution gathered  in  Cedar  Rapids.  March  20,  21, 
22,  1923,  for  their  Twenty-fourth  Annual  Con- 


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ference  with  Ashley  Chapter  as  their  hostess. 
There  were  over  two  hundred  women  in  attend- 
ance, including  National  Officers,  State  Officers, 
Chapter  Regents,  Delegates  and  Visitors. 

Tuesday,  March  20th,  was  given  over  to 
meetings  of  the  Executive  Board,  Credential 
and  Standing  Committees,  followed  by  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Board  of  Management,  at  which 
time  there  was  a  general  discussion  of  questions 
of  interest  to  all  Chapters.  This  is  always  a 
most  informal  meeting.  Every  Chapter  has  an 
opportunity  to  ask  for  help  with  any  problem 
relating  to  its  work.  Much  pleasure  as  well  as 
profit  is  to  be  had  at  this  meeting,  making  it  one 
of  the  most  popular  of  the  Conference. 

Tuesday  evening  a  delightful  program  was 
arranged  by  Ashley  Chapter,  at  which  time  we 
were  given  a  most  cordial  welcome  to  Cedar 
Rapids  by  Mrs.  L.  R.  Orr,  Regent  of  the 
Chapter,  followed  by  several  fine  musical  num- 
bers and  greetings  from  City  Officials  and 
Representatives  from  various  patriotic  organ- 
izations. The  principal  address  was  given  by 
Professor  Benjamin  F.  Shambaugh  of  the  State 
University,  Superintendent  of  the  State  His- 
torical Society  of  Iowa,  on  "  A  Quarter  of  a 
Century  of  Historical  Work  in  Iowa." 

Wednesday  morning,  the  first  session  of  the 
Conference  was  called  to  order  by  Miss  Amy 
Gilbert,  the  State  Regent.  After  the  annoimce- 
ment  of  Conference  Committees,  the  Real 
Grand  Daughters  of  Iowa,  who  were  in  attend- 
ance, were  introduced  and  greeted  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Conference,  as  was  Mrs,  Edward 
P.  Schoentgen,  Iowa's  Vice  President  General, 
and  several  Honorary  State  Regents.  The  rest 
of  the  morning  was  given  over  to  the  reports 
of  State  Officers  followed  by  reports  of  State 
Committee  Chairmen.  These  reports  were  most 
interesting  and  showed  that  much  time  and 
thought  had  been  given  and  that  much  con- 
scientious work  had  been  done  by  all  for  the 
Iowa  Society. 

Later  in  the  afternoon,  we  listened  to  a  fine 
address  given  by  Mr.  W.  R.  Boyd,  of  Cedar 
Rapids,  who  is  a  member  of  the  State  Illiteracy 
Commission  and  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Education   in   Iowa. 

The  largest  social  event  of  the  Conference 
was  held  Wednesday  evening,  when  Ashley 
Chapter  entertained  all  Daughters  at  a  Colonial 
Reception  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Carey.  This  function  was  very  largely  attended. 
Many  of  the  guests  were  attired  in  fine  Colonial 
costumes.  All  present  voted  this  to  be  one  of 
the  most  delightful  parties  ever  given  at  any 
Iowa  Conference. 

Thursday  morning,  reports  of  State  Chairmen 
were  concluded  and  were  followed  by  two- 
minute  reports  from  all  Chapter  Regents,  show- 


ing much  splendid  work  accomplished  all  over 
the    State. 

Later  a  State  Vice  Regent,  Treasurer,  Corre- 
sponding Secretary,  Historian  and  Registrar 
were  elected,  the  rest  of  the  State  Officers 
being  chosen  at  the  Conference  next  year. 

Thursday  afternoon  an  impressive  Memorial 
Hour  was  held,  at  which  time  special  tributes 
were  given  to  Mrs.  Lue  B.  Prentiss,  lovingly 
known  as  "  The  Flag  Lady,"  a  Past  State 
Officer  and  Chairman  of  the  Iowa  Banner 
Committee,   who   died   May   2,    1922. 

After  the  Memorial  Hour,  a  beautiful  Iowa 
Banner  was  presented  to  the  Wild  Life  School 
at  McGregor,  Iowa,  by  Mrs.  J.  F.  Schermer- 
horn,  of  Des  Moines,  in  behalf  of  the  Iowa 
Society,  and  was  most  graciously  accepted  by 
Miss  Florence  Chapin  of  that  school. 

All  unfinished  business  of  the  Conference 
was  completed  at  this  time.  The  most  cor- 
dial invitation  of  the  Council  Bluflfs  Chapter 
to  meet  with  them  in  1924  was  accepted.  "  God 
Be  with  You  Till  We  Meet  Again  "  was  sung 
and  the  Iowa  Conference  was  ended  for  1923. 
Ei,L.\   P.   Van   Epps, 

Slate   Historian. 

KENTUCKY 

Kentucky  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution held  two  State  Conferences  during  the 
past  year,  within  six  months  of  each  other,  for 
we  have  changed  the  time  of  holding  the 
Conference  from  the  fall  of  the  year  to  spring- 
time. The  Twenty-sixth  Annual  State  Con- 
ference was  held  in  Lexington,  October  25  and 
26,  1922  at  the  Lafayette  Hotel,  our  hostesses 
being  the  Lexington  and  Bryan  Station  Chap- 
ters. Everything  was  planned  for  our  comfort 
and  pleasure,  and  the  gathering  was  an  unus- 
ually large  one,  from  all  parts  of  the  state. 
Mrs.  William  Rodes,  the  State  Regent,  presided. 

The  processional,  led  by  one  hundred  students 
from  Hamilton  College,  in  white,  carrying  a 
large  flag,  followed  by  pages  and  their  Chair- 
man, Mrs.  Henry  Coleman,  of  Harrodsburg, 
preceding  the  state  officers,  was  impressive.  All 
stood  while  the  assembly  sang  "  America,"  after 
which  the  Salute  and  Pledge  to  the  Flag  were 
given,  led  by  Mrs.  James  A.  Leach,  and  the 
American's  Creed  was  recited  in   'riison. 

After  the  invocation  by  Rev.  D.  Clay  Lilly, 
the  address  of  welcome  was  given  by  Mrs. 
Cecil  Cantrill,  and  responded  to  by  Mrs.  John 
W.  Chenault,  State  Vice  Regent,  in  a  happy 
manner.  Greetings  were  brought  by  a  number 
of  sister  organizations,  after  which  we  took 
advantage  of  the  lovely  drive  planned  for  us 
to  visit  historic  Bryan  Station  Spring,  around 
which  a  memorial  wall  had  been  built  by  the 
Lexington  Chapter  many  years  ago,  and  lately 


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restored  by  both  the  Lexington  and  Bryan 
Station  Chapters.  This  memorial  wall  was 
erected  in  honor  of  the  brave  women  and  girls 
who  saved  the  Fort  by  carrying  water  from 
the  spring  in  Indian  Warfare. 

Reports  occupied  the  afternoon  session,  after 
which  an  informal  reception  was  tendered  the 
Conference  by  the  hostess  chapters.  We  were 
entertained  at  the  night  session  by  an  exhibi- 
tion of  fancy  and  Ksthetic  dances,  stereoptican 
lecture  and  views  of  Ashland  and  other  historic 
homes  in  Kentucky  and  Virginia,  by  Mrs.  W. 
T.  Lafferty  and  an  address  by  Judge  Samuel 
Wilson,  whose  theme  was  "  Pioneer  Women  of 
Kentucky."  Thursday,  the  Conference  was 
invited  to  Ashland,  the  home  of  Henry  Clay, 
where  many  treasures  of  the  Great  Commoner 
were  to  be  seen. 

The  Twenty-seventh  State  Conference  was 
held  in  March,  1923  at  Stanford,  in  that  section 
of  Kentucky'  which  is  rich  in  historic  spots, 
for  in  Lincoln  County  there  were  not  less  that 
seventeen  forts.  This  conference  was  held 
in  Harris  Memorial  Church.  Public  school 
children,  led  by  the  smallest  child,  carrying  the 
flag,  preceded  the  pages.  Their  Chairman,  Mrs. 
Raymond  Burch,  and  state  officers  to  the  ros- 
trum and  sang  "  America,"  five  stanzas,  the 
last  one  being  sung  as  a  prayer.  The  State 
Regent  presided  at  all  the  sessions,  which  were 
full  of  interest. 

Miss  Ester  Whitley  Burch,  of  the  Logan- 
Whitley  Chapter,  also  our  hostess  chapter,  gave 
an  unusually  fine  address  of  welcome,  and 
Mrs.  Cassius  Clay,  of  Paris,  made  a 
gracious  response. 

The  usual  routine  was  followed  until  the 
noon  hour,  when  we  were  invited  to  the  court 
house  to  see  the  earliest  records  in  Kentucky, 
and  other  ancient  documents.  As  guests  of  the 
Woman's  Club  of  Stanford,  we  were  invited  to 
a  delicious  luncheon  served  in  the  court  room. 
The  afternoon  session  closed  at  4 :30,  and  re- 
freshments of  moulded  ices  and  cakes  were 
served  by  the  Logan-Whitley  Chapter,  after 
which  an  invitation  was  given  to  all.  to  view  a 
rare  collection  of  antiques. 

The  night  session  consisted  of  a  musical  pro- 
gram by  local  talent,  a  reading.  "  The  Minuette." 
by  a  diminutive  Colonial  Daughter,  and  a 
patriotic  address  by  Mr.  Kendrick  S.  Alcorn, 
of  Stanford. 

The  Thursday  morning  session  was  devoted 
to  chapter  reports,  and  afterwards  a  lovely 
drive  was  enjoyed  to  the  site  of  St.  Asaph's 
or  Logan's  Fort,  whereon  a  monument  has  been 
erected  by  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  An  eloquent  address  was  given 
there  by  Mr.  McRoberts,  on  the  heroic  life  of 
Benjamin   Logan. 


At  this  Conference,  Kentucky  was  honored  by 
having  as  her  guests :  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W. 
Hanger,  Organizing  Secretary  General,  N.S., 
D.A.R.,  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  Vice  Presi- 
dent General  from  Pennsylvania,  Miss  Florence 
Nettleton,  State  Vice  Regent  of  Connecticut, 
Mrs.  Beck  and  Mrs.  Felter,  ex-State  Regents 
of  Indiana.  The  messages  they  brought  to  us, 
and  the  inspiration  of  their  presence,  made  this 
Conference  one  long  to  be  remembered  in 
Kentucky.  A  telegram  from  Mrs.  George 
Maynard  Minor,  President  General,  announced 
that  owing  to  illness  her  physician  had  advised 
against  her  making  the  trip  to  Kentucky,  and 
our  disappointment  was  great. 

After  a  delicious  luncheon  given  by  the 
Kentucky  Daughters  to  their  distinguished 
guests,  the  Twenty-seventh  State  Conference 
adjourned,  to  meet  in  Newport,  Kentucky, 
March,  1924.  This  conference  went  on  record 
as  endorsing : 

(1)  A  motion  to  extend  our  grateful  thanks 
to  Miss  Susan  Fisher  Woods,  Regent,  and 
members  of  the  Logan  Whitley  Chapter  for 
their  untiring  effort  to  make  this  conference 
one  of  great  pleasure  and  perfect  harmony,  and 
express  our  appreciation  to  each  and  every  one 
in  Stanford  who  contributed  to  the  success  of 
the  meeting. 

(2)  The  movement  to  acquire  the  Yorktown 
Peninsular  for  a  National  Park,  and  thus  pre- 
serve the  historic  battlefield  whereon  Lord 
Cornwallis  surrendered  to  the  American  forces. 

(3)  To  endorse  the  bill  pending  before  the 
Government  of  the  United  States  to  erect  a 
National  Archives  building  at  Washington, 
wherein  our  national  documents  may  be 
preserved. 

(4)  To  endorse  the  recommendation  of  the 
State  Regent  to  have  a  Bill  passed  by  the 
Kentucky  Legislature  making  it  obligatory  upon 
all  school  children  from  six  years  old  and  up- 
wards, to  learn  the  Salute  and  Pledge  to  the 
Flag,  The  American's  Creed,  and  the  words  to 
"  The  Star  Spangled  Banner."  "  America,"  and 
other  national  songs. 

fS)  Resolutions  of  respect  were  endorsed 
upon  the  death  of  Mrs.  Mary  Lockwood,  "  The 
Little  ^Mother  "  of  our  great  organization,  whose 
passing  brought  sorrow  and  regret  to  the 
whole   country. 

On  June  14,  1922,  the  Elizabeth  Kenton 
Chapter  erected  a  marker  at  the  Covington  end 
of  the  bridge  which  spans  the  Ohio  River,  in 
honor  of  Simon  Kenton,  the  noted  Pioneer  and 
Indian  fighter. 

On  Armistice  Day,  1922,  the  Fincastle  Chapter, 
at  Louisville,  placed  a  marker  with  bronze 
tablet  at  Camp  Taylor,  in  honor  of  the  thous- 
ands of  aliens  who  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 


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to  the   United    States    Government   dviring    the 
World  War. 

On  February  22,  1923,  the  General  Evans 
Shelby  Chapter,  at  Owensboro,  unveiled  a 
tablet  in  the  court  house  in  honor  of  the 
Kentucky  boys  who  made  the  supreme  sacrifice 
during  the  World  War,  1917-1918. 

(Mrs.  Willi.^m)  M.ary  F.  H.  Rodes, 

Slate  Regent. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

The  Annual  March  Conference  of  the 
Massachusetts  D.A.R.  was  held  at  Unity  House, 
Park  Square,  Boston  on  Tuesday  and  Wednes- 
day, March  13  and  14,  1923. 

The  opening  session  found  the  main  Hall 
taxed  to  its  seating  capacity,  while  the  gallery 
was  filled  with  members  of  the  organization. 
The  Conference  opened  at  10  a.m.,  with  the 
processional  of  State  and  National  Officers 
escorted  by  pages.  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway 
the  retiring  State  Regent  presided.  Rev.  W. 
H.  Devvait,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Old  North  Church 
conducted  the  devotional  services.  Following 
the  Salute  to  the  Flag  and  the  singing  of 
"America,"  Mrs.  George  O.  Jenkins  of  Whit- 
man, past  State  Regent  in  a  brilliant  manner 
delivered  the  address  of  welcome  to  which 
Mrs.  Arthur  H.  Burdick  of  Framingham 
responded  graciously.  Greetings  were  then 
given  by  honored  guests,  Mrs.  Charles  S 
Whitman  of  New  York,  Vice  President  General, 
Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash,  State  Regent  of  New 
York  and  Mrs.  William  Howe,  former  State 
Regent  of  New  Hampshire.  After  the  singing 
of  "America  the  Beautiful"  by  Mrs.  F.  H. 
Bent  of  Waltham,  The  Vice  Regent,  Mrs. 
George  Minot  Baker  took  the  Chair,  permitting 
Mrs,  Shumway  to  submit  her  Annual  report 
as  State  Regent.  Progress  was  evident  every- 
where with  102  Chapters  and  a  total  of  8006 
members,  while  the  sum  of  $16,605  contributed 
to  the  work  of  the  organization  reflected  great 
credit  on  each  and  every  member  of  every 
Chapter.  In  closing  her  report  she  hoped  the 
future  years  would  bring  to  all,  the  happiness 
so  richly  deserved  and  a  still  further  and 
greater  opportunity,  to  serve  our  generation  in 
our  special  field  of  endeavor.  When  Mrs. 
Shumway  had  finished,  many  beautiful  flowers 
were   presented    to   her. 

Mrs.  George  M.  Baker,  Vice  Regent  of  the 
State  spoke  only  a  few  words  as  her  Annual 
Report,  as  her  duties  had  been  few.  Next  in 
order  were  the  nominations  for  State  Officers 
and  the  result  of  the  balloting  later  was  as 
follows:  Mrs.  George  Minot  Baker  of  Con- 
cord for  State  Re.gent,  a  w'oman  of  rare  person- 
ality, sound  judgment  and  richly  endowed  with 
all   the    qualifications    necessarj'    for    one    who 


occupies  that  high  office.  Vice  State  Regent, 
Miss  Isabel  W.  Gordon  of  Worcester ;  State 
Chaplain,  Mrs.  Annie  G.  Eliott,  Grafton;  State 
Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Stephen  P.  Hurd,  Mil- 
ton ;  State  Corresponding  Secretary,  Miss  Nancy 
H.  Harris,  Allston;  State  Treasurer,  Miss  Julia 
T.  Perry,  Lowell ;  State  Registrar,  Miss  Jose- 
phine G.  Richardson,  Boston;  State  Historian, 
Airs.  Arthur  L.  Power,  Norwell ;  State  Librar- 
ian, Mrs.  William  M.  Morgan,  Brookline ;  State 
Custodian,  Mrs.  Maitland  L.  Osborne,  Everett; 
State  Auditor,  Mrs.  Harold  C.  Spencer, 
Roslindale.  Following  a  solo  by  Mrs.  Bent  the 
Annual  reports  of  some  of  the  State  Officers 
and  the  Chairman  of  Philippine  Scholarship 
Committee  were  given  and  the  meeting  ad- 
journed to  convene  at  2  p.m.  When  that  hour 
arrived  it  found  the  delegates  refreshed  and 
after  repeating  the  American's  Creed,  the  order 
of  the  day  was  resumed.  Reports  of  the  State 
Officers  and  various  Committees  continued  and 
after  the  report  of  the  State  Librarian,  Mrs. 
Frank  B.  Ellison,  our  Librarian  General,  spoke 
of  her  work  and  what  Massachusetts  had  con- 
tributed in  the  way  of  valuable  manuscripts 
and  books  to  the  Library  at  ^Memorial  Con- 
tinental Hall. 

Mrs.  Stephen  P.  Hurd,  Chairman  of  Patriotic 
Education,  spoke  of  the  fine  work  done  by  the 
Chapters  in  this  line  and  of  the  proposed  Dor- 
mitory for  the  American  International  College 
at  Springfield  to  cost  $60,000  and  her  inspiring 
words  with  those  of  Chancellor  McGowan 
brought  many  substantial  responses  from  the 
floor  and  with  plans  formed  to  work  out  this 
project,  it  is  hoped  with  the  hearty  cooperation 
of  all  interested  in  this  work  that  it  will  soon  be 
accomplished.  Mr.  D.  Chauncy  Brewer  of 
Boston  brought  further  inspiration  to  the  Con- 
ference showing  how  important  this  work  was. 
The  afternoon  session  closed  with  charming 
vocal  solos  by  Mrs.  Alfred  Edwards  of  Natick. 

On  the  evening  of  March  13th  a  banquet  was 
given  at  Hotel  Brunswick,  Boston  under  the 
management  of  Mrs.  Frank  B.  Twitchell, 
Chairman  of  Hospitality  Committee  at  which 
225  guests  were  served.  The  State  Regent 
Mrs.  F.  P.  Shumway  presided  and  the  guests 
of  honor  were  :  Governor  Cox  of  Massachusetts ; 
Dr.  Charles  H.  Banks  of  Swampscott.  Presi- 
dent of  State  S.-'^.R. ;  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Whitman, 
^^ice  President  General ;  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Nash, 
State  Regent  of  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Frank  B.  Ellison, 
Librarian  General  and  Mrs.  George  Minot 
Baker.  Yke  State  Regent ;  all  of  whom  brought 
greetings,  while  Prof.  Marshall  L.  Perrin  of 
Boston  University  delivered  an  address  on 
"  China."  The  Professional  Women's  Club 
gave    the    musical    program    of    the    evening. 


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The  morning  session  on  March  14th  was 
opened  at  10  a.m.  by  the  Salute  to  the  Flag. 
Reports  from  the  Chairmen  of  various  Com- 
mittees were  continued.  The  report  on  correct 
use  of  the  Flag  showed  that  the  Committee  is 
ever  vigilant  to  keep  sacred  its  use,  while  other 
Chairmen  reported  active  work  in  their  various 
lines  of  work.  A  motion  was  carried  that  the 
Massachusetts  D.A.R.  hang  a  wreath  on  the 
Washington  Statue  in  the  Public  Garden  on 
every  February  22nd  with  appropriate  services. 
As  a  tribute  for  her  efficient  work  during  the 
past  three  years,  Mrs.  Frankhn  P.  Shumway 
was  made  an  Honorary  State  Regent.  To  close 
this  session  a  brief  Memorial  Service  for 
members  who  have  died  during  the  year  was 
held  and  Mrs.  Edith  Scott  Magna  of  Holyoke 
sang  in  her  usual  charming  manner. 

(Miss)    Mary   A.    Simonds, 

State  Historian. 
MISSISSIPPI 

The  eighteenth  Annual  Conference  of  the 
Mississippi  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion was  held  at  Laurel,  Miss.,  February  27,  28 
and  March  1,  1923,  with  an  unusually  large 
attendance.  The  Conference  was  signally 
honored  by  the  presence  of  three  National 
Officers,  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor,  President 
General ;  Mrs.  G.  Wallace  W.  Hanger,  Organiz- 
ing Secretary  General  and  Mrs.  John  L.  Buel, 
Vice  President  General  from  Connecticut ;  Mrs. 
Egbert  Jones,  Holly  Springs,  also  a  member  of 
the  National  Board  and  several  former  State 
Regents :  Mesdames,  Chalmers,  Williamson, 
Jackson,  J.  M.  Morgan,  Columbus  and  J.  H. 
Wynn,  Greenville  each  being  presented  with 
corsage   bouquets. 

The  meetings  were  held  in  the  beautiful 
"  Lauren  Rogers  Library "  building,  completed 
just  in  time  for  the  Conference  and  seemingly 
to  have  been  designed  especially  for  this 
purpose  so  perfect  were  all  its  appointments. 
This  Library  is  a  memorial  to  the  one  whose 
name  it  bears. 

Tuesday  evening,  February  27th  the  bugle  call 
announced  the  formal  opening  of  the  Confer- 
ence which  was  called  to  order  by  the  Regent 
of  Nahoula  Chapter,  Mrs.  George  S.  Gardiner. 
Several  attractive  young  girls  of  Laurel  in 
Colonial  costume  gave  the  "  Salute  to  the 
Flag  "  led  by  Miss  Myra  Hazard  of  Corinth. 
"  America  "  was  sung  by  the  audience  and  the 
address  by  the  Mayor  of  Laurel  was  a  hearty 
welcome  to  a  hospitable  city.  At  the  com- 
pletion of  the  program  a  reception  was  tendered 
the  delegates  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  Philip  S. 
Gardiner ;  here  a  delicious  salad  course  was 
served  and  the  moments  passed  so  swiftly  that 
the  hour  was  late  when  the  guests  departed. 


Nine  o'clock  the  morning  of  the  28th  the 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  Ernest  Brown,  of  Natchez, 
called  the  Conference  to  order.  Mrs.  Calvin 
S.  Brown,  State  Historian  gave  a  splendid 
resume  of  her  work  and  made  suggestions  that 
will  prove  most  profitable.  Reports  from  vari- 
ous committees  were  in  order ;  the  Legislative 
recommended  a  millage  tax  for  higher  educa- 
tional institutions  and  the  removal  of  these 
schools  from  politics,  also  equal  pay  for  equal 
work,  protective  homes  for  women  and  a 
mothers'  pension  were  recommended  to  be 
placed  before  the  next  session  of  the  State 
Legislature  in  the  form  of  bills.  The  com- 
mittee also  reported  having  secured  favorable 
action  on  the  compulsory  education  and  equal 
guardianship  for  minor  children.  A  motion  to 
the  effect  that  each  chapter  contributed  two 
cents  per  capita  toward  the  marking  of  historic 
highways  and  trails  in  the  State  was  unanim- 
ously adopted. 

The  distinguished  guests  were  then  introduced 
and  short  talks  made  by  Mrs.  Minor,  who  told 
of  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  our  national 
headquarters,  explaining  in  detail  the  purpose 
of  the  magnificent  institution.  Mrs.  G  Wallace 
W.  Hanger,  Corresponding  Secretary  General 
commenced  at  the  point  where  the  President 
General  left  off  and  told  of  the  manner  of  keep- 
ing individual  records  of  each  Daughter  and 
the  general  workings  of  the  building,  all  of 
which  was  very  interesting  and  helpful  to  her 
hearers.  Mrs.  Buel,  Vice  President  General 
told  of  literature  that  was  being  placed  by  the 
societies  in  the  hands  of  all  immigrants  entering 
this  country  at  Ellis  Island  and  impressed  the 
fact  that  what  the  immigrant  needs  is  the  right 
kind  of  instruction  and  he  will  at  once  respect 
the  principles  for  which  the  first  American  died. 

At  one  o'clock,  Hostess  Chapter  entertained 
at  a  most  beautiful  luncheon  served  by  the 
ladies  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  in  the 
Parish  hall.  The  decorations,  place  cards  and 
souvenirs  were  all  in  keeping  with  the  occasion 
and  so  perfect  was  everything  that  it  readily 
inspired  a  "  feast  of  reason  and  a  flow  of  soul." 
During  the  latter  part  of  the  hour  Mr.  F.  G. 
Wisner  addressed  the  assembly  on  "  Conser- 
vation." This,  of  course,  meant  lumber  and  as 
a  member  of  the  Eastman  Gardiner  Lumber 
Company,  the  largest  saw-mill  in  the  world,  his 
words  lent  weight  to  the  subject  which  he 
handled  in  a  masterly  manner.  Following  the 
luncheon  the  visitors  were  driven  over  the  city 
and  the  many  points  of  interest  shown,  after 
which  they  were  entertained  at  a  beautiful 
Colonial  Tea  by  the  local  chapter  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  in  the  home  of 
one  of  its  members,  Mrs.  C.  G.  Hull. 


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In  the  evening  the  delegation,  with  invited 
guests,  met  in  the  rooms  of  the  Parish  House 
where  after  singing  "The  Star  Spangled 
Banner."  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor  made  a 
splendid  talk  in  which  she  stressed  the  need  of 
more  100  per  cent.  Americanism.  "  America 
needs  a  revival  of  the  spirit  of  our  ancestors 
and  especially  that  of  the  Patrick  Henry  type. 
We  are  drifting  further  and  further  away  from 
the  Mayflower  pact  each  day.  We  are  further 
away  from  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and 
the  Constitution  than  ever  before,"  she  declared. 
Mr.  Oliver  Hinsdell  who  came  out  from  New 
Orleans   gave   some   of  his   inimitable   readings 


much  executive  ability.  When  I  see  her  to-day, 
in  reality  little  more  than  a  girl,  I  sitnply  marvel 
at  what  she  has  done."  Minutes  of  previous 
meetings,  reports  of  standing  committees ;  re- 
ports of  special  committees  and  unfinished  busi- 
ness consumed  the  forenoon.  Luncheon  was 
served  in  the  moms  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  it  was  a  very  beautiful  affair  during  which 
time  a  sextette  from  the  "  Piney  Woods  School  " 
a  negro  institution  in  Jones  County,  sang  for 
the  assembly.  These  voices  were  remarkably 
clear  and  sweet  as  they  sang  old  Southern 
songs.  Last  Summer  this  group  of  singers 
travelled  in  the  North  and  West  and  in  appreci- 


NATIONAL  OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS  OF  THE  MISSISSIPPI  STATE  CONFERENCE. 


after  which  all  repaired  to  the  palatial  home  of 
Mrs.  George  S.  Gardiner,  Regent  of  Nahoula 
Chapter;  here  the  guests  spent  a  social  hour 
in  converse  with  distinguished  guests  and  meet- 
ing each  other.  The  drawing-room  with  its 
"  gifts  from  the  Orient  and  gems  from  the  sea  " 
were  a  delight. 

Thursday,  March  1st,  the  session  was  opened 
by  the  State  Regent  who  gracefully  turned  over 
to  the  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Robert  N.  Sommer- 
ville,  of  Cleveland,  the  remainder  of  the  Con- 
ference. Mrs.  Sommerville  had  been  acting 
regent  for  the  entire  time  since  her  election. 
Miss.  Etta  Mitchell,  Regent-elect,  having  be- 
come Mrs.  Ernest  Brown,  turned  over  the  office 
to  her  and  well  did  she  wear  the  mantle ;  as 
one  of  the  National  Officers  remarked :  "  Dur- 
ing the  time  of  our  correspondence  I  very 
naturally  conceived  the  idea  that  Mrs.  Sommer- 
ville was  a  mature  woman  of  ripe  ideas  and 


ation  of  courtesies  extended  them  by  D.A.R. 
Chapters,  asked  permission  to  sing  for 
this  Conference. 

Reports  of  Resolution  and  Courtesy  Com- 
mittees, new  and  unfinished  business  were 
heard.  "  In  Memoriam  "  in  which  the  Chaplain 
announced  the  great  loss  sustained  in  the  pass- 
ing of  our  Real  Daughter,  Miss  Mary  A. 
Thompson  of  Centreville.  Taps  were  sounded 
and  adjournment  was  made  of  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  and  interesting  conferences  held  in 
the  State. 

ZoE   PoSEY, 

State  Chairman.  Historic  Sfots  Committee. 

NEBRASKA 
Deborah    Avery    Chapter    of    Lincoln,    Ncbr. 
entertained  the  Twenty-first  Conference  of  the 
Nebraska  Daughters  of  the  American   Revolu- 
tion.     The    conference    was     formally    opened 


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Thursday  evening  March  22,  1923,  at  the 
Christian  Church,  after  a  tea  at  the  Governor's 
Mansion  to  delegates,  visitors,  and  officers  of 
the  conference. 

The  conference  was  then  continued  at  the 
Lincoln  Hotel  where  all  business  sessions  were 
held.  The  delegates  and  visitors  had  luncheon 
each  day  at  the  hotel. 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Spencer,  State  Regent,  presided  at 
all  meetings.  Delegates  from  nearly  all  the 
chapters  of  the  state  were  present.  Friday 
morning  was  given  to  reports  of  state  officers, 
and  the  selection  of  committees  for  the  busi- 
ness of  the  conference. 

Mrs.  Spencer  announced  the  admission  of 
four  new  chapters  and  good  prospects  for  five 
more  within  the  next  year.  The  new  chapters 
are  Cozad,  Minitare,  Coleridge,  and  St.  Ed- 
wards, the  last  to  be  acted  on  by  the  National 
Board  at  its  April  meeting.  The  Regent  also 
reported  briefly  on  the  last  conference  when 
Bonneville  Chapter  of  Lexington  so  delight- 
fully entertained  the  Twentieth  Conference.  She 
also  spoke  of  her  visit  to  the  Continental  Con- 
gress, which  eleven  Nebraska  delegates  attended, 
and  urged  a  larger  attendance  this  year.  The 
state  is  entitled  to  more  than  fifty  delegates. 

Friday  afternoon  was  given  to  chapter  reports 
and  other  important  business.     Friday   evening 


the  Chamber  of  Commerce  entertained  the 
delegates,  officers,  and  other  guests  at  a  delight- 
ful banquet,  over  two  hundred  being  present. 
Toasts  by  State  officers.  National  candidates 
and  Lincoln  D.A.R's.  were  given.  After  the 
banquet  Deborah  Avery  Chapter  entertained 
their  guests  with  a  fine  program  of  living 
pictures,  depicting  historical  characters,  which 
was  much  enjoyed  by  all  present.  The  con- 
ference closed  on  Friday  with  the  finishing  of 
important  business  and  election  of  officers, 
as  follows  :  Mrs.  Elizabeth  O.  Smith,  Chadron, 
Regent ;  Mrs.  C.  S.  Paine,  Lincoln,  Vice  Regent; 
Mrs.  William  Madgett,  Hastings,  Recording 
Secretary ;  Mrs.  R.  M.  Campbell,  Columbus, 
Corresponding  Secretary ;  Mrs.  R.  M.  Jones, 
Omaha,  Treasurer;  Wx%.  E.  R.  Larmon,  Omaha, 
Registrar ;  Mrs.  W.  C.  Buchta,  David  City, 
Librarian;  Mrs.  L.  J.  Gist,  Falls  City,  Chaplain; 
Miss  Roxy  Ammerman,  Fairmont,  Historian; 
Mrs.  Elve  B.  Evans,  Lexington,  Auditor ;  The 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  wish  to 
thank  Deborah  Avery  Chapter,  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Governor  and  Mrs.  Bryan,  The 
Lincoln  Hotel  Company  and  all  who  assisted  in 
making  the  conference  a  success. 

Kate  M.  Scoul.'^.r, 
State  Historian. 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  MAGAZINE   PRIZE 
CONTEST 

July  1,  1923,  to  March  1,  1924 


The  prize  contest,  open  to  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  Chapters  throughout 
the  country,  to  secure  subscriptions  to  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine,  begins  on  July  1,  1923,  and  ends  on 
March  1,   1924. 

The  conditions  are  as   follows  : 

The  chapters  are  arranged  in  four  groups 
according  to  membership  and  four  prizes  are 
offered   for  each  group. 

1st  group — membership  of  400  and  over. 

2nd  group— 200  to  400. 

3rd  group— 100  to  200. 

4th  group — less  than  one  hundred. 

The  four  prizes  are  divided  as  follows  :  1st 
prize,  $100;  2nd  prize,  $75;  3rd  _.prize,  $50; 
4th  prize,  $25. 


T!iis  arraugcmcnt  assures  four  cash  prises 
for  each  group. 

The  chapters  securing  the  greatest  number 
of  subscriptions  in  proportion  to  their  member- 
ship will  receive  these  prizes. 

An  additional  prize  of  $200  will  be  awarded 
to  the  chapter  securing  the  greatest  number  of 
subscriptions  over  three  hundred. 

A  subscription  for  a  period  of  years  will  be 
counted  as  one  subscription. 

The    name    of   the   chapter    must   accompany 
each    subscription    in    order    to    be    counted   in 
the  contest. 
(Mrs.  Charles  White) 

Frances   Tupper  Nash, 
National  Chairman,  Magazine. 


GENEALOGICAL 
DEPARTMENT 


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EDITH  ROBERTS  RAMSBURGH 

GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 

Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

10401.  Baskins. — Baskins  Ferry  dates  back 
to  almost  the  1st  settlement  of  Cumberland  Co., 
Pa.  In  1767  James  Baskins  first  operated 
this  ferry.  I  have  a  copy  of  his  will.  His 
bro  Wm.  was  killed  by  Indians.  For  further 
details  write  James  M.  Martin,  in  care  of  Min- 
nesota Loan  &'  Trust  Co.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
The  Baskins  were  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians. 
James  Baskins  was  gr  grandfather  of 
Alexander  H.  Stephens  of  Ga.,  Vice  Pres. 
of  the  Confederacy.— -l/r.f.  H.  M.  H  olden, 
Athens,   Ga. 

10401.  Gray.— John  Gray,  bro  of  Mathew  & 
Uavid.  m  Bethcnia.  dau  of  Ellis  Bane. 

(b)  RosEBERRY-HucHES. — Sarah  Hughes  m 
Matthias  Roseberry,  8  Oct.,  1795.  Thomas 
Hughes,  father  of  Sarah,  m  Elizabeth  Swan, 
20,  Feb.,  1770.  Served  in  Rev  but  have  not 
his  rec.  Felix  Hughes,  father  of  Thomas,  was 
also  in  the  Rev  ser : — Private  in  Capt.  Adam 
Foulke's  Company,  3rd  class,  Phila.  Mil.  Also 
Private  in  Capt.  Jeremiah  Fisher's  Co.,  Phila. 
U\\.— Sarah  M.  Dinsmorc.  214  S.  Morris  St., 
Waynesburg,  Pa. 

10441b.  Plummer. — Sampson  Plummer  b  in 
Newbury,  Mass.,  14  March,  1699,  set  in  Scar- 
boro,  Maine,  abt  1726,  m  16  March,  1727,  Eliza- 
beth Hickson  Libby,  Their  ch  b  in  Scarboro, 
Maine,  were  Elizabeth  b  27  Feb.,  1728;  James 
b  29  Sept.,  1730;  Jeremiah  b  16  June,  1733; 
Joseph  b  8  Feb.,  1735;  John  bapt  13  March, 
1737;  Jonathan  b  20  Oct.,  1739;  Samuel  b  16 
Sept.,    1742,   m    Sarah    Bragdon   9   April,    1767. 


Ref  :  Plummer  Genealogy  by  Sidney  Perley. — 
Mrs.  Henry  Clostcrman,  Terrace  Park,  Ohio. 

10454.  Preston. — Roger  Preston,  b  in  Eng- 
land, 1614.  came  to  America  1635,  resided  in 
Ipswich,  Mass.,  1657,  removed  to  Salem,  where 

he  d  20  Jan.,   1666.     His  w  was  Martha  . 

After  his  death  she  m  Nicholas  Holt,  as  his 
3rd  w.  Children  of  Roger  &  Martha  Preston 
were  Thomas  m  Rebecca  Nurse ;  Mary  m  Na- 
thaniel Ingersoll ;  Elizabeth  m  Wm.  Henfield ; 
Samuel  m  Susanna  Gutterson ;  Jacob  b  1658 
unmarried,  lost  at  sea  1679 ;  John  m  Mrs.  Sarah 
Geary  Holt ;  Levi  b  16  July,  1662,  m  Abigail 
Brooks.  Levi  (2)  Preston  b  at  Salem,  Mass., 
16  July,  1662,  m  at  Swansea.  Mass.,  16  Oct., 
1695,  Abigail,  dau  of  Timothy  &  Mary  Russell 
Brooks,  Mary  was  the  dau  of  John  Russell,  Levi 
was  one  of  a  colony  of  Baptists  who  went  from 
Swansea  to  West  Jersey,  abt  1709,  They  set 
in   Salem   Co.,   N.   J.     Their   ch   were   Levi   m 

Mar}' &  had  three  daus ;  Martha  m  Samuel 

Bennett ;   John   m  &  had   s   John ;    Mary 

m  Bishop;  Abigail  m  Benjamin  Stratton ; 

Isaac  m  Elizabeth  Dare ;  Freelove  m  Wm. 
Dare.  Isaac  (3)  Preston  b  10  Sept.,  1707,  m 
Elizabeth  dau  of  Wm.   (2),  Wm.   (1)   Dare,  & 

their  ch  were  Levi  b   1732  m  Dedcmiah  ; 

Isaac  b  20  Nov.,  1735,  m  Hannah  Bower; 
Elizabeth  m  Charles  Du  Bois ;  Wm. ;  John ; 
Joseph.  Isaac  (4)  Preston  b  Nov.  30,  1735,  m 
Hannah  Brower  b  20  March,  1737.  Their  ch 
were  Bathsheba  b  14  Oct.,  1757;  Hannah  b 
22  May,  1759;  Elizabeth  b  15  March,  1762; 
Isaac  b  26  April,  1765;  John  Bower  b  3  Oct., 
1769;  David  b  29  Nov.,  1772;  Ruth  b  29  Aug., 

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1774;  Theodosia  b  21  May,  1776.  Hannah  (S) 
Preston  m  Ezekiel  Foster.  Isaac  (4)  Preston 
was  Col.  in  the  1st  Battalion  State  Troops  in 
the  Rev,  he  died  in  camp  on  the  Raritan  River 
in  Somerset  Co.,  N.  J.,  March,  1777,  and  was 
bur  in  the  Cohansey  burying  ground  near 
Bridgeton,  N.  J.  Ref  :  Preston-Ogden  Geneal- 
ogy, compiled  by  Mrs.  Josie  Howell  Stone  & 
Wm.  Ogden  Powell.  In  the  Historical  Library 
at  Hartford,  Conn.,  there  is  a  more  complete 
Genealogy  of  the  Preston  Family. — Miss  Nettie 
A.  Davidson,  6814  Thomas  Blvd.,  Pitts- 
burgh,   Pa. 

10474.  Knight. — Abel  Knight  b  Worcester, 
Mass.,  1  Feb.,  1777,  was  s  of  Edward  Knight, 
Jr.,  &  his  w  Elizabeth  Flagg,  who  were  m 
2  Nov.,  1773.  They  also  had  at  Worcester 
Josiah  b  6  April,  1775;  Elijah  b  12  June,  1780; 
Molly  b  7  Apr.,  1782;  Jonathan  b  26  Jan., 
1786;  John  Heath  b  20  Dec,  1790.  The  only  ser- 
vice given  for  an  Edward  Knight  is  printed 
in  Mass.  Rolls,  vol.  9,  p.  345 :  Private ;  Capt. 
David  Chadwick's  Co. :  ser  5  days ;  Company 
marched  to  Bennington  on  alarm.  State  pay 
allowed  agreeable  to  resolve  of  Sept.  23,  1777. 
—Mrs.  Burton  A.  Crane,  517  W.  10th  St., 
Erie,   Penna. 

10481.  Harrison. — Bazil  Harrison  was  a 
nephew  of  Benj.  Harrison,  the  "Signer"  & 
cousin  of  Gen.  Wm.  Henry  Harrison.  Born  in 
Maryland  abt  1771,  moved  to  Va.,  then  to  Ohio 
&  finally  reached  Prairie  Ronde,  Kalamazoo  Co., 
Mich.,  in  1828,  in  his  58th  yr,  the  first  set- 
tler in  the  county.  He  was  joined  by  his  s 
David  in  about  a  yr,  while  Nathan  moved  to 
Kalamazoo  twp  about  1830.  Bazil  was  appointed 
one  of  the  first  judges  of  the  County  Court 
in  1830.  Prairie  Ronde  became  a  township  of 
the  above  county.  Bazil  died  1874  aged  103 
yrs.  He  was  the  hero  of  J.  Fennimore  Cooper's 
"  Oak  Openings,  of  the  Bee  Hunter."  De- 
tailed information  of  this  family  can  be  obtained 
from  county  records.  The  above  is  from  Genea- 
logical Notes  &  Queries  in  the  Sunday  Edition 
of  the  Fort  Wayne  Journal-Gazette,  under 
"  Notes  "  in  the  issue  of  Sept.  4,  1922,  &  from 
"  Hidden  Data  "  in  the  issue  of  April,  1923. — 
T.  IV.  Sherwood.  Box.  No.  56,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

10746a.  Delano. — Philip  (1)  Delano  came  to 
Plymouth,  1621,  in  the  Fortune,  m  there  19 
Dec,  1634,  Hester  Dewsbury.  Jonathan  (2) 
Delano  d  at  Dartmouth,  23  Dec,  1720.  aged 
73  yrs.  Mar  at  Plymouth  28  Feb.,  1678,  Mercy 
(3)  Warren  (Nathaniel  2,  Richard  1)  b  at 
Plymouth  20  Feb.,  1658.  Jonathan  (3)  Delano, 
b  Jan.  30,  1680,  d  at  Tolland,  Conn.,  25  March, 
1752,  m  20  June,  1704,  Amy  Hatch,  dau  of 
Joseph,  of  Falmouth.  Thomas  (4)  Delano  b  24 
Dec,  1726,  d  5  Sept.,  1803,  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  m 


Lois  in   1747. — Miss  Josephine  B.  Brown, 

128  Harmon  St.,  Warren,  Ohio. 

10752.  Howard. — Nathan  Howard,  Jr.,  was 
preacher  at  the  New  Light  Church  in  Water- 
ford.  Born  in  New  London  1721,  he  d  of  small- 
pox 1777.  His  father  came  from  Enfield,  Mass. 
See  Miss  Caulkin's  History  of  New  London  & 
Joshua  Hempstead's  Diary. — Miss  E.  IV.  Avery, 
Norwich,  Conn. 

10825.  NoRRis. — The  Thomas  gen.  gives  the 
names  of  their  ch  &  whom  they  m  &  their 
ch  but  does  not  mention  the  parents  of  Ellen 
Norris.  If  you  care  for  the  book,  send  27 
cents  &  it  will  be  mailed  to  you. — Mrs.  A.  S. 
Thomas,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ohio. 

10830.  Pickett.— Adam  &  Hannah  Wetherell 
Picket  had  Adam  b  1681  m  1702  Susanna  Tur- 
ner, d  1709;  &  John  b  1685  m  Eliz.  Mulford 
Christopher's  Adam  &  Hannah  were  own  cous- 
ins, as  she  was  the  dau  of  Capt.  Daniel  & 
Grace  Brewster  Wetherell.  Ref :  Miss  Caulkin's 
History  of  New  London. — Miss  E.  IV.  Avery, 
28  Perkins  Ave.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

10838.  Graves. — Gen.  John  Card  Graves,  133 
Lexington  Ave.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  has  compiled 
the  2nd  &  3rd  vols,  of  the  Graves  Family  but 
has  not  pub  them.  He  will  send  information 
on  request. — E.  B.  Sivancott,  11  Greenwood 
Court,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

10838a.  Van  Etten. — Blondina  or  Dinah  Van 
Etten's  mother's  name  was  Decker.  Her  father, 
a  Tory,  was  shot  by  a  Whig  in  his  ovra  orchard. 
Her  parents  were  both  Dutch.  Her  grand- 
mother came  from  Holland.  Copied  from  "A 
Short  Biographical  Sketch  of  the  Westfall 
Family,"  comp  by  Dr.  James  Westfall,  of 
Ohio.— Miss  Mary  A.  Stone,  1518  Blaine  Ave., 
Cambridge,  Ohio. 

10840.  Gillespie. — James  Gillespie  b  1748, 
Ireland,  d  1805  N.  Car.  m  1770  Dorcas  Mun- 
ford,  1750-1800.  Was  a  Member  of  General 
Assembly,  N.  C.  Ref :  Wheeler's  Hist,  of 
North  Carolina,  vol.  1,  p.  85;  2,  139.— Gen.  Ed. 

10844.  Pratt.— Daniel  Axtell  b  Marlboro, 
Mass.,  4  Nov.,  1673,  m  12  May,  1702,  Thankful 
Pratt  b  in  Weymouth  4  Oct.,  1683,  evidently 
only  ch  of  Elder  Wm.  Pratt  &  his  w  Elizabeth 
Baker  of  Dorchester,  m  26  Oct.,  1680;  1695, 
Elder  Wm.  Pratt  went  with  the  Dorchester 
Colony  to  Ashley  River,  S.  Car.,  to  promote 
religion  &  in  a  diary  kept  by  him,  he  says  he 
&  Increase  Sumner  were  kindly  received  by 
Lady  Axtell,  the  w  of  a  kinsman  of  Daniel 
Axtell  of  Mass.,  who  evidently  went  to  S.  Car. 
with  Pratt,  &  there  m  his  dau  Thankful  on  the 
above  date.  It  was  so  noted  in  Pratt's  diary. 
Soon  after  that  they  returned  to  Weymouth, 
thence  to  Bridgewater  &  again  to  Easton,  where 
he    d    in    1713.      His   tombstone    reads,    "Here 


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lies  the  body  of  Elder  Wm.  Pratt  ae  54  in  the 
yea  1713,  January  13."  He  was  born  at  Wey- 
mouth, 6  Mar.,  1659,  s  of  Sarjent  Thomas 
Pratt,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  April, 
1676,  same  time  that  Henry  Axtell,  father  of 
Daniel,  was.  Elizabeth  Baker,  w  of  Wm.  Pratt, 
was  b  20  July,  1656,  dau  of  Richard  (1)  Baker 
of  Dorchester,  who  arrived  here  the  28  Nov., 
1635.  He  was  a  member  of  the  D.  Church  4 
Nov.,  1639 ;  m  Faith  Withington,  dau  of  Henry, 
ruling  elder  of  the  church.  Baker  was  free- 
man 18  May,  1642;  mem  of  the  Ancient  & 
Honorable  Artillery  1658  &  in  nearly  every  yr 
from  1642  to  1685  his  name  is  of  record  as  exer- 
cising some  office  in  the  town  administration. 
He  d  25  Oct.,  1689,  his  w  d  3  Feb.,  1689.  Ref : 
New  England  Historical  &  Genealogical  Regis- 
ter, vol.  3,  p.  71 ;  vol.  4,  p.  58;  vol.  30,  p.  239; 
Baker  Gen.,  vol.  43 ;  Axtell  Gen.,  vol.  53. — 
Mrs.  Burton  Ashley  Crane.  517  W.  10th  St., 
Erie,  Pa. 

10846.  Eliot. — The  following  is  from  Mrs. 
Kate  Hills  Elliott,  formerly  of  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Andrew  Eliot  had  bros  &  sis  Andrew  b  8  Dec, 
1751,  m  Jane  Ayers  b  5  July.  1756;  George, 
a  Baptist  minister:  Jonathan;  Isaac;  Jacob 
m  Priscilla  Ayers;  Freelove  m  John  Gile  (Gile 
Gen.).  The  list  below  is  a  copy  in  the  hand- 
writing of  Hon.  Nahum  Thompson  who  m 
Betsy  Eliot  &  lived  in  Decatur,  Otsego  Co., 
N.  Y.  This  list  was  given  to  me  by  his  s, 
Nahum    Thompson.     Father    &    Mother    Eliot 

was  3  Oct.,   1774.     Andrew,  being  23  yrs 

old  the  8th  day  of    December   following,   Jane 

was  18,  the   5  of   July  before.     Daniel  b   Dec. 

17,  Sun.,  1775  ;  Lucretia  b  April  9,  Thurs.,  1777; 

Sarah  b  May  17,  Mon.,  1779;  Andrew  b  April 

25,  Thurs.,  1781;  George  b  Oct.  5,  Sat.,  1782; 

;  Jacob  b  July  28,  Wed.,  1784;  Molly  b  April  29, 

!   Men.,    1786;    Sarah    d    Nov.    11.    Sun.,    1787; 

'   Peter   b    March    20,    Fri.,    1789;    Luke    b    Jan. 

(or  Jun.)    31,   Mon..   1791  ;   Elias  b  March   18, 

t  Mon.,  1793;  Hannah  b  Jan.  (or  Jun.)   12,  Mon., 

i  1795;  Betsy  b  May  31,  1798.    Andrew  Eliot  scr 

I  as  a  private  in   3rd   Tyron   Co.    Regt  of    Mil, 

I  Col.     Frederick     Fisher,     'th     Company,     Capt. 

i  Joseph     Yoeman,     Vice     Capt.     Hodges,     who 

moved   out    of    the    country. — N.    V.    Archives, 

pps.  256,  296.  342.     New   York  in   The   Revo- 

,  lution,  p.   180.     Andrew  Eliot  came  to   Otsego 

I  Co.   from   Florida,   Montg.   Co.,   N.  Y.,  bought 

I  land  &  set  in  Worcester,  now  that  part  that  is 

known  as   Eliot    Hill,   twp   of    Decatur,    which 

i  was  set  off  from  Worcester  abt  1808.     His  will 

names   ch   as    listed   above.      He   d    March   26, 

1813.  &  was  bur  at  Eliot  Hill,  his  w  d  June  18, 

1824,  &  was  bur  by  his  side.     I  would  like  to 

know  the   parents  of   both   Andrew   &  Jane   & 

their  birthplace.    Their  ch  m  as  follows :  Daniel 


m  Hannah  Carpenter ;  Lucretia  m  Stephen  Gile, 

her  cousin;  Andrew  m  Margaret  ;  George 

m  Jennie  McCarthy;  Jacob  m  Patience  Tripp; 
Molly  m  Wm.  Seaward ;  Peter  m  Jerusha  Mc- 
Carthy; Luke,  a  minister,  m  Betsy  McCarthy; 
Elias  m  Charity  Warner ;  Hannah  m  Samuel 
Hoyt ;  Betsy  m  Nahum  Thompson. — Caroline 
IV.  Crippen,  Worcester,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 

10846.  Hershey. — April  1,  1785,  according  to 
York  Co.,  Court  Records,  David  Erhlman, 
farmer,  of  Lancaster  Co.,  transferred  a  tract 
of  land  in  Paradise  twp.,  York  Co.,  to  Casper 
Hoke.  David  Erhlman's  w  was  Mary,  dau  of 
Andrew  Hersey  (prob  Hershey),  who  d  before 
1785.  She  willed  this  tract  to  her  oldest  s  Mar- 
tin, one  of  six  ch  names  of  other  five  not  given. 
Would  like  to  corres  with  anyone  having  any 
inf  of  these  other  ch. — C.  H.  Eshleman,  Box  66, 
Ludington.  Mich. 

10848.  BiBB-F.\RRAR. — Can  supply  genealogy 
of  Wm.  Farrar.  His  father-in-law  John  Bibb 
d  1769,  no  Rev  rftc.—Rev.  B.  L.  Ancell.  D.D.. 
Mahan  School,  Yangchow,  China. 

10849b.  Johnson. — Louisa  Catherine  Johnson 
dau  of  Joshua  Johnson,  of  Maryland,  &  Cather- 
ine Nuth,  was  b  in  London  12  Feb.,  1775.  & 
m  John  Quiney  Adams  in  All-Hallows  Church, 
London,  26  July,  1797.  Their  ch  were  George 
Washington,  b  12  April,  1801,  Berlin,  Germany; 
John,  b  4  July.  1803,  Boston,  Mass.;  Chas. 
Francis,  b  18  Aug.,  1807,  Boston,  Mass.;  dau 
b  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  d  1812.— Mrs.  Olive 
H.  H.  Lash,  592  Edwards  Ave.,  Benton  Har- 
bor, Mich. 

10851a.  Babcock.— Capt.  Robert  Babcock, 
native  of  Eng.,  set  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  bef 
1648.  His  will  dated  11  Nov.,  1694,  prov  7 
March  following,  bequeathed  to  w  Joana.  His 
s  Ebenezer,  bapt  5  July,  1663.  aged  abt  7  months, 
d  at  Sherborn,  Mass.,  15  Dec,  1717.  His  s 
Ebenezer  b  at  Sherborn,  Mass.,  4  Sept..  1697, 
d  16  Oct.,  1773,  Mehitabel  Burt,  set  at  Coven- 
try, Conn.  Their  s  Wm.  b  at  Coventry,  Conn., 
17  July,  1726,  m  Mary  Gates,  and  their  s  Roger 
b  at  Coventry,  Conn.,  9  July,  1757,  d  11  May, 
1836,  in  South  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.  His  w 
Thankful  d  9  March,  1822,  aged  66  yrs.  Their 
ch  were  Chester,  Roger,  Alva  &  at  least  five 
others.— il/.i')-a  L.  Shatliick.  Norwich.  N.  Y. 

10861.  Childress.— Obediah  Childress,  b 
1793  d  1852,  m  Celia  Ayers.  Their  ch  were 
Wm.,  1816-1852;  John,  Obed.,  Bettie,  Polly, 
Minerva  &  Eliza.  His  mother's  maiden  name 
was  Snow,  &  his  father  was  m  twice,  as  there 
were  half  bros  &  sis.  Obediah  Childress  moved 
with  his  family  from  North  Alabama  abt  1836/7 
&  set  in  Choctaw  Co.,  Miss.,  residing  there  until 
his  death.  According  to  tradition  the  Childress 
familv  lived  in  East  Tennessee  prior  to  settling 


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in  Alabama.— j1/;-^-.  R.  C.  Fisher,  118  6th  Ave., 
Belton,  Texas. 

10861.  Childress. — Nancy  was  the  dau  of 
Archibald  Childress.  His  father,  whose  name 
I  do  not  know,  lived  in  Va.,  was  a  large  land 
&  slave  owner.  He  sold  his  possessions  for 
Continental  money  (which  became  worthless) 
&  moved  to  one  of  the  Carolinas.  His  sons 
were  Archibald  who  m  Elizabeth  Newberry; 
Abraham,  Douglass,  John,  William  &  Ware. 
Wm.  was  the  oldest  &  was  a  Rev  sol.  The 
Childress  family  is  said  to  be  of  Huguenot 
desc.  Many  of  the  family  lived  in  Tenn.  James 
K.  Polk's  w  was  Sarah  Childress. — Bessie 
IVananiaker,  Bethany,  Mo. 

11494.  Carpenter. — Increase  Carpenter,  b 
April,  1743,  d  20  April,  1807,  m  Mary  Bayley, 
wid,  who  d  23  Jan.,  1825.  March  27,  1776,  a 
CO  of  mil  was  formed  at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  of  40 
persons,  with  Ephraim  Baylis,  Capt.,  &  Increase 
Carpenter,  1st  Lieut.  Aug.  24,  1776,  in  a  list 
of  Staff  in  Queen's  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Increase  Car- 
penter is  given  as  Quartermaster.  1774,  a  meet- 
ing was  held  at  the  home  of  Increase  Carpenter 
to  protest  against  the  tax  on  tea,  etc.  He  was 
also  1st  Lieut.  March  27,  1776.  Can  give 
full  gen  of  this  fam. — Mrs.  Frank  Markell, 
Frederick,   Maryland. 

11516.  LiTTLEPAGE. — ^For  records  on  this  fam 
write  to  Mrs.  Mosley  Putney,  Charleston,  Kana- 
wha Co.,  W.  W3..—Mrs.  Frank  Markell,  Fred- 
erick, Md. 

Robinson. — Thomas  Robinson  &  w  made 
their  appearance  in  Hartford  &  Guilford.  Conn., 
in  1640,  coming  from  England.  Their  s  David 
b  1660  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  had  s  David  b  1694, 
Durham,  Conn.,  who  was  the  father  of  13  ch, 
of  whom  Capt.  James  Robinson  b  1731,  Durham, 
Conn.,  m  Amy  Spelman,  1752.  Their  ch  were 
Joel,  Ebenezer,  John,  Amy,  Submit,  James, 
Content,  Nathan,  1st.  Richard,  2nd.  Richard  & 
Charles.  I  will  be  able  to  give  any  desc  wish- 
ing further  inf,  the  Rev  rec  of  James  &  dates. — 
Jessie  W.  Hayes,  238  N.  Park  Ave.,  Montrose, 
Colorado. 

11508.  Cobb.— John  Cobb  b  1744  Norwich, 
Conn.,  d  1851,  Orwell,  Vt.,  m  1783  Mary  Fuller, 
1762-1844.  Their  ch  were  Henry,  Wm.,  John, 
Gideon,  Abigail,  Horace,  Sarah,  &  Mary.  Ref  : 
Cemetery  rec  at  Orwell,  Vt.,  Town  Recs.  of 
Norwich,  Conn.  John  Cobb  was  a  Rev  pensioner. 
He  was  Corporal  in  the  Defense  of  Boston, 
Capt.  Obadiah  Johnston's  Co.,  Conn.  Line. 
Samuel  Cobb  b  3  Sept.,  1753,  Vt.,  m  Silence 
Barney  &  had  ch  Tisdale  &'  Hanover. — Gen.  Ed. 

QUERIES 
11556.  Bryan-Mitchell. — John     M.     Bryan, 
b  19  Jan.,  1765,  m  1st  Jane b  18  July,  1768. 


Wanted  date  of  their  m  &  parentage  of  each, 
Eliz.,  dau  of  John  B.,  b  3  Sept.,  1787,  m  George 
Mitchell.  Wanted  their  date  of  m  &  gen  of 
Geo.  Mitchell. 

(a)  Hav-R.'\ub-Smith. — Wanted  dates  & 
name  of  w  of  John  Hay,  of  Northern  N.  J, 
His  gr  s  John  Fleming  m  Catherine  Raub,  26 
Dec,  1811,  dau  of  Michael  &  Anna  Cool  Raub. 
Would  like  Cool  &  Raub  gens.  Another  gr  s 
Aaron  Fleming  b  28  Aug.,  1795,  m  Eliz.  Smith 
b  2  Oct.,  1805,  dau  of  Barnes  Smith  b  26  May, 
1759,  m  Mary  Albertson  b  28  Sept,,  17 — . 
Wanted  date  of  their  m.  Barnes  Smith  was  the 
s  of  Stoflell.  Would  like  all  dates  of  Stoffell  & 
Rev  rec  for  Stoffel  &  Barnes  Smith.— H.  M.  F. 

11557.  Wright.— Isaac  B.  Wright  d  Rock- 
port,  Ind.,  1825.  He  m  Clarissa  Berry  b  1797, 
d  1842,  as  widow  of  Peregrine  Alpha  in  New 
Orleans.  Isaac  B.  Wright  removed  to  Ind., 
1817,  with  a  Mr.  Griffith  of  Md.  Wanted  his 
parentage  &  place  of   birth. 

(a)  Berry-Shelbv. — Clarissa  Berry  was  dau 
of  Wm.  Berry  &  Clarissa  Shelby,  Spencer  Co. 
History  states  she  was  the  dau  of  Gen.  Evan 
Shelby.  Wanted  proof  of  this  &  information 
of  both  fams. 

(b)  Woodruff-Critchfield. — Amos  Wood- 
ruff b  1806  d  1846  m  Sarah  Horton  b  1807  d 
1889.  Amos  was  s  of  Nathaniel  Woodruff  & 
Mary  b  1787,  dau  of  Amos  Critchfield,  Sr. 
Wanted  name  of  her  mother.  Ch :  of  Amos 
Sr,  were  Mary  b  1787,  Amelia  b  1789,  Wm. 
b  1791,  Jane  b  1793,  Sarah  b  1796  &  Amos  b 
1800.  Wanted  any  information  of  these  fams. — 
J.  M.  D. 

11558.  Hedden.— Wanted  gen  of  Daniel  Hed- 
den  who  m  Betsy  Brasted  &  lived  in  Western 
N.  Y.,  either  in  Tompkins,  Schuyler  or  Steuben 
Counties.  Daniel  had  bros  Aaron  &  Luther 
who  ser  in  War  of  1812.  Should  like  to  corres 
with  anyone  having  data  of  the  Hedden  family 
prior  to   1800. 

(a)  Harroun-Harroon. — Wanted  parentage 
of  Janet  Harroun  who  m  Alvin  Drury  &  lived 
nr  Barre,  Vt.  She  had  a  bro  Isaac.  Were 
they  related  to  the  family  of  that  name  from 
the  Scotch-Irish  settlement  at  Colerain,  Mass.? 

(b)  Dilley. — Wanted  parentage  of  Betty 
Dilley,  Dilly  or  Dillie,  who  m  Reuben  Wash- 
burn &  lived  in  Middleborough,  Mass.  Would 
like  to  corres  with  members  of  this  family. — 
E.  B.  A. 

11559.  WiGGiN. — Wanted  parentage  of  Brad- 
street  Wiggin  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  also  his  dates 
&  name  of  w  with  her  dates. — H.  J.  M. 

11560.  Gentry. — Wanted  parentage  of  Eliz 
Gentry  b  20  July,  1787,  m  1804  Richard  McGee 
and  lived  in  Giles  Co.,  Tenn.,  d  1834. 

(a)   McGee. — Wanted    parentage    &   any  inf 


GENEALOGICAL  DEPARTMENT 


435 


of  aiices  of  Richard  McGee  who  came  from 
Rockbridge  Co.,  Va.,  to  Tenn.  abt  1794.  He 
was  b  18  Sept.,  1775.— L.  M. 

11561.  As  I  am  compiling  a  history  of  Pen- 
niman  &  related  families  of  Mass.,  would  like 
to  corres  with  desc  of  Penniman,  Parmentcr, 
Adams,  Allen,  Clark,  Morse,  Farnsworth, 
Daby,  Horton,  Tracy,  Partridge,  BuUard  & 
Pidge  families,  also  with  anyone  who  can  give 
inf  of  the  Lewis,  Langdon  or  Pressey  families 
of   Waterville,    Maine. — L    F.    C. 

11562.  KiNGSLEY. — Wanted  parentage,  date  & 
place  of  birth  of  Lydia  Kingsbury,  who  m  Jona- 
than Thurber  16  April,  1752,  at  Rehobeth, 
Mass. — G.  A.  McF. 

11563.  Hunt. — Wanted  parentage  of  Wm. 
Hunt,  of  Tarrytown  (Philipsburgh),  N.  Y., 
b  10  Aug.,  1737,  d  20  Aug.,  1801,  m  Mary 
Storm.  One  dau  m  Wm.  Requa  of  Tarrytown. 
Wanted  any  inf  of  these  families. — S.  F.  C. 

11564.  H ALLEY. — Pamelia  Frances  Halley  of 
Fayette  Co.,  Tenn.,  m  18  June,  1835,  James 
Foster  Gaines.  Wanted  any  inf  of  the  Halley 
fam  of  Lynchburg,  Va.  In  the  early  part  of 
the  18th  century  a  number  of  the  fam  removed 
to  Fayette   Co.,   Tenn. — L.   G.   G. 

11565.  Brown-Blunt. — Wanted  dates  of  b, 
m  &  d  of  Elisha  Brown  &  of  his  w  Mary  Blunt. 
He  was  b  in  Mass.  &  was  a  private  in  Capt. 
Peleg  Peck's  Co.,  Col.  Carpenter's  Regt.  En- 
listed 15  Dec,  1776,  disc  23  Dec,  1776.  Served 
9  days  Bristol,  R.  I.,  on  Alarm.— H.  B.  H. 

11566.  Phillips. — Wanted  parentage  of  Mar- 
garet Phillips  of  Loudon  Co.,  Va.,  who  m 
Isaac  Nicholas  Hatcher  b  1801,  Loudoun  Co., 
Va.  Margaret  had  bro  Felton,  they  were  own 
cousins  of  Daniel  Boone.  Wanted  also  parent- 
age of  Isaac  Nicholas  Hatcher  b  1801.  He 
removed  to  Belmont,  Knox  or  Logan  Co..  O., 
in  early  youth. 

(a)  Lowe-Whitenbukc. — Wanted  parentage 
of  Dr.  George  Lowe  b  1794/5  N.  Car.  in  War 
of  1812  &  d  1879/80.  Married  Nancy  Whiten- 
burg  who  was  b  in  Blount  Co.,  Tenn.  Wanted 
also  her  parentage  &  dates. — F.  B.  McN. 

11567.  Starke. — Wanted  any  inf  concerning 
the  family  of  Col.  Boiling  Starke,  1733-1788, 
of  Prince  George  &  Dinwiddie  Cos.,  Va.,  espe- 
cially the  names  of  those  to  whom  his  dans 
were  m. 

(a)  Williamson. — Wanted  parentage  of 
Martha  Starke  &  her  twin  bro  John  Starke 
Williamson  b  30  Sept.,  1782.  John  Williamson 
bapt  1730  at  Petersburg,  Va..  was  their  grand- 
father &  Charles  &  Priscilla  Williamson  were 
their  gr  grandparents.  Wanted  names  of  sons 
of  John  Williamson  &  to  whom  each  was  m. 


(b)  Butler. — Wanted  parentage  with  their 
ances  of  Edward  Butler  b  nr  Richmond,  Va., 
1770,  d  1853.  He  removed  from  Va.  to  Crocket 
Springs.  12  miles  from  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Wanted  also  any  Rev  rec  in  either  line. — 
L.  R.  H. 

11568.  Reiff. — Wanted  parentage  of  Juliana 
Reiff  b  1737  d  in  Adams  Co.,  Pa.,  1805,  m 
Conrad  Dotterer,  of  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.  Did 
her  father  have  Rev  rec? — M.  N.  B. 

11569.  Gilmore-Whitney. — Wanted  gen  of 
Sophia  Whitney  b  Clarendon,  Vt.,  2  Dec,  1810, 
m  2  July,  1834,  Daniel  M.  Gilmore.  In  1840, 
they  were  pioneers  of  Wisconsin.  Wanted  also 
ances  of  Daniel  M.  Gilmore  b  2  Dec,  1809,  d  2 
Dec,  1873.  His  father's  sister  m  Aaron  Porter 
&  lived  in  N.  Y.  State.  Was  there  Rev  rec  in 
ances  of  either  line? — A.  R.  H. 

11570.  Mitchell-Cole. — Wanted  parentage  of 
Martha  Mitchell  b  12  Oct.,  1775,  m  Wm. 
Cole  of  Laurens  Dist.,  S.  Car.  Wanted  also 
his  parentage.  Was  there  Rev  rec  in  cither 
line?— J.   B.   D. 

11571.  Bell-Boyd. — Wanted  gen  &  name  of 
1st  w  of  Robert  Bell  b  1731  b  prob  in  N.  Car., 
Ireland  or  Scotland.  Their  1st  s,  Samuel,  was 
the  father  of  John  Bell  of  Tenn.,  Union  party 
presidential  candidate  1860,  2nd  s  Robert,  mis- 
sionary to  the  Indians,  fate  unknown.  Fourth 
ch  Ann  m  Wm.  Marshall,  the  father  of  Hon. 
John  Marshall  of  Tenn.  (not  Chief  Justice). 
Robert  Bell  m  2nd,  in  N.  Car.,  Mary  Boyd  & 
had  13  ch ;  1782  he  immigrated  to  Tenn.,  later 
to  Davidson  Co.,  nr  Nashville,  with  entire 
family.  Will  be  glad  to  corres  with  any  one 
who  can  furnish  desired  inf  &  will  furnish  what 
I  have  in  return. — ^G.  E.  B. 

11572.  Ramsey. — Immigrant  Wm.  Ramsey, 
with  his  family  set  in  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  early  in 
1700.  His  ch  were  Wm.,  Robt..  Alex.,  James, 
Thomas  &  Jean.  The  s  known  as  Elder  Wm. 
settled  in  Warwick  Twp.,  Pa.,  bef  1741,  ser  in 
Col.  War,  1747,  m  1st  Jeannette  Brady,  2nd  wid 
Elenor  Fairies.  Children  of  Wm.  &  Jeannette 
were  Robt.,  John,  Jeannette,  Jean,  Hugh,  Wm. 

&  Patrick.     Wm.  3rd  m  Jane  &  their  ch 

were  Samuel  m  Eliz.  Lyle  &  moved  to  Ohio 
1814;  Wm.  m  Sara  Fulton,  owned  Harts  Bot- 
tom now  City  of  Bucna  Vista ;  James  m  Jane 
Lyle.  owned  large  boundary  of  land  on  Calf 
Pasture  River  where  he  d.  Jane  m  Robt.  Lyle 
&  moved  to  Ky. ;  Frances  m  Rev.  Archibald 
Scott,  long  pastor  of  Hebron  Church  &  others 
nr  Staunton,  Va.  Wanted  maiden  name  of  Jane, 
w  of  Wm.  3rd,  Col.  ser  of  Elder  Wm.  &  Rev 
rec  of  James,  s  of  Wm.  3rd. — E.  R.  W. 


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Regular  Meeting,  April  23,  lO'JS 


HE  President  General  called  the  meet- 
ing to  order  at  10:15  a.m.,  and  in 
the  absence  of  the  Chaplain  General 
all   joined  in  the  Lord's   Prayer. 

The  President  General  then  pre- 
sented our  Honorary  President 
General.  Mrs.  George  Maynard 
Minor,  who  responded  with  a  brief  greeting 
and  farewell. 

The  roll  was  called  by  the  Recording 
Secretary  General  showing  the  following 
members  present : 

National  Officers:  President  General,  Mrs. 
Anthony  Wayne  Cook ;  Recording  Secretary 
General,  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Briggs ;  Organizing 
Secretary  General,  Mrs.  William  Sherman 
Walker ;  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  Alfred  Bros- 
seau ;  Corresponding  Secretary  General.  Mrs. 
Franklin  P.  Shumway :  Registrar  General.  Mrs. 
James  H.  Stansfield ;  Historian  General.  Mrs. 
George  DeBolt ;  Reporter  General  to  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution.  Mrs.  Alvin  H.  Connelly : 
Curator  General.  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman ; 
Vice  Presidents  General:  Mrs.  John  Trigg 
Moss.  Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath.  Mrs.  Lyman  E. 
Holden.  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault.  Miss  Catherine 
Campbell,  Mrs.  Howard  L.  Hodgkins.  Miss 
Alice  Louise  McDuffee.  Mrs.  Frank  W. 
Mondell.  Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel.  Mrs.  Williard 
T.  Block.  Miss  Annie  Wallace.  Mrs.  Howard 
H.  McCall,  Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell.  Mrs.  Henry 
D.  Fitts.  Mrs.  Ellet  Grant  Drake.  Mrs.  Henry 
A.  Beck.  Mrs.  William  Magee  Wilson.  Mrs. 
Gerald  L.  Schuyler;  State  Regents  and  Stale 
Vice  Regents:  Mrs.  Walter  Ambrose  Robinson. 
Mrs.  Hoval  A.  Smith.  Mrs.  Alexander  M.  Bar- 
row, Mrs.  Lyman  B.  Stookcy.  Mrs.  John  C. 
Bushinger.  Mrs.  Charles  Humphrey  Bissell.  Miss 
Eleanor  Eugenia  Todd,  Mrs.  John  M.  Beavers 
(later  replaced  by  her  State  Regent,  Mrs. 
William  E.  Hardy).  Mrs.  James  A.  Craig. 
Mrs.  Charles  Akerman,  Mrs.  Kennedy  Packard, 
Mrs.  Charles  E.  Herrick,  Mrs.  Henry  B. 
Wilson,  Miss  Amy  Gilbert,  Mrs.  Robert  Bruce 
Campbell,  Mrs.  William  Rodes,  Mrs.  Adam 
Denmead,  Mrs.  George  Minot  Baker,  Mrs.  L. 
Victor  Seydel,  Mrs.  Marshall  H.  Coolidge.  Mrs. 
Ernest  Eliot  Brown.  Mrs.  Paul  D.  Kitt.  Mrs. 
Charles  R.  Banks.  Mrs,  Charles  White  Nash. 
Mrs.  Charles  W.  Tillett,   Mrs.  George  Morley 


Young.  Mrs.  Lowell  Fletcher  Hobart.  Mrs.  H. 
H.  McClintock,  Mrs.  John  Brown  Heron,  Mrs. 
George  H.  Fowler,  Mrs.  Logan  Seits  Gillentine. 
Mrs.  William  D.  Garlington,  Mrs.  Horace 
Martin  Farnham.  Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett, 
Mrs.  Willis  Gorham  Hopkins,  Mrs.  Robert  J. 
Reed,  Mrs.  Thomas  Spence,  Mrs.  Maurice 
Groshon,  Mrs.  Truman  S.  Holt. 

The  President  General  announced  the  ne:-:t 
order  of  business  would  be  reports,  but  as  there 
had  been  a  Board  Meeting  so  recently  and  the 
new  national  officers  had  just  been  installed,  it 
was  scarcely  possible  to  expect  many  reports. 
The  report  of  the  President  General  coming 
first,  was  in  the  form  of  a  brief  expression 
of  the  appreciation  for  the  honor  and  privilege 
bestowed  upon  her  in  this  opportunity  to  serve 
so  great  an  organization,  supported  by  such 
splendid  women  from  every  state  in  the  Union, 
all  pledged  to  the  patriotic  service  for  which  the 
Society   stands. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  stated  that 
she  had  no  report  to  offer  at  this  time. 

The  Registrar  General,  Mrs.  Stansfield,  ex- 
pressed appreciation  of  her  predecessor.  Miss 
Stridcr.  for  her  splendid  assistance  in  explain- 
ing the  details  of  the  office  and  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  report  which  was  then  submitted.  - 

Report   of   Registrar   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
I   have   the   honor   to    report    110   applications 
for  membership. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

(Mrs.)    Inez   S.   Stansfield. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hardy,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Heath :  That  the  Secretary  cast  the  vote 
to  accept  the  110  members  into  the  Society,  as 
reported  by  the  Registrar  General. 

Motion  carried  and  the  Recording  Secretary 
General  cast  the  ballot  for  110  new  members. 
The  President  General,  by  virtue  of  the  author- 
ity vested  in  her,  declared  these  110  applicants 
members  of  the  National  Society,  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Librarian  General  her 
report  was  read  by  the  Recording  Secre- 
tary General. 

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Report   of   the   Librarian   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National    Board   of    Management : 
I    have    the    honor    to    report    the    following 
accessions    to   the    library    received    during   the 
week  of  Congress : 

BOOKS 
Arkansas 
The   Hkih    Lights    of   Arkansa:   Histon/.      D.    T.    Hern- 
don.      1922. 

California 
The   following    3   volumes    fro)n   Tierra   Alta   Chapter : 
History  of  California:     The  American  Period.     R.   G. 
Oleland.     1922. 

iVestem  Birds.     H.  W.  Myers.     1922. 

Compact    of   New   Plymouth.      W.    Brigham.      1836. 

Florida 
The  following  2  volumes  from  Miss  Sallie  L.   Yewell ; 
The  Beckwiths.     P.  Beckwith.     1891. 
Life    and    Times    of    Thomas    John    Claqnett.      G.    B. 
Utley.      1913. 

Georgia 
Biogra-nhies    of    Representative    Women    of    the    South. 
Vol.   2.   B.   W.   Collier.     1923.     From  Mrs.   Bryan  Wells 
Oollier   through   Mrs-    Bun  Wylie. 

Iowa 
Universal  Geographical  Dictionary.     AV,  Darby.     1843. 
From   Mrs.    Bertha   B.   Aitcheson    through    Mary    Knight 
Chapter. 

Maine 
History    of    the    Town    of    Waldoboro,    Maine.      S.    L. 
Miller.     1910.     From  Lady  Knox  Chapter. 

History  of  the  Town  of  Union,  Maine.  J.  L.  Sibley. 
1851.      From   General  Knox   Chapter. 

Maryland 

Early  Marriage  Licenser-  of  Montgomery  Comity,  Md., 
1797-18U.  From  Janet  Montgomery  Chapter. 

Archives  of  Maryland.  Vol.  12.  From  B;iltiniore 
Chapter. 

Massachusetts 

The  following  4  volumes  from  Boston  Tea  Party 
Chapter : 

A  Concise  History.     J.  Frieze.    1842. 

Forty  Years'  Residence  in  America.  V.  Thornburn. 
1834. 

Men  and  Manners  in  Britain.     G.   Thorburn.     1834. 

History  of  Town  of  Plymouth.  J.  Thachev.     1832. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  F.   H.  Metcalf: 

Sketch  of  Town  of  Ludlow.     A.  Noon.     1875. 

History  of  Town  of  Lee,  Mass.     C.  M.  Hyde.     1873. 

Michigan 

Oakland  County  Pioneer  Papers.  1923.  From  Gen- 
eral Richardson  Chapter. 

Missouri 

Missouri  Historical  Revi-ew.  From  Sarah  Brvan  Chinn 
Chapter. 

Minnesota 

The  following  14  volumes  from  Minneapolis  liegcnts 
Unit: 

Minnesota  in  Three  Centuries.     4  Vols. 

History  of  Hennepin  County. 

Minnesota  Pioneer  Sketcher. 

Book   of  Minnesotans. 

Compendium  of  History  and  Biography  of  Mimtcapolis 
and   Hennepin    County. 

Historical  and  Biographical  Albtim  of  Meeker  County. 

History  of  Fillmore  County. 

History  of  Rice  County. 

History  of  Steele  and  Wasega  County. 

History  of  the  Redriver  Valley.     2  Vols. 

New  Jersey 

Index  to  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey.  From  Mrs.  A. 
D.  Honejonan. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Nova  Caesarea  Chapter: 

Journal  of  Presbyterian  Historical  Society.     1904. 

Judicial  and  Civil  History  of  New  Jersey.  J.  M'liitc- 
hoad.     1897. 


From  Fort  Washington 
Records.        From 


1923. 


New  York 

Genealogy  of  Merritt  Family. 
Chapter. 

Glenville,      New      York      Cemetery 
Beukendaal  Chapter. 

Justice    Fenton    Records,    Crown    Point,    New 
From   Champlain  Chapter. 

Indian    Trails    and    Highways    of    New    York. 
From  Old  Trails  Committee. 

Graves  of  Revolutionary  Soldiers  Buried  in  New  York 
Vol  2.  From  Historic  Research  and  Preservation  of 
Records  Committee. 

Ohio 

History  of  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio.  1878.  From 
Mary  Stanley  Chapter, 

The  following  7  volumes  from  Dayton  Chapter : 

Story  of  Dayton.     C.  R.  Oonover.     1917. 

The  Elli.s  Family.     K.  S.  Foos.     1900. 

A  Pictorial  History  of  the  Great  Dayton  Flood.  N.  R. 
Funk.     1913. 

Early  Dayton.     R.  W.  &  M.  D.  Steele.     1896. 

History  of  City  of  Dayton  and  Montgomery  County, 
Ohio.     A.  W.  Drury.     1909.     2  Vols. 

Some  Dat/ton  Saints  and  Prophets.  C.  R.  Conover. 
1917. 

Rhode  Island 

History  of  Town  of  Smithfield.  T.  Steere.  1881.  From 
Miss   Claribel   Crandall. 

Tennessee 

Joy  of  Christmas,  Etc.  K.  T.  Barrow.  From  Com- 
modore Perrv   Chapter. 

Texas 

PromiTient  Women  of  Te.ra^\  E.  Brooks.  1896.  From 
Mrs.  Ike  Barton  McFarland. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  Ward  Templeman: 

Prominent    Women  of  Texas.      E.   Brooks.      1896. 

Ilnrderland  Wars  of  Texas.     J.  T.  DeShields.     1912. 
Virginia 

Lynchburg  and  Its  People.  W.  A.  Christian.  1900. 
From  Blue  Ridge  Chapter. 

PAMPHLETS 

Missouri 

A  Fragmentary  Genealogical  Record  of  Descendants  of 

Mycr  Avery  and  his  son  Peter  Avery.     J.  H.  Avery.    1914. 

From  Mrs.  Robert  Cole. 

Ohio 
Supplementary    Notes   on    History    of    City    of   Dayton 
and   Montgomery   County,   Ohio.      A.    "VV.    Drury.      1909. 
From  Dayton  Chapter. 

MANUSCRIPTS 
Kansas 
The  following  7  manuscripts  from  Mrs.  M.  V.  Neale: 
Biography  of  Ellen  Everitt  Mason. 
Swartwout  Lineage. 

Sketch  of  Samuel  Wilson,  Ancestor  of  Mildred  Nelson. 
Sketch  of  Samuel   Wilson,  Ancestor  of  Fannie   Wilson 
Robley. 

Sketch  of  Samuel  Wilson,  Ancestor  of  Elizabeth  Clay 
Goodlander. 

Revolutionary  Patriots. 
Sketch  of  Upshaw  Family. 

Maryland 
The  Designer  of  the  City  of  Washington.     From  Mrs.  J. 
Evan  Reese. 

CHART 

Iowa 

The  Line  Family  Chart.     From  Mrs.   Alvan   E.   Line. 

The  above  list  comprises  56  books.  2  pamph- 
lets, 8  manuscripts  and  1  chart. 

Respectfully   submitted, 
(Mrs.  Larz)    Mabel  Anderson, 
Librarian  General. 

There  being  no  objections,  the  report  of  the 
Librarian  General  was  accepted  as  read. 

The  Curator  General  then  read  the  report  pre- 
pared for  her  by  the  retiring  Curator  General. 


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Report  of  the  Curator  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  following 
accessions  to  the  Museum  during  Congress, 
April,  1923: 

Connecticut:  Large  Flag,  unfurled  over  the 
Chateau  of  Rosa  Bonheur,  to  protect  the  Amer- 
icans in  the  Chateau  during  the  World  War. 
Made  of  awiiing  cloth,  the  blue  field  made  of 
a  blouse  belonging  to  the  artist,  and  the  stars 
painted  in.  Presented  to  Mrs.  George  Maynard 
Minor,  by  Miss  Klumpke.  and  by  Mrs.  Minor 
to  the  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

District  of  Columbi.\  :  Stone  from  the 
Jewelled  Arch,  erected  at  Peace  Conference 
Building,  on  Armistice  Day,  November  11, 
1921.     Presented  by  Constitution   Chapter. 

Florida  :  Old  Newspaper,  AVic  England 
Weekly  Journal.  1728.  Presented  by  Mrs. 
Clara  F.  Rich,  Katherine  Livingston  Chapter. 
This  was  the  fourth  newspaper  published  in 
this  country.  Silver  Sugarspoon :  belonging  to 
the  Campbell  family.  Presented  by  the  Prin- 
cess Hirrihigua  Chapter,  through  Mrs.  Louise 
Campbell  Hulbert. 

Georgia  :  China  Cup,  brought  over  on  the 
Mayfloiver,  by  Miles  Standish,  and  used  by 
his  second  wife.  Rose  Foster.  Presented  by 
Mrs.  Charles  O.  Stone,  of  Macon.  Copy  of 
Portrait  Done  on  Wood,  of  Nehemiah  Tilton, 
Revolutionary  patriot.  Presented  by  his 
descendant,  Mrs.  Ferdinand  Fleming,  Hawkins- 
ville  Chapter.  Coat,  worn  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  by  great-great-grandfather  of 
donor,  Mrs.  Bessie  Napier  Proudfit,  of  Macon. 
The  Coat  and  material  were  made  by  hand. 
Watch,  given  by  Lord  Fairfax  to  Dr.  Henry 
Frantz,  at  Grenay  Court,  in  1748.  Presented 
by  his  great-granddaughter.  Carved  Ivory 
Knitting  Needle  Holders,  given  by  Martha 
Washington  to  Mary  Gilmore  Dorrance,  while 
on  a  visit  to  Mt.  Vernon,  1754.  Presented  by 
her  great-granddaughter.  Set  of  Vest  Buttons, 
worn  and  afterwards  given  by  General  Wash- 
ington, to  his  friend  and  physician.  Dr.  Henry 
Frantz,  in  1755.  Spanish  Coin,  given  by  Gen- 
eral Washington  to  Dr.  Henry  Frantz,  on  his 
last  visit  to  him,  in  1796.  These  relics 
presented  by  Mrs.  Ivanora  Fairfax  Wood, 
Gov.  John  Milledge  Chapter. 

Illinois:  Footwarmer,  owned  by  Martha 
Board,  a  Real  Daughter.  Presented  by  Miss 
Luella  Swanson,  Martha  Board  Chapter.  Con- 
tinental Money,  Two  Shilling  Piece,  presented 
by  Mrs.  Benjamin  Olin,  Louis  Joliet  Chapter. 
Small  China  Pitcher,  presented  through  the 
Fort  Armstrong  Chapter.  Book,  "  Commentary 
on    the    Five    Gospels,"    published    1812;    book. 


"  The  Life  of  Dr.  Newton  in  Africa,"  pub- 
lished 1792;  presented  by  Mrs.  Lucy  U.  Paul 
Popenoe,  Aurora  Chapter. 

Massachusetts  :  Old  Manuscript,  signed  by 
Patrick  Henry.  Document,  signed  by  George 
Washington ;  Silver  Teaspoon,  owned  and  used 
by  George  Washington ;  Piece  of  Hand  Woven 
Dress  Fabric,  worn  by  Martha  Washington  dur- 
ing tlie  Revolutionary  War ;  Presented  by  Col. 
Walter  Scott,  through  the  Mercy  Warren 
Chapter.  Autographed  Letter,  from  Alex.  Mc- 
Dougall,  famous  Brigadier  General.  Revolu- 
tionary War,  February  16,  1779 ;  Autographed 
Letter,  from  Wm.  Phillips,  Major  General 
Revolutionary  War,  May  30,  1778;  Presented 
by  Col.  Walter  Scott,  Honorary  Member  Eunice 
Day  Chapter. 

Michigan:  Manuscript  Case.  Presented  in 
honor  of  Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Vice 
President  General,  and  Seventh  Regent  of 
Michigan.  Leeds  Teapot,  fluted,  with  Sw^an 
Knob,  presented  by  Mrs.  Wm.  Henry  Harri- 
son Hutton,  Louisa  St.  Claire  Chapter. 

Mississippi  :  Gun  Case.  Presented  in  honor 
of  Mrs.  George  Whitney  White,  Curator 
General,  1920-1923,  through  the  Holly 
Springs  Chapter. 

New  Jersey:  Bowl  of  Pink  Lustre.  Pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Jos.  G.  Summerill.  Wine  Glass, 
with  long  stem.  Presented  by  Mrs.  Jos.  G. 
Summerill.  Cup  and  Saucer,  pink  lustre.  Pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Clement  R.  Ogden.  China  cup 
plate,  owned  by  Ann  \\'hitall,  heroine  of  Red- 
bank.  Presented  by  Miss  Mary  L.  Whitall, 
Ann  Whitall  Chapter. 

New-  York  :  Book.  "  The  Life  of  George 
Washington,"  in  3  vols.,  by  John  Marshall. 
Published  in  1804.  Seamless  Pillow  Case,  woven 
by  great  aunt  of  donor,  Lucy  Johnson,  a  Real 
Daughter.  Old  Newspaper,  with  account  of 
interview  with  Lucy  Johnson.  Sampler,  made 
by  Sally  Russell,  a  Real  Daughter,  grand  aunt 
of  donor.  Silver  Teaspoon,  markeci  "  D.  ].." 
owned  by  great-great-grandmother  of  donor. 
Wooden  Canteen,  Wooden  Plate,  used  by  great- 
grandfather of  donor  in  Revolutionary  War. 
Book,  "  The  Schoolmaster's  Assistant."  Pub- 
lished in  1793.  Book,  "The  Speaker."  Pub- 
lished in  1810.  Book,  "  The  Elements  of  Use- 
ful Knowledge."  Published  in  1810.  Neck 
Kerchief,  spun  and  woven  by  great-great- 
grandmother  of  donor.  Presented  by  Miss 
Hannah  Babcock,  Regent  of  Mary 
Murray   Chapter. 

Ohio:  Continental  Money  ($65).  Presented 
by  Mrs.  Anna  Murray  Cope,  Julianna  White 
Chapter.  Sealskin  Bonnet,  with  Fur  Border. 
Presented  by  Mrs.  James  H.  Sells,  Columbus 
Cliapter.  Hand-made  Cap,  and  Embroidered 
Ribbon.  Presented  by  Mrs.  James  M.  Bryer, 
Western    Reserve   Chapter. 


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Pennsylvania:  Old  Purse,  and  Snuff  Box, 
used  in  Revolutionary  times.  Presented  by 
Mrs.  Lay,  Port  Allegheny,  Penna.  Silver  Tea- 
spoon. Presented  by  Miss  Sarah  Clayton 
Vance,  Great  Meadow  Chapter.  China  Gravy 
Boat,  part  of  a  set  ordered  by  John  Paul  Jones; 
Sword,  with  ivory  hilt,  owned  by  Maj.  Levi 
Twiggs,  father  of  donor,  Mrs.  F.  H.  Getchell, 
who  gave  these  relics  in  memory  of  her  mother. 
The  Gravy  Boat  was  bought  by  Col.  John  P. 
Decatur,  born  1786,  died  1832.  Ancestor 
of  donor. 

Rhode  Island:  Washington  Clock.  Pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Fay,  Gaspee  Chapter. 

South  Dakota:  Bead  Bag,  Thimble,  Small 
Crochet  Hook,  owned  by  great-grandmother  of 
donor,  married  in  1758.  Presented  by  Virginia 
VanDerhub   Bramble,   39th   Star   Chapter. 

Texas  :  Piece  of  Blue  and  White  Bed  Cover- 
ing;  Will  of  Henry  Peeples,  1784.  Presented 
by  the  State  Regent. 

Washington  :  Cup  and  Saucer.  Formerly 
owned  by  Samuel  Huntington,  of  Connecticut, 
Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Presented  by  Mrs.  Malie  Alice  Dawson  King, 
Seattle  Chapter.  Nineteen  Rare  Manuscripts, 
accompanied  by  Portraits,  to  be  placed  with 
the  "  Flora  Walker  Collection."  Presented  by 
Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Walker,  State  Regent. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  George  W.)  Louise  C.  White. 

Inquiry  was  made  by  several  of  the  State 
Regents  relative  to  gifts  presented  during  Con- 
gress which  did  not  appear  in  the  report ;  some 
of  which  it  was  thought  had  gone  direct  to  the 
respective  State  Rooms,  some  to  the  Library. 
The  Curator  General  was  authorized  to  make 
investigation  and  amend  the  report.  There 
being  no  objections  the  report  was  accepted 
subject  to   these   amendments. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  General  was  then 
presented,  verbally,  to  the  effect  that  arrange- 
ments for  bonding  to  insure  the  keeping  of 
funds  intact  had  been  completed,  and  bond  had 
been  issued ;  and  reporting  application  of  12 
members  for  reinstatement,  they  having  com- 
plied with  the  By-laws. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Buel,  seconded  by 
Mrs.   Seydel : 

That  these  tzvclve  members  be  reinstated. 

Alotion  carried.  The  President  General  there- 
upon declared  these  twelve  members  reinstated 
in  the  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Moss,  seconded  by 
Miss  McDuffee. 

That  the  Bond  as  presented  by  our  Treasurer 
General  be  accepted  by  tliis  National  Board 
of  Management. 


Motion  carried  and  bond  was  placed  in  the 
custodianship  of  the  Recording  Secretary 
General. 

The  report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary  Gen- 
eral was  presented  : 

Report  of  Organizing  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of   Management : 

It  is  my  pleasure  to  report  as  follows : 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation   as   Organizing   Regents : 

Mrs.  Hattie  May  Hansford  Arnold,  Ver- 
sailles, Ky. ;  Mrs.  Amy  Maria  Cantright  Brown, 
Fairmont,  Minn.;  Mrs.  Martha  A.  Edison 
Bronson,   Brainerd,  Minn. 

The  authorization  for  the  Chapter  at 
Buenos  Ayres,  South  America,  has  expired 
by   time    limitation. 

The  Remember  Allerton  Chapter  at  Monti- 
cello,    Illinois,   is  presented   for   confirmation, 

The  Chapter  forming  at  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota, submits  the  name  Maria  Sanford 
for    approval. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  William  Sherman)  Flora  A.  Walker, 

Mrs.  Walker  moved : 

The  adoption  of  the  report  of  the  Organising 
Secretary  General. 

Motion  seconded  by  Mrs.  Briggs  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Herrick,  of  Illinois,  asked  if  permission 
had  been  given  at  a  previous  meeting  for  an 
Organizing  Regent  at  Waukegan.  Illinois.  The 
President  General  requested  the  Organizing 
Secretary  General  to  investigate  and  report  later. 

The  Historian  General  stated  that  she  had 
no  report  but  wished  to  express  appreciation 
for  this  opportunity  for  service. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  General  stated 
that  she  had  nothing  to  report  at  this  time, 
and  expressed  a  desire  to  serve  in  every  way  to 
the  best  of  her  ability. 

The  President  General  referred  to  the  Con- 
stitution relative  to  the  appointment  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  which  authorizes  the 
President  General  to  make  the  Committee 
appointments,  and  presented  the  following  names, 
to  comprise  the  membership  of  the  Executive 
Committee :  The  President  General,  Mrs. 
Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  Chairman  e.v  officio, 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Briggs, 
Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau.  Mrs.  John  Brown  Heron, 
Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway,  Mrs.  James  H. 
Stansfield,  Mrs.  William  Sherman  Walker  and 
Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman. 

It  was  moved  by  Miss  McDuffee,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Gillentine : 

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Executive  Committee  by  the  President  General 
be  accepted. 

Motion  carried. 

The  President  General  then  appointed  Mrs. 
Walker,  Organizing  Secretary  General,  as 
Chairman  of  the  Building  and  Grounds  Commit- 
tee, and  Mrs.  Buel  as  Chairman  of  the 
Manual  Committee. 

Miss  Lincoln,  Editor  of  the  Magazine, 
presented  her   report. 

Report  of  Magazine  Editor 
Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

The  Maj-  Magazine  will  contain  a  sketch  of 
the  newly  elected  National  Officers  and  the 
first  day  of  the  32nd  Continental  Congress. 
The  account  of  the  week  of  the  Congress  will 
be  concluded  in  the  June  issue. 

Two  special  articles  of  much  historical  value 
to  appear  also  in  the  May  Magazine  are  by 
Mr.  Charles  Moore,  Chairman  of  the  National 
Fine  Arts  Commission,  and  Air.  Theodore  T. 
Belote,  Curator  of  the  National  Museum.  Mr. 
Moore's  article  is  about  Washington's  Family 
Life  at  Mt.  Vernon,  while  that  of  Mr.  Belote 
deals  with  the  war  medals  of  the  United 
States  issued  by  individual  states  and  completes 
an  interesting  series  of  medal  articles  by  him 
which  have  appeared  during  the  past  two  years. 

We  have  coming  in  later  issues  of  the  Maga- 
zine an  article  by  Mr.  John  C.  Fitzpatrick. 
Assistant  Chief  of  the  Manuscript  Division, 
Library  of  Congress,  on  the  early  watermarks 
on  paper,  illustrated  with  drawings  by  the 
author  of  these  unique  watermarks  which  are 
on  early  public  documents  and  letters  written 
by  Washington,  Franklin,  and  other  great 
Americans.  Mr.  Moore  has  promised  to  write 
about  the  White  House  and,  as  he  was  con- 
sulted by  President  Roosevelt  and  Stanford 
White  when  the  building  was  altered,  he  knows 
the  subject  thoroughly  on  which  he  writes. 

These  are  only  two  of  the  many  interesting 
articles  which  are  to  appear  in  the  Magazine 
during  the  coming  year.  We  plan  to  make  the 
Magazine  better  and  better,  month  by  month, 
and  with  your  cooperation  and  hearty  support 
it  can  be  done. 

May  I  ask  that  each  member  of  the  Board 
not  only  subscribe  herself  but  urge  others  to  do 
so.  The  Magazine  is  the  official  publication  of 
the  National  Society  and  it  has  gained  the  con- 
fidence of  our  subscribers  who  are  enthusiastic 
in  its  praise. 

Our  subscriptions  today  total  11,346,  and  we 
took  in  188  subscriptions  during  the  week 
of  Congress. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Natalie   S.   Lincoln, 

Editor. 


Miss  Lincoln's  report  was  accepted  with 
appreciation. 

Mrs.  Bissell,  the  retiring  chairman  of  the 
Magazine  Committee,  made  a  strong  appeal  to 
State  Regents  to  subscribe  for  the  Magazine 
and  to  urge  Chapter  Regents  to  do  so.  She 
reported  a  subscription  list  of  11,346,  and  urged 
increasing  the  list  to  25,000  in  order  to  make 
the   Magazine  self-supporting. 

Mrs.  Nash  expressed  a  desire  to  know 
whether  the  members  of  the  Board  considered 
the  idea  of  prizes  a  good  one.  Mrs.  Bissell 
responded  that  it  stimulated  interest  and  gave 
the  Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee  some- 
thing to  talk  about,  an  excuse  for  going  to  the 
Chapters.  Mrs.  Gillentine  stated  that  one  of 
the  Chapters  in  Tennessee  put  on  a  program 
of  Magazine  features,  bringing  the  articles 
before  a  large  audience,  and  securing  an 
increase  of  thirty-five  subscriptions.  Mrs. 
Coolidge,  of  Minnesota,  reported  a  subscription 
presented  to  three  libraries,  one  high  school  and 
one  Teachers'  College.  Mrs.  Hobart,  of  Ohio, 
reported  furnishing  the  Magazine  to  Junior 
High  School,  where  American  history  is  stud- 
ied, the  teachers  reporting  a  surprising  interest 
among  the  children ;  Mrs.  Kitt  reported  that 
at  least  one-third  or  more  of  the  Missouri 
Chapters  give  the  Magazine  to  the  pub- 
lic libraries. 

The  Reporter  General  to  the  Smithsonain 
Institution  stated  that  she  had  no  report  to 
offer  but  hoped  each  member  of  the  Board 
would  purchase  a  copy  of  the  report  of  her 
predecessor,  which  could  be  had  at  the  busi- 
ness office. 

Mrs.  Moss  reported  verbally  as  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Conservation  and  Thrift,  call- 
ing especial  attention  to  the  extension  of  time 
to  May  15th,  in  the  tree  planting  contest,  and 
stating  that  the  announcement  of  the  prize 
winner  would  be  published  in  the  Magazine. 

Miss  McDuffee  reported  verbally  for  the 
Americanization  section  of  the  Committee  on 
Patriotic  Education,  stating  that  the  Govern- 
ment had  requested  a  complete  report  of  the 
work  accomplished,  which  report  was  in  course 
of  preparation. 

Mrs.  Buel,  Chairman  of  the  Manual  Com- 
mittee, asked  for  suggestions  as  to  what 
languages  should  be  chosen  next  for  translation 
of  the  Bulletin.  California  State  Regent  sug- 
gested Russian  and  Portuguese,  with  Greek  as 
third  choice ;  Florida  State  Regent  recommended 
Syrian ;  Minnesota  State  Regent  spoke  of 
having  special  charge  of  a  Syrian  group ; 
Massachusetts    asked    for    Finnish. 

Doctor  Barrett,  of  Virginia,  extended  an 
invitation  to  the  members  of  the  Board  to  visit 
Kcnmore   on   the    following   day,   and   a   rising 


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vote  was  taken  to  ascertain   how  many  would 
be  able  to  accept. 

Miss  Wallace,  Chairman  of  Committee  on 
Correct  Use  of  the  Flag,  spoke  of  a  coming 
conference  between  representatives  of  the 
American  Legion  and  the  War  Department  on 
this  subject,  and  Doctor  Barrett  explained  that 
a  convention  of  two  days'  duration  had  been 
called  to  meet  in  Washington,  on  June  14  and 
IS,  1923,  at  which  representatives  of  various 
patriotic  organizations  would  be  present  and 
were  invited  to  cooperate. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General,  having 
investigated  the  inquiry  made  by  Mrs.  Herrick, 
of  Illinois,  reported  that  the  Organizing  Regent 
for  Waukegan,  Illinois,  had  been  confirmed  at 
the  last   Board  meeting. 

The  President  General  said  if  there  was  no 
objection  at  this  time  she  would  invite  Mrs. 
Schulz  to  appear  before  the  Board  to  deliver 
a  message  of  invitation  regarding  the  coming 
Sesqui-Centennial  Exhibition  in  Philadelphia. 
There  being  no  objection  a  messenger  was  sent 
to  bring  Mrs.  Schulz  before  the  Board. 

While  awaiting  Mrs.  Schulz,  Mrs.  Hardy 
offered  the  following  motion,  which  was  vari- 
ously seconded : 

That  the  request  of  the  Captain  Molly  Piteher 
Chapter  of  the  Distriet  of  Columbia,  to  sell 
flotvers  at  the  Congress  in  1924  be  granted. 

A  substitute  motion  was  offered  by  Mrs. 
Young,   seconded  by  Mrs.  Herron : 

That  the  motion  to  grant  the  privilege  of 
sale  of  floivers  in  Continental  Hall  during  Con- 
gress 1924  to  Molly  Pitcher  Chapter  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  be  referred  to  the  Build- 
ing and  Grounds  Committee. 
The  substitute  motion  carried. 
Mrs.  Jessie  Glen  Schulz  was  then  introduced 
by  the  President  General,  and  brought  an  invi- 
tation to  the  National  Society,  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  to  be  the  first  patriotic 
organization  to  join  the  movement  for  the  cele- 
bration in  Philadelphia  of  the  One  Hundred 
and  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  signing  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  by  appointing  a 
Contact  Committee  to  confer  with  the  officials 
of  the  Sesqui-Centennial.  Mrs.  Heron,  State 
Regent  of  Pennsylvania,  read  an  outline  of  the 
plan  for  the  Sesqui-Centennial  and  moved : 

That  the  President  General  appoint  a  commit- 
tee  of  five   to   form   a   Contact   Committee    to 
cooperate    with    the    Sesqui-Centennial   E.vhibi- 
tion  Association. 
Variously  seconded. 

A  request  for  further  information  relative  to 
the  duties  of  such  a  Contact  Committee  was 
responded    to   as    follows :    "  I    understand    this 


pledges  us  to  nothing  except  that  we  come  in 
contact  with  the  Committee  from  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania."  Mrs.  Heron  then  read  the 
following  extracts  from  a  Joint  Resolution, 
"  To  approve  the  holding  of  a  national  and 
international  exhibition  in  the  City  of  Phila- 
delphia in  1926.  *  *  *  "  Whereas,  preliminary 
steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Mayor  and  Coun- 
cil and  a  Citizens'  Committee  of  Philadelphia 
to  celebrate  in  that  City  in  1926  the  one 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  signing 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  by  holding 
an  exhibition  in  which  it  is  expected  that  the 
various  States  of  the  Union,  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment and  all  the  nations  of  the  world  will 
be  represented :  and  Whereas  the  Legislature  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  unani- 
mously passed  a  resolution  April  28,  1921,  that 
the  Commonwealth  should  prepare  for  and 
participate  in  such  Sesqui-Centennial  celebra- 
tion. *  *  * 

"  Resolved.  That  the  Legislature  of  Pennsyl- 
vania heartily  approves  the  holding  in 
Philadelphia,  in  1926,  of  an  international 
exposition  celebrating  the  Sesqui-Centennial 
of   American   Independence." 

Motion  to  appoint  a  Contact  Committee  of 
Five  was  put  to  vote  and  carried. 

Mrs.  McCall  offered  the  following  motion, 
seconded  by   Mrs.   Heath   and   Mrs.   Craig: 

That  Caldwell  be  authorized  to  make  a 
ribbon  (the  reverse  of  the  one  zvorn  by  the 
President  General),  to  be  used  by  the  Honorary 
Presidents  General. 

The  President  General  asked  permission  to 
speak  in  favor  of  the  motion,  explaining  that 
it  had  been  made  at  her  request,  the  ribbon  for 
the  Honorary  Presidents  General  to  be  the 
same  width  but  reverse  in  color  to  that  worn 
by  the   President  General.     Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Spence.  State  Vice 
Regent  and  Acting  Regent,  Wisconsin,  and 
seconded    by    Mrs.    Hodgkins : 

TJiat  Wisconsin  transfer  the  Jl'isconsin  bo.v 
to  some  State  ivhich  has  no  room,  business 
details  to  be  arranged. 

Mrs.  Spence  explained  that  Wisconsin  felt 
it  was  selfish  to  retain  the  box  in  addition  to  a 
beautiful  room,  and  wished  to  give  some  other 
state  the  opportunity  of  taking  over  the  box. 

Miss  McDuffee  suggested  that  this  be  taken 
up  with  the  Building  and  Grounds  Committee, 
and  the  President  General  stated  if  there  were 
no  objections  this  would  be  done. 

The  President  General  announced  that  the 
official  photographer  had  requested  the  Board 
to  appear  for  a  group  picture  during  the  noon 
recess,  and  on  motion,  seconded  and  carried  a 
recess  was  taken  until  2  p.m. 


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Afternoon  Session 

The  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order 
by  the  President  General  at  2  p.m. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Moss,  seconded  by 
Miss  McDuffee : 

Tliat  the  Executive  Committee  be  authorized 
to  perform  such  duties  of  the  Board  between  its 
meetings  as  the  Executive  Committee  may  from 
time  to  time  deem  expedient. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Nash,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Denmead : 

That  the  State  Regents  of  the  Thirteen  Orig- 
inal States  be  permitted  to  sign  the  resolution 
concerning  the  Committee  of  Contact  for  the 
Sesqui-Ccnlcnninl  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence presented  by  the  State  Regent 
of  Pennsylvania. 

Motion  carried. 

To  the  original  motion,  "  That  the  President 
General  appoint  a  committee  of  five  to  form  a 
Contact  Committee  to  cooperate  with  the 
Sesqui-Centennial  Exhibition  Association,"  as 
offered  by  Mrs.  Emily  S.  Heron,  State  Regent 
of  Pennsylvania  and  seconded  by  Mrs. 
Cornelia  Peirce  Seydel  (Mich.)  and  Mrs.  E.  C. 

B.  Buel  (Conn.),  the  following  State  Regents 
added  their  signatures :  Mrs.  Charles  White 
Nash  (N.  Y.).  Miss  Eleanor  E.  Todd  (Del.)  ; 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bissell  (Conn.),  Mrs.  Adam 
Denmead  (Md.),  Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts  (N.  J.), 
Mrs.   Franklin   C.   Cain    (S.   C),   Mrs.    Norma 

C.  Snow  (N.  H.),  Mrs.  George  H.  Fowler 
(R.  I.),  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Tillett  (N.  C),  Mrs. 
Charles  Akerman  (Ga.),  Mrs.  (jeorge  Minot 
Baker  (Mass.),  and  permission  was  given  for 
the  signature  of  Dr.  Kate  Waller  Barrett,  State 
Regent  of  Virginia,  to  be  added  later,  as  she 
had  been  called  away   from  the  meeting. 

The  President  General  then  requested  the 
Recording  Secretary  General  to  read  a  letter 
from  Mr.  Theodore  W.  Compton,  Secretary 
United  States  Historical  Society,  presenting  a 
bound  volume  of  copies  of  the  original  etchings 
of  Historic  Landmarks  of  America,  which  was 
received  too  late  to  be  presented  during 
the  Congress. 

It  was  moved  bv  Mrs.  Fitts,  seconded  by 
Miss  Wallace: 

That  a  letter  of  thanks  be  sent  to  Mr.  Comp- 
ton in  appreciation  of  his  gift  of  a  bound 
volume  of  the  Landmarks  of  America. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Buel,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Seydel : 

That  the  President  General  be  Chairman  of 
the  Sesqui-Centcnnial  "  Committee  of  Contact." 

Motion  carried. 

The  President  General  stated  that  she  did  not 
know  of  anything  further  to  come  before  the 
Board   except    the    time    for   holding   the    June 


meeting,  and  spoke  of  the  impossibility  of  secur- 
ing hotel  reservations  during  the  week  of  June 
5th,  due  to  the  Shriner's  Convention,  and  sug- 
gested a  date  between  June  12th  and  June  20th. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hoval  Smith,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Nash  : 

That  the  next  Board  meeting  be  held  June 
12,  1923. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  Nash  inquired  whether  it  would  be 
possible  to  set  certain  days  of  certain  weeks 
of  certain  months  for  Board  meetings  in  order 
the  State  Regents  might  know  longer  in 
advance  and  plan  their  work  accordingly,  and 
offered  the  following  motion  which  was 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Moss  : 

That  the  National  Board  of  Management 
adopt  definite  dates  for  Board  meetings. 

Motion   carried. 

Discussion  relative  to  the  definite  dates  to 
be  set  followed.  It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Baker 
and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Holden : 

That  the  decision  to  decide  upon  a  definite  date 
for  Board  meetings  be  presented  at  June 
meeting. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  Heath,  Vice  President  General  from 
North  Carolina,  asked  permission  to  speak 
about  the  Southern  Industrial  Institute  and 
after  expressing  appreciation  for  the  support 
of  various  State  Regents  requested  the  con- 
tinued cooperation  of  all  States  in  this  work. 

Mrs.  Gillentine,  of  Tennessee,  mentioned  the 
great  need  for  a  National  Hall  of  Archives  in 
the  District  of  Columbia  and  offered  the 
following  motion,  which  was  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Beck: 

That  the  United  States  Congress  be  urged  to 
appropriate  sufficient  money  to  meet  the  impera- 
tive need  for  the  early  erection  of  an  Archives 
Building  as  the  National  Hall  of  Records  and 
that  State  Regents  be  requested  to  ask  Chapter 
Regents  to  urge  their  Senators  and  Representa- 
tives to  work  for  this  measure. 

It  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  this 
motion  be  referred  to  the  Legislative  Commit- 
tee, and  upon  motion,  duly  seconded  and  carried, 
it  was  so  ordered. 

Mrs.  Reed  introduced  a  suggestion  that  State 
Vice  Regents  be  given  the  courtesy  of  attend- 
ing the  Board  meetings  without  voice  or  vote : 
it  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  this  would 
prove  confusing  and  possibly  illegal,  and  it  was 
explained  that  it  was  customary  for  State 
Regents  to  arrange  to  have  their  Vice  Regents 
attend  Board  meetings  occasionally  in  their 
stead,  that  they  might  be  thoroughly  familiar 
with  the  proceedings ;  and  it  was  recommended 
that  they  follow  the  published  report  of 
proceedings  in  the  Magazine. 

The  President  General  requested  the  Record- 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


ing  Secretary  General  to  read  a  letter  from 
Miss  Ella  Loraine  Dorsey  relative  to  action 
taken  at  the  Congress  to  place  markers  on  the 
graves  of  Miss  Mary  Desha,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
Lockvvood,  Miss  Eugenia  Washington  and  Mrs. 
Ella  Hardin  Walworth,  and  referring  to  action 
taken  at  the  Congress  of  1898. 

It  was  moved  by  Miss  McDuffee,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Kitt : 

That  this  communication  in  regard  to  the 
Founders  be  referred  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee with  power  to  act. 

Motion  carried. 

The  President  General  then  requested  the 
Recording  Secretary  General  to  read  a  com- 
munication from  Mrs.  Ellen  Spencer  Mussey, 
Honorary  Dean,  Washington  College  of  Law. 
relative  to  the  use  of  Memorial  Continental  Hall 
for  commencement  services. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hardy  and  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Heron : 

That  the  request  of  Mrs.  Ellen  Spencer 
Mussey  for  the  use  of  the  Auditorium  of 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  for  the  Law  School 
commencement  be  referred  to  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Building  and  Grounds. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  Moss  requested  that  the  Board  author- 
ize the  printing  of  200  copies  of  her  report 
to  Congress  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Conservation  and  Thrift.  It  was  explained 
that  this  did  not  require  action  of  the  Board 
as  it  was  an  established  custom  to  provide 
Committee  Chairmen  with  200  copies  of  their 
respective  reports  upon  request  being  made  to 
the   Recording   Secretary  General. 

Mrs.  Scydel  stated  that  it  had  been  customary 
at  the  close  of  Congress  to  present  to  Mr. 
Phillips  and  to  the  policemen  and  firemen  $50, 
and  offered  the  following  motion,  which  was 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Buel : 

That  $oO  be  given  to  Mr.  Phillips,  $50  to  the 
policemen,  $50  to  the  firemen  in  recognition 
of  their  services  during  Congress. 

Motion   carried. 

Mrs.  Hobart,  of  Ohio,  requested  the  coopera- 
tion of  the  State  Regents  in  behalf  of  the 
Caroline    Scott    Harrison    fund. 

Miss  Gilbert,  of  Iowa,  stated  that  the  Iowa 
room  was  vacant  and  that  Iowa  was  ready 
to  furnish  it  in  keeping  with  the  other  rooms  in 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  if  they  could  be 
assured  of  having  it  permanently,  and  offered 
the  following  motion,  which  was  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Bissell : 

That  the  question  of  furnishing  the  Iowa 
room  be  discussed  in  this  Board  meeting. 

A  substitute  motion  was  offered  by  Miss 
McDufifee,    seconded   by   Mrs.    Moss : 

That  the  matter  of  the  lozva  room  be  referred 


to    the   Building   and    Grounds    Committee  with 
power   to  act. 

Substitute  motion  carried. 
Mrs.  Buel  mentioned  that  it  was  customary 
for  all  clerks  to  have  a  full  holiday  on  the 
Saturday  following  Congress  and  asked  if  it 
was  necessary  for  the  Board  to  act  upon  this. 
Since  it  was  an  established  custom,  it  was 
deemed  unnecessary  to  take  formal  action, 
but  unanimous  approval  was  expressed  by 
the   Board. 

The  President  General  announced  the 
appointment  of  Mrs.  Charles  White  Nash  as 
Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee,  and  paid 
a  tribute  to  Mrs.  Bissell,  the  retiring  Chair- 
man, for  the  wonderful  work  which  she 
had  accomplished. 

Mrs.  Hodgkins  offered  a  motion,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Cain  and  Mrs.  Hardy: 

That  Caldivell  be  authorized  to  make  a  ribbon 
for  e.v-State  Regents  the  reverse  (in  color) 
of   that   made   for  State  Regents. 

Mrs.  Buel  asked  if  this  could  not  be  referred 
to  the  June  Board,  and  offered  the  following 
motion,    seconded   by    Mrs.    Hobart : 

To  postpone  this  motion  to  the  June  Board 
meeting. 

Motion  to  postpone  carried. 

The  President  General  asked  the  Recording 
Secretary  General  to  read  a  communication 
from  George  Washington  University,  request- 
ing the  use  of  Memorial  Continental  Hall  for 
commencement  exercises  on  June  6,  1923,  It 
was  the  concensus  of  opinion  that  this  and  all 
similar  requests  be  left  to  the  decision  of  the 
President  General  in  consultation  with  the 
Building   and   Grounds   Committee. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Baker,  seconded  by 
Mrs.   Holden; 

Tliat  the  motion  asking  for  decision  of 
definite  Board  meeting  dates  be  rescinded. 
(Referring  to  their  previous  motion  to  defer 
decision  to  June  meeting.) 

Motion  to  rescind   carried. 

Mrs.  Nash  then  offered  a  motion,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Moss : 

That  the  motion  adopted  regarding  the  adop- 
tion of  specified  dates  for  Board  meetings  be 
rescinded.     (Referring  to  their  previous  motion.) 

Motion  to  rescind  carried. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  read  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting,   which  were  approved. 

Mrs.  Hardy  congratulated  the  new  President 
General  on  the  way  in  which  she  had  presided, 
saying,  "  we  knew  she  would  do  it  well,  but 
we  want  the  pleasure  of  telling  her  so,"  and 
moved  a  rising  vote  of  appreciation,  which 
was  tendered. 

The  meeting  adjourned  at  3 :  20  p.m.  oa 
motion  of   Mrs.   Walker,  seconded  and  carried... 

(Mrs.  Frank   H.)    Alice  Frye  Briggs, 
Recording   Secretary    General. 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS 

OF  THE  AMERICAN   REVOLUTION 

HEADQUARTERS 

MEMORIAL  CONTINENTAL  HALL 

SEVENTEENTH  AND  D  STREETS,  N.  W.,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 
1923-1924 

President  General 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  •     .    . 

Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcote,  Charlotte,  N.  C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

8  Park  Place,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  226  Blackstone  Boulevard,  Providence,  R.  1. 

Mrs.   Howard   L.   Hodgkins,    1821    Kalorama  Road,   Washington,    D.   C. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1925) 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block, 

1012  West  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  SS15  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall, 

Litchfield,  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell,   143  S.  E.  2nd  St.,  Miami,  Fla. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1926) 
Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  Mrs.  William  Magee  Wilson, 

448  Ridge  St.,  Newark,  N.  J.  Xenia,  O. 

Mrs.  Ellet  Grant  Drake,  Mrs.  Gerald  Livingston  Schuyler, 

606  N.  6th  St.,  Beatrice,  Nebr.  1244  Detroit  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Mrs.  Henry  A.  Beck,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe, 

1428  N.  New  Jersey  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  1515  Garfield  Ave.   S.,   Pasadena,  Calif. 

Chaplain  General 

Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Memorial   Continental   Hall. 
Recording   Secretary   General  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

Mrs.  Frank  H.  Bricgs,  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shumway, 

Memorial   Continental   Hall.  Memorial  Continental   Hall. 

Organizing  Secretary  General  Registrar  General 

Mrs.  William  S.  Walker,  Mrs.  Tames  H.  Stansfield, 

Memorial   Continental  Hall.  Memorial   Continental  Hall. 

Treasurer  General  Historian  General 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau,  Mrs.  George  DeBolt, 

Memorial  Continental   Hall.  Memorial   Continental   Hall. 

Reporter  General  to  Smithsonian  Institution 

Mrs.  Alvin  H.   Connelly, 
Memorial  Continental  Hall. 

Librarian  General  Curator  General 

Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman, 

Memorial   Continental   Hall.  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 
STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1923-1924 


ALABAMA 

MliS.    WALTER    AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 

620   Harrolsox   Ave.,  Gadsden. 
MRS.   STANLEY  FINCH, 

110   N.    Conception    St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.   HOVAL  A.   SMITH, 

Warren. 
MRS,    WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 
Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.  ALEXANDER  M.  BARROW. 

S17  W.  5th  Ave.,  Pine  Bluff. 
MRS.   HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 

Amity. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.  LYMAN  B.   STOOKEY, 

1240  W.  29th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
MRS.  ALLEN  H.  VANCE, 

Hotel  Holly  Oaks,  Sacsalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.  JOHN  C.  BUSHINGER, 

115  Battekson  St.,  Monte  Vista. 
MRS.  ALFRED  B.  TROTT, 
2200  Albion  St.,  Denver, 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.  CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

235  N.  Main  St.,  Southington. 
MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD  NETTLETON, 
61  Seymoor  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS  ELEANOR  EUGENIA  TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FARRELL, 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM   B.   HARDY, 
119  5TII  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington. 

MRS.  JOHN  M.  BEAVERS. 

1752   Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.   JAMES  A.   CRAIG, 

233   W.   Duval  St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.    THEODORE   STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106    Culver   St.,   Macon. 
MRS.   JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295    PniNcB    Avenue,   Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.   SALLY  HUME  DOUGLAS, 
P.  0.  Box  27,  Honolulu. 


IDAHO 

MRS.  KENNEDY  PACKARD, 

421   Second  Ave.,  E.   Twin  Falls. 

MRS.    D.    W.    STANDROD, 

648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  CHARLES  E.  HERRICK, 

3809  Ellis  Ara.,  Chicago. 
MRS.  JAMES  S.   KING, 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDIANA 

MRS.   HENRY  B.  WILSON, 

Delphi. 
MRS.  CHARLES  W.  ROSS, 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  Crawfordsvillb. 


IOWA 


MISS    AMY   GILBERT, 

MRS.  ALEXANDER  WILLIAM  HAWLEY, 
604  N.  13th  St.,  Fort  Dodge. 


KANSAS 

MRS.  ROBERT  B.  CAMPBELL, 

1255  Riverside,  Wichita. 
MRS.  HERMAN  L.  PEPPMEYER, 

1309  Harrison   St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.  WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.  High  St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.    JOHN   W.    CHENAULT, 

2217  Glenmaby  Ave.,  Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.   S.   A.   DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 
MRS.  C.  S.  WILLIAMSON,  JR., 

1334  Webster  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

MAINE 

MRS.   B.  G.   W.  CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn. 
MRS.  BLAINE  SPOONER  VILES, 

20  Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.  ADAM   DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,  Baltimore. 
MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 

2004  Maryland  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.   GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMAN  GORDON, 
35  Whitman  Road,  Worcester. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rapidb. 
MRS.  ADDISON   DRAKE  KENT, 

622  State  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    H.    COOLIDGE, 

1906  Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapous. 
MRS.    L.   C.   JEFFERSON, 

1126  Summit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.  E.  E.  BROWN, 

716  N.  Rankin  St.,  Natchez. 
MRS.   ROBERT  SOMERVILLE, 
Cleveland. 

MISSOURI 

MRS.    PAUL    D.    KITT, 

Chillicotne. 
MRS.     HENRY    W.     HARRIS, 

705  W.  6th  St.,  Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.   E.   BROOX   MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL, 
Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    ELIZABETH   O'LINN   SMITH, 

369  Chadron  Ave.,  Chadron. 
MRS.   C.   S.   PAINE, 

1970  Prospect  St.,  Lincoln. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

MRS.    LESLIE   P.   SNOW, 

N.   Main   St..  Rochester.  N.   H. 

MRS.  GEORGE  H.  WARREN, 
Manchester. 

NEW    JERSEY  ' 

MRS.  CHARLES  READ  BANKS, 

122  Westebvelt  Ave.,  Plainfield. 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SUMMERILL, 

108   S.  Broad  St.,  Woodbury. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.   R.    P.    BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 
BuENA  Vista  Road,  Santa  Fe. 


OFFICIAL 


HEW  YORK 

MRS.  CHARLES  WHITE  NASH, 

8  Lafayette,  St.,  Albany. 
MRS.   EADCLIFFE   B.   LOCKWOOD, 
43  Main  St.,  Binghamton. 

NORTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.    CHARLES    W.    TILLETT, 

801  Tkyon  St.,  Charlotte. 

MRS.    ROBERT   L.    MAUNEY, 

620  S.  Main  St.,  Salisbcrt. 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.  GEORGE  MORLEY  YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.   ERIC   A.   THORBERG, 
712  4th  St.,  Bismarck. 

OHIO 

MRS.    LOWELL   FLETCHER   HOBART, 

MlLFORD. 
MRS.   HERBERT  M.  BACKUS, 

sit;  Oak   St.,  CoLTMBrs. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.    H.   H.   McCLINTOCK, 

903  Johnston  Ave.,  Bartlesville. 
MRS.   MILTON   B.   DOWNS, 
S20  S.  Oak  St..  Sapulpa. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.  LANG, 

115   W.   4th   St.,   The   Dalles. 

MRS.  BRUCE  L.  BOG  ART, 
962  Pearl  St.,  Eocene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  JOHN  BROWN  HERON, 

601  S.  Linden  Ave.,  Pittsborgh. 
MRS.    CLARENCE    G.    CRISPIN, 

"  Hillcrest  "  Berwick,  Pa. 

RHODE  ISLAND 

MRS.  GEORGE  H.  FOWLER, 

72  Mineral  Spring  Ave.,  Pawtucket. 
MRS.   JOHN   T.    CRANSHAW, 

34  Irving  Ave.,  Providence. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.   FRANKLIN  C.   CAIN, 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 

Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    C.    M.    CANNON, 

524  1st  St.,  N.  W.,  Watertown. 
MRS.  W.  H.  DAVIS, 
Hitchcock. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.  LOGAN  SEITS  GILLENTINE, 

Mdrfreesboro. 
MRS.  JOHN  H.   CANTRELL, 

821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTON, 

2701    Fairmount    Ave.,    Dallas. 
MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY, 

1406  Taylor   St.,  Amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.   JOHN   EDWARD   CARVER, 

718   26th   St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.    M.    K.   PARSONS, 

1228  E.  SoDTn  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  Citi. 

VERMONT 

MRS.    HORACE  MARTIN  FARNHAM, 

96  Northfield  St..  Montpelier. 
MRS.   WILFRED   F.   ROOT, 
89  Canal  St.,  Brattleboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

408  Ddre  St.,  Alexandria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK, 
915   Orchard  Hill,  Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.   WILLIS  G.  HOPKINS, 

Elma. 
MRS.   H.   G.   THOMPSON, 

309  E.  Birch  St.,  Walla  Walla. 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

MRS.  ROBERT  J.  REED, 

100  12th  St.,  Wheeling. 
MRS.   W.    H.  CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.  GEORGE  S.  PARKER, 

805  Court  St.,  Janesville. 
MRS.  T.  W.   SPENCE, 

107  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.  MAURICE  GROSHON, 

Tupper   Apts.,   Cheyenne. 
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ROSEWELL 

THE  ANCESTRAL  HOME  OF 
THE   PAGES  OF  VIRGINIA 

By  Alice  Smith  Gates 


L'CH  has  been  written  about  the 
historic  homes  in  the  Colonies, 
but  none  has  been  connected 
with  such  momentous  events, 
nor  recalled  the  early  days  of 
our  Country's  history,  as  the 
ancient  estate  of  Rosewell,  situated  in 
Ciloucester  County,  Virginia,  a  few 
miles  up  the  river  from  Yorktown, 
jMcturesquely  located,  as  it  overlooked  the 
beautiful  York  river.  It  embraced  the 
original  site  of  "  Werowocomico,"  the 
headquarters  of  Powhatan,  the  powerful 
Indian  Chieftain,  the  most  celebrated  spot 
in  the  Colonial  annals  of  Virginia.  It 
was  here  that  Pocahontas  risked  her  life 
to  save  John  Smith  and  the  Colony 
of  Virginia.  It  seemed  of  all  places  the 
one  befitting  the  residence  of  the 
lordly  Powhatan. 

This  portion  of  the  estate  was  called 
"  .Shelly,"  on  account  of  the  great  beds  of 
.shells  down  on  the  river  bank,  testifying 
to  the  Indians  love  for  oysters.  Other 
memories  cluster  alimtt  the  place;  the 
coronation  of  Powhatan,  who  refused  to 
stoop  to  have  the  crown  placed  upon  his 


head ;  the  ballet  dances  of  the  Indian 
nymphs,  and  the  ghastly  decorations  of 
Payanketank  scalps.  Not  far  away  was 
"  Powhatan's  Chimney,"  the  only  vestige 
of  royalty  of  the  old  Indian  king.  It  was 
built  by  Captain  John  Smith  for  ''  a 
house,  a  grindstone,  fifty  swords,  some 
guns,  a  cock  and  hen,  with  much  cupper 
and  many  beads."  The  Chimney  was  built 
of  marl,  composed  of  shells  foimd  on  the 
banks  of  the  York  river,  and  easier  to  use 
than  to  burn  bricks,  and  much  more 
durable  than  either  brick  or  stone,  as  it 
hardened  with  age. 

The  enormous  fire-place,  8  feet  4  inches 
wide,  4  feet  deep  and  more  than  6  feet 
high,  could  accommodate  an  ux  for  roast- 
ing, and  many  were  the  feasts  enjoyed  by 
Powhatan  and  his  braves.  Below  was 
Carter's  Creek,  where  in  pre-Colonial  days 
the  Indian  canoes  plied  back  and  forth. 

A  few  hundred  yards  across  the  creek 
was  Rosewell,  the  ancient  Page  mansion, 
which  was  begun  in  1725  and  finished  in 
1730.  It  was  constructed  in  massive 
style,  of  brick  with  white  marble  case- 
ments,  the   central   portion  flanked   with 

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wings,  since  torn  down,  which  gave  a 
frontage  of  232  feet.  The  materials  were 
brought  over  from  England.  In  the 
garden  of  Rosewell  boxwood  hedges  and 
old  fashioned  flowers  bloomed  in  memory 
of  Colonial  days. 

Externally  Rosewell  was  severely  plain, 
but  the  interior  was  the  reverse.  The 
visitor  found 
himself  in  a 
"  great  h  a  1 1," 
panelled  with 
polished 
mahogany,  into 
which  a  beauti- 
f  u  11  y  curved 
grand  stairway 
descended, 
down  which 
eight  persons 
could  comfort- 
a  b  1  y  walk 
abreast.  The 
mahogany  bal- 
u  s  t  r  a  d  e  was 
carved  by  hand 
to  represent 
baskets  of 
fruit  and 
flowers.  The 
house  con- 
tained  fourteen 
rooms  20  by  20 
feet,  nine  rooms  14  by  7  feet,  nine  pass- 
ages or  small  hallways,  besides  the  "  great 
hall,"  which  was  large  enough  for  three 
large  rooms.  The  mansion  was  the  most 
pretentious  in  the  Colonies,  being  three 
stories  above  the  basement,  with  founda- 
tion walls  three  feet  thick,  and  an 
observatory  on  the  roof,  which  was  a 
very  inviting  spot  on  hot  summer  nights, 
making  Rosewell  the  rendezvous  for  the 
great  men  of  the  neighborhood. 

The  owner  of  Rosewell,  Colonel  John 


Page,  was  an  ardent  patriot,  and  fitted  out 
a  regiment  in  Gloucester  County  at  his 
own  expense,  becoming  its  colonel  in  1781. 
He  gave  largely  of  his  private  fortune  to 
finance  the  war,  and  mortgaged  much  of 
his  property  in  the  cause  of  liberty.  The 
lead  weights  taken  from  the  windows  were 
melted  into  bullets,  and  a  letter  is  still  in 
existence 
■  from  Edmund 
Pendleton 
urging  him  to 
accept  pay. 
Colonel  John 
Page  was 
descended 
from  John 
Page  of  Eng- 
land, the  son  of 
Francis  Page, 
Sr.,  of  Bed- 
font,  Co.,  Mid- 
dlesex, Gent, 
who  died  on 
the  13th  of 
October,  1678, 
aged  84  years. 
The  latter  was 
the  son  of  John 
and  Isabel 
Page.  Francis 
Page  is  buried 
at  St.  Mary's 
Church,  which  was  built  about  the 
twelfth  century,  and  is  of  Norman 
architecture.  In  front  of  the  church 
stand  two  ancient  yew  trees,  curiously 
trimmed  to  represent  peacocks,  and  in 
their  foliage  are  the  initials  of  parish 
officers  dated  1704.  In  this  church- 
yard are  stones  erected  to  the  memory 
of  several  persons  who  lived  at  Will- 
iamsburg, Virginia. 

The  Pages  were  seated  at  Bedfont  at  an 
early  period,  Rowland  Page  having  held 


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the  manor  of  Pates  there  in  the  time  of 
Henry  VI.  Colonel  John  Page  was  the 
progenitor  of  the  Page  family  in  Virginia. 
He  came  there  in  1650  and  later  became  a 
member  of  the  Colonial  Council.  He 
married  Alice  Luckin  and  settled  in 
Williamsburg.    A  portrait  painted  in  1660 


C)ne  of  their  Alajesties  Council  in  the 
Dominion  of  \'irginia,  who  departed  this 
life  23rd  day  of  January  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  1692.    Aged  65  years." 

Their  son  Alatthew  Page  married  Mary 
Mann  of  Timberneck,  an  heiress.  Their 
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by  Sir  Peter  Lely  is  a  beautiful  work  of 
art,  representing  a  young  man  of  li,  with 
blue  eyes  and  wavy  brown  hair  parted  in 
the  middle,  wearing  a  dark  robe,  with 
white  collar  and  tassels.  He  died  in  1692 
in  York  County,  and  is  buried  in  Bruton 
Parish  Churchyard,  Williamsburg,  \'a.. 
with  his  wife  Alice  Page  by  his  side.  The 
stone  bears  the  family  arms  with  the 
inscription  "  Here  lieth  in  hope  of  a 
joyful  Resurrection,  the  body  of  Colonel 
John     Page     of     Bruton     Parish,     Esq. 


Prince  \\'illiam,  Frederick,  Spottsylvania, 
Essex,  James  City,  Hanover,  Gloucester 
and  King  \\"illiam  Counties.  He  had 
8000  acres  in  Frederick  called  "  Page- 
land."  more  than  10,000  in  Prince  William 
called  "  Pageland,"  4500  in  Spottsylvania, 
1000  called  "  Pampatike "  in  King 
\\'illiam;  2000  in  Hanover;  nearly  2000 
in  James  City,  besides  other  lands  and 
Rosewell.  The  graves  of  both  Matthew 
Page  and  Mary  Mann  his  wife  are  at 
Rosewell.     The  tombstone  over  Matthew 


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455 


Page  shows  that  he  "  departed  this  hfe 
January  9th,  1703,  age  45  years."  And 
that  over  his  wife  bears  the  date  of 
"  March  24th,  1707,  age  36  years." 

The  son  Mann,  was  educated  at  Eton 
and  upon  his  return  became  the  founder 
of  Rosewell,  the  pride  and  admiration  of 
successive  generations.  He  married  first, 
Judith,  daughter  of  Honorable  Ralph 
Wormeley  of  Mid- 
dlesex County,  a  , 
man  of  great  dis- 
tinction and  wealth ; 
his  second  wife  was 
Judith,  daughter  of 
"  King  Carter,"  of 
Virginia,  so  called  on 
account  of  his  vast 
possessions. 
Through  J  u  d  i  t  h 
Carter,  a  direct 
lineage  can  be  traced 
to  Robert,  Count 
d'Artois,  Crusader, 
1246;  Otho  the 
Great,  Holy  Roman 
Emperor ;  Louis 
VIII,  King  of 
France;  Sancho  III 
the  Great,  Emperor 
of  Spain,  Chilperic,  King  of  Soissons,  died 
584 ;  and  King  John  of  England. 

At  Rosewell  the  graves  of  each  of  the 
wives  of  Mann  Page  have  the  tombstones 
with  the  inscriptions,  one  in  Latin  and  the 
other  in  English. 

Not  long  did  the  builder  of  the  \'irginia 
mansion  live  to  enjoy  it.  Before  it  was 
entirely  finished,  his  body  lay  in  state  in 
the  hall  he  had  so  gorgeously  adorned.  His 
home  designed  for  pleasure,  became  the 
house  of  mourning.  An  interesting  inscrip- 
tion on  the  tombstone  of  Mann  Page  is 
found  at  Rosewell : 


"  Here  lies  the  remains  of  Honorable  Mann 
Page,  Esq.,  one  of  His  Alajesties  Council  in  the 
Colony  of  Virginia,  who  departed  this  life  the 
24th  day  of  January,  1730.  In  the  40th  year  of  his 
Age.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Matthew  Page, 
Esq.,  who  was  likewise  a  member  of  His 
Majesties  Council.  His  first  wife  was  Judith, 
Daughter  of  Ralph  Wormeley,  Esq.,  Secretary 
of  Virginia.  By  whom  he  had  two  sons  and  a 
daughter.  He  afterwards  married  Judith, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Robert  Carter,  Esq., 
Prusidcnt  of  Virginia.  With  whom  he  lived  in 
the  most  tender  recip- 
rocal affection,  for 
twelve  years.  Leaving 
by  her  five  sons  and  a 
daughter.  His  public 
trust  he  faithfully  dis- 
charged with  Candour 
and  Discretion,  Truth 
and  Justice.  Nor  was 
he  less  eminent  in  his 
private  behavior.  For 
he  was  A  tender  hus- 
band and  Indulgent 
Father,  A  gentle  mas- 
ter  and  Faithful 
Friend,  being  to  all 
Courteous  and  Be- 
nevolent, Kind  and 
Affable.  This  monu- 
ment was  piously 
erected  to  his  Memory 
By  his  mournfully  sur- 
viving Lady." 

His  three  surviv- 
ing sons  by  his 
second  wife,  Mann, 
John  and  Robert,  became  the  heads  of  the 
three  branches  of  the  Page  family, 
respectively — Rosewell,  Nortliend,  and 
Broadneck. 

.Mann  I'age,  die  oldest  son  Ijy  the  second 
marriage  was  born  at  Rosewell  in  1718 
and  inherited  it.  He  was  married  twice, 
in  1743  to  Alice  Grymes, daughter  of  Hon. 
John  Grymes,  a  man  of  wealth,  and 
Auditor  General  and  Receiver  General 
of  Virginia,  and  memlier  of  the  Council, 
in  1748,  he  married  Ann  Corl)in  Tayloe  of 
"  ]\It.  Airy,"  Virginia. 

The  portraits  of  Mann  Page  and  Alice 


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with  others  of  the  Page  family,  hang  in 
the  Hbrary  of  William  and  Mary  College 
at  Williamsburg,  while  a  handsome  por- 
trait of  Governor  John  Page  by  Charles 
Wilson  Peale,  hangs  in  Independence 
Hall,  Philadelphia. 

The  next  one  to  inherit  Rosewell  was 
John  Page,  born  there  in  1774,  the  oldest 
son  of  Mann 
and  Alice 
Grymes  Page. 
He  was  edu- 
cated by  pri- 
vate tutors  and 
at  William  and 
Mary  College, 
where  he 
formed  a 
friendship  with 
Thomas 
Jefferson 
which  lasted 
through- 
out  life.  He 
attributed  his 
early  education 
to  his  grand- 
mother, Judith 
Carter,  as  in 
writing  of  her 
he  says,  "I  was 
early  taught  to 
read  and  write 
by  the  care  and 

attention  of  my  Grandmother  the  daugh- 
ter of  Hon.  Robert  Carter,  who  was 
President  of  the  King's  Council  and  Sec- 
retary of  Virginia." 

John  Page  was  graduated  with  distinc- 
tion from  William  and  Mary  College, 
became  a  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses,and  was  a  member  of  theCouncil  in 
1775.  One  of  the  conspicuous  members 
which  formed  the  Constitution  of  Virginia, 
he  was  appointed  one  of  the  first  Council 


under  that  Constitution.  He  was  a  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress  for  eight  years,  and 
elected  Governor  in  1802,  serving  ably 
until  1805,  when  President  Jefferson 
appointed  him  Commissioner  of  Loans, 
which  position  he  held  until  his  death 
in  1808. 


Col 


John 


Page  was  with 
Washington  in 
one  of  his  ex- 
p  e  d  i  t  i  o  n  s 
against  the 
French  and 
Indians,  and 
was  a  member 
of  the  Com- 
mission  of 
Public  Safety. 
He  was  urged 
to  become 
Bishop,  being  a 
devout  Episco- 
palian, but  he 
stoutly  de- 
c 1 i  n  e  d  the 
honor.  The 
members  of  the 
Page  family 
have  a  1  w  a  ys 
been  notable 
c  h  u  rchmen, 
from  the  day 
of  Colonel 
John  Page, 
who  in  1678  gave  the  ground  for  the 
church  and  graveyard  of  Old  Bruton 
Parish  Church,  Williamsburg.  He  also 
gave  twenty  pounds  towards  the  erection 
of  the  building.  At  one  time  there  were 
nine  of  the  Page  family  clergymen  in  the 
Episcopal  Church. 

Governor  Page  was  twice  married.  The 
first  time  in  1765  to  his  "  sweet  cousin," 
Frances  Burwell,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Robins  Burwell  of  Isle  of  Wight  County 


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and  his  wife  Salley  Nelson,  sister  of 
President  and  Secretary  Nelson  and 
daughter  of  Thomas  Nelson,  known  as 
"  Scotch  Tom,"  and  his  second  wife 
Fanny  (Houston)  Tucker  of  Ber- 
muda Islands. 

Twelve  children  blessed  the  union  of 
Governor  Page  and  Frances  Burwell, 
most  of  whom 
married  their 
first  cousins, 
the  Nelsons, 
who  were  de- 
scended from 
Hugh  Nelson 
of  Penrith 
County,  Cum- 
berland, Eng- 
land, and 
Sarah,  his  wife. 

It  is  interest- 
i  n  g  to  n  ot  e 
the  intermar- 
r  i  a  g  e  of  the 
t  w  o  families. 
The  oldest 
son  Mann 
Page,  born 
1766,  married 
Elizabeth, 
daughter  o  f 
Governor 
Thomas 
Nelson     of 

Yorktown.  John  Page,  born  in  1768. 
Robert  Page,  born  1770,  died  at  25  years. 
Sally  Burwell  Page,  born  1771,  married 
William,  son  of  Governor  Nelson.  John 
Page  II,  born  1773,  died  at  eleven  years. 
Alice  Grymes  Page,  born  1775,  married 
in  1793,  Dr.  Augustine  Smith  of  York- 
town,  who  had  just  graduated  in  medicine 
at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land. They  had  six  children,  and  after 
his  death,   she   married   Colonel    Dudlev 


Digges,  and  had  one  child.  Frances  Page, 
born  1777,  married  Thomas  Nel:-.n,  Jr., 
son  of  Governor  Nelson;  second.  Dr. 
Carter  Berkeley.  Francis  Page,  born 
1781,  married  Susan,  daughter  of  General 
Nelson,  and  Judith  Carter  Page,  born 
1783,  married  Robert,  son  of  General 
Nelson,  and  was  called  Chancellor  Nelson. 
Three  Page 
1  infants  died, 
n  a  m  e  s  u  n- 
known.  In 
1789,  five  years 
after  Governor 
Page  lost  his 
first  wife,  he 
m  e  t  in  New 
York,  while  he 
and  James 
Aladison  were 
R  e  p  r  e  s  ent- 
atives  in  Con- 
gress, Margaret 
L  o  w  t  h  e  r, 
daughter  of 
William 
Lowther,  o  f 
Scotland,  and 
had  eight  chil- 
dren by  this 
marriage, 
making  a  fam- 
ily of  twenty 
children, 
several  dying  in  infancy.  Margaret 
Lowther  Page,  born  1790,  married 
John  H.  Blair ,  and  secondly  Richard 
Anderson.  William  Lowther,  Mary 
Mann,  Gregory,  John  and  John  William 
all  died  without  issue.  Barbara,  born 
1795.  died  unmarried,  and  Lucy  Burwell 
Page,  born  1807,  married  Hon.  Robert 
Saunders  of  Williamsburg.  Governor 
Page  was  a  most  affectionate  husband  and 
father,  and  he  showed  his  love   for  his 


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children  continually.  \\  bile  in  Congress  in 
New  y  (.:  k,  he  wrote  constantly  to  his  little 
ones,  even  before  they  could  read 
his  letters. 

Governor  Page  died  in  Richnidud  on 
October  11,  1808,  and  was  buried  in 
St.  John's  Churchyard,  where  a  handsome 
monument  of  Cararra  marljle  marks  his 
grave.  It  is  in- 
scribed w  i  t  h 
the  name,  Coat 
of  Arms,  date 
and  the  words, 
"  Blessed  are 
the  dead  which 
die  in  the 
Lord."  He  was 
d  i  s  tinguished 
for  his  talents, 
p  u  r  i  t  _y  of 
morals  and 
patriotism. 

While  the 
widow  of  Gov- 
ernor Page 
was  residing  in 
W  i  1  1  i  a  m  s- 
burg,  she  was 
visited  1)  y 
General  La- 
Fayette  on 
October  20, 
1824,  while  he 
was  on  his  way 
to  Richmond  during 
It  was  at  this  time  that  a  handsome  obelisk 
was  erected  temporarily  at  the  entrance  to 
Capitol  Square,  Richmond,  and  the  name 
of  Governor  Page  appeared  with  the 
names  of  other  distinguished  Virginians 
who  served  in  the  Revolution.  After  his 
death,  his  son  John  Page  inherited  Rose- 
well,  but  lived  in  it  very  little.  He  sold 
it  in  1838  to  Thomas  Booth  of  Gloucester 


his  visit  to  America. 


County,  for  $12,000.  After  selling  part 
of  the  estate  and  much  of  the  fine  timber, 
cutting  down  the  beautiful  avenue  of  elms 
and  cedars  of  enormous  size  that  led  to  the 
mansion.  Booth  removed  the  lead  from  the 
roof,  and  replaced  it  with  sheet  iron.  He 
pulled  out  the  handsome  mahogany  wains- 
coting and  sold  it,  realizing  thousands  of 
dollars  by  the 
deal. 

Booth  then 
sold  Rosewell 
to  John  Catlett 
for  $22,500, 
who  at  once 
began  to  re- 
store the  house, 
pulling  down 
the  wings 
which  were  in 
bad  need  of 
repair.  The 
m  a  i  n  portion 
he  completely 
renovated.  In 
1853,  the 
famous  estate 
o  f  Rosewell 
changed  hands 
again,  and  the 
hospitality  for 
which  it  was 
noted  in  for- 
mer days  was 
revived  by  its  new  owner,  ]\Ir.  Josiah 
Lilly  Deans,  of  Midlothian,  Gloucester 
Count)',  who  entertained  with  lavish  hand. 
During  the  Civil  ^^'ar  it  might  have 
been  i-educed  to  a  pile  of  bricks,  as  Federal 
gunboats  in  the  York  River  had  picked  it 
as  a  target,  firing  at  it  a  number  of  times, 
but  naval  officers  who  had  once  been 
entertained  by  Mr.  Deans,  prevented  its 
wanton  destruction. 


]V.  JOHN   PAf,l-:  OK  VIRGINIA.      COPY  OF  PORTRAIT  BY 

-HARLES  WILSON    PKALE  HANGING  IN   INDEPENDENCE 

HALL.    PHILADELPHIA 


ROSEWELL,  AXCESTRAL  HOME  OF  PAGES  OF  VIRGINIA 


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After  the  death  of  Mr.  Deans  it  passed 
again  into  the  Page  family,  and  some 
years  later  was  bought  back  by  the 
Deans'  heirs,  the  family  of  Colonel  Lewis 
Fielding  Taylor,  who  occupied  it  until  it 
was  burned  the  night  of  March  25,  1916, 
when  the  faiiiily  1)arely  escaped  half 
clad.  The  lire  was  supposed  to  have 
been   caused   by   a   log  fire   left   burning 


after  a  party,  and  had  attained  such 
headway  it  was  impossible  to  save 
the  old  mansion.  The  bare  walls  left 
standing  are  mute  reminders  of  what  was 
once  the  pride  of  Virginia.  Many  valu- 
able paintings  were  destroyed,  among 
them  a  portrait  of  Speaker  Augustine 
Warner  by  Sir  Peter  Lely  which  was 
greatly  prized,  also  much  handsome  old 
silver  and  other  heirlooms. 


WHAT  DOES  IT  MEAN  TO  BE  AMERICAN? 

Bv  Roselle  Mercier  Monteomerv 


To  the  Manhattan  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Amerit 
Anniversary   of    Its    Founding 


Revolution  on  the  Twentv-fifth 


Wh.\t  does  it  mean  to  be  American? 
Around  a  foreign  group  the  question  ran — 
I  strive  to  answer  it  as  best  I  can ! 

What  does  it  mean  ?  I  look  across  the  years  .  .  . 
I  see  them  come — but  through  a  mist  of  tears — 
Our  gallant  forbears,  full  of  hopes  and  fears ! 

I  see  them  leave  behind,  for  conscience's  sake, 
The    homes    they    loved,    the    ties    so    hard    to 

break — 
Their   questing,    wondering,    westward    way    to 

take. 

I  see  them  face  and  fight  the  wilderness. 

Undaunted  by  its  dangers,  its  duress, 

And  from  its  wildness,  wrest  and  win  success. 

I  see  them  take  their  living  from  the  soil, 
The  men  and  women  joined  in  homely  toil — 
Where  they  then  planted,  now  our  heart-roots 
coil ! 

I   see   them   build   their   homes,   their  house   of 

prayer. 
And  when  its  bell  rings  out  upon  the  air, 
I  see  them  kneel  in  simple  worship  there ! 

I  hear  the  drum  of  War's  alarum  beat, 

I  see  them  seize  their  arms,  rise  to  their  feet. 

Their  enemies — and  Liberty's — to  meet ! 

I  see  them  face  and  conquer  every  foe, 
I  see  great  cities  rise,  a  nation  grow. 
To    whose    broad    breast    Earth's    eager    pil- 
grims go ! 

To  be  American — is  to  be  one 

In  whom  these  brave  inheritances  run — 

A  worthy  daughter,  or  a  noble  son  I 


And  ye,  who  seek  America  today. 

To  succor  you,  to  wipe  your  tears  away. 

Must  come  as  they  came  in  that  older  day ! 

Their  questing  made  a  noble  pilgrimage. 
Their  daring  wrote  a  bright,  illumined  page — 
Their  dreaming  is  our  country's  heritage ! 

New  pilgrims  from  the  lands  beyond  the  sea. 

If  true  Americans  you  wish  to  be, 

Take  them  to  be  your  patterns,  reverently. 

Forget  the  old-world  wrongs  and  tyranny, 
Reject  the  new,  base  use  of  Liberty — 
Read  well  the  page  they  wrote  in  history ! 

Each  tablet  and  each  monument  mark  well 
That  we,  remembering,  have  raised  to  tell 
How   thev   were  victors  here,   how,  there   they 
fell ! 

Bow  your  uncovered  heads  in  reverence  deep 
Beside  the  honored  places  where  they  sleep — 
The  memory  of  their  deeds  forever  keep! 

Learn  to  respect,  all  ye  who  cannot  share. 
The  brave  inheritance  we  proudly  wear 
As  heirs  of  those  who  lie  so  silent  there ! 

They  dreamed  and  dared — and  died,  when  need 

arose — 
In  true  Americans  their  red  blood  flows ! 
Who    fail   to   honor   it.   we   call — our   country's 

foes ! 

Around  a  foreign  group  the  question  ran : 
What  does  it  mean  to  be  American  ? 
And  I  have  answered  it  as  best  I  can ! 


OPENING  OF  THE  ALLIED  WAR  MUSEUM 

Report  of  Carrie  Louise  Griffin;  appointed  by  the  President  General,  Mrs.  George 

Maynard  Minor,   to   represent  the  National  Society 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 


HE  "  Salle  des  Allies,"  in  the  army 
Museum  of  the  Invalides,  Paris, 
France,  was  formally  inaugurated 
by  the  President  of  the  Republic,  M. 
Millerand,  in  the  presence  of  the 
Ministers  of  War  and  The  Marine, 
Marechal  Foch,  Commandant  en 
Chef  de  1'  Armee  Francaise,  the  ambassadors 
and  military  and  naval  attaches  of  the  Allies, 
and  many  distinguished  generals  and  officers. 
Colonel  T.  Bentley  Mott,  military  attache,  and 
Major  T.  N.  Gimperling,  Q.M.C.,  represented 
the  United  States  Army.  The  American  Ambas- 
sador, Hon.  Myron  T.  Herrick,  was  present. 
Only  a  small  number  of  guests  were  invited, 
owing  to  limited  space. 

The  Garde  Republicaine,  who  on  all  public 
occasions  attends  the  President,  formed  the 
Guard  of  Honor.  On  the  arrival  of  M. 
Alillerand,  the  company  proceeded  to  the  second 
floor,  of  the  western  gallery,  where  a  complete 
set  of  rooms,  containing  war  relics  of  the  Allied 
armies  during  the  Great  War  have  been  added 
to  the  War  Museum,  which  was  begun  in  the 
Invalides  two  years  ago.  At  the  entrance  on 
the  right  at  the  top  of  the  staircase,  is  a  digni- 
fied portrait  of  General  Pershing  painted  by 
the  Marquise  de  Wentworth  in  1919,  and  which 
was  purchased  by  the  French  Government. 

The  opening  ceremony  was  made  the  occasion 
of  a  warm  manifestation  of  Franco-American 
friendship,  our  Ambassador  conveying  the 
cordial  sentiments  of  President  Harding  to 
President  Millerand,  who  said  in  reply :  "  Such 
a  message  cannot  fail  to  touch  the  French  Nation 
deeply."  A  tour  of  inspection,  led  by  the 
President  and  guests  was  made. 

Warm  appreciation  was  expressed  on  every 
hand  in  this  war  tribute  from  France,  Great 
Britain,  America,  Italy,  Japan,  and  other 
Allied  armies.  Each  country  has  reason  to  be 
proud  of  its  share  in  this  permanent  memorial. 
The  American  Room  contains  the  permanent 
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exhibition  of  the  American  Army.  In  1920,  the 
French  Government  invited  the  Government  in 
Washington  to  install  a  room,  and  the  work  of 
assembling  our  exhibit  has  been  carried  out 
entirely  by  Major  Gimperling.  The  latter  is 
accredited  to  our  embassy  and  attached  to  the 
French  Army,  and  to  him  belongs  the  entire 
credit  due  for  the  completeness  of  our  exhibit. 
The  gifts  have  been  given  almost  entirely  by  the 
many  War  Relief  Organizations  wlJfch  assisted 
the  soldiers  during  the  War,  and  the  veterans 
and  auxiliary  societies.  Major  Gimperling  was 
assigned  to  the  task  of  accumulating  souvenirs 
representative  of  the  various  branches  of  the 
military  services.  He  called  on  the  D.  A.  R. 
and  other  organizations.  There  is  a  fine  collec- 
tion of  American  Corps  badges  and  War  decora- 
tions. The  corners  of  the  room  present  a  dozen 
regimental  colors  used  in  the  War,  machine 
guns,  perfect  models  of  army  motor  trucks, 
hospital  huts,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Jewish  Welfare 
huts,  and  Y.  W.  C.  A  exhibits.  A  full-sized 
Liberty  Motor  is  marked  "  12  A.  Aircraft 
engine  1700  P.  M."  A  model  of  a  war  Baldwin 
locomotive  gives  a  vivid  impression  of  the  mili- 
tarj'  trains  which  carried  the  troops  to  the  front 
lines.  There  are  also  many  private  gifts,  and 
it  is  hoped  that  many  more  will  be  added. 
There  is  a  portrait  of  General  Pershing,  by 
Mile.  Roscoe,  said  to  be  one  of  the  best  of  the 
American  Commander-in-Chief.  Mr.  George 
Scott  has  painted  an  attack  by  American  infan- 
try on  the  German  position  at  Belleau  woods. 
A  painting  by  M.  Maurice  Dubois  shows  life 
boats  pushing  off  from  the  Lusitania,  and  on 
each  side  of  this  work  are  two  paintings  by  this 
artist,  depicting  the  arrival  of  the  first  Ameri- 
can contingent  at  Bordeaux  in  the  Roches- 
ter and  the  Orleans.  One  of  the  promi- 
nent exhibits  which  meets  the  eye  from  the 
threshold  of  the  room,  is  a  large  marine  paint- 
ing by  Mr.  Frederick  J.  Waugh,  presented  to 
the  museum  by  the  Daughters  of  the  American 


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Revolution,  on  each  side  of  which  are  two  large 
American  flags.  A  bronze  group  by  Mrs.  Harry 
Payne  Whitney,  "  The  Spirit  of  the  Red  Cross," 
is  the  gift  of  that  organization.  There  are  por- 
traits of  President  Harding,  ex-President 
Wilson,  and  ex-President  Roosevelt,  and  there 
are  examples  of  types  of  Indian  Chiefs,  and 
scenes  at  West  Point. 

I  should  have  liked  to  have  found  a  picture 
of  James  T.  Gresham,   the  first   soldier  of  the 


units  of  the  British  Army,  and  occupies  as  many 
as  40  cases,  and  is  due  to  the  patient  work  of 
Father  Bitet  of  the  Jesuit  College  at  Jersey, 
Channel  Islands. 

In  the  centre  of  the  Italian  Room,  one's  atten- 
tion is  arrested  by  a  casket  containing  the  sig- 
natures of  the  inhabitants  of  Rome,  which  were 
sent  to  the  French  Government,  and  the  Allied 
Commanders-in-Chief,  on  July  14,  1919,  in 
token    of    their    unshakable    confidence    in    final 


THE  PAINTING  "CONVOY  OF  AMERICAN  TROOPSHIPS"  HUNG  IN  THE  ALLIED  WAR  MUSEUM.  PARIS.  FRANCE- 
PAINTING   WAS  THE  GIFT  OK  THE  DAUGHTERS  OFTHK  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 


American  Army  to  fall  in  the  Great  War.  If 
there  was  one,  I  did  not  find  it.  Will  someone 
think  of  this?  Some  chapter  would  do  itself 
honor  in  such  remembrance. 

The  American  room  adjoins  that  of  the  ex- 
hibit of  the  French  Navy  which  is  called  "  La 
Salle  de  I'Amiral  Victor  Senes,"  in  honor  of 
the  French  admiral  who  was  drowned  in  the 
Leon  Gambctta,  torpedoed  in  the  Adriatic 
nearly  eight  years  ago.  This  French  Room  is 
entirely  devoted  to  the  Naw,  and  tells  many  a 
tale  of  great  bravery.  The  most  notable  exhibit 
in  the  British  Room  is  the  collection,  the  most 
important  extant,  of  the  badges  of  the  various 


victory.  The  casket  is  supported  by  four  bronze 
figures  of  remarkable  workmanship.  What 
must  have  been  the  emotion  of  the  great  Mare- 
chal  of  France  in  this  gift!  Strangely  enough 
today,  he  was  in  mufti — the  greatest  General  of 
all.  He  looked  so  gentle  and  kind— so 
unaffectedly  pleased  at  the  greetings  accorded 
to  him. 

I  was  impressed  this  morning,  in  the  sense 
that  for  all  time,  this  room  of  ours  will  be  a 
place  of  reverent  pilgrimage  for  Americans  in 
memory  of  our  men  who  shared  in  the 
great   sacrifice. 


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THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
NATIONAL  AMERICAN  COUNCIL 

By  Doctor  Charles  R.  Mann 


I  RESIDENT  Harding  has  called  the 
Nation  to  organize  for  permanent 
peace.  He  has  defined  the  essential 
conditions  for  success.  He  has  speci- 
fied a  practical  method  of  work.  The 
time  for  action  has  come. 

The  occasion  for  this  call  was  the 
third  annual  meeting  of  the  National  American 
Council  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall  on  May 
24,  1923.  There  were  gathered  there  representa- 
tives of  some  sixty  national  organizations  bent 
upon  discovering  what  they  have  in  common, 
what  they  can  all  sincerely  accept  as  an  inspir- 
ing single  purpose  that  will  unite  them  all  in  the 
service  of  their  fellow  men.  They  were  seeking 
practical  suggestions  as  to  how  men  can  learn 
to  live  together  in  harmony  and  they  were 
not  disappointed. 

The  meeting  was  opened  by  a  cordial  address 
of  welcome  by  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 
President  General  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American   Revolution,  who   stated : 

"  It  is  an  experience  of  deep  joy  to  me  to 
express  the  welcome  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  to  this  Conference,  and  to 
convey  our  sense  of  the  honor  granted  us  in  the 
presence  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
and  the  distinguished  leaders  assembled  here. 

"  We  are  proud  that  this  Conference  is  being 
held  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall — to  us  it  is 
the  temple  of  Liberty.  We  feel  privileged  to 
have  the  opportunity  to  cooperate  in  this  effort 
for  better  citizenship — a  better  citizenship  not 
only  for  the  foreign  born,  but  for  us  whose 
great-great-grandparents  were  the  first  citizens 
of  our  Republic. 

"  Speaking  for  our  own  organization,  we  need, 
I  think,  not  only  a  deeper  sense  of  appreciation, 
but  all  the  understanding  we  can  possibly  gain. 
We  are  grateful  to  you  who  are  assembled  here, 
for  the  inspiration  and  the  added  knowledge  you 
bring  to  us  today.  We  have  felt  the  need  of 
a  more  general  understanding,  for  a  closer  and 
more  united  effort  on  the  part  of  all  our  civic 
and  patriotic  activities.  We  rejoice  in  the  fel- 
lowship of  this  Conference  and  the  privilege 
of  this  greeting." 

Then  President  Harding  recalled  how  the  war 
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had  released  our  national  energy  and  shown  how 
far  this  nation  will  go  in  service  and  sacrifice 
for  the  common  good  when  inspired  by  an  in- 
tense and  universal  common  purpose.  Though 
we  have  not  changed  as  a  people,  we  have  un- 
deniably lost  most  of  the  unity,  the  solidarity 
and  the  eagerness  for  simple  service  that 
marked  our  war-time  attitude.  He  attributed 
this  loss  to  confusion  at  the  complexity  of  the 
present  situation  and  absence  of  any  well  de- 
fined, absorbing,  dominating  interest  capable  of 
commanding  the  services  of  the  whole  united 
community.  He  suggested  that  such  a  dominat- 
ing, common  interest  may  be  found  if  all  the 
people  can  be  brought  to  realize  the  full  meaning 
and  implications  of  the  objectives  of  the  nation 
as  stated  by  the  fathers  of  the  Republic  in  the 
memorable  words  : 

"  We,  the  people  of  the  United  States,  in  order 
to  form  a  more  perfect  Union,  establish  justice, 
insure  domestic  tranquility,  provide  for  the  com- 
mon defense,  promote  the  general  welfare,  and 
secure  the  blessings  of  liberty  to  ourselves  and 
to  our  posterity,  do  ordain  and  establish  this 
Constitution  for  the  United  States  of  America." 

As  an  example  of  the  practical  results  that 
might  be  secured  by  following  this  suggestion, 
the  President  briefly  analyzed  the  phrase  "es- 
tablish justice."  He  indicated  how  the  system 
of  courts  established  under  the  Constitution  can- 
not insure  justice,  if  individuals  are  striving  for 
special  privileges  for  themselves  or  are  seeking 
subtle  forms  of  injustice  not  specifically  pro- 
hibited by  law.  Every  citizen  must  sincerely 
seek  to  do  justice  and  to  see  that  justice  is  done 
in  every  transaction  of  his  daily  life.  Hence 
one  immediate  and  continuing  opportunity  to 
contribute  to  the  achievement  of  this  objective 
by  the  nation  as  a  whole  lies  in  so  guiding  one's 
personal  affairs  that  justice  is  done.  A  similar 
opportunity  for  personal  service  of  the  nation 
is  defined  by  each  of  the  other  phrases  in  the 
Preamble  to  the  Constitution. 

The  training  of  citizens  every  one  of  whom 
shall  desire  intelligently  to  realize  in  his  per- 
sonal life  the  precepts  of  the  Preamble  to  the 
Constitution  is  a  common  constructive  enterprise 
that    commands    united    cooperation.      It    gives 


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expression  to  that  basic  and  universal  human 
instinct,  the  desire  to  give  our  children  better 
conditions  and  opportunities  than  we  ourselves 
had.  With  an  understanding  of  the  Preamble 
as  a  guide  and  the  love  of  children  as  the 
motive  power,  there  is  no  limit  to  the  good  that 
may  be  done. 

The  results  of  such  national  cooperation  for 
realization  of  a  single  worth  while  objective 
will  be  felt  far  beyond  our  own  borders.  The 
nation  that  has  discovered  in  this  way  how  to 
"  insure  domestic  tranquility  "  can  point  the  way 
to  world  peace ;  not  by  force  of  arms,  but  by 
living  the  precepts  of  representative  democracy's 
true  objective  in  all  its  dealings  with  mankind. 
General  Pershing  followed  this  definition  of 
the  major  objectives  with  a  discussion  of  the 
injunction  "  provide  for  the  national  defense.'' 
He  reminded  the  Council  of  Washington's 
words :  "  To  be  prepared  for  war  is  one  of  the 
most  effectual  means  of  preserving  peace."  He 
explaining  the  necessity  for  a  well-digested  plan 
of  organization  and  showed  how  failure  to  have 
such  a  plan  had  caused  us  to  risk  our  national 
existence  in  two  great  wars.  Had  this  nation 
been  organized  and  disciplined  as  Washington 
recommended,  in  all  probability  these  wars 
would  not  have  occurred.  Even  the  world  war 
might  not  have  taken  place. 

The  National  Defense  Act  of  1920,  establishes 
an  adequate  plan  of  organization  on  a  truly 
democratic  basis.  A  citizen  army  is  being 
organized  with  hearty  cooperation  by  all  enlight- 
ened citizens  who  now  recognize  that  military 
service  and  training  carry  with  them  an  awak- 
ened appreciation  of  civic  obligation.  The 
completion  of  this  basic  organization  will  assure 
permanent  provisions  for  our  national  security 
and  will  without  doubt  become  a  compelling 
influence  for  world  peace. 

The  success  of  the  organization  for  defense 
depends  on  the  quality  of  our  citizenship.  Re- 
sponsibility for  training  citizens  rests  with  the 
people  themselves.  Hence  the  strength  of  the 
nation  can  be  increased  and  the  objectives 
stated  in  the  Preamble  to  our  Constitution 
achieved  only  as  the  citizens  themselves  under- 
take to  accomplish  these  ends  of  their  ow-n  free 
will.  Manhood  is  the  fundamental  factor  both 
for  national  development  and  for  national 
defense.  Upstanding  manhood  is  the  ultimate 
objective  of  all  training,  both  civil  and  military. 

During  the  war  the  army  had  to  examine  and 
train  several  million  young  men.  There  was 
gathered  a  vast  amount  of  reliable  data  about 
the  physical,  technical  and  intellectual  condi- 
tion of  American  men.  These  facts  and  studies 
belong  to  the  nation  as  guides  for  educational 
work.  The  War  Department's  educational  pro- 
gram is  an  effort  to  transmit  those   facts   and 


the  inevitable  conclusions  to  proper  civilian 
agencies  for  their  information  and  guidance. 
Already  important  enterprises  have  been  inau- 
gurated because  of  this  by  the  Amateur 
Athletic  Federation,  the  Federal  Council  of 
Citizenship  Training,  and  several  others. 

The  war  data  has  been  carefully  studied  by 
the  army  and  the  military  training  program  is 
being  developed  accordingly.  The  underlying 
conception  is  that  a  united  nation  whose  citizen- 
ship is  intelligent,  patriotic,  vigorous,  fearless 
and  prepared  to  meet  any  emergency  is  the 
surest  guarantee  of  peace. 

The  Federal  Council  of  Citizenship  Training, 
mentioned  by  General  Pershing  was  explained 
by  the  Honorable  J.  J.  Tigert,  United  States 
Commissioner  of  Education.  This  Council  was 
created  by  the  President,  by  executive  order, 
last  January.  It  consists  of  one  representative 
from  each  federal  department  and  from  two 
independent  offices  that  deal  with  training.  Its 
purpose  is  to  secure  coordination  of  work  in 
the  field  of  citizenship  training,  both  among  the 
federal  offices  and  with  all  other  agencies. 

This  Council  has  prepared  a  chart  which 
shows  what  each  office  is  doing  for  citizenship 
and  how  their  respective  activities  are  related. 
As  a  means  of  determining  the  quality  of 
American  citizenship  a  community  score  card 
has  been  prepared.  The  questions  on  this  card 
are  framed  to  stimulate  communities  to  study 
themselves,  discover  their  own  strength  and 
weakness,  and  devise  their  own  ways  and  means 
of  directing  their  own  development  toward  a 
fuller  realization  of  the  national  objectives  de- 
fined by  the  Preamble  to  the  Constitution. 

The  details  of  some  of  the  questions  on  this 
score  card  were  discussed  by  Dr.  C.  R.  Mann 
as  an  example  of  how  such  self-study  really 
helps  communities  to  improve.  A  community 
was  mentioned  which  was  being  exploited  by 
corrupt  politicians  and  grafters.  A  count  of  the 
voters  showed  that  only  Zl  per  cent,  of  the  elec- 
torate polled  their  votes  at  local  elections.  A 
campaign  was  started  through  the  schools  to 
enlighten  the  children  and  their  parents  on  the 
issues  of  elections  and  the  obligation  to  vote. 
A  competition  was  organized  among  school  dis- 
tricts and  a  banner  offered  as  a  prize  for  that 
district  which  polled  the  highest  percentage  of 
its  legal  voters.  In  two  years  the  percentage  of 
voters  had  risen  to  85  and  a  clean  city  govern- 
ment had  been  installed. 

The  associations  present  at  the  meeting  were 
invited  to  cooperate  with  the  Federal  Council 
of  Citizenship  Training  and  with  all  other 
agencies  in  active  work  toward  a  fuller  realiza- 
tion of  the  national  objectives  defined  by  the 
President.  The  score  card  was  suggested  as  a 
very  practical  but  suggestive  point  of  departure. 


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Assurance  was  given  that  a  preliminary  draft 
of  the  score  card  would  be  submitted  in  a  few 
weeks  to  those  interested  for  their  criticism  and 
experimental  try  out.  The  time  for  action 
has  come. 

The  afternoon  session  was  opened  by  a  brief 
address  by  Mr.  Frank  H.  Vanderlip,  President 
of  the  National  American  Council.  He  empha- 
sized as  the  significant  thing  about  this  organiza- 
tion the  sincere  desire  of  men  of  different  creeds 
and  sects  and  politics  to  find  out  what  they  have 
in  common  and  what  they  can  agree  upon  as 
essential  for  our  national  welfare.  The  funda- 
mental common  articles  of  faith,  as  the  Presi- 
dent had  pointed  out,  are  safe  foundations  for 
cooperative  work. 

Others  who  spoke  in  like  vein,  outlining  the 
work  of  their  organizations  and  pledging  their 
cooperation  in  this  enterprise,  were  Samuel 
Gompers,  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor ; 
James  E.  West,  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America ; 
Miss  Charl  Williams,  of  the  National  Education 


Association ;  J.  T.  Taylor,  of  the  American 
Legion ;  Townsend  Scudder,  of  the  Masonic 
Service  Association ;  Charles  D.  Orth,  of  the 
National  Security  League ;  Mrs.  M.  Lilian 
Wiliamson,  of  the  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs  and  Nathaniel  Phillips,  of  the  League  of 
Foreign  Born  Citizens. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows :  Hon. 
Warren  G.  Harding,  Honorary  President ;  Hon. 
Calvin  Coolidge,  Honorary  Vice  President; 
Hon.  Herbert  Hoover,  Honorary  Vice  Presi- 
dent ;  General  John  J.  Pershing,  Honorary  Vice 
President.  Frank  A.  Vanderlip,  President; 
Charles  D.  Orth,  First  Vice  President;  Albert 
Shields,  Second  Vice  President ;  C.  R.  Mann, 
Third  Vice  President ;  James  E.  West,  Trea- 
surer ;  Sidney  Morse,  Secretary. 

Executive  Board :  Townsend  Scudder,  Chair- 
man ;  Samuel  Gompers,  John  A.  Lapp,  Irving 
Lehman,  Alvin  M.  Owsley,  Nathaniel  Phillips, 
William  C.  Smith,  George  D.  Strayer. 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  MAGAZINE   PRIZE 
CONTEST 

July  1,  1923,  to  March  1,  1924 


The  prize  contest,  open  to  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  Chapters  throughout 
the  country,  to  secure  subscriptions  to  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine,  began  on  July  1,  1923  and  ends  on 
March  1,  1924. 

The  conditions  are  as  follows  : 

The  chapters  are  arranged  in  four  groups 
according  to  membership  and  four  prizes  are 
offered  for  each  group. 

1st  group — membership  of  400  and  over. 

2nd  group— 200  to  400. 

3rd  group— 100  to  200. 

4th  group — less  than  one  hundred. 

The  four  prizes  are  divided  as  follows :  1st 
prize,  $100;  2nd  prize,  $75;  3rd  prize,  $50; 
4th  prize,  $25. 


Tills  arrangement  assures  four  cash  prises 
for  each  group. 

The  chapters  securing  the  greatest  number 
of  subscriptions  in  proportion  to  their  member- 
ship will  receive  these  prizes. 

An  additional  prize  of  $200  will  be  awarded 
to  the  chapter  securing  the  greatest  number  of 
subscriptions  over  three  hundred. 

A  subscription  for  a  period  of  years  will  be 
counted  as  one  subscription. 

The   name   of    the   chapter    must    accompany 
each    subscription    in    order    to    be    counted    in 
the  contest. 
(Mrs.   Charles  White) 

Frances  Tupper  Nash, 
National  Chairman,  Magazine  Committee. 


MARRIAGE  RECORDS  FROxM  NASHVILLE, 
DAVIDSON  COUNTY.  TENN. 

Copied  By  Penelope  Johnson  Allen 
State  Historian,  Tennessee  D.  A.  R. 


1— William    Havthorii    &    Marv    Kelley, 

Jan.   11.   1793 
Nehemiah      Courtney      &      Elizabeth 

Johnston,   Oct.    14.   1790. 
Andrew    Buchanan  &  Jane  McKiney, 

Oct.  22.   1798 
Amos     Raines      Wall      &      Elizabeth 

Thomas,    Sept.    10,    1794 
James  Rutherford   &   Elizabeth   Cart- 
wright.  Jan.  7,   1791 
John   Dunham  &   Pollv   Waller,  Nov. 

2,   1793 
Wm.  Flvnn  &  Hannah  Ramscv.  May 

8,  1793 
Jacob    Crow    &    Nancv    Crow.    July 

5,    1793 
Boslev   Beal   &   Margerv    Shute.   Dec. 

24.   1794 
2 — Thomas  Heaton  &  Marv  Stuart.  Tulv 

19,  1794 

Benj,   Downey   &    Mary    Mollis.   Mar. 

22,    1794 
James  Dean  &  Polly  Dickinson.  Sept, 

24,   1794 
Wm.     Bodie     &    Jennie     Lane,     June 

14,   1790 
George    Walker    &     Rachel    Cat¥ery, 

Aug.  9,  1790 
Chas.     Snyder     &     Elizabeth     Savier. 

Aug.  18,  1790 
Cornelius    Glasgow    &    Lucia    Merida, 

Nov.  IS,  1793 
Finis     Ewing     &     Peggy     Davidson. 

Jan.  12,  1793 
Thomas    Wilcocks    &    Mary    Bryant, 

Aug.   12,   1792 
Thomas   Brown   &   Marv   Love,   June 

27,   1791 
3— John   Champ  &   Polly  Mayfield,   Dec. 

21,   1796 
W  m.   Neely  &  Jennie  Buchanan,   .Xpr. 

20,  1791' 

Jacob    Reader    &    Polly    Allen,    July 

2.    1792 
Wm.    Hooper   &    Sarah   Hollis,    Mar. 

4,   1789 


Steward   Slavton   &   Nancy   Williams, 

July  8,   1789 
Jacob     Guise     &     Elizabeth     Briglev, 

Feb.   2.    1789 
Joshua   Harlin   &    Marv    Smith,   Nov. 

17,  1789 
John  Kirkpatrick  &  Martha  Buchanan, 

Sept.  6.  1789 
Robert  Nelson  &  Elizabeth  Bell.  Sept. 

1,   1789 
Page    4 — Joshua  Hollis  &  Mary  Wilheim,  Aug. 

19,    1789 
Josiah   Payne   &   Atarv    Barnett,   May 

4,  1789 

Robert    Mitchell    &    Duijila    Everett, 

June  1,  1789 
Abijah    Harrington   &    Sarah    Afarrs, 

Nov.  19,  1789 
Robert    Barnett    &    Margaret    Young, 

July  31,  1789 
Simon   Rogers   &   Elizabeth    Mitchell, 

Mar.  7,  1789 
Wm.  Hudson  &  Elizabeth  Dunn,  Oct. 

15,  1789 
Francis   Rordin    &   Rebecca    Cashard, 

Mar.  9.  1790 
\\'m.  Murry  &  Margaret  Boyd,  Mar. 

31,    1790 
Mitchell     O'neal    &    Delilah     Martin, 

Mar.  5,   1790 
Page    5— Richard   Hightower   &   Nancy   Smith, 

Oct.  17.  1791 
Ralph  Fleming  &  Hannah  Boyd,  Apr. 

13,    1791 
Elisha     Brewer    &     Mary     Reynolds, 

May  17,  1791 
James     Whitsett    &    Jennie     Meneso, 

Dec.  10,  1792 
Henry     Green     &     Jannie     Davidson, 

July  4,  1791 
Peter   Caffery   & ,   Jan. 

5.  1791 

Joseph    Denham    &    Nancy    Bronson, 

Nov.  24.  1793 
Mitchell     O'neal    &    Judith     Hughes, 

Mar.    19,    1793 

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Henrj    Chiles   &    Salley   Suggs,    Sept. 

11,  1793 
John  Wilson  &  Nancy  McVight,  Sept. 

10,   1791 
Page    6 — Ephriam    Pratt    &    Sarah    Buchanan, 

June  28,  1790 
David    Shaffer   &   Jane    Bowlin,   Jan. 

23,  1792 

John    Boyd    &   Mary    Boyd,    Sept.    1, 

1790 
Joseph  Hart  &  Anna  Sugg,  Aug.  21, 

1791 
Michael    Black   &   Eva    Raimer,    Oct. 

3,  1791 

Richard  Shaffer  &  Elizabeth  Gambell, 
Oct.  21,   1789 

Philip    Pepkin    &    Margaret     Brown, 
Oct.  8,  1792 

Witheral  Latimer  &  Margaret  Ander- 
son,  Mar.  21,   1793 

Matthew    McCance   &   Anna   Walker, 
Mar.  24,  1794 

Andrew  Jackson  &  Rachel  Donelson, 
Jan.  17,  1794 
Page    7 — Zacheus  Baker  &  Elsee  Rhodes,  Oct. 

24,  1794 

Abraham  Boyd  &  Nancy  Lyon,  Apr. 

1,   1794 
William  McClish  &  Jennie  Johnston, 

Nov.  10,   1794 
Michael    Squires    &    Martha    Turner, 

July  7,   1792 
Charles    Campbell    &    Ann    Nowland, 

May  4,  1791 
Wm.   Smith  &   Phoebe  Denton,   Sept. 

4,  1792 

Lewis   Berrval   &  Jean   Benton,   Sept. 

4,    1792 
Daniel   Evans   &   Elizabeth   Courtney, 

Feb.  8,   1794 
John  Buchanan  &  Hannah  Buchanan, 

June  6,  1794 
William  Moore  &  Patifina  Castleman, 

Dec.  7,   1791 
Page    8 — Adam  Raimer  &  Mary  Carihan,  May 

30,   1791 
John  Topp   &  Comfort  Everett,   July 

26,   1794 
Wm.  Murrv  &  Elizabeth  Pillow,  July 

16,  1795 
Jacob  Edwards  &  Elizabeth  Hale,  Apr. 

3,   1795 
James    Blacklev    &    Nancy    Wilkison, 

Dec.   19,   1795 
James   Robertson  &   Mary  Bradshaw, 

Dec.  15,  1795 
Robert    Rosebury    &     Susannah    Mc- 

Gauge,  Jan.  3,  1795 
Tohn   Alston    &    Sinah    Hooper,    June 

3,  1795 


Wm.  Payne  &  Elizabeth  Payne,  June 

10,  1796 
Elijah   Hixon   &    Polly    Moore,   Aug. 

22,  1796 
Page    9 — David  Young  &   Sarah  Philips,   Dec. 

27,  1796 
John   Evans    &   Polly   Thomas,   Aug. 

24,   1796 
Wm.  Donelson  &   Charity   Dickinson, 

Aug.  9,  1796 
Daniel  Helton  &  Elizabeth  Lancaster, 

July  26,  1796 
Wm.    Dillahurity    &    Sarah    Johnson, 

Oct.  10,  1796 
Hugh  Perry  &  Jane  Hendricks,  Nov. 

4,  1796 

Joseph   Walker   &    Sarath    Carothers, 

Jan.  18,  1796 
John  Witherspoon  &  Elizabeth  Shute, 

Jan.  31,  1796 
John   Shute  &  Nancy  Childress,  Dec. 

5,  1796 

John  Harris  &  Eliza  Lucas,  Jan.  20, 
1796 

Marriage    Records    of   Murfreeshoro, 
Rutherford  County,  Tenn. 

Page    1 — John  Bullard  &  Rebecca  Bumgarner, 

Dec.  26,  1817 
John  Strother  &  Elizabeth  Matthews, 

Dec.  4,  1816 
Henry  Kerby  &  Mary  Hudson,  Dec. 

21,    1811 
Solomon  Poke  &  Peggy  Hopson,  Dec. 

20,  1808 
William     Polk    &     Susanna    Gamble, 

Apr.  14.  1808 
James     Curry    &    Rebecca    Hoshone, 

June  15,   1814 
Thomas  A.  Gentry  &  Elizabeth  Camp- 
bell, Jan.  S,   1819 
Isaac    Fryar    &    Nancy    Fryar,    July 

3,  1818 
Joseph    Burleson    &    Patience    Ward, 

Jan.  7,  1817 
John    Dement    &    Cecelia    W.    Lowe, 

Sept.  27,  1820 
Thomas  McFarland  &  Nancy  Rawlins, 

June  12,  1817 
James   Childress  &  Rebecca  Kinkade, 

May   28,   1818 
Robert  L.  Jatnes  &  Johannah  Robert- 
son, Feb.   13,  1817 
Joshua    Neelv    &    Polly    Crownover, 

Sept.  27,  1815 
Littleberv    Hill    &    Elizabeth    Boffett, 

Nov.  12,  1819 
Burrly  Randolph  &  Lucy  W.  Tearcy, 

Nov.  25,  1818 


MARRIAGE  RECORDS  FROM  NASHVILLE,  DAVIDSON  CO.,  TENN. 

Page 


467 


Page    1 — William  II.  Smith  &  United  America 

Smith,   Apr.  24,   1816 
Uriah   Cummins    &    Margaret    Smith, 

July  27,  1816 
James    Elder    &    Polly    Wood,    July 

2,  1816 
William    Adams    &    Elizabeth    Good- 
love,  April  24,  1819 
William  Warren  &   Elizabeth   Vance, 

July   22,    1819 
John     Hale     &     Cliarlctte     Gambill, 

Oct.  27,  1818 
Fulton    Robison    &    Jane    Blair,    June 

19,  1819 
Daniel    Gilchrist    &    Nancy    Phillips, 

Dec.  29,    1819 
James    Wheeler    &    Peggy    Maberry, 

June  24,  1818 
William     Harris     &     Eliza     Mitchell, 

May    13,    1819 
Stephen   Hale    &    Priscella   Goodlove, 

Oct.  19,  1817 
William    Rucker    &    Susan    Childress, 

Nov.   10,    1819 
Joseph  Birnett  &  Anna  Beeslev,  Mar. 

22,   1819 
Harmon  Ridings  &  Frances  Vaughan, 

Jan.  9,   1816 
Joseph    Locke    &    Gilla    Moore,    Nov. 

18,   1819 
George    D.    Swan    &    Sarah   Gillispie, 

Nov.  18,  1819 
John   Vance    &   Ann   Gambill,   March 

18,   1818 
David    Eudalv    &    Lucv    Elankinship, 

Dec.  19,  1816 
Griffith   Smith  &   Nancy   Myers,  July 

27,  1818 

Samuel  Hand  &  Eliza  Wallace,  Sept. 
7,  1819 

Daniel  M.  Stewart  &  Martha  Mont- 
gomery, Dec.  1,   1818 

Henry  D.  Jamison  &  Elizabeth  Batey, 
Jan.  20,  1819 

Edward  Robertson  &  Betsy  Miller, 
Aug.  31,  1816 

John  Maxwell  &  Elizabeth  Covington, 
Jan.  13,  1818 

Isaac  Jetton  &  Henrietty  Elam,  Nov. 
12,  1817 

Sion  Mason  &  Margaret  Baker,  Oct. 

28,  1816 

Archibald     Johnson     &     Harriott     B. 

Smith,  Nov.  29,   1819 
David     Moore    &     Elizabeth     Bradly, 

Oct.   9,   1816 
Thomas    Butler    &    Polly    Huff,    Oct. 

22.   1816 
William  Stewart  &  Rachel  Scott,  May 

18,  1819 


James  Bass,  Jr.  &  Eliza  Howse, 
Sept.  22,   1819 

Thomas  McKnight  &  Nancv  Robert- 
son, May  22,  1813 

Solomon  Travis  &  lane  Baglc,  Oct. 
12,    1818 

Sion  L.  Read  &  Hardenia  Spencer, 
Aug.   2,    1817 

Richard  L.  Fleming  &  Eleanor  Ran- 
ken.  May  16,  1814 

Hiram  Hamnion  &  Jane  Harris,  Nov. 
7,   1814 

Stephen  F.  White  &  Hannah  H.  Dick- 
son,  June   23,    1814 

John     Henrv    &     lane    Giljsun,     lunc 

1,  1813 

Jacob    Thomas   &    Marv    M.    Donald, 

Sept.  3,   1813 
William  A.  Harris  &  Easter  McFar- 

land,  Sept.  3,  1815 
James     Moore     &     Elizabeth     Heard, 

Oct.   30.    1815 
Tohn    Green    &    Delia    Ford.    June    7, 

1815 
Elihu    Bone    &    Nancv    B.    Warnick, 

Mar.    1,    1815 
Eeverlv    Nelson   &   Elizabeth    Robert- 
son, Dec.  12,  1815 
William   Powell  &  Rachel   Kerr,  Nov. 

16,  1815 
Benjamin    Fuller    &    Hannah     Gunn, 

Dec.  9,   1815 
Tohn    Deason    &    Sallv    Arnold.    Dec. 

16,   1815 
Charles  Pope  &  Elizabetli  Smith,  Dec. 

28,    1815 
James    Gibbins    &    Hannah    Gasaway, 

Sept.  20,    1815 
William    F.    Batv    S:    Elizabetli    Sills, 

Nov.    IS,    1815 
Green  Gunbv  &  Rachel  Rodden,  Dec. 

3,   1815 
John  McHenrv  &  Rachel  Brown,  Dec. 

12,  1815 
Baker  Wrathcr  &  Sallv  G.  Masterson, 

Aug.  29,    1815 
Tames   Martin   &    Nancv    Tavlor,   Jan. 

26,  1816 
Samuel  Wallan  &  Keziah  Hardcastle. 

Aug.  1,   1816 
John  H.  Reid  &  Annie  Beavins,  Jan. 

2,  1816 

William  Parrish  &  -Amy  Naokcs.  Mar. 

12,    1816 
Joseph    Castleman    &    Susan     Smith, 

Apr.    13,    1816 
Joseph    Newman   &    Nancy    Mankins, 

Dec.  16,  1816 
Ezekiel  .Arnold  &  May  Gilleland,  Jan. 

2,  1816 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


1— Thomas  C.  Beard  &  Sally  Hall,  Mar. 

21,   1816 
Joel  Gilleland   &   Susan  Taylor,   May 

28,  1816 
James     Reynolds    &    Jane    Cauthorn, 

Aug.   16,   1816 
Sanford  Yancy  &  Jane  Harris,   Mar. 

25,   1816 
William  Burnett  &  Susan  Tinker,  Jan. 

10,    1816 
John    Mosbv    &    Nancy    Smith,    Jan. 

4,    1816 
David    Maybin    &    Margaret    Hoggs, 

Dec.  2,   1816 
James    Bowen    &    Catherine    Maclin, 

Jan.  5,   1816 
Robert  Lawing  &  Mary  Ann  Sublett, 

Oct.  2,   1816 
Hugh   Kirk   &  Jane   Jetton,    Feb.    13, 

1816 
Henry  D.  Thompson  &  Susan  Smith, 

Jan.   30,    1816 
Robert   Pagan   &    Patsy   Gibson,   Jan. 

2,  1816 
Soloman  Rey  &  Margaret  Blackburn, 

Feb.  25,   1816 
Jonathan   Wallace    &   Louisa   Hickin- 

bottome.    May    13,    1816 
Samuel  H.  Laughlin  &  Mary  C.  Bass, 

Oct.  20,  1816 
William    H.     Dver    &    Martha    Ann 

Marshall,  May  21,  1816 
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BERRYMAN 

Devonshire  Pedigrees  state  that  Arms  were 
granted  to  the  Berrymau  family  in  1575. 

John  Berryman,  o£  Berrie,  and  his  wife 
Eleanor  Dare,  of  Upcott,  had  son  John  de  Berri 
(John  Berryman),  who  married  in  1605  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Fulford  de  Ful- 
ford,  who  traced  his  lineage  to  Robert  Challons. 

John  Berryman,  grandson  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth, came  to  Westmoreland  County,  Va.,  in 
1654,  and  married  Miss  Tucker.  Their  only 
child  Benjamin  who  held  many  offices  in  the 
Colony,  being  Gentleman  Justice,  Attorney  in 
Stafford  and  King  George  Counties,  Sheriff  of 
Westmoreland,  and  Captain  and  Major,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  John  Newton, 
of  Westmoreland  County,  Va. 

John  Newton,  son  of  Thomas  Newton,  Esq., 
of  Carleton  Manor  and  Kingston-on-Hull, 
Gent.,  came  to  Virginia  and  married  Rose, 
widow  1st  of  John  Tucker  of  Virginia,  and 
2ndly  of  Thomas  Gerrard,  of  St.  Clement's 
Manor,  St.  Mary's  County,  Md.,  and  of  West- 
moreland  Co..    Va. 

Through  the  Newtons  the  Berrymans  trace 
their  lineage  back  2000  years  to  Prince  Carac- 
tacus.  who  became  King  Caradoc  of  Britain, 
.^.n.,  53.  In  this  line  one  of  their  ancestors  dis- 
tinguished himself  at  the  Crusade  under  Rich- 
ard. Coeur  de  Lion  against  the  Saracens  at  the 
Battle  of  Escalon  in  1192.  Later  another.  Sir 
John  Newton,  was  sword-bearer  to  Richard  1st, 
King  of  England. 

Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Newton  Berryman 
had  twenty-two  children  and  through  their  mar- 
riages, the  Berrymans  have  become  connected 
with  distinguished  families  of  Virginia ;  Ran- 
dolphs, Ishams,  Woodsons,  Taliaferros,  etc.. 
and  with  the  Allertons  of  Massachusetts, 
through  the  descendants  of  Isaac  Allerton,  born 
Plymouth,  1630,  moved  to  Wicomico  Co.,  Va.,  and 
married  there.— Used  through  the  courtesy  of 
Mrs.  Clifford  K.  Berryman,  Washington.  D.  C. 


CLARKE 

The  Clarkes,  of  Rhode  Island  have  played  a 
most  distinguished  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Colony  and  State  for  over  two  hundred  and 
fifty    years. 

John  Clarke,  the  first  of  the  direct  line  to 
whom  it  is  possible  to  trace,  was  John  of 
Westhorpe,  Co.,  Suffolk,  England.  Westhorpe 
is  a  Manor  in  the  Hundred  of  Hartsmere,  which 
according  to  the  Domesday  Book  of  William 
the  Conqueror,  1081-1087,  belonged  at  that  time 
to  Gilbert  de  Bund  and  afterwards  became  the 
seat  of  Charles  Brandon,  Duke  of  Suffolk. 
John  Clarke  was  buried  1559.  His  son  John, 
1541-1598,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of 
John  Cook. 

Rev.  John  Clark  and  his  brothers,  Thomas 
and  Joseph,  grandsons  of  the  above,  born  in 
England,  came  to  New  England.  They  were 
associates  and  warm  friends  of  Roger  Williams 
and  the  Coddingtons  and  helped  found  the  settle- 
ments of  Newport  and  of  the  Island  of  Aquid- 
neck,  now  Rhode   Island. 

Sixteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  John  Clark 
was  sent  to  England  and  procured  from 
Charles  2nd,  the  memorable  Charter  of  "  Rhode 
Island  and   Providence   Plantations.  " 

John  and  Thomas  Clarke  both  died  without 
issue,  so  it  was  from  Joseph,  1618-1694,  that  this 
family  in  America  descend. 

Joseph  Clarke  was  a  Member  of  the  General 
Court  of  Trials,  Commissioner,  Deputy  to 
Rhode  Island  Assembly,  Justice  of  the  Peace 
and  his  name  appears  on  the  Charter  granted 
to   Rhode   Island. 

His  great  grandson  Joseph,  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Susannah  Hazard 
Perry,  connecting  the  Clarkes  with  two  other 
distinguished  Rhode  Island  families,  and  their 
son  Captain  Samuel  Clarke  married  Chloe 
Ma.xson,  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Maxson, 
the  first  white  person  born  on  the  island 
of  Aquidnack. — Used  through  the  courtesy  of 
Mrs.  Sollic  B.  Cook.  Washington,  D.  C. 

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Nancy  Ward  Chapter  (Chattanooga,  Tenn.), 
has  been  working  along  Americanization  hnes, 
this  year,  as  suggested  by  the  National  Officers. 
The  Chapter  is  one  of  three  in  Chattanooga, 
and  the\'  have  bent  their  best  efforts  jointly,  to 
the  success  of  the  plans  so  close  to  the  hearts  of 
the  great  leaders  in  this  very  unselfish  work. 

Nancy  Ward  Chapter  has  a  large  member- 
ship, most  of  whom  are  native  daughters.  Only 
one  transfer  has  been  issued  during  the  year, 
and  that  to  the  organizing  regent,  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Hunnington,  who  now  resides  in  California. 
Her  chief  desire  was  to  build  up  a  strong,  firm, 
and  enthusiastic  membership;  and  this  spirit  to 
arouse  and  stimulate  has  been  manifested  in  the 
Chapter  ever  since.  Although  numbering  less 
than  one  hundred,  we  do  not  feel  the  less 
capable  to  undertake  great  things,  and  no  call, 
local  or  National  has  ever  been  neglected. 

Nancy  Ward  Chapter  has  undertaken  a  work 
that  is  distinctly  individual,  and  which  has 
brought  to  the  Chapter  much  credit  and  praise. 
It  is  of  an  educational  nature,  and  is  carried 
out  in  the  schools  of  the  city  through  a  series 
of   contests. 

The  regular  monthly  meetings  are  of  great 
interest,  to  every  member.  Aside  from  these 
monthly  meetings,  three  days  of  special  interest 
are  celebrated  during  the  year.  These  days 
are  "  Washington's  Birthday,"  "  Flag  Day," 
and  "Nancy  Ward  Day,"  July  20th.  All  the 
meetings  are  of  a  social  nature,  a  business 
meeting  preceding  the  regular  monthly  sessions, 
thus  a  happy  medium  is  reached  without  mi.xing 
business  with  pleasure. 

The  subject  for  the  year's  program  was : 
"  Woman  in  American  History."  It  was 
arranged  by  the  Historian,  Mrs.  S.  O.  Bankson, 
and  embraces  the  following  subjects:  "Women 
in  the  Beginning ;"  "  Colonial  Women  "  of  the 
Revolution  ;"  "  Pioneer  Women  ;"  "  Women  of 
the  West;"  and  "Women  of  the  Civil  War." 

The  last  two  meetings  of  the  year  were  de- 
voted to  the  modern  woman,  or  the  evolution 
of  women,  and  the  subjects  were:  "Women  in 
the  Business  World  ;"  "  Women  in  Professions  ;" 
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"Beginnings  of  Sufferage;"  and  the  "Achieve- 
ments of   Sufferage." 

The  papers  containing  much  historical  data 
are  filed  with  the  keepers  of  Archives,  and  in 
titne  will  become  a  very  valuable  collection  of 
records,  as  well  as  a  reference  guide. 

Complying  with  the  request  of  the  National 
Society,  cominittees  have  been  appointed  in  the 
Chapter  to  correspond  with  all  the  National 
Committees.  One  of  these  is  the  National 
Magazine  Committee,  which  has  done  much  to- 
ward accomplishing  this  Chapter's  desire  to  lead 
the  state  in  subscriptions.  This  Chapter  had 
secured  the  largest  number  up  to  the  time  of 
the  State  Convention  in  Kuo.xville,  and  felt  sure 
of  winning  the  ten  dollar  prize  offered  by  Mrs. 
Thoinas  Day,  Chairman  of  the  State  Magazine 
committee.  Much  to  the  surprise  of  Nancy 
Ward  Chapter,  the  hostess  chapter,  Bonnie  Kate 
Chapter  put  forth  a  strenuous  eleventh  hour 
effort,  and  carried  away  the  prize,  amid 
great    rejoicing. 

The  spirit  to  accomplish  is  ever  evident  in 
our  midst,  and  the  greater  number  of  members 
are  willing  to  lay  aside  personal  motives  and 
ambitions,  and  work  only  for  the  good  of  the 
cause,  which  is  patriotism.  On  such  a  founda- 
tion, only,  can  any  chapter  hope  to  accomplish 
the  great  work  expected  of  us,  and  which  we 
owe  to  the  memory  of  those  who  braved  peril 
and  endured  hardships,  that  we  might  enjoy  those 
things  which  they  so   gladly  abandoned. 

Among  the  achievements  placed  to  the  credit 
of  Nancy  Ward  Chapter,  during  the  year  and 
reported  at  the  State  Conference  are  the  follow- 
ing :  The  Chapter  paid  its  quota  to  the  moun- 
tain school  fund,  and  its  State  per  capita  tax. 
It  placed  again  the  National  Society  Magazine 
in  the  Genealogical  Rootn  of  the  public  library 
of  the  city.  The  Chapter  has  paid  its  full 
quota  to  the  National  Society  for  the  erection 
of  the  fountain  at  Plymouth,  and  for  the 
American  picture  to  be  placed  in  the  War 
Museum  in  France.  The  subject  of  the  picture 
is  the  transportation  of  troops  to  the  war  zone, 
and  was  reported  delivered  to  the  French 
Government  recently. 


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The  French  Government  requested  three 
pictures,  one  from  the  Daughters  o£  the 
American  RevoUition,  one  from  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
and  one  from  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

The  Chapter  has  also,  paid  for  the  Immi- 
grant's Guide,  a  copy  of  which  will  be  placed 
ill  the  hands  of  all  incoming  foreigners. 

Cooperating  with  the  American  Legion  the 
Chapter  sent  gifts  of  wreaths  to  the  public 
funeral  of  two  heroes  of  the  World  War,  which 
occurred   on  Armistice   Day. 

Nancy  Ward  Chapter  has  had  a  part  in  plac- 
ing the  last  of  a  complete  set  of  lineage  books  in 
the  Genealogical   Room  of  the   library. 

The  members  continued  the  support  of  the 
two  French  orphans  long  after  the  close  of  the 
war,  and  as  the  hearts  of  the  members  were 
so  greatly  touched  by  this  wort,  they  responded 
to  the  appeal  sent  out  in  the  name  of  the  Near 
East,  and  adopted  the  first  little  orphan  taken 
in  Chattanooga.  The  French  orphans  were  the 
first  to   be   adopted   in   Tennessee. 

A  social  entertainment,  which  proved  of 
great  pleasure,  was  the  Patriotic  Luncheon, 
given  on  Washington's  Birthday.  This  was 
given  by  the  three  chapters  and  was  a  great 
success.  A  pageant  written  by  Mrs.  L.  M. 
Russell,  entitled ;  "  Women  Prominent  in  His- 
tory," was  staged,  personally  directed  by  her. 
She  was  gowned  in  a  white  satin  robe  fashioned 
along   Colonial  lines. 

Three  periods  in  American  history  were 
presented.  The  Colonial,  the  Revolutionary,  and 
the  A'lodern  period. 

An  event  of  more  than  passing  interest,  was 
Naturalization  Day  observed  by  the  Daughters, 
who  attended  the  court  session  and  dis- 
tributed to  each  newly  made  citizen  an  Im- 
migrant's  Guide. 

Judge  Sanford,  of  Knoxville,  Tennessee, 
addressed  a  class  of  twenty-six  men  of  half  as 
many  nationalities,  urging  them  to  enter  into 
their  duties  as  citizens  with  zeal  worthy  of  their 
adopted  country.  In  closing  his  remarks,  he 
took  occasion  to  stress  the  activities  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  to 
thank  them  for  their  help  in  lending  their  fair 
presence  to  the  otherwise  drab  court  proceedings. 
•Another  outstanding  feature  of  our  work 
this  year  was  the  prizes  offered  in  the  schools. 
One  prize  was  a  silver  loving  cup  known  as  the 
Nancy  Ward  Cup,  which  is  contested  for  yearly 
and  awarded  to  the  high  school  girl  writMig  the 
best  patriotic  oration.  Another  prize  offered 
was  five  dollars  in  gold  for  the  best  paper  on 
the  life  of  Nancy  Ward. 

Our  patriotic  pilgrimage  will  lead  us  next 
year  to   the   small   town  of   Benton,   where  the 


grave  of  this  Indian  Princess  is  situated  on 
the  side  of  the  mountain,  and  where  we  will 
place  a  bronze  marker  to  her  memory.  The 
Chapter  will  also  have  a  part  in  placing  a  monu- 
ment in  the  town  of  Benton,  which  will  be 
dedicated  to  her  memory  and  also  to  the  Nancy 
Ward  Rifles,  a  company  of  sharpshooters  in  the 
17th  Infantry  of  "  Old  Hickory  Division." 

This  Chapter  stands  100  per  cent,  perfect  at 
National   Headquarters  in  Washington. 

This  Chapter  ranks  second  in  education  in 
the    United    States. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

Mrs.  Claude  Smith, 
Recording  Secretary. 

Mandan  Chapter  ( Mandan,  N.  D.)  was 
organized  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Fannie  Taylor 
Bowers  on  June  9,  1921.  just  five  months  after 
the  first  paper  was  sent  in  to  Washington.  The 
Vice  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Fannie  Phelps  Martin, 
of  Bismarck,  was  present  and  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  Chapter.  At  the  conclusion 
of  the  business  meeting  and  program,  the  mem- 
bers partook  of   a  delicious   repast. 

Our  Chapter  was  named  for  a  tribe  of 
Indians,  the  "  Mandans,"  a  race  generally  con- 
ceded to  be  superior  to  other  western  Indians 
in  many  respects,  and  whom  history  first  men- 
tions in  1738.  In  1750  they  lived  in  nine  vil- 
lages on  the  west  bank  of  the  Heart  river,  near 
the  mouth,  three  miles  from  the  present  town  of 
Mandan.  They  were  almost  exterminated  by 
disease,  and  through  wars  with  the  Sioux. 
They  moved  north  to  the  Knife  river  about 
1784,  and  were  there  found  by  Lewis  and 
Clark  in  1804.  Their  lodges  were  circular  and 
mostly  made  of  clay. 

Our  city  is  situated  on  historic  ground.  Lewis 
and  Clark  established  their  camp  near  the 
present  town  of  Mandan — a  post  known  as 
Fort  Mandan — where  the  American  flag  was 
raised  for  the  first  time  in  North  Dakota 
on  December  25,  1804.  It  was  from  this  camp 
that  the  Shoshone,  Sakakawea.  "  The  Bird 
Woman,"  guided  Lewis  and  Clark  on  their 
journey  to  the  Pacific  coast  and  helped  them 
to  escape  hostile  Indians. 

Fort  Abraham  Lincoln,  long  since  abandoned, 
was  located  five  miles  south  of  Mandan,  and 
it  was  from  this  point  that  General  Custer  led 
his  brave  band  to  what  proved  to  be  their  last 
stand  against  the  Siou.x,  in  the  battle  of  the 
Little  Big  Horn.  The  trail  which  they  took 
across  the  country  can  still  be  seen. 

During  the  present  fiscal  year,  we  have  stud- 
ied the  early  history  of  our  State,  beginning 
with  its  topography.  As  the  life  of  the  Indians 
was  intertwined  with  that  of  the  early  settlers, 
we  have  included  in  our  programs  papers  on 
Indian  music  and  other  items  pertaining  to  the 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAX  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


life  and  customs  of  the  Mandan  and  Sioux  tribes. 

As  a  part  of  the  "  Street  Museum  "  during 
the  pageant  which  commemorated  the  comple- 
tion of  the  $2,000,000  vehicular  bridge  across  the 
Missouri  river,  between  Bismarck  and  Mandan, 
September  18th,  19th  and  20th,  our  Chapter 
arranged  an  attractive  window  display  of  Revo- 
lutionary relics. 

Steps  have  been  taken  to  mark  the  site  of 
Ft.  Mandan,  the  Custer  house  at  old  Ft.  Lincoln, 
the  flag  staff  taken  from  Ft.  Lincoln  and  now  in 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Park  at  Mandan, 
and  the  site  of  the  first  school  house. 

Looking  toward  the  elimination  of  illiteracy 
in  North  Dakota,  we  have  cooperated  with 
various  clubs  and  organizations  of  our  city  in 
the  establishment  of  a  night  school.  A  prize 
of  $5  has  been  ofifered  for  the  best  essay  on 
a  patriotic  subject,  in  the  grammar  department 
of  our  schools.  We  have  contributed  $5  to 
the  North  Dakota  Children's  Home  at  Fargo. 
We  have  sent  two  books  on  North  Dakota 
history  to  the  library  at  Washington,  and  made 
a  contribution  toward  Revolutionary  relics  for 
Memorial  Continental  Hall.  We  have  con- 
tributed our  quota  to  the  three  national  funds — 
the  painting,  fountain  and  manuals  for  immi- 
grants. During  the  past  year,  we  were  enter- 
tained pleasantly  by  Minishoshe  Chapter, 
Bismarck,  and  later  we  returned  the  compliment. 
Our  Chapter  is  steadily  growing  and  numbers 
at  present  twenty-three  members. 

(Mks.  W.  C.)   Anne  C.  Badger, 

Recording   Secretary. 

Cabrillo  Chapter  (Los  Angeles,  California) 
with  62  members,  celebrated  its  tenth  annivers- 
ary February  12,  1923,  in  the  beautiful  home  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  P.  Bent,  The  occasion 
was  most  delightful  and  one  long  to  be  remetn- 
bered.  The  exercises  were  opened  with  a  word 
of  welcome  by  Mrs.  W.  W.  Stilson,  who 
founded  Cabrillo  Chapter,  was  its  first  Regent, 
and  is  this  year  acting  in  that  capacity. 

The  program  was  carried  out  by  Dr.  Dyer, 
and  Carrie  Jacob  Bond,  the  former  giving  an 
effective  patriotic  address  and  the  latter  charm- 
ing the  audience  with  several  songs  of  her  own 
composition.  At  the  close  of  the  entertainment 
delicious  refreshments  were  served,  followed  by 
a  social  hour.  This  Chapter  has  taken  part  in 
all  patriotic  work,  and  has  met  the  full  require- 
ments of  The  National  Society. 

Too  much  can  not  be  said  of  the  work  done  by 
Miss  Beulah  Stamford  Gaston,  as  chairman  of 
Patriotic  Education ;  $25  has  been  paid  to  the 
Schaufller  School,  $25  to  Crippled  Childrens' 
Guild,  $25  to  Los  Angeles  Juvenile  Court 
Association^  $15  to  Albion  School  and  $10  to 
Caroline  Scott  Memorial.  In  addition,  this 
Chapter  has  placed  in  American  Legion  Hall,  at 


a  cost  of  $60  the  portraits  representing  respec- 
tively, Washington,  Lincoln  and,  Pershing. 

Mrs.  Julia  M.  Bowell,  chairman  of  program 
committee,  has  provided  the  best  talent  within 
her  reach,  presenting:  Mrs.  Barnum,  State 
member  of  the  Lay  Board  of  Education,  who 
announced  California  has  resumed  its  rank, 
standing  first  in  general  education.  Miss  M.  E. 
Chase  who  gave  a  very  interesting  talk  upon 
her  acquaintance  with  Clemenceau,  whom  she 
had  known  from  early  childhood,  and  Mr. 
George  P.  Bent  who  favored  us  with  a  most 
interesting  address  upon  his  travels  through- 
out the  world. 

We  have  had  nothing  more  beautiful  than  the 
tribute  paid  by  Mrs.  W.  W.  Stilson,  to  Mrs. 
Mary  S.  Lockwood,  founder  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution.  The  Chapter  is 
honored  by  the  presence  of  Mrs.  Lockwoods' 
niece.  Miss  Alice  E.  Whitaker. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Ingham  has  made  special  effort, 
to  make  the  C.A.R.  organization  a  success.  The 
Chapter  will  be  represented  at  the  State  Con- 
ference by  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Bean  State  Treasurer. 

Cabrillo  Chapter,  is  deeply  interested  in  the 
better  film  movement,  through  the  courtesy  of 
Charles  Ray,  led  by  Doctor  Dyer,  the  Chapter 
visited  the  famous  Ray  Studio,  especially  to  see 
the  filming  of.  The  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish, 
in  which  the  MayAotacr  plays  a  prominent  part. 
This  reproduction  of  the  Mayflower  cost  $65,000. 
(Mrs.  G.  M.)  Nelle  Adams, 
Historian. 

Saranac  Chapter  (Plattsburg,  N.  Y.).  The 
year  1922-23  has  been  a  busy  and  successful  one 
for  Saranac  Chapter.  Our  membership  is  178 
with  two  associate  members.  We  have  had 
regular  meetings  each  month  from  October  to 
June.  The  programs  have  been  in  line  with  the 
work  of  the  National  Society,  especial  attention 
having  been  given  to  Patriotic  Education, 
Conservation,  Historical  Research  and  Inter- 
national Relations. 

Mrs.  R.  H.  Gibbs,  State  Chairman  of  Tamas- 
see,  delighted  the  Chapter  with  a  visit  in 
November,  bringing  with  her  stereoptican  slides 
of  the  school. 

A  survey  has  been  made  of  the  cemeteries  in 
Clinton  County  and  the  graves  of  many  Revo- 
lutionary soldiers  and  their  wives  located.  A 
list  has  been  made  and  reported  to  the  State 
Chairman  and  to  the  Smithsonian  Institution. 
Arrangements  have  been  made  to  mark  the 
graves  of  four  Revolutionary  soldiers  recently 
found  unmarked. 

Lists  have  been  sent  to  the  State  Historian  of 
historic  paintings,  portraits  and  manuscripts  in 
this  locality  with  names  of  their  present  owners, 
also  several  histories  of  this  section,  which  are 


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now  out  of  print.  Inquiries  t'roni  six  state 
have  been  answered  concerning"  pioneers  and 
ancestors  in  Clinton  County. 

Twenty-five  marked  copies  of  State  Service 
a  magazine  containing  a  splendid  article  "  Des- 
troying the  Graves  of  our  Pioneers,"  written  by 
one  of  our  members,  were  sent  to  Regents  of 
upstate  chapters  only  one  of  which  has 
been  acknowledged. 

A  beautiful  memorial  tablet  was  presented  by 
Saranac     Chapter     to     the     Plattsburgh     High 


School.  The  tablet  is  25  inches  wide  by  34 
long  with  a  serpentine  top,  cast  in  U.  S. 
Standard  Statuary  bronze.  An  ornamental  seal 
at  the  upper  left  represents  the  Army,  Navy, 
and  Aviation  while  the  seal  at  the  upper  right 
is  that  of  the  United  States.  About  the  two 
is  entwined  a  spray  of  oak  and  laurel.  The 
inscription  follows : 

"  In  commemoration  of  the  Sacrifice  and 
Service  of  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the 
Plattsburgh  High  School  who  participated  in 
the  World  War  1914-1918.  This  tablet  is  pre- 
sented by  Saranac  Chapter  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolutinn,   192,i." 


The  tablet  was  unveiled  on  Washington's 
Birthday  with  appropriate  excercises.  An 
address  was  given  by  Col.  C.  D.  Roberts,  com- 
manding officer  at  Plattsburgh  Barracks,  a 
brave  and  distinguished  officer  who  served  over- 
seas. The  tablet  was  presented  by  the  Regent 
and  accepted  by  the  Superintendent  of  Schools. 
As  it  was  unveiled,  the  audience  stood  and 
recited  the  American's  Creed,  400  copies  of 
which  had  been  presented  to  the  school  by 
Saranac   Chapter. 

We  are  now  in  receipt  of  a  design  for 
the  marker  to  be  placed  on  the  grave  of 
General  John  Thomas  at  Chambly,  Can- 
ada, during  the  coming  year.  Permission 
to  erect  this  monument  has  been  secured 
through  our  Secretary  of  State  and  the 
British  Ambassador.  On  May  31st  a 
delegation  from  Saranac  Chapter  visited 
the  old  Cemetery  at  Chambly  where  lies 
the  body  of  General  Thomas  and  other 
American  soldiers  who  died  of  small  pox 
wliile  in  the  service  in  1776.  General 
Thomas  was  on  the  staff  of  General 
( ieorge  \\'ashington. 

All  regular  objects  of  the  National 
Society  have  received  contributions  and 
Saranac  hopes  to  be  a  Hostess  Chapter 
at  Tamassee. 

An  account  of  Saranac  Chapter  would 
not  be  complete  without  mention  of  two 
members  of  whom  we  are  justly  proud: 
.Mrs.  Mary  Austin  Thomas,  a  charter 
member  ill  the  National  Society  whose 
number  is  162  and  who  afifectionately 
styles  herself  "  Mother  of  Saranac  Chap- 
ter ;  "  and  Mrs.  G.  F.  Tuttle,  author  of 
the  well-known  book,  "  Three  Centuries 
in  Champlain  Valley."  Mrs.  Tuttle  is  a 
devoted  Daughter  and  has  given  years 
(if  service  to  the  interests  of  Saranac 
Chapter  and  Historic  work  in  Cham- 
plain  \'alley. 

(Mrs.  \V.  F.)   M.\rv  W.  Brown, 
Regent. 

White  Plains  Chapter  (White  Plains,  N.  Y.) 
The  year  1921-22  has  been  active  and  interesting. 
On  Flag  Day,  June  14th,  we  hold  our  annual 
picnic  on  the  grounds  of  Washington's  Head- 
quarters and  have  as  our  guests  the  Bronx,  New 
Rochellc  and  Mount  Pleasant  Chapters.  Each 
year  at  the  Headquarters  picnic  we  give  to  our 
members  "  a  penny  a  day  bag  "  and  while  there 
we  collect  the  filled  bags,  our  total  this  year  was 
$78.  Mount  Pleasant  Chapter  gave  ten  dollars 
in  gold.  We  have  a  history,  a  platter,  and  post 
cards  of  Washington's  Headquarters  which  are 
on  sale.     This  money  goes  toward  the  up-keep 


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of  the  Headquarters.  Work  and  material  were 
donated,  bulbs  and  shrubs  sent  by  members  to 
beautify    the   grounds. 

We  have  had  several  relics  added  to  the 
collection ;  A  bayonet,  grape  shot,  bedstead, 
mirror,  sugar  bowl,  and  an  ale  pitcher,  and  a 
chair  which  General  Washington  used  while  at 
the  Headquarters  has  been  given.  Mrs.  J.  T. 
Lockwood,  a  former  Regent,  has  furnished  a 
bedroom  on  the  second  floor  and  some  valuable 
furniture  has  been  loaned.  These  add  to  the 
beauty  and  interest  of  the  place. 

We  have  fully  met  all  quotas  asked  for  con- 
tributions to  special  objects  by  the  National 
Society,  such  as  International  College  at  Spring- 
field,  Philippine  Scholarship,  $50  to  Tamassee 
School,  also  to  water  supply  there.  We  have 
sent  $120  which  we  pledged  to  furnish  a  bed- 
room in  New  York  State  building  at  Tamassee. 
In  June,  a  card  party  was  giv'n  and  sufficient 
money  raised  to  build  a  lean-to  for  sick  soldiers 
in  the  Veterans  Adirondack  Mountain  Camp  to 
be  named  for  White  Plains  Chapter.  Each 
year  a  prize  is  given  by  our  Chapter  to  a  High 
School  pupil  for  the  best  essay  on  a  local 
historical  subject  selected  by  the  Chapter. 

Three  papers  have  been  sent  to  State  Chair- 
man of  Reciprocity,  "  The  First  Thanksgiving 
Dinner  in  1620 "  by  Mrs.  John  Lynn  Eddy ; 
"  The  Keeping  of  Christmas  in  Colonial  Days  " 
by  Mrs.  Selleck  Coles  and  the  prize  essay  "  The 
Huguenots  and  Quakers  in  Westchester  County" 
by   Katherine  Kerwin. 

Eight  large  pictures  of  Washington's  Head- 
quarters have  been  placed  in  the  Public  Schools 
of  White  Plains. 

On  September  ^th  our  Regent  and  six 
members  of  the  executive  board  attended  the 
ceremonies  in  commemorating  Lafa\'ette-]\Iarne 
Day  held  in  St.  Paul's  Chapel  and  Churchyard 
of  the  Parish  of  Trinity  Church.  Our  Regent 
and  other  officers  attend  each  year  the  Con- 
tinental Congress  at  Washington  and  Our 
State  Conventions. 

Old  trails  have  been  followed  up  and  maps 
made  of  towns  through  which  the  Boston  Post 
Road  passes  and  a  history  of  the  Post  Road 
sent  to  the  State  Chairman  of  Old  Trails. 
Tombstone  records  have  been  collected  and  sent 
in  and  Lineage  books  have  been  place  in  the 
Public  Library. 

The  site  of  the  Old  Oak  Tree  which  marked 
the  boundary  between  White  Plains  and  North 
Castle  under  which  General  Washington  and 
his  army  passed  many  times  on  their  way  to  the 
Headquarters  a  quarter  of  a  mile  north  has  been 
marked  by  taking  pieces  of  the  old  tree  and 
embedding  them  in  concrete  and  placing  against 
it  a  stone  taken  from  the  grounds  at  the  Head- 
quarters with  an  inscription  cut  upon  it.     Ex- 


perts  in   Forestry  claim  the   tree   to  be  nearly 
500  years  old. 

White  Plains  has  a  tree  recorded  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  in  the  American  Forestry  Association 
Hall  of  Fame  for  historic  trees.  The  tree  is 
a  magnificent  sycamore  located  on  the  grounds 
at  Washington's  Headquarters.  It  shades  the 
windows  of  the  room  occupied  by  General 
Washington  from  the  western  sun,  and  is  esti- 
mated by  experts  to  be  at  least  three  hundred 
years  old. 

Our  Chapter  has  presented  to  the  Ammex 
Post,  Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars,  the  naval 
gun  from  the  Battleship  Portsmouth,  which 
was  loaned  us  by  the  Government  and  the  Post 
has  mounted  it  in  Broadway  Park  in  honor  of 
our  heroes  who  sacrificed  their  lives  in  the 
late  war.  A  flag  is  kept  flying  every  day  on 
Battle  Hill  where  a  gun  was  mounted  to  mark 
the  battlefield  of  White  Plains. 

On  Battle  Day,  October  28,  1921,  two  graves 
of  Revolutionary  soldiers  were  marked  and  on 
October  28,  1922,  two  other  Revolutionary 
soldiers  had  the  official  D.A.R.  markers  placed 
on  them. 

Each  year  an  appropriate  service  is  held — an 
invocation,  a  stirring  address ;  a  sketch  of  the 
hero  is  read  by  a  descendant,  followed  by  a 
bugle  call  of  "  Taps,"  and  closing  with  a  bene- 
diction. Our  Regent  has  had  a  leaflet  printed 
and  distributed  giving  the  correct  use  of  the 
flag  and  special  days  when  the  flag  should  be 
displayed.  A  year  book  has  also  been  printed 
which  is  very  attractive. 

Thus  with  a  year  of  varied  activities  behind 
us  we  look  forward  to  a  new  year  of  work  with 
the  hope  that  much  may  be  accomplished. 
Edith  Hatfield  H.   White, 
Historian. 

James  Wood  Chapter  fParkcrsburg,  W. 
Va.).  The  glamour  of  "Historic  Days"  of 
the  long  ago  was  most  skilfully  brought  out  in 
an  entertainment  showing  ability  and  finish  given 
by  the  James  Wood  Chapter,  on  February  6, 
1923.  at  the  Camden  Theatre,  before  a  large 
and  appreciative  audience. 

The  charm  and  romance,  heroism  and  high 
ideals  of  the  early  history  of  our  country  were 
\'ividly  and  forcibly  portrayed  by  a  pageant  of 
living  pictures.  From  the  first  lifting  of  the 
curtain  revealing  the  beautiful  tableau  of 
America,  followed  in  sequence  by  an  Indian 
village,  a  scene  from  the  home  life  of  the 
Puritans.  pre-Revolutionary  portraits,  the  birth 
of  the  Flag,  The  Spirit  of  "  76"  Women  of 
the  Revolution,  and  post  Revolutionary  period, 
the  pictures,  emphasized  by  melodies  of  "ye 
olden  time,"  proved  a  thrilling  study  of  patrio- 
tism.    Each  picture  was  a  masterpiece,  histor- 


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ically  true,  artistically  perfect.    The  brave  faces 
of  the  pioneers,  showing  purpose  and  strength  of 
character,  rivaling  in  charm  the  beauty  of  the 
"  Republican    Court."     As   we  gazed   upon   the 
glow  of  the  living  canvas,  to-day  was  forgotten, 
we  were  with  the  yesterday  of  those — 
"  Who  not  for  hearths  and  homes  alone 
But   for  the  world,  their   work  was   done." 
(Mrs.  Willl-^m  H.^imes  Smith) 

Collie  Jackson  Smith, 
ex-Vice  President  General. 

Enid  Chapter  (Enid,  Okla.).  Mrs.  John  F. 
Curran,  Regent,  is  happy  to  report  a  member- 
ship of  forty-two  interested  patriotic  members 
who  have  loyally  supported  the  work  of  the 
National,  the  State,  and  the  local  Chapter 
throughout  the  year.  Whatever  success  has 
come  to  us  this  year,  and  we  do  feel  proud  that 
our  Chapter  is  coming  more  and  more  into  the 
real  spirit  of  our  National  charter,  is  due  in  a 
large  measure  to  our  unity  of  thought  and  action. 
Four  new  members  have  been  admitted.  The 
by-laws  have  been  revised ;  the  annual  dues 
raised  to  $5  and  a  budget  system  of  expendi- 
ture adopted. 

The  course  of  study  has  included  readings 
from  the  D.xcghters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution Magazine,  and  from  the  State  Bulletin, 
Irving's  Tour  of  the  Prairie,  and  other  historic 
spots  in  Oklahoma. 

The  Chapter  has  contributed  its  quota,  $10.60 
to  the  Immigrants'  Manual ;  $10  to  Patriotic 
Education  ;  $10  to  Y.W.C.A.  Educational  Work  ; 
$2  for  a  gift  subscription  of  the  DAunnTERS  of 
THE  American  Revolvtion  Magazine  to  the 
Carnegie  Public  Library,  and  has  given  too  a 
"  Shelf  of  Twenty-five  Best  Books  "  for  the 
Colored   School   Branch  Library. 

In  May,  during  Commencement  week  at  High 
School,  the  annual  prizes  of  five-dollar  gold 
pieces  were  presented  by  the  Regent  for  the  two 
best  essays  written  on  patriotic  subjects  by 
pupils  from  the  grade  schools. 

Flag  Day  was  observed  with  a  picnic  in 
Government  Springs  Park.  The  tables  were 
spread  under  the  shadow  of  the  flag  above  the 
granite  Marker  erected  by  the  Chapter  in  1920. 
The  speaker  of  the  occasion  paid  splendid  tribute 
to  the  flag  and  the  spirit  of  '  76. 

During  the  "  Husband's  Evening "  dinner 
party  celebrating  Statehood  Day,  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  C.  Simons  a  Pantomime, 
illustrating  the  thirteen  states,  passed  in  review 
before  Betsy  Ross,  who  acknowledged  each  state 
by  sewing  their  star  in  place  on  a  large  flag 
spread  upon  her  lap. 

On  Memorial  Day  the  Chapter  joined  with 
with  the  American  Legion  in  placing  wreaths 
on  tlic   Soldiers'   Monument. 


The  Chapter  members  display  the  flag  on 
national  holidays,  and  at  the  regular  monthly 
meeting,  and  at  every  place  where  a  meeting  is 
held  for  business  or  pleasure.  Mrs.  O.  J. 
Fleming,  State  Chairman  of  the  National  flag 
committee  on  the  Correct  Use  of  the  Flag,  read 
a  paper  on  the  Flag  at  the  P.E.O.  State  Con- 
vention at  Geary,  which  was  published  in  the 
July,  P.E.O.  Magazine.  A  flag  bill,  largely 
written  and  sponsored  by  her,  has  passed  both 
houses  of  the  Legislature  now  in  session  and  is 
waiting  for  the  Governor's  signature  to  become 
a    law. 

The  cap-stone  so  to  speak  of  the  year's  work- 
was  the  bringing  of  Schumann-Heink  to  Enid 
in  concert,  March  2nd,  which  netted  the  Chapter 
$1400  to  be  added  to  the  fund  on  hand  to 
purchase  a  Memorial  Tablet  for  the  Enid  and 
Garfield  county  soldiers  in  the  World  War. 
The  packed  auditorium  of  the  new  Convention 
Hall  presented  an  inspiring  sight.  Members 
of  the  American  Legion,  in  full  regalia,  acted  as 
ushers,  and  stood  at  reverent  attention  while 
Madame  Schumann-Heink's  voice  pealed  forth 
the  Star  Spangled  Banner  at  the  close  of  the 
program.  Following  the  concert  the  Legion 
and  the  Au.xiliary  extended  a  reception  to 
Aladame  Schumann-Heink,  the  Daughters  of 
the  Revolution  and  their  husbands,  in  the  Legion 
rooms  in  the  Convention  Hall. 

The  Regent  has  presided  at  all  Chapter  meet- 
ings, and  represented  the  Chapter  at  the  State 
Conference  at  Norman,  together  with  two  other 
delegates,  and  plans  to  attend  the  Thirty-second 
Continental  Congress  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
Harriet  H.  Cvrran, 
Regent. 

E.  Pluribus  Unum  Chapter  (District  of 
Columbia)  was  organized  on  November  8,  1918, 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Sylvanus  E.  Johnson, 
the  founder  and  organizing  Regent.  After  brief 
exercises  and  an  address  by  the  State  Regent 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  then  Miss  Hilda 
Fletcher,  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  National 
Society  was  administered  to  the  twenty-one 
charter  members,  the  officers  pledged  to  their 
work,  and  the  Chapter  was  pronounced 
duly   organized. 

The  State  Regent  and  Mrs.  Howard  L. 
Hodgkins  each  presented  the  Chapter  a  gavel 
made  from  the  first  flag  pole  of  Memorial  Hall, 
and  Miss  Miriam  Blinn,  now  Mrs.  Howard  W. 
Gamble,   a  beautiful   silk   flag. 

During  the  five  years  of  our  existence,  the 
members  of  the  Chapter  have  ever  been  awake 
to  all  patriotic  needs,  having  purchased  largely 
of  liberty  bonds  and  War  Saving  Stamps,  and 
subscribed  generously  to  the  work  of  the  Red 
Cross.     All  assessments  made  by  the  National 


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Society  have  been  met  in  {nil  and  nrgcnt  needs 
at  home  and  abroad  have  liad  the  enthnsiastic 
support  of  the  Chapter. 

In  response  to  a  call  of  the  National  Society, 
money  was  voted  for  patriotic  education,  a  copy 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion Magazine  has  been  contributed  for  two 
years  to  the  District  room  of  Continental  Hall, 
a  number  of  books  have  been  presented  to  the 
library,  the  last  being  a  very  rare  book  en- 
titled "  Washington's  God-child,"  and  money  has 
been  donated  for  the  chandelier  in  the  District 
room  of  Memorial  Continental  Hall.  The 
amount  of  $20  has  been  contributed  to  the 
Chapter  House  Fund,  which  entitled  our  Chap- 
ter to  two  pages  in  the  Book  of  Remembrance, 
which  pages  were  given  by  vote  of  the  Chapter 
to  the  biographies  of  the  Regent,  Mrs.  Sylvanus 
Johnson  and  the  historian.  We  have  con- 
tributed to  the  Guernsey  Scholarship  Fund ; 
Americanization  work;  the  Juvenile  Protective 
Association ;  the  American  International  Col- 
lege at  Springfield,  Massachusetts ;  the  Tamas- 
see  School  in  North  Carolina ;  the  Curtis 
School ;  the  Scholarship  Fund  at  St.  Mary's 
Hall,  Maryland;  the  Travelers  Aid;  and  the 
Caroline  Scott  Harrison  ]\Iemorial  Fund  at  Ox- 
ford, Ohio,  in  honor  of  the  first  President 
General  of  the   D.A.R. 

In  connection  with  other  Chapters  we  have 
employed  a  teacher  to  work  among  the  foreign 
born  of  Arthur  Place  in  the  District,  instruct- 
ing the  mothers  in  the  care  of  children,  teaching 
them  how  to  live,  and  preparing  them  education- 
ally for  citizenship. 

This  work  has  been  carried  on  since  January, 
1921,  with  gratifying  results:  money  has  also 
been  contributed  to  the  Americanization  work 
in  the  school  at  Georgetown. 

In  our  work  abroad,  we  went  over  the  top 
in  our  contribution  to  the  restoration  of  Tillo- 
loy ;  supported  a  French  orphan  two  years ;  and 
contributed  to  the  Near  East  Fund,  to  the 
China  Relief  Fund  and  to  the  starving  child- 
ren of  Europe. 

The  Chapter  has  each  winter  entertained  the 
National  and  State  Officers,  one  evening  each 
season  being  devoted  to  that  purpose.  On  other 
evenings  we  have  had  excellent  musical  pro- 
grams ;   papers   presented  by  the   historian   and 


other  members  of  the  Chapter ;  and  talks  by 
interesting  speakers.  Among  the  latter  we  have 
been  entertained  by  inspiring  talks  by  Mrs. 
Guernsey,  then  President  General,  Mrs.  Hodg- 
kins,  the  present  ^'ice  President  General  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  Mr.  Crist  of  the  Natural- 
ization Bureau,  Mrs.  Cabot  Stevens,  Mrs. 
Margarita  Spalding  Gerry,  Hon.  Arthur  M. 
Free  of  California,  Hon.  Thomas  Sterling  of 
South  Dakota,  Judge  Kathryn  Sellers  of  the 
Juvenile  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and 
Dr.  J.  C.  Palmer. 

Mrs.  Tohnson  was  Regent  of  the  Chapter  from 
its  organization,  November,  1918,  to  May,  1922, 
when  she  declined  reelection,  and  was  succeeded 
by  Mrs.  Harry  C.  Grove,  who  had  been  Vice 
Regent  during  the  same  period. 

Mrs.  Johnson  having  been  the  organizing 
Regent  worked  for  the  Chapter  con  ainorc  and 
through  her  enthusiastic  efforts  the  membership 
of  the  Chapter  increased  from  twenty-one  to 
seventy-seven  members,  with  a  present  member- 
ship of  sixty-one,  and  papers  of  others  now 
pending,  this  being  the  first  Chapter  to  attain 
a  membership  of  over  fifty  in  less  than  a  year 
and  a  half. 

The  Chapter  began  its  fifth  year  in  October. 
1922,  with  Mrs.  Grove  as  Regent,  who  has 
worked  enthusiastically  to  hold  the  Chapter  to 
a  high  standard  in  the  various  branches  of 
patriotic  work.  As  former  chairman  of  the 
Americanization  Committee  of  the  Chapter,  she 
is  fully  alive  to  all  the  needs  of  the  various 
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ANSWERS 

4557.  G.\RL.\XD. — Sir  John  Garland  of  Eng. 
had  s  Edward,  of  Eng.,  &  his  s  Peter  Garland, 
the  immigrant,  1650  set  in  Hanover  Co.,  Va. 
His  ch  were  Edward  Sr.,  planter  of  Hanover, 
m  1680  &  Margaret  (Peggy)  m  Wm.  Overton, 
Jr.     The   ch   of    Edward    Garland,    Sr.,    were: 

Margaret,    Peter,   John   m   Anne will    dated 

1734;  Martha,  Mary,  Edward  Jr.  b  20  May, 
1700,  James.  Children  of  John  &  Anie  Gar- 
land, of  Hanover  Co.,  were  Tom,  who  inherited 
"  Garland's  Neck "  &  is  the  ances  of  the 
Goochland  Co.,  fam ;  Edward,  Robert  ances 
of  the  Louisa  Co.,  &  N.  Car.  fam ;  James,  re- 
moved to  Albemarle  Co.  1722-1812  m  Mary 
Rice  of  Hanover  Co. ;  John  ances  of  the  Lunen- 
burg Co.  fam ;  Peter,  a  Capt.  in  Rev ;  Lucy  m 
Thomas  Carr;  Mrs.  Truhart,  Eliz.  m  Capt. 
James  Overton.  Will  of  John  Garland  found 
in  Ya.  Co.  Records,  vol.  6,  p.  19.  Ref:  Han- 
over Records  obtained  by  Wm.  Elmore  Dickin- 
son, Prof,  at  W.  Va.  University.— ,l/)\v.  /.  D. 
Ra-ivlings,  Springfield,  111. 

6315.  Hamner. — Nicholas  Hanincr  b  in 
Wales.  1703,  immigrated  to  &  set  in  New  Kent 
Co.,  Va.,  later  removing  to  Albemarle  Co.  His 
ch  were  Wm.,  1730-1788  m  Mary  Hudly,  Robt., 
John  m  Mary  Wingfield.  Nicholas  Hamner  was 
a  Signer  of  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  to  the 
Commonwealth  of  Va.  Ref  :  Wood's  History 
of  Albemarle  Co.,  Va.  &  Va.  Hist.  Collections, 
vol.  6,  p.  135.— Jl/r.f.  /.  D.  Razclings.  1322  Noble 
Ave..  Springfield,  III. 

7701.  HoppiN. — Samuel  Hoppin  was  s  of 
Gideon  &  Mereb  Parmalee  Hoppin  &  was  b  1755 


(i  1800,  m  1781  Eliz.  dan  of  Thaddeus  Curtis. 
Their  ch  were  Rossiter  b  1782,  Curtis  b  1785, 
Thaddeus  b  1787  &  Samuel  b  1789.  Samuel, 
1755-1800  had  Rev  rec.  so  did  Thaddeus  Curtis 
father  of  Eliz.  Do  not  think  Gideon  Hoppin 
had  Rev  rec— Mrs.  E.  A.  Recce,  816  S.  7th  St., 
Springfield,  111. 

10359.  Coiner. — This  name  is  spelled  in  many 
ways.  Alichael  Koincr  was  b  29  Jan.,  1720  in 
Winterlingen,  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  came  to 
Phila.,  1740  &  d  7  Nov.,  1796.  21  Feb.,  1749  he 
m  Margaret  Diller  b  1734,  d  18  Nov.,  1813. 
Both  d  in  Augusta  Co..  \'a.  Their  ch  were 
George  Adam,  Conrad,  George  Michael,  Eliz.. 
Mary,  Casper,  Catherine,  John,  Martin,  Jacob, 
Christian,  Philip,  Frederick.— Jl/rj.  P.  C.  Hiscr, 
Bo.x  No.  246,  Greenfield,  O. 

Y.\N  Etten. — Anthony  Xa.n  Etteu  m  3  Aug., 
1750  at  Namenoch,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Hannah 
Decker.  Among  their  11  ch  is  Blandina  b  4 
Sept.,  1763.  Write  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Cortright, 
Homer,  Mich. ;  she  may  be  able  to  help  you. 
Consult  Stickney's  History  of  Orange  Co.,  page 
76  &  Gumaers'  History  of  Deer  Park,  Orange 
Co..  N.  Y. — Mrs.  John  S.  Wagner,  Washington, 
N.  J. 

10410a.  Th,\ver.— The  Uriah  who  m  Rachel 
Taft  in  1727,  had  s  Uriah  b  1729  who  m  Jemima 
dau  of  Nathaniel  &  Anna  Thayer  &  set  in 
Attleboro,  Mass.  Uriah,  Sr.,  b  1706,  would  have 
been  too  old  for  Rev  ser.  The  only  Rev  rec 
given  for  a  Uriah  Thayer  was  from  Braintrce. 
Soldier,  Capt.  Silas  Wild's  Co.  of  Minutemen, 
Col.  Benj.  Lincoln's  Regt.  which  assembled  19 
Apr.,  1775,  ser  9  days,  etc.,  also  Corporal,  Capt. 
Stephen  Penniman's  Co.,  Col.  Francis'  Regt.,  pay 
477 


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abstract  for  travel  allowed  from  camp  home, 
sworn  to  in  Suffolk  Co.,  29  Nov.,  1776  said 
Thayer  credited  with  allowance  for  1  day  (IS 
miles  travel)  Company  drafted  from  Hingham, 
Braintree,  Dorchester,  Stoughtonham,  Milton  & 
Stoughton.  Ref. :  Mass.  Soldiers  &  Sailors, 
vol.  15,  p.  564.— ilf)-.s.  Ada  F.  Thayer,  1421  Alain 
St.,  Campello,  Mass. 

10426.  Shepherd. — Mary  Shepherd  was  the 
dan  of  Lieut.  Abraham  Shepherd  slain  at  the 
Battle  of  Minisink,  22  July,  1779.— Mrs.  W.  B. 
Mills,  28  N.  Maple  Ave.,  Ridgewood,  N.  J. 

10435.  Wells.— Benj.  Wells  of  Wells  Manor, 
Balto.  Co.,.  Md.,  b  1724  d  1802.  Married  1743 
Temperance  Butler  b  1726.  He  took  the  Oath  of 
Allegiance  &  Fidelity,  23  Feb.,  1778  before  Jus- 
tice Charles  Ridgely.— Mrj.  C.  F.  Walker,  720 
N.  7th  St.,  Steubenville,  O. 

10441.  (a)  Plumee-Plummer. — Samuel  Plu- 
mer,  b  Scarboro,  Maine,  16  Sept.,  1742,  m  Sarah 
Bragdon,  April  9,  1767,  according  to  the  Plumer 
Genealogy  by  Sidney  Perley  (Essex  Institute, 
Salem,  Mass.,  1917).  No  descendants  nor  Rev 
ser  are  listed  in  this  work  Possibly  the  Scar- 
boro records  may  contain  information.  This 
Samuel,  one  of  three  of  that  name  b  in  1742, 
was  the  s  of  Sampson  Plumer,  who  was  b  14 
March,  1699  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  and  who 
settled  in  Scarboro  about  1726.  Sampson  was  a 
gr-grandson  of  the  immigrant,  Francis  Plumer 
(1594-1672/3)  who  settled  in  Newbury  in 
1634.— jl/«.  .4.  C.  Rogers,  1886  E.  97th  St., 
Cleveland,   O. 

11449.  Wilson.  —  The  following  is  from 
Family  Bibles.  Robt.,  John  &  James  Wilson 
(believed  to  be  the  Signer)   were  bros.     Robert 

b  8  Aug.,  1737,  d  10  Feb.,  1793,  m  Eliz. ,  12 

Feb.,  1750-26  Sept.,  1830,  their  ch  were  Robt. 
Jr.,  b  21  Oct.,  1773;  James  b  7  May,  1776; 
Sarah  b  19  Feb.,  1779;  Wm.  b  19  Nov.,  1781; 
m  15  Aug.,  1812  Anna  Crane  of  Elizabethtown, 
N.  J.  b  7  Apr..  1790  d  3  Apr.,  1870;  Wm.  d  23 
Jan.,  1830;  Susannah  b  13  Jan.,  1784;  Ralph  b 
12  Dec,  1786;  Eliz.  b  7  Mar.,  1789;  Nathaniel 
b  6  Apr.,  Vn.—Susan  E.  Wilson,  4901  Meridian 
St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

11449.  Wilson.— Robert  Wilson  had  8  daus 
&  3  sons,  several  of  the  daus  came  to  Ky.,  from 
Montg.  Co.,  Md.     Mary,  who  m  a     Warfield, 

remained  in  Md. ;  Eliz.,  Margaret,  Sarah  m 

Prather  and  went  to  La.,  Nancy,  Euphron  m 
Ninian    Claggett,    Martha  m   Thomas   Ricketts, 

Jane  m  Riggs.     Martha  Wilson   Ricketts 

was  b  15  Mch.,  1760,  d  11  Sept.,  1850,  remem- 
bered going  to  Phila.  to  say  good-bye  to  James 
Wilson,  Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, who  was  her  father's  bro.  She  had 
8  ch.— Mrs.  Martha  Ricketts  Davis,  230  Arling- 
ton Ave.,  Lexington,  Kv. 


10459.  (a)  Wheeler.— Nathan  Wheeler,  s  of 
David  the  immigrant,  was  b  27  Dec,  1659.    He 

m  Rebecca  .     Their  dau  Rebecca  was  b  in 

Newbury,  11  Sept.,  1694.  The  Newbury  Vital 
Records  may  list  other  ch,  including  the  Lt. 
Nathan  sought.— Mrs.  A.  C.  Rogers,  1886  E. 
97th  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 

10603.  Carpenter. — Write  to  Mr.  Brigham, 
State  Record  Commissioner,  Providence,  R.  I., 
for  certificate  of  ser. 

(a)  H.xRRiXGTON. — Write  to  Mr.  Wm.  B. 
Brown,  Box  No.  432,  North  Adams,  Mass.  who 
is  studying  the  Harrington  fam  of  Shaftsbury, 
Yt.—H.  W.  Jcncks,  Box  No.  225,  Panama 
City,  Florida. 

10662.  Clinton. — Lawrence  Clinton  ser  in 
King  Philip's  War  in  1676.  He  was  not  b  in 
Ipswich,  but  came  from  England  or  Ireland,  abt 
1665.  See  N.  E.  Register  for  Jan.,  1915.  His 
s  Shubael  Clinton  ser  in  the  French  &  Indian 
War  &  the  only  item  in  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  the  amount  due  for  ser  in  the  War 
(New  Haven  Probate  Records,  vol.  9,  p.  35). 
He  had  also  served  in  Queen  Anne's  War,  as 
the  name  of  Shubael  Clinton  is  found  in  a 
Muster  Roll  of  the  Canada  Expedition,  New- 
port, in  a  list  of  all  the  Men  taken  on  board  the 
ship  18  July,  1711.  (R.I.  Hist.  Soc.  Call.,  Jan., 
\922.)—John  C.  Pearson,  10831  Olivet  Ave., 
Cleveland,  O. 

11510.  White.— William  White  d  in  Short- 
tract,  Allegany  Co.,  N.  Y.  1838  aged  70  yrs. 
Many  yrs  before  his  d  he  owned  a  large  farm 
&  sugar  grove.  His  sons  were  Moses,  John, 
Duke  &  Wm.  who  lived  in  Va.  Could  your  Wm. 
White  who  d  1787  in  Louisa  Co.,  Va.,  have  been 
the  father  of  Wm.  White  who  d  in  N.  Y.?— 
Emily  E.  W.  Derr,  Riverside,  Cal. 

10268.  Carter-Austin. — Henry  Austin  m 
1825  Maria  Warner  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y:  &  re- 
moved to  Mexico,  N.  Y.  His  father  was  Ed- 
ward Austin,  who  set  at  North  Creek,  Warren 
Co.,  N.  Y.  with  his  s  Edward.  1850  Census  says 
Edward  was  b  in  R.  L  His  tombstone  records 
him  as  Edward  2nd.  Arnold's  Vital  Records  of 
North  Kingstown,  R.  I.,  gives  the  following : 
James  Austin,  s  of  Edmund,  b  14  June,  173-  & 
Mary,  ch  dau.  dau  b  Nov.  10,  dau  b  22  Sept., 
176-,  dau  b  30  Aug.,  1767,  dau  b  18  Aug.,  1769, 
Margaret  b  30  Sept.,  1771,  s  b  24  Oct.,  1773, 
s  b  7  July,  1775,  dau  31  Mar.,  1777.  Edward 
was  b  1773.  Your  Phoebe  might  be  one  of  the 
daus.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Moore,  82  Parkdale  Ave., 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

10660.  Gaston. — In  Ohio  Valley  Genealogies 
by  Chas.  A,  Hanna,  pp.  40-41  you  will  find 
James  Gaston,  s  of  John  who  went  from  Pa.  to 
Chester  Dist.,  S.  Car.  settling  on  Fishing  Creek 
abt  1751-2.    Served  as  a  King's  Justice  bef  1776. 


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Name  of  w  of  James  not  given  but  they  had 
issue  Stephen  &  several  daus,  who  removed  to 
Ohio  abt  \&0\-02.— Miss  B.  S.  Gaston,  1818  12th 
Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

10663.  Williams. — Samuel  Williams'  will 
was  dated  18  Feb.,  1773  and  states  that  he  was 
a  resident  of  Edgecomb  Co.,  N.  C.  Will  pro- 
bated in  Wash.  Co.,  1781.  Washington  Co.  was 
taken  from  Edgecomb.  1777.     Will  mentions  w 

Ann  &  ch  Philander  who  m  Eliz and  had  6 

ch  youngest  born  1793,  which  proves  Philander 
was  right  age  for  Rev  ser ;  Delilah,  Charity, 
Zilpah  and  Lesly.  Betty  Cone  also  mentioned 
but  not  called  dau. — Mrs.  J.  B.  Daggett,  301 
Chestnut  St.,  Marianna,  Ark. 

10746.  Warren. — Mercy  Warren  m  Jonathan 
Delano.  She  was  dau  of  Nathaniel  &  Sarah 
(Walker)  Warren.  Nathaniel  was  s  of  Richard 
&  Eliz  (Juatt)  Marsh  wid.  Richard  came  in 
the  Mayflower  &  was  s  of  Christopher  &  Alice 
Webb  Warren.  Ref. :  Contributions  Biographi- 
cal, Genealogical  &  Historical.  By  Ebenezer 
Weaver  Peirce,  pp.  298-308.  For  Eng.  ances  of 
Richard  Warren. — Mrs.  S.  A.  Leiins,  45  N.  Main 
St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

10669.  Houston. — Sarah  Houston  b  1796,  nr 
Staunton,  Ya.  Her  bros  &  sis  were  Joseph 
Houston  a  Lieut  in  War  1812 ;  Eliz.  m  Dr.  Thos. 
C.  Boyd;  &  Benj.  See  Ellis  &  Evans  Hist,  of 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. — Miss  T.  C.  Houston, 
Mexico,  Mo. 

10703.  Herbert.— Walter  Herbert,  Sr..  b  in 
N.  J.,  7  Mch.,  1742  d  25  Oct.,  1797  (Quaker). 
Walter  Herbert  Jr.,  b  S.  Car.  13  June,  1773  d 
5  Dec.,  1852  (Quaker)  Annie  Galbraith,  w  of 
Walter  Herbert  Jr.  b  in  Pa.  24  Dec,  1773,  dau 
of  Wm.  &  Anne  Galbraith  d  3  Mch.,  1847 
(Quaker).  This  rec  is  from  an  old  Bible  in 
possession  (1899)  of  D.  O.  Herbert,  Orange- 
burg, S.  C.  A  Walter  Herbert  of  Shrewsbury, 
N.  J.,  according  to  Quaker  Records  of  that  place 
m  4  Apr.,  1704  Sarah,  dau  of  John  &  Rebecca 
Tilton.  She  was  his  2nd  w  &  among  their  nu- 
merous ch  was  s  Paul,  b  1  June,  1715.  Paul 
Herbert  d  bef  his  father  leaving  ch  John  Wal- 
ter, Peter  &  Rebecca  all  of  whom  are  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  their  grandfather  Walter  who  d 
1775.  See  Liber  F  of  Wills,  p.  250,  Trenton,  N. 
J.  The  Rec  of  the  Friends  Meeting  House  of 
Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  have  been  published  by  Dr. 
J.  E.  Stillwell  in  his  Historical  &  Geneal  gical 
Miscellany  vols.  1  &  2.  None  of  the  other 
branches  of  Herberts  in  N.  J.  were  Quakers  & 
this  is  the  only  branch  in  which  the  name  Paul 
appears.  While  not  absolutely  conclusive,  the 
circumstantial  evidence  is  strong  that  Walter 
Herbert,  Sr.,  of  S.  C.  was  the  s  of  Paul  Herbert 
of  N.  J.  &  records  may  exist  to  prove  it. — Miss 
Edith  Herbert  Mather.  5  E.  Union  Ave.,  Bound 
Brork,  N.  T. 


11512.  Lane.— 1776-9,  Montgomery  Co.,  Md. 
recorded  deeds  &  settlement  of  the  estate  of 
Andrew  Beale,  Jr.  which  property  was  left  to 
his  bro  &  sis.  This  property  lay  in  Montgomerv 
Co.,  Md.,  &  Fred.  Co.,  Va.  The  bro  Charles 
Beale  went  to  Fred.  Co.,  Va.,  to  take  up  his 
portion.  Among  the  sisters  was  Rachel  &  hus- 
band Hardage  Lane  of  Stafford  Co.,  Va.  They 
were  the  parents  of  Julia  who  m  Van  Svvearin- 
gen  of  W.  Va.  &  had  Virginia  who  m  Chas. 
Thomas  Butler  s  of  Wm.  b  Westmoreland  Co., 
Va.,  1774.  Another  sister  m  Benj  Edwards  of 
Prince  William  Co.,  Va.  &  another  Susanna,  m 
Alexander  Catlett  of  Loudoun  Co.,  Va.,  1776, 
of  Montg.  Co.,  Md.,  1778-1794,  of  Albemarle 
Co.,  Va.,  1794-1800  &  of  Mason  Co.,  Ky.,  aft 
1800.  The  heirs  at  law  of  Andrew  Beale  of 
Fred.  Co.,  Va.,  were  children  of  Ninian  Beall. 
of  Wm.  &  Mary  Beall. — Mrs.  Margaret  Seruggs 
Carruth,  3715  Turtle  Creek  Blvd.,  Dallas,  Texas. 

11528.  Owen.— Dr.  Griffith  Owen  had  8  bros 
all  grown  in  1684,  the  eldest  being  Lewis.  His 
bro  Thomas  set  on  the  Schuylkill  in  the 
"  Thomas  &  Jones  Tract "  at  Whitland  Twp. 
Owen  Owen  was  a  "  Yoeman  of  Whitland  Twp  " 
&  d  1726-7.  In  his  will  he  mentioned  his  w 
Katherine,  brother-in-law  Benoni  Griffith,  two 
infant  daus  Mary,  the  elder,  &  Hannah,  bros 
Thomas,  Samuel  &  John  Owen,  sis  Elinor  & 
Catherine  Owen.  Trustees  of  his  estate  Thomas 
Hnbart  &  Benoni  Griffith.  Witnesses :  David 
Evans,  Thomas  Rees  &  David  Parry.  Hannah 
Owen  b  1725  nr  Phila  m  at  Abingdon  Presby- 
terian Ch.,  1749,  David  Todd.  Their  s  Levi 
Todd  was  1st  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Fayette 
Co.,  Ky.  he  m  Jean  Briggs  &  their  s  Robt.  Smith 
Todd  was  the  father  of  Mary  Todd  who  m 
Abraham  Lincoln.  Hannah  Owen  Todd  sis  of 
Robt.  Smith  m  Rev.  Robt.  Stuart.— il/ri.  M.  S. 
Carruth,  3715  Turtle  Creek  Blvd.,  Dallas,  Texas. 

11528.  Owen.— Wm.  Owen  was  b  10  Nov., 
1750,  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  Va..  m  20  Sept., 
1773  his  cousin  Nancy  Owen,  b  15  Mch.,  1754. 
He  was  a  Rev  sol.  Their  dau  Rebecca  m  Wes- 
ley Short.— .1/r.y.  G.  M.  Selby,  630  N.  Main  St., 
Sheridan,  Wyoming. 

11538. — Thomas  Bel!  Sr.,  came  from  Ireland 
to  America  landing  in  Penn.  and  m  near  Can- 
kadig.  Pa.  to  Elizabeth  Weir  about  1740  or  42. 
His  ch  were  Betsy  who  m  Wm.  Montgomery ; 
John  Bell  m  Elizabeth  Morrow ;  Mary  Bell  m 
Saml.  Carrol,  James  Bell  in  Frances  Burch, 
Thomas  Bell,  b  June  4,  1754,  m  Judith  Thomp- 
son ;  Robert ;  Samuel  who  m  Lucy  Pope ;  Ann 
m  Andrew  Monroe ;  and  \\'illiam  who  m 
Patsy  Wood. 

Thomas  Bell  had  two  bros  who  came  with  him 
to  America  about  1740  and  they  were  James 
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Tlie  dau  Elizabeth  or  Betsy  who  m  Wm. 
Montgomery  had  one  s  by  name  of  Thomas 
Montgomery. 

Would  like  to  corres  with  person  making  the 
inquiry  and  possibly  I  could  give  more  specific 
data  as  to  her  family. — Mary  Emma  Dunn, 
Owensboro,  Ky.,  Box  No.  435. 

QUERIES 

11571.  Clark-Breedlove. — Wanted  ances  of 
Lucy  Clark  who  m  Andrew  Beck  in  Va.  Their 
dau  Jane  m  Cornelius  Breedlove  and  their  daus 

Maria  in   Priddy ;    Jane   m   John   Wesley 

Trower,  Jr.,  1830;  &  Julia  m  Belt. 

(a)  Robertson. — Wanted  ances  of  John 
Robertson  whose  dau  Nancy  m  John  Wesley 
Trower,  1830,  in  Va.  &  removed  to  Harrods- 
burg,  Ky.     Wanted  also  Trower  gen. 

(b)  Livingston. — Which  Livingston,  Robt., 
Phillip  or  Wm.  had  a  dau  who  m  Great- 
house,  whose  dau  m  Major.     Please  give 

proof  of  said  Livinston's  Rev  rec. 

(c)  KiLLAM. — Wanted  gen  of  Peter  Killam 
b  1778,  Maryland,  m  14  Feb.,  1799,  Lea  Selby.— 
M.  T.  W. 

11572.  Brown-Bennett. — Robert  Brown,  of 
Kennett  Twp.,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  m  Jane  Bennett 
&  lived  nr  Kennett  Square  in  1754.  Had  the 
father  of  either  Rev  rec?  Would  like  to  corres 
with  No.  2347  who  asked  this  question  many 
years  ago. — J.  S.  S. 

11573.  Sparrell. — Wanted  any  inf  of  the 
Sparrell  family.  Capt.  James  Nuton  Sparrell 
appeared  on  the  Scituate  records  in  1766  as  "a 
shipmaster  from  Carolina."  Has  any  state  rec- 
ord of  such  a  family? — N.  L.  S. 

11574.  Bass. — Wanted  ances  of  Dr.  Thos. 
Clarke  Bass,  b  Petersburg,  Va.  His  mother 
was  a  Miss  Mason  &  his  parents  settled  in 
Tenn.  His  sis  Eliz  m  Dr.  Hartwell.  Both 
Dr.  Bass  &  Dr.  Hartwell  graduated  at  Jeffer- 
son College,  Phila.— M.  W.  R. 

11575.  Staats-Wine. — Wanted  par  with 
dates  of  Rachel  Staats,  b  4  Aug.,  1809,  &  of  her 
husband  Wm.  Wine.  Wanted  also  their  places 
of  b  &  m.  They  lived  in  La  Grange  Co.,  Ind., 
removing  to  Iowa  in  1856.  Was  there  Rev  rec 
in  either  line  ? — E.  D.  H. 

11576.  Howell. — Wanted  parentage  &  Rev 
rec  of  ances  of  Lewis  Owen  Howell  b  in  Phila., 
1802  &  was  living  there  in  1876. 

(a)  Merriam. — Wanted  ances  with  Rev  rec 
of  Nancy  Keyes  Merriam  b  nr  Keene,  N.  H., 
1821-22.  Had  sis  Sarah  Gates  &  Betsey  &  bros 
or  cousins  George  &  Chas. — C.  S.  B. 

11577.  Wanted  ances  &  any  inf  of  Samuel 
Hodges,  b  1798  Norfolk  Co.,  Va.,  removed  to 
Fulton  Co.,  Kv.,  1810  &  ser  in  War  of  1812.— 
W.  C.  H. 


11578.  Faenham. — Ralph  Farnham  came  from 
Eng.,  1635,  his  s  Ralph  m  Elizabeth  Holt  in 
Andover,  Mass.,  &  had  s  Ralph  who  m  Sarah 
Stirling  in  1685.  Their  s  Daniel  m  Hannah 
Bragdon  &  had  s  Joshua  who  m  Mary  Grow  in 
1750  at  York,  Me.,  later  removing  to  Woolwich, 
Me.     Had  this  Joshua  Rev  rec? 

(a)  Ayer.— Moses  Ayer  b  1748  d  1777  m  1st 
Patty  Kimball,  m  2nd  Sally  Brown.  He  lived 
in  Mass.  presumably  Haverhill.  Had  he  Rev  rec? 

(b)  Hale.— Oliver  Hale  m  30  Sept.,  1784 
Lydia  Coffin,  dau  of  Eliphalet  b  1738.  Had 
Eliphalet  Coffin,  Rev  rec?— J.  W.  H. 

11 579.  Hull.— Wanted  dates  of  b  &  d  &  Rev 
rec  of  Samuel  Hull  of  Derby,  Conn.,  whose  dau 
Lucy  m  Josiah  Masters  of  Schaghticoke,  N.  Y. 
Wanted  also  n  of  his  w  &  his  parentage. — 
A.  A.  M. 

11580.  Fairfield. — Wanted  proof  that  Betsy 
Fairfield  was  dau  of  Capt.  Matthew  who  lived 
in  New  Boston,  N.  H.  during  the  Rev.  Wanted 
also  names  of  his  other  ch. 

11581.  Organ-Barrett. — Wanted  parentage  & 
Rev  rec  of  father  of  Cornelius  Organ  b  in  Va. 
1760  S:  ser  in  4th  Va.  Regt.  under  Captains  John 
Brent  &  John  Heard  1776-1781.  Cornelius  Or- 
gan removed  to  N.  Y.  abt.  1781  &  gave  last 
service  in  2nd  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.  Regt.  He 
m  Rachel  Barrett  at  Bedford,  N.  Y.,  1781. 
Wanted  her  parentage  also. — L.  Y.  H. 

11582.  McMillen. — Wanted  proof  that  John 
McMillen  was  s  of  Thoinas  McMillen  who  en- 
listed at  New  Holland,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  & 
was  a  pensioner  at  Tyrone,  Blair  Co.,  in  1832. — 
M.  W.  MacL. 

11583.  DuRBiN-BiGLEY. — Wanted  parentage  & 
birthplace  of  Nicholas  Durbin  &  of  his  w 
Katherine  Biglev  who  removed  from  Pa.  to 
Butler  Co.,  O.,  abt  1820-30. 

(a)  CoLE. — Wanted  ances  of  Lieut.  Geo.  W. 
Cole  b  N.  Y.  State,  1834.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Ond.  Volimteers  &  was  killed  at  the  battle  of 
Champion  Hills,  m  Mary  Rager  &  their  early  m 
life  was  spent  at  Libertv  Mills,  Wabash 
Co.,  Ind. 

(b)  LoTSHAW. — Wanted  parentage  of  Geo. 
Lotshaw  who  was  b  in  O.,  6  Aug.,  1814,  m  in 
O.,  17  April,  1838,  Esther  Black.  They  lived 
in  Riplev  Co.,  Ind.,  where  both  are  buried. — 
F.  D.  M." 

11584.  Day-Fritts. — Jane  Day  &  Jefferson 
Fritts  of  Loudoun  Co.,  Va.,  were  m  there  abt 
1835  &  immig  to  Adams  Co.,  O.  Wanted  dates 
of  their  b,  parentage  of  each  &  any  other  inf  of 
their  ances. — B.  C.  P. 

11585.  RowELL.— Wanted  ances  of  Mary 
Rowell  b  Peterboro,  N.  H.,  1750  m  at  Lunnen- 
burg,  Mass.,  15  Jan.,  1767,  John  Hill,  Jr.,  s  of 
John  &  Jane  Wallis  Hill.  John  Hill  Jr.,  was  a 
Rev  sol. 


GENEALOGICAL  DEPARTMENT 


(a)WiCGiN. — Wanted  ances  &  Rev  rec  of 
Richard  Wiggin  of  Strathham,  N.  H.,  his  w  was 

Abigail  .   Their   dau  Theodosia,   b    1773    d 

1831  m  John,  s  of  Samuel  &  Mary  Robinson 
Piper.  A  Richard  Wiggin  signed  Association 
Test  at  Stratham,  was  it  this  Richard — M.  \'.  P. 

11586.  JonNSOX. — Capt.  Richard  Johnson,  of 
Col.  Sam.  Hammond's  Cavalry  S.  Car.  Mil.  has 
will  rec  in  Edgefield  Co.,  S.  C.  1816  (His  name 
is  mentioned  in  Johnson's  "  Traditions  of  the 
Rev."  p.  504  &  in  Habersham's  Hist.  Collections, 
vol.  3,  p.  31.)  In  his  will  he  mentions  his  bro 
John  Johnson.  Wanted  name  of  John  Johnson's 
w  &  date  &  place  of  his  d.  There  is  a  deed  by 
this  John,  made  in  1829  &  witnessed  by  his  s 
Wm.  S.  Johnson,  rec.  Edgefield  Co.,  records. 
Wanted  also  names  of  his  other  ch. 

(a)  Wilson. — Wm.  Wilsons'  wid  Hamital 
(his  2nd  w  who  was  the  wid  Foy)  admin  on 
his  estate  1797.  They  lived  nr  Cambridge  (Co. 
Seat  of  96  Dist.,  S.  Car.)  The  ch  of  his  1st  w 
were  Rebecca  m  Benj,  Hatcher,  Jr.  Joab  m 
Mary,  dau  of  Stephen  &  Mary  Hatcher  Tillman, 
mentioned  in  the  division  of  her  mother's  estate 

in   1845 ;   Jeremiah  m   Mary ;    Susannah   m 

Anderson  Turner.  Wanted  name  of  Wm.'s  1st 
w  &  his  parentage  with  all  dates. 

(b)  CuRRV. — Wanted  parentage  &  maiden  n 
of  w  Keziah  of  John  Curry,  Sr.  supposed  to 
have  come  from  N.  Car.  to  Edgefield  S.  Car. 
before  the  Rev  d  1828-30.  Their  known  ch  were 

Lewis    m Roper;    Susannah    m    1st    Darling 

Lanier,  2nd  Benajah  Curry,  her  cousin;  Cather- 
ine m  Luke  Devore ;  Martha  (Patsy)  m  David 
Dobey ;  John  Jr.  m  Harriet  Hancock ;  Cader. — 
S.  B.  H. 

11587.  Lambert. — Wanted  gen  of  Eliz.  Lam- 
bert b  6  June,  1823,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.  m 
Edward  Munsell  at  age  of  13.  Their  ch  were 
Hattie  &  Florence.  She  m  2nd  James  Galusha 
Melvin,  1855  at  Monroe,  Mich.  Her  father 
was  2nd  cousin  of  British  General  Lambert  of 
War  of  1812.— H.  S.  B. 

11588.  Bartlett. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Josiah 
Bartlett  of  Conn,  b  Dec,  1767  m  Anna  Latham 
of  Vt.  Removed  to  N.  Y.  State  afterwards 
to  Ohio. 

(a)  Butler-Abbott. — Rev.  Benj.  Butler  m 
Dorcas  Abbott,  both  of  N.  H.  Their  dau 
Dorcas  m  1786  Jonathan  Cilley.  Gen  &  Rev 
rec  of  Butler  &  Abbott  fam  desired. — L.  M.  S. 

11589.  Halt.. — Wanted  parentage  &  dates  of 
b  m  &  d  of  George  Hall  &  his  w,  who  lived  nr 


Wheeling,    W.    Va.      Their    ch    were    Eliz.    m 

Samuel  Dunn  ;  Polly  m Moore ;  Dorothy  m 

Thomas  Gillam ;  Mary  b  1815  m  Cunningham 
Scott ;  Washington  &  Davis.— M.  B.  B. 

11590.  Church. — Wanted  any  inf  of  father 
of  Esther  Church  b  1750  m  Stephen  Smith  b 
1749  lived  at  Haddam,  Conn. 

(a)  Wheeler, — Wanted  name  of  w  &  Rev. 
rec  of  Wm.  Wheeler  b  1754  at  Bristol,  Conn. 

(b)  Reeder. — Wanted  any  inf  of  Joseph 
Reeder,  s  of   Chas.  b   1738  in   Bucks   Co.,   Pa. 

&  of  his  w Henderson.     They  were  driven 

from  Pa.  to  N.  J.  by  the  Indians.  Wanted  also 
Henderson  gen  &  all  dates. 

(c)  Campbell-Winters. — James,  s  of  John 
&  Mary  Ball  Campbell  m  Jane,  dau  of  Wm. 
Winters.  Wanted  name  of  her  mother  &  Rev. 
rec  of  James  Campbell. — J.  G.  R. 

11590.  Aulte-Pickel-Johnson. — Wanted  in- 
formation of  Adam  Aulte  b  1741  Eden  Twp,. 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  who  m  Evana  Pickel,  b  1746^ 
wanted  also  her  gen.  Their  dau  Evana  b  Eden^ 
Twp.  1769,  m  Samuel  Johnson.  Wanted  his 
parentage. — H.  N.  R. 

11591.  Duvall-Brashears. — Wanted  parent- 
age of  Amelia  Duvall  of  Prince  George  Co., 
Md.  who  m  Belt  Brashears.  Wanted  also  his 
gen. — S.  M.  K. 

11592.  HuRD. — Wanted  parentage  of  Nathan 
Hurd  b  abt   1769  d  28  Feb.,   1817  &  of  his  w 

Mary b   abt    1765   d  22   June,    1830.     From 

whence  did  they  come  to  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.  in 
1797?— C.  H.  H. 

11593.  Seever. — Wanted  gen  of  John  Seever, 

whose  mother  was Plummer.    He  was  b  abt 

1782  &  had  bros  Helms  &  George.     He  m  1st 

Pitts  &  had  ch  Nancy  &  Grace.     Married 

2nd  Mary  Davis  &  their  ch  were  Wm.,  George 
Washington,  James,  Ambrose,  John  Myers, 
Madison,  Marion,  Eliz.  &  Mary.  Wanted  also 
any  inf  of  the  Davis  fam. 

(a)  Bryan. — Wanted  dates  of  b  &  m  of  Wm. 
Bryan  who  came  from  Ireland  1718  &  set  in 
N.  J.  or  Pa.  also  maiden  name  of  his  w  Margaret 
with  her  dates.  Wm.  d  in  Roanoke  Co.,  Va. 
aged  104  yrs.  Their  s  John  came  to  Amer.  with 
them  &  m  Mary  Morrison  &  d  in  Campbell  Co., 
Va.,  1799.  Wanted  his  dates  &  Rev  rec  &  gen 
of  Mary  Morrison.  Their  s  John  Bryan  was  a 
Rev  sol.  He  m  Catherine  Evans  &  their  ch 
were  Rees.  Mary  Bridget,  -Agnes,  Eliz.,  John, 
Catherine  &  Nancy.  Want  to  correspond  with 
desc  of  these   families. — A.  B.  R. 


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Regular  Meeting,  June  1^2,  1923 


[HE  regular  meeting  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management,  National  So- 
ciety Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  was  called  to  order  by 
the  President  General  at  10  a.m. 
Tuesday,  June   12,   1923. 

The  President  General  stated  that 
in  the  absence  of  the  Chaplain  General,  Mrs. 
Thomas  A.  Edison,  who  was  attending  the 
graduating  exercises  of  her  son  at  the  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology,  she  would  ask 
the  Board  to  rise  and  join  in  repeating  the 
Lord's  Prayer,  followed  by  a  salute  to  the 
Flag  and  the  singing  of  one  verse  of  "America." 
The  roll  was  then  called  by  the  Recording 
Secretary  General.  Those  present  were : 
National  Officers:  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs.  Heath, 
Mrs.  Hodgkins.  Miss  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Buel, 
Mrs.  Block,  Miss  Wallace,  Mrs.  McCall,  Mrs. 
Sewell,  Mrs.  Beck,  Mrs.  Schuyler,  Mrs.  Briggs, 
Mrs.  Walker,  Mrs.  Brosseau,  Mrs.  Shumway, 
Mrs.  Stansfield,  Mrs.  DeBolt,  Mrs.  Anderson ; 
State  Regents  and  State  Vice  Regents:  Mrs. 
Hoval  Smith,  .Mrs.  Bissell,  Mrs.  Hardy,  Mrs. 
Herrick,  Miss  Gilbert,  Mrs.  Denmead,  Mrs. 
Seydel,  Mrs.  Kitt,  Mrs.  Snow,  Mrs.  Banks, 
Mrs.  Nash,  Mrs.  Hobart,  Mrs.  Heron,  Mrs. 
Cranshaw,  Mrs.  Farnham,  Mrs.  Reed. 
The   President  General  presented  her  report. 

Report  of  the   President  General 

Members  of  the  National  Board  of 
Management : 

By  remaining  in  Washington  most  of  the 
time  since  assuming  the  duties  of  the  office, 
your  President  General  has  been  enabled  to 
receive  many  of  our  members.  It  has  also 
afforded  her  an  opportunity  to  confer  with 
representatives  from  other  organizations.  This 
has  required  so  much  time  that  it  has  been 
impossible  to  accept  a  great  many  of  the 
invitations  which  have  been  extended  to  her  by 
Chapters  in  the  various  states  and  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  as  well  as  those  of 
other   organizations. 

The  death  of  our  beloved  Honorary  Presi- 
dent General,  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott,  which 
occurred  April  29th,  at  her  home  in  Blooming- 
ton,  Illinois,  has  not  only  been  a  loss  and 
sorrow  to  our  organization  but  to  the  country. 
Every  mark  of  respect  and  reverence  was 
shown  to  the  memory  of  our  illustrious  Honor- 
ary  President   General   by   placing   the   flag   at 


half-mast  and  closing  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  to  the  public  until  after  the  funeral 
services.  A  sheaf  of  Atrierican  Beauty  roses 
from  the  National  Society  was  sent  by  your 
President  General,  together  with  the  following 
telegram   to   Mrs.   Vrooman : 

"  Sincere  sympathy  for  you  and  your  family 
in  the  demise  of  your  illustrious  mother,  Mrs. 
Matthew  T.  Scott,  our  Honorary  President 
General,  beloved  and  honored  by  every  member 
of  the  Society  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  The  flag  floats  at  half  mast  over 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  and  the  Hall  closed 
to  the  public.  In  honoring  her  memory  we 
honor  our   Society." 

In  response  to  this  telegram  a  letter  was 
received  from  Mrs.  Carl  Vrooman,  daughter 
of  Mrs.  Scott,  expressing  the  deep  appreciation 
of  herself  and  the  family,  which  letter  your 
President    General   wishes    to    read : 

"701  East  Taylor  Street, 
Bloomington,  Illinois. 
"  Mrs.   Anthony    Wayne   Cook, 

President  General  N.S.D.A.R. 
"  My  dear  Madam  President : 

"  May  I  tell  you  how  deeply  touched  we  were 
by  your  beautiful  triliute  to  my  mother,  con- 
tained in  your  telegram  and  by  the  floating  of 
the  flag  at  half-mast  over  Memorial  Continen- 
tal Hall  in  eloquent  recognition  of  her  services 
to  the  Society,  to  which  for  so  many  years  she 
devoted  the  superb  strength  of  her  body  and 
her   soul. 

"  The  magnificent  sheaf  of  roses  from  the 
National  Society  Daughters  American  Revo- 
lution '  said  '  many  things,  that  I  am  sure  were 
in  many  hearts,  of  the  queenly  woman  who  so 
loved  her  '  Daughters  '  and  was  so  beloved 
of  them. 

"  Will  you  accept  for  yourself.  Madam 
President,  and  express  to  the  National  Society, 
our  heartfelt  appreciation  of  all  their  beauti- 
ful tributes  to  her  rare  personality  and  to  the 
ideal   for   which  she  stood?" 

Faithfully   yours, 

JuLi.\  Scott  Vroom.an." 

Your  President  General  wishes  to  express 
personally  her  appreciation  of  the  unselfish 
service  of  this  illustrious  and  noble  woman, 
who  gave  freely  for  so  many  years  of  her 
ability,  time  and  strength  for  the  advancement 
of  every  interest  of  her  beloved  Society.  The 
following  Committee  was  appointed  to  write 
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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


resolutions  on  the  death  of  Mrs.  Scott:  Mrs. 
Howard  L.  Hodgkins,  Chairman,  Mrs.  Alex- 
ander E.  Patton,  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Foraker,  Mrs. 
WiUiard  T.  Block,  and  Mrs.  J.  Morgan  Smith. 

The  official  duties  of  your  President  General 
began  with  the  meeting  of  the  National  Board, 
which  convened  on  Monday  morning,  April 
23rd,  at  ten  o'clock.  It  was  a  source  of  great 
gratification  to  her  to  have  so  many  of  the 
members  present. 

The  next  day,  upon  the  invitation  of  Mrs. 
Smith  and  the  members  of  the  Fredericksburg 
Chapter,  your  President  General,  together  with 
the  members  of  the  National  Board  of  Man- 
agement, paid  a  visit  to  the  town  of  Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia,  relative  to  the  purchase  of 
Kenmore,  the  home  of  Betty  Washington,  sister 
of  George  Washington.  Our  Congress 
endorsed  this  movement  and  the  organization 
is  helping  to  bring  about  the  successful  com- 
pletion of  the  project.  Colonel  and  Mrs.  De- 
Voe  opened  their  home,  "  Chatham,"  luncheon 
being  served  on  the  terrace  overlooking  an 
old-fashioned  garden.  In  the  address  by  the 
President  General  an  opportunity  was  given 
her  to  voice  the  sentiments  of  the  Society. 

That  same  evening,  it  was  the  pleasure  of 
your  President  General  to  attend  the  annual 
banquet  of  the  Daughters  of  1812,  extending 
to   them   our   cordial  greetings. 

On  May  2nd  the  President  General  was 
invited  to  unveil  a  tablet  erected  by  the  Army 
and  Navy  Chapter,  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia. This  marks  the  site  of  the  meridian  stone 
at  Sixteenth  Street  entrance  to  Meridian  Park. 
The  members  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Chapter 
are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  completion  of 
this    important   undertaking. 

The  President  General  accepted  an  invita- 
tion to  be  a  patroness  of  the  Shakespearean 
Pageant,  given  by  the  five  High  Schools  of 
the  District  of  Columbia.  On  Friday  after- 
noon. May  11th,  in  company  with  Mrs.  Walker, 
our  Organizing  Secretary  General,  she  attended 
the  Pageant  as  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Hodgkins, 
Vice  President  General  of  the  District 
of  Columbia. 

May  17th  the  President  General,  in  company 
with  several  of  our  active  national  officers,  was 
present  at  the  unveiling  of  the  statue  of 
Alexander  Hamilton,  erected  in  front  of  the 
Treasury  Building,  by  the  Government,  in  com- 
memoration of  the  first  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury.  The  recognition  of  this  patriot's 
wonderful  service  to  the  country  has  been  too 
long  neglected. 

In  the  evening,  as  a  Patroness,  she  had  the 
pleasure  of  greeting  the  young  ladies  who  were 
being    graduated    from    Fairmount     Seminary. 

It  was  a  privilege  to  attend  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  National  Society  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 


can Revolution,  which  was  held  at  Nashville, 
Tennessee,  iMay  21st  and  22nd.  Upon  arriving 
in  Nashville,  the  day  before  the  meeting  con- 
vened, your  President  General  was  given  a 
hearty  welcome  by  many  of  the  Daughters  of 
that  hospitable  city.  Several  functions  were 
arranged  in  her  honor  and  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  with  many  of  our  members  was  help- 
ful and  delightful. 

At  the  opening  meeting  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  your  President  General, 
together  with  Miss  McDuffee,  Vice  President 
General  from  Michigan;  Mrs.  Gillentine,  State 
Regent  of  Tennessee;  and  Mrs.  William  G. 
Spencer,  ex-Vice  President  General,  formerly 
from  Tennessee  but  now  of  New  York,  were 
among  the  honor  guests.  Your  President' 
General  made  an  address  and  the  enthusiastic 
reception  accorded  her  was  indeed  a  high 
tribute  to  our  Society. 

The  members  of  our  kindred  organization 
are  men  of  unusual  ability  and  earnestness  of 
purpose.  Their  stand  for  the  vital  questions  of 
the  day  was  an  inspiration.  One  of  the  resolu- 
tions adopted  by  them  is  of  great  import 
to  our  Society.     It  reads  as  follows  : 

]]'hcrcas,  many  of  our  family  names  are 
pregnant  with  the  memories  of  heroic  deeds 
performed  or  distinguished  service  rendered  to 
this  United  States  of  America  or  to  the  original 
colonies   from  which  it  sprang ;   and 

"  Ji'hcrcas,  these  memories  should  be  pre- 
served as  far  as  possible  pure  and  untarnished 
by  commercial,  criminal  or  other  incongruous 
associations ;    and 

"  Jriiercas,  many  immigrants  with  mistaken 
ideas  of  assimilation  are  changing  their  names 
to  those  more  akin  to  the  communities  in  which 
the}-  live ; 

''Now,  Be  It  Resolved,  that  the  National 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, in  Congress  assembled,  urges  upon  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  and  the  Legis- 
latures of  the  several  States  that  laws  be 
enacted  by  them  forbidding  any  person  to 
assume  a  family  surname  belonging  to  a 
family  distinguished  in  the  Colonial,  ReTolu- 
tionary  or  Civic  history  of  this  country  or  its 
original  Colonies ;  and  also  forbidding  the  use 
of  the  names  of  present  or  former  Presidents 
of  this  country  in  connection  with  the  sale  of, 
or  as  the  name  of  an  article  of  display 
or  merchandise." 

At  noon  of  the  same  day  a  luncheon  was 
given  at  the  Country  Club  in  honor  of  the 
visiting  Daughters  by  the  Women's  Patriotic 
Societies  of  Nashville.  The  toastmistress  <if 
the  occasion  was  Mrs.  McMillan,  whose  gra- 
cious personality  and  brilliancy  of  thought  was 
reflected  in  the  many  speeches  that  followed. 
It  was  a  happy  occasion,  and  gave  your  Presi- 


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dent  General  an  opportunity  to  speak  of  certain 
phases  of  our  future  work. 

Following  the  luncheon  the  guests  were 
received  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradford  in  their 
charming  colonial  home.  Everyone  enjoyed 
the  beauty  and  charm  of  the  old-fashioned 
garden  where  we  were  entertained  by  a  quartet 
of  jubilee  singers  from  Fiske  University,  who 
are  famous  for  rendering  old  plantation  songs 
in  their  purest   form. 

In  the  evening  a  reception  was  given  in 
honor  of  the  President  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  those  attending  the 
Congress.  Your  President  General  felt  more 
than  repaid  for  any  effort  it  may  have  meant 
on  her  part  to  have  taken  such  a  long  journey 
at  that  time.  She  gained  renewed  inspiration 
for  the  duties  before  her  and  she  feels  certain 
that  the  spirit  of  cooperation  between  our  two 
great  organizations  will  continue. 

The  Executive  Board  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  appointed  a  Liaison  Com- 
mittee, of  which  past  President  W.  I.  L.  Adams 
was  appointed  to  cooperate  with  a  similar 
officer  to  be  appointed  by  us,  in  all  matters 
aflecting  the  mutual  interest  of  our  respec- 
tive organizations. 

Owing  to  a  previous  engagement  it  was  im- 
possible for  your  President  General  to  remain 
until  the  close  of  these  interesting  meetings. 
She  had  promised  to  give  the  address  of  wel- 
come at  the  opening  of  the  meeting  of  the 
National  American  Council  in  Memorial  Conti- 
nental Hall,  May  24th.  She  felt,  furthermore, 
the  great  importance  of  being  present  through- 
out this  Conference,  which  was  called  in  the 
interest  of   better  citizenship. 

Since  assuming  the  duties  of  office  she  has 
been  greatly  impressed  by  the  many  requests 
coming  to  our  Society  from  other  organiza- 
tions, and  many  individuals  for  such  a  meet- 
ing. At  this  Conference  we  were  honored  by 
the  presence  of  President  Harding,  who,  in 
addressing  us,  quoted  the  "  Preamble,"  and 
said  "  it  constituted  the  complete  statement  of 
the  nation's  aspiration — the  chart  for  our 
course — and  the  inspiration  to  every  effort  to 
make  one  and  all  of  us  better  citizens." 

General  Pershing  addressed  the  Conference, 
and  stressed  the  desirability  of  preparedness 
in  order  to  "  preserve  peace."  The  representa- 
tives of  many  organizations  spoke  of  their 
specialized  eiTorts  in  the  work.  While  the  Con- 
ference was  not  as  helpful  in  the  way  of 
suggestions  for  our  own  particular  work,  as 
anticipated,  it  was  exceedingly  valuable  as  the 
beginning  of  a  movement  so  vitally  needed. 
This  conference  is  to  be  followed  by  a  meeting 
of  the  Executive  Board,  consisting  of  represen- 
tatives of  twenty-five  organizations,  at  the 
home  of  the  Chairman,   Mr.  Frank  Vanderlip. 


June  29th  and  30th.  Your  President  General 
was  asked  to  represent  this  Society  and  regrets 
that  it  will  not  be  possible  for  her  to  attend, 
however  she  will  appoint  some  one  to  represent 
her,  and  to  carry  our  suggestions  to  the  meet- 
ing relative  to  our  work  on   "  citizenship." 

The  day  before  commencement  at  Annapolis, 
the  President  General,  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Rhett  Goode,  ex-Vice  President  General  of 
Alabama,  had  the  wonderful  experience  of 
meeting  the  midshipmen  of  the  Naval  Academy 
and  presenting  in  the  name  of  our  Society  a 
handsome  silver  cup.  This  cup  has,  for  some 
years,  been  awarded  annually  to  the  midship- 
man who  excels  in  seamanship  and  in  Inter- 
national Law.  Admiral  Henry  B.  Wilson,  who 
is  in  command  at  the  Academy  made  the  re- 
quest this  year  that  the  cup  be  given  hereafter 
as  a  prize  for  "  practical  seainanship "  instead 
of  for  "excellence  in  Seamanship  and  Inter- 
national Law."  Ronald  DeWolf  Higgins,  a 
member  of  the  first  class  of  Llonolulu,  was 
awarded  this  prize.  Admiral  Wilson  expressed 
gratification  that  this  cup  had  been  won  by 
such  a  splendid  and   worthy  young  man. 

During  the  week  of  the  Shriners'  Conclave, 
Memorial  Continental  Hall  was  visited  by 
hundreds,  many  of  whom  were  "  Daughters." 
We  are  greatly  indebted  to  some  of  the 
members  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  who 
assisted  in  receiving  these  visitors.  On  June 
7th  the  President  General,  assisted  by  as  many 
of  the  National  Officers  as  were  in  the  city, 
gave  a  Tea  in  honor  of  these  visiting  Daughters. 
The  closing  events  of  this  great  conclave 
Thursday,  at  midnight  were  deeply  impressive. 
The  vast  throngs  which  filled  Pennsylvania 
Avenue  as  far  as  the  eye  could  see,  stopped  in 
the  midst  of  their  gaities  and  funmaking  to 
join  in  the  singing  of  two  verses  of  "  America." 
How  splendidly  and  fervently  they  were  sung, 
only  those  who  heard  it  will  ever  know. 

At  the  Board  meeting  of  April  14th,  author- 
ization for  incorporation  was  given  jointly  to 
Greysolon  Du  Lhut  Chapter  and  the  Daughters 
of  Liberty  Chapter  of  Duluth,  Minnesota.  In 
a  letter  received  May  23rd  from  Mrs.  Edward 
A.  Separk,  e.x-Regent  of  the  Daughters  of 
Liberty  Chapter,  and  also  one  from  Mrs.  F. 
S.  Shott,  of  the  Greysolon  Du  Lhut  Chapter, 
your  President  General  was  requested  to  grant 
the  right  to  these  two  Chapters  to  incorporate 
sctiii'alcly,  since  they  existed  as  separate 
organizations  and  did  not  desire  joint  incorpor- 
ation. This  request  was  made  because  the 
Chapters  were  about  to  dedicate  a  monument 
and  the  site  was  to  be  deeded  to  them  separ- 
ately. Under  the  circumstances  special  per- 
mission was  granted  by  your  President  General. 
This  is  now  presented  to  the  Board  for 
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The  President  General  received  a  request 
from  the  National  Americanism  Commission  of 
the  American  Legion  to  cooperate  with  them 
in  a  Flag  Conference,  June  14th  and  15th,  to 
be  held  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall.  This 
Conference  was  deemed  of  such  vital  impor- 
tance that  in  order  to  represent  our  Society  in 
person  she  declined  the  many  invitations  which 
have  come  to  her  for  Flag  Day.  She  has  been 
asked  to  give,  on  the  first  day  of  the  Confer- 
ence, a  brief  summary  of  suggestions  concern- 
ing "  Flag  Raising  Ceremonials."  The 
representatives  of  other  organizations  at  that 
time  will  give  reports  on  various  points  of  flag 
usage  wherein  we  hope  the  work  of  the  Con- 
ference will  be  much  facilitated,  and  that  the 
presentation  of  a  brief  digest  of  special  infor- 
mation on  the  subject  will  result. 

No  more  opportune  moment  could  have 
arisen  for  a  Conference  of  this  kind.  It  is 
time  that  patriotic  associations,  in  cooperation 
with  our  Government,  should  confer  and  decide 
upon  uniform  laws  for  the  use  of  our  flag  on 
all  occasions. 

A  letter  has  been  received  from  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  calling  the  attention  of 
our  members  to  the  risk  involved  in  the  impor- 
tation of  foreign  plants  and  trees  and  asking 
us  to  urge  that  our  Chapters  use  American 
grown  trees  for  their  memorial  plantings  to 
prevent  the  importation  of  pests  to  our  forestry 
and  agriculture.  This  information  will  be  sent 
to  the  Chapters  through  the  Chairman  of 
the  National  Committee  on  Conservation 
and   Thrift. 

Mrs.  Henry  W.  Peabody,  of  Beverly,  Mass- 
achusetts, asked  that  the  President  General 
represent  the  Society  at  a  meeting  in  New  York, 
May  8th  and  9th,  called  in  the  interest  of  Law 
Enforcement.  Not  finding  it  possible  to  attend, 
we  were  ably  represented  by  Mrs.  Banks,  State 
Regent  of  New  Jerse\f,  and  Mrs.  Barnes, 
Regent  of  Manhattan  Chapter  of  New  York- 
City.  It  was  learned  from  our  representatives 
that  an  organization  was  formed  to  be  known 
as  the  "  Woman's  National  Committee  of  One 
Hundred  for  Law  Enforcement."  The  wish 
was  expressed  at  the  meeting  that  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution  cooperate  in 
this  work.  Our  representative  stressed  its  im- 
portance and  felt  that  our  organization  could 
do  much  to  influence  public  opinion. 

A  letter  was  received  from  Mrs.  John  Paul 
Jones,  National  Commander,  Women's  Aux- 
iliary, Disabled  American  Veterans  of  the 
World  War.  inviting  your  President  General 
to  address  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Women's 
Auxiliary  at  Minneapolis  on  June  26th.  As 
it  will  be  impossible  for  her  to  attend,  Mrs. 
Coolidge,  State  Regent  of  Minnesota,  has  con- 


sented to  represent  our  Society  and  to  address       | 
the  meeting. 

A  letter  was  received  from  Mrs.  Durand, 
Regent  of  Anne  Hutchinson  Chapter.  Bronx- 
ville.  New  York,  relative  to  the  unearthing, 
last  Fall,  of  the  remains  of  two  Revolutionary 
soldiers  in  the  village  of  Tuckahoe.  Prominent 
men  of  the  village,  imbued  with  the  patriotic 
spirit  of  making  more  realistic  the  days  of  the 
early  period  of  our  country,  are  raising  money 
to  acquire  the  plot  of  ground  from  which  the 
bones  have  been  taken.  They  expect  to  make 
a  memorial  park  where  the  remains  of  these 
two  soldiers  will  be  interred  and  a  monument 
erected.  The  Anne  Hutchinson  Chapter  has 
been  asked  for  its  help  in  making  a  success  of 
this  undertaking.  Preliminary  to  this  plan  an 
interesting  ceremony  was  held  in  Tuckahoe 
Village  and  Plaza  on  Washington's  Birthday, 
to  which  General  Pershing  sent  a  representative 
from  Washington,  and  thus  it  took  on  National 
significance.  The  inhabitants  of  the  village  are 
largely  foreign  born  and  it  was  an  impressive 
lesson  for  the  hundreds  of  Italian  school 
children  as  well  as  their  parents,  who  filed 
past  the  coffin,  marked  "  Washington's  Un- 
known." On  Memorial  Day  a  simple  service 
was  held.  The  Governors  of  each  State  had 
sent  a  small  branch  from  a  tree  or  shrub  which 
were  combined  in  a  large  wreath  which  was 
taken  to  the  village  hall  with  suitable  cere- 
monies. The  request  was  made  that  our 
National  Society  be  represented  by  sending 
ribbon  for  the  wreath.  It  seemed  to  come 
within  the  province  of  your  President  General 
to  send  for  this  purpose  three  yards  of  our 
official  ribbon.  She  feels  sure  this  action  will 
meet  with  the  approval  of  the  Board. 

The  National  Board  has  been  requested  by 
the  Hampton  Roads  Maritime  Exchange  of 
Norfolk,  Virginia,  and  also  by  the  Great 
Bridge  Chapter,  of  that  City,  to  take  some 
action  relative  to  the  proposal  of  the  United 
States  Government  to  turn  over  old  Fort 
Norfolk  jointly  to  the  Light  House  Bureau 
and  the  District  United  States  Army  Engineer 
for  a  buoy  yard.  Should  this  be  done  it  may 
result  in  the  ultimate  destruction  of  this 
historic  fort. 

It  is  further  suggested  that  protest  be  made 
direct  to  the  Honorable  John  W.  Weeks, 
Secretary  of  War,  and  to  the  Honorable 
Herbert    Hoover,    Secretary   of    Commerce. 

A  rare  memento  has  been  presented  to  the 
National  Societv  by  Mr.  Wilson  L.  Gill,  of 
Mount  Airy,  Pennsylvania.  With  your  per- 
mission your  President  General  will  read  his 
letter  accompanying  the  gift.  You  remember 
that  Caroline  Scott  Harrison  (Mrs.  Benjamin 
Harrison)    was    our    First    President    General, 


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and  the  one   dollar  bill   alluded   to  takes  on   a 
precious  significance : 

•■June  1,   192,5. 
"  Mrs.   Anthony   Wayne    Cook, 

President  General,  National  Society  D.A.R. 
"  My  dear  !Mrs.   Cook  : 

I  am  happy  to  comply  with  your  request  to 
give  this  dollar  bill  to  your  Society.  I  will 
mark  it  with  mv  initials  (W.L.G.)  and  attach 
it  hereto.  It  is  numbered  B  529139401-.  I 
happened  to  be  with  Mrs.  Darling  when  she 
opened  the  letter  from  Mrs.  Harrison  accept- 
ing membership  and  the  Presidency  of  the 
Society,  and  enclosing  four  new  dollar  bills  to 
pay  her  fees.  Mrs.  Darling  remarked ;  '  These 
brand  new  dollar  bills  are  historic,  and  in  years 
to  come  will  be  valuable  mementos.  Take  two 
of  them  and  give  me  two  others,  which  will 
be  just  as  good  to  pay  the  printer.'  I  did,  and 
this  is  one  of  them. 

"  In  this  connection  it  may  be  interesting  to 
you  to  compare  this  handwriting  with  that  at 
the  head  of  the  paper  which  was  signed  by  the 
ladies  at  the  meeting  in  which  they  founded  the 
Society.  It  is  the  same,  because  I  was  Secre- 
tary of  the  meeting  and  wrote  it.  If  you  will 
look  further  you  can  see  that  the  Constitution 
which  was  adopted  at  that  meeting  is  in  the 
same  hand.  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  me  that  I 
put  into  it  that  provision  which  no  one  else  at 
the  time  thoilght  of  and  fully  appreciated,  but 
which  enabled  the  Society  to  grow  so  rapidly 
and  to  so  great  strength  in  numbers,  namely, 
the  right  to  establish  Chapters  without  limit. 
It  is  not  so  in  the  S.A.R.  which  is  limited  by 
the  State  Societies. 

\'ery  sincerely  yours, 

Wilson  L.  Gill." 
The  President  General  acknowledged  this 
gift  of  Mr.  Gill  to  our  Society,  expressing  the 
deep  appreciation  which  she  is  sure  is  felt  by 
all.  Upon  the  request  of  Mr.  Gill,  she  wishes 
to  bring  before  the  National  Board  of  Man- 
agement his  plan  of  the  "  School  Republic." 
Mr.  Gill  hopes  that  our  organization  will  use 
its  influence  toward  having  this  method  of 
teaching  introduced  into  our  schools.  He  states 
that  the  "  School  Republic  "  is  a  school  democ- 
racy founded  on  kindness  and  justice  and  incul- 
cates the  duties,  privileges  and  responsibilities 
of  citizenship.  The  Commissioner  of  Educa- 
tion has  recently  sent  to  the  schools  in  Alaska 
a  brief  text-book  of  the  "  School  Republic " 
prepared  by  Mr.  Gill  and  this  system  is  to  be; 
used  in  Alaska. 

In  his  letter,  Mr.  Gill  expresses  the  hope  that 
our  organization  will  devote  a  certain  sum  of 
money  to  furthering  the  interests  of  this  work. 
The  appointments  on  the  National  Com- 
mittees are  being  made,  and  the  President 
General  expects  to  have  the  committee  list 
ready  to  send  out  early  in  the  summer.     This 


depends,  however,  largely  upon  the  promptness 
with  which  the  State  Regents  send  in  the 
names  of  their   State   Chairmen. 

No  change  has  been  made,  nor  is  any  antici- 
pated, in  the  clerical  force  of  this  organization. 

The  problems  that  come  to  one  cannot  always 
be  readily  solved,  but  with  the  advice  of  our 
active  National  Officers  and  our  friends,  they 
become  a  pleasure  instead  of  a  burden. 
Everything  has  been  delightful,  and  the  charm- 
ing suite  of  the  President  General,  which  has 
been  so  comfortably  and  beautifully  furnished 
by  the  State  of  Connecticut,  is  very  thoroughly 
enjoyed.  The  President  General  appreciates 
tlie  loyal  support  that  she  is  receiving  from  all 
with  whom  she  is  associated. 

Respectfully    submitted, 
(  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne) 

LoR.\    Haines    Cook, 
President  General. 

On  motion  of  Mrs.  Heath,  seconded,  and  car- 
ried, the  report  of  the  President  General  was 
accepted,  without  its  recommendations,  which 
the  President  General  asked  permission  to  have 
deferred  and  acted  upon  later. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  reported 
as  follows : 

Report  of  the  Recording  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 

National  Board  of  Management : 

Routine  work  in  connection  with  the  Thirty- 
second  Continental  Congress  and  the  Board 
meetings  before  and  after  Congress  has  had 
attention  and  everything  is  practically  completed 
up  to  date,  with  the  exception  of  a  portion  of 
the  verbatim  transcript  of  one  Board  meeting 
and  the  Proceedings  of  the  Congress,  which 
will  be  completed  very  shortly.  The  Congres- 
sional stenographer  has  delivered  the  transcript 
for  Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  proceed- 
ings, which,  after  a  careful  checking  with  the 
minutes  and  insertion  of  reports,  went  forward 
to  Mrs.  Yawger  for  her  approval,  as  provided 
for  by  a  resolution  adopted  at  the  Congress. 
The  transcript  of  Thursday  proceedings  came 
over  last  evening  and  the  remainder  is  promised 
by  the  end  of   this  week. 

During  the  last  days  of  the  Congress,  on 
recommendation  of  the  Committee  on  Resolu- 
tions, a  proposed  resolution  was  referred  to  the 
National  Board  for  action.  Two  other  matters 
have  been  deferred  to  the  June  Board  meeting 
for  consideration,  one  relating  to  a  state  pin 
for  past  and  present  state  officers,  and  one 
relating  to  official  ribbon  for  ex-State  Regents. 

A  request  for  permission  to  incorporate  in 
order  to  hold  property  also  awaits  the  attention 
of  the  Board. 

Respectfully   submitted. 

(  Mhs.   Fkank   H.)    Alice  Frve  Briggs, 

Reenrdini)  Secretary  General. 


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The  report  of  the  Recording  Secretary  Gen- 
eral was  accepted.  Recommendations  approved 
by  the  Executive  Committee  were  then  read  by 
the  Recording  Secretary  General.  The  Presi- 
dent General  asked  for  an  expression  of  opinion 
relative  to  acting  upon  recommendations  as 
reports  were  given  or  considering  them  all  at 
the   same   time   later. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Nash,  seconded  by 
Mrs.   Hobart : 

"  That  all  recommendations  in  reports  of 
National  Officers  be  acted  upon  after  all  reports 
have  been  presented." 

Motion  carried. 

The  Registrar  General  then  presented  her 
report. 

Report  of  the  Registrar  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
Ten  hundred  and  sixty  applications  presented 
to  the  Board,  and  225  supplemental  papers  veri- 
fied ;  1285  total  number  of  papers  verified. 

Permits  issued  for  473  insignias,  218  ances- 
tral bars,  and  439  recognition  pins. 

Papers  returned  unverified :  29  originals,  and 
25  supplementals.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  new 
records  verified. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  J.   H.)    Inez   S.   Stansfield, 

Registrar  General. 

The  Registrar  General  made  a  further  verbal 
report  as  follows :  "  We  have  written  for  miss- 
ing data  to  802  applicants  on  original  records, 
and  for  786  supplemental  lines.  This  infor- 
mation not  yet  received.  In  less  than  a  month, 
SO  requests  have  been  sent  out  for  date  of 
marriage  of  the  parents  of  the  applicant.  In 
the  first  eight  days  of  June,  115  papers  had 
to  be  returned  for  the  following  reasons :  1. 
Address  of  applicant.  2.  Notary  Seal.  3.  Lack 
of  endorsers.  4.  Names  of  Chapter  Officers. 
S.  Name  of  State  Regent. 

The  report  of  the  Registrar  General  was 
accepted  and  it  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hardy, 
seconded  by  Mrs.  Walker  : 

"  That  the  Secretary  cast  the  ballot  for  the 
admission  of  1080  new  members  into  the 
National  Society  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution." 

Motion  carried,  the  Secretary  cast  the  ballot 
and  the  President  General  declared  these  1060 
applicants  members  of  the  Society. 

The  Registrar  General  stated  there  would 
be  a  supplemental  report  and  asked  permission 
to  present  it  later,   which  was  granted. 

The  report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary  Gen- 
eral was  then  presented. 


Report  of  Organizing  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

It  is  my  pleasure  to  report  as  follows ; 

Mrs.  F.  E.  Steers,  of  Honolulu,  has  been  duly 
elected  State  Regent  of  Hawaii  and  Mrs. 
Howard  Clarke,  State  Vice  Regent,  May  28, 
1923.  I  now  ask  for  the  confirmation  of 
these  officers. 

The  resignation  of  the  State  Regent  of  Mis- 
sissippi, Mrs.  Ernest  E.  Brown,  of  Natchez, 
has  been  reported. 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation,  as  Organizing  Regents :  Mrs. 
Frances  M.  Smith,  Searcy,  Ark. ;  Mrs.  Myrtle 
Yaw  Davis,  Eastanollee,  Ga. ;  Miss  Jessie 
Cornell,  Cornell,  111. ;  Miss  Frances  Kash, 
Corbin,  Ky. ;  Miss  Ella  Roberts,  Sudlersville, 
Md. ;  Mrs.  Grace  E.  Valentine,  Woodbridge, 
N.  J. ;  Mrs.  Delia  H.  Williams,  Emelenton, 
Penna. ;  Mrs.  Isabelle  Harper  ShuU,  New 
Bloomfield,  Penna. ;  Mrs.  Mary  Melissa  Birge, 
Denton,  Texas ;  Mrs.  Sue  Gran  M.  Buchanan, 
Ranger,  Texas ;  Mrs.  Olive  Farnham  Martin, 
Barre,  Vt. ;  Miss  Dorothy  Brown,  Rhinelan- 
der.  Wis. 

The  authorization  of  the  following  chapters 
is  requested :  New  Brookland  and  Pocolet, 
S.  C. ;  Lewisburg,  Tenn. ;  Houston,  Texas; 
Clifton,   Va. 

The  following  Organizing  Regencies  have 
expired  by  time  limitation :  Mrs.  Minerva  B. 
Rollo,  Herrin,  111. ;  Mrs.  Ethel  Fairlamb 
Carpenter,  Tama,  la. ;  Mrs.  Sarah  Duke 
McGoldrick,  Coushatta,  La. ;  Mrs.  Olive  Ben- 
ning  Grove,  Callao,  Mo. ;  Mrs.  Jessie  Whited 
Nelson,  Mitchell,  S.  D. ;  Mrs.  Jean  McKee 
Kenaston,   Bonesteel,   S.  D. 

The  reappointment  of  the  following  Organ- 
izing Regents  is  requested  by  their  State 
Regents:  Mrs.  Minerva  B.  Rollo,  Herrin,  111.; 
Mrs.   Jean  McKee  Kenaston,  Bonesteel,   S.  D. 

The  resignation  of  Mrs.  Hope  Harrison 
Turner  as  Organizing  Regent  at  Marlin,  Texas, 
has  been  reported  by  the  State  Regent.  No 
Chapter  can  be  organized  there. 

The  prefix  Colonel,  the  Revolutionary  title 
of  John  Laurens,  is  to  be  added  to  the  John 
Laurens  Chapter   at  Laurens,   la. 

The  Chapter  at  Weatherford,  Texas,  wishes 
to  be  known  as  the  Weatherford  Chapter, 
as   formerly. 

The  following  Chapter  names  have  been  sub- 
mitted for  approval :  Capt.  Bland  Ballard  for 
Eminence,  Ky. ;  General  Marquis  Calmes  for 
Versailles,  Ky. ;  Missabe  for  Gilbert,  Minn. ; 
Pierre  Van  Cortlandt  for  the  Chapter  at 
Peekskill,  N.  Y. ;  Alexander  Love  for 
Houston,   Texas. 


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The  following  chapters  have  submitted  their 
names  for  approval  and  their  completed  organi- 
zations are  now  presented  for  confirmation : 
Heroes  of  Kings  Mountain,  at  Guntersville, 
Alabama ;  Redwood  Forest,  at  Eureka,  Califor- 
nia ;  Owatonna,  at  Owatonna,  Minnesota ; 
Benjamin  Sargent,  at  Pittsfield,  N.  H. ;  Warren, 
at  Warrenton,  North  Carolina ;  Anna  Asbury 
Stone,  at  Cambridge,  Ohio ;  Amanda  Barker 
Devin,  at  McCorinelsville,  Ohio ;  Conemaugh, 
at  Blairsville,  Pcnna. ;  Roger  Gordon,  at  Lake 
City,  S.  C. ;  Capt.  Thomas  Moore,  at  San 
Marcos,  Texas ;   Darien,  at  Darien,  Wisconsin. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  William  Sherman)  Flora  A.  Walker, 
Organising  Secretary  General. 


The  report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary 
General  was  accepted,  and  request  for  per- 
mission to  submit  a  supplemental  report  later 
was  granted. 

A  suggestion  was  offered  by  the  Organizing 
Secretary  General  that  all  State  Regents 
impress  upon  their  Organizing  Regents  to  be 
sure  that  transfers  have  been  accepted  in  the 
office  of  the  Treasurer  General  before  the  date 
of  organization,  because,  if  transfers  have  not 
taken  place  it  will  be  necessary  to  go  through 
the    form   of   organization   again. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  General 
was  submitted,  followed  by  report  of  the 
Finance  Committee  and  Report  of  the 
Auditing  Committee : 


Report  of  Treasurer   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the  National  Board  of  Management : 

I  herewith  submit  the  following  report  of  receipts  and  disbursements  from  April  1,  1923  to 
May  31,  1923. 

CURRENT  FUND 

Balance  in  Bank  at  last  report,  March  31,  1923  $32,872.63 


Annual  dues,  $7,904;  initiation  fees,  $9,595;  reinstatement  fees,  $245; 
supplemental  fees,  $886 ;  Apostrophe  to  the  Flag,  $.40 ;  catalog  of 
Museum,  $23.25;  certificates,  $4;  copying  lineage,  $3.25;  creed 
cards,  $6.75;  D.A.R.  Reports,  $25.39;  die  of  Insignia,  $.75 
directory,  $2.30;  duplicate  papers  and  lists,  $167.20;  exchange,  $.70 
hand  books,  $2.75 ;  index  to  Library  books,  $.76 ;  interest,  $373.31 
Lineage,  $1,578.71;  Magazine: — Subscriptions,  $3,169.30;  advertise- 
ments, $240;  single  copies,  $62.51 ;  post  cards,  $1  ;  proceedings,  $7.55 ; 
rent  from  shdes,  $13.59;  ribbon,  $121.27;  sale  of  furniture,  $34; 
slot  machine,  $4.50;  stationery,  $2.45;  telephone,  $145.50;  books  for 
Library,  $6.50;  index  to  Lineage  books,  $25.30;  Auditorium  events, 
$1,774.50;  Refunds— Expressage,  $.74;  Credential  Committee,  $1.34; 
Invitation  Committee,  $2.84. 

Total  receipts    


DISBURSEMENTS 

Refunds:   annual   dues,  $585;   initiation   fees,  $156;   supplemental    fees, 

$27    $768.00 

President  General — Mrs.  Minor :  clerical  service,  $87.70 ;  traveling  and 

hotel  expenses,  $249.86 ;  telegrams,  $28.48 ;  postage,  $.55    366.59 

Organizing    Secretary    General :    clerical    service,    $783.92 ;    parchment, 

$128.64 ;    lithographing,   $24 ;   postage,   $10 ;    telegrams,    $7.02    ....  953.58 

Recording   Secretary   General:   clerical   service,   $464.50;    officers    lists, 

$15.18 ;  telegram,  $.46   480.14 

Certificates :    clerical    service,    $349.74 ;    certificates,    $400 ;    engrossing, 

$92.40 ;   postage,  $400 ;  book,  $9    1,251.14 

Corresponding    Secretary    General :    clerical    service,    $379.36 ;    postage. 

$61 ;  bonding  clerk,'  $1.25    441.61 

Registrar   General:   clerical   service,   $3,120.55;    binding   records,   $144; 

bonding  clerks,   $2.50 ;   postage,  $50    3.317.05 


26,432.41 


$59,305.04 


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Treasurer     General :     clerical     service,    $2,781.63 ;     bonding     Treasurer 

General   and   clerks,    $58.75    $2,840.38 

Historian   General :   clerical  service    473.12 

Librarian  General:  clerical  service,  $571.24;  accessions,  %277Ai\ 
binders  and  book  labels,  $35.55;  repairs  to  typewriter,  $9.40;  con- 
tribution   for   book   refunded,    $4.50    898.12 

Curator  General :  clerical  service,  $273.18 ;  1  set  rubber  keys,  $4  277.18 

General  Office :  E.xecutive  Manager's  salary,  $333.32 ;  clerical  service, 
$460;  messenger  service,  $85;  stamped  envelopes,  $218.40;  supplies, 
$450.10;  adjusting  typewriters,  $3.70;  bonding  clerks,  $2.50;  cir- 
culars, Board  proceedings,  $51 ;  floral  piece,  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott, 
$16.40 ;  premium,  President  General's  pin,  $5 ;  Professional  service. 

In  re  Manson  estate,  $500   2,125.42 

Committees  :  Administration  Building — telegrams,  $4.90 ;  Building  and 
Grounds — clerical  service,  $10;  telegrams,  $1.79;  Conservation  and 
Thrift — circulars  and  reports,  $20.25  ;  Finance — clerical  service, 
$20;  Historical  Research — postage,  $8.26;  circulars,  envelopes  and 
cards,  $24.30;  Liquidation  and  Endowment — engrossing,  $96; 
National  Old  Trails  Road — postage,  $30.40 ;  Patriotic  Education — 
postage,  $3.11;  circulars  and  envelopes,  $19.30;  Ellis  Island  work, 
$15;  Patriotic  Lectures  and  Slides — clerical  service,  $5;  refund, 
rental,  $4;  Philippine  Scholarship — stationery,  $11.50;  postage, 
$22;  Preservation  of  Historic  Spots — typing  $12.55;  telephone  and 

postage.  $4.20  312.56 

Expense  of  Buildings:  employees  pay  roll,  $1,650.55;  coal,  $679.50; 
electric  current  and  gas,  $381.51  ;  ice  and  towel  service  and  water 
rent,  $95.01;  hauling  ashes,  $36;  electric  supplies,  $238.29;  supplies, 
$173.42;  grading  and  seeding  lawn,  $500;  furnishing  and  planting 
hedge,  $146 ;  painting  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  $145.30 ;  shades 
and  rope,  $30.20 ;  repairs  to  elevator  and  fan,  $95.43 ;  bonding  Super- 
intendent, $2.50;  premium,  insurance  on  furniture,  $340   4,513.71 

Printing   Machine   expense :    printer,  $85 ;    ink,   $5.40    90.40 

Magazine:  Committee — clerical  service,  $233.76;  Editor — salary,  $400; 
articles  and  photos,  $103.50;  telegrams,  $5.20;  Genealogical  Editor 
salary,    $100;    Printing   and   mailing    April    issue,    $2,619.16;    cuts, 

$129.23;  copyright,   $12    3,602.85 

Thirty-second  Congress :  badges,  $594.88 ;  ballots  and  memorial  slips, 
$172.25;  Congressional  stenographer,  $500;  parliamentarian,  $300; 
cornetist  and  pianist,  $90;  orchestra,  $150;  fire  and  police  service, 
$100;  meals  for  Credential  Committee  and  tellers,  $236.65  ;  Treasurer 
General's  reports,  $152.50;  wreaths.  Memorial  service  and  Mt. 
Vernon,  $130 ;  Credential  Committee — clerical  service,  $324.71 ; 
telegrams,  $3.51;  House  Committee — cleaners,  $526.36;  superin- 
tendent, $50;  telephone  operator,  $75;  information  circulars,  $24; 
signs,  $26.50;  seat  tickets,  tags,  drinking  cups,  $63;  water,  $14.80; 
rent  of  furniture,  $140;  Program  Committee — programs,  $598.50; 
clerical  service,  $56.28 ;  telegraius,  $4.59 ;   transportation   for  band, 

$7.50    4,341.03 

Auditorium  events;  labor,  $107.50;  lights,  $85;  refunds,  $298.50   491.00 

Duplicate  paper   fee :   refund    1.00 

Lineage :    refund     15.00 

State   Regents'    postage    279.15 

Stationery       104.50 

Telephone        359.10 

Total   disbursements    

Balance    


28,302.63 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT  491 

PERMANENT  FUND 
Balance  in  Bank  at  last  report,  March  31,  1923  $4,356.17 

RECEIPTS 

Charters    $70.00 

Administration   Building  contributions    3,555.90 

Memorial   Continental   Hall   contributions    432.75 

Liquidation  and  Endowment  fund    116.18 

Commissions  :  Flowers     $77.78 

Insignia    408.50 

Recognition  pins    114.15 

New  Jersey  books    SO 

Sales  at  Congress   44.00  644.93 

Interest,  C.  and  A.  Bonds   91.29 

Proceeds   from  tea  room    245.20 

Refund,  taxes    191.47 

Total   receipts    5,347.72 


■  $9,703.89 


DISBliRSEMENTS 


Administration  Building : 

Bronze    letters    $158.20 

Steel  file  cabinet   69.75         $227.95 

Memorial  Continental  Hall : 

Banquet  Hall    $26.25 

Library     338.50 

Museum    183.00 

Rooms     334.75  882.50 

Taxes,  Lots  9,   10  and  804   150.65 

Total    disbursements    1,261.10 

Balance    $8,442.79 

Petty   Cash    Fund    $500  00 

SPECIAL  FUNDS 

LIFE    MEMBERSHIP 

Balance,    March   31,    1923    $6.34 

Receipts    250.00 

Balance    $256.34 

immigrants'  manual 

Balance,  March  31,  1923  $15,923.07 

Contributions    3,723.24 

Sale  of  copies   71.84 

19,718.15 
Disbursements     157.09 

Balance    19,561.06 


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LIBERTY    LOAN 

Balance,  March  31,   1923   $12,076.22 

Receipts    1,252.56 

13,32878 
Disbursements — Real   Daughter   pensions    760.00 

Balance     12,568.78 

PILGRIM    mothers'    MEM0RI.'\L   FOUNTAIN 

Balance,  :March  31,  1923   25,000.00 

PATRIOTIC    EDUCATION 

Receipts    $6,947.92 

Disbursements    6,696.92 

Balance    251.00 

ELLIS    ISLAND 

Balance,  March  31,  1923   $2,382.59 

Receipts     680.96 

3,063.55 
Disbursements     389.70 

Balance    2,673.85 

PHILIPPINE   SCHOLARSHIP 

Balance,    Alarch   31,   1923    $1,087.11 

Receipts    535.09 

Balance    1,622.20 

PRESERV.'^TION    OF    HISTORIC    SPOTS 

Balance,  March  31,  1923  $85.00 

Receipts     1,085.00 

1,170.00 
Disbursements     1,085.00 

Balance    85.00i 

PRIZES — COL.    WALTER    SCOTT    GIFT 

Balance,  March  31,  1923   $1,000.00 

Receipts    1,000.00 


2,000.00 
Disbursements     430.00 


Balance    1,570.00 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT  493 

MARKERS — NATIONAL   OLD   TRAILS    ROAD 

Balance,   March  31,   1923    $2,720.44 

Receipts     396.87 

3,117.31 

Disbursements — refund.    Ohio    60.00 

Balance    3,057.31 

RELIEF 

Receipts     $160.00 

Disbursements     160.00 

TILLOLOY 

Balance,  March  31,  1923  $645.02 

Receipts    121.59 

Refund  from  Paris  account    4,199.14 

4,965.75 

Disbursements— U.   S.  Liberty  Bonds    4,854.40 

Balance    111.35 

Total   Special   Funds    $66,756.89 

RECAPITULATION 

Funds                                                        Bal.  3-31-23        Receipts  Disbursements  BaL  5-31-23 

Current    $32,872.63    $26,432.41  $28,302.63    $31,002.41 

Permanent    4,356.17        5,347.72  1,261.10        8,442.79 

Petty  Cash  500.00  500.00 

Life  Membership 6.34           250.00  256.34 

Immigrants'   Manual    15,923.07        3,795.08  157.09       19,561.06 

Liberty  Loan   12,076.22        1,252.56  760.00      12,568.78 

Pilgrim  Mothers'  Memorial  Fountain    25,000.00  25.000.00 

Patriotic    Education    6,947.92  6,696.92           251.00 

Ellis    Island    2,382.59           680.96  389.70        2,673.85 

Philippine    Scholarship    1,087.11           535.09  1,622.20 

Preservation  of  Historical  Spots  85.00        1,085.00  1,085.00            85.00 

Prizes    1.000.00        1,000.00  430.00        1,570.00 

Markers— National   Old   Trails    Road    2,720.44           396.87  60.00        3.057.31 

Relief    160.00  160.00 

Tilloloy    645.02        4,320.73  4,854.40           111.35 

Totals    $98,654.59    $52,204.34  $44,156.84  $106,702.09 

DISPOSITION  OF  FUNDS 

Balance,  National  Metropolitan  Bank  $106,202.09 

Petty  Cash  (In  Treasurer  General's  office)    500.00 

Total    $106,702.09 


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INVESTMENTS 

Permanent  Fund— Liberty    Bonds     $100,000.00 

Permanent  Fund — Chicago  and  Alton  Bonds   2,314.84 

Permanent  Fund — Chicago,   Rock  Island  and  Pacific   Bond    1,000.00 

Philippine    Scholarship    Fund— Liberty    Bonds    10,000.00 

Life   Membership   Fund — Liberty   Bonds    1,450.00 

Tilloloy    Fund— Liberty    Bonds    4,900.00 


$119,664.84 


INDEBTEDNESS 
By  order  of  the  29th  and  31st  Congresses  : 

Real   Estate   notes    

Demand  Notes,  National  Metropolitan  Bank  


$200,000.00 
80,000.00 


),000.00 


Respectfully, 


(Mrs 


Report  of  Finance  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 
As   Chairman   of    the   Finance   Committee,    I 

have   the    following    report   to    submit    for   the 

months  of  April  and  May : 

Vouchers    were   approved   to   the   amount   of 

$43,388.84,   of    which  $6696.92   was   contributed 

for     Patriotic     Education.     Investments     were 

made  in  Liberty  Bonds  from  the  Tilloloy  Fund 

amounting  to  $4900. 

The  following  large  amounts  were  expended : 

Clerical  service   $10,740.56 

Expense  of  32nd  Congress   4,341.03 

Magazine     3,602.85 

Employees  of  the  Hall   2,579.41 

Postage    1,122.69 

Support  of   Real   Daughters 760.00 

Miscellaneous  as  itemized  in  the 

Treasurer   General's   report 8.690.98 

Respectfully   submitted, 
(Mrs.  Frank  H.)   Alice  Frye  Brigcs, 

Chainnan. 

Report  of  Auditing  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
A   meeting   of   the   Auditing   Committee   was 
held  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall  at  3  o'clock, 
June  11th. 

The  reports  of  the  Treasurer  General  for 
April  and  May  and  of  the  American  Audit 
Company  for  the  same  time  were  compared  and 
found  to  agree. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

M.-\RV  M,  DeBolt, 

Cliainuaii. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  DeBolt  and  variously 
seconded : 


Alfred)  Gr.^ce  H.  Brosseau, 
Treasurer  General. 


"  That  tlic  report  of  t!ie  Auditing  Committee 
be  accepted,  carrying  imth  it  acceptance  of  the 
report  of  the  Treasurer  General  and  of  the 
Cliairman   of   the  Finance   Committee.'' 

Motion  carried,  it  being  understood  that  all 
recommendations  were  to  be  acted  upon  later. 

The  Historian  General  presented  her  report, 
as  follows  : 

Report   of   Historian   General 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National   Board  of  Management : 

The  office  of  Historian  General  reports 
volume  65  of  the  Lineage  Book  ready  for 
publication.  This  volume  contains  numbers 
64001-65,000.  The  National  Numbers  of  cur- 
rent year  were  over  189,000.  Therefore, 
recognizing  the  value  of  these  volumes  to  our 
organization,  and  their  greater  value  if  brought 
up  to  date,  also  that  this  work  may  be  self- 
supporting  by  sale  of  these  volumes,  your 
Historian  General  asks  authorization  from  this 
Board  of  Management,  to  increase  the  force  at 
work  on  preparing  these  volumes,  so  as  to  mate- 
rially increase  their  production. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Mary   M.  DeBolt, 
Historian  General. 

The  report  of  the  Historian  General  was 
accepted,  subject  to  further  consideration  and 
action  upon  the   request  contained  therein. 

The  report  of  the  Librarian  General  was 
then  presented : 

Report   of   Librarian   General 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
Owing  to  the  lack  of  book  racks,  and  space 
in  the  library,  I  asked  the  four  nearest  State 
rooms  if  library  books  could  be  put  in  their 
book  cases. 


XATIOXAL  BOARD  OF  MAXAGEMEXT 


495 


Missouri  answered  we  could,  but  they  would 
prefer  to  have  books  about  Missouri  put  there. 
It  was  done. 

Ohio  said  books  could  remain  in  their  room 
for  the  present. 

Vermont  made  a  favorable  reply,  from  a 
member  of  the  committee  but  not  the 
State  Regent. 

Iowa,  I  am  sorry  to  say  does  not  wish  to 
have  books  in  their  room. 

As  Indiana  and  Michigan  already  had  some 
books  in  their  book  cases  by  authors  of  their 
states,  I  asked  if  they  would  like  to  have  other 
books  by  D.  A.  R.  authors,  if  donated,  as  I 
asked  for  them  in  the  circulars  I  was 
sending  out 

Indiana,  have  not  heard   from. 

Michigan  answered  we  could  for  the  present. 

As  the  overflow  of  about  1000  miscellaneous 
books  was  in  different  places  in  the  basement,  I 
asked  at  an  executive  meeting  if  they  could  all 
be  put  together.  It  was  granted,  and  the  books 
are  being  placed  in  one  large  room  in  the 
basement  under  the  Ohio  room,  not  far  from 
the  library.  Also  lockers  are  to  be  put  there 
for  the  clerks  of  the  library  which  will  give 
us  book  space  in  the  small  room  next  to  the 
library  that  they  had  been  using. 

Two  new  book  stacks  have  been  received 
from  the  Mary  Washington  Chapter  ordered 
last  year.  As  this  is  the  chapter  that  takes  care 
of  the  library,  I  asked  them  if  they  would  be 
willing  to  give  the  library  one  each  year  for  the 
next  three  years.  They  answered  they  hoped 
to  be  able  to  do  so.  As  the  tables  and  desks 
needed  varnishing,  I  asked  if  they  would  attend 
to  this.  They  answered  they  felt  it  should 
come  out  of  the  National  fund.  As  Miss  Griggs 
needs  extra  help  at  times,  I  asked  if  there  were 
any  members  willing  to  give  their  time  or  if 
they  would  pay  for  extra  clerk  if  needed.  They 
answered  they  would  take  up  this  matter  in 
the  autumn. 

It  was  decided  that  the  papers  belonging  to 
the  literary  and  reciprocity  committee  should 
not  be  placed  in  the  library,  so  that  committee 
is  to  have  a  room,  the  South  Carolina  State 
room   was   suggested   at   an   executive  meeting. 

A  circular  has  been  sent  out  to  all  the  State 
Librarians  asking  for  suitable  books  and  papers, 
with  list  enclosed  of  books  desired,  and  a  copy 
sent  to  the  State  Regents,  continuing  the  policy 
of  the  past,  but  adding  that  books  by  D.A.R. 
authors  would  be  acceptable  as  well.  I  sug- 
gested in  this  circular  that  the  State  Library 
Committees  should  be  made  up  of  Chapter 
Librarians,  as  I  found  this  had  not  always  been 
done.  Two  States  have  not  yet  elected  State 
Librarians,  so  I  asked  them  to  please  do  so. 

As  the  book  cases  in  the  State  rooms  of 
Alabama,     Virginia,     Maine,     and     Texa 


empty,  after  asking  Mrs.  Walker's  consent  I 
wrote  them  asking  if  library  books  could  be  put 
there  until  they  needed  the  cases  themselves. 
Have  not  heard  as  yet,  these  letters  were  only 
written  the  other  day. 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  following 
accessions  to  the  library,  received  since  the 
Board  meeting  of  April  23rd.  The  list  includes 
61  books,  21  pamphlets,  3  manuscripts,  23 
periodicals,  and  9  book  plates, 

BOOKS 

Alabama 


District  of  Columbia 
The    Strphcnsor,     Family.       J.    C.    Stephenson.      1906. 


Miss  .lean    Stei)henso 


History  of  Dallas  County,  loua.  1S79.  From  Miss 
Almeda  B.  Harpel. 

Kansas 

The  following  2  ^•olumes  from  Mrs.  L.  W.  Bixler: 

History  of  the  State  of  Kansas.   18S3. 

Statue    of  George   Washington  Glick.      1915. 

The  following  4  volumes  from  Atchison  Chapter : 

Early  Reminiscences  of  Pioneer  Life  in  Kansas.  J. 
Shaw.      1886. 

Kansas  Mi.<reUanies.     N.  L.   Prentis.     1889. 

The  Storv  of  a  Kansas  Parish.     F.  S.  White. 

Ilislory  of  Doiiiplian  Comity.      P.   L.   Gray.      190.5. 

Ken'tucry 
Redister   of   Kentucky  State   Historical  Society,   Sept., 
PJii.      From   Miss   Esther   Burch. 

Louisiana 

The  Kellers  of  Hamilton  Township.  D.  H.  Keller. 
1922.  From  Mr.  Daiid  H.  Keller  through  Mrs.  David 
H.    Keller,    Regent   of   Lojalt.v    Chapter. 

The  following  4  volumes  from  Spirit  of  1776  Chapter: 

Stories  from  Lands  of  Sunshine.     E.  Riggs.      1904. 

An  .imerican  History.      E.   Riggs.      1916. 

Lessons  in  the  History  of  Louisiana.  J.  Dimitry. 
1877. 

Creole   FamilitS   of   Xcw    Orleans.         G.    King.      1921. 

SIaryi.and 
History    of   Maryland.      J.    L.    Bozema.      1S37.       From 
Mordecai  Gist  Chapter. 

Michigan 

The  following  5  I'olumes  from  Prof.  Mary  B.  Putnam 
through  Ypsiliinti  Chapter: 

(Quarter  Centennial  Celebration  of  Settlement  of 
Kalamazoo.      1855. 

Twenty-five  Years  with  the  Insane.  D.  Putnam. 
1S85. 

The   Baptists  and  Slavery.      M.   B.    Putnam.      191.S. 

Semi-Cnilevnial  of  Admission  of  State  of  Michigan 
Into  the  Union.     1886. 

The  Fir.-it  Rrgimcnt  New  Hamp  hire  Volunteers  in  the 
Gr.nt   RibiUion.      1890.      S.    G.   Abbott. 

Ode  to  the  Russian  People.  J.  W.  SchoU.  1916. 
From  Jlrs.   A.  W.   Smith. 

Montana 
Si.t    volumes    of   miscellaneous    character   presented    bv 
Mis.  Charles  S.  Passmore. 

New  Hampshire 
"'  Ilisloru    of    Cheshire    and    Sullivan    Counties.    .V.    H. 

are        n.   II.   Hurd.     1.S86.     From  Samuel  Ashley  Chapter. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Ohio 

History  oj  Madison  County,  Ohio.  1883.  From 
London  Chapter. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Muskingum  Chapter: 

Historical  Collections  of  Ohio.    2  vols.    H.  Howe.    1896. 

History  of  Muskingum,  County,  Ohio.     1882. 

History  of  the.  City  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  A.  E.  Lee. 
1892.     2  vols.     From  Dr.  Alice  M.   Johnston. 

History  of  Franklin  and  Pickaway  Counties,  Ohio. 
1880.     From  Mrs.  Ira  L.  May. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  Emma  Beers 
Schmermund : 

The  Peace  of  Mad  Anthonii.     F.  E.  WUson.     1919. 

Little  Turtle,  the  Great  Chief  of  the  Miami  Indian 
Nation.     C.  M.  Young. 

History  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  A.  E.  Lee. 
1892.      2   vols.      From  Mrs.   B.   P.    Martin. 

History  of  Richland  County,  Ohio.  A.  J.  Baughman. 
2  vols.     1908.     From  Jared  Mansfield  Chapter. 

History  of  Huron  and  Erie  Counties.  W.  W. 
Williams.      1879.      From   Martha   Pitkin   Chapter, 

Standard  History  of  Erie  County,  Ohio.  H.  L.  Peeke. 
2  vols.     1916.     From  Mrs.  C.  B.  Wilcox. 

History  of  Erie  County,  Ohio.  L.  C.  Aldrich.  1889. 
From  Mrs.  George  Doerzbach. 

Historical  Collections  of  Ohio.  H.  Howe.  1849. 
From  Mrs.  Walter  Talcott  and  Mrs.  Curtis  Schaufle- 
berger. 

The  Firclands  Pioneer.  January,  1920.  ■  From  Mrs. 
F.  D.  Wickham. 

Tennessee 

Famibi  History.  L.  H.  Horton.  1922.  From  Mrs. 
Lucy  H.  Horton. 

Memoir  of  the  Life  of  Josiah  Quincy,  Jun.  J. 
Quincy.     1825.     From  Judge  David  Campbell  Chapter. 

TEXiS 

Histoni  and  Biographical  Record  of  Xorth  and  West 
Texas.  B.  B.  Paddock.  Vol.  2.  1906.  From  Rebecca 
Crockett  Chapter. 


The  Tou-n  of  St.  Johnshury,  Vermont.  E.  T.  Fair- 
banks.    1914.      From  St.  John  de  Crevecoeur  Chapter. 

Other  Sources 

The  Papers  of  Sir  William  Johnson.  S  vols.  1921. 
From  New  York  State  Library. 

William  Caldwell  of  Enoland,  Massachusetts,  Connecti- 
cut and  Nova  Scotia.  C.  T.  Caldwell.  1910.  From  Mr. 
Frank  Wilder. 

Americans  of  Royal  Descent.     C.  H.  Browning.     1894. 

Pennsylvania  Genealogies.     W.  H.  Eagle.     1896. 

History  of  Bamet,  Vermont.     F.  P.  Wells.     1923. 

Collections  of  Connecticut  Historical  Society.  Vol.  20. 
1923.      From   the   Society. 

PAMPHLETS 
Connecticut 


District  of  Columbia 

The  Nenlc  Family  of  Burlington,  N.  J.     1919.     Com- 
piled and  presented  by  Miss  Jean  Stephenson. 


Centennial.  First  M.  E.  Church,  Paris,  Illinois.     A.  S. 
Chapman.     1923.     From  Miss  Cuara  Eigg. 


Washington   County  Giants.      H.   Morris.    1921.     From 
Christopher  Harrison  Chapter. 


MiCHIGiLN 

The  following  3  pamphlets  from  Sarah  Treat 
Prudden  Chapter : 

The  First  Call  of  the  Civil  War.     1897. 

The  Early  History,  Settlement  and  Growth  of  Jackson. 
1921.     L.  A.  Reed. 

Prize  Essays.     1922. 

The  following  from  Mrs.  A.  W.  Smith: 

Children  of  the  Sun.     J.  W.  SchoU.     1916. 

Hesper-Phosphor  and  other  Poems.  J.  W.  Scholl. 
1910. 

New  Jersey 
History    of    the    Old    Stone    Church,    Fairfield,    N.    J. 
1904.      From  Mrs.    Oscar  F.   Anderson. 

New  Mexico 

The  following  3  pamphlets  from  Mrs.  L.  B.  Prince; 

The  literature  of  New  Mexico.  M.  C.  Prince.  1917. 
2  copies. 

The  Cat  that  teas  Asked  for  in  Church.  M.  C.  Prince. 
1910. 

North    Carolina 
A    History    of    Alamance    Church,    nSZ-lOlS.      E.    0. 
Murray.     From  Miss  Catherine  W.  Phifer. 

North  Dakota 
The  Early  History  of  Jamestown,  N.  D.     1900.     Com- 
piled and  presented  by  Mrs.  Jennie  M.  Chenery. 

Other  Sources 

A  Branch  of  the  Caldwell  Family  Tree.  C.  T.  Cald- 
well.    1906.     From  Mr.  Frank  Wilder. 

Report  of  the  Historian  General  of  General  Society  oj 
Colonial  Wars.     From  the  Society. 

The  following  3  pamphlets  from  Mr.  Edward  J.  White: 

John  Marshall,  Constitutionalist.     E.   J.  White. 

George   Washington,  a  Drama.      E.   J.   White. 

Daniel  Boone,  a  Patriotic  Drama.     E.  J.  White. 

MANUSCRIPTS 

Massachusetts 

Breed  Family  Records.     From  Miss  Clara  M.  Breed. 

Six  Family  Records.  From  Lake  St.  Catherine 
Chapter. 

Washington 

Vital  Slati-itios  of  Washington  Territory.  From  Study 
Class  of  Ranier  Chapter. 

Sine  Book  Plates  from  Mrs.  C.  K.  Berryman. 

PERIODICALS 

Annals  of  Iowa.     July. 

County  Court  Note  Book.     April.  _ 

Eddy    Association    Family    Bulletin.      April. 

Iowa  Journal  of  History  and  Politics.     ApriL 

Louisiana  Historical  Quarterly.     July. 

Mayflower  Descendant.     October. 

Kentucky  State  Historical  Society  Register. 

N.  S.  S.  A.  R.  Bulletin.     March. 

N.  S.  V.  S.  D.  of  1812.     March. 

New    England    Historical    and    Genealogical    Register.    1 
April. 

A'fti-  Jersey  Historical  Society  Proceedings.     April. 

New  York' Historical  Society  Quarterly  Bulletin.    April.    . 

New  York  Public  Library  Bulletin.     March  and  April.    ( 

New  York  State  Historical  Association  Quarterly 
Journal.     January. 

Old   Time  New  England.     April. 

Palimpsest.     May. 

South  Carolina  Historical  and  Genealogical  Magazine, 
Julv. 

Spraaue's  Journal   of  Maine  History.     January. 

Tyler's       Quarterly       Historical       and       Genealogical   { 
Magazine.     April. 

i'in/initi  Magazine.     April. 

Western  Pennsylvania  Historical  Magazine.     April. 

William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly.     April. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Larz)   Isabel  Anderson, 
Librarian   General. 


May. 


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The  Report  of  the  Librarian  General  was 
accepted. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee  stated  that  the  Librarian  General 
had  presented  the  Library  with  a  cabinet  for 
papers,  which  gift  she  had  been  too  modest  to 
mention  in  her  report. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Curator  General  the 
report  prepared  by  her  was  read  by  the  Record- 
ing Secretary  General. 

Report  of  Curator  General 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of   Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  one  accession  to 
the  Museum  since  the  Board  meeting  of  April 
23,  1923:  A  Bohemian  Glass  Alug.  date  1788. 
Presented  by  Mrs.  Maud  Maple  Miles,  the 
Victory  Chapter,   District  of   Columbia. 

I  am  also  glad  to  report  that  estimates  have 
been  received  on  the  Flag  Case,  presented  by 
Col.  Walter  Scott  at  Congress,  and  the  work 
on  it  will  soon  begin. 

The  Tennessee  Room  has  been  placed  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Museum,  to  be  used  as  an  office, 
and  although  the  doorway  will  not  be  com- 
pleted for  several  months,  the  machinery  of  the 
office  will  soon  be  installed  in  its  new  quarters. 
This  change  will  greatly  facilitate  the  work, 
and  improve  the   Museum. 

California  :  Portraits  of  King  George  III, 
and  Queen  Charlotte.  Old  Wood  Engravings, 
hand  colored.  Presented  by  the  Sierra  Chapter, 
in  memory  of  Mrs.  Katherine  Parker  Scott 
Boyd,  in  whose  family  they  have  belonged  since 
before  the  Revolutionary  War.  They  were 
purchased  by  Governor  Gilraan,  of  Exeter, 
N.  H.,  in  1761. 

Missouri  :  Book.  "  The  Complaint."  Night 
Thoughts  on  Life,  Death  and  Immortality. 
Thoughts  on  the  late  Rebellion,  and  a  Para- 
phrase on  the  Book  of  Job,  published  1761, 
Edinburgh.  Presented  by  Caroline  Hale  Plumb, 
JopHn   Chapter. 

Silk  Shawl.  Worn  by  great-grandmother  of 
donor,  daughter-in-law  of  a  Revolutionary 
Soldier.  Presented  by  Mrs.  Thos.  J.  Wornall, 
Alexander  Doniphan  Chapter. 

Old  Newspaper.  Ulster  Cottiity  Gazette 
(original),  date  January  4,  1800.  Containing 
death  notice  of  George  Washington.  Pre- 
sented by  John  Garrison,  Joplin. 

Rhode  Island.  Two  Silver  Tablespoons. 
Owned  by  Abigail  Verry  Whipple,  wife  of 
Maj.  Simon  Whipple,  married  179-  Presented 
in  memory  of  Abigail  Whipple  Cooke,  by  her 
aunt,  through  the  Gaspee  Chapter. 

South  Carolina  :  Green  Wine  Bottle,  and 
Gin  Bottle  with  Stand.     Belonged  to  the  wine 


chest  of    Gen.    Francis   Marion.      Presented   by 
Mrs.  Kate  Marion  Palmer  Logan,  Aiken. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Charles  S.)  Olive  Whitman, 

Curator  General. 
The    report    of    the    Curator    General     was 
accepted. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  General  pre- 
sented  her   report : 

Report  of  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

As  your  newly  elected  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary General,  I  have  the  following  report  to 
make  of  the  work  done  in  my  ofifice  from  April 
16th  to  June  1st. 

Supplies  as  enumerated  below  were  mailed 
to  those  making  request  for  such  service :  Appli- 
cation blanks,  12,113;  leaflets  of  How  to 
Become  a  Member,  610 ;  leaflets  of  general 
information,  404;  pamphlets  of  necessary 
information,  538;  constitutions,  626;  transfer 
cards,  47S. 

Seven  hundred  and  thirty-seven  letters  and 
postals  were  received  and  six  hundred  and 
twenty-eight  were  written.  Two  thousand  and 
thirty  copies  of  a  circular  letter  from  the  past 
administration  were  sent  from  my  office,  and  as 
soon  as  the  Resolutions  of  the  Congress  and 
the  address  of  the  President  General  were 
printed  they,  too,  were  mailed  with  a  second 
circular  letter  to  the  National  Board  of  Man- 
agement and  Chapter  Regents. 

In  filling  the  orders  for  free  copies  of  the 
Manual  there  were  sent  out  3073.  of  which  1905 
were  English,  318  Spanish,  386  Italian,  127 
Hungarian,  162  Polish  and  175  Yiddish. 

As  the  amending  of  some  section  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  By-laws  has  become  almost  a 
yearly  occurrence,  we  have  had  many  calls  for 
a  new  constitution,  and  I  wish  to  take  this 
opportunity  to  inform  the  members  that  as 
no  amendments  were  brought  before  tlie  32nd 
Congress,  the  Constitution  and  By-laws  as 
amended  in  1922  will  remain  in  effect  this  year. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Franklin  P.) 

Elisabeth    Elliot   Shumway, 
Corresponding  Secretary  General. 

The  report  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
General  was  accepted. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee  reported  as  follows : 

Report  of  Building  and  Grounds  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
The  Building  and  Grounds  Committee  takes 
pleasure  in  submitting  this  its  first  report : 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


The  follawing  events  have  taken  place  in  our 
Auditorium  since  the  Congress  with  the 
approval  of  the  President  General. 

May  3rd. — Maryland  State  Society,  Colonial 
Dames  of  America.  Presentation  of  the  film, 
"  The   Cradle   of    the   Washingtons." 

May  12th. — Pageant,  sponsored  by  the 
Wild  Flower  Preservation  Society  of  America 
and  the  Gentlewoman's  League. 

May  16th  to  May  23rd. — National  Conference 
of  Social  Work  (arranged  by  and  at  the 
request  of   the   American    Red   Cross.) 

May  24th. — National  American  Council  which 
was  addressed  by  the  President  of  the  United 
States  and  General  Pershing,  at  which  our 
President  General  gave  the  address  of  Greeting. 

May  28th. — Commencement  Exercises  of 
Washington   College   of    Law. 

June  6th. — Commencement  Exercises  of 
George   Washington   University. 

June  7th. — The  President  General  gave  a 
reception  in  the  Board  room  to  Daughters  visit- 
ing the  city  during  the  Shrine  Convention. 
During  that  week  the  Building  was  opened  to 
the  public  earlier  and  kept  open  later  in  order 
to  accommodate  the  throngs  of  visitors  who 
sought  admittance.  Several  District  Daughters 
and  members  of  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee  assisted  in  showing  the  visitors  over 
the  building. 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  was  closed  to 
visitors  for  two  days  on  account  of  the  death 
of  our  Honorary  President  General.  Mrs. 
Matthew  T.  Scott. 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  and  the  Adminis- 
tration Building  were  closed  on  Tuesday  the 
fifth  of  June  for  the  Shrine  Parade  as  were  all 
Government  buildings  and  business  offices  in 
the  city. 

The  following  gifts  have  been  favorably 
passed  upon  by  the  Art  Committee :  A  bronze 
statue  and  a  painting  for  the  Wisconsin  Room. 

The  State  Flag  of  Mississippi,  presented  at 
the  Congress,  has  been  hung  in  the  Auditorium 
and  the  former  one  sent  to  the  State  Regent 
as  requested. 

Our  Obsequies  Flag  has  been  used  once  by 
Frances  Scott  Chapter ;  two  smaller  flags  have 
been  loaned  for  unveiling  purposes  and  one  of 
the  silk  flags  from  the  Board  room  was  used 
by  the  artist  who  is  painting  the  portrait  of 
President  Harding. 

The  dismantling  of  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  for  the  summer  is  practically  completed 
and  the  rugs  in  the  Administration  Building 
office  rooms  have  been  taken  up  and  stored. 

Kentucky  has  ordered  new  slip  covers  to 
protect  the  furniture  in  its  room. 

At  the  request  of  the  President  General  the 
Building  and  Grounds  Committee  has  added  to 
its  temporary  supervision  the  Administration 
Building,    pending   the    Action   of   the   National 


Board  of  Management  for  placing  this  respon- 
sibility. This  Committee  is  happy  to  report 
that  a  few  unfinished  items  in  the  Building, 
ordered  by  the  Building  Committee,  have  been 
completed  as  follows :  the  screens  have  been 
installed,  the  bronze  letters  indicating  the 
various  rooms  have  been  mounted  over  the 
doors,  the  bronze  tablets  have  been  placed  on 
marble  columns  and  over  the  drinking  foun- 
tains. A  cabinet  for  the  certificate  room  has 
been  placed. 

All  extra  telephones  ordered  for  use  during 
Congress  were  promptly  removed  and  one  new 
one    installed    in   the    Catalogue    Room. 

South  Carolina  has  graciously  acceded  to  a 
request  for  the  use  of  its  room  in  the  Adminis- 
tration Building  for  the  Reciprocity  Bureau 
and  the  papers  will  soon  be  filed  there. 

With  the  authority  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee the  following  purchases  have  been  made : 
A  glass  top  for  the  table  in  the  Catalogue  Room, 
an  awning  to  cover  the  skylight  in  the  same 
room,  a  new  Guest  Register  for  the  Lobby, 
a  few  minor  supplies  for  the  Banquet  Hall,  a 
strip  of  green  carpet  for  the  Auditorium,  the 
winter  supply  of  coal  up  to  two  hundred  tons. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

(Mrs.  William  S.)   Flora  A.  Walker, 
Chairman.  Building  and  Grounds  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee   was   accepted. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee 
submitted  the  following  report : 

Report  of  Chairman  of  Magazine  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

Having  so  recently  and  unexpectedly  assumed 
the  chairmanship  of  the  Magazine  this,  my  first 
report  must,  of  necessity,  show  less  of  accom- 
plishment than  may  be  looked  for  at  a  later 
date  when  details  are  better  understood  and 
constructive  ideas  may  be  put  into  operation. 
But  may  it  be  stated  here  that  your  chairman 
accepted  this  appointment  from  our  President 
General,  believing  that  it  carried  the  responsi- 
bility of  a  large  proposition  and  that  the  chair- 
man is  not  merely  a  subscription  agent  but  is 
responsible  to  you  and  to  the  Society  for  a 
business  management  which  will  be  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Society,  and  for  policies  which 
will  help  to  make  the  Magazine  itself  contin- 
uously more  interesting  to  its  readers,  endeavor- 
ing thus  to  secure  a  constantly  decreasing  deficit 
in  our  finances  and  as  constant  an  increase  in  [ 
the  number  of   subscribers. 

The  chairman  must  not  only  be  answerable 
for  dollars  and  cents  as  represented  by  an 
increase  in  subscriptions,  but  she  must  know 
the  desires  of  the  members  of  the  Society  whose 
subscriptions  are  sought  in  order  to  assist  the 
editor  with   suggestions  as  to  types  of  articles 


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for  which  members  arc  asking  and  which  will 
bring  the  desired  subscriptions. 

Such  a  task  is  no  easy  one  for  a  chairman, 
nor  for  an  editor ;  but  to  sell  to  advantage  a 
demand  must  be  created. 

Without  in  any  way  diminishing  the  present 
high  literary  value  of  the  Magazine,  this  effort 
will  be  made. 

During  the  week  following  Congress  your 
chairman  spent  a  day  in  Washington  in  con- 
sultation w-ith  the  President  General  and  with 
Miss  Lincoln,  editor,  before  whom  appeared 
Mr.  Alfred  C.  Balch,  of  J.  B.  Lippincott  Com- 
pany, to  discuss  terms  concerning  a  renewal 
of  contract  for  publishing  the  Magazine. 

After  reaching  home  your  chairman  thought 
it  might  be  well  to  interview  other  large  pub- 
lishers to  learn  if  it  might  be  possible  to 
lessen  publication  costs  without  loss  of  quality ; 
after  tentative  figures  were  given  it  was 
thought  to  be  of  great  advantage  to  negotiate 
further  with  the  J.  B.  Lyon  Company,  Albany, 
N.  Y.  On  June  4th,  after  delays  occasioned  in 
getting  necessary  items  on  which  to  base  com- 
putation a  telegram  was  sent  to  the  President 
General  stating  that  figures  which  would  mean 
an  annual  saving  to  the  Society  of  not  less 
than  $5000,*  on  the  contract,  alone,  had  been 
secured;  also,  if  copy  were  sent  during  that 
week,  the  July  issue  would  be  insured  on  time. 
As  the  President  General  had  already  arranged 
with  the  Lippincott  Company  for  the  July  num- 
ber this  feature  was  disregarded.  However, 
your  chairman  has  had  a  formal  agreement 
drawn  up  to  submit  to  you  together  with  the 
bids  of  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company  of  Philadel- 
phia and  of  Judd  and  Detweiler  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  which  has  submitted  a  bid  and  has 
had  correspondence  with  your  President  Gen- 
eral, your  chairman  and  editor. 

The  comparison  is  as  follows : 


During  the  day  of  consultation  in  Washington 
the  disposition  of  the  $1000  given  to  the  Society 
by  Col.  Walter  Scott,  of  New  York  City, 
preferably  for  prizes  to  increase  subscriptions 
to  the  Magazine,  was  also  discussed  and  the 
matter  was  referred  to  the  chairman  for  con- 
sideration of  details.  The  preliminary  announce- 
ment appeared  in  the  June  Magazine. 

Your  chairman  has  also  examined  the  very 
comprehensive  card  index  system  kept  by  Miss 
Bright ;  this  shows  the  present  subscription  list 
to  be  11,483  with  1949  June  expirations  which, 
of  course,  will  show  some  renewals,  as  against 
13,492  on  June  30,  1922,  and  19,771  on  June  30, 
1921,  before  the  subscription  price  was  raised. 

The  editor  and  Miss  Bright  have  had  printed 
new  subscription  blanks,  adding  space  for  name 
of  chapter,  also  new  subscription  list  blanks  for 
use  of  chapter  chairmen ;  the  editor  has  also 
prepared  a  new  circular  to  attract  subscribers. 
Your  chairman  has  written  two  follow-up  let- 
ters, one  to  follow  that  of  the  President  General 
to  new  members,  the  other,  to  members  whose 
subscriptions  are  expiring. 

In  closing  this  report  your  chairman  desires 
to  state  that  she  comes  to  you  with  no  promise 
of  attaining  perfection,  but  she  does  come  with 
a  hopeful  spirit  and  a  willingness  to  try :  that 
she  believes  there  is  a  future  for  the  Magazine, 
if  not  as  an  asset  surely  not  as  a  liability,  if 
every  officer  and  member  will  do  her  share 
of  cooperating ;  and  that  she  appreciates  the 
upbuilding  work  of  her  predecessors  which  is 
the  foundation  of  possible  ultimate  success. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

Frances  Tupper  Nash, 
Chairman  of  Magazine  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Magazine 
Committee  was  accepted. 

An  invitation  was  then  sent  to  Miss  Lincoln, 
Editor  of  the  Magazine,  to  appear  before  the 
Board  and  make  her  report. 


Printing 

12,000  copies- 

12  issues 


Engraving 


Per  1.000 
copies 


J.  B.  Lippincottt S25, 200.00     Free 

Judd  &  DetweilerJ..       25,900.00     No  bid 

J.  B.  Lyoni! 20,400.00     Renewal  slips 


Cost 


$110.00        S780.00 


Hess  Printing  Co.' 


20,226.00     No  bid 


High— S3. 75  min.       No  bid         4SO.O0 
free     Cost  125.00  700.00 

High-quoted    pri- 
ces based  on  cuts       115.75  535.00 
in  May  Magazine 


*  These  figures  were  based  on  Lippincott  con- 
tract price  of  $2130,  of  1922-1923. 

t  Fluctuation  in  price  of  paper — cost  per 
issue,  64  pp.,  $2100.  Cost  per  issue,  80  pp., 
$2490.  Contract  for  three  years.  Cost  per 
copy,  64  pp.,  17^-2  cents. 

t  Fluctuation  in  cost  of  paper  and  changes  in 
wage  scale.  Cost  per  issue.  64  pp.,  $2160.  Cost 
per  issue,  80  pp.,  $2400.  Cost  per  copy,  64  pp., 
18  cents. 


§  Flat  rate.  Agreement  for  three  years  if 
desired.  Cost  per  issue,  64  pp.,  $1700.  Cost 
per  issue,  80  pp.,  $2050,  or  $2000  for  each  of 
12  consecutive  issues.  Cost  per  copy,  64  pp., 
14', 's  cents. 

IJCost  per  copy,  64  pp.,  14"/;,  cents.  Sells  at 
$2  annual  subscription  rate.  I6V3  cents  per  copy, 
including  two  80  pp.  numbers. 


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Report  of  the   Editor  of  the   Magazine 

Madam  President  General  and  members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

We  have  gained,  since  my  last  report  to  this 
Board,  several  new  contributors,  among  them 
Dr.  Charles  Mann,  of  the  Advisory  Board  of 
the  War  Department ;  Mr,  Arthur  Deering, 
and  Mr.  Weir,  while  Mr.  Charles  Moore, 
Chairman  of  the  National  Commission  of  Fine 
Arts,  and  Mr.  John  C.  Fitzpatrick,  Assistant 
Chief,  Manuscript  Division,  Library  of  Con- 
gress, have  written  two  excellent  articles,  the 
former  on  his  personal  recollections  of  the 
restoration  of  the  White  House  in  1902,  and  the 
latter  on  the  travels  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence. 

Another  interesting  article  to  appear  in  the 
September  or  October  Magazine  is  by  our 
Treasurer  General.  Mrs.  Brosseau  has  written 
most  entertainingly  on  the  subject  of  Ellis 
Island,  and  the  important  work  of  the  National 
Society  in  that  field  of  activity. 

Through  the  interest  of  our  President  Gen- 
eral, the  Commissioner  of  Education,  Mr. 
Tigert,  has  made  tentative  plans  for  a  depart- 
ment to  be  run  monthly  in  the  magazine  to  be 
in  the  nature  of  an  educational  page,  the  mate- 
rial to  be  supplied  by  the  Bureau  of  Education. 

A  year  ago.  at  the  June  meeting,  the  National 
Board  set  aside  $500,  while  in  October  of  the 
same  year  a  like  sum  was  appropriated  to  pay 
for  articles  and  photographs  for  the  Magazine, 
making  a  total  of  $1000  for  the  entire  year.  Of 
this  sum  $91  has  been  paid  for  photographs 
and  $840  for  thirty  articles,  leaving  to  the  credit 
of   this  fund  the   sum  of  $69. 

May  I  point  out  to  the  Board  that  these 
articles  have  been  purchased  at  an  average 
expense  of  $28  ?  We  are  still  building  up  our 
reading  public  and  to  attain  our  object,  a 
greater  circulation,  we  must  improve  each  issue 
of  the  Magazine.  To  do  this  there  should  be 
more  money  expended  for  articles.  To  retrench, 
and  thus  impair  the  quality  of  the  Magazine, 
would  be  to  lose  the  money  already  invested. 
Therefore,  I  recommend  to  the  Board  that  $600 
be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Editor  to  pay 
for  articles  and  photographs  as  occasion  arises. 
It  is  impossible  to  have  a  good  thing  without 
paying  for  it,  and  while  every  extravagance 
has  been  carefully  avoided,  the  essentials  which 
cost  money  require  a  more  liberal  expenditure 
to  secure  our  goal — a  larger  circulation. 

To  push  on  in  the  well-approved  method 
which  is  now  being  followed,  and  which  has 
been  followed  by  all  the  great  and  successful 
magazines  of  the  country,  will  ultimately  bring 
its  own  reward. 

Before  closing,  I  wish  to  express  my  sincere 
appreciation  and  thanks  to  the  President  General 


for  her  many  courtesies  and  valued  cooperation. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

Natalie  S.  Linxoln, 
Editor. 

The  report  of  the  Editor  of  the  Magazine  was 
accepted   without   its   recommendation. 

The  President  General  requested  permission 
of  the  Board  to  have  Miss  Lincoln  remain  dur- 
ing the  discussion  relative  to  contract  for  pub- 
lishing the  Magazine,  which  was  granted. 

The  President  General  then  inquired  how  the 
Board  wished  to  consider  the  different  bids 
submitted  for  the  publication  of  the  Magazine. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Reed,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Hobart: 

That  ICC  consider  the  bids  of  Lippincott  and 
of  Lyon  and  Company  by  having  them  read 
in  comparison." 

Motion  carried,  and  Miss  Lincoln  was  asked 
to  assist  Mrs.  Nash,  Chairman  of  the  Magazine 
Committee,  by  reading  from  one  proposal,  item 
for  item,  as  Mrs.  Nash  read  from  the  other. 

It  was  deemed  advisable  to  have  telegraphic 
inquiry  made  of  Lyon  and  Company  relative  to 
cost  of  making  stencils  and  possible  fluctuations 
in  the  cost  of  paper  and  to  defer  further  con- 
sideration of  bids   until  reply  was  received. 

Upon  motion,  seconded  and  carried,  the  Board 
recessed  at  12.30  to  reconvene  at  2  p.m. 

Afternoon  Session 

The  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order 
promptly  at  2  p.m.  by  the  President  General. 

The  regular  order  of  business  was  suspended 
to  permit  the  presentation  of  a  tribute  to  the 
late  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott  by  Mrs.  Howard 
L.  Hodgkins,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Memorial    Resolutions. 

Tribute  to  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott 
In  the  passing  of  Mrs.  Matthew  T.  Scott, 
our  beloved  Honorary  President  General,  on 
April  29,  1923,  we,  the  members  of  the  National 
Board  of  Management  of  the  National  Society, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  at  the 
meeting  of  June  12,  1923,  wish  to  record,  not 
so  much  our  sorrow  at  the  loss  this  Society  and 
this  country  have  sustained,  as  our  surpassing 
pride  that  for  twenty  years — since  her  election 
as  Vice  President  General  from  Illinois,  and  on 
through  her  two  brilliant  administrations  as 
President  General  and  the  magnificent  war 
relief  work  which  she  organized  and  directed, 
her  last  and  crowning  public  service — it  has 
been  the  privilege  of  this  Society  to  claim  in 
a  special  way,  this  woman  whose  great  intellect, 
high  devotion  and  distinguished  personality 
have  made  her  an  outstanding  and  inspiring 
figure  in  our  national  life. 

In    this    hour    tender    memories    crowd    our 


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minds  and  hearts  and  bring  that  gracious  figure 
vividly  back  to  us.  With  an  unfaiHng  interest 
in  her  friends  and  in  all  that  was  passing  in 
the  world,  with  far-reaching  sympathies  and 
a  breadth  of  outlook  that  was  not  only  national 
but  international  in  its  scope,  her  zest  in  life 
was  unabated  to  the  last.  Death  can  have  no 
dominion  over  such  a  spirit. 

Tracing  her  ancestry  through  generations  of 
forbears,  distinguished  for  leadership  in  the 
patriotic,  military  and  religious  life  of  Vir- 
ginia and  Kentucky,  her  heritage  of  race  and 
blood  inspired  her  with  a  patriotism  that  was 
more  than  a  tradition  and  proved  a  challenge 
to  service,  an  incentive  to  carry  into  her  mani- 
fold activities  and  dealings  with  others,  the 
spirit  of  the  motto  which  was  the  keynote  of 
her   life — "  Noblesse  Oblige." 

We  recall  her  commanding  and  beautiful 
presence,  her  queenly  bearing,  her  ready  tact 
and  understanding  sympathy,  her  splendid  ora- 
torical powers,  her  passionate  idealism,  her 
trained  talent  for  business  administration  and 
her  exceptional  ability  as  a  parliamentarian, 
which  led  a  Justice  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  to  declare  her  the  greatest  pre- 
siding officer  Washington  had  seen  in  more 
than  a  decade. 

We  recall,  too,  her  unfailing  sense  of  humor 
that  saved  so  many  difficult  situations — how 
often  some  happy  bit  of  repartee,  from  her, 
broke  in  upon  and  broke  up  a  heated  argument 
or  tiresome  discussion.  But  most  of  all  we 
cherish  those  qualities  of  heart,  those  exquisitely 
human  traits,  that  endeared  her  to  all  who 
knew  her,  and  made  her  the  beloved  leader  and 
inspirer  of  thousands  of  "  Daughters  "  who  rise 
up  now  and  call  her  blessed. 

After  the  burden  and  heat  of  the  day,  full 
of  years  and  full  of  honors,  with  the  serene 
consciousness  of  a  race  well  run,  she  paused 
at  the  turn  of  the  road  where  her  path  diverged 
from  ours,  to  take  for  a  little,  the  rest  she  had 
won.  The  Faith  that  illumined  her  life  threw 
a  rainbow  bridge  across  the  gulf  of  the 
unknown  and  made  even  the  "  Valley  of  the 
Shadow "  light  for  her  as  she  passed  on  her 
shining  way. 
Therefore,  Be  It  Resolved : 
That  this  Tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mrs. 
Matthew  T.  Scott,  President  General  1909-1913, 
be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this  meeting  and 
that  copies  be  sent  to  her  family,  to  the  State 
Regent  of  Illinois,  and  to  the  State  Regent  of 
her  native   State,   Kentucky. 

Mrs.  Howard  L.  Hodgkins, 
Mrs.  Alexander  E.  Patton, 
Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block, 
Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Foraker, 
Mrs.  J.  Morgan  Smith. 
Committee  on  Memorial  Resolutions. 


The  President  General  paid  a  personal  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Scott,  and  the  entire 
Board  spontaneously  joined  in  a  rising  vote  to 
accept  the  resolution  as  read,  and  stood  for  a 
moment  with  bowed  heads  in  silent  tribute. 

The  President  General  stated  that  the  Board 
would  take  up  the  business  where  interrupted 
by  the  recess  for  luncheon. 

Mrs.  Bissell  stated  that  in  order  to  bring 
the  matter  before  the  Board  in  a  form  for  dis- 
cussion she  would  offer  the  following  motion, 
which  was  variously  seconded : 

"  That  the  contract  for  publishing  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Maga- 
::ine  for  three  years  be  awarded  to  J.  B.  Lippin- 
cott  Company  of  Philadelphia." 

Mrs.  Nash  asked  permission  to  correct  a 
mis-statement  made  in  the  figures  given  just 
before  luncheon,  which  was  granted.  Mrs. 
Nash  then  explained  that  after  she  had  her 
report  made  up  another  bid  had  come  in,  and 
in  revising  the  report  to  include  this  additional 
bid  she  had  inadvertently  given  the  wrong 
figure  on  cost  per  copy;  the  correct  figures 
being  as  follows :  Estimate  of  J.  B.  Lippincott 
Company,  17^^  cents  per  copy;  Judd  and  Det- 
weiler,  18  cents ;  J.  B.  Lyon  Company,  HVs 
cents,  and  Hess  Printing  Company,  W/n 
cents ;  all  based  on  64  pp.  issue.  Mrs.  Nash 
then  offered  the  following  amendment,  seconded 
by  Mrs.  Herron : 

"  That  the  motion  to  azvard  contract  to 
J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  this  bid  naming 
higher  figures  than  the  J.  B.  Lyon  Coijipany, 
the  other  firm  under  consideration,  be  amended 
by  adding  e.rplanation  for  this  decision." 

Motion  to  amend  carried. 

Mrs.  McCall  inquired  whether  this  bid  of 
J.  B.  Lyon  Company  included  the  cost  of 
making  new  stencils,  and  Mrs.  Nash  stated  that 
she  had  not  yet  had  a  reply  to  her  telegram 
regarding   this. 

A  substitute  motion  was  offered  by  Mrs.  Buel, 
and  seconded  : 

"  That  this  question  of  publishing  the  Maga- 
::ine  be  postponed  tmtil  an  answer  is  received  t? 
telegram  sent  by  Mrs.  Nash. 

Substitute   motion   carried. 

The  President  General  stated  that  if  there 
were  no  objections  the  Board  would  proceed 
to  the  consideration  of  the  various  recommen- 
dations. The  following  recommendations  were 
then  presented  and  approved : 

Recommendations  offered  by  the  President 
General : 

1.  That  a  member  be  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent General,  to  cooperate  ivith  a  corresponding 
member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, in  all  matters  affecting  the  mutual  interests 
of  our  respective  organisations. 

2.  Recommendation    that    permission    granted 


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by  the  President  General  to  Greysole'ii  Du  Lhul 
Chapter  and  the  Daughters  of  Liberty  Chapter 
to  incorporate  separately  be  confirmed.  (Origi- 
nal request  from  these  chapters,  was  for  per- 
mission to  incorporate  jointly,  which  was 
granted  at  a  previous   Board  meeting.) 

3.  That  a  letter  of  protest  be  sent  by  the 
Recording  Secretary  General  to  the  Hon.  John 
IV.  Weeks,  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  Hon. 
Herbert  Hoover,  Secretary  of  Commerce, 
against  the  turning  over  of  old  Fort  Norfolk 
jointly  to  the  Light  House  Bureau  and  the  Dis- 
trict United  State  Army  Engineer  for  a  buoy 
yard,  as  this  would  no  doubt  result  in  the  ulti- 
mate destruction   of  historic  Fort  Norfolk. 

4.  That  the  Vice  Chairman  of  the  various 
Committees  under  Patriotic  Education  be  made 
Chairmen  of  their  respective  Conrmittees. 

5.  Tliat  a  National  Committee  on  Publicity 
be  created. 

6.  That  a  neiv  Committee  be  created  called 
the  D.A.R.  Scholarship  and  Student  Loan 
Fund  Committee,  which  by  vote  of  the  Board 
was  amended  to  read : 

That  a  National  Committee  be  created  to  be 
called  the  D.A.R.  Student  Loan  Fund 
Committee,  it  being  the  consensus  of  opinion 
that  Scholarships  should  come  under  the  Com- 
mittee on  Schools  and  Colleges. 

7.  That  the  matter  of  discussion  of  State 
Officers  badges  and  ribbons  be  deferred  to  the 
October  Board  meeting. 

8.  That  the  request  of  the  President  General 
that  she  be  relieved  from  representing  the 
Society  on  the  Contact  Committee  for  the 
Sesqui-Centennial  on  account  of  her  many 
duties,  and  that  Mrs.  Alexander  E.  Patton  take 
her  place  on  that  committee,  be  granted. 

Recommendations  from  the  E.vecutive  Board, 
presented  by  the  Recording  Secretary  General : 

1.  That  Miss  Rae  be  compensated  for  one 
week  of  service  in  the  office  of  the  Recording 
Secretary   General. 

2.  That  the  Administration  Building  be  placed 
under  the  superz'ision  of  the  Building  and 
Grounds  Committee. 

3.  The  authori:;ation  of  a  Notary  Public  for 
the  Society.  (It  being  understood  that  the 
Notarial  Commission  would  be  taken  out  by 
some  person  now  on  the  pay  roll.) 

4.  That  the  Building  and  Grounds  Committee 
be  cnpozvered  to  have  book  cases  in  the  lotva 
room  if  the  State  permits,  at  a  cost  of  $.^6o  to 
be  paid  by  the  Society. 

5.  The  transfer  from  temporary  to  permanent 
roll  of  Miss  Beveridge,  Miss  Browne  and  Miss 
Harrnp. 

6.  That  the  membership  cards  he  sent  out 
-without   accompanying   literature  as  at   present. 

7.  That  Mrs.  Ezekial  be  employed  to  com- 
plete   the    remaining    untranscribed    Board    pro- 


ceedings of  ^b■s.  Guernsey's  administration  at 
the  price  formerly  agreed  upon. 

8.  The  purchase  of  nezu  paper  for  the  writing 
of  reports.  (To  provide  uniform  size  for 
binding  in  minutes.) 

Recommendations  from  the  Treasurer 
General: 

1.  That  our  E.recutive  Manager  be  em- 
poivered  to  sign  the  vouchers  for  the  pay  roll 
tzvice  a  month  in  place  of  the  A'ational  Officers 
at  the  head  of  the  various  departments. 

2.  That  the  Treasurer  General  be  empoivcred 
to  borrow  money  to  take  care  of  the  overhead 
expenses  during  the  month  of  September, 
if  necessary. 

3.  That  the  Quassaic  Chapter  of  Newburgh, 
N.  Y.,  be  granted  permission  to  incorporate  so 
tliey  may  be  enabled  to  hold  property. 

4.  That  the  resignation  of  Miss  Moriarty  be 
accepted  and  that  Miss  Davis  be  transferred 
from  the  temporary  to  the  permanent  roll  to 
take  her  place. 

5.  The  reinstatement  of  .i5  former  members, 
they  having  complied  with  the  requirements 
provided  therefor. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  McCall,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Heath : 

Tliat  the  Jacksonville  Chapter,  Jacksonville, 
Florida,  be  permitted  to  incorporate  in  order 
to  hold  property. 

Motion  carried. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  moved 
the  adoption  of  the  recommendation  of  the 
Finance  Committee : 

"  Tliat  all  bills  contracted  during  an  adminis- 
tration shall,  as  far  as  possible,  be  paid  before 
the  first  of  April  in  -which  the  term  of 
office  ends." 

Motion  was  seconded  and  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Miss  Snow,  seconded  by 
Miss   Wallace, 

That  permission  be  given  to  the  Sally  Plunier 
Chapter,  Epping,  N.  H.,  to  incorporate  that 
they  may  hold  property. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  DeBolt,  Chairman  of  the  Auditing 
Committee,  offered  the  following  recommenda- 
tion and  moved  its  adoption : 

That  the  American  Audit  Company  be  re- 
employed for  the  year  May  i.  192^,  to  April 
_?o,  1924.  to  audit  the  financial  records  of  our 
.Siociety  on  the  same  basis  as  last  year,  a  fee  of 
S75  per  month. 

Mrs.  Walker,  Chairman  of  the  Building  and 
Grounds  Committee,  moved  the  adoption  of  the 
following,  presented  ad  seriatim,  variously 
seconded  and  carried : 

Recommendations  approved  by  the  E.recutive 
Committee  and  presented  by  the  Chairman  of 
the  Building  and  Grounds  Committee : 

1.  That  Fred  Scott  be   transferred  from   the 


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tcmforary     to      the     permanent     roll     at     $y5 
per  month. 

2.  That  six  electric  fans  be  purchased  to 
complete  the  number  needed  for  the  new  offices 
at  $27  each  {$30  less  a  JO  per  cent,  discount.) 

3.  That  the  repairs  to  the  furnace  in  Memo- 
rial Continental  Hall  be  made  according  to  an 
estimate  secured  by  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Building  for  $130. 

4.  That  a  power  lawn  mower  be  purchased 
at  a  cost  of  $250. 

5.  That  tii'o  typewriters  be  purchased  for  the 
Recording  Secretary  denerars  office.  Old  ones 
to  be  credited,  making  a  total  e.rpenditure 
of  $164.50. 

6.  That  a  table  in  the  Library  ivhich  was 
ruined  as  to  finish  during  the  Congress,  be 
rcfiiiishcd  at  a  cost  of  $S. 

7.  That  100  pounds  of  grass  seed  at  30  cents 
per  pound   ($30)    be  purchased. 

8.  That  the  Committee  be  authorized  to  pur- 
chase the  necessary  amount  of  soil  at  seeding 
time.  (The  number  of  loads  cannot  be  esti- 
mated at  this  time.) 

9.  That  the  permanent  use  of  the  North  Base- 
ment room  be  granted  to  the  Librarian  General. 

10.  That  a  door  be  cut  between  the  Museum 
and  the  Tennessee  room  at  a  cost  of  not  more 
than  $250. 

11.  That  a  new  Guide  System  be  installed  in 
the  Catalogue  at  a  cost  of  $228. 

It  was  suggested  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Building  and  Grounds  Committee,  but  not  put 
in  the  form  of  a  motion,  that  instead  of  $300 
allowed  for  wear  and  tear  on  Auditorium,  the 
amount  be  reduced  to  $150  for  the  American 
Legion  for  the  use  of  the  Hall  for  Flag  Con- 
ference June  14th  and  15th.  The  consensus 
of  opinion  favored  the  adoption  of  this  sugges- 
tion and  the  President  General  ruled  that  it 
would  be  granted  with  pleasure. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Buel  and  seconded  by 
Mrs.   Seydel : 

That  the  matter  of  a  serial  historical  story 
in  the  Magazine  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Editor. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Miss  McDuffee  and  sec- 
onded by  Mrs.   Bissell : 

That  the  recommendation  of  the  Editor  of 
the  Magazine,  that  $600  be  appropriated  for  the 
purchase   of  articles,   be   granted. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  George  DeBolt,  Historian  General, 
moved : 

The  adoption  of  the  recommendation  of  the 
Historian  General,  to  increase  the  production 
of  Lineage  books. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Stansfield  and  carried,  with 
the  understanding  that  not  to  exceed  two  addi- 


tional  workers   be   employed  on   the   temporary 
roll   for   the   present. 

The  Registrar  General  then  presented  the 
following    Supplemental    Report  : 

Supplemental   Report  of  the 
Registrar  General 

I   have   the   honor   to    report   551    applications 
presented  to  the  Board,  making  a  total  of  1611. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

Inez  S.  Stansfiklh, 
Registrar   General. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Stansfield.  seconded 
and  carried : 

That  the  Secretary  cast  the  ballot  for  551 
neii'  members,  making  a  total  of  1611  admitted. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  admission  of  551  new  members, 
and  the  President  General,  by  virtue  of  her 
oiTice  declared  these  applicants  now  members 
of  the  National  Society. 

The  President  General  asked  if  there  were 
any  further  recommendations,  and  stated  that 
a  special  committee  had  been  appointed  to 
revise  the  rules  relating  to  the  clerical  force 
and  asked  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Board 
to  present  the  proposed  new  rules : 

The  proposed  new  rules  were  read  by  the 
Recording  Secretary  General.  It  was  moved 
by  Mrs.   Seydel  and  seconded  by  Mrs.   Bissell : 

Tliat  the  nezc  rules  pertaining  to  clerks  be 
adopted,  as  read. 

The  final  rule  (No.  20)  specifying  that  "  for 
the  sake  of  clarity  all  former  Board  rulings  of 
the  Society  conflicting  with  the  foregoing,  shall 
be  rescinded." 

Mrs.  Nash,  Chairman  of  the  Magazine  Com- 
mittee, stated  that  she  had  received  a  telegram 
from  the  J.  B.  Lyon  Company,  reading,  "  No 
charge  for  stencils.  O.K.  for  three  years, 
regardless  of  paper  fluctuations." 

The  President  General  stated  that  the  ques- 
tion now  reverted  back  to  the  proposed  contract 
concerning  the  printing  of  the  Magazine,  and 
the  motion  of  Mrs.  Bissell : 

That  the  contract  for  publishing  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Maga- 
zine for  three  years  be  auarded  to  the  J.  B. 
Lippincott   Company   of   Philadelphia. 

Mrs.  Bissell  stated  that  in  view  of  the  further 
information  that  the  Chairman  of  the  Magazine 
Committee  has  given,  she  would  be  glad  to 
withdraw  her  motion.  There  being  no  objec- 
tion, the  motion  as  amended  was  withdrawn. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Reed,  seconded  by 
Miss   Gilbert : 

That  the  contract  presented  by  the  Lyon 
Comfany  for  publishing  the  ^fagazine  be 
accepted. 

Motion  carried. 


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It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Bissell,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Nash : 

That  a  letter  of  appreciation  be  sent  to  the 
J.  B.  Lippincott  Company  for  the  splendid  ser- 
vice they  have  given  in  the  past  six  years  and 
that  the  action  of  Board  in  changing  publishers 
is  no  criticism  on  them. 

Motion  carried. 

The  Registrar  General  asked  the  members 
of  the  National  Board  to  cooperate  with  her 
office  by  sending  to  her  any  Bible  records  they 
might  have  regarding  their  own  immediate 
families,  and  especially  requested  that  the 
Library  be  furnished,  if  possible,  with  donations 
of  the  following  volumes :  "  Pearson's  History 
of  Schenectady  Families,"  "  Pearson's  History 
of  Albany  Families,"  "  History  of  Schoharie 
County,  N.  Y."  and  County  Histories  of 
Peraisylvania,  especially  Fayette,  Chester, 
Bucks,  Westmoreland,  Northampton,  Adams 
and  Cumberland. 

She  also  expressed  a  wish  to  get  the  Rhode 
Island  records  strengthened,  and  suggested  that 
any  one  visiting  old  book  shops  try  and  pick 
up  some  of  these  volumes. 

The  President  General  made  special  mention 
of  a  most  valuable  loose  leaf  index  compiled 
by  Mrs.  Mary  Knight  Crane,  a  member  of  the 
Erie,  Pa.,  Chapter,  and  by  her  presented  to 
the  Library. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Hobart  and  seconded 
by  Mrs.  McCall : 

That  a  vote  of  appreciation  be  sent  to  Mrs. 
Crane  for  this  valuable  gift  to  the  Library 
(comprising  a  complete  index  to  Genealogical 
Material,  Marriage  and  Revolutionary  War 
Records,  contained  in  the  first  55  volumes  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion Magazine. 

Motion  carried. 

The  Treasurer  General  offered  a  recom- 
mendation : 

That  the  State  Regents  pay  for  personal 
service  a  slightly  increased  fee  over  that  long 
established,  pre-zvdr  price  of  2S  cents  an  hour. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Buel,  seconded  by 
Miss  Gilbert : 

That  the  former  action  of  the  Board  relative 
to  a  charge  for  clerical  help  in  the  Treasurer 
General's  office  be  rescinded.  {Referring  speci- 
fically to  the  action  referred  to  in  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Treasurer  General.) 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  McCall,  seconded  by 
Mrs.    Hardy: 

That  the  question  of  employing  e.rtra  clerical 
help  in  the  Treasurer  General's  office  be 
referred  to  the  Executive  Committee.  {Relat- 
ing specifically  to  tlie  above.) 

Motion  carried. 

The  President  General  stated  that  the  Board 


was  now  ready  to  take  up  new  business,  and 
the  following  motion  was  presented  by  Miss 
Gilbert,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Buel  and  Mrs.  Nash: 

That  in  future  application  blanks  shall  be 
sent  out  from  the  office  of  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  General,  National  Society  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  only  to  State 
Regents,  who  sliall  at  their  discretion  furnish 
them  to  persons  desiring  to  become  "  Members 
at  Large,"  and  to  Chapter  Secretaries  or  Chap- 
ter Registrars,  to  be  by  them  given  to  prospec- 
tive members  of  their  respective  Chapters  by 
direction  of  said  Chapters. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Herrick,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Block  and  Mrs.  Stansfield : 

That  the  portrait  of  Mrs.  Letitia  Green 
Stevenson  be  removed  from  the  Indiana  room 
to  the  Illinois  room. 

Motion  carried. 

It  was  explained  that  the  portraits  of  Past 
Presidents  General  had  hung  in  the  Indiana  ■ 
room  at  a  time  when  that  room  was  used  as 
the  office  of  the  President  General  and  that 
now  the  President  General  had  her  office  in  the 
new  Administration  Building  some  of  the 
States  having  presented  portraits  of  the  Past 
Presidents  General  wished  to  have  them  in 
their  respective  rooms,  also  that  Indiana  pre- 
ferred to  have  only  the  portrait  of  Mrs.  Fair- 
banks remain  in  their  room. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Nash,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Hodgkins : 

That  the  question  of  removing  all  portraits 
of  Past  Presidents  General  except  that  of  Mrs. 
Fairbanks  of  Indiana,  from  the  President 
General's  room  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall 
(knoivn  as  the  Indiana  room)  be  referred  to  the 
Executive  Committee  with  a  request  for  a 
report  at  the  October  Board  meeting. 

Motion  carried. 

Mrs.  McCall  of  Georgia  asked  for  a  cor- 
rection in  the  minutes  of  the  National  Board 
Meeting  on  April  14,  1923,  as  published  in  the 
June  Magazine,  reading :  "  Mrs.  Akerman 
asked  permission  of  the  Board  to  place  in  the 
Georgia  room  a  portrait  of  General  Pershing." 
This  should  have  read  "  a  portrait  of  the 
South's  sweetest  singer,  Sidney  Lanier ;  also  a 
portrait  of  the  late  Colonel  Boyd,  who  was 
second  aide  to  General  Pershing  during  the 
World  War. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  was  author- 
ized to  make  the  necessary  correction. 

Mrs.  Buel,  Chairman  of  the  Manual  Com- 
mittee asked  the  opinion  of  the  Board  relative 
to  complying  with  the  requests  of  Evening 
Schools  for  the  Manual,  whether  it  should  be 
furnished  free  of  charge,  and  by  what  method. 
After    a    general    expression    of    opinion    Mrs. 


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Buel  offered  the   following  motion,  which  was  That  the  Board  send  a   telegram,  expressing 

seconded  by  Miss  McDuft'ee :  yreetings    and    best    wishes    for    a    successful 

That  the  distribution  of  the  Manual  to  Even-  administration  to  the  President  of  the  National 

ing  Schools  be  authorised  zvhen  requested,  with  Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  Judge 

the  approval  of  the  State  Regent  and  provided  Arthur  Sumner, 

that  the  rules  of  distribution   of   the   National  Motion  carried. 

Society  be  observed.  The  President  General  referred  to  a  proposed 

Motion  carried.  resoUition    which    had    been    referred    to    the 

Mrs.    Kitt,    State    Regent    of    Missouri,    pre-  National   Board  by   the  Thirty-Second   Contin- 

sented     the     following     recommendation;     and  ^.„tai   Congress.     The  proposed  resolution   was 

moved  its  adoption.  read  by  the  Recording  Secretary  General. 

The    Olive    Prindle    Chapter    Daughters    of  j^   ^^^s   njo^.^j   ^^   y^^^_   Hodgkins,   seconded 

American  Revolution  recommend  to  the  Board  ],„  jyjj-s.  Bissell  : 

of  Management  of  the  National  Society  j,^^^  ,-„  ^-^^^  ^^  ,;,^  |^^^  j;,^^  ^J^^  y^,  (•g^^-_ 
Daughters  of  American  Revolution  the  follow-  „^,„„;  Congress  took  action  on  a  resolution 
mg  resolution:  regarding  the  narcotic  evil,  that  no  action  on 
"  Resolved,  That  oiving  to  the  fact  there  is  no  ,/„-^  resolution  covering  the  same  subject  re- 
book  provided  for  the  Chapter  Registrar,  zve  j^,.,.^,^  ,^  ,/,^  National  Board  in  the  last  hours 
recommend  that  the  President  General  appoint  ,,^  f/^^.  Congress,  is  necessary. 
a  committee  to  examine  and  report  at  the  ne.xt  Motion  carried 

Board  meeting,  on  the  following  suggestive  out-  j^^  President  General  mentioned  the  death  of 

line   of  a   book   for   that   purpose,  which   shall  General    Robert,   author   of    Robert's    Rules   of 

become  a  standard  for  Chapter  Registrars.  q^^^^  3„^  ^^^.^^  -^  jj^^  Bo3j.^j  ^yj^^ed  to  take 

"(Outline)   A   loose  leaf   indexed  book  unth  ^^^^   ^^^:^^^   expressing,   officially,   the   sympathy 

the  follozi-mg  printed  record:  ^^^  ^^^  Board. 

"  Maiden  Name   It  was  moved  by   Mrs.   Stansfield,  seconded 

Married  Name   by  Mrs.  Nash : 

National  Number   That  a  letter  be  sent  to  the  family  of  General 

Admitted     H.  M.  Robert,  expressing  the  sympathy  of  the 

Transferred    National   Board   of   Management   in   the   death 

Resigned   gf   (/,j^  distinguished  man   and   that   the  letter 

Delinquent    also  include  an  appreciation  of  General  Robert's 

Deceased     valuable  service  to  this  Society. 

Ancestor's  name   Alotion  carried. 

Remarks    _ The   President  General  asked  if  it  would  be 

Motion  seconded  and  carried.  agreeable  to  the  Board  to  hold  the  next  meet- 

The   President  General   asked   the   Recording  ing  on  Tuesday,  October  16,  1923.     There  being 

Secretary    General    to    read    a    communication  no     objections     this     date     was     set     for     the 

from  Mrs.  William  Magee  Wilson,  which  con-  next  meeting. 

tained  a   recommendation  adopted   at  the   Ohio  Mrs.   Banks    reported  that   she   had   attended 

State   Conference   relative   to   the   Correct   Use  an  initial  meeting  of  a  proposed  "  International 

of  the  Flag,  and  suggesting  the  possible  prepar-  Committee  for  Law  Enforcement,"  having  been 

ation  of   a   law  covering   the   hanging   and   the  asked  to  do  so  by   the   President  General,   but 

use  and  abuse  of  the  flag.  as  she  realized  she  had  been  appointed  merely 

In  view  of  the  Flag   Conference  to   be  held  to  represent  the  National  Society  Daughters  of 

■on  June  14th  and  15th,  in  Memorial  Continental  American  Revolution  for  that  one  meeting,  she 

Hall,  at  which  the  National  Society  Daughters  was  embarrassed   to   learn  that   her   name   had 

•of   the   American    Revolution   would   be    repre-  been  placed  on  the  letter  head  as  a  Vice  Chair- 

sented  by  the  President  General,  it  was  moved  man  of   the   "  International   Committee  of   One 

%  Mrs.  Banks  and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Stansfield  :  Hundred     for    Law    Enforcement,"    represent- 

That    the    letter    of    Mrs.    Wilson   regarding  ing    the    National    Society    Daughters    of    the 

Correct  Salute  to  the  Flag  be  laid  on  the  table  American     Revolution,     and     felt    that    as    no 

to  be  taken  off  at  the  October  Board  meeting.  such    authority    had    been    given    this    should 

Motion  carried.  be  corrected. 

Mrs.  Cranshaw,  of  Rhode  Island,  stated  that  In  view  of  the  form  of  incorporation  of  the 

a   reception   was    being   given   that   evening    in  National    Society    Daughters   of    the   American 

Providence,  R.  I.,  to  the  new  President  General  Revolution  precluding  the   federation   with  any 

of  the   Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,   and  other    organization,    it    was    moved    by     Mrs. 

•offered    the     following     motion,     seconded     by  Banks,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Schuyler : 

Miss  McDuffee :  That    the    Corresponding    Secretary    General 


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reply  to  the  letter  of  the  Committee  of  One 
Hundred,  regretting  the  inability  of  the  National 
Society  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
to  be  represented  on  the  said  Committee. 

Motion  carried. 

The    Minutes   of   the  meeting   were   read   by 


the   Recording   Secretary   General,   and   after  a 
sHght  correction,  were  adopted. 

On  motion,   seconded  and   carried,   the  meet- 
ing adjourned  at  5:30  p.m. 

Mrs.  Frank  H.  Briggs, 
Recording   Secretary    General. 


As  a  Descendant  of  the 

PATRIOTS  OF  76 

I  desire  to  show  my  loyahy  to  the  finest  patriotic  society  in  the  world  by 
enrolHng  my  name  as  a  subscriber  to  its  official  publication — 

THE  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

And  request  that  my  subscription  begin  with Number 

Signature  in  full 

Name  of  Chapter 

Address 

All  subscriptions  should  go  to  the  Treasurer  General,  Memorial  Continental 
Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Magazine  subscription $2.00  a  year. 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS 

OF  THE  AMERICAN   REVOLUTION 

HEADQUARTERS 

MEMORIAL  CONTINENTAL  HALL 

SEVENTEENTH  AND  D  STREETS,  N.  W.,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 
1923-1924 

President  General 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault, 

6017  Enright  Ave..  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcote.  Charlotte,  N.  C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

8  Park  Place,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  22i>  Black^tnne  Bouk-vard,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Mrs.   Howard   L.   Hodgkins,    1821    Kalorama  Road.   Washington,    D.   C. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1925) 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Williard  T.  Block, 

1012  West  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  5515  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,  Wyoming.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Mrs.  John  Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall, 

Litchfield,  Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  Everest  G.  Sewell,  143  S.  E.  2nd  St.,   Miami,  Fla. 
(Term  of  office  expires  1926) 
Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  Mrs.  William  Magee  Wilson, 

448  Ridge  St.,  Newark,  N.  J.  Xenia,  O. 

Mrs.  Ellet  Grant  Drake,  Mrs.  Gerald  Livingston  Schuyler, 

606  N.  6th  St.,  Beatrice,  Nebr.  1244  Detroit  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 
STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS— 1923-1924 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER   AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 
620  Harrolsox   Ave.,  Gadsden. 

MRS.   STANLEY  FINCH, 

110   N.    Conception    St.,   Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.   HOVAL  A.   SMITH, 

Wahren. 
MRS.  WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 

Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.  ALEXANDER  M.  BARROW, 

817  W.  5th  Ave.,  Pine  Bldff. 
MRS.  HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 

AlIITY. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.    LYMAN   B.    STOOKEY, 
1240  W.  29th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.  ALLEN  H.  VANCE, 

Hotel  Hollt  Oaks,  Sausalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.  JOHN  C.  BUSHINGER, 

115  Batterson  St.,  Monte  Vista. 

MRS.  ALFRED  B.  TROTT, 
2200  Albion  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.  CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

235  N.  Main  St.,  Southington. 
MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD  NETTLETON, 
CI  Sevsiour  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS   ELEANOR  EUGENIA  TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD    FARRELL, 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM   B.   HARDY, 
119  Stii  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington. 

MRS.  JOHN  M.  BEAVERS, 

1752   Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.    JAMES   A.    CRAIG, 

233   W.   Duval  St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.    THEODORE    STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106    Culver   St.,   Macon. 
MRS.   JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295    Prince   Avenue,    Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.    FREDERICK   EUGENE    STEERE, 
Care   W^atertiouse   Trust   Co.,   Honolulu. 

MRS.    HOWARD  CLARKE, 

2131    .\therton   Road,   Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.   KENNEDY  PACKARD, 

421   Second  Ave..  E.   Twin  Falls. 

MRS.    D.   W.    STANDROD, 

648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  CHARLES  E.  HERRICK, 

3809  Ellis  Ave.,  Chicago. 
MRS.  JAMES  S.  KING, 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDIANA 

MRS.    HENRY  B.  WILSON, 

Delphi. 
MRS.  CHARLES  W,  ROSS, 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  Crawfordsville. 


IOWA 


MISS    AMY    GILBERT, 

MRS.   ALEXANDER  WILLIAM   HAWLEY, 
604  N.  13th  St.,  Fort  Dodge. 


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MRS.   ROBEI!  I     I!.    CAMPBELL, 

1255   RivERbiiJE,   Wichita. 
MRS.   HERMAN   L.   PEPPMEYER, 

1309  Harrison   St.,  Topeka. 

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MRS.  WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.   High  St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.    JOHN    W.    CHENAULT, 

2217  Glenmary  Ave.,  Louisville. 

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MRS.    S.    A.    DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 

MRS.  O.  S.  WILLIAMSON,  JR., 

1334  Webster  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

MAINE 

MRS.   B.   G.  W.  CUSHMAN, 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn. 
MRS.  BLAINE  SPOONER  VILES, 

20  Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

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MRS.  ADAM   DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,   Baltimore. 

MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryland  Ave.,  Baltimore, 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.   GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  LSABEL  WYMAN  GORDON, 

35  "Whitman  Road,  Worcester. 

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MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  Rapids. 
MRS.  ADDISON  DRAKE  KENT, 

622   State  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    H.    COOLIDGE, 

1906  Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 
MRS.    L.   C.   JEFFERSON, 

1126  Summit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 

MRS.  E.  E.  BROWN, 

716  N.  Rankin  St.,  Natchez. 
MRS.   ROBERT  SOMERVILLE, 

Cleveland. 

MISSOURI 

MRS.    PAUL   D.    KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.     HENRY     W.     HARRIS, 

705  W.  6th  St.,  Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.   E.    BROOX   MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozeman. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL, 

Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    ELIZABETH    O'LINN    SMITH, 

359  Chadron  Ave..  Chadron. 
MRS.    C.    S.    PAINE, 

1970  Prospect  St.,  Lincoln. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

MRS.    LESLIE   P.   .SNOW, 

N.  Main   St..  Rochester,   N.   H. 
MRS.  GEORGE  H.  WARREN, 

ilAKCIIESTER. 

NEW  JERSEY 

MRS.  CHARLES  READ  BANKS, 

122  Westervelt  Ave.,  Plainfield. 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SUMMERILL, 

lOS   S.  Broad  St.,  Woodbury. 

NEW    MEXICO 

MRS.    R.    P.    BARNES, 

Ai.buoferoue. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 

BuENA  Vista  Road,  Santa  Fe. 


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HBW  YORK 

MRS.  CHARLES  WHITE   NASH, 

S  Lafayette,  St.,  Albast. 
MRS.   RADCLIFFE   B.  LOCKWOOD, 

43  Mais  St.,  Binghamton. 

HORTH   CAROLINA 

MBS.    CHARLES   W.    TILLETT, 

SOI  Tryon  St.,  Chajelotte. 

MRS.    ROBERT   L.    MAUNEY, 

620  S.  Mai.v  St.,  Salisbury. 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.   GEORGE   MORLEY   YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.   ERIC   A.   THORBERG, 
712  4th  St.j  Bismarck. 

OHIO 

MRS.   LOWELL  FLETCHER   HOBART, 

MlLLFOHD. 

MRS.  HERBERT  M.  BACKUS, 

SIG  Oak  St.,  Columbus. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.    H.    H.    McCLINTOCK, 

90.3  JOHKSTON  Ave.,   Bartlesville. 
MRS.   MILTON   B.   DOWNS, 

S20  S.  Oak  St..  Sapclpa. 

OREGON 

MISS   ANNE    JI.   LANG, 

115   W.    4th   St.,   The   Dalles. 
MRS.  BRUCE  L.  BOGART, 
962  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  .JOHN  BROWN  HERON, 

601  S.  Linden  Ave.,  Pittsburgh. 
MRS.    CLARENCE    G.    CRISPIN, 

"  Hillcrest  "  Berwick,  Pa. 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MRS.   GEORGE   H.   FOWLER, 

72  Mineral  Spring  Ave.,  Pawtucket 

MRS.  JOHN  T.  CRANSHAW, 
34  Irving  Ave.,  Providence. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

MRS.   FRANKLIN  C.   CAIN, 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 

Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.    C.    M.    CANNON, 

.'i24  1st  St.,  N.  W.,  Watertown. 
MRS.   W.   H.   DAVIS, 

Hitchcock. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.  LOGAN  SEITS  GILLENTINE, 

Mcrfreesboro. 
MRS.  JOHN  H.   CANTRELL, 

821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTON, 
2701    Fairmount    Ave.,   Dallas. 

MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY, 
1406  Taylor  St.,  amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.   JOHN   EDWARD   CARVER, 

718   25th   St.,  Oguen. 
"MRS.   M.    K.    PARSONS, 

1228  E.  South  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lakb  City. 

VERMONT 

MRS.    HORACE  MARTIN  FARNHAM, 

96  NoRTHFlELD  St.,  Montpelier. 
MRS.    WILFRED   F.    ROOT, 

89  Canal  St.,  Bratti.eboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.   KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

408  Duke   St.,  Alexandria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK, 
915   Orchard   Hill,  Roanoke. 


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MRS.  ROBERT  J.   REED, 

100  12th  St.,  Wheeling. 
MRS.  W.  H.  CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.  GEORGE   S.   PARKER, 
805  Court  St.,  Janesville. 

MRS.  T.  W.  SPENCE, 

107  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.  MAURICE  GROSHON, 

1715  CF.NTRAL  Ave.,  Cheyenne. 
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Box  1070,  Casper.. 

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MRS.  TRUMAN  S.  HOLT, 
744  A.   Mabini,  M.aNILA,  P.   I. 

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SEPTEMBER,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  373 


THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE 
WHITE  HOUSE,  1902-1903 

Personal  Recollections  by  Charles  Moore 
Chairman,  National  Commission  of  Fine  Arts 


[LANS  for  enlarging  the  White 
House  were  presented  by  Col- 
onel Theodore  Bingham,  U.  S. 
Army,  the  officer  in  charge  of 
Public  Buildings  and  Grounds, 
at  the  celebration  of  the  100th 
anni\'crsary  of  the  removal  of  the  seat  of 
government  to  the  District  of  Columbia 
in  1800.  These  plans  contemplated 
enlarging  the  Executive  Mansion  '  (as 
it  was  then  called)  by  building  east  and 
west  wings  of  such  design  as  to  change 
completely  its  appearance. 

The  American  Institute  of  Architects 
was  holding  its  annual  convention  in 
Washington  at  the  time  of  the  celebration 

'  The  original  name  was  the  President's 
House.  The  earliest  picture  is  an  engraving 
published  by  Nicholas  King,  showing  the  house 
as  it  was  in  1801.  King  was  the  great-grand- 
father of  Margaret  Deland,  the  author.  On 
maps  and  illustrations  the  title  "  President's 
House  "  was  used  until  1887.  The  term  "  White 
House"  was  used  frequently  during  Jackson's 
administration.  The  original  draft  of  President 
Lincoln's  Gettysburg  Address  was  written  on 
paper  headed  "Executive  Mansion;"  but 
colloquially  it  was  The  White  House;  President 
Roosevelt  first  used  The  White  House  as  an 
official  designation. 


and  to  the  members  the  plans  as  presented 
seemed  to  presage  an  act  of  vandalism. 
A  building  of  the  first  order  architec- 
turally, and  of  the  highest  historical 
importance,  was  to  be  commonized  and 
uglified  in  order  to  obtain  needed  room 
for  the  President's  offices,  and  for  his 
family  life. 

I  was  asked  to  state  the  case  of  the 
architects  to  Senator  AlHson,  Chairman 
of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Appropria- 
tions. Meeting  him  in  a  street  car,  I 
explained  matters  to  him.  Whereupon 
he  chuckled  as  he  said : 

"Tell  the  architects  not  to  be  uneasy. 
Mrs.  McKinley  has  served  notice  on  me 
that  she  will  have  no  hammering  in  the 
White  House  so  long  as  she  is  there ! ' ' 

So  that  crisis  was  passed.  The  next 
year,  1901,  the  Senate  directed  its  Com 
mittee  on  the  District  of  Columbia  to 
report  a  plan  for  the  improvement  of  the 
park  system  of  the  District,  and  also 
pro\'ided  for  the  emplo^inent  of  experts 
to  prepare  the  plan.  Elsewhere  I  have 
told  with  some  detail  the  storj^  of  the 
resulting    Senate    Park    Commission,    of 


THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE  WHITE  HOUSE,  1902-1903 


X.  /-,—. 


their  work,  and  of  its  results.-  It  is 
sufficient  here  to  say  that  an  unpaid  com- 
mission made  up  of  Daniel  H.  Bumham 
and  Charles  F.  McKim,  architects; 
Augustus  Saint-Gaudens,  sculptor;  and 
Frederick  Law  Olmsted,  Jr.,  landscape 
architect,  presented  a  plan  for  the  future 
development  of 
the  national 
capital,  based 
on  L  'Enfant 's 
original  plan 
of  Washington 
prepared  in 
1792.  Since 
1902,  this  en- 
larged plan  has 
guided  the  de- 
velopment of 
the  District. 

During  the 
consideration 
of  the  new  plan, 
the  subject  of 
the  enlarge- 
ment of  the 
White  House, 
or  the  construc- 
tion of  either  a 
residence  or 
presidential 
offices  on 
another  site, 
was    discussed 

often.  Mr.  Bumham  sometimes  advo- 
cated building  a  residence  on  the  Naval 
Hospital  site  or  on  Meridian  Hill;  but 
Mr.  McKim  steadfastly  maintained  that 
if  he  were  to  take  down  the  White 
House  stone  by  stone  and  rebuild  it 
according  to  the  original  plans,  no  li\ang 
architect    could    equal    the    result  —  so 

^  Daniel  H.  Bumham,  Architect,  Planner  of 
Cities,  1922. 

Ninth  Report  of  the  National  Commission  of 
Fine  Arts. 


.'^... 


/ 


Photo  by  Handy,  \Vasliini,ton,  D.  C. 


highly    did    he    esteem    the    historic 
White  House. 

An  acquaintance  with  the  White  House 
made  during  ten  years  of  newspaper  work 
had  made  manifest  to  me  the  dire  need 
of  separating  the  offices  of  the  President 
from  his  residence,  and  of  introducing 
into  the  abode 
of  the  Chief 
''"  ~"'    '  ''    ■'"" ,  Magistrate  the 

^  ordinary  con- 

veniences of 
civilization. 
The  final  result 
of  the  long- 
continued  dis- 
cussions was  a 
recommenda- 
tion in  the  re- 
port, that  the 
White  House 
be  devoted  en- 
tirely to  office 
purposes  and 
that  temporary 
offices  be  erect- 
ed in  the  ad- 
joining grounds 
awaiting  a  per- 
manent loca- 
tion.' 

While  the 
Park  Commis- 
sion report  was 
in  ])rcparation,  a  crazy  creature  murdered 
President  McKinley,  one  of  the  gentlest 
and  kindest  of  men,  and  a  devoted  lover 
and  servant  of  his  country.  Once  I 
tra\-elled  with  him  in  a  private  car  for 
three  days.  This  was  two  years  before 
he    became    President.    As   the    end   of 

'  The  improvement  of  the  park  system  of  the 
District  of  Columbia;  Senate  Report  166, 
57th  Congress,  1st  Session,  1902;  Edited  by 
Charles  Moore,  Clerk  of  the  Senate  Committee 
on  the  District  of  Columbia. 


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Photo  by   Handy.   Washington 


the  journey  approached,  I  said  to 
him:  "  Governor,  I  never  expect  to  have 
charge  of  another  campaign  party  that 
shall  run  as  smoothly  as  this  one  has 
done."  He  placed  his  hand  on  my 
knee  affectionately  and  said  with  a 
pleased   laugh : 

"  I  have  learned  something  from  experi- 
ence in  campaigning  with  Blaine  and 
Logan.  Both  of  them  were  forever 
trying  to  change  the  arrangements  of  the 
local  committees.  Of  course  they  could 
not  do  it.  So  they  only  worried  them- 
selves and  everybody  around  them,  all 
to  no  purpose.  I  simply  acquiesce  in  the 
plans  that  have  been  made,  and  in  the 
long  run,  I  myself,  get  along  with  the  least 
possible  discomfort  and  I  disturb  no  one." 

In  several  similar  expeditions  with 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  I  found  that  he 
reserved  his  expostulations  till  the  end 
of  the  trip.    But  that  is  another  story. 

It  was  assumed  that  President  Roose- 
velt    would     favor     the    Commission's 


suggestion  that  the  White  House  be 
retained  as  a  residence  and  offices  found 
elsewhere  but  a  newspaper  item  to  the 
contrary  effect  having  appeared,  I  went 
to  him  for  a  statement.    He  said: 

"You  tell  the  newspaper  men  that  Mrs. 
Roosevelt  and  I  are  firmly  of  the  opinion 
that  the  President  should  live  nowhere 
else  than  in  the  historic  White  House. " 

"Do  you  mean,  Mr.  President,  that 
you  desire  to  be  quoted  directly?"  I 
asked,  well  knowing  the  rule  against 
repeating   the   President's   words. 

"Yes,"  he  replied  deliberately,  "you 
are  to  quote  me.  " 

That  settled  the  matter. 

In  1902,  the  Sundry  Civil  Appro- 
priation bill  as  it  passed  the  House  car- 
ried an  appropriation  of  $16,000  for 
repairs  to  the  Executive  Mansion.  By 
this  time  President  and  Mrs.  Roosevelt 
had  become  experimentally  aware  of  the 
discomforts  of  the  White  House.  So 
Mrs.  Roosevelt  sent  for  Charles  McKim 


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to  advise  her  as  to  what  to  do  vith  ing  and  con\-incing  manner,  he  took  his 
$16,000.  On  April  16th  he  carre  to  "Wash-  leave.  On  his  way  to  the  Congressional 
ington,  and  after  an  examination  advised      Limited,  he  dropped  in  at  the  room  of  the 


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her  that  the  sum  was  insufficient  to  clean  Senate  District  Committee  to  tell  me  of 

the  building,  and  repairs  were  not  to  be  the  interview  with  Mrs.  Roosevelt.    With 

thought     of.       Having     conveyed     that  him  was  Miss  Frelinghuysen,  whom  he 

unpleasant  information  in  his  own  charm-  had  met  at  the  White  House  and  who 


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was  returning  to  New  York  on  the 
same  train. 

While  we  were  talking,  the  chainnan 
of  the  committee,  Senator  McMillan, 
came  into  the  room  and  joined  in  the 
conversation.  When  Mr.  McKim  con- 
cluded his  narrative,  I  asked  him  how 
much  money  was  needed  to  make  a  real 
start.  He  did  not  know.  I  suggested 
a  hundred  thousand  dollars.  He 
acquiesced.  On  being  pressed  to  name  a 
sum  for  a  temporary'  office-building,  he 
hesitating^  ventured  $15,000.  At  this 
juncture  the  clock  warned  the  travellers 
that  they  were  in  danger  of  missing  their 
train,  and  the  discussion  was  broken 
off  abruptly. 

Then  Senator  McMillan  went  into  the 
Senate  Chamber.  About  an  hour  later 
he  returned  to  his  committee  room  and 
remarked  casually: 

"You  might  telegraph  McKim  that  I 
have  got  a  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 


dollars  for  White  House  repairs,  in  the 
Sundry  Civil  bill. " 

"You  have!"  I  exclaimed,  trpng  hard 
to  be  as  nonchalant  as  the  Senator. 

"Yes,  and  $15,000  for  the  office 
building.  I  went  into  the  Appropriations 
Committee  room  and  found  the  sub-com- 
mittee at  work  on  the  bill.  So  I  sat  down 
and  told  them  about  the  bad  condi- 
tions at  the  White  House,  and  what  was 
needed  to  put  it  in  order.  They  knew 
generally  about  matter,  but  needed  a 
tangible  proposal.  Now,  having  that, 
they  were  disposed  to  go  ahead.  " 

I  telegraphed  Mr.  McKim  at  his  home, 
and  the  message  greeted  him  on  his 
arrival.  He  immediately  wired  congrat- 
ulations.   The  next  day  he  wrote : 

"In  these  days  of  miracles,  one  should 
be  prepared  for  anything;  and  so  I  tried 
to  read  j^our  announcement  of  the  Senate 
committee's  approval  of  the  temporary 
building    and    of    the    expenditure    of 


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$150,000  for  the  restoration  of  the  White 
House,  unmoved;  but  failed  utterly  while 
I  thought  of  the  improbability  of  the 
whole  thing;  and  am  writing  now  in  the 
frame  of  mind  of  a  man  more  likely  to  go 
off  on  a  spree  than  home  to  dinner.  The 
whole  thing  is  so  exciting  and  so  full  of 
possibilities  that  another  day  will  have  to 
intervene  before  I  can  tackle  it  with 
a  sober  mind.  Nevertheless,  I  saw 
Norcrossthis  morning  and  have  appointed 
Tuesday  in  Washington  to  go  over  the 
White  House  from  cellar  to  garret,  with  a 
view  of  determining  what  should  be  done 
to  renew  its  interior  walls  and  partitions, 
and  at  the  same  time  to  determine  upon  a 
site,  dimensions  and  general  treatment  of 
the  new  temporary  office-building.  " 

Meantime  President  Roosevelt,  having 
learned  of  the  Senate  amendment,  sum- 
moned Mr.  McKim  to  meet  him  at  4 
West  57th  Street,  New  York,  at  9.30  on 
Saturday    morning,    the    19th  of   April. 


At  that  time  the  President  placed  the 
work  in  Mr.  McKim 's  charge. 

On  the  day  appointed  for  the  W^ashing- 
ton  visit,  Mr.  McKim  and  Mr.  Norcross,^ 
went  over  the  White  House.  That  even- 
ing the  three  of  us  made  a  trip  on  the 
Potomac  in  the  Harbor  Master's  boat. 
Looking  up  at  the  temple-like  front  of 
ArHngton,  shining  amid  the  green  foliage, 
Mr.  McKim  exclaimed: 

"See  how  far  good  proportions  and 
simplicity  of  outline  carry !  Even  a  very 
small  building,  if  good  in  design,  when  set 
on  one  of  these  District  hills,  will  domi- 
nate a  vast  space.  The  columns  of  Arling- 
ton Mansion  are  only  wood,  whitewashed 
— but  then,  white  marble  is  only  another 
form  of  whitewash!" 

Mr.  Norcross,  gazing  off  across  the 
placid  waters  of  the  Potomac,  said  that 

■•  Mr.  O.  W.  Norcross,  head  of  the  firm  of 
Norcross  Brothers  Company,  builders,  Wor- 
cester,   Massachusetts. 


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he  took  particular  delight  in  being  called 
to  work  on  the  White  House. 

"As  a  soldier  during  the  Civil  War," 
he  continued,  "I  spent  several  months 
guarding  the  Virginia  end  of  Long  Bridge. 
At  night  I  used  to  watch  the  lights  in  the 
White  House  and  reflect  that  Abraham 
Lincoln  was  walking  those  floors,  troubled 
and  perplexed  indeed,  but  determined  to 
pull  us  through  somehow.  " 

When  questioned  as  to  how  he  now 
found  the  building,  he  said  that  some  of 
the  floor  beams  were  tired  and  others 
were  very  tired.  The  signs  of  the  fire  of 
1814  were  still  visible.* 

'  In  1916,  Colonel  W.  W.  Harts  was  in  com- 
pany with  the  British  Ambassador,  Sir  Cecil 
Spring-Rice,  and  a  young  military  attache,  who 
had  just  been  presented  to  President  Wilson. 
As  the  party  were  going  through  the  East  Room 
the  attache  said  that  he  had  seen  a  house  in 
Dublin  which  was  almost  the  counterpart  of 
the  White  House.  The  Colonel  replied  that  the 
architect,  Hoban,  was  a  Dublin  man  and  had 


The  sanitary  conditions  at  the  White 
House  were  unspeakable  and  beyond 
printing,  then  or  now.  The  offices  were 
positively  unsafe  because  of  the  weight 
carried  by  the  floor-beams.  The  floors 
of  the  East,  Green  and  Blue  Rooms  had 
settled  because  of  overloading  and  the 
hanging  of  heating  coils  to  the  ceiling 
underneath.  At  times  of  receptions  the 
East  Room  floors  had  to  be  shored-up 

designed  a  building  of  a  character  quite  common 
among  gentlemen's  houses  of  that  period. 
"But,"  said  the  attache,  "those  houses  are  of 
stone."  "And  so  is  this  house  built  of  stone," 
answered  the  Colonel,  "of  stone  painted  white." 
"Why  do  you  paint  stone?"  "Oh,"  said  the 
Colonel  with  a  twinkle  in  his  blue  eyes,  "we  had 
a  fire  here  once  and  the  stone  was  so  discolored 
that  it  had  to  be  painted."  "Fire,"  exclaimed 
the  attache,  "how  did  that  happen?"  "Your 
people  set  it  on  fire  in  1814!"  There  was  a 
laugh,  and  the  attach^  then  learned  for  the  first 
time  that  there  was  a  War  of  1812.  Few  Eng- 
lishmen know  about  it.  At  that  period  Napoleon 
was  engrossing  England 's  attention. 


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underneath.  Waiters  walking  in  the 
State  Dining  Room  caused  the  dishes  to 
rattle,  on  the  sideboards.  The  fine  arches 
of  the  basement  had  been  cut  in  every 
direction  for  heating  and  plumbing  pipes. 
Five  layers  of  paper  covered  some  of  the 
walls;  pine  partitions  were  built  on  the 
carpets;  the  quarters  of  the  servants  in 
the  attic  were  reached  only  by  an  obsolete 
elevator;  the  roof -drainage  was  carried 
through  the  house  itself;  the  roof 
required  renewal;  the  electric-wiring  was 
so  defective  that  in  places  the  beams 
were  charred;  the  heating  and  venti- 
lating apparatus  was  worn  out.  In  short 
the  entire  interior  of  the  house  called 
for  rebuilding.^ 

On  Sunday  the  4th  of  May,  Mr.  McKim 
and  Augustus  Saint-Gaudens  came  to 
my  home  (2013  R  Street)  to  talk  over 
the  progress  on  the  White  House  plans. 
Like  most  architects,  Mr.  McKim  talked 
better  with  pencil  than  with  tongue.  He 
had  settled  on  the  treatment  of  the 
interior — on  the  enlargement  of  the  State 
Dining-room  by  including  the  western 
end  of  the  corridor,  together  with  the 
removal  of  the  stairway  to  a  subordinate 
position,  because  it  communicated  only 
with  the  private  apartments  and  there- 
fore had  no  official  function.  Also  he  had 
determined  on  the  remo\'al  of  the  con- 
servatory from  the  top  of  the  west  terrace 
and  the  reconstruction  of  the  east  terrace 
on  its  original  site.  The  two  plans  he 
drew  that  afternoon  are  reproduced  here. 
They  were  to  be  carried  out  as  appro- 
priations should  become  available,  year 
by  year,  until  a  complete  restoration 
should  be  effected. 

Ten  days  later,  Mrs.  Roosevelt  sent 
for  me  to  discuss  the  extensive  changes 
proposed  by  Mr.  McKim.  She  received 
me  in  the  Library,  over  the  Blue  Room;  a 

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Document  197;  57th  Congress,  2d  Session,  1903. 


wood  fire  was  burning  in  the  grate,  for  the 
day  was  chilly  and  she  had  not  been  well 
during  the  spring.  She  was  occup>-ing  a 
lounge  drawn  up  before  the  fire,  while  I 
shared  an  easy  chair  with  romping  Archie 
and  a  frisky  collie.  Every  few  moments 
the  President  came  briskly  into  the 
room  to  ask  questions  or  tell  of  his  next 
movements.  Mrs.  Roosevelt,  who  was 
beginning  to  realize  the  radical  nature 
of  the  changes  proposed,  was  concerned 
primarily  with  the  practical  end  —  for 
example,  with  new  bedrooms.  There  was 
but  one  guest-room,  and  therefore  it  was 
necessary,  before  inviting  guests,  to  know 
whether  husband  and  wife  were  accus- 
tomed to  share  the  same  room.  There  were 
two  bathrooms.  The  second  one  accom- 
modated both  guests  and  also  the  Roose- 
\'elt  children,  who  were  compelled  to  troop 
b}'  the  open  Library  doors  on  their  way  to 
and  from  their  nightly  ablutions.  Then 
there  should  be  a  complete  set  of  din- 
ing-room chairs  to  take  the  place  of  the 
heterogenious  collection  in  use.  These 
were  a  few  of  the  details. 

Later  in  the  morning,  as  we  were  stand- 
ing at  the  west  end  of  the  upper  corridor, 
looking  through  the  \\'indow  dowii  upon 
the  conser\-atories,  the  President  joined 
us  with  the  exclamation: 

"Smash  the  glass-houses!" 

I  said  that  it  was  understood  that  he 
wished  to  save  them. 

"When  you  come  to  know  me  better,  " 
he  said,  laughingly,  "You  will  understand 
that  I  sometimes  speak  before  consult- 
ing the  lady  of  the  house."  And  with 
that  he  turned  and  rushed  away  to  his 
next  appointment. 

Mrs.  Roosevelt  accompanied  me  to  the 
elevator,  saying: 

"Tell  Mr.  McKim  to  make  the  new 
elevator-door  \\'ide  enough  to  admit 
a   stretcher." 

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uneasiness  ever  present  in  the  hearts  of 
crown-wearers.  The  ramshakle  old  car 
began  to  descend,  but  between  the  floors 
stopped  and  could  not  be  coaxed  down  or 
up.  Happily  an  usher,  familiar  with  the 
elevator's  aberrations,  discovered  my 
predicament  and  released  me. 

All  these  plans  were  being  prepared 
while  the  Sundry  Ci\nl  bill  was  pending 
in  the  Senate.  Mr.  McKim  became 
nervous  over  the  lack  of  time  available  for 
the  work,  which  must  be  finished  before 
Congress  convened  again  in  December. 
He  was  especially  anxious  to  remove  the 
greenhouses  that  usurped  the  entire  west 
terrace  and  filled  the  yard  to  the  rear.  I 
asked  Senator  AlHson  to  put  through  a 
bill  appropriating  immediately  $10,000 
for  the  removal  of  the  glass-houses.  He 
objected  that  Mr.  Cannon  was  complain- 
ing over  the  propensity  of  the  Senate  to 
originate  appropriations.  Even  if  the 
Senate  should  pass  such  a  bill  it  would 
fail  in  the  House.  If  Mr.  Cannon  would 
begin  legislation  in  the  House,  he  would 
take  care  of  it  in  the  Senate.  The  Senator 
was  definite  and  decided.  Crestfallen, 
I  left  him. 

There  was  so  much  at  stake  that  I 
decided  to  go  over  to  the  House  to  see  Mr. 
Cannon,  whose  antipathy  to  the  Senate 
Park  Commission  was  pronounced.  I  had 
small  hopes  of  doing  an^-thing  with  him. 
Finding  him  alone  in  the  rooms  of  House 
Committee  on  Appropriations,  I  stated 
the  proposition  and  told  him  what 
Senator  AlUson  had  said.  He  listened 
with  growing  impatience.  When  I  fin- 
ished he  exclaimed: 

"Those  d — d  architects  have  been 
fooling  Senator  McMillan  again!" 

"They  never  have  fooled  him,"  I  re- 
plied, looking  straight  into  his  angry  eyes. 

At  this  juncture  Lucius  Littauer,  who 
represented  the  twenty-fourth  New  York 
District,  came  hurriedly  into  the  room. 


He  was  a  member  of  the  Appropriations 
Committee,  a  friend  of  Mr.  Cannon,  and 
my  college  classmate. 

"Hello,"  he  called  out  to  me,  "what 
are  \"ou  doing  over  here  ? ' ' 

Seeing  we  were  engaged,  he  passed 
through  the  room.  The  ice  was  broken. 
Mr.  Cannon  turned  to  me  and  said : 

"I  don't  care,  and  the  people  of  this 
country  don 't  care,  how  much  it  may  cost 
to  put  the  White  House  in  proper  shape. 
But  I  'm  not  going  to  have  the  appropria- 
tions come  dribbling  in  year  after  year. 
I  've  got  to  know  the  whole  cost  and  it 
must  go  into  one  bill.  In  short,  I've 
got  to  know  the  color  of  this  hahy  's  hair 
before  the  baby  is  bom ! " 

"So  you  shall  know,"  I  replied.  "By 
tomorrow  morning  the  statement  shall 
be  ready. " 

"Very  well,  "  was  Mr.  Cannon 's  laconic 
answer,  and  the  inter\'iew  ended. 

I  presume  there  was  the  usual  pave- 
ment on  the  Capitol  corridors  as  I 
hurried  back,  but  I  seemed  to  go  on  air. 
I  got  Mr.  McKim  on  the  telephone  and 
told  him  that  he  and  Mr.  Norcross  must 
mail  that  night  a  complete  statement  of 
the  cost  of  the  proposed  restoration,  being 
sure  to  make  the  amounts  large  enough  to 
cover  contingencies  always  arising  in 
repairs  to  an  old  building. 

Mr.  McKim 's  estimates  came  next 
morning.  A  note  on  them  said  that 
furnishings,  hangings,  and  electric-light 
fixtures  had  not  been  considered.  This 
would  never  do.  So  Mr.  McKim  was 
called  by  telephone,  an  item  was  added 
for  furnishings,  and  $20,000  was  esti- 
mated for  lighting  fixtures.  The  total  for 
the  White  House  proper  came  to  $369,050. 
The  result  was  appalling.  Yet  there  were 
the  facts.  The  estimates  were  for  the 
first  quality  of  materials  and  workman- 
ship ;  but  absolute  simplicity  was  obser\'ed 
throutrhout.    There  was  nothing  for  mere 


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ornament,  but  every  item  served  a  distinct  and 
necessary  purpose.  Nothing  was  added  for 
haste — that  contingency  was  left  to  persuasion 
patriotism  and  the  diversion  of  materials  from 
current  undertakings  of  the  architects. 

The    total    was    so    large    that    it    seemed    to 
require    Presidential    authority.      An 
immediate  appointment  was  obtained.  =;   - — 

"Do  3'ou  mind  my  being  shaved 
while  you  taUc?"  President  Roosevelt 
asked.  The  barber  brought  a  folding 
chair  into  the  Library.  The  President 
settled  himself  and  when  the  lather 
had  been  applied  said, 

"Now,  fire  away!" 

I  told  him  the  story  of  the  talk  with 
Mr.  Cannon,  not  omitting  the  part 
about  the  color  of  the  baby's  hair,  at 
which  he  laughed  as  heartily  as  the 
sha\-ing  operation  would  permit. 
When  the  total  was  stated  he  almost 
jiunped  out  of  the  chair. 

"That  is  three  times  what  you 
first  told  me,  "  he  exclaimed. 

"True,"  I  answered,  "but  this 
is  the  complete  estimate;  that  is 
what  IMr.  Cannon  wanted.  "  ' 

"Ver\-  well,"  he  said,  wdth  resig- 
nation, "Tell  Uncle  Joe  I  approve.  " 

"You  are  the  one  to  tell  Mr.  Cannon, " 
I  ventured. 

He  called  his  secretary',  Mr.  Loeb,  and 
instructed  him  to  ask  Mr.  Cannon  to 
come  to  the  White  House.  A  few  days 
later  Mr.  Loeb  telephoned  that  ^Ir. 
Cannon  consented  to  the  estimates  of 
the  architects. 

On  a  May  Sunday  night  I  was  sum- 
moned to  appear  at  the  White  House  at 
nine  o'clock,  bringing  the  plans  for  all 
proposed  changes.  Mrs.  Roosevelt  and 
her  sister.  Miss  Carew,  received  me  in  the 
Librar\%  and  immediately  called  for  the 
plan  for  enlarging  the  State  Dining-room. 
I  explained  that  by  taking  in  the  west 
end  of  the  corridor  the  room  would  be 


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large  enough  to  accommodate  one  hun- 
dred guests  at  table.  Miss  Carew  related 
that  a  diplomat  had  said  sarcastically  to 
her  that  it  was  a  pity  to  have  to  convert 
one's  drawing-room  into  a  dining-room. 
This  was  apropos  of  a  recent  use  of  the 
East  Room  for  an  important  state  dinner. 
She  showed  him  that  she  resented  his 
remarks;  but  they  rankled  just  the  same. 
At  this  juncture  the  President  and 
Attorney  General  Knox  entered  the  room. 
The  President,  with  an  air  of  one  who 
had  business  to  be  despatched,  began  at 
the  basement  with  an  active  red  pencil. 
On  being  reminded  that  he  was  dealing 
with  the  housekeeping  end  of  the  estab- 
lishment,  he  desisted.     Turning  to   the 


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main  floor,  he 
said  firmly,  that 
he  did  not  pro- 
pose to  have  the 
State  Dinin<;- 
room  enlarged 
at  the  expense 
of  tearing  up 
Mrs.  Roosevelt 's 
room  above.  He 
was  answered 
that  to  obtain 
space  at  table 
for  double  the 
number  of 
guests  was  well 
worth  the  price 
of  temporary 
inconvenience. 
The  President  in 
apparent  hesita- 
tion turned   to 


the  Attorney 
General. 

"Here,  Knox," 
he  said,  "you  are 
my  adviser  about 
Trusts;  come 
and  advise  me 
about  the  State 
Dining-room. " 

Mr.  Knox  ex- 
pressed the  opin- 
ion  that  the 
room  ought  to 
be  enlarged, 
but  declined  to 
commit  himself 
on  these  particu- 
lar plans. 

"But, "  I  ven- 
tured, "your 
ofhcial  opinion 
was   asked. " 


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"Yes,  Knox;"  said  the  President,  with 
a  laugh,  "I  wanted  your  official  opinion.  " 

Then,  turning  to  me,  he  said: 

' '  I  must  congratulate  you  on  having 
two  such  allies  as  Mrs.  Roosevelt  and  the 
Attorney  General;"  and  he  started  for 
the  door,  calling  over  his  shoulder,  "Come 
along,  Knox,  and  get  some  polly-water. " 

Even  then  President  Roosevelt  did  not 
realize  the  extent  of  the  changes  contem- 
plated. On  June  18th,  Mr.  McKim  writes : 

NorcrosE  will  have  French  [the  superintendent] 
in  Washington  ready  for  a  good  .start  so  soon  as 
the  Sundry  Civil  bill  is  signed.  When  this  time 
comes  I  am  thinking  that  our  noble  President 
will  find  himself  in  such  a  bedlam  as  he  never 
dreamed  of,  even  at  Santiago;  and  if  I  know 
anything  of  French  and  his  methods,  the  Presi- 
dent will  be  the 

first  to  sound  the  j^ 

retreat. 

This  proph- 
esy came  true. 
The  morning 
work  began, 
the  President 
was  holding  a 
Cabinet  meet- 
ing. Crash 
followed  crash 
as  floors  fell 
into  the  cel- 
lar, shaking 
the  Cabinet- 
room.  Even 
the  Presi- 
dent's  voice 
was  drowned 
in  the  din. 
Thus  ended 
the  last  formal 
Cabinet  meet - 
i  n  g  in  t  h  <-■ 
White  House. 
The  President 
secured  tem- 
porary quar- 
ters in  the 
T  o  w  n  s  e  n  d 


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house,  on  Lafayette  Square,  which  he 
occupied  while  in  Washington  until  the 
repairs  were  completed. 

One  morning  the  President 's  secretary, 
Mr.  Loeb,  telephoned  that  in  spite  of  my 
promise  not  to  disturb  the  laundry,  the 
demolition  of  that  portion  of  the  house 
was  imminent.  It  was  imperative,  he 
said,  that  the  laundry  facilities  should  not 
be  impaired  during  the  summer.  I 
hurried  down  to  see  the  superintendent, 
Mr.  French,  stated  the  case  to  him,  and 
threw  myself  on  his  mercy.  He  rose  to  the 
situation.  Sending  for  the  colored  laun- 
dresses, who  proved  to  be  as  good-natured 
as  they  were  big  in  girth,  Mr.  French 
suggested 
that  he  should 
build  a  shack 
out  of  old  lum- 
ber for  their 
use  during  the 
summer,  and 
should  carry 
a  water-pipe 
to  it.  This 
satisfied  them 
completely. 
"Over  the 
door,  "he  said 
to  me,  "I  shall 
put  the  sign, 
'Moore's 
Laundry'." 

T'ne  ques- 
tion of  furni- 
ture was  im- 
portant. Mrs. 
Roosevelt  had 
found  in  the 
attic  two  ma- 
hogany tables 
which  she 
thought 
might  be  re- 
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saved — that  was  about  the  extent  of  the 
furniture  worth  keeping.  Until  after 
Andrew  Jackson's  day  each  President 
brought  his  personal  belongings  and  at 
the  end  of  his  term  carted  away  at  least 
all  the  things  he  had  brought  Later  there 
was  a  hiatr.s  between  the  departure  of  one 


Secretary  John  Hay's  story,  in  "The 
Bread  Winners,"  of  the  Cleveland 
woman,  who,  after  her  husband's  death, 
moved  her  winter  clothes  into  his  closet, 
and  years  afterwards  said  she  had  never 
met  a  man  to  whom  she  would  give  up 
that   closet.      Returning   from  the  Semi- 


President  and  the  coming  of  his  successor, 
and  during  that  fraction  of  a  day  curtains, 
silver,  china,  Hnen,  everything  movable, 
was  looted.  Eventually  the  loot  found 
its  way  into  the  auction-rooms  and 
was  distributed  throughout  the  city 
of  Washington. 

Again,  Mrs.  Roosevelt  said  that  she 
did  not  want  all  the  closets  Mr.  McKim 
had  provided.  She  v/as  anxious  to  sa\-e 
expense  in  building.  I  reminded  her  of 


Centennial  of  the  birth  of  the  Republican 
party,  celebrated  at  Jackson,  Michigan, 
in  1904,  I  told  the  story  to  Mr.  Hay. 

He  recognized  the  application,  but  said 
he  never  had  admitted  writing  "The 
Bread  Winners. " 

During  our  discussion  President 
Roosevelt  came  in  and,  in  the  course  of 
the  conversation,  said: 

"  I  hear  j-ou  object  to  my  death  trap,  " 
meaning    the    architects'    suggestion    of 


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dropping  the  main  floor  between  the 
East  Room  and  the  Hall,  so  as  to  give 
additional  headroom  for  the  stairs  from 
the  basement. 

"Yes,"  I  replied,  "that  would  be 
dangerous  during  large  receptions,  when 
there  is  a  constant  circulation  of  people 
through  the  house. " 

"But,"  he  continued,  "you  wouldn't 
object  if  you  knew  whom  I  proposed  to 


consideration.  Senator  Allison  sent  for 
me  to  come  into  the  Senate  Chamber.  He 
was  managing  the  bill  and  the  White 
House  item  was  impending.  He  wanted 
the  statement  to  explain  it.  I  told  him 
that  the  letter  had  been  prepared  at  his 
suggestion  and  sent  to  the  President  for 
his  approval  and  transmission  to  the 
Appropriations  Committee.  Mr.  Cleaves, 
the    clerk   of   the    committee,    who   was 


send  down  there.  We  will  begin  with 
Senator  T — . ' ' 

"No,"  I  said,  "he  is  a  fine  character 
at  bottom." 

"So  he  is,  so  he  is,"  assented  the 
President  "Suppose  we  try  Senator 
C —  and  follow  him  with  General  X — 
No;"  he  continued,  reflecting,  "I'll  get 
rid  of  the  General  quicker  another  waj'. " 
Then  he  laughed  with  glee,  having 
rid  himself  of  the  memories  of  the 
da}'  's  annoyances. 

While  the  appropriation  bill  was  under 


sitting  next  the  Senator,  said  that  no 
statement  had  been  received. 

"Didn't  you  keep  a  copy?"  asked 
Senator  Allison,  anxiously. 

Fortunately  I  had  my  original  notes, 
written  on  paper  of  various  sizes,  as  pre- 
pared for  the  typist.  When  the  White 
House  ]Daragraph  was  reached,  the  Sen- 
ator, waving  the  scraps  of  paper,  said 
with  a  great  show  of  confidence: 

"I  have  here  a  full  statement  in  regard 
to  this  amendment;  but  the  hour  is  late. 
I  will  not  detain  the  Senate  by  reading  it, 


THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE  WHITE  HOUSE,  1^02-1903 


but  will  ask 
that  it  be 
printed  in  the 
'Record, 'where 
Senators  can 
examine  it  to- 
morrow, before 
the  considera- 
tion of  this  bill 
is  finished. " 

Next  d  a  y 
some  senator 
suggested  that 
the  words 
"  President 's 
House"  in  the 
.amendment  be 
■changed  to 
"E  X  e  cu  tive 
Mansion."  The 
Senate  agreed 
to  the  change. 
No  further  at- 
tention was 
paid  to  the 
item  by  the 
Senate. 

On  June  20th 
the'  President 
signed  the  Stni- 
dry  Civil  act. 
As  passed  it 
•carried  $65,196 
for  an  office 
building  ' '  con- 
structed with 
sufficient  foun- 
dation and  walls  suitable  for  a  durable, 
permanent  building,  and  of  sufficient 
strength  for  an  additional  story  when 
needed."  For  repairs  and  refurnishing 
the  Executive  Mansion  $475,445  was 
appropriated,  "to  be  expended  by  con- 
tract or  otherwise  in  the  discretion  of 
and  under  the  direction  of  the  President." 
At   the   last  moment   Mr.   Cannon   had 


THE  NORTH  PORTICO.  SHOWING  THE  TE.MPORARY  WOODEN 
DRIDGE.  USED  FOR  E.\1T  ON  RECEPTION  NIGHTS;  ALSO  LAMP 
POST  AND  IRON  RAILING  THAT  HAVE  BEEN  REPLACED;  ALSO 
PRESIDENT  BENJAMIN    HARRISON'S  GRANDCHILDREN 


called  in  Mr. 
McKim  and 
Mr.  Elliott 
Woods,  Archi- 
tect of  the 
Capitol,  and 
on  their  esti- 
mates had  add- 
ed $100,000  for 
furnishings ! 

The  contem- 
plated changes 
in  the  White 
House  were 
distasteful  to 
Colonel  Bing- 
ham, the  officer 
in  Charge  of 
Public  Build- 
i  n  g  s  and 
( I  rounds,  who 
had  presented 
the  Mrs.  Har- 
rison plans  ob- 
jected  to  by 
the  architects. 
The  colonel 's 
h  o  b  b  y  w  a  s 
greenhouses; 
and  he  would 
have  made  the 
President  of 
the  United 
States  the 
largest  grower 
of  flowers  in 
Washington. 
Moreover,  he  was  persistent  and  re- 
sourceful. It  became  necessary  to  deal 
with  this  issue.  On  July  1st,  Mr.  McKim 
wired:  "Mrs.  Roosevelt  expects  you  and 
me  at  Oyster  Bay  tomorrow." 

After  breakfasting  at  Mr.  McKim 's 
house,  9  East  35th  Street,  we  took  the 
train  for  0\'ster  Bay  and  in  due  course 
were  enjoying  the  breezes  on  the  piazza  at 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Sagamore  Hill,  in  the  midst  of  a  company 
of  children  and  dogs.  The  President  was 
oR  on  his  travels,  but  there  was  a  large 
party  at  luncheon.  After  the  repast 
came  a  discussion  of  the  problem  of  the 
removal  of  the  greenhouses,  resulting  in 
what  came  to  be  known  facetiously  as 
"the  Treaty  of  Oyster  Bay,"  in  the  form 


Colonel  Bingham,  giving  definite  instruc- 
tions placing  the  work  in  the  hands  of 
McKim,  Mead  &  White,  and  directing 
the  form  of  a  contract. 

"So  I  think  our  worries,  insofar  as 
this  matter  is  concerned,  are  at  an  end, " 
writes  Mr.  McKim.  "Thirty  days,  will, 
if  all  goes  well,  see  us  far  advanced  to- 


THE  MAIN  ENTRANCE  HALL  (FORMERLY  A  SCREEN  OF  COLORED  GLASS  FILLED  THE  SPACE  BETWEEN  THE. 
PILLARS).  THE  STATUES  OF  WASHINGTON  AND  LINCOLN  TO  BE  PLACED  IN  FRONT  OF  THE  LONG  MIRRORS 
HAVE  NOT  YET  BEEN    PURCHASED 


shown   in    the    accompanying    fac-simile 
(the  handwriting  is  mine). 

It  would  be  unprofitable  to  go  into  the 
correspondence  which  followed '  in  the 
matter  of  carrying  out  the  "treaty." 
On  July  15th  Mr.  McKim  went  again  to 
Oyster  Bay  and  as  the  result  of  a 
conference  with  the  President,  Secretary 
Root  and  Mr.  Cortelyou,  the  President's 
Secretar3^  President  Roosevelt  wrote  to 

'  Correspondence  relating  to  the  restoration 
of  the  White  House,  Manuscript  Division, 
Library  of  Congress. 


wards  the  realization  of  the  plan.  About 
300  men  are  now  employed  on  the  work 
and  nearly  the  same  number  on  contracts 
outside.  I  do  not  know  what  I  would 
have  done  without  Mead,  who  has  taken 
up  the  work  with  tremendous  energy 
and  effectiveness. " 

Mr.  McKim  having  asked  me  to  revise 
the  copy  of  an  inscription  to  be  placed  on 
the  mantel  for  the  Cabinet-room  (now 
the  President's  stud}')  and  I,  being  un- 
certain as  to  the  historj'  of  the  room. 


rs^ny 


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THE  RESTORATION'  OF  THE  WHITE  HOUSE,  1Q02-1903 


wrote  to  John  Hay,  the  Secretary  of 
State,  who  was  one  of  Lincoln's  secre- 
taries. It  developed  that  from  early 
days  until  about  Andrew  Johnson's  day, 
the  southeast  corner  room  on  the  second 
floor  was  used  as  a  Cabinet-room.  During 
the  Lincoln  administration  the  President 
used  the  present  Study  as  an  ante-room; 
and  in  order  to  pro- 
tect himself  from  en- 
croachments of  the 
public,  whom  he  met 
daily,  a  railing  was 
placed  near  the  south 
end.  This  method 
offered  an  unob- 
structed passage  be- 
tween Cabinet-room 
and  Library.  Also  it 
afforded  President 
Lincoln  an  oppoitu- 
nity  either  to  sit  at  a 
desk  or  to  stand  be- 
hind the  rail  and  talk 
to  visitors,  who  were 
allowed  free  access 
to  him  at  certain 
hours  of  the  daj 
Some  of  these  facts 
were  contained  m 
Mr.  Hay 's  reply  but 
more  definite  infor- 
mation came  from 
an  article  in  a  ten- 
cent  magazine,  m 
which  the  writer 
described  minutely  the  scene  during  an 
interview  he  had  with  President  Lincoln. 
The  inscription  as  cut  read: 

This  room  was  first  used  for  meetings 
of  the  Cabinet  during  the  administra- 
tion of  President  Johnson.  It  con- 
tinued to  be  so  used  until  the  year 
MCMII.  Here  the  treaty  of  peace 
with  Spain  was  signed. 
When  the  work  was  far  enough  along, 


PRI\  ATE  DIMNG  ROOM     SHOW  I\<    THE      V\  HIT  h 

HOLS.E  fcArlE       WHICH    APPEARS   SE\  EN  TIMhS    IN 

1HEDECORA1IONS        IT    COMEbEROMTHESEARs 

ON        DRAW  \     B^ 


to  bring  the  end  in  sight,  Mr.  Richard 
Watson  Gilder  asked  me  to  prepare  for 
the  Century  Magazine  an  article  on  the 
restoration  of  the  White  House.  The 
illustrations  were  done  by  Jules  Guerin 
and  Alfred  Brennan.  These  artists  came 
to  Washington  and  made  a  series  of 
renderings  which  maintain  the  architec- 
tural character  of 
the  work  and  at  the 
same  time  rise  above 
mere  reproductions 
and  are  in  themselves 
works  of  art.  Mr. 
Bren  nan's  East 
Room  was  "a  hun- 
dred-hour drawing" 
by  the  first  artist  of 
the  day  in  the  way 
of  feeling  for  archi- 
tectural detail.  With 
Air.  Guerin  I  then 
renewed  an  acqauint- 
ance  which  began 
during  his  work  on 
the  drawings  for  the 
Plan  of  Washington, 
afterwards  was 
ripened  into  friend- 
ship during  our  asso- 
ciation in  work  on 
the  Plan  of  Chicago, 
and  has  continued 
with  increasing  ad- 
miration on  my  part 
during  the  years 
when  I  watched  the  gro\vth  of  his  decora- 
tions for  the  Lincoln  Memorial.  I  had 
occasion  also  to  again  appreciate  the  fine 
qualities  of  Mr.  Gilder  and  Mr.  Drake, 
the  art  director  of  The  Century,  who  felt 
that  they  were  performing  a  service  to  the 
nation  in  presenting  the  restoration  of  the 
White  House  without  regard  to  expense 
insofar  as  illustrations  were  concerned.' 
8  See  The  Century  Magazine,  April,  1903. 


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My  cop}'  for  the 
article,  sent  to  the 
White  House  for  re- 
vision, came  back 
with  several 
changes  made  by 
the  President,  and 
with  one  significant 
change  made  by  his 
wife.  Mr.  McKim 
had  decided  in  his 
own  mind  that  the 
draperies  in  the 
East  Room  should 
be  of  crimson,  and 
I  had  so  written. 
In  the  returned 
cop  y  the  word 
"crimson"  was 
stricken  out,  and 
above  it  was  written 
clearly,  distinctly, 
deliberately,  the 
word  "yellow." 
There  could  be 
no  appeal  from 
that  decision. 

On   Februarv   20, 


Washington,  D.  C. 

THE  TREATY  OF  OYSTER  BAY 


1903,    Mr.    McKim 


brought  to  me  ten  typewritten  pages, 
letter  size,  of  notes  on  the  work  that  had 
been  accomplished  and  on  this  skeleton  I 
constructed  the  report  of  the  architects, 
together  with  some  historical  notes,  all  of 
which  President  Roosevelt  transmitted 
to  Congress.^  Mr.  Gilder  permitted  the 
use  of  their  drawings,  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress furnished  historical  views  of  the 
President's  House,  beginning  with  1805; 
and  there  were  progress-photographs  as 
well  as  plans  of  the  Architects,  making  a 
little  volume  which  became  quickly  "out 
of  print. " 

President    Roosevelt,    having    moved 
into  the  restored  White  House  on  the 


'  Senate  Dccument  No. 
2d  Session.  1903. 


197;  57th  Congress; 


evening  of  October 
30,  1902,  on  the  7th 
of  November  gave 
a  formal  dinner, 
Mr.  McKim  being 
among  the  guests. 
The  East  Room  was 
not  completed  and 
the  hall  lacked  its 
final  coats  of  paint. 
The  new  cables  fur- 
nishing electricity 
from  the  State, 
War  and  Navy 
Building  were  un- 
der construction, 
so  that  the  amount 
of  current  was  un- 
equal to  a  full  load. 
The  Roosevelt 
boys,  having  dis- 
covered the  joys  of 
the  automatic  ele- 
vator, took  the  oc- 
casion of  the  dinner 
to  ride  up  and  down, 
with  the  result  that 
during  the  ascent  of  the  car  the  lights  in 
the  State  Dining-room  "winked."  It 
was  some  time  before  the  cause  of  the 
trouble  was  discovered  and  the  boys 
driven  off — only  to  return  again  with 
added  glee  over  the  results  of  their  ups- 
and-downs.  There  were  other  amusing 
features  of  the  dinner,  but  the  time  has 
not  come  to  tell  them. 

It  was  not  to  be  expected  that  the 
radical  changes  in  the  White  House 
would  escape  criticism;  but  the  chorus  of 
objection  amounting  to  vituperation  was 
not  anticipated.  People  forgot  those 
dismal  hours  spent  in  snow  and  sleet  on 
the  unprotected  north  portico  during 
reception  nights  when  the  house  was  over- 
crowded, they  forgot  the  promiscuous 
assemblage   of   wraps   deposited   on   the 


SO  nany  social  ♦rluapha  and  brilliant   ej^eotaolea,   la  to  hava  ito  walla 

In  vhlto  and  Its  vlncUvo  drapod  In  t»iMaii«       Oold  is  to  bo  us«d  but 

sparlnsly*  and  th'sn  only  on  f.ie  fdmlahinco,  srhioh  ara   to  have  a  oon- 

atruotlT*  rathor  fiar.  a  d»«0Tatlvo  value,       fho  ovor  elaboration,  tho 

falBe  apohlteoturo ,  the  transitory   ftioliiona  disnpraar,  and  in  thslr 

.  laoc   l3  to  b©  the  alnp'o,   thn  tniO|  find  tho  rernan'^rit  oonstruotlon. 

This  very  ai3P;"lioity ,  calllrc  aa   it    ".oeo   for   tho  boat  natorialo  ar.i  the 

nost   oarafUl  vrork,  aa^-.ao  tho  r^^atoration  coaparativaly  axivinalve, 

.     1 

Phulu  by  Hjnjy,  Wasliiugtun.  D.  C. 

MRS.    ROOSEVELT   DECIDES  THE  COLOR  OK  THE  EAST  ROOM   AND   HANGINGS 

fo  tha  Sanats  Park  Oomraloalan  Prooidor.t  MoKlnloy  cald  tliat 
to  thou^t   the  rrooid  ont   shoul  1  be  re<iulroi  by   law  to  sail-.  oao;i  nom- 
trvG  a  nlle  and  a  half  to  hlo  ©ffloej         Thio  axprossion,  ho'ovor,   In- 
dloated  tho  ppoaoure  of  iMbllo  buoineoo  on  a  Praoidant  rath  t  than  n 
dollvarato  oonviotlon  ao  tn   tJia  advisability  of  a  nas  on;  oeporate 
realde  00.        Praoldant  Roooovelt  vary  "rorntly  wit   tho  ^aotior.  ou-. 
of  dlaouaalon  by  announoli^  that  he  mH  Iftfi  Itoa«wi>^'nnl  ww   i1bb*iiii.> 
««  live  elooh^ero  than  in  t  :c  hiatorio  ITh.te  !!ou3«t   an  1  thlo   a^rtinant 
atruolc  a  T)ox>ular  ohord. 

Photo  by  Maluly.  Wa=hin;ti,n.  Ii.  C. 

PRESIDENT  ROOSEVELT  VETOES  THE   IDEA  OE  A  NEW    WHITE  HOI  SE 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION   MAGAZINE 


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Photo  bj   Ha"dy    Washington  D  C 

THE  PRESIDENT'S  STUDY.    FORMERLY  THE  CABINET  ROOM.      DRAWN    BY  ALFRED  BRENNAN 


floor  of  the  hall,  for  want  of  dressing- 
rooms;  they  forgot  the  exit  through  the 
window  and  over  an  improvised  wooden 
bridge.  They  did  not  realize  the  dif- 
ference between  the  quiet  elegance  of  the 
new  furnishings  as  compared  with  the 
tawdry  pine-gilded  decorations  of  former 
days.  The  Empire  blue  of  the  Blue  Room 
took  the  color  out  of  dowdy  gowns.  It 
was  alleged  that  the  oak  panelling  of  the 
State  Dining-room  was  full  of  knots.  The 
removal  of  the  "historic"  greenhouses 
was  decried. 

It  was  fully  six  months  before  the  tide 
turned  and  people  began  to  realize  that  in 
the  restored  White  House  they  had  a 
President's  House  expressive  of  the 
simplicity  and  dignity  of  the  Republic, 
and  at  the  same  time  in  its  appointments 
and  elegance  fit  for  any  king  on  earth. 

One  prolific  source  of  criticism  is  not 
difficult  to  appreciate,  so  marked  is  the 
change  that  has  been  wrought.  While 
the  offices  were  in  the  White  House,  that 
building  belonged  not  to  the  President 
and  his  family,  but  to  the  public,  who 


went  in  and  out  of  the  front  door,  climbed 
the  stairs  and  demanded  audience.  Sen- 
ators and  Congressman  had  access  day 
and  night,  not  as  a  courtesy  but  as  a  right. 
With  the  relegation  of  the  offices  to  the 
office-building,  the  President  ceased  to 
"live  over  the  shop."  He  gained  some 
privacy,  or  at  least  he  gained  the  oppor- 
tunity for  privacy. 

Naturally  some  of  the  Men  on  the  Hill 
resented  ha\'ing  to  ring  the  bell  instead  of 
entering  unannounced.  Such  a  change 
smacked  of  monarchy  and  exclusiveness. 
And  yet  no  President  ever  entertained 
more  largely  or  saw  in  friendly  inter- 
course more  of  the  representative  men 
and  women  of  the  country,  than  did 
Theodore  Roosevelt.  Never  has  there 
been  in  the  White  House  a  man  who 
could  speak  the  language  of  more  kinds 
of  his  fellow  citizens,  from  cow-boy  to 
erudite  professor;  or  who  more  enjoyed 
the  familiar  talk  on  the  South  Portico 
after  dinner.  It  made  no  difference  to 
him  what  the  man's  social  status,  pro- 
vided' only  that  he  was  a  real  man.    In 


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THE  EAST  ROOM 


spite  of  the  Biblical  injunction,  he  did  not 
"suffer  fools  gladly;"  and  he  would  not 
tolerate  insincerity  or  pretense.  I  have 
read  many  hundreds  of  his  confidential 
and  unguarded  letters,  and  never  once 
does  a  small,  petty  or  selfish  motive 
appear.  How  could  it?  Such  thiags  were 
simply  not  in  his  nature.  As  for  "the 
lady  of  the  house,"  the  flavor  of  her 
hospitality  has  become  proverbial. 

Among  the  disgruntled  Members  of 
Congress  was  John  Wesley  Gaines  of 
Tennessee,  who  took  umbrage  at  the 
disposal  of  the  old  furniture,  and  particu- 
larly over  the  fact  that  a  certain  sideboard 
presented  by  the  Lucy  Webb  Hayes 
Chapter,  a  temperance  society,  had  found 
its  way  from  auction-room  to  saloon. 
How  Mr.  Gaines  made  the  startling  dis- 
covery of  the  new  whereabouts  I  never 
knew.  At  any  rate  he  prepared  a  speech 
on  the  momentous  transaction,  and  it 
was  known  that  he  was  anxiously  await- 
ing an  opportunity  to  hurl  his  bombshell. 

One  day,  after  an  exciting  parliamen- 


tary struggle,  James  L.  Slayden  of  Texas 
had  secured  an  hour  of  the  valuable  time 
of  the  House.  Mr.  Slayden  had  no 
particular  use  for  that  hour;  indeed  he 
preferred  his  luncheon.  He  bethought 
himself  of  Mr.  Gaines  and  his  sideboard 
speech.  Mr.  Gaines  jumped  at  the  oppor- 
tunity and  readily  promised  to  keep 
talking  until  Mr.  Slayden  should  return 
from  luQcheon.  When  the  gentleman  from 
Texas  came  back,  Mr.  Gaines  brought 
his  speech  to  conclusion  by  a  prefervid 
peroration  in  which  the  \\'hite  House 
architects.  President  Roose\'elt,  and  the 
Republican  party,  all  were  consigned  to 
a  bottomless  pit. 

Then  Mr.  Cannon  was  recognized  by 
the  vSpeaker.  "In  the  good  old  days  of 
that  gracious  woman  and  incomparable 
housewife,  Dolly  Madison, "  (he  meant 
Abigail  Adams),  began  Mr.  Cannon. 
"The  East  Room  of  the  White  House  was 
still  unfurnished.  So  this  worthy  matron 
made  it  a  habit,  on  rainy  washdays,  to 
hang  the  family  wash  in  the  East  Room. 


THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE  WHITE  HOUSE,  1902-1903 


The  wash  was  extensi\-e.  Tlie  room  was 
large.  So  she  had  to  use  a  long  and 
valuable  clothes-line." 

Mr.  Cannon  paused,  struck  a  dramatic 
attitude,  and,  shaking  his  finger  at  the 
irate  Mr.  Gaines,  exclaimed ; 

"Where,  where,  sir,  I  ask  you,  where 
is  that  clothes-line  now '' ' ' 

The  peals  of  laughter  that  greeted  this 
sally  were  too  much  for  the  gentleman 
from  Tennessee.    He  succumbed. 

The  President  himself  was  not  without 
misgivings  o\'er  some  of  the  innovations. 
In  his  perturbation  he  asked  what  was  to 
become  of  the  wonderfully  wrought 
colored- 
glass screen 
that  sepa- 
rated hall 
from  corri- 
dor. "  I 
would  sug- 
gest djma- 
mite, "  an- 
swered Mr. 
M  c  K  i  m  . 
Consterna- 
tion gave 
way  to 
laughter. 
"Yes,"  as- 
sented til' 
President 
"dynamite 
would  be 
appropri- 
ate. " 

It  is  said 
that  the 
screen  fol- 
lowed the 
sideboard 
to  a  sa- 
loon— a  re- 

markable  the  uhue  holsf  from  the 

rninoidpnce  ^^e^t  terrace  drawn  b\  jlles 
coinuaence      B-i  h   c  merrill 


in     the    operation    of     the    law    of 
gravitation. 

The  President  once  complained  to 
Secretary  Root  that  Air.  McKim  was 
forcing  him  to  walk  past  the  servants' 
quarters  in  the  West  Terrace  on  his  way 
to  the  offices.  "Of  course,"  assented  the 
facetious  Secretary,  "]\IcKim  was  not 
counting  on  always  having  so  decrepit 
a  President. " 

The  appearance  of  lions'  heads  on 
the  white  marble  mantel  in  the  State 
Dining-room  jarred  on  the  American 
Hunter- President  and  his  feeling  was  only 
temporarily  allayed  by  Secretary  Root's 
remark, 
"Oh,  those 
are  Roman 
lions,  not 
British; 
and,  any- 
way, all 
you  have  to 
do  is  to  tell 
McKim  to 
turn  the 
corners 
of  their 
mouths 
down."  In 
the  end 
Phemister 
Proctor 
was  com- 
missioned 
to  replace 
the  lion's 
heads  with 
heads  of 
buffaloes. 

June  22, 
1903,  Mr. 
McKim  re- 
ceived the 
Royal  Gold 
Medal    for 


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the  promotion  of  architecture,  annually 
given  by  the  King  of  England  to  the 
person  selected  by  the  Council  of  the 
Royal  Institute  of  British  Architects, 
and  approved  first  by  the  members  of 
that  body  and  finally  by  the  King.  When 
congratulations  poured  in  from  America, 
Mr.  McKim  cabled  back:  "Many  thanlcs; 
but  I  still  wear  the  same  hat."  Ambas- 
sador Joseph  H.  Choate,  referring  to 
that  message,  said  feelingly: 

"Now  that  was  the  beauty  of  it  and  of 
him.  No  matter  what  happened,  no 
matter  what  avalanche  of  praise  and  con- 
gratulations were  heaped  upon  him,  he 


always  wore  the  same  hat.  His  head 
never  swelled  in  the  face  of  tributes  and 
honors  and  praises  that  might  well  have 
turned  the  heads  of  far  more  public  men 
than  he. " 

So,  lingeringly  and  almost  reluctantly. 
I  end  my  particular  story  of  the  restora- 
tion of  the  historic  White  House,  a 
matter  with  which  I  had  no  official 
connection  whate\-er,  but  into  which  I 
was  drawn  by  force  of  various  oppor- 
tunities and  circumstances,  and  especially 
by  the  deep  and  enduring  friendship 
graciously  bestowed  by  that  fine  gentle- 
man and   great   artist,  Charles   McKim. 


FACTS  ABOUT  THE  PRESIDENTS 


Of  the  first  seven  Presidents  of  the  United 
States,  four  were  from  Virginia,  two  of  the 
same  name  from  Massachusetts,  and  one  from 
Tennessee.  All  but  one  were  sixty-six  years 
old  on  leaving  office,  having  served  two  terras, 
and  one  of  those  who  served  but  one  term 
would  have  been  sixty-six  years  of  age  at  the 
end  of   another. 

Three  of  the  seven  died  on  the  4th  of  July, 
and  two  of  them  on  the  same  day  and  year. 
Two  of  them  were  on  the  sub-Committee  of 
three  that  drafted  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence ;  and  these  two  died  on  the  same  day 
and  year,  on  the  anniversary  of  the  Declaration 


of  Independence,  and  just  half  a  century  from 
the  day  of   the   Declaration. 

The  names  of  three  of  the  seven  end  in  son, 
yet  none  of  them  transmitted  his  name  to  a 
son.  The  initials  of  the  names  of  two  of  the 
seven  are  the  same  ;  the  initials  of  two  others 
are  the  same;  and  those  of  still  two  others, 
the  same.  The  remaining  otie,  who  stands  alone 
in  this  particular,  stands  also  alone  in  the  love 
and  admiration  of  his  countrymen  and  of  the 
civilized  world — Washington. 

Of  the  first  five,  only  one  had  a  son,  and  that 
son  was  also  President.  Neither  of  the 
Presidents  who  had  sons  were  elected  for  a 
second  term.  — Gleanings    For    the    Curious. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT 
GENERAL 


ITH  deep  reverence  our  Xational 

Society,       Daughters       of      the 

American  Revolution,   joined  in 

the    universal  mourning    at    the 

death  of  our  beloved  President, 

Warren  Gamaliel  Harding. 

Upon  receipt  of  the  tragic  new^s,  I  sent 

the  following  telegram  to  each  Xational 

Officer  and  State  Regent : 

"  The  whole  Nation  is  mourning  Presi- 
dent Harding.  JNIemorial  Continental 
Hall  is  closed  to  the  public,  and  our  flag 
at  half-mast.  As  President  General, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  I 
request  the  suspension  of  all  social  activi- 
ties of  our  Society  until  an  appropriate 
time,  not  earlier  than  two  weeks  after  the 
President's  death." 

The  President  General  and  Mrs. 
Stansfield.  Mrs.  Mondell,  Mrs.  Hodgkins, 
Mrs.  Nash,  Mrs.  Reed.  Mrs.  Heron. 
Mrs.  Summerill.  representing  our  great 
Society,  drove  in  the  funeral  cortege  to 
the  Capitol.  A  beautiful  wreath,  con- 
sisting of  white  lilies  and  pink  gladiolas. 
tied  with  the  official  ribljon  of  the  Presi- 
dent General,  was  sent  to  the  White 
House  as  a  s\mbol  from  our  Society. 

Warren  G.  Harding's  service,  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  was  to  the 
Nation  as  a  whole.  He  chamijioned  the 
cause  of  the  people  as  against  special 
interests  and  gave  himself  wholly  to 
further  the  interests  of  the  Nation. 
Unswervingly,  he  served  his  country 
and  humanity. 

During  his  term  of  office.  President 
Harding  came  on  numerous  occasions  to 


Memorial  Continental  Hall,  once  to 
address  us  on  the  opening  day  of  the 
32nd  Continental  Congress,  and  several 
times  since  then.  He  was  also  present  at 
the  opening  in  our  Memorial  Continental 
Hall  of  the  Conference  on  the  Limitation 
of  .Armament  and  gave  the  final  address 
at  its  close.  In  it  he  used  these  pro- 
phetic words : 

"  This  Conference  has  wrought  a  truly 
great  achievement.  It  is  hazardous  some- 
times to  speak  in  superlatives,  and  I  will 
be  restrained.  But  I  will  say,  with  every 
confidence,  that  the  faith  plighted  here 
today,  kept  in  national  honor,  will  mark 
the  beginning  of  a  new  and  better  epoch 
in  human  progress." 

To  I\Irs.  Harding,  who  was  truly  a 
helpmate  to  her  distinguished  husband, 
our  hearts  go  out  in  sorrow  and  admira- 
tion. She  is  not  only  a  life  member  of 
our  Society  but  Honorary  Chairman  of 
the  National  Committee  of  the  Correct 
Use  of  the  Flag.  To  her  we  extend  our 
heart-felt  sympathy  in  her  great  loss,  a 
loss  shared  by  humanity. 

(Jur  chapters,  of  course,  will  not  forget 
that  we  have  a  special  obligation  in  mak- 
ing a  success  of  Constitution  Week,  Sep- 
tember 16th-22nd.  This  is  a  fitting 
beginning  for  our  contemplated  study  of 
the  Constitution  and  one  which  gives  us 
the  opportunity  to  bring  its  importance 
to  the  people  of  our  communities. 

LoRA  H.MNEs  Cook. 
President  General. 
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UNITED   STATES  FLAG  CODE 


HE  National  Flag  Conference  coiiventil  at  the 
call  of  the  American  Legion  in  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  Washington.  D.  C,  on 
Flag  Day,  June  14,  1923,  composed  of 
delegates  from  the  principal  national 
patriotic,  fraternal,  educational,  and  civic 
organizations,  and  adopted  a  Flag  Code, 
based  on  the  U.  S.  War  Department  Flag 
Circular.  The  Flag  Code  Committee  com- 
prised Mr.  Gridley  Adams,  Chairman ;  Mrs. 
■ne  Cook,  Vice  Chairman,  President  General, 


D.  A.  R.  ;  Major  0.  C.  Luxford,  Secretary,  D.  C. 

Mr.    E.   .s.    Slartiii,   Boy   Scouts  of  America ;   M 

■  Osgoot]  Holland,  Xational  Congress  of  Mothers ;  1 


Ceneral.   U  D.C.  ;  Capt.  Chester  Wells,  U.  S.  Navy;  and 
Capt.  George  M.  Chandler.  U.  S.  Army,  advisors. 

There  is  but  one  Federal  Statute  which  protects  the 
Flag  throughout  the  country  from  desecration.  This  law 
provides  that  a  trade-mark  cannot  be  registered  which 
consists  of  or  comprises  the  Flag,  coat-of-arms  or  other 
insignia  of  the  United  States  or  any  simulation  thereof. 
Congress  has  also  enacted  legislation  providing  certain 
penalties  for  the  desecration,  mutilation  or  improper  use 
of  the  Flag  within  the  District  of  Columbia. 

In  adopting  the  Flag  Code,  at  the  Flag  Conference, 


emphasis  was  laid  on  the  foUowmg  suggestions  for  State 
legislation  regarding  the  Flag. 

"  Based  upon  opinion  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  rendered  by  Justice  John  Marshall  Harlan, 
every  State  should  enact  adequate  laws  for  the  protec- 
tion of  the  National  Flag.  State  Flag  laws  should 
include   the    following. 

1.  That  June  14th,  Flag  Day,  be  set  apart  by  proc- 
lamation of  the  Governor  recommending  that  Flag  Day 
be  observed  by  people  generally  by  the  display  of  the 
Flag  of  the  United  States  and  in  such  other  ways  as 
will  be  in  harmony  with  the  general  character  of  the  day. 

■?..  That  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  be  displayed 
on  the  main  administration  building  of  each  public 
institution. 

3.  That  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  with  staff  or 


John  L.  Riley,  American  Legion,  N.  Y.  Department ; 
Lt.  Col.  H.  S.  Kerrick,  American  Legion,  Ohio  Depart- 
ment ;      Airs.      Livingston      Rowe      Schuyli  r.      President 

546 


flag  pole  be  pro^  ided  for  each  school  house  and  be  dis- 
played during  school  days  either  from  a  flag  staff  or  in 
inclement  weather  within  the  school  building. 


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547 


4.  That  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  be  displayed 
in  every  polling  place. 

5.  That  the  use  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  as 
a  receptacle  for  rLCfi\ing.  holding,  carrying  or  delivering 
anything  be   prohibited. 

6.  That  the  use  of  the  Flag  for  advertising  purposes 
in  any  manner  be  prohibited. 

7.  That    penalty    (fine    and    imprisonment)     be    pro- 


vided for  public  mutilation,  abuse,  or  desecration  of 
the  Flag. 

The  Code  recommends  that  bunting  of  the  national 
colors  should  be  used  for  covering  speakers'  desks,  drap- 
ing over  front  of  platform  and  for  decoration  in  general. 
Bunting  should  be  arranged  with  the  blue  above,  the 
white  in  the  middle,  and  the  red  below. 

During  the  ceremony  of  hoisting  or  lowering  the  Flag 
or  when  the  Flag  is  passing  in  review,  the  code  recom- 
mends that  all  persons  present  should  stand  at  attention 
facing  the  Flag.  Men's  headdress  should  be  removed  with 
the  right  hand  and  held  at  the  left  shoulder.  Those 
present  in  uniform  should  salute  with  the  right  hand 
salute.       Women    should    stand    at    attention,    facing    the 


Flag  as  the  Flag  ib  passing  in  parade,  salute  b\  placing 
the  right  hand  over  the  heart.  If  the  National  Anthem 
is  played  and  no  flag  is  present,  all  stand  at  attention 
when  uncovered  and  salute  at  the  first  note  of  the 
Anthem,  retaining  the  position  until  the  last  note  of 
the  Anthem  is  played.  If  in  civilian  dress  and  covered, 
men  should  uncover  and  salute  at  attention,  facuig  the 
music.     Women  should  stand  at  attention  and  salute. 

The   Pledge   to   the   Flag    is  as    follows:     '*  I    pledge 
allegiance  to  the  Flag  of  the  United   States   and  to  the 


Republic  for  which  it  stands,  one  Nation  indivisable, 
with   liberty  and  justice  for  all." 

•'  The  Star  Spangled  Banner  "  is  rccon:mondcd  for 
universal  recognition  as  the  National  Anthem. 

The  code  rules  for  the  proper  manner  of  displaying 
the  Flag  are  as  follows: 

1.  The  Flag  should  be  displayed  from  sunriie  to  sun- 
set only  or  between  such  hours  as  designated  by  proper 


MEMORIAL  DAY 
A.M. 


authority  on  National  and  State  Holidays,  and  on  his- 
toric and  special  occasion.  The  Flag  should  always 
be  hoisted  briskly  and  lowered  slowly  and  ceremoniously. 

2.  When  carried  in  a  procession  with  another  flag 
or  flags  the  place  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  is  on 
the  right,  i.e.,  the  Flag's  own  right,  or  when  there  is 
:i  line  of  other  flags,  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  may 
bo   in    front  of  the  centre  of  that  line. 

3.  When  displayed  with  another  flag,  against  a  wall 
from  crossed  staffs,  the  Flag  of  the  United  Stites  should 
be  on  the  right,  the  Flag's  own  right,  and  its  staff 
should  be  in  front  of  the  staff  of  the  other  flag. 

4.  When  a  number  of  flags  are  grouped  and  dis- 
idayed  from  staffs  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should 
be  in  the  centre  or  at  the  highest  point  of  the  group. 


DISTRESS  SIGNAL 

Tj.  U7it7i  flags  of  States  or  Cities  or  pennants  of 
societies  are  flown  on  the  same  halyard  with  the  Flag 
of  the  United  States,  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  must 
always  be  at  the  peak.  When  flown  from  adjacent  staffs 
the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should  be  hoisted  first. 
No  Flag  or  pennant  should  be  placed  above  or  to  the 
right  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States. 

fi.  When  the  flags  of  two  or  more  Xaticns  are  to  be 
displayed  they  should  be  flown  from  separate  staffs  of  the 
same  height  and  the  flags  should  be  of  equal  size.     In- 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


temational  usage  forbids  the  display  of  the  flag  of  one 
nation  above  that  of  any  other  nation  in  time  of  peace. 

7.  When  the  Flag  is  displayed  from  a  staff  projecting 
horizontally  or  at  an  angle  from  the  window  sill,  bal- 
cony  or  front   of   biiilding   the    union   of   the   Flag  should 


go  clear  to  the  head  of  the  staff  unless  the  Flag  is  at 
half-staff. 

S.  When  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  is  displayed 
other  than  flown  from  a  Haff,  it  should  be  displayed 
flat,  whether  indoors  or  out.  When  displayed  either 
horizontally  or  vertically  against  a  wall,  the  union  should 


be  uppermost  and  to  the  flag's  right,  i.e.,  to  the 
observer's  left.  When  displayed  in  a  window  it  should  be 
displayed  the  same  \\d\,  that  is,  with  the  union  or  blue 
field  to  the  left  of  the  observer  in  the  street.  When 
festoons  or  drapings,  of  blue,  white  and  red  are  desired, 
bunting  should   be  used,   but  never  the  Flag. 

9.  When  displayed  over  the  middle  of  the  street  as 
between  buildings,  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  should 
be  suspended  vertically  with  the  union  to  the  north  in 
an  east  and  west  street  or  to  the  east  in  a  north  and 
south  street. 

10.  When  used  on  a  speaker's  platform  the  Flag 
should  be  displayed  above  and  behind  the  speaker.  It 
should  never  be  used  to  cover  the  speaker's  desk  nor 
drape  over  the  front  of  the  platform.  If  flown  from 
staff  it  should  be  on   the  speaker's  right. 

11.  When  used  in  unveiling  a  statue  or  monument 
the  Flag  should  not  be  allowed  to  fall  to  the  ground 
but  should  be  carried  aloft  to  wave  out,  forming  a 
distinctive  feature  during  the  remainder  of  the  ceremony. 

12.  When  flown  at  half-staff  the  Flag  is  first  hoisted 
briskly  to  the  peak  and  then  lowered  to  the  half-staff 
position,  but  before  lowering  the  Flag  for  the  day  it 
is  raised  again  to  the  peak.  On  Memorial  Day,  May  30th, 
the  Flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  from  sunrise  until 
noon  and  at  full-staff  from  noon  until  sunset  for  the 
Nation  lives  and  the  Flag  is  the  symbol  of  the  Living 
Nation. 

13.  When  used  to  cover  a  casket  the  Flag  should  be 
placed  so  that  the  union  is  at  the  head  and  over  the 
left  shoulder.  The  Flag  should  not  be  lowered  into  the 
grave  nor  allowed  to  touch  the  ground.  The  casket 
should  be  carried  foot  first. 

14.  When  the  Flag  is  displayed  in  Church  it  should 
be  from  a  staff  placed  on  the  congregation's  right  as 
they  face  the  clergyman  with  the  service  flag.  State  flag 
or  other  flag  on  the  left  wall.  If  in  the  chancel  the  ■ 
Flag  of  the  United  States  should  be  placed  on  the 
clergyman's  right  as  he  faces  the  congregation. 

15.  When  the  Flag  is  in  such  a  condition  that  it  is 
no  longer  a  fitting  emblem  for  displa.v,  it  should  not  be 
cast  aside  or  used  in  anyway  that  might  be  viewed 
as  disrespectful  to  the  National  colors,  but  should  be 
destroj'ed  as  a  whole,  privately,  preferably  by  burning  or 
by  some  other  method  In  harmony  with  the  reverence  and 
respect  we  owe  to  the  emblem  repre-enting  our  Country. 


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ENGLISH 

In  Great  Britain,  record  of  this  name  and 
one  which  shows  the  EngHsh  family  to  have 
been  in  existence  at  a  very  early  period,  is  in 
the  Parliamentary  Roll  of  Arms  for  the 
Northern  Counties  of  Northumberland  and 
Cumberland  in  1013,  where  the  armory  of  "  Sire 
John   le   Engleys  "   is   recorded. 

This  armory,  "  three  lions,"  argent  on  a 
sable  shield  is  the  same  which  was  borne 
later  by  both  the  English  family  of  England 
and  the  Inglis  family  of  Scotland  which  would 
lead  to  the  supposition  that  these  families  had  a 
common  origin,  probably  all  descendants  of 
Sire  John. 

Walter,  John  and  Philip  de  Inglis  are  all 
mentioned  as  men  of  rank  and  property,  follow- 
ing the  invasion  and  establishment  of  English 
authority  in  Scotland  hy  King  Edward  I, 
of  England. 

One  thousand  three  hundred  and  seventy-five, 
the  seal  of  Sir  Richard  Englissche  with  armor- 
ial bearing  thereon,  is  found  attached  to  a  deed, 
in  connection  with  land  rental  in  Somersetshire. 
The  name  next  appears  in  "  Yorkshire  Visita- 
tions"  in  connection  with  the  marriage  of 
Isabella,  daughter  of  William  English  of 
Appleby  and  Ashby  County.  Westmoreland  and 
Sir  Nycholas  Harrington. 

The  Devonshire  branches  of  the  family  trace 
their  lines  to  Cunnant  English  who  married 
Grace  Yard.  Following  one  of  these  branches 
in  the  male  line,  brings  us  to  Thomas  English 
who  married  in  Great  Buckland,  Maidstone, 
Kent.  1679  and  had  a  son  James  who  is  thought 
(although  documentary  proof  is  lacking)  to 
have  immigrated  to  America  about  the  time 
of  his  father's  death  in  1704,  and  settled  in 
Delaware  near  the  border  lines  of  Maryland 
and  Virginia,  becoming  the  founder  of  this 
family  in  America. 


WEST  DE  LA  WARR 

Besides  the  Virginia  Wests  who  descended 
from  Sir  Thomas  West,  2d  Lord  De  la  Warr 
and  the  Maryland  Wests  who  descended  from 
Sir  William  West,  there  are  many  other  early 
colonial  families  of  lineal  descent  from  the 
Wests  De  la  \\'arr. 

This  family  traces  its  lineage  to  the  early 
kings  of  Burgundy.  A.  D.  450,  of  France,  732, 
of  England,  800,  of  Italy,  850",  of  Germanv  and 
Emperor  Elect,  900,  Alfred  the  Great,  901, 
Conrad,  Holy  Roman  Emperor  1030,  \\'illiam 
The  Conqueror.  1060,  St.  David,  King  of  Scot- 
land, Anne  of  Russia  and  the  Plantagenets. 

Sir  Thomas  de  West,  of  Hamperden. 
Cantelupe  and  Great  Torrington  Devonshire, 
took  part  in  the  French  Wars  of  Edward  III 
and  in  1316,  personally  captured  King  John  of 
France  at  the  Battle  of  of  Cressy.  He  married 
Lady  Eleanor  Cantelupe  and  their  grandson 
Sir  Thomas  de  West  was  summoned  to  Parlia- 
ment in  1401.  He  married  Lady  Joan,  sister 
and  heiress  of  Thomas.  Lord  De  la  Warr, 
whose  family  traces  back  to  the  eighth  of  John, 
when  John  La  Warre  had  a  ratification  of  a 
grant  made  by  King  John,  of  the  Lordship 
of  Bristolton. 

In  1568,  Sir  William  West  was  knighted  in 
Hampton  Court  and  created  Lord  De  la  Warr 
(new  creation,  the  male  line  having  become 
extinct).  He  was  a  member  of  the  Priw 
Council  of  Queen  Elizabeth  and  distinguished 
himself  at  St.  Quentin.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Strange  and  had  Sir  Thomas  West.  2nd  Lord  De 
la  Warr,  who  was  the  head  of  the  American 
branch  of  this  family.  He  married  Annie, 
cousin  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  their  sons  came 
early  to  ^'irginia.  where  they  at  once  liccame 
prominent    in    Colonial   affairs. 

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Washington  Heights  Chapter  (New  York 
City,  N.  Y.).  Mrs.  Samuel  J.  Kramer,  Regent, 
is  one  of  the  older  chapters  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  having  been  organ- 
ized February  18,  1897,  and  chartered  April 
of  the  same  year,  its  national  number  being 
Zii.  At  present  it  has  a  membership  of  two 
hundred.  During  all  the  years  of  its  existence 
it  has  never  ceased  in  its  active  efforts  to 
exemplify  the  patriotic  principles  for  which  it 
stands,  and  it  has  many  claims  to  distinction, 
a  few  of  which  are  the  erection  of  four  tablets, 
and  the  marking  of  six  graves  of  Revolution- 
ary soldiers. 

The  first  tablet  (bronze)  was  placed  in  1904 
on  Washington's  Headquarters,  this  city,  Mrs. 
Kramer  being  the  organizer  of  the  Associa- 
tion which  has  the  custody  of  the  house  and  its 
museum.  The  second  bronze  tablet  was  placed 
on  the  home  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  this  city, 
in  April,  1907.  During  the  Hudson-Fulton 
celebration  in  1909,  a  memorial  tablet  was 
placed  on  a  boulder  at  Broadway  and  147th 
Street  to  mark  "  The  First  Line  of  Defense  " 
during  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  in  the 
year  1915  another  tablet  to  mark  the  Redoubt 
and  other  works  of  "  The  Second  Line 
of  Defense,"  on  the  rear  wall  of  the 
Chapel  of  the  Intercession,  at  Broadway  and 
ISSth   Street. 

The  first  grave  of  a  Revolutionary  soldier 
to  be  marked  by  the  Chapter  was  that  of 
Captain  Andrew  Engle  at  Ridgefield,  N.  J., 
in  1914.  The  next  similar  ceremony  took  place 
at  Hulett's  Landing,  Lake  George,  N.  Y., 
during  the  summer  of  1917,  when  two  graves 
were  marked,  that  of  David  Hulett  and  Levi 
Pratt.  Representatives  of  the  Chapter  discov- 
ered in  1920,  two  head-stones,  side  by  side,  on 
the  edge  of  the  highway  at  Fort  Ann,  N.  Y. 
The  inscription  on  one  was  "  Dan  Weller,"  a 
Revolutionary  Soldier ;"  the  other  was  that  of 
his  wife,  and  both  graves  received  the  honor 
of  the  bronze  markers.  The  details  in  connec- 
tion with  the  marking  of  these  graves  were 
enumerated  on  three  occasions  in  the  Magazine 
of  our  National  Society,  but  there  remains  not 
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yet  recorded  an  interesting  event  which  took 
place  last  summer,   1922. 

A  lady  born  in  Fort  Ann,  N.  Y.,  but  now  a 
resident  of  Florida,  read  the  account  in  the 
Magazine  of  the  marking  of  Dan  Weller's 
grave  at  Fort  Ann.  She  wrote  at  once  to 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C, 
inquiring  the  address  of  the  author,  stating  she 
had  two  Revolutionary  ancestors  buried  at  Fort 
Ann.  The  correspondence  disclosed  she  was 
their  great-great-granddaughter,  and  greatly 
desired  their  graves  to  be  similarly  marked. 
The  ceremony  took  place  Wednesday  afternoon, 
August  16th  which  happened  to  be  the  140th 
anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Bennington,  a  fitting 
time  to  honor  our  dead  soldiers.  Prof. 
Frederick  M.  Pedersen,  of  the  College  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  delivered  an  historical 
address  covering  Burgoyne's  campaign  with 
interesting  events  of  local  color,  the  battles 
of  Fort  Ann,   Ticonderoga,  etc. 

The  graves  of  our  patriots  were  located  at 
West  Fort  Ann,  Welch  Valley,  in  a  small 
private  burying  ground  in  the  middle  of  a 
large  farm,  once  belonging  to  Moses  Kibbe,  one 
of  our  soldiers,  but  now  in  the  possession  of 
Mr.  Roger  Stevens.  Moses  Kibbe  was  born 
September  6,  1752,  at  Enfield,  Conn.,  and  died 
April  26,  1819.  on  Pike  Brook  Road  near  South 
Bay  Village,  which  is  on  Lake  Champlain.  Our 
Chapter  found  the  head-stone  broken,  and 
when  we  repaired  it,  the  epitaph  became  legible 
and  connected. 

Moses  Kibbe 

Born   Sept.   6-1752 

Died   April   26-1819 

"  From  a  fall  from  a  horse 

Sudden  death  I  received 

All   ye,    who   pass   by. 

Repent  and  believe" 

The   stamping   on    the    bronze   marker   is   as 

follows : 

Moses  Kibbe 

1752  1819 

Private,    Col.    Woodbridge's    Mass.    Regt. 

Placed    by    the    Washington    Heights    Chapter, 

N.  Y.  C. 

N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 


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Joshua  Parish,  our  other  patriot,  married  the 
daughter  of  his  comrade-in-arms,  Moses 
Kibbe,  and  is  buried  in  the  same  little  private 
plot.  He  was  born  in  England  about  1743  and 
died  in  Fort  Ann,  K.  Y.,  August  2,  1799. 
Before  the  Revolutionary  War  he  was  the 
miller  in  Tyringham,  now  called  Otis,  in 
Massachusetts.  He  had  previously  fought  in 
the  French  and  Indian  War.  His  head-stone 
had  all  crumbled  to  pieces,  but  his  soldier's 
career  is  fully  detailed  in  the  records  at 
Washington,  D.  C. 

The  bronze  marker  has  the  following 
inscription : 

Joshua   Parish 

1743  1799 

Private,  Col.  Brown's  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass,  Regt. 

Placed    by 

The   Washington    Heights    Chapter,    N.    Y     C 

N.   S.   D.  A.   R. 

The  markers  having  previously  been  covered 
by  the  Stars  and  Stripes  were  unveiled  as 
"America"  was  being  sung,  by  two  children  of 
the  seventh  generation,  Venda  Westcott  and 
Horace  Seeley.  A  member  of  the  eighth  gen- 
eration, Richard  T.  Reed,  was  present,  though 
in  his  mother's  arms,  Mrs.  Robert  Reed  of 
Hudson  Falls. 

There  were  also  in  attendance  descendants 
from  Fort  Ann,  Glens  Falls,  Schenectady, 
Whitehall,  and,  best  of  all,  the  lady  from 
Miami,  Florida,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Mclntyre  (Cora 
E.),  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution.  It  had  been  the  wish  of 
her  heart  for  some  years  to  have  the  graves  of 
her  patriot  ancestors  thus  remembered  and 
nobly  honored. 

More  than  sixty  persons  were  present  on  the 
occasion.  The  Jane  McCrea  Chapter  of  Glens 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  was  represented,  also  veterans  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  belonging  to 
Fort  Ann— four  only  being  left  from  a  mem- 
bersliip  of  seventy-five— and  the  Girl  Scouts  in 
their  uniforms  giving  a  picturesque  appear- 
ance to  the  scene.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Potter  of 
Fludson  Falls,  pronoimced  the  invocation,  led 
in  singing  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  and 
patriotic  hymns,  and  just  as  the  sun  was  fading 
into  the  west  he  closed  the  ceremony  with  a 
benediction— when  a  boy  of  ten  rushed  from 
an  automobile  standing  by  and  strewed 
flowers  over  the  graves— a  most  sweet  and 
beautiful  tribute  from  the  young  American  of 
the  present  day  to  his  great  benefactors  and 
forefathers  of  his  country. 

Mrs.   H.   Croswell  Tuttle, 

Ex-Historian. 


Lachlan  Mcintosh  Chapter  (Savannah, 
Ga.)  has  enjoyed  a  multiplicity  of  activities  and 
there  has  been  a  steady  increase  in  interest. 
The   members   are   enthusiastic   and    energtic. 

We  contributed  $119  to  Georgia  Bay;  $50  to 
Georgia  Room,  Memorial  Continental  Hall ;  $5 
to  Plymouth  Fountain ;  $5  to  Pell  Memorial ; 
$22.25  to  Immigrants'  Manual ;  $2  Ellis  Island, 
and  we  contributed  $18.54  to  the  entertainments 
of  the  returned  soldiers.  Thus,  having  responded 
100  per  cent,  to  national  call,  likewise,  we  have 
been  active   in   state   and  local   interests. 

The  Chapter  has  contributed  $44  for  the  edu- 
cation of  a  little  girl  in  a  boarding  school  and 
has  given  three  gold  medals  for  essays.  We 
have  given  a  series  of  card  parties  and  held 
an  "  Old  Horse  Sale  "  in  order  to  raise  funds. 
We  have  also  contributed  $5  to  Midway  Church. 

We  have  visited  weekly  the  Juvenile  Deten- 
tion Home  and  Good  Will  Centre,  where  Ameri- 
canization has  been  taught  to  the  children  in 
a  comprehensive  manner,  and  at  the  same  time, 
we  have  interwoven  music  and  other  forms  of 
cntertaimnent   at   these   meetings. 

Two  unmarked  Revolutionary  soldiers'  graves 
have  been  located,  and  we  are  awaiting  the 
Government  markers.  The  Historian  has  an 
interesting  copy  of  our  vital  statistics  up  to  the 
year  1807  and  we  will  continue  this  work  up 
to  the  year  1850. 

The  Regent  and  Board  for  the  last  two  years 
have  made  progress  and  in  leaving  the  Chapter 
in  the  keeping  of  the  new  Regent  and  her  Board, 
the  retiring  officers  can  feel  that  they 
have  endeavored  to  forge  forward  toward 
better  things. 

Phoebe   B.  L.\cne.\u, 
Chapter    Historian. 

Army  and  Navy  Chapter  (Washington, 
D.  C.)  on  May  2,  1923,  unveiled  a  bronze  tab- 
let to  mark  the  site  of  the  Meridian  Stone  at 
the  Sixteenth  Street  entrance  to  Meridian 
Park,   Washington. 

Mrs.  W.  D.  West,  Regent  of  the  Chapter, 
introduced  Mrs.  William  H.  Carter,  Chairman 
of  the  Committee  composed  of  Mrs.  R.  C. 
DuBois  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Owen,  who  presented 
the  tablet.  It  was  accepted  by  the  Assistant 
Secretary  of  War,  Mr.  Dvvight  F.  Davis,  for 
the  Government,  and  the  tablet  was  unveiled 
by  Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  President 
General,  N.  S.,  D.  A.  R.  Music  was  furnished 
by  the  Army  band. 

Mrs.   Carter's  remarks  follow : 

"  Mr.  Secretary,  Madam  President  General, 
ladies  and  gentlemen  : 

"  We  have  come  together  today  for  the  pur- 
pose of  unveiling  a  tablet,  placed  by  the  Army 
and  Navy  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  to  indicate  the  former  site  of  the 


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Meridian  Stone,  placed  near  this  spot  more 
than  a  hundred  years  ago  to  mark  the 
meridian  of  Washington  from  which  longitude 
was  calculated. 

"  It  was  long  the  custom  of  nations  to 
reckon  longitude  from  their  own  capitals 
Desirous  of  following  that  custom,  Americans 
gave  early  consideration  to  the  establishment 
of  a  first  meridian.  Joined  to  this  was  the  idea 
of  a  national  observatory,  to  the  end  that  this 


Street,'  where  temporary  posts  were  fixed,  and 
the  meridian  line  marked  upon  them.  Later  in 
the  year  a  small  obelisk  was  substituted  for  the 
posts.  The  apex  of  this  stone  was  in  the  true 
meridian  passing  through  the  centre  of  the 
northern  door  of  the  White  House.  The  set- 
ting of  the  Meridian  Stone  was  a  ceremonious 
occasion  which  was  attended  by  President 
Jefferson  and  many  officials  of  that  day. 

"  In  the   course  of   time,  navigators,  astron- 
omers,   and    geographers    found    the    existence 


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Republic  might  be  entirely  free  from  depend- 
ence on  foreign  nations. 

"  In  the  State  Department  there  is  a  letter 
from  Nicholas  King,  Surveyor,  addressed  to 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  Thomas 
Jefferson,  dated  October  15,  1804,  relative  to  a 
meridian  line  through  the  centre  of  the  Presi- 
dent's house.  This  letter  is  endorsed  '  to  be 
filed  in  the  Office  of  State,  as  a  record  of  the 
demarcation  of  the  first  meridian  of  the  U.  S.' 
The  work  was  performed  by  direction  of 
President  Jefferson,  for  the  purpose  of  mark- 
ing the  initial  meridian  line  from  which  longi- 
tude was  to  be  counted. 

"  The  meridian  through  the  President's  house 
was  run  in  1804  by  Nicholas  King.  Setting  up 
his  transit  at  the  northern  door  of  the  White 
House,  and  pointing  to  the  star  '  in  the  tail  of 
the  constellation  Ursa  Minor  at  its  eastern 
elongation,'  he  then  depressed  the  telescope  to 
sight  a  mark  at  the  intersection  of  Sixteenth 
and  I  Streets,  where  a  stake  was  placed.  The 
telescope  was  then  elevated  and  pointed  due 
North    '  to   the    top    of    the    hill    on    Sixteenth 


of  more  than  one  fi.xed  meridian  for  reckoning 
longitude  a  constant  source  of  confusion. 
After  many  years  of  discussion,  an  inter- 
national conference  was  held  at  Washington 
in  October,  1884,  and  the  question  of  a 
common  reference  meridian  for  the  world  was 
then  adjusted  by  the  elimination  of  the  Wash- 
ington meridian. 

"  With  the  rapid  expansion  of  the  city  in 
recent  years,  towards  the  north,  and  the  conse- 
quent grading  of  streets,  that  portion  of 
Meridian  Hill  containing  the  Meridian  Stone, 
placed  in  1804,  was  greatly  lowered  and  the 
stone  removed.  The  Army  and  Navy  Chap- 
ter, Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
have  made  diligent  search  for  the  original  stone 
without  success.  In  order  that  the  place 
formerly  occupied  by  the  stone  may  not  be 
lost  to  history,  the  Chapter  has  placed  this 
tablet  to  mark  the  site,  and  now  we  take 
pleasure  in  turning  it  over  to  you  as  the  repre- 
sentative  of   the   Government." 

Mrs.  William  H.  Carter, 
Chairman. 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


Fairfax  County  Chapter  (Vienna,  Va.)- 
for  nearly  two  years  has  been  under  the 
able  leadership  of  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Petty 
of  Arlington,  who  has  made  this  period  one  of 
notable   achievement. 

On  September  19,  1922,  two  memorial 
tablets  were  unveiled  at  Leesburg,  Va.,  to  mark 
the  graves  of  our  Real  Daughters.  Less  than  a 
month  later  on  October  17th,  the  Chapter 
unveiled  at  Freedom  Hill  a  tablet  marking  the 
site  of  the  first  court  house  of  Fairfax  County. 
Much  interest  was  shown  in  this  work  which 
was  evidenced  by  the  large  crowd  from 
Fairfax  and  adjoining  counties,  as  well  as  from 
the  District  of  Columbia  that  attended  the 
unveiling  exercises.  The  tablet,  which  is  a 
handsome  piece  of  bronze  28  by  18,  contains 
the  following  inscription : 

From  this  spot  W.  20  degrees,  W.  220  Ft. 

Stood  the  first   Court   House  of 

Fairfa.x   County 

Built  in  1742. 

Abandoned    because    of    Indian    Hostilities 

About   1752. 

Erected    By    Fairfax    County    Chapter 

Members  of  the  American  Revolution. 

The  insignia  of  the  D.  A.  R.  just  above  the 
final  sentence  is  the  only  ornamentation.  It  is 
placed  on  a  boulder  of  gray  granite,  in  the  tri- 
angle where  the  old  road  traversed  in  1754  by 
a  regiment  of  Braddock's  army  joins  the  Fair- 
fax Chain  Bridge  Road,  just  ten  miles  from 
the  national  capital.  The  tablet  which  had 
been  draped  with  the  national  flag  was  uncov- 
ered by  Elizabeth  Petty,  daughter  of  the 
Chapter  Regent  and  a  descendant  of  Colonel 
Sanniel  Shreve  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and 
Elizabeth  Berry,  a  descendant  of  Hugh  West 
who  was  a  colonial  councilor  for  King 
George  II  during  the  decade  that  court  sessions 
were  held  at   Freedom   Hill. 

After  an  invocation  by  Rev.  B.  Janney 
Rudderow,  Mrs.  Joseph  Berry,  Chapter  His- 
torian and  chairman  of  the  "  Historic  Spots 
Committee,"  gave  a  brief  account  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  county  court  house  at  Freedom 
Hill  and  of  its  abandonment  ten  years  later  and 
of  the   stirring   events   of  that   time. 

The  history  recalled  by  the  tablet   is  as   fol- 
lows ;     More  than  a  hundred  and  eighty  years 
,     ago    on    the     17th    of     March,     1742,    William 
Fairfax  of  Bel  voir  deeded  to  the  county  which 
I     bears  his  name  six  acres  of  land  on  which  to 
j     erect   a   county   court   house.     Fairfax   at   this 
I     time    included    what    are    now    Loudoun     and 
Arlington  counties  and  also  the  city  of   Alex- 
1     andria.      Soon    after    tliis   land   was    deeded   to 
the  county  a  brick  court  house   was  built  and 
court  sessions  held  there  the  same  year.     Fair- 
fax  County   at   this   time    contained    about   250 


voters  and  many  of  the  names  on  the  list  are 
still  familiar  in  this  section,  Alexander, 
Ball,  Brent,  Broadwater,  Chapman,  Coleman, 
Fairfax,  Graham,  Gimnell,  Hall,  Harrison, 
Jackson,  Marshall,  Peyton,  Minor,  Richardson, 
Simpson,  Territt,  Trammel,  Turley,  Washing- 
ton, West,  Young,  and  others. 

The  men  of  this  decade  who  represented  the 
county  in  the  Virginia  House  of  Burgesses 
were :  Lawrence  Washington.  John  Colville, 
Richard  Osborne,  and  Hugh  West. 

Many  quaint  records  of  this  period  have 
this  introduction,  "  On  this  day  came  Hugh 
West,  councilor  for  His  Majesty,  King  George, 
the  Second "  or  "  Councilor  for  Our  Lord, 
the  King." 

Action  was  taken  in  London  in  1752  to  allow 
the  removal  of  the  court  to  Alexandria,  tradi- 
tion says  on  account  of  Indian  hostilities. 

On  April  8,  1755,  Sir  Peter  Halket's  regiment 
of  Braddock's  army  encamped  in  Alexandria 
began  its  march  to  the  west.  The  line  of  march 
as  specified  in  the  old  Order  Book  called  for 
the  first  day's  march  to  "  Ye  Old  Court  House." 
Of  the  regiment  under  Sir  Peter  Halket  who 
spent  the  night  of  April  8,  1755,  at  the  old 
court  house,  two  companies  of  fifty  each  were 
Virginia  Rangers,  recruited  from  this  section, 
one  company  of  infantry  numbering  ninety- 
five  were  from  New  York.  The  others  were 
mostly  British  Regulars. 

The  next  day's  march  took  this  regiment 
beyond  Dranesville. 

Under  the  old  court  house  there  was  a 
dungeon  prison.  The  first  record  on  the  minute 
book  of  the  court  in  1742  tells  us  that  the  build- 
ing was  not  yet  ready  for  the  prisoners  to  be 
brought  up  from  Colchester.  Mr.  Presly 
Moreland,  a  short  time  before  the  Civil  War 
filled  up  a  depression  in  the  ground  where  the 
old  dungeon  prison  had  been,  and  built  the 
front  room  of  his  home  over  the  spot.  Some 
of  the  old  brick  are  in  the  foundation  and  par- 
titions of  this  house. 

This  property  now  belongs  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Barron,  who  very  generously  donated 
the  land  on  which  to  erect  the  tablet  which 
rescues  from  oblivion  a  spot  of  much  historic 
interest  to  the  people  of  this  section  of  ^■irginia. 
Annette  G.  Berky, 

Historian. 

Crater  Lake  Chapter  (Medford,  Oregon), 
has  a  membership  of  forty-two,  five  are  non- 
resident members.  We  gained  eight  new 
members  last  year  and  lost  one  by  death  and 
one  by  transfer. 

We  have  eight  subscribers  to  the  D.\ughters 
OF  THE  American  Revolution  Mag-\zine,  one 
copy  of  which  is  placed  in  the  Public  Library. 

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which  have  been  at  the  homes  of  members  with 
the  exception  of  Flag  Day,  June  14th,  which  was 
celebrated  with  a  picnic  at  Ashland  Park. 

Our  meetings  are  held  on  the  third  Saturday 
of  the  month  with  an  average  attendance  of 
twenty-five.  We  have  year-books  printed  each 
year  which  contain  the  programs  for  the  year, 
names  of  members,  officers,  and  committees. 
At  our  October  meeting,  we  had  as  our  guest 


Perhaps  the  most  enjoyable  function  of  the 
year  was  the  Washington  luncheon,  held  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  C.  W.  McDonald  on  February 
22nd,  the  members  coming  in  Colonial  costume. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Anderson,  ex-Regent,  gave  an 
address  of  special  interest  on  the  early  life  of 
Washington.  On  Armistice  Day  the  Crater 
Lake  Chapter  furnished  a  decorated  float  for 
the  parade.    This  float  represented  the  Colonial 


JRATHR  L.AKE  CHAPTER'S  WASHINGTON  TEA,  MEDFORD,  OREGON 


of  honor  Miss  Anne  M.  Lang,  the  State  Regent, 
who  gave  an  inspiring  talk  on  our  duty  as 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  Our 
general  topic  for  the  year  is :  "  The  E.xpansion 
of  the  United  States,'"  and  we  have  had  some 
splendid  papers  on  this  subject  following  the 
outline  in  the  Daughters  of  the  Americ.ax 
Revolution  Magazine.  Aside  from  the 
papers,  good  music  is  provided  and  a  five- 
minute  current  topic  on  some  subject  of  inter- 
national interest  is  reported  at  each  meeting. 
The  January  meeting  was  given  over  to  an 
address  on  International  Relations  by  Mrs.  M. 
J.   Norris,  the   Chapter   Vice   Regent. 

Although  not  organized  for  social  purposes, 
the  social  spirit  is  good.  A  covered  luncheon 
was  held  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  J.  A.  Perry  in 
November.  A  Christmas  tree  was  the  special 
feature  of  the  December  meeting  and  baskets 
of  provisions  were  sent  to  the  deserving  needy. 


period  with  George  Washington,  Betsy  Ross, 
and  others  in  characteristic  costume. 

We  have  paid  our  full  quota  for  manuals  for 
immigrants.  We  sent  two  dollars  to  Ellis 
Island  to  help  with  literature  for  immi- 
grant women. 

We  held  an  essay  contest  for  seventh  and 
eighth  grades  of  the  Medford  Public  Schools 
on  the  subject :  "  What  It  Means  to  be  a  Good 
Citizen  of  the  United  States."  Rewards  con- 
sisted of  two  books,  total  value  about  ten 
dollars,  inscribed  as  gifts  from  the  Crater 
Lake   Chapter,  D.  A.  R. 

On  International  Day,  February  6th,  we  sent 
one  of  our  members  to  talk  before  the  Medford 
High  School  assembly  on  International  Rela- 
tions, and  asked  the  history  teacher  of  the 
grades  to  give  the  history  period  of  that  day 
over  to  topics  of  international  interest. 

We  secured  a  one  hundred  per  cent,  vote 
from  our  Chapter  at  general  election. 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


With  reference  to  historic  trees,  we  have 
been  able  to  locate  only  two  or  three  in  this 
locality.  In  1866,  B.  V.  Beall,  an  Illinois 
pioneer  of  1862,  planted  a  black  walnut  tree 
on  his  homestead.  It  grew  to  be  a  beautiful 
tree  having  a  spread  of  a  hundred  feet  and  an 
estimated  height  of  seventy-five  or  eighty  feet. 
It  is  growing  approximately  in  the  centre  of 
the  Rogue  River  Valley  and  has  long  been  a 
landmark.  The  pioneers  tell  of  Indian  councils 
that  were  held  under  a  lone  pine  tree  that  is 
still  standing  in  Eagle  Point. 

The  schools  are  planning  proper  observance 
of  Arbor  Day  and  they  also  have  two  very 
flourishing  Audubon  Societies,  the  purpose  of 
which  is  to  teach  the  children  the  habits  of 
birds  and  to  encourage  the  protection  of  birds. 
One  of  the  members  of  the  Crater  Lake  Chap- 
ter gave  a  talk  before  one  of  these  societies  on 
the  subject  of  "  Observing  the  Wild  Birds 
of   Oregon." 

Two  very  successful  food  sales  have  been 
given  to  raise  money  for  carrying  on  the  activi- 
ties of  the  Chapter. 

The  Child  Welfare  Committee  has  done 
some  little  work  in  supplying  garments  for 
needy  children,  though  the  committee  finds  that 
this  work  is  already  taken  care  of  by  other 
agencies.  As  the  chairman  of  the  committee  is 
the  wife  of  the  county  physician,  she  is  satis- 
fied that  an  attempt  is  being  made  to  look  after 
mentally  defective  children. 

The  Better  Film  Committee  has  been  able 
only  to  cooperate  with  other  associations  in 
promoting  the  movement   of  better   films. 

The  Chapter  has  had  Rules  for  the  Proper 
Use  of  the  Flag  printed  and  placed  in  the 
schools  and  business  houses. 

We  have  a  beautiful  silk  flag  which  is  dis- 
played at  every  meeting  and  the  flag  salute 
given  each  time. 

The  Chapter  has  contributed  100  per  cent, 
toward  the  fund  for  road  signs  to  be  used  on 
National  Old  Trails. 

Sar.v    H.\mptox    Van    Meter 

Regent. 

Sarah  Bradlee-Fulton  Chapter  (Med ford, 
Mass.,)  celebrated  this  year  its  twenty-fifth 
anniversary  by  a  re-union  of  members  old  and 
new.  There  were  four  of  the  fourteen  living 
charter  members  present,  and  the  reminiscences 
of  by-gone  days  created  a  feeling  of  deeper 
reverence  in  our  work  on  the  part  of  the 
assembled  company ;  and  it  was  with  great 
pleasure  we  started  on  the  second  period  of 
twenty-five  years.  The  afternoon  was  spent  in 
the  Slave  Quarters  of  the  colonial  mansion  of 
Isaac  Royall,  in  which  for  many  years  the 
Chapter  held  its  meetings.  This  old  home  has 
been  the  scene  of  many  Revolutionary  gather- 


ings during  the  British  occupancy  of  Boston, 
and  afterwards,  and  its  story  is  well  known  by 
the  Daughters. 

The  associations  which  cling  around  the 
Royall  House,  with  stories  of  the  life  and 
struggles  of  the  early  years  of  our  State  has 
been  an  inspiration  to  one  of  our  members,  Mrs. 
Hannah  A.  Dearborn,  who  has  woven  them  into 
a  charming  little  Hallowe'en  Playlet.  The  old- 
time  witches  and  the  ghosts  of  the  old  Royall 
House  were  at  our  November  meeting  in 
suitable  array,  and  their  tales  introduced  the 
story  of  Isaac  Royall's  love;  bringing  it  again 
into  the  old  home;  to  the  light  of  the  huge 
fireplace   and   the   life   of   the    Slave   Quarters. 

During  the  year  the  Chapter  presented  a  silk 
flag  to  the  Fulton  Heights  School  for  the 
assembly  hall.  This  building  is  erected  on 
Fulton  Street,  near  the  home  of  Sarah  Bradlee- 
Fulton  during  the  later  years  of  her  life,  and  in 
appreciation  of  that  fact  and  the  naming  of  the 
school,  we  took  pleasure  in  presenting  the  flag. 
The  day  was  a  memorable  one ;  and  the  accept- 
ance of  the  flag  was  a  truly  patriotic  occasion. 
Singing,  recitations  and  other  demonstrations  of 
the  children,  many  of  whom  are  of  foreign 
parentage,  proved  that  they  have  a  keen  knowl- 
edge of  the  privileges  given  them  by  our 
County.  Later,  learning  of  their  efforts  to 
purchase  a  piano,  the  Chapter  held  a  sale  for 
their  benefit,  and  we  were  able  to  make  a  very 
substantial  gift.  The  Chapter  feels  that  it  has 
forwarded  in  at  least,  these  two  instances,  a 
"  mite  "  towards  Americanization  and  the  love 
for  our   "  Star   Spangled   Banner." 

In  April,  as  is  our  custom,  the  Chapter 
decorated  with  the  thirtccn-star  flag,  the  graves 
of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers  lying  in  our 
cemeteries.  This  year  in  addition,  we  held 
appropriate  services  at  the  grave  of  New  Hamp- 
shire men  who  died   from  wounds   received   at 

unker  Hill.  This  grave  is  marked  by  a  New 
Hampshire  granite  boulder  placed  by  the 
Chapter  many  years  ago.  Also,  we  held  exer- 
cises at  the  graves  of  other  Revolutionary 
soldiers,  and  at  that  of  Sarah  Bradlcc-Fulton, 
who  lies  under  her  own  door-stone  which  had 
been  placed  by  the  Chapter  as  a  marker.  These 
services  were  held  prior  to  our  joining  other 
Medford  societies  and  the  City  Officials  in  the 
annual  celebration  for  April  19th,  when  Boston 
and  the  surrounding  towns  and  cities  unite  with 
Lexington  and  Concord  in  living  again  the  "  Ride 
of  Paul  Revere "  as  written  by  our 
poet  Longfellow. 

The  Chapter  has  been  in  close  touch  with 
several  sister  chapters  in  various  parts  nf  the 
LTnited  States.  Among  our  guests  has  been  the 
Regent  of  the  Uvedale  Chapter  of  Hutchinson, 
Kansas,  and  we  were  pleased  to  learn  that  she 


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is  a  direct  descendant  of  Sarah  Bradlee-Fulton. 
We  here  extend  a  cordial  welcome  to  any  and 
all  Daughters,  and  trust  that  our  invitation  will 
be  accepted  many  times. 

Our  Regent,  Mrs.  Katherine  A.  G.  Bartlett,  is 
giving  us  renewed  energy  and  strength  in  our 
work,  and  we  are  looking  forward  to  another 
worth-while  Quarter-century. 

(Miss)   Maria  W.  Wait, 

Historian. 


remained  and  bequeathed  to  us  the  present 
"  atmosphere  "  which  is  unusual  in  small  towns 
of  the  middle  west. 

Our  Chapter  has  grown  from  the  twelve 
charter  members  to  fifty-four  members.  We 
support  all  National  and  State  work  100  per 
cent.  Three  years  we  have  presented  medals 
and  one  year  three  medals  in  the  county  to 
High  School  girls  writing  the  best  essay  on 
Historical    subjects.      The    presentation    taking 


%1.W    HARMONY   CHAPTl-.K.    I,ABVK.1,N1I1     I.AIU.LI.    ,\i'KIL 


New  Harmony  Chapter  (New  Harmony, 
Ind.)  was  organized  in  1914,  New  Harmony's 
Centennial  year  with  Miss  Mary  Emily 
Fauntleroy  as  Organizing  Regent.  Our  town 
is  small,  with  a  population  of  only  eleven 
hundred  people  but  we  have  an  unusual  history 
and  a  library  of  twenty-five  thousand  volumes. 

A  company  of  German  Communists  called 
the  Harmony  Society  came  to  Indiana  in  1814, 
under  the  leadership  of  George  Rapp  and  built 
the  town  of  Harmonie,  on  the  Wabash  River 
fifty  miles  above  the  mouth.  In  1825,  they  sold 
the  town  and  surrounding  acres  to  Robert  Owen 
of  New  Lanark,  Scotland.  Mr.  Owen  renamed 
the  town  New  Harmony  and  established  a 
community  according  to  ideas  he  had  long 
cherished.  The  Owen  Community  only  lived 
two  years,  but  many  of  the  scientists  and  edu- 
cators    who     came     to     join     the     community 


place  on  Washington's  Birthday  in  connection 
with  a  program  from  the  schools. 

Our  meetings  are  held  on  the  last  Monday 
in  the  month  every  month  in  the  year.  The 
summer  months  are  very  warm  in  Southern 
Indiana,  but  many  Daughters  who  live  away 
return  for  summer  visits  and  a  number  are  at 
home  from  college  and  teaching,  and  we  find 
an  abundance  of  work  to  keep  the 
interest   stirring. 

Last  spring  we  undertook  the  care  of  the 
Rappite  Cemetery,  long  accustomed  to  but  one 
or  two  mowings  a  year.  With  the  permission 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Duss,  the  last  trustees 
of  the  Harmony  Society  now  living  in  Economy, 
Pa.,  and  New  Smyrna,  Fla.,  a  driveway  was 
constructed  under  our  Chapter  direction  and 
formally  opened  to  the  public  with  a  cere- 
mony on  May  7th,  just  after  our  Regent,  Miss 


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WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


Caroline  Creese  Pelham  had  returned  from 
Congress.  The  Rappite  Cemetery  is  a  walled 
inclosure  near  the  centre  of  the  town  just  west 
of  the  Old  Fauntleroy  Home  which  the  Feder- 
ated Clubs  of  Indiana  are  buying  as  a  shrine 
for  clubwomen.  It  was  in  the  parlor  of  this 
home  that  the  first  VVomans'  Club,  according 
to  modern  ideas  of  womans'  clubs,  the 
"  Minerva "  was  organized  in  1859  by  Miss 
Constance    Owen    Fauntleroy. 

In  June,  the  regular  Chapter  meeting  was  held 
in  the  neighboring  town  of  Poseyville  with  Mrs. 
Lelia  Beach  Waters  as  hostess.  "  The  Meaning 
of  Our  Flag  "  was  the  appropriate  June  sub- 
ject for  the  program.  July  Fourth,  a  large 
Flag  Code  was  presented  to  the  Boy  Scouts 
of  Evansville,  encamped  at  Camp  Ribeyre  near 
here.  Our  Regent  made  the  presentation  and 
Mr.  Cavins  Baughman,  Scout  Master,  accepted 
the  gift  for  the  Boy  Scouts.  A  midsummer 
musical  was  given  in  July  for  the  benefit  of 
the  cemetery  fund,  the  program  numbers  were 
by  talented  members  of  the  Chapter  who  were 
making   summer   visits   at   home. 

September  was  a  month  of  weddings  when 
last  years'  secretary  and  this  years'  secretary 
were  brides.  In  October,  we  sent  Miss 
Fauntleroy  to  the  State  Conference  at  La 
Fayette  and  she  returned  with  a  most 
inspiring   report. 

February  22nd  the  Chapter  sponsered  a  Travel 
Talk  on  Europe  and  Oberammergau  by  Miss 
Rachel  Harlem  of  Mt.  Vernon,  held  in  the 
Reading  Room  of  the  library.  On  Easter  Mon- 
da}-  we  gave  a  tea  in  Community  Hall  which 
was  attended  by  a  number  of  out-of-town 
Daughters  and  their  guests  as  well  as 
many    residents. 

The  crowning  event  of  the  year  and  of  the 
two  years  of  Miss  Pelham's  regency  was  the 
unveiling  on  April  Sth  of  a  bronze  tablet  mark- 
ing the  location  of  the  Rappite  Labyrinth.  Our 
Chaplain,  Miss  Louisa  Hiatt  gave  the  opening 
prayer.  Miss  Fauntleroy  told  the  story  of  this 
pleasure  garden  of  long  ago,  the  Regent  pre- 
sented the  tablet  to  the  city  to  which  Mayor 
Henry  Brown  responded  most  happily  and  little 
Ruth  Gentry  Johnson,  the  first  daughter  born 
in  the  Chapter,  lifted  the  flag  which  revealed 
the  tablet.  High  School  pupils  and  teachers 
led   in   singing   "  America." 

(Mrs.)    Juli.\    E.    Dransfield, 
Historian. 

Oneonta  Park  Chapter  (Somh  Pasadena, 
Calif.).  On  October  2,  1922,  the  Chapter  met 
at  the  Adobe  Flores  Tea  House  for  luncheon; 
after  luncheon  adjourning  to  the  new  Club 
House  of  the  American  Legion  in  South  Pasa- 


den,  General  Foch  laid  the  cornerstone  for  this 
club  house. 

The  members  of  the  Chapter  and  their  guests 
inspected  the  club  house,  and  at  sunset  Mrs. 
Shenck,  the  Regent  presented  a  beautiful  flag. 


the  gift  of  the  Chapter,  and  a  standard,  the 
gift  of  Mrs.  Charles  Boothe,  Honorable  Regent. 
Mr.  Don.  Messer,  Commander  of  South  Pasa- 
dena Post  No.  140,  American  Legion,  accepted 
the  gift. 

In  closing  we  read  Franklin  K.  Lane's  Eulogy 
of  the  Flag. 

Alma  S.  Urmston, 

Historian. 

William  Marsh  Chapter  (La  Fayette,  Ga.). 
The  ceremony,  by  the  William  Marsh  Chapter, 
attending  the  placing  of  the  John  Ross  Marker 
on  the  lawn  of  the  old  Ross  Homestead,  at 
Rossville,  Georgia,  Wednesday  morning,  July 
12,  1922,  brought  together  a  representative  audi- 
ence from  Chattanooga,  Atlanta,  Dalton, 
Georgia,  Chickamauga,  Georgia  and  La 
Fayette,  Georgia. 

A  short  program  was  given  under  the  direc- 


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tioii  of  Miss  Sarah  Marsh  Hackney,  ex-Regent, 
William  Marsh  Chapter.  "  America "  was 
sung,  the  invocation  by  Rev.  I.  S.  Leonard,  of 
La  Fayette.  Mrs.  Paul  Trammell,  Sec- 
ond State  Vice  Regent  of  Georgia,  was  then 
introduced  by  Mrs.  J.  E.  Patton,  of  La  Fayette, 
Georgia,  Regent  of  the  William  Marsh  Chapter. 
Mrs.  Trammell  made  a  most  interesting 
address  on  "  The  Cherokee." 

Chatanooga   was   represented   by   Mrs.   J.    B. 
Frazier,  Regent  of  Chickamauga  Chapter,  Mrs. 


ground  of  flowers  and  bimting,  was  unveiled 
by  little  Misses  Betty  Fortune,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fortune,  Clara  Warthen  Enloe, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  William  A.  Enloe, 
Frank  Kirby,  Jr.,  and  William  Steele  Kirby, 
sons  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Kirby,  all 
of  La  Fayette.  As  these  small  patriots  marched 
across  the  lawn,  dainty  in  all  white  costumes, 
each  carrying  a  National  flag,  the  audience 
stood,   a  burst   of   applause   following   the  lift- 


HOME  OF  JOHN    ROSS.  (.REAT  CHIEK  UK    rHE  CHEROKEES.  WHERE  MARKER.  WAS  UNVEILED,  JULY   12,  1922.    BY  THE 

WILLIAM  MARSH   CHAPTER.    D.   A.   R..    WHO  ARE  ALSO  SHOWN   ABOVE  WITH  THEIR   DISTINGUISHED  GUESTS  UPON 

THE  OCCASION  OF  UNVEILING  AT  ROSSVILLE.    GA. 


Rosalind  Erwing,  Regent,  Judge  David  Camp- 
bell Chapter,  Mrs.  Mary  Brabsom  Littleton, 
Nancy  Ward  Chapter,  and  Mrs.  Rosa  Lane 
Brown,  of  John  Ross  Chapter,  which  had  only 
recently  been  organized.  These  distinguished 
guests  were  introduced  by  Miss  Sarah  Marsh 
Hackney.  Mrs.  Brown  read  an  interesting 
letter  from  John  Trotwood  Moore,  and  gave 
one  of  her  own  poems,  very  appropriate,  and 
very  highly  appreciated. 

Mrs.  Charles  Hyde,  of  Chattanooga,  was 
introduced  by  Miss  Hackney.  Mrs.  Hyde,  ex- 
State  Historian  of  the  D.  A.  R.  of  Tennessee, 
gave   an   impressive  talk  on   John   Ross. 

Perhaps  the  most  thrilling  part  of  the  pro- 
gram then  followed.  The  Marker  draped  with 
a  large  National,  and  a  large  Georgia  flag, 
amidst   numerous   smaller    flags,   with   a   back- 


ing of  the  veil  of  flags,  which  covered 
the  inscription : 

"  Home  of  John  Ross,  Great  Chief  of 
Cherokees,  born  October  3,  1790,  died  August 
1,  1866.  Marked  by  William  Marsh  Chapter 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  July 
12,    1922." 

Mrs.  Howard  McCall,  Vice  President  Gen- 
eral from  Georgia,  was  introduced  by  Mrs. 
Patton,  and  in  her  delightful  manner,  made 
an  interesting  address.  She  referred  to  the 
great  rank  of  the  D.  A.  R.,  and  its  place  in 
the  nation. 

"America  the  Beautiful"  was  then  rendered 
by  Mr.  J.  E.  Patton,  Rev.  Dr.  Anderson,  Mrs. 
R.  M.  Wyley  and  Miss  Emmie  Lumpkin,  all 
of  La  Fayette.  The  closing  prayer  was  led 
by  Rev.  J.  W.   Brinsfield  of  La  Fayette. 


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Other  States  represented  included  Florida, 
Texas  and  Mississippi.  Mrs.  John  Cantrell, 
State  Regent,  Mississippi  D.  A.  R.,  and  Airs. 
R.  N.  Siimmerville,  \'ice  Regent  from  Missis- 
sippi were  present. 

At  the  completion  of  the  program,  the 
guests  were  shown  through  the  Old  Ross  Hotue, 
one  of  its  features  of  interest  being  a  very 
small,  dark  room  almost  airtight,  where  a 
number  of  prisoners,  it  is  alleged,  were  held 
during  the  Indian  hostilities.  This  room  is 
situated  on  the  second  floor,  has  no  window. 
and  even  the  door  is  now  sealed  or  covered 
with  sealing,  and  you  peer  into  its  gloomy 
interior  only  through   an   occasional  crack. 

Members  of  the  \\'illiam  Marsh  Chapter 
with  their  guests  including  Mrs.  Addie  Hackney 
Myers  of  Memphis,  Tennessee,  and  Mrs.  Rubv 
Lumpkin  Clark,  of  Forsyth,  Georgia,  drove 
through  Chickamauga  Park,  to  the  "  Iron 
Kettle  Tea  Room."  where  a  delicious  luncheon 
had  been  arranged.  The  picturesque  setting 
of  this  place,  over-hanging  Chickamauga  River, 
historic  Old  Lookout,  towering  westward. 
Mission  Ridge  to  the  northeast,  while  lying 
between  is  Chickamauga  Battlefield,  now  a 
Park  smiling  placidly  and  peaceably,  emblema- 
tic of  the  peace  and  consequent  happiness  now 
prevailing  in  all  sections  of  our  great  Nation, 
fitting  surroundings  for  the  ending  of  the 
day's  program.      Mrs.  Willi.am  A.  Enloe, 

Prrss    Rrt'Ortcr. 

Pilgrim  Chapter  (Iowa  City,  la.)  was 
organized  January  19,  1898  by  thirteen  patriotic 
women  at  the  home  of  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Breene 
with  Mrs.  Ella  Lyons  Hill  as  Regent.  The 
Chapter  has  grown  to  the  number  of  107,  seven- 
teen lost  by  death  leaves  us  90  efficient  workers. 
We  are  doing  an  excellent  work  under  the 
leadership  of  Miss  Zada  Cooper,  Regent,  Ph.D. 
State  University  of  Iowa.  Our  meetings  are 
held  the  second  Saturday  of  each  month  at  the 
homes  of  the  members  with  assisting  hostesses. 
Lunch  or  dinner  is  served  at  each  meeting. 

We  have  sufficient  talent  in  our  Chapter  to 
render  excellent  programs.  In  1921  and  1922, 
papers  were  read  by  members  of  the  Chapter  on 
prominent  people  of  the  Revolution.  Our  1922 
and  1923  papers  gave  information  concerning 
home  life  and  the  world  at  large. 

The  October  meeting  was  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Hoopes,  Mrs.  Williams  read,  a  paper  on, 
"Washington,  the  Man,"  giving  many  interest- 
ing events  of  this  great  man's  life.  At  the 
November  meeting  at  Mrs.  Morrison's.  Mrs. 
Hoffman  gave  an  interesting  talk  on  "  French 
Friends  of  the  Revolution."  The  December 
meeting  at  Mrs.  Lee's,  Mrs.  Weber  gave  Jeffer- 
son—Exponent   of    Democracy.      The    January 


meeting  was  at  the  home  uf  Mrs.  Chas.  Dutcher, 
Mrs.  Van  Epps  read  a  paper  on  "  Robert  Morris, 
Financier "  portraying  that  great  man's  ability 
as  financier.  The  February  meeting  at  Mrs, 
Shraders ;  election  of  Delegates  to  State  and 
Continental  Congress  February  22nd,  Guest  Day 
at  University  Club.  A  dinner,  March  11th,  at 
tlie  home  of  Mrs.  Grain.  Mrs.  Hoopes  gave 
a  lengthy  paper  on  Women  of  the  Revolution. 
This  was  one  of  the  most  interesting  papers 
given.  April,  Report  of  Delegates  to  State  Con- 
ference. May,  annual  meeting.  Report  of 
officers.  Election  of  officers.  June  10th,  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Van  Epps,  Miss  Irish  gave  an 
unusual  report  of  the  Continental  Congress.  Our 
4th  of  July  picnic  was  at  the  home  and  grounds 
of  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Boiler.  Attorney  Henry 
^^'alker  gave  an  excellent  address,  emphasizing 
the  fact  that  we  do  not  realize  the  seriousness 
of  the  condition  of  the  country.  Our  1922  and 
1923  programs  are  of  unusual  importance.  The 
September  meeting  was  at  Miss  Coopers'  home, 
the  Regent,  Mrs.  Chesley  gave  an  interesting 
paper  on  the  history  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution.  The  October  meeting  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  Remley,  Miss  Cooper  gave 
a  paper  on  the  Races.  Miss  Cooper  gave  in- 
structive data  relating  to  the  study  of  the  races 
in  the  United  States.  At  the  November  meeting, 
Airs.  McEwen  entertained  the  Chapter.  Mrs. 
Biggs  gave  an  excellent  talk  on  Colonial  Archi- 
tecture, tracing  it  along  interesting  lines  with 
illustrations.  December  9th,  the  meeting  was 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Van  Epps,  our  State  His- 
torian. A  musical  program,  a  cantata,  was 
given  in  connection  with  the  regular  program. 
Colonial  Bells  an  able  talk  by  Mrs.  Sara  Hoflf- 
man  was  given  using  the  phonograph  illustrat- 
ing her  talk.  Mrs.  Hoffman  gave  a  history  of 
bell  making  and  what  it  stands  for  up  to  the 
present  time.  The  January  meeting  of  1923, 
was  at  the  home  of  Professor  and  Mrs.  Trow- 
bridge. Mr.  Davis  gave  a  splendid  talk  on 
Colonial  Furnishings  with  maps  and  cuts  illus- 
trating the  same.  February  22nd,  Guest  Day  at 
the  Pagoda  Tea  Shop  a  large  number  of  mem- 
bers and  visitors  attended  the  dinner.  Mr. 
\'andcr  Zee,  Professor  of  Political  Science, 
S.  U.  I.,  gave  a  very  interesting  talk  on  Iowa's 
Ancestors.  Our  first  settlers  were  the  Indians. 
The  first  settlers  from  Europe,  the  Germans, 
then  Scandinavians — following  the  British 
which  includes  English,  Irish,  Scotch  and 
Welsh.  Having  these  ancestors — hence  the 
resourcefulness,  thrift  and  intelligence  of  the 
people  of  Iowa. 

At  the  March  meeting  at  Mrs.  Johnstone's. 
Miss  Aliriam  Chase  read  a  paper  on  Colonial 
Dress,  illustrating  with  views  and  cuts. 


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The  State  Conference  at  Cedar  Rapids  March 
21st,  22nd,  2jrd,  called  a  large  number  of  Iowa 
City  people  to  that  place.  Our  State  Historian. 
Mrs.  Van  Epps,  was  chosen  Corresponding 
Secretary  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Our  Iowa  City  Chapter  has  cared  for  two 
French  orphans,  donated  monies  for  assisting 
French  homes.  World  War  work.  Red  Cross 
work,  and  our  Chapter  sent  money  and  cloth- 
ing to  Tennessee  and  also  to  Piney  Woods, 
Miss.  We  are  also  educating  several  foreigners. 
Revolutionary  relics  donated  were ;  knee  buckles, 
steel  knife,  meat  chopper. 

John  Brown,  of  Harper's  Ferry  fame,  made 
Iowa  City  and  Springdale  his  headquarters 
during  his  campaign  to  aid  the  negroes. 

Our  State  University  has  given  aid  to  our 
Cliapter  in  many  ways. 

There  are  320  soldiers  of  the  Civil  V/ar  buried 
in  our  Iowa  City  Cemetery. 

I  wish  to  make  known  why  I  am  a  D..A.R. 
It  is  that,  Asa  Stiles,  a  patriotic  boy  14  years 
old,  joined  the  Revolutionary  army  and  served 
to  the  end  of  the  war  making  it  possible  for 
me  to  become  a  member  of  this  wonderful  or- 
ganization. I  do  think  we  have  a  great  work  to 
do  the  coming  years  and  I  sincerely  hope  that 
every  D.A.R.  will  read  the  message  from  the 
President  General,  Mrs.  Anne  Rogers  Minor,  in 
the  March  number  of  the  D.vughters  of  the 
American    Revolution    M.vg.^^zine. 

Chapter  Officers  :  Regent,  Miss  Zada  M. 
Cooper ;  Vice  Regent,  Mrs.  Helen  A.  Shrader ; 
Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Hazel  H.  McEwen ; 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Airs.  Ethel  R.  Kit- 
tridge ;  Treasurer,  Miss  Mabel  C.  Williams ; 
Registrar,  Mrs.  Clara  C.  Weber ;  Historian, 
Mrs.  Lizzie  C.  Sunier ;  Chaplain,  Mrs.  Eulalie 
R.  Chase ;  Auditor,  Mrs.  -Athelia  Chesley ; 
Custodian,  Mrs.  Adda  B.  Robinson ;  Directors, 
Mrs.  Marion  C.  Grain,  Mrs.  Hortense  W. 
Kelley ;  Mrs.  Florence  F.  Fleming. 
(Mrs.  S.  a.) 

Lizzie  Stiles  Ch.vxdler  Sumner, 
Historian. 

Rock  River  Chapter  f Sterling,  III.),  has 
had  two  successful  years  under  the  leadership 
of  Mrs.  George  Wilco.x  as  Regent,  which  will 
always  stand  out  as  a  pleasant  epoch  in  our 
history.  Our  membership  has  increased  until 
we  now  number  sixty-nine,  and  one  of  the 
things  we  feel  that  we  are  justly  proud  of  is 
the  fact  that  we  have  met  in  full,  all  quotas 
assessed  by  the  National  and  State  organiza- 
tions, not  only  during  the  past  two  years,  but 
ever  since  we  were  organized. 

We  hold  one  regular  meeting  each  month 
from    September    to    May    inclusive,    the    busi- 


ness hour  being  usually  followed  by  a  short 
program  after  which  light  refreshments  are 
served  and  a  few  minutes  devoted  to  social 
intercourse.  Our  Anniversary  Day  in  December 
is  always  a  gala  occasion  and  in  Decerr.ber,  1921, 
our  Regent  invited  us  to  a  most  delightful  one 
o'clock  luncheon  at  her  home.  In  1922,  she 
again  entertained  us  with  an  old-fashioned  tea. 

We  spent  a  day  last  June  picnicing  with  the 
Morrison  Chapter,  at  which  time  we  carried 
flowers  to  the  grave  of  Ann  Rush,  one  of  the 
pioneer  women  of  Whiteside  County,  and  in 
September,  1922,  we  were  invited  to  attend 
a  meeting  of  the  Di.xon  Chapter.  Those  of 
us  who  accepted  this  invitation  have  very 
pleasant    memories    of    the    afternoon. 

We  are  very  greatly  pleased  and  also  proud 
of  the  fact  that  our  organizer  and  first  Regent 
Mrs.  Frank  Bowman,  was  reelected  State 
Corresponding  Secretary  at  the  State  Meet- 
ing in  April.  We  have  been  represented  both 
in  1922  and  1923  by  delegates  to  the  Continen- 
tal Congress  who  have  lirought  back  wonderful 
word  pictures  of  the  Convention,  making  us 
feel  that  we  are  indeed  a  part  of  a 
great  institution. 

Aside  from  the  assessed  quotas  we  have 
given  during  the  two  year  period  covered  by 
this  report,  prizes  amounting  to  $10  to  the  Sterl- 
ing High  School  for  historical  essays,  $10  to 
tlie  Philippine  Scholarship  Fund,  $10  to  the 
.■\merican  International  College,  $10  to  Park 
College,  $10  to  Berry  School,  $12  to  the  Near 
East  Relief  Fund,  $12.50  to  the  local  Red  Cross 
for  cot  and  blankets  for  the  use  of  transient 
ex-soldiers,  $2  for  Real  Daughters  and  Grand 
Daughters,  $1  for  Flag  Leaflets,  $25  to  the 
Sterli!^g    Day    Nursery. 

A  pleasant  incident  of  the  annual  election 
meeting,  May  12th,  was  the  presentation  to 
the  Chapter  of  a  beautiful  flag  staff,  which 
was  a  gift  from  our  retiring  Regent. 

We  are  now  raising  a  scholarship  fund,  about 
two-thirds  of  which  has  already  been  pledged, 
for  the  Berry  School  in  memory  of  our  beloved 
member,  Mrs.  Sophie  Chester  Kilgour  who 
died   in   April,    1923. 

We  hope  this  rather  intimate  report  of  our 
activities  may  be  as  much  of  an  incentive 
to  other  chapters  as  their  reports  have  been 
to  us  and  that  the  coming  year  may  be  bigger 
and  better   in   every   way   for   all   of   us. 

Marie  Butler  Coe, 
Retiring    Historian. 

Fond  du  Lac  Chapter  (Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.), 
was  organized  in  1900  with  eight  charter  mem- 
bers. At  the  present  time,  1923,  the  member- 
ship totals  sixty,  fifty  of  these  are  active 
members.  This  group  has  always  shown  a 
deep  and  unusual  interest  in  the  history  of  our 


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country  and  particularly  in  the  work  of 
the  D.A.R. 

In  going  over  the  work  of  the  last  two 
years,  a  few  of  the  programs  have  proved  so 
interesting  to  the  local  organization  that  the 
committee  thought  that  other  chapters  might 
find  them  helpful  and  suggestive.  First,  in 
December,  1921,  a  little  Colonial  play  "  Betty's 
Ancestors,"  was  given  by  the  Chapter,  the 
thirteen  characters  were  represented  by  mem- 
bers. In  February,  1922,  an  instructive  address 
was  given  by  Mrs.  Abby  Beecher  Roberts  of 
Marquette,  Michigan,  who  told  of  licr  trip 
with  the  American  Legion  to  the  battlefields 
of  France. 

Another  speaker  of  1922,  was  the  Reverend 
Lee,  who  spoke  on  the  Martha  Berry  School  of 
Georgia.  He  was  ably  fitted  to  give  this  talk 
as  he  was  a  teacher  in  this  institution  for 
nine  years.  The  Chapter  has  always  contribu- 
ted to  the  support  of  this  school,  one  year 
giving  a  scholarship  of  $50. 

In  March,  1922,  the  program  consisted  of  a 
paper  suggested  by  the  Daughters  of  the 
Americ.nn  Revolution  M.'\g.\zine  called  "  Girls 
of  America,  1720-1920."  Six  women  appeared  in 
costume  representing  the  following  periods  of 
history:  Colonial.  Revolutionary,  Empire,  Civil 
War,  Girls  of  today. 

The  first  program  in  the  fall  of  1922  was 
"  Living  portraits  of  famous  characters  in 
American  history."  The  following  Iiistorical 
personages  were  represented :  Priscilla, 
Pocohantes,  Powhatan.  Washington.  Martha, 
Washington,  Lydia  Darrah,  Betsy  Ross,  Eliza- 
beth Zane,  Molly  Pitcher,  Anne  Hutchinson, 
Sacajewea,  Dolly  Madison,  Mary  Todd  Lincoln, 
Barbara  Frietchie,  Susan  B.  Anthony,  Frances 
Willard,  Young  woman  of  the  Civil  War  period. 
Red  Cross  Worker,  Salvation  Army  Lassie  and 
Columbia.  Priscilla  was  represented  by  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Priscilla  Alden.  This  was  the 
only  program  given  to  raise  funds  for  the  work 
for  the  year. 

"  Nations  that  have  made  America,"  with  an 
emphasis  on  our  present  day  problem  of  immi- 
gration, proved  to  be  one  of  the  most  interest- 
ing topics  of  discussion. 

In  January,  1923,  Mrs.  Thos.  W.  Spencc  of 
Milwaukee  gave  a  discussion  of  the  Wisconsin 
room  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  particu- 
larly describing  the  possible  furnishing  of  the 
same.  The  Chapter  contributed  $75  toward 
this  enterprise. 

On  February  22nd.  Washington's  Birthday, 
a  patriotic  luncheon  was  given,  two  members 
dressed  in  the  costume  of  George  and  Martha 
Washington  received  the  guests  and  sat  at 
the  head  of  the  table.  Percy  MacKaye's  drama 
"  Washington  the  man  who  made  us  "  was  read 
and    appropriate    music    was    rendered. 


At  the  last  meeting,  March,  a  paper  on  the 
"  Origin  of  Southern  Melodies  "  was  read 
and  illustrated. 

The  Chapter  has  continuously  aided  the  work 
for  foreign  women  at  Ellis  Island  and  are 
planning  to  distribute  the  "  Manual  for  Immi- 
grants "  to  foreigners  in  this  locality  in  con- 
nection with  the  Vocational  School  and  the 
American  Legion  in  our  city. 

(Mrs.  Wm.)  Jexxie  McKixxev, 

Regent. 

Mt.  Garfield  Chapter  ( Grand  Junction, 
Colo. )  At  our  opening  meeting  last  fall  our 
State  Regent  was  with  us  and  gave  a  delightful 
address.  We  responded  to  roll  call  by  giving 
our  Revolutionary  ancestor  or  our  native  State. 
W^e  have  seventy-one  members. 

In  September,  1922,  our  Chapter  decided  to 
initiate  a  movement  toward  erecting  a  memorial 
to  the  World  War  soldiers  on  our  new  Court 
House  Grounds.  To  that  end,  a  committee  was 
appointed  and  preliminary  plans  carried  out. 

The  compilation  of  the  names  of  all  the  serv- 
ice men  in  the  Country  was  a  very  heavy  work. 
Between  700  and  800  names  have  been  verified. 
We  expect  to  use  all  the  names  on  the  memorial. 
W^e  also  intend  publishing  in  some  form,  and 
will  present  a  copy  to  Mesa  County  and  one 
to  the  State  Historical  Society.  The  com- 
mittee has  been  enlarged  so  as  to  embrace  the 
patriotic  societies  of  the  County  and  the  public 
schools.  The  memorial  is  to  be  a  County 
memorial,  although  initiated  and  sponsored  by 
the  D.A.R.  This  will  be  our  principal  work 
for  several  years.  We  hope  to  raise  the  money 
by  voluntary  subscriptions.  Our  first  pledge 
was  from  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the 
American  Legion. 

Our  Americanization  Committee  is  coopera- 
ting with  the  South  Side  Community  House 
in  many  ways. 

The  Patriotic  Education  Committee  has 
offered  six  prizes  of  five  dollars  each  in  the 
city  schools,  these  being  for  the  best  grades 
in  United   States  history. 

Historic  spots  are  not  to  be  foimd  in  every 
corner  in  Colorado,  but  we  have  a  very  per- 
severing committee  on  preservation  of  such 
places,  and  we  are  to  have  a  tablet  placed  in 
our  beautiful  new  theatre,  the  Avalon,  which 
is  built  on  the  site  of  one  of  the  first — if  not 
the  first — adobe  building  in  Grand  Junction.  A 
marker  will  be  placed  at  Mesa,  Colorado,  near 
the  spot  of  the  Meeker  massacre. 

We  are  contributing  to  a  fund  for  the 
support  of  two  young  Serbian  girls  at  Monastir, 
Serbia.  These  girls  are  being  educated  as  a 
tribute  to  the  late  Lieutenant  Harold  Anppcrle, 
he  having  befriended  them  in  that  far  away 
land.      The    Philanthropic     Committee    sent    a 


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victrola  and  records  to  Fort  Lyons,  Colorado. 
Also  jellies  and  other  good  things. 

On  November  3rd  the  Chapter  kept  open 
house  in  honor  of  the  pioneers  of  the  County. 
Old-time  singing,  reminiscences,  and  County 
history   comprised   the   program. 

In  December,  we  celebrated  the  anniversary 
of  the  Boston  Tea  Party  with  a  fine  program, 
concluding  with  a  little  play,  "  The  Boston  Tea 


Spirit  of  Liberty  Chapter  (Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah),  on  January  19,  1923,  had  the  pleasure  of 
presenting  to  the  City  of  Spanish  Fork,  Utah, 
a  marker,  commemorating  the  visit  of  the 
Spanish  Priest-explorer,  Father  Escalante.  A 
huge  and  beautiful  boulder,  brought  from  a 
nearby  canyon,  had  been  furnished  by  the  city, 
and  the  Daughters  of  Spirit  of  Liberty  Chapter, 
cooperating  with  the   City   Council  of   Spanish 


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MARKER    ERECTED   BY  LIBERTY  CHAPTER.    N.   S.    D.    A.    R.,    SALT  LAKE  CITY.    UTAH. 


Party."  Our  International  Day  program  in 
April  was  most  e.xcellent.  The  Woman's  Club 
joined  the  D.A.R.  Some  of  the  Italian 
women  of  the  community  took  part  and  Mrs. 
Hayashi,  a  Japanese,  played  a  solo  on  a  Japanese 
musical  instrument.  There  were  patriotic 
songs   and  a  flag  drill. 

Flag  Day  will  be  observed  with  appropriate 
ceremonies.  Other  meetings  were  social  and 
regular  business  meetings.  We  give  a  subscrip- 
tion every  year  to  the  Reading  Room. 

Our  Chapter  had  the  pleasure  of  sending  the 
name  of  Mrs.  Emma  Wadsworth  to  the  State 
Historical  Society,  as  one  who  had  done  much 
for  the  good  of  our  community. 

(Mrs.  C.  E.)    Emily  C.  Ross. 

Historian. 


Fork,  with  appropriate  ceremony,  dedicated 
the  monument.  About  thirty  members  of  Spirit 
of  Liberty  Chapter  and  also  the  State  Regent, 
Mrs.  John  Edward  Carver,  and  the  Regent  of 
Golden  Spike  Chapter,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Hobbs,  of 
Ogden,  were  in  attendance.  Just  at  noon  on 
this  clear  wintry  day  in  January,  more  than 
eleven  hundred  school  children  and  a  large 
number  of  citizens  assembled  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  Center  and  Main  Streets  to  witness 
the  unveiling. 

The  program,  in  charge  of  J.  A.  Brockbank, 
of  Spanish  Fork  High  School,  was  patriotic 
in  character,  the  childrens  voices,  as  they  were 
joined  in  singing  "America,"  threw  an 
atmosphere  of  love  for  country  about  all  of  the 
spectators     as    they    realized    the    potency    of 


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these  oncoming  citizens.  After  instrumental 
music,  Miss  Ellen  Jameson  sang,  "  Out  Where 
the  West  Begins  "  and  "  Utah,  We  Love 
Thee."  Mrs.  A.  J.  Hosmer,  Chairman  of  the 
Monument  Committee,  made  the  presentation 
of  the  bronze  tablet  to  the  Chapter.  Mrs.  M. 
K.  Parsons,  Regent  of  Spirit  of  Liberty 
Chapter,  then  presented  the  marker  to  the  city. 
Mayor  Hanson  accepted  it  in  sincere  apprecia- 
tion on  behalf  of  Spanish  Fork.  After  the 
ceremony,  the  Daughters  were  entertained  at 
luncheon  as  guests  of  the  City  Council.  The 
inscription  on  the  tablet  is  as  follows  : 

ESCALANTE 

A   Spanish   Priest,  the  first  white  man  to  look 
upon  this  valley,  camped  with  his  com- 
rades beside  the  Spanish  Fork 
September   23,    1776. 
Placed  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  that  event 
by  the 
Spirit  of  Liberty  Chapter 
Daughters   of    the   American    Revolution 
and  the 
Citizens  of   Spanish  Fork 
1923 
Though  the  pathfinders  die ;  the  paths 
remain  open. 

Carrol  E.   Holman, 

State  Historian. 

Fort  Dearborn  Chapter  (Evanston,  111.) 
would  like  to  share  with  the  readers  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Magazine,  the  report  of  an  unusual  meeting 
held  by  the  Chapter  on  the  eighth  day  of 
December,  1922. 

First  of  all  the  meeting  which  was  a  regular 
meeting  of  the  Chapter  was  held  in  an  unusual 
place,  the  centre  where  the  Chapter's  Patriotic 
Education  and  Americanization  work  is  done. 
The  Superintendent  of  the  public  school  in 
which  the  classes  are  held  thanked  the  Chapter 
for  bringing  real  Americans  into  their  district. 
The  Commissioner  of  Naturalization  in  Wash- 
ington, having  seen  an  announcement  of  the 
meeting,   wrote   to    the   Chapter's   chairman    of 


Patriotic  Education  complimenting  the  Chap- 
ter on  holding  a  meeting  in  the  for- 
eign neighborhood. 

The  Program  was  a  mi.xture  of  real  Ameri- 
can and  foreign.  The  meeting  opened  with 
"  Patriotic  Assembly  "  By  Washington  School 
pupils,  conducted  just  as  it  is  every  Friday 
under  the  direction  of  teachers  in  the  school 
who  are  members  of  Fort  Dearborn  Chapter, 
assisted  by  the  other  teachers.  "  Patriotic 
Assembly  "  is  a  gathering  of  the  children 
representing  twenty-one  nationalities,  in  the 
hall  of  the  scliool,  to  salute  the  Flag,  to  sing 
patriotic  songs  and  to  listen  to  a  two  minute 
talk  on  some  patriotic  subject  by  one  of  the 
pupils.  "  Patriotic  Assembly  "  lasts  about  ten 
minutes.  The  Daughters  were  invited  to  par- 
ticipate in  "  Patriotic  Assembly  "  by  giving  the 
Daughters'  Salute  to  the  Flag  immediately 
following  the  pupils'  salute  to  the  I'lag. 

The  leader  of  an  Armenian  trio  compared 
Armenian  and  American  music  and  his  trio 
demonstrated  his  points  on  Armenian  instru- 
ments, a  queer  pottery  drum,  Armenian  mando- 
lin and  violin.  One  of  the  trio  danced  an 
Armenian  dance  to  the  accompaniment  of 
Armenian  music.  This  number  was  followed  by 
two  Swedish  folk  dances  by  three  very  new 
citizens  in  costumes  that  they  had  worn 
in   Sweden. 

Mr.  David  G.  Robertson,  a  member  of  the 
School  Board,  who  is  a  descendant  of  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers  and  husband  of  one  of  Fort 
Dearborn  Chapter  members,  gave  us  a  lecture 
nn  "  Some  Influences  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers 
upon  the  Democracy  of  Today."  Mr.  Robert 
son's  inspiring  talk  furnished  a  real  American 
climax   to  the  afternoon. 

Swedish  cakes  and  coffee  were  served  at  the 
close  of  the  program  while  the  Chapter  mem- 
bers chatted  with  the  specially  invited  guests, 
the  members  of  the  Mother's  classes  in  English. 

This  meeting  was  arranged  by  the  Chapter's 
Patriotic  Education  Committee  of  which  Miss 
Emma  Gertrude  White  is  chairman. 

(Mrs.   W.    S.)    Grace    B.   Williams, 
Rrgciil. 


MRS.  DRAPER  NOT  ONLY  SURVIVING  MEMBER  OF 
FOSTER  ADMINISTRATION 

The     statement    on     page     329    of    the    June  Congress,   is   misleading.      Mrs.    Draper    is   the 

Daughters    of    the    American     Revolution  only  National  Officer  in  Mrs.  Foster's  adminis- 

Magazine  that :  "  Mrs.  Amos  G.   Draper,  who  tration  who  was,  also,   a   member  of   the  32nd 

was  Treasurer  General  in  Mrs.  Foster's  adminis-  Co„tinental    Congress    and    she    alluded    to   the 

tration,   and   is   the  only   surviving   member   of  .          .                          i_      i     ■         .u       \f^„„^;^t 

■        r)        1  ..     1.1-       L          •  J    r           .u       a;  ■  I  fact     in     her     speech     during     the     .Memorial 

her   Board,     although   copied   from   the  official  ''"-'•             '""      '^^ 

minutes   as    approved   by   the   32nd   Continental  Services  on  .^pril  17,  1923. 


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GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

10499a.  Randolph. — The  parents  of  Mary 
Randolph  who  m  John  Railey  were  Isham 
Randolph  of  Dungeness  (1684-1742)  &  w  Jane 
Rogers  whom  he  m  in  London,  1718.  He  was 
s  of  the  immigrant  Wm.  Randolph  of  Turkey 
Island.  Two  Raileys  m  Mayo  sisters,  daus  of 
Wm.  Mayo  &  a  Pleasants,  grandson  of  John 
Railey  m  a  cousin,  dau  of  Wm.  Mayo,  Jr. 
Should  be  glad  to  corres  with  any  one  of  Railey 
desc. — Rev.  B.  L.  Ancell,  D.  D.,  Mahan  School, 
Yangchow,    China. 

10S32.  JuDD.— Elnathan  Judd  b  Aug.  17,  1724 
d  Jan.  4,  1777,  at  Watertown,  Conn,  was  6th 
ch  of  Capt.  Wm.  Judd  who  d  Jan.  29,  1772,  aged 
82.  Ref.  Dr.  Henrv  Skilton  &  His  Desc,  p. 
37.  Judd  Record  No.  389.— Mrs.  Chas.  H. 
Skilton,  Watertown,   Conn. 

10S49.  BoYER  — Henry  Boyer  is  bur  in  Christ 
Churchyard,  Alex..  Va.  Inscription  on  tomb- 
stone reads  "  In  memory  of  Henry  Boyer  who 
departed  this  life  March  7,  1799,  aged  43  years 
&  4  days."— .1/r.s.  M.  G.  Poz.rll,  201  N, 
Washington  St.,  Alexandria,  Va. 

10550.- This  indenture  made  June  16,  1810 
bet  David  Miller  of  Montg.  Twp.,  Franklin 
Co.,  Penna.  &  Susanna  his  w  of  the  one  part 
&  John  Angle  of  same  place  of  other  part : 
whereas  a  certain  Wm.  ]Mullicain  obtained  a 
warrant  of  100  a  land  in  Antrim  Twp., 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  (now  Montg.  Twp.,  Franklin 
Co..)  which  warrant  was  sold  by  Wm. 
Mullicain  to  Elizabeth  Tewier  (?)  &  Wm. 
McWhirter  marrying  the  said  Eliz.  Tewier, 
the  said  Wm.  McWhirter  &  Eliz.  his  said  w 
sold  the  same  to  Aaron  McWhirter,  &  the 
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said  Aaron  McWhirter  sold  the  same  to  Moses 
McWhirter  &  said  Moses  JilcWhirter  did  sell 
the  same  to  Wm.  Scott  (father  of  Wm.  Scott 
who  sells  to  David  Miller)  by  conveyance 
dated  Aug.  1,  1774.  From  an  old  deed  in  the 
possession  of  V.  S.  Fendrick,  Mercersburg,  Pa. 

10560.  HoxiE. — Stephen  Hoxie,  s  of  John, 
was  b  Nov.  28,  1713,  m  Feb.  27,  1735,  Elizabeth 
Kenyon  &  d  Oct.  24,  1793,  in  Richmond,  R.  1. 
Their  eldest  ch  b  in  Westerly,  the  next  6  in 
Charlestown  &  the  others  in  Richmond,  are 
Barnabas,  b  Sept.  1,  1735;  Stephen,  b  Mch.  8, 
1738;  Eliz.,  b  May  13,  1740;  Edward,  b  Nov 
9,  1742;  Hannah,  b  Nov.  7,  1744;  Samuel,  b 
lune  13,  1747;  Ruth,  b  Nov.  4,  1749;  John,  b 
May  28,  1752;  Edward,  (2)  b  Nov.  11,  1754; 
Mary,  b  Mch.  23,  1757;  Gideon,  b  Sept.  9,  1759; 
Presbary,  b  Jan.  14,  1762.  Stephen  Hoxie  was 
bur  in  the  Friends'  burying  ground  in  Richmond, 
R.  I.  His  w  Eliz.  d  Oct.  25,  1778,  aged  59. 
"Representative  Men  &  Old  Families  of  R.  I. 
vol.  2,  p.  84&."~Mrs.  F.  H.  ParccUs.  409  Park 
Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

10566.  Van  Vliet. — The  immigrant  Adrian 
Garretson  Van  Vliet  &  w  Agatha  Jans  Sproyt 
with  5  ch  arrived  in  1662,  set  at  Kingston,  N.  Y. 
Child  Garret  b  1649,  m  Pieternalla  Swart ;  Jan 
b  1650,  m  Judith  Hossey ;  Dirck,  b  1651,  m 
Anna  Andriessen  Barents ;  Geertroyd,  b  1654, 
m  Gysbcrt  Crom;  Machteld,  b  1656,  m  Jan 
Jansen  Stoll.  Dirck  (not  Jansen)  b  abt  1651, 
m  Anna  Andriessen  &  their  ch  were  Avie,  b 
June  10,  1686,  at  Kingston,  m  Feb.  11,  1711, 
Grietjeu,  b  Oct.  21,  1867,  dau  of  Cornelius 
Masten  &  Eliz.  Aertse  Van  Wagenen.  They 
had   Marytje  &  Dirck,  twins,  b  Nov.  26,  1721. 


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Ref:— N.  Y.  Gen.  &  Biog.  Rec.  vol,  20.  p.  172- 
3-4.  Write  to  Miss  Mary  L.  Kasi-.  Lodi,  N.  Y. 
secretary  of  the  Van  Vleet  Reunion. — Mrs. 
M.  V.  Ncalc,  228  S.  Harrison  St.,  Kansas 
City,  Kansas. 

10604.  Ad.\ms-Copl.\nd. — Anna.  dau  of 
Zephaniah  &  Jean  McPherson  Turner,  b  Dec. 
25,  1754,  m  July  13,  1769,  George  Adams.  They 
were  all  of  Fauquier  Co.,  Va.,  moved  to  Ohio, 
1808.  Their  dau  Evalina  Adams,  b  June  18, 
1793,  m  Chas.  R.  Copland,  who  also  came  from 
Va.  to  Muskingum  Co.,  O.,  where  his  fathei" 
had  a  large  tract  of  land,  usually  spoken  of  as 
the  military  section.  You  prob  could  get  more 
information  of  these  families  by  writing  to 
Mr.  Henry  Copland,  Dresden,  Ohio. — Mrs. 
].  .4.  Muggins,  102  Latta  Ave.,  Columbus,  O. 

10687.  BuRWELL.— Elizabeth  Burwcll  dau  of 
Benedict  Burwell  of  Conn.  &  Eliz.  Bryant  of 
Great  Barrington,  Alass.,  m  Amos  Coe  in  South- 
bury,  Conn.  He  d  Nov.  14,  1805,  aged  42,  his 
w  Eliz.  d  Sept.  5,  1814  aged  48,  both  bur  in 
Norway  Cemetery.  Amos  Coe  came  to  Norwav, 
Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.  bef  1790.    Their  ch  Cyrus 

6  Ira  were  b  in  Southbury,  Conn.  &  Clarrissa, 
Arnold,  Harry,  &  Maria  were  b  in  Norway. 
Cyrus  Coe  m  1808,  Clarissa  Coe  m  John  Ford, 
the  first  white  child  b  in  the  town  of  Salisbury, 
N.  Y.  Ref : — "  Norway  Tidings  "  Coe  Family 
in  Feb.  1889,  &  Burwell  Family  in  Mav,  1889.— 
Mrs.  O.  H.  H.  Lash.  349  Brunson  .A.ve., 
Benton  Harbor,  Mich. 

10861.  Childress.— Write  to  Rev.  B.  L. 
Ancell,  D.  D.,  Alahan  School.  Yangchow,  China. 
Has  important  Childress  data. 

11561.  Pexniman. — James  Pcnniman,  of 
Boston  &  Braintree,  Mass.,  m  Lydia  Eliot. 
Their  5th  ch  Sarah,  ni  Increase,  s  of  Wm.  & 
Margaret  Beech  Robinson.  See  p.  38-47,  1002 
edition,  "  The  Robinsons  &  Their  Kinfolk  "  for 
ail  account  of  the  Penniman  Family  by  Rev. 
G.     W.     Penniman. — Mrs.     Sarali     B.     Regan. 

7  Farrington  Ave.,  Philipsc  Manor,  N. 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

QUERIES 

11594.  Mansfielii. — Wanted  gen  of  Prudence 
Mansfield  b  S.  Car.  1776,  m  Daniel  O'Neal  & 
lived  in  Baltimore  wore  their  ch  were  b. — 
C.  C.  G. 

11595.  Dickinson. — Wanted  parentage  &  cor- 
rect birth  rec  of  James  Rislev  Dickinson  b  abt 
1798,  Rutland  Co.,  N.  Y.  m'  at  Poultnev  Vt.. 
Feb.  5,  1823,  d  at  Ausable  Forks,  N.  Y.  Sept.  6, 
1861.  His  w  Harriet  Brewster  b  Middletown, 
Vt.  Feb.  23,  1808  d  Port  Kent,  N.  Y.  Feb.  23, 
1857.    Their  ch  were  James  Brewster  &  George. 

(a)  Parkhurst. — Wanted  parentage  &  rec 
of  b  of  Mary  Parkhurst,  who  m  1795  Jeheil 
Dayton   &   lived    in    N.   Granville,    Wash.    Co , 


N.  V.     He  ser  in  War  of  1812.     Their  ch  were 
Gains  Robt.  &  Carrie. 

(b)  Kingslev. — Wanted  any  inf  of  Thad- 
deus  Kingsley,  living  in  Hartford,  Wash.  Co., 
N.  Y.  abt  1795.  No  other  rec  except  of  one  ch 
Pleiades  b  Hartford,  N.  Y.  March  22,  1797, 
m  Apr.  17,  1823  Gains  Dayton.— F.  M.  M. 

11596.  WoRRALL.  —  Wanted  par  of  Geo. 
Worrall  b  1780,  m  Aug.  25,  1800,  Mary  Hayes 
&  d  in  Morgan  Co.,  Ohio.— J.  N.  McG. 

11597.  Flowers. — 1742,  Geo.  Flowers  was  app. 
inspector  of  tobacco  for  Driver's  &  Indian 
Creek  (emptying  into  the  Potomac).  Was  his 
w  Lucy  Brent  &  were  their  ch  Geo.  &  Nancy 
who  m  Henry  Shelton  of  Va.  ?  Into  what 
county  was  that  part  of  Augusta  cut,  in  which 
"  Naked  Creek  "  a  south  branch  of  the  North 
River  of  the  Shenandoah,  lies ! — W.  H.  W. 

11598.  Theall. — Wanted  parentage  of  Isaac 
Theall  b  1776,  Salem,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  ra 
lane  Halsted  &  is  bur  in  Newburgh.  He  d 
bee.  4,   1821   aged   55. 

(a)  Dean. — Wanted  parentage  of  Benjamin 
Dean  of  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  who  m  Aiiier 
Lewis.  He  d  in  Ogle  Co.,  111.,  1869.  Their  ch 
were  Sarah  M.,  Mary  Ann,  m  Jetif  Davis  of 
Savannah,  Ga.,  cousin  of  Jefferson  Davis ; 
Margaret  Donaldson,  Elmira,  Augusta,  Clark, 
Wm.,  Geo.  Mortimer,  Lewis  &  Gilbert. — G.  A.  S. 

11599.  Butler.— Wm.  Butler,  of  the  Ormond 
branch  of  Butlers  in  Ireland  m  a  Miss  Mason, 
said  to  be  Anne,  dau  of  2nd  Geo.  Mason.  Anne 
was  m  3  times,  the  2nd  time  to  a  Fitzhugh.  Her 
sister  Alary's  2nd  husband  was  also  a  Fitzhugh. 
W'm.  &  Anne  Mason  Butler  were  the  parents 
of  all  the  S.  Car.  Butlers,  having  gone  there 
abt  1772,  from  Prince  William  Co.,  Va.  Was 
Wm.  Butler  Miss  Mason's  1st  or  3rd  husband. 
&  was  her  name  Anne  or  Mary  ? — W.  O.  C. 

11600.  Sherburne-Bronson.  —  Wanted  gen 
with  dates  of  ances  of  Henry  Sherburne  b  Nov. 
23,  1799  in  Trov,  N.  Y.  d  in  Terre  Haute, 
Ind.,  1873.  m  Mary  Bronson,  Dec.  23,  1819.  She 
was  b  in  N.  Y.  State  Aug.  16,  1802.  Would 
like  to  corres  with  desc  of  either  name.  Am 
anxious  to  know  if  desc  are  eligible  to  D.A.R. — 
E.  M.  S. 

11601.  Wadi.eigh. — Wanted  gen  of  Sarah 
Wadleigh  who  m  Oct.  29,  1788,  Benj.  Cillcy 
&  lived  in  Kingston,  Salisbury  &  Danville,  N.  H. 

(a)  BuRNHAM. — Wanted  gen  of  Hannah 
Burnham  b  1721,  m  Feb.  15,  1740  Daniel  Hunt. 
They  lived  in  Sharon  &  Lebanon,  Conn.  Did 
Daniel  have  Rev  rec? — M.  F.  B. 

11602.  Grieste-Griste-Grist. — Is  this  name 
of  Huguenot  origin?  Wanted  parentage  of 
John  Griste  b  1729  &  bur  1794  in  St.  Michael's 
Churchyard  at  Marblehead.  Wanted  also  Rev 
rec  of  Thomas   Grieste  of   Marblehead,   Mass., 


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bapt.  Aug.  24,  1729.     Were  this  John  &  Thomas 
related?— C.  M.  B. 

11603.  Harrison-Williams. — John  Vann 
Williams  m  Matilda  Caroline  Harrison.  They 
were  cousins  &  cousins  of  Wm.  Henry  Harrison. 
They  came  from  N.  Car.  to  Shelby  Co.,  Tenn. 
&  thence  to  Texas.  Their  dau  Arabella  m  John 
F.  Carr  of  Va.  Wanted  par  of  both  with 
dates  of  their  b  &  m. 

(a)  Carr. — Wanted  par  &  dates  of  b  & 
m  of  A.  B.  Carr  of  Albemarle  Co.,  Va.,  & 
Julia  A.  Brockman  of  Orange  Co.,  Va.,  both 
d  at  Memphis  Tenn.  Had  issue  Jane  &  John 
Fendall  b  1813.— W.  F.  R. 

11604.  Pierce. — Wanted  parentage  of  Samuel 
Pierce  or  Peirce,  of  N.  J.  He  served  in  the 
War  of  1812,  enlisting  from  Monmouth  Co. 
Had  bros  Isaac,  Peter,  Henry,  Joseph  &  Jona- 
than.—T.   P.   S. 

11605.  Donaldson-Clute. — Wanted  parentage 
of  Peter  Donaldson  b  abt  1759  at  Schaghticoke. 
Rensselear  Co.,  N.  Y.  d  Pleasant  Valley,  N.  Y. 
abt  1859.  Wanted  also  maiden  n  of  his  w 
Clute. 

(a)  Aaron  Dicken  b  Bath  Co.,  Ky.,  Jan.  18, 
1806  m  there,  Feb.  24,  1827  IMaria  Deanb  same 
county,  Dec.  28,  1810.  Data  on  both  fams 
desired.  It  is  thought  the  fams  came  from 
Rockbridge  Co.,  Va.  Their  dau  Nancy  b 
Fulton  Co.,  111.,  1837,  m  1856,  Henry  Donaldson 
b  Allegheny  Co.,  N.  Y.  1830.— E.  F.  G. 

11606.  Meservev. — Wanted  parentage  of 
Betsy  Meservev  b  1799,  m  in  Appleton,  Waldo 
Co.,  ivle.  Feb.  24,  1828  Daniel  Prescott.— C.  P.  B. 

11607.  Rush. — Wanted  parentage  &  Rev  rec 
of  Peter  Rush  b  1754,  in  Pa.,  prob  Lancaster 
Co.— C.  R. 

11608.  Drurv. — Wanted  dates  &  places  of  b 
&  d  of  Joseph  Drurv.  Rev  sol  who  ser  in  2nd 
Regt,  Chas.  Co.,  Md.  1778-9.  Married  1776 
Sibba  Wiggington.  Children  Isaac,  Rebecca, 
John,  Sallie,  George,  Patsy,  Lucy,  Nancy,  Fanny 
Betsey  &  Jimmy.  Records  show  res  in  Chas. 
Co.,  Md.  1775-8  &  in  St.  Mary's  Co.,  in  "  First 
Census  of   U.  S.,  1790."— C.   D. 

11609.  Parker. — Wanted  ancestry  &  Revolu- 
tionary ser  of  Amos  Parker,  who  m  Lucy 
Culver,  Feb.  18,  1773  at  Amenia.  Dutchess  Co., 
N.  Y.,  lived  later  in  Delaware  Co.  &  d  Palmyra, 
May  8,  1834,  aged  88  yrs.  1  mo. 

(a)  Phoenix. — Ancestry  of  Ann  Phoenix,  b 
Oct.  22,  1804,  m  Amos  Older  Oct.  24,  1829, 
resided  in  or  nr  Perry,  N.  Y.  Had  bro  William, 
b  1793,  had  uncle  William  Phoenix,  d  abt  1800, 
Salem,  N.  Y.  Her  mother  was  possibly 
Marie  King? 

(b)  Wallis. — Ancestry  and  dates  of  Mary 
Wallis,  d  1808,  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  m  Thomas 
Older  before  1770,  who  was  b  1728.  England. 

(c)  Clark. — Wanted  m  date  &  par  of 
Keziah,  w  of  John  Clark  of  Windsor.     He  was 


b  1720  or  1725,  d  1789.  She  d  Feb.  6,  1804,  age 
75.  First  ch  b  1751.  Was  she  Keziah  Skinner, 
b  June  14,  1728,  dau  of  Isaac  &  Hannah  Skinner? 
She  named  two  sons  Isaac  &  two  daus  Hannah. 

(d)  HuRLBURT. — Parentage  of  Rachel  Hurl- 
but,  m  Nov.  15,  1764  Elijah  Wood,  of  Sharon, 
Conn.  He  was  b  1737,  s  of  Abel  Wood.  Their 
ch  Ebenezer,  Elizabeth,  Sally,  Rachel,  Abel, 
Polly,  William,   Elijah. 

(e)  BoTSFORD.— Parentage  &  all  dates  of 
David  Botsford  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  who  m  before 
1792,  Sarah  Webber,  dau  of  Henry  &  Elizabeth. 
He  had  uncles  Abel,  Elnathan  &  Jonathan  & 
a  bro  Benjamin.  Children:  John,  Abraham, 
Elizabeth,  Henry,  Nathan,  Ann,  Maria,  Lucy, 
David,  Abiah.  Was  his  father  the  David  of 
New  Milford,  b  1744,  m  Rebecca  Phipenny 
&  had  Benjamin,  Ann  &  Nathan? 

(f)  Webber.— Ancestry  &  dates  of  Henry 
Webber  who  m  1760  Elizabeth  Brandow  at 
Catskill.— M.  A.  O. 

11610.  Baker. — Would  like  to  corres  with 
desc  of  Ensign  Thomas  Baker  of  Easthampton, 
L.  I.,  or  with  anyone  who  can  put  me  in  touch 
with  the  possessor  of  the  Baker  Family  Bible. 
— H.  J.  B. 

11611.  Thompson. — Wanted  par  of  Richard 
Thompson,  the  1st  man  to  fall  at  Almanace  in 
the  battle  bet  the  Regulators  &  Gov.  Tryon, 
1771.     Wanted  any  inf  of  this  family. — L.  J. 

11612.  Rector. — Wanted  names  of  ch  & 
maiden  n  of  1st  w  of  Chas.  Rector  of  N.  C. 
or  Va.  who  ser  in  Jones  Co.,  Capt.  Nekemian, 
Pasquopank  Co.,  N.  C.  1775  in  the  Indian 
War.— M.  C.  M. 

11613.  AsKEY-  (Erskine) -Baker. — Wanted 
ances  with  dates  of  Capt.  Thos.  Askey 
(Erskine)  &  his  w  Eliz.  Baker,  who  were  m 
June  12,  1764.  Cumberland  Co.,  Marriages.  He 
d  1807  &  she  d  1830,  both  are  bur  at  Jacksonville, 
Pa.  He  was  Capt.  of  Co.  in  1st  Bat.  Cumber- 
land Co.,  Mil.,  James  Dunlap,  Colonel.  Ref: 
Pa.  Arch.  5th  series,  vol.  6,  p.  9.— M.  F.  H. 

11614.  Breneman. — Wanted  ances  with  dates 
of  Christian  Breneman  who  ser  in  Rev  from 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  His  dau  Frances  m 
Peter  Albert. 

(a)  Cox. — Wanted  gen  with  Rev  rec  of  ances 
of  Eliz.  Cox  b  Aug.  29,  1784,  m  Aug.,  1802  in 
Pa.,   Wm.    Halliwili. 

(b)  Kendle. — Wanted  parentage  of  Octavia 
Kendle  b  abt  1804,  lived  in  Va..  m  abt  1824, 
Wm.   T.   Brown.     Had  sis    Sinnett. — I.   B. 

11615.  Cutting-Fargo. — Wanted  parentage 
with  Rev  rec  of  father  of  Jonas  Cutting  b 
Aug.  19,  1782  in  Shaftsbury,  Vt.  &  of  his  w 
Lovina  Fargo  b  Montville,  Conn.  April  23, 
1790.— E.  C.  W. 

11616.  Andrews. — Wanted     ances     of     Isaac 

Andrews  b  1774,  m  Martha b  1776,  d  1834. 

He  d  1846  at  Stillwater,  Malta  Twp.,  Saratoga 


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567 


Co.,  X.  Y.  Their  ch  were  Wm.  D.  1801-1859; 
Harvey  J.;  Isaac  P.,  1814-1859;  Daniel; 
Lemuel,  1820-1856;  Electa  m  Silas  Ramsdale ; 
Jane  Ann  m  Baker ;  Olive  m  Samuel  Otis ; 
Eliz.  m  James  Slocum ;  Elvira  m  Nathan  B. 
Minor ;  Anna  B.  m  George  Carlton ;  Salina  m 
Piatt   Smith. 

(a)  Graham-Chexev. — Wanted  par  of  Wm. 
Graham,  b  1756,  m  1782  at  Deerfield,  Mass. 
Mary  Cheney  b  1751  d  1838.  He  ser  in  Rev 
enlisting  at  Petersboro,  N.  H.,  later  lived  at 
Hadley,  N.  Y.  &  d  at  Corinth,  Saratoga  Co., 
N.  Y.  1824.     Wanted  also  Cheney  gen. 

(b)  Bricgs. — Wanted  ances  of  Seth  Briggs, 
b  1760,  m  Hannah  Merrick,  b  1762  d  1838,  dau 
of  Capt.  Ebenezer  Merrick  of  Brattleboro,  Vt, 
Seth  Briggs  d  West  Dummerston.  Vt.  1824. 
Served  in  Rev  enlisting  from  Rochester,  Mass. 
They  had  eleven  daus. — E.  E.  K. 

11617.  Bates. — Wanted  par  of  John  Bates,  b 

June   30,   1768,   m   1789,   Isabel &   d  June  3, 

1857,  presumably  at   Marion.   O.     Wanted  also 

maiden  n  of  Isabel b  Nov.   19,   1766,  d  Apr. 

12,   1838.— J-   F.   G. 

11618.  \^.\^'DERHOOF-JACKA\VAY.  —  Comelius 
Vanderhoof,  b  Monmouth  Co.,  N.  J..  Mav  7, 
1752,  d  Athens  Co..  O.,  April  22,  1844,  applied 
for  pension  from  Uniontown,  Fayette  Co.,  Pa.. 
Jan.  16,  1824.  He  m  2nd  Mary  Patterson, 
Apr.  6,  1791.  Monmouth  Co.,  N.  J.  Wanted 
maiden  n  with  dates  of  his  1st  w  also  dates  of 
their  only  ch  Maria  &  her  husband  Mordecai 
Jackaway. — H.  M.  J. 

11619.  CoGHiLL-CoLEMAN. — William    Coghill, 

m Coleman,     was     her     mother     a     Winn? 

Wanted    Coleman-Winn    gen. — M.    E.    P. 

11620.  Howard.-^ Wanted  par  of  V^olney  E. 
Howard,  b  Norridgewood,  Me.,  180S,  also  Rev 
rec  of  ances. 

(a)  Wetherell. — Wanted  parentage  of 
Mary  Wetherill,  b  1704,  d  1790.  m  1724  Silas 
Crispin,  b  1702.  d  1749.  all  of  Burlington.  N. 
J.— S.  H.  B. 

11621.  Wells. — Wanted  date  of  d,  Rev  rec 
&  n  of  w  of  Hezekiah  s  of  Ichabod  Wells,  b 
1738  possibly  in  Wethersfield,  Conn.  His  ch 
were  Lemuel,  Levi,  Joseph,  John,  Hezekiah, 
Elijah,    Simeon,    Eunice. 

(a)  Smith.— Wanted  date  of  d  &  Rev  rec 
of  Ephraim  Smith,  b  in  South  Hadley,  Mass., 
Nov.  17,  1714,  m  Mary  Preston.  Children  were 
Ephraim,  Eli,  Darius,  Simeon,  Luther,  Joanna, 
Lois.— J.  S.  K. 

11622.  CuSHMANN.— Wanted  par  of  Rachel 
Cushman,  who  m  1800,  in  Penna.,  Daniel  Wood- 
mansee. — L.  C.   J. 

11623.  Easton. — Wanted  ances  of  Enos  Eaton, 
b  nr   Morristown,   N.  J.,   April   IS,   1774,   d   in 


Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  25,  1838,  m  Feb.  6, 
1800,  in  Chester.  N.  J.  Sarah,  dau  of  Paul  & 
Mary  Luce  Drake.  Sarah  Drake  was  b  Oct. 
1,  1783,  d  Apr.  12,  1827,  was  of  Ro.xbury  Twp. 
when  m.  Enos  Eaton's  1st  w  had  13  ch,  aft 
her  d  he  m  Margaret  De  Niece  Drown  who  had 

4  ch  &  after  his  d  she  ni Randall.    Enos  was 

in  the  War  of  1812.— I.   M.   B. 

11624.  Rislev-Coxover-Smith.     —     Richard 

Risley   m    Mary had   ch    Sarah,    Samuel,    & 

Richard,  who  ni  Abigail  Adams,  b  July  16, 
1658,  d  Sept.  6,  1670,  dau  of  John  Adams  & 
Abigail  Smith  who  were  m  .Aug.  26,  1657. 
Their  s  Richard  Risley  went  to  Egg  Harbor, 
N.  J.,  prior  to  1717  &  m  Esther  Conover  & 
their  dau  Esther  m  Feb.  9,  1744  in  N.  J. 
John  Somers,  b  Dec.  30,  1723,  at  Somers  Point, 
N.  J.  Wanted  ances  with  dates  of  Abigail 
Smith  &  Esther  Conover  &  maiden  n  of  w 
of  Jeremy  Adams  who  went  to  Conn,  with  the 
Hooker  Colony. 

(a)  Fowler.— Captain  Jos.  Treat,  b  Aug.  17, 
1622,  m  Nov.  7,  1705,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Me'rwin. 
Their  s  Stephen,  b  Oct.  10,  1715,  d  Nov.  13, 
1794,  m  Miriam,  dau  of  Joseph  &  Miriam 
Cornwell  Clark.  Their  dau  Miriam,  b  Oct. 
30.  1748,  m  3  times,  1st,  Abraham  Ranney ;  2nd, 
Wm.  Fowler,  S:  3rd.  .Ashael  Johnson.  Catharine, 
dau  of  2nd  m,  m  Seba  Moulthrop.  Wanted 
proof  of  m  of   Miriam   Clark  &  Wm.   Fowler. 

(b)  Roberts.— John    Roberts,    Rev   sol    from 

Esse.x  Co..  N.  J.,  m  Eliz. .    Their  s  John,  b 

May  5,  1767,  m  1789  at  Somers  Point,  N.  J. 
Esther  Somers.  b  1770?  Wanted  maiden  n  of 
Elizabeth  &  Roberts  gen.— H.  L.  S. 

11625.  Lewis.— Wanted  par  of  Justice  Joshua 
Lewis,  b  1772  in  Va.,  d  1833,  New  Orleans,  La., 
m  America  Lawson,  dau  of  Brigadier  General 
Robert  Lawson. — A.  L.  B. 

11626.  Howell.— Wanted  Rev  rec  with  proof 
of  Timothy  Howell,  b  prob  in  N.  J.  1743,  moved 
to  Leesburg,  Va..,  1767  where  he  bought  land 
from  Warner  Washington  &  Bryan  Fairfax. 
His  s  Dr.  Sam.  Howell  lived  all  his  life  in  Lees- 
burg.—T.  L.  H. 

11627.  Huff.— Wanted  date  of  b  of  Michael 
Hufif  of  Cheshire,  Eng.,  who  came  to  Bucks 
Co.,  Pa.,  1682  m  Joan  dau  of  Francis 
Russell  &  d  in  Newton,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  1687. 
also  names  &  dates  of  their  ch.  Was  Michael 
Hufif  of  Bristol,  Bucks  Co.  1723  his  s,  &  was 
the  Michael  HufT  of  Nottingham  Twp.,  Chester 
Co.,  Pa.,  tax-lists  of  1729-39-40,  the  Michael 
Huff  of  Bristol,  1723?  Michael  HufT,  b  1741. 
m  Hannah  Doddridge,  b  1742,  &  lived  in  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Pa.  Would  like  to  corres  witli  any- 
one interested  in  this  HufT  family. — W.  H.  W. 


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President  General 

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Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term  of  office  expires  1924) 
Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Chenault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcote,  Charlotte.  N.  C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman   E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2nd, 

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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  .MAGAZINE 


STATE  REGENTS   AND   STATE  VICE   REGENTS— 1923-1924 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER   AMBROSE   ROBINSON, 
620   Harrolson   Ave.,  Gadsden. 

MRS.   STANLEY  FINCH, 

110   N,    Conception   St.,   Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.   HOVAL   A.   SMITH, 

Warren. 
MRS.  WILLIAM  LEE  PINNEY, 

Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.  ALEXANDER  M.  BARROW, 

817  W.  6th  Ave.,  Pine  Bldff. 
MRS.   HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 

Amity. 

CALIFORNIA 

MR.S.   LYMAN  B.   STOOKEY, 

1240  W.  29th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
MRS.  ALLEN  H.  VANCE, 

Hotel  Holly  Oaks,  Sacsalito. 
COLORADO 

MRS.  JOHN  C.  BUSHINGEB, 

115   Batterson   St.,  Monte  Vista. 
MRS.  ALFRED  B.  TROTT, 

2200  Albion  St.,  Denver, 

CONNECTICUT 

MR.S.  CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

235  N.  Main  St.,  Sodthington. 
MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD   NETTLETON, 
CI   Seymodr  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS  ELEANOR  EUGENIA  TODD, 

27   W.  Main   St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD    FARRELL, 

Sjiyrna. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM  B.  HARDY, 

119  5th  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington. 
MRS.  JOHN  M.  BEAVERS, 

17.^2   Columbia  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.   JAMES  A.   CRAIG, 

2.33   W.   Duval  St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.   THEODORE  STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES    AKERMAN, 

106    Culver   St.,   Macon. 
MRS.   JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295    Prince    Avenue,    Athens. 

HAWAII 

MRS.    FREDERICK    EUGENE    STEERE, 
Care   Waterhouse   Trust   Co.,    Honolulu. 

MRS.    HOWARD  CLARKE, 

2131   Atherton   Road,    Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.   KENNEDY   PACKARD, 

421   Second  Ave.,  E.   Twin  Falls. 

MRS.   D.    W.   STANDROD, 

64S  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.  CHARLES  E.  HERRICK, 

3809  Ellis  Ave.,  Chicago. 
MRS.  JAMES  S.  KING, 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDIANA 

MRS.   HENRY   B.   WILSON, 

Delphi. 
MRS.   CHARLES   W.   ROSS, 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  CrawfoRDSvillE. 


IOWA 


MISS   AMY    GILBERT, 

MRS.  ALEXANDER  WILLIAM  HAWLET, 
604  N.  13th  St.,  Fort  Dodge. 


MRS.  ROBERT  B.  CAMPBELL, 

1255  Riverside,  Wichita. 
MRS.   HERMAN   L.   PEPPMEYER, 

1309  Harrison   St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.   WILLIAM  RODES, 

152  E.   High  St.,  Lexington. 
MRS.    JOHN    W.    CHENAULT, 

2217  Glenmary  Ave.,  Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.   S.   A.   DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 
MRS.  C.  S.  WILLIAMSON,  JR., 

1334  Webster  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

MAINE 

MRS.   B.   G.   W.  CUSHMAN, 

122  Gofp  St.,  Auburn. 
MRS.  BLAINE  SPOONER  VILES, 
20  Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.  ADAM   DENMEAD, 

2224   N.   Calvert   St.,   Baltimore. 

MRS.   REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 
2004  Maryland  Ave.,  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.   GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMAN  GORDON, 

35  Whitman  Road,  Worcester. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.    L.    VICTOR    SEYDEL, 

143  Lafayette  Ave.,  N.  E.,  Grand  RAPiDfc 
MRS.   ADDISON   DRAKE    KENT, 

622  State  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.    MARSHALL    H.    COOLIDCE, 

1906  Kenwood  Parkway,  Minneapolis 
MRS.   L.  C.  JEFFERSON, 

1126  Summit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 


MISSOURI 

MRS.    PAUL    D.    KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.     HENRY     W.     HARRIS, 

705  W.  6th  St.,  Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.   E.    BROOX   MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozi:man. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL, 

Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

MRS.    ELIZABETH    O'LINN    SMITH, 
359  ClIADRON  Ave.,  Chadron. 

MRS.    C.    S.    PAINE, 

1970  Prospect  St.,  Lincoln. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

MRS.    LESLIE   P.   SNOW, 

N.   Main   St.,  Rochester.   N.   H. 
MRS.   GEORGE  H.  WARREN, 
Manchester. 

NEW    JERSEY 

MRS.    CHARLES   READ   BANKS, 

122  Westervelt  Ave.,  Plainfield. 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SUMMERILL, 

108   S.  Broad  St.,  Woodbury. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.    R.    P.    BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 

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By  Helen  Wright 

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VOL.  LVII,  No.  10 


OCTOBER,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  374 


SOME    EARLY    ENGRAVERS 

By  Helen  Wright 
Print  Division,  Lil)rarv  nf  Conoress 


X  11  IE  histor}-  of  art,  jirints 
]>la_\-  an  important  role. 
'Jheir  origin  is  wrapped  in 
mystery  and  their  story  is  a 
romance.  From  the  earhest 
l)lock-book  cuts  to  the  most 
UKiiIcrn  I-'rench  and  American  etching 
lies  a  whole  lihrary  on  the  subject,  of 
which  they  and  their  makers  are  the 
thrilhng  theme.  Their  thorough  study 
requires  a  life-time  and  the  various  proc- 
essess  of  their  making,  wood-engraving 
line-engraving,  mezzotint,  stipple,  etch- 
ing have  each  their  exponents  in  the 
masters  of  Germany,  Italy,  the  Nether- 
lands, England  and  France.  That  their 
importance  is  appreciated  is  evidenced 
hy  the  great  groujis  in  the  museums, 
libraries  and  galleries  of  the  world  as 
well  as  !)}•  private  collections,  valuable 
beyond  price. 

The  beautiful  art  which  flourished  so 
successfully  in  the  15th  and  16th  cen- 
turies has  had  a  brief  and  varied  history 
in  this  country.  It  was  our  only  mode 
of    pictorial    expression    and    the    early 


wood-cuts  and  engraxings  were  crude. 
Mot  until  the  latter  part  of  the  ISth  and 
the  beginning  of  the  1^'th  century  did  a 
small  group  of  men  produce  charming 
work,  original  and  skillful. 

There  is  a  curious  collection  of  early 
historical  prints,  discoveries,  settlements, 
and  the  wars,  from  the  Indian  encounters, 
the  French-Canadian  and  the  Revolution, 
down  through  1812  to  the  Spanish  W'ar. 
We  have  Columlius  discovering  us  and 
taking  leave  of  us  in  line-engraving, 
typogravure  and  lithograjjh.  The  Pil- 
grim Fathers  are  landing  and  William 
Penn  is  treating  with  the  Indians  in 
\'arious  forms  of  the  grajihic  arts.  The 
history  and  battles  of  the  Revolu- 
tion and  later  the  Civil  War  are  vividly 
and  dramatically  i)ortrayed  and  as  time 
goes  on  we  will  turn  to  these  beginnings 
nf  our  history  and  our  art  with  renewed 
reverence  and  interest.  The  late  war 
brings  photographs,  lithographs,  and 
posters,  the  more  complex  and  si 
gra]ihic  methods  not  possible  in 
hurried  age. 

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John  Foster,  who  estabhshed  the  first 
printing  press  in  Boston  in  1675,  was 
baptised  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Dec.  18, 
1648,  and  died  in  Boston,  Sept.  9,  1681. 
He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1667.  He  engraved  upon  wood  a 
portrait  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Mather, 
which  is  said  to  be  the  first  known  wood- 
engraved  por- 
trait executed 
in  the  Colon- 
ies. In  1671, 
the  Indian 
Apostle,  John 
Eliot,  refers  to 
Foster  as  hav- 
ing engraved 
an  A.  B.  C. 
book  for  the 
use  of  the  In- 
dians. His  place 
of  business  was 
'■  over  against 
the  Sign  of 
the  Dove"  in 
Boylston  St. 
He  was  buried 
in  Dorchester 
and  his  will 
provided  for 
the  erection  of 
"  a  pair  of 
handsome 
gravestones." 

These  stones  still  exist  and  a  Latin 
couplet  written  by  Increase  Mather  is 
chiseled  on  the  headstone  which  refers 
to  Foster  as  studying  the  stars,  he  being 
the  author  of  six  almanacs. 

Foster  also  engraved  the  seal  and  arms 
of  the  Massachusetts  Colony,  1672,  and  a 
map  of  New  England  in  1677. 

Wood-engraving,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  of  the  graphic  arts  and  one 
that  is  unfortunately   rarely  seen  today. 


but  is  being  revived  by  a  few  of  the 
modern  artists,  was  used  in  those  early 
days  for  frontispieces  in  almanacs,  title- 
designs  and  portraits. 

Line  engraving  on  steel  or  copper 
plates  was  doubtless  demanded  among 
early  colonists  because  of  the  necessary 
issue  of  a  paper  currency  which  required 
careful  and  ac- 
curate work- 
manship. Alez- 
zotint  engrav- 
ing was  the 
best  medium 
for  the  repro- 
duction of  por- 
traiture, the 
deep  velvety 
l5 1  a  c  k  s,  and 
soft  shadows 
gave  a  stately 
grace  and  dis- 
tinction that 
l^erhaps  the 
more  stiff  arid 
formal  line  en- 
graving was 
not  able  to 
portray. 

There  was  a 
rapid  increase 
in  the  number 
of  engravers 
in  the  Colonies 
in  the  quarter  century  just  preceding  the 
outbreak  of  the  American  Revolution. 
The  volume  of  work  was  not  large  and 
it  consisted  chiefly  of  views  of  buildings, 
maps,  book-plates,  bill-heads  and  en- 
graved music,  and  paper  currency. 

Peter  Pelham,  who  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, came  to  Boston  before  1727,  as  in 
that  year  he  painted,  engraved  and  pub- 
lished a  portrait  of  Cotton  Mather.  This 
is  the  third  member  of  the  famous  New 


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England  family  to  be  recorded  among 
the  earliest  American  engraved  portraits. 
Increase  Mather  was  also  pictured  in 
mezzotint,  but  it  was  doubtless  done  by 
an  English  engraver.  Pelham's  first  wife 
having  died  in  1748,  he  married  Mrs. 
Mary  Singleton  Copley,  mother  of  John 
Singleton  Copley,  to  whom  he  un- 
doubtedly gave 
some  instruc- 
tion in  paint- 
ing and  en- 
graving. 

Another  in- 
teresting por- 
trait engraved 
by  P  e  1  h  a  m 
was  that  of 
Thomas  Hol- 
lis,  1751,  who 
was  "  a  most 
generous 
Benefactor  to 
Harvard  Col- 
lege in  N.  E. 
having  found- 
ed two  Profes- 
sorships and 
ten  Scholar- 
ships in  the 
said  College, 
gave  a  fine 
Apparatus  for 
Experimental 
Philosophy  and 
increased  the 
Library  with  a  lav 
able  Books  etc." 

Pelham  was  the  first  of  ths  engravers 
to  jjractice  Mezzotint  in  an  .\merican 
Ciilony.  His  ])!ates  are  rare  and  highlv 
prized  by  collectors.  Lie  engraved  a 
liiirtrait  of  \\'illiam  Shirley,  Governor 
of  ^lassachusetts  Bay  in  1747  and  Sir 
W'm.  Pepperall,  Commander  in  Chief  of 
the  American  forces  at  Louisburg. 


PAUL    REVERE,    1735-1818.      FROM    AN    ENGRAVING    UY 
SCHOFF   AFTER   A   PAINTING   BY   GILBERT    STUART 


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Paul  Revere  was  one  of  the  most 
picturesque  figures  of  the  Revolution  and 
an  engraver  of  some  skill.  Beside  his 
great  reputation  as  an  equestrian,  won 
by  that  celebrated  ride  of  his  the  night 
of  April  18,  1776,  when  he  gave  notice 
of  the  British  expedition  to  Concord,  he 
was  engaged  in  a  multiplicity  of  pro- 
fessional and 
business  enter- 
prises.  To 
enumerate  only 
a  few,  he  wa.s 
a  dentist,  ])ic- 
ture  -  frame 
m  a  k  e  r,  d  i  e 
sinker,  mer- 
chant, brass 
fiiunder  and 
sheet  co]iper 
ri  iller  and  a 
>il\er-sinith  (if 
marked  ability. 
His  engrav- 
ing of  the 
•■|'.Io,,dy  Mas- 
sacre," perpe- 
trated in  King 
.'~"treet,  Boston 
I  niiw  .'^  t  a  t  e 
Street)  i  m 
-March  5,  17/0 
by  a  party  of 
the  -"'th  Regt. 
is  ])erhaps  his 
nici>t  famous 
The  plate  was  engraved  and 
nimediately  after  the  occur- 
rence of  the  memorable  tragedy.  I'nfler 
the  picture  in  three  com|)artments  arc 
these  verses : 

"  L'nhappy  Boston !   fee  thy  Sons  deplore. 
Thy   hallow'd    Walks    hefmear'd   with   giiiltlcfs 

Gore : 

While  Faithlefs  T' n  and  his  fasage  Bands, 

With   murd'rous   Rancour   ftretch  their  blocdy 

Hands ; 


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Like  fierce  Barbarians  grinning  o'er  their  Prey, 

Approve  the  Carnage  and  enjoy  the  Day. 

"  If  fcalding  drops   from  Rage  from  Anguish 

Wrung, 
If   fpcechlets   Sorrows  lab'ring   for   a  Tongue. 
Or  if  a  weeping  World  can  ought  appeafe 
The  plaintive  Ghofts  of  Victims  fuch  as  thefe ; 
The  Patriot's  copious  Tears  for  each  are  fhed. 
A  glorious   Tribute  which  embalms  the  Dead. 


below  the  print.  The  ^■{ze  oi  the  plate 
inckisive  of  the  inscriptions  at  the 
top  and  hottom.  is  10  x  9  inches.  .Ml 
of  the  impressions  are  colored  hy 
hand.  Red  and  blue  predominate,  hut 
there  is  an  occasional  wash  nf  hrown  or 
green.     It  is  a  most  graphic  and  realistic 


Siicct  .BO.V7'6'.(V"oiiMivrcli'-;'i77'>l>va.])airv'.fUu-<if/.'KF.fr? 


"  But  know,  Fate  fummons  to  that  awful  Goal. 
Where  Justice  ftrips  the  Murd'rer  of  his  soul : 

Should  venal  C ts,  the  fcandal  of  the  Land, 

Snatch  the  relentlefs   \'illain   from  her   Hand, 
Keen   Execrations  on  this   Plate   infcrib'd. 
Shall  reach  a  Judge  who  never  can  l)e  brib'd." 

The  names  of  five  who  were  killed,  six 
wounded,   "  two  of   them  mortallv,"  are 


engraving,  the  Britishers  in  scarlet  coats, 
a  formidable  line,  their  guns  mowing 
down  the  intrepid  httle  band  of  citizens. 
From  the  smoke  that  fills  the  street,  one 
wonders  that  anyone  escaped  the  fire. 
The  background  is  especially  interesting, 
the  quaint,  stiff  buildings  of  the  now 
imposing  State  Street. 


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Paul  Revere's  Cartoons  —  "The  Stamp 
Act,"  1765,  '■  The  Able  Doctor  "  1774 
and  ''America  in  Distress  "  are  cleverly 
satiric  and  amusing. 

In  the  "Able  Doctor,"  "America  " — 
prone  upon  the  ground  —  is  swallowing 
the  "Bitter Draught"  tea  forced  down  her 
throat,  by  the  Britisher  with  the  Boston 
Port  Bill  pro- 
truding from  his 
pocket.  A  very 
unpleasant  car- 
toon, but  graph- 
ically s  u  g  g  e  s- 
tive.  Cartoons 
were  frequently 
called  forth  liy 
the  troubles  of 
the   Colonists. 

Another  en- 
graving by  Re- 
vere, and  very 
rare,  is  the 
"Westerly  View 
of  the  College 
in  Cambridge, 
Xew  England," 
after  a  draw- 
ing by  Josli. 
Chadwick.  The 
grouping  and 
the  architectural 
simplicity,  might 
surprise  the 
Harvard  stu- 
dent of  today. 
Harvard  Hall, 
S  t  o  u  g  h  t  o  n, 
Massac  hu- 

setts,  Hollis  and  Holden  Chapel,  are 
definitely  designated.  The  costumes  of 
the  figures  in  the  street  and  the  coach, 
give  an  enlivening  air  to  the  scene.  While 
Revere's  work  was  crude  in  execution, 
it  is  valuable  for  its  historic  interest 
and  because  of  his  well-known  patriotism. 


Amos  Doolittle  was  another  soldier 
artist  who  was  born  in  1754  somewhere 
in  Connecticut  and  died  in  New  Haven 
in  1832.  He  joined  the  Revolutionary 
Army  at  Cambridge  and  served  through 
that  campaign. 

He  engraved  some  curious  drawings 
of  the  engagement  at  Lexington  and 
Concord,  which 
were  made  by 
Ralph  Earle. 
He  also  en- 
graved a  num- 
ber of  portraits, 
views,  Bible  il- 
lustrations and 
book-plates,  all 
done  in  line. 
His  portrait  of 
Jonathan  Ed- 
wards made  for 
a  frontispiece  to 
David  Austin's 
"The  Millenium 
or  the  Thou- 
sand Years  of 
P  r  o  s  p  erity," 
1794,  is  of  spe- 
cial interest. 

W^illiam  Rol- 
linson  was  born 
in  E  n  g  1  a  n  d 
in  1760  and 
brought  up  as  a 
boy  to  the  busi- 
ness of  cliaser 
of  fancy  but- 
tons. He  came 
to  this  country 
before  1789,  with  a  view  of  pursuing  the 
same  vocation,  though  we  cannot  imagine 
decorated  buttons  were  much  in  vogue  by 
the  colonists.  However,  not  long  after  his 
arrival,  General  Knox,  first  Secretary  of 
^^'ar  under  the  Federal  Government, 
employed  him  to  chase  the  Arms  of  the 


SOME  EARLY  FA'GRAVERS 


581 


United  States  upon  a  set  of  gilt  buttons 
for  the  coat  to  be  worn  by  General  \\'a^^h- 
ington  on  the  day  of  his  inauguratiim. 

When  General  Knox  called  to  make 
payment  for  the  work,  "  the  young  Eng- 
lishman, who  had  caught  the  spirit  of  the 
country  of  his  choice,  refused  to  accejit 
any  com])ensation  declaring  that  he  was 
m  ore     t  h  a  n 

paid     l)v     liav-         '&5 1,  <!f^ *-*¥^  *  ■«*»■{(' 

ing  the  houdr 
of  working  for 
such  a  man  and 
for  such  an 
occasion."  It 
was  an  honor 
that  w  o  u  1  d 
far  out-rival  a 
prize  bestowed 
at  an  Art  Ex- 
hi1)iti(>n  toda\- ! 

In  the  Wil- 
liam Lanier' 
Collection  of 
Relics  and  Me- 
morabilia of 
George  Wash- 
ington sold  in 
N  e  w  York 
in  1920,  two 
"  Commemora- 
tive Washing- 
ton Buttons  " 
were  for  sale. 
The  one  worn 
at  the  Inaugu- 
ration. March 
4,  1780,  bore  the  coat-of-arms  and  the 
date  which  is  evidently  the  one  decorated 
by  Rollinson,  and  is  described  as  exces- 
sively rare  and  the  only  example  ever 
seen  by  the  collector. 

The  other  button  had  only  the  letters 
G.  W.  and  "  Long  Live  the  President." 
Tlie  two  liuttons  were  priced  at  $55. 


,1ame»  Law 


.Shortly  after  Washington's  inaugura- 
tion the  chiefs  of  the  Creek  Indians,  with 
McGillivray  at  their  head,  arrived  at 
New  York,  then  the  seat  of  the  Eederal 
Government  and  silver  armbands  and 
medals  were  required  for  these  "  suns 
I  if  the  forest,"  as  presents  from  the 
L'liited  .States.  These  decoratidus  re- 
quired orna- 
menting and 
(jeneral  Knox 
r  e  m  u  n  e  r  - 
ated  the  "but- 
ton-chaser" l)y 
l:  i  V  i  n  g  him 
many  of  them 
to  engrave. 

Rollinson 
was  employed 
by  silver- 
smiths and 
l)ook  -  publisii- 
ers  until  1791, 
when  he  began 
l)late  engrav- 
ing without 
any  previous 
knowledge  of 
the  .\rt.  He 
had  begun  a 
])  (I  r  t  r  a  i  t  of 
.\  1  e  X  a  n  d  e  r 
1  1  a  m  i  1  t  n  n 
(painlcd  liv 
.\  r  ch  i  bald 
K  (.  b  e  r  t  - 
sun  )  which  w  as 
not  completed  when  Ilamihcm  was  shni 
by  Burr.  The  many  friends  uf  Hamil- 
ton, desiring  a  picture  of  him,  Knllin- 
son  was  urged  to  finish  the  plate,  which 
he  did  and  the  engraving  met  with  a 
large  sale. 

He   changed   his    method    of    work   tn 
stipple  engraving,  the  tlntted  manner  and 


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produced  a  number  of  excellent  portraits, 
among  them  the  small  portrait  of  Wash- 
ington here  reproduced.  It  was  done 
before  the  great  portraits  of  Washing- 
ton were  painted  and  is  unusual,  of  great 
seriousness  and  dignity,  the  expression 
unlike  that  seen  in  the  later  portraits. 

Rollinson's  engraving  of  James  Law- 
rence, after 
Stuart's  paint- 
ing, for  the 
Analectic  Mag- 
azine is  a  strik- 
ing piece  of 
work  and  the 
painter  has  lost 
nothing  in  the 
engraver's  in- 
terpretation. 

In  1812  he 
invented  a  ma- 
chine to  rule 
waved  lines  fur 
engraving  mar- 
gins to  bank 
notes  which 
caused  a  sen- 
sation among 
engravers  at 
the  time  and 
many  orders 
were  received 
from  different 
parts  of  the 
United    States. 

Of  the  engraved  portraits  of  George 
Washington,  there  is  no  end.  Henry 
Hart  in  his  exhaustive  work  on  the  sul)- 
ject  —  "Engraved  Portraits  of  ^^'ash- 
ington  "  lists  nearly  nine  hundred. 

Edward  Savage,  one  of  the  earliest 
engravers  in  stipple  and  mezzotint,  and 
well-known  through  his  ]:)rints  of  Wash- 
ington issued  in  1792-93,  was  born  in 
Princeton    in     1761.     He    exhibited    in 


Philadelphia,    where    he    lived,    the   first 
panorama  ever  seen. 

David  Edwin,  son  of  an  English 
comedian  and  a  milliner  of  Bath,  Eng- 
land, was  born  there  in  1776. 

Naturally  with  such  parentage  there 
should  have  developed  an  artistic  ability 
tif  some  sort.  IMillinery  in  the  fashion- 
al)Ie  English 
resort,  requir- 
ed u  n  u  s  u  a  1 
skill !  Young 
lulwin  was 
"  articled  "  to 
a  Dutch  en- 
graver at  that 
time  practicing 
in  England, 
liut  he  return- 
ed to  Holland 
later,  taking 
his  apprentice 
with  hi  m. 
They  separated 
when  the  boy 
was  only 
twenty  -  one. 
He  came  to 
P  h  i  1  a  d  e  1  - 
phia,  working 
his  passage  as 
a  sailor  Ijefore 
the  mast,  un- 
der the  Ameri- 
can flag,  and 
was  nearly  fi-\-e  months  on  shipboard. 

He  found  a  countryman  in  Phila- 
delphia, a  publisher,  who  employed  him 
to  engrave  a  title  page  to  a  collection  of 
.Scotch  airs  which  he  was  about  to  pub- 
lish. The  intrepid  youth  became  an 
eminently  successful  portrait  engraver, 
making  many  prints  after  Stuart's  and 
Peal's  portraits  of  distinguished  men 
which  showed  good  drawing  and  faith- 


I      M   3LPH,    ESQUIRE 


SOME  EARLY  ENGRAVERS 


585 


till  renderings  of  the  t)riginals.  The 
one,  John  Randolph,  is  perhaps  not  his 
best,  but  it  is  a  curious  old  print.  Ran- 
dolph was  said  to  be  six  feet  in  height, 
slender,  with  long  skinny  fingers,  which  he 
pointed  and  shook  at  those  against  whom 
he  spoke.  The  artist  has  apparently  por- 
trayed him  in  one  of  his  excited  moments. 

Edwin's 
health  and  fail- 
ing sight  later 
compelled  him 
to  abandon  en- 
graving and 
with  strange 
a  p  p  r  o  p  r  i- 
ateness  he  be- 
came one  of 
the  treasurers 
at  the  Chestnut 
Street  Theatre. 
These  older 
prints  are  in- 
teresting for 
their  rarity 
and  because 
they  are  con- 
t  e  m  p  o  r  a  - 
n  e  o  u  s  with 
events  and  per- 
sons they  de- 
pict. Later 
came  engrav- 
ings of  many 
historical 
events  —  "The 
L  a  n  d  i  n  g  of 
C  o  1  umb  u  s," 
"  Baptism      of 

Pocahontas,"  "  Perry's  Victory  on  Lake 
Erie,"  "  Washington  Crossing  the  Dela- 
ware," and  many  others,  all  engraved 
after  painters  who  reconstructed  these 
events"  'in  pictures  that  have  become 
widelv  known,  but  they  do  not  belong  to 


THOMAS  JEFFERSON.     ENGRAVED  ON  STEEL  BY  J.  B.  LONGACRE 
FROM  THE  ORIGINAL  PAINTING  BY  GILBERT  STUART. 


the  earliest  period,  the  art  of  which  we 
have  been  briefly  reviewing. 

Henry  B.  Hall  and  James  B.  Longacre 
are  of  the  later  school,  the  former  born 
in  London  in  1808,  the  latter  in  Dela- 
ware County,  Pennsylvania,  in  17'I4. 
Mall  engraved  a  large  plate  of  the  "  Coro- 
nation of  Victoria,"  and  he  painted  a 
portrait  of  Na- 
poleon HI  l)e- 
fore  coming  to 
this  country. 
The  subject  of 
"Patrick 
1 1  e  n  r  y  ad- 
dressing the 
Virginia  As- 
sembly," must 
have  made  an 
especial  appeal 
as  it  is  engrav- 
ed in  a  spirited 
and  delightful 
manner,  after 
the  painting  by 
.\.  Chappel. 

The  publica- 
ti(in  of  the 
"Xational  Por- 
trait (iallery" 
which  was  un- 
dertaken in 
1832  bv  James 
1  lerring  and 
J  a  111  e  s  B. 
1 .  o  n  g  a  c  r  e, 
a  collection  of 
portraits  and 
brief  biogra- 
phies of  prominent  American  officers 
and  statesmen,  was  a  work  of  great 
pretention  and  high  excellence  and 
a  number  of  engravers  were  employed 
in  making  the  plates  for  it,  but  there 
were  not  enough  of  them  to  execute  the 


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work  in  the  time  required,  so  skilled 
artists  were  brought  from  England  and 
the  Continent.  Many  of  these  men  re- 
mained, which  was  an  advantage  to  the 
progress  and  stimulation  of  art  in  this 
country. 

Longacre  in  this  connection  produced 
an  enormous  amount  of  work,  engraving 
twent3'-four  portraits  of  the  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-seven  that  appear  in  the 
publication,  beside  many  other  portraits 
which  are  remarkable  for  faithfulness 
as  portraits  and  for  beauty  of  execution. 
From  1844  to  1869  he  was  engraver  to 
the  United  States  mint  and  the  new  coins 
of  that  period,  the  double  eagle,  the  three 
dollar  piece  and  the  gold  dollar  were 
made  by  him  from  his  own  designs. 

The  A.  H.  Ritchie  engraving  of 
I'".  O.  C.  Barley's  "  Last  words  of 
Captain  Nathan  Hale,  the  Hero  Martyr 
of  the  American  Revolution " —  is  a 
clear  stipple  engraving,  picturesque  and 
dramatic. 


And  we  have  the  hero,  when  asked  for 
his  dying  speech  and  confession,  uttering 
the  famous  words  — ''  Aly  only  regret 
is  that  I  have  but  one  life  to  lose  for  my 
country."  Whereupon  the  infuriated 
officer,  i\lajor  Cunningham  looking  on 
exclaimed  —  "  Swing  the  Rebel  up."  He 
even  turned  upon  the  women  who  were 
weeping  nearby  with  vile  words  of  abuse. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  last  cen- 
tury, the  beautiful  art  of  engraving 
almost  disappeared,  through  the  inven- 
tion and  rapid  development  of  the  re- 
productive processes,  making  the  slower 
hand-engraving  methods  commercially 
impossible. 

However,  these  cheaper  prints  add 
enormously  to  the  volume  of  good  illus- 
trative material  and  are  often  well- 
colored,  bringing  acceptable  and  artistic 
pictures  within  reach  of  all  and  making 
a  wide  distribution  possible. 


PRIZE  ESSAY  CONTEST 


The  rules  governing  the  Anne  Rogers  Minor  prize  essay  contest 
will  he  published  in  the  November,  1923,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  Mae;azine. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE 
GENERAL 


PRESIDENT 


X  the  work  of  the  past  few  months 
in  connection  with  our  national 
committees  for  patriotic  service. 
I  have  thought  a  number  of  times 
of  a  certain  lecture-recital  given 
by  a  famous  organist.  The 
musician  related  the  history  of 
the  great  hymns  of  the  Age  of 
Faith,  and  played  some  of  those 
grand  tunes  which  had  reverberated  through 
the   Cathedrals  of   the  Middle  Ages. 

"  In  this  age,"  said  the  organist,  "  we  are  not 
building  great  Cathedrals,  and  we  are  not 
writing  great  hymns.  The  aspiration  of  our 
modern  age  with  its  belief  in  the  brotherhood 
of  man,  expresses  itself  in  great  works  of 
social  service.  These."  he  said,  "  are  the 
Cathedrals  we  are  building." 

I  w'onder  if  any  one  of  us,  who  is  doing 
practical  work  in  our  Society,  can  take  up  a 
newspaper  without  being  reminded  of  the  re- 
sponsibility of  her  task.  The  cable  dispatches 
of  the  whole  world  press  it  on  us.  \\'e  cannot 
too  greatly  magnify  our  work. 

As  an  organization  we  have  voluntarily 
acknowledged  our  responsibility  to  serve  our 
country  to  the  fullness  of  our  powers,  and 
have  publicly  assumed  the  task.  To  be  effec- 
tive, and  to  gain  the  maximum  results  for  our 
efforts,  we  must  work  through  our  organization 
channels  by  means  of  committees.  It  must  not 
for  a  moment  be  forgotten  that  the  Chapter 
Regent  is  as  closely  connected  with  her  State 
Regent  as  the  State  Regent  is  with  the  National 
officers ;  that  throughout  this  compact  and 
intimate  body  the  individual  in  whatever  office, 
is  subordinate  to  the  great  whole  she  helps  to 
form.     This  is  our  power  as  a  Society. 

I  wish  now  to  speak  concretely  of  several 
changes  in  committees.  These  w'ere  made  by 
the  unanimous  action  of  the  National  Board 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  President 
General  at  the  June  Board  meeting  and  were 
brought  about  after  consultation  w'ith  authori- 
ties in  regard  to  our  work. 

This  action  resulted  in  the  creation  of  two 
new  committees  to  which  I  will  refer  a  little 
later  in  this  message,  and  in  revising  the 
work  of  the  Committee  on  Patriotic  Education 
by  establishing  as  separate  committees  its  vari- 


ous sub-commitecs :  Americanization,  The 
Mannual  for  Immigrants,  Girl  Homcmakers, 
Better  Films,  Children  and  Sons  of  the  Re- 
public, and  Schools  and  Colleges.  These  com- 
mittees will  be  under  the  direct  supervision  of 
a  National  chairman  for  each,  with  four  or 
five  vice  chairmen  representing  the  different 
sections  of  the  coimtry,  to  aid  in  the  work. 

Aside  from  the  appointments  I  have  made  of 
chairmen  and  vice  chairmen  for  the  National 
committees,  with  but  few  exceptions  the  mem- 
bers of  committees  have  been  appointed  by  the 
State  Regents  of  their  respective  States,  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  President  General. 
To  me  this  is  a  mere  form,  for  I  have  all 
confidence  in  the  judgment  of  those  splendid 
women  who  know  better  than  anyone  else  the 
personnel  of  their  States. 

Each  one  of  our  committees  is  uf  sucli  vital 
importance  that  I  wish  I  could  write  here  of 
its  hopes  and  expectations ;  but  each  National 
chairman  will  send  a  letter  to  State  Regents 
and  State  chairmen,  outlining  the  purposes  of 
her  committee,  at  the  earliest  p  issible  time. 
Doubtless  many  of  these  letters  have  alreadv 
been  received. 

The  two  new  committees  are  the  Publicity 
Committee,  and  the  D.  A.  R.  Student  Loan 
Fund  Committee.  The  purpose  of  the  first  of 
these  is  not  for  mere  publicity,  but  to  enable 
the  chairinen  of  this  committee  through  State 
and  Chapter  chairmen  to  give  to  the  public  a 
truthful,  intelligent  and  interesting  account  of 
the  earnest  work  that  is  actually  being  done  by 
our  organnzation. 

The  D.  A.  R.  Student  Loan  Fund  Committee 
was  suggested  to  me  by  Mrs.  William  Henry 
Wait  of  Michigan,  whose  services  as  chairman 
of  the  Publicity  Committee  during  the  war 
proved  to  be  such  an  essential  part  of  the  suc- 
cess of  our  war  work.  In  a  letter  received 
from  Mrs.  Wait,  she  said :  "  It  seems  to  me 
the  Daughters,  of  all  women,  ought  to  be 
projecting  their  belief  (inherited  from  our 
forefathers)  in  the  education  of  the  next  gen- 
eration ;  and  to  that  end  we  ought  to  do  some- 
thing vital  in  encouraging  the  worthy  boy  or 
girl   to  complete  a  college  education." 

In  some  States  a  Student  Loan  Fund  already 
exists.    Often  students  have  been  able  to  return 

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promptly  the  mcmey  leaned  to  them  at  the 
crisis  which  was  the  turning  point  in  their  lives, 
eager  that  others  should  have  use  of  the  fund 
as  soon  as  possible.  Such  funds  can  be  raised 
by  State  or  Chapter,  the  interest  to  be  used  in 
helping  students  or,  the  money  can  be  used 
without  interest  as  a  loan  to  be  paid  back  within 
a  certain  time. 

Under  the  new  arrangement  tlie  Committee 
on  Patriotic  Education  will  carry  only  the 
work  among  schools  and  colleges,  in  other 
words  among  educational  institutions.  The 
opportunity  for  enlarging  and  strengthening 
this  part  of  our  work  opens  to  such  possibilities 
that  it  is  limited  only  by  our  vision  and  our 
power  to  act.  Scholarships  come  within  the 
work  of  this  committee. 

The  Committee  on  Americanization  is  con- 
fronted by  needs  so  insistent  that  it  takes 
courage  indeed  to  face  them  squarely.  With 
foreign  born  men,  women  and  children  asking 
to  be  guided  in  the  way  of  becoming  patriotic 
American  citizens,  we  may  well  be  thankful 
for  everything  wc  liave  thus  far  been  able 
to  do,  and  earnestly  hopeful  for  constantly 
growing  service. 

The  urgency  of  the  need  made  our  work 
at  Ellis  Island  that  of  a  separate  committee 
last  year.  So  great  was  its  success  that  the 
Commissioner  of  the  Island  expressed  his 
appreciation  of  the  splendid  results  from  our 
work  in  the  detention  room  for  women  and 
children,  and  a  similar  work  is  to  be  estab- 
lished at  San  Francisco. 

The  Manual  for  Immigrants  will  lie  pub- 
lished as  rapidly  as  funds  are  available,  to 
meet  the  ever  growing  demand.  From  the 
social  service  departinent  of  Ellis  Island  comes 
an  enthusiastic  report  of  the  splendid  results 
from  the  use  of  the  Manual,  while  similar 
encouraging  words  are  being  receixeil  from 
many  places  in  regard  to  its  successful  use. 
You  remember  that  the  last  Continental  Con- 
gress voted  that  the  States  be  asked  to  con- 
tribute 2i  cents  for  each  one  of  its  members 
for  the  continuation  of  this  important  work. 

Children  and  Sons  of  the  Republic  activities 
are  successfully  carried  on  in  a  number  of 
States,  and  it  is  hoped  they  will  spread  through- 
out the  country.  One  Chapter  has  been  asked 
by  the  officials  of  a  Steel  Plant  to  organize 
these  clubs  among  its  people,  as  our  organiza- 
tion represents  neither  creed  nor  politics. 

Girl  Homemakers  is  a  committee  whose  work 
must  always  be  specially  dear  to  us,  with  its 
fascinating  traditions  of  some  of  the  bravest 
and  finest  homemakers  in  the  pioneer  days  of 
our  country  that  the  world  has  ever  known. 
Conservation  and  Thrift  Committee  is  natu- 
rally a  part  of  this  same  responsibility  to  be 


true  to  our  inheritance  from  these  hoinemakers 
in  the  wilderness.  And  if  we  both  practice  and 
teach  it  rightly,  we  will  affect  the  happiness 
and  homes  of  countless  numbers. 

Correct  Use  of  the  Flag  is  the  special  work 
of  a  committee  from  which  we  expect  telling 
results.  You  already  know  of  the  Uniform 
Code  for  the  use  of  the  Flag  adopted  at  the 
Conference  called  by  the  American  Legion  and 
attended  by  representatives  of  many  organiza- 
tions in  Memorial  Continental  Hall  on  June  14. 
It  is  hoped  this  will  help  all  those  who  are 
working  for  the  education  of  the  public  in  the 
correct  use  of  our  Flag  everywhere  and  under 
all  circumstances.  Just  before  Mrs.  Harding 
started  for  the  far  west,  she  signified  her  will- 
ingness to  act  as  Honorary  Chairman  of  this 
Committee. 

The  Better  Films  Committee  gives  promise 
of  greater  activity  and  increased  importance 
in  helping  to  change  indifferent  interest  into 
definite  responsibility.  In  response  to  a  re- 
quest sent  to  Mr.  Will  Hays  by  the  President 
General  and  the  State  Regent  of  New  York, 
Mr.  Hays  communicated  with  Mr.  D.  W.  Grif- 
fith, who  replied  that  he  was  deeply  interested 
in  the  suggestion  and  wish  of  the  D.  A.  R.  that 
a  worthy  picture  be  produced  representing  the 
Revolutionary  period  in  its  historical  and 
political  significance.  Mr.  Griffith  outlined  his 
idea  of  the  way  the  subject  should  be  treated 
in  production. 

Genealogical  Research,  Historical  Research 
and  Preservation  of  Records  Committees  arc 
essential  in  the  development  and  growth  of  our 
Society.  The  need  of  information  from  unpub- 
lished records,  such  as  is  contained  in  family 
bibles,  church  and  county  records  and  ceme- 
teries is  very  urgent.  The  constant  requests 
for  the  use  of  lantern  slides  furnished  by  the 
Historic  Lectures  and  Lantern  Slides  Com- 
mittee emphasize  how  valuable,  and  how  neces- 
sary it  is  to  continue  this  work.  A  request  has 
recently  been  received  by  the  chairman  of  this 
committee  from  a  well  known  social  worker 
asking  if  it  is  not  possible  to  have  made  a 
set  of  slides  showing  public  buildings  and  in- 
teresting scenes  of  our  Capitol,  to  be  used  for 
the  benefit  of  our  new  foreign  born  citizens. 

Historical  and  Literary  Reciprocity  work  is 
being  more  and  more  appreciated  as  is  shown 
by  the  increasing  number  of  requests  for  the 
valuable  historical  papers  and  material  in  charge 
of   that   Committee. 

Our  Library  Committee  is  adding  many 
priceless  reference  books  to  our  Library.  There 
should  be  no  more  complete  genealogical  refer- 
ence library  anywhere  than  our  own  in  Con- 
tinental Memorial  Hall.     The  Museum  is  con- 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  GENERAL 


591 


tinually  growing  in  interest,  beauty  and  \alue 
through  the  work  of  the  Revolutionary  ReHcs 
Committee  and  the  gifts  of  precious  heirlooms 
and  relics  which  are  received.  Surely  no  more 
fitting  place  could  be  found  for  them  than  our 
own  Museum. 

The  Liquidation  and  Endowment  Eund  Com- 
mittee gives  each  member  an  opportunity  to 
secure  a  charming  certificate  of  her  membership 
in  the  Society  while  at  the  same  time  con- 
tributing  to   our   endowment    fund. 

The  National  Old  Trails  Road  Committee  is 
doing  fine  work  in  marking  the  original  old 
trails  in  their  order,  emphasizing  the  progress 
of  .American  civilization  from  east  to  west, 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  They  form 
one  continuous  system  which  is  now  known  as 
the  Old  Trails  Road.  Cainiot  you  encourage 
this  committee  by  your  active  interest  and 
help? 

The   inspiration   of   the   Real    Daughters   who 


bind  us  closely  to  what  we  reverence  in  the  past, 
is  a  spiritual  value  beyond  price. 

The  chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee 
speaks  for  herself  in  each  issue  of  our  official 
organ,  the  D.  A.  R.  Magazine.  For  this  pub- 
lication we  urge  the  support  of  every  Daughter. 

Can  we  not  complete  the  work  of  the  Mem- 
orial Caroline  Scott  Harrison  Committee  this 
year  ?  This  committee  is  active,  and  eager  as 
we  all  must  be  to  honor  our  first  President 
General  by  the  building  of  a  dormitory  at 
Oxford    College. 

The  formation  of  cfimmittees  has  consumed 
a  vast  amount  of  time  and  thought.  The 
members  are  women  of  sincere  purpose  who 
will  need  the  help  of  every  Daughter  in  ful- 
filling the  large  tasks  before  us  to  which  we  are 
pledged.  With  this  general  willingness  we 
may  well  have  high  hopes  for  a  year  of  service 
never  before  attained  by  our  great  Society,  to 
help  meet  the  present  overwhelming  and  uni- 
versal need. 

LoR.A.  H.MNF.s  Cook, 
President   General. 


CARRY  ON 


Elberta  Stehl  Shukr 


Carry  on  the  spirit  of  76 

Thru  all  of  the  years  lo  come 

Courage  undaunted  —  cheer   that   inspired 
The  flag,  the  fife  and  the  drum. 


Carry  on  tlie   spirit  of   76. 

Thru  iheir  beaten  track  we  have  come. 
The  scraping  thud  of  their  marching   feet, 

With  the  flag,  the  fife  and  the  drum. 


Carry  on  the   spirit   of   76 

Liberty,   justice,  or   life. 
The  snap  of  the  colors,  the  tap  of  the  drum. 

The  high  clear   shrill   of   the   file. 


Carr.\-  on  the   spirit   of   76. 

X'ictory,  W(]n.  thru  bitterest  strife - 
The   urgent   call   of   the  signal   drum, 

Triumi)hant,   the   sereaiu   of   the   fife 


Carry   on  the   spirit   of   76. 

Defend  it!  —  whatever  may  come  — 
True    hearts    without    swerving,    keep    upward 
and  on. 

With  the  flag,  the  fife,  and  the  drum. 


A  GLIiMPSE  BEYOND  THE  GATES 

Grace  H.  Brosseau 

Treasurer  General,  National  Society,  Daughters   of    the   American    Revolution 


KICEN  analyst  once  said  that 
it  is  the  divine  discontent 
within  us  that  makes  for  the 
greatest  productivity  of  mind 
and  body. 

Today  Occupation  Ther- 
apy is  capitalizing  that  discontent  and  is 
showing  vast  results  in  the  curing  of 
disease,  Ijut  the  occupation  work  that  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Re\-olutii)n 
are  doing  in  the  Detention  Room  on  Ellis 
Island,  is  doubtless  achieving  even  more 
Ijy  preventing  disease.  Ours  is  not  a 
battle  with  germs  but  with  the  depressed 
mental  state  from  which  the  average 
immigrant  is  bound  to  suffer  as  a  result 
of  disappointment,  homesickness,  long 
hours  of  idleness,  the  grilling  uncertainty 
of  the  future,  close  quarters  and  the  en- 
forced companionship  of  others  who 
speak  in  an  unknown  —  and  often  enemv 
—  tongue. 

In  the  Women's  Detention  Room  there 
is  an  average  of  from  one  to  four  hun- 
dred women  at  a  time  and  countless 
numbers  of  children.  The  welfare  of 
the  little  ones,  however,  is  in  the  hands 
of  the  kindergarten  division  of  the  Social 
Service  Department,  and  much  of  the 
congestion  during  the  waking  hours  of 
the  day  is  thus  relieved. 

The  women  are  the  real  problem,  for 
in  most  cases  they  have  made  the  greater 
sacrifice  in  leaving  whatever  there  may 
be  of  home  and  taking  an  uncomfortable 
journey  at  a  great  cost.  Then  at  the 
very  gates  of  what  they  had  been  led  to 


believe  would  be  Paradise,  they  are 
turned  away  and  the  little  tug  takes  them 
to  Ellis  Island,  where  they  learn  they 
must  be  detained.  This  may  be  because 
of  the  illness  of  husband  or  child,  over- 
(|uota,  or  for  some  other  very  good 
reason  which  makes  them  subject  to  the 
law's  delay. 

Right  here  I  want  to  disabuse  your 
minds  of  any  belief  that  there  is  any- 
thing dreadful  in  the  place  itself,  and  in 
the  treatment  that  the  aliens  receive. 
The  officials  are  businesslike  but  kind, 
and  the  quarters,  of  necessity,  plain  and 
bare,  l)Ut  clean.  One  has  only  to  drive 
through  the  narrow  streets  of  Italy,  or 
some  of  the  far  eastern  countries,  and 
come  into  intimate  touch  with  the  lives 
of  the  other  half,  to  realize  that  in  most 
cases  the  much-assailed  accommodations 
at  Ellis  Island  are  luxurious  by  com- 
parison with  what  these  people  have  left. 

Since  the  Island  is  in  reality  merely 
a  clearing  house,  space  is  of  necessity 
limited,  and  in  the  Detention  Rooms  the 
immigrants  must  crowd  together.  As 
they  always  believe  they  are  to  be  de- 
tained but  a  day  or  two,  they  are  totally 
unprepared  for  a  stay  of  weeks  or 
months,  as  often  happens,  for  the  mills 
of  the  gods  of  law  grind  slowly. 

The  need  of  giving  the  women  some- 
thing with  which  to  occupy  mind  and 
hands,  has  always  been  recognized  but 
never  achieved  until  now.  Formerly  it 
w  as  believed  that  they  should  be  taught 
to  work,  while  the  fundamental  thought 


A  GLUirSE  BEYOND  THE  GATES 


593 


behind  the  present  system  is  that  tliese 
foreigners  are  clever  with  their  hands  — 
in  some  cases  far  more  so  than  their 
American  sisters  —  and  that  they  need 
only  the  materials  and  an  opportunity  to 
follow  their  own  inclinations.  Nor  is 
there  time  to  give  them  systematic  in- 
struction, since  they  may  be  here  today 
and  admitted  or  deported  tonmrrdw. 


That  is  the  underlying  principle  of 
our  work  on  Ellis  Island  todav,  and  the 
measure  of  success  may  be  noted  in  the 
fact  that  the  matrons'  report  that  in  the 
main  room  physical  encounters  rarely 
occur  nowda}-s,  whereas  before  we  came 
not  only  did  the  women  quarrel  in  the 
jargon  of  many  languages,  l)Ut  they 
fiiuslu    willi    llic   linu'-hnm  111  il    and    uni- 


VIEW    OF   ELLIS    ISLAND 


A  further  difference  between  the  en- 
deavors of  the  past  and  of  the  present, 
lies  in  the  fact  that  we  are  on  the  jdb 
eight  hiiurs  a  dav  and  deal  (Uit  work 
with  an   exact  l)Ut  generous   hand. 

"  \N  hv  force  one  already  distracted  to 
learn  something  she  cares  nothing 
about?"  argues  ■Miss  Contessa,  our 
director.  "  Why  make  one  sew  when 
she  wants  to  crochet  and  does  it  beauti- 
full\  :  why  compel  one  to  embroider 
when  she  longs  to  knit?  The  best  cure 
for  the  distraught  mind  lies  in  letting 
these  women  follow  the  lines  of  least 
resistance,  and  in  doing  work  with  which 
they  are  perfectly  familiar." 


versal  weapcm  of  the  fist!  Now,  cimi- 
ment  the  matrnns,  it  is  a  joy  tn  gn  intu 
the  Detcntiiin  RodUi  and  find  them  all 
busily  at  work. 

The  \'ari(iu>  little  racial  groups  will  be 
found  (Iiiing  ]irett\-  much  the  same  thing. 
Here  are  some  Irish  women,  ra])idly  cro- 
cheting, and  talking  with  eijual  rapidity; 
there  are  (  icrnian  fraus,  placidly  knit- 
ting;  next  a  group  of  Italian  women, 
embroidering  flowers  on  their  liambinos' 
dresses ;  then  some  fair-haired  Swedes, 
bending  silently  over  sewing,  which  they 
are  doing  with  infinite  pains  and  count- 
less fine  stitches. 


594 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


A  bolt  of  outing  flannel  is  alvva\-s  on 
hand  for  night  dresses,  or  such  under- 
garments as  may  be  most  needed  —  and 
no  one  can  appreciate  the  great  need 
without  having  been  an  on-looker  in  that 
Detention  Room  and  a  witness  tn  the 
weary  months  of  patient,  endless  wait- 
ing. There  are  ginghams  and  percales 
a-jilenty  for 
large  aprons 
for  the  women 
and  dresses  for 
the  children, 
and  yarn  for 
sweaters, 
s  h  a  w  1  s  and 
socks. 

The  women 
are  advised  to 
put  as  much 
work  as  pos- 
siljle  on  every- 
thing, thus  con- 
suming addi- 
tional idle  mo- 
ments. Miss 
C  o  n  t  e  s  s  a's 
slogan  being : 
"  Very  nice, 
but  go  back 
and  put  on 
some  m  o  r  e 
French  knots !" 

The  avidity 
for  work  is 
really  amaz- 
ing, and  most  discouraging  to  nur 
director,  who  goes  off  at  night  thinking 
her  charges  are  well  supplied  for  a  day 
or  two,  and  returns  in  the  morning  only 
to  l)e  confronted  with  an  array  of 
finished  garments.  But  perhaps  the  cure 
was  wrought,  and  during  the  long,  hard 
hours  of  the  evening,  when  alone  with 
disa])pointment  and  care,  the  busy  hands 


IIA.TOR    HENRY    H.    CURRAN,    U. 

ORATION    OF    THE    PORT    OF 

or    ELLIS 


were  able  to  bring  some  calm  to  the  over- 
taxed mind  and  heart. 

Our  great  problem  is  more  ethical  than 
financial  —  serious  as  that  is  with  the 
enormous  drain  upon  our  resources  — 
and  the  question  that  must  be  met  each 
day  and  with  practically  each  individual, 
is  not  altogether  "  How  much  can  we 
afford  to 
g  i  v  e  ?  "  but, 
"Mow  much  is 
it  right  to 
give?" 

So  economy 
is  insisted 
upon,  and  all 
possible  use 
made  of  the 
scrap  box, 
which,  like  the 
widow's  cruse, 
is  never  empty 
because  of  the 
generous  rc- 
p  1  enishments 
made  l^y  the 
chapters  of  our 
National  So- 
ciety. 

A  single 
square  of  plain 
colored  cloth 
is  a  heavenly 
boon  to  the  di- 
rector, there 
being  endless 
pos.sibilities  in  it  for  pipings,  bias  bind- 
ings and  applique  figures.  A  half  finished 
])iece  of  embroidery,  with  its  skeins  of 
l)rigiit  silk,  causes  almost  a  riot  among 
the  women  waiting  for  work  —  until  a 
gaudy  piece  of  plaid  gingham  is  produced 
and  then  the  rush  is  diverted. 

Out  of  seemingly  impossible  scraps  of 
i)iiik   satin  and   silk,  one   Italian  woman 


S.   COMMISSIONER  OF   IMMI 
NEW    YORK,    IN    CHARGE 
ISLAND 


A  GLIMPSE  BEYOND  THE  GATES 


595 


made  a  baby's  bonnet  which  would  put 
to  shame  some  of  the  work  of  the 
specialty  shops.  A  small  child  took  a 
piece  of  discarded  linen  and  brought  back 
a  beautifully  hemstitched  handkerchief. 
.\nother  —  aged  ten  —  was  given  some 
bits  of  pink  and  white  knitting  cotton 
and  evolved  a  pair  of  stockings  which 
would  do  credit  to  a  grandmother.  And 
oh,  the  countless  and  intricate  emliruiderv 
stitches  which  are  put  on  the  children's 
clothes  and  the  women's  undergarments. 
The  combination  of  material  and  color 
might  not  be  your  idea  or  mine,  l.ait  we 
could  not  possibly  display  more  genuine 
pride  in  the  most  exquisite  Parisian  crea- 
tion  than   one   of   these   women   does   in 


THE  RAG   liUG    KXOWX   AS   EXHIBIT 

her  chemise  of  unbleached  muslin  em- 
broidered in  turkey  red. 

Aprojios  of  the  scraj)  bn.x,  I  only  hope 
the  eye  of  the  Daughter  who  sent  the 
few  blocks  of  an  unfinished  wool  afghan 
will  light  upon  this  article,  for  I  want 
her  to  know  what  joy  she  brought  to  one 
woman's  heart. 

I  happened  to  be  in  our  suppl\-  room 
one  day  when  a  l)rown-eyed,  soft-voiced 
Italian  came  and  asked  for  something 
warm  for  her  baby.  It  was  during  the 
torrid  spell  of  July  when  no  one  wanted 
to  think  of  flannel,  much  less  have  it 
around  to  handle,  and  there  was  nothing 
on  the  shelves  for  her.  But  the  little 
woman  had  just  landed  the  day  before, 


the  baby  was  not  well,  and  as  she  held 
the  tiny  form  close  to  her  to  keep  it 
warm,  one  could  see  that  she  was  in  sore 
distress. 

Then  a  happy  thought  struck  Miss 
Contessa.  She  dived  deep  into  the  box 
and  brought  forth  the  knitted  squares  of 
bright  wool  and  offered  them  to  the 
mother.  The  transformation  w;is  in- 
stantaneous; her  face  fairly  ciuixered 
with  jtiy  and  the  brown  eyes  filled  with 
tears  of  gratitude.  Then  she  flew  back 
to  her  corner,  and  later,  when  the  ther- 
mometer was  still  climbing  and  my  own 
energy  was  at  ebb-tide,  I  saw  her  bearing 
her  baby  aloft,  swathed  in  all  its  gor- 
geousness. 

Last  s])ring  all  the 
women  united  in  the 
making  of  a  rag  rug  out 
of  otherwise  useless 
scraps  of  cloth.  The 
racial  groujis  vied  with 
one  another  in  doing  a 
little  lietter  and  a  little 
more,  and  yet  it  proved 
to  be  such  a  liond  of 
'  common      interest       be- 

tween them  that  a  decidedly  friendly, 
helpful  spirit  was  manifested.  Mr. 
Tod.  who  was  then  Commissioner, 
was  delighted  with  this  ])iece  of  work 
and  suggested  that  we  broadcast  it  among 
our  members  as  "  Exhiliit  .\,"  just  to 
show  what  good  work  was  1)eing  done. 
The  number  of  women  to  be  served 
each  day  is,  of  necessity,  liniite<l  to  fifty 
—  this  for  financial  as  well  as  physical 
reasons. 

The  o])ening  of  the  large  window- 
between  our  supply  room  and  the  main 
Detention  Corridor  in  the  morning,  is 
the  signal  for  a  grand  rush  that  would 
make  a  bargain  day  at  \\'oolworth's  pale 
to    the   decorum   of    a    pink   tea.      Miss 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AAIERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Contessa's  order  is  that  a  line  shall  be 
formed  and  kept,  and  only  those  holding 
cards  which  have  been  previously  dis- 
tributed, can  be  served  that  day ;  but 
despite  restrictions,  the  women  break 
ranks,  struggle,  beg,  threaten,  shout,  and, 
I  must  confess,  even  swear  in  a  babel 
of  many  tongues. 

When  they  find  that  there  really  is 
enough  of  the  precious  material  to  go 
around,  they  can  be  calmed  down  by 
force  and  by  thofe  who  have  been  there 
long  enough  to  know  the  ropes.  Once 
served  with  something  they  like,  how- 
ever, their  gratitude  knows  no  bounds, 
and  rarely,  if  ever,  does  one  go  forth 
from  the  supply  room  without  an  appre- 
ciative smile  and  a  most  gracious  "  thank 
you."  Those  are  almost  the  first  two 
words  of  English  tliat  these  foreigners 
learn.  Alany  of  the  women  have  beauti- 
ful faces  and  sweet,  ingratiating  man- 
ners, and  nearly  always  their  voices  are 
soft  and  the  inflections  of  tone  clear  and 
musical. 

In  a  dav  we  serve  no  less  than  twenty 
different  nationalities,  and  when  yt)U 
consider  that  all  groups  cannot  be 
reached  by  the  same  methods  of  approach 
and  persuasion,  you  will  see  that  ours  is 
no  light  undertaking. 

We  are  particularly  fortunate  in  the 
person  of  our  director,  Miss  Contessa. 
She  speaks  Italian,  French  and  Spani.sh 
fluently,  and  since  coming  on  the  Island 
has  picked  up  sufficient  German  to  enable 
her  to  make  herself  vmderstood.  In 
addition,  she  seems  to  have  adopted  a 
sort  fif  universal  patois  that  puts  her  in 
touch   with   all   the   races   of   the   world. 


She  has  a  genuine  love  for  this  particular 
kind  of  human  contact,  without  which 
she  could  not  long  survive  the  insistent 
clamor  for  work,  the  noises,  and,  alas, 
the  odors,  and  the  wearisome  debate  as 
to  whether  the  brown  and  white  checked 
gingham  apron  is  to  have  red  or  green 
pipings,  or  whefher  the  baby's  sweater 
shall  be  striped  with  pink  or  blue.  One 
minute  she  is  obliged  to  scold  the  sup- 
plicants like  refractory  children,  and 
the  next  she  smiles  upon  them  with  a 
sweet  tolerance  that  they  understand 
and  love. 

Our  work  on  the  Island,  as  an  organ- 
ization, has  been  so  highly  commended, 
not  only  by  the  Commissioners  —  who 
are  most  enthusiastic  —  but  by  our  asso- 
ciates in  the  Social  Service  Department, 
that  the  results  cannot  now  be  doubted. 

Of  course,  we  have  not  created  a 
Utopia  at  the  gates  of  Ellis  Island  — 
not  _\-et  —  but  we  are  constantly  bringing 
sunshine  into  drab,  sordid  lives  and  cheer 
to  heavy  hearts.  And,  above  all,  we  are 
in  a  very  real  and  practical  way,  stretch- 
ing out  welcoming  hands  to  the  strangers 
within  our  gates. 

Our  greatest  responsibility  now  is  to 
realize  our  obligation  and  not  falter  in 
our  attempts,  as  a  large  unit,  to  properly 
carry  on.  In  a  sportive  moment  we 
fashioned  a  snow  maiden,  and  she  has 
Iiecome  a  living,  breathing  human  being, 
who  demands  the  utmost  of  our  thought 
and  care. 

After  all,  what  better,  bigger  and  more 
consistent  work  can  there  possibh'  be  for 
this  — "  the  most  American  of  all 
organizations?  " 


TAMASSEE 

New  York's  Contribution   and   a   Look   into 
the  Future 

By  Frances  Tupper  Nash 
State  Regent  of   New  York 

The  dedication  dawn  is  here!  At  last  New  York  Cottage  at  Tamassee,  S.  C.  is  an 
accomplished  fact!  With  a  program  scheduled  for  two  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  nine-thirty  a.  m. 
in  single  horse  buggies,  mule  driven  vehicles,  on  horse  back,  mule  back,  in  Fords,  and  in 
automobiles  of  high  and  low  degree,  they  begin  to  arrive  and  continue  to  arrive  all  through 
the   intervening   hours. 

The  small  boy  in  overalls  and  bare  feet,  the  elderly  dweller  from  the  mountain  log  cabin 
dressed  in  her  calico  gowTi,  gingham  apron,  and  best  black  alpaca  sunbonnet,  mothers  with 
children,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  friends,  relatives,  the  State  Superintendent 
of   Education,  all   are  there   and   the   Governor  of   the   State  is   expected. 

The  girls  of  the  school  are  in  snowy  white  "  middies  "  fresh  laundered  for  the  occasion. 

Tables  have  been  built  in  the  grove;  they  are  laden  with  good  things;  service  is  cafe- 
teria; one  begins  his  pilgrimage  at  the  fried  chicken  and  sandwich  side  and  ends  the  journey 
at  the  pie  and  cake  side,  food  piled  high  on  one  plate,  and  thus  has  to  eat  down  from 
dessert    to    substantials,    Chinese    style. 

The  sun  is  bright ;  the  air  perfect.  By  two  o'clock  nearly  a  thousand  persons  are 
present,   and  this,   ten   miles   from   a  railroad. 

The  exercises  begin  and  end,  the  house  is  inspected  and  the  day  comes  to  a  close  with 
nightfall,  quiet  as  guests  depart;  the  moon  rises  and  the  whippoorwill  is  heard  singing  in 
the   grove. 

Such  is  the  dedication  day  of   New  York  Cottage    at   Tamassee. 


THOUGH  for  many  years 
the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Kevokitioii  have  largely 
interested  themselves  in, 
and  have  contributed  thou- 
sands of  dollars  to,  various 
scliools  established  to  give  educational 
advantages  to  the  people  of  the  South- 
ern mountains,  no  definite,  large  effort 
was  made  in  this  direction,  as  a  society, 
until  an  industrial  school  at  Tamassee, 
S.  C,  was  founded  by  the  organization 
in  that  state. 

Within  two  years  after  this  beginning 
the  Daughters  in  the  State  of  New  York 
decided  to  make  a  distinct  endeavor  for 
the  welfare  of  this  South  Carolina 
school, —  first,  because  they  came  to  the 


conclusion  that  concentrated  efl^ort  in  any 
direction  is  m(n"e  productive  of  satis- 
factory and  helpful  results  than  is  a 
scattered  force  which  dissipates  energy; 
and  second,  liecause  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  should  support 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
undertakings. 

New  York  chapters  had  annually  been 
giving  of  their  funds  for  scholarships 
and  for  other  contributions,  classified 
and  unclassified,  to  numerous  schools 
which,  although  on  the  accredited  list  of 
the  National  Society,  were  under  church, 
corporation  or  individual  ownership  and 
control.  What  this  money  would  mean 
if  placed  in  a  state  fund  for  a  specific 
object  was  easy  to  compute.  \\'ith  this 
597 


598 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


in  mind  New  York  Daughters  first 
thought  to  estabhsh  a  Tamassee  fund ; 
their  second  thought  was  to  try  to  meet 
Tamassee's  greatest  and  immediate  need, 
a  dormitory  to  care  for  pupils  who  were 
seek'ing  admission  l)Ut  who  were  turned 
away  because  of  the  lack  of  housing 
facilities.  Such  an  imdertaking  was  no 
small  task  nor  could  it  be  considered  as 
the  work  of  one  year,  since  state  and 
chapter  interests  must  be  secondary  to 
calls   for  national  activities. 


13  following,  contracts  were  signed  and 
on  September  26  ground  was  broken, 
Mrs.  F.  H.  H.  Calhoun  turning  the  first 
spadeful  of  earth  in  the  presence  of  the 
South  Carolina  Tamassee  Board. 

On  April  26,  1923,  eighteen  months 
after  the  movement  was  initiated  and  on 
the  fifty-eighth  anniversary  of  the  sign- 
ing of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  between  the 
North  and  South,  the  New  York  Cot- 
tage was,  with  appropriate  ceremonies, 
dedicated  "  to  the  use  of  those  g-irls  of 


PARTICIPANTS   IN   DEDICATION    PROGRAM   OF   NEW  YORK    COTTAGE,    APRIL    26,    1923 


The  decision  was  made  in  October  of 
1920 ;  the  first  general  appeal  for  con- 
tributions was  launched  in  January  of 
1921 ;  the  first  architect's  plan  was  sub- 
mitted to  the  State  Conference  in  Oc- 
tober of  the  same  year  —  a  cottage  for 
eight  girls  and  two  teachers  —  and  was 
rejected  as  being  too  small.  In  August, 
1922,  other  plans  were  submitted — for 
a  cottage  for  twelve  girls  and  two  teach- 
ers —  and  were  accepted ;  on  September 


the  Southern  Mountains  who  seek  learn- 
ing at  Tamassee,"  and  was  turned  over 
to  the  care  of  South  Carolina  Daughters. 
The  cottage  is  of  Dutch  Colonial  de- 
sign as  typical  of  New  York ;  with  its 
sloping  roofs  and  dormer  windows,  its 
shingled  sides,  white  trimmings,  and 
shutters  and  blinds  of  green,  it  looks 
very  homelike  among  the  tall  pines  and 
oaks  of  its  hillside  setting.  And  this  is 
the  very  atmosphere  New  York  Daugh- 


TAMASSEE 


599 


ters  have  tried  to  create,  a  hcniie  and  not 
merely  a  house,  in  which  these  skirls  nf 
hitherto  lesser  opportimities  can  learn 
home-making  as  well  as  house-keeping. 
Crossing  a  long,  hroad  \cranda  one 
enters  a  colonial  ilnorway  into  a  large 
reception  hall:  at  either  side  duulile 
openings  give  entrance  to  the  living  room 
on  the  right,  the  dining  room  on  the  left. 
(  )])posite  the  doorwaw  a  staircase  with 
landings  leads  to  the  second  stor\'  and 
against  the  stairs  is  a  huilt-in  seat  with 
hinged  cover.  ( )pposite  the  foot  of  the 
stairs    is    the    doorwav    to    the    kitchen. 


Imagine,  if  you  will,  such  a  house  with 
interior  woodwork  finished  a  soft  mossy 
gray :  its  living  room  of  generous  pro- 
portions, with  eight  windows  and  at  one 
end  a  large  fire])lace  with  andirons  and 
other  fittings  of  wrought  iron  ;ind  with 
so  deep  a  hearth  that  at  its  sides  are 
huilt  high-backed,  hospitable  settles  and 
on  the  backs  of  these  settles,  bookcases: 
under  the  chimney-corner  windows, 
window  seats  and  then  mure  bookcases: 
add  lo  these  built-in  features  gray-green 
reed  desks  rmd  tables  with  chairs  and 
davenports  upholstered  in  rose,  gray  and 


while  beyond  this  the  hall  narrows,  pro- 
viding space  for  a  coat  room  and  toilet 
room  opening  off  the  rear  hall.  An 
outside  door  provides  exit  to  a  rear 
porch  as  well  as  affording  a  direct  cir- 
culation of  air.  The  hall  and  rooms  on 
the  first  fl(ior  —  the  living  room,  dining 
room  and  kitchen,  already  mentioned  — 
are  well  equipjied  for  their  special  needs. 
On  the  second  floor  are  two  teachers' 
rooms  with  bath  between  and  six  rooms 
for  ]nipils  with  one  general  bath  mom 
containing  three  lavatories,  three  toilets, 
tub  bath  ;in(l  shower  bath.  l''.ach  bed- 
room has  two  windows  and  a  clothes 
closet  with  shelves,  hooks  and  rods. 


blue  and  windows  hung  with  ctu'tains  of 
(ke]i  rose  color:  its  hall  furnished  with 
brown-toned  mahogany  consol  table,  at 
each  of  its  ends  a  high  Iiacked,  cane  seated 
mahogany  chair  and  over  it  an  anti(|uc 
patterned  mahogan\-  framed  mirror:  its 
dining  room  with  four  1)lue-curtained 
windows  and  a  <loor  which  opens  onto  a 
side  porch:  with  liuilt-in  china  closets, 
through  whose  leaded  glass  doors  gleaius 
blue-banded  white  china:  and  underneath 
these,  built-in  linen  drawers  filled  with 
siher  and  linen  ;  with  a  fireplace  cheery 
with  brass  fittings:  and  with  tables  and 
chairs  of  softest  vellow-brown  oak:  its 
kitchen  with  four  windows  and  an  outside 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


door  for  light  and  ventilation  ;  sink  and 
drain  board  of  snowy  whiteness  ;  built-in 
cupboards,  drawers  and  counters  so  that 
a  table  is  not  a  real  necessity  although 
there  is  one  and  high  stools  are  provided : 
its  large  pantry  opening  from  the  kitchen, 
with  more  cupboards  and  drawers,  and 
with  kitchen  equipment  containing  neces- 
sary linen  and  utensils  of  shining  alumi- 
num :  downstairs,  a  moment,  to  its  well 
lighted,  cemented  laundry  and  its  fur- 
nace room  from  which  pipes  lead  to 
every  room  in  the  house  :  then  upstairs 
again,   to   the   second   floor,   to   the   bed- 


Imagine,  again,  another  picture  —  a 
gray,  chilly,  rainy  morning  following 
the  festivities  and  perfect  weather  of  a 
dedication  day  and  a  group  of  mountain 
girls  trooping  into  this  house  to  get  their 
first  view  of  the  interior  of  their  long 
wished  for  home,  an  interior  they  had 
not  heretofore  seen  because  they  awaited 
special  permission.  Does  your  imagina- 
tion hear  their  "squeals"  of  delight; 
does  it  see  them  run  here  and  run  there, 
then  up  the  stairs  to  select,  each  of  them, 
"my"  room?  Can  you  sense  the  hush 
when    they    realize    that    all    cannot    be 


iRNtK  OF   I.1\IX(,    l;OllM    l\    XLCW    YORK    CI  1  1  I 


rooms  each  equipped  with  its  single  l)ed 
of  white ;  with  its  bureau  containing  two 
small  and  two  large  drawers,  its  straight 
and  rocking  chairs,  built-in,  drop-hinged 
desk,  two  book  shelves,  and  window  seats 
with  hinged  covers,  all  of  gray ;  the 
rooms  over  the  living  room  curtained  in 
rose,  those  over  the  dining  room  in  blue  : 
and  its  hall  closets,  their  shelves  filled 
with  all  necessary  linen :  then,  maybe,  if 
your  imagination  is  vivid  and  colorful, 
you  have  the  picture  that  caused  a  vet- 
eran member  of  the  village  band  — 
which  tendered  its  services  on  dedica- 
tion day  —  to  exclaim  "This  is  just  the 
wav  I  like  to  see  a  house !" 


housed  in  one  family  group?  And  do 
their  whispers  "  perhaps  there  won't  be 
any  '  my  '  room  "  reach  your  ears?  Then, 
can  you  see  them  in  the  great  living  room 
—  the  mountain  girl  "  brought  up  on  fire- 
places "  kneeling-  before  the  fireplace 
lighting  a  fire  with  a  few  sticks  and  say- 
ing, "  it's  three  years  since  I've  had  a 
chance  to  light  the  hearth?"  Can  you 
hear  them  lustily  singing  their  school 
songs  and  can  you  catch  the  plaintive, 
nasal  tones  when,  with  reserve  gone,  they 
lapse  into  the  songs  of  their  native  moun- 
tains? Above  all,  does  the  meaning  of 
this  come  to  you.  that  the  "  home " 
atmosphere  has  enveloped  these  girls  and 


TAMASSEE 


601 


that  the  house  has  asserted  its  spirit, — 
the  spirit  of  gladness,  of  earnestness,  of 
friendhness,  }'es,  and  of  memories  (which 
memorials  to  loved  ones  have  con- 
tributed)—  the  blending  of  the  home  ele- 
ments with  which  New  York  Daughters 
have  sought  to  infuse  a  structure  of  wood 
and  plaster  and  brick  on  this  South  Caro- 
lina soil? 

What  New  York  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  have  done  is  not 
impossble  to  Daughters  in  other  states 
—  and  the  benefit  is  not  one-sided ! 

And  what  if  b}'  cooperation  and  con- 
centration we  should  assist  in  building- 
up  together  a  "  really  truly  "  D.A.R. 
school,  would  it  not  Ije  possible  for  such 
a  school  to  become  a  national  rather  than 
a  state  institution,  a  distinctive  feature 
of  our  patriotic  education  work  and  one 
worthy  so  great  a  society  now  demon- 
strating only  a  part  of  its  strength 
through  lack  of  a  centralized,  intensive 
effort  in  this,  one  of  its  oldest  fields  of 
endeavor  ? 

Surely  the  answer  is,  anything  is  pos- 
sible to  him  who  wills.  Money?  Yes. 
Time  ?  Yes.     Energy  ?  Yes. 

But,  what  better  use  can  be  made  of 
money,  time  and  energy  than  to  care  for 
these,  the  purest  of  Anglo  Saxons,  de- 
scendants of  Anglo  Saxon  pioneers,  who 
may  )'et  be  the  means  of  preserving  our 
American  ideals  and  principles  as  set 
forth  and  battled  for  by  their  forefathers 
and  ours  ? 

And  that  is  why,  as  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  we  have  after  a 
century  and  a  half,  devoted  our  atten- 
tion to  those  of  us  less  favored,  believ- 
ing that  they  may  have  been  left  in  their 
secluded  corner  against  a  time  of  need 
in  the  life  of  our  beloved  country. 

Human  beings  dwelling  apart  from 
their  fellows  develop  an  individuality 
and  learn  many  truths  unthought  of  or 


disregarded  by  those  of  closer  con- 
tacts; hence  acumen  becomes  more 
strong  and  strength  of  character  oft 
times  greater. 

It  is  also  a  well  known  fact  that  the 
arid  desert,  given  water,  (jft  bursts  into 
bloom;  so,  too,  the  thirsty  mind  given 
opportunity  for  training,  develops  a  man 
or  woman  of  great  capability. 

If  there  is  one  thing  more  than  an- 
other that  is  needed  in  America  tuday  it 
is  men  and  women  of  clearness  of  vision, 
of  high  principle,  of  courage  of  action, 
of  belief  in  the  Republic  as  it  was 
plaimed  by  its  founders  in  our  Constitu- 
tion and  with  faith  in  the  guidance  of 
God,  that  kind  of  faith  which  imbued 
our  forebears. 

Harassed  as  we  are  by  the  enemy 
within  and  the  enemy  without,  witii 
false  propaganda  lulling  to  a  sense  of 
indifference,  with  men  and  women  seek- 
ing high  places  for  personal  preferment 
only,  with  ease  rather  than  duty  the 
watchword  of  the  hour,  is  there  not  need 
for  a  sturdier  type? 

We  feverishly  rush  about  to  Ameri- 
canize the  aliens  reaching  our  shores, 
realizing  that  in  years  past  the  melting 
pot  we  loved  tn  talk  about  didn't  fuse 
the  elements  but,  rather,  only  brought 
scum  to  the  top.  We  hope  by  teaching 
him  English  and  pinning  a  flag  on  him  to 
suddenly  change  him  into  an  American 
citizen  who  loves  his  adopted  country  as 
his  own  and  will  henceforth  renounce 
interest  in  his  old  ways  and  be  faithful 
only  to  the  new.  But  true  patriotism 
goes  deeper  than  that  and  racial  ideas 
and  traits  are  difficult  to  eradicate.  Can 
we  look  to  the  "  new  "  citizen  for  the 
preservation  of  our  ideals? 

Is  not  the  answer  right  here  in  these 
mountains  and  are  we  building  better 
than  we  know,  for  the  future?  Who 
can  say? 


THE  LIVINGSTONS  OF  NEW  YORK 

By  Edith  Roberts  Ramsburgh 


l-flS  distinguished  family  is 
said  to  derive  its  origin  from 
;i  Hungarian  gentleman 
named  Livingus,  who  came 
til  Scotland  in  the  cntoin"age 
of  Margaret,  wife  of  King 
Alalcolm  I'anniore,  about  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Con- 
quest.  Liv- 
ingus received 
from  the  King 
a  grant  of  land 
in  West  Lo- 
thair,  which  es- 
tate remained 
in  the  family 
for  nearly  four 
hundred  years, 
when  the  di- 
rect male  line 
became  extinct. 
A  collateral 
branch,  how- 
ever, had  ac- 
quired wealth 
and  cons  e- 
quence  and  it 
is  from  this 
family  that  the 
Livingstons  of 
America  de- 
scend. Lord 
Livingston,  a 
kinsman  of  the  Great  House  of  Livings- 
ton of  Callendar,  had  a  son  Alexander, 
killed  on  Pinkie  Field  1547,  who  married 
Barbara  Livingston  of  the  Livingstons 
of  Kilsyth.  This  Barbara  Livingston 
602 


JOHN   LIVINGSTON   OF  OAK    HILL 


was  the  great,  great  granddaughter  of 
William  Livingston  of  Kilsyth  who 
married  Lady  Mary  Erskine,  daughter 
of  Thomas,  9th  Lord  Erskine,  Earl  of 
Mar,  and  his  wife  Lady  Janet,  daughter 
of  James  Douglas,  Lord  Dalkeith, 
created  I^arl  of  Morton,  and  his  wife 
Princess  Janet 
Stuart,  daugh- 
ter of  James  L 
King  of  Scot- 
land, who  mar- 
ried 1424  Lady 
Joane,  daugh- 
ter of  John  de 
];!  e  a  ti  f  o  r  t , 
M  a  r  q  u  i  s  of 
Dorset.  Bar- 
bara Livings- 
ton's descent 
'  can  also  be 
traced  to  King 
John  of  Eng- 
land, and  his 
2d  wife,  Lady 
Isabel,  daugh- 
ter of  Aymer 
de  Taillifer, 
Count  d'An- 
g  o  u  1  e  m  e,  to 
Hugh  Capet, 
King  of 
France,  also  to 
Henry,  The  Fowler,  Emperor  of  Ger- 
many and  Duke  of  Saxony,  A.  D.  919, 
and  many  others. 

Her   son,  Rev.   Alexander  Livingston 
of  Monybrock,  married  Agnes  Livings- 


THE  LIVINGSTOXS  OF  NEW  YORK 


603 


ton  of  Falkirk,  and  their  son  Rev.  John 
Livingston  married  a  tlaughter  of  Bar- 
tholomew Fleming",  a  merchant  of  lulin- 
Imrgh.  The  Rev.  John  was  banished  to 
Holland  on  account  of  his  attachment  to 
Charles  Stuart,  being  one  of  those  con- 
stituted to  offer  the  Scottish  Crown  to 
Charles.      He   died   in   Rotterdam    1672. 

His  son, Rob- 
ert Livingston, 
f  o  u  n  d  e  r  of 
I^  i  V  i  n  g  St  on 
Manor,  came 
to  New  York 
in  1674  and 
settled  at  Al- 
bany, possess- 
ing at  that  time 
but  a  few  hun- 
dred pounds. 
It  is  interest- 
ing to  know, 
however,  that 
his  original  es- 
tate in  America 
was  purchased 
with  the  con- 
sent of  "  his 
Fxcellency,  Sir 
Fdmund  An- 
dros,  Knt. Gov- 
ernor General, 
under  His 
Royal  High- 
ness of  New 
Yorke  and  Dependences  in  America " 
from  the  Mohawk  Indians  and  was 
paid  for  in  "  guilders,  Blankets  and 
child's  Blankets,  shirts,  cloth,  Ten  ket- 
tles. Powder,  guns,  twenty  little  look- 
ing-glasses, fire-hooks,  awls  and  nails, 
tobacco,  knives,  strong  beer,  four  stroucl 
coats,  two  duffel  coats,  four  tin  kettles, 
rum  and  pipes,  ten  pairs  of  large  stock- 
ings and  ten  ]iairs  of  small,  not  to  nien- 


WILLI.\M    LIVINGSTON,    GOVERNOR    OF    NEW    JERSEY 
A  CONTEMI'OR.^RY   PORTR/\IT 


tion  adzes,  paint  bottles  and  twenty  little 
scissors." 

The  deed  was  signed  12  July,  1683,  in 
Albany,  by  Roliert  Livingston,  a  Dutch 
interpreter,  two  Dutch  witnesses  and 
four  Indians,  who  each  made  his  mark. 
This  grant  was  for  2000  acres;  later 
Livingston  act|uire(l  another  six  hundred 
acres.  These 
grants  were 
confirmed  by  a 
Royal  Charter 
of  ( ieorge  1st, 
erecting  the 
AI  a  n  o  r  and 
Liirdship  of 
Livings- 
liin,  with  the 
]irivilege  of 
hol(lin,g  court, 
having  a  court 
b  a  r  (I  n  a  n  d 
other  titles  and 
privileges. 

According  to 
a  survey  made 
by  Jo  h  n 
Beatty,  a  sur- 
veyor in  1714, 
the  extent  of 
the  Manor  was 
nine  miles  on 
the  Hudson 
River,  thirteen 
and  one-half 
miles  back  towards  the  east,  almost 
rectangular  in  shape  and  containing  160.- 
240  acres  of  land.  Here  Roliert  Livings- 
ton, 1st  Lord  of  the  Manor  reigned  su- 
preme, he  also  held  nianv  public  offices 
of  trust,  but  no  one  so  great,  could  stay 
in  peace  very  long.  Through  the  jealousy 
of  the  Farl  of  Bellomont,  Governor  of 
the  Colony  in  1701,  once  the  partner  and 
chief    su])porter    of    Livingston,    Robert 


JUDGE   ROBERT   R.    LmNGSTON,    FATHER   OF   CHANCELLOR     LIVINGSTON.      REDRAWN   FROM    A 
PORTRAIT  OWNED  BY    MRS.  ROBERT  E.   LIVINGSTON  OF  CLERMONT 


;.\RAH   LIVINGSTON',    (I-AIJV    SIIKI-IM.) 


606 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


was  deprived  of  his  offices  and  his  estate 
was  confiscated.  Finding  no  help  at 
home,  he  went  abroad,  in  one  of  his  own 
vessels,  to  sue  for  justice.  On  his  return, 
he  brought  with  him  a  warrant  from 
Queen  Anne,  reinstating  him  in  every 
office  and  returning  to  him  his  fortune 
and  titles. 

On  his  return 
voyage,  he  wa-^ 
in  great  danger 
of  being  shi])- 
wrecked  and  in 
recognition  nf 
his  deliveranc'.-. 
he  set  aside 
the  f  a  m  i  1  v 
crest  "  a  denii 
sauvage  "  w  ith 
the  motto  "Si 
je  pius  "  anil 
assumed  a  de- 
vice of  his  own 
"  a  ship  in  dis- 
tress "with  the 
legend  "  Spen  i 
Meliora." 

A  1  t  hough 
men  aiul  prin- 
ces ]il(itted  his 
ruin  in  his  al)- 
s  e  n  c  e  ,  thi\ 
were  powerle.s-^ 
when  CO  n- 
fronted  with 
his  will  and 
determination. 

His  marriage  with  Alida,  daughter  of 
Philip  Petersen  Schuyler  of  Albany  and 
widow  of  Rev.  Nicholas  van  Rensselaer, 
speedily  made  him  prominent  in  the 
colony.  At  his  death  the  Manor  projier, 
descended  to  his  eldest  son  Philip,  while 
the  lower  seclion  of  the  Manor,  "  Cler- 
mont "  was  left  to  his  son  Robert.  The 
original    Manor    House    was    destroved 


over  one  hundred  years  ago,  but  Cler- 
mont, the  original  home  of  Chancellor 
Robert  Livingston  at  Tivoli,  built  in  the 
form  of  an  "  H  "  and  gray  with  age  is 
most  interesting  and  contains  many  heir- 
looms. The  china  and  silver  of  the 
family  are  noted  and  much  of  the  Liv- 
ingston plate  has  lieen  handed  down  from 
Robert,  1st 
':.    \  '  Lord     of     the 

.Manor,  and  is 
o  r  n  a  m  ented 
with  the  fam- 
ily crest. 

Philip  Liv- 
ingston, 2nd 
Lord  of  the 
Manor,  at  his 
death  left  the 
title  and  estate 
to  his  son  Rob- 
ert, 1708-1790, 
who  became 
3rd  Lord  of 
the  Manor  and 
inherited  with 
the  estate  his 
grandfather's 
jiluck  and  per- 
secutions. The 
immense  estate 
was  the  sub- 
ject of  contro- 
versy between 
M  a  s  s  a  c  h  u- 
setts  and  New 
York  and 
much  has  l)een  written  about  it.  This 
"  Manorial  Suit,"  contesting  the  validity 
of  the  Livingston  title,  was  'celebrated. 
Robert  was  a  member  of  the  Assembly 
for  the  Manor  1737-1758,  he  married 
^lary,  daughter  of  \\'alter  Thong,  by 
Catalyntie,  daughter  of  Rip  Van  Dam. 
Among  his  children  mav  be  mentioned, 
lohn,   of    Oak   Hill,    1749-1822,   whose 


RAH    VAN    BRUGH    LIVINGSTON,    WIFE    OF    CHIEF    JUSTICE 
JOHN  JAY.     FROM  A  PHOTOGRAPH   BY  BIERSTADT,  NEW 
YORK,    AFTER   A    PAINTING   COPIED    FROM    A 
BRACELET     MEDALLION 


KOBEKT    LIMNGSTOX.      FKOM    OAK    HILL    PORTRAIT 


MRS.    ROBERT  R.   LIVINGSTON,    MOTHER  OF  CHANCELLOR   LIVINGSTON.        REDRAWN  FROM   A  PORTRAIT 
OWNED    BY    MRS.    ROBERT    E.    LIVINGSTON    OF    CLERMONT 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


estate  adjoined  Clermont.  The  last  of 
his  Hne  to  hold  the  title  of  "  Laird  "  in 
the  Republic,  John,  was  a  man  of  mark. 
The  Livingston  passion  for  acquiring 
land  was  strong.  He  and  his  brother 
b  o  u  g  h  t  i  m  - 
m  e  n  s  e  tracts, 
until  they  called 
forth  a  remon- 
strance from  the 
Legisla- 
ture, whose 
m  e  m  b  e  r  s 
thought  it  not 
right  that  one 
family  should 
own  the  entire 
State.  The 
brothers  then 
turned  their  at- 
tention to  the 
west  and  jmr- 
chased  large 
tracts  near  New 
C  o  n  n  e  c  t  i  - 
cut,  Ohio. 

N(.i  jealousy 
marred  the  love 
and  respect 
which  his  neigh- 
bors and  friends 
bore  him.  His 
home  was  noted 
for  its  hospital- 
ity and  at  the 
time  of  his 
death  a  great 
concourse  of 
friends  gathered 
at  Oak' Hill  to 
show  honor  to 
his  memory.  Every  superfluous  ornament 
was  removed  from  the  parlor  and  recep- 
tion room  and  the  family  portraits  were 
draped  in  black.  "  It  was  a  man  and  a 
master  among  men  whom  multitudes  of 


CHANCELLOR     ROBERT     R.     LIVINGSTON.        FROM     THE 

STATUE    BY    E.    D.    PALMER    IN    THE    CAPITOL    AT 

WASHINGTON.      THERE  IS  A  REPLICA  IN   THE 

CAPITOL    AT    ALBANY 


vehicles  followed  to  the  vault  beneath  the 
Livingston  Reformed  church  of  Lin- 
lithgow," where  the  Livingstons  had  been 
interred   for  generations. 

John  was  married  to  Anna  Maria  Le 
Roy  and  their 
son,  Hon.  Rob- 
ert Le  Roy  Liv- 
ingston, mem- 
l)er  of  Congress 
from  New  York, 
who  s  u  b  s  e  - 
Cjuently  tender- 
ed his  resigna- 
tion to  accept 
an  appointment 
as  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  Vol- 
unteers, serving 
with  distinction 
in  the  War  of 
1812,  married 
Anna  Maria, 
only  daughter 
of  George  and 
Katherine  Brent 
Digges  of  War- 
burton  Manor. 

Walter  Liv- 
ingston, another 
son  of  Robert, 
jrd  Lord  of  the 
Manor,  born 
17.S0,  was  a 
member  of  the 
Provincial 
Council  and  of 
the  Provincial 
Congress, 
Speaker  of  the 
Assembly,  and 
Commissioner  of  the  United  States 
Treasury.  lie  also  held  many  other  pub- 
lic offices.  He  married  Cornelia  Schuy- 
ler and  their  son  Schuyler  Livingston 
married     Elizabeth     Barclay,     who    de- 


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611 


scended  in  direct  line  from  Robert  Bruce. 
King  of  Scotland,  by  his  second  wife 
Lady  Elizaljeth,  daughter  of  Henry  de 
Brugh,  Earl  of  Ulster. 

Philip's  son,  Philip,  was  a  Signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  was 
one  of  the  first  delegates  to  the  Con- 
tinental Congress.  General  ^^'ashingt(ln 
held  a  Council  of  War  at  his  home  on 
Brookl\'n  Heights,  before  the  retreat 
frmn  Long  Island.  A  graduate  i-)f  Yale, 
Philip,   Jr.   was  also   identified   with   the 


father  of  Hamilton's  slayer.  Although 
he  wrote  or  edited  a  ninnber  of  books, 
it  is  told  of  him  that  he  degenerated  so 
much  in  this  respect,  that  General  Wash- 
ington often  said  when  he  received  a 
letter  frnni  (  lnvenior  Livingstim,  be  called 
around  him  all  his  staff  to  assist  in 
deciphering  it. 

llis  daughter  Sarah  \'an  IJrugb  Liv- 
ingston, a  famous  beauty  of  the  .State, 
married  John  Jay,  1st  Chief  Justice  of 
the    I'nited    States    and     Secretary    of 


0.\K    niLI.   SH.VER 


commencement  of  Columbia  L'niversity, 
New  York  Society  Liljrary  and  the  New 
York  Hospital. 

His  brother  William  Livingston,  War 
Governor  of  New  Jersey,  married 
Susannah  French  and  their  home, 
known  as  "  Liberty  Hall  "  near  Eliza- 
bethtown.  was  famous  during  the  Revolu- 
tion. It  is  singular  that  \Mlliam  be- 
friended Alexander  Hamilton,  when  he 
came  from  the  ^^'est  Indies,  and  was  also 
a  warm  friend  of  the  Rev.  Aaron  Burr, 


b'oreign  Affairs.  As  such  it  was  his 
(lutv  to  entertain  the  diplomats  and  mem- 
bers of  I'ongress,  in  which  his  wife  alil\- 
assisted  him.  Bpth  the  Livingstons  and 
[avs  frecfuently  entertained  President 
an<l  Mrs.  Washington  in  the  most  la\-ish 
m;mner  and  after  General  \\'ashington's 
illness  in  17'*0,  they  and  others  planned 
a  fishing  party  for  him,  hoping  the  sea 
air  and  recreation  might  benefit  him. 

The   third  lirother,   Peter   \'an    Brugh 
Livin"ston,  who  was  associated  in  busi- 


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ELIZABETH   r.ARCLAY,    MR.   SCHUYLER  LIVINGSTON;   2nD   ROW  —  MRS.    PHILIP   LIVINGSTON 

AND    MRS.    P.ROCKHOLST    LIVINGSTON;    3rD    ROW  —  CHANCELLOR    LIVINGSTON 

AND    MRS.    MATHURIN   LIVINGSTON 


THE  LIVIXGSTOXS  OF  XRW  YORIv 


613 


ness  with  his  brother-in-law  Lord  Ster- 
ling, was  president  of  the  first  Provincial 
Congress  and  its  treasurer  in  1776. 

Another  famous  memljer  of  this 
famil}-  was  Chancellor  Robert  R.  Liv- 
ingston of  Clermont,  great-grandson  of 
Roljert,  who  inherited  the  thirteen  thou- 
sand acre  estate  called  the  "  Lower 
Manor,"  or  "  Clermont."  He  was  one 
of  the  Committee  of  Five  appointed  by 
Congress  to  prepare  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  He  also  helped  to  draw- 
up  the  Empire  State's  Constitution  and 
was  its  first  Chancellor,  administering 
the  oath  (.)f  office  to  ^^'ashington,  when 
he  was  inaugurated  President  of  the 
United  States.  Later  Livingston  was 
sent  as  Minister  to  France  and  enjoyed 
the  friendship  of  Napoleon.  Being  in- 
terested in  science  and  invention,  he  be- 
came associated  with  Fulton  in  launching 
the  first  steamlioat,  the  "  Clermont."  His 
statue  stands  in  the  Rotunda  of  the 
LT.  S.  Capitol  at  Washington. 


His  sister  Gertrude  married  Governor 
.Morgan  Lewis,  son  of  Francis,  Signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Lidependence,  and 
their  daughter  Margaret  Lewis  married 
Maturin  Livingston  of  Stadsburgh,  New 
York,  son  of  Robert  James  and  Susan 
Smith  Livingston  and  great  grandson  of 
Robert  Livingston,  nephew  of  the  first 
Lord  of  the  ^lanor,  who  came  to 
.\merica  to  assist  his  uncle  in  his 
various  offices.  He  married  Margaretta 
Schuyler. 

It  is  impossible  in  this  short  space  to 
tell  of  all  the  memJjers  of  this  great 
family.  I'.ach  generation  has  given  Liv- 
ingstons who  have  attained  importance 
in  the  social  life  of  the  country  and  in 
the  affairs  of  the  nation. 


Editor's  Note. —  Thanks  are  due  Mr. 
John  Livingston  Morgan  of  Columliia 
College,  N.  Y.,  for  his  courteous  aid  in 
preparing  this  article. 


Illllllllll 


The  National  Society,  Daughters  <if  the  American  Revolution 
records  with  deep  sorrow  the  death  of  Mrs.  John  Francis  Yawger 
on  iMonday,  August  20,  1923,  in  Sewaren,  New  Jersey. 

Mrs.  Yawger  was  Recording  Secretary  General  of  the  National 
Society,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  from  1'.'20  to  l'>23. 


i  WORK  o//^e  CHAPTERS 


Martha  Watson  Chapter  (  Williston.  S.  C). 
This  enthusiastic  Cliapter  is  young  —  no  longer 
the  "  Baby  "  chapter  of  our  state,  as  there  has 
'been  another  formed  since  its  organization : 
but  a  histy,  healthy,  rapidly  growing  "  year 
old "  that  has  cast  off  its  swaddling  clothes 
and  stands  on  its  own  feet. 

A  few  years  ago  several  D.  A.  R.  members 
at  large  were  persuaded  to  assist  in  forming 
the  Joseph  Koger  Chapter  at  Blackville,  S.  C. 
(about  ten  miles  from  Williston).  This  was 
done  and  the  meetings  were  held  alternately  at 
Blackville  and  \\'illiston.  When  Joseph  Koger 
was  thriving  and  had  a  "  waiting  list "  of  pros- 
pective members,  Williston  had  a  sufficient 
number  to  form  a  home  chapter.  This  was 
accomplished  through  the  unremitting  efforts 
of  the  Organizing  Regent,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Newsom, 
who   later   became    Regent. 

On  February  22,  1922,  Mrs.  Newsom  enter- 
tained twelve  ladies  at  a  Washington's  Birth- 
day luncheon  and  afterward  organized  the 
Martha  Watson  Chapter,  the  name  being  in 
honor  of  the  brave  young  wife  of  Captain 
Michael  Watson  who  twice  assisted  her  hus- 
band to  escape  from  prison  —  one  from  the 
old  "Star  Fort  "  near  Ninety-six,  and  again 
from  the  prison  in  Charleston.  Though  soon 
to  become  a  mother,  this  brave  woman  rode  a 
mule  (the  horses  having  all  been  carried  away 
by  Tories),  from  her  home  at  Ridge  Spring  to 
Charleston,  through  danger  infested  swamps 
and  lonely  roads.  She  carried  ropes  concealed 
on  her  person  and  files  in  the  masses  of  her 
luxuriant  hair,  thus  furnishing  the  means  by 
which  he  gained  his  liberty. 

Martha  Watson  Chapter  lives  up  to  the 
reputation  of  her  illustrious  name.  Organized 
a  little  over  a  year  ago  with  twelve  members, 
it  now  has  a  membership  of  nineteen,  with  a 
number  of   papers   pending. 

The  work  accomplished  has  been  most  grati- 
fying, all  dues  and  pledges  having  been 
promptly  met,  much  interest  displayed  in  edu- 
cational work  and   Americanization. 

This  Chapter  teaches  respect  for  the  Flag 
and  has  presented  all  schools  within  reach 
leaflets  on  the  proper  use  of  the  Flag. 

We  ha\e  responded  to  every  call  from 
Tamassee,  sending  a  pig  for  the  farm  and  sev- 

614 


eral  bushels  of  peanuts  ;  also  made  a  contribu- 
tion to  the  sheet-shower,  besides  a  contribution 
of  twenty-eight  dollars. 

To  encourage  the  study  of  history  the  Chap- 
ter offered  five  dollars  in  gold  to  the  pupil  in 
the  eleventh  grade  of  the  Williston  High 
School  making  the  highest  average  in  Ameri- 
can  Histor}'. 

For  the  first  half  of  the  year  we  arranged  a 
program  for  the  study  of  history.  On  W'ash- 
ington's  Birthday  (also  the  first  anniversary 
of  the  Chapter)  the  Annual  Reception  was 
held  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  W.  C.  Smith,  Sr. 
The  exhibition  of  historical  souvenirs  was 
very  interesting.  The  reception  was  lovely  in 
e\ery  way. 

At  the  monthly  meetings  original  papers  are 
read  on  historical  subjects  or  important  sub- 
jects of  the  day.  We  are  specially  interested 
in  raising  the  standard  of  loyalty  and 
patriotism. 

We  have  been  represented  at  each  meeting 
of  the  National  Congress.  In  fact,  the  Chap- 
ter is  100  per  cent,  on  all  counts.  Naturally, 
we  are  proud  of  it,  but  it  is  not  nearly  so 
much  as  we  hope  to  accomplish  in  the  future. 

We  would  like  to  render  service  to  humanity 
worthy  the  name  of  our  ancestors  and  teach- 
ings of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

(Mrs.  M.  F.)    Bessie  Loud  Weathersbee, 
Registrar 

Joseph  Hart  Chapter,  (Columbus,  Ind.), 
was  organized  in  June,  1921,  with  thirteen 
members.  Now  we  have  grown  to  a  member- 
ship of  twenty-five.  Our  first  year  was  mainly 
devoted  to  the  work  of  organization  and  secur- 
ing new  members  and  the  making  of  a  few 
contributions  to  State  and  National  causes. 

This  year  we  approved  a  plan  for  marking 
one  of  the  historic  spots  in  our  county  —  The 
Bartholomew  Trail.  This  is  the  first  trail 
through  the  county,  and  was  made  on  June  12, 
1813,  by  Colonel  Joseph  Bartholomew  with 
one  hundred  thirty-seven  Indiana  Territory 
militiamen  in  pursuit  of  hostile  Delaware 
Indians.  The  marker  will  be  a  bowlder  with 
inscription  of  the  historic  date  upon  a  bronze 
tablet.     We  have  also  undertaken  the  work  of 


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615 


locating  and  marking  the  graves  of  Revolu- 
tionary soldiers.  There  are  fourteen  of  these 
heroes  buried  within  our  county  borders  and 
we  have  located  six  of  them.  The  first  marker 
was  erected  over  the  grave  of  Joseph  Hart, 
the  Revolutionary  soldier  for  whom  our  Chap- 
ter is  named.  Exercises  were  held  at  the 
grave  in  Garland  Brook  cemetery  in  celebra- 
tion of  this  event,  upon  June  2nd.  Rev.  Z.  T. 
Sweeney,  former  Consul-General  to  Turkey, 
made  an  appropriate  patriotic  address  and  the 
marker  was  unveiled  by  Miss  Roseada  Pence, 
a  descendant  of  the  soldier,  and  a  member  of 
our  Chapter.  This  was  followed  by  "America" 
sung  by  all  present  and  a  prayer  of  dismissal 
by   Rev.   Sweeney. 

Two  more  graves  will  be  marked  this  sum- 
mer, that  of  Jonathan  Moore,  a  member  of 
the  body-guard  of  Gen.  George  Washington 
and  that  of  Richard  Crittenden,  a  lieulcnant 
in   the   Rcxolutionary  Army. 

We  are  now  looking  forward  to  our  third 
year  with  assurance  of  Chapter  growth  in 
membership,  with  the  hope  of  increased  patri- 
otic service,  and  with  a  loyal  desire  to  main- 
tain a  share  in  our  national  work. 

Ella  Miller  Ork, 
I'lihllcily    Chairman.    P.    A.    R. 

Amsterdam  Chapter,  (Amsterdam,  N.  Y.). 
The  year  1922-23  has  been  a  busy  one  for  this 
Chapter,  and  it  is  with  grateful  thanks  that  we 
record  our  growth.  Fourteen  new  members 
have  been  added  to  our  list,  and  thirteen  appli- 
cation papers  are  in  Washington  waiting  for 
the  action  of  the  National  Board.  The  regis- 
trar has  issued  two  transfer  cards. 

The  Chapter  has  met  all  its  state  and 
national  obligations,  and  its  delegates  ha\e 
attended  all  district  and  state  meetings  of  the 
society,  as  well  as  the  congress  at  Washington. 
We  are  proud  of  being  one  of  the  hostesses 
of  the  New  York  state  building  at  Tamassec, 
and  also  of  our  Daughters  material  assistance 
to  the  D.  A.  R.  Ellis  Island  Committee.  The 
Chapter  librarian  has  purchased  the  Lineage 
Books  as  they  have  been  published,  and  placed 
the  same  in  the  City  Library,  as  has  been  the 
custom  heretofore.  Twelve  new  subscriptions 
to  the  D.  A.  R.  Magazine  have  been  solicited 
and  the  gift  of  the  magazine  to  the  Cit.\- 
Library  has  been  continued  and  as  usual  the 
year's  issue  has  been  bound.  Our  Regent  has 
laid  stress  on  our  duty  to  exercise  our  right  to 
vote  at  the  primaries  and  elections.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  year  we  increased  our  dues 
from  three  to  five  dollars. 

The  research  committee  reported  the  graves 
of   two   hundred  and   fiftv-eight   Revohitionarv 


soldiers,  including  the  head-stone  inscriptions, 
and  gave  the  references  to  state  books  where 
the  service  record  of  the  soldiers  may  be  found. 

A  member  of  the  Chapter  is  copying  the  in- 
scriptions from  the  stones  in  the  old  cemeteries 
and  grave  yards  in  Montgomery  county  and 
has  presented  the  Chapter  with  copies  of  the 
same. 

The  Chapter  has  pulilished  a  pamphlet  his- 
tory, written  by  the  historian,  telling  the  story 
of  the  Chapter  House,  which  was  the  home  of 
the  British  Colonel,  Guy  Johnson,  who  was 
Superintendent  of  the  Northern  Indians  at  the 
outbreak   of   the    Revolution. 

Our  dearly  belo\ed  Regent,  Mrs.  Josephine 
l\e\nolds,  has  given  the  Chapter  fourteen  years 
of  loyal  and  devoted  service,  and  our  unani- 
mous vote,  this  spring  in  her  re-election,  showed 
only  in  a  small  way  the  feeling  of  appreciation 
that  we  have  for  all  she  has  done  for  the 
soiiet\  nf  the  EJaughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  and  for  Amsterdam  Chapter. 
Elm.\   Stronc   Morris, 

Ilislona:,. 

Cincinnati  Chapter  (Cincinnati,  O).  was 
org;mized  in  otir  cit\-  on  April  27th.  IS''.?,  at  a 
meeting  of  a  small  band  of  tweUe  wonu-n, 
who  had  come  together  iiLspired  witli  the  desire 
to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  their  ancestors, 
"  the  men  and  women  who  had  achieved 
AiTierican  Independence."  The  rapid  growth 
of  the  Chapter  and  the  expansion  of  its  work 
has  exceeded  all  expectations  of  the  founders 
of  our  Chapter.  It  is  with  a  feeling  of  pride 
that  we  realize  we  have  kept  up  to  the  stand- 
ard they  established. 

The  last  three  years  under  the  leadership  of 
our  Regent,  Mrs.  John  Lippleman,  with  the 
splendid  cooperation  of  her  Oflicers  and  Board, 
has  been  most  successful  financially,  educa- 
tionally and  socially. 

The  Chapter  has  given  aid  to  various  Socie- 
ties which  arc  making  steady  progress  in  their 
work  under  direction  of  capable  committees. 
Americam'zation  work  has  been  foremost 
among  the  activities.  The  Chapter  emiiloys  a 
teacher  to  go  among  the  alien  population  teach- 
ing and  helping  them  to  become  .good  citizens. 
One  hundred  \isits  have  been  made  to  the  for- 
eign-born families  during  education  week  and 
diplomas  presented  to  the  naturalization  class, 
nine  hundred  and  twenty-five  copies  of  the 
Manual  were  also  presented  to  the  Public 
Schools  for  use  in  the  -\niericanization  night 
classes. 

The  Chapter,  in  cooperation  with  the  Chic 
;md  \  ocational  Department  of  Public  .Schools. 
ha\e   published   an   illustrated   panipblcl   on   the 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


617 


history  of  the  Flag.  The  pamphlet  was  com- 
piled by  Miss  Ruth  L.  Krapp,  holder  of  the 
D.  A.  R.  Fellowship  and  a  graduate  of  the 
Department  of  American  History  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cincinnati.  An  additional  1.700 
copies  of  the  Flag  Laws  and  code  have  been 
distributed  for  use  in  Americanization  classes. 

Tlie  Chapter  has  given  scholarships  to 
Tamassee  and  Lincoln  Memorial  Universities 
and  annual  contributions  are  made  to  moun- 
tain schools,  also  to  the  Berry  School  and 
Caroline   Scott  Harrison   Memorial. 

In  a  campaign  in  1922,  the  Chapter  raised 
over  $1,200  for  the  George  Washington  Memo- 
rial Association.  We  have  raised  funds  for 
the  D.  A.  R.  Building  Company,  Kemper  Log 
Cabin  Association  and  Needle-Work  Guild  by 
interesting  entertainments.  The  Chapter  has 
been  represented  with  other  patriotic  organi- 
zations on  occasions  of  historical  interest,  the 
most  notable  being  the  D.  A.  R.  Dedication  of 
the  Arch  erected  by  the  Chapter  in  1917  in 
Old  Fulton  Cemetery  East  End,  dedicated  June 
13th,  1921,  invocation  and  brief  address  by 
Rev.  C.  W.  Atwater,  Chaplain  of  Ohio  Sons 
of  the  Revolution.  Records  of  Revolutionary 
soldiers  buried  there  were  read  by  the  Regent, 
Mrs.  John  Lippleman,  who  in  behalf  of  the 
Chapter  dedicated  the  Arch  to  their  memory. 
The  Chapter  is  interested  in  locating  and  mark- 
ing Revolutionary  soldiers'  graves ;  180  records 
have  been  filed  in  Ohio  State  Archives  within 
the  last  year. 

Washington's  Birthday  and  Flag  Day  are 
appropriately  observed  each  year  and  our 
social  affairs  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Chapter  and  their  guests. 

Annual  contributions  are  made  to  civic  enter- 
prises which  include  tlie  following  —  Children 
of  the  Republic,  Girls'  Home,  Makers  of 
America,  Betsy  Ross-Molly  Pitcher  Club,  Cin- 
cinnati Christmas  Committee  and  Ex-service 
men,  Rockhill  Sanatorium.  The  Chapter  has 
also  donated  during  the  regime  of  Mrs.  Lip- 
pleman, $100  each  to  the  Woman's  Auxiliary 
of  the  American  Legion  in  memory  of  Col. 
F.  W.  Galbraith,  head  of  the  American  Legion 
and  a  Cincinnatian  who  was  killed  on  June  9, 
1921,  and  to  the  Legion  for  the  \'eterans' 
Memorial  Fund. 

The  official  force  just  closed  May  14th,  is 
the  first  to  have  held  office  for  three  consecu- 
tive years  and  under  the  guidance  of  the 
Regent,  Mrs.  John  Lippleman.  The  Chapter 
has  reflected  the  same  democratic  ideals  which 
have  prevailed  throughout  the  National  Society 
with  the  result  that,  today,  the  Cincinnati 
Chapter  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  national 
organization. 


The  Fort  Washington  Society,  Children  of 
the  American  Revolution,  organized  many 
years  ago  by  the  Cincinnati  Chapter  D.  A.  R., 
has  been  reorganized  through  the  eiTorts  of 
the  Regent,  Mrs.  Lippleman. 

The  24th  State  Conference  of  Ohio  was 
held  March,  1923,  in  Cincinnati,  Mrs.  William 
Magee   Wilson,   State  Regent,  presiding. 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook,  Mrs.  G.  Wal- 
lace Hanger,  Mrs.  Le\ington  L.  Hunter  and 
Mrs.  A.  Howard  Hinkle,  who  was  the  First 
State  Regent  of  Ohio  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  were  honored  guests  of 
the    Conference. 

(Miss)    L.\ui(.\  M.\Y  Smith, 

Historian 

Bethlehem  Chapter  (Bethlehem,  Pa.)  had 
its  birthda\  in  March.  This  marks  the  close 
of  the  second  year  of  the  Chapter's  activity 
under  the  Organizing  Regent,  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Wilson.  Meetings  are  held  in  the  Dodson 
building  the  second  Saturday  of  each  month. 
After  the  routine  of  Chapter  work  we  have  a 
most  enjoyable  social  hour,  at  which  two  hos- 
tesses appointed  for  the  meeting  serve  refresh- 
ments. 

Our  Regent  and  one  Delegate  attended  the 
31st  Continental  Congress  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  presenting  a  report  to  the  Chapter  at 
the  May  meeting.  Our  Regent  also  attended 
the  State  Conference  at  Erie,  Pa.,  in  October. 

On  Flag  Day  a  luncheon  was  held  at  the 
new  Saucon  Valley  Country  Club ;  the  Regent 
being  toast-mistress  of   the   occasion. 

July  1st,  1922,  tlie  Chapter's  Charter  was  re- 
ceived and  beautifully  framed  for  the  Chapter 
rooms. 

On  July  4th  the  members  of  the  Chapter 
and  their  husbands  placed  a  number  of  Hags 
and  a  large  wreath  at  the  Stone  which  marks 
the  spot  where  760  bodies  of  Revolutionary 
soldiers  were  interred  during  the  years  1777- 
1778.  It  is  most  pitiable  to  think  that  the  men 
who  gave  their  lives  for  our  Freedom  now  lie 
buried  under  the  foundation  of  a  row  of 
houses.  At  the  present  time  the  Chapter's 
activity  centers  around  this  spot,  working  to 
secure  a  plot  of  ground  for  a  memorial  to  the 
soldiers.  The  Mayor  of  Bethlehem  is  most 
interested  and  an  ordinance  was  drawn  up  and 
passed  by  the  City  Council  to  enable  them  to 
condemn  and  purchase  that  section  of  ground 
to  be  turned  into  a  public  park. 

The  Committee  on  Americanization  and 
Patriotic  Education,  of  which  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Lynn  is  chairman,  have  attained  splendid  re- 
sults for  that  cause.  A  large  room  in  the 
Municipal  Building  has  been  given  to  the  work 


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by  the  Cit\  Council,  free  of  expense.  It  is 
maintained  and  managed  by  members  of  the 
D.  A.  R.  The  Committee  in  charge  see  to  it 
that  there  is  a  variety  of  interesting  literature 
of  the  character  which  will  help  to  make  bet- 
ter patriots  and  citizens.  The  room  is  open 
Thursday  of  each  week.  Regular  exercises 
are  conducted,  such  as  singing  patriotic  songs, 
saluting  the  Flag,  reciting  the  American  Creed, 
and  other  exercises  ir^  American  History. 
Fourteen  prizes  were  given  during  the  year 
for  proficiency  in  American  History ;  twelve 
prizes  for  memorizing  the  American  Creed 
and  about  seventy-five  copies  of  Immigrants' 
Manual';,  Flas  Rule;,  and  tlie  American  Creed 


the  Military  Hospital  established  in  Bethlehem, 
December  3rd,  1776,  was  held  on  Sunday 
afternoon,  December  3rd,  1922  —  the  146th 
Anniversary  of  the  opening  of  the  Hospital, 
Several  hundred  patriotic  citizens,  including 
members  of  the  D.  A.  R.,  clergymen  and  vet- 
erans of  the  Civil  War,  braved  the  elements 
to  do  honor  to  the  Revolutionary  soldiers  who 
gave  up  their  lives  in  defense  of  their  country 
nearly  a  century  and  a  half  ago.  The  Mora- 
vian Trombone  Choir  led  the  procession,  with 
the  Bethlehem  Boy  Scouts  forming  a  "  court 
of  honor."  The  State  Historian,  Mrs.  N. 
Rowland  Brown,  with  ten  members  of  the 
Valley  Forge  Chapter,  were  our  guests  for  the 


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were  distributed.  On  three  occasions  Mr.  D. 
S.  Joel,  superintendent  of  the  Bethlehem  Steel 
Company  Americanization  School,  visited  the 
room  and  addressed  the  children,  who  are 
always  most  eager  to  hear  from  Mr.  Joel. 
The  attendance  averages  sixty-five  each  week. 

A  Christmas  party  was  held  for  the  chil- 
dren, with  fitting  exercises,  and  refreshments 
were  served. 

The  accompanying  picture  represents  an 
cvery-week  class  at  the  D.  A,  R.  Americani- 
zation rooms.  Seventy-three  children  of  sev- 
enteen nationalities  are  represented  on  the 
picture.  These  children  are  certainly  worth 
the  best  efforts  of  our  D.  A.  R.  organization. 

The  first  official  marking  of  the  resting 
place    of    Revolutionary    soldiers   who   died    in 


occasion   and   attended   a   Moravian   Love-feast 
after   the   marking  at  the  cemetery. 

On  Washington's  Birthday,  Bethlehem 
■Chapter  ga\e  a  tea  at  the  historic  Sunn  Inn, 
operated  as  a  public  house  since  1760.  In 
Colonial  times  the  Inn  was  visited  by  Wash- 
ington and  other  prominent  men  of  that  day. 
The  Rev.  Dr.  W.  N.  Schwartze,  President  of 
the  Moravian  Theological  Seminary,  gave  a 
short  talk  on  Washington,  giving  interesting 
facts  about  his  personal  life  that  are  but  little 
known.  Miss  Helen  Shunk,  a  student  at  the 
Moravian  College,  recited  Longfellow's 
"  Hymn  to  the  Moravian  Nuns."  Before  dis- 
banding many  of  those  present  made  a  tour  of 
the     historic     Inn.       Particular     interest     was 


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shown   in   the  mahogany  bed  in   which  George 
Washington  slept  while  he  was  a  guest. 

Our  Chapter  contributed  nineteen  valuable 
historic  volumes  to  the  National  Society 
D.  A.   R. 

On  Memorial  Day,  Betlilehem,  Pa.,  Chapter 
gathered  at  Lower  Saucon  Cemetery  to  dedi- 
cate a  Memorial  to  Lieut.  Col.  Philip  Boehm, 
1747-1816,  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  Colonel 
Geiger's  Battalion  of  Militia  of  Xorthampton 
County  and  Paymasters  of  the  Militia  of  that 
County.  An  inspiring  address  was  made  by 
the  Rev.  James  Boehm,  descendant  of  the 
Lieutenant  Colonel  of  1776.  Mrs.  J.  L'pton 
Myers  read  a  poem  and  also  made  a  short 
address.  The  Historian  of  Northampton 
County,  Rev.  Dr.  P.  A.  Laury,  spoke  on  Pro- 
vincial Associations.  The  large  audience, 
numbering  hundreds  of  people,  was  most 
appreciative,  and  the  salute  and  taps  by  the 
Sons  of  Veterans  brought  the  impressive  exer- 
cises to  a  close. 

We  are  most  proud  of  our  Chapter's  His- 
toric year  book. 

Bethlehem  Chapter  numbers  sixty-two  mem- 
bers.     Two    w-ere    lost    by    death ;    one,    Mrs. 
Charles    Dodson,    a    real    Daughter ;    and    two 
were  transferred  to  other  Chapters. 
(Mrs.  Ch--\s.  E.)   H.\kriet  E.  Cii.\mberlin, 

His  to  linn 

Marcus  Whitman  Chapter  ( Everett, 
Wash.)  has  had  an  enjoyable  and  profitable 
year,  having  held  regular  meetings  from  Sep- 
tember to  June,  inclusive.  Flag  Day,  June 
14,  192J,  was  fittingly  observed  with  a  program 
aiid  picnic  at  the  country  home  of  Mrs. 
Crville  R.  Allen   at  Lake  Stevens. 

At  the  September  meeting,  plans  were  dis- 
cussed for  the  year's  work.  A  unique  con- 
test was  presented;  a  list  of  twenty-five  (jues- 
tions,  pertaining  to  the  state  and  national  soci- 
eties as  well  as  Chapter,  was  prepared  and 
distributed  among  the  members.  The  person 
answering  the  largest  number  of  questions  cor- 
rectly was  awarded  a  Block  Certificate. 
Papers  on  the  following  subjects  were  read 
and  discussed  at  the  October  meeting : 
"  Founding  of  the  National  Society ". 
"  Projects  and  Achievements  of  the  National 
Society "  and  "Administration  Building"  and 
the   Block   Certificate." 

The  Chapter  was  honored  at  the  November 
meeting  by  having  the  following  distinguished 
guests :  Mrs.  William  Sherman  Walker,  state 
regent,  who  is  now  organizing  secretary  gen- 
eral, N.  S.  D.  A.  R. ;  Mrs.  Henry  McCleary, 
national  vice  president  general  ;  Mrs.  Eliza 
Ferry  Leary,   past  vice   president  general,   and 


Mrs.  Willis  G.  Hopkins,  state  regent-elect. 
After  a  six  o'clock  dinner  at  the  Mitchell 
hotel,  the  party  adjourned  to  Veterans'  Hall, 
the  Armory,  where  an  informal  reception  was 
held.  Mrs.  McCleary,  who  had  just  returned 
from  a  board  meeting  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
ga\e  an  interesting  account  of  the  work  of  the 
national  society.  Mrs.  Walker  told  of  the 
state  work,  dealing  chiefly  with  the  D.  A.  R. 
Chapter  House  at  the  Lhiiversity  of  Washing- 
ton, which  has  been  bought  and  furnished  by 
Chapters  of  the  state. 

The  members  of  the  George  Washington 
Society,  Children  of  the  American  Revolution, 
were  guests  of  Marcus  Whitman  Chapter  at 
the  January  meeting.  An  interesting  program 
was  given  by  the  children  and  a  handsome  silk 
flag  was  presented  them  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Moyer, 
regent,  on  behalf  of  the  Chapter.  The  Feb- 
ruary meeting  was  G.  A.  R.  Guest  Day,  the 
members  of  John  Buford  Post,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  being  honor  guests  of  the 
Chapter.  A  program  was  rendered  consisting 
of  musical  numbers  and  patriotic  addresses  by 
members  of  the  Grand  Army.  An  interesting 
feature  was  the  reading  of  "  The  Grand 
Review "  by  Miss  Elma  Beecham,  which  told 
of  the  mustering  out  of  the  I'nion  Army  in 
1865.  The  .Army  of  the  Potomac  and  the 
Army  of  the  West  passed  in  review  along 
Pennsylvania  avenue  in  Washington,  D.  C,  it 
taking  two  days  for  the  returning  soldiers  to 
pass  a  given  point. 

The  March  meeting  was  featured  liy  an 
Indian  program  consisting  of  Indian  songs, 
readings  and  dances.  William  Shelton,  a 
member  of  the  Snohomish  tribe  and  builder 
of  the  Story  Pole  which  was  erected  in 
Everett,  was  the  principal  speaker.  Mr.  Shel- 
ton told  tlie  story  of  a  number  of  pictures 
carved  on  the  pole  and  exhibited  ancient  tools 
used  in  its  construction.  They  were  of  stone, 
with  handles  of  whalebone  tied  with  thongs 
oi  sea  lion.  He  said  this  pole  was  the  same 
to  little  Indians  as  books  of  fairy  tales  are 
to  white  children.  Pioneer  Day  was  observed 
at  the  April  meeting  with  reminiscences  by 
the  pioneer   women   present. 

Marcus  Whitman  Chapter  lias  a  member- 
ship of  71  —  53  resident  members  and  18  non- 
resident ;  lour  transfers  have  been  granted 
during  the  year  and  6  new  members  received 
with  6  applications  waiting  at  Washington  for 
verification. 

The  Chapter  has  ten  subscribers  to  the  Mag- 
azine. The  President  General's  Message  in 
each  issue  proves  of  special  interest.  Excerpts 
from  the  Message  appearing  in  the  September, 
]')2\,   issue   were  typed  on  sheets  of   the  same 


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dimensions  as  the  Year  Book,  These  were 
distributed  among  the  members  who  attached 
them  to  the  inside  of  covers  for  ready  ref- 
erence. 

The  Committee  on  Patriotic  Education  has 
done  excellent  work.  Three  gold  medals  and 
one  silver  medal  were  awarded  the  eighth 
grade  pupils  of  the  city  having  highest  and 
second  highest  average  in  American  History. 
Thirty-one  copies  of  the  Immigrants'  Manual 
were  presented  new  citizens  at  Naturalization 
Court.  A  list  of  histories  used  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  city  and  county,  and  in 
the  high  school,  was  secured.  Letters  were 
written  our  representatives  at  the  State  Legis- 
lature asking  support  of  the  History  Bill 
which  was  introduced  by  the  S.  A.  R.  This 
bill  would  provide  for  the  exclusion  of  all 
textbooks  in  the  schools  of  the  state  which 
teach  un-American  principles  or  which  speak 
slightingly  of  the  men  who  founded  the 
republic. 

Washington's  Birthday  was  observed  at  the 
County  Orphanage  with  appropriate  exercises 
and  the  children  were  presented  with  a  hand- 
some framed  portrait  of  Martha  Washington 
as  a  companion  picture  to  one  of  George 
Washington  given  by  the  Chapter  several 
years  before.  A  treat  of  ice  cream,  cake  and 
candy  was  also  provided.  The  Chapter  also 
held  its  annual  colonial  breakfast  at  12  o'clock 
on  this  day.  The  tables  were  decorated  with 
baskets  of  jonquils  and  acacia  tied  with  light 
blue  tulle  bows.  Toasts  v\'ere  responded  to 
on  the  following  subjects :  "  Washington,  the 
Youth  ",  "  \N'ashington,  the  Planter  ",  "  Wash- 
ington, the  Churchman ",  "  W'ashington,  a 
Mason  ",  "  Washington,  the  Patriot  ", 
"  Martha  Washington  ".  "  Mary,  Mother  of 
Washington  ",   and   "  Washington    State." 

Monthly  programs  were  given  at  the  County 
Farm  for  the  pleasure  of  the  patients,  and 
each  one  was  given  at  Christmas  time  a  box 
containing  a  gift  and  fruit  and  candy.  The 
Chapter  historian  prepared  and  sent  in  to  the 
state  historian,  ten  biographical  sketches  of 
pioneer  men  and   women   of   this   county. 

The  annual  dues  of  the  chapter  arc  $.5.00. 
The  financial  contributions  of  the  Chapter  fur 
the  year  include :  $69.00  for  furnishing  room 
in  Administration  Building,  at  $1.00  per  mem- 
ber; $100.00  for  L^niversity  of  Washington 
Chapter  House;  $15.00  for  Armenian  Relief; 
$32.00  for  Patriotic  Education  and  $13.70  for 
Conservation. 

The  members  of  Marcus  Whitman  Chapter 
have    co-operated    most    heartily    in    the   year's 


activities  and  we  can  truly  say  that  it  has  been 
an  "era  of  good-feeling." 

(Mrs.    Amos)    Allie    B.    Hoon    H.\gkr, 

J/islorian 

Brunswick  Chapter  (Brunswick,  Ga.)  now 
has  forty-six  members,  four  of  whom  were 
gained  during  the  past  .vcar  under  the  regency 
cf   Mrs.   Clarence   H.   Leavy. 

Attractive  year  books  were  arranged,  a  study 
of  the  lives  of  Georgia's  patriotic  women  of 
the  Revolutionary  pcrind  Iieing  a  feature. 
Special  programs  for  all  patriotic  days  were 
observed. 

Our  national  obligations  have  all  been  met, 
including  our  quota  for  the  Georgia  Room  in 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,  and  re-prinling 
the  Immigration  Manuals.  On  the  appeal  of 
the  state  chairman,  the  regent  was  pleased  to 
be  able  to  supply  four  copies  of  state  confer- 
ence proceedings,  which  were  needed  for  the 
files. 

Following  our  annual  custom,  a  gold  medal 
was  offered  in  the  senior  class  of  Glynn  .\cad- 
emy,  for  excellency  in  American  history.  Miss 
Charlotte  Carrulhers  was  the  winner  of  this 
medal.  Several  books  on  Geor.gia  history  were 
presented  to  the  high  school  library.  Also  a 
number  of  books  were  given  the  City  Library 
during  library  week.  The  Georgia  Products 
dinner,  sponsored  by  this  Chapter,  was  a  great 
success,  netting  a  neat  sum  for  our  educational 
fund.  The  large  benefit  bridge  party,  given 
for  the  same  cause,  was  als  i  a  financial  suc- 
cess. 

Sketches  of  our  historic  trees,  Lanier's, 
Wesley's  and  Lover's  Oaks,  were  sent  to  our 
state  chairman  of  forestry,  and  post  card 
pictures  of  them  were  sent  to  the  state  chair- 
man of  historic  post  cards. 

We  used  our  influence  with  our  Representa- 
tives in  Congress,  in  having  the  Yorklown 
Bill    passed. 

St.  Tohn's  Haven  .School,  located  on  Saint 
Simon's  Island  near  this  city,  is  our  especial 
care,  much  individual  work  having  been 
accomplished  by  our  members,  in  addition  to 
cash  donations.  This  school  is  for  orphan 
boys  and  we  consider  any  efforts  made  in  their 
behalf  the  highest  form  of  Americanization 
wDrk. 

The  handsome  bronze  tablet  erected  bv  the 
efforts  of  Brunswick  Chaplcr.  on  old  Midway 
Church,  in  Liberty  County,  Georgia,  was 
unveiled  on  .^pril  26  with  elaborate  ceremony. 
The  tablet  was  erected  in  memory  of  the  orig- 
inal members  of  this  historic  old  church,  who 
were  zealous  patriots  during  the  Revolutionary 
period.     Delegations  from  other  Chapters  over 


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the  state,  were  present  at  the  exercises,  which 
were  attended  by  hundreds  of  people.  Another 
piece  of  patriotic  memorial  work  to  the  credit 
of  Brunswick  Chapter,  is  the  splendid  bronze 
tablet  to  the  memory  of  Glynn  County's 
World  V\'ar  heroes,  which  will  be  placed  in 
the  beautiful  new  high  school,  now  under  con- 
struction. The  tablet  will  be  in  the  foyer 
of  this  buildinR.  Memorial  trees  will  be 
planted  in  the  school  grounds  by  this  Chap- 
ter also.  Beautiful  American  Flags  were  pre- 
sented to  every  Glynn  and  Purvis  grammar 
grade,  twenty-five  in  number,  by  Brunswick 
Chapter.  The  presentation  exercises  took 
place  in  the  school  grounds,  with  five  hundred 
children   taking   part.      The   scene   was    a   most 


Eve  Lear  Chapter  (New  Haven,  Conn.) 
"  Father  Time  "  has  marked  another  milestone 
in  the  progress  of  our  journey,  for  Eve  Lear 
Chapter  gathered  February  19th,  for  its 
seventh  annual  Patriotic  Meeting.  Mrs. 
Harry  Hinman  Brown  opened  her  beautiful 
home  for  the  Lincoln-Washington  meeting 
and  many  members  exhibited  relics  of  Rev- 
olutionary times.  Mrs.  Frank  A.  Monson 
showed  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Atwatcr  fam- 
ily designed  in  1434  in  Canterbury,  England, 
and  a  piece  of  the  Washington  Elm  planted 
by  George  Washington  in  Berkley  Springs, 
W.  Va.  Mrs.  William  Lyon  Phelps  has  con- 
tributed a  mallet  to  the  Chapter.  The  mallet 
which  will  be  sent  to  Washington  is  over  200 


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impressive  one.  Speeches,  songs  and  lovely 
tableaux  by  the  children  in  appropriate  cos- 
tume,  were   features  of   the  program. 

Contributions  were  made  by  this  Chapter  to 
St.  John's  Ha\en  School ;  Meadow  Garden, 
the  Georgia  home  of  one  of  the  "  Signers  " ; 
Americanization  Work  on  Ellis  Island ;  Tom- 
assee  School ;  Caroline  Scott  Memorial 
School ;  Dr.  Crawford  W.  Long  Memorial. 
(Dr.  Long,  who  was  a  noted  Georgian,  was 
the  discoverer   of   anaesthesia). 

Even  though  we  have  had  a  full  year  of 
work,  we  hope  to  improve  in  every  department 
next   year. 

Mrs.    C.   H.   Leavv, 

Regent 


years  old,  was  once  owned  by  Lord  Baltimore 
and  also  by  John  H.  Durham,  sugar-braker. 
Mrs.  Franklin  F.  Knous  showed  a  picture  of 
an  oaken  chair  owned  by  Governor  Carver 
and  brought  over  in  the  Mayflower.  Mrs. 
John  Talbot  showed  a  pocket  belonging  to 
her  great  grandmother  and  a  darned  net  given 
by  the  descendants  of  Oliver  Ellsworth.  Mrs. 
George  Graham  showed  a  tin  trunk,  in  which 
Dudley  Hayes  carried  his  money  through  the 
Revolution.  Miss  Mary  E.  Lewis  showed  a 
deed  conveying  Grove  Beach.  This  is  the  old- 
est conveyance  of  land  in  the  state.  Mrs. 
Harry  Hinman  Brown  showed  a  pipe  of  peace 
given  Col.  Benjamin  Hinman  in  1775  in 
exchange  for  wampum,  and  also  a  bullet  taken 


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from  the  thigh  of  Col.  Joel  Hinmaii.  Mrs. 
William  F.  Alcorn  told  of  an  anecdote  con- 
cerning her  great  uncle  who  lived  in  Marcel- 
lus,  and  his  dealings  with  the  Indians.  Mrs. 
David  T.  Welch  exhibited  the  bullet  which 
wounded  her  grandfather.  The  silver  standard 
which  holds  it  was  made  by  an  ancestor  who 
was  a  silversmith ;  also  she  showed  a  silver 
pitcher  dated  1760,  and  a  piece  of  the  wedding 
dress  of  Lieutenant  Bradley's  wife.  Mrs. 
Josepha  Whitney  gave  an  inspiring  talk  on 
National  Service  in  1923.  At  the  close  of 
the  program  refreshments  were  served  and 
Mrs.  Brown  was  assisted  by  Chapter  members. 
(Mrs.  Ch.\rles  F.)   Helen  M.  B.  Messixgek. 

Tamalpais  Chapter  (San  Francisco,  Cal.) 
finds  that  via  the  Radio  is  an  excellent  way 
of  spreading  the  spirit  of  patriotism.  To  fill 
the  air  with  waves  of  loyal  thought,  is  a  fine 
thing,  and  the  message  of  our  organization 
will  reach  countless  thousands.  On  the  12th 
of  April,  1923,  from  the  High  Power  Radio 
Station  on  Telegraph  Hill,  San  Francisco, 
Tamalpais  Chapter  rendered  a  Patriotic  pro- 
gram. The  Regent,  Mrs.  Frank  M.  Burnside, 
opened  the  program  by  asking  for  the  salute 
to  the  flag,  requesting  that  the  "  Lincoln  " 
salute  be  given.     She  said : 

"  Officers  and  members  of  Tamalpais  Chap- 
ter, Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
before  we  give  our  customary  salute  to  the 
flag,  I  wish  to  make  a  suggestion  which  will 
enable  us  to  salute  in  a  uniform,  dignified 
manner.  The  usual  military  salute,  as  given 
by  a  civilian,  loses  much  of  its  zest  and  dig- 
nit}'.  An  oflicer  of  the  Army  or  Navy  when 
saluting  the  flag  in  civilian  clothes,  removes 
his  hat  with  his  right  hand  and  places  it  over 
his  heart. 

"  Lincoln  was  asked  by  a  young  lad\'  what 
a  woman  should  do  to  salute  the  colors.  She 
said,  '  My  heart  feels  the  thrill,  but  what  shall 
I  do  to  show  my  feelings?' 

"  Said  the  great  Lincoln,  suiting  the  action 
to  the  words,  '  Place  your  hand  over  your 
heart.'  So,  I  shall  ask  that  we  use  the 
Lincoln  salute,  which  in  elTect  is  the  same  as 
an  officer  gives  when  in  civilian  clothes,  and 
therefore  the  proper  civilian  salute."  In 
unison,  several  members  of  the  Chapter  pledged 
allegiance  to  the  flag. 

!Miss  Leah  Hopkins  read  "  Our  Flag,"  writ- 
ten by  our  beloved  Mrs.  Daniel  Lothrop, 
Founder  of  the  Children  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Mrs.  O.  H.  Harshbarger,  former  State 
Regent  of  California,  spoke  on  the  Daughters 


of  the  American  Revolution  —  Who  we  are 
and  why  \\e  are. 

Patriotic  songs  were  rendered  by  Miss 
Florence  H.  Perkins. 

Mrs.  D.  M.  Ehlers,  Registrar  of  Tamalpais 
Chapter,  read  a  message  from  Mrs.  Anne  M. 
Godfrey,  Educational  Representative  of  the 
Bureau  of  Naturalization,  Department  of 
Labor.  Mrs.  Godfrey's  plea  was  for  increased 
effort  in  Americanization  work.  She  gave 
statistics  of  the  illiteracy  conditions  in  Cali- 
fornia. Mrs.  Godfrey's  splendid  work  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  has  been  endorsed  by  the  Cali- 
fornia Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
The  members  who  assisted  in  giving  the  salute 
to  the  flag  were  Mrs.  Martin  Newall,  Mrs. 
Carrie  B.  Humphries,  and  Miss  Leah  Hopkins. 

The  program  was  given  under  the  direction 
of  Mrs.  Ivy  Perkins  Cerkel,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Correct  LTse  of  the  Flag. 
The  Chapter  anticipates  giving  a  Flag  Day 
program  on  the  14th  of  June  in  which  we 
shall  again  —  Proclaim  patriotism  thmughiiut 
the  air  and  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land. 
Ivv  Perkixs  Cerkix 

Chemeketa  Chapter  (Salem,  Ore.)  on  l-'eh- 
ruary  22nd,  dedicated  a  boulder  markinj;  the 
nld  French  prairie  trail  into  Salem.  'Hie 
boulder  is  mounted  on  a  granite  base.  The 
bronze    tablet    bears    the    inscription : 

"Marking  an  Old  Trail 
Dedicated  to  the  Oregon  Pioneers. 
Placed   by    Chemeketa    Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
August  25.   l')22." 

The  marker  stands  in  a  group  of  evergreen 
trees,  in  Willsim  Park,  which  was  donated  to 
the  City  1>\  the  Pioneer.  Dr.  William  ^^'ilIson, 
and  is  just  west  of  the  State  grounds  forming 
what  is  said  to  be  the  most  beautiful  civic 
center  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Just  opposite  and 
across  the  street  is  Willamette  l'ni\ersity 
campus. 

The  program  began  with  a  short  talk  on 
the  custom  of  marking  the  Old  Trails,  by  the 
Regent,  Mrs.  V.  G.  Shipley.  The  invcKatiou 
was  by  Rev.  Kantner  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church.  The  unveiling  was  by  \'ir- 
ginia  Best  and  Clifford  Wilson,  Children  of 
the  Revolution.  Governor  Pierce  spoke  briefly 
on  Washington,  the  Man.  The  dedicatory 
address,  "  The  Pioneer,"  was  given  by  Mr. 
George  H.  Himes,  Secretary  and  Curator  of 
the  Oregon  Historical  Society. 

The  marker  was  accepted  by  the  Mayor  of 
the  City  in  a  few  well  chosen  words.  Hon. 
Peter    H.    D'Arcy    paid    a   glowing   tribute    to 


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ihf  Pioneer  Mother.  The  ceremony  closed 
with  the  singing  of  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner. 

LiLLi.\N   Gertrude   Appleg.\te. 

Historinn 

Governor  Edward  Coles  Chapter  (Mat- 
toon,  111.)  was  organized  March  16,  1921,  with 
a  membership  of  twenty-five.  We  now  num- 
ber forty-one. 

We  received  our  name  from  Edward  Coles, 
the  second  governor  of  Illinois.  Because  of 
his  courage  and  persistency,  freedom  was 
written  into  the  Constitution  of  Illinois.  Our 
county  was  named  in  honor  of  him.  We  are 
proud  of  our  name  and  hope  to  be  able  to 
live  up  to  the  high  ideals  for  which  Governor 
Edward  Coles  stood. 

Mrs.  Mary  C.  H.  Lee,  our  State  Chaplain, 
presented  us  with  a  gavel  made  from  the  wood 
of  a  tree  at  Mt.  Vernon. 

We  have  had  twentj'-four  meetings  since 
our  organization,  with  a  varied  program.  The 
D.  A.  R.  Magazine  notes  are  often  included 
and  prove  to  be  very  instructive  and  interest- 
ing. 

Our  Flag  Day  celebrations  have  been  espe- 
cially enjoyable.  The  Sally  Lincoln  Chapter 
of  Charleston  always  observes  the  day  with  us. 
June  14,  1922,  we  motored  to  the  Gordon 
gravej-ard  near  Janesville  and  held  appropri- 
ate exercises  over  the  grave  of  Thomas 
Lincoln,  the  father  of  Abraham  Lincoln.  A 
picnic  was  held  in  the  Shiloh  churchyard 
adjoining  the  cemetery  and  in  the  afternoon 
the  members  assembled  in  the  little  country 
church  and  discussed  the  marking  of  the 
Lincoln  Circuit  through  Coles  County. 

Last  year  we  observed  Flag  Day  at  River- 
view.  This  is  historical  ground  near  where 
the  two  Indian  battles  of  Coles  County  were 
fought. 

Our  Armistice  Day  programs  have  been  in 
charge  of  our  World  War  Mothers  and  we 
have  always  cooperated  w'ith  the  other  patri- 
otic organizations  of  our  city.  Twenty-six 
American  elms  were  planted  in  one  of  our 
parks  in  memory  of  our  World  War  Heroes. 

A  debate  with  Sally  Lincoln  Chapter  was 
very  interesting.  The  subject  was,  "  Resolved, 
The  Colonial  Women  Were  Better  Mothers 
Than  the  Modern  Club  Women."  The 
decision  rendered  by  the  judges  was  in  favor 
of  the  Colonial  Mothers.  Our  Ancestors"  Day 
was  also  entertaining,  and  our  musical  pro- 
gram of  patriotic  songs  and  their  history  was 
greatly  enjoyed.  Both  years  we  have  observed 
Washington's    Birthdav   bv   having   a   Colonial 


Party.  The  annual  birthday  luncheon  of  the 
Chapter  is  always  a  pretty  affair  and  we  look 
forward  to  it  with  a  great  deal  of  pleasure. 
We  have  had  some  very  interesting  lectures. 
Mrs.  Amos  W.  Walker,  of  Chicago,  gave  us 
such  an  inspiring  talk  on  the  "  New  America 
Shop."  After  the  lecture,  there  was  an  exhibit 
of  the  foreign  made  articles.  This  was  espe- 
cially instructive  to  us  since  there  are  very 
few  foreigners  in  our  vicinity.  We  had 
another  unexpected  treat  when  Mrs.  Susan  D. 
Baker,  of  Janesville,  one  of  the  oldest  resi- 
dents in  that  neighborhood,  came  as  a  guest 
and  gave  reminiscences  of  the  early  life  of 
Coles  County  and  the  close  relationship  of 
her  family  with  that  of  Thomas  Lincoln. 

During  Educational  Week,  Dr.  William  M. 
Hudson,  president  of  Blackburn  College  at 
Carlinville,  gave  us  such  an  interesting  stere- 
opticon  lecture.  We  were  beautifully  enter- 
tained by  the  Sally  Lincoln  Chapter,  the 
feature  of  the  afternoon's  program  being  a 
talk  on  Governor  Edward  Coles  by  Justice  of 
the  State  Supreme  Court,  F.  K.  Dunn,  of 
Charleston.  Last  summer  the  Lincoln  Circuit 
through  Coles  County  was  marked  and  Sep- 
tember 18th  we  had  our  Lincoln  Circuit 
dedication  at  the  county-seat,  Charleston,  thus 
commemorating  the  Lincoln-Douglas  Debate 
held  there.  The  out-of-town  speakers  for  the 
occasion  were  Hon.  Henry  R.  Rathbone  of 
Chicago ;  Dr.  William  E.  Barton  of  Oak 
Park;  our  State  Regent,  Mrs.  H.  E.  Chub- 
buck  of  Peoria;  Secretary  of  the  State  His- 
torical Society,  Mrs.  Jessie  Palmer  Weber  of 
Springfield ;  and  the  Chairman,  Miss  Lotte  E. 
Jones  of  Danville  ;  Mrs.  Nevin  C.  Lescher  of 
Galesburg,  the  D.A.R.  State  Recording  Secre- 
tary, was  also  a  guest  of  honor. 

A  home-talent  play  was  given  to  raise  funds 
for  equipping  a  local  play-ground.  $475  was 
cleared.  A  picture,  "  The  Passing  Caravan," 
was  presented  to  the  Lions  Club  of  Mattoon 
by  one  of  our  members  in  the  name  of  the 
Governor    Edward    Coles    Chapter. 

Five  splendid  historical  papers,  given  by 
Cliapter  members,  have  been  sent  to  the  State 
Historian.  Medals  have  been  awarded  to  our 
eighth  grade  pupils  ranking  highest  in  Ameri- 
can History.  We  have  supported  the  bills  in 
Congress  which  -were  recommended  by  the 
Legislative  Committee  and  urged  the  pur- 
chase of  Cahokia  Mounds  by  our  State.  The 
Governor  Edward  Coles  Chapter  has  been 
represented  both  years  since  its  organization 
by  a  delegate  at  the  State  Conference  and 
Continental  Congress,  and  has  always  ranked 
one  hundred  per  cent,  in  contributions.  Our 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  H.  E.  Chubbuck,  has  been 


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a  great  help  and  inspiration  to  us  and  we  feel 
greatly  indebted  to  her. 

W'e  have  a  very  enthusiastic  Chapter,  with 
bright  prospects  for  the  future. 

Emily  Dole  Oblinger, 

Regent 

Kosciuszko  Chapter  (Greenwood,  S.  C.) 
has  had  a  pleasant  and  active  year's  work, 
with  eight  business  and  two  social  meetings, 
all  of  which  were  well  attended.  The  mem- 
bership has  grown  from  43  to  57,  thereby 
almost  completing  the  limited  number  —  60. 
Several  names  are  on  the  waiting  list.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  Chapter  year  it  was  decided 
to  discontinue  the  monthly  sum,  given  for  two 
years  previous  to  the  "  Near  East  Relief  " 
fund,  as  some  were  apprehensive  of  suffering 
in  our  home  town  among  the  poor.  In  Nov- 
ember the  Chapter  was  delightfully  enter- 
tained by  one  of  the  new  members,  Mrs. 
Workman,  at  her  home  in  Ware  Shoals. 
There  the  work  at  Tomassee  was  discussed, 
and  a  goodly  sum  donated  by  the  Chapter. 
The  programs  have  been  varied  and  full  of 
interest.  Several  good  papers  were  written 
and  some  delightful  readings  given.  In  Feb- 
ruary Mrs.  Calhoun,  of  Clem.son,  was  the 
guest  of  the  Chapter  for  a  day  and  night.  A 
reception  was  given  her  in  the  afternoon,  and 
at  night  she  lectured  at  Lander  College  and 
showed  stereopticon  views  for  the  benefit  of 
Tomassee.     The  sum   of   $50  was   realized. 

The  22nd  of  February  being  the  birthday  of 
our  sister  Chapter,  "  Star  Fort,"  the  Kosci- 
uszko Chapter  did  not  celebrate  it  in  any  way. 
The  regular  monthly  meeting  was  made  a 
social  one,  however,  and  was  much  enjoyed 
with  music,  readings  and  deliglitful  refresh- 
ments. 

At  various  times  during  the  year  the  Chap- 
ter furnished  dinners  and  luncheons  to  differ- 
ent organizations ;  sold  refreshments  at  the 
annual  County  Fair,  and  devised  other  ways 
of  replenishing  the  treasury.  It  was  thereby 
enabled  to  contribute  to  the   following  causes : 

Book  cases  for  Tomassee.  $1  ;  to  Mr.  Lan- 
drum  for  flag  stories.  $1  ;  S.  C.  room  at  Con- 
tinental Hall,  $4.50;  Manual  for  Immigrants, 
$14.50;  Tomassee  Contingent  fee.  $.50;  Tom- 
assee Scholarship,  $50;  Tomassee  foundership. 
$100;  Georgetown  School,  $35;  restoration  of 
French  Village,  Btlleau,  $5;  Lander  Scholar- 
ship. $75;  Near  East  Relief,  $15;  various  local 
charities,  $85.55. 

Our  Victory  Bond  was  .^old,  and  the  pro- 
ceeds, $52.00,  given  to  Tomassee. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  look  up  old 
wills,   inscriptions  and  dates   on  ancient  tomb- 


stones, etc.  The  historian  was  made  chairman 
of  that  committee.  She  has  visited  several 
old  graveyards  and  the  old  historic  church  at 
Cedar  Springs,  at  which  place  she  located  the 
graves  of  two  soldiers  of  the  Revolution.  They 
are  as  follows :  James  Frazier,  who  fought 
for  his  country  nearly  a  year  under  Gen. 
Green ;  and  James  Devlin,  "  Who  fought  under 
Col.  Moultrie  on  Sullivans  Island  at  the 
defeat  of  Sir  Peter  Parker,  and  saw  Sergeant 
Jasper  replace  the  flag  amidst  the  thunder  of 
the  British  gims." 

Our  Chapter  was  represented  in  the  National 
Convention  at  Washington  by  its  regent,  Mrs. 
J.  T.  McLees,  and  an  interesting  report  was 
given  by  her.  The  last  monthly  meeting  in 
June  was  a  social  one,  on  the  beautiful 
grounds  of  the  Power  House,  and  was  enjoyed 
by   all   present. 

The  Chapter  now  looks  forward  with  re- 
newed zeal  and  inlcrest  to  amilher  year  of 
useful,  harmonious  work  for  our  beloved  coun- 
try   and   her    citizerjs. 

Mks.    T.   P.    McKkm  AH. 

Ifhinri.ni. 

Sabra  Trumbull  Chapter,  '  Kockville, 
Cnnn.).  There  liave  been  eight  regular  meet- 
ings held  during  the  year,  with  an  average 
attendance  of  twenty-seven.  The  October 
meeting  was  held  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  F.  T. 
Maxwell.  The  Chapter  voted  the  following 
expenditures :  $50  to  the  Springfield  Inter- 
national College;  $15  to  the  school  at 
Tomassee.  It  was  voted  that  the  interest  from 
the  thousand  dollars  recently  left  the  Chapter 
by  Mrs.  Prescott  be  used  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  the  delegates  to  the  annual  Congress 
at  Washington.  Dr.  J.  Milton  Cobnrn  of 
Norwalk,  entertained  with  original  stories  of 
Colonial   life. 

The  November  meeting  was  held  with  Mrs. 
Charles  Allen.  It  was  voted  that  the  Chapter 
give  $10  towards  the  printing  of  a  poem  for 
the  Unbound  Anthology.  Miss  Harriet  Marsh, 
State  Historian,  was  the  speaker,  taking  for 
her  subject  "  Keeping  Faith  in  Connecticut." 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Waite  sang  several  solos.  The 
December  meeting  was  held  with  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Howell.  Mrs.  Maxwell  reported  that  $55 
had  been  made  on  a  recent  food  sale.  The 
Chapter  voted  to  accept  Mrs.  David  Sykes  as 
a  member. 

Mrs.  Metcalf  sang.  Miss  Hicke\-,  Field 
.\gcnt  in  charge  of  the  Teachers'  Training 
Department  of  Americanization  of  the  Stale 
Board  of  Education  spoke  on  "  Connecticufs 
Problem  of  Assimilating  the  Immigrant." 
Abbie  B.  Ide, 
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ANSWERS 

4486.  Rogers.— Wm  Rogers  b  l/SO  d  1873, 
mar  Martha  Thompson,  their  chil  were  VYm. 
mar  —  Clark  ;  Cynthia  mar  Anderson  Mason  ; 
Nancy  mar  —  Stephens  ;  Eliz.  mar  —  Burr  ; 
Jane;  John.  Cynthia  Rogers  b  30  Apr.  1809 
d  1847  mar  26  Aug.  1826  Anderson  Mason, 
their  chil  were  James  N. ;  VYm.  Russell ;  Mar- 
tha Ann  mar  John  Kurtz;  Andrew  J.;  Arch 
McCracken;  Thos.  J.;  Rufus  A.;  Lu  Owen; 
Cynthia  M.— Mr.?.  /.  /i'.  Kurt::.  30,S  S.  Ave 
East.      Washington,    lnwa. 

10572.  EsKRiriGF,. —  George  Eskridgc  mar  abt 
1745  Hannah  Damonville  &  their  son  Geo.  b 
in  Westmoreland  Co.,  Va.  was  in  Rev.  serving 
as  soldier,  Orderly-Sergeant  &  Commissary 
under  Capt.  Burgess  Ball  &  Col.  Parker,  Va, 
troops  on  the  Continental  Establishment  three 
years.  Later  was  Lieutenant  &  at  the  battles 
of  Cowpens  &  Guilford,  also  at  the  defeat  of 
Cornwallis.  He  mar  abt  1781  Frances  Kenner 
&  had  chil  Wm.  Kenner  Eskridge  b  10  Dec. 
1782  &  Molley  Kenner  b  15  Dec.  1783.  After 
the  death  of  Frances,  George  Eskridge  mar 
17  Feb.  1792  Eliz.  Robinson  of  Prince  Wil- 
liam Co.,  Va  (This  data  is  on  the  marriage 
license)  in  1811  they  moved  to  Ky,  where  he 
d  in  Grayson  Co.  18  Aug.  1827.  His  widow 
d  21  July  1844.  Their  chil  were  Nancy  Nash 
Eskridge  b  IS  Dec.  1792  mar  Elias  Porter; 
Eliz.  b  16  Oct.  1794  mar  Wm.  Fentress; 
Alfred  b  Nov.  1795;  Nathaniel  Robinson  b  21 
Mch.  1798  mar  — Curd;  Eliza  b  11  April  1800 
mar  Samuel  Wilson ;  Joseph  Wilson  b  2  Feb. 
1802  mar  abt  1821  Frances  'Robinson,  he  d 
abt  1864,  had  son  Elija  R.  Eskridge ;  John  b 
2  Dec.  1804  mar  Subrina  Swader ;  Henry  b  2 
Dec.  1807  mar  his  sister-in-law,  Frances  Rob- 

626 


inson  Eskridge;  George  Henry  b  14  May  1810 
mar  — Chambliss;  Elija  mar  Eliz.  Taylor. 
Lieut  Geo.  Eskridge  had  an  older  bro.  Wm. 
who  was  an  officer  in  the  Rev.  &  who  mar. 
Eliz.  Scott  of  Winchester,  Va.  Ref :  Pension 
Ollice  Records,  Co.  Rec.  &  family  letters.— 
Mrs.  H.  L.  West.  2659  Conn.  Ave.  Washing- 
Ion,   D.   C. 

10574.  Harrison.— Charles  Harrison,  bro. 
of  Benj.,  The  Signer,  was  a  Brig.  Gen.  in  the 
Rev.  He  mar.  Mary,  dau  of  Augustine  & 
Mary  Herbert  Claiborne,  in  1761  when  she 
was  16  &  he  19  years  old.  He  d  1796.  Their 
chil  were  Chas.,  Augustine,  Mary  Herbert, 
Anne  Carter,  Benj.,  Henry,  &  Eliz.  Randolph. 
He  desc.  in  ({irect  line  from  the  immigrant 
Benj.  Harrison  &  his  w  Hannah  Churchill. — 
Mrs.  C.  L.  Crcer.  1401  Linden  St.,  Pine  Bluff, 
Ark. 

Orton.— Thomas  Orton  b  1709  in  Farming- 
ton  mar  there  18  June  1730  Eliz  Sedgwick  of 
same  town.  He  removed  to  Tyringham,  Mass. 
being  one  of  the  first  settlers  &  the  first 
elected  Deacon  of  the  church  of  that  town. 
His  w  Eliz.  d  16  May  1738.  Their  chil  were 
Roger  b  11  Mch.  1731;  Eliz.  b  8  Nov.  1732; 
Thos.  b  1734;  Anna  b  8  May  1736;  David  b 
1737;  Esther  12  May  1738.  Deacon  Thos. 
Orton  mar  2nd  Hepzibah  Buel  &  their  chil 
were  Roger  b  1740  &  Margaret  b  1742.  He 
d  1780  in  Tyringham.  He  is  designated  as 
Sergeant  Thos.  Orton  in  the  rec.  of  his  2nd 
marriage.— M/-J.  Lester  Orton.  Adel.,   Iowa. 

10762.  Whiti^Rogees.—  Capt.  Joseph  White 
was  the  oldest  son  of  Thos.  White  who  came 
to  Weymouth,  Mass.  abt  1624  &  was  not 
therefore  of  Mayflower  desc.  Capt.  Joseph 
was  b  in  Weymouth  abt  1640  mar  9  Sept.  1660 


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627 


Lydia,  dan.  of  John  Rogers  pioneer  deacon  & 
leading  citizen  of  Weymonth  who  d  23  ^Mch. 
1706.  Lydia  Rogers  White  d  8  May  1727. 
Capt  Joseph  White  set.  in  Mendon  1663  & 
was  formally  accepted  on  the  list  of  ten  men 
from  Weymouth  &  thirteen  men  from  Brain- 
tree  who  constituted  the  1st  settlers  of  Men- 
don. He  held  many  offices  &  served  on  special 
committees  of  the  town — Mrs.  James  Bcatlic. 
385   Edgewood  Ave.,  Akron,  Ohio. 

10778.  Thompson. —  Rev.  John  Thompson, 
Presbyterian  minister  &  member  of  Donegal 
Church  came  from  Penna.  1751  &  visited  ap- 
plicants with  whom  he  had  been  in  correspond- 
ence, making  arrangements  with  two  young 
men  to  return  wnth  him  to  Penna.  &  commence 
their  studies  for  the  ministry.  The  men  re- 
linquished their  design  to  study  &  Mr.  Thomp- 
son set.  in  Rowan  Co.,  N.  Car.  nr  Center 
Church  1751.  He  was  preaching  in  Mecklen- 
burg Co.,  1752.  His  dau  Hannah  married 
Roger  Lawson,  1715-1803,  a  Rev.  soldier  who 
after  the  War  rec'd  a  land  grant  in  Washin.g- 
ton  Co.,  Ga.  for  services.  A  deed  is  of  record 
in  Rowan  Co.,  N.  C.  Made  by  Roger  Lawson 
&  his  w  Hannah  1756  in  which  the  land  con- 
veyed is  described  as  belonging  to  Rev.  John 
Thompson.  The  chil  of  Roger  &  Hannah 
Lawson  were  Hugh  b  1755  d  1802;  John  d 
1816;  Roger  d  ISOl  ;  Wni. ;  Andrew  b  17e8  d 
\822.—  Miss  Loidsc  Irv'.n.  13':^  X.  Harris  St., 
Sandersville,    Ga. 

10781.  Steer.— The  parents  of  Ruth  Steer  b 
1747,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  were  Joseph  &  Grace 
Edgerton  Steer  who  came  from  Ireland. — 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Mayficld.  Bo.x  No.  273,  Lexing- 
ton, Mo. 

10830.  Pickett.— Adam  Pickett  mar  Han- 
nah Wetherell,  their  chil  were  Adam  b  1681 
d  1709;  John  b  1695.  Hannah  Wetherell  was 
the  daughter  of  Daniel  Wetherell  b  29  Nov. 
1630  d  14  April  1719  mar  Grace  Brewster  4 
Aug  1650.  Their  chil  were  Hannah  b  21  Mch 
1659  mar  Adam  Picket;  Mary  b  7  Oct.  1668 
mar  1st  Thomas  Harris,  2nd  Geo.  Denison ; 
Daniel  b  26  Jan  1670  d  young;  Samuel  bapt. 
19  Oct.  1679.  Ref;  p  363,  Caulkin's  History 
of  New  London  County,  see  also  p.  286. — 
Afiss  Alice  S.  Rogers.  109  Truman  St.,  New 
London,   Ct. 

10833.  SHERWoon.— Thos.  Sherwood  Sr. 
emig.  in  the  ship  "  Frances "  from  Ipswich 
1634,  with  his  w  Alice  &  chil.  Their  son  Thos 
Sherwood  h  1624  mar  Ann,  dau  of  Benj. 
Turner,  and  their  dau  Hannah  Sherwood  mar 
John  Bradley  b  1664  d  1703.  This  branch  of 
the  family  descends  thru  the  Bradleys.—  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Congdon.  28  Centre  St..  Fort  Plain, 
N.  Y. 


11490.  C.NLHou.x.- Chil  of  Patrick  &  Mar- 
tha Caldwell  Calhoun  were  Catharine  who  mar 
M.  Waddell;  Wm  &  Patrick  who  both  mar 
Miss  De  Graffenreid  daughters  of  Count  & 
Countess  De  Graffenreid;  James  who  mar. — 
Martin ;  &•  John  who  mar.  Miss  Calhoun,  a 
cousin.—  //.  L.  Whitney.  Hotel  Wisconsin, 
Milwaukee.    Wis. 

11532a.  F.\iRii,\.\KS. —  In  Fairbanks  Gene- 
alogy comp  by  L.  S.  Fairbanks,  p  80,  you  will 
find  Freelove  b  25  May  1734,  was  living  in 
Franklin,  Mass.  when  her  mother's  w^ill  was 
made  &  at  that  time  was  unmarried.  She  was 
the  dau.  of  John  Fairbanks  b  28  Feb.  1706  in 
Wrentham,  Mass  d  19  May  1754,  Wrentham 
mar  30  July  1729  Jane,  daughter  of  Michael 
&  Jeanne  VV'ight  Ware,  who  d  17  "june  1788. 
Chil  of  John  &  Jane  Ware  Fairbanks  were 
Asa  B  30  May  1731  mar  Sarah  Pond;  Free- 
love  b  25  May  1734;  Melicent  b  31  Aug  1736 
d  7  Sept,  1745;  Billing  b  19  Nov.  1740  d  8 
Sept  1745;  Olive  b  28  Dec.  1745  mar  Jonathan 
Wales.  John  Fairbanks,  served  in  the  early 
Colonial  Wars  (Appendix,  Fairbanks  Gene- 
alogy.) He  was  the  son  of  lohn  \',  lohn  IV, 
John  HI,  John  H,  Jonathan  \.—  Mrs.  Mihu-  H. 
ftrei'i^'iilee.  5  .-\lnia  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, 

10405.  Brownson. —  There  were  in  1794 
very  few  people  in  Susquehanna  Co,  I'a.  An 
Isaac  Brownson  in  that  year  made  a  settle- 
ment in  what  is  now  Rush  Twp,  on  the  north 
branch  of  Wyalusing  Creek.  He  had  a  son 
Elisha,  who  lived  over  the  line  in  Bradford 
Co.  &  a  son  John  who  lived  nr  his  father. 
Most  of  the  settlers  in  this  vicinity  were  from 
Conn,  In  the  1790  Census  there  were  two 
Isaac  Brownsons  in  Conn.,  one  of  whom  may 
have  removed  in  1794  to  Penna. —  Frank  B. 
Lamb.  33  Main  St.,  Westfield,  N.  Y. 

10384.  Cl.ark.— Marv  Reynolds  b  1768  d 
1817  mar  1789  Joseph  Clarice  b  1767  d  1804. 
Mary  was  b  Washington  Co.,  Md  d  Augusta 
Co.,  Va.  res.  of  Clarks  not  known.  Their 
chil  were  Margaret  b  17^4  d  1869  mar.  1813 
James  M.  Brown ;  Wm  mar  Sarah  Hanes- 
barger;  Eliz.  1802-1875  mar  1825  Rev.  John 
Hitt;  Jane  unmar.  d  in  O. ;  Frances  18(M-1880 
mar  1826  J.'hn  Anderson;  Joseph  d  L'rbana, 
O.  mar.  Eliz.  Dennis.  Chil  of  W'm  &  Sarah 
Hanesbarger  were  Jane  mar  Barnett  Aughin- 
baugh ;  Julia,  Lewis  H.,  Josephine  mar  Chas. 
Bretncy;  Mary  E.  mar  Wm.  R.  Hitt.  Maj. 
lohn  Reynolds  mar  Mary  Waltz  &  their  chil 
were  Wm.  mar  Christiana  Boullt ;  Caroline 
mar  Geo.  Peters;  Eliz.  mar  1824  Samuel 
Clark;  Susan  &  Robert.  John  mar  Miss 
Crook.  John  Reynolds  mar  Elizabeth  McKee 
&    their    chil    were    John    d    1779    mar    Mar- 


628 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTIOX  MAGAZINE 


gret  Smith;  Eliz.  d  1806  mar  Thomas  Smith; 
Joseph   b    1747   mar    Sarah   Smith   &   lived   in 

O. ;      Frances,      Anna     mar     • McKain ; 

Rebecca  mar  McCracken ;  Margaret  mar 

David    Osborn ;     Mary    mar    Lemmon ; 

Bridget.  These  Clarks  &  Reynolds  were  resi- 
dents of  Ohio  and  Maryland. —  Mrs.  Edith  P. 
Head,    1629   Garden    St.,    Santa    Barbara,    Cal. 

QUERIES 

11628.  Bunnell. —  Wanted  ancestry  of 
Stephen  Bunnell,  vv  Mary,  ch :  Rhoda,  Mary, 
James,  Stephen,  Jonas,  David,  Nathaniel 
Stephen  Sr.,  b  in  N.  J.;  came  to  Ky  in  1788, 
then  to  Ohio  in  1810,  and  d  \N'arr€n  Co.,  1812. 
Did  he  serve  in  the  Revolution? 

(a)  Lern. —  John  Lern,  w  Caterina;  ch 
George,  John,  Jacob,  Andreas,  Peter,  Adam, 
Rachel,  Caterina,  Rebecca,  and  Sara,  will 
probated  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  1781.  Wanted 
name  of  the  second  s  John's  w;  also  dates  of 
b  &  d  of  John.  Were  his  ch  George,  Joseph, 
Jacob,   Catherine,  and  Rachel  ? 

(b)  Miller. —  Frederick  Miller  of  Hamil- 
ton, Twp,  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  left  a  will 
naming  w  Dorothy ;  ch  Jacob,  John.  Henry, 
Frederick,  Abraham,  Catherine,  Elizalieth  and 
Mary.  In  the  will  he  mentions  a  "  beloved 
first  wife,"  and  wishes  to  be  bur  beside  her 
on  his  farm  in  Hamilton  Township.  What 
was  her  name?  Any  iiif  about  her  gratefully 
received. 

(c)  Flick-Gerl/\ch. —  Paul  Flick  had  sons, 
born  Moore  Twp.,  Northampton  Co.,  Pa. 
Casper,  Paul  &  Martin.  Was  there  a  dan 
Maria?  Also,  is  the  will  of  Paul  Flick,  pro- 
bated 1825,  Easton,  Pa.,  ch :  Casper,  Paul, 
Philip.  Anna,  Maria,  Susana  Elizabeth,  Sary, 
Gertraut,  that  of  the  Gerlach  Paul,  or  his  s 
Paul?— F.  H.  C. 

11629.  Larrison. —  Wanted  dates  of  b,  m 
and  d  of  Joseph  Larrison,  Jr ,  who  served  in 
the  Rev  from  New  Hampshire.  Also  name  of 
his  w.  An  early  family  lived  in  Indiana, 
moving  to  Tennessee  nr  Athens.  Children 
were:  Hannah  (who  m  James  Oakes  and 
moved  to  Mississippi),  James  (whose  desc 
live  in  111.)   Peter,  and  Katie  —  B.  E.  E. 

11630.  NoRTHCROSs. —  Thomas  Northcross  b 
abt  1767,  m  abt  1797,  Hester  McGlamory 
(Meglemery,  Maglemory,  McLemore,  etc.) 
and  lived  nr  Petersburg,  Sussex  Co.,  Va. 
Came  to  Miss,  where  he  d  1825.  Had  sis 
Susamia,  and  bros  William  and  Frederick. 
Family  originally  from  Sussex,  England. 
Because  of  characteristic  names  Richard, 
Nathaniel,  Susanna,  as  well  as  professions, 
thought  to  be  same  as  Norcross  of  Watertown, 
Conn.     Northern   and   Nclms   appear   as   given 


names    in   our    fam    hence    think    m    into    the 
Northern  and  Nelms  fam  while  in  Va. 

Wanted,  (a)  Virginia  gen  of  Northcross 
and  McGlamory  families,  with  proof  of  ser 
in  Rev.  (b)  dales  for  Matt  McGlamory  (and 
dau)  of  Greenbrier  Co.,  Va.,  whose  dau  is 
■thought  to  have  m  Thomas  s  of  John  Norcut 
same  Co.  Proof  of  s  in  Rev.  (c)  Names  of 
ch  of  Asa  Norcross,  b  1740,  who  m  1st,  Eliz- 
abeth Greenwood ;  and  2nd,  Elizabeth  Fair- 
banks, residing  in  Dublin.  N.  H.,  and  Hollis- 
ter,  Mass.  (d)  Names  of  ch  of  Nehemiah 
Norcross  who  m  1763,  Ruth  . —  R.  N.  C. 

11631.  Perkins. —  Wanted,  place  and  date 
of  d  of  the  following  members  of  the  Perkins 
fam,  names  of  ch  and  of  any  desc:  Barnabas 
Perkins,  mariner,  s  of  David  and  Fear  (Can- 
edy)  Perkins  of  Taunton,  was  of  New  Bed- 
ford, in  1801,  and  of  Fairhaven,  1821  ;  David 
Perkins,  Jr.,  his  bro,  b  aft  1770,  was  of 
Rochester,"  in  1801,  of  Fairhaven,  1832.  His 
w  was  Lucy  Ross,  who  had  a  sis  Mary  Ray- 
mond of  Fairhaven,  and  bro  Joseph  Ross  of 
Weymouth ;  John  Perkins,  s  of  David  and 
Alice  (Leach  b  Bridgewater,  1746,  was  of 
Barre,  1775,  taken  prisoner  at  Bunker  Hill; 
m  Sarah  White  at  Hardwick,  July  23,  1777; 
was  of  Oakham  in  1779  and  1786;  Robert 
Perkins,  b  Bridgewater,  1750,  of  Rutland, 
1776,  when  he  m  Silence  Leach  at  Pelham, 
of  Barre,  1777;  Asa  Perkins,  b-  Bridgewater, 
1754,  of  Oakham,  1779  and  1780,  of  Ludlow, 
1790  and  1795.     Who  was  his  w? 

(a)  ScRiBNER. —  Who  was  Mary,  w  of  Zac- 
cheus  Scribner  of  Norwalk  and  Wilton,  Conn  , 
m  abt  1745?  She  d  at  Ballson.  N.  Y.,  Octo- 
ber, 1808,  aged  87.  W^as  she  Mary,  dau  of 
William  Edwards  of  Norwalk  and  Stratfield, 
or  was  she  from  Long  Island? 

(b)  Norton-Lewis. —  Who  were  the  par- 
ents and  ances  of  Ruth  Norton,  who  m  Ben- 
jamin Lewis  of  Swansea,  Mass.,  Aug.  22, 
17.54? 

(c)  Mathewson. —  Who  was  the  w  of 
Israel  Mathewson,  who  lived  at  the  northeast 
side  of  Moswansicut  Pond.  Johnston,  R.  I.? 
He  was  b  Jan.  3,  1708.  sold  his  farm  in  John- 
ston in  1776,  and  in  1790  was  perhaps  living 
with  his  s  John.  He  had  at  least  4  sons ; 
William,  b  Sept.  1745,  Rev  sol,  m  Tabitha 
Chaffe,  1780  at  Woodstock,  Conn.,  and  d  Jan. 
1.  1835  at  Lisle  N.  Y. ;  Israel,  m  1773  Lydia 
Saunders,  removed  to  Woodstock ;  John,  of 
Scituate  in  1790;  David  b  Mav,  1760,  removed 
to  Hartwick.   N.  Y.,  abt   1796  — J.  C.  P. 

11632.  Apams-Danforth. —  Wanted  gen  of 
Joseph  Adams  of  Pomfret  &  of  his  w  Mary 
Danforth.  Their  dau.  Ruth  Adams  mar  at 
Brooklyn,     Conn.,    28    Dec.     1756,    Nehemiah 


GEXEALOGICAL  DEPARTMEXT 


629 


Bacon  of  Pom  fret,  Conn.,  a  Rev  soldier  & 
Pensioner.  Pension  Rec.  states  Ruth  was  84 
yrs  old  in   1820.— K.  J.  B. 

11633.  Paschal.  -Wanted  parentage  of 
Silas  Paschal  &  of  his  w  Winnie.  Their  chil 
were  Anderson,  Patsy  &  Samuel  who  mar 
Mary  Ballote  &  had  chil  James  Wade,  Bar- 
thena,  Wm.  James  Wade  Paschal  mar  Ade- 
laide Smith  in  New  Middleton.  Tenn.,  1852. 
This  branch  of  the  Paschal  fam.  moved  from 
the  Carolinas  to  Smith  Co.,  Tenn.  Was  there 
Rev.  rec  in  this  line?  Wanted  also  Rev.  ances 
of  Mary  Ballote,  her  mother  was  a  Gill. 

(a)  Hkaton. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Polly 
Heaton  b  25  Feb.  1778,  d  2  Sept.  1851,  in  New 
Middleton,  Tenn.,  mar  Wm.  Smith,  1  Jan. 
1795,  in  Davidson  Co.,  Tenn.  Their  son 
Josiah  Ramsey  Smith  mar.  1826,  Barthcna 
Cloud.  Did  Polly  Heaton's  father  have  Rev. 
rec? 

(b)  Mader.\. — Wanted  ances  of  Chas. 
:Madera  who  moved  from  Va.  to  Iowa  1835, 
mar  in  Iowa  Rebecca  Parriott  Wilson.  Their 
chil  were  Susan,  Edgar,  Shepard,  Fred, 
George  Dennis.  Should  like  to  correspond 
with  desc  of  this  family. 

(c)  Turner-McQuillan. —  Wanted  Rev. 
rec,  with  dates  of  b,  m  &  d  of  Thomas  Turner 
of  Va.  Also  parentage  of  his  w  Mary 
McQuillan,  b  1757,  d  4  Nov.  1834.  Did  her 
father  have  Rev.  rec.  ? —  F.  M.  M. 

11634.  Williams. —  Wanted  maiden  n  of  w. 
place  &  date  of  mar.  of  Rev  Henry,  son  of 
Henry  &  Abigail  Avery  Williams,  who  was 
b  at  Stonington,  Conn.  21  Nov.  1745,  d  Lev- 
erett,  Mass.,  27  Nov.  1811.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Guilford,  Vt. 

1778  &  at  Leverett  1784.— A.   B.   S. 

11635.  Brown. —  Wanted  parentage  &  Rev. 
rec    of    father    of    Hannah    Brown    who    mar 

1779  Henry  Penny  (Rev.  sol.).  Was  she  a 
desc  of  Thos.  Brown,  Jr.  &  his  w  Hannah 
Collins  who  were  mar  1677? 

(a)  Bell. —  Wanted  ances.  of  Ebenezer  Bell 
&  of  his  w  Eliz.,  whose  s  John  Bell  was  b 
16  Dec.  1806  in  Delaware.  \N'as  there  Rev. 
rec.  in  either  line? 

(b)  HowoRTH-CoppocK. —  Moses  Coppock 
mar  Martha  Scurs  in  Scarburgh,  Eng.,  &  their 
son  Aaron  Coppock  b  19  Aug.  1662,  d  10  Aug. 
1726,  mar  Miriam  While.  Both  are  buried 
in  Friends  Burial  Ground,  Nottingham,  Pa. 
Their  son  John  Coppock  mar  Abbygal  Skil- 
lern  &  their  dau.  Ann  b  18  Mar.  1781,  mar 
James  Haworth  b  Feb.  1775  in  N.  Car._  Was 
there  Rev.  rec.  in  any  of  these  lines?— 
H.   B.   E. 

11636.  Annible.— Wanted  gen  &  Rev.  rec. 
of    Ebenezer    Annible   who   d   at   Bridgewater. 


Mich.  Probably  enlisted  or  born  in  Onon- 
dago  Co.,  N.  Y.  Wanted  name  of  w  &  date 
of  mar.  He  is  supposed  to  have  had  a  son 
who  mar  Louisa  French  &  their  dau  mar 
John  Mills.  Wanted  any  information  of  this 
family.— N.   R.   J. 

11637.  RoSEBERRV. —  Wanted  any  informa- 
tion of  Alex.  Roseberry  who  mar  a  Miss 
McConncl,  &  of  his  son  Isaac,  who  moved 
from  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.  to  Ky.  When  did 
they   come   to   Cumberland   Co.,    Pa.  ? —  N.   M. 

11638.  Jones. —  Rev.  Emanuel,  son  of  John 
Jones  of  Anglesea,  was  licensed  for  Va.  28 
May,  1700.  He  had  three  sons  John,  Rev. 
Emanuel,  Jr.  &  Richard.  Rev.  Emanuel,  Jr. 
mar  Miss  Macon  of  New  Kent  &  had  Eman- 
uel Macon  Jones.  Richard  mar  Anne  Sim- 
mons &  had  Emanuel  who  mar  Mary  Booth, 
who  had  son  Richard  who  mar  Martha 
Throckmorton.  Information  desired  of  the 
son  John,  dates  of  b,  m  &  d  &  names  of  w 
&  chil.— F.   E.   E. 

11639.  Gibbons. —  Wanted  ances  of  Thomas 
Gibbons   d   York    Co.,   Va.    1696   &   of    his   w 

Mary d  there  1697.     Also  ances  of  the  2nd 

w  of  their  son  Thomas,  sheriiT  of  York  d 
1706,  his  wife  was  Sarah  Conier.  Wanted 
also  ances  of  Anne  Eppes,  w  of  John's  son 
Thos.  b  17,14  in  York  mar  in  Sussex  d  1809 
Hawkins  Co.,  Tenn.  Did  Thomas  Gibbons  b 
1 734  have  Rev.  rec.  ? 

(a)  Chisholm. —  Wanted  ances  of  John 
Cliisholm  of  Amelia  Co.,  \'a.  later  of  Hali- 
fax, &  of  his  wm  whom  he  m  bef  1743, 
Eleanor,  dau  of  Nicholas  Gillington  &  names 
of  all  their  chil.  Did  their  son  Elijah  who 
d  1818  in  White  Co.  Tenn.  have  Rev.  rec.?— 
E.  T.  C. 

11640.  Mitchell-Stuart. —  Martha  Mitchell 
b  nr  Bristol,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  19  April  1777 
m  29  Sept.  1796  James  Stuart  of  Phila.  d 
21  Feb.  1842.  She  was  an  Episcopalian  but 
aft  her  mar.  she  became  Presbyterian  & 
belonged  to  "Old  Pine  St.  Presby.  Ch "  in 
Phila.  Wanted  her  parentage  &  any  data  con- 
cerning her  fam.  Was  there  Col.  or  Rev. 
service  in  her  line?  I  have  this  note  on  the 
Mitchell  line  but  cannot  connect  it  up.  In 
1690  Col.  Mitchell  was  a  commander  in  the 
Battle  of  Boyne  under  King  William  of 
Orange.  His  desc.  Andrew  &  David  Mitchell 
came  to  Amer.  with  Alex,  Mebane,  John 
Anderson,  Margaret  Moore  &  her  dau,  Ann, 
early  in  1700  &  they  all  set.  in  Lancaster  Co., 
Pa.  They  came  from  the  Scotch-Irish  col- 
ony in  Ulster,  Ireland.— .-V.  D.  R.  K. 

11641.  Lamb-Ray.— Wanted  gen,  dates  & 
proof  of  Rev.  rec.  of  father  of  Mary  Lamb 
b  abt  1775  d  in  S.  Car.  nr  Spartansburg.  bur- 


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ied  in  "  Old  Padgett's  Creek  Cemetery "  mar 
abt  1800  Hosea  Ray  b  abt  1774,  res.  Union 
Co.,  S.  C.  He  had  bros  VVm. ;  Thos.  &  Eli- 
jah, Baptist  ministers;  &  sis.  Sarah.  His 
father  known  to  have  served  in  Rev.  but  lack 
proof  &  his  given  name.  Wanted  gen  &  all 
information    of   this    family  —  M.    K.    A. 

11642.  Craic-Adams. —  Wm.  Wallace  Craig, 
res.  Madrid  Bend,  Ky-Tenn.  mar  1st  17  May 
1832  Mary  Bloys  who  d  1752.  He  mar  2nd 
14  Oct.  1853  Nancy  Caroline  Adams  b  11 
June  1826.     Wanted  gen  of  each. 

(a)  Hopkins. —  Wanted  birthplace  of  Elias 
Hopkins  who  d  in  Pittsford,  Vt.  1893,  also 
information  of  his  son  Daniel  who  m  Patience 
&  removed  to  N.  Y.  &  later  to  Ontario. 

(b)  Salter. — Wanted  b,  m  &  d  of  Mary 
Salter,  w  of  Gershom  Beach,  res.  Morristown. 
N.  J.  prob  m  there  1850.  res.  Rutland,  Vt.  dur- 
ing Rev.  from  which  place  he  served. 

(c)  Sage. —  Wanted  maiden  n  of  \v  of  Allen 
Sage,  Jr.  who  served  from  Mt.  Washington, 
Mass.  removed  to  East  Bloomfield,  N.  Y. 
1790,  &  1797  to  Canada. 

(d)  Lawrence. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Levi 
Lawrence,  who  served  in  Rev.  in  Vt.  &  N. 
Y.  &  who  lived  in  Oxford  Co.,  Ontario,  1795. 

(e)  Smith. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Phebe 
Smith  b  18  Sept.  1748,  m  1766  James  Burdick 
&  lived  on  boundary  bet  Mass.  &  Vt.  where 
he  had  a  grist  mill  &  ferry. 

(f)  Allen. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Mary 
Allen  of  Mil  ford.  Conn,  who  m  5  Feb.  1723/4 
Benoni  Sage  of  Middletown,  Conn.-^  C.  M.  B. 

11643.  Dill.\rd-Garrett. —  Wanted  parent- 
age, gen  data'&  proof  of  ser.  of  father  of 
Priscella  Dillard  b  7  Feb.  1783  in  Laurens 
Co.,  S.  C.  d  24  Oct.  1857  in  Miss,  had  bros. 
John  &  Joseph.  She  m  abt  1800  Joseph  Gar- 
rett b  8  Jan.  1775,  Laurens  Co.,  S.  C.  d  27 
May,  1849  in  Miss.  Wanted  his  gen  also. 
His  father  d  when  he  was  8  yrs  old  &  he  was 
reared  by  fam  of  another  name.  Mary  Gar- 
rett, dau,  of  Joseph  mar  Ambrose  Ray,  Bap- 
tist mini^ster  of  Spartansburg,  S.  C.  Wanted 
all  information  possible  of  these  families. — 
M.   R.   J. 

11644.  Wheatley  -  Poe  -  Smith  -  Whitting- 
TON  -  Doran  -  LowRY. —  Would    like    to    corres. 


with  anyone  interested  in  these  families.  Jos. 
Wheatley  m  bef  1784  Polly  Poe  &  lived  in 
Wilkes  Co.,  N.  C,  aft  1790.  Is  there  Rev. 
rec  in  either  line?  Jarvis  Smith  set.  in  Wilkes 
Co.,  1778  m  Nancy  Whittingham.  He  &  sev- 
eral bros.  all  of  whom  had  iron  bloomeries 
along  the  Yadkin  River  are  said  to  have  ser. 
at  Kings  Mountain.  Desire  proof.  Alex. 
Doran  of  Wasli.  Co.,  Va.,  served  under  Col. 
Campbell  at  Kings  Mt.  m  Eliz.  Lowry. 
Wanted  her   parentage. 

(a)  Dickinson. —  Joseph  Dickinson  b  13 
Apr.  1745  m  Eliz.  —  b  16  June  1749.  Their 
chil  Tohn  b  3  Feb.  1772;  Mary  b  2  Dec. 
1774;  James  b  30  Apr.  1776;  Daniel  b  2  Dec. 
1778;  name  unknown  b  1783/5;  Eliz.  b  10 
Sept  1788  mar  Nathaniel  Purdy  of  Ulster 
Co.,  N.  Y.  1809;  Joseph  b  24  May  1790;  Cat- 
trien  b  20  July  1792;  Fanny  b  20  July  1792. 
Fam.  lived  in  Ulster  or  Orange  Cos  during 
Rev.  Wanted  Rev.  rec.  of  Joseph  Dickinson. 
Would   like  to  corres.  with  desc.  of  this   fam. 

—  L.   G. 

11645.  Brooke- BoYER. —  Wanted  parentage 
&  Rev.  rec.  of  f  of  Chas.  Brooke,  the  father 
of  Mark  Brooke  b  1791  d  1849  mar  Mary, 
dau.  of  John  &  Eliz.  Boyer  Koons,  17  Oct. 
1815.  Their  chil  were  Isaac  1817-1819;  Tames 
1818-1870;  [erred  E.  1820-1911;  Mariah, 
1823-1867;  John  Koons,  1826-1885;  Eliz.  Ann, 
1828-1S44;  Mary,  1830-1903;  Jesse,  1832- 
1833;  Keim  K.,  1835-1907.  Wanted  also  Rev. 
gen.   of   John   Koons. —  J.  T.   B. 

11646.  Beatty. —  Wanted  any  information 
of  Eliz.  w  of  Wm.  Beatty.  They  set  on  the 
Monocacy  River,  Md  1730.  Their  son  Wm. 
b  1739  mar.  Mary  Dorothea  Grosh  b  1739,  & 
their  9th  ch.  was  named  Otho  Holland  Beatty. 

—  B.  P.  F. 

11647.  Templeto.n. —  Wanted  parentage  of 
Hannah  Templeton  who  m  Andrew  Farley,  a 
Rev.  Capt.  from  Wash.  Co.,  Pa ,  or  Wheel- 
ing W.  Va. 

(a)  Neal. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Jane 
Neal  who  m  Alex.  Harrah  abt  1800  at  Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

(b)  Walton. —  \\^anted  parentage  of  Mil- 
dred Walton  who  mar.  John  Crain  abt  1772, 
prol).  in  Georgia. —  S.   B.  H. 


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1923-1924 

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Vice  Presidents  General 

(Term    of    office   expires    1924) 
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6017  Enright  Ave.,  St.  Louis,   Mo.  Lexington,  Ky. 

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606  N.  6th   St.,   Beatrice.   Nebr.  1244    Detroit    St.,    Denver,    Colo. 

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OFFICIAL 


STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS     - 1923  1924 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER   AMBROSE   ROBIXSO.M, 

t)jo  Harrolson  Ave..  G.uisden. 
MRS.   STANLEY   FINCH, 

no  N.  Conception  St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.  HOVAL  A.    SMITH, 

W.\RREN. 

MRS.  WILLIAM   LEE   PINN'EY. 
Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.  ALEXANDER    M.  BARROW, 

817  W.  STH  Ave.,  Pine  Bluff. 
MRS.  HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 

Amity, 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS.   LYMAN   B.    STOOKEY, 

1240  W.  29TH  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
MRS.  ALLEN   H,   VANCE, 

Hotel  Holly  Oaks,  Saus-alito. 

COLORADO 

MRS.  JOHN   C.   BUSHINGER, 
IIS  Batterson  St.,  Monte  Vista. 

MRS.   ALFRED    B.    TROTT, 
2200  Albion  St.,  Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.   CHARLES  HUMPHREY  BISSELL, 

235  N.  Main  St.,  Southington. 
MISS  KATHARINE  ARNOLD   NETTLETON, 

61  Setoiour  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

.MISS   ELEANOR   EUGENIA   TODD, 

27  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FARRELL. 

S.MVRNA. 

DISTRICT   OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM    B.   HARDY, 

119  STH  St.,  N.  E.,  W.\shington. 
MRS.  JOHN    M.    BEAVERS, 

1752  CoLLr.MBi.A  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.  JAMES  A.   CRAIG, 
2ii  W.  DuvAL  St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.   THEODORE   STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.   CHARLES  ACKERMAN. 

100  Culver  St.,  M.\con. 
MRS.   JULIUS   Y.    TALMADGE, 

1293  Prince  Avenue.  Athens. 

HAWAn 

MRS.   FREDERICK  EUGENE  STEERE, 
Care  Waterhouse  Trust  Co..  Honolulu. 

MRS.   HOWARD    CLARKE. 
2131  Atherton  Road,  Honolltlu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.   KENNEDY  PACKARD, 
421  Second  Ave.,  E.  Twin  Falls. 

MRS.    D.   W.   STANDROD, 
648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Poc.\tello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.   CHARLES   E.    HERRICK, 

3809  Ellis  Ave.,  Chicago. 
MRS.   JAMES   S.    KING, 

1223  S.  Gr.\nd  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDIANA 

MRS.   HENRY   B.   WILSON, 

Delphi. 
MRS.   CHARLES   W.    ROSS, 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  Cr.wvfordsville. 

IOWA 

MISS   AMY   GILBERT, 

State  Center. 
MRS.  ALEXANDER  WILLIAM   HAWLEY, 

604  N.  13TH  St.,  Fort  Dodge. 


KANSAS 

MRS.    ROBERT   B.   CA.MPBELL. 

I2S5  Riverside,  Wichita. 
MRS.   HER.MAN    L.  PEPPMEYER. 

1309  Harrison  St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.    WILLIAM    RODES, 
152  E.  High  St.,  Lexington. 

MRS.  JOHN  W.   CHENAULT, 
2217  Glen^lary  Ave.,  Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.   S.  A.   DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 

MRS.   C.  S.  WILLIAMSON.  JR.. 
1334  Webster  St.,  New  Or 


MAINE 

MRS.  B.   G.  W.   CUSHMAN. 

122  GoFF  St.,  Auburn. 
MRS.   BLAINE   SPOO.NER  VILES, 

20  Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

.MRS    ADAM  DENMEAD, 
2224  M.  Calvert  St..  Baltimore. 

.MRS,   RE.X  CORBIN  MAUPIN. 
2U94  Maryl.\nd  Ave,, 


MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS,  GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMA.N  GORDON, 

3S  Whitman  Road,  Worc 


MICHIGAN 

MRS.  L.  VICTOR  SEYDEL, 

143  Laf.wette  .Ave.,  N.  E..  Gr-\.nd  R,\pids 
MRS.  ADDISO.N  DRAKE  KENT, 

622  St.\te  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.  MARSHALL  H.  COOLIDGE, 
1906  Kenwood  P.vrkway,  Minne.\polis. 

MRS.  L,  C.  JEFFERSON, 
1126  Sltjoiit  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 


MISSOURI 

MRS.  PAUL  D.  KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.  HENRY  W.  HARRIS, 

705  W.  6th  St.,  Sed.\lia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.  E.  BROOX  MARTIN, 

814  S.  Central  Ave.,  Bozem.\n. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL, 
Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

.MRS.  ELIZABETH  O'LINN  S.MITH. 

359  Ch.\dron  Ave.,  Ch.vdron. 
MRS.  C.  S.  PAINE, 

1970  Prospect  St.,  Lincoln. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

.MRS.  LESLIE  P,  S-VOW, 

.\,  Main  St,.  Rochester, 
MRS    GEORGE  H.  WARREN. 

.M-Wi,  ilESTER. 

NEW    JERSEY 

MRS,  CHARLES  READ  BANKS. 

122  Westervelt  .'Vve,,  Plainfield, 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J,  SUMMERILL, 

loS  S,  Bro.ad  St.,  Woodbury. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES. 

.Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 

BuENA  Vista  Ro.\d,  S.vnta  Fe. 


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NEW   YORK 

MRS.  CHARLES  WHITE  XASH. 

8  Lafayette  St.,  Alb.\ny. 
MRS.  RADCLIFFE  B.  LOCKWOOD, 

43  Main  St.,  Binghamton. 

NORTH    CAROLINA 

MRS.  CHARLES  W.  TILLETT. 

8oi  Tryon  St.,  Charlotte. 
MRS.  ROBERT  L.  MAUNEY, 

620  S.  Main  St..  Salisbury. 

NORTH    DAKOTA 

MRS.  GEORGE  MORLEY  YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.  ERIC  A    THORBERG, 

712  4TH  St.,  Bismarck. 

OHIO 

MRS.  LOWELL  FLETCHER  HOBART, 

MiLLFORD. 

MRS.  HERBERT  M.  BACKUS, 
8if»  Oak  St.,  Coll'mbus. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.  H.  H.  McCLIXTOCK. 

go3  Johnston  Ave.,  Bartlesville. 
MRS.   MILTOX  B.  DOWNS. 

520  S.  Oak  St..  S.ipulpa. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.  LANG. 

IIS  W.  4TH  ST..  The  D.iLLES. 
MRS.  BRUCE  L.  BOGART. 

962  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  JOHN  BROWN  HERON, 

601  S.  Linden  Ave..  Pittsburgh, 
MRS    CLARENCE  G.  CRISPIN. 
"  Hillcrest  "  Berwick. 

RHODE   ISLAND 

MRS.  GEORGE  H.  FLOWER. 

72  Mineral  Spring  Ave..  Pawtucket. 
MRS.  JOHN  T.  CRANSHAW. 

34  Irving  Ave..  Providence. 

SOUTH    CAROLINA 

MRS,  FRANKLIN  C.  CAIN,       ' 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS,  J.  A,  BAILEY, 

Clinton.  '      '  ' 

SOUTH   DAKOTA 

MRS.  C.   M.  CANNON. 

524  1ST  St..  N.  W..  Watertown. 
MRS.  W.  H.  DAVIS. 

Hitchcock. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.  LOGAN  SEITS  GILLENTINE. 

MURFREESBORO. 

MRS.  JOHN  H.  CANTRELL. 
S21  Vine  St..  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTON, 

2701  Fairmou.nit  Ave..  Dallas. 
MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY. 

1406  Taylor  Si..  Amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.  JOHN  EDWARD  CARVER. 

718  2?TH  St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.   M.  K.  PARSONS, 

1228  E.  South  Temple  St.,  S.^lt  L.^ke  City. 

VERMONT 

MRS.  HORACE  MARTIN  FARNHAM, 
96  Northkield  St.,  Montpelier. 

MRS.  WILFRED  F.  ROOT, 
89  C.\NAL  St.,  Brattleboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

40S  Duke  St.,  Ale>:..\.ndria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK, 

915  Orchard  Hill,  Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.  WILLIS  G.  HOPKINS, 

206  ioth  St..  Aberdeen. 
MRS.  H.  G.  THOMPSON. 

309  E.  Birch  St..  Walla  Walla. 

WEST    VIRGINIA 

MRS.  ROBERT  J.  REED. 

100  I2TH  St..  Wheeling. 
MRS.  W.  H.  CONAWAY. 

109  ViRGiNi.A  Ave.,  FAIR.MONT. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.  GEORGE  S.  PARKER. 

805  Court  St..  J.\nesville, 
MRS.  T.  W.  SPENCE. 

107  Prospect  Ave..  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.   .MAURICE  GROSHON. 

1715  Central  Ave..  Cheyenne. 
MRS.  BRYANT  BUTLER  BROOKS. 

Bo-'i  1070,  Casper. 

ORIENT 

MRS.  TRUMAN  S.  HOLT. 

744   A.    MaBINI.    M.INILA.    P.    I. 

MRS.  HENRY  W.  ELSER. 
600  M.  H.  DEL  Pel.\r,  M.\nila,  p.  I. 


HONORARY  OFFICERS  ELECTED  FOR  LIFE 

Honorary  Presidents  General 

MRS.  GEORGE  THACHER  GUERNSEY, 
MRS.  GEORGE   MAYNARD  MINOR. 


Honorary  President  Presiding 

MRS.  MARY  V.  E.  CABELL. 


MRS.  HOWARD  A.  CLARK.  1899 
MRS.  MILDRED  S.  MATHES,  18 
MRS.  WILLIAM  LINDSAY.  1906. 
MRS.  J.  MORGAN  SMITH.  191 1. 
MRS.  THEODORE  BATES.  1913. 
MRS.  E.  GAYLORD  PUTNAM,  1913. 


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MAGAZINE 


VOL.  LVII,  No.  11 


NOVEMBER,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  375 


PRESIDENT  CALVIN  COOLIDGE 

PRODUCT  OF  THE  PIONEERS 


By  Anna  Phillips  See 


T 


\\\L  moving  camera  of  time 
makes  records  of  the  race. 
liixch.  one  of  us  is  a  com- 
posite of  his  ancestry.  Let 
that  ancestral  blood  be  a  fine 
New  England  strain ;  let  the 
setting  Ije  the  same  through  many  gen- 
erations and  we  have  a  highly  character- 
istic product.  Such  perfect  product  of 
the  Vermont  pioneers  is  Calvin  Coolidge, 
President  of  the  United  States. 

The  hills  breed  men.  Independence 
and  courage  were  universal  traits  of  the 
early  settlers  among  the  Green  Moun- 
tains, whether  like  Ethan  Allen  they 
dashed  across  the  page  of  history  or  like 
the  first  Coolidge  ancestor  at  Plymouth, 
Vt.,  they  quietly  subdued  a  rugged  wil- 
derness. Captain  John  Coolidge,  a  Revo- 
lutionary officer  from  Lancaster,  Massa- 
chusetts, came  to  Plymouth  in  1791  and 
founded    the    Vermont    branch    of    the 


family.  The  musket  that  he  bore  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  is  treasured  by  his 
great,  great,  grandson,  and  President 
Coolidge  has  been  photographed  carrying 
the  ancient  gun  and  wearing  the  well 
known  ancestral  smock  and  cowhide 
boots.  In  1801  Calvin  Coolidge  located 
on  a  farm  at  Plymouth  Notch  and  here 
was  born  his  son  Calvin  Galusha  who  was 
to  live  on  that  farm  for  sixty-three  years 
antl  then  pass  it  on  to  his  son  John  C. 
Coolidge,  father  of  President  Coolidge. 
Tiiis  ancestral  land  where  the  President 
worked  and  played  as  a  boy  will  one  day 
be  his  and  his  sons'  after  him. 

'i"he  grantlfather,  Calvin  Galusha  Cool- 
idge was  a  notable  man,  selectman  and 
constaI)le  for  long  terms  and  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  twenty  years.  The  state 
recognized  his  aliility  by  sending  him  to 
the  legislature  for  two  years.  Town 
offices   at    Phniouth   would   almost   seem 


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to  be  hereditary  in  the  family  for  the  old 
man  handed  them  down  to  his  son  John 
C.  Coolidge  who  in  his  turn  became  con- 
stable, collector,  superintendent  of  schools 
and  selectman.  The  field  widened  when 
he  came  to  serve  as  state  representative, 
state  senator  and  "  Colonel  "  Coolidge  on 
the  staff  of  Governor  Stickney. 


A  few  months  ago  he  happened  to  be 
in  Woodstock  on  business  and,  at  the 
hotel  awaiting  dinner,  fell  in  with  a  mov- 
ing picture  man.  The  stranger  who  had 
no  idea  of  Mr.  Coolidge's  identity,  re- 
marked, "  Vice-President  Coolidge  comes 
from  roimd  here  somewhere,  doesn't  he?" 


THE   OLD   EOCKINGH.VM,    VERMONT    MEETING    HOUSE,    BUILT    1787 


To  fill  public  ofiice  acceptal)ly  requires 
a  legal  cast  of  mind.  John  C.  Coolidge 
is  noted  for  his  practical  knowledge  of 
law  and  is  often  in  conference  with  the 
lawyers  at  Woodstock,  the  county  seat. 
His  son's  choice  of  the  law  as  a  profession 
is  easily  understood.  John  C.  Coolidge  is 
sociable  enough  with  his  friends  but 
reserved  with  strangers.  An  anecdote, 
hitherto  unpublished,  illustrates  not  only 
his  reticence  but  his  modesty  where  his 
famous  son  is  concerned. 


"  I  believe  so,"  replied  John  C. 
Coolidge. 

The  stranger  wishing  to  impress  this 
quiet,  retiring  Vermonter,  began  to  brag 
in  a  loud  tone,  "  I  heard  Coolidge  myself 
when  he  was  lecturing  down  South. 
Mighty  fine  man  he  is,  too.    Yes,  Sir!" 

"  That  so?  "  answered  the  listener  with 
noncommittal  countenance. 

Just  then  a  friend  of  John  C.  Coolidge 
came  along  and  heard  the  conversation. 


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He  turned  to  the  stranger,  "  Why,  you're 
talking  right  now  to  the  father  of  the 
rice-Prcsideiit." 

The  Coolidges  have  a  genius  for 
poHtics  but  other  ancestors  have  fur- 
nished other  capabiHties.  The  president's 
mother,  Victoria  C.  Aloor,  was  a  direct 
descendant  of  sturdy  old  Nathaniel  Davis 
of  Rockingham,  Vt.,  who  sat  on  the  Cor- 
oner's Jury  that  dared  to  arraign  the 
King's  Court  officials  for  the  "  West- 
minster Massacre"  of  March  1,^,  1775. 
In  this  conflict  for  the  possession  of  the 
Westminster  Courthouse  between  un- 
armed "  Liberty  Men  "  and  the  King's 
sheriff  with  an  armed  force,  two  Liberty 
^len  were  killed.  These  were  the  first 
martyrs  of  the  Revolutionary  struggle  so 
soon  to  open  at  Lexington  and  Concord. 
The  courage  of  Nathaniel  Davis  has  come 
down  unweakened  to  his  great,  great, 
great  grandson. 

Nathaniel  Davis  was  prominent  not 
only  in  the  political  affairs  of  his  town 
and  state  but  also  in  the  old  colonial 
church  of  Rockingham.  He  was  one  of 
four  men  to  present  to  the  town  in  177 ?> 
the  site  for  a  "  Meetinghouse  and  grave- 
yard." When  the  first  primitive  building 
was  replaced  bv  the  present  structure, 
erected  1787.  he  occupied  the  high  box 
pew  now  marked  liv  a  silver  plate.  At 
his  death  he  was  buried  under  the  eaves 
of  the  church  he  had  lovefl. 

The  quaint  church  records  reveal  to  us 
the  character  of  this  man  who,  though 
fiery,  was  quick  to  repent  and  acknowl- 
edge his  fault: 

"  1780  April  27,  Chh  met  according 
to  appointment  and  informed  Mr  Nath'l 
Davis  of  their  uneasiness  with  him  for 
Continuing  his  Contention  with  Deac. 
Evans.  ='=  *  *  Mr  Davis  said  to  the 
Chh    that    he    was    Sensible    that    upon 


Provocation  he  had  fallen  into  unbecom- 
ing Passions  and  in  his  Expressions  had 
broken  good  Rules  and  wherein  he  had 
given  occasion  of  offence  to  the  Chh  he 
was  sorry  therefore  desir'd  that  it  might 
be  overlook't  and  their  prayers  for  him." 

The  Rockingham  Church  as  an  organi- 
?ation  was  very  independent  for  it  was  a 
Union  church  that  welcomed  diflferent  de- 
nominations. The  Universalists  among 
whom  was  old  Nathaniel  himself  were  so 
strongly  represented  in  its  congregation 
that  when  a  Congregationalist  pastor 
from  Springfield,  Vt.,  preached  in  the 
pulpit  certain  of  his  parishioners  were 
horrified.  The  death  of  his  child  which 
happened  soon  after  they  judged  a  direct 
punishment  for  liis  countenancing  un- 
orthodoxy. 

Of  old  Rockingham  church  Percy 
Macka^'e,  tlie  ])oet.  has  written  in  "  The 
Candle  in  the  Choir  ": 

"  In  Rdckinghani  upun  the  hill 

The  meetinghouse   shines   lone  and   still ; 

A  bare,   star-cleaving  gable-peak. 

Broad    roof-beamed,     snow-ribbed,     stark    and 

bleak. 
As   long  ago   their   needs   sufficed 
Who  came  from  cottage  fires  to  Christ. 
Sharing  with   frosty  breath 
Their   footstoves   and  their   faith." 

It  was  a  deeply  interesting  coincidence 
that  the  annual  "  Pilgrimage  "  of  the 
"  Old  Rockingham  Church  .Association  " 
to  the  historic  building  had  1ieen  ap- 
pointed for  Sunday.  August  .Mb.  When 
eighteen  hundred  people  gatlicre<l  in  nr 
alwut  the  ancient  edifice  with  its  many- 
paned  windows,  great  galleries,  high  pul- 
p\t  and  spindle-back  pews,  the  president 
of  the  association  reminded  the  assem- 
blage that  within  fifty  feet  of  the  pulpit 
where    he    stootl    lav    the    ancestors    of 


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Calvin  Coolidge 
who,  by  the 
hand  of  death 
two  days  be- 
fore, had  been 
sealed  Presi- 
dent of  the 
United  States. 
Few  in  that 
audience,  when 
they  stood  with 
bowed  heads  in 
memory  of  the 
departed  Presi- 
dent Harding, 
but  visioned 
that  solemn 
ceremony  in  a 
Vermont  farm- 
house in  the 
earl}-  hours  of 
August  3d, 
when  an  aged 
man  adminis- 
tered the  oath 
of  office  to  his 
own  son ;  the 
oath  of  the 
highest  oflice 
in   the   land. 

The  Coolidge 
and  Davis 

families,  while 
perhaps  the 
best  known  of  the  president's  ancestors, 
were  not  the  only  contributors  of  admir- 
able traits.  Luther  Franklin,  his  great 
grandfather  on  the  maternal  side,  was  a 
[jioneer  in  Plymouth,  \'t.,  settling  there 
in  a  day  when  he  was  obliged  to  bear  his 
corn  on  his  shoulder  to  the  mill,  when  he 
waved  l)lazing  brands  to  intimidate  the 
wolves  as  often  as  he  went  abroad  at 
night.     Yet    in    the    wilderness   Luther 


CALVIN    COOLIDGE   AT   AMHERST   COLLEGE 


Franklin  and 
others  like  him 
built  churches 
and  schools, 
\\'  h  i  1  e  they 
housed  them- 
selves in  log 
cabins. 

Luther 
F  r  a  n  k  1  i  n's 
daughter 
"  N  a  b  b  y  " 
married  Hiram 
D.  Moor  whose 
mother,  Mary 
Davis,  was  the 
grand  daughter 
of  old  Na- 
thaniel Davis 
o  f  Rocking- 
ham. Hiram 
Moor  was  a 
hero,  though  of 
another  sort. 
W  hen  his 
father  died 
leaving  h  i  s 
mother  with 
seven  young 
children  she  re- 
turned from 
New  York 
State  to  the 
home  town  of 
Rockingham.  After  a  time,  with  only 
the  boy  Hiram  to  help  her,  she  settled  on 
a  farm  in  Plymouth,  afterwards  known 
as  ]\It.  Pleasant  and  there  raised  the 
famil}'.  Hiram,  though  never  robust, 
took  on  his  young  shoulders  the  burdens 
of  a  man,  tilled  the  mountain  farm  and 
helped  his  brothers  and  sisters  to  get  a 
start  in  the  w'orld.  His  own  chances  for 
an    education    and    for    advancement   he 


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cheerfully  gave  up  for  their  sake,  re- 
joicing in  their  greater  opportuni- 
ties. They  grew  and  prospered;  one 
of  them,  Clark  Moor,  entered  the 
ministry. 

lliram  Moor,  perhaps  because  he  ap- 
preciated what  he  had  lost  in  his  youth, 
was  always  devoted  to  reading.  He  was 
also  an  independent  thinker  in  religious 
matters;  an 
independence 
which  he  in- 
herited fro  m 
h  i  s  Universal- 
ist  mother  — 
Mary  Davis. 

It  is  easy  to 
trace  President 
Coolidge's  in- 
heritance from 
the  men  of  his 
line:  a  strong 
religious  faith  ; 
highest  cour- 
age and  hones- 
t  y  :  industry 
and  thrift  ; 
dry  wit  and 
hinuor ;  mental 
acumen  and 
ability  in  poli- 
tics. From  the 
women  p  e  r  - 
haps  come  his 
tenderer  quali- 
ties,   his    cjuiet 

steadiness  and  that  vein  of  deep  sentiment 
that  underlies  his  nature.  Though  he 
resembles  his  father,  his  coloring  is  a 
legacy  from  the  gentle,  lovely  mother  who 
died  in  her  young  womanhood.  To  the 
two  grandmothers  also  he  owes  much. 
Grandma  Coolidge  and  Grandma  Moor, 
who  watched  over  him  in  boyhood. 

The  love  of  the  President  for  the  in- 
valid mother,  who  left  him  when  he  ^^•as 
twelve  years  old,  and  his  beautiful   re- 


membrance of  her  are  often  mentioned. 
It  is  well  known  that  he  carries  always 
with  him  in  a  closed  silver  case  her 
portrait  —  eternally  voung  and  eternally 
l(i\elv.  ^^"hen  his  own  younger  son  was 
a  bal)v  (a  l)oy  that  does  really  re- 
semble the  Moors)  he  asked  bis  aunt 
almost  entreatingly,  "Don't  you  think 
the  baby  looks  like  my  mother?  " 
President 
Coolidge's  visit 
to  his  mother's 
grave  in  the  lit- 
tle cemeter\-  at 
1  'lymouth  •  m 
that  fateful 
August  3d  as 
he  left  the 
homestead  for 
the  labors  and 
honors  of  the 
presidency,  has 
touched  the 
JK'art  of  the 
whole  Ameri- 
can people. 

\'  i  c  t  o  r  i  a 
Moor  Coolidge 
is  said  to  have 
been  the  loveli- 
est girl  in  I'ly- 
m  o  u  t  h  ;    the 
loveliest    girl 
that     ever     al- 
t  en  (led     the 
L   u   d    1    11    w 
ihvsical      beauty      was 
nature    and    character, 
quiet,    her    influence 
The  per- 


COLONIAL   DOORWAY    OF   ROCKIXOllAM    CHURCH 


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s\'mbolic    of    her 

Gentle    and    very 

was    never    through    words. 


fume   of   such   a    personality   still   clings 
to  her  memory. 

She  left  two  children,  Calvin,  the  elder, 
and  Abigail,  three  years  his  junior.  As 
a  child  Calvin  loved  his  auburn-haired 
little  sister  with  an  intensity  of  affection 
that   kept   him   always   at   her  side.      An 


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aunt  relates  a  story  of  this  devotion  when 
the  iioy  could  not  have  been  more  than 
five  or  six.  Her  own  son,  who  was 
older  than  "  Cal,"  went  to  Plymouth  for 
a  visit  with  his  Coolidge  cousin.  When 
he  returned  home  he  grumbled  to  his 
mother. 

"  f  didn't  have  much  fun.     Cal  wanted 
to  sit   and   hold   the  liahv   all   the  time." 


(Irandma  Coolidge,  who  lived  on  the 
old  Coolidge  farm  and  who  was  adored 
by  her  grandson,  must  have  mention  here. 
She  was  a  philanthropist  of  the  early  New 
England  t^-pe  now  almost  extinct  in  the 
days  of  germs,  trained  nurses  and  special- 
ists. If  anyone  was  sick  in  Plymouth, 
they  sent  for  Crandma  Coolidge  before 


IXTERIOR   OF   EOCKlNGH.JiM    CHURCH 


When  this  sister  Abl)ie  died  at  fifteen 
it  nearly  broke  her  brother's  heart.  To 
lose  first  his  mother  and  then  his  sister 
was  overwhelming. 

His  affection  always  clung  not  only  to 
his  own  kin  Imt  to  the  friend  of  the 
family  who,  live  years  after  his  mother's 
death,  married  his  father.  To  this  fine 
woman,  who  was  a  second  mother  for 
almost  thirty  years,  he  was  a  kind  and 
thoughtful  son. 


the  doctor ;  perhajis  he  wouldn't  be 
needed!  If  anyone  was  in  trouble  they 
consulted  Grandma  Coolidge  before  the 
minister ;  she  would  understand  and  ad- 
vise. If  a  person  was  to  be  married  or 
buried;  if  anyone  had  a  '"raising," 
"  husking  bee  "  or  "  cjuilting,"  Grandma 
Coolidge  came  to  help.  And  few  affairs 
of  the  church  were  carried  on  without 
the  aid  of  this  deeply  religious  woman 
who,  though  a  Baptist,  upheld  the  Union 
Church  of  Plvmouth. 


PRliSlBENT   CALVIN    COOLIDGE 

Leaving  Menmrial  Continental  Hall  after  addressing  the  American  Red  Cruss  convention. 
It  was  the  first  time  that  the  President  addressed  a  pnblic  gathering  since  lie  came  to  the 
White  House. 

Left  to  right  —  front.  Commander  Adolphus  Andrews,  U.S.N.,  aide;  President  Coolidge; 
Judge  John  Barton  Payne,  chairman,  American  Red  Cross.  Following  are  C.  Bascom  Slemp, 
.-tcretarv  to  the  President;   Col.   C.   O.   Sherrill,   U.S.A.,  aide;   and   secret   service  operatives. 


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A  neighbor  whu  saw  Calvin  L'oolidge 
on  the  day  of  his  birth,  July  4,  1872,  says 
that  he  was  "a  fair,  pretty  baby;"  an- 
other has  remarked  that  he  "  didn't  say 
much  even  then!"  The  child,  never 
rugged,  grew  into  a  quiet,  thoughtful  boy 
who  cared  little  for  sports  but  was  a 
splendid  worker.  Thoroughness  charac- 
terized all  he  did.  His  father  has  said 
that  Cal  always  finished  anything  that  he 
undertook.  The  boy  was  fond  of  sitting 
"  in  meditation,"  to  use  an  old  expression, 
gazing  toward  the  hills  of  beautiful 
Plymouth  Notch.  Early  he  responded  to 
the  influence  of  these  hills ;  an  influence 
that  he  has  publicly  acknowledged.  His 
greatest  pleasure  was  reading.  No  won- 
der that  John  C.  Coolidge  has  declared 
■'  Cal  never  gave  me  a  moment's  anxiety." 
Another  member  of  the  family  has  said 
that  the  boy's  only  fault  was  liking  to 
"  hector." 

Love  of  the  hills  was  inseparable  in 
the  boy  Calvin's  mind  from  love  of  the 
state,  for  the  best  of  \'ermont  was  in  his 
blood.  The  emotion  was  fostered  by 
visits  to  the  State  Capitol  at  Montpelier 
where  he  thrilled  to  the  realization  that 
his  father  and  his  father  before  him  had 
there  served  their  state  in  the  Legislature. 
In  one  of  his  speeches  President  Coolidge 
has  told  that  it  was  at  Alontpelier  that 
he  began  to  feel  while  still  a  boy  his  own 
responsibility  toward  his  state.  Responsi- 
bility, service ;  these  ideas  have  always 
dominated  and  directed  his  life. 

When  Calvin  Coolidge  in  1891  entered 
Amherst  College,  and  exchanged  his 
Green  Mountains   for  those  of  Western 


Alassachusetts,  he  came  to  love  the  Uid 
Bay  State.  As  years  passed  Coolidge,  the 
)-oung  lawyer  of  Northampton,  built  up  a 
record  for  service  to  the  town  and  to  the 
Commonwealth.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Northampton  School  Board,  town 
Counsel  and  then  Mayor.  For  four 
years  he  sat  in  the  lower  house  of  the 
state  legislature,  then  went  to  the  senate 
and  became  its  president.  At  the  call  of 
the  state  he  became  Lieutenant-Governor, 
then  Governor  for  three  courageous  and 
historic  years.  His  inspired  phrase, 
"Have  faith  in  Massachusetts,''  will  al- 
ways live.  Through  his  notable  work  as 
Governor,  Calvin  Coolidge  became  known 
to  the  nation  at  large  and  was  called  to 
the  office  of  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States.  Vermont  and  Massachusetts  have 
united  to  make  him  what  he  is ;  the 
former  furnished  his  heredity,  the  other 
his  opportunity.  If  Vermont  led  him  to- 
ward the  Vice-Presidential  chair  it  was 
JNIassachusetts  that  pushed  him  into  it. 

And  now  this  product  of  the  pioneers 
has  by  the  hand  of  Providence  become 
chief  executive  of  these  United  States, 
holding  perhaps  the  most  responsible  post 
in  the  world.  Is  there  any  significance 
in  the  name  uf  his  native  town  called 
after  that  earliest  pioneer  settlement  on 
Massachusetts  Bay  ?  The  character  of 
Calvin  Coolidge  is  in  many  respects  like 
that  of  the  Pilgrims.  Controlled  by  a 
deep  religious  faith  he  has  vision,  courage 
and  stem  purpose ;  toleration  and  a  gift 
for  co-operation ;  a  conscience  that  per- 
mits no  sacrifice  of  conviction  for  con- 
venience or  personal  anil)ition. 


A    MESSAGE    FROM    THE    PRESIDENT 
GENERAL 


X  cxccedinsly  interesting  md  ini- 
^  portant  obligatioti  is  upon  us  this 
month.  Our  Society  is  pledged 
to  cooperate  with  the  American 
Legion,  the  National  Education 
Association  and  The  United 
States  Bureau  of  Education  in 
the  national  observance  of  Amer- 
ican l-'.ducation  Week,  November  1S~24 
inclusive. 

Such  cooperation  does  not  mean  the  lending 
of  a  name,  but  the  giving  of  our  individual 
effort  in  a  movement  whose  motive  is  our 
very  fundamental  principle  of  being  as  a 
Society.    The  following  letter  speaks  for  itself; 

THE  AMERICAN   LEGION 
N.\TiON.\L  Americanism  Commission 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  June  20,  1923. 

Mrs.  Anthony  Wayne  Cook, 

President  General,  Daughters  of  the  .lineii- 
can  Revolution  Memorial  Continental 
Hall,    Washington,    P.    C: 

My  dear  Mrs.  Cook  :  American  Education 
Week  for  1923  is  set  for  the  week  of  Novem- 
ber 18-24  inclusive;  under  the  sponsorship  of 
The  American  Legion,  The  National  Educa- 
tion Association  and  The  United  States 
Bureau  of  Education. 

In  this  country  the  people  are  entrusted  with 
the  management  of  public  affairs,  through 
their  elected  representatives.  For  the  success 
of  such  a  plan,  there  must  be  an  intelligent  and 
informed  voting  population.  But  of  late  years, 
this  prime  factor  of  the  nation's  future  has 
been  threatened  and  weakened  by  an  increase 
of  ignorance  and  of  actual  illiteracy.  The 
r45servance  of  American  Education  Week  in 
1922  developed  the  startling  fact  that  this  re- 
public stands  eleventh  among  the  nations  in 
illiteracy.  American  Education  Week  is  tlie 
country-wide  observance  that  awakens  the 
nation  to  its  educational  needs. 

The  American  Legion  extends  to  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  a 
cordial  and  urgent  invitation  to  cooperate  in 
this  observance.  Your  acceptance  will  con- 
stitute our  authority  for  using  your  name  on 
the  official  program  and  in  national  publicity. 
Faithfully  yours. 

Garland  W.  Powfxl, 

National  Direetor. 


Concretely,  the  most  valuable  individual 
service  we  can  render  to  this  national  mtwe- 
ment  as  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion is  to  visit  and  study  our  l^ublie  schools. 
This  is  a  privilege  and  duty  we  speak  of  very 
often.  Here  is  the  golden  opportunity  for 
taking  hold  of  it,  personally,  in  the  great 
sweep  of  national  effort.  No  one  can  imagine 
tlie  pleasure,  the  surprises,  the  stimulation  that 
will  come  through  visiting  our  public  schools, 
uiUil  she  has  had  this  illuminating  experience. 

,\nother  service  asked  of  us  during  the  week 
is  to  provide  for  special  speakers  and  meetings. 
Let  us  do  this  as  far  as  possible ;  and  let  us 
be  alert  for  all  the  suggestions  that  will  come 
through  the  publicity  for  the  movement  in 
newspapers  and  magazines.  We  dare  not  be 
careless  of  so  great  an  opportunity. 

In  the  American  Legion  Weekly  for  Sep- 
tember 14,  is  published  an  illustrated  article, 
"  Priceless  Parchment,"  quoting  the  article 
written  for  the  July  1923  number  of  our 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Maga- 
zine by  John  C.  Fitzpatrick,  assistant  chief. 
Manuscript  Division,  Library  of  Congress,  on 
"  The  Travels  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence." These  articles  greatly  increases 
interest,  and  provide  a  valuable  contribution 
to  Chapter  programs. 

The  appalling  Japanese  disaster  is  still  in  our 
hearts.  The  response  to  President  Coolidge's 
Proclamation  cannot  but  impress  on  us  the 
reality  of  friendship  between  nations.  When 
we  realize  that  such  friendliness  to  be  genuine 
is  the  cumulative  friendliness  of  the  individuals 
of  a  nation,  it  gives  new  and  just  importance 
to  our  personal  sympathy,  understanding,  and 
affection  for  those  of  different  race.  In  this 
connection  one  cannot  forbear  to  call  atten- 
tion to  the  significant  activities  of  the  Junior 
Red  Cross  in  the  members'  correspondence 
with  young,  unseen  friends  overseas. 

Following  our  national  custom.  President 
Coolidge  will  issue  a  Proclamation  calling 
upon  us  to  set  aside  a  certain  day  this  month 
for  the  observance  of  our  national  Thanks- 
giving. What  a  pity  and  personal  loss  it  is 
when  one  lets  such  observance  degenerate  into 
mere  form  for  "  benefits  forgot !  "  What 
strength  and  gain  when  we  clear  our  minds 
of  discouragements,  and  lassitude  and  criti- 
cism, and  lift  our  hearts  as  did  our  forefathers. 

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A  little  eight  year  old  luncheon  guest  re- 
lated the  other  day  some  things  she  had  been 
told  at  school  about  the  first  Thanksgiving 
feast  of  the  Pilgrims ;  and  of  how  Priscilla 
had  said,  while  they  were  preparing  for  three 
days'  provisions,  that  if  everything  else  gave 
out  they  could  still  have  clams,  which  were 
sent  like  manna  in  the  wilderness.  After 
lunch  we  got  out  some  books  with  stories  of 
that  feast,  and  from  one  of  them  I  copied 
several  paragraphs  for  this  message,  to  be  a 
reminder   to   us   this   Thanksgiving". 

You  remember  the  winter  that  had  preceded 
this  feast,  when  -16  of  the  101  settlers  had 
died,  all  had  suffered  cold,  hunger  and  sick- 
ness, their  common  house  had  burned  and  they 
had  lived   for  a  time  half   frozen. 

"  There  were  but  55  English  people  to  eat 
this  first  Thansgiving  Feast,"  writes  Helen  P. 


Patten  in  "  The  Year's  Festivals,"  "  yet  with 
the  90  Indians  there  were  plenty  to  provide 
for.  There  were  only  4  women  in  the  colony, 
who  with  the  help  of  one  servant  and  a  few 
young  girls,  prepared  the  food  for  three  days 
for  120  men,  three-fourths  nf  whom  were 
Indians.   .  . 

"...  This  httle  company  of  stern  men, 
armed,  surrounded  by  savages  who  were  gor- 
geous in  holiday  paint  and  feathers,  and  a  few 
overworked,  sad  homesick  women,  were  trying 
to  forget  the  weary  months  of  hard  work  and 
disappointment  and  were  bent  upon  a  common 
enjoyment  of  the  gifts  nature  had  provided, 
fur   which   they   gave   hearty   thanks   to   God." 

So  may  we.  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

LoRA  H.MNKs  Cook, 

President  General. 


ANNE  ROGERS   MINOR   PRIZE  ESSAY  CONTEST 

The  subject  of  this  contest  is  to  be  "  The  Value  of  the  Patriotic-Historic 
Society  in  America ;  its  force  as  compared  with  civic  and  philanthropic 
societies;  its  power  against  radicalism,  and  its  influence  upon  the  alien." 

The  contest  is  open  to  all  members  of  tbu  Xatiimal  Society  cjf  tlie  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution.  It  will  run  fmni  (X-tober  1.  VUi.  to  Februarv 
1,  1024. 

.\  first  prize  of  $250  and  a  second  prize  of  $120,  from  the  Colonel  Walter 
,Scott  Fund,  will  be  awarded.  The  two  winning  essays  will  be  published  in 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Magazine. 

The  prizes  will  be  awarded  by  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor  during  the 
33rd  Continental  Congress  in  April,  1924. 

The  essay  must  be  typewritten  on  one  side  of  the  paper  only,  and  margins 
of  one  inch  on  each  side  of  the  paper  be  provided  for.  Neatness  will  he 
considered  in  the  awarding  of  the  prizes. 

The  National  number,  name  and  address  of  the  writer  must  be  placed  in  a 
sealed  envelope  and  attached  to  the  manuscript.  No  signed  manuscript  will 
be  considered. 

The  essay  must  be  composed  of  not  less  than  3,000  words  or  more  than  5,000, 

All  manuscripts  must  be  sent  to  Mrs.  F.  W.  Mondell,  Memorial  Continental 
Hall,  Washington,  D.  C.  They  must  be  sent  registered  mail  and  received  on 
or  before  February  1,  1924.     No  manuscript  will  be  considered  after  that  date. 


THE  MOTION  PICTURE  INDUSTRY  AND 
COMMITTEE  ON    PUBLIC   RELATIONS 

By  Will  H.  Hays 

President,  Motion  I'icture  Producers   and   Distributors  of   America,    Inc. 

Extracts  from  Mr.  }hiys'  Aililrcss  Bcfurc    tlw  Authors'  League  of  Aiiwrica  in  June,  K23 


\\1':XTY-I' 1\'1£  years  ago  the 
motion  picture  was  a  mere 
idea.  Its  greatest  progress 
has  l)een  in  the  last  five 
vears,  and  this  is  the  same 
period  during  which  it  is 
rather  generally  conceded  that  there  has 
lieen  no  jiarticular  progress  in  any  other 
form  of  art  nr  form  of  expression. 

There  have  been  many  suggestions  in 
jciurnals  of  criticism  that  the  post-war  art 
has  not  been  of  high  grade;  that  news- 
papers even  have  rather  been  stressing 
the  accounts  of  crime  and  human  cU'gra- 
dation;  that  no  super  work  of  sculiiture 
or  music  has  been  achieved,  and  that  even 
literary  people  may  possibly  have  lent 
themselves  to  the  tendencies  of  a  dis- 
ordered age  and  may  have  produced 
works  which  relied  more  on  sensational- 
ism than  true  art  for  their  appeal  to  suc- 
cess. So  widespread  was  this  impression 
that  during  the  recent  legislative  session 
of  a  very  great  State  an  effort  was  made, 
and  was  seriously  menacing  for  a  period 
to  censor,  for  the  first  time  since  the  first 
amendment  to  the  Constitution,  the  works 
of  American  authors. 

Ever  since  the  invention  of  the  motion 
picture  it  has  been  improving.  This  is 
not  true  of  any  other  medium  of  ex- 
jiression. 


All  this  in  mi  sense  bv  \va\'  nf  alilii,  fur 
the  miitiim  picture  is  coming"  through  on 
the  highway  which  leads  to  better  pic- 
tures. I  am  only  expressing  what  I  have 
learned  in  the  last  few  months  that  this 
is  not  the  job  of  one  griuip  —  it  is  the 
multitude's  job.  and  in  the  dning  there 
is  work  ftir  all,  for  _\iiu  as  definitely  as 
for  the  priiducers. 

The  men  who  have  pioneered  in  this 
industry  have  already  accomjilished  most 
wonderful  things.  Its  development  and 
its  accomplishments  have  been  like  an 
Arabian  Night's  story.  There  is  little 
wonder  these  crowded  years  have  been  in 
some  respects  a  chaos.  The  development 
of  this  industry  is  analogous  to  the  devel- 
opnierit  of  no  other.  When  keen  men 
saw  the  commercial  possibilities  in  it, 
they  set  out  in  feverish  haste  on  the 
world-old  cjuest  fur  gold,  just  as  the  forty- 
niners  did  when  the  word  came  from 
Sutter's  Hill  that  sent  them  around  Cape 
Horn  and  overland  across  desert,  moun- 
tain and  plain,  undaunted  by  peril,  hard- 
ships or  savages.  Picture  pinneers  set 
out  to  dig  gold  just  as  men  went  to  get 
it  in  -\laska  when  the  Klondike  flashed  its 
gulden  invitation  to  the  spirit  of  ad- 
venture. 

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Nui"  do  we  forget,  as  a  matter  of  his- 
tory, that  while  the  pioneer  in  any  busi- 
ness is  always  a  romantic  figure,  his  con- 
duct frequentl}'  does  not  measure  up  to 
the  best  boarding  school  standards. 
Force  and  trickery  and  even  homicide 
were  common  incidents  in  the  opening  of 
yesterday's  oil  fields  and  in  the  mighty 
struggle  for  supremacy  of  the  railroads 
of  the  country.  It  is  strongly  suspected, 
too,  that  commerce  was  born  in  piracy, 
and  we  know  that  organized  society  itself 
was  born  in  the  little  group  which  lifted 
its  hand  against  all  other  groups  in  ihe 
fierce,  skinclad  clan,  which  knew  no  kuv 
but  violence  and  no  purpose  but  the  de- 
fense of  its  own  cave. 

It  is  a  far  cry  from  many  phases  of 
the  development  of  those  industries  to 
the  development  of  this,  but  there  is  not 
an  entire  absence  of  analogy.  There  has 
been  competition  of  the  fiercest  kind,  of 
course.  There  has  been  no  time  taken 
for  adequate  reflection.  The  mere  physi- 
cal and  mechanical  expansion  of  the  early 
years  had  been  so  rapid  and  so  great  that 
there  was  not  time  and  there  has  not  been 
the  mood  to  consider  adequately  the 
moral  and  educational  responsibilities  in- 
herent in  this  great  new  thing. 

But  those  days  are  over.  jVt  the  end 
of  this  period  of  incredibly  compressed 
physical,  mechanical,  financial  and  artistic 
development  the  pioneers  have  caught 
their  second  breath.  They  find  them- 
selves the  responsible  custodians  of  one 
of  the  greatest  industries  in  the  world, 
of  possibly  the  most  potent  instrument 
for  moral  influence  and  education  in  the 
world,  and  of  the  one  most  universal 
medium  of  art.  The  business  is  seeking 
and  is  finding  a  firm  anchor.  Sober  busi- 
ness men,  with  vision  clarified,  old  rivals 
now^  seeing  their  common  interests,  if 
nothing  else,  and  sensing  definitely  their 


public  duty,  know  better  than  anybody 
else  that  the  future  of  their  business  as 
well  as  the  future  of  societ}-,  demands 
better  and  still  better  pictures. 

The  Committee  on  Public  Relations 
consists  of  representatives  of  62  national 
civic,  social,  educational  and  religious 
organizations,  with  an  estimated  member- 
ship  of   20,000,000. 

The  main  function  of  the  Committee 
is  to  act  as  a  channel  of  communication 
between  the  public  and  the  industry.  It 
serves  to  educate  the  industry  on  the  mo- 
tion picture  as  a  community  force  and 
responsibility,  and  educates  the  public  on 
the  peculiar  elements  and  difticulties  sur- 
rounding the  amusement  business. 

The  Committee  now  has  functioning 
weekly  previews.  Three  concrete  exam- 
ples best  illustrate  the  practical  results 
from  this  effort. 

1 .  Merry  Go  Round  —  a  splendid  pic- 
ture —  contained  one  or  two  highly  sa- 
lacious incidents.  At  the  request  of  the 
Committee  these  were  eliminated. 

2.  In  the  initial  print  of  the  Covered 
Wagon,  Kit  Carson  was  made  to  appear 
highly  degrading.  The  Committee  called 
this  fact  to  the  attention  of  the  producer 
\vith  the  result  that  changes  were  made 
satisfying  both  the  Boy  Scouts  (who 
called  the  matter  to  the  Committee's  at- 
tention)  and  the  producer. 

3.  In  ■•  Peck's  Bad  Boy  and  His  Pa  " 
to  be  produced  shortly  by  Associated 
First  National, —  the  cooperation  of  the 
Boy  Scouts  was  requested.  Through  the 
Committee's  effort  this  has  been  given. 

The  Committee  at  these  previews  does 
not  sit  in  judgment  on  pictures.  No 
Committee  action  is  taken  but  the  rep- 
resentatives of  the  individual  organiza- 
tions are  urged,  if  they  approve  the  pic- 
ture, to  send  word  down  the  line  pro- 
moting attendance  at  the  picture. 


THE  MOTION  PICTURE  INDUSTRY 


WO 


Thus  the  representatives  of  the  L'uni- 
niunity  Service  saw  in  "  I'eiirud  and 
Sam"  the  dramatization  of  their  nwn 
purposes,  increased  recreational  facilities 
for  children.  A  Ijulletin  went  to  all  their 
affiliated  organizations  and  field  men 
urging  that  this  picture  he  promoted. 

The  solution  of  the  motion  picture 
prohlem  the  Committee  feels  to  lie  in 
Community  Film  (better  film)  Club 
work. 

The  Community  Film  Cluh  plan,  in 
brief,  provides  that  in  each  coninuniitv  a 
broad  and  democratic  group  of  men  and 
women  cooperate  with  the  exhibitors  ; 

To  carry  on  Children's  Matinees  at 
the  theatre  Saturday  mornings,  pre- 
senting at  those  times  specially  selected 
programs. 

To  promote,  through  PUBLICITY, 
increased  attendance  at  pictures  of 
merit. 

This  plan  is  a  demonstrated  success. 
It  has  l)een  in  operation  in  the  theatres 
of  27  towns  in  the  southeast,  the  Crandall 
Theatres  in  Washington,  and  in  Indiana. 
It  provides  within  itself  a  means  of 
financing  its  activities  in  that  one-half  of 
the  net  proceeds  of  the  children's  mati- 
nees accrue  to  the  Community  Film  Chilj. 
It  has  the  support  of  the  industry. 

The  plan  provides  selected  entertain- 
ment for  children  and  offers  the  only 
logical  solution  to  child  attendance  at 
motion  pictures.  Contrary  to  the  general 
impression,  children  do  not  make  up  the 
greater  proportion  of  motion  picture 
audiences.  Actual  census  of  attendance 
in  many  theatres  in  many  towns  indicates 
12  per  cent,  children  as  against  88  per 
cent,  adults. 


the  public  are  fickle,  influenced  by 
fashion  and  fad  and  characterized  by  an 
ever  constant  demand  for  change.  <  )ne 
conclusion  alone  staiuls  out  unquestioned. 
If  a  Continuing  and  increasing  demand 
for  pictures  of  merit  is  made  felt  at  the 
box  office,  more  and  more  pictures  will  be 
made  to  supply  that  demand. 

The  Committee  proposes  to  promote 
the  formation  of  Community  Film  Clubs 
in  the  towns  and  cities  of  the  Cnited 
States  by  means  of  regional  C(inferences, 
and  plans  are  now  under  way  for  calling 
the  first  conference  for  this  purpose  in 
Xew  England. 

These  are  the  main  concerns  of  the 
Idmmittee  at  the  present  time  but  not  tlie 
limit  of  its  activities. 

It  has  actively  taken  up  the  matter  of 
the  institutional  use  of  films  and  has  con- 
ducted a  questionnaire  to  the  heads  of 
all  the  leading  institutions  in  the  United 
States.  The  replies  to  these  question- 
naires are  probably  the  first  library  e\'er 
compiled  of  the  recreational  needs  at 
such  institutions. 

The  Committee  has  had  several  con- 
ferences with  interested  organizations, 
government  officials,  et  cetera,  concerning 
the  use  of  films  in  immigrant,  .Ameri- 
canization, and  educational  work. 

In  short,  it  seizes  every  opportunity  to 
make  itself  effectix'e  in  promoting  not 
only  the  educational  but  the  s(]cial  use  of 
motion  pictures.  A  concrete  example  of 
effort  along  this  line  is  the  matter  of  the 
coming  Revolutionary  b^ilm  to  be  pro- 
duced by  I).  W.  C.riffith.  The  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  suggested 
the  advisability  of  such  a  picture  at  this 
time  and  the  Committee  was  able  to 
Actual  observation  of  box  office  returns  secure  acceptance  of  the  suggestion  on  the 
will  further  indicate  that  the  desires  of      part  of  David  Wark  Griffith. 


THE  CONTINENTAL  EXPRESS  RIDER 


By  John  C.  Fitzpatrick,  A.  M. 
Assistant  Chief,  Manuscript  Division,  Library  of   Congress. 


1 1 E  Continental  Express 
Rider  is  a  forgotten  figure 
in  the  stur\-  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary \\  ar.  Seldom  has 
he  been  mentioned,  seldom 
has  he  been  thought  of,  Imt 
some  ot  the  best  laid  plans  of  the  Revolu- 
tion would  have  gone  for  naught  with- 
out him.  He  had  place  in  the  loose 
jointed  machinery  of  our  struggle  for 
liberty,  but  such  was  the  lack  of  organ- 
ization and  system  that  it  is  ditScult  to- 
day to  find  more  than  an  occasional  trace 
of  him,  or  to  catch  more  than  a  fleeting 
glimpse  of  his  sturdy  figure  galloping 
down  the  dusty  lanes  or  along  the 
deserted  l)ack  roads  of  the  old  Colonies. 
He  wore  no  uniform,  this  Continental 
Express,  and  sometimes  he  carried  not 
even  a  leathern  pouch  to  show  his  mis- 
sion ;  l)Ut  he  could  ride  and  ride  he  did, 
both  night  and  day,  when  occasion  de- 
manded. Long  distances  meant  nothing 
to  him ;  he  rode  swiftlv,  but  carefully 
and  when  his  horse  gave  out  he  obtained 
another  by  any  means,  at  any  place  and 
rode  steadily  on.  He  was  never  organ- 
ized into  a  corps,  which  makes  it  the 
more  difficult  to  trace  his  story. 

In  the  beginning  Congress  made  gen- 
erous use  of  special  messengers,  or  ex- 
presses, but  by  the  end  of  the  year  1775 
it  became  plain  that  some  plan  or  system 
was  needed  to  lessen  the  expense  and 
increase  the  efficiency  of  the  haphazard 
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method  in  \'ogue.  The  special  rider  was 
then  the  only  known  means  of  rapid 
cdmmunication  and  the  transportation  of 
orders  and  information  was  equally  as 
important  as  the  transportation  of  sup- 
plies. No  thought  of  signal  communica- 
tion, such  as  the  flag  wig-wag  or.  night 
ttirch  seems  to  have  occurred  to  anyone 
during  the  Revolution,  though  a  relay  of 
beacons  at  night  and  cannon  blast  by  day 
was  used  to  announce  an  event,  known 
l)eforehand  to  be  impending.  The  horse- 
man at  top  speed  was  the  only  known 
telegraiih.  The  distances  travelled  by 
these  riders  during  the  first  two  years 
of  the  war  were  often  great.  Some  of 
the  more  trusted  expresses  of  Congress 
went  from  Philadelphia  to  Ticonderoga, 
to  Caml)ridge  and  to  Georgia.  Later  the 
rela}'  system  was  used  and  the  rides 
reduced  to  from  twenty  to  forty  miles 
and  where  the  distances  between  the  re- 
lays were  around  the  fifteen  mile  mark 
the  speed  maintained  was  excellent. 

The  first  appearance  of  the  express 
service  in  the  Revolutionary  organization 
is  in  the  resolve  of  Congress  of  Sep- 
tember 14,  1775,  when  the  necessity  of 
settling  the  expense  accounts  of  the  ex- 
presses became  pressing.  Having 
allowed  matters  to  drift  along  Congress 
became  illogically  appalled  at  the  ac- 
counts and,  after  debating  the  subject, 
added  more  members  to  the  committee 
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result  in  the  nature  of   forming  an  ex- 
press  organization   was   obtained.      Con- 
gress was  frugal,  at  times  parsimonious, 
and  settlement  of   matters  involving  the 
creation  of  a  permanent  expense  in  the 
shape  of  a  new  group  of   salaried   em- 
ployees was  not  easy.    In  Decemlier  1775 
Congress   appointed   Benjamin   l-'ranklin, 
Francis  Lewis  and   Silas  Deane  a  com- 
mittee to  devise  the  best  means  of  having 
expresses,   who    were   to   l^e   persons   of 
dependable    character,    posted    along    the 
road  from  Philadelphia  to  \\'ashington's 
Headquarters  in  Camliridge,  for  the  pur- 
pose   of    conveying    early    and    frequent 
intelligence.     This  committee  took  three 
weeks  to  report  and  then  the  report  was 
tabled  until  Franklin  could  make  further 
in(|uiry    into    the    matter.       Fc.iur    more 
weeks  passed  before  the  express  question 
again  forced  itself  to  the  fore.    Congress, 
after    haggling,   in    useless    debate,   over 
the    expense    charges,    again    postponed 
action    until    Franklin    could    enquire   of 
various   postmasters  as   to  the  terms  on 
which  expresses  could  be  engaged.    This 
continual  postponement  in  such  a  press- 
ing  matter    drew    from    General   ^^'ash- 
ington  a  clear  statement  of  the  case.   He 
wrote  to  Congress  on  Feb.  9,  1776,  that 
he  had  had  great  hopes  that  the  expresses 
to   be    established    between    Philadelphia 
and   Cambridge  would  have  been  estab- 
lished long  before  that  date,     ^^'ith  an 
exact   understanding   of   the   attitude   of 
Congress  towards  expenditures  he  gave  it 
as  his  opinion  that  it  would  rather  save 
than   increase    the    expense    by    having 
regular    relays    of    expresses,    as    many 
horses  were  destroved  bv  one  man  com- 
ing the  whole  way.  '"  It  would  certainly 
be  more  expeditious  and  safer  than  writ- 
ing In'  the  post  or  by  private  hands  which 
I  am  often  under  the  necessity  of  doing." 
February,    March,    April    and    May 


passed    and    in    the    first    week    in    June 
Congress    again    bestirred    itself    to    the 
extent    of     forming    another    committee, 
this  time  to  be  composed  of  one  delegate 
from  each  of   the  Thirteen   Colonies,  to 
consider  ways  and  means  of  establishing 
expresses  lietween  the  several  Continental 
posts  of  the  army.     This  was  a  fumliling 
attempt    to    estaltlish    a    kind    (if    super- 
postal    service,    a    special    delivery    that 
could  lie  depended  upon  to   speed  up  a 
certain  class  of  communicatiims.     It  was 
foredoomed    to    failure:    l>ut    the    Con- 
tinental Congress  had  not  learned  in  1776 
to   delegate   its   executive    functions   intu 
the   liands   of   executives,   exclusiveU'   sd 
functioning.      Tlie    insufficiency    of    the 
measure  adopted  drew  from  Washington 
some  rather  plain  comment.     On  receiv- 
ing the  resolve  he  wrote  at  once  to  the 
President  of   Congress:    "In  respect  to 
establishing  expresses  between  the  several 
Continental  posts,  who  is  to  do  it?    The 
resolve  does  not  say.     Is  it  expected  b_\' 
Congress  that  I   should  ?     \Mioever  the 
work    is    assigned    to    should    execute    it 
with    the    utmost    despatch.      The    late 
imperfect     and     contradictory     accounts 
respecting    our     defeat    at     the    Cedars 
strongly  point  out  the  necessity  there  is 
for    it.      No    intelligence   has   vet    come 
from  any  officer  in  command  there  and, 
must  ]iriil)alily  for  want  of  a  proper  chan- 
nel   t(i    convey    it.    tho    the    misfortune 
happened  so  long  ago."    Another  month 
passed  without  Congressional  action  and. 
on    Juh-    5,    Congress   pitched   u]ion   the 
overworked     and     harassed     Postmaster 
General    as    a    convenient    individual    to 
shoulder  the  burden.     It  ordered  him  to 
establish    a    line    of    expresses    between 
Philadelphia    and    Xew    York    City    and 
tacked  to  the  order  a  request  that  Gen- 
eral  Washington  lie  desired   to  send   ntt 
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muney  was  authorized  for  these  expresses 
and  the  Postmaster  General's  only 
recourse  was  to  use  the  regular  post 
riders  as  expresses.  The  result  was  to 
hamper  the  mail  service  with  but  small 
corresponding  gain  to  the  express 
despatches. 

The  struggle  to  prevent  the  British 
taking  New  York  City  and  the  anxious 
days  that  followed  its  capture  kept 
express  riders  moving  swiftly;  necessity 
pressed  hard  upon  the  heels  of  expedi- 
ency and  riders,  others  than  those  so 
employed  hv  the  Postmaster  General 
were  found  and  engaged  with  little 
tliought  of  svstem  or  regulation.  The 
need  of  the  moment  governed:  1iut  in 
October,  1776,  Congress  reverted  once 
more  to  the  express  difficulties ;  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  on  the  last  day  of 
that  mf>nth  with  instructions  to  report  as 
soon  as  possible  on  ways  and  means  of 
establishing  expresses  and  conveying 
intelligence  to  and  from  the  army,  with 
safety  and  speed.  Difficulties  were 
encountered  and  once  more  (on  Nov.  6) 
Congress  turned  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral and  directed  him  to  employ  immedi- 
atelv  as  many  more  riders  between  Phila- 
delphia and  the  headquarters  of  the  army 
as  he  should  judge  would  most  effectually 
perform  that  very  important  "  and,  at 
this  time  more  especially,  necessary  serv- 
ice and  that  he  endeavor  to  the  utmost 
in  his  power,  to  procure  sober,  diligent 
and  trusty  persons  to  undertake  it."  All 
ferr\-  keepers  were  enjoined  to  expedite 
expresses  and,  as  it  was  reported  that 
the  expresses  were  in  the  habit  of  carry- 
ing private  letters  and  packages  in 
addition  to  the  government  despatches. 
Congress  solemnly  declared  that  such 
offenders  ''  ought  not  to  receive  the 
wages  they  would  otherwise  be  entitled 
lo." 


In  November,  1776,  Timothy  Dodd, 
one  of  the  expresses,  was  robbed  of  his 
despatch  bag  at  Bristol,  Pennsylvania, 
under  rather  suspicious  circumstances. 
A  Congressional  investigation  could  find 
nothing  against  Dodd  but  carelessness. 
He  was  imprisoned  for  a  time :  but  the 
incident  merely  showed  the  pressing 
necessity  for  a  regulated  express  service. 
By  the  end  of  Novemlier  it  seemed  clear 
that  whatever  management  existed  in  the 
express  service  had  not  met  the  needs, 
so  Congress  again  reverted  to  its  original 
method  of  committee  treatment,  only  this 
time  instead  of  asking  for  a  report,  it 
placed  the  management  of  the  matter  in 
the  hands  of  the  committee.  This  was 
the  Committee  of  Intelligence  and  it  was 
directed  and  empowered  to  establish 
expresses  to  go  to  and  from  Head- 
quarters daily.  But  evil  days  were  dawn- 
ing upon  the  Revolutionary  movement : 
Washington  was  driven  through  Jersey 
and  across  the  Delaware ;  the  British 
were  encamped  upon  the  east  bank  of 
the  river  and  Congress  fled  to  Baltimore. 
The  need  for  an  express  service  was 
more  imperative  than  ever,  yet  the  situa- 
tion was  more  than  ever  confused.  Robert 
Morris,  who  had  been  left  in  Philadelphia 
along  with  George  Clymer  and  George 
Walton,  to  carry  on  the  Continental 
Inisiness  as  long  as  it  was  prudent  to 
stay  in  the  city,  wrote  to  Congress  that 
the  Continental  stables,  from  which  the 
expresses  were  largely  derived,  were  in 
the  greatest  confusion.  Horses,  wagons, 
expresses,  commissaries,  stable  gear  and 
supplies  were  in  a  turmoil.  "Jacob  Hiltz- 
heimer,  a  very  honest  man  "  he  wrote, 
"  will  run  mad  soon  if  not  properly 
assisted  or  relieved  in  this  department." 
In  January,  1777,  the  full  committee 
wrote  to  Congress  that  the  waste  and 
destruction  going:  on  in  the  stables  was 


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frightful.  "  Our  opinion  is  that  no  buch 
thmg  as  a  LVmtniental  staljle  >huukl  ever 
have  existed,  ilorses  are  worked  to  the 
bone  and  then  neglected  —  feed  stolen 
and  wasted,  no  one  can  tell  who  is  enti- 
tled to  It  and  who  is  not.  Every  officer 
crams  his  horses  into  the  public  stables 
and  calls  them  Continental;  every  hired 
team  that  ought  to  find  itself  say  they 
are  Continental  and  demand  feed  as  a 
right,  lliltzheinier  does  all  he  can  but 
they  threaten  his  life  and  to  burn  his 
stables."  The  I'ommittee  sent  Hiltz- 
heimer  a  guard,  l)Ut  they  turned  out  to  be 
just  as  bad  as  the  thieving  wagoners 
and  joined  in  with  the  dishonest  in  get- 
ting everything  possible.  The  Continental 
stables  had  been  established  at  the  sug- 
gestion of  Thomas  Mifflin,  but  from  lack 
of  proper  management  they  became  more 
of  a  hindrance  than  a  help.  The  con- 
fusion in  Philadelphia  at  the  time  of 
the  battles  of  Trenton  and  Princeton 
accounts  ftir  some  of  the  conditions  so 
eloquently  described  by  the  Committee ; 
but  absence  of  intelligent  management 
was  the  main  trouble.  Matters  blundered 
along,  with  haphazard  dependence  on 
finding  private  individuals  who  were 
ready  to  ride  as  special  messengers,  when 
it  became  necessary  to  send  communica- 
tions with  more  than  ordinary  speed. 
There  were  individuals  in  Philadelphia 
who  were  habitually  employed  by  Con- 
gress to  ride  express  with  important 
papers  and  their  expense  accounts  were 
settled  with  the  usual  delay,  after  debate, 
(juestioning  and  comjilaint  of  the  expense 
involved;  but  it  seemed  impossible  to 
come  to  an  agreement  on  an  established 
plan  which  would  reduce  the  very 
expense  so  freely  complained  of.  When 
the  army  moved,  the  chain  of  expresses 
was  dissolved  and  a  new  one  built  up 
on  the  best  terms  obtainable;  frequently 


entaihng  a  ctjmpicte  change  of  all  former 
arrangemenis  and  a  new  scale  of  pay- 
ments tor  the  service.  General  \\  ash- 
ington  did  not  hesitate  to  throw  out  long 
lines  of  relay  riders  wherever  necessity 
tiemauded  it,  but  no  permanent  organiza- 
tion was  possible  and  the  results  ot 
temporary  arrangements  seldom  met 
adequately,  the  exigencies.  During  the 
bpnng  campaign  m  1777,  when  both 
\\  aslungtoii  and  Tiowe  jockied  for 
advantage  m  upper  Jersey  the  American 
general  established  a  relay  of  expresses 
between  Alorristown  and  i'hiladelphia, 
writing  to  the  President  of  Congress  thai 
the  deputy  quartermaster  general  "  would 
inform  30U  who  hiS  rider  is  in  Phila- 
delphia that  you  may  know  where  to 
apply."  A  sudden  move  of  the  British 
up  the  Hudson  had  to  be  guarded  againsi 
and  a  chain  of  expresses  was  established 
betw^een  King's  Perry  and  JMorristown. 
Joseph  Putler,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
ferry,  John  Butler  at  Suft'ern's  Ta\-ern, 
in  Smith's  Cove,  and  Adam  Jameson  at 
Capt.  Mandeville's,  at  Pompton  Plains 
were  the  riders  that  brought  despatches 
from  the  Plighlands  to  the  camp  at 
Alorristown.  In  Jul}',  1777,  llowe  set 
sail  irvm  New  York  with  the  British 
fleet  and  troop  transports  and  for  weeks 
Washington  was  in  the  dark  as  to  the 
point  where  the  stroke  would  be 
delivered.  After  a  long  wait  the  ships 
were  seen  off  the  Delaware  capes,  only 
to  disappear  again  and  later  to  sail  into 
Chesapeake  Bay.  Congress  immediately 
became  busy  with  the  lack  of  an  express 
service  and  ordered  the  Board  of  War 
to  appoint  proper  expresses  for  convey- 
ing letters  and  requested  Washington  to 
appoint  a  proper  person  at  Headquarters 
to  write  to  the  President  of  Congress 
twice  a  day  or  oftener.  The  Board  con- 
fessed   its    utter    inability    to    carry    out 


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Congress'  order  and  passed  the  difficulty 
on  to  Washington.  It  wrote  to  him  that 
while  it  dishked  taking  men  from  the 
fighting  hne,  it  could  do  nothing  more 
than  request  Washington  to  olrtain 
expresses  by  taking  dragoons  for  that 
purpose,  from  either  Bland's  or  Sheldon's 
regiments.  This  was  the  final  acknowl- 
edgment that  an  express  service,  as  a 
civil  establishment,  could  not  be  main- 
tained; the  task,  so  airily  directed  by 
Congress  was  impossil)le  of  accomplish- 
ment without  the  finances  necessary  to 
fulfill  it  and  finances  were  ignored  by 
Congress.  It  was  easy  to  obtain  a  few 
soldiers  by  detail  for  this,  that  and  the 
other  purpose ;  a  few  men  here  and  there 
weren't  supposed  to  count ;  but  when  this 
became  a  general  practice  the  result  was 
a  weakening  of  the  fighting  line  and  a 
relaxation  of  the  reins  of  discipline.  But 
the  precedent  was  set  Ijy  the  Board  of 
War  and  from  the  latter  jiart  of  1777 
dragoons  were  used  freely  as  expresses 
on  all  occasions.  The  practice  brought 
into  existence  an  entirely  new  set  of 
difficulties ;  the  dragoon  commanders 
were  bitter  in  their  complaints  against 
their  commands  l^eing  split  up  and 
scattered  over  an  expanse  of  territory ; 
the  dragoon  riders,  stationed  at  posts 
away  from  camp  and  freed  from  dis- 
ciplinary restraints  were  not  always  as 
[irompt  and  efficient  as  could  be  wished 
and,  when  they  came  in  contact  with 
civilian  express  riders  they  contrived  to 
assume  a  superiurit\-  that  did  not  always 
redound  to  the  good  of  the  service.  The 
innovation  did  not  solve  the  problem  for, 
half  a  year  later,  (May,  1778)  Congress 
again  appointed  another  of  its  intermin- 
a])le  committees  to  digest  and  report  a 
plan  for  regulating  the  Continental  Ex- 
presses and  also  to  enquire  into  and 
rectify   the   abuses  of   the  general   Post 


Office.  The  dragoon  expresses  could  be 
punished  in  summary  military  manner 
lor  delays  and  mistakes;  but  the  civilian 
express  was  a  more  difficult  problem. 
Lomplaints  of  tardiness,  straying  from 
station  and  loitering  on  the  road  were 
numerous  and  Congress  was  alarmed  at 
the  expense  of  the  service.  From  the 
end  of  June  to  the  middle  of  July,  1778, 
$6,000  had  been  called  for  within  this 
short  period  of  three  weeks. 

The  distances  to  be  ridden  varied ;  the 
general  plan  was  to  divide  the  routes 
into  moderate  laps  of  from  twelve  to 
twenty  miles  and  to  have  express  riders 
stationed  at  convenient  posts  at  these 
distances  apart.  Each  express  was 
supposed  to  ride  at  the  utmost  speed  of 
his  mount  to  the  next  relay  station,  from 
which  the  rider  there  would  carry  the 
despatch  to  the  next  station.  The  ex- 
presses furnished  their  own  mounts ;  but 
were  not  allowed,  in  all  cases,  to  subsist 
them  at  public  expense.  The  despatches 
carried  liy  the  riders  were  of  the  highest 
importance.  When  the  French  fleet, 
under  Comte  D'Estaing,  was  expected  on 
the  coast,  the  letter  of  welcome  from 
Congress  was  entrusted  to  various  riders 
who  were  sent  to  different  points  along 
the  shore,  as  no  one  knew  just  where  the 
French  Admiral  would  make  his  landfall. 
One  express  went  to  Lewes,  Delaware; 
another  to  Little  Egg  Harbor  and,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  polite  phrases  of  welcome, 
the  President  of  Congress  recorded  for 
D'Estaing  important  information  as  to 
the  British  ships  in  New  York  harbor, 
the  position  of  General  Washington's 
army  and  enclosed  copies  of  the  letters 
and  documents  relating  to  the  British  at- 
tempt, in  1778,  to  effect  a  reconciliation 
with  the  Colonies.  It  was  most  important 
that  our  French  allies  plainly  understand 
that  nothing  short  of  Independence  was 


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then  to  be  thought  of  and  President 
Laurens  wrote  that  "  as  your  Excellency 
cannot  have  seen  these  papers  on  the 
other  side  of  the  Atlantic,  a  perusal  of 
them  will  afford  some  amusement,  at  the 
same  time  that  you  vrill  learn  from  the 
contents  the  firmness  of  the  good  People 
of  this  Country." 

The  two  expresses  that  carried  the 
duplicate  letter  to  Lewes  and  Little  Egg 
Harbor,  were  Andrew  .Dougherty  and 
Charles  Freeman.  Dougherty  was  to  de- 
liver his  despatch  to  Henry  Fisher  and 
Freeman  his  to  Richard  Westcott.  Both 
Fisher  and  Westcott  were  asked  "  in  the 
name  of  Congress  "  to  get  the  packet  out 
to  the  French  ships  by  any  means  in  their 
power. 

One  of  the  express  troubles  was  the 
unauthorized  use  of  them  by  staff  and 
civilian  officers.  Private  letters  were 
often  sent  by  the  public  expresses  and 
inconsequential  communications  given 
into  their  hands  when  the  post  would 
have  served  just  as  well.  This  resulted 
in  the  express  being  absent  frequently 
from  his  post  when  important  official 
despatches  arrived,  to  their  consequent 
delay.  It  was  also  responsible  for  some 
of  the  loitering  and  delays  of  the  riders. 
All  official  despatches  were  franked  on 
the  outside  of  the  packet  so  the  rider 
could  easily  tell  whether  the  letters  he 
carried  were  from  important  individuals 
nr  not.  Set  to  riding  so  often  for  luisi- 
ness  he  suspected  was  of  slight  import- 
ance, it  was  hinnan  nature  to  become 
somewhat  indifferent,  and  criticism  and 
reprimand  were  often  inefifective.  The 
irregularities  and  complaints  steadily  in- 
creased and  light  dragoons  had  been 
gradually  substituted  for  many  of  the 
expresses  by  the  latter  part  of  the  year 
1778.  With  the  substitution  had  come 
complaints  also  from  the  dragoon  com- 


manders who  bitterly  protested  having 
their  troopers  scattered  over  the  country- 
sifle.  Congress  also  was  having  trouble 
with  its  expresses.  In  November,  1778, 
a  petition,  signed  by  the  Continental  Ex- 
presses, Timothy  Dodd,  Levallin  Barry, 
Patrick  M'Closky  and  Richard  Ross  was 
presented,  setting  forth  that  the  riders 
had  been  receiving  25'  shillings  per  day 
up  to  August,  1777  and  from  then  on, 
35  shillings.  They  paid  their  own  ex- 
penses out  of  this  and  the  petition 
claimed  that  the  higher  pay  was  not  suf- 
ficient. Congress  disagreed  with  the 
petitioners ;  announced  that  the  sum  was 
quite  sufficient  and  refused  to  grant  the 
plea :  the  result  was  more  dissatisfaction 
and  more  carelessness.  The  petitioners 
were  certainly  ju.stified  in  some  respects 
as  the  pay  of  the  expresses  was  any- 
thing hut  consistent  or  uniform.  The 
Philadelphia  expresses,  however,  re- 
ceived the  highest  pay  of  all.  Accord- 
ing to  the  returns,  which  are  available 
only  for  the  year  1779  and  a  part  of 
1780,  there  were  29  riders  at  Philadelphia 
and  most  of  them,  in  1779,  received- 
$480  per  month;  4  at  Trenton,  N.  J. 
received  $12  per  day:  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  the  rate  was  $80  per  month;  at 
Easton,  Pa.,  $140  per  month;  at  Mor- 
ristown,  N.  J-,  $16  per  day;  at  Char- 
lottesville, Va.,  $75  per  month ;  at 
Providence,  R.  I.,  $249  per  month  and 
at  Lebanon,  Pa.,  $60  and  $53 J/^,  with 
subsistence  accompanying  the  $60  rate 
and  not  granted  to  the  $53^  rate.  These 
figures  are  eloquent  of  the  unsystematic 
character  of  the  express  service.  Sub- 
sistence and  forage  were  perquisites  al- 
lowed or  withheld  in  a  most  illogical 
manner  and  the  general  inequality  of  the 
pay  could  have  no  other  effect  than  that 
of  being  detrimental  to  the  service  at 
large.    The  only  spot  in  the  entire  organ- 


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ization  where  there  was  anything  ap- 
proaching system  was  in  the  main  army 
under  Washington.  Here  the  24  riders 
were  under  the  direction  of  a  captain  of 
expresses  by  the  name  of  John  Mrskine 
and  they  were  all  paid  at  the  rate  oi  $12 
per  day ;  two  light  dragoons  were  de- 
tailed to  this  group  and  they  were  al- 
lowed $6  per  day  in  addition  to  their 
army  stipend  and  rations ;  hut  this  group 
was  the  exception ;  the  rest  of  the  service 
was  dissatisfied,  careless,  and  a  source 
of  exasperation  to  Congress.  This  exas- 
peration steadily  increased  as  complaint 
after  complaint  was  made  against  the 
expresses  and  on  Decemlier  27,  l77'-\ 
Congress,  in  a  fit  of  irritation,  ordered 
the  summary  dismissal  of  every  rider  in 
I  he  pay  of  the  United  States  and  re- 
solved further  that  thereafter  no  estal)- 
lished  express  riders  lie  maintaini'd  at 
public  expense. 

This  sweeping  method  of  rectifying  an 
evil,  for  which  Congress  itself  was  re- 
s]5onsil)le,  Ijv  abolishing  it  was  much 
like  curing  a  headache  by  decapitation. 
Fortunatelv  for  the  service  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief  was  of  a  less  hasty 
disposition.  He  immediately  wrote 
to  Quartermaster  General  Nathanael 
Creene  that  sucli  summary  action  could 
not  be  taken  without  great  injury  tn  the 
service.  ''  I  do  not  see,"  he  wrote.  "  that 
the  measure  will  be  altogether  practicable 
at  any  time  in  the  extent  proposed." 
Nevertheless  he  ordered  Greene  to  dis- 
charge as  many  of  the  riders  as  circum- 
stances would  admit  of  beiu';'  itnmedi- 
ately  discharged.  The  small  pay  and 
hard  service  had  so  discouraged  the  ex- 
presses that  most  of  them  had  given 
Greene  notice  of  tlieir  intention  to  quit 
l)efore  Congress  ordered  their  discharge. 
It  was  not  the  dismissal  that  worried 
Greene  but  how   to   obtain   riders  when 


they  were  urgently  needed.  He  thought 
he  could  meet  most  emergencies  with  15 
expresses  and,  as  Congress  had  ordered 
all  riders  dismissed  he  suggested  that  the 
orderly  sergeants  be  used  as  expresses. 
They  were  a  much  better  class  of  men, 
Greene  said,  than  the  average  express 
rider,  but,  he  added  with  weary  im- 
patience, by  the  time  horses  were  pro- 
vided for  the  sergeants  and  all  the  neces- 
sary ecjuipment  found  and  new  express 
arrangements  made  the  expense  would 
lie  as  great  as  the  retention  of  the  old, 
regular  express  riders.  Washington 
wrote  plainly  to  Congress  on  Jan.  5, 
1780:  "1  would,"  he  said,  "take  the 
liberty  to  observe  that  I  think  the 
exigency  and  good  of  the  service  will 
not  admit  of  a  general  discharge  of  the 
F.xjiress  Riders.  Circumstances  very 
interesting  frcc|uently  arise  that  demand 
an  instant  communication — and  to  places 
entirely  out  of  the  track  of  the  I'ost. 
Ni)r  does  it  appear  to  me  that  it  would 
answer  to  rely  on  the  getting  of  occa- 
sional expresses  at  the  moment  they  are 
wanted,  both  on  account  of  the  delay 
that  would  often  hajipen  and  tlie  risk  of 
employing'  improper  Characters.  The 
preciousness  of  moments  in  military  ar- 
rangements will  often  make  the  delay 
of  an  hour  extremely  injurious  nor  am 
1  deal'  bow  far  this  plan  may  l)e  con- 
ducive to  econiiniy:  for  persons  so  en- 
gaged in  an  emergency  will  not  fail  to 
exact  enormous  rewards."  He  inlormed 
Congress  that  he  had  taken  the  liberty 
to  suspend  the  ojieration  of  the  resolve 
dismissing  the  expresses  until  he  could 
hear  from  them  again  and  that  he  had 
done  this  "  not  of  choice,  but  of  neces- 
sitv."  \\'ashington  thought  that  jicrhaps 
one-half  of  the  expresses  might  be  dis- 
missed bv  way  of  an  experiment,  but  that 
was  as  far  as  it  was  safe  to  go  until  it 


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could  be  seen  how  the  reduced  numJjer 
could  maintain  the  service.  The  letter 
was  effective  and  on  Jan.  14,  1780.  Con- 
gress resolved  that  the  Commander  in 
Chief  might  retain  as  many  public  ex- 
presses as  he  judged  necessary  fur  the 
immediate  purposes  of  the  army.  Act- 
ing under  this  authority  the  total  number 
of  the  army  expresses  was  reduced  from 
112  to  17,  of  which  10  continued  with 
the  main  arm_\' ;  1  in  the  Highlands:  5 
at  Fishkill  and  1  at  Fort  Pitt,  on  the 
frontier.  The  112  had  been  distributed 
as  follows :  30  with  the  main  army ;  2 
at  Williamsburg,  Va. ;  1  at  Wilmington. 
Del. ;  3  at  Lancaster,  Pa. ;  5  at  Carlisle, 
Pa. ;  2  in  Chester  County,  Pa. ;  28  in 
Philadelphia ;  1  at  Fort  Pitt ;  1  at  Read- 
ing, Pa. ;  6  at  Easton,  Pa. ;  7  at  Pitts- 
town,  N.  J. ;  1  at  Morristown,  N.  J.; 
1  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  16  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y. ; 
7  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  1  at  Heath's 
headquarters  in  the  Highlands.  The 
Fishkill  post  presented  a  difficult  prob- 
lem. It  was  one  of  the  most  important 
supply  depots  and,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Col.  Udny  Hay,  gathered  in 
supplies  from  a  large  area  of  surround- 
ing country.  Hay  was  so  upset  over  the 
curtailment  of  his  expresses  that  he  ob- 
tained a  court  of  inquiry  upon  the 
situation.  The  court  found  that  he  had 
absolute  need  of  more  expresses  than 
the  new  arrangement  allowed  him.  Com- 
munication was  continuous  between  Hay 
and  the  various  county  justices  and  this 
communication  had  to  l^e  maintained  if 
the  needed  stream  of  supplies,  especi- 
ally forage,  was  to  be  uninterrupted. 
Hard  put  to  it.  Hay  impressed  the 
wagon-masters  as  expresses,  for  the 
needs  of  the  army  had  to  be  constantly 
reported  to  the  justices  of  the  peace, 
that  arrangements  might  l)e  made  sut¥i- 
ciently  in  advance  to  meet  the  daily  de- 


mands. Very  little  of  this  business  lay 
with  the  people  living  along  the  post 
roads  so  that  the  mails  were  of  small  use 
in  this  regard.  Fortified  by  the  decision 
of  the  court  of  inquiry,  Washington  gave 
Hay  entire  discretion  to  employ  any  num- 
ber of  expresses  in  an  emergency,  pro- 
vided that  he  discharged  them  as  soon 
as  the  emergency  ceased.  Congress 
itself  found  that  emergencies  arose  when 
expresses  were  greatly  needed  and,  after 
the  expresses  had  been  discharged,  it 
fell  back  upon  the  use  of  its  employees, 
army  officers  in  Philadelphia  who  hap- 
pened to  be  traveling  in  the  proper  di- 
rection, or  even  private  citizens  who  were 
willing  to  serve  as  messengers  for  the 
honor  of  it.  A  case  of  this  nature  was 
when  the  Alarquis  de  Lafayette  returned 
to  France.  Congress  sent  the  letter 
granting  him  leave  to  return  to  Europe 
by  Moses  Young,  a  clerk  in  the  office 
of  the  Secretary  of  Congress.  The  let- 
ter gave  to  Lafayette  the  thanks  of 
Congress  "  for  the  zeal  and  disinterested 
service  .  .  .  you  have  rendered  to  the 
United  States  of  America,"  and  in- 
formed the  gallant  Frenchman  that  they 
had  ordered  "an  elegant  sword  to  be 
presented  to  you  by  the  American  Minis- 
ter at  the  Court  of  Versailles."  Along 
with  this  letter  to  Lafayette,  Young  also 
delivered  to  him  a  letter  from  Congress 
to  King  Louis  XVT  expressing  America's 
great  appreciation  of   Lafayette. 

The  coming  of  the  French  army  under 
Rochambeau  made  the  employment  of 
expresses  more  pressingly  necessary 
than  ever  and  a  committee  of  Congress, 
that  had  been  ordered  to  Washington's 
Headquarters  to  secure  better  coopera- 
tion and  understanding  of  the  situation, 
requested  expresses  of  Quartermaster 
General  Greene,  to  carry  an  urgent  cir- 
cular  letter   to   all   the    States.     With  a 


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vivid  recollection  of  the  trdulik-  caused 
him  Ijy  Congress's  al)(iliti(>n  of  the  ex- 
press service  hut  a  short  time  hefore, 
the  harassed  Quartermaster  ( leneral  re- 
plied:  "I  should  have  l:een  happy  had 
it  been  in  my  power  to  furnish  the  Ex- 
press riders  agreeable  to  ycjur  request. 
The  number  retained  in  the  service  are 
inadequate  to  the  purposes  for  which 
they  are  employed.  They  now  are  all 
out  on  duty  and  1  am  sorry  to  acknow- 
ledge I  have  not  the  means  to  hire  anv 
for  this  particular  occasion." 

By  the  end  of  June,  17SIJ,  Congress 
had  been  painfully  com-inced  of  the  error 
of  its  hasty  dismissal  of  the  riders  and 
a  grudging  surrender  to  nece^sitv  was 
made  by  a  resolve  of  July  3,  ordering 
the  Board  of  War  to  continue  the  line 
of  expresses  that  had  been  estal)lished 
and  supported  liy  ( iovernor  Thomas 
Jefferson,  fr<im  Williamsburg,  Va.,  to 
Philadelphia,  from  the  latter  place  to 
Washington's  Headquarters.  Later,  when 
the  Southern  campaign  was  in  full  swing, 
another  resolve  was  passed  ordering  the 
Board  of  War  to  keep  the  line  of  ex- 
presses established  by  (iovernor  Jeffer- 
son constantly  employed.  The  Board 
was  to  make  the  necessar\-  arrangements 
with  Jefferson  and  to  tix  on  the  neces- 
sary stages  and  riders  so  that  communi- 
cations could  be  sent  back  an<l  forth 
quickly  Ijetween  the  Southern  Army  ami 
Congress.  Then,  apparently  as  an  after- 
thought, the  Board  was  or<lered  to  take 
the  necessary  measures  for  a  similar 
service  to  the  Northern  Army.  I'he 
thriftiness  of  Congress  in  arranging  with 
Jefferson  to  use  his  Virginia  expresses, 
after  having  discharged  its  own,  was 
typical  and  the  inspiration  of  one  genius 
added  to  the  resolve  that  intelligence 
from  the  South  was  to  be  transmitted 
"  as  quickly  as  possible  and  not  to  ex- 


ceed once  in  ten  days  at  farthest."  For- 
tunately a  saving  c<]mmon  sense  struck 
this  out  before  it  could  be  enacted  and 
Congress  escaped  from  resolving  such 
an  absurdity. 

The  army,  deprived  of  means  of  rapid 
communication  which  it  had  to  have,  fell 
back  on  the  precedent  established  in  1777 
by  the  Board  of  War,  and  used  its  light 
dragoons  as  express  riders.  This  re- 
duced the  efficiency  of  the  cavalr\-,  but 
the  despatches  had  to  go  through.  When 
the  b'rench  army  arri\-ed  Rochambeau 
generously  guaranteed  the  expense  of 
expresses  lietween  the  two  armies  and 
the  express  service  between  the  allies  did 
not  suffer,  lint  though  the  use  of  the 
light  dragoons  sa\ed  the  situation,  it  did 
not  smootli  out  all  the  difficulties.  It 
was  not  always  easy  to  find  forage  for 
a  light  horse  at  the  point  wdiere  it  was 
best  for  him  to  be  stationed  and  the 
danger  of  capture  of  a  single  rider  bv 
Tory  sympathizers,  when  he  was  con- 
tinued for  a  time  at  a  fixed  station,  was 
not  slight.  While  the  arni\-  was  on  the 
lludson  ki\'er  and  the  express  mute  to 
the  l'"rench  at  Rho(le  Island  lay  through 
Westchester  county.  New  York  and  Con- 
necticut, the  danger  to  the  dragoon  ex- 
presses from  marauding  bands  of  Tories 
was  considerable;  Col.  l'',lisha  Sheldon 
was  quite  convinced  that  the  most 
dangerous  area  lay  between  Stamford, 
L'onn..  and  the  1  leail(|uarters  at  Xew 
Windsor  and  all  of  the  dragoon  com- 
manders disliked  the  risk  of  thus  weak- 
ening their  regiments  by  losing  men  in 
driblets  of  one  at  a  time.  b'very  so 
often  the  exjiresses  were  attacked  and  it 
was  reported  in  the  Continental  .\rmy 
camps  that  the  British  had  a  high  stand- 
ing off'er  for  the  ca|)ture  of  any  rider 
with  his  despatches.  At  times  the  militia 
horse     were     ordered     into     service     as 


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expresses;  but  when  so  used  they  were 
nt)t  cnhghtened  as  to  the  particular  serv- 
ice they  were  rendering;  all  they  knew 
was  that  they  were  ctirrying  an  order  of 
some  kind  and  when  so  employed  they 
were  paid  out  of  the  Continental  military- 
chest. 

After  Yorktown,  the  French  army 
remained  in  Virginia  during  the  winter 
of  1781-2  and  Rochambeau  bore  the  ex- 
pense of  an  express  line  from  Williams- 
burg to  Philadelphia.  In  the  Spring  the 
French  marched  to  Boston  and  a  line 
of  dragoon  expresses  was  established 
from  Newburgh  on  the  Hudson  to  that 
city.  The  orders  for  the  government  of 
this  express  line  are  the  only  ones  that 
appear  to  have  survived  and  they  are 
here  transcribed  for  their  undouljted 
interest : 

Orders  for  Dragoons  and  Expresses  posted 
on  the  Line  of  Communication  between  Kings 
Ferry  &  Boston. 

1st.  Every  Dragoon  or  Express  will  hold 
himself  in  constant  readiness  by  night  &  by 
day  to  perform  the  service  expected  of  him. 

2.  The  Dragoon  or  Express  will  not  Com- 
mence the  journey  purposely  to  forward  any 
Despatches  except  such  only  as  are  franked 
by  the  Commander  in  Chief,  or  are  from  the 
Commanding  land  or  Naval  Officers  of  his 
Most  Christian  Majesty  —  but  other  letters 
may  be  sent  by  this  conveyance  whenever  the 
line  is  put  in  motion  for  the  before  mentioned 
purposes. 

3.  Dragoons  or  Expresses  are  always  to  note 
on  the  outside  of  the  Letters  the  hour  they 
receive  them,  &  the  e.xact  time  they  deliver 
them  at  the  next  stage.  If  the  covers  of  the 
Despatches  should  be  broken  or  in  bad  condi- 
tion from  any  casualty  whatever,  it  must  be 
attested  by  a  magistrate  or  two  respectable 
Inhabitants  that  this  was  the  case  before  the 
Despatches  arrived  at  the  Stage  where  the  cer- 
tificate was  given  —  otherwise  the  person  in 
whose  possession  they  are  found  will  be  con- 
sidered as  the  Delinquent  and  treated  accord- 
ingly. 

4.  The  Dragoon  or  Express  being  charged 
with  Despatches  of  the  foregoing  Description 
must  carry  them  through  their  stage  with  the 
greatest    diligence — but    whenever    it    is    men- 


tioned on  the  Letters  themselves,  that  they  are 
to  be  fonvardcd  n'itli  the  greatest  dispatch, 
they  must  then  Ride  night  &  day  without  one 
moments  cessation  (the  time  of  receipt  &  de- 
livery being  marked  on  the  letter).  The 
fidelity  &  exertion  of  every  individual  may  be 
judged  of  —  &  should  any  be  guilty  of  negli- 
gence they  must  abide  by  the  consequences. 

These  orders,  the  draft  of  which  is 
shown  in  illustration,  are  in  the  hand- 
writing of  Lt.  Col.  David  Humphreys, 
then  an  aide  to  Washington.  They  are 
endorsed  :  "  Instructions  to  the  Dragoons 
to  be  posted  by  Mr.  Mix  on  the  Road  to 
Boston." 

The  final  disappearance  of  the  Con- 
tinental Express  Rider  from  the  stage 
of  the  Revolutionary  War  came  in  De- 
cemljer,  1782  when  Congress  ordered 
that  the  Quartermaster  General  should 
thereafter  furnish  all  extraordinary  ex- 
presses when  the  service  required  them, 
any  ordinance  or  resolve  of  Congress  to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding.  This  in 
effect  meant  the  end  of  the  express  rider 
for  the  Quartermaster  General,  with  no 
funds  at  his  disposal  to  obtain  such  serv- 
ice would,  of  necessity,  requisition  for  a 
light  dragoon  from  the  nearest  troop  of 
cavalry,  whenever  he  needed  a  messen- 
ger. On  December  29,  1782,  after  the 
the  French  army  had  sailed  from  Boston, 
the  Commander  in  Chief  ordered  the 
Quartermaster  General  to  discharge  all 
the  expresses  on  the  line  between  New- 
burgh and  Boston  and  to  order  the  light 
dragoons  back  to  their  corps.  The 
country  people  who  had  furnished  pro- 
visions, forage  and  shelter  for  these 
riders  were  informed  that  their  accounts 
for  these  services  would  be  paid  as 
soon  as  they  could  be  sent  to  the  Con- 
gress at  Philadelphia.  An  attested  ac- 
count of  the  express  expense  was  to  be 
made  out  and  sent  to  the  French  Minister 
there  who  had  engaged  to  pay  the  French 
proportion  of  it. 


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LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 


The  lack  of  system  in  the  nianagenient 
of  the  express  service,  from  the  very 
beginning,  is,  of  course,  responsible  fur 
the  difficulty  in  reconstructing  at  this  late 
(lay,  more  than  the  barest  outline  of  it. 
What  follows  is  the  list  of  express  sta- 
tions tliat  the  author  has  lieen  able  to 
find,  together  with  the  numlier  of  ex- 
])resses  stationed  at  each.  Following 
that  is  a  list  of  such  names  of  express 
riders  as  ;ire  mentioned  among  tlie  Papers 
of  the  Continental  Congress  and  those  of 
General  George  Washington.  The  total 
of  the  information  is  meager,  but  it  is 
given  here  for  what  it  is  worth,  because 
no  such  list  as  this  appears  anywhere  in 
print  and  because  these  names  are  those 
of  men  who  gave  of  their  strength  and 
courage  that  America  might  gain  liberty. 
Braving  hardship  and  danger  they  added 
their  humble  might  to  the  cumulative 
efforts  of  eight  years  of  war  that  won 
for  our  Country  lier  political  freedom. 

Tn  Pennsylvania  the  express  stations 
were:  Philadel|)hia,  at  which  there  were 
from  28  to  31  riders ;  at  Easton.  4  riders  : 
at  Newtown.  2  riders;  at  Carlisle,  1,  per- 
manently and  1  occasionally :  at  Ship- 
pensburg,  1  ;  at  York,  1  ;  at  Lancaster,  2; 
at  Lebanon,  2;  at  Reading,  1  and  in 
Chester  County,  2.  At  Hartford.  Conn  . 
there    was    1    rider.      At    Charlottesville, 


\  a.,  there  were  2.  In  New  Jersey  were 
4  at  Trenton :  at  Alorristown,  2,  occa- 
sionally;  at  Pittstown,  1;  at  Ramapaugh, 
.X  At  Siiringfield,  Mass.,  there  was  L 
In  Rhode  Island,  at  Providence  there 
were  5;  at  ^^'arren,  1  ;  at  Tiverton,  ,^  and 
at  North  Kingston,  2. 

The  names  of  some  of  the  above  which 
often  cannot  be  identified  with  their  sta- 
tions, are:  Cornelius  Maerschalk,  who 
was  strilioned  at  Alorristown.  N.  J.; 
Pieniamin  liall,  at  Springfield,  ^lass.: 
( icorge  Welch  and  Charles  McCormick, 
at  Lebanon,  Pa.:  James  Pitney,  who  rode 
from  Troy,  N.  Y.,  to  New  Jersey: 
I'^lijah  Bennett,  Josiah  Fessenden  and 
Moses  Fessenden,  three  of  the  most 
trusted  of  the  Congress  expresses  at 
Philadelphia:  .\ndrew  Parker,  a  Con- 
gress ex|)ress,  who  rode  from  York.  Pa., 
to  Boston:  George  bTanlc,  John  Powell 
and  James  Alexander.  Congress  ex- 
presses; David  Barclay.  Methuselah 
D;ivis,  Isaac  IIum])hries.  William  Bel- 
don.  James  Davis.  Simon  Crug'er,  Adam 
Xip.  Joseph  Daven])ort,  l^pbraim  li.arris. 
lohn  Apslev.  Joseph  Millet,  b.-eph 
Sbarpe.  Patrick  :\l'Closkv.  Patrick 
M.aber.  Charles  Freeman.  lames  M;irtin. 
I'Mward  I'rvne.  Joseph  Burwell,  Isaac 
Titsworth.  Simon  (Iwen  Richard  Ross, 
l'"red    \'anlow.     Tames    Custer,    Thomas 


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Ri]iley,  John  White,  WilHam  Hunter, 
Tinidthv  Dodd,  Anthony  Dougherty  and 
Philetus  Cumbersome,  were  all  Con- 
gress expresses.  John  King,  Bernard 
^Volfe,  E.  Adams,  Hugh  IM'Clenaghan, 
John  A\ery,  Jr.,  William  Chew,  Joseph 
Beck  and  John  Pluckrose  were  express 
riders  in  1776.  Others  employed  by 
Congress  but  whose  Christian  names 
were  not  found  were:  Durst,  McKonkie, 
Gray,  F.  Wear  (or  Weir),  Clarkson, 
Johns,  ^^'ilkinson,  Brailsford,  Stuart,  B. 
Saxton,  Skinner,  Barry,  who  rode  from 
York  to  Whitemarsh  in  1777,  Jones  whii 
did  likewise.  Storer,  Browne,  Dugan, 
Baldwin,  Dunn,  Muckinfuss,  W.  Forbes, 


^Vhite  and  Ingles.  Other  names  that 
appear  scattered  through  the  records,  in 
addition  to  those  already  mentioned  in 
this  article  are :  George  Richardson, 
Thomas  Crawford,  Michael  Van  Court, 
John  Kell,  who  was  stationed  at  the  Con- 
tinental Village,  in  the  Highlands  in 
1780,  and  Mills,  McCann  and  Baldwin, 
whose  first  names  have  eluded  the  writer. 
Expresses  were  also  used  by  the 
various  States  and  here,  in  each  locality, 
additional  lists  of  names  may  be  com- 
piled if  time  and  energy  is  available ;  but 
this  article  is  concerned  only  with  those 
expresses  who  rode  for  the  Continental 
Congress  or  for  the  Continental  Army. 


The  National  Society,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
records  with  deep  sorrow  the  death  of  iNIrs.  James  F.  Maupin, 
Vice-President  General  from  Virginia,  1916  to  1918;  and  Mrs. 
Henry  McCleary,  Vice-President  General  from  Washington,  1920 
to  1923. 

Mrs.  Maupin  died  in  Portsmouth,  Va.,  on  July  11,  1923,  and 
Mrs.  McCleary  in  McCleary,  Washington,  on  September  25,  1923. 


THE  OLD  STONE  HOUSE  OF  LEWIS 
COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 

By  Katherine  Allen 
National  Registrar,  Children  of  the  American  Revolution 


XE  of  the  most  interesting 
land  marks  on  the  New- 
York  State  Highway,  fol- 
lowing the  Utica  to  Water- 
town  stage  route  of  earlier 
days,  is  the  Old  Stone  House 
wuiLii  siands  at  the  cross-roads  in  tne 
Village  of  Talcottville,  Lewis  County, 
New  York.  The  owners  have  kept  the 
old  house  so  that  to-day  it  stands  m  the 
old-time  simplicity  and  beauty  of  outline 
it  had  when  built  for  Hezekiah  M.  Tal- 
cott.  It  is  still  surrounded  by  the  large 
estate  which  belongs  to  the  family. 

A  constant  right-of-way  to  the  house 
eventually  became  the  main  road  of  the 
county  and  to-day  the  new  state  highway 
runs  within  a  few  feet  of  the  steps,  while 
the  farm  is  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
road. 

Within  the  staunchly  built  walls  of 
native  stone  and  hand  carved  wood-work, 
the  childrens'  children  yet  find  hospitality 
and  among  the  guests  are  many  names 
known  back  in  the  days  of  the  Revolution. 

Upon  its  completion  the  old  stone  house 
iiecame  the  manor  house  of  that  section 
and  was  also  the  unofificial  town  hall. 
The  mail  stage  changed  horses  here  and 
many  times  the  driver  had  hundreds  of 
dollars  in  gold  packed  in  small  kegs 
enroute  to  an  upstate  bank  placed  in  his 
care.  The  early  records  describe  the 
memorial    service    held    in    the    winter 


(January)  at  Tlie  Old  Stone  House  in 
Leyden,  when  the  news  of  General  Wash- 
ington's death  reached  the  town. 

At  the  close  of  the  Revolutionar)-  War, 
northern  New  York  was  still  a  wilder- 
ness. Several  men  bought  up  large  tracts 
and  promoted  homestead  schemes  among 
the  families  of  the  neighboring  New  Eng- 
land States.  One  proprietor  was  John 
Brown  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  who 
owned  a  large  part  of  what  is  now  the 
North  Woods  or  Black  River  Country, 
and  land  is  still  recorded  as  "  The  Brown 
Tract."  He  employed  Captain  John 
Hammond,  late  of  the  Revolutionary 
Army  in  Rhode  Island  and  an  e.xpert 
topographer,  to  take  charge  of  surveying 
the  Brown  land.  This  was  such  a  tre- 
mendous task  that  Captain  Hammond 
moved  his  family  permanently  into  New 
Y'ork  and  we  now  find  their  family  lines 
crossed  with  many  notable  New  York 
families.  This  Black  River  country  was 
originally  Oneida  County  and  Leyden 
Township  and  covered  a  large  area.  But, 
bearing  the  date  of  ^larch  28,  1805, 
we  find  presented  to  the  Honorable  the 
Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York 
in  Senate  and  Assembly  convened  :  "An 
Act  to  erect  part  of  the  county  of  Oneida 
into  two  separate  counties  by  the  names 
of  Jefiferson  and  Lewis,  and  for  other 
purposes."  Section  13  reads:  "And  be 
it  further  enacted,  that  all  that  part  of 

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the   town   of    Leyden   remaining    in    the 
County  of   Oneida,  shall  be  and  remain 
a  separate  town  by  the  name  of  Boon- 
ville,  and  the  first  town  meeting  shall  be 
held  at  the  house  of  Joseph,  Denning,  and 
all  the   remaining  part  of   the  town  of 
Leyden,  which   is  comprised  within  the 
bounds  of  the  County,  of  Lewis,  shall  be 
and    remain    a 
town     by     the 
name   of    Ley- 
den,    and     the 
first     town 
meeting      shall 
be  held  at  the 
dwelling  house 
o  f      Hezekiah 
Talcott."     The 
Old     Stone 
House  thus  of- 
ficially  became 
the     birthplace 
of        Lewis 
County.     Ley- 
den was  named 
by     Gerret 
Boon,  who  set- 
tled  what   was 
later  known  as 
B  o  o  n  V  i  1 1  e , 
under  the  aus- 
pices    of     the 
Holland    Land 
C  o  m  p  a  n  y 
whose      niem- 
b  e  r  s      chiefly 
lived   in   Leyden,   Holland.     After    1900 
the  Talcott  family  had  the  name  changed 
to  Talcottville. 

Settlement  was  first  made  in  this  town 
and  county  by  William  Topping,  who 
emigrated  from  Meriden,  Connecticut, 
early  in  1794  with  an  ox  team  and  his 
household,  consisting  of  his  wife,  a  son 
and  a  daughter.    They  were  two  weeks 


MARY    HALL  BAKER 


reaching  Whitestown,  near  Utica,  where 
they  turned  northward  into  the  wilder- 
ness, through  tangled  underbrush  and 
around  fallen  logs.  The  wife  took  her 
turn  at  driving  the  team,  while  the  hus- 
band went  before  them,  a.xe  in  hand,  to 
clear  a  way.  They  arrived  at  Sugar 
River  late  in  April,  and  built  a  bark 
shanty  by  the 
side  of  a  large 
log  using  poles 
for  the  sides 
and  a  blanket 
for  the  door. 

In  June  1792, 
Patrick  Colqu- 
houn.  High 
Sheriff  of  Lon- 
d  o  n  ,  had 
bought  25,000 
acres,  includ- 
ing this  land, 
at  one  shilling 
sterling  an  acre. 
This  he  bought 
from  his  friend 
William  Con- 
stable ;  from 
another  friend, 
William  I  n- 
nian,  he  bought 
a  n  additional 
share  of  4,000 
more  acres  at . 
the  same  price, 
but  as  he  was 
barred  as  an  alien  from  holding  land  in 
his  own  right,  the  land  was  conveyed  in 
inman's  name  and  Inman  was  made 
the  agent.  ( Henrv  Inman,  a  son  of 
William,  was  one  of  the  famous  early 
American  painters.  He  died  in  New 
York  City,  January  1846.) 

William  Topping's  nearest  neighbors  to 
the  South  were  many  untracked  miles  dis- 


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tant,  and  to  the  North  there  were  none 
this  side  of  the  Canadian  Posts.  In  June, 
1794,  his  brother,  Jared,  came  to  help  him 
build  a  hut.  This  was  barely  finished 
when  \\'illiam  Dustin,  Asa  Lord,  Bela 
Butterfield,  and  several  others  arrived. 
However,  only  the  families  of  Topping 
and  Butterfield  wintered  here  1794—1795. 
The  first  saw  mill  was  built  in  Leyden 
l)y  Butterfield  in  1795  but  it  was  lost  in 
the  Spring  freshet  of  the  Sugar  River. 
In   1798  he  sold  his  land  to  the  Talcott 


tiun  of  Jonathan  Collins  they  removed  to 
Leyden  early  in  1800.  Thomas  Baker's 
wife  was  Mary  Hall  of  Meriden,  Con- 
necticut. Jonathan  Collins'  sister  married 
Brenton  Hall  of  Meriden,  Connecticut. 
Mary  Hall  was  related  tti  Jonathan  Col- 
lins (thought  to  be  a  niece j.  Brenton 
Hall's  wife  was  Lament  Collins,  a  sister 
of  Jonathan  Collins.  Brenton  Hall  was 
the  son  of  Samuel  Hall  and  Ann  Law, 
and  a  grandson  of  John  Hall  and  Mary 
Lyman.     Ann  Law  was  the  daughter  of 


family.  There  were  Hezekiah  Talcott, 
the  father,  and  his  two  sons,  Elisha  and 
Daniel,  who  were  grown  men  with 
families  of  their  own  at  the  time  they 
came  to  Leyden.  From  the  first  the 
family  were  leaders  in  the  County. 
Shortly  after  they  settled  in  the  town  the 
father  built  the  Stone  House. 

For  nearly  a  hundred  years,  however, 
the  Stone  House  has  been  occupied  by 
the  Thomas  Baker  family,  who  came  to 
New  York  State  from  Connecticut  be- 
fore 1800.  The  Bakers  first  took  land 
in  Ru.ssia,  New  York,  hut  on  the  invita- 


(iovernor  Law  and  .Vnn  Elliott,  and  the 
granddaughter  of  Reverend  Joseph  Elliott 
and  I<;iizal)eth  Brenton,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  William  Brenton,  first  Gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut,  and  Martha  Burton, 
his   wife. 


■■  Descent    of    Mary    Lxiiuin    from    the    Saxon 
Kings  " 
\.  Cedric,     the     first     King    .if     tlie    West 
Sa.xoiis,  died  in  534,  leaving  a  son, 

2.  Cynric,  eldest  sou,  died  in  .%0.     He  was 
succeeded   by  his  eldest   son, 

3.  Cheauiin  died  in  exile  in  593,  leaving, 

4.  Cuthwin,    who    was    killed   in   battle   in 
5S4,  and   left  a  son, 


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5.  Cuth,   who   died   leaving, 

6.  Chelvvald,   who   was   the   father  of    Ken- 
red  ; 

7.  Kenrcd    had    four    sons,    the    eldest    of 
whom  was  the  eleventh   King  of   Wessex  ; 

8.  Iiigills,  a  second  son,  had 

9.  Eoppa,  who  was  the  father  of 
10.  Easa,   who   left   a   son, 


the  death  of  Osburga  he  married  Judith, 
daughter  of  Charles  II,  the  Bald,  King  of 
France,  Judith  upon  the  death  of  her  husband 
married  Baldwin  I.,  Count  of  Flanders.  He 
died  January  18,  857. 

14.  Alfred  the  Great,  youngest  son  of  King 
Ethelwulf  and  Osburga.  born  in  849,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  crown  March  23,  872.     He  mar- 


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EL.\    COLLINS 


1 1 .  Alkmund,  sometimes  called  Ethelmund, 
King  of  Kent.     He  was  the  father  of 

12.  Egbert,  the  seventeenth  King  of  the 
West  Saxons,  who  succeeded  to  the  crown  in 
801  upon  the  death  of  King  Bithric.  Egbert 
married  Lady  Redburga,  and  died  February  4, 
836;  being  succeeded  by  his  eldest   son. 

13.  Ethelwulf  married  Osburga,  daughter  of 
Oslac  who  also  descended  from  Cedric.     After 


ricd  in  869,  Alswitha.  He  died  in  October  28, 
901,  and  his  wife  three  years  later.  He  was 
succeeded   by   his   second   son, 

15.  Edward  the  Elder,  who  became  king  in 
901  and  died  in  925.  He  married  first,  Eguina, 
a  shepherd's  daughter,  by  whom  he  had  Athel- 
stan,  his  successor ;  second,  Elfleda,  one  of 
whose  daughters,  Edgiva,  married  Charles  III, 
King  of   France,  as  his  second  wife,  and  an- 


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other  Eldhild,  Hugh  the  Great,  father  of  Hugh 
Capet,  King"  of  France ;  Third  Edgiva,  daugh- 
ter of  Earl  Sigelinc,  hy  whom  he  liad  Edmund 
and  Edred,  who  were  successively  Kings  of 
England. 

16.  Princess   Edgiva.   l-'lfelda's  daughter,  th:- 
widow  of   Charles  HL  married    for  her  seconil 


19.  Lady  Isahel  De  Vermandois,  her  daugh- 
ter, married  first,  Rohert  De  Bellomont,  Earl 
of  Mellcnt,  created  Earl  of  Leicester  hy  Henry 
I  of  England.  In  his  latter  days  he  became 
a  monk  in  the  Abbey  of  Preaux.  where  he  died 
in    Ills,  and   was   succeeded  by  his  second  son, 

20.  K.iliert.     as    the    2d     Earl    of     Leicester, 


HK/.1,KI.\H     l:.     I'lKKREPOXT.     OF    liliOOKI-Y  X,     N'.     Y. 


lnisl)and.    Henry.  3d   Count  of   Vermandois  and 
Troyes,   and   had, 

17.  Hubert,  4th  Count  de  Vermandois,  who 
married  Adelheld,  daughter  of  the  Count  De 
N'alois,    and    had, 

18.  Lady  .Adela  De  Vermandois,  'who  mar- 
ried Hugli  Magnus,  5th  Count  de  Vermandois, 
son  of  Henry  I,  King  of  France,  and  grandson 
of  Hugh  Capet,  the  founder  of  the  Capetian 
dynasty. 


married  .Amicia,  daughter  of  Ralph  De  Ware, 
Earl  of  Norfolk,  and  had, 

21.  Robert,  3d  Earl  of  Leicester,  surnamed 
•■  Blanchmains  "  who  died  in  1190.  He  mar- 
ried Patronil,  daughter  of  Hugh  De  (Irentes- 
mesnil,  Hi.gh  Steward  of  England,  anil  with 
her  had  Hinkley  and  the  Stewardship  of 
England.      Their    daughter, 

21.  Lady  Margaret  De  Belli  mi.  >)n.  married 
Sayer    De    Quincey.    one    of    the    twenty-five 


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barons  selected  to  enforce  Magna  Charta, 
created,  1207,  Earl  of  Winchester,  and  died 
1219,  leaving. 

23.  Roger  De  Quincey,  2d  Earl  of  Win- 
chester, died  1264,  who  married  Lady 
Helen,  daughter  of  Alan,  L<:ird  of  Gal- 
loway,     and      became,      in      the      right      of 


26.  Robert  De  Umfraville,  9th  Earl  of 
Angus.     He  had  by  his  second  wife,  Alianore. 

27.  Sir  Thomas  De  L^mfraville  of  Harbottle 
Castle,  a  younger  son,  half  brother  of  Gilbert, 
10th  Earl  of  Angus,  who  married  Lady  Joane, 
daughter  of  Adam  De  Roddam,  and  had 

28.  Sir  Thomas   De   Umfraville    (born   1364, 


witc 


Constable    of     Scotland,     and     had       died    1391),    Lord    of    Riddesdale    and    Kyme, 


VVILLI.\M    CONSTABLE 


24.  Lady  Elizabeth  De  Quincey  married 
Alexander,  Baron  Comyn,  2d  Earl  of  Buchan. 

23.  Lady  Agnes  Comyn,  daughter  of  Lady 
Elizabeth  and  Baron  Cumyn,  married  Gilbert, 
Baron  de  Umfraville,  8th  Earl  of  Angus  in 
the  right  of  his  mother,  and  Governor  of 
Dundee  and  Forfar  Castles  and  the  whole 
territory  of  Angus  in  Scotland.  He  died  in 
1308  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  surviving 
son. 


who   had   by   his   wife,   Agnes, 

29.  Lady  Joane  De  Umfraville,  who  mar- 
ried Sir  William  Lambert  of  Owton  in  Dur- 
ham and  had 

30.  Robert   Lambert   of    Owton,    father  of 

31.  Henry  Lambert  of  Ongar,  County  of 
Essex,    father  of 

32.  Elizabeth  Lambert,  who  married  Thomas 
Lvman  of  Navistoke,  County  Essex  (died 
1509),  and  had 


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33.  Henry  Lyman  of  Navistuke  and  Hiyh 
Ongar,  wlio  married  Alicia,  daughter  of  Simon 
Hyde  of  Wethersfield,  County  Essex,  and  had 

34.  John  Lyman  of  High  Ongar  (died  1587) 
had  by  his  wife  Alargaret,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Girard  of    Beauchamp,  County  Essex, 

35.  Henry  Lyman  of  High  Ongar,  buried  at 
Navistoke,  April  IS,  1587,  who  had  bv  his  wife 
Phillis, 


38.  Mary  Lyman,  born  in  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  who  married  Hon.  Jolm  Hall 
of  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  a  Member  ot  the 
Governor's   Council. 


Descent   of    Mary    Lyman    f 

Kings  " 
1.  Kenneth    L    called    Mac 


om  the  Scottish 


Alpine,    reigned 


J.\COB   BKOWN 


36.  Richard  Lyman,  born  L580  at  High 
Ongar,  removed  to  Roxbury  in  1631  and  died 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  1640.  He  had  by 
his  wife  Sarah  Osborne, 

37.  Lt.  John  Lyman  of  Northampton,  born 
at  High  Ongar  1623,  died  1690,  who  married 
in  1655,  Dorcas  Plumbe,  daughter  of  John 
Plumbe  of   Wethersfield,   by   whom  he  had 


2.  Constantine  L  son  of  Kenneth,  resigned 
,S(>4_877,  and  was  killed  in  a  battle  with  the 
1  'anes. 

3.  Donald,  son  of  Constantine,  reigned  S8> 
')00,  and  was  slain  during  a  Danish  invasion.^ 

4'.  Malcom  I.  son  of  Donald,  reigned  942-954. 
5.  Kenneth  II,  son  of  Malcom,  reigned  971- 
995. 


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6.  Malcom  II,  son  of  Kenneth  II.  reigned 
1005-1054. 

7.  Bethoc,  eldest  daughter  of  Malcom  II, 
married  Crinan,  secular  Abbot  of  Dunkfield, 
and  had   Duncan   I. 

8.  Duncan  I,  married  a  daughter  of  Siward. 
the  Danish  Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  had 
Malcom     III.       Duncan     I     reigned     HUl-lO-Ml 


Norman  Earl  of  Northampton,  and  daughter 
and  heir  of  Waltheof,  Earl  of  Northumber- 
land, by  Judith,  niece  of  William  the  Con- 
{|uer(.T.      Their   son 

11.  Henry,  Prince  of  Scotland,  (d.  v.  p. 
1152)  married  Ada,  daughter  of  William  De 
Warrane,  Count  of  Warrene  and  Earl  of  Sur- 
i-tv.  and  had  three  sons,   Malcom  W  and  Wil- 


JON.ATH.AN    COLLINS 


9.  Malcom  III.  called  Canmore,  son  of  Dun- 
can I,  resigned  1058-1093  when  he  was  killed 
at  Alnwick  and  buried  at  Tynemouth.  He 
married  Princess  Margaret  of  England,  sister 
of  Edgar  Atheling,  by  whom  he  had  Edgar, 
Alexander  I  and  David  I,  who  were  succes- 
sively  Kings  of   Scotland. 

10.  David  I,  King  of  Scotland  (died  1153) 
married  Matilda,  widow  of   Simon  de  St.  Liz, 


liam  Leo,  Kings  of  Scotland,  and  David,  Earl 
of  Huntington ;  and  three  daughters,  Ada, 
who  married  the  Count  of  Holland ;  Margaret, 
who  married  the  Duke  of  Brittany;  and 
Matilda,  or 

12.  Marjory,  who  married  Gilchrist,  3d  Earl 
of  Angus.  Their  daughter  Beatrix,  married 
Walter  Stuart,  5th  Lord  High  Steward  and 
Justiciary   of    Scotland.     His   son, 


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13.  Duncan  succeeded  his  father  as  4th  Earl 
of   Angus.     His  son  was 

14.  Malcom,  5th  Earl  of  Angus,  who  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Humphrey  Ber- 
keley  Knt..  by  whom  he  had 

15.  Matilda,  Countess  of  Angus  in  her  own 
right.  She  married  first,  John  Comyn,  who  in 
her  right  became  the  6th  Earl,  and  second 
(1243),  Gilbert  De  L^mfraville,  Lord  of  Prud- 
hoc,  Riddesdale  and  Harbottle,  Northumber- 
land, who  in  her  right  became  the  7th  Earl  of 
Angus.  He  died  in  Passion  week  (1245) 
leaving  a  son  and  heir  of  "  tender  vears," 

16.  Gilbert  De  Umfraville,  8th  Earl  of 
Angus,  only  son  of  Gilbert  and  Countess  Ma- 
tilda, who  married  Lady  Agnes  Comyn,  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Cumyn,  2d  Earl  of  Buchan, 
and  a  descendant  of  Donald  Bane,  King  of 
Scotland,  and  had 

17.  Robert  De  L'mfraville.  9th  Earl  of 
Angus,  appointed  by  Edward  H.  Guardian  of 
Scotland,  who  had  by  his  second  wife,  Alianore 

18.  Sir  Thomas  De  Umfraville,  a  younger 
son  and  half  brother  to  Gilbert,  10th  Earl  of 
Angus,  who  succeeded  by  special  entail  to  the 
Castle  of  Harbottle  and  Manor  of  Otterburn. 
He  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Adam  De 
RoddaiTi,  and  by  her  had  Thomas  and  Robert. 

"  Descent   of    Mary   Lyman   from   Hugh   Capet, 
King  of  France." 

1.  Hugh  Capet  (born  940,  died  996),  the 
founder  of  the  third  dynasty  of  French  Kings 
which  existed  until  the  death  of  Louis  XVI  in 
1793,  was  the  grandson  of  Robert,  Count  of 
Paris,  and  son  of  Hugh  the  Great,  Count  of 
Paris  and  Duke  of  France.  He  married  Adela, 
daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Aquitaine,  and  was 
succeeded   by    his   eldest   son, 

2.  Robert,  the  Pious,  King  of  France  (born 
971,  died  1031),  who  married  Constance  of 
Aquitaine,  and  had 

3.  Henry  I,  King  of  France  (born  1(X)5, 
died  1060)  who  after  the  death  of  his  first  and 
second  wives,  the  daughters  of  the  German 
Emperors,  Conrad  and  Henry  III,  married 
Anne  of  Russia,  daughter  of  the  Grand  Duke 
Yaroslaff,  and  had 

4.  Hugh,  surnamed  Magnus,  who  married 
Adela,  daughter  of  Hubert  the  -!th  Count  de 
Vermandois.      Their    daughter 

5.  Lady  Isabel  De  Vermandois,  married 
Robert  De  Bellomont,  Earl  of  Mellent, 
created  by  Henry  I.  Earl  of  Leicester,  who, 
says  an  ancient  writer.  "  exceeded  all  tlie 
nobles   in   riches   and    power." 

One  of  Mary  Hall's  daughters, 
Minerva,  married  ^^'illia^^  W'atkins, 
grandson  of  Lieutenant  Josepli  \\'atkins. 


tlieir  daughter  married  John  Hammond, 
grandson  of  Captain  John  Ham- 
mond and  Anna  Fiske,  daughter  of 
Jjenjamin  Fiske  rif  Scituate.  Khode 
Island.  Anna  Fiske  through  her  mother 
was  descended  from  John  W'ickes, 
one  of  the  thirteen  original  pmprietors 
with    ledger    Williams   of    Khode    Island. 


Photo  by  Handy.  Washir  t'toii 

C.M'T-MX     HAMMOXn 

Jonathan  Collins.*  a  Revolutionary  vet- 
eran himself,  was  the  son  of  Captain 
Collins,  and  a  hrother  of  Ceneral  Oliver 
Collins  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  like- 
wise an  uncle  of  Fda  Collins,  son  of  ( ien- 
eral  <  )liver  Collins  and  Lois  Cowles.  Fla 
Collins,  who  lived  in  Lowville  and  in 
1811  married  Maria  Clinton  (a  cousin  of 
De  Witte  Clinton),  was  a  memher  of  the 
New  York  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1821.  In  1822  he  was  elected  from  the 
district  composed  of  Lewis.  Jefferson,  St. 
Lawrence  and  Oswego  Counties,  as  a 
mehiher  of  the  18th  Congress. 

*  Sally  Talc<itt  born  1806  married  Jonathan 
Collins   1826. 


672  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

Thomas  Baker  was  the  son  of  Lieu-  fortunate  to  find  in  her  a  most  devoted 

tenant    Thomas    Baker,    of    Connecticut,  mother.     At  her   death  she  willed   The 

who  served  in  the  Revolution.     His  son  Stone    House   to   him    and    he,   Thomas 

Thomas  Baker  (3d)  was  a  widower  with  Baker   (4th)   is  now  the  present  owner. 

a  young  child  (Thomas)  when  he  married  j^^  National  Semi-Centennial  Celebra- 

Miss   Sophronia  Talcott,*   whose   father  ^-^^  ^^,^^  j^^jj  ^^  Lowville,  July  4,  1826, 

had  left  her  The  Stone  House.    Thomas  ^,^^,     fiff^.^fi^.g     Revolutionarv     veterans 

Baker  (4th),  a  child  of  four  years,  was  ^     ,-  „  ,        r      i 
^                                        ■'                       were    present     trom    all    parts    of    the 

*  Thomas    Baker     (3d)     married    Sophronia       Countv.      Their      names,      present      and 
Talcott    (granddaughter  of   Hezekiah  Talcott) 
born  1807,  married  1851.  former  residences  with  their  ages  follow: 

Names  Residence                                 Former  residence             Ages 

Levi  Adams Martinsbiirgh Granby,  Ct 63 

Charles  Allen do             Windsor,  Ct 64 

Joseph  Anderson Denmark Cummington,  Vt 71 

Jonathan  Austin Harrisburgh Charleston,  R.  1 71 

Jonathan  Ball Lowville Southborough,  Mass 75 

Jesse  Benjamin Martinsburgh Preston,  Ct 68 

Luther  Bingham , Turin Canterbury,  Ct 67 

Taylor  Chapman Low\dlle Windsor,  Ct 63 

Leonard  Chambers Denmark Dublin,  Ireland 78 

.Samuel  Clark do         .' Newton,  Mass 71 

Isaac  Clinton Lowwille Milford,  Ct 68 

Josiah  Dewey Leyden Lebanon 68 

Benjamin  Dowd Turin Middleton,  Ct 64 

Giles  Easton Martinsburgh East  Hartford,  Ct 64 

Thomas  Farr do             Chesterfield,  N.  H 67 

Samuel  Gamsey Lowville Dummerston,  Vt 64 

Timothy  Gorden    Martinsburgh Freehold,  N.  J 70 

Samuel  Gowdey do           Enfield,  Ct 66 

Elijah  Granger do           Southwick,  Mass 64 

Peter  Hathey Turin Minden,  N.  Y 59 

John  Ives do    Meriden,  Ct 65 

Solomon  King Lowville Amenia,  N .  Y 70 

William  Kisner Harrisburgh Canajoharie,  N.  Y 66 

Nathaniel  Lane Low\dlle ,   Peekskill,  N.  Y 58 

Ezekiel  Lyman Turin Canterbury,  Ct 66 

Zelak  Mead Harrisburgh Salem,  N.  Y 75 

William  Miller Martinsburgh Middletown,  N.  Y 67 

Ithamer  Morgan Turin West  Springfield,  Mass 64 

Charles  Morse Lowville Plain ville,  Ct 63 

Jeremiah  Mott Martinsburgh Elizabethtown,  N.  J 63 

Ichabod  Murray Lowville New  Milford,  Ct 70 

Jacob  Nash Denmark Braintree,  Mass 90 

Henry  Mumf ord Martinsburgh Boston,  Mass 86 

Silas  Perkins do           Windham,  Ct 62 

Isaac  Perry Lowville Fredericksburgh,  N.  Y 66 

Salmon  Root Martinsburgh Farmington,  Ct 63 

Peter  Ryal Denmark FishkiU,  N.  Y 67 

Elijah  Skeels Martinsburgh Kent,  Ct . 73 

Levi  Smith Leyden Haddam,  Ct 73 


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Names  .             Residence                                 Former  residence             Ages 

John  ShuU Lowville Palatine,  N.  Y 8i 

Hendrick  Schaffer Lowville Manheim,  N.  Y 66 

Abiather  Spaulding Denmark Dover,  N.  Y 69 

James  Stevens Lowville Glastonbury,  Ct 69 

Nicholas  Streeter Martinsburgh Stone  Arabia,  N.  Y 74 

Joseph  Talmadge do           East  Hampton,  N.  Y 71 

Edward  Thompson Lowville Granby,  Ct 66 

Jesse  Thrall do        Windsor,  Ct 72 

Daniel  Topping Turin Southampton,  N.  Y 84 

Willard  Warriner Martinsburgh Wilbraham,  Mass 70 

Joseph  Van  Ingen Denmark Schenectady,  N.  Y 63 

Jeremiah  Wilcox Martinsburgh Middletown,  Ct 81 


Josiah  Woolworth Leyden. 

Levi  Woolworth 

Samuel  Weyman 

Mathais  Wormwood 


Ellington 73 


Turin Suffield,  Ct 

Martinsburgh Brethren,  Mass.  . 

Lowville Johnstown,  N.  Y. 


The  Census  of  Lewis  County  tor  1840 
gJA'Cs  the  names  of  thirty-eitjht  Revolu- 
tionarv  pensioners  i>f  whom  fourteen 
were  widows.  Their  names  and  ages 
were  as  follows : 

Denmark.  Elizabeth  Graves,  77;  John  S. 
Clark,  78;  Louisa  Munger,  79;  Hannah  Mores, 
88;  Elias  Sage,  83;  Joseph  Van  Ingen;  Peter 
Royal,  86. 

Grcig,  John  Slaughter,  86. 

Harrisburgh.  Elias  Jones,  81  ;  William  Ris- 
ner,  81  ;  Garret  Marcellus.  80. 

Limi'illc,  John  Buck,  76 ;  Elisha  Buck ;  Wil- 
liam Chadwick,  79 ;  Arthur  Gordon,  80. 

Lcydcii,  Lydia  Dewey,  79 ;  Elizabeth  Cone, 
76;  Ada  Miller,  86;  Lewis  Smith,  87;  Wil- 
liam Topping,  75  ;  Hezekiah  Johnson,  79. 

Martinsburgh,  Ruth  Adams;  Jesse  Ben- 
jamin, 81;  Anna  Easton,  69;  Lydia  Green, 
80 ;  Edward  Johnson,  81  ;  Salmon  Root,  77 ; 
Peter  Vandriessen,  75 ;  Bartholomew  Williams. 
7(\ 

Pinckncy.   Catharine 


Forbes,  84. 


Turin,    Benjamin    Dowd,    79;    Giles    Foster, 


83. 


Watson,  Sarah  Puffer,  75;  Jacob  Shutz,  78; 
Elizabeth  Webb.  81  ;  Lewis  Day,  73 ;  Sarah 
Farr.  73. 

West  Turin,  b>iiatlian  Collins,  84;  Simeon 
Strickland.   .^-1. 

There  was  of  course  even  a  larger 
numher  who  did  not  apply  for  pension. 
But  in  a  newly  settled  coimty  we  can 
easily  see  that  most  of  the  early  settlers 
were  ex-soldiers  of  the  Revolution. 

This  is  too  limited  a  space  for  even 
brief  mention  of  the  many  families  I 
should  have  liked  to  include  in  the  found- 
ing of  Lewis  County  and  in  particular  of 
Leyden  Village  hut  this  sketch  ha.s  pri- 
marily heen  about  those  few,  more  or  less, 
connected  with  the  Old  Stone  House. 

This  information  is  from  Hough's 
History  of  Lewis  County,  from  Old 
Black  River  Journals,  and  from  my  great 
aunt.  Airs.  Adaline  Baker  Munn,  dau.gh- 
ter  of  Thomas  Baker  (3d)  and  Mary 
Hall  Baker. 


SOME  EARLY  MARRIAGES  IN  RICHMOND 
COUNTY,  VIRGINIA 

Bv  E.  Carter  Delano 


1700.  Feb. 

Fell.  William   Littnian  &  Frances   Boweii.  Mar, 

1710. 

May.  Antliiiny  Sydnor  &  Eliza  Dew.  171,V 

June.  Yeo  Avery  &  Elizabeth  Harliin.  May. 

.Inly.  Thomas  Hooper  of  Lancaster  Cunnty  S: 

Sarah    Price,    widow.  May. 

Inlv.  Mattliew   Been   &   Mary   Lemon. 

Oct.  Wm.   Baley  &   Charity"  McMillion.  June. 

Oct.  Francis    Williams   &   Alice    Matthews.  July. 

Oct.  George     Hopkins     &     Frances     Wilson,  July. 

widow. 

Jan.  Thomas  Clayton  &  Mary  Butler.  Augt. 

Jan.  Mark  Chilton  &  Sarah  Keys.  Nov. 

Mar.  Thomas    lesper  &   Sarah  Taylor.  Dt-c. 

1711. 

Mar.  John  Penny  &  Sarah  Hill.  ^lar. 

.\pril.  Elias  Hore  &  Lsabell   Triplitt.  ^iar. 

April.  Patrick  Gibbins  &  Margaret  Conshee. 

April.  Dominick      Xewgent     &•      .\nn      Smith,         1/14. 

widow.  -luiic- 

May.  Francis  Lucas  &  Ann   Smith. 

June.  Dennis   Fallen   &   Ann   Dawson,   widow.  July. 

July.  Wm.  Hanks  &  Esther  Mills.  July. 

July.  Anthony  Morgan  &  Ann  Dunkin.  Augt. 

Augt.  Francis  Slaughter  &  Ann  Hudson.  Augt. 

Oct.  Thomas    Sharp  &   Eliza   Harrison.  Augt. 

Nov.  W'm.  Smith  Jr.  &  Margaret  Fleming. 

Nov.  Robert    Baylis    &    Ellen    McCarty.  Sept, 

Jan.  Hugh  Harris  &  Patience  Miller.  Sept. 

Feb.  John   Navlor  &  Mary  Rogers.  Oct. 

1712.  Dec. 

May.  W'm.   White  &  Margaret  Overton. 

July.  Thomas  Lewis  &  Joice  Hammond.  Dec. 

July.  John   Williams   &   Eliza   Batten,   widow. 

Augt.  John  Coburn  &  Bridgett  Taylor,  widow.  Dec. 

Dec.  John  Hammond  &  Catherine  Dobbins. 

Jan.  Edward  Welch  &  Hester   Mills,  widow.  Feb. 

Jan.  John  Tarpley  &•  .Ann  Glascock. 

Jan.  James  Wilson  &  Martha  Craske.  171.1. 

Feb.  Daniel   White  &  Ann  Sterne.  .\pril. 

Feb.  John   Hipkins   of    Middlesex    County   &  May. 

Mary  Glascock.  June. 

Feb.  Wm.  Payne  of  Westmoreland  County  &• 

Alicia  Jones.  July. 


Mark  Rynier  Jr.  &  Margaret  Prou. 
Thomas    Williams    &    Katherine    Ham- 
mond. 

Joseph      Smith     of     Essex     County     & 

Sarah  Gwyn. 
Charles    Colston    &    Rebecca    Taverncr, 

widow. 
John    Faver   &   Susanna   Meads,   widow. 
Samuel  I!ayl>   &  Eliza  Baker. 
William  Wo<.dl)ridge  &  Sarah  Brereton. 

widow. 
Leonard   Phillips  &  Eliza  Fa\er. 
William    Bertrand   &    Susanna   Fonshee. 
Wm.       Stonum       of       Northumberland 

County  &   Sarah  Davenport. 
W  illiam   Griltin   &   Ann   Burgar. 
John    Opie    of    Xortliumberland    County 

&   Ann    Metcalfe. 

Stanley  Gower  of  Westmoreland  County 

&  Winifred   -Spencer,  widow. 
Thomas   Jenkins   &    Eliza   Porter. 
John   Morton   Jr.   &  Mary  Mountjoy. 
John   Green    &   Abigail   Tippett. 
Austin    Brockenbrough  &  Mary  Metcalfe. 
Thomas    Turner    of    Essex    County    & 

Martha  Taliaferro. 
Wm.   Pecurara  &  Ann   1  )enhani. 
Hugh  Harris  &  Flora  Dew. 
John   Bramham   &   Ann   Green,  widow. 
Edward   Jones   Jr.    &    Alargaret    White, 

widow. 
Xich..las      Ro.gers     &     Elizabeth      l"..rd, 

widow. 
Thomas 

widow. 
Jcrcnn'ah 


J  anies     & 


Grace 
&    Do 


Kirkham. 


ham,    widow. 


Xathaniel   Jackson  &  Ann  Bcrrick. 
Wm.  Lambert  &  Ann  Baley.  widow. 
John     Knight     of     Stafford     County 

Katherine    Phillips. 
John  Hill   &  Margaret   Port. 

675 


076 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


These  licenses  not  vet  deli\  ered  to  the 
Sheriff. 
VYm.      Lampton      &      Frances     White, 

widow. 
John  Lawson   &   Mary  Dew. 
Richard  Davis  &  Mary  Berrick. 
Isaac  Webb  &  Rebecca  Suggett,  widow. 
Rowland  Thornberrv  &  Marv   Bavlis. 


Nov. 

Ian. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
1716. 
April.  Charles  Dean  &  Eliza  Jordan. 
April.  Joseph  Bragg  Jr.  &   Mary   Suttlc. 

The  above  is  a  just  and  true  account  of  what 
Marriage  Licenses  have  issued  out  of  my  ofiice 
since    the    19th    day    of    Jan'y-,     1709,    a    list 


whereof  according  to  Custom  I  Annually  in 
October  gave  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  to 
collect,  but  by  whom,  or  to  whom,  or  in  what 
manner  they  have  been  discharged  I  cannot 
Certify ;  and  as  to  the  above  Licenses  not  yet 
deli\ered  to  the  Sheriff  I  have  ordered  of 
Isaac  Webb  Twenty  Shillings  for  the  Gover- 
nor. Given  under  my  hand  the  7th  Day  of 
May,   1716. 

MARMADUKE  BECKWITH,   CLK. 
A  Copy  —  Teste  : 
F.  CARTER  DELANO,  DEPUTY  CLK. 
Warsaw,  Va..  Nov.  12.  1921, 


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LINES    TO    A    CONTINENTAL    SOLDIER 

By   Harold   Vernor   Smedberg 

Faded  and  grimed  by  the  cobwebs  of   age, 
Tarnished  and  torn  in   its  braiding  and  flaps, 
Hangs    this    cjuaint    line    from   our    hist'ry's    first  pages. 
.'\h !   the  brave   tales   that   its   dinginess   wraps. 

Tales   of    the    fog-hidden    Germantown   battle. 
Tales   of   the  charge   with    Mad   Anthony   Wayne ; 
Clash  of   crossed  sabre  and  musketry   rattle, 
Gleaned   from   the   carnage   of    Eutaw's   red   plain. 

Legend  of    foray,   the  blare  of   the   trumpet. 

Scaring  the  foe  froin  his  uneasy  sleep. 

Only  to  flee  from  our  terrible  onset, 

Only  to  die  'fore  our   falchions'   bright   sweep. 

Tattered  in  struggles  of    Liberty's  dawning ; 

Yet   hath   Fame's   brushes   in   great   splendid    runes, 

Gilded  these  rags  with  the  glory  adorning 

Our   gallant,   gone   Continental   dragoons. 


MARRIAGE  RECORDS  FROM  FRANKLIN, 
WILLIAMSON  COUNTY,  TENN. 

Copied  by  Penelope  J.  Allen, 
State  Historian,  Tennessee  D.  A.  R. 


John  Hagan,  Nancy  Rigar,  Nov.  24.  1R07, 
Simeon   Bateman.   Penny  Brady.   Nov.  4,   1807. 
Thomas   Due,   Mary   Smith,   Nov.   5,   1807. 
John  Meairs,  Nancy  Germain,  Oct.  30,  1807. 
James  Shannon,  Polly  Kegler,  Oct.  24,  1807. 
Luke   Patterson,   Hannah   Westbrook,   Oct.   19, 

1807. 
Hinchcv    Pct\va\'.    Caroh'nc    Parrish,    Oct.    2i, 

1807.' 
Robert    Buchanan     Sarah    Hampton.    Oct.    12, 

lo07. 
Mark  Blake,  Susan  Bruce,  Oct.  8,   1807. 
Thomas   Duff,   Lila   Borin.   Sept.   28,   1807. 
Le\i   Hughes,  Jency   Gibson,   Sept.   19,   1807. 
Willie  Browii,  Peggy  Wisner,  Oct.  8.   1807. 
lames    McKnight,    Nancv   McClcUan,   Oct.    10, 

1807. 
Peter  Estcs,  Polly  Hicks,  May  14,  1807. 
John  Beatv,  Thomas  Moore,  May  27,  1807. 
Isaac  Miller,  Xanc\-  McManes.  May  9,  1807. 
John  Whitlock.  Sally  Hammond,  Apr.  28,  1807. 
Thomas    Shannon     Eveviah    Pickins.    Feb,    23, 

1807. 
John   Garner,   .Sally   Cockran,  June  20,   1807. 
Robert  Hondrixson.   Peggy   Shipman,  June  30, 

1807. 
Benjamin  Pritchet,  Dinnah  Kennada,  June   17, 

1807. 
Nelson    Chapman,    Sarah    Summers,    Jime    13, 

1807. 
James  Oliphant,  Sally  Henderson,  Tune  '',  1807. 
John  Davidson,  Fanny  Brady,   May  6,   1807. 
Isaac  Potete,   Nancy  Green,  July  20,   1807. 
John  Clark,  Patsy  Moore,  July  23,   1807. 
W'illiam    M.    Calpin,    Patsy   ^^'ooton.    July    17, 

1807. 
Daniel  Cartwri.ght.  Pollv  Hailev,  July  1,=;.  1807. 
Martin  Shandden.  Ailey  Dodson,  July  13,  1807. 
Jesse  Turner.   Alcey  Carmichael,  July  7.   1807, 
Hightover  Dotson,  Sally  Dotson,  July  4.   1807. 
Tames  Moore,  Anne  Cahoon,  Julv  2,  1S07. 
Hy   Clanton,   Blanchy   Dillard,  July   2,   1807. 
John  Armstrong.  Nancy  Benthal.  July  28,  1807. 


Harris  Gunter,   Franky  Alay,  Au.-'.  0,  18(17. 
Jiihn  Slone,  Nancy  Dotson,  Aug.  6,  1807. 
James  Wilson,  Jenny  Wilson,  Aug.  6,  1807. 
Amos   Dunkin,    Christina   Derrebcrrv,   Aug.   6, 

1807. 
James  Fitzgerald.  Fanny  Hawks.  .\ug.  7,  1807. 
William  Cochran,  Sally  Corder,  June  20,  1807. 
James  Co.x,  Ferrity  Allen,   March  S,   1807. 
Joseph  Rhodes.  Serenah  Denton,  Feb.  26.  1807. 
David   Barker,   Betsy   Spencer,    Tan.   6,    1807. 
Thomas  Duty.  Polly  Tarkingion.  Jul>-  14,  1807. 
Robert   Crowder,   Tezabele   Pinkerton.    Tulv   14, 

1807. 
Daniel  German,  Fanny  Puckett,  July  7.  1807. 
John  Winston,   Polly  Jones,  Jan.' 17,   1807. 
German    Stephens.    Charlott    Mitcliel,    Tan.    26, 

1807. 
Peter  Ragsdalc.  Mary  Mitchell,  Jan.  26,  1807. 
Britain  Garner,  Patsy  Gilbert.  Jan.  17,  1807. 
John  Dickey,  Nancy  Page,  Jan.   10.   1807. 
James  Boling,   Charlotte  Barton,   Feb.  2.   1807. 
Spencer  Hill,  Patsy  Gozbwinn,  F'eb.  9,  1807. 
Michald  Nolcn,  Nancy  White.  Feb.  10,  1807, 
Tohn   Creasey,   Nancv  Hill,   Feb.   10,   1807. 
Robert  McDaniel,  Betsy  Young,  Feb.  16.  1807. 
Samuel  D.   Waddell,  Betsey  Browder.  Feb.  20, 

1807. 
David    Lancaster.     Nancy    Radford,    Feb.    21 

1807. 

H.    Harding,    Lucev 


Nolc 


Aug 


Thomas 

1807. 
William    ^^'illiams,    Elizabeth    Gre\-,    .\us 

1807. 
John  Williams,  Jean  Williams,  June  1,  1807. 
George   Bradley,   Polly  Oxford.   Max- 
Tames  Huddleston,  Isabella  M.  Kenley.  Jan.  2'>. 

1807. 
Germain  Winscft,  Sally  Clark.  May  2X  1807. 
Tohn  Chambers,   Anna   Mcl-Cey,  Jan.  14.   1807. 
"Theophelus   Park.   Polly   Lynns.    Apr.   '\   1807. 
Samuel   Cole    Polly   Deal.   -\pr.   14.   1807. 
Richard  Williamson,   Nancy  Crecb.   1807. 

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m  WORK  o//^e  CHAPTERS 


Elizabeth      Cummins      Jackson      Chapter 

(Grafton,  W.  Va.)  was  represented  at  the 
State  Conference  held  at  Clarskburg.  W.  Va., 
in   l'*22,  liv  our  Regent  and  alternates. 


PRUDEXCE      SARAH      HIXKLE,      REGENT 

ELIZABETH      CUMMINS      JACKSON      CHAPTER, 

REPRESENTING    HER    INTREPID    ANCESTOR, 

ELIZABETH     CUMMINS    JACKSON    Iff 

A    TABLEAU     OF    THAT    NAME 

We  observed  Constitution  Day  and  on 
Armistice  Day  took  part  in  a  parade.  The 
Chapter  gave  a  reward  of  $5  to  the  high  school 
student  who  would  write  the  best  essay  per- 
taining to  the  history  of  West  Virginia.  A 
large  poster  containing  the  law  of  West  Virginia 
on  the  defilement  of  the  Flag  was  hung  in  the 
high  school.  Chamber  of  Commerce,  City  Hall, 
etc.  These  posters  were  framed  and  stamped 
with  the  insignia  of  the  D.A.R.,  and  the  name  of 
the  Chapter  printed  on  the  margin.     Five  hun~ 

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dred  American  Creed  cards  were  stamped  and 
distributed  through  the  schools.  Washington's 
Birthday  was  celebrated  by  a  icception. 
Officers  were  in  Colonial  dress.  At  the  De- 
cember meeting  the  Regent,  Miss  Prudence 
Sarah  Hinkle  was  presented  with  a  chapter 
bar  pin,  also  an  insignia  pin,  in  appreci- 
ation of  the  work  she  had  done  in  organizing 
and  building  up  the  Chapter.  Magazine  chair- 
man, Mrs.  V.  P.  Donahue,  sent  in  thirteen 
subscriptions.  The  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine  was  placed  on  the  reading 
table  of  the  High  School  by  Mrs.  Fanny  C. 
Loar.  A  silver  tea  was  given  by  Mrs.  Sallie 
Foe  Robin.son.  The  Chapter  put  on  an  appro- 
priate float  on  Memorial  Day.  The  Fourth 
of  July  was  celebrated.  America  First  day 
was  observed  by  a  union  meeting  of  the 
churches,  patriotic  songs,  flags  and  flowers. 
The  Chapter  gave  $6  to  our  American  Shrine, 
Mt.  \'ernon,  $1.50  to  Mrs.  Scott's  miniature 
and  Philippine  School  fund,  to  the  liquida- 
tion and  endowment  fund,  $50.  Gave  a 
miscellaneous  market  and  realized  $150,  gave 
$5.75  toward  publishing  the  Immigrants' 
Manual ;  ^28  was  given  to  the  West  Virginia 
corridor  in  the  new  Administration  Building, 
Washington.  D.  C.  ;  $20  to  the  .Toffre  Insti- 
tute for  the  Care  cjf  French  Children.  Our 
Chapter  has  the  honor  of  planting  the  first 
Liberty  Tree  in  West  Virginia  on  Armistice 
Day,   Nov.   11,   1922. 

Our  Chapter  was  named  for  Elizabeth 
Cummins  Jackson,  a  famous  heroine  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

Flizabeth  Cummins  was  born  in  England  in 
1724  and  died  in  America  in  1825.  She  came 
to  this  country  in  1747  as  a  passenger  on  the 
sailing  vessel  commanded  by  Captain  John 
Jackson.  On  the  long  voyage  their  acciuaint- 
ance  developed  rapidly  and  the  romance  cul- 
minated in  their  marriage  in  1775.  They 
settled  in  what  is  now  Upshur  County,  West 
Virginia,  and  built  their  cabin  and  "  Jackson's 
Fort,"  now  owned  by  one  of  their  descendants. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  there  com- 
menced a  long  period  of  Indian  warfare.  John 
Jackson  and  his  four  sons  bore  an  active  part 
in  repelling  the  incursions  of  hostile  Indians, 
and  during  these  trying  times  Elizabeth  Cum- 
mins shared  with  her  husband  and  sons  the 
dangers  of  frontier  life.  While  they  were 
serving   with   the   Continental   troops,   she  was 


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left  in  command  of  the  Fort,  a  trust  she  bravely 
kept,  fighting  when  need  arose,  side  by  side 
with  the  soldiers.  Her  woman's  wit  and  cour- 
ageous soul  inspired  all  with  whom  she  came 
in  Contact. 

Later  John  Jackson  and  his  wife  moved  to 
Clarskburg,  West  \'irginia ;  and  there  on  Main 
Street  at  Elk  Creek,  she  participated  in  her 
last  Indian  fight,  coming  out  victorious. 

At  the  annual  State  Conference  of  the 
IJaughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  held 
at  Clarksburg,  on  October  10,  1922,  an  inter- 
esting feature  was  the  impersonation  of 
Elizabeth  Cummin?  Jackson  liy  her  great, 
great  grand-daughter.  Miss  Prudence  Sarah 
Hinkle.  In  the  tableau.  Miss  Hinkle,  dressed 
in  the  costume  of  that  period,  show'ed  Eliza- 
beth Cummins  defending  Fort  Jackson.  The 
gun  she  carried  was  several  hundred  years' 
old,  the  barrel  being  of  the  finest  steel,  while 
the  stock  was  hand-carved  and  inlaid  with 
gold  and  silver. 

Prudence  S-\u.\h  Hixkle, 

Regent 

Omaha  Chapter,  (Omaha,  Xeb. ),  At  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Chapter  lield  in  May, 
1922,  the  following  ofticers  were  elected: 
Regent,  Mrs.  Frank  P.  Larmon ;  First  Vice 
Regent,  Mrs.  John  J.  Foster;  Second  Vice 
Regent,  Mrs.  Samuel  H.  Blackwell ;  Record- 
ing Secretary,  Mrs.  Timothy  D.  Dinan ;  Cor- 
responding Secretary.  Miss  Olive  Huntley; 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Maynard  C.  Cole ;  Registrar, 
Mrs.  Harry  B.  Foster ;  Historian,  Mrs.  Lor- 
enzo Dow  Shipman  ;  Chaplain,  Mrs.  Homer  C. 
Stuntz ;  Advisory  Board,  Mrs.  Robert  A.  Fin- 
ley,  Mrs.  Edgar  H.  Allen  and  Mrs.  Charles 
H.    Aull. 

There  have  been  throughout  the  year  in 
addition  to  the  regular  monthly  meetings  sev- 
eral delightful  social  gatherings.  A  joint 
meeting  of  the  Major  Isaac  Sadler  and  the 
Omaha  Chapters  was  held  on  Flag  Day  at  the 
Happy  Hollow  Club.  .A  luncheon  was  served 
to  about  a  hundred  guests.  The  tables  were 
beautifully  decorated  in  patriotic  colors,  the 
red,  white  and  blue  flowers.  All  past  Regents 
present  responded  with  toasts  to  the  different 
Flag   Days. 

On  July  12th  a  benefit  Bridge  and  Kensing- 
ton was  given  at  the  Happy  Hollow  Club.  A 
unique  feature  of  the  Kensingtton  contest  being 
a  prize  awarded  to  the  maker  of  the  most  at- 
tractive and  original  quilt  block  made  of 
materials  furnished  by  the  committee  in  charge. 
The  sum  of  $150  was  thus  added  to  the  Chap- 
ter funds. 

This  past  year  marks  the  twenty-fifth  anni- 
versary   of    the   granting    of    the    Charter    to 


Omaha  Chapter  which  was  organized  in  1896 
with  a  membership  of  15.  It  now  has  250 
members. 

This  anniversary  was  celebrated  with  a  re- 
ception and  inusical  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Metcalf  when  all  Chapter  Regents,  State  and 
National  Officers  were  invited.  There  were 
about  200  present. 

During  the  time  the  Chapter  has  been  in  ex- 
istence it  has  been  instrumental  in  marking 
the  Oregon  Trail,  has  placed  a  huge  boulder 
near  Lincoln  Boulevard  to  mark  the  California 
Trail,  in  conjunction  with  the  State  Historical 
Society  it  has  placed  a  marker  at  Fort  Cal- 
houn where  Lewis  and  Clarke  camped  and  had 
a  parley  with  the  Indians,  and  has  awarded 
mountain   schools    five   yearly   scholarships. 

It  has  also  placed  a  sun  dial  in  Riverview 
Park.  Mrs.  John  Ross  Key,  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Omaha  Chapter,  designed  the  rec- 
ognition pin,   known  to  all   D.A.R.   members. 

The  Omaha  Chapter  has  sent  in  its  full 
quota  for  the  furnishing  of  the  Nebraska 
room  in  the  new  administration  building,  this 
amount  beSig  $118.  It  has  made  a  voluntary 
contribution  of  25  cents  per  capita  to  the 
Manual  Fund,  amounting  to  $59.  It  has  given 
$50  to  the  American  Indian  institute  at 
Wichita,  Kansas ;  $50  to  Tamassee  School ; 
$10  to  the  Caroline  Scott  Harrison  Memorial; 
$12.25  to  Old  Trail's  Road  and  $2  for  the 
work  at  Ellis  Island.  Two  D.A.R.  baby  spoons 
have  been  sent  to  the  twin  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walter  Gerald  Weaver,  as  it  is  the 
custom  of  the  Chapter  to  give  spoons  to  all 
babies  born  to   D.A.R.   members. 

Added  to  the  above  amounts  contributions 
to  Americanization,  Welfare  Work  and  Cliris- 
tian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  amount  to  over 
$400  for  the  year.  Early  in  the  year,  a  reso- 
lution was  passed  that  the  work  of  the 
National  Society  be  supported  first,  and  this 
is  now  preventing  other  matters  being 
presented. 

The  Magazine  Committee  has  sent  in  40 
subscriptions.  The  Magazine  has  also  been 
placed  in  the  Library  by  the  Chapter.  Nine 
Lineage  Books  have  been  ordered  which  inakes 
63  \olumes  that  Omaha  Chapter  has  given 
to  the  Library. 

One  thousand  copies  of  the  Manual  have 
been  received.  Social  parties  have  been 
arranged  for  the  foreigners  at  the  night 
schools  where  they  were  served  with  refresh- 
ments. Omaha  Chapter  presented  the  playlet 
the  "  Melting  Pot,"  when  a  large  class  of  new 
.American  citizens  became  naturalized.  A 
costumed  march  by  43  Mason  school  children 
ended  when  they  emerged  wearing  baimers  of 


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America  and  carrying  American  flags.  Stand- 
ing before  the  Goddess  of  Liberty  they  recited 
in  chorus  an  oath  of  allegiance  and  sang 
America.  The  D.A.R.  Manual  is  presented  at 
these  meetings.  A  Mothers'  class  has  been 
organized  by  the  Americanization  Committee, 
the  object  being  to  instruct  in  methods  of 
home  making  and  health  and  the  foreign  born 
are   taught  to   speak  the   English  language. 

Donations  of  food  were  made  to  destitute 
families  of  the  American  Legion  at  Christmas 
time ;  100  books,  a  gift  from  the  Chapter 
members,  were  sent  to  Ord  where  the  Ameri- 
can Legion  is  collecting"  a  Library.  Six  hun- 
dred and  fifty  wall  charts  of  the  ten  Com- 
mandments have  been  ordered  and  will  be 
placed  in  all  Omaha  schools  by  the  Chapter. 
On  Lincoln's  Birthday  the  members  and  their 
husbands  gave  a  dinner  at  the  Athletic  Club 
when  toasts  appropriate  to  the  occasion  were 
given.  The  talk  by  Mrs.  Guernsey,  when  she 
was  honor  guest  at  a  luncheon  at  the  Fon- 
tenelle  Hotel,  was  an  inspiration  and  was 
greatly  enjoyed  by  all.  On  Washington's 
Birthday  the  members  were  in  costume  at  a 
Colonial  Tea  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  F.  P.  Kir- 
kcndall,  when  a  fmc  musical  program  was 
rendered.  Besides  the  card  party,  a  rummage 
sale  and  a  food  sale  very  greatly  increased 
the    funds. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  June,  1923,  Mrs. 
F.  P.  Larmon  was  re-elected  Regent.  On  the 
whole  the  Chapter  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
the  year  of  increased  membership,  many  en- 
joyable social  occasions  and  financial  prosperity. 
Josephine  W.  Shipman, 

Historian. 

Cayuga  Chapter  (Ithaca,  N.  Y.).  This 
Chapter  is  doing  very  good  work  under  the 
efficient  leadership  of  the  Regent,  Mrs.  W.  \V. 
Ellis. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  year  held  October 
3d,  was  addressed  by  Prof.  O.  L.  McCaskeil 
of  Cornell  University.  His  subject  was  "  In- 
ternational Relations."  At  the  November 
meeting  an  interesting  program  was  given  by 
the  members  who  reside  in  Groton,  New  York. 
Mrs.  Bourne  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Historic 
Manor  Houses  along  the  Hudson."  A  fine 
musical  program  was  also  given.  Other 
speakers  during  the  year  were  Rev.  J.  H. 
Gagnier  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  this  city, 
his  subject  being  "  Some  American  Problems 
of  Today  " ;  Prof.  R.  S.  Saby  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, spoke  on  "  Immigration  and  Ameri- 
canization " ;  and  at  the  April  meeting  Mrs. 
Riley  Vose  of  Spencer  gave  a  sketch  of  the 
life  of  James  Fennimore  Cooper. 


The  members  of  Cayuga  Chapter  living  in 
Spencer  have  erected  and  dedicated  a  beautiful 
monument  to  honor  the  memory  of  eleven 
Revolutionary  soldiers  who  were  buried  in  that 
place.  A  huge  granite  boulder  was  drawn 
from  the  hills  and  placed  on  a  concrete  base, 
and  the  Spencer  Daughters  placed  a  bronze 
tablet  upon  this,  inscribed  with  the  names  of 
the  eleven  men  who  had  fought  in  the  cause 
of  Freedom.  The  ceremonies  in  connectior 
with  the  un\eiling  were  in  charge  of  thi 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  of 
Spencer. 

Our  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Nash, 
visited  this  Chapter  in  January  and  gave  a 
most  helpful  talk.  .A  luncheon  was  given  in 
her  honor  at  the  Ithaca  Hotel  and  a  reception 
was  held  at  the  home  of  the  Regent  to  which 
all  Past  Regents,  Officers,  and  Chairmen  of 
Committees   were  invited  to  meet   Mrs.   Nash. 

Washington's  Birthday  was  celebrated  by  a 
musicale  at  which  Mr.  George  C.  Williams  of 
the  Ithaca  School  of  Expression  gave  readings 
and  Mr.  Bert  R.  Lyon  of  the  Ithaca  Conser- 
vatory of   Music  sang   several   selections. 

Flag  Day,  June  14.  was  observed  by  a  picnic 
and  business  meeting  at  the  old  historic  resi- 
dence of  our  member.  Miss  Diantha  Johnson, 
of  Jacksonville,  New  York.  Chief  Taug- 
hannock  Chapter  of  Trumansburg,  New  York, 
accepted  an  invitation  to  join  with  us  and  thus 
much  was  added  to  the  success  of  the  affair. 
Mrs.  Edward  S.  Tabor,  Mrs.  Caroline  Slater 
and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Ellis,  delegates  to  the  32nd 
Continental  Congress  at  Washington,  gave  in- 
teresting  reports  of   it. 

The  membership  of  Cayuga  Chapter  is  rap- 
idly increasing,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  time 
is  not  far  distant  when  a  real  home  may  be 
provided,  where  the  activities  of  the  Chapter 
may  be  held  and  the  many  valuable  relics 
which  ha\"e  been  donated  may  be  safely  housed. 

During  the  year  the  Chapter  has  made  the 
following  contributions :  To  the  National 
Society,  quota  of  60  cents  per  member,  $74.40 ; 
to  publication  of  Manual,  $36.50;  Tamassee 
building  fund  (an  additional  contribution), 
$40;  prizes  for  foreign  classes  in  Ithaca  Night 
School,  $10;  for  worker  at  Ellis  Island,  $2, 
and  also  contributed  on  Memorial  Day  a 
wreath    for    the    Soldiers'    Monument. 

(Mrs.)    Adah   G.   Horton, 

Historian. 

John  Clarke  Chapter  (Social  Circle,  Ga.) 
was  organized  in  1917  with  21  members,  and 
has  now  a  membership  of  54,  many  of  these 


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being  non-resident  members.  Under  our 
Regent,  Mrs.  Sanders  Upshaw,  with  the 
splendid  cooperation  of  each  member,  we  are 
doing  good  work. 

The  Chapter  has  marked  two  Revolutionary 
soldiers'  graves.  At  the  unveiling  of  each 
monument  we 
sang  America, 
had  prayers  and 
short  talks  by 
our  pastors.  Our 
Chapter  adopted 
a  French  orphan, 
from  whom  we 
often  receive 
letters.  We  cele- 
brated LaFayette 
Day  and  Colum- 
bus Day  with 
appropriate  pro- 
grams. Armis- 
tice Day  we  had 
a  public  meeting 
with  an  address  by 
Clifford    Walker, 

Governor-elect  of  Georgia,  after  which  the 
school  children  decorated  the  grave  of  our 
World  War  soldier.  Georgia  Day  we  enter- 
tained the  local  U.  D.  C.  Chapter  with  a  pro- 
gram about  George  Washington.  We  had  a 
program  for  Flag  Day  in  June  and  Inde- 
pendence Day  in  July.  Our  Independence  Day 
meeting  was  observed  in  the  form  of  a 
spend-the-day  party  with  one  of  our  out-of- 
town  members. 

The  Chapter  gives  a  medal  each  year  to  the 
pupil  in  the  seventh  grade  making  the  highest 
average  in  .\merican  history.  .A  gold  medal 
was  also  given  to  the  pupil  in  the  high  school 
who  wrote  the  best  essay  on  "  The  Causes  of 
the  World  War."  Besides  these  medals,  prizes 
were  given  the  pupils  in  the  fourth,  fifth  and 
sixth  grades  who  had  the  best  average  for 
general  excellence.  The  Chapter  has  also 
placed  a  number  of  books  in  the  school  library. 

Each  year  the  birthday  of  the  Chapter  is 
celebrated  in  some  way.  This  year  we  had  a 
reception,  to  which  each  inember  invited  one 
outside  guest. 

Le\.\  Wiley, 

Historian. 

Lone  Tree  Chapter  (Greensburg,  Ind.),  was 
organized  April  6,  190",  with  sixteen  Charter 
members. 

We  have  lost  by  death  13,  by  transfer  5, 
withdrawals  7;  our  membership  is  now  65. 
Our  name  is  derived  from  a  tree  of  world  wide 


fame  which  grows  on  the  tower  of  our  Court 
House  and  is  110  feet  from  the  ground.  It  has 
been  heralded  throughout  the  world  and  is  one 
of  its  wonders;  poems  galore,  fairy  stories  and 
songs  have  been  written  about  it. 

While  we  do  not  aspire  to  attain  the  fame  of 
"our  tree"  we  are 
endeavoring  to 
promulgate  the 
cibjects  for  which 
ijur  organization 
was  founded ; 
every  call  so  far 
as  we  are  able 
has  been  met. 

In  Xovembcr 
1916,  we  placed  a 
boulder  marking 
the  entrance  of 
the  Michigan 
rciad  into  Greens- 
burg. On  the 
bronze  tablet  the 

LONE   TREE  CHAPTER  following     is     in- 

scribed. 

To  commemorate  the  Michigan  State  Road. 

Surveyed  1828-1830,  completed  1837. 

"  Though  the  Pathfinders  die  the  paths  remain 

open." 

Placed  by  Lone  Tree  Chapter,  D.  A.  R. 

Greensburg,  Indiana,  1916. 

November  11,  1922  a  boulder,  a  gift  to  our 
Chapter  from  Mrs.  Mary  Stewart  Carey,  Past 
\  ice  President  General,  was  unveiled  and  dedi- 
cated to  the  memory  of  her  grandparents,  Col. 
Thomas  Hendricks  and  his  wife.  This  was 
the  fiist  family  to  locate  in  Greensburg,  1821. 
Col.  Hendricks  donated  100  acres  of  land  on 
which  the  Court  House  is  built  and  surrounded 
by  the  public  square.  Mrs.  Hendricks  named 
the  town  for  her  home  town,  Greensburg, 
Penn.,  June   14,   1822. 

Mrs.  Carey,  in  a  pleasing  address,  recalled 
the  happy  days  of  her  childhood  in  Greens- 
burg, and  presented  the  memorial  to  Lone  Tree 
Chapter,  which  Mrs.  Daisy  Magee,  Regent, 
with  a  few  well  chosen  words  accepted,  and  in 
turn  presented  it  to  Decatur  County,  Thos.  E. 
Davidson,  County  Attorney,  responded,  accept- 
ing it  in  behalf  of  the  county,  commending  the 
women  of  our  community  for  "  keeping  alive 
the  fires  of  patriotism  burning  upnn  the  altars 
of  our  country." 


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A  very  fine  address  was  made  by  Rollin  A. 
Turner,  a  great  grandson  of  Col.  Hendricks, 
in  which  he  paid  a  high  tribute  to  his  ancestor 
and  pioneers  of  the  county.  Short  talks  were 
made  by  Mrs. 
Kate  M  i  1  n  c  r 
Rabb  of  the  State 
Historical  So- 
ciety, and  ])r. 
John  W.  Oliver. 
President. 

The  tablet  was 
unveiled  by  three 
granddaughters 
of  Mrs.  Carey ; 
Martha  and 
Barbara  Haines 
and  Irving"  Mox- 
ley,  and  bears 
this   inscriptiim. 


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Colonel  Thomas   Hendricks 
Veteran  of  the  War  of   1812, 

Founded  this  town  in   1821. 

He  built  the  first  log  cabin  and 

donated  one  hundred  acres  of   ground 

to  the  new  town. 

On  June  14.  1822  Elizabeth  Trimble  Hendricks, 

wife  of  Colonel  Thomas  Hendricks,  named 
Greensburg  for  her  native  town  in  Pennsylvania. 

Erected  by  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Six  members  of  Lone  Tree  Chapter  are 
descendants  of  Thomas  Hendricks. 

Eliza  J.  Ciusler, 

Historian. 

Sarah  Franklin  Chapter  (Washington, 
I).  C.)  Doing  service  with  good  will  is  the 
record  of  Sarah  Franklin  Chapter,  during  the 
splendid  regime  of  our  retiring  Regent,  Mrs. 
Milton   Johnson. 

Many  events  of  special  interest  have  marked 
the  year  of  1923.  We  have  contributed  to 
Kenmore  in  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  the  home  of 
Betty  Lewis,  sister  of  George  Washington. 
Mrs.  Milton  Johnson  gave  a  flag  in  the  name 
of  the  Sarah  Franklin  Chapter  to  the  Boy 
Scouts.  The  Chapter  gave  a  book  to  the 
Library  of   Continental    Hall,   "A   Registry   of 


American  Families  Entitled  to  Coat  of  Arms,'* 
by    William    A.    Crozier.      Money   was    appro- 
priated for  the  chandeliers  in  the  District  room. 
Mrs.    Milton    Johnson    and    Mrs.    James    E. 
Alexander       will 
__^r^^/m^^^mgm       have  biographical 
jl*T<r'_^^^^_H       sketches     in     the 
"Chapter  Book  of 
Ancestry."        for 
the  benefit  of  the 
Chapter      House. 
We     now      have 
four     names     in 
the  book. 

Our  D.  A.  R. 
branch  in  Paris 
has  been  organ- 
ized, by  Mrs. 
W  i  1 1  o  u  g  h  b  y 
Hanger,  a  former 
member  of  our 
Chapter.  It  will 
be  known  as  the 
Benjamin  Franklin  Chapter  (father  of  Sarah). 
Mrs.  Hanger  pointed  out  the  binding  ties  be- 
tween France  and  the  United  States,  as  sufficient 
reason  why  a  chapter  should  be  located  in 
Paris. 

Our  meetings  are  held  in  the  homes  of  our 
members,  and  are  always  enjoyable  and  pleas- 
ant. During  the  year  we  have  made  a  study 
of  the  Constitution.  There  is  much  interest 
in  our  work  and  entire  harmony  in  our  Asso- 
ciations. An  occasional  backward  glance 
strengthens  our  effort  to  make  the  future 
worthy  of  the  past,  and  we  are  looking  for- 
ward to  a  new  year  of  work,  hoping  much  may 
be  accomplished. 

(Mrs.  Robert)   Julia  Browxley  Harrison, 
Historian 

Mordecai  Gist  Chapter  (Forest  Park,  Md.), 
has  had  tme  of  the  most  successful  years  of 
work  in  every  line.  Nine  regular  meetings 
have  been  held,  and  one  special  meeting  called 
by  the  Regent,  Mrs.  Gault,  for  the  reading  of 
the  by-laws.  The  open  meeting,  June  2Sth  will 
close  the  year's  work.  All  meetings  have  been 
well  attended.  There  has  also  been  a  social 
hour,  to  which  guests  were  asked.  Meetings 
were  held  at  members'  homes  with  one  excep- 
tion, and  that  was  held  at  the  Forest  Park 
Presbyterian   Church. 

As  every  organization  needs  adequate  means 
with  which  to  carry  on  its  work,  our  Wavs  & 
Means  Committee  with  Mrs.  E.  Palmo  Dowell 
as  Chairman,  opened  the  year's  work  with  a 
most   successful   bazar,    July    14,    1922,   at   the 


WORK  OF  THE  CHAPTERS 


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home  of  Mrs.  Dowell.  The  event  of  the  affair 
was  the  presentation  of  a  beautiful  American 
tlag  of  silk  to  the  Chapter  by  Mr.  Howard 
\\'.  Jackson,  through  the  kindness  of  Mrs. 
Dowell.  A  handsome  Maryland  Silk  Flag  was 
presented  to  the  Chapter  by  our  member,  Mrs. 
William  A.  Wheatley.  Owing  to  the  splendid 
financial  success  of  the  bazaar  and  of  a  card 
party  given  at  the  Emerson  Hotel,  October 
20th,  our  Chapter  was  enabled  to  answer  all 
calls  for  worthy  philanthropic  and  patriotic 
work.  We  gave  to  Cool  Springs,  Kenmore 
Association,  Ellis  Island,  Sulgravc  Manor, 
Maryland  Room  Continental  Hall,  Children  of 
Republic,  Tax  per  capita  toward  ^lanual,  A 
Scholarship  Student's  deficient  fund  at  St. 
Mary's  American  International  College  for  our 
American  Girl,  Preservation  of  Historic  Spots, 
National  and  State  Obligations,  assisted  one 
Normal  School  Girl,  and  gave  to  our  Carrie  B. 
Gault  Scholarship  at  the  State  Normal.  One 
Book  for  Maryland  shelves  at  Memorial  Con- 
tinental Hall  was  given.  We  have  contributed 
more,  in  proportion  to  our  membership,  than 
any  Chapter  in  the  State,  and  hope  always  to 
do  our  part.  The  Chapter  took  a  day  at 
Stewart's  store  and  sold  $40.00  worth  of  Red 
Cross  Seals  for  the  Maryland  Tuberculosis 
Society.  Several  families  were  supplied  with 
Christmas  dinners. 

For  our  personal  benefit,  we  joined  two  clubs 
in  the  expense  of  three  lectures  given  by  Dr. 
Gallagher  of  Goucher  College.  Talks  were 
also  given  by  Mrs.  James  H.  Dorsey,  on  Con- 
servation and  Thrift,  and  by  Mrs.  Frederick 
Mosher,  on  her  visit  to  Sulgrave  Manor.  Mrs. 
David  Clarke,  the  reader  gave  us  a  pleasant 
afternoon,  and  music  for  dilTerent  meetings 
was  supplied  by  friends  and  Peabody  talent. 
Our  own  members  gave  us  two  splendid  papers; 
Mrs.  Wright  on  Art  in  Washington,  and  Mrs. 
Blakislee  on  Mordecai  Gist. 

Our  Chapter  tried  by  letters  and  flowers  to 
help  cheer  our  sick  and  bereaved.  To  show  our 
love  for  our  Mother  Regent  and  Chapter  Or- 
ganizer, Mrs.  Theodore  H.  Ellis,  who  died 
October  9,  1922,  the  Chapter  has  taken  one  of 
the  small  springs  at  Cool  Springs  as  a  Me- 
morial of  appreciation. 

The  Chapter  had  two  great  social  events 
during  the  season.  A  tea  was  given  to  Mrs. 
Anthony  Wavne  Cook  at  the  Belvedere  Hotel 
Nov.  17,  1922.  To  this  al!  State  Ofl^cers,  Clul) 
Presidents,  Chapter  Members,  and  their  friends 
were  invited.  It  was  voted  a  success  in  every 
w-ay,  and  was  the  means  of  our  meeting  and 
knowing  better  our  new  President  General, 
Mrs.  Cook.  Our  own  Regent,  Mrs.  Gault  and 
our  \^ice  Regent,  Mrs.  Murphy,  were  hostesses 
at  a  reception,  January  24,  192.1,  at  the  home  of 
^Irs.    Gault.      All    members    and    prospective 


new  members  were  invited,  and  through  this 
lovely  affair  everyone  was  glad  to  belong  to 
the  Mordecai  Gist  Chapter.  All  these  things 
help  to  promote  better  fellowship  and  sym- 
pathy in  the  wonderful  work  of  our  Organi- 
zation. 

Tliis  is  only  an  outline  of  the  many  phases 
of  our  year's  work.  All  members  have  done 
nobly,  but  our  success  has  been  due  to  the 
splendid  leadership  and  guidance  of  our  own 
Regent,  Mrs.  H.  Matthew  Gault. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Sri;  Grufith  Ford, 

lu-<-onliii,i  Secretary. 

Abigail  Phillips  Quincy  Chapter  (WoUas- 
ton,  Mass.).  On  Flag  Day,  June  14th,  our 
Regent,  Mrs.  William  S.  Sayw^ard,  entertained 
the  chapter  members  at  her  home. 

On  September  27th,  the  Regent  and  several 
members  of  the  Ch:rpter  attended  in  IJoston 
the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 
Samuel  Adams,  "  the  Father  of  the  Revolu- 
tion." ;\t  twelve  o'clock  a  "town  meeting" 
was  held  in  Faneuil  Hall  witli  Mr.  Louis  Cool- 
idge  as  moderator.  This  meeting  was  attended 
by  several  patriotic  societies  and  was  very 
interesting.  At  one  o'clock  we  went  to  the 
Old  South  Meeting  House  where,  after  the 
invocation  by  Rev.  George  A.  Gordon,  we 
listened  to  a  memorial  address  by  the  Hon 
Micliael  J.  Murray.  We  then  proceeded  to  the 
burial  place  of  Samuel  Adams  in  the  Old 
Granary  Burying  Ground  on  Tremont  Street 
where  fitting  decorations  had  been  placed  on 
his  grave. 

The  Chapter  has  held  eight  regular  meeting.s 
during  the  year.  Among  the  speakers  we  have 
had  Mrs.  Field,  chairman  of  the  State  Flag 
Committee,  w'ho  gave  the  history  of  "  Our 
I'lag  " ;  at  another  meeting  Mr.  .Stanley  Kelley 
of  New  York,  brother  of  our  \'ice-Regent, 
who  told  u.s  of  his  work  in  organizing  the 
"  American  Youth  League,"  the  purpose  of 
which  is  to  unify  all  agencies  working  to 
tievelop  the  character  of  young  people ;  and 
at  another  time  Mrs.  Ropes,  our  former  Re- 
gent, who  spoke  to  us  on  the  subject,  "  In  the 
year  1789,"  earnestly  urging  the  preservation 
of  the  Constitution.  Mrs.  Franklin  P.  Shum- 
way.  State  Regent,  and  Mrs.  Rufus  K.  Noyes, 
State  Corresponding  Secretary,  were  our 
.guests  of  honor  at  one  of  our  meetings.  In 
December  the  Chapter  gave  a  Christmas  partv 
to  the  Hannah  Watts  Weston  C.  A.  R.  and 
in  February  members  of  the  C.  A.  R.  presented 
a  pageant  at  our  meeting. 

A  w-reath  w^as  placed  on  the  grave  of  Abigail 
Phillips  Quincy  for  wliom  our  Chapter  is 
named,  on  April  1-lth.  the  anniversary  of 
her  birth. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


During  the  year  members  of  the  Chapter 
Vave  knit  stockings,  scarfs,  caps,  sweaters  and 
wristlets  for  the  "  boj-s  "  that  served  in  the 
World  War,  who  are  now  in  the  nearby  hospi- 
tals. This  knitting  was  in  charge  of  Mrs. 
Seth  Crocker,  a  member  of  the  State  Commit- 
tee for  this  work. 

The  Chapter  has  also  contributed  to  the  fol- 
lowing during  the  past  year: — Americanization 
work  in  Quincy,  Quincy  Day  Nursery,  Quincy 
Branch  of  North  American  Civic  League, 
Manual  for  Immigrants,  Flag  Leaflets,  Worker 
at  Ellis  Island  Detention  Rooms,  Belleau  Wood 
Memorial,  Education  of  a  Girl  from  the  Philip- 
pines, International  College  at  Springfield,  Hill- 
side School  for  Boys,  Tamassee  School,  and 
Hindman  School.  We  also  contributed  to- 
wards the  repairs  on  the  Massachusetts  Room 
in  Continental  Hall.  Through  Mrs.  Crocker. 
State  Librarian,  who  is  a  member  of  our  Chap- 
ter, we  gave  to  the  library  of  Memorial  Con- 
tinental Hall  four  books — namely,  "  Josiah 
Quincy,  Jr.",  "  Letters  of  Mrs.  Adams ",  the 
wife  of  John  Adams,  second  President  of  the 
United  States  (in  two  volumes)  and  "Journal 
and  Correspondence  of  Miss  Abigail  Adams  ", 
daughter  of  John  Adams. 

(Mrs.)  C-\rrie  H.  CjOocii, 

Historian 

Sycamore  Shoals  Chapter  (Bristol,  Va), 
chartered  in  1903,  continues  to  wield  a  wonder- 
ful inllucncc  for  gord  in  this  section.  Four 
new  chapters  are  credited  to  us  this  year,  and 
our  membership   continues   to   increase. 

The  opening  meeting  of  this  year  was  won- 
derful. In  the  home  of  one  of  our  members, 
Mrs.  H.  G.  Peters,  we  listened  to  an  address 
by  the  Hen.  John  Trotwood  Moore,  Chairman 
of  Tennessee  Historical  Society  and  a  popular 
author.  To  his  book,  "  The  Bishop  of  Cotton 
Town  "  was  attributed  the  passage  of  the  Child 
Labor  Law.  The  vocal  music  was  furnished 
by  Prof.  Samuel  Lyungkvist  and  he  was  as- 
sisted by  Miss  Chrisman,  a  talented  daughter 
from  Mississippi. 


The  Chapter  work  has  been  commemorative, 
educational  and  memorial.  We  have  a  great 
work  planned  in  marking  historical  places  in 
this,  one  of  tlie  most  historical  sections  of 
our  great  country. 

An  event  of  wide  interest  was  the  Pageant 
of  Freedom  given  on  Sycamore  Shoals  Day, 
October  7th,  which  was  held  at  the  birthplace 
of  American  Civilization  —  Sycamore  Shoals, 
Here  the  soldiers  gathered  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Generals  Wm.  Campbell,  John  Sevier, 
and  Evan  Shelby,  to  meet  the  British  under 
Ferguson.  History  records  that  they  fought 
at  Kings  Mountain  and  gained  the  victory 
which  turned  the  tide  of  the  Revolutionary 
war.  One  of  the  most  thrilling  episodes  in 
the  Pageant  of  Freedom  was  the  siege  of  Fort 
Watauga  by  the  Indians.  A  palisade  was  con- 
structed to  represent  the  original  one  at  Syca- 
more Shoals.  In  this  episode  was  represented 
the  rescue  of  Bonnie  Kate  Sherril  by  John 
Sevier  whom  she  afterwards  married.  The 
pageant  also  celebrated  the  l.^Oth  Anniversary 
of  the  purchase  of  this  land  from  the  Cherokee 
Indians  in  1/73  and  the  signing  of  the  Peace 
Treaty  with  the  Indians,  at  Sycamore  Shoals 
on  the  banks  of  the  Watauga  River.  At  that 
lime  this  country  was  the  favorite  hunting 
ground  of  many  tribes  of  Indians.  It  has 
belonged  to  many  states,  first  it  was  known 
as  the  Watauga  Settlement  in  Virginia,  later 
it  was  a  part  of  North  Carolina,  then  formed 
a  part  of  the  Free  State  of  Franklin  and  now 
is  in  the  state  of  Tennessee.  No  state  could 
claim  a  fairer  land. 

A  Chapter  of  the  Children  of  the  Revolution 
lias  also  been  formed  under  the  guidance  of 
Sycamore  Shoals. 

The  D.  A.  R.  Magazine  is  widely  read  among 
our  members  and  much  interest  manifested  in 
the  work  of  the  National  Society.  Our  Chap- 
ter is  always  represented  at  the  State  Confer- 
ence  and   Continental   Congress. 

Mrs.  Henry  FitzHugh  Lewis, 

Honorary  Regent. 


Conducted  by 

"(lith  Roberts  Ramsburgh 

Drawings  by 
Zoe   Lee   H.   Anderson 


^"^^^--^^rU^^^ 


BELT. 

The  American  Belts  allli(.us>h  traditionally' 
Scotch,  probably  descend  from  the  Belts  of 
"Bossal  Hall."  Yorkshire.  England,  who 
trace   their   origin  to   Lombardy. 

Leonard  Belt,  Gentleman,  son  of  Robert,  of 
the  Parish  of  Styllynflete  Co.  York  LS4S,  was 
Freeman  of  York  City  LS80  &  his  son  Robert 
was  first  Alderman,  then  in  1627,  Lord  Mavor 
of  York  and  in  16-10  was  knighted.  He  m'ar- 
ried  Grace,  dan  of  Daniel  Foxcroft  of  Hali- 
fax. Sir  Robert  Belt  was  so  intensely  loyal 
to  the  cause  of  Charles  2nd.  that  after  the 
Battle  of  Marston  Moor,  1644.  he  was  dis- 
possessed of  his  estate  "  Bossel  Hall."  How- 
?ver  in  1660,  upon  the  restoration  of  the  Stu- 
arts, the  estate  was  restored  to  liis  grandson 
Sir  Robert   Belt. 

The  American  ancestor  of  this  family, 
Humphrey  Belt,  sailed  from  Gravesend,  Eng- 
land, in  the  ship  "America  "  and  landed  at 
Jamestown,  Virginia  1635,  when  he  was  twenty 
years  old.  In  1663  he  removed  to  Ann  Arun- 
del   County,    Maryland,   with   his    family. 

His  grandson  Joseph  Belt  b  1680  in  Ann 
Arundel  County,  acquired  several  large  estates 
and  in  1725  patented  "Chevy  Chase"  which 
remained  in  the  family  for  many  years  but 
now  is  one  of  Washington's  most  attractive 
suburbs.  Colonel  Joseph  hold  many  public 
offices,  he  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of 
Rock  Creek  Parish  1726,  the  oldest  glebe  in 
the  District  of  Columbia,  its  Parish  Church 
St.  Paul's  was  erected  abt   1773. 

Colonel  Joseph  Belt  married  two  sisters, 
daughters  of  the  famous  Colonel  Ninian  Beall 
&  his   wife   Ruth   Moore. 

Through  their  various  marriages,  the  Belts 
are  connected  with  the  Spriggs,  Clagetts, 
Brookes,  Perrys,  Magruders  and  many  other 
colonial  fainiliea  of   Marvland. 


BRYANT. 

Engelbert  1st,  Seigneur  de  Brienne,  d  990, 
is  the  earliest  ancestor  of  the  nam.e  to  which 
this  family  can  trace.  Five  generations  later 
Erard  2nd,  Count  de  Brienne  d  1189,  married 
Agnes  de  Montbelliar.  Their  oldest  son  Gau- 
thier  married  the  daughter  of  Tancrcde,  King 
of  Sicily;  their  third  son  Jean  de  Brienne, 
1150-1237,  went  to  the  Holy  Land.  He  mar- 
ried 1209  Marie,  daughter  of  Conrad  and  Isa- 
belle  de  Monserrat,  heiress  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Jerusalem,  he  married  secondly  Berengaria, 
daughter  of  Alphonso  9th,  of  Castile  and  Leon. 
It  is  through  his  second  marriage  that  the 
line  is  continued. 

Their  gr.  gr.  gr.  grandson  Guy  de  Bryan, 
Baron  of  Chastcl  Walwyn  1336,  l^ird  of  nine 
townships,  distinguished  himself  at  Crecy,  and 
his  son  Lord  Guy  de  Bryan,  Baron  Chevalier, 
performed  missions,  also  military  and  naval 
ser\ices  in  the  reigns  of  Edward  3rd  and 
Richard  2nd.  In  1361  he  was  made  Admiral 
of  the  King's  fleet  and  in  1370  was  elected 
57tli  Knight  of  the  Garter.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Salisbury. 

Six  generations  later.  Sir  Francis  Bryan, 
Chevalier  Baronet,  1490-1550,  was  appointed 
Governor  General  of  Ireland  and  in  1549, 
Lord  Chief  Justice.  He  performed  important 
services  for  Henry  8th  and  married  the 
daughter   of    Sir   John    Montgomery. 

Their  descendant,  Thomas  Bryant.  Planter, 
of  the  Barbadoes,  married  in  1618.  Martha, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Chaplin,  of  Suffolk,  and 
emigrated  from  England  1634.  Their  grand- 
son William  Bryan-Bryant,  born  in  the  Bar- 
badoes 1645,  died  1697  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. 

These  Bryants  are  connected  through  mar- 
riage, with  many  of  the  most  attractive  fam- 
ilies of  the  Old  Bay  State,  amon.g  whom  may 
be  mentioned  the  Lowells,  Phelps,  Walcotts, 
Masons,   Browns  and   Cades. 

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EDITH  ROBERTS  RAMSBURGH 

GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 
Memorial  Continental  Hall,    Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

Kxox. —  In  the  Logan  family  burying 
ground,  Shelbyville,  K>-.  is  found  the  follow- 
ing inscription  on  one  of  the  stones.  Col  James 
Knox,  born  in  Ireland,  came  to  America  at 
the  age  of  14  years,  served  in  the  Rev.  &  died 
24  Dec.  \822.—  Mrs.  G.  B.  Wandlinu.  7U4  Ben- 
nington Ave.  Kansas  City,   Mo. 

10127.  LuPFER. —  Casper  Lupfer  &  \v  are 
buried  in  Perrv  Co.,  Pa.  He  served  in  the 
militia.— L.  d'.  Emiy,  1767  P.  St.  N.  W., 
Washington,   D.   C. 

10156.  Johnson. —  Phebe  Johnson  Clark  b 
Middletown  Conn.  IS  July  1796  dau  of  Wm  & 
Jemima  Hubbard  Johnson  d  7  Sept  1864 
(gravestone).  The  Wm  Johnson  asked  for 
was  the  bro  of  Phebe,  who  m  Reuben  A. 
Clark  &  was  b  1  Nov  1787.  He  m  Sally  Lee 
at  Middletown  &  removed  to  Kirkland,  Oneida 
Co.,  N.  Y.  &  later  to  Pa..— Frank  L.  Johnson, 
Minneola,  Florida. 

10157.  Rice. —  Jacob  &  Eliz.  Rice  are  buried 
in  Juniata  Co.  Would  Rev  rec  for  ances  of 
Jacob  Rice  be  acceptable? — Mrs.  L.  D.  Emig, 
1767  P.  St.  N.  W.,  Washington,  1).  C. 

10431.  C.APELL. —  Benj.  Capell.  will  prob 
Anne  Arundel  Co.,  Md.  20  Aug  1711.  He 
mar  the  wid  of  Thos.  Parsons  abt  1684.  Ac- 
cording to  the  wills  of  Benj.  &  also  of  Isabell 
Capell  there  were  no  ch  mentioned  as  of  the 
2nd  inarriage.  The  mother  of  Jacob  &  Capell 
Holland  was  the  dau  of  Thos.  &  Isabell  Par- 
sons b  abt  1661  &  mar  Anthony  Holland.  The 
following  ch  are  mentioned  in  will  of  Thos. 
Parsons : —  Isabell,  Mary,  Susatmah,  Eliz., 
Sarah  &  Hannah.    Isabell  m  Anthony  Holland ; 

Mary  m  Benj .  Price  ;  Susannah  m  Tucker  ; 

Eliz.   m  John   Norris  ;   Sarah   m  Carter. — 


//.  A.  Davis.  310  Shepherd  St.  N.  W.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

10268.  Arsiix.— The  following  data  is 
taken  from  the  original  rec  kept  by  the  fam 
in  an  old  note  book,  now  in  the  possession  of 
G.  F.  Austin  of  Rhode  Island.  Edmund  Austin 
&  w  Mary  Hunt  had  only  son  James  who  mar 
Catherine  Hunt  and  their  ch  were  Eliz.  b  10 
Xov.  1761;  Mary  b  10  Nov.  1763;  Catherine 
b  22  Sept.   1765  m  Capt  Daniel  Fones ;  Henry 

b  30  Aug.    1767   w   Susanna ;    Patience  b 

18  Aug.  1769  m  Ezra  Sweet  d  15  Nov.  1860; 
Margarett  b  30  Sept.  1771  ;  James  b  24  Oct, 
1773  d  20  Aug.  1788;  Russell  b  7  July  1775; 
Sarah  b  31  >Ich.  1777  m  Capt  Stephen  Bryant; 
Samuel  b  24  Aug.  1779  m  Marv  Mitchell  d  16 
Oct.  1874;  Ruth  b  10  Oct.  1783  d  8  luly  1802; 
George  b  1  June  1785  d  11  Dec.  1871.  Have 
no  rec  of  parentage  of  Edmund  Austin  but 
think  he  d  abt  time  of  his  son's  birth.  Have 
will  of  Ezekel  Hunt  written  1742  that  speaks 
of  Mary  (w  of  Edmund)  as  widow. —  Mrs. 
ir.  H.  Moore.  82  Parkdale  Ave.,  Buffalo,  N,  Y, 

10403.  CoiNKR. —  This  name  is  spelled  in 
various  ways.  Michael  Koincr  was  b  in  Win- 
terlingen,  Wurtemberg,  Germany  29  Jan,  1720, 
came  to  Phila.  Pa.  1740  d  7  Nov.  1796.  On 
21  Feb.  1749  he  mar  Margaret  DiUer  b  1734 
d  18  Nov.  1813.  Both  died  in  Augusta  Co.  Va. 
Their  ch  were  George  Adam,  Conrad,  George 
Michael,  Eliz.,  Mary,  Casper,  Catherine,  Jolm, 
Martin,  Jacob,  Christian,  Philip  Frederick. — 
Mrs.  P.  C.  Hiscr,  Box  No.  246,  Greenfield,  O. 

10426.  Wade. —  Your  answer  can  be  found 
in  D.  A.  R.  Magazine  for  Feb.  1923,  page  100. 
—  Mrs.  IF.  E.  Darner,  Sapulpa,  Okla. 

10464.  Lane. —  Isaac,  son  of  Tildence  Lane 
was  b  14  Feb.  1760  d  9  Nov.  1851  in  McMinn 
Co.,    Tenn.     He   enlis   in   Rev.   in    Pittsylvania 


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687 


Co.  Va.  June  1776  under  Capt.  Peter  Perkins. 
Next  year  was  transferred  to  Tenn.  under  Capt 
Wm.  Bean.  1780  served  as  Lieut,  in  Battle  oi 
King's  Mt.''  1772  mar  Sarah  Russell  in  Wash- 
ington Co..  Tenn.  Their  cli  were  Russell  b 
1773  mar  Milly  Sherman;  Tildence  Co.  Eliz. 
Sherman,  John  Fuller  who  m  1st  Cvnthia  Mil- 
ler, 2nd  Ollie  Walker;  Mary  (Polly)  b  i2 
Mch.  1789  mar  Elijah  Hurst;  Letta  mar  David 
McReynolds ;  Eliz.  mar  George  Hill ;  Jemima 
mar  Joab  Gibson ;  Sarah  mar  John  Neil ;  Ollie 
mar  David  Schultz.  Am  compiHng  the  gen. 
of  Abraham  Sheppard  Lane,  son  of  Christian, 
who  lived  in  Edgecomb  Co.,  N.  C.  during  Rev. 
later  removing  to  Ga.  Any  data  of  this  family 
will  be  appreciated. —  -l/r.(.  Jiilinii  C.  I.aiu-. 
Statesboro,  Ga. 

10467.  BoTTS.— Seth  Botts  had  ch  Thos.  I) 
1742,Eli  z.  b  1741,  Wm.  h  17-14.  Aaron  b  1746 
&  Joseph  b  1748.  W^m.  b  1744  m  1769  Priscilla, 
dan  of  Stephen  Lee  &  had  ch  Geo.  W.  &  Seth, 
Co.  Judge  of  Flemingburg.  Ky.  who  m  Amy 
Hedges  &  had  ch  John  Hedges  Botts,  Wm., 
Geo.  W..  Seth,  twins  Betsy  &  Priscilla  Lee, 
Arthur  Lee,  Edmond,  Thos.  R.,  Mary  & 
Augustus  Hedges.  Priscilla  Lee  Botts  mar 
Wm.  Smith  Dulin  son  of  Edwin  Dulin  &  Mary 
Povtheress  Hedges,  sis  of  Seth  Botts'  w  Amy 
Hedges.— Afr.f.  H'.  E.  Darner.  1121  E.  McKin- 
ley  St.,  Sapulpa,  Okla. 

10476.  Burgess. —  Col.  Wm.  Burgess  was  b 
in  Eng  1622  mar  1st  Eliz.'dau  of  Edward 
Robins  of  Va.  Justice  of  Quorum ;  mar  2nd 
Mrs.  Sophia  Ewen,  and  3rd,  Ursula,  dau  of 
George  Puddin.gton  who  survived  him.  Col. 
Wm.  died  in  Md.  1686/7.  His  son  Capt.  Ed- 
ward Burgess  d  1722  in  Anne  Arundel  Co.,  Md 
he  mar  Sarah  Chew  who  died  1738  and  their 
dau  Sarah  Burgess  mar  1709  Benjamin  Gaither 
b  1681  d  1741.  Ref:  Md.  Calendar  of  Wills. 
Vol.  2,  p.   12,  Vol.  5,  p.   143,  etc.— Gr».  Ed. 

10499(a).  R.\NDOLPH. —  The  parents  of  Mary 
Randolph  who  m  John  Railey  were  Isham  Ran- 
dolph of  Dungeness,  1684-1742,  &  w  Jane  Rog- 
ers whom  he  m  in  London  1718.  He  was  son 
of  the  immigrant  Wm.  Randolph  of  Turkey 
Island.  Two  Raileys  mar  Mayo  sisters,  dausof 
Wm.  Mayo.  &  a  Pleasants  grson  of  John 
Railey  mar  his  cousin,  a  dau  of  Wm.  Mayo,  Jr. 
Should  like  to  corres  with  persons  of  Railey 
descent.— /^.-f.  B.  L.  Auccll.  D.D..  Mahan 
School,   Yangchow,   China. 

10S17.  HoYT-KiMiiALi..— Thos.  Hoyt,  1731- 
1778.  was  of  Capt.  Shepard's  Co.,  at  Cambridge 
1776.  Enlisted  in  Col.  Thos.  Stickney's  Reg't 
for  three  years  or  duration  of  War  1777  Train 
Band.  Signed  Association  Test  Tax  list  1776. 
Ref :  Historv  of  Canterbury,  bv  Tames  Otis 
Lvford.  Vol.  1.  pages  111,  113,  127.  13,^,  137, 
141,   \S2.   163.— (7c».  Ed. 

10.^32.   Turn— Elnathaii  Judd  was  b  17  Aug, 


1724  d  4  Tan.  1777  at  Watertown.  Conn.  He 
was  6th  ch  of  Capt.  Wm.  Tudd  who  d  29  Jan. 
1772  aged  82.  Ref:  No.  389,  Judd  Record,  also 
page  37,  Dr.  Henrv  Skilton  &  His  Descendants. 
—  Mr.-:.  Chas.  II.  ShlUnn.  Box  No.  172,  Water- 
town.  Conn. 

10,^49.  BovKU. —  Henry  Boyer  is  buried  in 
Christ  Churchyard.  Alex.  Va.  Part  of  inscrip- 
tion on  tombstone  reads,  "  In  memory  of  Henry 
Boyer  who  departed  this  life  March  7,  1799 
a.ged  43  years  &  4  days."—  Mrs.  M.  G.  Potccll. 
201   N.  Washington  St.,  Alexandria,  Va. 

11,^58.  Hedhf.n. —  Luther  Hedden  was  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  Lansing.  Tompkins  Co., 
N.  Y.  1834.  Tosiah  Hedden,  supervisor  of  the 
same  town  1829  and  had  been  a  member  of  the 
Assembly  1 828.— .1 /";-.!.  Ahiii  C.  B,-aI.  Ithaca. 
N.  Y. 

10744,  T.\yi.or-Dk'kixson.—  Crafts  History 
of  Whately  gives  the  following:  Sophia  Dick- 
inson b  18  Tuly  1S09  m  Dannis  Taylor  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  (not  Springfield).  She  was  the 
dau  of  Moses  b  2  Mch  1781  d  29  July  1812.  mar 
27  July  1803  Mary  Graves  b  1.^  Nov.  1778  d 
20  Auar.  1876.  Moses  was  the  snn  of  Samuel 
b  Hatfield,  Mass.  9  Mch  1749  m  8  Feb,  1774 
Mary  Dickinson  b  \S  Dec.  17.^4  d  15  Apr.  1842. 
Sam.  d  24  Tuly  1803.  Corp.  Capt.  Enoch  Chap- 
in's  Co.,  Col.  Elisha  Porter's  Regt.,  engaged 
23  Sept.  1777,  disc.  13  Oct.  1777.  Service  27 
days,  travel  included,  on  expedition  to  northern 
dept.  Roll  sworn  to  in  Hampshire  Co.  Page 
752.  Vol.  4.  Mass  Sol.  &  Sailors.  Ch..  Chas. 
b  2  Apr.  1779.  d  unm ;  Moses  b  2  Mar  1781; 
Oliver  b  2i  Oct.  1782.  David  Graves  b  7  June 
1733  d  20  Dec.  1815  m  4  May  1758  Marv  Smith. 
Ch..  Joanna  b  21  May  1769;  Martha  b  13  Feb. 
1759  m  Lieut.  Abel  Scott:  Moses  b  12  Aug. 
1763;  Abigail  b  12  Feb.  1767  m  Oliver  Graves. 
Tr. :  Levi  b  7  Nov.  1769:  Phincas  b  13  Aug. 
1772;  Calvin  b  6  Oct.  1774:  David  b  3  Tune 
1777;  Mary  b  15  Nov.  1778.  David  Graves 
was  sol  in  Capt.  Oliver  Lvnian's  Co..  Col.  Ezra 
May's  Regt.  Enlis  20  Sept.  1777  disc  14  Oct. 
1777.  Service  30  days,  travel  included  an  ex- 
pedition to  Stillwater  &  Saratoga.  Ref:  page 
746,  Vol.  4,  Mass.  Soldiers  &  Sailors.—  Francrs 
E.  E)ncrson,  Plymouth,  Ind. 

11508.  Cor.B.— Samuel  Cobb  b  3  Sept  1753, 
Taunton,  Mass.  d  19  Dec.  IS.W  Coventry,  Vt. 
Lived  in  Westmoreland.  N.  H,  when  ch  were 
l)orn.  moved  to  Coventry  abt  1800.  Pensioned 
1833.  Ch..  Betsey.  Tisdale.  Samuel,  Silence. 
Nathaniel.  Lottc.  Hanover.  .Arabella.  Sabrina. 
Samuel  mar  Silance  Barne\-  b  21  Feb.  1756  d 
6  Apr.  1814.  Coventry,  Vt.— /.  M.  .S>!;(Hm.<7. 
Walpole.  N.  H. 

11512.  Ij.VM.s-. — ^Thos.  Ijams  who  set.  1st  in 
Washington  Co.,  Pa.  &-  d  in  Belmont.  Ohio. 
Came  to  Maryland.  Mar  Eliz.  Hampton.  Was 
Sergeant  in  Rev.    Ref:  .\rcli.  of  Md.— Council 


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of  Safety  &  Journal  of  Correspondence,  Jan.  1 
to  Mch.  20,  1777,  page  252.—  /.  R.  Haiidcn- 
shield,   Box  470,   Carnegie,   Pa. 

11526.  Lane. —  Sir  Ralph  Lane  left  gr  son 
Edward  Lane  who  was  a  res  of  Va.  One 
branch  of  the  fam  set  in  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  by 
writing  to  the  Court  House  there  you  may 
obtain  records.  E.  W.  Lane,  President  of 
Atlantic  National  Bank  now  resides  in  Jack- 
sonville, Fla. —  Mrs.  E.  M.  Lane,  2017  Fannin 
St.,   Houston,   Texas. 

11526.  Lane. —  The  Lanes  are  connected 
with  the  Strother  fam  of  Culpeper  Co.  al- 
though the  Lanes  were  from  Westmoreland 
Co.,  Va.  James  Lane  of  this  fam  came  to 
Va.  &  set  in  Westmoreland  Co.  where  he  d 
1760.  Mar.  Martha,  dau  of  Wm.  Carr  of 
"  Carrsville  "  &  had  four  ch.  Another  branch 
of  the  Lane  fam  was  founded  by  Joseph  whose 
son  Joseph  removed  to  N.  Car.  where  he  d. 
His  ch  were  Joseph,  Joel  &  Jesse.  Can  give 
more  data. —  Mrs.  SaUic  S.  HoIIingsv-'orth, 
Edgefield,   S.  Car. 

11532.  Faikb.\nks. —  *  *  Freelove  Fairbanks 
b  25  May  1734,  dau  of  -John  Fairbanks  of 
Wrentham,  Mass.  (son  of  John  (4),  John  (3), 
John  (2),  Jonathan  (1)  b  in  Wrentham  28 
Feb.  1706  d  there  19  May  1754.  Had  no  Rev. 
rec.  Married  30  Tulv  1729  Jane  dau  of  Michael 
&  Jeane  Wright" Ware.  She  d  17  June  1788 
Ref  :  page  80  Fairbanks  Genealogy.  Ebenezer 
Pond's  ances.  can  be  found  in  Edward  D. 
Harris'  Pond  Genealogy. —  Mrs.  H.  F.  Spencer, 
483   Washington    Ave.,    West    Haven,    Conn. 

11613.  Baker-Erskine. —  Eliza.  Baker  As- 
key  or  Erskine,  was  the  dau  of  Col.  Robt. 
Baker  who  d  1768  leaving  wid  Frances  (Steph- 
enson) who  lived  in  Path  Valley,  Cumberland 
Co.,  &  the  following  ch : —  Rebecca  m  John 
Wallace;  Wm ;  Eliz.  m  Thomas  Askey  (Er- 
skine) 12  June  1764;  Rosannah  m  Robt.  Lythe; 
John  m  Jane  Ross ;  Samuel  m  Mary  Beatty ; 
Annw  m  John  McCray ;  Mary  unmar.  Ref  : 
Eagle's  Notes  &  Queries,  1898,  p.  167.  Col. 
Robt.  Baker  was  in  the  Prov.  ser.  1747—48, 
Col.  Thos.  Crookson's  Associated  Regt.  of  the 
West  End  of  Lancaster  Co.  on  the  Susque- 
hanna. Ref:  Pa.  Arch.  Vol.  1,  page  22,  5th 
Series  Seilheimer's  Notes,  Vol.  1,  Pa.  State 
Library. 

11620a.  Wetherell. —  Mary  Wethcrell  was 
the  dau  of  Thos.  &  Ann  Pearson  Wetherell. 
Thos.  was  the  son  of  Christopher  ancestor  of 
the  Wetherell  Family  of  N.  J.  &  Phila.,  Pa. 
Ref:  "The  Crispin  Family." — Mrs.  E.  D. 
Humphries,  Sac  City,  Iowa. 

11627.  Huff. —  The  following  data  is  copied 
from  the  tombstones  of  Samuel  Huff  &  of  his 
w  Mary  Proctor  who  came  to  Illinois  from 
Logan  Co.,  Tcnn.  "  Samuel  Huff  b  16  Aug. 
1778  d  24  Apr.  1845  aged  66  yrs,  8  mos  &  8 


das."  Mary,  his  w  b  June  10,  1778  d  Oct.  19, 
1947,  aged  69  yrs,  4  mos  &  9  das."  Ch  were 
Nathan,  Wm.  Flicks,  Joshua  Pennington, 
Earthena,  Rachel,  Cynthia,  Tabitha.  Rachel 
Huff  a  sis  of  Sam.  b  1776  is  also  buried  there. 
~  Mrs.  E.  R.  Charlton,  308  S.  Washington  St., 
Salem,   111. 

11621.  Wells.— Hezekiah  Wells  b  abt  1738 
d  1815,  m  9  Sept  1762  Phebe  Talcott  b  27  Dec. 
1744,  dau  of  Bcnj.  &  Deborah  (Gillette)  Tal- 
cott. Their  ch  were  Phoebe  b  5  Tune  1763; 
Tohn  b  4  Nov.  1764  d  1766;  f-ihoda  b  26  Feb. 
1766;  Hezekiah  b  22  Sept.  1767;  Simeon  b  10 
Apr.  1769  d.  1845;  Lemuel  b  31  Mch.  1771  d 
1830;  Toseph  b  14  Dec.  1772;  Levi  b  22  Aug. 
1774;  Elijah  b  1776  d  26  Mch.  1829.  In  a  hst 
of  Wethersfield  men  to  whom  military  commis. 
were  issued  from  the  Gen.  Assem.  of  Conn., 
in  the  Rev.,  there  is  a  record  as  follows : — 
"  Dec.  1776,  Hezekiah  Welles,  Capt.,  John 
Beldcn,  Lieut.,  Chester  Welles,  Ensign.  The 
Battallion  under  Col.  Noadiah  Hooker." — 
Mrs.  A.  Van  D.  Honevman.  234  East  9th  St., 
Plainfield,  N.   I. 

11524.  Scott-Eaker.— Write  to  Mrs.  Vir- 
ginia S.  Fendrick  who  can  give  data  on  both 
lines.  Franklin  County  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.  has 
marked  the  grave  of  George  Faker.  His  stone 
states  "  He  fought  for  liberty  and  lived  to 
enjoy   it." 

n5.58a.  Hakroun.— In  the  "Old  White 
Church  "  graveyard,  N.  Park  St.,  Cambridge, 
N.  Y.  are  the  following : — "  In  memory  of 
Mr.  Oliver  Harroun  who  departed  this  life 
Nov.  6th  1827  in  the  64th  year  of  his  age." 
"  In  memory  of  Tohn  Harroun,  Esq.  who  died 
Oct.  18th  1819  in  the  82nd  year  of  his  age." 
"  In  memory  of  Martha,  wife  of  John  Har- 
roun, Esq  who  died  Nov.  20th,  1818  in  the 
81st  year  of  her  age."  In  the  same  yard  is 
Cena  Harroun,  wife  of  Geo.  died  11  Mch. 
1832  aged  31  yrs  &  5  mos.  In  New  York  in 
the  Rev.  p.  237,  16th  Reg.  Albany  Co.,  Mil- 
Land  Bounty  Rights,  are  the  names  of  Oliver 
&  Tohn  Harroun  (Herrune).  In  an  old  acct 
book  of  Paul  Gale's,  1758-1825,  res  of  Barre, 
is  the  rec  of  the  death  of  Huldah  Harroun, 
the  dau  of  Paul  &  Huldah  Holman  Gale,  Dec. 
27,  1811.— il/r.f.  Dorcas  A.  Uhl,  1248  South 
Maple   St.,   Carthage,   Mo. 

11590.  Wood-Church. —  Priscilla  b  17  Apr. 
1699  was  the  dau  of  Wm.  Wood  &  Susannah 
&  Wm.  was  son  of  Thos  Wood.  See  deed 
Aug.  11,  1701  recorded  Liber  4,  p.  279,  Taun- 
ton, Mass.  The  parents  of  Thos.  were  John 
Wood  &  Mary  Church,  see  deed  Nov.  14,  1695, 
Liber  3,  p.  457.     Mary  was  the  dau  of  Joseph 

Church    &    Marv   his    wife,    see   deeds 

Apr.  6,  1691,  Liber  3,  p.  419  &  Feb.  7,  1709, 
Liber.  6,  p.  ,329  &  Sept.  5,  1700,  Liber  3,  p.  183, 
Taunton    Clerk's    Office.      Joseph    was    bro    of 


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Capt.  Benj.  Church,  hero  of  King  Philip's  War 
&  both  were  sons  of  Richard  Church  who 
came  over  with  Gov,  Winthrop  abt  1630,  This 
is  all  the  Church  data  I  have, —  Mrs.  J.  E. 
Irvine,  501   Park   St.,   Charlottesville,  Va. 

11593a.  Bryan. —  War  rec  with  dates  of  ser 
of  John  Bryan  can  be  found  Winchester  Acct 
Book  M.W,D.  233,  W.D.  246  &  Acct  1780  141 
LP.,  D  35,  Soldiers  of  Va.  p.  67,  Supplement 
p.  49.  Will  be  glad  to  corres. —  Mrs,  Warren 
Robinson,  Litnestone  St.,  Jamestown,  Oliio. 

QUERIES 

11648.  CiRiFriN. —  Wanted  infor.  of  Col.  Sam 
Griffin  of  Northumberland  Co.,  Va.  whose  dau. 
Katherine  mar  Wm.  Fauntleroy  in  1680. 

(a)  BusHKOD. —  Thos.  &  Richard  Bushrod, 
bros.  Quakers,  removed  from  Mass.  to  Va. 
Thos.  never  mar.     Richard  b  1626  mar  Apphia 

,  had  chil  John  b  1663  d  1719  mar  Hanna, 

dau  of  Wm.  &  Eliz.  Keene.  Their  dau  Apphia 
of  "  Bushfield,"  Westmoreland  Co.,  Va.  mar 
Col.  Wm.  Fauntleroy  b  1684  d  1757.  Thos. 
2nd  son  of  Richard  &  Apphia  had  dau  Ann 
who  mar  Griffin  Fauntleroy  7  Feb  1708  &  d 
1760.  Did  Richard,  John  "or  Thos.  Bushrod 
give  Col.  service?  Griffin  &  Ann  Bushrod 
Fauntleroy  had  son  Bushrod  b  abt  1724  mar 
Eliz  Foushee  of  Richmond  Co.  Made  Capt.  of 
Foot  1755  from  Spotsylvania  Co.,  Va.  Did  he 
give  Rev.  service  ? —  M.  E.  F. 

11649.  Drury. —  Wanted  dates  &  places  of 
b  &  d  of  Joseph  Drury,  who  ser.  in  Rev.  with 
troops  of  Chas.  Co.  Md.  1790  Census  shows 
he  resided  in  St.  Mary's  Co.,  Md.  at  that  time. 
He  mar  Sibba  Wigington  1776.— C.  H.  D. 

11650.  NoRCROSS. —  Wanted    names    of    desc. 

of  Sam.  Norcross  1752-1838,  mar  Hannah . 

Served  as  fifer  in  Capt.  Oliver  Colburn's  Co., 
Mass.  minute  men.  His  w  b  1757  d  1844. 
Wanted  names  of  desc.  of  Asa  Norcross  b  9 
Mar.  1740  d  1830  mar  1st  1760  Eliz.  Greenwood 
&  2nd  1774  Eliz.  Fairbanks  of  Medway,  Mass. 
who  was  b  11  Aug.  1749.  They  lived  in  Dublin 
N.  H.  &  Hollister,  Mass.  Rev.  rec  desired. 
Wanted  also  names  of  desc.  of  Nehemiah  Nor- 
cross b  1742  mar  Mch  1763  Ruth  &  lived 

in  Charlestown,  Mass.  Wanted  full  gen.  with 
dates  &  Rev.  rec. —  C.  N.  R. 

11651.  Palmer. — Wanted  parentage  of  James 
Palmer  b  1785  mar  1807  Olive  Eggleston.  Ch 
Richard,  Davis,  Lydia,  Peter,  Harriet,  James, 
Martha,  Zadie,  Mariah,  William,  Olive  Electa 
&  Elbert  Coates. 

(a)  RoRERTS. —  Wanted     ances     of      Daniel 

Roberts   &  w  Palmer.     Ch   were  Rachel, 

Theresa,  Minerva,  John,  Heman  b  1816,  Rich- 
ard, Sally,  Erastus,  Drusilla. 

(b)  Eggleston. —  Wanted  parentage  of 
James   Eggleston  who   mar  before   1779   Lydia 


Rich,  nr  Williamstown,  Mass.    Ch  were  James, 
Davis,   Harvey,  Lydia  &  Olive. 

(c)  Coaxes. —  Wanted  infnrmatinn  of  James 
or  Joseph  Coates  &  w  Eliz.  who  had  smi  El- 
bert b  1803,  mar  Lucy  Ann  Bennett  dau  of 
Aaron  &  Sarah   Bennett.— J.  T.   C. 

11652.  Brooks. —  Wanted  Rev.  rec.  of  James 
Brooks  of  Dorchester  Co.,  Md.  who  mar  Sarah, 
dau  of  Rogers  Woolford  of  Dorchester  Co., 
also  his  parentage.  Rev.  rec.  &  dates  of  his  b, 
d  &  mar  &  Rev.  rec  of  his  father. 

(a)  Lee. —  Wanted  ances  with  dates  of 
Xancv  Lee,  w  of  Wm.  Seward,  Rev.  sol.  of 
Dorchester  Co.,   Md.— C.  E.  P. 

11653.  Collier. —  Wanted  gen.  of  Daniel 
Collier  b  in  Md.  1764,  mar  Margaret  Prather, 
removed  to  Ohio  1789.  He  ser  as  Col.  in 
Collier's  Regt.  in  War  1812.  Did  Col.  Collier 
have  Rev.  rec  ? —  E.  C. 

11654.  Ellis. —  Wanted  Rev.  rec  fif  John 
Ellis  b  17 —  mar  Abigail  Gurdy  &  came  from 
N.  H.  to  Belgrade  or  Dearborn,'  Me.— M.  S.  H. 

11655.  Bill. —  Wanted  dates  of  b,  d  &  mar. 
Rev.  rec  &  any  inform  of  Jabez,  son  of  Oliver 
Bill,  prob  of  Rome,  N.  Y.  who  ser  in  Rev.  & 
rec'd  pension.  His  dau  mar  Benj.  Cogswell. — 
L.   T.   S. 

11656.  Rowley. —  Wanted  parentage  &  ances 
of  Rev.  Sam.  Rowley  of  Vt.  b  1784  d  Batavia, 
111.  30  Dec.  1864.  Mar  1st  Afehitable  Need- 
ham  &  1830  mar  2nd  Phoebe  Buel  Smith  b 
1791  d  1852,  dau  of  Daniel  Buel  &  w  Eunice 
dau  of  Elias  &  Eunice  Allen  Bascom.  All 
N.    Eng.    families. —  C.  C.  C. 

11657.  HuTCHiNS  —  Wanted  Rev.  rec  with 
proof  of  James  Hutchins  who  lived  in  central 
N.  H.  His  son  James  lived  in  Bath,  N.  H. 
from  1830-1845.  Would  like  to  correspond  with 
members   of   this    family. 

(a)  Martin. —  Wanted  infor  of  Seaborn 
Martin.  Fam  tradition  is  that  he  was  born  on 
Mayflower.     Wanted  proof  of  this.^  E.  H.  P. 

11658.  Burton. —  *  *  Wanted  n  of  chil  & 
to  whom  mar  of  Robt.  H.  Burton,  son  of  Col. 
Roht.  of  Rev.  fame ;  also  parentage  of  Rachel 
Mullen  who  mar  Thomas  Johnston.  Had  she 
Rev.  ances?— AL  W.   R. 

11659.  Carr-Bettis.— Wanted  gen  &  Rev. 
rec  of  ances  of  Mary  Carr  b  in  \'a.  1801,  re- 
moved with  parents  to  Raleigh  or  Memphis. 
Tcnn.  abt  1820.  Mar  1st  Wm.  Irvine,  2nd 
lames  Hunt  &  d  Marshall  Co.,  Miss,  aged  83. 
She  was  dau  of  Wm.    (?)    Carr  &  his   1st   w 

Bettis.      Wanted   information   on   any   of 

these  lines. 

(a)  WiKHis.- \\'anted  parentage  &  Rev.  rec 
of  ances  of  Eliz.  Woods  b  in  Rowan  Co.,  N.  C 
d  in  Marshall  Co.,  Miss.  1841  mar  W.  H. 
Cowan  in  Statesville,  N.  C.  abt   1838. 


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(b)  Alexander-Sadleu. — Wanted  parentage 
with  dates  &  other  infor.  of  Isaac  Alexander 
of  Sugar  Creek  Cong.  N.  C.  &  his  w  Lucy 
Sadler.  Their  dau  Mary  Sample  Alexander 
b  181 1  mar  Richard  Abernathy  1833  &  d  in 
Miss.  1890.  Richard  Abernathy  b  1811  d  1866, 
was  son  of  Wm.  &  Sally  Rocket  Abernathy. 
Was  this  Isaac,  son  of  Isaac  Alexander,  M.D. 
Pres.  of  1st  Board  of  Trustees  of  Liberty 
Hall?— A.  B. 

11660.  Croft. —  Wanted  n  of  wife  &  date  & 
place  of  death  of  Jacob  Croft,  native  of 
Germany  who  set  in  York  Co.,  Pa.  &  enlis  at 
Phila.  serving  during  Rev. 

(a)  BuiTER. —  Wanted  n  of  wile,  dates  & 
place  of  d  of  Samuel  Butter  who  came  from 
Wales  to  Pa.  &  during  Rev.  served  with  a 
Conn,  contingent.  Wanted  also  inform  of 
Smith  Austin  of  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.  &  ot 
Elias  Sloat  of  New  York  City.— A.  E.  H. 

11661.  Taylor. —  *  *  Wanted  place  of  res 
&  name  of  husband  of  Sarah  Taylor  b  Mch.  5, 
1766  in  Va.,  the  dau  of  Wm.  &  Eliz.  Anderson 
Taylor;  gr  dau  of  John  &  Catherine  Pendle- 
ton Taylor ;  gr  gr  dau  of  James  &  Mary  Tay- 
lor &  of  Philip  &  Isabella  Hart  Pendleton.— 
R.  L.  F. 

11662.  Cheatham. —  Wanted  ances  of  Wm. 
Cheatham  b  1761  Chesterfield  (?)  Co.,  Va.  mar 
1780  Eliz.  Goode  b  1762.  Their  dau  Eliz  b 
178-  mar  Robt.  Cannon  b  1782.  Wanted  also 
Rev.  rec  of  ances. —  H.  C.  A, 

11663.  Wyatt. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Rich- 
ard Wyatt  of  Charlotte  Co.,  Va.  who  mar  Ann 
Garrett.  Their  sons  were  John  &  Overstreet. 
Richard's  will  dated  8  Mch,  1782  speaks  of  land 
in  King  &  Queen  Co.     Did  he  have  Rev.  rec? 

John  son  of  Richard  ^^^yatt  mar  Mary  & 

their  ch  were  Col.  Richard,  Martha  Gilliam, 
John,  Benj.,  Sarah  Watson,  Nancy  Mitchell, 
&  Thos.  H.  Wanted  maiden  n  of  Mary. 
Would  like  to  Corres.  with  desc.  of  above. — 
S.  B. 

11664.  SuiTON. —  Wanted  ances  with  Rev. 
rec.  of  Joanah  Sutton  b  21  Mcli.  1761  in  N.  J. 
d  4  Jan.  1837  Ind.  mar  Ebenezer  Heaton  of 
N.  J.  b  26  June   1750. 

(a)  Heaton. —  Wanted  Rev.  rec  of  Daniel 
Heaton  b  1713  Conn,  d  1796,  mar  1734  Ruth 
Wadsworth,  wanted  also  her  ances. 

(b)  Blue. —  Wanted  parentage  with  Rev. 
rec  of  fam  of  Eliz.  Blue  b  3  Nov.  1769  d 
23  Nov.  1868  mar  in  Knox  Co.,  Ind.  nr  Vin- 
cennes,    Samuel    Ferguson. 

(c)  White. —  Wanted  parentage  &  Rev.  rec 
of  f  of  -Joseph  White  b  1772  nr  Balto.,  Md. 
d  2  Aug.  1858,  Ohio,  mar  Mary  Heaton  1782 
of  Pa.  mar  in  Fayette  Co.,  Ind. 

(d)  HoTCHKiss. —  Wanted  name  &  dates  of 
gr  father  of  Wm.  Hotclikiss  h  1795  Conn.— 
M.  F.  H. 


11665.  Ellsworth. —  Wanted  ances  of  Jacob 
Ellsworth,  Sr.  of  Harrison  Co.  Va.  whose  dau 
Lydia  mar  1800  Joseph  Cox  according  to  court 
records  of  the  Commonwealth. —  T.  S.  W. 

11666.  Simmons. —  Wanted  ances  with  dates 
of  tohn  Simmons  who  mar  1  Feb,  1786  in 
Easton,  Mass.,  Ruth  Mitchell  b  26  Feb,  1763, 
dau  of  Col.  Abial  &  Mary  Leonard  Mitchell. 
John  &  Ruth  Simmons  had  ch  John  Jr.  d  age 
abt  19;  Almena  b  1791  mar  Jonathan  Tilson 
as  his  2nd  w  &  lived  in  Pittsford,  Vt. ;  Betsey 
mar  Daniel  Keith;  Susan  b  1797  mar  Scott 
Keith.  The  Keiths  were  bros,  sons  of  Scot- 
land Keith  who  removed  from  vicinity  of 
Easton  &  Bridgewater  to  Pittsford,  Vt. 
Wanted  date  of  d  of  John  Simmons  &  names 
of  his  other  ch.  He  d  before  his  w  who  was 
living  in  Easton  in   Census  of   1843. 

(a)  Leonard. —  Mary,  w  of  Col.  Abial 
Mitchell  of  Easton,  was  dau  of  Eliphalet 
Leonard  &  w  Ruth  Fenno,  Eliphalet  was  son 
of  Capt.  James  Leonard,  Jr,  b  11  May  1677  & 
liis  1st  w  Hannah  Stone  mar  1698/9,  Wanted 
names  of  ch  with  dates,  of  Capt.  James,  par- 
ticularly the  dates  of   Eliphalet, 

(b)  Lincoln. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Han- 
nah Lincoln  of  Taunton  who  mar  Jonathan 
Morris  Jr.  b  in  Woodstock,  Ct.  1758,  the  son 
of  Capt.  Jonathan  &  Mary  Skinner  Morris. 
Jonathan  &  Hannah  removed  to  Sturbridge, 
Mass,  W'here  their  ch  were  b ;  later  to  Brook- 
field  &'  1822  to  De  Peyster,  N.  Y. 

(c)  Chapman. —  Wanted  fam  rec  of  Na- 
thaniel Chapman  who  lived  in  Warwick,  R.  I. 
during  Rev,  Mar  2  Mch,  1767  Phebe  Rhodes 
Greene,  wid  of  Giles  Greene,  &  dau  of  Capt, 
John  Rhodes,  Jr.  Date  of  d  of  Nathaniel 
Chapman  &  name  of  his  ch  greatly  desired. 

(d)  Oviatt. —  Wanted  n  of  ch  with  their 
dates  &  date  of  mar.  of  Benj.  Oviatt  &  w 
Eliz.  Carter  of  Plymouth,  Litchfield  Co.,  Ct. 
Did  they  have  son  Samuel  ?  Whom  did  he 
mar?— M.  K.  C. 

11667.  Burlincame-Salisbury. —  Wanted 
parentage  of  Chas.  Burlingame  of  Cranston, 
who  mar  Ruth  Salisbury  (of  Miel,  of  Martin, 
of  Cranston)  wanted  also  Rev.  rec  of  Chas, 
Miel  &  Martin. 

(a)  Hoxie, —  Wanted  gen  of  Solomon  Hoxie 
who  mar  Mary  ?  of  Hopkinton, 

(b)  Clarke-Deake, — Timothy  Clarke  (John, 
Timothy)  of  Stonington  b  29  Mch  1719/20 
mar  14  May  1747  Susannah  Deake  of  West- 
erly, Wanted  date  of  his  d  &  Rev,  rec  &  gen 
of    Susannah   Deake. 

(c)  Briggs, —  Wanted  date  of  d  &  Rev.  rec 
of  Eb:-nezer  Briggs  who  lived  in  Kingston. 
Wanted  also  parentage  of  Martha  Tanner  who 
mar   Sweet   Briggs,    Rev.    sol   of    S.    Kingston. 


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691 


Wanted  also  parentage  of  Hannah  Sheldon 
who  mar  Bowen  Briggs  of  Kingston  &  Charles- 
town.— G.    N.    McC. 

11668.  Bennett-Williams. —  W'anted  par- 
entage of  James  Bennett,  Rev.  sol.  h  1749  m 
1771  Lydia  Williams  b  1750,  lioth  of  Canter- 
bury, Ct. 

(a)  Barrett-Piekson. —  Wanted  parentage 
of  Hannah  Barrett  who  mar  1752/54  Ephraim 
Pierson,  wanted  his  gen  also. 

(b)  BELruNG. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Martha 
Belding,  1756-1842,  who  mar  Sam,  Bassett, 
Rev.  sol,  17.54-1834.  .'Mso  I'iev.  rec  of  her 
father. 

(c)  VouNG. —  Wanted  parentage  &  Rev.  rec. 
of  f  of  Wm.  Young  who  caine  from  R.  I.  to 
Ohio  1825  bringing  his  sons  Wm.  &  Thos.  h 
Lippitt's   Mills,   R.   I.    1813   &   1815. 

(d)  Orme. —  Did  Col.  Archibald  Orme  of 
Md.,   Rev.  sol.,  have  a  son  Jesse? 

(e)  Turner. —  Wanted  parentage  &  n  of  \v 
of  Nathaniel  Turner  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  lost 
in  "  Phantom  Ship  "  whose  dau  Rebecca  mar. 
Thos.  Mix,  1649.—  M.  A.  S. 

11669.  Wilson.— Wanted  gen  of  Elias  Wil- 
son of  Richmond  Co.,  Va.  whose  dau  mar  Thos. 
Newman. 

(a)  BuRDETT. —  Wanted  gen  of  Henry  Bur- 
dette,  Jr.  whose  dau  Eliza  mar.  John  Newman. 

(b)  FiLMER. —  Wanted  also  any  infurmaticn 
of  the  Filmer  fam.  of  Va. —  M.  X. 

11670.  Graves. —  Wanted  parentage.  Rev.  rec 
of  f  &  n  of  bros  &  sis.  of  Charlotte  Graves 
who  was  b  5  Dec.  1789  &  d  30  Oct.  1844  mar 
IS  Mch  1809  Hubbell  Ransotn  &  lived  at  Chazy, 
N.  Y.  Their  ch  were  Fidelia,  Justin,  Hubbel 
Harvey,  Eliza  A.,  Aloiizo,  Charlotte,  Rebecca, 
Lvman  G.,  Amelia  L.,  Martli.i,  Henrietta  Helen. 
—  K.  H.  V.  F. 

11671.  Fry.- Barbara  Fry  mar  1S03/04 
Henry  Neely.  Would  like  to  corrcs  with  her 
desc. 

(a)  Shoui'-Shui'E. —  Frances  Sliupe  mar 
Paul  Neely  who  was  killed  in  Rev.  would  like 
to  corres,  with  her  desc. —  L.  M.  B. 

11672.  DuEF.— Wanted  Rev.  rec  &  date  of  d 
of  John  Duff  b  1739,  Culpeper  Co,  Va.  also  of 
his  son  Col  James  Duff  b  1761. 

(a)  Hall. — Wanted  parentage  of  \\'ni.  Hall 
b  1750,  Va.  mar  Thankful  Doak  Surrey  Co., 
N.  C.  1774,  killed  by  Indians  1785  in  Sumner 
Co.,  Tenn.  Wanted  also  parentage  of  Thank- 
ful Doak. 

(b)  Pearce. —  Wanted  any  infor.  of  Sir 
James  Pearce  &  his  desc. —  E.  L. 

11673.  Davis. —  Wanted  parentage  &  any 
infor  of  ances  of  Sera  Davis  who  mar  abt 
1798  James  Baker  of  Madisonville,  Hopkins 
Co.,  Ky.  Would  like  to  corrcs  with  her  desc. — 
K.  B. 

11674.  Woodward. —  Wanted  dates  of  b,  m  & 
d    of     Wm.,     son    of     Thos.    Woodward    the 


Regulator   of    S.    C.   also   all   pussible   infor   of 
Wm.'s  w  Nina   (?)   Barrett  of  Huguenot  desc. 

(a)  Hill. —  Wanted  parentage  &  dates  of 
1  hi.is.  Hill  of  S.  C.  who  m  Jemima,  Dau  of 
Will  &  Nina  Woodward,  also  rec  of  Rev.  ser 
in  his  line. 

(b)  Ford. —  Wanted  parentage  &  dates  of 
John  Ford  of  Fairfield  Dist.  S.  C.  who  m 
Lucretia,  dau  of  Capt.  Charnal  Durham. 
Wanted  also  n  of  his  ch.  Did  his  f  have  Rev. 
rec  ? 

(c)  Cowax.-  Wanted  date  of  m  6c  n  of  w 
of  Wm.  Cowan.  Sr.  b  in  Ireland  1701  d  nr 
Statesville.  N.  C.  17'*1.  He  was  a  Regulator 
in  Cul.  times.  Wanted  also  dates  &  Rev.  rec, 
1.S;  n  of  w  of  his  son  Wm.  Cowan  Jr.  Wanted 
also  parentage  of  both  Wm.  Hyram  Cowan  & 
his  w  Eliz  Woods,  of  Statesville,  N.  C. 

(d)  Parsons. —  Wanted  dates,  Rev.  rec.  & 
full  name  of  w  of  Joseph  Parsons  of  Mont- 
,m>mery  Co.,  N.  C.  who  m  N.  Berchum.—  .\.  B. 

11674.  HosKiNS. —  Wanted  names  &  dates  of 
w  &  ch.  of  Edmund  Hoskins,  a  western  pioneer, 
the  son  of  Richard  S;  Winnifred  Wiggins 
Hoskins  of  Edenton  N.  C.  Wanted  n  of 
Richard's  other  ch. —  D.  H. 

11675.  Marshall. —  Wanted  dates  of  b,  m  & 
d  of  Samuel  Marshall  who  was  b  in  Mecklen- 
burg Co.,  va  &  d  in  Henry  Co.,  Va. —  E.  K. 

11676.  Sterling. — Would  like  to  corres.  with 
desc  of  Peter  Sterling  b  1  Mch,  bapt.  27  July 
1788  Warrensl.ush,  Mont.goiiierv  Co.,  N.  Y.— 
E.  S.  M. 

11677.  B.VKNKS. —  David  Barnes  set  nr  Balto, 
Md.  1748,  a  yr  later  he  mar  &  had  several  ch. 
Wanted  names  of  his  w  &  the  w  of  his  son 
.'\bel.  Abel  had  sons  Peter,  Henry  &  Abel. 
Peter  mar  Margaret  Mahala  Uurkett  &  lived 
in  Frederick  Co.,  Aid.  Wanted  Rev.  rec  in  this 
line.— W.  E.  C. 

11678.  Haiglkr-Tkoitwixe. —  .\m  compilin.;; 
the  Haigler,  Hagler,  Hegler  &  Troutwine 
records  soon  to  be  published  &  would  be  glad 
to  corres,  with  anyone  interested  in  these 
families.— F.  L.  W. " 

11679.  B.\KER.— Wanted  parentage  &  Rev. 
rec.  of  f  of  Nancy  Baker  b  1775,  S.  C,  m  abt 
1794  Abraham  Casey,  1772-1841/2  &  moved  to 
Smith  Co.  Tenn  &  in  1817  to  III.  where  she  d 
1865. 

(a)  Casey. —  Wanted  names  i>f  w  &  ch  of 
Levi  Casey,  1749-1807,  Lieut  Col  &  Col.  in 
S.  C.  troops  later  Brig.  Gen.  Militia,  State 
Senator  &  Congressman  1803-1807,  d  in  Wash. 
D.  C.  &  is  bur.  in  Congressional  Cemetery. 

(b)  Taylor. —  Wanted  dates  of  b  S:  d,  name 
of  1st  w  &  Rev.  rec.  of  Billington  Taylor  b 
S.  C.  moved  to  Tenn  &  thence  1827  to  111.  Had 
sons  Matthew  &  Billington,  Jr  &  dau  Rhoda 
who  111  F.  S.  Casey.  Billington  Sr.  d  at  an 
advanced   age   in    1836.    m   2nd   w   also   named 


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Taylor,  subsequently  moving  to   Missouri  with 
his  sons. —  A.  C.  B. 

11680.  Howes. —  Wanted  proof  that  Ebene- 
zer  Howes,  Jr.  b  8  Sept.  1705  Yarmouth,  Mass. 
&  mar  Mary  Brinsmaid  is  the  same  man  who 
moved  to  Stratford,  Conn,  abt  1735.^ —  E.  B.  L. 

11681.  Booker. —  Wanted  parentage  &  dates 
of  Caroline  Booker  who  mar  1772-73  Richard 
Lewis  of  Mecklenburg  Co.,  Va.,  who  served  as 
Sergeant  in  Lytell's  Co.  10th  N.  C.  Regt  from 
June  1781  to  June  1782.  Their  ch  were 
Walker,  Richard,  Fields,  Gabriel,  Henry, 
Cosby,  Wm.,  Soule,  Polly,  Rebecca,  Nancy. 
They  moved  to  Greene  Co.,  Ga.  aft.  Rev. 


(a)  Epmonds.— Wanted  parentage  &  dates 
of  Nancy  Edmonds  who  mar  Henry,  son  of 
Richard  &  Caroline  Booker  Lewis,  1  Jan. 
1807.    Their  ch  were  James,  Lucissy  &  Lurany. 

(b)  Parrott. —  Wanted  ances  of  John  H. 
Parrott  who  m  Lurany  Lewis  7  Feb.  1831. 
Their  ch  were  Louisa,  Al)ner,  John  Annette, 
Julia  Edmonds  Jeff,  &  Cosby.—  E.  J.  P. 

11682.  Hill. —  Wanted  parentage,  date  of  b 
&  Rev.  rec.  of  Samuel  Hill  of  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.  &  of  his  w  Patience  Meader  of  Ports- 
mouth or  Kittery. —  L.   I.   C. 


THE  BLIGHT  OF  WAR 
By   Woodbury  Pulsifcr 


Is  mine   a  land  of  grasping  greed. 
Of   ruthless  trampling  on  the  weak. 
Controlled  by  men  who  only  heed 
The  value  of  the  gold  they  seek? 


The  sages  tell  us  of  the  gloom, 
Which   hung   about   in  ages  past. 
Each  age  has  seemed  to  face  its  doom; 
Yet  each  climbed  higher  than  the  last. 


Is  this  a  world  of  jealous  hate, 
Forgetting  love  of   man  and  God? 
Is  reason  banished  from  each  state; 
Each  facing  each  with  lifted  rod? 


Gaunt,  cruel  war  has   left  its   scars. 
Deep  graven  on  the  souls  of  men ; 
But  time  has   healed   the  wounds   of    Mars ; 
And   time   will   heal   those   wounds   again. 


Have    we    but    reached    the    shining    height, 
And  kindled  there  the   sacred  fire. 
To  turn  our  backs  upon  its  light, 
And  wallow  in  the  filthy  mire? 


Not   league  nor   law   nor    solemn   pact 
Can   bind   rapacious   man   to   peace. 
While  lust   for  gain  rules  every  act. 
Grim,   ghastly   war  will  never  cease. 


The  words  of   Christ,  are  they  forgot? 

The  edict  of   the  living  God  — 

His   plain   "  Thou  shalt  "   and   "  Thou   shalt  not ' 

But   scraps   of   paper  on  the  sod? 


One  only  power  can  stay  the  hand 
That  feels  the  might  to  grasp  and  hold. 
'Tis   Christ   within   the   heart   of   man, 
Alive  and  warm;  not  dead  and  cold. 


A  new  crusade   full  well  might  move ; 
To   fan   to   flame   the   dying   spark. 
Of  Christian  faith  and  brother  love. 
In   Christian   lands  —  God  save   the  mark ! 


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Mrs.    How.\Rn    L.     Hodgixs,    1821    Kalnrama  Road,  Washington,   V).  C. 
(Term    of    office    expires    192.t) 
Miss   Alice  Louise  McDufeee,  Mrs.   Willard  T.   Block, 

1012  West  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  S.M.S  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,    Wyoming.  Rochester,    N.    H. 

Mrs.  John   Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall, 

Litchfield,   Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,   Atlanta,   Ga. 

Mrs.    Everest   G.    Sf.wei.l,    143  S.  E.  2nd  St.,  Miami,  Fla. 
(Term    of   office    expires    1926) 
Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  Mrs.   William   Magee  Wilson, 

448  Ridge   St,   Newark,   N.  J.  Xenia,  O. 

Mrs.  Ellet  Grant  Dhake,  Mrs.   Gerald   Livingston   Schuyler, 

606  N.  6th    St.,    Beatrice,    Nebr.  1244    Detroit    St.,    Denver,    Colo. 

Mrs.  Henry   A.   Beck,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe, 

1428  N.  New  Jersey  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  1515  Garfield  Ave.,  S.,  Pasadena.  Calif. 

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STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS —  1923-1924 


ALABAMA 

MRS    WALTER   AMBROSE    ROBIXSON, 

i'2i>  IIarrolson  Ave..  Gujsden. 
MRS    STANLEY   FINCH, 

no  N.  Conception'  St.,  Mobile. 

ARIZONA 

MRS.  HOVAL  A.    SMITH, 

Warren. 
MRS.   WILLIAM    LEE    PINNEY, 

Phoenix. 

ARKANSAS 

MRS.   ALEXANDER    M   BARROW, 

817  W.  5TH  Ave.,  Pine  Bli'ff. 
MRS.   HARRY   C.   ANDERSON, 

Amity. 

CALIFORNIA 

MRS,    LYMAN    B.    STOOKEY, 

1240  W.  29TH  St..  Los  Angeles. 
MRS.  ALLEN   H.   VANCE, 

Hotel  Holly  Oaks.  Saus.\lito. 

COLORADO 

.MRS.   JOHN   C,   BUSHINGER. 

II^  Batterson  St..  Monte  Vista. 
MRS.   ALFRED    B.    TROTT, 

2J00  Albion  St.,  Den^'er. 

CONNECTICUT 

MRS.    CHARLES  HUMPHREY   BISSELL, 

23s  N.  Main  St.,  Southington. 
MISS   KATHARINE  ARNOLD    NETTLETON, 

61  Sey-mour  Ave.,  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

MISS   ELEANOR   EUGENIA   TODD, 

>7  W.  Main  St..  New.ark. 
MRS.    EDWARD   FARRELL. 

Smyrna. 

DISTRICT   OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM    B.    HARDY. 

119  5TH  St..  N.  E..  Washington. 
MRS.   JOHN    M.    BEAVERS. 

1752   COLLTVIBIA  Ro.\D,   W.A.SHINGTON. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.  JAMES  A.   CRAIG, 
233  W.  UuvAL  St.,  Jacksonville. 

MRS.    THEODORE    STRAWN, 
De  Land. 

GEORGIA 

MRS.    CHARLES   ACKERMAN, 

106  Culver  St.,  Macon. 
MRS.  JULIUS  Y.   TALMADGE, 

1295  Prince  Avenue.  Athens. 

HAWAn 

MRS.   FREDERICK   EUGENE   STEERE, 
Care  Waterhouse  Trust  Co..  Honolulu. 

MRS.   HOWARD    CLARKE. 
2131  Atherton  Ro.U).  Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.   KENNEDY   PACKARD. 

421  Second  Ave..  E.  Twin  Falls. 
MRS.   D.   W.  STANDROD. 

648  N.  Garfield  Ave..  Poc^tello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.   CHARLES   E.   HERRICK. 

3809  Ellis  Ave..  Chicago. 
MRS.   JAMES   S.    KING. 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDUNA 

MRS.   HENRY  B.   WILSON. 

Delphi. 
MRS.  CHARLES  W.   ROSS, 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  Crawfordsville. 

IOWA 

MISS  AMY   GILBERT, 

State  Center. 
MRS.  ALEXANDER   WILLIAM   HAWLEY, 

604  N.  13TH  St..  Fort  Dodge. 


KANSAS 

MRS.    ROBERT   B.    CAMPBELL. 

I2.T5  Rin'erside,  Wichita. 
MRS.   HER.MAN    L.  PEPPMEYER. 

1309  H.\rrison  St..  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

MRS.   WILLIAM    RODES. 

152  E.  High  St..  Lexington. 
MRS.  JOHN  W.   CHENAULT. 

2217  Glenihrv  Ave.,  Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS.  S.   A.   DICKSON, 

1034  Jacobs  St.,  Shreveport. 
MRS.   C.   S.  WILLIAMSON.  JR., 

1334  Webster  St..  New  Orleans. 

MAINE 

MRS    B.   G.   W.   CUSHMA.N. 

122  GoFF  St..  Auburn. 
MRS.    BLAINE   SPOONER   VILES. 

20  Melville  St..  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

MRS.  ADAM  DENMEAD. 

2224  N,  Calvert  St..  Baltimore. 
MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN. 

2004  Maryl-\n'd  Ave..  Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MRS.  GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER. 

Three  Acres.  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMAN  GORDON. 

35  Whii.man  Ro-\d.  Worcester. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.  L.  VICTOR  SEYDEL. 

143    L.AFAVETTE   AVE..    N.    E..   Gr.\ND   RapIDS. 

MRS.  ADDISON  DR.\KE  KENT. 
622  State  St..  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

MRS.   MARSHALL  H.  COOLIDGE. 

1906  Kenwood  Parkway'.  Min'neapolis. 
MRS.  L.  C.  JEFFERSON. 

1126  StrMMiT  Ave.,  St.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 


MISSOURI 

MRS.  PAUL  D.  KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.  HENRY  W.  HARRIS. 

705  W.  6th  St.,  Sed.\lia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.  E.  BROOX  MARTIN. 

814  S.  Centr.^l  Ave..  Bozem.\n. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL. 

Billings. 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  O'LINN  SMITH, 
359  Ch.^dron  Ave..  Chadron. 

MRS.  C.  S.  PAINE. 

1970  Prospect  St..  Lincoln. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

.MRS    LESLIE  P.  SNOW. 

N    .M-viN  St..  Rochester. 
MRS.  GEORGE  H.  WARREN. 

M.iNCIIESTER. 

NEW    JERSEY 

MRS,  CHARLES  READ  BANKS. 

122  Westervelt  Ave..  Plainfield 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SUMMERILL. 

loS  S.  Bro.yd  St. 


NEW    MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES, 

.\lbuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSH.MAN  WILSON, 

Buena  Vista  Ro.yd,  S.anta  Fe. 


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NEW   YORK 

MRS.  CHARLES  WHITE  NASH. 

8  Lafayette  St..  Alb.\ny. 
MRS.  RADCLIFFE  B.  LOCKWOOD, 

43  Main  St..  Binghamton. 

NORTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.  CHARLES  W.  TILLETT. 

8oi  Tryon  St..  Charlotte. 
MRS.  ROBERT  L.   MAUNEY, 

620  S.  Main  St.,  Salisbury. 

NORTH   DAKOTA 

MRS.  GEORGE  MORLEY  YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.  ERIC  A.  THORBERG, 

712  4TH  St.,  Bism.^rck. 

OHIO 

MRS.  LOWELL  FLETCHER  HOBART, 

MiLLFORD. 

MRS.  HERBERT  M.  BACKUS, 
816  Oak  St.,  Columbus. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.  H.  H.  McCLINTOCK, 
go3  Johnston  Ave.,  Bartlesville. 

MRS.  MILTON  B.  DOWNS, 
520  S.  Oak  St.,  Sapulpa. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.  LANG, 

IIS  W.  4TH  ST.,  The  Dalles. 

MRS.  BRUCE  L.  BOGART, 
962  Pearl  St.,  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  JOHN  BROWN  HERON. 

601  S.  Linden  Ave..  Pittsburgh. 
MRS.  CLARENCE  G.  CRISPIN, 

"  HiLLcREST  "  Berwick. 

RHODE  ISLAND 

MRS.  GEORGE  H.  FLOWER, 
72  Mineral  Spring  Ave.,  Pawtucket. 

MRS.  JOHN  T.  CRANSHAW, 
34  Irving  Ave.,  Providence. 

SOUTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.  FRANKLIN  C.  CAIN, 

St.  Matthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY, 

Clinton. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

MRS.  C.  M.  CANNON, 
524  1ST  St.,  N.  W.,  Watertown. 

MRS.  W.  H.  DAVIS, 
Hitchcock. 


TENNESSEE 

MRS.  LOGAN  SEITS  GILLENTINE, 

MURFREESBORO. 

MRS.  JOHN  H.  CANTRELL. 
821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTON, 

2701  Fairmou.mt  Ave..  Dallas. 
MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY, 

1406  Taylor  St.,  Am.\rillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.  JOHN  EDWARD  CARVER, 

718  2^TH  St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.   M.  K.  PARSONS. 

1228  E.  South  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  City 

VERMONT 

MRS.  HORACE  MARTIN  FARNHAM, 

96    NORTHFIELD    St.,    MONTPELIER. 

MRS.  WILFRED  F.  ROOT, 
89  Canal  St.,  Brattleboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

408  Duke  St..  Alex.andria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK. 

915  Orchard  Hill,  Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.  WILLIS  G,  HOPKINS, 

206  W.   ioth  St.,  Aberdeen. 
MRS.  H.  G.  THOMPSON, 

309  E.  Birch  St.,  Walla  Walla. 

WEST   VIRGINIA 

MRS.  ROBERT  J.  REED, 

100  I2TH  St..  Wheeling. 
MRS.  W.  H.  CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairmont. 


WISCONSIN 

MRS.  GEORGE  S.  PARKER, 
805  Court  St.,  Janesville. 

MRS.  T.  W.  SPENCE, 
107  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

.    MRS.  MAURICE  GROSHON. 
171S  CENTR.A.L  Ave..  Cheyenne. 
MRS.  BRYANT  BUTLER  BROOKS, 
Bo.\  1070.  Casper. 

ORIENT 

MRS.  TRUMAN  S.  HOLT, 
744  A.  Mabini,  Manila,  P.  I. 

MRS.  HENRY  W.  ELSER, 
600  M.  H.  del  Pelar,  Manila,  P.  I 


HONORARY  OFFICERS  ELECTED  FOR  LIFE 

Honorary  Presidents  General 

MRS.  GEORGE  THACHER  GUERNSEY, 
MRS.  GEORGE  MAYNARD  MINOR. 


Honorary  President  Presiding 

MRS.  MARY  V.  E.  CABELL. 


MRS.  HOWARD  A.  CLARK,  1891 
MRS.  MILDRED  S.  MATHES,  il 
MRS.  WILLIAM  LINDSAY,  1906 
MRS.  J.  MORGAN  SMITH,  191 1. 
MRS.  THEODORE  BATES,  1913. 
MRS.  E.  GAYLORD  PUTNAM,  i 


Honorary  Vice  Presidents  General 

).  MRS.  WALLACE  DELAFIELD.  1914. 

i99.  MRS.  DRAYTON  W.  BUSHNELL,  1914. 

MRS.  JOHN  NEWMAN  CAREY.  1916. 

MRS.  GEORGE  M.  STERNBERG,  1917. 

MRS.  JOHN  FRANKLIN  SWIFT,  1923. 
913.  MRS.  JULIUS  J.  ESTEY,  1923. 

MRS.  WILLIAM  BUTTERWORTH,  1923. 


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Vol.  LVII,  No.  12 


CONTENTS 


December,  1923 


"  Valley  Forge  " Frontispiece 

The  American  Westminster 701 

By  The  Rev.  W.  Herbert  Burk 

A  Message  from  the  President  General 717 

All  In  The  Day's  Work 718 

By  Flora  A.  Walker 

James  Monroe,  Soldier 721 

By  Rose  GoLr\-ERNEUR   Hoes 

The  American  Cemeteries  in  Europe 728 

By  Charles  Moore 

State  Conferences ' 735 

Work  of  the  Chapters 738 

Genealogical  Department 742 

Honor  Roll  of  the  D.  A.  R.  Magazine 747 

National  Board  of  Management  — 

Regular  Meeting  of 748 

Offici.vl  List  of 774 


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VOL.  LVII,  No.  12 


DECEMBER,  1923 


WHOLE  No.  375 


THE   AMERICAN   WESTMINSTER 

By  the  Reverend  \V.  Herbert  Burk,   D.   D. 


HE  AMERICAN  \\"estniin- 
ster,"  was  the  title  gi\en  to 
the  Washington  Memorial 
Chapel,  A'alley  Forge,  Pa., 
by  a  representative  of  the 
King  of  England,  Wilfred 
Powell,  who  was  the  official  spokesman 
of  the  British  Empire  at  the  dedication 
of  the  lectern  in  honor  of  Washington, 
the  British  soldier.  Lord  Bryce  had 
hoped  to  make  the  address,  but  was  pre- 
vented from  doing  so  by  his  official 
duties  in  Washington  at  the  adjournment 
of  Congress.  By  this  title  the  Chapel  is 
known  the  world  over,  and  its  appropri- 
ateness is  felt  more  and  more  as  the  long 
list  of  American  patriots  commemorated 
steadily  lengthens  and  the  multitude  of 
pilgrims  rapidly  increases. 

President  Wilson  named  it  "  The 
.Shrine  of  the  American  People."  This 
title  was  given  to  it  during  the  World 
War,  when  thousands  and  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  Americans  came  to  \"alley  Forge 
to  consecrate  themselves  to  the  service  of 
God  and  Countrv.     What  the  \\'ashing- 


lon  Memorial  Chapel  was  to  the  Nation 
no  one  can  estimate,  but  one  incident  may 
illustrate  its  influence.  I  was  coming 
from  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  after  a 
lecture  on  Valle}-  Forge,  and  in  the  din- 
ing car  sat  at  the  table  with  an  officer  of 
the  Na\w.  While  we  were  talking  he 
suddenly  asked  me  if  I  were  located  at 
Valley  Forge.  When  I  told  him  I  was 
the  rector  of  the  Washington  Memorial 
Chapel  he  said  that  that  morning  at 
breakfast  in  Boston  he  had  told  his  wife 
that  he  was  so  disappointed  at  being 
ordered  to  his  ship  three  days  earlier 
than  he  had  expected,  because  he  had 
planned  to  spend  a  day  in  the  Washing- 
ton Memorial  Chapel.  He  said  he 
wanted  to  carry  its  inspiration  with  him 
in  his  long  exile  from  America. 

It  takes  more  than  stone  and  wood  and 
glass  to  win  such  titles  or  to  exercise  such 
an  influence.  There  are  cathedrals,  and 
churches,  and  chapels  everywhere,  but 
there  is  only  one  "American  Westmin- 
ster," only  one  "  Shrine  of  the  American 
People."  and  unfortunately  not  many 
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THE  AMERICAN  WESTMINSTER 


703 


places  of  worship  which  make  men  seek 
them  for  inspiration  before  entering  upon 
some  great  undertaking.  St.  Peter's  in 
Rome,  St.  Paul's  in  London,  impress  one 
by  their  size  and  antiquity  and  their  place 
in  history.  The  Washington  Memorial 
Chapel  is  the  work  of  the  last  twenty 
years,  and  it  is  so  small  it  could  be  easily 
set  in  either  of  these  great  cathedrals, 
and  occupy  only  a  fraction  of  their  vast 
space.     It  is  not  one  hundred  feet  long. 


his  great  message.  The  Chapel  will  com- 
fortably seat  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five,  but  four  hundred  Boy  Scouts  have 
packed  it  for  a  service !  Last  Washing- 
ton's Birthday  over  eleven  hundred 
scouts,  representing  Delaware  and  Mont- 
gomery Counties,  Pennsylvania,  marched 
in  silence  up  the  aisle  and  out  through 
the  Cloister  of  the  Colonies  to  stand  in 
the  snow  for  their  annual  service.  The 
idea  of  that  service,  and  the  place  for  it, 


Washington's    celebraieu    iieaduuakteks    at   valley    forge 


as  my  ideal  was  a  wayside  chapel  for  the 
wayfaring  American. 

For  the  multitude  of  worshippers  who 
gather  for  some  special  service  we  have 
our  Woodland  Cathedral.  Here  the  elms 
brought  from  Mount  \"ernon  by  the  late 
Mrs.  Charles  Custis  Harrison,  and 
planted  in  the  form  of  a  great  cross,  will 
make  our  vaulted  aisles.  From  our  open 
air  pulpit  our  lamented  President  War- 
ren G.  Harding  preached  (for  his  ad- 
dress was  a  much  needed  sermon)  to 
over  fifteen  thousand  people  and  all  heard 


was  the  thought  of  the  Scouts  of  ele\-en 
years  ago.  The  Chapel  led  to  the 
thought.  Men  tell  me  now  of  what  these 
services  have  meant  to  them  in  the  for- 
mation of  ideals  and  the  giving  of  serv- 
ice. To  have  had  even  a  small  part  in 
helping  them  to  be  better  Americans  is 
a  rare  privilege  for  which  any  one  might 
be  truly  grateful. 

I  planned  to  build  a  Chapel :  I  hoped 
it  might  become  a  shrine. 

Many  were  disappointed  because  the 
architecture  selected  was  not  "  Colonial," 


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as  we  call  it.  M3'  answer  to  that  objec- 
tion was  this  :  Colonial  architecture  was 
Georgian ;  the  men  of  Valley  Forge  gave 
their  lives  in  a  struggle  against  the 
tyranny  of  a  Georgian  King.  Wh_\'  mock 
their  memory  by  building  a  Georgian 
Chapel  in  their  honor?  In  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief's standard,  which,  by 
the  way  is 
one  of  the 
greatest 
treasures  of 
the  Valley 
Forge  Mu- 
s  e  um  of 
American 
History, 
—  the  stars 
follow  the 
lines  of  the 
British 
"  Jack."  I  n 
the  Grand 
Union  flag, 
there  were 
the  thirteen 
stripes,  but 
there  was 
also  the 
"  Jack."  I  n 
other  words, 
the  Men  of 
Valley  Forge 
were  fighting 
as  English- 
men for  the 
rights  of 
English  citi- 
zens against  the  tyranny  of  a  Prussian 
King.  Valley  Forge  was  the  outcome  of 
Runnymede.  It  was  another  rallying 
point  for  freedom-loving  patriots,  who 
valued  the  liberty  won  by  their  fathers, 
and  who  would  enlarge  it  always,  but 
never  lessen  it.  To  express  this  spirit  I 
selected    English    perpendicular    Gothic, 


SACRIFICE    AND     DEVOTION 

111  Honor  of  the  Mothers  of  the  Nation 
\\'ashington   Memorial   Chapel,   Valley   Forge 


taking  King's  College  Chapel,  at  Cam- 
Ijridge,  for  my  ideal.  In  addition  to  the 
historical  reason,  there  was  the  artistic 
reason,  that  Gothic  made  possible  those 
many  memorials  which  I  hoped  to  asso- 
ciate with  the  Washington  Memorial 
Chapel.  There  were  two  years  of  study, 
thought  and  prayer  before  my  idea  was 
mentioned, 
except  to  a 
few  friends. 
M  ea nwhile 
\"alley  Forge 
was  fast 
b  e  c  o  m  i  ng 
only  a  picnic 
ground.  Even 
now  there  is  a 
plan  to  turn 
these  hills  and 
vales  into  a 
golf  course ! 
Yet  over  three 
thousand 
American  pa- 
t  r i  o  t  s  lie 
Iniried  here  in 
unmarked 
graves.  It  is 
a  vast  ceme- 
tery of  the 
Nation's  hon- 
ored dead. 
Their  dust 
makes  it 
hallowed 
ground,  as 
the  blood 
from  their  frozen  feet  made  the  old 
Gulph  Road,  up  which  the  defeated 
army  marched  to  Valley  Forge,  the  Via 
Sacra  of  the  American  people.  To 
trample  this  ground  in  thoughtless  levity, 
or  boisterous  sport  is  a  desecration  of 
their  graves,  an  insult  to  their  memory, 
and  a  crime  against  the  Republic  which 


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their  sacrifices  won  for  us.  The  Chapel 
was  huilt  to  keep  watch  and  ward  over 
their  dust,  to  foster  their  ideals,  to  make 
their  prayers  for  the  Nation  perpetual, 
and  their  spirit  of  patriotic  service  and 
sacrifice  n  a  - 
tional.  No  ef- 
fort was  too 
exhausting,  no 
cost  was  too 
great  for  such 
a  sacred  un- 
dertaking  . 

To  the  oft- 
repeated  ques- 
tion,  ''What 
did  the  Chapel 
cost  ?  "  My 
answer  is 
"Over  $360,- 
000  and  four- 
teen attacks  of 
nervous  e  x - 
haustion."  Of 
course  it  \vnll 
cost  much 
more  than  that 
ultimately,  but 
what  is  cost  in 
such  an  en- 
deavor as 
this?  You  can 
not  economize 
in  love  and  de- 
votion to  your 
Country,  or  in 
honor  to  its 
heroes,  and  be 
worthy  of  its 
citizenship. 

Of  course  I 
had  nothing  with  which  to  begin  except 
an  idea,  an  ideal,  and  a  purpose  to  honor 
Washington  and  his  heroic  men.  We  laid 
the  cornerstone  on  the  one  hundred  and 
twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  Evacua- 


THE    LITANY    DESK, 


tion  of  Valley  Forge,  June  19,  l'J03.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  I.  Heston  Todd  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  M.  Todd  joined  in  the  gift 
of  the  land  on  which  the  Chapel  is 
built.  Up  to  that  time,  although  I  had 
suggested  the 
erection  of  the 
Chapel  in  a 
sermon 
preached  o  n 
W'  a  s  h  i  n  g  - 
ton's  Birthday, 
in  All  Saints' 
Church,  Nor- 
ristown,  Pa.,  I 
had  been  able 
to  raise  only 
enough  money 
to  1)  u  y  two 
loads  of  stone 
— but  why  tell 
of  difficulties? 
Money  raising 
is  always  a 
difficult  and 
thankless  task. 
Only  those 
who  must  do  it 
to  realize  their 
beneficent  pur- 
poses  know 
what  a  strug- 
gle and  strain 
it  is. 

R\-  fall  the 
little  f  r  a  m  e 
Chapel  was 
built,  a  congre- 
gation  was 
gathered,  and 
a  Sunday- 
school  organized.  Money  came  in  slowly. 
A  year  rolled  by  and  aid  came  from  a 
most  unexpected  source.  The  Honorable 
Philander  Chase  Knox,  Secretary  of 
State,    told    President   Roosevelt   of    my 


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ambition.  The  idea  appealed  to  the  Presi- 
dent, and  he  demanded  to  know  how  he 
could  help  the  unknown  preacher.  Mr. 
Knox  told  him,  and  on  the  19th  of  June, 
190  K.  for  the  first  time  in  history  a  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  was  at  Valley 
Forge,  and  in  the  modest  little  barn- 
board  Chapel  President  Roosevelt  paid 
tribute  to  Washington  and  his  men  and 
in  doing  so  made  one  of  his  greatest  ad- 
dresses. At  the  last  national  gathering 
of  the  veterans  of  the  Spanish  War,  a 
resolution    was    adopted    looking    to    the 


covered  roof  were  being  gathered  the 
memorials  which  to-day  adorn  the  beauti- 
ful Chapel,  and  year  after  year  larger  and 
larger  numbers  sought  the  shrine  at  Val- 
ley Forge.  Individuals  vied  with  patriotic 
organizations  in  giving  memorials,  but  the 
poor  preacher  prayed  for  money  with 
which  to  carry  the  walls  up  to  their 
destined  height. 

At  the  beginning  my  greatest  concern 
was  not  money,  but  the  selection  of  an 
architect,  for  only  from  a  great  design 
could  a  great  memorial  be  built.  Through 


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erection  of  Roosevelt  Hall, —  one  of  the 
Halls  of  History  which  are  to  be  built  at 
Valley  Forge.  In  this  memorial  of  Roose- 
velt and  his  fellow  patriots  who  gave  new 
glory  to  our  Flag,  will  be  preserved  the 
little  Chapel  in  witness  to  the  spirit  of 
the  great  American  to  whom  no  Ameri- 
can was  insignificant  and  to  whom  no 
movement  for  the  betterment  of  America 
was  unimportant. 

Building  only  as  money  was  raised,  the 
Washington  Memorial  Chapel  rose  in  the 
sheltering  woodland,  but  under  its  paper- 


the  good  offices  of  Mr.  Charles  Custis 
Harrison,  at  that  time  Provost  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  the  selection 
of  the  design  was  committed  to  Professor 
Warren  P.  Laird,  of  the  Department  of 
Architecture.  I  had  prepared  the  sylla- 
bus, setting  forth  my  dream.  Mr.  Milton 
B.  Medary,  Jr.,  then  of  the  firm  of  Field 
and  Medary,  was  the  successful  com- 
petitor in  the  competition  for  the  design 
held  by  the  University.  In  his  report  on 
the  competition  Professor  Laird  paid  this 
tribute  to  Mr.  Medary's  design : 


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"  Its  ensemble  expresses  truthfully  the 
theme  of  the  competition ;  a  memorial  chapel 
with  auxiliary  structures.  The  chapel  domi- 
nates the  group  while  not  overpowering  it, 
and  the  tower,  higher  than  the  chapel  and 
suliicient  to  its  purpose  as  an  observatory,  is 
placed  at  the  right  point  to  complete  the  bal- 
ance of  the  group.  This  is  as  simple  in  plan 
as  it  is  effective  in  mass.  The  chapel,  while 
pure  in  historic  character  and  fine  in  propor- 
tion, has  an  expression  of  dignity,  repose  and 
strength,  which  it  Would  be  difticult  to  carry 
further  toward  harmony  with  the  sentiment 
of  Valley  Forge.  In  its  wall  and  window 
treatment  there  is  presented,  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible in  a  place  intended  for  worship  rather 
than  defense,  the  mediaeval  approach  of  the 
church  to  fortress  building.  The  other  por- 
tions of  the  group  are  true  in  character  and 
in  proportion  with  the  chapel.  The  plan 
arrangement  of  this  group  combines  more  of 
simplicity,  compactness  and  economy,  both  of 
construction  and  administration,  than  any  other 
in  the  competition.  In  architectural  quality  it 
is  scholarly  and  tasteful  to  an  unusual  degree 
and    possesses    real    charm    and    distinction." 

The  promise  of  the  design  has  been 
inore  than  fulfilled  in  the  completion  of 
the  Chapel,  and  to  Air.  ]\Iedary  America 
is  indebted  for  a  work  of  art  which  will 
always  stand  in  the  forefront  of 
America's  greatest  artistic  achievements. 

At  the  suggestion  of  the  Rt.  Reverend 
Thomas  J.  Garland,  S.  T.  D.,  Bishop 
Coadjutor  of  the  Diocese  of  Penn,syl- 
vania,  I\lr.  and  Airs.  Charles  Custis 
Harrison  formed  a  committee  to  raise 
mone\-  to  complete  the  Chapel.  This  com- 
mittee was  like  all  other  committees,  and 
while  all  the  memliers  did  something,  the 
real  work  was  done  by  Air,  and  Mrs. 
Harrison,  through  whose  splendid  efforts 
the  Chapel  was  completed  and  made 
ready  for  its  great  service  to  the  Nation 
in  the  \\'orld  War. 

I  have  spoken  of  the  smallness  of  the 
Chapel.  I  wish  I  could  write  of  its 
beauty  or  tell  of  its  glory.  Mr.  Medary 
has  often  said  to  me: 

"  I  have  tried  to  create  a  casket 
of  jewels  in  which  to  set  your 
thoughts."     I  can  only  tell  of  its  eflfects. 


One  day  friends  were  entertaining 
Miss  \'iolet  Oakley  and  Mr.  John  Mc- 
Lure  Hamilton  at  Valley  Forge,  in  the 
grove  back  of  the  Chapel.  The  artists 
were  in  the  Chapel  while  their  friends 
prepared  the  luncheon.  When  it  was 
ready,  word  was  sent  to  the  office,  so 
going  into  the  Chapel  I  announced  that 
luncheon  was  waiting.  Instantly  Miss 
(Jakley  replied,  "Pray,  why  should  we 
leave  a  feast  for  a  luncheon  ?  " 

To  our  artists  in  stone  and  iron,  lead 
and  brass,  wood  and  glass  we  owe  a  great 
debt.  P'very  one  has  caught  the  spirit  of 
tlie  place,  and  each  has  given  what  no 
money  can  ]3uy,  no  design  can  secure; 
works  of  real  inspiration.  Each  has  con- 
tributed to  the  beauty  of  the  whole,  work- 
ing tow-ard  one  great  goal,  and  the  result 
is  a  work  of  rare  beauty  and  harmony. 

\\"e  have  used  art  to  glorify  religion 
and  to  illustrate  history.  For  instance, 
the  1st  of  June,  1774.  was  a  day  of 
pra}'er  for  peace  between  England  and 
the  Colonies.  On  that  day  Washington 
wrote  in  his  diary  :  "  Went  to  Church  & 
fasted  all  day."  This  record,  as  AA'ash- 
ington  wrote  it,  is  cut  in  brass  and  set  in 
the  Litany  Desk.  The  desk  is  beautifully 
carved,  and  suggestive  of  the  soldier's 
prayer  for  his  Nation :  a  Continental 
soldier  carved  in  oak,  with  his  uniform 
properly  colored,  stands  below  the  book 
shelf  presenting  arms  toward  the  altar. 
It  recalls  the  words  carved  in  the  stone 
of  the  entrance  porch :  "  While  we  are 
zealously  performing  the  Duties  of  good 
Citizens  and  Soldiers,  we  certainly  ought 
not  to  be  inattentive  to  the  higher  Duties 
of  Religion.  To  the  distinguished  Char- 
acter of  Patriot  it  should  be  our  highest 
Glorv  to  add  the  more  distinguished 
Character  of  Christian."  This  was 
XA'ashington's  message  to  liis  soldiers 
when  he  gave  the  orders  for  the  Sunday 
services  at  Valley  Forge.    The  desk  com- 


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Patriots   Hall,   Porch   of  the   Allies    and  Library 


memorates     Washington's    prayers 
for  his  Nation. 

Close  by  the  Litany  desk  is  the 
President's  Pew,  one  of  the  "  Pews 
of  the  Patriots,"  as  our  Chapel  pews 
are  called.  Each  of  these  pews  com- 
memorates either  a  patriot  or  a 
group  of  patriots.  The  John  Mor- 
ton Pew,  given  by  the  Delaware 
County  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  honors  that 
distinguished  patriot,  one  of  the 
Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. The  Continental  Army 
Pew  was  given  by  the  Colorado 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, and  the  Continental  Navy 
Pew  was  given  by  Liberty  Bell 
Chapter,  of  the  same  organization 
which  has  done  so  much  for  Valley 
Forge.  Carved  on  the  bases  of  the 
pews  are  family  arms.  Colonial 
seals  and  State  arms.  While  each 
has  its  story  and  each  its  interest, 
The  Presidents'  Pew  is  the  one  of 
supreme  importance  to  Americans. 
It  was  given  by  Mr.  William  H. 
Pearson,  of  West  Newton,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  honor  of  Washington 
and  Monroe,  the  two  men  who  were 
at  Valley  Forge  and  later  became 
Presidents,  and  in  commemoration 
of  President  Roosevelt's  visit  and 
address,  and  in  memory  of  Mr. 
Pearson's  parents.  The  only 
President,  so  far,  who  has  occupied 
the  Presidents'  Pew  was  President 
Harding. 

The  Pew  Screens  commemorate 
the  Major  Generals  and  Brigadier 
Generals  of  Washington's  Army  at 
Valley  Forge,  and  were  given 
respectively  by  Mrs.  William  H. 
Pearson  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Svdft 
and  Mrs.  Sarah  Swift  Zulich. 
Along  the   front   of   these   screens 


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are  the  flags  of  the  Revokition,  carved 
and  colored,  while  on  the  shields  along 
the  bases  are  names  of  Generals.  That  of 
General  Charles  Lee,  the  traitor,  is  de- 
faced in  witness  to  his  infamy,  for  he 
had  planned  to  betray  the  American 
army.  Washington  foiled  his  attempt  at 
Monmouth  and  he  ceased  to  be  a  menace 
to  the  American  cause. 

The    beautiful    carved     stone    pulpit, 
perclose  and  lectern  were  given  by  Mrs. 


colored.  In  the  seats  we  have  re- 
tained the  misereres  of  Europe,  known 
in  England  as  "  nodding  benches.''  The 
latter  name  is  suggestive  of  their  use  in 
keeping  the  monks  and  choristers  awake, 
for  the  sloping  corbel  gave  no  support 
for  the  sleepy  worshipper  who  woke 
automatically.  On  one  of  the  corbels  is 
carved  a  cat  bringing  honie  a  rabbit,  per- 
petuating the  tradition  that  the  Morris 
family  was  saved  from  hunger  by  a  cat 


Washington's    iiakquee,    his   first   valley   forge    headquarters 


Alan  Wood,  Jr.,  in  memory  of  her 
husband  and  in  honor  of  Washington,  the 
Church  Warden  of  Tmro  parish  and  Lay 
Reader  in  the  French  and  Indian  War, 
in  which  he  read  the  burial  service  at  the 
interment  of  General  Braddock. 

The  Choir  Stalls  were  designed  by  Mr. 
Medary,  and  were  carved  by  Mr.  Edward 
Maene.  Each  is  a  memorial  and  each 
commemorates  one  of  the  brigades  at 
Valley  Forge.  They  are  of  hand  carved 
oak,  nearly  twenty  feet  high.  In  the 
niches  stand  Continental  soldiers  carved 
in    oak,    with   their    uniforms    properly 


which  brought  home  a  rabbit  in  the  hour 
of  need. 

The  beautiful  prayer  desk,  so  richly 
carved  and  tastefully  colored,  bears  the 
insignia  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  for  it  was  given  by  Val- 
lev  Forge  Chapter  in  memory  of  its 
founder  and  first  regent,  Mrs.  Anna 
Morris  Holstein,  through  whose  efforts 
Washington's  Headquarters  at  Valley 
Forge  was  saved  to  the  Nation.  Mrs. 
Story,  then  President-General,  took  part 
in  the  dedication  of  this  memorial,  June 
19,  1916.     The  Society  of  the  Lees  of 


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\'lrginia  will  give  the  Choir  Pew  in  honor 
of  the  Lees  who  served  in  the  Revolution, 
including  Richard  Henry  Lee,  the  great 
patriot  leader  and  "  Light  Horse  Harry 
Lee  ''  who  was  with  Washington  at  Val- 
ley Forge.  On  the  ends  of  the  Pew  will 
be  carved  Continental  Soldiers  kneeling 
in  prayer. 

Above  the  Choir  Stalls  are  reproduc- 
tions of  the  flags  of  the  Revolution.  Of 
the  flags  now  in  place  all  are  gifts  from 
individuals,  and  several  are  memorials. 
I  am  hoping  to  create  a  Memorial  Flag 
Fund  large  enough  to  permit  us  each 
month  to  present  to  a  State  a  flag  w^hich 
has  hung  in  the  Washington  Memorial 
Chapel,  and  which  shall  be  given  by  the 
Governor  of  the  State  to  one  of  the 
schools  of  the  commonwealth.  No  faded 
flag  should  hang  at  Valley  Forge,  the 
place  of  unfading  national  glory,  and 
every  flag  used  at  Valley  Forge  should 
carry  its  inspiration  to  the  new  genera- 
tion of  Americans  throughout  our 
Country. 

The  organ  was  given  by  IMr.  William 
L.  Austin  in  honor  of  Lieutenant  David 
Snyder.  The  first  time  it  was  used  two 
hundred  and  fifty  sailors  and  marines, 
after  silent  prayer  for  the  Nation  sang 
"America,"  and  the  organ  tones  and  the 
voices  of  the  men  united  in  the  national 
hymn  of  thanksgiving  and  praise.  One 
morning  during  the  war  as  I  was  coming 
through  the  woodland  to  take  my  place 
at  the  Chapel  I  heard  the  organ  played 
by  a  master.  I  found  the  organist  was 
a  soldier  from  California,  and  more  than 
a  hundred  soldiers  were  listening  to  the 
music.  After  I  had  shown  the  men  the 
Chapel  and  the  Museum  they  fell  in 
line  to  march  away,  and  I  stepped  out  to 
see  them  on  their  way.  One  of  the  men 
called  to  me  and  asked  whether  they 
could  sing  the  Battle  Hymn  of  the 
Republic  with  that  organ.     "  Of  course 


you  can,"  I  replied,  and  soon  the  order 
was  given  to  march  back  into  the  Chapel. 
As  they  concluded  the  hymn  every  man 
knelt  for  me  to  ask  God's  blessing  upon 
them  before  they  left  Valley  Forge  for 
France.  From  that  day  to  this  the  organ 
has  been  doing  national  service,  and 
never  has  the  key  been  turned  in  the 
lock,  for  organists  are  coming  from  all 
over  the  world  and  they  count  it  an 
honor  to  play  at  Valley  Forge.  Some- 
times it  is  an  organist  with  a  small  group 
of  friends,  sometimes  a  choir  with  its 
leader,  sometimes  a  school  or  a  social  or 
business  organization,  but  all  through 
the  year  one  hears  the  deep  tones  of  the 
organ  blend  with  the  voices  of  patriotic 
men,  or  carry  the  soprano  A'oices  of 
children  in  the  praise  of  God,  whose 
Providence  is  so  distinctly  visible  in  the 
history  of  our  Nation. 

On  these  occasions  I  use  Washing- 
ton's Prayer  for  the  Nation.  Mrs. 
Beatrice  Fox  Grifiith  has  made  for  the 
Chapel  a  beautiful  illumination  of  this 
great  prayer,  and  I  hope  that  some  day 
we  may  be  able  to  complete  the  fund  for 
its  reproduction  in  colors  and  gold  so 
that  every  school  in  the  land  may  have 
a  copy.  I  selected  it  from  Washington's 
many  prayers,  as  the  one  to  be  liammered 
in  silver  for  the  base  of  the  altar  cross. 
It  was  reprinted  by  many  Chapters  for 
use  during  the  War.  But  we  daily  need 
the  faith  and  the  patriotism  which  it 
represents,  and  it  should  be  America's 
prater  in  peace  as  welb  as  in  war.  If 
the  Chapel  can  teach  the  Nation  Wash- 
ington's prayer  for  the  United  States  it 
will  do  a  greater  service  than  that  ren- 
dered by  our  legislative  halls  or  our 
armories. 

Even  the  doors  of  the  Chapel  are 
works  of  art,  records  of  history,  and 
prophets  of  patriotism.  The  front  door, 
the   Washington   Door,  was  the  gift  of 


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Philadelphia  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revoluti(_)n.  Through  the 
shields  with  which  the  door  is  decorated 
one  can  read  Washington's  relation  to 
State  and  Church,  while  those  on  the 
other  sides,  with  their  richly  colored 
armorial  bearings  tell  the  long  history  of 
the  Washingtons  and  of  their  relation  to 
the  great  families  of  old  England.  The 
Commander-in-Chief's  Door,  given  by 
the  Colonial  Dames  of  America,  Chapter 
II,  Philadelphia,  records  Washington's 
election  as  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
Army  of  the  Colonies,  while  that  given 
by  the  Society  of  New  York  State 
Women,  is  "  in  Gratitude  to  Almighty 
God  for  those  Providential  Aids  by 
which  Our  Government  was  Instituted 
and  George  Washington  Inaugurated  the 
First  President  of  the  United  States." 
These  doors  open  into  the  Cloister  of 
the  Colonies,  so  each  bears  the  arms  of 
the  thirteen  States.  The  Door  of  the 
Allies,  commemorates  "  all  Allies  who 
gave  Help  and  Hope  to  Washington  and 
His  Soldiers,"  and  was  the  gift  of  Penn- 
sylvania Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of 
Founders  and  Patriots  of  America.  It 
bears  the  arms  of  such  allies  as  Lafay- 
ette, Rochambeau,  Pulaski,  De  Kalb  and 
Steuben.  In  honor  of  the  last,  Washing- 
ton's greatest  drill-master,  there  will  be 
built  the  Steuben  Bay  in  the  Porch  of 
the  Allies.  Mr.  Henry  M.  Ju.sti,  of 
Philadelphia  has  given  $10,000  for  this 
purpose.  The  Bay  will  be  a  memorial 
of  Mr.  Justi's  father,  the  late  Mr.  Henry 
D.  Justi. 

In  the  Cloister  of  the  Colonies  is  the 
Choir  Door,  given  bv  Mrs.  George 
Alfred  Fletcher  in  honor  of  Francis 
Hopkinson,  the  poet  and  musician  of  the 
Revolution.  St.  Cecilia  is  carved  on  the 
upper  panel,  while  on  the  lower  panels 
are  carved  drums  and  bugles.  In  the 
choir  of  the  Chapel  is  the  Huntington 


Door,  gi\xni  in  honor  of  General  Jedediah 
Huntington,  who  commanded  the  Con- 
necticut Brigade  at  Valley  Forge.  When 
Lord  Charnwood  was  at  Valle)'  Forge 
he  told  me  he  had  never  seen  in  any 
museum  of  lutrope  a  more  beautiful 
lock  than  tiiat  on  this  door.  Like  ail 
our  hardware  and  locks,  except  two  made 
in  Paris,  this  was  forged  by  the  famous 
iron  worker,  Mr.  Samuel  Yellin.  Every 
bolt  has  the  stamp  of  individuality,  of 
real  thought  and  wondrous  skill.  He 
made  the  beautiful  wrought  iron  gates 
at  the  entrance  given  in  memory  of 
Lieutenant  Samuel  \\'aples  and  Lieuten- 
ant Thomas  Custis  by  their  descendants, 
Charles  Custis  Harrison  and  Alfred 
Craven  Harrison. 

The  "  Roof  of  the  Rejuiljlic  "  repre- 
sents what  all  American  |)atriiits  have 
achieved  by  their  ser\ice  and  sacrifice. 
Every  State  is  represented  by  a  panel  on 
which  the  amis  of  the  State  are  carved 
and  colored.  Unfortunately  little  more 
than  half  of  the  Panels  have  been  given. 
The  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion of  the  following  States  have  paid 
tribute  to  their  founders  and  patriots, 
by  the  presentation  of  State  Panels: 
Maryland,  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Kansas. 
The  Florida  Daughters  are  completing 
the  fund  for  their  State  Panel. 

The  windows  of  the  Chapel  have  been 
pronounced  by  English  art  glass  makers, 
the  greatest  in  the  world,  surpassing  all 
the  famous  windows  of  Europe.  They 
were  made  by  Nicola  D'Ascenzo,  of 
Philadelphia,  and  tell  the  storv  of  the 
Countiy  up  to  the  inauguration  of  Wash- 
ington as  first  President  of  the  United 
States.  It  is  impossible  to  speak  of  them 
in  the  limits  of  this  brief  article. 

At  Valley  Forge  we  celebrate  Ameri- 
ca's \^ictory  Days  as  they  are  celebrated 
nowhere  else,  by  placing  flowers  on  the 
Washington  Altar  in  honor  of  the  men 


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who  won  our  Nation's  victories.  Every 
day  of  the  year  is  a  Victory  Day  for  our 
Flag.  Several  of  the  days  are  endowed 
and  we  propose  to  endow  every  day,  so 
that  our  tribute  may  be  perpetual.  In- 
dividuals thus  remember  their  beloved 
dead  and  societies  honor  their  friends  in 
this  beautiful  union  of  affection  and 
patriotism,  and  the  House  of  God  has 
always  the  beauty  and  fragrance  of 
flowers,  as  well  as  those  of  memories. 
The  vases,  or  rather  five  of  them,  were 
given  by  the  National  Society  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  United  States  War  of 
1812  in  honor  of  George  Washington, 
first  President  of  the  United  States. 
The  other  vase,  the  first  to  be  given,  is 
in  memory  of  Lieutenant  Thomas  Johns- 
ton, of  the  Continental  Army,  and  was 
given  by  his  descendant,  Mrs.  William 
H.  Whitridge.  The  beautifully  carved 
Altar  Cross  was  given  by  a  member  of 
the  family  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Before  leaving  the  Chapel,  I  must 
speak  of  another  worthy  memorial. 
This  is  the  Credence,  given  by  Quaker 
City  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  in  memory  of  its  first 
regent,  Minnie  Murdock  Kendrick.  This 
Chapter  offered  the  first  memorial  for 
the  Chapel. 

The  Cloister  of  the  Colonies  will  con- 
sist when  completed,  of  thirteen  Bays, 
each  commemorating  one  of  the  original 
Colonies,  and  to-day  all  are  built  except 
those  of  Georgia  and  North  Carolina. 
Seven  of  these  were  the  gifts  of  in- 
dividuals. In  the  marble  floor  of  each 
is  the  Colonial  seal,  cast  in  bronze.  The 
arms  of  the  State  are  in  the  carved  oak 
ceiling.  The  Virginia  and  Rhode  Island 
Bays  form  the  entrance  archways.  The 
Qoister  is  a  unique  monimient  of 
patriotism.  In  the  Garth,  which  it 
encloses  is  the  beautiful  tribute  to  the 
Mothers   of   the   Nation,    Bela   Pratt's, 


"  Sacrifice  and  Devotion."  The  lamp  in 
the  mother's  hand  represents  her  hope 
for  the  life  of  her  child.  The  setting  of 
rare  rhododendron  and  evergreens,  sur- 
rounded by  the  rich  stpne  tracery  of  the 
Cloister,  makes  this  one  of  the  entranc- 
ing spots  at  \'alley  Forge  —  a  place  for 
thought  and  feeling,  memory  and  prayer. 

Corresponding  to  the  Cloister  of  the 
Colonies  on  the  west  will  be  the  Porch 
of  the  Allies  on  the  eastern  side  of  the 
Chapel.  Back  of  it  will  be  the  great 
Patriots'  Hall,  a  small  part  of  which  is 
already  built  and  is  used  by  the  Valley 
Forge  Historical  Society  for  the  Valley 
Forge  Museum  of  American  History. 
The  Library  will  form  the  e.xtreme 
eastern  part  of  this  great  national 
memorial  of  Washington.  The  Thanks- 
giving Tower  surmounting  the  entire 
group  will  be  given  by  the  bankers  of 
America  in  memory  of  Robert  Morris, 
the  great  financier  of  the  Revolution. 
In  this  Tower  will  be  the  National  Peace 
Chime  of  thirteen  bells,  the  first  of 
which,  the  "  Paul  Revere  Bell,"  was 
given  by  the  Massachusetts  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution.  The 
Maryland,  New  Hampshire  and  New 
York  Daughters  will  give  the  bells  for 
their  respective  States.  The  Pennsyl- 
vania and  New  Jersey  Bells  will  be  the 
gift  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution 
in  those  States,  while  the  Delaware  Bell 
will  be  given  by  the  Delaware  Society, 
Colonial  Dames  of  America.  Every 
hour  a  patriotic  air  will  be  played  on  this 
National  Chime,  and  at  sunset  the 
National  Anthem  will  fill  the  air  of  Val- 
ley Forge  with  its  music. 

Washington's  religious  life  is  repre- 
sented in  the  Chapel  from  the  porch  to 
the  altar.  The  story  of  Isaac  Potts 
finding  Washington  at  prayer  at  Valley 
Forge  has  been  ridiculed  by  so-called 
historians,  not  one  of  whom  ever  made  a 


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study  of  Washington's  prayer-life.  Mr. 
Potts  should  have  had  a  photograph 
made  of  the  act,  witnesses  present  to 
testify  to  the  truth  of  his  discovery,  and 
each  should  have  been  made  to  take  an 
affidavit  to  the  truth  of  their  statements, 
and  a  topographical  map  made  with  the 
exact  point  marked  and  sworn  to  by  a 
competent  engineer.  Without  such  proof 
the  modern  skeptic  cannot  be  convinced. 
Responsibility  sat  heavily  upon  Wash- 
ington at  Valley  Forge.  Franklin  Sim- 
mons, in  his  famous  "  Valley  Forge," 
the  bronze  statue  in  the  Washington 
Memorial  Chapel,  has  given  to  the  face 
the  anxiety  of  one  who  felt  the  burden 
of  leadership.  In  his  earlier  work,  the 
"  Valley  Forge,"  presented  to  the  Valley 
Forge  Historical  Society  in  memory  of 
Henry  Eddy  Cobb,  by  his  daughters, 
the  face  is  full  of  suffering.  Indeed  it 
is  the  picture  of  helplessness  and  hope- 
lessness, which  at  a  touch  might  pass 
over  into  despair.  But  in  the  later  statue 
earnest,  anxious  thought  are  shown,  but 
there  is  a  confidence,  a  hopefulness  in 
the  pose,  which  I  believe  belonged  to  the 
living  man.  He  never  used  these  words : 
"  With  God  one  is  a  majorit\%"  but  he 
believed  it.  That  spirit  breathes  through 
his  letters.  It  was  that  faith  which  made 
him  the  victor  at  Valley  Forge.  His 
confidence  was  absolutely  in  God,  and 
in  prayer  he  found  the  alliance  which 
gave  to  America  the  power  to  be  free. 
At  the  very  entrance  therefore,  in  the 
windows  of  the  porch,  I  have  had  writ- 
ten in  glass  his  valedictory  prayer  for 
the  Nation : 

"  I  commend  the  interests  of  our  dearest 
country  to  the  protection  of  Almighty  God, 
and  those  who  have  the  superintendence  of 
them   to   His   holy   keeping." 

^'alley  Forge  is  the  place  of  prayer, 
as  well   as  the   memory  of   prayer,   the 


memorial  of  prayer.  The  Chapel  awaits 
the  prayerful  patriot.  I  do  not  know 
where  Isaac  Potts  found  Washington 
at  prayer,  but  I  do  know  two  places  at 
\'alley  Forge  where  he  prayed,  because  I 
have  studied  his  prayer-life.  One  was 
the  Headquarters ;  the  other  was  his 
Marquee,  in  which  he  spent  that  first, 
awful  week  at  Valley  Forge.  The  State 
of  Pennsylvania  has  marked  the  site,  and 
I  brought  the  Marquee  to  Valley  Forge, 
having  purchased  it  from  the  late  Miss 
Mary  Custis  Lee.  It  was  his  sanctuary. 
The  font,  given  by  Mr.  William  AI. 
Sullivan,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for 
the  beautiful  stonework  throughout  the 
Chapel,  commemorates  Washington's 
birth  and  baptism.  The  record  froin  his 
mother's  Bible  is  cut  in  the  stone  back 
of  the  font  as  follows: 

"  George  Washington,  Son  of  .'\ugustine  & 
Mary  his  Wife,  was  Born  ye  11th  Day  of 
February,  173^  about  10  in  the  Morning  & 
was  Baptized  on  the  3th  of  April  following, 
Mr.  Beverly  Whiting  &  Cap't  Christopher 
Brooks  Godfathers  and  Mrs.  Mildred  Gregory 
Godmother." 

His  Ijaptismal  robe,  red,  white  and 
blue,  is  preserved  in  the  Xational 
Museum  at  Washington.  C)n  several 
occasions  he  acted  as  Godfather.  In  the 
French  and  Indian  War  he  acted  as 
Chaplain,  when  the  Governor  failed  to 
give  him  a  chaplain  for  his  troop.  He 
was  a  Vestryman  and  Church-warden  of 
Truro  Parish,  Virginia,  and  a  Church- 
l)uilcler,  as  his  diaries  and  the  old  Church 
records  prove.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  as  he  testified  under 
oath. 

The  stone  Sedilia  in  the  Chapel  are 
memorials  of  his  rectors,  two  of  whom 
were  made  Bishops ;  Bishop  White,  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  Bishop  Provoost,  of 
New  ^'iirk.  Of  these  Sedilia  one  bears 
the    insignia    of    the    Daughters    of    the 


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American  Revolution,  as  it  was  given  by 
Philadelphia  Chapter,  in  memory  of  the 
Reverend  Thomas  Davis,  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Alexandria.  The  Penn- 
sylvania Society  of  New  England 
Women  gave  the  Sedilia  in  memory  of 
another  rector  of  Christ  Church,  namely 
the   Reverend   David   Griffith, 

The  Altar  of  the  Chapel  is  a  single 
block  of  Indiana  limestone,  weighing 
over  ten  tons,  the  gift  of  Mr.  Rodman 
Wanamaker,  who  also  gave  the  reredos. 
It  commemorates  Washington  and  the 
men  who  made  us  free.  The  only  carv- 
ing on  the  altar  is  the  inscription,  as  I 
wanted  to  have  the  altar  represent 
Washington's  simplicity,  dignity  and 
strength  of  character.  In  the  face  of 
the    altar    is    set    the    name    plate    from 


Washington's  cedar  coffin.     It  bears  this 
inscription : 

George  Washington 
Born  February  22,  1732 
Died  December  14,  1799 

In   the  steps   leading   up  to  the  altar 
I  have  cut  these  lines  from  Tennyson : 

"HIS  WORK  IS  DONE; 

BUT  WHILE  THE  RACE  OF  MANKIND 
ENDURE, 

LET   HIS   GREAT    EXAMPLE   STAND, 

COLOSSAL    SEEN    OF    EVERY    LAND, 

AND  KEEP  THE  SOLDIER  FIRM,  THE 
STATESMAN   PURE, 

TILL  IN  ALL  LANDS,  AND  THRO'  ALL 
HUMAN   STORY, 

THE    PATH    OF    DUTY    BE   THE   WAY 
OF   GLORY." 


CHAPTERS,  ATTENTION 

Because  of  the  illness  and  death  of  Mrs.  Wilford  G.  Chapman,  Portland, 
Me.,  former  chairman  of  the  Historical  and  Literary  Reciprocity  Committee, 
a  collection  of  papers  from  D.A.R.  Chapters  all  over  the  country  was  received 
too  late  for  inclusion  in  the  1923  list.  They  are  now  being  filed  in  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  and  will  be  utilized  the  current  year  to  answer  calls  for 
articles  on  subjects  of   which  they  treat.     They  will   appear  in  the   1924  list. 

Mrs.  Herbert  M.  Lord, 
National  Chairman,  Historical  and  Literary  Rccit'rocity  Committee. 


A    MESSAGE    FROM    THE    PRESIDENT 
GENERAL 


HRISTMAS   GREETING! 

In  my  inability  to  express  what 
is  in  my  heart  that  I  wish  so  much 
to  say  this  Christmas,  I  have 
turned  to  an  old  scrap-book  to 
recopy  a  familiar  poem.  In  this  last 
month  of  1923.  it  seems  to  symbo- 
lize the  whole  world's  trouble  and 
the  whole  world's  hope : 

Two  sorrie  Thynges  there  be  —  Ay,  three  ; 

A  Neste  from  which  ye  Fledglings  have  been 
taken, 

A  Lambe  forsaken, 

A  redde  leaf  from  ye  Wilde  Rose  rudely  shaken. 

Of   Glad   Thynges  there  be  more  —  Ay,   four  ; 

A  Lark  above  ye  olde  Neste  blythely  singing, 

A  Wilde  Rose  clinging 

In  safety  to  a  Rock;  a  Shepherde  bringing 

A  Lambe,   found,  in  his  arms. 

And  Chrvstemasse  Bells  a-ringing. 

(Willis  Boyd  Allen) 

Since  writing  my  message  last  month,  I  have 
attended  a  number  of  our  State  Conferences, 
widely  separated  as  to  distance,  closely  knit  as 
to  endeavor ;  and  in  the  significance  of  these 
meetings  there  are  "  Chrystemasse  Bells 
a-ringing." 

During  our  lifetime,  we  will  think  every 
Christmas  of  those  war  Christmases  we  lived 
through  —  the  paradox  of  them!  I  thought  of 
them  during  these  State  Conferences;  and  it 
seemed  to  me  that  in  the  spirit  of  these  meet- 
ings was  realization  of  what  we  looked  for- 
ward to  then  —  that  the  New  I  lay  we  worked 
for  was  at  dawn. 

I  mean  that  there  was  in  that  spirit  some- 
thing even  greater  than  enthusiasm  for  the 
work  of  our  Society.  It  was  the  broad,  uni- 
versal outlook  of  American  women  serving 
their  coimtry  in  their  homes;  in  their  churches; 


in  their  local  civic  agencies;  in  their  women's 
clubs  ;  in  the  very  kind  of  lives  they  lead,  with 
all  the  channels  they  have  to  work  through. 
I  thought  of  the  three  million  w'omen  work- 
ing through  the  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs; 
of  the  millions  ready  for  any  emergency  call 
of  the  Red  Cross ;  of  how  naturally  and  how 
remarkably  women  have  learned  to  work 
through  organization  to  gain  great,  unselfish, 
ends. 

Thinking  this,  I  naturally  thought  much 
also  of  our  own  avowed  purposes  as  a  National 
Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  and  of  the  animating  spirit  that 
made  us  an  organized  body  of  women.  Here 
in  these  Conferences  were  splendid  reports 
from  our  various  committees,  showing  local 
problems  met,  local  services  rendered ;  showing 
too,  our  national  projects  furthered.  Here 
were  women,  many  of  them  heavily  burdened 
with  home  and  public  tasks,  gladly  going  "  the 
extra  mile  "  and  giving  the  further  gift. 

It  seemed  clear  that  the  instinct  of  loyalty 
that  pledged  allegiance  to  the  lofty  purpose  of 
our  forefathers ;  the  instinct  of  love  that 
pledged  itself  to  cherish  those  memories,  places, 
objects  and  aims  they  had  made  sacred;  and 
the  instinct  of  service  that  pledged  itself  to 
work  with  hcid  and  hand  and  heart  for  our 
country  that  all  this  had  created  a  great  spirit- 
ual  force. 

This  was  the  meaning  of  the  National  So- 
ciety of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. This  was  the  force  that  gave  power 
to    every    individual    Daughter's    honest   effort. 

Christmas  spirit,  indeed! 

H'cll  may  our  Christmas  be  one  of  thankful- 
ness and  hope. 

LoR.\  Haines  Cook. 

President  Ccncml. 


ALL   IN   A   DAY'S   WORK 


BY  FLORA  A.  WALKER 

Organizing  Secretar)'  General,  N.S.D.A.R. 


HE  request  for  this  article 
suggested  the  delineation  of 
the  duties  and  responsibili- 
ties of  the  office  of  the  Or- 
ganizing Secretary  General 
but  it  is  truly  a  subject  of 
too  great  detail  to  be  handled  in  the  al- 
lotted space  and  is  therefore  possible  of 
treatment  only  with  rather  broad  strokes. 
It  may  be  said  in  a  general  way  that 
this  office  has  to  do  with  everything  in 
connection  with  the  life  of  a  Chapter, 
from  encouraging  the  members  who  orig- 
inally form  it,  guiding  it  through  the 
shoals  of  authorization,  organization  and 
confirmation,  to  advising  the  Chapter 
upon  a  thousand  and  one  problems  which 
confront  it  during  its  life. 

Before  a  Chapter  is  finally  presented 
to  the  National  Board  of  Management 
for  confirmation,  six  months  to  five 
years,  or  even  more,  may  have  elapsed, 
and  from  a  dozen  to  a  possible  one  hun- 
dred letters  may  have  been  exchanged. 
A  group  may  think  itself  quite  ready  to 
organize  formally  and  may  send  in  or- 
ganization blanks  to  this  office  for  ap- 
proval, whereupon  the  checking  up 
reveals  the  fact  that  Mrs.  So  and  So 
failed  to  pay  her  dues,  or  her  transfer 
has  not  been  recorded,  or  some  one  has 
not  signed  the  organization  report  or  the 
proper  officer  has  not  been  appointed  or 
elected,  or  the  required  statement  that  a 
majority  was  present  is  not  received,  or 
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the  "  member  to  be  "  has  not  been  ad- 
mitted to  membership  prior  to  the  organ- 
ization date  (though  her  papers  may  be 
pending),  or  the  sketch  of  the  history 
of  the  name  desired  for  the  Chapter  has 
not  been  submitted,  and  so  on.  It  can 
be  readily  understood  how  much  corre- 
spondence this  entails  and  how  often  a 
Chapter,  for  these  reasons,  may  just  miss 
being  confirmed  by  the  National  Board 
of  a  certain  date,  but  these  points,  which 
are  either  By-Laws  or  Board  Rulings, 
must  be  complied  with  to  make  a  Chap- 
ter legal ;  in  other  words,  it  is  the  duty 
of  this  office  to  start  a  Chapter  off  on 
its  right  foot. 

A  Chapter  must  have  twelve  members 
to  organize  in  a  locality  where  there  is 
no  Chapter  and  these  members  may  be 
new  or  transferred ;  but  in  a  community 
where  there  are  already  one  or  more 
Chapters,  the  By-Laws  governing  the 
situation  are  quite  different.  In  the  first 
place  it  is  necessary  that  all  other  Chap- 
ters in  a  city  or  town  shall  have  a  mem- 
bership of  fifty  before  a  new  one  may 
organize  and  even  then  the  new  Chapter 
must  have  among  its  organizing  members 
twenty-five  women  who  have  never  be- 
fore belonged  to  any  Chapter.  Note 
carefully  that  this  does  not  mean  that 
they  must  be  newly  admitted,  for  they 
may  have  been  members  at  large  for 
many  years,  but  they  must  never  before 
have  been  on  any  Chapter  roll. 


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\\'lieti  a  group  has  proven  eligibility 
on  all  these  points,  it  may  organize  on 
a  chosen  date  and  when  the  National 
Board  meets  next,  it  will  officially  recog- 
nize the  Chapter  by  confirming  that  or- 
ganization date.  Some  misunderstand- 
ing prevails  as  to  whether  the  date  of 
Chapter  organization  or  the  date  of  con- 
firmation becomes  the  legal  birthday  of 
the  Chapter ;  the  date  of  organization  is 
the  Chapter's  birthday.  Between  the 
date  of  organization  and  confirmation, 
Chapters  may  meet  socially  and  infor- 
mally but  cannot  transact  business  in 
connection  with  the  National  Society. 
Many  Chapters  plan  to  organize  on  pa- 
triotic holidays  with  the  idea  of  having 
this  annual  date  for  Chapter  birthday 
celebration  as  well.  If  the  date  of  con- 
firmation were  made  the  legal  date,  this 
beautiful  sentiment  would  be  destroyed. 

After  final  confirmation,  a  Chapter  is 
eligible  for  a  charter,  for  which  a  charge 
of  ten  dollars  is  made  by  the  National 
Society.  A  charter  does  not  alter  nor 
in  any  way  add  to  the  legal  standing  of 
the  Chapter,  as  it  does  in  other  Socie- 
ties, and  therefore  many  Chapters  never 
buy  one.  Our  Board  Ruling  allows  a 
Chapter  to  keep  its  charter  open  for  one 
year  f)r  it  may  be  closed  at  any  time 
within  the  year  by  vote  of  its  members. 
Some  buy  a  charter  as  soon  as  organized, 
some  as  late  as  ten  years  after  organiza- 
tion and,  as  I  have  said,  some  never  buy 
one.  When  applying  for  a  charter,  a 
list  of  eligible  names  is  submitted  by  the 
Chapter  and  this  office  must  do  the  same 
careful  checking  up,  as  in  the  case  of 
organization  reports.  This  often  reveals 
the  names  of  members  who  were  accepted 
into  the  Society  after  the  one-year  time 
limit  and  yet  are  desired  on  the  charter. 
Perhaps  Mrs.  So  and  So  has  been  "  one 
of  our  best  workers  and  her  name  must 


be  on  the  charter."  Again,  more  ex- 
change of  letters,  feelings  are  hurt  and 
we  are  possibly  made  to  feel  that  we 
are  blamed  personally  when  we  are 
merely  carrying  out  the  By-Laws  of  your 
Society.  If  a  charter  is  to  be  taken  out 
at  any  time  in  the  life  of  a  Chapter,  the 
sooner  after  its  organization,  the  better. 

The  entire  catalogue  of  membership  is 
in  the  hands  of  this  office  and  the  time 
of  one  clerk  is  required  to  keep  it  cor- 
rected to  date  for  change  of  address, 
transfer  from  Chapter  to  Chapter,  resig- 
nation, marriage,  death  or  dropped  for 
non-payment  of  dues  of  the  138,000  ac- 
tive memliers.  Another  clerk  keeps  the 
changes  in  State  and  Chapter  Officers, 
and  when  you  think  of  any  problem  in 
connection  with  a  Chapter,  multiply  it 
by  1,956  for  that  is  the  number  from 
which  we  may  receive  questions  on  any 
point  within  our  jurisdiction.  For  in- 
stance, we  answer  dozens  of  letters 
weekly  in  reply  to  requests  for  the  name 
and  address  of  members  from  whom  ap- 
plicants hope  to  get  infoiTnation  in  gene- 
alogical data.  These  letters  come  to  the 
Registrar  Ceneral  but  are  answered  by  the 
office  of  the  Organizing  .Secretary  Gen- 
eral because  the  membership  catalogue  is 
under  this  office.  A  multiplicity  of  ques- 
tions and  problems  come  each  day  and 
are  answered  cheerfully  and  as  promptly 
as  is  physically  possible. 

Permits  for  official  ribbon  and  for 
Chapter  Regents  and  Chapter  Ex-Re- 
gents bars  are  issued  from  this  office ; 
here  also  are  jirepared  for  publication 
and  sale  to  members  the  lists  of  Chapter 
Regents. 

The  dailv  mail  of  this  office  indicates 
strongly  that  there  is  a  lack  of  compre- 
hension of  the  magnitude  of  the  business 
side  of  our  Society ;  many  seem  to  think 
of  it  in  the  classification  with  their  local 


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clubs,  even  imagining  that  the  business 
offices  are  closed  during  the  summer 
weeks.  Nothing  could  be  farther  from 
the  facts.  We  are  a  large  business  con- 
cern and  operate  the  year  around  in  the 
most  business-like  manner.  A  clerical 
staff  of  forty-five  is  constantly  emploxed 
and  the  National  Officers,  who  serve 
gratis,  also  find  more  than  enough  to 
occupv  their  time.  The  only  way  in 
which  to  gain  a  true  conception  of  the 
business  side  of  our  organization  is  to 
visit  the  Society's  National  Headquar- 
ters and  this  is  really  the  duty  of  ever}' 
Daughter  who  finds  it  possible  to  come 
to  Washington. 

In  naming  Chapters,  let  us  particularly 
recognize  and  emphasize  the  patriotic 
services  of  Revolutionary  ivomcn.  This 
plan  is  more  in  keeping  with  the  ideals 
of  our  Society  than  by  merely  taking  the 
name    of    the    locality    of    the    Chapter. 


Suggestion  for  Chapter  names  of  men 
and  women  of  the  Revolutionary  period 
will  be  furnished  upon  application  to  this 
office. 

Our  Society  is  growing  rapidly  ;  there 
are  195  Chapters  at  some  stage  of 
organization. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General 
makes  a  plea  here  for  the  formation 
of  even  more  Chapters,  especially  among 
the  young  women  of  our  land  while  they 
are  in  colleges  and  universities ;  it  is  there 
that  relationships  are  formed  which  are 
surrounded  with  the  sentiment  of  school 
days  and  which  they  are  most  likely  to 
continue  after  leaving  our  institutions 
of  learning.  The  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  should  be  one  of 
these  accepted  relationships.  Our  young 
women  will  he  better  citizens  for  hav- 
ing lived  in  touch  with  a  Society 
which  stands  for  loyalty  to  the 
United  States,  past,  present  and  future. 


THE  RESTORATIOIV  OF  THE     UNIVERSITY  OF  LOUVAIN 


Word  has  just  reached  me  that  the  funds 
for  the  restoration  of  the  world  famous 
Library  of  the  University  of  Louvain  were 
absolutely  exhausted  and  work  on  the  Library 
would  have  to  be  discontinued  unless  Amer- 
ica's pledge  is  fulfilled.  To  that  end  Mr. 
Frederick  Vanderbilt  has  made  a  contribution 
of  $20,000;  Yale  University  completed  its 
contribution  of  $5,000,  and  the  Police  Depart- 
ment of  the  City  of  New  York  made  a  cash 
contribution  of  over  $7,500. 

At  the  last  Continental  Congress,  our  Na- 
tional Society  endorsed  the  Louvain  project. 
The  million  dollar  fund  to  restore  Louvain 
will  represent  the  gifts  of  American  students, 
American     men     and     women     and     war-time 


organizations.     It   will   memorialize  those  wfio 
served  at  home  and  abroad. 

A  letter  has  gone  from  me  to  our  State 
Regents,  calling  attention  to  the  need  of  our 
aid  in  this  project.  We,  as  individuals  and 
as  a  National  organization,  can,  by  respond- 
ing to  the  emergency,  with  splendid  accord, 
perform  an  act  which  will  have  far-reaching 
significance ;  for  the  rebuilding  of  the  Library 
of  the  University  of  Louvain  will  be  a  per- 
petual reminder  of  America's  friendship  for 
oppressed  peoples  and  of  her  fight  for 
democracy. 

LoRA  Haines  Cook, 

President  General. 


JAMES  MONROE,  SOLDIER 


His  Part  in  the  War  of  the  American  Revolution 
By  Rose  Gouverneur  Hoes 


can  be  truthfully  said  of 
many  of  our  early  patriots 
that  they  breathed  Ameri- 
canism with  their  first  con- 
scious breath.  Some  of 
them,  indeed,  sprang  from 
^tnck  that  was  native  to  American  soil  at 
least  one  hundred  years  before  the  war 
of  the  Revolution,  and  in  this  manner 
they  were  really  sons  of  the  western 
world.  This  certainly  was  the  case  of 
James  Monroe.  His  great-grandfather. 
Andrew  Monroe,  migrated  to  the  United 
States  as  early  as  1647  and  was  given  a 
grant  of  land  in  Westmoreland  County. 
Virginia,  more  generally  called  the 
Northern  Xeck.  It  was  on  this  land  in 
1758,  one  hundred  and  eleven  years 
later  that  the  bo}-.  James  Monroe,  first 
saw  the  light  of  day:  a  distinction  in  a 
new  country  conferred  upon  few  persons 
to  have  been  horn  on  tlie  actual  ground 
of  which  his  ances'or  was  the  original 
grantee. 

The  history  of  .\ndrew  Monroe,  the 
immigrant,  is  decidedly  picturesque  in 
character.  He  wa's  a  direct  descendant 
of  the  Monroes  of  Scotland,  known  as 
the  Barons  of  Fowles,  a  house  which  for 
nearly  eight  hundred  years  has  existed 
in  uninterrupted  descent  in  the  male  line. 
He  had  the  distinction  of  fighting  under 
Charles  I  with  the  rank  of  major  at  the 
battle    of     Preston,    an    engagement    in 


\\-hich  the  Scotch  army  was  completely 
rciuted,  and  ]\Iaior  .Vndrew  Monroe, 
with  three  thousand  others  was  taken 
prisoner.  Some  of  these  prisoners  were 
sold  f<ir  slaves,  while  others  were  more 
f<irtunate  in  being  sent  to  the'  plantations 
in  .America.  .Vndrew  Monroe  was 
among  the  latter.  And  it  is  through  this 
ancient  house  of  Munme  in  the  old  crmn- 
tr\-  that  James  Alimroe's  ancestry  has 
Ix'cn  traced  liack,  by  an  eminent  genealo- 
gist, in  direct  line  of  descent  to  \Mlliam 
the  Conqueror,  and  in  another  line, 
ecjually  distinguished,  to  Robert  Bruce. 
Thus  the  American  born  lad,  James  Mon- 
roe, who  alwavs  prided  himself  on  being 
a  plain,  everv  dav  citizen  under  the  flag 
liearing  the  stars  and  stripes,  came  quite 
naturally   liy   his   fighting  blood. 

It  was  at  the  age  of  seventeen  that 
Monroe  left  his  ])rimitive  home  in 
Westmoreland  County  for  \\'illiam  and 
Alary  College.  These  wene  Colonial 
times,  and  the  simple,  quiet  countr\-  life 
lefl  1)y  him  had  made  him  unusually  tall 
and  strong.  He  had  learned  almost 
from  infancy  to  swim  in  Afnnroe  Creek, 
a  stream  which  flowed  directly  by  his 
front  doiir,  named  in  honor  of  his  family, 
and  his  young  feet  often  trod  the  virgin 
forests  of  the  Northern  Neck  of  A'irginia 
in  search  of  game  for  the  family  table. 
Family  traditions  have  been  passed  down 
that  he  was  a  s]ilendid  shot,  and  his  gun 

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JAMES    MONROE 

President  of  the  United  States,  1817-1825,  and  author  of  the  world  famous  Monroe  Doctrine. 


JAMES  MONROE,  SOLDIER 


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today  is  treasured  by  one  of  his  de- 
scendants. That  he  also  learned  early  to 
ride  and  follow  the  hounds,  as  was  the 
fashion  of  the  day  for  both  old  and  young, 
is  amply  proved  by  the  fact  that  even  in 
extreme  old  age,  almost  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  it  was  a  familiar  sight  to  see 
him  in  the  saddle.  Therefore  it  can 
readily  be  seen  that  James  Monroe  pos- 


possible  significance  came  thick  and  fast, 
including  the  Boston  Tea  Party,  and  state 
affairs  incident  to  Patrick  Henry's  leader- 
ship of  the  Virginia  democracy  were 
familiar  tales.  It  was  for  America  the 
spring-time  of  the  rising  tempest,  and 
the  shot  first  heard  at  Lexington  and  Con- 
cord and  then 'around  the  world,  pene- 
trated the  school  room  at  Williamsburg 


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I,    ■^<0^r^ 


do  acknowledge  the  UNI  T.E  D  S 1?  A  t  E  S  of-  /iVli 


^-«-*» 


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4  j^ 


RICA  to  be  Frefe,  Independent  and  Sovereign  States,  ani 
declare  that  the  people  thereof  owe  no  allegiance  or  obe- 
dience to  George  the  Third,  King  of  Great-Britain  -,  and  I 
renounce,  refufe  and  abjure  any  allegiance  or  obedience  to 
him;  and  I  do       <t^^*^<»-»-  that  J  will,  to  the  ut- 

moft  of  my  power,  fupport,  maintain  and  defend  the  faid 
United  States  againft  the  faid  King  George  the  Third,  his 
heirs  and  fucceflbrs,  and  his  or  their  abettors,  affiftants  and 
adherents,  and  will  fcrve  the  faid  United  States  in  the  office  of 
/^*/9C     0t,^^»'-*^'^^^  which  I  now  hold,  with 

fidelity,  according  to  the  bcft^of  my  Ikill  and  underftanding. 

JAMES  Monroe's  o.\th  of  allegiance 


sessed    the    requisites    of    the    soldier, — 
courage,  health,  strength  and  skill. 

It  seems  somewhat  difficult  in  this  day 
to  believe,  when  most  of  our  well  known 
colleges  are  over  crowded,  that  such  a 
distinguished  Colonial  college  as  William 
and  JMary  at  the  time  of  Monroe's  matri- 
culation possessed  only  about  sixty  stu- 
dents. Most  of  them,  however,  repre- 
sented the  distinguished  families  of 
Colonial  Virginia,  and  this  little  band 
shared  with  one  another  the  never  to  be 
forgotten  experiences  of  the  winter  and 
spring  of  1775  and  the  first  half  of  the 
year   of    1776.     Events   of    the   greatest 


and  there  was  a  Ijuzz  of  excitement.  Each 
student  at  old  William  and  Mary  sat  up 
and  took  notice.  Fresh  news  came  al- 
most hourly,  and  undoubtedly  with 
every  new  rumor  goose  flesh  cre[it  per- 
sistently up  and  down  the  spines  of  each 
and  every  student.  There  was  scarcely 
a  day  without  new  thrills.  Strict  con- 
centration to  study  under  these  adverse 
circumstances  was  a  downright  impos- 
sibility, and -in  more  sedate  fashion  older 
heads  shared  the  enthusiasm.  Fairly 
bristling  with  the  desire  to  cast  aside 
musty  school  books  and  seize  the  musket, 
which    they    recognized    intuitively    they 


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must  eventuall)'  shoulder,  "each  student 
stood  ready  for  action.  It  was  finally 
Patrick  Henry's  electrifying  speech  in 
which  he  declared  "  after  all  we  must 
fight,"  which  set  them  going,  and  a  few 
hours  later  on  the  campus  every  boy 
echoed  the  words,  "  we  must  fight." 

Such  was  the  condition  of  afl^airs  at 
William  and  Mary  College  when  early 
one  morning  astounding  news  reached 
the  students.  Directly  under  their  noses 
a  body  of  British  marines  had  broken  into 
the  powder  magazine  at  Williamsburg,  a 
stone  octagon  built  in  1716  by  Governor 
Spotswood,  seizing  fifteen  kegs  of  gun- 
powder, which  they  carried  to  a  vessel 
anchored  in  the  nearby  harbor.  The 
whole  of  Williamsburg  was  up  in  arms. 
Almost  immediately  there  was  a  large 
gathering  of  citizens  on  the  college  green, 
and  every  college  lad  was  there  to  voice 
his  indignation.  The  quarrel  with  the 
King  had  been  brought  directly  home 
overnight.  Moreover  the  rights  of  the 
people  had  been  invaded. 

James  Monroe,  along  with  all  of  the 
other  students,  returned  to  his  quarters 
after  this  meeting.  Rumors  ran  wild  from 
dormitory  to  dormitory,  and  when  the  day 
was  done,  under  the  cover  of  darkness,  a 
military  corps  was  formed.  One  startl- 
ing event  followed  another  in  rapid  suc- 
cession, and  forthwith  martial  tramp  was 
heard  throughout  the  whole  village.  War 
apparently  had  come.  One  day  there 
appeared  on  the  streets  a  company  of 
frontiersmen  so  oddly  arrayed  as  to 
astonish  all  observers.  They  were 
dressed  "  in  green  hunting  shirts,  home- 
made, home-spun  and  home-woven,  with 
the  words  '  Liberty  or  Death  '  in  large 
white  letters  on  their  breasts.  In  their 
hats  were  buck-tails.  In  their  belts  they 
carried  tomahawks  and  scalping  knives." 
The   question   on  every   side  was   asked 


wlio  are  these  savage  and  warlike  looking 
men  ?  The  inquiry  was  readily  answered 
by  Student  James  Monroe,  for  there 
among  the  number  was  Lieutenant  John 
Marshall,  one  of  his  schoolmates  in  his 
own  country  home  at  Parson  Campbell's 
school.  They  were  a  company  of  soldiers 
who  have  passed  into  history  as  the  origi- 
nal minute  men  of  Culpeper,  Fauquier 
and  Orange  counties.  In  subsequent 
years,  John  Randolph  of  Roanoke,  in  a 
caustic  speech  made  in  the  United  States 
Senate,  in  speaking  of  this  military  com- 
pany, said  that  they  "  were  raised  in  a 
minute,  armed  in  a  minute,  marched  in 
a  minute,  fought  in  a  minute  and  van- 
quished in  a  minute."  All  of  which  may 
be  true  but  it  serves  to  illustrate  that  such 
occurrences  made  the  college  boy  a  man 
in  a  minute,  and  in  the  shortest  space  of 
lime  transformed  the  man  into  a  soldier. 
Mention  is  frequently  made  by  his- 
torians of  James  Monroe  as  a  cadet  in  the 
Third  Virginia  Regiment.  The  question 
naturally  arises  what  was  the  status  of 
a  cadet  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ? 
According  to  the  Orderly  Book  of  Gen- 
eral Andrew  Lewis,  who  succeeded  Pat- 
rick Henry  as  Commander  in  Chief  of 
the  Virginia  forces,  and  whose  headquar- 
ters were  at  Williamsburg  during  a 
portion  of  the  Revolution,  "  cadets  were 
young  men  serving  in  the  ranks  with  the 
view  of  obtaining  commissions."  This 
same  general  idea  was  carried  out  dur- 
ing the  late  ^Vorld  War,  except  in  the 
training  camps  they  were  designated 
privates. 

The  query  has  occasionally  been  raised 
as  to  the  exact  date  that  James  Monroe 
first  joined  the  Third  Virginia  Regiment, 
and  it  can  be  readily  answered.  On  June 
24,  1776,  he  was  one  of  six  students  at 
William  and  Mary  College  who  removed 
the   arms   of   the   British   stored    in   the 


JAMES  MONROE.  SOLDIER 


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palace  (Lord  Dunmore's  headquarters), 
to  the  powder  house,  and  in  less  than  two 
months  from  that  date'  he  marched  north 
under  the  command  of  Captain  Wil- 
liam Washington,  a  kinsman  of  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief.  Washington  was  only 
six  years  the  senior  of  Monroe,  and  it 
is  apparent  from  their  close  intercourse 
as  soldiers-in- 
arms, that  the 
older  man 
learned  to  rely 
upon  Monroe, 
who  acted  as 
his  first  lieu- 
tenant ;  indeed 
the  West- 
moreland lad 
in  the  course 
of  time  be- 
came his  chief 
depend- 
ence.  And  at 
this  period 
Monroe  was 
barely  e  i  g  h  - 
teen  years  old. 

The  march 
fro  m  \\M  1  - 
liam,--hurg  t  o 
X  e  w  York- 
was  a  Ion  l;. 
steady  sum- 
mer tramp, 
and  the  Third 
A'irginia  Regi- 
ment arrived  just  in  time  to  take  part  in 
the  battle  of  Harlem  Heights.  This  was 
Monroe's  first  liattle,  fought  in  what  is 
now  the  very  heart  of  New  York  Citv, 
and  the  forerunner  for  him,  of  a  series  of 
battles  at  the  rate  of  about  one  a  month. 

It  is  well  to  state  that  it  was  during 
these  irksome  days  which  have  been  so 
aptly  described  "  as  trying  men's  souls." 
during    the     campaign     of     1776,     that 


PRESIDENT    MONROE  S   DESK  ON   WHICH    HE  WROTE  THE 
MONROE    DOCTRINE 


Alonroe  saw  and  realized  that  American- 
affairs  were  sinking  to  their  very  lowest 
level.  Such  critical  conditions  must  have 
left  an  impress  on  the  minds  and  lives  of 
all  thoughtful  men,  especially  the  young 
and  susceptible.  "  Coming  events  cast- 
ing their  shadows  before  "  made  even  the 
bravest  heart  tremljle,  and  the  Virginia 
boy,  far  from 
familiar 
scenes,  includ- 
ing a  devoted 
mother,  must 
have  f  r  e - 
quently  felt 
the  pangs 
of  home-sick- 
ness steal  over 
h  i  m.  Such 
s  e  n  s  a  t  i  1 1  n  s , 
however,  were 
>  o  o  n  pushed 
aside  by  stern 
military  dut\-. 
C.'aptain  Wil- 
I  i  a  m  \\'ash- 
ington's  m  e  n 
had  from  time 
to  time  l>een 
used  for  scout 
d  u  t  y  ,  and 
W  ashing- 
ton's  sorely 
tried  army  was 
about  to  cross 
the  Delaware. 
Each  man  in  the 
earn-  three  days' 


It  was  Christmas  eve 
ranks  was  ordered  t( 
rations  and  forty  pounds  of  ammunition. 
Silence  was  enjoined  and  orders  ran  "  no 
man  is  to  quit  the  ranks  on  pain  of  death." 
Some  of  the  soldiers  were  bare-footed 
and  others  were  so  poorly  shod  that  they 
left  a  trail  of  blood  on  the  frozen  ground. 
It  was  a  severe  night,  the  frost  was  sharp, 
the   ice   increasing,  the   wind   high,    and 


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worst  of  all  at  midnight  it  began  to 
snow.  Hail  beat  upon  the  evergreens 
and  weighted  down  the  branches.  It 
smote  the  men  in  their  faces  in  the  early 
stages  of  the  march  and  when  they  turned 
their  backs  it  seemed  to  shift  around  and 
beat  them  in  another  direction.  It  was 
indeed  a  hopeless'  night,  and  in  this  utter 
desolation  and  suffering  General  Wash- 
ington's stirring  words  rang  in  the  ears 
of  both  officers  and  men,  "  Soldiers,  now 
or  never!  " 

It  is  generally  conceded  by  historians 
that  Lieutenant  James  Monroe  was  the 
first  man  to  cross  the  Delaware.  In  fact 
there  is  a  record  in  existence  which  states 
positively  that  "  Monroe,  with  a  piece  of 
artillery,  was  sent  across  the  river  to 
Pennington's  Road  but  joined  the  Army 
the  next  morning."  Scout  duty  has  al- 
ways been  regarded  as  the  most  difficult 
in  military  service,  and  it  must  have  re- 
quired superhuman  strength  to  scout  all 
night  and  fight  all  day.  After  rejoining 
the  Army,  however,  Monroe  found  his 
company  on  the  right  of  Lord  Sterling's 
brigade,  and  in  this  manner  he  soon'  par- 
ticipated in  the  real  fight. 

The  British  soldiers  entered  Trenton 
pell-mell,  in  such  haste  that  it  might  be 
likened  to  the  rush,  fright  and  confusion 
which  will  likel}-  occur  when  the  last 
trumpet  sounds.  They  tried  to  form  in 
the  streets  of  this  village,  but  our  troops 
soon  dislodged  them.  Backs  of  houses 
were  resorted  to  for  shelter,  and  finally 
they  were  driven  through  Trenton  to  an 
open  plain  just  beyond.  Some  of  the 
Hessian  guns  stood  in  the  open  streets, 
where  they  had  been  manned  and  ready 
to  deliver  fire,  when  Captain  Washing- 
ton and  Lieutenant  Monroe  rushed  upon 
the  gunners  and  captured  the  pieces. 
Both  officers  were  wounded  in  this  ex- 
ploit, the  Captain  in  both  hands  and  Mon- 


roe \\as  hit  in  the  shoulder  by  a  ball  which 
cut  an  artery.  The  ball  remained  in  his 
left  shoulder  as  long  as  he  lived.  It  is 
probably  in  his  coffin  today.  The  gallant 
action  on  the  part  of  these  two  officers 
helped  materially  to  demoralize  the 
enemy  and  materially  hastened  the  victory 
of  the  Americans  at  the  battle  of  Tren- 
ton. For  "  bravery  under  fire,"  Monroe 
w^as  promoted  by  General  Washington 
on  the  battlefield  to  the  rank  of  captain. 
A  letter  written  by  Monroe  six  months 
before  his  death  in  New  York,  and  owned 
b}-  one  of  his  descendants,  dated  January 
9,  1831,  gives  a  modest  description  of  his 
part  in  this  great  revolu'.ionary  battle. 
It  reads : 

"  After  General  Washington  had  passed  the 
Delaware,  and  the  British  Commander  Howe 
had  put  his  troops  in  winter  quarters  from 
Trenton,  through  Jersey  to  New  York,  our 
commander  marched  to  attack  the  post  at 
Trenton.  In  a  council  of  war.  Captain  Wash- 
ington of  the  Third  Virginia  Reg-iment,  was 
appointed  to  command  the  van-guard,  and  it 
being  known,  I  offered  to  accompany  him  as 
Lieutenant  and  second  in  command,  which  was 
promptly  accepted.  I  belonged  to  the  same 
regiment.  We  crossed  at  Coryell's  Ferry  ten 
miles  above  Trenton,  with  orders  to  pass  down 
the  road  leading  to  Princeton,  and  cut  off  the 
communication  with  the  former,  which  we  did. 
At  daylight  our  Army  with  its  commander  at 
its  head  approached  us ;  we  advanced,  attacked 
the  picket,  shot  down  the  commander,  advanced 
in  front  of  our  Army  into  the  towm,  attacked 
and  took  the  cannon  that  was  placed  on  the 
main  street.  Advancing  further.  Captain 
Washington  was  wounded,  and  the  command 
fell  upon  me.  Soon  afterwards  I  was  shot 
through  the  shoulder  by  a  ball  which  grazed 
the  breast.  I  was  carried  by  two  or  three 
soldiers,  for  I  fell,  to  the  room  where  Captain 
Washington  was  under  the  care  of  two 
surgeons,  by  whom  my  wound  was  likewise 
dressed.  I  was  removed  that  night  to  Mr. 
Coryell's  where  I  remained  ten  days,  kindly 
treated,  when  I  was  removed  to  Mr.  Wyn- 
coop's,  where  I  remained  for  nine  weeks,  and 
was  attended  by  a  physician  from  Newtown, 
three  miles  distant,  and  whom  I  paid  myself 
and  never   was   repaid." 


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As  soon  as  Monroe  recovered  from  his 
wounds  he  rejoined  the  Army.  After 
talking  an  active  part  in  the  battle  of 
Brandywine  he  became  a  full  fledged 
aide-de-camp  to  Lord  Sterling.  The 
winter  of  1777  was  spent  at  Valley  Forge, 
and  in  the  Orderly  Book  of  General 
George  Weedon  appears  the  following : 
"  James  Monroe,  Esquire,  formerly  ap- 
pointed an  additional  aide-de-camp  to 
Major  General  Lord  Sterling,  is  now  ap- 
pointed aide-de-camp  to  his  Lordship  in 
the  room  of  Major  (William)  Wilcox, 
resigned,  and  he  is  to  be  respected  as 
such."  Sterling  personally  administered 
the  oath  of  office  to  Monroe.  As  time 
passed,  however,  Monroe  realized  that 
he  had  made  a  mistake  in  accepting  this 
military  service,  as  he  found  the  fight- 
ing branch  of  the  Army  more  congenial 
than  staff  duty.  But  certainly  as  a  junior 
officer  at  Sterling's  headquarters  he  had 
opportunities  of  studying  men  and  affairs 
which  seldom  come  in  a  life  time. 

The  part  taken  by  Monroe  in  the  battle 


of  Monmouth  is  indicated  in  a  letter  ad- 
dressed by  him  to  General  Washington. 
He  had  been  ordered  on  the  important 
duty  of  following  the  enemy's  movements 
and  reporting  them  directly  to  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief.    Monroe  says: 

"  Upon  not  receiving  any  answer  to  my 
first  information  and  observing  the  enemy 
inclining  towards  your  right,  I  thought  it 
advisable  to  hang  as  close  upon  them  as 
possible  —  I  am  at  present  within  four  hun- 
dred yards  of  their  right,  I  have  only  about 
seventy  men  who  are  now  fatigued  much.  I 
have  taken  three  prisoners.  If  I  had  six 
horsemen  I  think,  if  I  co'd  serve  you  in  no 
other  way,  I  sho'd  in  the  course  of  the  night 
precure  good  intelligence  vv'h  I  wo'd  as  soon 
as  possible  convey  to  you." 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  James  Mon- 
roe barely  out  of  his  teens  had  partici- 
pated in  the  battles  of  Harlem  Heights, 
White  Plains,  Trenton,  Brandywine, 
Germantown  and  Monmouth  and  had 
l)orne  a  useful  part  in  each. 

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THE  AMERICAN  CEMETERIES 
EUROPE 

By  Charles  Moore 
Chairman  of  the  National    Commission  of  Fine  Arts 


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N  Europe  the  most  impres- 
sive and  the  most  enduring 
memorials  of  the  participa- 
tion of  the  United  States  in 
the  World  War  will  be  the 
eight  American  cemeteries 
—  the  six  in  France,  the  one  in  Belgium 
and  the  one  in  England.  This  country 
lost  in  killed  and  in  deaths  from  wounds 
and  diseases  in  the  A.  E.  F.  in  Europe 
84,000  persons.  Of  this  number  the 
bodies  of  about  two-thirds  have  been  re- 
turned for  burial  in  accordance  with  a 
promise  made  before  sending  any  troops 
abroad  that  "  no  American  soldier  who 
died  fighting  for  his  country  and  for  the 
liberties  of  nations  should  be  left  to  lie 
in  foreign  soil  except  at  the  express  wish 
of  his  next  of  kin."  The  number  of  our 
"  men  in  France,"  therefore,  is  about 
thirty  thousand.  This  is  a  small  number 
as  compared  with  the  total  of  three  mil- 
lion World  War  dead  lying  in  the  soil  of 
France.  It  is  imperative,  therefore,  that 
if  our  participation  in  the  struggle  to 
maintain  libertv  is  to  be  marked  ade- 
quately, that  the  result  must  come  from 
the  manner  in  which  our  foreign  ceme- 
teries —  eight  in  number  as  compared 
with  1,500  of  the  British  —  are  designed 
and  cared  for. 

Moved  b}'  such  consideration  the  War 
Department   provided    for   the   traveling 
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expenses  of  three  members  of  the  Com- 
mission of  Fine  Arts,  who  went  to 
Europe  in  1921  and  there  made  the 
plans  for  the  cemeteries  already  located, 
mainly  on  or  near  the  battlefields  where 
our  men  fought  and  died.  These  plans 
included  the  location  of  the  graves  areas, 
landscape  treatment,  necessary  buildings 
and  fences,  relation  to  near-by  towns, 
and  the  purchase  of  necessary  or  desir- 
a1)le  lands  in  addition  to  the  areas  given 
by  the  French  government.  The  plans 
were  revised  and  approved  by  the  War 
Department  and  are  now  being  carried 
out.  All  the  work  is  under  contract  at 
a  total  cost  within  the  appropriations 
made  by  Congress  and  substantially  in 
accordance  with  the  plans  as  made  by 
the  National  Commission  of   Fine  Arts. 

The  Commission  at  the  beginning  de- 
cided that  the  type  of  the  American  mili- 
tary cemetery  had  been  fixed  by  the 
soldier  section  of  the  Arlington  National 
Cemetery  and  the  cemeteries  on  the 
battlefields  of  the  Civil  War.  The  three 
elements  are  the  small  white  headstone 
and  ample  spaces  of  green  grass,  all 
shaded  by  trees. 

Peaceful,  restful,  dignified  and  im- 
pressive, these  cemeteries  have  become 
hallowed  places,  which  stir  the  ten- 
derest  feelings  and  thereby  become  the 
most   sacred   of   memorials  to  the  dead. 


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Next  it  was  decided  that  each  ceme- 
tery should  have  an  area  sufficient  to 
afford  landscape  features  such  as  those 
which  give  character  and  impressiveness 
to  Arlington  —  ample  driveways,  a  few 
spaces  for  general  memorial  features,  and 
occasional  plantations  of  trees.  Flower- 
beds were  omitted,  at  least  for  the 
present,  and  attention  was  concentrated 
on  trees  and  the  larger  shrubs,  because 
experience  teaches  that  whereas  the  effect 
of  flowers  is  quickly  obtained  and  soon 
passes,  the  lasting  and  really  impressive 
effects  come  from  the  more  permanent 
planting.  Moreover,  the  latter  results 
require  less  care  and  expense  and  so  are 
much  more  likely  to  be  maintained  in 
lands  so  far  from  headquarters.  More- 
over, a  care-taker  who  is  devoted  to 
flowers  is  only  too  prone  to  neglect  trees 
and  shrubs.  This  is  human  nature. 
Then  again,  a  belt  of  trees  surrounding  a 
cemetery  forms  much  more  effective  se- 
clusion from  the  highway  than  does  a 
fence  or  wall,  and  is  quite  in  keeping 
with  French  practice.  Also,  it  is  less  ex- 
pensive to  maintain. 

The  buildings,  fences,  and  other  archi- 
tectural forms  were  to  be  designed  in 
the  manner  of  French  rural  architecture. 
The  monumental  and  grandiose  were  to 
be  avoided :  simplicity,  good  proportions, 
and  the  sense  of  at-home-ness  were  to 
prevail.  No  consideration  was  given  to 
monuments  as  such.  Congress  has 
created  a  special  commission  to  deal  with 
monuments  to  mark  the  battlefields  and 
to  regulate  the  erection  of  monuments  on 
lands  owned  by  the  United  States,  and  — 
this  commission  submits  to  the  Fine  Arts 
Commission  for  approval  or  criticism  all 
matters  of  design  and  materials.  In  so 
far  as  the  cemeteries  are  concerned, 
monuments  are  rather  to  be  discouraged 
than  encouraged.     Outside  the  cemeteries 


the  monuments  do  not  so  much  matter. 
France  is  a  large  country  with  many 
monuments,  by  no  means  all  of  which 
are  good.  A  few  more  will  not  mean 
much  one  way  or  the  other.  If  a  monu- 
ment is  really  good  people  will  go  out  of 
their  way  to  see  it.  If  it  is  poor  they 
will  neglect  it.  So  the  matter  settles 
itself. 

Every  British  cemetery  has  two  monu- 
mental features,  the  "  cross  of  sacrifice  " 
and  the  "  stone  of  remembrance."  The 
cross  is  of  stone  bearing  in  bronze  the 
Crusader's  sword.  The  stone,  raised  on 
a  platform,  bears  .he  inscription,  selected 
by  Kipling,  "  Their  name  liveth  ever- 
more." If  the  Battle  Monuments  Com- 
mission shall  detemiine  to  place  in  our 
cemeteries  symbols  such  as  the  British 
have  adopted,  they  will  add  sanctity  and 
make  an  apj)eal  to  the  deepest  and  highest 
of   human  emotions. 

Of  the  French  cemeteries,  the  one  at 
Suresnes  with  its  1,500  graves  is,  by  rea- 
son of  its  proximity  to  Paris,  the  one 
most  visited  by  Americans.  Stretching 
along  the  Boulevard  George  Washing- 
ton, the  cemetery  extends  back  to  the 
steep  wooded  slopes  of  Mount  Valerien, 
a  military  post  which  is  one  of  the  con- 
spicuous features  in  the  Paris  landscape. 
Here,  on  each  Memorial  Day,  there  is  a 
ceremony  international  in  scope  and  at- 
tended by  large  numbers  of  people.  It 
is  being  developed  as  a  gem  among  ceme- 
teries. Land  along  the  edge  of  the  bluff 
opposite  the  main  entrance  has  been  pur- 
chased and  buildings  for  the  caretaker 
and  the  office  of  the  Graves  Registration 
Service  are  under  construction.  These 
two  buildings  are  connected  by  a  terrace 
from  which  one  g&ts  a  view  over  the 
Seine  and  the  city  of  Paris.  In  the  hill- 
side is  a  location  for  an  amphitheater,  in 
case  it  shall  seem  best  to  construct  one. 


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Exceptional  circumstances  have  given 
prominence  to  the  cemetery  at  Belleau 
Wood,  and  have  resulted  in  visits  this 
year  from  25,000  Americans.  An  ex- 
tensive plateau  cut  by  rocky  gullies  and 
covered  with  dense  woods  was  the  scene 
of  desperate  fighting,  resulting  in  the 
dislodgment  of  the  Germans  from  well- 
nigh  impregnable  positions.  In  this 
fighting  the  Alarine  Corps  had  a  con- 
spicuous part.  Along  the  foot  of  the 
slope,  on  the  segment  of  a  circle,  are 
2,200  graves.  For  reasons  doubtless 
sufficient,  the  War  Department  curtailed 
the  plans  for  this  cemetery  by  securing 
only  the  crest  of  the  hill  and  a  broad  en- 
trance through  open  fields.  Thereupon 
an  association  of  Americans,  organized 
by  Mrs.  James  Carroll  Frazer  of  ^^'ash- 
ington,  purchased  the  remainder  of  the 
plateau  for  the  purpose  of  creating  a 
battlefield  park.  This  park  was  dedi- 
cated last  July  with  impressive  cere- 
monies, which  included  the  lowering  of 
the  French  flag  at  the  word  of  Marshal 
Foch  and  the  raising  of  the  American 
flag  to  the  music  of  our  national  anthem. 
More  recently  the  Belleau  \\'ood  Memor- 
ial Association  has  purchased  the  two 
triangles  on  either  side  of  the  entrance, 
thus  forever  protecting  the  cemetery 
from  encroachments  calculated  to  destroy 
its  serenity  and  isolation.  An  endow- 
ment fund  for  the  care  of  the  park  is  now 
])eing  raised. 

The  largest  of  the  cemeteries  is 
Romagne,  oflicially  known  as  the  Meuse- 
Argonne,  containing  14,000  graves,  or 
2,000  more  than  the  largest  of  the 
1,500  British  cemeteries.  The  graves 
area  occupies  one  slope  of  a  gently  as- 
cending hill,  while  on  the  opposite  hill- 
side are  the  administration  buildings. 
The  way  from  the  little  town  of  Romagne 
to  Montfaucon  and  Verdun  runs  through 


the  narrow  valley  between  the  two  por- 
tions of  the  cemetery.  This  valley  is  be- 
ing treated  as  a  park,  with  suitable  en- 
trances at  either  end,  a  broad  carpet  of 
green  grass  outlined  by  tree-bordered 
roads  (much  like  the  iMall  as  planned 
between  the  Capitol  and  the  Washington 
Monument)  and  ornamented  with  a  cir- 
cular pool  and  fountain  in  the  center, 
where  steps  lead  up  to  the  grave  section 
on  the  one  side  and  to  the  buildings  on 
the  other.  Altogether  the  place  even 
now  is  most  impressive,  and  when  com- 
pleted will  be  without  a  superior  in 
France,  in  extent,  in  dignity,  and  in 
serenity.  It  will  express  faithfully  and 
adequately  American  valor  and  sacrifice. 

Next  to  Romagne  in  size  is  Seringes  et 
Nesles,  with  "6,000  graves;  then  Thiau- 
court  with  4,150.  In  the  northern  sector 
of  France  is  Bony  (known  on  the  official 
maps  as  the  Sorame),  where  the  1,800 
white  crosses  look  from  a  distance  like  a 
handkerchief  spread  on  a  hill  to  dry. 
These  three  cemeteries  are  limited  in 
area  available  for  landscape  treatment. 
On  Flanders  Field  in  Belgium  359  Ameri- 
cans lie  buried,  a  sad  reminder  to  that 
brave  little  nation  of  American  sacrifice 
on  her  behalf. 

In  England  the  men  who  died  on  their 
way  to  France,  some  435  in  number,  are 
buried  in  the  American-  section  of  Brook- 
wood,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and 
highly  developed  of  English  cemeteries. 
In  an  adjoining  plot  of  ground  lie  Cana- 
dians, Australians  and  New  Zealanders. 
Continuous  walks  and  planting  join 
American  and  Colonial  areas,  but  the 
American  section  has  its  separate  and 
special  entrances,  and  the  treatment  of 
the  two  plots  is  radically  dift'erent,  in 
that  ours  depends  on  trees  and  shrubs 
whereas  that  of  the  British  is  marked  by 
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walks  ami  planting-.  Then,  too,  there  is 
the  wonderfully  beautiful  resting-place 
of  the  21  Americans  who  died  in  the  hos- 
pital set  up  by  Lady  Astm'  at  Cliveden, 
her  country  home ;  and  the  remote  ceme- 
tery on  the  northern  coast  of  Ireland, 
where  a  group  of  sailors  lie  buried. 

Had  it  been  humanly  possible  so  to  do, 
both  British  and  Americans  would  have 
preferred  to  keep  the  form  of  the  wooden 
cross  for  the  over-seas  headstones :  but 
wooden  design  does  not  translate  intu 
marble  —  the  breakage  would  be  too 
great  and  the  result  would  be  a  ragged 
appearance,  even  were  the  cemetery  to  re- 
ceive the  care  that  might  reasonably  be 
expected.  As  yet  Congress  has  made  no 
appropriations  for  headstones  for  the 
graves  in  France.  Consequently  there 
will  be  a  dela)'  of  several  years  before  the 
cemeteries  are  really  completed.  The  de- 
sign of  the  s'.one  was  made  by  Mr. 
Charles  A.  Piatt  of  New  York.  The  di- 
mensions now  fixed  of  the  stone  are 
height  above  ground  24  inches,  width  13 
inches,  thickness  4  inches.  There  is  no 
marked  difference  in  the  size  of  Ameri- 
can and  British  headstones,  but  the  latter 
are  set  much  closer  than  arc  ours.  Both 
use  the  \'-cu'  Rnman  letter.  In  a  circle 
at  the  toj)  of  the  American  stone  is  a 
circle,  in  which  is  inscrilied  either  the 
Latin  cross  or  the  Star  of  David.  Then 
come  the  full  name  of  the  soldier,  the 
State  from  which  he  came,  his  rank,  regi- 
ment and  division,  and  the  date  of  his 
death.  There  is  no  distinction  between 
soldiers  and  officers,  or  any  others  who 
wore  the  uniform. 

From  time  to  time  criticisms  of  the 
condition  of  the  cemeteries  appear  in 
newspapers.  These  criticisms  are  usually 
mistaken  and  unjust,  first  in  that  they 
make  no  allowance  for  the  fact  that  two 
graves    out   of    everv   three    have    Iieen 


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the  lines,  so  to  speak ;  and,  secondly,  be- 
cause the  last  of  the  contracts  for  grad- 
ing, planting  and  the  like  were  let  only 
in  June,  and  that  all  the  past  summer 
workmen  were  swarming  o\-er  the  ceme- 
teries doing  construction  work.  Criti- 
cisms will  appear  from  time  to  time  in 
the  future  until  the  trees  become  suf- 
ficiently grown  to  cast  their  shade  over 
the  graves.  But  one  has  only  to  visit  a 
Civil   War  cemetery  to  appreciate  what 


in  time  these  American  cemeteries  in 
Europe  will  become  in  the  course  of 
years.  If  it  shall  be  objected  that  the 
time  of  waiting  seems  long,  let  us  hope 
and  trust  that  the  sacrifice  represented 
by  those  graves  was  not  for  time 
but  for  eternity.  If  so,  then  each 
year  the  debt  of  civilization  will  in- 
crease and  the  impressiveness  of  the 
cemeteries  will  progress  with  equal  pace. 


A  NEW  HISTORICAL  SERIES 


The  Department  nf  the  Historian  General  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  a  series  of 
articles  by  Professor  John  Bassett,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  on  the  men  who  thought  out  the  American 
Revolution. 

The  series  will  commence  in  the  January,  1924,  D.  A.  R.  Magazine  and  will  be  formed 
around  Benjamin  Franklin,  James  Otis,  Patrick  Henry,  Sam  .'\dams,  and  Thomas  Jefferson. 
Other  American  leaders  will  be  mentioned  as  they  come  into  the  sketches. 

Following  this  series,  the  Historical  Programs  will  be  resumed  in  the  D.  A.  R. 
Magazine  in  time  for  the  use  of  Chapters  in  preparing  programs  for  ne.xt  year. 

Professor  Bassett  ranks  high  as  an  historian.  He  has  occupied  the  Chair  of  History 
at  Trinity  College,  North  Carolina ;  and  Smith  College,  Massachusetts.  He  is  the  author  of 
The  Life  of  Andrew  Jackson,  A  Short  History  of  the  United  States.  Tin-  Plain  Story  of 
American  History. 

The  National  Society  is  fortunate  in  securing"  valuable  articles  from  his  pen. 

(Mrs.  Gkokcf.)    Mary  De  Bolt, 

Historian    General. 


CONNECTICUT 

Connecticut  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  held  their  30th  State  Meeting  on 
October  12,  1923,  in  the  Congregational  Church, 
Cheshire,  Conn.,  by  invitation  of  Lady  Fen- 
wick   Chapter. 

"America  the  Beautiful"  was  sung  as  the 
processional  of  State  Officers  and  guests  came 
into  the  church.  The  ushers  then  escorted 
the  Governor  of  Connecticut,  Hon.  Charles  A. 
Templeton,  to  a  place  on  the  platform,  where 
Mrs.  Templeton  also  was  seated.  In  a  front 
pew  were  the  five  remaining  members  of  the 
town's  Grand   Army  of  the   Republic. 

The  invocation  was  given  by  the  pastor  of 
the  church,  Rev.  J.  Herbert  Bainton.  After 
singing  the  "  Star  Spangled  Banner  "  and  giv- 
ing the  Salute  to  the  Flag,  using  the  revised 
version.  Miss  Nettie  C.  Smith,  Regent  of  the 
hostess  chapter,  gave  a  most  interesting  account 
of  the  early  history  of  the  town  of  Cheshire. 
Mr.  Frank  Rice,  first  selectman,  also  wel- 
comed the  visiting  Daughters.  Mrs.  Charles 
H.  Bissell,  State  Regent,  responded  to  these 
greetings  in  her  usual  happy  manner.  Gov- 
ernor Templeton  made  a  short  but  emphatic 
speech,  urging  the  need  of  self  government, 
and  obedience  to  law.  Mrs.  John  L.  Buel, 
Vice-President  General,  and  Honorary  State 
Regent,  paid  tribute  to  the  hero  of  the  day, 
Christopher  Columbus  —  emphasizing  faith  in 
God,  and  the  need  of  standing  by  the  Consti- 
tution. Mrs.  Frederick  M.  Peasely,  General 
Federation  Director  of  the  State  Federation  of 
Women's  Clubs  and  whose  home  is  in  Cheshire, 
gave  her  greeting  to  the  Daughters.  Rev. 
James  W.  Diggles  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ban- 
tam, Conn.,  spoke  on  "  Political  Indit?erences," 
and  surely  no  one  eligible  to  vote,  could  con- 
scientiouslv  decline  to  do  so,  after  hearing  this 
talk. 

A  recess  was  taken  for  lunch,  which  was 
served  in  the  nearby  halls.  Miss  Katherine  A. 
Nettleton,  State  Vice  Regent,  spoke  on  the 
history  of  the  Ellsworth  Home  at  Windsor, 
Conn.  Rev.  James  Gorden  Gilkey,  of  the 
Second  Congregational  church  in  Springfie'd, 
Mass.,  spoke  on  "  Changing  America  " —  His 
statistics  showed  the  alarming  low  birth  rate 
among  "  We  Americans,"  and  said  that  under 
the  circumstances  we  must  educate  the  best 
of  the  foreigners  to  be  good  "Americans";  he 
cited  several  pathetic   instances   when   environ- 


ment had  accomplished  this.  Good  music  by 
the  choir  was  enjoyed  at  intervals  during  the 
meeting. 

A  message  of  love  and  greeting  was  voted 
to  be  sent  to  Mrs.  George  Maynard  Minor, 
Honorary  President  General,  and  a  beloved 
Connecticut  Daughter. 

A  reception  and  afternoon  tea  was  held  at 
the  close  of  the  meeting  in  the  Town  Hall,  a'ld 
a  banquet  in  honor  of  guests,  was  served  in 
the  evening  at  Waterman's  Inn,  which  being  of 
informal  nature  was  greatly  enjoyed. 
Anna  M.  G.  Sievens, 

Stale  Recording  Secretary. 

GEORGIA 

The  2Sth  Annual  State  Conference  of  the 
Georgia  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion convened  in  Atlanta  and  was  entertained 
by  the  Joseph  Habersham  Chapter,  April  3,  4 
and  .S.  1923. 

On  Tuesday  evening  in  the  auditorium  of  the 
Habersham  Memorial  Hall,  the  Conference, 
one  of  the  most  brilliant  in  the  history  of  the 
organization  in  Georgia,  was  called  to  order 
by  Mrs.  Christian  Clark.  Regent  of  the  hostess 
chapter.  After  invocation  by  Rev.  J.  Sprole 
Lyons,  chaplain,  music  "America  "  by  audience, 
Salute  to  the  Flag  by  audience,  greetings  from 
Joseph  Habersham  Chapter  were  given  by  Mrs. 
Christian  Clark,  followed  by  Address  of  Wel- 
come by  Hon.  Walter  Sims,  Mayor  of  the  city 
of  Atlanta ;  greetings  bv  Gen.  David  M. 
Shanks,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mr.  Alfred  Newell, 
president  of  Chamber  of  Commerce ;  introduc- 
tion of  State  Regent,  Mrs.  Charles  Akerman, 
response  to  address  of  welcome,  by  Mrs. 
Herbert  Franklin ;  introduction  of  Vice-Presi- 
dent General,  Mrs.  Howard  McCall ;  dis- 
tinguished guests  and   State  officers. 

All  the  sessions  of  the  Conference  were 
marked  by  rapid  dispatch  of  business  and  in- 
teresting programs.  The  Conference  had  an 
unusually  large  representation,  117  delegates, 
regents,  and  state  officers  present.  Mrs.  Aker- 
man, State  Regent,  in  her  report  stated  that 
Georgia,  D.  A.  R.  had  expended  approximately 
$28,000  for  educational  and  Americanization 
purp(ises.  Her  report  w^as  most  inspiring. 
She  was  most  happy  in  the  appointment  of 
her  committees,  and  chairman,  and  a  spirit  of 
cooperation  has  existed  throughout  the  State. 

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Wednesday  morning  Conference  was  called 
to  order  by  State  Regent.  After  Scripture 
reading  and  prayer  by  Dr.  J.  B.  Mitchell  and 
the  singing  of  the  "  Star  Spangled  Banner  "  a 
beautiful  Memorial  Service  was  held  in  memory 
of  Mrs.  Wm.  Lawson  Peel,  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Joseph  Habersham  Chapter  and  ex-Vice- 
President  General  and  honorary  State  Regent, 
followed  by  memorials  from  several  chapters 
to  honor  their  dead.  The  floral  offerings  were 
placed  upon  the  grave  of  Mrs.  Peel.  Reports 
of  Credentials  Committee,  Roll  Call,  presenta- 
tion of  Program,  Reading  of  Minutes,  Reports 
of  State  Officers,  Recess,  Luncheon  Craigie 
House,  Guests  of  Atlanta  Chapter. 

Wednesday  afternoon,  Mrs.  Julius  Talmadge, 
State  First  Vice  Regent,  presided.  Reports 
— ■  Chapter  Regents  and  State  Committees. 
Wednesday  evening  —  Reception  by  Joseph 
Habersham  Chapter  in  Habersham  Memorial 
Hall. 

Thursday  — 9:30  A.  M.  Mrs.  Paul  Tram- 
mell,  State  Second  Vice  Regent,  presided. 
Scripture  reading  and  prayer  by  Rev.  Ashby 
Jones,  D.D.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees 
continued,  new  business,  resolutions,  Chapter 
reports  continued.  Luncheon,  1  to  2:30  P.  M., 
by  Joseph  Habersham  Chapter  at  the  Piedmont 
Driving   Club. 

Thursday  —  Conference  called  to  order  by 
State  Regent.  Reports  of  Standing  Com- 
mittees continued.  Chapter  reports  completed, 
unfinished  business.  Time  and  Place.  Ad- 
journed. Tea  at  S  o'clock  P.  \i.,  guests  of 
the  Atlantic  Woman's  Club. 

Thursday  evening  was  an  historic  and  patri- 
otic session. 

A  motor  trip,  Friday  morning,  was  made  to 
Stone  Mountain,  the  site  of  the  great  memorial, 
the  carving  of  which  is  in  the  hands  of  the 
noted   sculptor,   Gutzon   Borglum. 

Among  the  important  resolutions  adopted 
was  the  establishing  of  a  memorial  fund  to 
Mrs.  Peel,  to  be  known  as  the  Lucy  Cook  Peel 
Memorial  Fund,  for  the  preservation  of  records 
and  history ;  a  loan  scholarship  fund  valued  at 
$1,500  to  be  placed  at  Georgia  State  Woman's 
College.  Valdosta ;  the  endorsement  of  the 
Towner-Sterling  bill ;  the  nation  wide  move- 
ment to  Americanize  foreigners,  teaching 
adults  good  citizenship,  what  our  government 
stands  for  and  teaching  children  to  be  good 
American  citizens. 

The  services  of  the  re-interment  of  General 
John  Clark,  were  held  at  the  National  Ceme- 
tery, Marietta,  Ga.  Several  hundred  citizens  of 
Marietta  and  many  visitors  from  the  D.  A.  R. 
were  present.  The  remains  of  General  Clark 
had  rested  for  nearly  a  century  near  the  shore 
of   St.  Andrews   Bay,   Fla.,  on  what   formerly 


was  the  estate  of  General  Clark.  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  recently  discovered 
that  the  graves  of  General  Clark  and  of  his 
two  grandchildren  were  in  the  back  yard  of  a 
private  dwelling  almost  obscured  by  debris. 
Seven  valuable  Revolutionary  relics  for  the 
Aluseum  at  Memorial  Continental  Hall  were 
secured  by  Mrs.  Reeves  Brown,  State  Chair- 
man, and  displayed  to  the  Conference. 
(Mrs.  J.  A.)  Anne  Boisfeuillet  Peacock, 

State  Historian. 

VERMONT 

The  Vermont  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  held  their  24th  annual  State  Con- 
ference at  St.  Albans,  October  3,  1923,  by  in- 
vitation of  the  resident  Chapter,  Bellevue. 
There  was  a  good  attendance,  twenty-four 
chapters  being  represented.  The  meetings  were 
held  in  the  First  Congregational  Church.  The 
Conference  was  convened  with  the  usual  cere- 
mony. A  page  bearing  aloft  the  American 
flag  marched  to  the  platform  preceding  si.x 
pages  gowned  in  white.  These  were  followed 
by  the  State  officers. 

The  session  was  opened  by  the  State  Regent, 
Mrs.  Farnham,  followed  by  the  invocation  by 
!Miss  Jennie  A.  \'alentine,  chaplain.  The  sing- 
ing of  one  verse  of  "America "  by  the  entire 
assembly,  was  made  more  impressive  by  the 
new  flag  salute. 

Mrs.  E.  C.  Smith  welcomed  the  conference 
to  St.  Albans.  Airs.  W.  F.  Root,  vice-regent 
responded.  Mrs.  Harman  of  Rutland  brought 
greetings  from  the  Vermont  Colonial  Dames. 
Greetings  from  the  Daughters  of  1812  were 
sent  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Prouty  of  Montpelier  and 
read  by  the  secretary,  Mrs.  D.  A.  Loomis. 
Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  vice-president  gen- 
eral, N.  S.  D.  A.  R ,  gave  cordial  greetings 
from  the  National  Society.  Mrs.  Healey  of 
New  Jersey  extended  greetings  from  the  New 
Jersey  chapters. 

Reports  of  the  State  meeting  at  Memorial 
Continental  Hall  in  Washington,  D.  C,  last 
.•\pril  and  of  the  23rd  annual  State  meeting 
held  at  Rutland  last  October  were  given  by  the 
State  secretary,  Mrs.  D.  A.  Loomis. 

A  duet,  "  His  Greetings  "  rendered  by  Mrs. 
F.  D.  Post  and  Mrs.  M.  D.  Armstrong,  was 
much  enjoyed.  This  was  followed  by  inter- 
esting and  valuable  reports  by  the  State  officers 
and  the  reports  of  the  chapter  regents. 

The  afternoon  program  was  as  follows 
Singing  of  "  The  Star  Spangled  Banner  " ;  re- 
ports by  chairmen  of  national  committees : 
Americanization,  Mrs.  A.  V.  D.  Piper ;  Con- 
servation and  Thrift,  Mrs.  Martha  Edgerton ; 
Correct    Use    of    Flag,    Mrs.    Lucia    Darling; 


STATE  CONFERENCES 


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Historical  and  Literary  Reciprocity,  Mrs.  Lida 
l\ipley ;  International  Relations,  Mrs.  E.  S. 
Marsh ;  Magazine,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Norton ;  Na- 
tional Old  Trails  Road,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Kidd ; 
Patriotic  Education,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Isham ;  Pres- 
ervation of  Historic  Spots,  Miss  Shirley  Farr ; 
Revolutionary  relics  for  Continental  hall,  Mrs. 
lohn  Stewart ;  Genealogical  Research,  Mrs. 
L.  C.  Russell;  Manual,  Mrs.  Ada  Gillingham ; 
Better  Films,  Miss  Lora  I.  Blood;  D.  A.  R.  Stu- 
dent Loan  Fund,  Mrs.  L.  W.  Hanson ;  Ellis 
Island,  Mrs.  Frank  Warner ;  Publicity,  Mrs. 
Charles  N.  Geer ;  Caroline  Scott  Harrison ; 
Memorial  Fund,  Mrs.  Gertrude  S.  Young ; 
Liquidation  and  Endowment,  Mrs.  Julia  K. 
Horsford ;  Girl  Home  Makers,  Miss  E.  Dawn 
Hoag. 

The  following  officers  were  re-elected  for 
the  ensuing  year :  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs. 
D.  A.  Loomis  of  Burlington ;  Treasurer,  Mrs. 
R.  W.  McCuen  of  Burlington;  Chaplain.  Miss 
Jennie  A.  Valentine,  Bennington ;  Auditor,  Mrs. 
Esther  L.  Edwards  of  Poultney ;  Historian, 
Mrs.  A.  G.  Coolidge  of  Rutland ;  Librarian, 
Miss  Abbie  Clark  of  Randolph. 

The  Regent,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Farnham,  of 
Montpelier;  Vice-Regent,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Root  of 
Brattleboro,  and  Corresponding  Secretary. 
Mrs.  Ralph  Putnam  of  Waterbury,  were 
elected  last  year  for  a  term  of  three  years. 

Senator  Frank  L.  Greene,  in  an  informal  talk, 
stated  that   St.   Albans   did   not   have   anything 


(if  historical  importance  as  far  as  the  Revolu- 
tion was  concerned  as  that  war  was  fought  far 
below  this  vicinity.  He  said  that  our  fore- 
fathers came  to  Vermont  with  nothing  but  the 
shadow  of  a  future  staring  them  in  the  face. 
And  here  he  stressed  the  vital  importance  of 
the  home,  the  chief  factor  in  the  establishment 
of   a   stable  government. 

It  was  announced  that  a  new  chapter  at 
Barre  had  been  recently  organized. 

A  telegram  of  sympathy  was  sent  Mrs.  J.  J. 
Estey,  Honorary  Vice-President  General  for 
Vermont,  who  because  of  illness,  was  absent 
from  the  State  meeting  for  the  first  time  in 
many  years. 

The  hospitality  of  the  St.  Albans  Daughters 
and  friends  was  shown  in  a  most  cordial  wel- 
come, careful  arrangement  of  the  details  of  the 
Conference,  fine  music,  a  Five  O'clock  Tea  at 
the  Rooms  of  the  Autonoe  Club  and  a  most 
delightful  reception  in  the  evening,  at  "  Seven 
Acres,"  the  spacious  home  of  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Smith. 

The  Twenty-fourth  Conference  was  an  ex- 
pression of  enthusiastic  interest.  State  officers, 
standing  committees  and  chapter  regents  re- 
flected the  same  spirit  of  earnestness  and  patri- 
otic zeal  toward  all  the  aims  and  purposes  of 
the  National  Society. 

(Mrs.  a.  G.)  Rose  Coolipge, 

Statr  Hisloriiin. 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  RITUAL 


The  Ritual  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  prepared  h\-  Mrs.  Emma 
Waite  Avery,  has  become  indispensable  to 
many  Chapters  over  the  country. 

Nearly  all  organizations,  religious,  patriotic 
or  social,  have  some  form  of  service  fittingly 
adapted  to  both  special  and  ordinary  meetings. 

The  publishing  of  a  D.  A.  R.  Ritual  was  not 
undertaken  as  a  money-making  scheme,  but  a 
New  England  Chapter  deputed  one  of  its 
members  to  prepare  a  Ritual  for  its  own  use. 
At  the  State  Conference  one  of  the  type- 
written copies  disappeared  and  the  Chapter 
soon  found  that  in  order  to  protect  itself,  an 
immediate  copyright  was  necessary,   which   re- 


quired a  printed  copy,  and  this  accounts  fo,- 
the  first  edition  of  a  thousand  copies,  wliich 
were  readily  disposed  of.  Its  use  has  spread 
into  nearly  every  State  in  the  Union.— in  one 
or  two  States  nearly  every  Chapter  uses  it. 
The  repeated  orders  from  Chapters  speaks 
well   for  it  as  an  acknowledged  necessity. 

Anyone  who  has  attended  a  State  Confer- 
ence where  the  Ritual  has  been  used  or  on  any 
Memorial  occasion,  could  not  but  be  impressed 
with  the  admirable  way  in  which  in  its  triple 
form  —  religious,  historical  and  patriotic,  it 
interprets  the  aims  of  our  great  organization, 
both  to  ourselves  and  to  the  world.  It  has 
always  received  the  most  cordial  approval  of 
our  National  Ofticers. 


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must  l>e  fypez.'riltcn.  They  should  not  exceed  400  zi-ords  in  length  and  must  be  signed  by  a 
C/uipter  officer. —  Editor. 


Anne  Frisby  Fitzhugh  Chapter  (Bay  City, 
Mich.)  was  urganized  June  22,  1900,  with 
eighteen  members.  Today  we  have  ninety-three 
with  several  papers  in  Washington. 

With  inspiring  patriotic  ceremonies  a  me- 
morial flagstaff  with  bronze  tablet  was  dedi- 
cated in  gratitude  and  affection,  on  Memorial 
Day  1922  in  Wenonah  Park  on  the  historic 
Saginaw  River,  the  gift  of  our  Chapter  "  In 
memory  of  the  Bay 
Co.  heroes  of  all 
the  wars,  and  in 
honor  of  those  who 
have  given  their 
services  to  the  cause 
of   humanity." 

Sharply  at  1  :30 
the  patriotic  or- 
ganizations of  Bay 
City,  led  by  the 
band  and  colors  of 
the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic, 
formed  in  line  and 
marched  from  the 
Armory  to  the 
Wenonah  Park 
Docks,  where  the 
Woman's  Relief 
Corps  and  the 
Ladies  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  conducted 
the  ceremony  of 
strewing  flowers  on 
the  waters  in  mem- 
ory of  the  soldiers 
and  sailors  who  lost 
their  lives  at  sea. 

The  organiza-  t.\blet  erectkh  i;y  hie  an 
tions    then    formed 

in  a  hollow  square  around  the  base  of  the 
memorial  flag  pole,  and  Mr.  Homer  E.  Buck, 
acting  as  Master  of  Ceremonies,  introduced 
our  Regent,  Mrs.  Irene  Pomeroy  Shields,  who 
presented  the  memorial  to  the  city  in  behalf  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
Anne    Frisby    Fitzhugh    Chapter. 

She  said  in  part :     "  We  have  met  to  show 
our  esteem  and  veneration  for  the  veterans  still 
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left,  and  for  the  heroes  who  sleep  the  dream- 
less sleep,  for  they  are  heroes  all.  What  mat- 
ter where  they  lie?  Theirs  is  the  glory  —  ours 
tlie  gratitude.  The  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  ever  strive  to  keep  alive  the  mem- 
ory of  these  heroes  and  to  teach  the  principles 
of  citizenship  which  is  the  foundation  of  all 
true  patriotism." 

The  memorial  flagstaff  with  steel  pole  rising 
150  feet  from  base, 
will  stand  there 
for  years  to  come, 
a  monument  of 
Love  with  a  mes- 
sage of  Peace,  sup- 
porting our  coun- 
try's symbol,  which 
was  a  gift  from 
the  Chapter  a  few 
years   ago. 

In  June,  we  were 
again  in  Dow 
Gardens,  Midland, 
Mich.,  the  home  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H. 
H.  Dow.  Anne 
Frisby  Fitzhugh 
Chapter  acted  as 
hostess  for  the 
day,  entertaining 
John  Alden,  Mid- 
land, and  Saginaw 
Chapters,  D.  A.  R. 
We  had  as  our 
guest,  State  Regent 
Mrs.  Victor  Sey- 
dell  of  Grand  Rap- 
ids, who  gave  us 
FKisav  iiiziii-GH  CHAPTER  an  instructive  ad- 
dress, after  which 
a  luncheon,  served  in  the  garden,  was  enjoyed 
by  all. 

November  18,  our  Chapter  together  with 
John  Alden  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  helped  celebrate 
the  Twentieth  birthday  of  Saginaw  Chapter 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Henry  J.  Gilbert  of  Sag- 
inaw. Mrs.  Gilbert  is  one  of  Saginaw's  very 
able  Past  Regents.  A  most  delightful  luncheon 
was  served,  centered  around  an  unique  birthday 


WORK  OF  THE  CMapTERs 


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cake  studded  with  twenty  candles.  This 
was  followed  by  a  program  of  unusual  merit. 
Again  we  had  as  our  guest  of  honor,  State 
Regent  Mrs.  Victor  Seydell,  who  gave  an  in- 
spiring talk  on  what  the  D.  A.  R.  as  an  or- 
ganization is  doing  throughout  the  country, 
mentioning  in  particular  its  Americanization 
work  at  Ellis  Island. 

Our  own  Mrs.  Volney  Young,  State  Treas- 
urer, spoke  on  how  the  funds  of  the  Michigan 
Chapters  were  being  disbursed,  which  helped 
us  to  realize  the  need  of  co-operation. 

Anne  Frisby  Fitzhugh  Chapter  is  particularly 
interested  in  citizenship  work.  A  standing 
committee  meeting  with  the  classes,  quarterly, 
at  the  Court  House,  assisting  them  in  every 
way  possible.  A  pamphlet  entitled  Law  of 
Naturalization  Made  Easy,  together  with  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  is  ofifered 
each,  for  sale  at  the  cost  of  fifteen  cents  when 
the  applicants  secure  their  first  papers.  Upon 
having  passed  into  their  new  legacy,  that  of 
citizen  of  the  United  States  of  America,  a 
D.  A.  R.  Manual  with  a  small  silk  flag  to 
honor  and  to  cherish,  is  given  them  by  the 
committee  in  charge. 

We  are  deeply  interested  in  State  and  Na- 
tional afi^airs  of  the  D.  A.  R.  contributing 
through  the  State  Budget  to  Pine  Mountain 
School,  SchaufHer,  Berea  Fireside  Industries 
and  Tamassee,  S.  C.  and  stand  1009o  in  the 
three  National  Causes.  Aside  from  this,  the 
marking  of  old  sites,  graves  of  real  daughters 
togetlicr  with  those  of  historic  Indians  and 
bringing  forth  from  the  musty  past  Indian 
traditions  and  history  are  among  our  plans. 

As  a  body  we  have  marked  Bay  City's  oldest 
house,  and  are  arranging  for  a  marker  for 
grave  of  a  Real  Daughter,  Susie  Corbin  Dodge, 
which  lias  just  recently  been  discovered  by  us. 


In  conclusion  might  be  added  Anne  Frisby 
Fitzhugh  Chapter  is  acting  custodian  of  the 
skull  and  portion  of  Colonel's  uniform  of 
Ogema-ke-gato,  Chief  Speaker  of  the  Chippe- 
was,  who  through  his  eloquence  when  called 
to  Washington  by  President  Jackson  in  behalf 
of  the  Michigan  Indians,  was  given  a  colonel's 
uniform,  which  he  was  buried  in.  We  hope 
to  place  a  boulder  witli  bronze  tablet  to  his 
memory  at  an  early  date. 

Mrs.  Ho.mer  E.  Buck, 

Chapter  Historian. 

Pittsburgh  Chapter  (Pittsburgh,  Pa.). 
Pittsburgli  has  been  a  pioneer  city  in  many 
ways.  Owing  to  its  being  the  home  of  the 
Westinghouse  Electric  and  Manufacturing 
Company,  it  has  blazed  the  trail  for  Radio. 

The  first  sermon  to  be  broadcasted  over  the 
radiophone  was  from  Calvary  Episcopal  Church 
of  Pittsljurgh.  A  bronze  tablet  is  about  to 
be  placed  on  the  church  to  commemorate  the 
fact. 

The  Pittsburgh  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
.American  Revolution,  always  progressive,  is 
the  first  to  make  use  of  Radio.  On  Tuesday 
evening,  April  3rd,  a  program  by  Chapter  mem- 
bers was  broadcasted  from  the  Westinghouse 
Studio.  "  America  "  was  sung  by  Mrs.  V'ida 
McCullough  McClure.  Mrs.  William  D. 
Hamilton,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, spoke  on  the  work  of  the  National  Or- 
ganization. Patriotic  Education  was  empha- 
sized, as  was  also  the  fact,  that  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  do  not  live  in  the 
past.  They  are  interested  in  the  questions  and 
problems  that  confront  the  world  to-day.  Mrs. 
Anna  Laura  Cree  sang  most  effectively  — 
"  America  the  Beautiful  "  as  a  closing  number. 

Reports   are   coming   in    to   Chapter   ineniliers 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


from   interested   persons   who   shared   the   pro- 
gram  by    "  listening   in."      It    was    heard    dis- 
tinctly   in    Taunton,    Mass.,    Philadelphia,    Pa., 
Waterbury,    Conn.,  and  many  other   cities. 
Mrs.  Marcellin  C.  Adams, 

Regent. 

Sergeant  Newton  Chapter  (Covington, 
Ga.),  on  Wednesday.  May  9,  1923,  held  the 
last  meeting  for  the  Spring  months,  with  Mrs. 
Lester.  The  meeting  was  well  attended  and 
much  business  was  transacted.  Plans  were 
made  to  erect  a  fitting  memorial  to  our  World 
War  heroes  and  the  work  was  placed  in  the 
hands     of     the     following     committee :       Mrs. 


Rogers,  Asst.  Historian ;  Mrs.  L.  L.  Bryan, 
Reporter;  Mrs.  Evans  Lunsford,  Chaplain; 
Mrs.  James  F.  Rogers,  Parliamentarian ;  Miss 
Sallie  M.  Lockwell,  Rec.  Secy. 

A  report  was  made  showing  that  the  D.A.R. 
ring,  given  by  the  Chapter  for  the  finest  record 
made  by  a  pupil  of  the  High  School  in  the 
study  of  American  history  for  the  past  year, 
was  won  by  Charles  Turner  Lester.  The 
Chapter  offers  this  prize  every  year  and  the 
ring  is  a  more  popular  award  than  the  medal. 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Clark. 

Otoe   Chapter    (Nebraska  City,   Neb.),  was 
organized  February    15,    1911,   at  the  home  of 


COLONIAL  TEA  OF  OTOE  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R.,  AT  THE  HOME  OF  MRS.  W.  S.  CORNUTT,  NEBRASKA  CITY 


Homer  L.  Hitchcock,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Robinson, 
and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Clark.  The  Chapter  voted  to 
use  the  Victory  bonds  to  aid  in  the  erection 
of  the  Memorial.  A  report  was  made  by  Mrs. 
Hitchcock  concerning  an  historical  pageant 
which  was  given  in  August  for  this  memorial 
fund.  Miss  Josephine  Franklin,  of  Covington 
directed  the  pageant. 

Our  delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress  at 
Washington  gave  a  fine  report  of  it. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the 
year  beginning  Sept.  6th :  Mrs.  J.  C.  Upshane, 
Regent;  Mrs.  Homer  L.  Hitchcock,  Registrar; 
Mrs.  James  E.  Philipps,  Treasurer ;  Mrs.  V. 
W.     Henderson,     Historian ;     Mrs.     James     F. 


Mrs,  O.  C.  Morton.  We  began  with  twenty- 
five  members.  The  name  is  taken  from  the 
county  (Otoe)  and  that  from  a  tribe  of 
Indians  that  once  occupied  this  country. 

We  have  an  interesting  historic  background, 
for  this  town  was  the  original  Fort  Kearney. 
In  the  early  forties  a  company  of  troops  was 
stationed  here  for  the  protection  of  settlers 
and  travelers.  The  block-house,  built  by  them, 
remained  for  many  years  a  picturesque  object 
on  the  principal  street  of  our  town,  but  was 
finally  demolished  to  make  room  for  a  more 
ambitious  building.  In  1848  the  Fort  was 
moved  further  west  where  it  protected  the 
overland  travelers. 


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W'e  have  here  a  place  of  which  we  are  justly 
proud,  the  famous  Arbor  Lodge,  the  old  home 
of  the  author  of  Arbor  Day.  It  comprises 
a  stately  and  beautiful  mansion,  surrounded  by 
many  acres  of  ground  on  which  grow  numer- 
ous varieties  of  noble  trees.  This  place  now 
belongs  to  the  State  of  Nebraska,  a  gift  from 
the  son.  Jay  Morton  of  Chicago,  to  be  kept 
as  a  memorial  to  his  father. 

Our  first  duty  was  to  place  a  marker  on 
the  Overland  Trail,  for  Nebraska  City  was 
one  of  the  great  freighting  points  westward. 
In  the  early  sixties  it  was  the  government 
headquarters  for  the  outfitting  trains  for  the 
various  forts  from  here  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
and  long  trains  of  wagons  drawn  liy  mules  nr 
oxen  were  familiar  objects  in  our  streets. 

Our  Chapter,  starting  out  so  bravely,  soon 
passed  through  dark  days  and  for  a  period  of 
several  years  possessed  only  twelve  resident 
members,  but  twelve  earnest,  faithful,  patriotic 
women  can  do  much  in  a  town  of  this  size 
(7,(X)0)  and  much  was  accomplished.  We 
placed  flag  posters  in  our  public  schools  and 
buildings,  also  copies  of  the  Constitution.  Each 
year  we  have  given  a  gold  medal  to  the  student 
in  our  grade  schools  standing  highest  in  Ameri- 
can History.  During  the  war  we  met  every 
obligation,  contributing  to  the  various  patriotic 
demands  made  upon  us,  taking  up  Red  Cross 
work  with  enthusiasm,  giving  to  the  mountain 
schools,  to  Tilloloy  and  other  objects  nf  like 
interest. 

Since  the  war,  with  increased  membership, 
we  have  placed  a  beautiful  bronze  tablet  in  the 
Court  House  containing  the  names  of  the 
twenty-eight  heroic  men  from  Otoe  County 
who  died  in  the  service  of  their  country.  This 
tablet  will  eventually  rest  in  the  Community 
house  to  be  built  here  by  the  American  Legion. 

For  several  years  we  have  been  studying  the 
American  Revolution  and  early  history  of  this 
country.  Several  papers  have  been  given  on 
these  subjects  worthy  of  a  place  in  D.A.R. 
annals,  as  they  show  both  study  and  research 
•>xurk. 

We  begin  our  meetings  with  the  salute  to  the 
flag,  repeat  in  unison  the  American's  Creed 
and  the  Lord's  Prayer ;  a  short  business  meet- 
ing follows,  after  that  a  review  of  the  D.A.R. 
Magazine.  Current  events  are  given,  then  an 
original  paper  is  read  by  one  of  our  members. 

We  now  number  thirty-three  members, 
having  gained  ten  during  the  past  year.  We 
regret  very  much  the  resignation  of  our  regent, 
Mrs.  O.  C.  Morton.  She  was  also  our  first 
regent. 

Mrs.  J..\sper  A.  W.\re, 

Historian. 


Nathan  Hale  Chapter  (St.  Paul,  Minn.), 
has  held  during  the  year,  seven  regular  meet- 
mgs  with  an  average  attendance  of  twenty- 
seven,  and  seven  Executive  Board  meetings 
with  an  average  attendance  of  11.  It  has  been 
a  particularly  busy  year,  and  therefore  a  par- 
ticularly enjoyable  one. 

A  campaign  for  raising  funds  for  our 
marker  was  definitely  launched  and  it  has  been 
carried  on  successfully  because  the  spirit  of 
the  Chapter  has  been  one  of  earnest  co-opera- 
tion. Each  member  has  done  something  to 
increase  our  balance  in  the  bank. 

Two  delightful  covered-dish  luncheons  fol- 
lijwed  by  auction  sales  of  contributed  articles 
of  food  and  fancy  work  were  given  in  No- 
vember and  February,  and  in  March  a  sale  of 
favorite  recipes  was  held.  The  success  of 
these  will  be  shown  in  the  Treasurer's  report. 
The  Ways  and  Means  Committee  is  to  be 
congratulated  for  its  splendid  and  helpful  sug- 
gestions and  the  members  for  their  untiring 
efforts  in  carrying  these  suggestions  on  to 
success.  The  Marker  Committee  has  spared 
no  effort  to  secure  the  most  artistic  tablet  to 
commemorate  the  enlistment  of  Josias  R.  King, 
who  was  the  first  man  in  tlie  United  States  to 
volunteer,  and  the  first  Minnesotan  to  enlist  in 
the  Civil  War,  and  to  find  the  most  desirable 
and  historically  correct  location  for  it.  Designs 
were  submitted  from  three  leading  firms  in  the 
Fast  and  a  selection  was  made  from  these. 
When  the  unveiling  takes  place  in  the  Union 
Station  on  June  6th,  we  shall  all  feel  proud 
to  have  had  a  share  in  this  tribute  to  our 
Pioneer  Minnesota  Patriot,  and  in  adding  so 
beautiful  a  memorial  to  the  city  of   St.  Paul. 

Under  the  direction  of  the  Americanization 
Committee,  sewing  for  expectant  mothers  and 
babies  was  done  at  our  regular  monthly  meet- 
ings. Owing  to  the  amount  of  work  to  be 
done,  there  was  little  opportunity  fur  dutside 
entertainment,  though  on  one  afternoon  we 
enjoyed   some   delightful   readings. 

Antique  curtain  holders  for  the  new  curtains 
in  Relic  Room  at  Sibley  House  and  a  picture 
of  General  Sibley  and  his  Staff  were  presented 
to  Sibley  House  by  the  Chapter,  and  gifts  of 
money  were  made  to  Berry  School  and  to 
Caroline  Scott  Harrison  Memorial  Dormitory 
for   Girls   at   Oxford,   Ohio. 

All  the  Committees  have  been  actively  at 
work  and  their  reports  have  been  an  inspiration 
to  those  of  the  Chapter  who  have  been  privi- 
ledged   to   hear   them. 

JiN'E  Hkcker  Jobf.s, 

Recording  Secretary. 


To  Contributors  —  Please  observe  carefully  the  following  rules: 

1.  l"4ames  and  dates  must  be  clearly  written  or  typewritten.     Do  not  use  pencil. 

2.  All  queries  must  be  short  and  to  the  point. 

3.  All  queries  and  answers  must  be  signed  and  sender's  address  ^ven. 

4.  In  answering  queries  give  date  of  magazine  and  number  and  signature  of  query. 

5.  Only  answers  containing  proof  are  requested.      Unverified  family  traditions  will  not  be 

published. 
All  letters  to  be  forwarded  to  contributors  must  be  unsealed  and  sent  in  blank,  stamped 
envelopes  accompanied  by  the  number  of  the  query  and  its  signature.      The  right  is  reserved 
to  print  information  contained  in  the  communication  to  be  forwarded. 

EDITH  ROBERTS  RAMSBURGH 
GENEALOGICAL  EDITOR 

The  Portner,    Washington,  D.  C. 


ANSWERS 

10003.  Hall. —  Joseph  Swetland  &  Salome 
Hall  were  married  at  Kent,  Comi.  27  Sept. 
1786.  Ref :  Kent,  Comi.  Vital  Records.  Would 
like  to  correspond  with  E.  B. —  Mrs.  Ncllic 
Cessncr,   Plymouth,   Indiana. 

10539.  Cronemiller. —  Martin  Cronemiller  is 
buried  in  "  Lewis "  Cemetery,  nr  Mifflinburg, 
Union  Co.,  Pa.  He  d  26  Tan  1838  aged  76 
yrs.  Was  a  sol.  in  Rev.  &  pensioned  28  Feb. 
1833.  By  writing  to  Commissioner  of  Pensions, 
Washington  D.  C.  you  may  be  able  to  find 
names  of  his  w  &  ch.  This  rec.  is  taken  from 
his  tombstone  &  histories. —  Mrs.  JV.  C.  Bartol. 
Lewisburg,  Pa. 

10784.  Martin. —  Samuel  Martin  m  Nancy 
Braden-Breedon,  no  dates.  Their  ch  were 
Robt.,  James,  Walter,  Samuel  m  Eleanor  Brea- 
den,  Alex.,  Wm.  1821-1885,  Agnes  &  Margaret, 
Robt.  Martin  m  Sarah  McLaughlin,  "  whose 
mother  was  a  Wilson  "  He  d  1781  aged  45  & 
Sarah  d  1823  aged  41.  Their  ch  were  James 
Wilson,  1805-1896;  Sarah,  1813-1902.  These 
two  m  bro  &  sis,  Alex.  &  Eliz  Blair  &  Wm 
Martin  m  their  sis  Mary  Blair.  The  Blairs 
were  of  York  Co.,  Pa.  ch  of  Robt.  &  Jean 
Allison  Blair.  See  records  of  Guinston.  The 
step  father  of  Jean  Allison  was  Samuel  Martin, 
1714-1804.  Jean's  aunt  m  Wm.  Wilson,  all  of 
York  Co.  The  tangle  of  MartinWilson  names 
is  all  through  the  descent  &  orig.  in  York  & 
Cumberland  Co.s,  later  they  removed  to  Beaver 
&  Washington  Co.s  abt  1800.  The  will  of 
Robt  Martin  bequeathed  property  in  Cumber- 
land Co.—  Mrs.  E.  B.  Wall,  1228  S.  Maple  St., 
Carthage,  Mo. 

llS93a.  Bryan". — Wm  Brvan  who  came  from 

Ireland  1718  was  b  1695  &  d  1789.     Their  son 

John  b  prior  to   1717  d  1799  was  at  battle  of 

Great   Meadows    1754,   in    Capt.   Peter    Hogg's 

742 


Co.    Ref.    Va.    County   Records   Vol   2,   p   111, 

Augusta  Co.  After  battle  of  'Great  Meadows 
returned  to  Capt  Stobo's  Co.  1754. —  Gen  Ed. 

11593a  Bkyan. —  This  query  was  also  an- 
swered very  fully  by  Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Bird, 
Nampa,  Idaho,  Route  1,  who  gives  as  her  au- 
thority "  Notable  Southern  Families,"  by  Zella 
Armstrong,  Vol.  2,  p  43.  She  would  like  to 
correspond  with  desc  of  this  family. 

11544.  West.— Thos.  West  had  Bounty  Land 
on  the  Nolachuckey  River  in  Tenn.  as  appears 
by  the  tax  records  of  Green  Co.  His  name 
never  appears  again  on  the  Green  Co.  recs  & 
his  death  is  not  recorded  in  Tenn,  as  far  as  is 
known.  He  m  Eliz  Hamilton  but  no  rec  of  the 
m  is  known  to  exist  except  fam.  recs.  The 
only  Thos  West  who  rec'd  bounty  land  in 
Tenn.  (there  were  several  who  rec'd  land  in 
Ky.)  Was  Capt.  Thos.  West  of  Alexandria, 
son  of  John  &  Catherine  Colville  West.  He 
is  the  only  Va.  West  mentioned  in  Heitman. 
He  d  in  Alexandria  &  left  some  of  his  property 
to  his  cousin  Jemima  West  Adams.  He  did  not 
desc  from  Lord  de  la  Warre  Gov.  of  Va.  but 
may  be  from  a  younger  son  farther  back. — 
Mrs.  B.  A.   Tyler,  Dalton,  Ga. 

1163Uc)  Mathewson. —  In  the  Appendix  of 
"  The  Green  Family  and  Its  Branches  "  by 
Lora  S.  La  Mance,  there  is  a  very  complete 
history  of  the  Mathewson  family.  If  your 
desired  infor,  is  not  there  write  direct  to  Mrs. 
Lora  S.  La  Mance,  Lake  Wales,  Florida. — 
Mrs.  Anna  R.  Rheineck.  616  Hi  Mount  Blvd., 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

11646.  Beatty. —  John  Beatty  m  Susanah 
Ashfordby  2  Jan.  1700.  Their  s  Wm.  m  Eliz., 
(name  not  given).  Wm.  d  27  July  1757  &  his 
will  was  prob  20  Aug.  1757.  Wm.  son  of  Wm. 
&  Eliz.  b.  7  Jan.  1739  d  25  April  1801,  m  Mary 
Dorothea  Grosh   1   Mch   1757.     Their  ch  were 


GENEALOGICAL  DEPARTMENT 


743 


W'ni.,  Henry,  Eliz.,  John,  Cornelius,  Sophia, 
Mary,  George,  Otho,  Eleanor,  Elie,  Adam, 
John  Michael,  David,  Wm.,  Augustus. —  Mrs. 
Francis  H.   Markell.     Frederick,  Md. 

11646.  Be.\tty. —  Elizabeth,  w  of  Wm. 
Beatty,  was  the  dau  of  Cornelius  Carmack 
whose  will  was  made  13  May  1746.  He  styled 
himself  as  Cornelius  Carmack  of  Monocksey, 
Prince  Georges  Co.,  Md.  He  ment.  his  w 
Guein,  &  chil  John,  Marey,  Coren,  Eliz.  Evans, 
Catherine.  This  will  is  recorded  on  Liber  A., 
Jtl,  folio  27,  office  of  Register  of  Wills  for 
Frederick,  Md.  Ref  : —  Beatty-Asf  ordby  Gene- 
alogy, by  Turk,  pps  107,  149,  150,  151.    Gen  Ed. 

QUERIES 

11682(2).  Williams  -  Thornton. —  Mercy 
Williams  b  17&t  m  abt  1800  Elihu  Thornton 
b  1780.  Both  b  in  R.  I.  prob  Johnston,  later 
removing  to  Otsego  Co  N.  Y.  Wanted  date 
&  place  of  m,  parentage  &  Rev.  rec  of  fathers 
of  each.  Their  ch  included  Samuel,  Oliver, 
Wm.,  Mary,  Eliza  were  there  others? 

(a)  Armstrong. —  Wanted  parentage  of 
Triphemia  Armstrong  b  1786  m  Henry  Knowl- 
ton  &  d  12  Feb.  1825  at  Fly  Creek,  N.  Y. 
Had  her  f  Rev.  rec? 

(b)  Knowlton. —  Wanted  place  of  res.  & 
Rev.  rec  of  Rev.  Gideon  Knowlton  b  1759  d  15 
Aug  1810.  Place  mentioned  in  Stocking's 
Knowlton  Ancestry  is  incorrect. 

(c)  Hayden. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Polly 
Hayden  w  of  Rev.  Gideon  Knowlton  who  d 
29  Aug  1822.  Did  her  f  have  Rev.  rec.?— 
R.  K.  M. 

11683.  Tomson-Harrington. — Wanted  ances 
of  Wm.  Tomson  of  Canterbury,  Ct.  &  of  his 
w  Prudence  Harrington.  Wanted  also  names 
of   w  &   ch  of    their   son   Wm. 

(a)  Hubbard. —  Wanted  parentage  of  Judith 
Hubbard  who  m  Oliver  Button  b  in  Haddam, 
Ct.    They  lived  &  d  in  Ludlow,  Mass. 

(b)  Enos. —  Wanted  gen  of  Rachel  Enos 
who  m  1st  Dr.  Seth  Hovey,  by  whom  she  had 
two  ch,  &  later  James  Tomson  who  was  b  in 
Norwich  Ct.  He  &  w  Rachel  both  d  in  Lud- 
low, Mass.  &  are  buried  in  the  Belchertown, 
Ludlow  Cemetery. —  H.   H.  W. 

11684.  Harden. — Wanted  parentage  of  Sarali 
Harden,  w  of  Uel  Lamkin  of   N.  C. 

(a)  Jackson. — Wanted  parentage  of  Oliver, 
Joseph  &  Abner  Jay  Jackson  b  Monroe  Co., 
Ky.  Father's  n  said  to  have  been  Ezekiel. — 
O.  E.  D. 

11685.  Bird. —  Wanted  parentage,  dates  of  b 
&m  &nof  wof  Peter  Bird  who  lived  in 
Halifa.x  Co.,  Halifax  Dist,  N.  C.  &  d  in  Han- 
cock Co.,  Ga.  1803.  His  ch.  were  James,  Irvin 
&  Nancy.— F.  S.  H. 


11686.  Newton. —  Wanted  ances  of  David 
Newton  b  25  Mch  1753,  lived  in  Hartford,  Vt. 
&  there  m  Mary  Hazen  16  Sept  1773.  Also 
gen  of  Nancy  Wilder  of  Hartford,  \'t.  who 
mar  Sheldon,  son  of  David  Newton. — A.  T.  W. 

11687.  McLemore. —  Wanted  gen,  dates  & 
infor  of  Major  Joel  McLemore,  Maj.  in  Col. 
T.  Taylor's  Regt.  S.  C.  in  Rev.— E.  VV.  H. 

11688.  Peale. — Wanted  date  of  b,  m,  name 
of  w,  rec  of  b  of  ch,  of  Raphael,  sun  of 
Charles  Wilson  Peale  of  Phila.  (the  artist)  — 
C.  M.  W.  W. 

11689.  Hudson. — Wanted  parentage  &  any 
infor  of  ances  of  Wm.  P.  Hudson  b  in  Eng 
1795,  m  Julia  Catron  in  Va.  or  Tenn.  Moved 
to  Lafayette  Co.,  Mo.  abt  1810  from  White 
Co.,  Texas.  Had  bro  Hall  &  sis  Mary.  Wm. 
P.  Hudson  d  abt  1841  in  Dade  Co,  Mo.  Would 
like  to  curres   with  member  of   this   family. 

(a)  Catron. — Wanted  parentage  of  Julia 
Catron  who  m  Wm.  P.  Hudson  &  d  abt  1841 
in  Dade  Co.,  Mo.  Her  sis  &  bros  were  Bar- 
bara, Eliz.,  John,  Christopher  &  Solomon. — 
S.  G.  B. 

11690.  AIoRGAN. — Wanted  parentage  of  Gen. 
Daniel  Morgan  of  Rev.  fame  b  in  N.  J.  1738 
d  in  Va.  1802.    Did  his  f  have  Rev.  rec? 

(a)  Boone. — ^Wanted  names  of  w  &  ch  of 
Squire  Boone,  Jr.  son  of  Squire  Boone.  Did 
either  have  Rev.  rec? — T.  R.  B. 

11691.  GiLLENTiNE. — Wanted  parentage  of 
Nicholas  Gillentine  &  of  his  w  Jane  —  who 
d  in  McNairy  Co.,  Tenn.  1834  &  1839  respec- 
tively. The  mother  of  Nicholas  was  Margaret 
—  who  also  d  1834.  Ch  of  Nicholas  &  Jane 
were  Nicholas  who  went  to  Te.xas ;  Martha 
who  m  —  Sandlin ;  Mary  who  m  —  Ballard. 
Were  there  other  ch?  Wanted  Rev.  rec  in 
this  line. —  R.  S. 

11692.  Reese. —  Mr.  Reese  m  Mollie  Mackey 
&  their  son  James  Reese,  1747-1840,  m  Eliz 
Brown,  1775-1843,  sis  of  Joseph  Brown,  Rev. 
sol  of  S.  C.  Joseph  Brown  Mackey  Reese, 
1792-184S  m  1st  Melinda  Reese  Dutf  &  2iid 
Sophie  Tazewell  Emmerson.  Wanted  Rev. 
rec  of  James  Reese. 

(a)  Emmerson-Burwell. —  Arthur  Emmer- 
son m  Ann  Wishart  &  their  son  Arthur  1743- 
1801,  mar  Fann  Vivian.  Thomas  Emmerson 
b  1773  m  Rachel  Burwell.  Wanted  Rev.  rec  of 
Arthur  Emmerson  &  parentage  of  Rachel  Bur- 
well. 

(b)  Willia.ms-Moore. — Wanted  parentage  & 
Rev.  rec  of  ances  of  George  Williams  who  m 
Sallie  Moore,  1799-1853,  dau  of  Rodham 
Moore  prob  of  Va.  or  N.  C.  Their  son 
Stokely  Donaldson  Williams,  1823-1897,  m 
Mary  Porter  Reese.  Wanted  also  Rev.  rec  of 
Rodham   Moore.— W.   B.   D. 


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11693.  Wilson-Maine-Hoyt. — Wanted  par- 
entage, bros  &  sis  of  Abraham  Wilson  b  1751 
d  11  Nov.  1819  &  of  his  w  whom  he  mar  abt 
1774  Joanna  Maine  b  1754  d  3  Dec.  1837. 
Their  ch  were  Nathaniel  b  8  Jan  1775  m  Zil- 
phia  Wheeler;  Hannah  b  25  Feb.  1777;  Noah 
b  4  May  1780  d  11  Nov  1818;  Eunice  b  23 
May  1782  m  David  Nichols;  Asenath  b  22 
July  1785  m  1st  Sam.  Parkis,  2nd  Jabez 
Bachus;  Zadoc  b  23  June  1788  d  25  Dec.  1862 
m  Anna  Robinson  of  Raynham,  Mass  abt  1815; 
Grafton  b  27  June  1791  d  3  Aug  1871  m 
Zilphia  Spaulding  Nov  1817.  Fam.  rec  state 
all  above  ch  b  in  Plainfield,  Conn  but  Plain- 
field  Vital  recs  do  not  give  them.  Would  like 
all  infor  possible  of  this  fam. —  V.  P.  H. 

11694.  Ramsey. — Wanted  Rev  rec  of  Samuel 
Ramsey  of  Rockbridge  Co.,  Va.  mar  Eliz 
Lyle  &  moved  to  Ohio  1814.  Their  ch  were 
Wm  m  Isabella  Scott ;  Jane  m  Andrew  Nuck- 
ols ;  Sarah  m  John  Hagan ;  John  L.  m  Martha 
Town;  Margaret  m  Geo.  Adair;  Eliz.  m  Joel 
Van  Meter ;  Sam.  m  Mary  Keys ;  Nancy  m 
John  Garlow ;  James  m  Margaret  Weyer ; 
Mary  m  Maxwell  Patton ;  Asenath  m  Roland 
Rogers ;  Margaret  m  Gamaliel  Garrison. — 
H.  A.  W. 

11695.  Griswold. —  Wsmted  parentage  of 
Janna  Griswold  b  15  Aug  1758,  Harwinton, 
Ct.  d  31  Jan  1836  Johnstown,  N.  Y.  mar  Lucy 
Clark  at  Chatham,  Ct.  22  Jan.  1786.  Church 
recs  at  Chatham  state,  in  recording  his  mar : 
Janna  Griswold  of  "  New  York."  He  moved 
to   Johnstown   &   Sharon,   N.  Y.   aft  Rev. 

(a)  Rhodes. — Wanted  maiden  n  of  w  of 
Samuel  Rhodes,  Rev.  sol.  who  enlisted  from 
R.  I.  but  according  to  fam.  recs,  was  a  res  of 
N.  Y.  nr  Johnstown.  Any  information  on 
either  of  these  fams  will  be  most  gratefully 
received. —  A.  R.   C. 

11696.  Davis.— Wanted  gen  &  Rev.  rec  of 
Ezekiel  Davis  &  of  his  w  Mary  Gibson.  Their 
ch  were  Isaac,  Mary,  Sarah,  Ruth,  Ezekiel, 
Josiah,  Olive  &  Samuel.  Res  during  Rev. 
Acton,  Mass. 

(a)  McNitt-McKnight. —  Adam  McNitt  b 
Worcester  Co.,  Mass  15  Sept  1763  mar  Sarah 
Clark  of  Ashfield,  Mass.  Wanted  parentage  of 
each  with  Rev.  rec  of  f  &  dates  of  Sarah 
Clark.— W.  B.  C. 

11697.  Cole.— Wanted  gen  of  David  Philip 
Cole  b  1814  mar  Martha  Jane  Wright  &  had 
dau  Sarah  Jane  Cole  b  25  Dec.  1836  who  m 
Wm  Singleton  Beatty.— G.  B. 

11698.  Chrism  AN. — Wanted  d  of  b  of  Col. 
John  Chrisman  who  d  1781  also  names  &  dates 
of  his  w  &  ch.  Would  like  to  corres  with  any 
one  belonging  to  this  line. 

(a)  Elliott-Scott. —  Wanted    parentage    of 


Rebecca  Elliott  b  1734  d  1813  mar  John  Scott 
b   1729.     Wanted  also  n  of  their  ch. 

(b)  SousLEY. — Wanted  maiden  n  of  w  of 
Henry  Sousley  who  fought  in  Rev.  from 
Bedford  Co.,  Pa.—  R.  M.  S, 

11699.  Underwood. — Wanted  Rev.  ances  with 
dates  of  Wm.  C.  Underwood  b  20  Jan.  1824, 
New  Albany,  Ind.  Removed  to  Louisville,  Ky 
1836.  He  was  the  son  of  John  &  Mary  Brick 
Underwood  &  had  bro  John  &  half  bro  Theo- 
dore.—C.  A.  M. 

11700.  MuRRAY-Cox. —  Wanted  parentage 
with  all  dates  of  Capt.  John  Murray  &  of 
his  w  Diana  Cox  who  lived  in  Carroll  Co.,  Md. 
Their  ch  were  Jabez,  John,  Wm.,  Eliz.,  Rachel 
&  Lydia.  Wanted  also  proof  of  Capt.  John 
Murray's  Rev.  rec  from  Md.  Arch. 

(a)  Chenoweth. —  Wanted  parentage  & 
ances  of  Wm.  Chenoweth  who  m  Sarah  Baxter 
abt  1795  &  lived  in  Carroll  Co.,  Md.  Was  he  a 
lineal  desc.  of  John  Chenoweth  who  came  from 
Wales  in  1720  &  mar  Miss  Calvert,  dau  of 
Charles,  3rd  Lord  Baltimore? —  H.  L. 

11701.  McCarty. — Wanted  names  &  dates  of 
the  ch  of  Dennis  McCarty  &  his  w  Sarah  Ball 
(sis  of  Mary  Ball,  mother  of  Geo.  Washing- 
ton) of  Loudon  Co.,  Va.  mar  22  Sept.  1724. 
Which  son  was  the  f  of  Dennis  McCarty  b  15 
Jan  1792  in  Loudon  Co.?  Wanted  also  n  of 
w  &  date  of  mar  of  this  Dennis. —  J.  T.  C. 

11702.  Griffith. —  Wanted  names  of  w  & 
ch,  &  Rev.  rec  of  Hesekiah  Griffith  who  came 
from  Wales  &  set  at  Hagerstown,  Md.  ,  His 
dau  Rachel  b  in  Md.  6  Apr.  1766  d  13  Aug 
1833  mar  Edward  Mobley  1789/90.  He  was 
b  1756.  Wanted  also  Rev.  rec  of  Edward 
Mobley  also  his  parentage.  Wovild  like  to 
corres.  with  members  of  both  families. — 
G.  W.  W. 

11703.  Wright-Parker. — Wanted  ances  of 
Sarah  Wright  b  1816  Phila,  Pa.  m  1838  in 
Ohio  to  Chas.  Freeman  Parker,  removed  to 
Cal.  &  d  in  San  Francisco  1854.  Their  ch 
were  Ann,  Mary,  Lucy,  Henrietta  Pamelia, 
Jane,  Martha,  Ellen  &  Emma. —  A.  S. 

11704.  Livingston. — Which  Livingston  Robt, 
Philip  or  Wm.  had  dau  Margaret,  who  m 
Robt  Grier  of  York  Co.,  Pa.  in  Cumberland 
Co.,  Pa.  1773.  Wanted  also  Rev,  rec.  of 
father.—  F.  C,  F. 

11705.  Kent-Starkweather. — Wanted  ances 
with  dates  &  Rev.  rec  of  f  of  Carlton  Kent 
whose  son  George  A  Kent  mar  Lucinda  Stark- 
weather &  all  removed  to  Clinton  Co.,  Ind  in 
1831  from  Conn.  Any  infor  of  these  fams 
greatly  desired. — ■  W.  P. 

11706.  Puryear-Purreyer. —  Thos.  Puryear 
b  1753,  Norfolk  Co.,  Va.  served  as  sol.  from 
Va.  &  was  given  a  grant  of  land  for  his 
services  under  land  warrant  No  842  issued  16 


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745 


Tune  1783.  Place  of  res.  during  Rev.  was 
Halifax  Co.,  Va.  Wanted  names  of  his  cliil. 
(a)  T.\YLOR. — Wanted  parentage  &  Rev.  rcc 
of  f  of  Joseph  Taylor  Sr.  a  Baptist  Minister 
b  1765  set.  in  Ohio  Co.,  Ky.  Think  his  ch 
were  John  S.,  Joseph  Jr.,  Stephen  &  AlfrL-d.-- 
L.  W.'  C. 

11707.  Emery.— Wanted  date  of  m  of  Dr. 
Moses  Emery  &  Lydia  Sprague  Stowell  of 
Hingham,    prob  bet    1820-1830. 

(a)  Swift. — Wanted  parentage  of  Joseph 
Swift  of  Plymouth  who  mar  Lucv  Cornish 
1780. 

(b)  Pr.\tt. — Wanted  parentage  &  Rev.  rec. 
of  Stephen  Pratt  of  Weymouth  who  mar 
Hannah   Faunce. 

(c)  Plummer. — Wanted  parentage  of  Thos. 
Plummer  who  m  Huldah  Hoyt  of  Belgrade, 
Maine,  who  was  b  1801.— ]M.  B.  P. 

11708.  Horton. — Wanted  proof  of  Rev.  rec 
of  Caleb,  son  of  Caleb  &  Phebe  Terry  Horton, 
b  Southold.  L.  I.  171S  m  1737  Sarah  Benjamin 
&  moved  to  Chester,  N.  J.  1748.  His  bro 
Xathaniel  Horton  b  Southold,  13  Oct.  1719 
m  Mehitable  Wells  &  moved  to  Chester,  N.  J. 
17-18,  d  1804.  Had  he  Rev.  rec?  His  son 
Nathanielb  Southold  1741  d  13  Aug  1824  m 
Rebecca  Robinson.  Wanted  his  Rev.  rec  & 
her  parentage. —  A.  T.  S. 

11709.  Whitehe.\d. — Wanted  dates  of  b,  m 
&  d  &  maiden  n  of  w  of  Wm.  Whitehead  of 
Edgecombe  Co.,  N.  C.  afterwards  Washington 
Co.  Their  son  Nathan  was  Member  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  N.  C.  1804/S  &  his  son 
Nathan  mar  Sallie  Boddie. 

(a)  Wy.^tt. — Wanted  Rev.  rec  of  Francis 
Wvatt  of  Va.  who  mar  Miss  Haden  &  removed 
toMt.   Sterling,  Ky  aft  Rev.— M.  W.  G. 

11710.  Robinson. — Wanted  parentage  &  all 
infer  of  Jonathan  Robinson  of  Pa.  b  abt  1765 
d  &  is  buried  in  Yadsen  Co.,  Fla.  25  Sept.  1833, 
w  Anne.  Their  dan  Sarah  m  Ti>hn  Lines. — 
F.  S.  H, 

11711.  Vaugh.sn. — Wanted  Rev.  rcc  of  John, 
Lewis  &  Maurice  Vaughan  of  Xottaway  & 
Amelia  Co.s  Va. —  T.  E.  S. 

11712.  Putter. —  W^anted  parentage  &  any 
infor  of  Catharine  Putter  b  1769  in  Avondale, 
Carroll  Co.,  Md  d  1839,  mar  John,  son  of 
Conrad  &  Juliana  Dutterer  of  Adams  Co.,  Pa. 

(a)  Reinecker. —  Wanted  parentage  of 
Nancy  Reinecker  b  1798  d  1870,  in  Carroll  Co., 
Md  mar  George  Dutterer  of  Carroll  Co.,  Md. 
She  had  bro  Daniel  &  sis  Tillie  &  Eliz. 

(b)  B..\UMG.\RnNER. —  Wanted  parentage  & 
dates  of  Daniel  Baumgardner  &  of  his  w 
Lizzie  Brunen.  Their  son  Daniel  b  1793  mar 
Margaret  Heriter  b  1797.— M.   N.   B. 

11713.  Coy-Clements. —  Wanted  parentage 
&  birthplace  of  Justus  Coy  b  23  Mch   1795  & 


of  his  w  Eliz  Clements  b  8  May  1802  whom 
he  mar  7  Jan  1821.  They  removed  to  Michigan 
1839  from  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.  Was  there  Rev. 
rec  in  either  line? 

(a)  Latimfj*. — Wanted  Rev.  rec  of  Keturah 
Latimer  who  mar  Whitehill  Kingman  in  1770. 

(b)  Lewis. — Wanted  gen  of  Patty  Lewis 
who  m  Justus  Kingman  who  lived  at  Pompey, 
X.  Y.  &  in  Vt.  &  removed  to  Pa.  Was  there 
Rev.  rec  in  this  line? — H.  B.  A. 

11714.  HiXMAN. — Wanted  parentage  of  Luke 
G.  Hinman  who  is  buried  at  Volnev  Center, 
X.   Y.— G.   H.   D. 

11715.  Padon.— Wanted  gen  of  Wm.  Padon 
and  any  information  of  the  Padon  fam.  now 
of  111.  &  Ky.— M,  C.  D. 

11716.  Johnson. — Wanted  parentage  of  Tacob 
Johnson  b  in  Va.  29  Sept.  1784  d  in  Gibson  Co., 
Ind.  14  Feb.  1875.  mar  1st  Eliza  Stewart  5 
May  1821  in  Gibson  Co.,  Ind.  He  moved  with 
parents  from  Va.  to  Ky  1798  &  to  Gibson  Co., 
Ind  in  1802.  His  bros  &  sis  were  Rebecca. 
Eliz.,  Mary,  Hannah,  John  &  David,  all  b  in 
\'a.  Would  like  to  know  the  County  in  which 
they  were  born. —  F.  G.  P. 

11717.  Coske. — Wanted  parentage  of  Elisha 
Cooke  b  30  Aug.  1791  d  30  Jan  1839  buried 
in  old  Union  Cemetery  at  Hope,  Warren  Co., 
X.  J.  He  mar  18  Sept.  1813  Eliz.  Albertson 
dan  iif  X^icholas  &  lane  Howell  Albertson  b 
II  Nov.  1797  d  1  Mch  1853.  Their  ch  were 
Jane,  Ann,  Garrett,  Emmaline,  Jehiel,  Nicholas, 
Rebecca,  Sarah,  Elisha  Johnson  all  b  in  Hope, 
X'.  J.  Wanted  also  gen  of  Jane  Howell.  Was 
tliere  Rev.  rec  in  either  line. —  E.  E.  S.  F. 

11718.  Darner. —  Wanted  any  data  in  re 
Andrew  Darner  b  in  Md.  set  in  Zanesville,  O. 
where  he  reared  his  familv.  His  ch  were  Jacob 
h  1813  m  Eliza  Hull;  'john,  Eliz.  m  "Wm. 
Chambers ;  Hanna  m  Moses  Linn ;  Isaac  m 
Ann  Wisearvcr ;  Josepli  m  Hettie  Outkelt ; 
Mahala  m  —  Beattv :  Henrv;  Tamar  m  John 
Wiley. 

(a)  Hui.L. — ^^"antcd  parentage  &  n  of  w  of 
Bonj.  Hull  who  set  at  Delaware  O.,  abt  1800, 
whose  dan   Eliza  b   1816  m  Jacob  Darner. 

(b)  DuLix. — Wanted  ances  of  Edw.  Dulin 
of  Fairfax  Co.,  Va.  whose  2nd  w  was  Mary 
Poytheress  dan  of  Thos.  &  Priscilla  Lee 
Hedges.     Wanted  also  1st  w's  n  &  ances. 

(c)  Hutton. — Wanted  ances  of  Jane  Hutton 
b  1765  d  1844  who  m  1783  Samuel,  son  of 
Jonas  Scott  of  Abingdon,  A'a. 

(d)  Pope-Lair. —  Wanted  inf  re  .Andrew- 
Lair  S:  his  w  who  were  in  Boone's  Fort, 
Lincoln  Co.,  Ky.  also  of  Thos.  son  of  Thos 
Pope  of  \'a.  who  m  their  dan  Eliz. —  B.  M.  D. 

11719.  Lewis-Rawson. —  Wanted  dates  & 
places  of  birth  &  parentage  of  Deacon  Alvah 
Lewis  b  abt  1800  nr  Batavia,  N.  Y.  d  Amherst, 


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O.  mar  abt  1823  pos.  in  Batavia,  Mary  Rawson 
who  lived  in  Batavia  at  the  time  &  witnessed 
the  "  Alorgan  Raid  "  &  d  abt  1888  at  Amherst 
O.  Their  ch  were  James  Rawson  b  9  Oct. 
1829  d  12  Aug.  1903  in  Cleveland,  O.  mar  in 
New  London,  O.  21  Aug  1853  Emaline  R. 
Chandler  b  20  Aug  1831/2;  Andrew  mar 
Calista  Towne  of  Amherst,  O ;  John ;  Chas. 
m  Josephine  Ballard  of  Quincy,  111 ;  Edwin  B. 
b  in  Avon,  O.  mar  Mrs.  Esther  Blanchard 
Lockwood. 

(a)  Chandler. — Wanted  gen  &  name  of  w 
of  Harlan  Chandler  whose  dan  m  James  Lewis. 
Any  Infor  of  this  fam.  desired. 

(b)  Reid. —  Drusilla,  dau  of  John  &  Charity 
Cresap  Reid  mar  Elnathan  Scofield  &  their 
dau  Mary  Jane,  1808-1885,  mar  John  Trafford 
Brasee,  1800-1880.  Wanted  infor  of  John  & 
Charity  Reid  &  names  of   their  other  ch. 

(c)  Schuyler. —  Jacob  Schuyler  b  1734  in 
N.  J.  d  1807,  Montgomery  Co.  N.  Y.  mar  Eva 
Schwackhammer.  Wanted  his  parentage  & 
names  of  his  bros  &  sis. —  M.  A.  R.  P. 

11720.  Drummond. —  Wanted  gen  of  Harriet 
Drummond  of  Farquhar  Co.,  Va  who  mar 
Edwin  Herrick.  Should  like  to  corres  with 
members  of  this  fam. —  D.   C.  K. 

11721.  Way. — Wanted  parentage  &  d  of  b  of 
Joab  Way  b  abt  1771  lived  in  Westville,  Conn, 
where  he  d  7  Dec.  1826.  6  Oct  1788  he  m 
Betsy  Sperry  dau  Caleb  &  Mary  Downs  Sperry 
of  Woodbridge,  Conn.  Their  ch  were  Char- 
lotte, Jennet,  Eliz.,  Henrietta,  Harriet  Louise, 
Rebecca,  Mary,  Ann  Maria,  Caroline,  Martha, 
Henry  Sherman. —  H.  H.  T. 

11722.  Cole. —  Wanted  ances  of  Henry  A. 
Cole  b  abt  1810  in  N.  Y.  City  d  Muscatine,  la. 
1  Oct.  1862  while  with  the  37th  la.  Inf.  in 
Civil  War.  He  mar  Sarah  Outwater  &  their 
ch  were  Abraham,  Henry,  Peter,  Mary,  Jacob 
&  John.  He  lived  at  one  time  in  Bull's  Ferry 
N.  J.  Had  sis  Effie  who  m  —  De  Baun. — 
M.  C.  W. 

11723.  Lewis. — Wanted  parentage  &  place  of 
b  of  James  Lewis  b  14  May  1743,  m  Hannah 
Seaver  of  Roxbury,  Mass  24  May  1786.  Their 
ch  were  Mary,  Ann,  Joshus  &  James.  In  Rev. 
was  in  Capt.  Moses  Whiting's  Co.,  Col.  John 
Graton's   Minute  Regt. —  J.   F.  L. 

11724.  Tarr. —  I  have  Bible  recs  of  a  Major 
Tarr  of  Pocomoke  Md.  who  d  21  Aug.  1832, 
aged  70.  Mar  Dec  4  1777/79  Eliz.  Johnson  & 
had  9  ch.  Their  dau  Charlotta  mar  23  Dec. 
1832  Jeremiah  Wrightston  of  St.  Michael's  Md. 
whose  mother  was  a  Kemp.  Maj.  Tarr  is 
supposed  to  have  been  a  Methodist  Circuit 
Rider  &  preacher  in  Rev.  Army.  Wanted 
proof  of  this  &  his  gen. —  C.  F.  W. 

11725.  Rawlings.— Eliz  Rawlings  b  1789 
Qreen  Co.,  Tenn,  ni  Pelateah  Chilton,  was  the 


dau  of  Asahel  &  Margaret  —  Rawlings. 
Wanted  gen  of  Asahel  &  also  maiden  n  &  gen 
of  his  w  Margaret. 

(a)  Spencer. — Wanted  names  of  ch  of 
Samuel  Spencer  (Rev.  sol)  &  his  w  Eliz. 
Sharp  of  Anson  Co.,  N.  C. 

(b)  Miller. — Wanted  dates  of  b,  m  &  d 
of  Stephen  Miller  of  Anson  Co.  N.  C.  who  m 
Miss  Webb.  Wanted  also  n  of  their  ch  &  his 
Rev.  rec. 

(c)  Griffin. — Wanted  gen  of  Daniel  Gritfin 
&  of  his  w  Neomi  Mitchel  of  N.  Car.  whose 
son  Archibald  Alitchel  Griffin  was  b  1805.  He 
had  half-bros  James  &  Daniel. 

(d)  Tankersley. — Wanted  Rev.  rec  of 
George  Edward  Tankersley  b  1740  Caroline 
Co.,  Va.  &  gen  of  his  w  Eliz.  Baldwin  of  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Va.  whom  he  m  1762.  Wanted  also 
Rev.  rec  of  George  Tankersley  b  1762  in  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Va  &  gen  of  his  w  Eliz.  Tarrant 
who  he  m  1786. —  A.  L.  N. 

11726.  Cunningham. —  Samuel  Cunningham 
was  an  early  set.  of  Mt.  Joy  Twp  Lancaster 
Co.,  Pa.,  had  patent  of  land  in  1747  &  another 
ni  1760:  15  Dec.  1762,  he  &  w  Jean  transferred 
land  to  James  Cuimingham :  July  1777  he  d 
leaving  w  Janet  &  ch  Robt.  Sam.  Sarah  (Port- 
ertield),  Alartha  (Barr),  Rachel  (Campbell) 
&  James.  James  Cunningham  was  Col.  of  1st 
Lancaster  Co.,  Bat.  of  Flying  Camp  1776, 
Mem.  of  Assem.  1779.  Left  sons  John,  Robt. 
&  Sam.  Did  this  James  m  Ehz.  Scotman  8 
Oct.  1752  in  Phila.?  Would  like  to  corres.  with 
someone  familiar  with  this  fam.  Would  like 
also  the  gen  of  Andrew  Cunningham  of  Lan- 
caster Co.  whose  s  Martin  b  1  Mch  1770  ra 
Sarah  Delaplain  b  19  June  1774  &  had  ch 
Robt.,  John,  James,  Wm.  &  Sam.  &  dau  Mary. 
Wanted   also   gen   of    Sarah. 

(a)  Fleming. —  Wanted  ances  of  James 
Fleming  b  1797  nr  Lock  Haven,  Pa.  m  Re- 
becca Lowry,  served  in  War  of  1812  &  later 
became  Gen.  in  State  troops.  Wanted  also 
ances  of  both  Mathew  Sullivan  &  Catherine 
Fleming  who  were  m  abt  1850-60  of  the  same 
vicinity. 

(b)  Knight. —  Wanted  ances  of  Jonathan 
who  ser.  as  surgeon's  mate  in  Rev.  from  Stam- 
ford, Conn.  Was  b  nr  Norwich  &  m  Anna 
Fitch.  Wanted  also  n  &  d  of  his  ch.  Would 
like  to  corres  with  someone  familiar  with  the 
fam  of  Deacon  Stephen  Knight  b  1739  d  1827 
m  Mary  Manchester,  1743-1812,  dau  of  Capt. 
Matthew  &  Freelove  Gorton  Manchester  of 
Cranston  R.  I.  Wanted  also  n,  d  &  m  of  their 
ch.— B.   A.   C. 

11727.  Wilkinson. — Wanted  parentage,  Rev. 
rec  of  f.  Maiden  n  of  w  &  dates  of  Francis 
Wilkinson  b  Pitt  Co.,  N.  C.  1776.—  E.  E.  B, 


HONOR  ROLL  OF  THE 

DAUGHTERS    OF    THE    AMERICAN    REVOLUTION 

MAGAZINE 


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outiT  rim,  and  the  list  of  subscribers  according  to  States  is  in  the  inner  circle 

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Regular   fleeting,   October    16,    1923 


HE  Regular   Meeting  of   the  Na- 
tional    Board     of     Management, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, held  on  Tuesday,  October 
16,    1923,  was  called  to  order  by 
the  President  General  at  10  A.  M. 
The     Chaplain     General,     Mrs. 
Thomas  A.  Edison,  led  in  prayer, 
followed    by    the    Lord's    Prayer 
repeated  in  unison,  salute  to  the  flag  and  one 
verse  of  the  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

The  roll  was  called  by  the  Recording  Secre- 
tary General,  to  which  the  following  responded; 
National  Officers  —  Mrs.  Cook,  Mrs.  Moss, 
Mrs.  Heath,  Mrs.  Holden.  Mrs.  Hodgkins, 
Miss  McDuffee,  Mrs.  Mondell,  Mrs.  Buel.  Mrs. 
Block,  Mrs.  McCall,  Mrs.  Drake,  Mrs. 
Schuyler,  Mrs,  Boothe,  Mrs.  Edison,  Mrs. 
Briggs,  Mrs.  Walker,  Mrs.  Brosseau,  Mrs. 
Shumway,  Mrs.  Stansfield,  Mrs.  De  Bolt,  Mrs. 
Anderson,  Mrs.  Whitman;  State  Regents  and 
State  I'ice  Regents:  Mrs.  Bissell,  Miss  Todd, 
Ivlrs.  Akerman,  Mrs.  Herrick,  Miss  Gilbert, 
Mrs.  Campbell,  Mrs.  Rodes,  Mrs.  Cushman. 
Mrs.  Denmead,  Mrs.  Seydel,  Mrs.  Kitt,  Mrs. 
Snow,  Mrs.  Banks,  Mrs.  Nash,  Mrs.  Tillett, 
Mrs.  Young,  Mrs.  Backus,  Mrs.  Heron,  Mrs. 
Fowler,  Mrs.  Gillentine,  Mrs.  Farnham,  Mrs. 
Schick,  Mrs.  Reed,  Mrs.  Holt. 

The  President  extended  a  cordial  greeting  to 
the  members  of  the  Board  and  said  that  it  was 
her  sorrowful  duty  to  report  the  going  away 
of  some  of  our  beloved  and  valued  members 
since  the  last  meeting,  one  of  whom  was  our 
Recording  Secretary  General  under  Mrs. 
Minor's  administration ;  one  a  very  close  per- 
sonal friend,  Mrs.  McCleary  of  Washington, 
one  of  the  Vice  Presidents  General  during  the 
same  term ;  also  Mrs.  Maupin  of  Virginia,  a 
former  Vice  President  General ;  and  Mrs. 
Gadsby  of  The  District  of  Columbia,  a  former 
Historian  General. 

The  President  General  then  asked  Mrs. 
Bissell  to  present  resolutions  in  regard  to  the 
death  of   Mrs.  Yawger. 

The   following  resolution  was  presented: 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board : 
In  the  death  of    Mrs.   Rita  A.   Yawger   on 
August     20,      1923,     the     National     Society, 
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Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  has 
lost  from  its  membership  a  valued  and  most 
efficient   worker. 

Mrs.  Yawger  was  the  first  elected  Recording 
Secretary  of  the  New  York  State  Daughters, 
serving  her  State  continually  in  that  capacity 
from  1908  until  1920,  being  re-elected  each 
year. 

As  Recording  Secretary  General  from  1920 
to  1923  she  became  well  known  to  the  gen- 
eral membership  of  the  Society.  Her  ability 
to  take  the  minutes  of  a  meeting  in  such  form 
as  to  present  them  as  a  finished  product  at  its 
close,  was  unique. 

She  was  not  only  an  interested  member  of 
this  Society  but  she  gave  most  liberally  of 
time,  strength  and  ability  to  many  other 
patriotic,  social  and  civic  organizations ;  she 
was  a  widely  known  and  popular  club  woman. 

Mrs.  Yawger  was  a  rare  combination  of  the 
human,  spiritual  and  religious. 

Therefore,  he  it  Resolved,  That  the  National 
Board  of  Management  hereby  records  its 
appreciation  of  the  service  Mrs.  Yawger  ren- 
dered the  Society  and  its  recognition  of  the 
less  sustained  in  her  death. 

.!nd  be  it  further  Resolved,  That  this  tribute 
be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this  meeting 
and  that  a  copy  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Yawger's 
family. 

Mrs.  Ch.\rles   S.  Whitman, 
Frances  Tupper  Nash, 
Emma  Warne  Fitts, 
Ev.A.  V.   ]M.  Bissell,  Chairman. 

The  President  General  called  upon  Mrs. 
Walker  to  present  a  resolution  in  memory  of 
Airs.  McCleary,  and  the  following  resolution 
was  presented : 

Whereas,  the  sad  news  of  the  sudden  death 
on  September  the  twenty-fifth  of  our  beloved 
member,  Mrs.  Henry  McCleary,  has  been  re- 
ceived by  the  National  Board  of  Management, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  and 

Whereas,  Mrs.  McCleary  has  served  this 
Society  as  an  active  and  earnest  member  both 
in  State  and  National  affairs  having  been  State 
Regent  of  Washington  from  1913  to  1915  and 


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Vice   President   General   fruni   that   state   from 
1920  to  1923,  and 

Wheri:as,  Mrs.  McCleary  lias  left  behind 
her  a  life  of  distinct  accomplishment,  of  im- 
failing  loyalty  and  sincere  purpose,  inspiring 
all  with  whom  she  came  in  contact  to  a 
keener  desire  for  patriotic  service;  an  out- 
standing figure  by  reason  of  her  brilliant 
mind,  sound  judgment  and  high  example; 
honored,  esteemed  and  loved  for  her  splendid 
qualities  of  character,  leadership  and  warm 
sympathies,  a  judge  of  true  values  and  able  to 
see  things  in  their  true  perspective ;  never 
denouncing  but  always  taking  her  fellow-man 
to  be  as  honest  and  as  genuine  as  herself ; 
simple,  direct,  conscientious,  leaving  her  mark 
on  her  community  and  leaving  a  standard  of 
accomplishment  in  the  service  of  her  country 
which   may   well   be   a   model    for   others,   and 

Whereas,  Now  that  the  golden  bowl  is 
broken  and  the  silver  chord  of  her  life  is  loosed, 
surely  it  may  be  said  of  her  that  whatsoever 
of  rich  and  fine  reward  awaits  those  who  Lve 
their  lives  for  others,  will  be  hers. 

Therefore,  Be  It  Resolved,  That  we  the 
members  of  the  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment in  session  on  this  sixteenth  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1923,  record  our  sorrow  in  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Ada  L.  McCleary  whose  loyal  service 
we  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  and  further, 
be  it. 

Resolved,  That  this  Resolution  be  spread  on 

the  Minutes  of  this  meeting  and  that  a  copy  be 

sent     to     her     family,     with     expressions     of 

sympathy.  ^^^^    Walker, 

Mrs.  Moss, 

Mrs.    Whitman. 

The  President  General  stated  that  resolutions 
would  be  presented  later  in  memory  of  Mrs. 
Maup!n,  and  asked  the  Board  to  rise  and  join 
with  her  in  a  moment  of  silent  sympathy  and 
love   for  the  bereaved   families. 

The  report  of  the  President  General  was 
then  read  by  her. 

Report  of  the   President   General 

Members  of  the  National  Board  of  Manage- 
ment : 

The  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
throughout  the  United  States  were,  with  the 
rest  of  the  world,  shocked  to  hear  of  the  death 
of  our  beloved  President,  Warren  Gamaliel 
I  larding,  in  San  Francisco,  August  second. 
On  receiving  the  word  your  President  General 
sent  the  following  telegram  to  Mrs.   Harding : 

"  The  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion mourn  with  you  the  death  of  your  dis- 
tinguished and  much  beloved  husband  and  ex- 
tend their  loving  sympathy  to  you.     Memorial 


Continental  Hall  is  closed  to  the  puljlic  and 
our  Flag  at  halt  mast." 

On  the  same  day  your  President  General 
sent  the  following  telegram  tn  our  National 
OlTicers  and  State  Regents ; 

"  Tlie  whole  nation  mourning  President 
Harding.  Memorial  Continental  Hall  is  closed 
to  the  public  —  our  Flag  at  half  mast.  As 
President  General,  Daughters  American 
Revolution  I  request  tlie  suspension  of  all 
social  activities  of  our  Society  until  an  appro- 
priate time  not  earlier  than  t\V(]  weeks  alter 
the  President's  death." 

Your  President  General  went  from  her 
home  to  Washington,  and  with  the  ap,)iinted 
representatives  of  our  Society,  drove  in  the 
funeral  cortege  to  the  Capitol,  our  Society 
being  given  a  place  of  honor.  Our  representa- 
tives were  Mrs.  Heron,  Pa.,  Mrs.  Summeri'.l, 
X.  J.,  Mrs.  Nash,  N.  Y.,  Mrs.  Stanstield,  D.  C, 
Mrs.  Mondell,  Wvo.,  Mrs.  Reed,  \V.  \'a.,  and 
Mrs.  Hodgkins,  D.  C. 

A  Horal  wreath  was  sent  from  our  Society 
to  ^Irs.  Harding  at  the  White  House,  which 
Mrs.  Harding"  has  graciously  acknowledged 
both  to  the  Society  and  to  the  President 
General. 

Another  sorrow  has  come  to  us  in  the  death 
cf  Mrs.  John  Francis  Yawger,  former  Record- 
ing Secretary  General,  who  passed  away  Au- 
gust 20th.  A  letter  of  sincere  sympathy  from 
your  President  General  to  Mrs.  Yawger's 
mother,  Mrs.  David  T.  Whitbeck  of  New  York 
City,  has  received  most  kind  acknowledgment. 

tireat  sorrow  has  come  to  us  in  the  sudden 
death  on  September  25th  of  Mrs.  Henry  Mc- 
Cleary of  the  State  of  Washington,  with  whom 
your  President  General  served  as  Vice  Presi- 
dent General  on  the  National  Board.  She  was 
a  friend  of  her  childhood  days,  and  although 
widely  separated  by  distance  as  the  years  went 
by,  yet  that  friendship  was  renewed  by  their 
close  association  in  the  work  of   this   Society. 

Also,  in  the  death  of  Mrs.  James  P.  Maupin. 
ex-\'ice  President  General  from  Virginia, 
another  earnest  Daughter,  who  had  been  con- 
fined to  her  bed  of  sickness  for  many  months. 
Letters  were  sent  personally  to  the  members  of 
the   families  of  these  Daughters. 

And  again,  in  the  death  of  Mrs.  J.  Eakin 
Gadsby,  former  Historian  General,  who  died 
in  New  York  the  latter  part  of  June.  She  was 
buried  in  Washington  and  Airs.  Howard  L. 
Hodgkins  was  asked  to  represent  the  Society 
at  her  funeral. 

One  of  the  first  official  duties  of  the  Presi- 
dent General  following  our  last  Board  meeting 
was  attendance  at  the  Flag  Conference,  called 
by  The  American  Legion  June  14th  and  l.^th, 
and  held  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall.  Repre- 
sentatives of  sixty-eight  patriotic  organizations 


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were  in  conference.  President  Harding  opened 
the  sessions  with  an  intimate  talk  which  none 
of  his  hearers  will  ever  forget.  President 
Harding  made  the  request,  which  should  be 
included  here,  that  we  should  know  the  words 
of  "  The  Star  Spangled  Banner."  A  brief 
address  on  "  Flag  Raising  Ceremonials "  was 
given  by  your  President  General.  The  uni- 
lorm  code  adopted  at  the  Conference  has  al- 
ready been  published  in  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  Magazine  and  elsewhere. 
Our  Society  was  recognized  in  the  appointment 
of  your  President  General  as  vice  chairman  of 
the  Flag  Code  Committee. 

The  spirit  throughout  the  Conference  was 
truly  remarkable,  it  was  obvious  that  there  is 
a  general  interest,  and  an  eagerness  for  in- 
formation in  regard  to  the  correct  use  of  the 
Flag,  throughout  the  country.  The  Conference 
was  one  of  high  importance,  and  as  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution  we  must  be  proud 
that  it  was  held  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 
We  needed  just  such  a  Conference,  as  did  the 
other  organizations. 

Previous  to  the  conference  on  Flag  Day  the 
National  American  Council  had  held  the  ses- 
sions of  its  conference  in  our  auditorium,  in 
the  interest  of  citizenship  training.  Other 
organizations  were  invited  to  participate  in  its 
deliberations.  This  conference  was  followed 
later,  on  June  29th  and  30th,  by  a  meeting  at 
the  home  of  Mr.  Vanderlip,  in  Scarborough, 
New  York,  to  further  consider  subjects  pre- 
sented, and  an  invitation  to  this  meeting  was 
extended  to  your  President  General.  She 
found  it  impossible  to  attend  and  therefore 
requested  our  Treasurer  General  to  represent 
her,  which  she  did. 

On  June  23rd  your  President  General  at- 
tended the  unveiling  of  the  bronze  tablet 
erected  by  the  Committee  on  Historic  Spots 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  in  honor  of  Presi- 
dent Monroe,  placed  on  the  house  in  which  he 
lived  and  is  now  the  home  of  the  Arts  Club 
in  Washington. 

On  June  26th  your  President  General  left 
Washington  for  her  country  home,  Waylona, 
Cooksburg,  from  where  she  carried  on  her 
work  during  the  entire  summer.  It  is  a  regret 
to  her  not  to  have  been  in  Washington  on 
July  6th  to  receive  General  Gourand,  "  The 
Lion  of  the  Argonne,"  who  called  at  Memorial 
Continental  Hall,  with  Ambassador  and 
Madame  Jusserand,  to  express  to  the  President 
General  the  deep  appreciation  of  the  French 
Government  and  people  for  the  aid  of  our 
Society  during  the  war,  and  particularly  for  the 
care  of  the  French  Orphans.  Our  Registrar 
General  graciously  received  these  honored 
guests. 


The  President  General  regrets  also  that  she 
was  not  able  to  meet  with  the  Daughters  at 
Chautauqua  D.  A.  R.  Day,  August  8th,  as  she 
had  expected.  Attendance  in  Washington  for 
the  funeral  of  President  Harding  made  this 
impossible.  The  luncheon  to  have  been  given 
that  day  was  cancelled,  owing  to  the  great 
sorrow  which  had  come  to  the  Nation. 

In  response  to  an  invitation  to  our  Society 
from  the  President  and  officers  of  the  Belleau 
Wood  Memorial  Association  to  be  present  on 
Sunday,  July  22nd,  at  the  ceremony  of  the  dedi- 
cation of  Belleau  Wood  as  a  National  Me- 
morial to  the  American  troops  who  were  in 
action  there,  your  President  General  appointed 
as  our  representative,  Mrs.  George  DeBolt,  our 
Historian  General,  who  was  abroad  at  that 
time,  and  the  Regent  and  officers  of  the  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  Chapter  in  Paris. 

The  General  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 
through  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Institutional  Relations,  having  invited  the  Na- 
tional Society,  D.A.R.,  to  send  a  representative 
to  attend  a  round  table  Conference  at  the  head- 
quarters of  the  Federation  in  Washington  on 
September  21st,  your  President  General  ap- 
pointed Mrs.  John  W.  Langley.  The  object  of 
the  Conference  was  to  consider  legislation  to 
be  introduced  into  the  next  Congress  in  con- 
nection with  the  proposed  industrial  home  for 
women  prisoners  sentenced  under  the  laws  of 
the  United  States. 

The  American  Red  Cross,  holding  its  annual 
convention  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall,  in- 
vited our  Society  to  send  a  representative. 
Mrs.  John  M.  Beavers,  Vice  Regent  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  represented  the  President 
General  at  this  meeting. 

The  June  Board  authorized  the  appointment 
of  a  Notary  Public  for  the  Society.  Miss 
Delia  H.  Browne  in  the  office  of  the  Record- 
ing Secretary  General  has  been  appointed. 

On  the  birthday  of  Lafayette,  September  6th, 
our  Society,  following  our  custom,  had  a 
wreath  placed  on  the  statue  of  Lafayette,  in 
Lafayette  Square,  Washington. 

It  was  a  deep  personal  pleasure  to  your 
President  General  to  be  the  guest  of  honor  of 
her  own  Chapter,  Brookville,  Pa.,  at  a  largely 
attended  tea  on  September  8th.  On  that  occa- 
sion the  Chapters  of  Western  Pennsylvania 
were  the  guests  of  the  Brookville  Chapter, 
which  was  honored  also  by  the  presence  of 
Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau,  our  Treasurer  General, 
and  Mrs.  James  H.  Stansfield,  our  Registrar 
General.  The  previous  day  we  had  been 
entertained  in  Warren,  Pa. 

The  President  General  wishes  she  might 
express  her  keen  appreciation  of  the  kind  in- 
vitations extended  to  her  by  State  Regents  and 
Chapters    all    over     the    country, —  invitations 


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which  it  would  be  rare  pleasure  to  accept, 
many  of  which  it  has  been  necessary  to  dechne 
on  account  of  previous  engagements  or  the 
duties   involved  in  carrying  on  our   work. 

During  the  summer  the  pressure  of  mail, 
and  the  work  in  connection  with  the  formation 
of  our  National  Committees,  have  consumed 
more  time  than  one  not  familiar  with  them 
could  realize.  She  is  happy  to  state  the  printed 
committee  lists  were  mailed  the  15th  of  Sep- 
tember, although  typewritten  lists  had  been 
sent  to  the  National  Chairmen  previous  to  this 
date.  It  is  gratifying  to  state  that  all  but  two 
or  three  Chairmen  had  their  letters  of  instruc- 
tions out  shortly  after  the  middle  of  Sep- 
tember. 

It  has  been  a  high  privilege  indeed,  during 
the  past  three  weeks,  to  attend  the  State  Con- 
ferences of  Missouri,  Michigan  and  Indiana, 
accompanied  by  our  Treasurer  General.  The 
first  of  these  was  held  at  Sedalia,  Mo.,  October 
3rd,  4th  and  Sth.  We  were  entertained  while 
en  route  to  Sedalia  by  the  St.  Louis  Chapter, 
of  which  Mrs.  Shelby  Curlee  is  Regent,  at  a 
large  tea  to  which  the  members  of  the  St. 
Louis  and  surrounding  Chapters  were  invited. 
It  was  a  wonderful  welcome  to  Missouri  and 
an  opportunity  to  meet  many  Daughters.  The 
following  day  we  reached  Sedalia  and  attended 
a  large  reception  preceding  the  Conference, 
given  in  honor  of  Mrs.  A.  P.  Davis,  President 
of  the  Daughters  of  1812,  where  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  sharing  honors  with  Mrs.  Davis. 
The  Osage  Chapter  of  Sedalia  entertained  the 
Conference. 

Our  Society  is  indebted  to  Missouri  for 
three  of  the  splendid  women  on  our  Board, 
our  Reporter  General  to  the  Smithsonian  In- 
stitution. Vice  President  General  and  State 
Regent.  The  work  accomplished  by  the  Daugh- 
ters in  this  great  State  is  truly  worthy  of 
their  fine  traditions. 

From  Sedalia  we  went  to  Kansas  City, 
accompanied  by  Mrs.  Moss,  Vice  President 
General,  Mrs.  Kitt,  State  Regent,  and  Mrs. 
Connelly,  Reporter  General  to  the  Smithsonian 
Institution,  whose  guests  we  were  while  there. 
The  following  day  was  a  memorable  one. 
With  a  breakfast  given  in  our  honor  by  our 
hostess ;  an  enjoyable  luncheon  given  by  Mrs. 
George  .1.  George  at  the  Country  Club ;  a 
beautiful  tea  given  by  Mrs.  Hart,  Regent  of 
the  Elizabeth  Benton  Chapter,  which  gave  us 
the  opportunity  to  meet  the  members  residing 
in  Kansas  City ;  then  dinner  at  the  Kansas 
City  Club  aflfording  an  opportunity  to  again 
meet  many  of  the  Kansas  City  Daughters  and 
their  husbands,  only  emphasized  the  hospitality 
e.xtended  to  us  throughout  the  breadth  of  the 
great  State  of  Missouri. 

Traveling  from  Kansas  City  to  Flint,  Mich., 


for  the  Conference  in  that  State,  we  stopped 
at  Ann  Arbor  in  order  to  spend  several  hours 
with  our  beloved  ex-Vice  President  General, 
Mrs.  William  Henry  Wait.  Mrs.  Wait  is  as 
keenly  interested  in  the  work  of  our  Society 
as  she  has  ever  been,  and  to  talk  with  her 
was  an  inspiration.  It  is  a  privilege  to  convey 
her  warm  greetings  to  the  members  of  this 
National  Board. 

Upon  our  arrival  in  Flint,  Mich.,  we  were 
joined  by  two  of  our  Vice  Presidents  General, 
Miss  McDuffee  of  Michigan  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Booth  of  California.  The  Conference  was 
entertained  by  the  Genesee  Chapter  and  the 
hospitality  extended  to  us  was  unbounded.  The 
Conference  at  Flint,  which  was  opened  October 
9th,  was  characterized  throughout  by  devoted 
earnestness  of  purpose.  Michigan  is  adding 
to   its   already   wonderful   record  of   service. 

From  Flint  your  President  General  and 
Treasurer  General  hastened  to  Bedford,  Ind., 
in  order  to  be  present  at  the  evening  meeting 
October  10th  when  the  Conference  was  enter- 
tained by  the  John  Wallace  Chapter,  and  were 
amply  repaid  for  what  effort  there  may  have 
been.  The  same  interest,  the  same  devotion 
and  active  service  marked  the  Indiana  Confer- 
ence. Here  we  were  joined  by  our  Vice 
President  General  from  Indiana,  Mrs.  Henry 
Beck. 

These  State  Regents  should  lie  congratulated 
on  the  enthusiastic  interest  and  effectiveness  of 
their  earnest  work,  and  the  Daughters  on  the 
goodly  har\-ests  yielded  from  their  patriotism. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Anthony  W.wne)  Lor.\  H.aines  Cook, 
President  General. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  said  if 
there  was  no  objection  the  report  would  be 
accepted;  there  being  no  objection,  it  was 
accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Recording  Secretary  Gen- 
eral  was  then  presented. 

Report  of  the  Recording  Secretary  General 
Madam  President  General  and  National  Offi- 
cers: 

The  chief  piece  of  work  in  the  office  of  the 
Recording  Secretary  General,  since  the  last 
meeting  of  the  National  Board,  has  been  the 
completion  of  the  printed  proceedings  of  the 
Thirty-Second  Continental  Congress.  _  This 
work  has  been  accomplished  under  a  scries  of 
unusual   handicaps   and   interruptions. 

The  final  installment  of  transcript  of  the 
Congressional  Stenographer's  notes  was  not 
delivered  until  about  the  second  week  in  July. 
In  the  meantime  the  transcript  for  the  sessions 
of  Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday  had  been 


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carefully  checked  over  and  verified  by  the 
chief  clerk  of  my  office  and  forwarded  to 
Mrs.  Yawger  for  her  approval. 

At  that  time  Mrs.  Yawger  wrote  that  she 
was  leaving  for  her  summer  residence  in 
Sewaren,  N.  J.  and  directed,  inasmuch  as  the 
remainder  of  the  proceedings  consisted  largely 
of  written  reports,  that  nothing  further  be 
sent  to  her  until  it  was  in  page  proof  form. 
Before  the  page  proof  was  ready  we  learned 
indirectly  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Yawger.  As 
soon  as  this  word  reached  me  I  arranged  to 
return  to  Washington,  and,  after  conferring 
with  the  President  General  and  obtaining  legal 
advice,  I  took  official  charge  of  that  part  of 
the  work  not  supervised  by  my  predecessor  in 
office,  under  whose  jurisdiction  the  proceedings 
were  taken  down,  and  who.  by  vote  of  the 
Congress,  had  been  authorized  to  take  charge 
of  the  printing. 

Besides  the  verifying  and  proof  reading  of 
the  copy  for  the  proceedings,  the  preparation 
of  the  minutes  of  the  June  12th  Board  meet- 
ing for  the  magazine,  and  proof  reading 
thereof  ;  the  staff  of  two  persons  in  the  record- 
ing room  has  attended  to  the  compiling  and 
proof  reading  of  the  Committee  lists  and  of 
the  reprints  of  reports  requested  by  Committee 
Chairmen,  also,  at  the  request  of  the  President 
General,  they  handled  the  routine  affairs  and 
correspondence  connected  with  her  office  during 
the  last  three  weeks  of  August,  while  Miss 
Fernald   was    on   her   vacation. 

A  considerable  portion  of  the  rulings  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management  and  of  Con- 
gress, covering  the  past  three  years,  has  been 
typed  on  uniform  pages  preparatory  to  binding, 
as  a  permanent  record  of  the  official  action  of 
the  past  administration. 

Announcement  cards  have  been  sent  to  the 
1611  new  members  admitted  at  the  last  meet- 
ing, notifying  them  of  their  admission  into 
the  Society. 

Orders  have  been  filled  for  231  Block  Certifi- 
cates. 

The  record  of  incoming  mail  addressed  to 
the  Recording  Secretary  General,  shows  a  total 
of  1136  letters,  telegrams  and  postal  cards  re- 
ceived since  the  last  Board  meeting ;  the  out- 
going letters   and   cards   number   2945. 

The  stafT  of  the  Certificate  room  has  sent 
out  2611  Membership  Certificates  since  the 
.Tune  Board  meeting,  bringing  that  work  en- 
tirely up  to  date  before  taking  their  vacations. 

A  most  conscientious  effort  has  been  made 
to  bring  all  other  work  up  to  date,  to  the 
extent  of  the  vokmtary  sacrifice  of  more  than 
half  the  vacations  due  to  the  two  members  of 
the  record  room  staff ;  but  there  still  remains 
to  be  finished  the  verbatim  transcript  of  about 
half   of   the  June  Board  meeting,  the  copying 


of  the  remainder  of  the  rulings  for  the  perma- 
nent record  book,  and  about  20  Block  Certifi- 
cates which  were  in  the  hands  of  the  engrosser 
at  the  time  of  his  death  and  not  completed  by 
him. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(AIrs.  Fr.\xk  H.)  Alice  Frye  Brigcs, 

Recording  Secretary  General. 

There  being  no  objection,  the  report  of  the 
Recording  Secretary  General  was  accepted  by 
the  President  General,  with  an  expression  of 
appreciation   of   the   work  accomplished. 

The  Registrar  General  then  presented  her 
report : 

Report   of  the   Registrar   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 

Your  Registrar  General  wishes  to  report 
that  at  the  time  of  the  passing  of  the  late 
President  Harding,  it  was  her  privilege  to 
take  to  the  White  House,  our  beautiful  wreath 
of  pink  gladioli  and  white  lilies.  It  occupied 
a  place  of  honor  in  the  East  Room  at  the  left 
of  the  mantel  and  was,  I  understand,  one  of 
the  floral  gifts  selected  to  go  with  other 
funeral  flowers  to  Marion,  Ohio. 

During  the  official  visit  of  General  Gourand, 
"  The  Tiger  of  the  Argonne  ",  to  Washington, 
accompanied  by  Ambassador  and  Madame  Jus- 
serand,  he  visited  Memorial  Continental  Hall 
and  expressed  sincere  thanks  and  deep  apprecia- 
tion to  this  Society  for  all  we  had  done  for 
France.  It  was  a  pleasure  to  receive  our  dis- 
tinguished French  guests. 

In  September  I  was  a  guest  at  the  beautiful 
home  of  our  President  General,  and  permitted 
not  only  to  enjoy  her  gracious  hospitality  but 
also  that  of   Brookville  and  Warren  Chapters. 

The  work  of  the  office  has  been  one  of  which 
I  speak  with  much  gratification.  With  but 
four  exceptions  all  letters  are  answered  to 
date.  All  ancestral  blanks  copied.  All  permits 
for  insignia  and  ancestral  bars  sent  out.  The 
papers  of  members  in  the  record  books 
marked  with  the  notice  of  "  death  ",  resignation 
or  dropped,   as   the  case   may  be. 

Near  the  close  of  the  afternoon  session,  with 
your  permission,  I  will  submit  a  supplemental 
report  —  but  my  first  formal  report  at  this 
morning's  session,  which  is  said  to  be  the 
largest  first  list  ever  signed  and  presented,  is 
as   follows : 

Two  thousand  two  hundred  applications  pre- 
sented to  the  Board;  and  551  supplemental 
papers  verified ;  2,751  total  number  of  papers 
verified. 

Permits  issued  for  358  insignias,  341  ances- 
tral bars,  and  587  recognition  pins. 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 


753 


Papers  returned  unverified :  67  originals,  and 
11  supplementals. 

Five  hundred  and  two  new  records  verified. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

(Mrs.  J.  H.)    Ixez  S.   Stansfield, 

Registrar   General. 

There  being  no  objection  the  report  of  the 
Registrar  General  was  accepted,  and  a  motion 
was  offered  That  2.200  new  )iieiiihers  be  ad- 
mitted into  the  National  Soeiety  Danyhters  of 
the    Aineriean    Revolution. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  cast  the 
ballot  for  the  admission  of  these  2200  new 
members  and  the  President  General,  by  virtue 
of  her  office,  declared  them  members  of  the 
N'ational  Society. 

Mrs.  Gillentine  moved :  A  risi)ig  vote  of 
thanks  to  Mrs.  James  Stansfield  for  her  report 
of  sj^lendid  and  unusual  achievement. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Reed  and  carried  by  a 
unanimous  rising  vote. 

Mrs.  Stansfield  offered  the  following  motion  : 
That  the  Registrar  General  he  permitted  to 
sign  zeilh  the  rubber  stamp,  the  duplieafes  of 
supplemental  blanks. 

Seconded   by   Mrs.   Walker   and  carried. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General  then  pre- 
sented her   report. 

Report  of  the  Organizing  Secretary  General 
Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 
It  is  my  pleasure  to  report  as  follows  : 
Mrs.    R.    N.    Somerville    was    duly    elected 
Stale  Regent  of  Mississippi  by  the  State  Board 
which  met   in   Oxford,   Miss.,    September    17th 
and   18th.     I  now  ask  for  her  confirmation. 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 
confirmation :  Mrs.  Carrie  Walton  Adams, 
Birmingham,  Ala. ;  Mrs.  Sara  Louise  W. 
Jacobs,  Scottsboro,  Ala. ;  Mrs.  Janie  Pharr 
Moore,  Tampa,  Fla. ;  Mrs.  Katherine  Barnes 
Dick,  Walsenburg,  Colo. ;  Mrs.  Mabel  Worrell 
O'Connor,  Melbourne  Beach,  Fla. ;  Mrs.  Ida 
McKay  Wood,  Liberty,  Ind. ;  Mrs,  Arvilla  H. 
G.  Dasher,  Russellville,  Ky. ;  Mrs.  Mary  Tread- 
well  Beecher,  New  Ulm,  Minn. ;  Mrs.  Char- 
lotte I.  Thorne  Elliott,  Merriam  Park,  Minne- 
sota; Mrs.  Nellie  Darby  Petterson.  Wheaton. 
Minn. ;  Mrs.  Lillian  Shields  Long,  Silex,  Mo. ; 
Mrs.  Mary  Cale  Smith,  Akron,  Ohio ;  Mrs. 
Tot  Taggart  Pringle,  Bend,  Ore. ;  Mrs.  Hallie 
E.  Cormier,  Lebanon,  Ore. ;  Mrs.  E.  Blanche 
Winslow  Bowers,  Punxsutawney,  Pa. ;  Aliss 
Elizabeth  Thompson  Hord,  Murfreesboro, 
Tenn. ;  Mrs.  Ruth  Elizabeth  Lewis  Tucker. 
Aberdeen,  Wash. ;  Mrs.  Ann  Wilson  Norris 
Lewis,  Glenville,  W.  Va. 


There  being  no  State  Regent  in  Alaska,  the 
State  Regent  of  Kansas  requests  the  appoint- 
ment of  Mrs.  Lola  M.  Buyd  Morgan,  as 
Organizing  Regent  at  Fairbanks,  Alaska,  be 
confirmed. 

Authorization  of  the  following  Chapters  is 
requested:  Glen  Ellyn,  Des  Plaines  and  Rock- 
port.  Illinois ;  Butler.  Dickson,  Paris  and  Taze- 
well, Tennessee;   Kelso,  Washington. 

The  State  Regent  of  Minnesota  requests  the 
Organizing  Regency  of  Mrs.  Fara  Gladyce 
Maurer  Frank  be  transferred  from  Sleepy  Eye 
to  Morris,  Minn.  The  State  Regent  of  South 
Carolina  requests  the  Organizing  Regency  of 
Mrs.  Jennie  McKellar  Cade  be  transferred 
from  Mt.  Carmel  to  McCormick,  S.  C.  The 
State  Regent  of  Illinois  reptirts  the  resignation 
of  Mrs.  Genevieve  Folger  Webster  Wolfram, 
as  Organizing  Regent  at   Des  Plaines,  111. 

The  following  Organizing  Regencies  have 
expired  by  time  limitation :  Mrs.  Edmonia 
Heald  McCluer,  Felsmere,  Fla. ;  Mrs.  Mary 
Louise  Patton  Nap>r,  Vidalia,  Ga. ;  Mrs. 
Hattie  Cornelia  Kinney,  McCarroU,  111.; 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Lee  McKelvey,  Sparta,  111.; 
Mrs.  Jessie  Kate  Alorrison,  Centralia,  111. ; 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Bayless  Lauderbach,  Augusta, 
Ky. ;  Miss  Blanche  Patterson,  Burgaw,  N.  C. ; 
Mrs.  Ethelia  Rush  Harrell,  Cisco,  Texas ; 
Mrs.  Lucinda  H.  Bailey  Heron,  Cathlamet, 
Wash. ;  Mrs.  Abbie  Harlev  Dixon,  Piedmont, 
W.  \'a. ;   Mrs.  Ida  Clark  Merrell,  Ripon,  Wis. 

Through  their  respective  State  Regents  the 
re-appointment  of  the  following  Organizing 
Regents  is  requested :  Mrs.  Jessie  Kate  Mor- 
rison, Centralia,  111. ;  Mrs.  Ethelia  Rush  Har- 
rell, Cisco.  Texas;  Mrs.  Abbie  Harley  Dixon, 
Piedmont,   W.   \'a. 

The  following  Chapter  authorizations  have 
expired  by  time  limitation :  De  Queen,  Ark. 
Sherrerd  and  Mount  Sterling,  111.  Easley, 
Garnet.  Johnsonville,  Mullins  and  Troy,  S.  C. 
Columbia,  Dandridge,  Gallatin,  Jellico,  Jones- 
boro,  Kingsport,  LaFollette,  Lenoir  City,  New- 
port and  Pulaski,  Tenn. 

The  "  Sarah  St.  Clair "  Chapter  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  requests  that  they  lie 
allowed  to  change  their  name  to  "  Descendants 
of  76."  The  "  Montcalm  "  Chapter  of  Green- 
ville, Mich.,  wishes  to  prefix  Louis  Joseph  to 
their   Chapter  name. 

The  following  Chapter  names  have  been 
submitted  for  approval :  "  Phoebe  .Epperson 
Hearst  "  for  Piedmont.  Calif. ;  Ama-kanasta 
for  Douglasville.  Ga. ;  Oothcaloga  for  Adairs- 
ville,  Ga. ;  Fort  Hartford  for  Hartford,  Ky. ; 
Col.  George  Nicholas  for  Mt.  Sterling.  Ky. ; 
Russellville  for  Russellville,  Ky. ;  Bemidji  for 
Bemidji,  Minn,;  Cornelia  Beekman  for  Prince- 
ton, Mo. ;  Janet  Gage  for  W^iodbridge.  N.  J. ; 
Benjamin    Cleveland   for    Shelby,   N.   C. ;    Col. 


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Alexander  McAllister  for  Snow  Hill,  N.  C. ; 
Akron  for  Akron,  Ohio ;  Black  Creek  for 
Darlington,  S.  C. ;  Gen.  Joseph  Martin  for 
Martinsville,  Va. ;  Mary  Richardson  Walker  for 
Aberdeen,  Wash. ;  Col.  Chad  Brown  for  Rhine- 
lander,  Wis.;  Ft.  McKinney  for  Buffalo,  Wyo. 

The  following  Chapters  have  submitted  their 
names  for  approval  and  their  completed  or- 
ganizations are  presented  for  confirmation : 
Mount  Lookout  at  Golden,  Colo. ;  Caroline 
Brevard  at  Tallahassee,  Fla. ;  William  Den- 
nison  at  Aledo,  111. ;  Odell  at  Odell,  111. ;  Bland 
Ballard  at  Eminence,  Ky. ;  Wa-pe-ke-way  at 
Danville,  Ind. ;  Maria  Sanford  at  Minneapolis, 
Minn. ;  Rebecca  Spaulding  at  Atlanta,  Mo. ; 
Pilot  Grove  at  Pilot  Grove,  Mo. ;  Poplar  Bluff 
at  Poplar  Bluff,  Mo. ;  Monmouth  Court  House 
at  Freehold,  N.  J. ;  Pierre  Van  Cortlandt  at 
Peekskill,  N.  Y. ;  Micajah  Petway  at  Rocky 
Mount,  N.  C. ;  Eimice  Grant  at  Jefferson, 
Ohio ;  Elyria  at  Elyria,  Ohio ;  Gunston  Hall  at 
Walters,  Okla. ;  Gen.  James  Robertson  at 
Cedar  Hill,  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  Alexander  Love 
at  Houston,  Texas ;  Culpeper  Minute  Men  at 
Culpeper,  Va. ;  Col.  William  Preston  at 
Roanoke,  Va. 

The  correspondence  of  the  office  and  general 
routine  work,  which  is  increasing  daily,  has 
been  promptly  attended  to. 

Permits  issued  for  Regents  and  Ex-Regents 
bars,  89 ;  permits  issued  for  National  Officers, 
4;  charters  issued,  16;  commissions  issued  to 
National  Officers.  20;  commissions  issued  to 
State  and  State  Vice  Regents,  42 ;  re-election 
cards  issued  to  State  and  State  Vice  Regents, 
31. 

The  re-filing  of  all  Chapter  records  in  a 
chronological  order  and  in  dust  proof  cases 
has  been  completed  this  summer.  Having  1935 
Chapters  in  the  National  Society  it  was  quite 
an  undertaking. 

The  membership  catalogues,  active,  inactive 
and     marriage,     have     been     recarded     which 


facilitates  the  work  of  the  offices,  as  these  files 
are   used   by   the   entire   clerical    force. 

The  permits  issued  to  Caldwell  and  Company 
for  Regents  and  Ex-Regents  bars  have  been 
checked  with  the  records  here  and  a  new  filing 
system   installed   to   expedite   this   work. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Wm.  Sherman)   Flora  A.  Walker, 

Organising  Secretary   General. 

Mrs.  Walker  supplemented  her  report  by 
saying,  "  This  is  as  large  a  list  as  has  ever 
been  presented,  and  larger  than  ever  presented 
at  a  fall  meeting ",  and  moved  That  the 
Organizing  Secretary  General's  Report  be  ac- 
cepted ivith  the  correction  of  Battle  Creek, 
which  is  the  name  proposed  for  a  Chapter  in 
South   Carolina. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Moss  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Walker  then  called  attention  to  an 
extraordinary  situation  in  Nevada,  explaining 
that  the  By-Laws  require  the  election  of  State 
Regents  before  confirmation  by  Congress  and 
as  there  is  but  one  Chapter  in  Nevada  there 
can  be  no  Conference.  Therefore,  in  accord- 
ance with  precedence  in  such  cases,  she  re- 
quested the  President  General  to  formally 
appoint  ^frs.  Harriet  S.  Geldcr  of  Reno, 
Regent  of  the  "Nevada  Sagebrush"  Chapter, 
as  State  Regent  of  Nevada,  and  further  to 
request  the  National  Board  to  confirm  the  same. 

This  request  was  put  in  the  form  of  a 
motion,  and  was  seconded  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Howard  McCall  moved :  A  vote  of 
thanks  to  the  Organising  Secretary  General 
for  her  splendid  report. 

Seconded   by    Mrs.    Heath    and    carried. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  General  was 
then  submitted,  followed  by  the  reports  of  the 
Finance  Committee  and  of  the  Auditing 
Committee. 


Report  of  the   Treasurer  General 
Madam   President   General  and  Members  of   the   National    Board   of    Management : 

I  herewith  submit  the  following  report  of  receipts  and  disbursements   from  June  1st  to 
September  30th,   1923: 

CURRENT    FUND 

Balance  in  Bank  at  last  report.  May  31,   1923 $31,002.41 


Annual  dues,  $4928;  initiation  fees,  $12701;  reinstatement  fees,  $445; 
supplemental  fees,  $998;  catalogue  of  Museum,  $7.02;  certificates, 
$8;  copying  lineage.  $2.85;  creed  cards,  $10.88;  D.  A.  R.  Reports, 
$15.51;  die  of  Insignia,  $2.25;  directory,  $1.25;  dupHcate  papers 
and  lists,  $251.50;  exchange,  $1.08;  hand  books,  $7.75;  index  to 
Library  books,  $1.86;  interest,  $573.10;  interest,  Life  Membership 
fund,      $30.81;       Lineage,      $1475.65;       Magazine — subscriptions, 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT  755 

$4239.30;  advertisements,  $15;  single  copies,  $57.86;  post  cards, 
$3.50;  proceedings,  $4.50;  rent  from  slides,  $6.45;  ribbon,  $22,31; 
sale  of  waste  paper,  $5.52;  slot  machine,  $5.05;  stationery,  $7.78; 
telephone,  $38.93 ;  books  for  Library,  $19.65 ;  index  to  Lineage 
books,  $20;  use  of  lights,  $5;  Auditorium  events,  $1136.25. 

Total  Receipts    $27,048.56 


DISBURSEMENTS 

Refunds:   annual  dues,  $259;   initiation   fees,  $170;   supplemental   fees 

$22    ;         $451.00 

President   General:    clerical   service,   $77.76;    postage,   $28;    telegrams 

$198.13    303.89 

Organizing   Secretary   General:    clerical  service,   $1581.02;    engrossing, 

$48.80;  postage,  $10;  telegrams,  $3.45 1,643.27 

Recording  Secretary  General:  clerical  service,  $915.65;  cards  and  lists, 

$488.27;    expressage,   $1.04 1,404.96 

Certificates :    clerical    service,    $702.48 ;    certificates,    $24U ;    engrossing, 

$569.85  ;  tubes,  $412.50;   altering  plates,  $31.65 1,956.48 

Corresponding    Secretary    General:    clerical    service,    $758.72;    postage, 

$102 ;    information   leaflets,   $35    895.72 

Registrar   General:   clerical   service,   $5932.42;    binding   records,   ^2S2; 

cards  and  clip  holder,  $59.69 6,274.11 

Treasurer  General:  clerical  service,  $5180.56;  cards,  ccjpying  books  and 

ledger   sheets,  $68.31;   telegrams,   $2.51 5,251.38 

Historian  General:  clerical  service,  $1168.74;  historical  program,  $75; 

expressage,    $2.02    1,245.76 

Reporter  General:    qucstinnnaires   and   envelopes 53.75 

Librarian  General:  clerical  service,  $877.52;  accessions,  $17;  cards,  $5; 

postage,   $11  ;   expressage,   $1.77 912.29 

Curator  General :  clerical  service,  $400;  engrossing,  $7 407.00 

General  Office :  Executive  Manager's  salary,  $666.64 ;  clerical  service, 
$881.96;  messenger  service,  $170;  postage  and  stamped  envelopes. 
$67.80;  adjusting  typewriters,  $7.65;  drayage,  $2.25;  car  fare, 
$2.56;  supplies,  $351.59;  bonding  Notary  Public,  $8;  seal,  $4.50; 
Naval  Academy  cup,  $115;  President  General's  speech,  $81.25; 
President  General's  pin,  $60;  resolutions,  $3(130;  Limousine, 
President  Harding's  funeral  $34;  wreath.  President  Harding,  $40.         2,523,50 

Committees :  Building  and  Grounds — clerical  service,  $20 ;  Finance — 
clerical  service,  $40 ;  postage,  $.75 ;  Historical  and  Literary  Reci- 
procity— expressage,  $5.15;  postage,  $5;  Liquidation  and  Endow- 
ment— engrossing,  $22.70 ;  postage,  $5 ;  Patriotic  Education — 
printing,  $6.38;  tubes,  $1.50;  folders,  $21;  postage,  $20.91;  tele- 
grams, $2.97;  Patriotic  Lectures  and  Slides  —  clerical  service,  $5..  156.36 

Expense  of  Buildings:  employees'  pay-roll,  $3660.01;  coal,  212!/2  tons, 
$2921.88;  electric  current  and  gas,  $169.90;  ice  and  towel  service 
and  water  rent,  $149.69 ;  laundering  and  cleaning  suits,  $5.47 ; 
express  and  hauling,  $26.91 ;  awning  for  skylight,  $85 ;  visitors' 
register,  $31.50;  repairs  to  elevator,  fan  and  library  table,  $17.53; 
supplies,   $101.45    7,169.34 

Printing  machine  expense:   printer,  $170;   ink,  $8.54;  repairs,  $21.57..  200.11 

Magazine:  clerical  service,  $467.52;  cards,  $11.75;  postage,  $100.02; 
telegram,  $1.43;  Editor  —  salary,  $800;  articles  and  photos,  $494; 
postage,  $6 ;  telegram.  $1 ;  Genealogical  Editor — salary,  $200 ; 
printing  and  mailing  May-August  issues,  $8,859.39;  cuts,  $366.37..       11,307.48 

Thirty-second  Congress:  Credentials  Committee — postage,  $2.50; 
telegram,  $2.45 ;  House  Committee — decorations,  $65 ;  Program 
Committee — taxi   service,  $1    70.95 

Auditorium  Events:  labor,  $195.25;   lights,  $28;  refunds,  $281.75 .505.00 

Auditing    accounts    450.00 


$.58,050.97 


/•se  dAugh'ters  of  the  American  revolution  MaSaZI^^E 

D.    A.    R.    Reports :    postage $5.00 

Duplicate   paper    fee   refunded 1.00 

Furniture  and  Fixtures  :  6  electric  fans,  $162 ;  2  typewriters,  $159.50 ; 
1    motor    mower,    $225 ;    vending   machine,    $25 ;    glass    for    table, 

catalogue  room,  Pi7  ■   ladder.  $6.50 665.00 

Lineage:   1,000  copies  vol.  64,  $1623.50;    l.OCO  copies  vol.  65,  $1589.50; 

old   volumes,   $7.50 ;    postage.   $80 3.300.50 

Ribbon    138.50 

State    Regents'    postage 162.25 

Stationery    1,065.13 

Telephone     290.57 

Total  disbursements    $48,810.30 

Balance    $9,240.67 


PERMANENT  FUND 
Balance  at  last  report,  May  31,   1923 $8,442.79 

RECEIPTS 

Charters    $50.00 

Administration  Building  contributions    179.85 

Continental   Hall  contributions    679.75 

Liquidation    and    Endowment    Fund 85.15 

Commissions :     Insignia     $335.50 

Medals    125.00 

Recognition   pins    75.15 

535.65 

Total  receipts   1,530.40 

$9,973.19 

DISBUUSEME.MTS 

Interest,    Notes    Payable    $8,033.34 

Administration  Building  furnishings  : 

Pennsylvania  room   $49.60 

Freight    on    furniture 9.73 

59.33 

Continental  Hall  furnishings : 

Banquet    Hall     $43.45 

Museum     .320.39 

Rooms     538.85 

902.69 

Refund,   Continental   Hall   contributions,   Wisconsin 436.00 

Refund,  Liquidation  and  Endowment  Fund,  Pennsylvania 1.00 

Total    disbursements     9,432.36 

Balance    $540.83 

Petty   Cash  Fund    $500.00 

SPECIAL  FUNDS 

LIFE     MEMBERSHIP 

Balance,   May   31,   1923 $256.34 

immigrants'   manual 

Balance,    May    31,    1923 $19,561.06 

Contributions     842.25 

Sale  of  copies   31.32 

$20,434.63 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT  757 

Disbursements ; 

50,000  copies   French   Edition $3,747.00 

50,000   copies    German    Edition 3,747.00 

Postage,  $75  ;   expressage,  $114.01 1S9.01 

Petty  cash  fund  at  Ellis  Island 15.00 

Transferred  to  Ellis   Island   fund 22.00 

$7,720.01 

Balance     $12,714.62 

l.II'.ERTY    LOAN 

Balance,   May   31,    1923 $12.56.'^.78 

Contributions  and  interest    896.44 


$13,465.22 
Disbursements — Real    Daughters    pensions    1,380.00 


Balance    12.1)85 

PILGRIM    MOTHERS    MEMORIAL    FOUNTAIN 

Balance,   Alay  31,    1923 -^^.OJC 

PATRIOTIC    EDUCATION 

Balance,   May  31,   1923 $251.00 

Receipts    6,342.86 


$6,593.86 
Disbursements    6,179.51 

Balance    -11-* -^-^ 

ELLIS    ISLAND 

Balance,   May  31,   1923 $2,673.85 

Receipts    326.50 

Transferred   from   Manual  Fund 22.IX) 

$i.022.y:< 
Disbursements     1 ,831  .,■>.■! 

Balance    1.190.80 

FHILIPriXE    SCHOLARSHIP 

Balance,   May   31,    1923 $1,622.20 

Receipts    83.45 

Balance     1,705.65 

PRESERVATION    OF    HISTORIC    SPOTS 

Balance,   May  31,    1923 $85.00 

Receipts    5,000  00 


$5,085.00 
Disbursements : 

Alexander  Hamilton  Home,  N.  J $5,000.00 

Refund,   Virginia   Chapters    60.00 

— 5.060.00 

Balance    25.00 

PRIZES  — ■  COL.    WALTER    SCOTT    GIFT 

Balance,   May  31,   1923 1,570.00 


758 


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MARKERS  —  NATIONAL    OLD    TRAILS    ROAD 

Balance,    May    31,    1923 $3,057.31 

Receipts    '571.40 


Balance     $3,628.71 

RELIEF   SERVICE 


Receipts     

Disbursements 


$572.15 
572,15 


Balance,    May    31,    1923. 


111.35 


Total   Special   Funds    $58,702.04 


RECAPITULATION 

Funds  Bal.  S-3 1-23 

Current     $31,002.41 

Permanent     

Petty   Cash    

Life  Membership    

Immigrants    Alanual    19,561.06 

Liberty   Loan    

Pilgrim   Mothers   Memorial   Fountain .... 

Patriotic   Education    

Ellis   Island    

Philippine    Scholarship    

Preservation   of    Historical    Spots 

Prizes    

Markers  — 

National  Old  Trails  Road 

Relief    Service    

Tilloloy     


Bal.  S-31-23 

Receipts     Disbursements 

Bal.  9-30-23 

$31,002.41 

$27,048.56 

5^,810.30 

$9,240.67 

8,442.79 

1,530.40 

9,432.36 

540.83 

500.00 

500.00 

256.34 

256.34 

19,561.06 

873.57 

7,720.01 

12,714.62 

12.568.78 

896.44 

1,380.00 

12,085.22 

25.000.00 

25,000.00 

251.00 

6,342.86 

6,179.51 

414.35 

2,673.85 

348.50 

1,831.55 

1,190.80 

1,622.20 

83.45 

1,705.65 

85.00 

5,000.00 

5,060.00 

25.00 

1,570.00 

1,570.00 

3,057.31 

571.40 

3,628.71 

572.15 

572.15 

111.35 

111.35 

Totals    $106,702.09    $43,267.33  $80,985.88    $68,983.54 

DISPOSITION  OF  FUNDS 

Balance,   National   Metropolitan   Bank $68,483.54 

Petty  Cash    (in   Treasurer   General's   Office) 500.00 


Total     $68,983.54 

INVESTMENTS 

Permanent  Fund  —  Liberty   Bonds    $100,000.00 


Permanent  Fund  —  Chicago   and  Alton   Bonds . 

Permanent  Fund  —  Chicago,   Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Bond. 

Philippine   Scholarship   Fimd  —  Liberty   Bonds 

Life  Membership  Fund  —  Liberty  Bonds 

Tilloloy   Fund  —  Liberty   Bonds 


2,314.84 
1,000.00 
10,000.00 
1.450.00 
4,900.00 


INDEBTEDNESS 

order     of     the     29th     and     31  st 


$119,664.84 


National     Metropolitan     Bank  —  by 
Congresses : 

Real   Estate    Notes $200,000.00 

Demand    Notes    80,000.00 


Respectfully. 


$280,000.00 


(Mrs.  Alfred)    Grace  H.  Brosseau, 

Treasurer  General. 


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759 


Following  the  financial  report  of  the  Treas- 
urer General,  she  reported,  members  deceased 
since  the  last  Board  meeting,  461 ;  resigned, 
131 ;  dropped  from  Chapters,  923 ;  dropped 
members  at  large,  481;  total  1404;  reinstated 
135;  leaving  a  total  of  1269.  The  membership 
list  as  of  October  1,  1923  totaling;  Chapter 
membership,  127,242;  members  at  large,  7,978; 
making  a  total   membership  of    135,220. 

Mrs.  Nash  called  attention  to  a  charge 
against  the  Magazine  Committee  for  the  salary 
of  a  clerk,  explaining  that  the  clerk  in  question 
merely  handled  the  magazine  subscriptions  and 
receipts  which  came  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Treasurer  General's  office,  and  should  not 
be  charged  against  the  Magazine  Committee. 
This  was  adjusted  by  a  correction  in  the 
report  of  the  Treasurer  General,  eliminating 
the  word  "  Committee "  so  that  the  charge 
would  be  made  against  the  Magazine  rather 
than  against  the  Magazine  Committee ;  the 
clerical  work  of  that  committee  being  supplied 
by  the  Chairman  without  cost  to  the  National 
Society. 

The  Treasurer  General  then  moved  the  re- 
instatement of  133  members.  The  motion  was 
seconded  and  carried,  and  the  President  General 
declared  these  135  members  reinstated. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee 
then  presented  her  report. 

Report  of  Finance  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board   of    Management ; 

As  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  I 
have  the  following  report  to  submit  for  the 
months  of  June,  July,  August  and  September. 
Vouchers  were  approved  to  the  amount  of 
$80,512.88,  which  includes  $6,179.51  received  as 
contributions  for  Patriotic  Education,  $572.15 
for  Relief  Work  and  $5,000  from  New  Jersey 
for  Preservation  of  Historic  Spots  —  the  first 
payment  on  the  Alexander  Hamilton  House. 

The  following  large  amounts  were  expended ; 

Clerical  service $19,208.47 

Magazine    11,307.48 

Interest,  Notes  Payable 8,033.34 

Employees  of  the  Hall 4,195.26 

Support  of  Real  Daughters 1,380.00 

Postage    557.05 

Printing  and  translating  the  Manual 

in  French  and  German 7,494.00 

Lineage  Book   (64th  & 65th  volumes)       3,213.00 
Miscellaneous    as     Itemized    in    the 

Report  of  the  Treasurer  General. .     13,372.62 
Respectfully  submitted, 

(Mrs.  Frank  H.)  Alice  Frye  Briggs, 

Chairman,  Finance  Committee. 


The  Chairman  of  the  Auditing  Committee 
then  presented  the  report  of  the  Vice  Chairman 
of  that  Committee,  dated  September  26,  1923, 
she  having  presided  in  the  absence  of  the 
Chairman,  and  a  further  report  over  her  own 
signature  as  Chairman,  covering  the  October 
meeting. 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 
A  meeting  of   the  Auditing  Committee  was 
held    in    Memorial    Continental    Hall    at    2  ;30 
P.  M.,  September  24th. 

The  reports  of  the  Treasurer  General  for 
June,  July  and  August  and  of  the  American 
Auditing  Company  for  the  same  months  were 
compared  and  found  to  agree. 

Respectfully   submitted, 

Jessie  M.  Jackson, 
September  26,  1923.  ''■'''^  Chairma}^ 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 
A  meeting  of   the  Auditing  Committee  was 
held    in    Memorial    Continental    Hall    at    2 :30 
P.  M.,  October  12th. 

The  reports  of  the  Treasurer  General  for 
September  and  of  the  American  Auditing  Com- 
pany for  the  same  month  were  compared  and 
found  to  agree. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  George)  Mary  M.  DeBolt, 


October  12,  1923. 


Chairman. 


Mrs.  DeBolt  then  moved  That  the  report  of 
the  Auditing  Committee  carrying  tvith  it  the 
acceptance  of  tlie  report  of  the  Treasurer  Gen- 
eral and  the  Chairman  of  the  finance  Com- 
mittee be  accepted  and  filed. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Moss  and  carried. 

The  report  of  the  Historian  General  was 
then  presented. 

Report  of  the  Historian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 

At  the  June  Meeting  of  this  Board  your 
Historian  General  reported  Volume  65  of  the 
Lineage  Books  ready  for  publication.  Volume 
66  is  now  ready  for  distribution,  Volume  67  is 
in  the  hands  of  the  printer,  proof  having  been 
read,  and  Volumes  68  and  69  are  well  under 
way.  The  office  force  has  been  increased  by 
one  clerk.  The  Business  Office  reports  a  ban- 
ner sale  of  books  during  the  summer  months. 
Cards  were  sent  to  all  members  whose  records 
appear  in  these  volumes  and  orders  amounting 
to   nearly   $2000   were  filled. 

Your  Historian  General  pledges  herself  to 
an  earnest  effort  to  assist  in  this  work  and  1$ 


760 


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encouraged  by  two  orders  received  during  the 
past  week   for  a   complete   file,   also   an  order 
amounting  to  more  than  $100.00  for  books  to 
be  sent  to  a  Chapter  in  the  far  west. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

M.\RY  AI.  DeBolt, 

Historian  General. 

Mrs.  DeBolt  moved  T/iat  the  report  of  tiie 
Historian  General  be  accepted. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Moss  and  carried. 

The  Librarian  General  then  presented  her 
report,  together  with  a  list  of  books  presented 
to  the  Library  since  the  last  meeting. 

Report  of  the  Librarian  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board  of  Management : 

Since  my  last  report  in  June,  I  have  written 
the  State  Regents  of  Alabama,  Virginia,  Texas 
and  Maine  asking,  as  their  bookcases  are  empty 
in  their  state  rooms,  and  as  the  space  in  the 
library  is  limited,  to  use  their  bookcases  if 
needed  for  the  overflow  of  books.  I  have  had 
favorable  replies  from  them  all.  Since  my 
last  report  I  have  heard  from  the  State  Regent 
of  Indiana  saying  we  could  use  their  book- 
cases also. 

Miss  Lincoln  asked  me  to  write  an  article 
for  the  Magazine  on  the  library.  I  have  done 
so  and  it  will  be  published  shortly. 

Five  new  Vice  Chairmen  have  been  appointed 
on  the  Library  Committee  by  the  President 
General.  I  have  written  them  of  the  work  and 
asked  for  suggestions.  The  National  Officers 
and  State  Regents  have  also  been  sent  copies 
of  my  letter  to  the  State  Librarians. 

With  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee a  letter  will  be  sent  out,  asking  State 
Librarians  to  report  each  year  by  March  1st. 
This  we  hope  will  bring  results.  Letters  hav- 
ing come  from  State  Librarians  asking  the 
best  methods  to  pursue  in  acquiring  books  for 
the  library.  I  am  also  asking  them  for  their 
ideas  on  the  subject,  for  some  good  system 
must  have  developed  by  this  time. 

Mrs.  White,  Chairman  of  the  Genealogical 
Research  Committee,  wrote  and  asked  if  the 
papers  of  that  Committee  in  the  library  could 
be  listed  and  bound.  A  filing  case  has  been 
purchased  for  these  papers  and  some  have 
gone  to  be  bound.  IMany  of  the  papers  are  not 
typewritten  nor  on  the  right  size  paper  for 
binding.  The  Executive  Committee  voted  that 
the  Genealogical  Research  Committee  can  have 
these   papers   copied   for   binding. 

The  Buildings  and  Grounds  Committee  has 
given  the  clerks  in  the  library  permission  to 
use  the  Iowa  room  near  the  library  to  work  in. 
It  is  much  needed  and  is  much  appreciated. 
We  are  hoping  to  have  the  continued  use  of 


this  room  by  official  action  of   Iowa  and  also 
that  of  the  Vermont  room  next  to  the  library. 
The  following  accessions  to  the  library  have 
been  received  since  the  June  Board  Meeting. 

BOOKS 
Alabama 

History  of  Alabama  and  Dictionary  of  Alaba?na 
Biografh'v.  T.  M.  Owen.  4  volumes.  1921.  From 
Mrs.   Rhett   Goode. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Alabama  D.  A.  R. 
Conference  of   IMarch,    1923: 

Haiders  and  Romance  of  Alabama  History.  B.  F. 
Riley. 

Public   Men    of    Alabama.     W.    Garrett. 

Arkansas 
Historv   of  Arkansas.      J.    H.    Shinn.      1905.      From 
.Mary    Fuller    Percival    Chapter. 

California 

A  Record  of  ttie  Descendants  of  John  Clark  of 
Fannimjton,  Connecticut.  J.  Gay.  18S2.  From  Mrs. 
George  W.   Percy. 

The  following  2  volumes  for  California  Room 
through  Genealogical  Research  Committee,  a  gift  of 
^Irs.  Mary  H.  G.  Braly,  deceased,  former  Regent  of 
Gen.   Richard    Gridley    Chapter: 

California  Romantic  and  Resourceful.  J.  F.  Davis. 
1914. 

Memory    Pictures.      J.    H.     Braly.      1912. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Norton, 
State  Librarian: 

A-Gypsying.     A.    B.    Mezquida.     1922. 

The    J'oices.     Mrs.    L.    Lowenberg.      1920. 

The    Furnace   for    Gold.     E.    S.    Allen.     1919. 


DiSTRIC 


Co 


Marriaoe  N^otices  in  the  South  Carolina  Ga::ette, 
nSl-lSOL  A.  S.  Salley.  1902.  From  Miss  Jean 
Stephenson  through   Mary   Washington   Chapter. 

The  Story  of  Old  Fort  Johnson.  W.  M.  Reid. 
1906.  From  Mrs.  C.  VV.  Allen  through  Constitution 
Chapter. 

The  following  3  volumes  compiled  and  presented  ty 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  through  Susan  Reviere  Hetzel 
Chapter. 

Presidents   and  Pies.     1920. 

The  Spell  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands  and  the  Phil- 
ippines.     1916. 

Zigzagging.      1918. 

Records  of  Probate  Court  of  IVestmoreland,  Litch- 
field County,  Conn.  1923.  From  Mrs.  G.  M.  Brum- 
baugh. 

The  Writings  of  George  Washington.  J.  Sparks. 
1834.      12    volumes.      From   Mrs.    E.    L.    McClelland. 

Manual  of  the  General  Court  of  Neiv  Hampshire, 
im.l.      From    Mrs.    Amos    G.    Draper. 

Illinois 
27th   Annual  State  Conference,  D.   A.  R.  of  Illinois. 
1923.     From   Illinois   "  Daughters." 

Indiana 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Miss  Carolyn  E. 
Ford,   State  Librarian: 

Biographical  and  Historical  Souvenir  of  the  Counties 
of  Clark,  Crawford,  Jefferson,  Harrison,  Floyd,  Jen- 
nings, Scott  and  Washington.     J.  M.   Gresham.      1889. 

Some  Recollections  of   .1/v   Bovhood.     B.   L.    Harris. 

Home   Folks.     W.    A.    Ward.     Volume    1. 

Historical  Sketch  of  Parke  County,  Ind.  I.  R. 
Strouse.      1916.     From    Tippecanoe    River    Chapter. 

Proceedings  of  Iftk  Annual  Conference  on  Indiana 
History.      From    Indiana   Historical    Commission. 


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The   following   2    volumes    from    Wythogan    Chapter: 

Story    of    Marshall    County.     M.    H.    Swindell. 

Historv  of  Indiana  and  Marshall  County.  Vol,  2. 
1S90. 

Hcnrv  County.  Past  and  Present.  E.  Pleas.  1871. 
From    Maj.   Hugh    Dinwiddle   Chapter. 

Kentucky 

The    following    4    volumes    from    Fincastle    Chapter: 

A  History  of  Kentucky  and  Kcntuckians.  3 
volumes.     E.   P.   Johnson.     1912. 

A    Corner   in   Celebrities.     A.    E.    Trabue.      1922. 

Historical  Sketclics  of  Kentucky.  L.  Collins.  1847, 
From    Mrs.    Katharine    Capperton. 

Maryland 
Records   of  the   Connreaations   of    Upper  and   Lower 
Zachiah     and     Matta-womace    and    St.     Marys.      From 
Mrs.    Frank    P.    Scrivener  through   Baltimore   Chapter. 

Massachusetts 
The  following  2  volumes  from  Miss  Belle  G.   Brown 
of   Warren   and   Prescott   Chapter: 

The  Advance   Guard  of  IVestern  Civilisation.     J.   R. 


Giln 


John  Sevier  as  a  Commonwealth  Builder.  J.  R. 
Gilmore,     1887, 

A  Cutler  Memorial  and  Gcnealociical  History.  N.  S. 
Cutler.      1889.      From    Mrs.    Harriett    I.    Cutler. 

The  following  4  volumes  from  Mrs.  Harris  AI. 
Barnes: 

First  Annual  Report  of  Public  Service  Commission. 
1914. 

Impeachment  of  .Andrew  Johnson.  i  volumes. 
1808. 

The  following  i  volumes  from  Mrs.  Edith  D.  Hill 
through    Johanna   -\spinwall   Chapter: 

The   Pilgrim    Spirit.     G.    P.    Baker.      1921. 

Days  and  IVays  in  Old  Boston.  W.  S.  Rossiter. 
1915. 

Towns  of  New  England,  Old  Enqland,  Ireland  and 
Scotland.      1920. 

Year  Book  of  the  D.  A.  R.  of  Massachusetts, 
Iili.1-1B2!,.     2  copies.      From  the  Massachusetts  D.  A.  R. 

Michigan 

The  Story  of  Ab.  S.  Waterloo.  1905.  From  Mrs. 
W.    R.  Jerome. 

The  Wonders  of  the  Dunes.  G.  A.  Brennan.  1923. 
From    Algonquin    Chapter. 

The  History  of  Ypsilanti.  PI.  C.  Colburn.  1923. 
From    Mrs.    P.    R.    Cleary,    State    Librarian. 

A  Woman-s  Life  Work.  L.  S.  Haviland.  1881. 
From    Lucy   \\'olcott    Barnum   Chapter. 

The  Battles  of  the  America])  Revolution.  H.  R. 
Carrington.      1877.     From  Mrs.   W.    L.   Kishler. 

Mississippi 

The   following   2    volumes    from    Pathfinder    Chapter: 

/"    April   Once.     W.   A.   Percy.      1920. 

Carolina  Chansons.     D.  Hay^vard  &  H.  Allen.     1922. 

Random  Recollections  or  Early  Days  in  Mississippi. 
H.    S.    Fulkerson.     From    Natchez   Chapter. 

Proceedings  of  l\Iississippi  D.  A.  R.  Conference. 
1922.      From    Mississippi    "  Daughters." 

Missouri 

Missouri  Historical  Review.  Volumes  1,  4  and  8. 
From  Jefferson   Chapter. 

The   following  ,2    volumes    from   Wvaconda    Chapter: 

Personal    Recollections.     J.    F.    Darbv.      1880. 

The  Story  of  Old  St.  Louis.     T.   E.   Spencer.      1914. 

The  following  3  volumes  from  Sarah  Barton  Murphv 
Chapter: 

Government  in   Missouri.     I.   Loeb.      1912. 


The   Missouri  Handbook.     N.    H.    Parker.     1865. 

Centennial  Volume  of  Missouri  Methodism.  M.  L, 
Grav   &   W.    M.    Baker. 

History  of  Ray  County,  Mo.  1881.  From  Allen- 
Morton-Watkins    Chapter. 

Nebraska 

Proceedings     of     21st      Annual      State      Conference, 

D.  A.  R.  of  Kcbraska.     From  Nebraska  "  Daughters." 

New    Hampshire 

History  of  the  Town  of  Hinoham.  Mass.  4  volumes. 
1893.      From   Miss    Mary  J.    Wellington. 

History  of  Dover,  N.  H.  Vol.  1.  1923.  J.  Scales. 
From   Margery    Sullivan    Chapter. 


Ellen    Hardin    Wal- 


The    following    2    volume: 
worth    Chapter: 

Descendants  of  Edzcard  Trc(a)dwcll  through  His 
Son   John.      W.    A.    Robbins.      1911. 

Ccnealociy  of  the  Macy  Family  From  jeas-lSSS. 
S.  J.   Macy.      1868. 

History  of  Oswego  County,  N.  V.  1877.  From 
ilrs.    Avery    S.    Wright. 

Landmarks  of  Oswego  County.  .V.  Y.  J.  C. 
Churchill.      1895.     From   Miss   Harriet    E.    Stevens. 

History  of  .Allegany  County,  .\c7o  York.  1896. 
From  Mrs,  E.   P.   Saunders. 

Spirit  of  -rfi  .Maoacine.  Volumes  II  and  12.  From 
Women    of   '76    Chapter. 

North    Dakota 
The    2    following    volumes    from    Mandan    Chapter: 
Early   History   of  North  Dakota.      C.   A.    Lounsberry, 
1919. 

Sitting  Bull  and  Custer.     A.    McG.   Beede.      1913. 
Presented   at    Congress   and    now    placed   in    Library. 

Ohio 

Revolutionary  Soldiers  buried  in  Washington  County, 
Ohio.      Compiled   and    presented   by    Marietta    Chapter. 

History  of  Hockina  Valley.  Ohio.  1SS3.  From 
>abbv  i.ee  Ames  Chapter.  From  Mrs.  Martha 
McCune   Pilcher. 

Proceedinos  of  the  2ith  Annual  Ohio  Conference, 
D.  A.  R.     From  the  Ohio   D.   A.    R. 

History  of  the  City  of  Toledo  and  Lucas  County, 
Ohio.     1888.     From    Ursula    Wolcott    Chapter. 

Pennsylvania 

The  Leoends  of  the  American  Revolution,  1716. 
G.   Lippard.      1876.     From  Mrs.    William   H.    Sayen. 

Biographical  and  Portrait  Cyclopedia  of  Chester, 
County.  Pa.  S.  T.  Wiley.  1893.  From  Miss  Frances 
H.    Irwin. 

History  of  Beaver  County,  Pa.  J.  H.  Bausman. 
2    vols.      1904.      From    Lawrence    County    Chapter. 

History  of  Lancaster  County.  Pa.'  F.  Ellis  & 
S.    Evans.      1883.     From    Donegal    Chapter. 

The  following  2  volumes  from  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
Forney : 

The  Story  of  Lancaster:  Old  and  New.  W.  Riddle. 
1917. 

An  Authentic  Historv  of  Lancaster  County.  Pa. 
J.    I.    Mombert.      1869. 

.An  Authentic  History  of  Donegal  Presbyterian 
Church.  J.  L.  Ziegler.  1902.  From  Donegal 
Chapter. 


Ru 


the    Rhode    Island 


The    following    3    volume- 
Daughters  ": 

Annals   of   Redwood  Library.     G.    C.    Mason.     1891. 
Annals    of    Trinity    Church,    Ne-wport,    R     I.      G.    C. 
.lason.      1891.     2    volumes. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Proceedings  and  Program  of  the  Sl.rth  and  Ninth 
Annual  State  Conference  of  South  Dakota  D.  A.  R 
From   Mrs.    C.    M.    Cannon. 


Tennessee 
Hills  of  Wilkes  Counts 
•s.      L.    J.    Hill.       1922. 


and    Allied 
rs.    Joel    K. 


iintain  and  Big   Bend   County, 
^rom     Mary     JIartin      Elmore 


Scott   Chaptei 
The    Histo 


of     Dummerston. 
lattleboro    Chapter. 


D.     L.     ilansfield. 


Sonth-U'cst    Tirginia  and   The   Vallcv.      1,592 
Irs.   William   W.   Richardson,    State   Librarian 

Washington 
History    and    Genealogy    of    the    Prentice    or 


Family.      C.    J. 
Whitman   Chapte 


West   Vj 


A     Historv     of     Monroe     County,     IV.     Fa.       O 
Morton.       19'l6.      From    Pack    Horse    Ford    Chapt. 

History    of    IVcst    Virqinia.      V.    A.    Lewis. 
From   Miss   A     Caroline   Knote. 


A     Little 
Volunteers. 


Wisconsin 
,ry  of  Comfany 
Rossiter.      From 


Mr 


.Joseph  Lindsay. 


Other    Sources 

1st,  2nd  and  3rd  Report  of  the  Historical  Commis- 
sion of  Pennsylvania.  1915,  1918  and  1922.  From 
Mr.    George   P.   Donehoo. 

Washington  Number  of  The  National  Geographic 
Magacine.  1923.  From  the  National  Geographic 
Society. 

New  Jersey  State  .4rchives,  First  Series,  T'ohnnc 
SI.      1923.      From   New  Jersey   State   Library. 

The   following   9    volumes    from    Mr.    Frank    \Vilder: 

Connecticut  Historical  Society  Collections.  Volume 
13. 

Middletown,    Conn,    and   its  Parishes.      Field.      1852. 

Gladding    Genealogy.     C.    S.    Gladding.      19ni. 

Nezu  Haven  Historical  Society  Papers.  \'olumes  7 
and  8, 

Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs  of  Hoston  and 
Eastern  Massachusetts.  W.  R.  Cutter.  \'olumes  1 
and    2.     1908. 

Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs  of  Middlesex 
County,    Mass.     W.    R.    Cutter.     Volumes    2   and    4. 

History  of  Reynoldsville.  Pa.,  and  Vicinity.  W.  E. 
Elliott.      1922.      Gift    of    the   author. 

Memorial  Record  of  the  Fathers  of  IVisrousin. 
Tenney  &  Atwood.  1880.  From  State  Historical 
Society    of   Wisconsin. 

Genealogical  Record  of  Saint  Nicholas  Society. 
Volume   3.      1923.     From  the   Society. 

The  Fulton-Hayden-Warner  Ancestry  in  America. 
C.  E.  Leonard.  1923.  From  Mr.  William  Edwards 
Fulton. 

The  Seal  and  Flag  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire. 
O.  G.  Hammond.  1916.  From  New  Hampshire 
Historical    Society. 

Proceedings  of  Wyoming  Historical  and  Geological 
Society.      1923.      From   the    Society. 

Collections   of   the   State   Historical   Society   of   North 


Dakota. 

Connecticut  State  Register  and 
From    Connecticut    State    Library. 

Kith  and  Kin.  1922.  Compiled 
Mr.   Willis   M.    Di.xon 


lety. 

Manual    for    1923. 

and    presented    by 


Historical      Society. 
the    Society. 
merican      Revolution. 


Collections      of      New 
Volumes    54,    55,    and    56. 

Some      I'eterans      of 
Volume   3.     J.    E.    Bowman. 

Report  of  Historian   General  of  the  General  Society 
of    Colonial    Wars.      From    the    Society. 

The    Washinaton    Souvenir.      C.    H.    Claudy.      1923. 
From  Almas  Temple  A.  A.  O.   N.   M.   S. 

Ancestors  and  Descendants  of  Daniel  .4ldeu.     F.  W. 
Alden.      1923.     From  the  author. 

Lineage    Book,    N.    S.    D.    A.    R.     Volumes    63,    64 
and  65.     2   copies   each. 

Pension  Papers.     \'olume   62   and   63. 

New  Hampshire   Pension   Records.     Volumes   29,    30 
and    31. 

Massachusetts    Civil    and    Military    Lists.      1780. 

The   following   2    volumes    from    University  of    State 
of  New   York: 

Minutes   of  the   Court  of  Rensselaerswyck,  IG/iS-lGll. 


A.    J.    V; 


La£ 


Selections  from  the  Letters  and  Diaries  of  Brevet- 
Brigadier  General  Willonghby  Babcock  of  the  iritn 
New    York    Volunteers.     W.    iVI.   Babcock.     1922. 

2Sth  Annual  Report  of  American  Scenic  and  Historic 
Preservation   Society,   1922-23.     From   the    Society. 

PAMPHLETS 
District    of    Columbia 
The   Nettletons    in   America.     J.    A.    Crocker.     1918. 
From   Mrs.    G.    M.    Brumbaugh. 

Other  Merchants  and  Sea  Captains  of  Old  Boston. 
1919.     From    Mrs.    Larz    Anderson. 

Sketch  of  William  A.  Bradley.  1921.  Compiled 
and  presented  by  Miss  Maud  B.   Morris. 


Medic 


Dclazvare       County,       Ind. 
1     Miss     Carolyn     E.     Ford, 


Flistory 
G.  W.  H.  Kempe'r, 
State   Librarian. 

Greeneastlc  A  Hundred  Years'  I'iew.  Compiled  and 
presented  by  Mr.   W.   W.    Sweet. 

Massachusetts 

The  following  5  pamphlets  from  Mrs.  Edith  D.  Hill 
throu.tth    Johanna    Aspinwall    Chapter: 

The  Spirit  of  America.      1920. 

State  Street,  A  Brief  Account  of  a  Boston  Way. 
1906. 

Souvenir    of   Le.rington.    J77.5.      1815. 

Memorial   of  Bunker   Hill,   June  17.   Ifta.      1875. 

History   of   Democracy   in   the    United   States. 

The  .4ncestors,  Descendants  and  Relations  of  Ala- 
vesta  Sevilla  Hohenshil  Myers.  From  Mrs.  Frederick 
L.    Parker, 

The  Cape  Cod  Journal  of  the  Pilt/rim  Fathers 
1920.      From    Miss    Clara    M.    Breed. 

Michigan 
Pioneer  History  of  St.    Clair  County.      1910.     From 
Mrs.   W.   R.   Jerome. 

25  Year  Books  and  miscellaneous  pamphlets  pre- 
sented by  State  Liljrarian,  Mrs,  P.  R.  Cleary  for 
Jlichigan    Room. 

Xew    Jersey 

The  Revolutionary   Camp  Ground  at  Plainficld.   N.   J. 

C.    C.    Vermeule.       1923.      From    Continental    Chapter. 


Ne 


Yd 


Guide  to  Fort  Chamblv,  Quebec.  J.  DeChambly. 
1922.      From    Saranac    Chapter. 

Fort  Johnson.  C.  F.  McClumpha.  1923.  From 
Amsterdam   Chapter. 

Old  Churchyard  Inscriptions,  South  .'^alem.  West- 
chester County.  N.  Y.  1908.  From  Ellen  Hardin 
Walworth  Chapter. 


Oi 


Th 


Making     of     An 
ted   by   Western    Res 


Published     and 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 


763 


Pennsylvania 
The    Story    of    the    Pennsylvania    Dclazi'are    Circular 


oundary.      J.   C.   Haye 


Mii 


Ma 


I.   Stillc 


South    Dakota 
Proceedings  and  Program  of  the  "ith  and  Sth  Annual 
State    Conference    of    South    Dakota   D.    A.    R.     From 
Mrs.    C.    M.    Cannon. 

Tennessee 
The   American  Historical   Review,   July   1923.      From 
Judge    David    Campbell    Chapter. 


Genealogical  Sketches  of  Reynolds.  Fewclls,  Walls 
and  Kindred  Families.  J.  F.  Re.vnolds.  1923.  From 
jMiss   liuth  Simpson. 

Other    Sourcks 

Weedon  Genealogy.  Compiled  and  presented  bv  ^Ir. 
John   H.    Xelson. 

.-/  Genealogical  History  of  William  Shepard.  G.  I.. 
Shepard.       1SS6.      From    Mrs.    Hatley    K.    Armstrong!. 

Eight  Pamphlets  and  volumes  2,  3,  and  4  (incom- 
plete) of  Library  Service.  From  Burton  Historical 
Collection. 

Year  Book  Xeai  Jersey  Socictv  of  Pennsvlzania. 
1923.     From  the   Society. 

The  2  following  pamphlets  from  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution   in   New   York: 

Reports    and    Proceedings,    1921-1S22. 

Addresses  in  Commemoration  of  Birth  of  George 
Washijigton,   February   1923. 

The  following  2  pamphlets  from  Mrs.  Mindwell 
Howe: 

Genealogy    in   the   Library.     O.    G.    Hammond. 

Tories  of  New  Hampshire  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution.     O.    G.    Hammond. 

M.VXUSCRIt'TS 

District    of    ColxjMbia 

Certified  copy  of  Manuscript  in  the  New  Hampshire 

Historical   Society   Library,  relating  to  Josiah  Bartlett, 

Signer   of  the    Declaration   of    Independence   from    New 

Hampshire.      From    Mrs.    Amos    G.    Draper. 

Xepraska 
Sketch  of  Fort  Robinson.  Nebraska.     W.   H.  Carter. 
From    Capt.    Christopher    Robinson    Chapter. 

XEWSPAPERS 

MlNNESOT.^ 

List  of  Soldiers  of  Civil  ll'ar  Buried  iu  Henry 
County.    III.     From    Mrs.    C.    W.    Wells. 


Bennington  Banner  and   Reformer.    Aug.   27,   1903. 

Evening    Banner,    May   2,    and   July   9.   1923. 

The   above   3    newspapers    from    Mrs.    W.    R.    White. 

Other    Sourcfs 
Dcvelopyncnt   of  an   Industry  Bv   a    Pioneer  Family. 
rom     Rear     .\clmiral     George     W.     Eaird,     U.     S.     X. 


Retired. 


PERIODICALS 


C.    A.    R.    Magazine,    June.    September. 

County    Court    Xote-Book.    June.    August. 

Essex  Institute  Llistorical  Collections,  July,  October. 

Illinois  State  Historical  Society  Journal,  .\pril, 
July. 

Iowa    Journal    of    History    and    Politics.    July. 

Kentucky  State  Historical  Society  Register.  Sep- 
tember. 

Liberty   Pell.   October. 

Maryland   Historical   Magazine.  Jinie.    September. 


Louisiana    Quarterly,    October. 

Jlissouri    Historical    Review,   April,    July,    October. 

Mayflower    Descendant,    January,    April. 

Xew  England  Historical  &  Genealogical  Register, 
July. 

.\e\v   Jersey   Historical    Society    Proceedings,    July. 

.\ewport    Historical    Society    Bulletin,    July. 

x\ew  York  Genealogical  &  Biographical  Record,  July, 
October. 

Xew  York  Historical  Society  Quarterly.  July, 
October. 

Xew  York  Public  Library  Bulletin.  Mav,  Tune,  July, 
August. 

X.    S.    Sons   American   Revolution   Bulletin,    Tune. 

Old   Time   Xew    England,   July,    October. 

Palimpsest,    June,    July,    August. 

South    Carolina    Historical    Magazine,    Octolier. 

Sprague's  Journal  of  ilaine  History,  June,  Sep- 
tember. 

Tyler's    Quarterly,   July. 

Virginia   Magazine  of  History  &  Biography,  July. 

Virginia   State   Library   Bulletin,   October. 

Western  Pennsylvania  Historical  Magazine.  July, 
September. 

William   and    Mary    College   Quarterly,   July. 

The   above   list   comprises    165    books.    41    pamphlets, 
2  manuscripts,    5    newspapers   and   45   periodicals. 
Respectfully   submitted, 

(Mrs.   LarzJ     Isabel  Anderson, 

Librarian-General. 

Tlie  Librarian  General  moved  tlic  adoption 
of  her  report.  The  motion  was  variously 
seconded  and  carried. 

The  Curator  General  then  presented  her 
report. 

Report  of  the  Curator  General 
Madam  President  General  and  Meinbcrs  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  following 
accessions  to  the  Aluseum  since  tlic  Board 
Meeting  of  June  12,  1923. 

District  of  Columbu  :  Pocket  Book,  owned 
by  Abncr  Hubbard,  and  carried  by  him  during 
the  Revolutionary  War.  Presented  in  memory 
of  Mrs.  Hattie  A.  Dodge  Allison,  by  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Martha  A.  Montague,  through 
the  Continental  Chapter.  Old  Book,  published 
during  the  reign  of  King  George  III.  Title: 
"  The  Chinese  Spy."  It  belonged  to  the 
donor's  grandfather,  Seton  William  Norris, 
•■  Marshal!  Hall  ",  Md.  Presented  by  Mrs. 
Xancy  Dupre  North.  Independence  Boll 
Chapter. 

New  York  :  Document.  A  record  of  old 
"  Burrying  Ground  "  of  Canaan,  Conn.  Deeded 
by  Benjamin  Stevens  to  School  District  No.  S; 
also  old  Tax  List;  both  presented  by  Mrs. 
Harvey  Tyson  White,  Ellen  Hardin  Walworth 
Chapter.  Red  Cedar.  From  one  of  the  Thir- 
teen Trees.  (South  Carolina  Tree)  planted 
during  the  Revolutionary  War.  by  Chief  Justice 
Oliver  Ellsworth,  at  his  home  in  Connecticut. 
Presented  by  Miss  Janet  McKay  Cowing, 
"  Sa-go-ye-wat-ha  "   Chapter. 


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Ohio:  Warming  Pan,  and  Flat  Iron,  the 
latter  containing  the  stone  with  which  it  was 
heated.  Presented  by  Miss  Sarah  P.  Crocker, 
Nathan  Perry  Chapter. 

Pennsylv..\xia  :  Old  Manuscript,  containing 
the  signature  of  Anthony  Wayne,  "  Green 
Back ",  denomination  one  dollar,  date  1862. 
"Dollar  Bill",  No.  B  529139401,  one  of  those 
sent  by  Mrs.  Caroline  Scott  Harrison,  first 
President  General,  N.  S.,  D.  A.  R.  in  payment 
of  dues.     Presented  by  Mr.  Wilson  L.  Gill. 

Washington  :  Seventeen  valuable  Manu- 
scripts, accompanied  by  portraits,  part  of  the 
"  Flora  A.  Walker  "  collection.  Presented  by 
Mrs.  William  Sherman  Walker,  Organizing 
Secretary  General,  N.  S.,  D.  A.  R. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  Charles  S.)  Olive  Whitman, 

Curator  General. 

The  report  of  the  Curator  General  was  ac- 
cepted subject  to  a  slight  correction,  which  was 
noted. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  General  pre- 
sented her  report. 

Report  of  Corresponding  Secretary  General 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 
Since  June  first  the  following  supplies  have 
been  sent  from  the  office  of  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  General : 

Application   blanks    17,603 

Leaflets  "How  to  Become  a  Member".     1,070 

Leaflets  of   General  Information 905 

Pamphlets  of  "  Necessary  Information  "        330 

Constitutions    639 

Transfer  Cards   722 

As  soon  as  the  new  Committee  Lists  were 
delivered  from  the  printer  they  were  mailed 
from  my  office  to  the  National  Board,  Chapter 
Regents,  National  Chairmen  and  Vice  Chair- 
men of  the  Committees,  and  we  also  addressed 
the  wrappers  for  the  Proceedings. 

All  orders  for  the  Immigrants'  Manual  were 
given  as  prompt  attention  as  possible.  To  our 
list  of  languages  there  have  been  added  the 
French  and  German  copies  of  which  are  in- 
cluded in  the  total  of  29,574  Manuals  which 
were  sent  for  free  distribution.  The  number 
given  out  in  each  language  follows :  English, 
10,167;  Spanish,  1,297;  Italian,  5,898;  Hun- 
garian, 266;  Polish,  502;  Yiddish,  2,217; 
French,    1.121  ;    German.   8,106. 

Of  the  twelve  hundred  and  thirty-five  letters 
received,  eleven  himdred  and  thirty-four  were 
replied    to,    the    others    being    referred    to    the 
department  to  which  they  were  intended. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
Elisabeth  Elliot  Shumway, 
Corresponding  Secretary  General. 


There  being  no  objection  tlie  report  of  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  General  was  adopted. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee  then  presented  her  report. 

Report    of    the    Chairman   of   the    Building 
and   Ground   Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 
I    take    pleasure    in    making    the    following 
report    for    the    Building    and    Grounds    Com 
mittee : 

Since  the  June  meeting,  with  the  consent  of 
the  President  General,  the  use  of  the  Audi- 
torium in  Alemorial  Continental  Hall  has  been 
granted  to  the  American  Legion,  June  14—15. 
The  Bureau  of  the  Budget  of  the  United 
States  Government  on  June  18,  at  which  time 
the  late  President  Harding  made  the  opening 
address.  This  was  the  last  time  he  came  to 
our  Building.  The  Commencement  of  the 
Western  High  School  June  20,  the  Convention 
of  the  American  Red  Cross  September  24  to 
27th,  the  Convention  of  the  Worlds  Dairy 
Congress  October  2-3  and  the  Debate  between 
George  Washington  Universitv  and  Oxford, 
England,   October   13,   1923. 

Memorial  Continental  Hall  and  the  Adminis- 
tration building  have  been  put  in  order  for 
the  winter  by  our  own  force,  our  grounds  have 
been  seeded,  soil  added  and  rolled  and  are  now 
in  good  condition  until  spring. 

Shades  have  been  placed  at  the  Hall  windows 
in  Memorial  Continental  Hall  made  from  the 
center  portion  of  the  long  ones  removed  from 
the  Museum. 

The  door  has  been  cut  between  the  Museum 
and  the  Tennessee  room,  the  West  Virginia 
room  has  been  redecorated  and  the  floors  re- 
finished  at  the  expense  of  the  State,  chairs 
caned  in  the  New  Jersey  room  and  all  orders 
of  the  previous  Board  fulfilled  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  table  for  the  Certificate  room  which 
proved  impracticable.  The  new  filing  system 
ordered  by  the  Board  with  the  necessary  new 
cases  for  same  have  been  installed  in  the 
Catalogue  room.  The  filing  equipment  in  each 
office  is  now  thoroughly  modern  and  complete 
and   in  accordance  with   present  needs. 

We  recommend  with  approval  of  Executive 
Committee : 

That  no  portraits  or  pictures  of  any  kind  be 
permitted  to  hang  in  the  office  of  the  Adminis- 
tration   Building. 

That  the  gift  of  historical  stained  glass  win- 
doics  for  the  A^eiv  Jersey  room  he  accepted, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Art  Committee 
and  the  Architect.  ' 

That  the  new  lettering  of  the  Markers  for 
the  rooms  in  i^cmorial  Continental  Hall  in 
consequence  of  the  removal  of  the  offices  from 


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that  Building  be  paid  for  by  the  National  So- 
ciety at  a  cost  of  not  more  than  $3.00  each; 
to  be  put  in  place  by  our  oimi  force. 

That  the  bill  for  $100.00  for  overhauling  the 
mulligraph  machine  be  paid. 

That  the  rheostat  of  the  ventilating  system 
be  overhauled  at  a  cost  of  $60.00. 

That  the  American  Red  Cross  be  asked  to 
pay  hereafter  the  regular  charge  for  zvear  and 
tear. 

That  a  nciv  typewriter  be  purchased  for  the 
Librarian  General,  to  cost  not  more  than 
$100.00. 

That  George  Hughes  be  reinstated  on  the 
permanent  roll  at  the  same  salary  he  zuas  re- 
ceiving zvhen  forced  to  resign  on  account  of 
illness. 

That  the  salary  of  Le  Count  Woodson  multi- 
graph  operator  be  raised  from  $85.00  to  $90.00 
per  month. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

I-'lora  a.  Walker, 

Chairman,  Building  and  Grounds  Committee. 


Mrs.  Walker  moved  the  adoption  of  the  re- 
port of  the  Building  and  Grounds  Committee. 
Motion  was  variously  seconded  and  carried, 
and  action  was  taken  on  recommendations 
ad  seriatim,  each  in  turn  being  adopted. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee 
then   presented   her   report. 

Report  of  the  Executive  Committee 

Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National  Board : 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  National  Society  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  held  on  October  15, 
1923,  the  following  recommendations  were 
adopted  and  are  presented   for  your  approval : 

1.  (Offered  by  Mrs.  Heron  and  unanimously 
seconded.) 

That  we  grant  the  request  of  the  Ameri- 
can Legion  to  cooperate  with  them  in  the 
supervision  of  a  history  of  the  United  States 
to  be  used  in  the  grammar  grades  of  our 
public  schools;  and  that  the  appointment  of  the 
representatives  be  left  to  the  President  General. 

2.  (Offered  by  Mrs.  Anderson,  seconded  by 
Mrs,   Heron.) 

That  the  Committee  on  Genealogical  Re- 
search take  up  the  matter  of  typewriting  the 
papers  of  their  committee  so  that  the  Library 
can  have  them  bound. 

3.  (Offered  by  Airs.  Briggs,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Stansfield.) 

That  the  Executive  Manager  be  empowered 
to  investigate  and  arrange  for  the  services  of 
a  new  engrosser,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Committee  on  Clerks, 


4.  That  Mrs.  Ellenore  Dutcher  Key  be 
furnished  a  typewritten  list  of  new  members 
admitted  at  each  Board  meeting,  upon  pay- 
ment of   the  usual  price. 

5.  (Offered  by  Mrs.  Shumway,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Walker.) 

That  the  National  Board  order  the  reprint 
of  the  booklet  "  Necessary  Information  for 
Chapters  ",  after  it  has  been  revised,  if  found 
necessary. 

6.  (Offered  by  Mrs.  Stansfield,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Brosseau  and  Mrs.  DeBolt.) 

That  in  future  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary General,  National  Society  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  shall  send  out  all  the 
application  blanks  to  the  State  Regents  for 
members  at  large,  and  also  to  the  Chapter 
Registrars    for    Chapter   membership. 

7.  (Offered  by  Mrs.  Briggs,  seconded  by 
l\Irs.   Heron.) 

That  the  letter  from  the  National  Ameri- 
can War  Mothers,  dated  October  1,  1923,  and 
the  accompanying  pamphlet  entitled  "  The  Flag 
of  the  United  States,"  be  referred  to  the  Na- 
tional Committee  on  Correct  Use  of  the  Flag, 
with  power  to  act. 

(The  following  were  oft'ered  by  Mrs.  Walker 
as  Chairman  of  the  Building  and  Grounds 
Committee  and  variously  seconded.) 

8.  That  the  Building  and  Grounds  Committee 
be  authorized  to  buy  two  new  flags  for  the 
staff  on  Memorial  Continental  Hall  at  a  cost 
respectively  of  $5.50  and  $11.50. 

9.  That  the  District  Historical  Committee 
and  the  District  of  Columbia  D.  A.  R.  (Thapter 
House  Committee  each  be  allowed  the  use  of 
the  South  Basement  Room  in  (Continental  Hall 
one  day  per  month. 

10.  That  the  C.  A;  R.  be  granted  use  of  space 
in  the  basement  of  Administration  Building 
for  storage  of  their  mailing  tubes. 

11.  That  the  Red  Cross  Society  be  asked  to 
pay  hereafter  the  usual  charge  for  wear  and 
tear  when  using  the  Auditorium. 

12.  That  the  rheostat  of  our  ventilating  sys- 
tem be  overhauled  at  a  cost  of  $60. 

13.  That  the  bill  of  $100  for  over-hauling 
our  multigraph  machine  be  allowed. 

14.  That  the  markers  indicating  rooms  in 
Continental  Hall  be  re-lettered  to  indicate  State 
only,  to  cost  $3.00  each. 

15.  That  no  portraits  or  pictures  of  any  kind 
be  permitted  to  hang  in  the  offices  of  the 
Administration   Building. 

16.  That  the  gift  of  Historical  stained  glass 
windows  for  the  New  Jersey  room  be  accepted 
if  approved  by  the  Art  Committee  and  an 
architect. 

17.  That  George  Hughes  be  reinstated  on  the 
permanent    roll    at    the    same    salary    he    was 


766  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 

receiving  when  forced  to  resign  on  account  of  as  Chairman  of  the  Sub-Committee  on  Clerks, 

illness.  and  variously  seconded.) 

18.  That   the   salary   of    LeCount    Woodson,  19.    That   the    report   of    the    Committee    on 

multigraph     operator,     be     raised     from     $85  Clerks  be  adopted.     (Covering  an  approximate 

to  $90.  ten  per  cent  advance  in  the  majority  of  salaries 

(The  following  was  offered  by  Mrs.  Walker  the  detail  scale  of   which  is  attached  hereto.) 


Office  of  Librarian  General: 


Dale 
employed 

.      Miss  Griggs    $134.38  to  $150.00  1898 

Miss  Tolson     85.00  to  90.00  1921 

Office  of  Treasurer  General: 

Miss  Marshall     131.56  to  150.00  19C0 

Miss  Rock    120.32  to  140.00  1908 

Miss  E.    Bright    106.25  to  120.00  1910 

Mrs.    Smithers    97.82  to  110.00  1917 

Miss  Scarborough     95.00  to  100.00  1917 

Miss  Glasscock     95.00  to  100.00  1918 

Miss  O'Neill     90.00  to  ,100.00  1918 

Mrs.  Ross     95.00  to  100.00  1921 

Mrs.  Davis     75.00  to  80.00  1923 

Miss  Green    80.00  to  85.00  1921 

Miss  Baden    103.44  to  115.00  1917 

Miss  Harrop    75.00  to  80.00  1923 

Magazine  Department : 

Miss  B.    Bright    111.88  to  120.00  1912 

Office   of  Registrar  General: 

Mrs.  Chunn     114.68  to  140.00  1908 

Miss  Mix   114.68  to  135.00  1907 

Miss  Finckel     110.00  to  125.00  1914 

Miss  Irene  Madigan    85.00  to  90.00  1920 

Miss  M.   Madigan    75.00  to  80.00  1922 

Miss  Campbell    75.00  to  85.00  1920 

Miss  Beverage    75.00  to  80.00  1923 

Miss  Storz     75.00  to  80.00  1921 

Miss  Moler    80.00  to  85.00  1922 

Miss  Kauffmann     75.00  to  80.00  1923 

Mrs.  E.  Jones   115.00  to  140.00  1922 

Miss  Wingate    120.00  to  140.00  1912 

Office  of  Organizing  Secretary  General: 

Mrs.  Goil    128.75  to  145.00  1911 

Miss  Newton     111.88  to  130.00  1912 

Miss  Marseglia     80.00  to  85.00  1921 

Office  of  Recording  Secretary  General: 

Miss  Browne    75.00  to  80.00  1923 

Certificate  Department : 

Mrs.  Ramsburgh    100.62  to  110.00  1919 

Miss  Turner    75.00  to  80.00  1922 

Office   of  Corresponding  Secretary   General: 

Miss  Jackson    (Including  Finance  Committee) 124.68  to  140.00  1915 

Miss  Block    75.00  to  80.00  1922 

Historian  General: 

Miss  Weeden     131.56  to  145.00  1909 

Mrs.  Brown    105.00  to  120.00  1918 


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That  Mrs.  Brougham  be  placed  on  the 
permanent  roll  as  part  time  clerk  in  the  ofiice 
of  the  Registrar  General  at  65  cents  per  hour. 

That  Miss  Jenkins  be  placed  on  the  perma- 
nent roll  in  the  office  of  the  Historian  General. 

That  Miss  Grabill  be  placed  on  the  perma- 
nent roll  in  the  office  of  the  Registrar  General. 

That  Miss  Engel  be  placed  on  the  perma- 
nent roll  to  be  assigned. 

That  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Easterday, 
formerly  Miss  Holland,  of  the  Registrar  Gen- 
eral's  office,   is   hereby    presented. 

20.  (Offered  by  the  Treasurer  General,  Mrs. 
Brosscau,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Shumway.) 

That  $1303.75  be  paid  for  catalogues  of  the 
museum. 

21.  (Offered  by  Mrs.  Heron,  seconded  by 
Mrs.  Anderson.) 

That  the  report  of  Miss  Fernakl,  Execu- 
tive Manager,  be  accepted  as  read,  with  the 
exception  of  those  recommendations  already 
acted  upon. 

(Miss  Fernald's  Report  includes  the  follow- 
ing recommendations  not  otherwise  presented.) 

That  the  Insignia  of  the  D.  A.  R.  be  not 
covered  or  removed  from  the  Auditorium  and 
replaced  by  that  of  any  other  Society  making 
use  of  the  Auditorium  for  their  meetings. 

That  time  slips  be  used  for  overtime  and 
for  time  taken,  to  be  turned  in  to  the  Executive 
Manager,  and  that  no  overtime  be  recognized 
which  is  not  thus  filed. 

That  the  Vermont  and  Iowa  rooms  just 
back  of  the  Library  be  accessible  for  the  use 
of  clerks  doing  genealogical  work  to  shield 
them  from  unnecessary  interruption  and  to 
provide  more  desk  space  in  the  Library  for 
those  visiting  it  for  research  work. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

(Mrs.   Fk.\xK   H.)    Alice  Frye  Briccs, 

Cliairman    of   tin-   Executive   Committee. 

It  was  moved  by  Mrs.  Seydel 
That  the  report  of  the  Exeeiitire  Committee 
be  aeeepted. 

Seconded  by   Mrs.   Holden   and   carried. 

With  the  exception  of  those  recommenda- 
tions included  in  the  report  of  the  Building 
and  Grounds  Committee,  which  had  been  previ- 
ously voted  upon  ad  seriatim,  and  of  recom- 
mendation No.  6,  deferred  for  later  action, 
and  No.  20  (an  expense  incurred  under  the 
previous  administration),  which  through  over- 
sight was  not  voted  upon ;  the  recommendations 
presented  in  the  report  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee  were   approved  by   the    Board. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General  presented 
a  supplemental  report : 


Supplemental    Report    of   the    Organizing 

Secretary   General 

Madam  President  General  and  Mcmlxrs  (if  the. 

National   Board  of   Management : 

Through   their  respective   State   Regents   the 

following  members  at  large  are  presented  for 

confirmation : 

Mrs.  Harriet  Devalt  Martin,  rrinceton.  Mo., 
Airs.  Mary  A.  Bayliss  Lauderbach,  Augusta, 
Ky.     (The  latter  being  a  re-appointment.) 

The  "  Missabe  "  Chapter  at  Gilbert,  Minne- 
sota is  presented  for  confirmation.  The  name 
■'  Missabe "    having    previously   been   approved. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
(Mrs.  WiLLi.\ii  Sherman)  Flora  A.  Walker, 
Organizing  Seeretary  General. 

The  Organizing  Secretary  General  explained 
that  the  name  of  Battle  Creek  Chapter  men- 
tioned in  her  first  report  should  have  been 
Black  Creek  Chapter,  and  moved  The  adoption 
of  the  .uippleinental  report  of  tlie  Organizing 
Seeretary   General. 

Seconded  by   Mrs.   Stansfield,  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Banks  exhibited  an  illustration  of  the 
proposed  stained  glass  window  for  the  New 
Jersey  room,  pointing"  out  the  historical  events 
incorporated   therein. 

The  President  General  then  declared  a  recess 
until  2   P.   M. 

The  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order 
promptly  at  2  P.  M.  The  President  General 
read  an  invitation  from  "  Our  Flag  "  Chapter 
to  the  members  of  the  National  Board  to  a 
reception  to  be  given  on  Frida\-,  October  19, 
1923. 

The  Chaplain  General,  Mrs.  Thomas  A. 
Edison,  offered  a  Recommendation  that  the 
present  metlwd  of  keeping  the  Remembrance 
Book  of  our  deceased  members  be  continued. 
This  was  put  in  the  form  of  a  motion,  seconded 
by  Mrs.   Fitts,  and  carried. 

The  Historian  General  asked  permission  to 
present  a  supplemental  report,  which  was 
granted,  and  she  then  stated  that  in  order  to 
make  the  Lineage  books  of  most  value  to 
individual  chapters  and  libraries  the  index 
must  be  brought  up  to  date,  that  one  volume 
of  the  index  covered  volumes  1  to  "lO  of  the 
Lineage  books,  which  should  sell  for  55,  but 
one  copy  would  be  presented  to  our  Library. 
That  the  next  20  volumes,  -'0  to  60  she 
was  going  to  undertake  to  have  indexed,  and 
hoped  before  many  months  to  say  that  the 
indexing  is  up  to  date.  She  also  referred  to 
the  fact  that  it  had  been  customary  for 
the  Historian  General  to  serve  as  National 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Historical  and 
Literary  Research  but  that  the  work  of  this 
Committee  was  now  in  charge  of  Mrs.  George 


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DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  MAGAZINE 


Minot  Baker,  who  had  been  delayed  in  the 
completion  of  her  plans  on  account  of  illness, 
and  offered  the  following  motion :  That  letter 
of  greeting  zvith  love  and  sympathy  be  sent  to 
Mrs.  George  Minot  Baker  ■mho  is  ill  and 
unable  to  be  present. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Nash  and  carried. 

The  Editor  of  the  Magazine  then  presented 
her  report. 

Report  of  Editor  of  Magazine 
Madam  President  General  and  Members  of  the 
National   Board  of   Management : 

Mr.  Charles  Moore,  Chairman  of  the  Na- 
tional Commission  of  Fine  Arts,  is  writing  a 
special  article  for  the  December  magazine  on 
the  cemeteries  in  France.  Mr.  Moore  has  just 
returned  from  Europe  where  he  went  with 
other  Government  officials  to  investigate  con- 
ditions abroad.  Mr.  Moore  is,  therefore,  in  a 
position  to  speak  with  authority  on  the  subject 
and  his  article  will  refute  the  sensational 
accounts  in  the  public  press  of  the  supposedly 
distressing  conditions  of  French  cemeteries 
and  bring  comfort  to  American  mothers,  whose 
gallant  sons  rest  in  foreign  soil. 

Mr.  Moore's  article  on  the  White  House  in 
the  September  issue  of  the  magazine  has  been 
widely  read  and  most  favorably  coinmented 
upon.  The  illustrated  Flag  Code  in  that  num- 
ber also  has  brought  many  orders  for  the 
magazine  and  our  President  General  most 
generously  presented  to  the  Boy  Scout  troops 
of   Atlanta,    Ga.,   forty  copies   of   this   issue. 

Two  other  articles  to  appear  in  the  Decetnber 
issue  are  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Herbert  Burke  of 
Valley  Forge,  Pa.,  and  Mrs.  Rose  Gouverneur 
Hoes.  Dr.  Burke  has  written  of  the  Memorial 
Chapel  at  Valley  Forge,  of  which  he  is  the 
rector.  It  has  been  truly  said  that  this  ex- 
quisite chapel  is  the  American  Westminster. 
In  the  hallowed  setting  of  historic  Valley 
Forge,  it  is  most  fittingly  dedicated  to  Ameri- 
can patriotism. 

Mrs.  Hoes,  the  great  great  granddaughter 
of  President  James  Monroe,  has  given  us  an 
article  about  her  famous  ancestor  and  his 
services  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  On  De- 
cember 2,  1923,  Richmond,  Va...  and  the  College 
of  William  and  Mary  will  celebrate  the  cen- 
tennial of  the  Monroe  Doctrine.  With  Mrs. 
Hoes'  valuable  article  is  a  photograph  of  the 
desk  upon  which  Monroe  wrote  the   Doctrine. 

Other  articles  to  appear  in  subsequent  issues 
of  the  magazine  are  by  Mr.  C.  Robert  Church- 
ill. President  of  the  Louisiana  Society,  S.  A.  R., 
Mr.  John  C.  Fitzpatrick  on  the  Printers  of  the 
Continental  Congress ;  and  Miss  Helen  Wright 
on  Currier  and  Ives'  engravings.  These  en- 
gravings today  bring  fancy  prices.     Some  more 


valuable  marriage  records  from  Tennessee, 
compiled  by  Mrs.  Penelope  Allen  will  be  in 
the  November  issue. 

An  interesting  series  of  articles  which  we 
hope  to  start  in  December,  will  be  written  by 
our  National  Officers  on  the  work  in  their 
departments.  These  will  prove  of  great  value 
to   all   members  of   the   Society. 

At  the  meeting  in  June  last,  this  Board 
generously  appropriated  the  sum  of  $600  to 
pay  for  articles  and  photographs  for  the  maga- 
zine. Of  this  sum,  $101  has  been  expended  for 
photographs  to  illustrate  articles,  and  18 
articles  purchased  at  an  average  of  $27.50  per 
article.  Those  still  unpublished  will  appear 
during  the  coming  months.  The  total  sum 
paid  for  articles  and  photographs  amounts  to 
$581,  leaving  $19  in  the  Treasury  to  the  credit 
of   this    fund. 

As  the  magazine  has  become  better  known 
and  attained  a  wider  circulation  it  is  neces- 
sary to  keep  up  its  high  standard,  both  typo- 
graphical and  literary.  To  achieve  the  latter, 
may  I  again  recommend  to  the  Board  that 
$600  be  appropriated  to  pay  for  special  articles 
and  photographs   during  the  next  six  months. 

The  fullest  cooperation  of  the  Board  is 
necessary  to  the  continued  success  of  the 
magazine.  Such  cooperation  has  been  gener- 
ously given  and  has  greatly  aided  in  establish- 
ing a  magazine  worthy  of  this  Society.  I  also 
very  deeply  appreciate  the  courtesy  and  kind- 
ness extended  to  me  personally  by  the  President 
General  and  the  Members  of  the  Board. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

N.VTALiE  Sumner  Lincoln, 

Editor. 

There  being  no  objection  the  report  of  the 
Magazine  Editor  was  accepted,  without  its 
recommendation. 

Mrs.  Bissell  moved  That  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Editor  of  the  Magazine,  to  appro- 
priate $6oo  for  photographs  and  articles  during 
the  nc.rt  si.r  months  be  adopted. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  McCall  and  carried. 

The  President  General  invited  Miss  Lincoln 
to  remain  during  the  report  of  the  Chairman 
of  the  Magazine  Committee,  which  was  then 
presented. 

Report  of  Chairman  of  Magazine  Committee 

Madame  President  General  and  Members  of 
the  National  Board  of  Management : 
Following  the  action  taken  by  this  Board  on 
June  12,  1923,  concerning  a  change  of  pub- 
lishers for  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  Magazine  your  chairman,  in  con- 
sultation with  the  President  General,  suggested 


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that  although  the  Lippincott  contract  had  ex- 
pired with  the  June  issue  and  the  July  number 
had  been  printed  by  that  company,  in  view  of 
our  Society's  long  connection  with  that  firm 
the  clause  in  the  former  contract  providing 
for  its  termination  on  sixty  days  notice  from 
either  party  be  adhered  to,  thus  protecting  our 
Society  and  the  firm  from  misunderstanding 
or  complications.  This  suggestion  being  ap- 
proved ofiicial  notifications  to  the  Lippincott 
Company  were  sent  by  our  proper  officials  and 
contracts  were  prepared  by  the  J.  B.  Lyon 
Company,  which  was  thus  to  begin  publishing 
the  Alagazine  with  the  October  issue.  These 
contracts  made  according  to  the  bids  submitted 
at  the  June  meeting  of  the  National  Board, 
after  receiving  a  few  changes  made  by  the 
editor,  were  in  late  July  duly  executed  and 
signed  by  the  J.  B.  Lyon  Company's  President 
and  by  our  President  General,  Recording 
Secretary  General  and  the  National  Chairman 
of  the  Magazine  Committee.  Also,  after  the 
June  Board  meeting  your  chairman  at  once 
began  negotiations  to  carry  oi:t  necessary 
details  connected  with  such  a  transfer.  Al- 
though an  excellent  card  index  system  for 
subscribers  is  kept  by  the  Treasurer  General 
in  the  business  office  of  the  Magazine  it  was 
found  that  this  was  the  only  list  of  sub- 
scribers in  the  possession  of  our  Society  and 
as  it  carries  financial  accounts  is  most  valu- 
able. To  copy  it  meant  much  delay  and  ex- 
pense. The  former  publishers  would  neither 
sell  the  stencils  nor  furnish  copy  of  our  sub- 
scription list  which  these  publishers  stated  was 
our  "  tnost  valuable  asset."  As  new  stencils 
had  to  be  made  time  was  an  important  factor. 
It  was  August,  after  six  weeks  of  effort,  that 
copies  of  the  subscription  list  were  finally 
received,  one  being  sent  to  the  new  publisher 
and  one  retained  for  the  Society.  As  your 
chairman  has  ascertained,  through  inquiry  of 
several  publishers  of  periodicals,  that  owners 
should  be  frequently  furnished  with  copy  of 
their  lists  from  publishers'  stencils,  she  has 
arranged  that  our  Society  shall  be  furnished 
with  such  a  copy  quarterly  to  avoid,  in  the 
future,  such  a  contingency  as  has  so  recently 
arisen. 

As  the  former  publishers  said  that  thcv 
owned  all  cover  plates,  dies  for  head  and  tail 
cuts,  contents  page,  etc.,  which  usually  belong 
to  a  publication,  and  did  not  care  to  dispose 
of  them  your  chairman  had  designs  submitted 
by  the  new  publishers.  These  were  presented 
to  the  President  General  for  inspection  and 
after  being  approved  by  her  were  prepared  by 
the  puhlishcrs  on  order  of  your  chairman. 
T'hese  have  entailed  a  small  expense  but  be- 
come the  property  of  our  Society.  As  many 
commendations    have    been    received    on    their 


appearance  they  also  bear  the  stamp  of  ap- 
proval of  many  readers  of  the  Magazine. 

As  it  did  not  seem  possible,  after  repeated 
efforts,  to  secure  a  definite  statement  as  to 
the  advertising  situation  from  the  former  pub- 
lishers, who  had  full  charge  of  the  advertising 
feature  of  the  Magazine,  your  chairman,  tak- 
ing the  August  issue  as  a  basis,  wrote  to  each 
advertiser  in  that  issue  asking  for  rates  paid, 
dates  of  insertion  and  other  necessary  data  and 
requesting  each  to  continue.  The  correspond- 
ence is  a  matter  of  record  which  may  be  con- 
sulted. With  one  exception  all  replied  and  all 
but  two  desired  to  continue.  One  firm  here- 
tofore advertising  from  month  to  month  wishes 
to  make  a  contract. 

Investigation  into  advertising  methods  shows 
this  to  be  a  highly  specialized  business  in 
which  mass  rather  than  class  counts.  There- 
fore, we  must  recognize,  as  heretofore,  that 
our  circulation  must  be  materially  increased 
before  our  magazine  will  become  a  desirable 
advertising   medium. 

Beginning  with  the  first  of  July  your  chair- 
man made  arrangement  with  Miss  Bright,  clerk 
in  charge  of  subscriptions,  for  a  semi-monthly 
report  on  subscriptions,  giving  totals,  expira- 
tions, renewals  and  new  subscriptions.  This 
is  most  helpful  in  keeping  us  constantly  ap- 
prised of  the  true  situation  concerning  our  cir- 
culation and  in  showing  the  weaknesses  which 
must  be  overcome.  During"  the  period  this 
method  has  been  pursued  there  has  been  shown 
a  net  decrease  in  the  number  of  subscribers  of 
something  over  SCO  unless  all  of  the  908 
expirations  due  during  October  are  replaced 
by  renewals  or  new  subscribers.  And  this  is 
in  spite  of  the  stimulation  of  prizes  offered  and 
effective  July  the  first.  The  small  proportion 
of  renewals  as  compared  with  the  expirations 
is  the  most  noticeable  feature  of  these  reports 
and  tells  us  very  effectively  that  we  are  not 
furnishing  what  our  readers  want  or  else  are 
not  paying  sufficient  attention  to  effort  in  the 
securing  of  renewals. 

You  will  note  by  her  previous  report  that 
sensing  this  situation  and  after  advice  had 
been  given  by  our  fonrier  publishers  that  we 
were  lax  in  this  respect,  your  chairman  stated 
that  she  had  prepared  follow-up  letters  for 
new  members  and  for  those  subscribers  whose 
subscriptions  were  about  to  expire,  the  editor 
having  stated  that  the  Magazine  office  could 
care  for  the  mailing  of  these ;  copy  for  these 
letters  was  sent  to  the  editor  in  May.  About 
the  middle  of  July  inquiry  was  made  as  to  the 
disposition  of  these  and  your  chairman  re- 
ceived the  replv  that  the  then  publishers  had 
not  cared  to  print  them  and  copy  was  returned 
to  her  by  the  editor.  Thus,  what  seems  to  be 
very    necessary    constructive    work    has    been 


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much  delayed.  The  value  of  this  kind  of 
personal  attention  cannot  be  over  estimated  as 
is  evidenced  by  the  methods  employed  by  all 
well  known  publications  and  in  all  kinds  of 
business.  Our  efforts  heretofore  have  been 
confined  only  to  the  expiration  slip  appearing 
in  the  Magazine. 

From  opinions  expressed  by  many  hundreds 
of  members  to  her  as  a  State  Regent  and  from 
many  commimications  received  from  all  parts 
of  the  country  as  chairman  of  the  Magazine, 
it  is  also  evident  that  we  are  not  giving  to 
our  readers  what  they  feel  they  most  need  and 
desire.  We  have  been  specializing  in  historic 
articles  of  whose  quality  there  is  no  criticism 
but  these  alone  —  although  larger  appropria- 
tions have  been  made  for  purchasing  them  — 
are  not  sufficient  to  keep  a  sustained  interest. 
Readers  are  asking  for  something  that  concerns 
the  different  departments  of  work  of  our  So- 
ciety, covering  the  vital  interests  of  our  pres- 
ent day  activities.  In  the  spring  your  chair- 
man made  the  suggestion  that  such  articles  be 
requested  and  that  Ellis  Island  be  given  first 
consideration  as  being  greatly  in  demand.  The 
appearance  of  this  splendid  and  delightful 
article  in  the  October  issue  and  the  many 
favorable  comments  upon  it  received,  justifies 
the  opinion  already  expressed.  Another  article 
appearing  in  this  issue  brought  the  request 
for  a  reprint  of  30CO  copies.  Other  requests 
are  tliat  historic  articles  be  those  concerning 
the  progress  of  present  activity  for  and  con- 
ditions of  historic  spots  of  interest. 

Thinking  it  a  part  of  her  duties  to  assist 
in  procuring  articles  if  possible  and  since  she 
had  been  told  by  the  editor  that  such  articles 
by  good  writers  could  not  be  secured  without 
large  expense,  your  chairman  was  quite  de- 
lighted when  in  July  she  was  assured  of  an 
article  by  Mr.  Will  H.  Hays  on  the  motion 
picture  situation,  and  this  without  cost  to  our 
Society;  particularly  as  we  have  an  important 
National  Committee  on  Better  Films,  are 
represented  on  the  Committee  of  Public  Re- 
lations and  a  play  suggested  by  us  is  under 
preparation.  This  was  planned  for  the  No- 
vember issue ;  unexpectedly  Mr.  Hays  went  to 
Europe  and  your  chairman  regrets  that  al- 
though an  article  is  appearing  it  is  not  the 
special  article  anticipated  but  is  one  furnished 
through  Mr.  Hays'  secretary  from  a  former 
writing  of  Mr.  Hays.  While  comprehensive 
and  excellent  it  is  unfortunate  that  it  has  to 
bear  the  caption  of  a  former  rendition.  Had 
we  been  able  to  await  Mr.  Hays'  return  the 
special  article  would  have  been  furnished. 

Your  chairman  has  also  received  the  promise 
of  an  article  of  any  desired  length  and  at  any 
specified    time,    by     Mr.     Harry    F.    Atwood, 


author  of  "  Back  to  the  Republic  "  and  other 
well  known  books  and  a  speaker  of  note; 
this  also,  free  of  charge. 

However,  although  these  are  the  topics 
members  desire  "  for  use  in  chapter  meetings," 
and  your  chairman  has  been  animated  only  by 
interest  in  the  work  and  for  the  good  of  our 
Society  —  always  remembering  that  our  pub- 
lication is  primarily  for  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  their  interests  — 
she  recently  received  a  letter  from  the  editor 
in  which  she  says :  "  permit  me  to  point  out 
that  the  editorial  matter  and  the  typographical 
appearance  of  the  Magazine  come  directly 
under  the  supervision  and  the  authority  of 
the  editor,  who  is  responsible  to  the  National 
Board  of   Management." 

Since  it  has  always  been  assumed  by  many 
members  and  officers  of  our  Society  —  as  your 
chairman  supposed  when  she  accepted  the 
chairmanship,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  scores  of 
letters  reaching  her  concerning  the  affairs  of 
her  department,  and  as  was  also  expressed  in 
the  last  message  of  the  President  General  — 
that  the  chairman  of  the  Magazine  Committee 
is  responsible  for  all  matters  connected  with 
the  Magazine  and  answerable  to  this  Board 
and  the  National  Society  for  results,  she  is 
seriously  handicapped  if  not  allowed  to  sug- 
gest or  carry  out  policies  which  should  be 
subject  only  to  the  decision  of  this  Board. 
The  work  of  an  editorial  department  of  any 
publication  is  of  necessity  closely  allied  to  the 
business  management  —  in  fact,  subservient,  if 
the  circulation  is  not  keeping  up  to   standard. 

A  report  from  the  chairman  of  the  Maga- 
zine Committee  is  regularly  called  for  at  each 
meeting  of  this  Board,  the  same  as  is  expected 
from  officers ;  as  this  is  the  only  National 
Committee  so  reporting  and  this  is  the  only 
committee  assigned  an  office  it  appears  that 
the  Magazine  is  recognized  as  being  one  of 
the  business  departments  of  this  organization. 
A  national  officer  as  head  of  her  department, 
is  held  accountable  for  that  department  and 
must  be  answerable  for  it ;  she  shapes  its 
policies  and  reports  for  and  has  authority  over 
it,  its  personnel  being  responsible  to  her. 

Unless  this  same  policy  is  pursued  in  re- 
gard to  the  Magazine  it  is  impossible  for  a 
chairman  to  actively  assume  its  obligations  and 
tuake   a   successful   administration. 

Turning  to  further  accomplishment  your 
chairman  desires  to  report  that  for  the  five 
months  of  her  incumbency  she  has  received 
186  letters  on  Magazine  matters ;  these  repre- 
sent practically  all  of  our  states  and  many 
were  full  of  helpful  suggestions  and  plans 
from  state  regents  and  chairmen  and  chapter 
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to  co-operate  in  every  way  possible  to  further 
tiie  circulation  and  interests  of  our  official 
organ.  Each  letter  has  been  acknowledged,  the 
letters  sent  out  by  your  chairman  numbering 
nearly  200  in  addition  to  the  circular  letter 
to  each  State  Regent  and  State  Chairman  in 
September.  Yesterday  she  attended  by  invita- 
tion of  the  State  Chairman  of  Maryland  a 
Magazine  council  of  chapter  regents  and 
chairmen  in  Baltimore. 

She  also  is  pleased  to  show  you  results 
attained  with  the  October  issue  of  the  Maga- 
znie,  the  first  to  come  from  the  new  publishers. 
Telephone  calls,  telegrams  and  letters,  since 
its  appearance,  have  brought  highest  com- 
mendation for  typography  and  quality,  both  of 
which  are  fully  equal  to  the  work  previously 
rendered  and  which  were  guaranteed  us  when 
bids  were  submitted.  Especial  mention  has 
been  made  of  the  front  cover  and  of  the  fact 
that  it  carries  no  advertisement.  The  figures 
speak  for  themselves.  In  comparison  with  the 
September  issue  which  carried  the  same  num- 
licr  of  pages  and  practically  the  same  number 
of  illustrations,  the  bill  for  printing  including 
making  of  plates  for  illustrations,  the  Septem- 
ber cost  was  $2523.85  while  the  bill  for  the 
same  items  under  the  present  contract  was 
$2022.82  or  a  saving  of  $501.63.  It  may  be  of 
interest  to  know,  as  an  example,  that  the  full 
page  cuts  furnished  by  Lippincott  averaged 
$11.62;  the  present  publisher's  charge  for  these 
is  $,'^.70. 

Further,  it  is  to  be  noted  that  with  the  same 
number  of  advertisements,  by  their  rearrange- 
ment, the  October  issue  contained  more  pages 
of  pure  reading  matter  than  heretofore,  only 
two  pages  being  given  to  advertisements.  The 
net  returns  from  advertisements  in  October 
as  compared  with  September  show  an  increase 
of  $n9..50,  or  a  total  saving  of  .$621.10  on 
one    issue. 

If  this  is  carried  forward  for  a  year,  and 
there  seems  no  reason  why  it  should  not  be, 
it  must  mean  a  saving  of  nearly  $7500.  This 
can  be  further  augmented  if  14,000  subscribers, 
or  the  ten  per  cent  of  our  membership  aimed 
at  by  Congress  of  1924  is  attained. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Fr.\nces  Tui'per  N.\sn, 

National  Chainiiaii  of  MafiazUic  Conunittcc. 

Mrs.  Moss  moved  That  a  rising  vote  of 
thanks  he  oiivcn  to  the  Chairman  of  tlie  Maga- 
zine Committee. 

Mrs.  Heron,  Chairman  of  Insignia  Com- 
mittee gave  a  brief  verbal  report  and  presented 
designs  for  the  proposed  pin  for  past  State 
Officers,  .\ction  was  deferred  until  an  oppor- 
tunity had  been  given  to  examine  the  designs. 


Mrs.  Stansfield,  Chairman  of  a  special  Com- 
mittee on  the  proposed  adoption  of  a  Chapter 
Registrar's  Book,  reported  that  the  committee 
did  not  favor  a  loose  leaf  book.  After  general 
discussion  Mrs.  Kitt  moved  That  the  Chapter 
Registrar's  Book  be  referred  back  to  the  Com- 
mittee, and  the  Committee  report  at  the 
Tehnuiry  Board  meeting. 

The  President  General  then  requested  Mrs. 
\\'alker  to  read  resolutions  in  memory  of 
Mrs.  Maupin,  a  former  Vice  President  General. 

Where.\s: — The  National  Board  of  Man- 
agement of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  has  learned  with  deep  sorrow  of 
the  death  of  Mrs.  Edmonia  Fitzhugh  Maupin 
in  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  July  11,  1923,  after 
an  illness  of   several  months. 

Where.\s: — Mrs.  Maupin,  as  State  Regent 
1913-1916  and  as  \'ice-President  General 
1916-1918,  earnest  and  untiring  in  her  State 
and  National  work  proved  her  executive  ability 
and  loyalty  to  this  society; 

Be  It  Resolved: — That  the  National  ISoard 
of  Management  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution  place  on  record  its  ex- 
pression of  sorrow  for  the  loss  nf  this 
beloved  member. 

Be  It  Further  Resolved: — That  this  Board 
extend  to  her  family  its  deepest  sympathy  in 
their   bereavement. 

The  resolutions  were  adopted  by  a  rising 
vote  in  honor  of  this  departed  member. 

A  question  for  information  was  asked  re- 
lative to  the  right  of  a  retiring  Regent  to 
hold  papers  pertaining  to  the  affairs  of  her 
Chapter.  It  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  that 
all  papers  belonged  to  the  Chapter  and  not  to 
any  individual. 

Miss  Gilbert  moved  That  action  taken  at 
the  June  Board  meeting  relative  to  application 
blanks  be  rescinded. 

Motion  was  seconded  and  carried. 

Miss  Gilbert  then  moved  That  in  fntnre 
the  Corresponding  Secretary  Geneial  X.  S. 
D.  A.  R.  shall  send  out  all  application  Inanks 
to  the  State  Regents  for  monbers  at  large, 
and  to  the  Chapter  Registrar  for  Chapter 
membership. 

Seciindcd  liy  Mrs.  Buel  and  Mrs.  Xash,  and 
carried. 

The  report  of  the  Insignia  Committee  was 
given  further  consideration,  and  it  was  moved 
That  the  report  of  the  Insignia  Committee  be 
adopted  zi'itliout  its  recommendations. 

The  recommendation  as  restated  by  Mrs. 
Heron  was,  that  the  design  for  pin  furnished 
by  Caldzvell  be  accepted:  that  the  Committee 
did  not  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  ribbon. 


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Mrs.  Nash  moved  That  the  recommendation 
of  the  Insignia  Committee  eoncerning  the 
adoption  of  Insignia  for  State  Officers  be 
adopted. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Bissell  and  carried. 

Mrs.  DeBolt  moved  That  the  Naney  Green 
Chapter  of  Sapulpa,  Oklahoma,  he  allozvcd  to 
incorporate  in  order  to  own  property. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Stansfield  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Bissell  moved  That  Minneapolis  Chap- 
ter of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  lie  allozved  to 
incorporate. 

Seconded  by    Mrs.    McCall   and   carried. 

That  the  Orford  Parish  Chapter,  D.  A.  R., 
of  South  Manchester,  Connecticut,  be  granted 
permission  to  incorporate  for  the  purpose  of 
owning    property. 

Mrs.  Brosseau  moved  That  the  Bee  Line 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  of  Charles  Town,  West 
Virginia,  be  given  permission  to  incorporate 
in  order  to  hold  certain  real  estate. 

Seconded   by   Mrs.    Stansiield   and   carried. 

Mrs.  Gillentine  moved  That  the  files  of  the 
Curator  General  be  removed  from  the  Ten- 
nessee room  in  Memorial  Continental  Hall. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Reed,  and  lost. 

Mrs.  Gillentine  then  moved  That  since  the 
members  of  the  Tennessee  Society,  D.  A.  R. 
paid  $1000  to  the  National  Society  for  Ten- 
nessee room  and  since  they  paid  $1500  for 
the  Recording  Secretary  General's  room  m 
ncio  Administration  Building  the  National 
Board  authori;:e  the  removal  of  the  vault  in 
the  Tennessee  room  at  the  e.vpcnse  of  the 
National   Society. 

Seconded   by   Mrs.   Reed   and   lost. 

Mrs.  Anderson  moved  That  a  rule  be  made 
that  all  state  rooms  in  Continental  Hall  shall 
be  at  the  disposal  of  the  National  Society  if 
needed  except  during  Congress  in  April  when 
the  States  should  have  their  rooms  if  thcv 
wish  them. 

Mrs.  Hardy  offered  an  amendment:  To 
amend  by  striking  out  all  after  the  -words 
"  if   needed  ". 

Amendment  was  accepted,  the  motion  as 
amended  was  seconded,  voted  upon  and  lost, 
it  being  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  such  a 
ruling  was  superfluous,  since  the  National 
Society  has  the  right  to  use  these  rooms  now 
and  always,  as  they  were  given  for  its  use. 

The  Registrar  General  presented  a  supple- 
mental report. 


Supplemental     Report     of     the     Registrar 
General 

I   have  the  honor  to  report  645   applications 
presented    to    the    Board,    making    a    total    of 
2845     including     one     Real     Daughter,     Mrs. 
Frances  W.  B.  Holbrook  of  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

Inez    S.    Stansfield, 

Registrar  General. 

Mrs.  Stansfield  moved  That  the  Supple- 
mental Report  of  the  Registrar  General,  645 
new  members,  inchiding  one  Real  Daughter, 
be  accepted. 

Seconded  by   Mrs.   Walker  and   carried. 

The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  cast  the 
ballot  for  645  applicants  including  one  Real 
Daughter,  and  the  President  declared  these 
applicants   members  of  the   Society. 

Miss  McDuffee  gave  a  brief  account  of  her 
visit  to  the  War  Museum  in  Paris,  and  to 
Tilliloy,  and  offered  the  following  motion : 
In  order  to  have  our  painting  of  the  United 
States  Troop  Ship  Bound  for  France  appreci- 
ated arid  better  understood  by  a  wider  group, 
and  with  the  approval  of  Major  Gimperling 
in  charge  of  the  United  States  Room  in  the 
JVar  Museum,  Hotel  des  Invalides,  I  move 
that  the  inscription  on  the  plate  be  increased 
in  si::e  and  appear  in  both  English  and  French. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Briggs  and  Mrs.  Whit- 
man and  carried. 

The  President  General  read  a  letter  from 
Mr.  Breckenridge  Jones  and  communications 
from  Harris,  Harris  and  Whitman  relative 
to  the  Hugh  Washington  will  case  and  after 
full  discussion  a  motion  was  offered  by  Mrs. 
Moss :  That  the  Board  refer  this  matter  of 
the  Hugh  Washington  will  to  the  Executive 
Committee  with  power  to  act  in  a  legal  ivay. 

Mrs.  Hardy  moved  to  amend  by  adding 
After  a  thorough  investigation  and  consulta- 
tion with  Mrs.  Bellamy's  attorney. 

The  amendment  was  seconded  by  Mrs.  Buel 
and  carried.  The  amended  motion  was  then 
voted  upon  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Herrick  moved  That  the  National 
Board  of  Management  recommend  that  Sec- 
tion 2,  Article  V  he  revised  as  follows.  After 
the  word  "  dues "  insert  "  of  chapter  mem- 
bers." Insert  after  the  zvord  "  dollars " , 
"  members    at    large    shall    be   five    dollars." 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Heron,  Mrs.  McCall  and 
Mrs.  Block  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Herrick  then  moved  That  the  National 
Board  of  Management  recommend  that  Section 
4,  Article  V,  be  revised  by  the  addition  to  the 


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Section  of  the  follozving:  One-half  of  the 
annual  dues  of  a  member  at  large  shall  be 
sent  by  tlie  Treasurer  General  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  State  in  7vliich  the  member  at  lari/e 
gives  her  residence. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Heron,  Mrs.  McCall  and 
Mrs.    Block   and   carried. 

The  Treasurer  General  proposed  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  and  it  was  moved 
by  Mrs.  Buel  Tliat  the  Treasurer  General  be 
authorised  to  prepare  an  amendment  in  due 
form  for  circulation  embodying  her  proposal 
for  the  protection  of  members  from  the  laxity 
of  Chapter  officers  in  the  matter  of  trans- 
mission of  dues. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Banks  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Seydel  presented  a  request  from  the 
National  Chairman  on  the  Children  and  Sons 
of  the  Republic  Club,  and  moved  That  the 
request  of  the  A'ational  Chairman  of  the 
Children  and  Sons  of  the  Republic  Club  to 
haz'c  printed  5000  copies  of  booklet  pertaining 
to  Children  and  Sons  of  the  Republic  Clubs 
nt  $137.52  be  granted. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Gillcntine,  and  after  a 
brief  discussion  the  motion  was  lost. 

Mrs.  Herrick  brought  up  the  question  of 
the  possibility  of  having  Lottie  Jones  of 
Illinois,  former  National  Chairman  of  Patri- 
otic Education,  made  the  oflicial  publisher  of 
certain  patriotic  literature  for  which  she  had 
electrotypes.  Mrs.  Buel  referred  to  a  former 
ruling   covering   this    matter. 

Mrs.  Gillertine  moved  That  the  National 
Chairman  of  Old  Trails  Road  Committee 
fornuilate  plans  for  the  coming  year's  ivork 
according   to  her  own   ideas,  delaying  if  neces- 


sary any  further  ivork  in  signing  the  Road 
until  such  time  as  will  be  propitious  when  she 
shall  present  a  more  practical  and  complete 
plan  for  this  work. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Walker  and  Mrs.  Nash 
and  carried. 

Mrs.  Edison  moved  That  a  file  be  purchased 
in  order  to  place  all  the  obituary  notices  of 
deceased  Chapter  monbcrs  on  file. 

Seconded  by  Mrs.  Walker  and  carried. 

Mrs.  Bissell  ofifered  the  following  motion: 
That  Miss  Natalie  S.  Lincoln  be  re-elected 
Editor  of  the  D.  A.  R.  Magazine  for  three 
years. 

Seconded  by  Aliss  Todd  and  carried. 

Miss  Gilbert  moved  That  the  President 
General  appoint  a  Committee  to  secure  designs 
for  markers  for  graz'cs  of  Real  Grand- 
daughters, and  Revolutionary  Soldiers,  to  be 
presented  at  the  ne.vf  Board  meeting. 

Seconded   by   Mrs.    Buel   and    carried. 

Mrs.  Buel  moved  That  the  unfavorable 
recommendation  of  the  Chairman  of  Insignia 
relatiz-e  to  the  reverse  ribbon  for  Slate  Regents 
be  adopted. 

Seconded   by    Mrs.    Seydel   and   carried. 

The  Recording  Secretary  General  read  the 
minutes   of   the   meeting. 

Mrs.  Heath  moved  That  the  minutes  be 
accepted. 

Seconded   by   Mrs.   Gillcntine   and   carried. 
Upon     motion,     seconded     and    carried,     the 
meeting  adjourned  at  6:30  p.   m. 

Alice  Frye  Briggs, 
Recording  Secretary   General. 


$1200    IN    CASH    PRIZES 

TO  D.  A.  R.  CHAPTERS 
For  Securing  Magazine  Subscriptions 

CONTEST  CLOSES  MARCH  1,  1924 
D.  A.  R.  Magazine  Subscription  Price  $2.00  A  Year 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS 
OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

HEADQUARTERS 
MEMORIAL   CONTINENTAL   HALL 

SEVENTEENTH  AND  D  STREETS,  N.  W..  WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  MANAGEMENT 

1923-1924 

President   General 

Mrs,    Anthony    Wayne    Cook, 
Memorial  Continenlal  Hall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice   Presidents   General 

(Term    of    ofiice    expires    1924) 
Mrs.  John  Trigg  Moss,  Mrs.   C.  D.  Chenault, 

6017  Enright  Ave.,  St.  Louis,   Mo.  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  D.  Heath,  Miss  Catherine  Campbell, 

Heathcole,    Charlotte,    N.    C.  316  Willow  St.,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Mrs.  Lyman  E.  Holden,  Mrs.  Albert  L.  Calder,  2Nn, 

8  Park   Place,   Brattleboro,   Vt.  226  Blackstone  Boulevard,  Pro\  idence,  R.  I. 

Mrs.    Howard    L.    Hodgkins,    1821    Kalorama  Road,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(Term    of    office   expires    1925) 
Miss  Alice  Louise  McDuffee,  Mrs.   Willard  T.  Block, 

1012  West  Main  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.-  S51S  Woodlawn  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mrs.  Frank  W.  Mondell,  Miss  Annie  Wallace, 

Newcastle,     Wyoming.  Rochester,    N.    H. 

Mrs.  John   Laidlaw  Buel,  Mrs.  Howard  H.  McCall, 

Litchfield,   Conn.  Georgian  Terrace,   Atlanta,   Ga. 

Mrs.    Everest    G.    Sewell,    143  S.  E.  2nd  St.,  Miami,  Fla. 
(Term    of   office   expires    1926) 
Mrs.  Ellet  Grant  Drake,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Boothe, 

606  N.  6th   St.,    Beatrice,   Nebr.  1515  Garfield  Ave.,  S.,  Pasadena.  Calif. 

Mrs.  Henry  D.  Fitts,  Mrs.   Gerald   Livingston   Schu\ler, 

448  Ridge   St.,   Newark,   N.  J.  1244    Detroit    St..    Denver,    Colo. 

Mrs.   Henry  A.   Beck,  Mrs.   William   Magee  Wilson, 

1428  N.  New  Jersey  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  Xenia,  O. 

Chaplain    General 

Mrs.   Thomas   A.    Edison, 
Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Recording   Secretary   General  Corresponding  .Secretary  General 

Mrs.   Frank  H.   Bricgs,  Mrs.   Fr.\nkltn   P.   Shumway. 

Memorial    Continental   Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Organizing    Secretary    General  Registrar    General 

Mrs.  William   S.   U'alker.  Mrs.  James  H.  Stansfield. 

Memorial    Continental    Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Treasurer  General  Historian   General 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brosseau.  Mrs.  George  DeBolt, 

Memorial    Continental    Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

Reporter  General  to  Smithsonian  Institution 
Mrs.   Alvin    H.    Connelly, 

Memorial  Continental  Hall. 
Librarian   General  Curator  General 

Mrs.   Larz  Anderson,  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Whitman, 

Memorial    Continental    Hall.  Memorial    Continental    Hall. 

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STATE  REGENTS  AND  STATE  VICE  REGENTS  — 1923-1924 


ALABAMA 

MRS.    WALTER   AMBROSE    ROBINSON, 
620  Harriilsox  Ave..  G.^dsden. 

MRS.   STANLEY   FINCH. 

no  N.  Conception  St..  Mobile. 


ARICANSAS 

MRS.   ALEXANDER    M.  BARROW, 

817  W.  STH  Ave..  Pine  Bluff. 
MRS.   HARRY  C.  ANDERSON, 

Amity. 

CALIFORNIA 

.MRS.    LV.MAN    B.    STOOKEY, 

i_Mo  W.  2<iTH  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
MRS.   ALLEN    H.   VANCE. 

Hotel  Holly  Oaks.  Sausalito. 

COLORADO 

MRS    JOHN    C.    BUSHINGER. 

115  B.^TTERsoN  St.,  Monte  Vista. 
MRS.   ALFRED    B.    TROTT, 

2200  Albion  St.,  Dek\-er. 

CONNECTICUT 

.MRS.   (CHARLES  HUMPHREY   BISSELL. 

2is  N.  .Main  St..  Southington. 
MISS   KATHARINE   ARNOLD   NETTLETON. 

61  Seymour  Ave..  Derby. 

DELAWARE 

.MISS    ELEANOR   EUGENIA    TODD, 

27  W.  .Maim  St.,  New.ark. 
MRS.   EDWARD   FARRELL, 

S.MYRNA. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

MRS.   WILLIAM    B.    HARDY. 

no  5TII  Sr.,  .\.  E..  W.^shingion. 
MRS    .JOHN    .M.    BEAVERS, 

1752  CoLLTMBiA  Road,  Washington. 

FLORIDA 

MRS.  JAMES  A.   CRAIG, 
233  W.  Dl-val  St..  Jacksonville. 

MRS.   THEODORE    STRAWN, 
De  L.vnd. 

GEORGU 

MRS.   CHARLES   AKER.MAN, 

I  of)  Culver  St.,  Macon. 
MRS.  JULIUS   Y.   TALMADGE. 

1295  Prince  Avenue,  Athens. 

HAWAH 

MRS.   FREDERICK  EUGENE   STEERE, 
Care  Waterhouse  Trust  Co.,  Honolulu. 

MRS.   HOWARD   CLARKE. 
2131  Atherton  Road.  Honolulu. 

IDAHO 

MRS.   KENNEDY    PACKARD, 
421  Secont)  Ave.,  E.  Twin  F.\lls. 

MRS.    D.   W.   STANDROD, 
648  N.  Garfield  Ave.,  Pocatello. 

ILLINOIS 

MRS.   CHARLES  E.   HERRICK, 

3809  Ellis  Ave.,  Chic.\go. 
MRS.   JAMES   S.    KING. 

1223  S.  Grand  Ave.,  West,  Springfield. 

INDLANA 

MRS.   HENRY  B.  WILSON, 

Delphi. 
MRS.   CHARLES   W.    ROSS. 

309  E.  Wabash  Ave.,  Cr.\\vfordsville. 

IOWA 

MISS  AMY   GILBERT, 

State  Center. 
MRS.  ALEXANDER   WILLIAM   HAWLEY, 

604  N.  13TH  St.,  Fori  Dodge. 


KANSAS 

MRS.   ROBERT  B.   CAMPBELL, 

1255  Riverside.  Wichita. 
MRS.   HER.MAN    L.  PEPPMEYER, 

1309  H.AKRisoN  St.,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY 

.MRS.   WILLIAM    RODES, 

1^2  E    High  St.,  Lexington. 
.MRS.   JOHN   W.   CHENAULT, 

2217  Glen.\i.\ry  Ave.,  Louisville. 

LOUISIANA 

MRS    S.   A.    DICKSON. 

1034  Jacobs  St..  Shreveport. 
MRS.  C.   S.   WILLIA.MSON,  JR., 

1334  Webster  St.,  New  Orleans. 

MAINE 

MRS.   B.   G.   W.   CUSH.MAN, 

122  GoFF  St..  Auburn. 
MRS    BLAINE    SPOONER   VILES, 

20  .Melville  St.,  Augusta. 

MARYLAND 

.MRS.  ADAM  DENMEAD, 

2224  N.  Culvert  St.,  B.^ltimore. 
MRS.  REX  CORBIN  MAUPIN, 

2004  Marvl-^nt)  Ave..  Balti.more. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

.MRS.  GEORGE  MINOT  BAKER, 

Three  Acres,  Concord. 
MISS  ISABEL  WYMAN  GORDON, 

:i5  Wmr.^L\N  Ro.\d.  Worcester. 

MICHIGAN 

MRS.   L.  VICTOR  SEYDEL, 

143    L.VFAYETTE  AVE.,    N.   E..    Gr.VND   RAPI 

MRS.  ADDISON  DRAKE  KENT, 
622  St.\te  St.,  St.  Joseph. 

MINNESOTA 

.MRS    .MARSHALL  H.  COOLIDGE, 

I'joo  Ken'avood  Parkway,  Minneapolis. 
.MRS.  L.  C.  JEFFERSON, 
1126  Sl^diit  Ave.,  Sr.  Paul. 

MISSISSIPPI 


MISSOURI 

MRS,  PAUL  D.  KITT, 

Chillicothe. 
MRS.  HENRY  W.  HARRIS. 

705  W.  6TI1  St.,  Sedalia. 

MONTANA 

MRS.   E.  BROOX  MARTIN. 

S14  S.  Central  .Ave.,  Bozem-\n. 
MRS.  VERNE  D.  CALDWELL. 

Billings. 

NEBRASKA 

.MRS.   ELIZABETH  O'LINN  S.MITH, 
3^'j  Ch.vdron  Ave.,  Chadron. 

MRS.  C.  S.  PAINE. 

iy7o  Prospect  St..  Lincoln. 

NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

MRS.  LESLIE  P.  SNOW, 

N.  Main  Sr..  Rochester. 
MRS.  GEORGE  H.  WARREN. 

Manchester. 

NEW    JERSEY 

.MRS.  CHARLES  READ  BANKS. 

122  Westervelt  Ave.,  Plainfield. 
MRS.  JOSEPH  J.  SU.M.MERILL. 

loS  S.  Broad  St..  Woodbury. 

NEW   MEXICO 

MRS.  R.  P.  BARNES, 

Albuquerque. 
MRS.  FRANCIS  CUSHMAN  WILSON, 

Buena  Vista  Road.  Santa  Fe. 


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NEW   YORK 

MRS.  CHARLES  WHITE  NASH, 

8  Lafayette  St..  Albany. 
MRS.  RADCLIFPE  B.  LOCKWOOD. 

43  Main  St.,  Binghamton. 

NORTH    CAROLINA 

MRS.  CHARLES  W.  TILLETT. 

8oi  Tryon  St.,  Charlotte, 
MRS.  ROBERT  L.   MAUNEY. 

620  S.  Main  St.,  Salisbliry. 

NORTH   DAKOTA 

MRS.  GEORGE  MORLEY  YOUNG, 

Valley  City. 
MRS.  ERIC  A.  THORBERG, 

712  4TH  St..  Bismarck. 

OHIO 

MRS.  LOWELL  FLETCHER  HOBART, 

Millford. 
MRS.  HERBERT  M.  BACKUS. 

816  Oak  St..  Columbus. 

OKLAHOMA 

MRS.  H.  H.  McCLINTOCK. 

903  Johnston  Ave.,  Bartlesville. 
MRS.  MILTON  B.  DOWNS, 

520  S.  Oak  St.,  Sapulpa. 

OREGON 

MISS  ANNE  M.  LANG. 

115  W.  4TH  ST..  The  Dalles. 
MRS.  BRUCE  L.  BOGART. 

962  Pearl  St..  Eugene. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

MRS.  JOHN  BROWN  HERON, 

601  S.  Linden  Ave.,  Pittsburgh. 
MRS.  CLARENCE  G.  CRISPIN, 

"  Hillcrest  "  Berwick. 

RHODE  ISLAND 

MRS.  GEORGE  H.  FLOWER, 

72  Mineral  Spring  Ave.,  Pawtucket. 
MRS.  JOHN  T.  CRANSHAW. 

34  Irving  Ave..  Providence. 

SOUTH   CAROLINA 

MRS.  FRANKLIN  C.  CAIN. 

St.  M.atthews. 
MRS.  J.  A.  BAILEY. 

Clinton. 

SOUTH   DAKOTA 

MRS.  C.  M.  CANNON, 

524  1ST  St.,  N.  W.,  Watertovvn. 

MRS.  W.  H.  DAVIS, 
Hitchcock, 


MRS.  LOGAN  SEITS  GILLENTINE, 

Murfreesboro. 
MRS.  JOHN  H.  CANTRELL, 

821  Vine  St.,  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  GARLINGTON. 

2701  Faiemount  Ave.,  Dallas. 
MRS.  SAMUEL  L.  SEAY. 

1406  Taylor  St..  Amarillo. 

UTAH 

MRS.  JOHN  EDWARD  CARVER, 

718  25TH  St.,  Ogden. 
MRS.  M.  K.  PARSONS, 

1228  E.  South  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

VERMONT 

MRS.  HORACE  MARTIN  FARNHAM, 
96  Northfield  St..  Montpelier. 

MRS.  WILFRED  F.  ROOT. 
89  Canal  St.,  Brattleboro. 

VIRGINIA 

DR.  KATE  WALLER  BARRETT, 

40S  Dlike  St.,  Alex.\ndria. 
MRS.  JAMES  REESE  SCHICK, 

915  Orchard  Hill,  Roanoke. 

WASHINGTON 

MRS.  WILLIS  G.  HOPKINS, 

206  W.   ioth  St.,  Aberdeen. 
MRS.  H.  G.  THOMPSON. 

309  E.  Birch  St..  Walla  Walla. 

WEST   VIRGINIA 

MRS.  ROBERT  J.  REED, 

100  12TH  St.,  Wheeling. 
MRS.  W.  H.  CONAWAY, 

109  Virginia  Ave.,  Fairmont. 

WISCONSIN 

MRS.  GEORGE  S.  PARKER. 

805  Col'rt  St.,  J.\nesville. 
MRS.  T.  W.  SPENCE, 

107  Prospect  Ave,,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING 

MRS.   MAURICE  GROSHON, 

1715  Central  Ave:,  Cheyenne. 
MRS.  BRYANT  BUTLER  BROOKS. 

Bo.\  1070,  Casper. 

ORIENT 

MRS.  TRUMAN  S,  HOLT, 

744  A,  Mabini,  Manila,  P.  I. 
MRS.  HENRY  W.  ELSER, 

600  M.  H.  del  Pelar,  Manila,  P.  I, 


HONORARY  OFFICERS  ELECTED  FOR  LIFE 

Honorary  Presidents  General 

MRS.  GEORGE  THACHER  GUERNSEY, 
MRS.  GEORGE  MAYNARD  MINOR. 


Honorary  President  Presiding 

MRS.  MARY  V.  E.  CABELL. 


MRS.  HOWARD  A.  CLARK,  1899. 
MRS.  MILDRED  S.   MATHES,  1899. 
MRS.  WILLIAM  LINDSAY.  1906. 
MRS.  J.   MORGAN  SMITH,  1911. 
MRS.  THEODORE  BATES,   1913- 
MRS.  E    GAYLORD  PUTNAM    1013. 


Honorary  Vice  Presidents  General 

MRS.  WALLACE  DELAFIELD,  1914. 

MRS.  DRAYTON  W.  BUSHNELL,  1914- 

MRS.  JOHN   NEWMAN  CAREY,   1916. 

MRS.  GEORGE  M.  STERNBERG,  1917. 

MRS.  JOHN  FRANKLIN  SWIFT.  1923. 

MRS.  JULIUS  J.  ESTEY.  1923. 


MRS.  WILLIAM  BUTTERWORTH,  1923.