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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
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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
THE AIDES-DE-CAMP OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
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
THE AIDES-DE-CAMP OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
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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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.
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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.
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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
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
eleven venerations.
DULANYS OF MARYLAND IN PROVINCIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES 21
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
DULANYS OF MARYLAND IN PROVINCIAL AND REV^OLUTIONARY TIMES 23
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
DULANYS OF MARYLAND IN PROVINCIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES 25
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
^CT'-S
ri" ] v:
''^"■^'^"::r^f^
^'rjjSiA *
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
DULAXYS OF MARYLAND IX PROVINCIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES 27
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
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
DULANYS OF MARYLAND IN PROVINCIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES 29
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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DAUGHTERS ( )F THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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-
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR MOUNTAIN GIRLS AT TAMASSEE, S. C.
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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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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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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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:.^
'^
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-
IIMORIAL AVENUE. ESTAIUISHHI) IIV MARYVILLE. MISSOURI CHAPTER
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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IWMEMORY
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WNTmGTOt^ COUNTY BOYS/i
WHOJLOST THEIR UIVES IK THE/ '
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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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56
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
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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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GEORGE WASHINGTON'S COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
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-
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
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
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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
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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
Revolution, " was remarkable for her
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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
IX THE HALLOWED AREA OF OUR EARLY SEA STRUGGLES
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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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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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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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.
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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
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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.
To Insure Accuracy in the Reading of Names and Promptness in Publication
Chapter Reports must be Typewritten EDITOR-
/^xr^
-ry
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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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99
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.
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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.
lOS
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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.
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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
112
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
114
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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115
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-
GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT
117
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.
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Somebody may titter. It is in the blood of
some to deride all expression of noble senti-
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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
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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
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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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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
I'holo l..\ H.incly. W.ishinKt..n.
THOMAS ATTWOOD DIGGES. PORTRAIT BV SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
SIR DUDLEY DIGGES AXD THE DIGGES LINE IN AMERICA
127
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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I'AMII.V CHART OF IIIARI.ES CARROI.I., FIRST .SETTLER.
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
SIR DUDLEY DIGGES AND THE DIGGES LINE IN AMERICA
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.
Charles Digges. another son,
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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
IR Dini.liV DI
( 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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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.
SIR DUDLEY DIGGES AND THE DIGGES LINE IN AMERICA
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
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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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" 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
MARRIAGE RECORDS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA.
Ifl
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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Edith Roberts Ramsburgh
Drawings by
Zoe Lee H. Anderson
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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Chapter Reports must be Typewritten EDITOR-
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.
164
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
WORK OF THE CHAPTERS
165
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
To Contributors — Please observe carefully the following rules:
1. Names 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 given.
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
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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175
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
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VOL. LVII, No. 4
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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
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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 :
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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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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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Mother of the D. A. R."
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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
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its aims and ideals. In the course of her
address she said :
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" 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-
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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-
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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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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
(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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217
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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219
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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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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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.
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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
\
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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NATIONAL BOARD OF MAXAGEMEXT 237
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
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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
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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.
246
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.
Tho
Chaptt
Old
Ro.i
foil
ow
ng 2
pamphlets
from
Idaho
Pocahontas
Oreo
nd
Trail
Year
192-2.
Book, Idaho
Son-
•ly S. A
. R.
1918
Tin- Zr
Ellsworth
Gross.'
L. Z. Gro
ss.
1921.
From
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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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. Henrv McClearv,
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, Brattleboro, Vt. 226 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, 1821 Kalorama Road, Washington, D. C.
(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.
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 Em.ma 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.
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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,
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.
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MRS. CHARLES HUMPHREY BISSELL,
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27 W. Main St., Newark.
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119 .'JTH St., N. E. Washington.
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106 Culver St., Macon.
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1295 Prince Avenue, Athens.
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P. 0. Box 346, Honolulu.
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421 Second Ave., E. Twin Falls.
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648 N. Garfield Ave., Pocatello.
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5456 Ferdinand St., Chicago.
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1011 N. Penna St., Indianapolis.
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8128 Fairfield Ave., Ft. Watnb.
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State Center.
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" RiversidEj" Wichita.
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VOL. LVII, No. 5
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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
llie schools and colleges all over the land.
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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,
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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
a quiet closet for prayer.
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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
Mrs. ^^'arren G. Harding were accorded
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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.
Here is common ground for patriots.
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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."
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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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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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1
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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WASHINGTON'S DESCRIPTION OF THE BREAD AND
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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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293
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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."
IRI.D \\ AK MIIIAI.. AUARIIIll IIV TH 1 MMK OF NKW JKRSKV
WAR MEDALS OF THE UNITED STATES
299
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.
WAR MEDALS OF THE UNITED STATES
301
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
WAR MEDALS OF THE UNITED STATES
30.'
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
\\OR].D WAK Mi:i)AI„ AWAKDIil) l!V THE S lA I E OF UREUON.
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
WAR iMEDxA.LS OF THE UNITED STATES
305
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.
306
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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.
HISTORICAL PROGRAM
307
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
308
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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311
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.
To Insure Accuracy in the Reading of Names and Promptness in Publication
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
1V22. LEEr re
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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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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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.
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MRS. JOHN C. BUSHINGER,
115 Batte[(son St., Monte Vlsta.
MRS. ALFRED B. TROTT,
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2:?.S N. Main St., Southington,
MISS KATHARINE ARNOLD NETTLETON,
61 SEVMO0R Ave., Derby.
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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.
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MRS. ,JAMES A. CRAIG,
23S W. Duval St., .TArKSoNvn.LE.
MRS. THEODORE STRAWN,
De Land.
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MRS. CHARLES AKERMAN,
106 Culver St.. Macon.
MRS. .JULIUS Y. TALMADGE,
1295 Prince Avenue, Athens.
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P. O. Box 346, HoNOLUin.
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MRS. KENNEDY' PACKARD,
421 Second Ave., R. Twin Falls.
MRS. D. W. STANDROD,
648 N. Garfield Ave.. Pocatello.
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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
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MISS AMY GILBERT.
State Center.
MRS. ALEXANDER WILLIAM HAWLEY,
004 N. 13th St.. Fort Dodge.
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MRS. ROBERT B. CAMPBELL,
1255 Riverside, 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., Lodisville.
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MRS. S. A. DICKSON,
1034 Jacobs St.. Shreveport.
MRS. C. S. WILLIAMSON, JR.,
1334 Webster St., New Orleans, La.
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2004 Maryland Ave., Baltimore.
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35 Whitman Road, Worcester. i
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143 Lafayette Ave., N. E., Grand Rapids.
MRS. ADDISON DRAKE KENT,
622 State St., St. Joseph.
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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.
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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
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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.
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MRS. FRANKLIN C. CAIN,
St. Matthews.
MRS. J. A. BAILEY,
Clinton.
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MRS C. M. CANNON,
524 1st St., N. W., Watertown.
MRS. W. R. DAVIS,
Hitchcock.
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MRS. LOGAN SEITS GILLEXTINE,
MURFREESBORO.
MRS. JOHN H. CANTRELL,
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MRS. WILLIAM D. GARLINGTON,
2701 Fairm';ilnt Ave., Dallas.
MRS. SAMUEL L. SEAY,
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MRS. JOHN EDWARD CARVER,
718 25th St., Oguen.
MRS. M. K. PARSONS,
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96 Northfield St., Monipelier.
MRS. W. F. ROOT,
89 Canal St., Brattleboro.
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408 Duke St., Alexandria.
MRS. JAMES REESE SCHICK, ,
915 Orchard Hill, Roanoke.
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MRS. H. G. THOMPSON,
309 E. Birch St., Walla Walla.
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100 12th St., Wheeling.
MRS. W. H. CONAWAY,
109 Virginia Ave., Fairsiost.
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MRS. GEORGE S. PARKER,
805 Court St.. Janesville.
MRS. T. W. SPENCE,
107 Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
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MRS. MAURICE GROSHON,
TuppER Apts., Cheyenne.
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Bos 1070, Casper.
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744 A. Mabini, Manila. P. I.
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MRS. WILLIAM LINDSAY, 1906.
MRS. J. MORGAN SMITH, 1911.
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MRS. E. GAYLORD PUTNAM, 1913.
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MRS. WALLACE DELAFIELD. 1914.
MRS. DRAYTON W. BUSHNELL, 1914.
MRS. JOHN NEWMAN CAREY, 1916.
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MRS. JOHN FRANKLIN SWIFT, 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
Rogers Minor Essay Contest. The con-
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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-
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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
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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-
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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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341
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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342
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 |
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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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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
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
SKETCH OF MRS. JULIA GREEN SCOTT
347
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.
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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.
348
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.
GEXEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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359
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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361
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
362 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
364 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
1
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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367
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.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
DrsT
Co I,
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
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
369
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.
Ma
lU.S
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.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
Ne
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.
NATIOXAL BOARD OF MAXAGEMENT
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
2i;ih r,
ViiginiM "
Washinotox
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.
]larion Cnuntn in the Making. J. 0. W.atson. 191 1.
I'nim William Hayniond Chapter.
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27ie Huguenot Bartholovicw Dupuy and Uis
Descendants. B. H. Dupuv. 1908.
Ladd Family. \V. Ladd.' 1890.
Genealoffical Record of Ref. Nicholas Baher and His
Descendants. F. A. Baker. 1917.
Ware Genealogy. E. P. Ware. 1901.
Brett Genealogy. L. B. Goodenow.
Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John
Edwards. L. N. Edwards. 1916.
Talmadge, Tallmage and Talmage Genealocjy. A. W.
Talmadge. 1909.
Chronicles of the Armstrongs. J. L. Armstrong.
1902.
Daniel Shed Genealogy. F. E. Shedd. 1921.
Baldwin Genealogy. C. C. Baldwin. 18S1. 2 Vols.
Post Family. M. C. DeT. Post. 1905.
Descendants of William Lamson of Ipswich^ Mass.
\V. J. Lamson. 1917.
Spoor Family in Ameriea. M. A. Underwood. 1901.
Gardiners of Narragansett. C. E. Robinson. 1919.
Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their
Connections. H. M. Woodson.
Warner Family in America. W. D. AVanzer. 1920.
Some Temple Pedigrees, h. D. Temple. 1900.
Descendants of Thomas Durfee. Volume 2. W. F.
Reed. 1905.
Clan Ewing of Scotland. E. W. R. Ewing. 1922.
History of the House of Ochiltree.- C. B. Railey.
1916.
History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia.
Compiled and presented by Mr. William C. Pendleton.
1920.
Ancestors of Henry Montgomery Smith and Catherine
Forshee. 1921. Compiled and presented bv Mrs. Hugli
M. Smith.
Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts
Williams. 1920. From Mrs. Charles C. Knowlton.
Archives of Maryland. Volume 11. 1922. From
Maryland Historical Society.
History of the 33d Division. 3 Vols, with portfolio
of maps. F. L. Huidekoper. 1921. From Illinois
State Historical Society.
Creation of the Presidencv. 1~7.^-17SS. C. C. Thach.
1922.
Views .Along Lee Highway. From Lee Highway
Association.
mth Report of the N. S. D. A. R.
The Red Cross in Iowa. 2 Vols. E. S. Fullhrook.
1922. From State Historical Society of Iowa.
Lineage Boole of N. S. D. F. P. A. Volume 11. 1923.
From the Society.
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Transactions of Illinois State Society. From Illinois
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Boynton Family. J. F. and C. Bo.ynton. 1897.
Casper Branner of Virginia and HL^ Descendants
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Collection of Dawson Family Records. C. C. Dawson.
1874.
Genealoav of Fulton Family. H. R. Fulton. 1000.
History and Genealogy of the Goodhue Family. .J. E.
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Hurlbut Genealogy. H. H. Hurlbut. 1888.
Thomas Joy and His Descendants. J. R. Joy. 1900.
Martin Family of New Enoland. H. J. Martin. 1880.
Martin Genealogy. Volume 1. T. A. Hay. 1911.
Patten Genealogy. T. W. Baldwin. 1908.
Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family.
H. C. Quinby. 1915.
History of Beverly, Mass. E. M. Stone. 1843.
History of Old Township of Dunstable, Mass. C. J.
Fox. 1846.
History of Buclefield, Maine. A. Cole and C. F.
Whitman. 1915.
History of Cape Cod. F. Freeman. 2 Vols. 1869.
Descendants of Henry Wallbridge. W. G. Wallbridge.
1898.
Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine. 1922.
Volume 5.
Neiv Jersey Historical Society Proceedings. 1922.
Volume 7.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
1922. Volume 76.
Proceedings of Continental Congress N. S. D. A..R.
1921-22. Volumes 30 and 31.
D.iUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE.
1922. Volume 56.
William and Mary College Quarterly. 1922. Volume 2.
Sprague's Journal of Maine History. 1922. Volume 10.
Maryland Historical Magazine. 1922. Volume 17.
Kentucky State Historical Society Register. 1922.
Volume 20. %
New York GAtealogical and Biographical Record.
1S95. Volume 26.' '
D. A. R. Chapter Year Books, liin-lilZi. 2 Vols.
Pension Papers. Volumes 60 and 61.
The following 3 volumes from Jlr. Fairfax Harrison:
The Virginia Carys. 1919.
The Deron Carys. 2 Vols. 1920.
The following 2 volumes from Miss Nat.ilie R. Lincoln;
A Romance of the Jersey Pin^s, B. B. Warwick. 1922.
Seneca Indian .Wyths. J. C\li|in. 1923.
The Millers of Millersburg. 1923. Compiled and
presented by Mr. John Bailey Nicklin, Jr.
PAMPHLETS
CALlFOltMtk
The Story of South Pasaderw?^W22. From Oneonta
Park Cliapter.
Connecticut
Samuel Blakeslev of New Haven, Com. and His
Descendants. J. Shepard. 1902. From Mts. Edith B.
Kebabian. /
Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellioit.
1865. From Hannah Woodruff Chapter.'
District of Columbia
Centennial Review of History and Tradition of Foundry
Church. From Mrs. H. P. Mcintosh through Livingston
Manor Cliapter.
Annyal Society of Mayflower Descendants in District
of Columbia. 1922, lit.:! 2 Copies each. From Mrs.
Bertha M. Robbins.
Illinois
The Zearings. L. Z. Cross. 1921. From Mrs. G. S.
Edn
ndso
The following 8 pamphlets from Mrs. George A.
Lawrence ;
A Pioneer of Freed4>m. G. A. Lawrence. 1913.
Dedication and Presentation of Flag Staff, Flags and
Pennant.
Knox College Bulletin. Volume 2. Number 6 and
New Series 13, Number 10.
Historic Monuments and Memorials of Illinois. S. B. I
Hanle.v.
.Address in Memory of Mrs. .Adlai E. Stevenson. G. A. I
Lawrence.
Park College Record. 2 Numbers.
Historic Freeport Lincoln-Douglas Debate. From Miss
Jane Goddard.
Little
Chapter.
Iowa
Church. 1916. From Alden Sears
History of Frankfort Cemetery. L. F. Johnson. 1921.
From Mrs. Eugene H. Ray.
Brief History of Dexter, Maine. 1916. From Rebecca
Weston Chapter.
JIartland
The History of The Hammond Family. Compiled and
presented by Mrs. Laura Webb-Peploe.
Recollections of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the "White
Sulphur." C. Bond. 1922. From Mrs. J. Evan Reese.
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Story of a New Enfjland Country Church. A. M.
Walker. 1901. From Mary Mattoon Chapter.
iVfiy England Historical and Genealogical Register,
Title-Page and Indexes of Volume 77. 19'23. From
Miss Florence A. Miller.
The following 10 pamphlets from Beane Wiiithrop
Chapter :
.■17) Old Time Sea Voyage. 1910.
Historical Address by William F. Whitehcr. 1912.
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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377
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
155
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 ■*!
116
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
107
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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381
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.
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,
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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
3S0
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-
THE TRAVELS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
391
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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F INUEPENDliNCE WAS KEPT
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
THE TRAVELS OF THE DECLARATION OF IXDEPEXDEXCE
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
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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
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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.
WASHINGTON'S IN-LAWS
403
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.
Whether
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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.
WASHIXGTOX'S IN-LAWS
407
Photo liy H.iu.ly. Wa^liiii-toii. IL C.
PORTRAIT OF A MINIATURE OK QUKEN ANNE. GIVEN BY HER TO COLONEI, UANIEL PARKE; COPV IN POS-
SESSION OK MRS. WII.KREl) P- MUSTARD. A DESCENDANT OK COLONEI. PARKE
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).
^^Y^j/^^'^^a^ ^^r7-p^i:^jK.
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:
MARINE OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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).
MARINE OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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:
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
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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
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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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lARD-OF
NT
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 :
That the names of those appointed on the
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441
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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WHOLE No, 372
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
ROSEWELL, ANCESTRAL HOME OF PAGES OF VIRGIXIA
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
combined estates comprised lands in
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STAIRWAY AT ROSEWELL
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
ROSEWELL, ANCESTRAL HO.ME OF PAGES OF VIRGINIA
457
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.
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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
OPENING OF THE ALLIED WAR MUSEUM
461
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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463
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
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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
David Rutledge & Anglina William-
son, July 3, 1816
James Menees & Elizabeth M. An-
thony, June 29, 1816
Page 1 — James Duboise & Margaret Duboise,
Feb. 19, 1816
Jesse Covington & Levica Beesley,
Oct. 22, 1816
Richard Venable & Jane Gatnmill,
Feb. 6, 1816
Burrell Warren & Elizabeth Vance,
Aug. 24, 1816
Levi McGlaughlin & Ruthy McCree,
March 14, 1816
Thomas Hampton & Sally Davis,
Feb. 1, 1816
Hugh Good & Betsy Brandon, Aug.
2, 1816
John G. Carithers & Charlotte Dyer,
May 14, 1816
Benjamin Kno.x & Margaret Mc-
Knight, July 29, 1816
Isaac Frizile & Susan Arnold, Jan.
5, 1816
Isam Williams & Peggy Walkup,
July 15, 1816
John Garner & Peggy Giss, Feb. 7,
1816
John Morgan & Betsy Simmes, Nov.
11, 1817
John Overall & Jean McLin, Dec, 17,
1817
Charles Anderson & Polly Jetton,
June 4, 1817
Thomas Yardlv & Margaret Warren,
Oct. 20, 1817
James Campbell & Betsy Pau (Pall),
Nov. 18, 1817
James Blackwood & .\nna Thomas,
May 11, 1819
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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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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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473
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
activities in which the Chapter has been engaged,
and she has been unremitting in her efforts to
make the years' work successful.
It is due Miss Elizabeth Cooper, a zealous
worker of the Chapter, to say that through her
efforts last year the Chapter won the prize for
the largest number of subscriptions to the
Daughters of the American Revolution
Magazine, and has won again this year.
Our Chapter is young, but we have to our
credit five years of excellent work, and we hope
that in the years before us, we shall lose none
of our zeal and enthusiasm and that we shall
continue to justify our existence.
Ad.\ J. GUITNER,
Historian.
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Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C
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
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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
and Samuel BelL
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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The Magazine also has subscribers in
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New York at this date of publication
leads all States with 891 subscribers
lARD-OF
NT
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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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
its confirmation.
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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,
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
487
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.
488
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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.
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
489
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
490
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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.
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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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497
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 :
498
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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499
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.
500
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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505
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
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enrolHng my name as a subscriber to its official publication —
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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.
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OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HEADQUARTERS
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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. 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.
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,
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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.
.'^...
/
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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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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
TH2 RESTORATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE, 1902-1903 517
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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OF AUGUST 24. 1814
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INGTON. D C . AND THE PRESIDENT S HOUSE. 181
$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
' Restoration of the White House. Senate
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."
As she turned to go, I thought of the
THE RESTORATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE, 1902-1903
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
THE RESTORATION" OF THE WHITE HOUSE, 1902-1903
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
THE WEST WINDOW 1S44) LOOKING DOWN 0\ THE CONSER
VATORY. IT II I\ THIS WINDOW ALCOVE THAT THE SOCIAL SEC
RETARY OF THE FlRbT LAD\ Ol- THE LAND HAS HER Dtik
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
.pjllil'
iS''>
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THE RESTORATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE, 1902-1903
Photo by Han.l) . Washii
CENTURY MAGAZINE. 1844.
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
TOLRIbfS INSPECTING THE BLLE ROOM. 1 ROM I HE CO„MOI JL. P.^.N
MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1891
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-
paired and
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i29
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
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
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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.
FLAG CODE ADOPTED
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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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.
^ J^aoe in
5|eralbr j>
(fii.iiiii,
Conducted by
--^^k Edith Roberts Ramsburgh
Drawings by
Zoe Lee H. Anderson
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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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To Insure Accuracy in the Reading of Names and Promptness in Publication
Chapter Reports must be Typewritten EDITOR.
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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
550
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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551
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.
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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.
\\'e have held ten regular meetings, all of
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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.
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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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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
« <h*i
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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DEPARTMENT
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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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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Some Early Engravers 575
By Helen Wright
A Message from the President General 589
A Glimpse Beyond the Gates 502
By Grace H. Brosseau
Tamassee 598
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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
SOME EARLY ENGRAVERS
577
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
Xunibcr of valu-
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 ;
engraving
published
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,!/r/Jcv.'/u/i.i ant/'^L-n
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SOME EARLY ENGRAVERS
579
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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584
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
588
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
THE LIVINGSTONS OF NEW YORK
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
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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
WORK OF THE CIIAPTILRS
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
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
WORK OF THE CHAPTERS
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,
Recording Scerelury.
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EDITH ROBERTS RAMSBURGH
GENEALOGICAL EDITOR
Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C.
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-
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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
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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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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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639
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
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE PRODUCT OF THE PIONEERS
641
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
SCllO
Ins
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
having the matter in charge, but no
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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
despatches to Congress every day. No
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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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653
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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PAPERS, IN THE LIBRARY OP CONGRESS
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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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659
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-
THE OLD STONE HOUSE OF LEWIS COUNTY, NEW YORK
665
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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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-
THE OLD STONE HOUSE OF LEWIS COUNTY, NEW YOKl-C
667
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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669
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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671
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
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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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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~
678
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
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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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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
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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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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
GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT
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
6SS
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT
689
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.
690
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
(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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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
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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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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,
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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-
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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.
ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
719
\\'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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Reproduction of a painting owned by Mrs. Rose Gouv
JAMES MONROE
President of the United States, 1817-1825, and author of the world famous Monroe Doctrine.
JAMES MONROE, SOLDIER
723
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
»%•
I, ■^<0^r^
do acknowledge the UNI T.E D S 1? A t E S of- /iVli
^-«-*»
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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
725
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."
JAMES MONROE, SOLDIER
727
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.
The Centennial of the "Monroe Doctrine"
7fill be eelebrated throughout the United States
during December, 1923 — Editor.
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THE AMERICAN CEMETERIES
EUROPE
By Charles Moore
Chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts
IN
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
stone and flowers and more formality in
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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
vacated by the retur
L'^nited States and it
n ot
takes
bodie
time
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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;
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737
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.
kmummtiiikvjiis^
To insure accuracy in the reading of names and /^roniplness in publication, Chapter reports
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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ir THnSLWHr HWHoiv
":\THFIR.SHR\TrKS TO
HElAUSLOFHUMANITI
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
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SERGEANT NEWTOX CHAPTER I'l.AelM, WKKATIl nx THE i.KAVK (U II. E, la
THE WORLD WAR, ARMISTICE DAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922.
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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741
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.
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
GENEALOGICAL DEPARTAIENT
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,
746
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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,
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kiOF MANAGEMENT^
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,
748
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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749
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
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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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
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
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
761
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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765
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
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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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767
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
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
769
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
chairmen, expressing a willingness and desire
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
771
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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
NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
773
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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775
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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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE
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.